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This photograph was taken on January 9, 2000 at the retirement ceremony for Maj Gen Edward Richardson. The ceremony was on the 154th Wing flightline and included a parade of Hawaii ...
Read More Check Six – 2000: Three Colonels

This photograph was taken on January 9, 2000 at the retirement ceremony for Maj Gen Edward Richardson. The ceremony was on the 154th Wing flightline and included a parade of ...
Read More Check Six – 2000: Three Fighter Pilots

Taps: Joseph Kanehoa Adams, Jr.

Posted on Sep 27, 2018 in Taps

Joseph “Papa Joe” Kanehoa Adams, Jr., 69, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, died in Kaneohe on August 15, 2018. He was born in Honolulu. Visitation: 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Monday, ...
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Taps: Donald Y.F Chun

Posted on Sep 25, 2018 in Taps

Donald Y.F Chun, 87, of Aiea, passed away on September 1, 2018. Born in Honolulu, he was a retired superintendent for Hawaiian Electric Co. Inc. and a member of the ...
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Exercise Gema Bhakti 2018

Posted on Sep 24, 2018 in 2010's, History

Jarkarta, Indonesia – The Hawaii National Guard and the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) recently hosted a joint staff planning exercise known as Gema Bhakti. The name of the ...
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Taps: Padraic “Paddy” Evans

Posted on Sep 24, 2018 in Taps

Aviator Yachtsman Wanderer, Padraic “Paddy” Evans has embarked his final journey. He was born in Seattle, Washington on February 28, 1922 and peacefully left his home in Kaunakakai on August 21, ...
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Taps: Mark Sandvold Update

Posted on Sep 24, 2018 in Taps

Well known Hawaii waterman and Olympic kayak contender, Mark Conrad Sandvold, passed away on September 1st at his home in Honolulu after a 6 1/2 year battle with cancer. Mark ...
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Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the history of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 1st Lt Alexander “Blackie” Bell was flying an L ...
Read More Check Six – 1959: Aircraft Save by Lt Alexander Bell

This photograph taken in 1952, shows the Hawaii Air National Guard’s F-102A Delta Daggers on the flightline. The then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group (154 FIG) had just completed the conversion from ...
Read More Check Six – 1962: Deuces on the Flightline

Taps: MSgt John Lum Update

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 in Taps

MSgt John Recard Puaalaonalani Lum passed away on 8-18-18. He was born on 10-25-76, and grew up in Kaneohe, graduating from Castle High School, ’94. He was a pipe fitter ...
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