FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii ~ 22 JULY 2025

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Road Trip: Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii

Wheeler Army Airfield, also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. It is a National Historic Landmark for its role in the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Wheeler AAF comprises approximately 1,389 acres of land adjacent to Schofield Barracks and is home to a variety of Department of Defense activities including the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 ACWS) of the Hawaii Air National Guard, the 193rd Aviation Regiment (Medium Lift), Detachment 55 Operational Support Airlift (Det 55 OSA) of the Hawaii Army National Guard, the Regular Army's 25th Infantry Division's 25th Combat Aviation Brigade composed of the 25th Aviation Regiment, the 2nd Squadron-6th Cavalry Regiment, and the 209th Aviation Support Battalion, also located on wheeler is the Trial Defense Service-Hawaii.

Wheeler Field was the site of several major historic aviation events prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, including the first transpacific flight from California in 1927; the great Dole Air Race from California to Hawaii; the first transpacific flight from the U.S. to Australia in 1928, and the first Hawaii-to-Mainland solo flight in 1935 by Amelia Earhart.

Ms. Earhart visited Wheeler Field in 1935 in her Lockheed Vega and in 1937 in her Lockheed Model 10 Electra. Kingsford Smith, in his plane, the Southern Cross, also used the airfield on his historic flights across the Pacific.

Wheeler Army Airfield was a primary target and site of the first attack on 7 December 1941, leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Japanese attacked the airfield to prevent the numerous planes there from getting airborne and engaging them. Most of the planes were destroyed, but 12 pilots assigned to the 15th Pursuit Group at Wheeler (predecessor of the present day 15th Wing) succeeded in getting their P-36 Hawk and P-40 Warhawk aircraft off the ground, engaged the Japanese in furious dogfights, and scored some of the first American victories of World War II.

2nd Lieutenant Phil Rasmussen found an old, unscathed Curtiss P-36 Hawk and taxied it to a revetment where he had it loaded with ammunition. During a lull in the bombing, he took off with three other pilots. Lieutenant Rasmussen managed to shoot down a Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the American pilots subsequently engaged 11 Japanese aircraft.

Learn More About Wheeler Army Airfield HERE!!

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[PROCON]

WOO-HOO it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[luvie]

~ Road Trip: Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening PROCON!

Great to see ya!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening luvie!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

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[radu]

Howdy, lauren.

How are things faring down there these days? Did you stock up on stuff so you won’t have to leave the house during this heat wave? I did. LOL

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

How are things out your way? Should be fairly nice since all the heat shifted down here. LOL

[laurenmarlowe]

I actually did, this morning! And now I do not have to get out to go running around at all. A couple of early office days this week, but then home in the AC, LOL!

You take care and stay cool, it’s yucky hot.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening left that other site!

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[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Did Peaches behave last night and let you sleep?

[radu]

Good girl! LOL We both thought ahead.
It IS yucky hot. I’m glad I don’t have to get out during the day. Getting a little rain at the moment that I wasn’t expecting but that just makes it steamier outside.

[PROCON]

Hey radu!

We're in the middle of a 5 day cooling period which feels great! Hardly needed my A/C today but we'll warm back up soon!

Visited Robin and the pups yesterday, just lazing around now.

I hope your week has started off good.

[Theoria]

Great times. We would go over to the Wheeler chow hall and eat, or the navy annex. So much better than other locations. Wheeler was one of the main targets for the Japs.

[luvie]

Hi, lauren! Good to see you! Have any more trips planned this summer. Which just dawned on me is more than 1/2 over.LOL!

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

He sort of let me sleep. He wasn't quite as vocal, but if I moved, he butted my arm with his head so I'd pet him. It's ok. I slept till nearly noon, so I did get plenty of rest.

Hope it didn't get too hot over there. I know Reed has been freakin' over the heat dome all day today. It's not bad here...yet....and right now, it's raining!! WoooHooo!!

[radu]

Hey, you and your son need to take advantage and head to the shooting range while it’s cooler! :-)

Enjoy it while you have it.

My week started off holed up inside and will be that way all week. Too darn hot! We’re under that dratted heat dome for a while. Summer’s letting us know it’s here! LOL

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