Year: 2017

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…

The photograph above shows Lewis Kono, James Suzuki, and Harold DeMello in front of a F-4C Phantom. It was probably taken in the early 1980s. All three were long time technicians who served in several positions in the 154th Consolidated Aircraft…

Special thanks to Dave Molinaro and Peter Ching for their help identifying the Guardmembers in this photograph. This photograph was taken at the 2007 National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) Conference, which was held in Baltimore, Maryland. At…

Lawrence Chaves Cabrinha graduated from St Louis High School in 1953. In 1954, he joined the US Air Force and was accepted into the Undergraduate Pilot Training program as an Aviation Cadet and started Pre-Flight Training at Lackland Air Force…

Meliton A. Adversalo, 93, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died in Honolulu on October 5, 2017. He was born in Kahuku. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.; Services: 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Borthwick Mortuary, Mauka Chapel. Burial: 2:00 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial…