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Aloha Airlines was a Hawaiian airline headquartered in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, operating from a hub at Honolulu International Airport. Operations began on July 26, 1946, and ceased on March 31, ...
Read More Check Six – 2008: Aloha Flight 261

This photograph is from the HIANG 50 book that documented the first 50 years of the Hawaii Air National Guard. Based on uniforms and ranks, this photograph was taken in ...
Read More Check Six: HIANG Recruiting in the late 1950s

From the 2003 Department of Defense Annual Report In each year’s annual report is a section where the commanders of Hawaii National Guard units are listed. The attachment for this ...
Read More Check Six – 2003: HIANG Commanders

From the 2002 Department of Defense Annual Report The State Department of Defense produces an annual report for the state fiscal year ending on June 30. The report is a ...
Read More Check Six: 93rd Civil Support Team – 16 years ago

From the I.G. Brown Training and Education Center website Many HIANG members chose to attend the five-and-a-half-week course in-residence NCO Academy. For some it was a quicker way to meet ...
Read More Education center reflects on 50 years: Part One – ‘Before him, there was nothing’

From the 2000 Department of Defense Annual Report The State Department of Defense produces an annual report for the state fiscal year ending on June 30. The report is a ...
Read More Check Six: 204 AS Loadmaster – 18 years ago

We ran across Dr. Gildo Soriano in the Navy Exchange during the current scratch-off promotion. As you can see in the photograph, he remains in great shape. He retired from ...
Read More Retiree Update: Retired HIANG Doctor Sighted

John “JC” Chun sent in this photograph. While at the Hale Koa buffet in early March, he ran into Marcus “Rosie” Rosehill and John “Saigon” Lee.  Both Rosie and Saigon flew ...
Read More Retiree Update: Retired Fighter Pilots Sighted

This photograph shows Col John “Saigon” Lee, and his staff, Col Richie “Kuni” Kunichika, Lt Col William “Billy” Mossman, and Lt Col Richard Furuno, in front of a organization formation. ...
Read More Check Six: Group Formations 1980s – 30+ years ago

From the U.S. Army website Stretching across several tropical island sites, the Hawaii Army National Guard installation encompasses 1,300 total acres. Some locations are home to rare, threatened, and/or endangered ...
Read More A win-win for natural resources, Hawaii Army National Guard in the Aloha State