November 2021

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page click to enlarge Telling a story in the Hawaiian culture is an art and takes on many forms. Among those are music and hula, which runs deep in the culture of our...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Olelo Community Media's Island Focus is a monthly half-hour television series produced by ‘Ōlelo Community Media as a community service. The show features exclusive interviews with members of our government, business, education, and...

Alfredo (Doric) Remata passed away on November 25, 2021. He was a full-time supply technician with the 150th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (150 AC&WS), and later with the 298th Air Traffic Control Flight (298 ATCF). Services are pending. Retiree News...

Haruyoshi “Haru” Watanabe, 96, of Waimea, Hawai‘i passed away on September 30, 2021. Haru was a full time technician of the 150th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron in the motor pool section.  Private services were held. Retiree News extends heartfelt...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph What's a great way to give back to the community? Adopt a highway! The 154th Maintenance Group and other members of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard did...

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Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Douglas B-26 Invaders from 1946 until the early 1950s. The Squadron had four Invaders assigned. The squadron was briefly known as the 199th Fighter-Bomber Squadron – July 15 to November 19, 1952.

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows a "trespasser" being detained by the Air Police in Area 65, next to a 199th Fighter Squadron F-86 Sabre jet. Flightline security has become an increased priority as the value of...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Melvyn Taira and some members of his avionics shop. In the photograph are (L-R): George Matsumoto, Melvyn Taira, Val Nakahara, Lawrence Lum, Eric Wada, unknown, Ronald Ota. They were part of...

The East-West Center Board of Governors has selected Ms. Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum to be the institution’s next president. The appointment concludes an extensive search to succeed outgoing president Dr. Richard R. Vuylsteke at the beginning of the new year.  A former Major General in the US Army, Vares-Lum,...