Island Images

Bomber catches flak

Photos by Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin

Above, from left, Gen. Richard E. Hawley, Sen. Dan Inouye, Sen. Dan Akaka, Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, Gen. John G. Lorber and Kend Kresa, president of Northrop Grumman Corp., stand at attention in front of the "Spirit of Hawaii" B-2 bomber.

Below, Hawaiian activist Hayden Burgess is carried away by Hickam security officers during a protest to the "Spirit of Hawaii" moniker given to the bomber. "The naming of a B-2 stealth bomber the Spirit of Hawaii is a reprehensible act, insulting to the people of Hawaii who have chosen to live the spirit of Hawaii in aloha," said Burgess.



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