Month: October 2019

Retirees of the Headquarters, 201st Combat Communications Group meet occasionally for lunch. Around the table in the photograph are: Miles Tamura (in red), Roy Iwamoto, Carl Nakamura, Bacilio “BJ” Juarez, and Calvin Chow.

Off the 111th Army Band Facebook page To enlarge, right click and then click on “Open Image in New Window” After the recent Hawaii Army National Guard Change of Command, BG Kenneth Hara and BG Moses Kaoiwi took the stage…

From the Hawaii News Now website Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph Former University of Hawaii receiver Britton Komine, now a major with the Hawaii Air National Guard, was the pilot who flew the C-17 during the flyover before kickoff against…

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph The Air Force Academy football team played the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors last Saturday, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a flyover. The C-17 Globemaster…

James “Bud” Willard Placek, 73, of Captain Cook, Hawai‘i, died September 18 at Kona Community Hospital. Born in Belleville, Illinois, he was an electrical engineer for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Authority, U.S. Air Force retiree, member of the…

Forrest Clay Fanning, 73, of Hilo, Hawai‘i, died at the Hawaii Care Choices Pohai Malama Care Center on Thursday, August 15, 2019. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee and was a Seafood Clerk with Malama Market and was the Seafood…

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph This  current photograph of the Hawaii Air National Guard alert facility shows one of the F-22 Raptors standing alert.  The alert facility was dedicated on October 22, 1958. The 199th Fighter Squadron and their F-86 Sabers…

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph This undated photograph shows three 199th Fighter Squadron pilots (L-R): George Duncan, John "Moon" Carroll, and James "Kimo" Moncrief. John Carroll’s flight suit appears to be a lighter color because during the 1960s, flight suits…

This recent photograph shows two Hawaii Air National Guard retirees: Charles Kaulukukui and Elmer Looney. Charles served many years in the then-169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron before retiring. Elmer served his entire career in the 201st Combat Communications Group.…

Off the internet While doing some research on the internet, we ran across this photograph of someone who looked like Scott Hoadley. We emailed him for his comments provided below: Yes indeed, that is a younger me. That pic was…