Year: 2020

Members of the Hawaii National Guard work together to offload the aircraft after landing on the island of Maui in support of COVID-19 operations, Kahului, Hawaii, April 17, 2020. The troops are posturing themselves on all neighboring islands to assist…

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii National Guard photograph Hawaii National Guard Airmen and Soldiers are posturing themselves on all neighboring islands to assist the state of Hawaii’s COVID-19 response. Personnel and equipment have been transported by…

Hawaii Army National Guard photograph by Sgt. John Schoebel Hawai‘i National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment return from their year long deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq, April 15, 2020, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The Soldiers arrived in…

Dennis R. Yamada passed away on April 12, 2020. He was born and raised on Kaua‘i and went on to the University of Missouri and Drake University Law School. He later became a lawyer in private practice with the Kaua‘i law…

Soldiers Returned to Hawai‘i After Deployment. The 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery return home yesterday from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 300 Soldiers arrived on a chartered flight from Fort Bliss, Texas. They reunited with their families at…

Retiree News photograph This recent photograph shows Building 3385 on the 154th Wing campus. Today the building serves as a communications facility as part of the 154th Communications Squadron. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle from…

The onslaught of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and the following articles are of interest to Retiree News readers.  Yesterday, the Star Advertiser printed a “Island Voices” article authored by Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum. Her article discusses the Department…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Wade McVay in the cockpit of a North American F-86 Saber jet. Assisting him in the preflight checks is Simanu “Sam” Afoa.  McVay flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the Europe occupation. He joined the Hawai‘i…

The highlight of the October 2004 training weekend was the 154th Maintenance Group assumption of command ceremony. Colonel Ronald Han became the command in a ceremony held in the old fighter hanger.  Among those attending were Sean Lockerman, Kristen (Higgins) Stanley, and Clifford Heen.  -…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Lt. Peter “Spreadmo” Weidener, who was a member of the 199th Fighter Squadron during the F-15 Eagle era. Now a lieutenant colonel, he returned earlier this year as a member to the…