New Pacific Air Forces chief takes reins

Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, left, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force; Gen. Gary North, outgoing commander of the Pacific Air Forces; and incoming Pacific Air Forces commander Gen. Herbert Carlisle laughed at an opening remark by Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, head of U.S. Pacific Command, at the Pacific Air Forces change-of-command ceremony Friday at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.