The US military and Hawaii officials say the Air Force has returned 363 acres it leased on Molokai Island to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands. This opens the possibility Native Hawaiians could move onto the land. The Air Force took over the lease in 1981 and used the land as a high frequency receiver for radio communications. In 2007, the Air Force determined it didn’t need the land anymore and began preparing to clean it up and return it. The lease expired on December 31st.
