General pins on second star, heads to PACOM Published June 10, 2009 By Lt. Col. Charles Anthony Hawaii Air National Guard HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Brigadier General Peter "Skipper" Pawling relinquished command of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard, at a Hickam Air Force Base ceremony on Saturday. Upon relinquishing command, Pawling was immediately promoted to Major General. He is now assigned to U.S. Pacific Command as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command. He previously served as the 154th Wing Vice Commander, operations group commander and group director of operations. He has more than 4,400 flying hours in the C-7, F-102, F-4, F-15, C-130, KC-135 and C-17. His combat experience includes being the detachment commander for the HIANG's F-15 deployment to Incirlik AB, Turkey in 1994 as well as the KC-135 air refueling mission during the Kosovo conflict in 1999. General Pawling flew his final sortie June 6 in the C-17 and landed the aircraft just prior to the ceremony. The 154th Wing has approximately 1,900 fulltime and traditional airmen and is the only wing in the Total Force that flies F-15, KC-135 and C-17 aircraft. Beginning in 2010, the wing will convert from F-15 to F-22 aircraft. Colonel Joseph K. Kim assumes interim command of the Wing until a permanent commander is named.