From the Garden Island website In February 1973, Janet Sebastian Cox (1938-2009) of Hanapepe broke the male barrier of the Hawaii National Guard on Kauai — specifically the 150th Aircraft ...
Read More Check Six – 1973: Janet Cox & the 150 AC&WS
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The Hawai‘i State Department of Defense once held Awards and Retirement luncheons twice a year. These luncheons recognized retiring Federal and state employees. Current employees who achieved 10, 20, 30 ...
Read More Check Six – 2006: Old Friends at the Retirement Luncheon
The Hawai‘i State Department of Defense once held Awards and Retirement luncheons twice a year. These luncheons recognized retiring Federal and state employees. Current employees who achieved 10, 20, 30 ...
Read More Check Six – 2011: Old Friends at the Retirement Luncheon
Retiree News asked Joseph “Primo Joe” Ah New for comments on these photographs. His comments: This was my final flight and it was on drill Saturday, July 7, 1984, I ...
Read More Check Six – 1984: Joe Ah New’s Fini Flight
This undated photograph shows Lt Col Harold “Shaka” Schatz receiving a presentation gift. When asked for comments on the photograph, Shaka said: My memory is getting kind of old but ...
Read More Check Six – 1989: Shaka Receives a Presentation Gift
This undated photograph shows two unidentified Airmen in the 199th Fighter Squadron operations center. If you click to enlarge the photograph, you will see some familiar names including Carlos Bonham, the ...
Read More Check Six – 1950: 199 FS Operations Center
These undated photographs show George Joy, James Ashford, Siegfried “Ziggy” Azevedo, and Jose “Rivah” Rivera. It was George’s “Fini” flight and probably happened in 1977. George was one of several 199th Fighter Squadron pilots ...
Read More Check Six – 1976: George Joy’s Fini Flight
Beginning in 1958, the 199th Fighter Squadron received North American F-86L Sabre Interceptors. These upgrades of the original F-86D Sabres included new electronics, extended wingtips and wing leading edges, revised cockpit ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1950s: F-86L Sabre Interceptors
In 1960, the 199th Fighter Squadron was converting from North American F-86 Sabres to Convair F-102A Delta Daggers. This undated photograph shows the incoming and outgoing jets with two unidentified ...
Read More Check Six – 1960: At the Alert Pad
This photograph shows two Hawai‘i Army National Guard retirees – Theodore “Ted” Daligdig and Benedict “Ben” Fuata. Ted served as the manager of the then-Kaua‘i Civil Defense Agency. Ben served ...
Read More Check Six – 2012: Two Retired HIARNG Members
