Other Oahu Airports
In addition to Honolulu International Airport, the military operated airports at Barbers Point (NAS), Wheeler (AFB) and Mokapu (MCAS).
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- Two plaques were unveiled at Wheeler Air Force Base ceremony commemorating 50 Years of flight in Hawaii, August 19, 1977. The plaques honored the Maitland-Hegenberger and Dole Derby flights from Oakland, California to Wheeler Field. Claire Engle, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, congratulates Col. Charles Dolan, last living pilot of the Lafayette Escadrille; Wheeler Brig. Gen. William G. MacLaren; 1st Lt. Gene Tigne, and Hawaii DOT Director Adm (ret) Alvey Wright.
- Dick Rodby, President, Kemoo Farms, and Col. Gerald P. Alexander, Wheeler Air Force Base Commander, look at plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first Army Air Corps flight by 1st Lieutenants Maitland and Hegenberger from California to Hawaii on June 29, 1927.
