Check Six

This photograph, dated August 29, 2005, shows Kristen (Higgins) Stanley, Kathleen Berg, and Susan Higgins. Kathy Berg was promoted to brigadier general, a first in the Hawaii Air National Guard. This ...
Read More Check Six – 2005: HIANG Friends

A recent Retiree News post reported retired Hawaii Army National Guard general Suzanne Vares-Lum becoming the president of the East-West Center. East-West Center President: Suzanne Vares-Lum Another Hawaii Guard general, Kenji Sumida, ...
Read More Check Six – 1995-1997: Kenji Sumida, East-West Center President

This 1954 photograph show the 298th Regimental Combat Team Headquarters at Fort Ruger, Hawaii. Facilities were later demolished the 298th relocated.

The Daniel K. Inouye Fighter Squadron Operations Facility & Aircarft Maintenance Facility was dedicated on August, 20, 1914. The hanger/maintenance facility was another milestone in the conversion upgrade to the ...
Read More Check Six – 2014: F-22 Raptor Facility Dedication

The Daniel K. Inouye Fighter Squadron Operations Facility & Aircarft Maintenance Facility was dedicated on August, 20, 1914. The hanger/maintenance facility was another milestone in the conversion upgrade to the ...
Read More Check Six – 2014: F-22 Raptor Facility Dedication

At 0830, March 15, 1961 “B” crew began active air defense operations from Kōke‘e Air Force Station, Hawai‘i. “A” crew left for Kaua‘i that afternoon, and the leapfrog was completed. The remaining 109th Aircraft Control ...
Read More Check Six – 1961: 150th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron Becomes Operational

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page 16 years ago, Hickam became the first United States Air Force base outside the continental U.S. to permanently host the C-17? One interesting thing ...
Read More Check Six – 2006: First C-17 Globemaster III arrives at Hickam

This photograph is from Stanley “Ossum” Osserman‘s brigadier general promotion ceremony. The ceremony took place on October 20, 2008 at the Governor’s Ceremonial Room at the Hawaii State Capitol. In this ...
Read More Check Six – 2008: 154th Medical Group Officers

The dedication for the Daniel K. Inouye Fighter Squadron Operations Facility & Aircarft Maintenance Facility was on August, 20, 1914. The hanger/maintenance facility was a long awaited upgrade in the ...
Read More Check Six – 2014: 199th Fighter Squadron Operations Facility Dedication

From the ‘ulu‘ulu website Interview with Major General Edward V. “Rick” Richardson recorded in Hawaiʻi Kai on November 24, 2015 for the Daniel K. Inouye Oral History Project. Topics include ...
Read More Check Six – 2015: Interview with Major General Edward V. “Rick” Richardson