10 September 2014 Airmen Host Shoe Drive during Pacific Unity 14-8 Though the official mission of Pacific Unity 14-8 is to construct two female dormitories for students at Togoba Secondary School in Papua New Guinea, Airmen deployed in support of the operation have found additional ways to give back to the community. The team hosted a shoe drive Sept. 6, 2014, to...
10 September 2014 Joint Effort Widens Scope of Operation Pacific Unity 14-8 As Pacific Unity 14-8 wraps up this week, additional construction projects have begun at Togoba Secondary School in Papua New Guinea. Pacific Unity is a bilateral Engineering Civic Action Program conducted in the Asia-Pacific region in collaboration with host nation civil authorities and military...
29 July 2014 Aerospace Ground Equipment Keeps RIMPAC Aircrafts Ready to Fly With the entire Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam ramp full of Air Force, joint-service and coalition aircraft, the Aerospace Ground Equipment flight has been busy dealing with the influx of work during Rim of the Pacific 2014. AGE prepared months in advance and communicated with the incoming units to...
30 July 2014 Training and Safety Key for 647th Explosive Ordinance Disposal during RIMPAC One impact of having a multinational force participating in a large-scale exercise like RIMPAC - a maritime exercise involving 22 nations and 25,000 personnel - is the diverse types of ordinance that is brought to the host location.That challenge has been met by the 647th Explosive Ordinance...
20 August 2014 Joint Effort Validates Ability to Move Stryker Vehicles via Air Four Stryker combat vehicles were successfully loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III on the JBPHH flightline Aug. 13, marking the Army's first use of the Stryker Marshalling Pad and Hot Cargo Pad since their construction.According to Glen Bailey, 15th Wing Plans and Programs chief of support...
27 August 2014 JBPHH Partners with Local Community for Disaster Preparedness Exercise The 15th Wing recently partnered with the 154th Wing, Joint Base and first responders from the local community to conduct a major accident response exercise in preparation for the upcoming airshow.The MARE was a fully functional exercise event which brought the total force together to provide a...
09 July 2014 15th OSS Airfield Management Team Kicks into Overdrive for RIMPAC The JBPHH flightline is a hub of flight activity for RIMPAC 2014, and with more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel slated to participate in the exercise the 15th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Management Flight have their hands full playing host to the array of aircraft and people...
21 July 2014 RIMPAC Air Commander: "Relationships are Key to Interoperability' In any large-scale contingency, interoperability among participating multinational forces is essential.The world’s largest maritime exercise, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2014, comprises 22 nations operating around the Hawaiian Islands and southern California to foster and sustain cooperative...
21 July 2014 15th MXS Munitions Flight Helps bring Air Power to RIMPAC The 15th Maintenance Squadron C-17 Munitions Flight is working around the clock to provide munitions support for Rim of the Pacific 2014.Since the beginning of the exercise June 26 the flight has checked in munitions for more than 60 aircraft and provided support and infrastructure for more than 100...
08 December 2016 Survivors, Friends, Families Remember Hickam Field Attacks in 1941 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- On the morning of Dec. 7th, service members and their friends and families gathered here to remember the fatal attacks on Hickam Field in 1941.The ceremony, which honored the 492 men and women killed and wounded on Hickam Field, came 75 years after the two...