2018

During the Hawaii Army National Guard deployment to Afghanistan.... U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts was fairly nonchalant about the U.S. military helicopter he was in having to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm in the mountains of Afghanistan. Two Black...

From the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Disaster relief. Check! Search and rescue. Check! Become a honorary Mississippi State Deputy? Check! Patriot South 18 is underway in the Gulfport Miss., area and our 154th Security Forces Squadron Defenders are...

Photo: Peter Clark, Ann Greenlee and Kristof Sills. Also pictured are the many current and former Hawaii Air National Guard pilots working and flying for Hawaiian Airlines. - click to enlarge photograph System Chief Pilot for Hawaiian Airlines Peter Clark,...

This photograph shows Dillingham Field in the middle 1960s. After the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group converted to F-102 Delta Daggars in 1960, some of the annual summer camp training was done at Dillingham Field. After hour activities included barbecues, music...

Pictured L-R: Ted Daligdig, Theodore Balocan and Command Sgt. Maj. James Jimenez Postmaster Theodore Balocan, U.S. Postal Service, Kapa’a, Kauai, was presented with a Patriot Award Dec. 15 in recognition of his continued support provided to a U.S. Army National...

Wallace “Wally" Kawakami, 71, of Aiea, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2017. He was born in Honolulu. Wally enlisted in the Hawaii Army National Guard in 1967. He was part of the 1968 call up of the 29th Infantry...

There was a ground breaking for Hawaii Army National Guard Combined Support Maintenance Shop #2 (CSMS#2) in Hilo, Hawaii yesterday. The new Combined Support Maintenance Shop (CSMS) facility will include administrative and shop space, vehicle work bays, vehicle loading ramp,...

The photograph above show a Hawaii Air National Guard F-4 Phantom II landing at Clark AB, Philippines in 1979. Col John "Saigon" Lee had recently took command of the then-154th Composite Group (August 1, 1978). The Group deployed to Clark AB many...

Two significant retirements Cathy Inouye, a long-time state employee, retired at the end of 2017. She served in several staff support positions in the Hawai’i Army National Guard. Her husband, retired CSM Robert Inouye, remains in his state position with...

When the 154th Fighter Interceptor Group (154 FIG) converted from the F-102A Delta Dagger to the F-4C Phantom II, the organization was redesignated the 154th Tactical Fighter Group (154 TFG). The Hawaii Air National Guard had flown “Deuces” since 1960...