The Financial Express carried this story about a plan for an Indian Navy liaison officer with the US Pacific Command based in Hawaii.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fearchive_frame.php The issues facing the US Pacific Command are given in the following link: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/31/ln/ln03p.html It seems the US' Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu has an interesting joint use agreement with Honolulu International Airport with which it shares adjacent runways. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/hickam.htm Let us hope that the Indian Navy selects an officer who can not only provide the necessary information resources to the US Navy's Pacific Command but would simultaneously be in a position to observe the functioning of Hickam/HIA's joint use arrangement for subsequent transfer to Goa/Dabolim in an appropriate and timely manner.
