March 2022

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows some of the members of the then-154th USAF Dispensary. In the photograph are (L-R) are unknown, Harry Teruya, unknown, John Arakaki, unknown, and Leslie Nakashima. In the front is Dr. Claude...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Lionel Calvin at his workbench in the Avionics Branch. Lionel served his career in the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. A great technician. Lional's brother Charles Calvin served many years on...

Herbert Shinichi Watanabe, 93 years old, of Hilo, Hawaii, passed on February 21 in Honolulu. Born in Wailuku, Maui. He was a graduate of Lanai High School and the Stout Institute [now the University of Wisconsin-Stout]. He was a retired...

Retiree News photographs This undated photograph shows Allen Shinsato, who served as the 154th Wing's comptroller. Among the challenges he faced as the comptroller was the F-15 conversion and the startup of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron. This photograph shows...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Daniel "Stoney" Stone during his preflight. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew F-4C Phantoms from 1976 through 1987. We believe the photograph is from the late 1970s because there is no Hawaii...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph During the F-4 era, the R&R Shop was part of the Field Maintenance Branch of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. This undated photograph shows some of the members of the shop. From the left...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Continuing aircrew training includes time in the flight simulator. During the early and mid-1980s, the pilots and weapon systems officer (WSOs) of the 199th Fighter Squadron used the F-4C simulator. Among the simulator section maintenance...

From the Air Force News website The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing executed a first-of-its-kind exercise partnering with the Nevada Air National Guard, 15th Wing, and 354th Fighter Wing Airmen March 3-6. The exercise name, Ho’oikaika, originates from the Hawaiian language, meaning to strengthen and to...

From the Bishop Museum Facebook page On Saturday, March 15, 1969, the Hawaiʻi State Capitol building was dedicated in a ceremony attended by 3,500 people. Groundbreaking took place on November 10, 1965, after about half of the site was cleared...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Lesson learned after wrapping up back-to-back exercises - No task is too big to handle when you have the right teams, the right skills and the right attitude. In the midst of...