Hurricane Hunters head into eye of Felicia

It was a dark and supposedly stormy night. It was 0400 at the 22 row on the Hickam ramp, where four WC130-Js of the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron from Keesler AFB were lined up, ready each in turn to fling itself into the teeth of the storm. Days earlier, as fickle Felicia

Hero nurse's nephew visits

Wing commander becomes honorary CAP member

AFSA gains new associate member

Hickam Civil Engineers deploy to Afghanistan

Fifty-four Reservists from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron, which falls under the 624th Regional Support Group, have been mobilized to deploy to Afghanistan for six months. This is a "partial" mobilization, meaning half the squadron is being mobilized as opposed to the entire squadron. Once in the

Digitized C-130 lands at Hickam during test flights

A Boeing C-130M landed here Aug. 4 while on a tour around the Pacific for an integrated systems evaluation. Having recently converted from analog to digital avionics systems, the bird and its crew spent eight days flying across international datelines and the equator to ensure all the upgraded

POL fuels U.S., Iraqi forces in Baghdad

The 447th Expeditionary Logistic Readiness Squadron's Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant Flight receives, issues, stores and performs quality control on aviation and ground fuels, and provides high quality, clean, dry fuel to not only 10 Army forward operating bases throughout Iraq, but also the Iraqi air

Kanaloa Logistics Officer Association scholarships awarded to logistics specialists

ROKAF visits to strengthen friendship, learn from U.S. Air Force

Thirty-three members of the Republic of Korea Air Force visited Hickam Air Force Base July 28 to tour the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, see how its aerial porters conduct day- to-day operations, and continue building the good relations the Republic of Korea Air Force has shared with the U.S.

Hickam's Rodeo 2009 teams return

Forty total-force team members from Hickam's active-duty and Air National Guard units, including aerial porters from all around the Pacific, returned from the Air Mobility Rodeo 2009 July 25. Flight crew members, maintainers, security forces, and joint airdrop inspection specialists here competed