April 2014

Henry Stanley Leite, 80, of Aiea, an Army National Guard veteran, passed away on April 14, 2014. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by wife Soon Yea, sons John G. Pupek and Charlie Pak, daughters Linda Fong and...

When 154th Wing retirees gather, there is always talk about the “old days”. One of the topics that comes up is the radar docks. Unfortunately for the younger members who work in the fighter compound, the radar docks were long...

Capt. Michael Kerschbaum (left), a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot with the 154th Operations Group, and 1st Lt. Renn Nishimoto, a pilot with the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, prepare to land a KC-135 at JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawai‘i, on April 2, 2014. Two...

  click on photographs to enlarge Retiree News received word of the passing of Colonel James R. Ashford, retired commander of the then 154th Fighter Group. Colonel Ashford was 90 years old and passed on April 9, 2014.  Colonel Ashford...

Nicholas Donald "Nick" Teves, 79, of Kāne‘ohe, a retired Shell Oil dealer, passed away on March 8, 2014.  He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Roberta; daughters Donna and Linda Teves, and Marie-Ann Wetter; brother Gary; sister Sylvia;...

The REMEOs recently took a tour of the new 199th Fighter Squadron operations facility Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. Lt Col Kristof "JAG" Sills conducted the tour. The REMEOs are retired fighter pilots and navigators who served in the 199th...

The Hawai‘i Air National Guard's Sentry Aloha Team recently wrapped up their largest and most successful aerial exercise to date . This event integrated over ten different flying squadrons, including units from Ohio, Massachusetts, Alaska, California, and Georgia, along with the...

Robert Davis continues to serve in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard – 39 years and counting. He remains a member of the 154th Civil Engineer Squadron and retire next year at age 60. In civilian life, Bob worked as a...

James Toshiyuki Minato, 92, of Hilo, a retired director for the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workers Compensation Division, an Army veteran who served in World War II and a retired Hawaii Air National Guard captain, passed away...

In the mid 80s, the Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1 Battalion, 299th Infantry (Maui) were training at the Pohakuloa Training Area when this photograph was taken. click on photograph to enlarge MAJ Thomas E. Weeks, LTC Edward R. Cruickshank (Cdr),...