Year: 2020

In the photograph (L-R) are Jason Matsumura, Walter Ross, Gary Hara, Ken Hara, Robert Lee, Peter Matsuura, Joseph Chaves, Vern Nakasone, Brett Wyrick, Gary Ishikawa (?) David Aponte The caption accompanying the photograph said: Lt. Col. Peter Matsuura (center in a black shirt), an orthopedic doctor from Hilo, poses with the Hawaii National Guard…

Hawaii Army National Guard photograph Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page A socially distanced promotion ceremony was held for Janet G. Lundberg from the rank of Lt. Col. to Colonel, July 10, 2020, Kalaeloa, Hawaii. Distinguished guests,…

From the October 2003-March 2004 Pupukahi The caption with this photograph: Hawaiian Airman Home from the Front - Maj Patrick R. Fierro, Jr. pauses from his air traffic control duties while deployed in Afghanistan, HE served as the alternate battle…

From the National Guard website Managing an air operation can be challenging and complicated. But that’s what Command and Control Battle Management Operations [C2BMO] Airmen excel at doing. These highly trained professionals take the chaos out of an evolving battlespace…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph was taken from a 1965 Hawai‘i Guardsman magazine. The caption read: When the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 ACWS) moved from Koko Crater, members of the 109th Aircraft Control & Warning…

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page The Hawai‘i Air National Guard would like to congratulate and welcome back our newest 2nd Lieutenants from officer training school. Over the last 8 weeks they completed officer training at Maxwell Air Force…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Retiree News asked Glenn Sugawara (on the left) about this photograph. The person in the photo is Norman Kurata, a drill status member. It must have been during one of our UTAs. Believe the timeframe was…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The F-102 Delta Dagger deployed a drag chute in addition to a speed brake during landing operations. This one of the few photographs Retiree News has that shows a Deuce landing with drag chute deployed. …

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Airmen repairing a jet engine. It was taken in the old Hawaii Air National Guard facilities in Area 65 before the move to the current compound in 1961. The Airmen are…

Gregory Kwan Yet Ng, 74, of Pearl City, Hawai‘i, died in Pearl City on May 29, 2020. He was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Services to be held at a later date. Greg served in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard in…