Special Thanks to Braden “Mongo” Sakai for sharing these personal photographs. These two photographs are some friends with Ro at my house after he was recovering from cancer treatment. Left photograph: Standing ...
Read More Check Six – 2005: Garro (Rojo) Johnson
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This undated show Melvin Chang, who served in the Munitions Branch of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft MAintenance Squadron. Melvin was a technician and retired after many years of service. He ...
Read More Check Six – 1980s: Melvin Chang
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page U.S. Staff delegation members of the House Appropriations Committee recently spent face to face time with Team Hickam’s Total Force Airmen to ...
Read More Congressional Staffers Visit Hickam AFB
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II from 1976–1987. The F-4C was a workhorse tactical fighter-bomber during the Vietnam War. It could also be used as an effective interceptor ...
Read More Check Six – 1976–1987: The F-4C Phantom Era
Louis W. “Bob/Bobby” Perry Jr. went home to our Lord Jesus Christ on December 23, 2021. He was born on May 30, 1935, to Louis and Laura Perry (deceased). Bobby ...
Read More Taps: Louis W. “Bob/Bobby” Perry Jr.
Brig. Gen. Keith Tamashiro retired on October 1, 2017 after 33 years of service. He joined the Hawaii Army National Guard after serving four years on active duty. Three Hawaii ...
Read More Check Six – 2017: Keith Tamashiro Retires
Phillip Tokunaga served in the Hawaii Air National Guard after his active duty in the Air Force. He was one of pilots who flew the 154th Composite Group’s Operational Support ...
Read More Check Six – 1985: Phillip Tokunaga and sons
The East-West Center ushered in a new era on Monday, January 3, 2022, as Suzanne Vares-Lum became the Center’s first female and Native Hawaiian president. Get to know her as ...
Read More East-West Center President: Suzanne Vares-Lum
From the Department of Defense website If you’ve been a fully trained military pilot for more than a few months, chances are that you’ve scored yourself a call sign by ...
Read More Aviator Call Signs: The History & Naming Rituals
