28 May 2020 Team Hickam supports NASA’s Human Space Flight Program JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii-- -- Team Hickam provides ready forces to support a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and that reaches well beyond air, land, and sea.In preparation for the historic launch of NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission 2, several units from Team Hickam assisted in...
29 June 2021 Peterson-Schriever Garrison Celebrates First Base Renaming JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, left, Space Operations Command commander, U.S. Air Force Maj. Brandon Hammond, Detachment 3, 21st Space Operations Squadron commander, and U.S. Space Force Col. James Smith, Peterson-Schriever Garrison commander,...
06 August 2021 Sparking Innovation Across the Pacific Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii -- Education, collaboration, and connection brought together seven innovation units from around the Pacific for the first-ever PACAF Innovation Conference with the aim of driving the Air Force into the future.Innovation units, or Spark Cells, provide Airmen the...
09 November 2015 SECDEF Carter bids “Aloha” to JBPHH, Indo-Asian Pacific region JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Oahu, Hawaii -- In his last stop before leaving Hawaii, United States Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter held a “troop talk” with the United States Air Force, U.S. Army, Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and the Coast Guard here, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015.The event, which was...
16 September 2015 25th Air Support Operations Squadron Hosts 2nd Annual Cascade Challenge SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII -- Airmen and Soldiers from across the globe recently converged on the island of Oahu to participate in the second-annual Cascade Challenge, held Sept. 9 - 11 at Schofield Barracks.The Cascade Challenge pitted nine teams of two service members in a competition to test...
23 January 2015 New Squadron Highlights Importance of Cyber Security Recognizing the growing importance of cyber security in the Air Force and thenation, the 561st Network Operations Squadron Det.1 was deactivated here Jan. 6and activated as the new 690th Cyberspace Operations Squadron.Thesquadron will take advantage of the efficiencies gained from the Air...
21 January 2015 Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Visits Hickam, Shares Knowledge with Airmen Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody visited with Airmen and hostedseparate all-calls with junior and senior enlisted Airmen during his visit hereJan. 15-16. Cody's discussion-style all-calls allowed for Airmen toopenly express their career concerns or opinions."I liked how he made ita...
23 July 2014 96th ARS Refueling Capability Keeps Planes Flying High during RIMPAC 2014 With more than 200 aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2014, the 96th Air Refueling Squadron will play an integral role in this year's exercise.The 96th ARS is partnering with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, as well as the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from...
18 June 2015 Operational Mission Complete for Screaming Eagles Members of the 96th Air Refueling Squadron launched four KC-135 Stratotankers to conduct their final mission, or "Fini" flight, here June 11.According to Lt Col. Jason Work, 96th ARS commander, due to the upcoming deactivation of the squadron, this was the last operational mission for them.To mark...
20 December 2013 Hickam Airmen Partner with 25th Infantry Division for VALEX A team of Airmen from the 535th Airlift Squadron recently paired up with Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division for a validation exercise to confirm the unit's ability to rapidly deploy a contingency response force from Wheeler Army Airfield Dec. 16.The unit loaded two HUMVEES and 35 Soldiers into...