Posted at 10:45 a.m., Friday, April 27, 2007
New commander appointed for headquarters at Hickam
Associated Press
HONOLULU — President Bush appointed a new commander to head the Air Force in the Pacific, the Pentagon said Friday.Lt. Gen. Carrol "Howie" Chandler has been nominated to replace Gen. Paul V. Hester, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a statement. He's also been nominated for promotion to the rank of general.
Chandler would work out of Pacific Air Force headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base if the U.S. Senate confirms the appointment.
The former F-15 and F-16 fighter pilot is currently the deputy chief of staff for Air Force operations in Washington, D.C.
Chandler has lived in Hawai'i before, serving at the U.S. Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces in the 1980s and 1990s.
He also has served as a fighter squadron commander at Kadena Air Force Base in Japan and as a U.S. Air Force adviser to the Royal Saudi Air Force.
More recently, Chandler was the Alaskan Command commander.
