2021

Alfred K.W. Won passed away on October 4, 2021 at the age of 79. He was the son of Kwai You and Bertha Lai Won. He retired from Kaena Point Tracking Station and the Air Force National Guard. He was...

Our dad, John Carroll, Sr., 91, of Honolulu, and Ahualoa, Big Island passed away September 19th, 2021. Dad was born in St. Mary's, Kansas on December 18th, 1929 to Hugh Stanley Carroll and Laura Faye Powers. He lived in Japan...

Retiree News has learned of the passing of Joseph “Primo Joe” Ah New. He passed away on October 14, 2021.  Primo Joe served with the 199th Fighter Squadron, flying F-102 Delta Daggers and F-4C Phantoms. He retired as a lieutenant colonel...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows the fighter flightline, looking toward the mountains. The de Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou is parked on the Ewa side of the fighter hanger (Building 3400). On the flightline are several McDonald...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Hawaii National Guard photograph Hawaii Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Hara, Deputy Adjutant General, Brig. Gen. Stephen F. Logan, Director State of Hawaii Office of Veteran’s Affairs Col. (Ret) Ron Han, State of...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the History of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 Year of the Jet - Fiscal Year 1954. The fiscal year started off with...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph In the late 1970s, the 154th Fighter Interceptor Group exercised "bare base" operations. Saturday UTA began with a early morning recall. Selected maintenance and support personnel were processed and were flown to Barking Sands. The...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Congratulations to the Hawaii Air National Guard’s newest Full-Bird Colonel, Col. Shane Nagatani. Friends, leaders and ‘ohana attended to witness this intimate promotion ceremony outside of the...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hawaiiairguard/videos/286216513401630 Click on "Watch on Facebook" Under a traditional change-of-command (CoC) ceremony, it’s customary to have on-scene static aircraft displays to represent the organization’s invaluable assets. But in this case, rather than...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron flew North American Aviation F-86E Sabres from 1954 through 1958. This undated photograph shows a mechanic and pilot during a preflight at Hickam AFB, Hawai‘i. The 199 FS flew out of...