COMPACAF welcomes foreign Air Attaché Association leaders

Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Force assistant vice chief of staff; his spouse Sharon; Lt. Gen. Stanley T. Kresge, PACAF vice commander; and Mrs. Gillian Carlisle, spouse of Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, PACAF commander, pose for a group photo with foreign attaché corps leaders from around the world in the Courtyard of Heroes at the PACAF Headquarters building at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 7, 2012. Gorenc hosted the tour which to demonstrate to the foreign air attaché leaders and their spouses how the U.S. Air Force conducts business. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn/Released)

COMPACAF welcomes foreign Air Attaché Association leaders

An Australian officer from the Royal Australian Air Force is greeted by Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, Pacific Air Forces commander, at base operations, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 7, 2012. Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Force assistant vice chief of staff, hosted the tour to demonstrate to the foreign air attaché leaders and their spouses how the U.S. Air Force conducts business. The trip highlighted how Air Force installations operate through mission briefing hands-on demonstrations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn/Released)

U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia meets with COMPACAF

Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, Pacific Air Forces commander, greets U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia Dorothea-Maria (Doria) Rosen, at the PACAF headquarters building on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 25, 2012. Rosen visited PACAF for a brief office call with Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, PACAF commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)

PACAF Airmen celebrate 65th anniversary at the Air Force Ball

Durward Swanson cuts a piece of cake with Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, Pacific Air Forces commander, and Airman 1st Class Alexandria Wensink, 15th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health technician, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Sept. 14, 2012. Swanson, a Hickam Field Survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attacks on Oahu, was the guest of honor and participated in the symbolic cake cutting, which involves the youngest and oldest Airmen present cutting the cake. Swanson was a U.S. Army Air Corps motorcycle patrolman at Hickam when the Japanese attacked the bases on the Island of Oahu 70 years ago. Swanson and his best friend, Albert Lloyd, lowered the flag from the flagpole after the attacks. The tattered U.S. flag is now known as Old Glory, and is on display in the Courtyard of Heroes at the PACAF headquarters building. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)

Operation Pacific Angel 12-4, Nepal

Nepali children look through a window at Machhapuchhre Higher Secondary School of Dhikur Pokhari, Nepal and watch U.S. Air Force and Nepalese Army civil engineers repair one of the school's buildings during Operation Pacific Angel 12-4 on Sept. 9, 2012. U.S. Pacific Command's Operation Pacific Angel 12-4 in Nepal is a Pacific Air Forces planned event that enhances humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities between the United States and Pacific partners. Operations like Pacific Angel build and sustain relationships with our multinational partners in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

PACAF Airmen celebrate 65th anniversary at the Air Force ball

Maj. Jeffrey Holley, Pacific Air Forces A7K chief of strategic integration, and his daughter Airman 1st Class Samantha Holley, a C-17 loadmaster with the 535th Airlift Squadron, pose for a photo during the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam 65th Air Force Ball, held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Sept. 14, 2012. Maj. Holley invited his daughter as his date to the ball shortly after discovering that he would be stationed at JBPH-H, Hawaii with her. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)