Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz congratulates Gen. Gary North, former Pacific Air Forces commander, during the PACAF change of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Aug. 3, 2012. Gen. Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle is the successor to North, who took command of Pacific Air Forces in August 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jerome S. Tayborn)  