Month: November 2017

This photograph shows Daniel and Robyn Rose in 2002. The then 154th Communications Flight was holding a after drill party for a departing unit member. They were not married at the time and this may have been one of their first…

This photograph features a young Tamahlani Noh - then Tamahlani Nakamoto. Like many Hawaii Air National Guard officers she was commissioned after serving several years as an enlisted member. The photograph was taken in the CBPO (Consolidated Base Personnel Office…

Command Sgt. Maj. Elva A. Schaben and Brig. Gen. Keith Y. Tamashiro after the Hawaii Army National Guard change of responsibility ceremony at the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Readiness Center November 4, 2017. Over the course of the ceremony,…

Brig. Gen. Wyrick with his father and wife Brigadier General (Dr.) Brett Wyrick was promoted on November 4, 2016 – the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 70th Birthday. The promotion ceremony was held at Washington Place with many of his friends,…

Philippine Air Force Brig. Gen. Antonio Ramon Lim, commander, 5th Fighter Wing, PAF and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Oka, commander, 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard discuss the capabilities of the KC-135 Stratotanker, Sep. 22, 2017,…

Two Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, and associated personnel returned to Hawaii today following a deployment to the Middle East, where they had supported Operation Inherent Resolve.  A third tanker and…

Mitsuo Hasegawa, 88, of Hilo, Hawaii, died Oct. 17, 2017 at Life Care Center of Hilo. Born April 20, 1929, in Hilo, he was a retired Command Sergeant Major of the Hawaii Army National Guard, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion,…

This undated photograph shows 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron members controlling aircraft. It shows the interior of Building 204 at Wheeler AFB. This was the squadron's facility before moving to the current Hawaii Regional Operations Control Center (HIROCC) on…

Meliton (Mel) Ayay Adversalo, 93, of Honolulu passed away peacefully on October 5, 2017 after a brief illness. Mel was born in Kahuku, Oahu on July 15, 1924 and was a retired electronics technician with the Hawaii Air National Guard…