Albert Francis Hegenberger
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Albert Francis Hegenberger was a major general in the United States Air Force and a pioneering aviator who set a flight distance record with Lester J. Maitland, completing the first transpacific fligh
Hegenberger in 1935
Lt. Albert Francis Hegenberger
Bird of Paradise crewmen Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Hegenberger are congratulated after landing at Wheeler Field.
Brig. Gen. Albert F. Hegenberger
Hickam Air Force Base
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Hickam Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation, named in honor of aviation pioneer Lieutenant Colonel Horace Meek Hickam. The installation merged in 2010 with Naval Station Pearl Harb
The historic base operations building (DV1)
C-17A Globemaster III of the 15th Wing at Hickam AFB in 2008
Hickam Field, 1940. Pearl Harbor Navy Yard is in the upper left corner and the main barracks is immediately left of the eight hangars in the center.
Boeing B-17D Fortresses of the 5th Bombardment Group overfly the main gate at Hickam Field, Hawaii Territory during the summer of 1941. 21 B-17C/Ds had flown to Hawaii in May to reinforce the islands' defense.