December 2018

Found this photograph of Susan and Robert Higgins on someone's Facebook page. Sue and Bob relocated to Arizona after many years in Kailua. Sue came off active duty and became the Director of Personnel for the Hawaii Air National Guard....

Richie, Heidi and Hideko Kunichika at Heidi's UPT graduation | Kunichika Family photograph - used with permission Ritchie “Kuni” Kunichika, passed away on December 13, 2008. He was 74 years old. Kuni’s survivors were his wife, Hideko, daughters Tracey Kunichika and...

Retiree News photograph This undated photograph shows Carol Orr when she working in Finance. During her career, Carol worked in maintenance, finance, military personnel, communications. She currently works in civilian personnel at the Human Resources Office. Carol was promoted to...

Retiree News photograph This photograph show three Hawaiian Air National Guard generals - Joseph Kim, Stanley "Ossum" Osserman, and Edwin "Skip" Vincent. This photograph was taken on January 29, 2010, just prior to the start of General Vincent's retirement ceremony...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Airmen from the Hawai’i Air National Guard’s (HIANG) 154th Logistic Readiness Squadron (LRS), volunteered at The Salvation Army Angel Tree located in Pearlridge Mall (Uptown), on December 3, 2018. The logistics airmen volunteered from 9:00...

Wallace Haruichi Takasane, 80, of Honolulu, Hawaii passed away on November 20, 2018. He was born in Honolulu, and was the first of four children to Jiro and Kikue Takasane. Wallace graduated from Kaimuki High School. He then joined and...

The Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard held its annual Holiday Party. Hosted by the HIANG Commander, Brig Gen Ryan Okahara, invitees included current, former and retired members of the HIANG staff. Several cadets from the current Youth Challenge Academy class...

Retiree News photograph This photograph was taken on January 9, 2005 at Jon Iwashita's retirement party. The photograph show three maintenance technicians, Harold "Kahi" Hewett III, Gary Soma, and Thomas Hirao. Kahi passed on July 27, 2008 after a long battle with...

From a State of Hawaii Department of Defense press release Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) will be hosting a Sentry Aloha, a large-scale fighter exercise beginning Wednesday, Dec. 5. Oahu residents, particularly along the...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph shows Wayne Soma, who served with 154th Wing as a radio maintenance technician during the F-102 Delta Dagger, F-4C Phantom and the F-15 Eagle eras. This photograph was taken during the F-102/F-4 conversion period...