Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. General Paul V. Hester was the Commander, Pacific Air Forces, and Air Component Commander for the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii from July 2004 to November 2007. He had responsibility for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports 55,500 Air Force people serving principally in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Japan and South Korea.General Hester was commissioned through the ROTC program at the University of Mississippi. He entered the Air Force in January 1971 and earned his wings in December 1971 at Columbus AFB, Mississippi.