Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam | |
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Part of Navy Region Hawaii Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) |
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Located near: Honolulu, Hawaii | |
![]() USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) approaches the Arizona Memorial and the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) as she enters Pearl Harbor. ![]() F-22A Raptor of the United States Air force 15th Wing. |
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Type | Military base |
Coordinates | 21°20′59″N 157°57′31″W / 21.34972°N 157.95861°W |
In use | 1898 - present |
Controlled by | United States Navy |
Airfield information | |||
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IATA: HNL – ICAO: PHNL | |||
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Elevation AMSL | 212 ft / 65 m | ||
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Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
4L/22R | 6,952 | 2,119 | Asphalt |
4R/22L | 9,000 | 2,743 | Asphalt |
4W/22W | 3,000 | 914 | Water |
8L/26R | 12,300 | 3,749 | Asphalt |
8R/26L | 12,000 | 3,658 | Asphalt |
8W/26W | 5,000 | 1,524 | Water |
Sources: FAA,[1] official site[2] |
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL) is a United States military facility adjacent to Honolulu, Hawaii. It is an amalgamation of the former United States Air Force Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy Naval Base Pearl Harbor, which were merged in 2010.
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Overview
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is one of twelve joint bases that were created as a result of the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
It is part of Navy Region Hawaii and provides Navy and joint operations Base Operating Support that is capabilities-based and integrated.
As part of Pacific Air Forces, the United States Air Force 15th Wing provides strategic and tactical airlift capability to PACAF and Air Mobility Command operating the C-17 Globemaster III. It also enhances[clarification needed] PACAF's power and reach operating the F-22 Raptor.
- See Pearl Harbor for additional information and history
Naval Station Pearl Harbor provides berthing and shore side support to surface ships and submarines, as well as maintenance and training. Pearl Harbor can accommodate the largest ships in the fleet, to include dry dock services, and is now home to over 160 commands. Housing, personnel, and family support are also provided and are an integral part of the shore side activities, which encompasses both permanent and transient personnel.
Because Pearl Harbor is the only intermediate maintenance facility for submarines in the Middle Pacific, it serves as host to a large number of visiting submariners.
The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific, (NCTAMS PAC), Wahiawa, Hawaii is the world's largest communication station. The headquarters site of this shore command is located in the central section of the island of Oahu, approximately three miles north of Wahiawa.
Surface ships presently homeported
Arleigh Burke-class destroyers = 6 Destroyers
- USS Russell (DDG-59)
- USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60)
- USS Hopper (DDG-70)
- USS O'Kane (DDG-77)
- USS Chafee (DDG-90)
- USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93)
Ticonderoga-class cruisers = 3 Cruisers
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates = 2 Frigates
Submarines presently homeported
Los Angeles-class submarines = 16
- USS Bremerton (SSN-698)
- USS Jacksonville (SSN-699)
- USS La Jolla (SSN-701)
- USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705)
- USS Olympia (SSN-717)
- USS Chicago (SSN-721)
- USS Key West (SSN-722)
- USS Louisville (SSN-724)
- USS Pasadena (SSN-752)
- USS Columbus (SSN-762)
- USS Santa Fe (SSN-763)
- USS Charlotte (SSN-766)
- USS Tucson (SSN-770)
- USS Columbia (SSN-771)
- USS Greeneville (SSN-772)
- USS Cheyenne (SSN-773)
As part of the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, the Navy announced in early 2006 that it would shift 60% of its attack submarines to the Pacific by 2010.
USS Missouri
USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a United States Navy Iowa-class battleship, and was the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri was the last battleship built by the United States, and was the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II.
Missouri was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in June 1944. In the Pacific Theater of World War II she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands, and she fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. She was decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), but reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January/February 1991.
Missouri received a total of 11 battle stars for service in World War II, Korea, and the Persian Gulf, and was finally decommissioned on 31 March 1992, but remained on the Naval Vessel Register until her name was struck in January 1995. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum ship at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Hickam Air Force Base
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- See Hickam Field for additional information and history
Hickam Air Force Base was named in honor of aviation pioneer Lt Col Horace Meek Hickam. It is under the jurisdiction of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), which is headquartered on the base.
Hickam remains the launch point of strategic air mobility and operational missions in support of the Global War on Terrorism as well as special air missions in support of the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) and Commander, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).
In 2009 the base was used as the temporary operating location for Air Force One during Barack Obama's Christmas vacation at Kailua, Hawaii.[3]
Units
Hickam is home to the 15th Wing (15 WG) and 67 partner units including Headquarters, United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Headquarters - Hawaii Air National Guard and the 154th Wing (154 WG) of the Hawaii Air National Guard. The Air Mobility Command's 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing (515 AMOW) provides tactical and strategic airlift within the Pacific region.
In addition, Hickam supports 140 tenant and associate units.
The 15th Airlift Wing is composed of four groups each with specific functions. The 15th Operations Group (15 OG) controls all flying and airfield operations. The 15th Maintenance Group (15 MXG) performs aircraft and aircraft ground equipment maintenance. The 15th Mission Support Group (15 MSG) has a wide range of responsibilities but a few of its functions are Security, Civil Engineering, Communications, Personnel Management, Logistics, Services and Contracting support. The 15th Medical Group (15 MDG) provides medical and dental care.
- 15th Operations Group (Tail Code: HH)
- 15th Operations Support Squadron
- 15th Air Support Operations Squadron
- 535th Airlift Squadron (C-17)
- 65th Airlift Squadron (C-37, C-40)
- 96th Air Refueling Squadron (KC-135)
- 19th Fighter Squadron (F-22)
- 15th Maintenance Group
- 15th Medical Group
- 15th Wing Staff Agencies
- Major Tenant Units
- 154th Wing
- 201st Combat Communications Group
- 3d Space Operations Squadron/Operating Location-Bravo
- 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing
- 624th Regional Support Group (AFRC)
Previous names
- Flying Field, Tracts A and B, near Ft Kamehameha, United States Army (Origins)
- Hickam Field, 21 May 1935
- Army Air Base, APO #953 (official designation, 16 May 1942-31 May 1946)
- Hickam Field, 1 Jun 1946
- Hickam Air Force Base, 26 March 1948-1 October 2010
Major Commands to which assigned
- 1935-1940: Hawaiian Dept, United States Army
- 1940-1942: Hawaiian Air Force
- 1942-1944: Seventh Air Force
- 1944-1945: Army Air Forces Pacific Ocean Areas (Provisional)
- 1945: Seventh Air Force
- 1945-1946: Air Transport Command
- 1946-1949: Pacific Air Command
- 1949-1955: Military Air Transport Service
- 1955-1957: Far East Air Forces
- 1957–present: Pacific Air Forces
Major units assigned
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See also
Base Realignment and Closure 2005 Department of Defense Joint Basing Program:
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References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for EDF (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document "Elmendorf Air Force Base".
- ^ Obamas arrive at Kailua beachfront house - Honolulu Star-Bulletin - December 24, 2009
- Mueller, Robert (1989). Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982. USAF Reference Series, Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-53-6
- Rogers, Brian (2005). United States Air Force Unit Designations Since 1978. Hinkley, England: Midland Publications. ISBN 1-85780-197-0.
External links
Media related to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam at Wikimedia Commons
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