Year: 2015

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

Dawson Bell Von Oelhoffen Sr., 62, of Honolulu, a Delta Co. sergeant in the Army National Guard and a cook for Waikiki Resort Hotel, passed away on September 29, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife…

From the Images of Old Hawaii website It was not until World War II that the technology of using rockets and missiles in warfare became firmly established. During the final months of World War II, several major defense contractors studied…

Two F-22 Raptor squadrons and two maintenance squadrons from Hawaii have joined forces to create a combined unit with more than 200 active-duty and Air National Guard airmen that has arrived in the Middle East for a six-month deployment, according…