HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AFPN) -- (From left) Brig. Gen. Peter S. Pawling, commander of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard; Ron Marcotte the vice president and general manager for global mobility at the Boeing Company; Gov. Linda Lingle; Gen. Paul V. Hester; Kahu Kordell Kekoa; and Col. William J. Changose, commander of the 15th Airlift Wing, observe the "posting of the colors" during the welcoming ceremony for PACAF's first C-17 Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photos by Maj. Brad Jessmer)