Hickam Air Force Base News

Gen. Steve Ritchie and former Navy corpsman and Honolulu Advertiser publisher Lee Webber.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan a ' No doubt there is a family housing surplus on base. Towering apartment buildings sit practically empty and a $232 million basewide housing renovation project is being scaled back due to a declining population in recent years as military units have been relocated.

Julie Zouzounis was 7 years old the day in 1972 she answered the door to a group of uniformed military men who came to report that her dad was missing in action.

YEPSEN Air Force Capt. Erika A. Yepsen has deployed to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. David Aymat refuels an LC-130 Hercules at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Oct.

An EADS A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport destined for the Royal Australian Air Force touched down at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware on October 29 for a stopover on its journey from Australia to Spain.

Even as the Air Force prepares to toughen physical fitness standards for airmen, it's proposing to do away with mandatory physical training.

An Indian air force medic provides emergency response on a mannequin patient during a U.S. Air Force medical demonstration as part of exercise Cope India Oct.

U. S. Air Force Band of the Pacific-Hawaii members perform for grades 3-6 at Kaleiopuu Elementary School in Waipahu, Hawaii, Oct 22 as part of Red Ribbon Week which is a program aimed at reinforcing children's decisions to stay away from drugs and make positive decisions in life.

16 to tour the base, the 15th Comptroller Squadron, and interact with DFAS customers here in the Pacific.

The Hawaii Air National Guard has sent the first of its 22 pilots to be trained at a Florida base to fly the highly sophisticated, single-seat F-22 Raptor jet fighter.

Henry Mercer Simmons was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu when the attacks began on the morning of Dec.

Airmen providing humanitarian assistance following recent natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region have finished their missions and are returning home, Pacific Air Forces announced Monday.

The missions began Sept. 30 when Hawaii Air National Guard crews flew two C-17 Globemaster IIIs loaded with relief supplies and a multi-agency contingency to American Samoa after the island was struck by an earthquake one day prior.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to Asia this week to try to reassure allies on North Korea and discuss concerns over plans for the biggest U.S. military shifts in the region in almost 50 years.

A local American Samoan man looks over his shoulder while workers try to pick-up the trash and debris from a drainage area in Pago Pago on Oct.

"We are seeing the H1N1 virus throughout the PACAF area of responsibility," said Lt.

Fort Richardson and Elmendorf to Merge into 1 Base Next Year: 2010: No Jobs Will Be Lost When Bases Are Combined, Officials Say.

AFS Agra/Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii: The Indian and United States air forces will train together as part of the Cope India exercise series during 15-24 October at Air Force Station Agra in Uttar Pradesh, India.

The process of combining Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson into one joint operation will begin early next year, Army officials said Tuesday.