October 2015

From the KITV website Members of Hawaii's Air National Guard are participating in bombing targets of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Air Guard members are using one of the world's most sophisticated...

State DOD Team, It's a great day and month to be in the State Department of Defense, Hawaii National Guard. We just congratulated BG Kenneth Hara, and now we have another brigadier general in the Hawaii National Guard. His promotion...

David Rogojo Rodrigues, 51, of Waianae, a Honolulu Board of Water Supply employee and a Hawaii Air National Guard veteran, will be remembered in services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Mililani Downtown Mortuary. He passed away on September 29, 2015. He...

Frequent contributor John Chun emailed this photograph of Benet Costa. John and his wife Lorraine visited Benet and his wife Suzi during their recent cross-country road trip. Benet relocated to the Boise area in Idaho after retiring from the 154th Wing. Mahalo...

Francis Eugene Jones, 76, of Las Vegas, retired from Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Shop 31, and a retired casino security worker and Army National Guard veteran, passed away in Las Vegas on August 24, 2015. He was born in Ewa. He is survived...

In Loving Memory C. MICHAEL GILBERT 05 September 1953 - 28 September 2015 Charles Michael Gilbert, 62, of Kaneohe, Hawaii passed away in his home that he built, with his wife Jody and loyal pet Golden Retriever Tanner at his...

Robert Victor Anes, 65, of Pearl City, a mechanic and an Army National Guard veteran, will be remembered in private services. He passed away on September 22, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by brother Adolfo and...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph of some of the pilots of the 199th Fighter Squadron taken in the early 1960s posted on September 22, 2015. A request to help identify the pilots was part of the post. Special thanks...

David Greenlee emailed Retiree News with the sad news of Charles “Mike” Gilbert’s recent passing. Mike flew with the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron. There will be a post when more information about services are known.

click on photographs to enlarge Special thanks to Contributing Editor Stephen Lum who shared these photographs