Month: May 2022

Retiree News photograph This photograph was taken on August 22, 2006 and shows Command Sergeant Majors John "JJ" Yakushiji and Vern Nakasone. JJ served full-time with the aviation function at Wheeler Army Air Field and served as the Brigade Command…

Retiree News photograph This photograph show Harold Kaneshiro and Roy Tamashiro, both members of the 154th Civil Engineering Squadron. Harold's last UTA weekend was on October 9-10, 2004, and this photograph was taken shortly after he received his retirement shadow…

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Sara Murakami's enlistment day To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we are featuring the Airmen of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard and their unique backgrounds. Maj. Sara Pactol is…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph An earlier Retiree News post - Check Six - 1962: Dedication of the 154th Fighter Group Hanger -discussed the dedication of Building 3400 in the new 154th Fighter Group compound. However, we could not find a photograph…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Colonel Walter F. Judd, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member, organized the current Royal Guard. The ceremonial unit is made up of Hawai‘i Air National Guardsmen who are either full Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. The Royal Guard is a re-creation…

Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i National Guard historian. If you like Hawaiiana, and more specifically National Guard of Hawai‘i history, you definitely should know about Colonel Walter F. "Papa" Judd. His family roots are woven deeply in the history of Hawai‘i from…

Philip Hon Chong Chee, 78, of Kaimuki, died in Honolulu on April 26, 2022. He was born in Honolulu. Services: 10:00am-12:00pm on Saturday, June 11 at Star of the Sea Church. Phillip served as a technician from many years in…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph show a McDonnell Douglas F-4C 4-ship returning to Hickam AFB after a training mission. A 4-ship Phantom low level flyover was common before landing. Miss the view and the sound.

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph show Organizational Maintenance members eating lunch near the flightline. The dining hall back then was on the second floor on the ocean side of the fighter hanger (Building 3400. Seating was extremely…

This undated photograph shows Fred Takara and another member of the Parachute Shop conducting water entry training with an unidentified aircrew member. This was part of the ground training all aircrew members received. Not really the way you would want…