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  • Pacific Legacy Pathway Dedication Ceremony: From left, Col Torres (15 AW/CC); Kahu (Priest) Kekoa; Gen Hester (PACAF/CC), and Tim Saffold (President, AFA Hi's Chp 138)

    Pacific Legacy Pathway Dedication

    Atterbury Circle Dedication [Video]  - Air Force Association (AFA) Chapter 138 stepped up as wingmen for a Hickam AFB beautification project, transforming Atterbury Circle into Atterbury Memorial Park. Through organizing the sale of sidewalk bricks, AFA Chapter 138 continues to work with friends and families of Airmen, past and present, to forge

  • Air Force officials announce 2008 force-shaping plans

    Air Force officials recently announced plans to meet the 2008 fiscal year end-strength of 328,600, which calls for a force reduction of about 5,400 officers and enlisted members through normal attrition, retirement or force-shaping measures. The reductions are in line with Air Force efforts to balance the force and recapitalize and modernize aging
  • Airman First Class Charlie Gibb explained the role of a loadmaster in the planning and execution phases of C-17 missions to Friends of Hickam members, George Irion and Thomas J. Wogan. The Friends of Hickam were able to experience a Hickam C-17 up close to better understand its capabilities and importance in local and global missions.

    Friends of Hickam learn C-17 capabilities

  • A B-52 Stratofortress leads a formation of Air Force and Navy F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-15 Eagles, and F-18 Hornetst over the USS Kitty Hawk, USS Nimitz and USS John C. Stennis Strike Groups during Exercise Valiant Shield exercise Aug.14 in the Pacific. The forces participated in Valiant Shield, the largest joint exercise in the Pacific this year. Held in the Guam operating area, the exercise includes 30 ships, more than 280 aircraft and more than 20,000 servicemembers from the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Jarod Hodge)

    Exercise Valiant Shield wraps up

    Exercise Valiant Shield 2007, the largest exercise of its kind in the Pacific, wrapped up eight days of flying operations Aug.13. During the field training exercise, more than 2,900 sorties were flown, with KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10 Extenders offloading 2.29 million pounds of fuel to airborne aircraft. B-52 Stratofortress, F-15 Eagle, F-16
  • Lt. Col. Kurt Nelson, an airborne reconaissance weather officer with the 53rd Weather Reconaissance Squadron out of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, talks with reporters on the flightline at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii on August 13, 2007. Lt. Col. Nelson and several other "Hurricane Hunters" are flying C-130 weather recon missions out of Hickam to track Hurricane Flossie, a category 4 storm which is moving toward the Big Island of Hawaii. (US Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chris Vadnais)

    Hurricane Hunters fly into Flossie

    As Hurricane Flossie made its way across the Pacific, officials at military installations on the island of Oahu ran checklists and otherwise tried to prepare for the worst. Meanwhile, a few Airmen were doing the unthinkable: making trips directly into the eye of the category four storm. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron's Hurricane Hunters
  • Senior Airman Todd Tichawa watches a formation of C-17 Globemaster III's from the back of his aircraft during a four-ship, airdrop training mission Aug. 13 over the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Airman Tichawa, a loadmaster with the 535th Airlift Squadron from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, is taking part in the training to maintain currency and proficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

    Hickam Airmen conduct 4-ship airdrop training

    Four C-17 Globemaster III aircrews from the 535th Airlift squadron conducted multi-element airdrop training over the Kahuku training range Aug. 13 here allowing aircrew members to maintain currency while increasing proficiency and capability. Strategic airlift for the eight C-17s at Hickam AFB is in high demand with six C-17s generated daily for

  • Hurricane Flossie preparations

    Hickam leadership is advising the base population to be alert and prepared for emergency actions, as Hurricane Flossie is projected to pass south of Oahu within 48 to 72 hours. Stay tuned to the Commander's Access Channel, radio, television broadcasts and the Hawaii Civil Defense website (http://www.scd.state.hi.us/index.html) for updates on the
  • Gen. Duncan J. McNabb, Air Mobility Command commander, hands the Assault Landing Award to Maj. Jason Mills, lead pilot for Team Hickam.

    Aircrew shacks assault landing competition

  • Safety initiatives include ‘Shoe Leather Express’

    Earlier this year, Security Forces personnel kicked off a safety campaign that focused on four areas of traffic safety concern and enhanced vehicular safety in four different ways. The first of these, according to Capt. Adrian Estrada, 15th Security Forces Squadron, is to ensure that base speed limits are well advertised. "Ignorance is not an

  • Team Hickam aircrew nails initial landing

    Team Hickam started off Air Mobility Command Rodeo 2007 on the "right wheels," landing the several ton C-17 within the second of their projected time. The pressure was on from the 29-member-crew's 3:30 a.m. take off from Hickam until landing at McChord around 12:30 p.m. local time. With high hopes for this rookie team, having a C-17 fleet for just
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