Check Six -Mid 1970s: Gordon Makashima

Posted on May 10, 2022 in 1970's, Check Six
Hawaii Air National Guard photograph

This undated photograph show then-SMSgt Gordon Y. Makashima. He was a senior NCO in the Communications/Armament Electronics branch of the 154th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron. We believe this photograph was taken at Tyndall AFB, Florida, who the branch was competing in a weapons competition. Gordon was later commissioned to captain and became the Officer-in-Charge of the Communications/Armament Electronics branch.


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