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Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) installation, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam. The installation merged in 2010 with Naval Station Pearl Harbor to become part of the newly formed Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam , on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi .
The 1502nd Air Transport Wing Rodeo team under the command of Major Joe Lodrige win the 1962 Military Air Transport Service Rodeo at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The C-124 team from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, devised a new airdrop system to use in that first active-duty Rodeo, which helped them claim the title of the "best of the best.
Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force 's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy 's Naval Station Pearl Harbor , which were merged in 2010.
TheBus routes 20 and 303 stop on the departures level of the airport. Route 20 connects the airport to the Hālawa Skyline Station at Aloha Stadium, Downtown Honolulu, Ala Moana Center, and Waikiki. Hickam AFB is served by Route 303. Routes 40, 42, and 51 run on Nimitz Highway within walking distance of the airport.
Ashiya Air Base, Japan, 14 April 1952 – 1 January 1953; Portland International Airport, Oregon, 1 January 1953; Paine Air Force Base, Washington, 15 April 1955; Davis Field, Oklahoma, 16 November 1957 – 1 July 1966; Hickam Air Force Base (later Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawaii, 10 Mar 1992 – present) [1]
Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter 47-399 in flight. The 50th Military Airlift Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was to the 1502d Air Transport Wing, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.
1 February 1953 – 16 January 2007 8 February 1952 – 1 February 1953 14 December 1942 – 8 February 1952 (as Thirteenth Air Force) (82 years, 1 month) [1] Country United States: Branch United States Air Force (18 September 1947 – present) United States Army (Army Air Forces, 14 December 1942 – 18 September 1947) Type: Numbered Air Force ...
On 22 March 1955, a U.S. Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster, BuNo 131612, operating a MATS flight from Tokyo, Japan, to Travis Air Force Base, California, via Hickam Air Force Base, Territory of Hawaii, flew into a mountain peak in Hawaii, killing all 66 people – 55 military passengers, two civilian passengers, and a Navy crew of nine – on board.