Month: July 2019

Back by popular demand...Come check out the HIANG F-22 Raptor Exhibit on Maui this Friday! It will be at the Kahului Airport and entry is FREE (details on the flyer below). If you missed it the last time it was…

Retiree News Photograph This photograph was taken at a 2003 social event. In the photograph are (L-R) are Back row: Robert Dongon, Robby Shigeta, Dean Oliveros Front row: Thor Gran, Paul Maedo, Jamie Hasuike 2019 Update: Bob transferred to the…

Colonel Dann Carlson became the commander of 154th Wing earlier this month. Most recently he served as the Director of Plans and Programs at Hq, Hawaii Air National Guard from May-July 2019. He is an Air Force Academy graduate with…

From the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) website Six Hawaii Air National Guardsmen (HIANG) participated in a State Partnership Program (SPP) Air Defense subject matter expert exchange (SMEE) July 10, 2019, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The SPP SMEE began in…

It happened #OTD, 25 Jul 2000, at #EdwardsAirForceBase#F22 #Raptor #military #aviation #flighttest #history pic.twitter.com/qVbPUQLdIq — Edwards AFB (@EdwardsAFB) July 25, 2018 The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical…

Henry Lagyatan, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard recruiter sent Retiree News this photograph and these comments. Met up with Vince Nishina former 298th Air Traffic Control Flight commander, wife Carleen & brother-in-law Delo Chun on the 13th of July…

From the National Guard magazine website Nicknames are popular in many endeavors, but nowhere are they more part of the culture than among fighter pilots. A pilot best known as Gump made a little history April 6 as four Vermont…

Michael Yamamoto passed away at the age of 81 on June 16, 2019, surrounded by his loving 'ohana. Mike is survived by his wife of 56 years, Cynthia; son Trevor; daughter/ granddaughter Krystal; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, and in-laws.…

Hawaii Army National Guard Photograph Soldiers of 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Multinational Battle Group-East (MNBG-E), KFOR 25, are awarded end of tour awards July 9, 2019, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. Soldiers received various service awards to include the Non-Article…

Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page Army National Guard Soldiers, and U.S. Army Soldiers of the 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1-23 Infantry Battalion, 1-23 Striker Brigade Combat Team; along with Bravo Company, 2-130 Infantry Battalion, 33rd Infantry…