{"id":87686,"date":"2026-09-23T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/?p=87686"},"modified":"2026-09-15T00:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T00:57:03","slug":"operation-trek808-pacaf-hing-rapidly-provide-critical-aid-to-hawaii-island-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2026\/09\/23\/operation-trek808-pacaf-hing-rapidly-provide-critical-aid-to-hawaii-island-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation TREK808: PACAF, HING Rapidly Provide Critical Aid to Hawaii Island Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 15th Wing, transported three Southern California Edison (SCE) utility trucks from March Air Reserve Base, Calif. as part of Operation TREK808, to Hilo International Airport, Hawaii, on Aug. 24, 2026. The utility trucks arrived to support the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) power restoration efforts following Hurricane Lala on Hawai\u02bbi Island where thousands of homes remained without electricity after the hurricane impacted the state Aug. 14-16, 2026. Operation TREK808 was made possible through coordination among Hawai\u02bbi Gov. Josh Green, the Hawai\u02bbi National Guard, Department of War, U.S. Pacific Command, Pacific Air Forces, SCE and HECO. The operation demonstrates the collaborative efforts of state, federal and utility partners to restore critical infrastructure following a natural disaster. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Daniel Barcenas)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Because of Hawaii\u2019s geographic location, responding to natural disasters requires unique logistical capabilities. To accelerate recovery efforts following Tropical Cyclone Lala, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), the Hawaii National Guard (HING), and state agencies executed a rapid-response airlift effort, named Operation TREK808, to deliver essential utility equipment from California to Hawaii Island from Aug. 23 – 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total payload of 143,790 pounds \u2014 including six commercial power and utility repair trucks and a support trailer \u2014 was delivered to Hilo, Hawaii, by C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over the course of two airlift missions. By bypassing traditional, slower maritime transport routes, the joint military effort delivered power restoration capabilities to the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What began as a simple text message from a local electric company to Gov. Josh Green evolved into a complex, multi-component defense support of civil authorities mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOperation TREK808 demonstrates what we can accomplish when federal, state and private-sector partners respond with urgency and purpose,\u201d said Gov. Green. \u201cFollowing my request for federal assistance, the Department of War, Adm. Samuel Paparo and U.S. Pacific Command, Pacific Air Forces, the Hawaii National Guard, Southern California Edison and Hawaiian Electric moved quickly to bring utility crews, trucks and critical equipment to Hawaii Island. This coordinated mission will accelerate repairs, restore power sooner… and I am deeply grateful to everyone who answered the call.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Because of Hawaii\u2019s geographic location, responding to natural disasters requires unique logistical capabilities. To accelerate recovery efforts following Tropical Cyclone Lala, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), the Hawaii National Guard (HING), and state agencies executed a rapid-response airlift effort, named Operation TREK808, to deliver essential utility equipment from California to Hawaii Island from Aug. 23 – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":87687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"10266,59802,8200,39251,24680,13012","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12393],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2020s"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87688,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87686\/revisions\/87688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}