Yesterday's Air Force: Hickam 75 years after Pearl Harbor Published Dec. 12, 2016 By Staff Sgt. Jevon Smith Air Force TV FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- 75 years ago, the world changed as U.S. military installations across Hawaii were devastated in an attack by the Japanese military. Look back at how the events of the Pearl Harbor attack changed Hickam Air Force Base. Yesterday's Air Force is a history and heritage featurette series profiling significant people and missions from the Air Force's past.