Hawaii Air Guard personnel along with Army Guard and departmental employees assisted with the gathering, packaging and delivering of relief supplies to the earthquake victims of the Kobe, Japan, in January. ...
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HING History
In April, a tanker and crew from the 203rd deployed to Keflavik, Iceland, to stand alert with the active Air Force and the Icelandic Defense Force for 17 days. – ...
Read More 1991-2001 Yugoslav Wars NATO Support
Also in FY 1995, Hawaii became the first state to deploy Air National Guard F-15 fighter aircraft to patrol the northern no-fly zone of Iraq imposed by the United Nations ...
Read More 1994-1996 Operation Provide Comfort II
On Aug. 30, 1994, the 29th Hawaii Army National Guard Infantry Brigade (Separate) was officially selected as one of the National Guard’s 15 enhanced readiness combat brigades. Those units will ...
Read More 1990’s 29th Infantry Brigade as an Enhanced Readiness Brigade
In June, the Guard and State Civil Defense assisted Maui county officials in extinguishing a fire which destroyed 12,500 acres on Molokai. – 1991 Annual Report pp. 1 Brigade soldiers ...
Read More 1991 Molokai Fire Response
The Hawaii National Guard (HING), like many other U.S. military organizations, did not directly participate in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. However, the HING supported the effort by providing ...
Read More 1991 Gulf War Support
The Hawaii Army National Guard also participated in a Drug Enforcement Administration-led marijuana eradication project, “Operation Wipeout.” In FY 1990, as many as 20 Hawaii Army National Guard personnel were ...
Read More 1989-1991 Operation Wipeout
F-15 Eagles Update By Lt. Col. Jerald K. Aoki and Capt.Wayne P. Wakeman, HANG The 154th Composite Group’s (154th COMPG) F-15 conversion committee is on schedule with their plan for ...
Read More 1986 – 1987 F-15A Eagle Aircraft Conversion
Kauai Guardsmen respond; saves neighbors’ lives Hawaii National Guard and State Department of Defense personnel proved themselves to be of invaluable assistance on Kauai during the height and aftermath of ...
Read More 1982 Hurricane lwa Response