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Breathtaking fireworks are displayed at the Hickam AFB, Hawaii Air Tattoo as part of the celebration for the 50th Anniversary of the Air Force

A joint military Honor Guard carries a casket draped with an American flag containing the remains of believed to be U.S. military member found in the Papua New Guinea, Laos and Burma area during a repatriation ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 17, 2004. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins. (USAF PHOTO by Jerry Banks, CIV) (Released)

A quarter port stern view of the US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), underway off the coast of Papua, New Guinea providing humanitarian assistance and focused medical care to the residents of the area. The MERCY is en route to its homeport after taking part in Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian operation effort in response to the Tsunami that struck Southeast Asia

A U.S. Army Soldier salutes while a joint military Honor Guard carries a casket draped with an American flag containing remains of believed to be of a U.S. military member found in the Papua New Guinea, Laos and Burma area during a repatriation ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on Dec. 17, 2004. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command where the forensic identification process begins. In the background is a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft. (USAF PHOTO by Mysti Bicoy, CIV) (Released)

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

A hand-sketched illustration by Artist: Donald A. Gillespie. Artwork:"B-17E41-2446, Papua, New Guinea, 1942". US Air Force Art Collection

During a commemorative ceremony at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB) Hangar 35, inside a US Air Force (USAF) C-17A Globemaster III, members of a joint honor guard prepare to carry the remains believed to be of unaccounted-for Americans, recovered in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. The remains will be taken to the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL) where they will attempt to positively identify the remains so they can be returned to their families

SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Charles Bivens of the 25th Military Police Company uses a K15 radar gun to monitor traffic along Saddle Road during Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 at the Pohakuloa Training Area

CHIEF Of STAFF, Colonel J. A. Gillis III, (center), Marine Forces Pacific, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii, and Guest Speaker Major Fredric Foz, USA, (right), (Ret.) lay a wreath to honor the POW/MIAs during the ceremony

The Third Fleet flagship USS CORONADO (AGF-11), left, the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS OHIO (SSBN-726), center, and the guided missile cruiser USS WORDEN (CG-18) lie tied up at the naval station.

Maintenance crews remove the fuel pods from F-16C Fighting Falcon aircrafts who are from the South Carolina Air National Guard (SCANG). The SCANG is deployed to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii for Sentry Aloha. This exercise is an opportunity for the Hawaii Air National Guard, based on Hickam, to train with F-16 units based on the U.S. mainland. The SCANG is based on McEntire AIR National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina