Year: 2020

Personal photograph used with permission This undated photograph was taken after a 199th Fighter Squadron change of command ceremony. Lt Col Christopher Faurot took command of the squadron from Lt Col Glen Nakamura. Although undated, the ceremony probably occurred in…

Contact Request. Charles (Chuck) Barlow, MSgt USAF, Retired, is trying to get in touch with anyone from the 291st Combat Communications Squadron. Chuck was the squadron’s Technical Advisor from 1986 to 1991. Today, he is an Associate Engineer with Intertek, a leading…

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Four times a year, a small selection of top-performing Airmen in the Hawaii Air National Guard is distinguished from their peers and recognized as 'Airmen of the Quarter' within their respective career…

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Image off the accompanying video Flu vaccinations are a yearly requirement for military members. This year however with COVID-19 response efforts in full effect, the Hawaii Air National Guard administered the flu…

Ed Cruickshank (COL, USA, Retired) sent the following information with these comments. My fellow veteran’s this video  is for you and your families.  The council couldn’t have the ceremony at Punchbowl for Veterans Day like we have in the past…

Personal photograph used with permission Thanks to Darrell Bactad for send this photograph to Retiree News. It shows Darrell, the current Kapena Moku (Captain) of the Royal Guard, and Randall Lum, a former Kapena Moku. Both were attending the memorial service of Ronald Cozo,…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This mid-1980s photograph shows members of the inertial navigation system (INS) shop. In the photograph are (L-R): Jimmy Williams, Mark Mendez, Darryl Chun Fat, unknown, Edward Sugai, William Takata, unknown, unknown, George Kaneshiro.  The then 154th Composite Group was flying McDonald…

The following article was taken from the Winter 1969 issue of the Pūpūkahi. It was written by A1C Gregory Ing. 13th Anniversary. The thirteenth anniversary of the 169th AC&W Squadron was held on October 26th at Paradise Park. Two hundred members…

Rodney-Jon Shinobu Hashimoto, 66, of Pearl City, passed away on October 23, 2020. Born in Honolulu, he was an Operations Manager for Island Movers Pacific Courier and a retired member of the Hawaii Army National Guard. He is survived by…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph In 1960-1961, the 199th Fighter Squadron was in the middle of an aircraft conversion. After flying the North American F-86L Sabre Interceptors since 1958, the unit began their transition to the Convair F-102 Delta Daggers. The squadron flew…