Kahuku High School JROTC students met members of the Air Force Thunderbirds and nine generals after their brunch Sunday at the Turtle Bay Resort.

Some 12 cadets, ages 14-17, were invited to meet and talk to the pilots, said 1st Sgt. Don Glover, who heads the JROTC program at Kahuku High & Intermediate School.

Glover said he was thrilled when Gen. Paul Hester, Pacific Air Forces commander, presented him with a four-star Airman coin.

"He presented it for my hard work with these young men and women," Glover said.