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Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photographs shows Stanford Lum. He served in the hydraulic shop for many years when it was part of the Field Maintenance Branch. Another of the great maintenance personnel who served in the 154th...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: Stanford LumHawaii Air National Guard photograph The National Guard Bureau extended Federal Recognition to the Hawaii Air National Guard on November 4, 1946. Th initial operating location was Bellows AFB in Waimanalo. The 199th Fighter Squadron and associated units relocated to...
Read More Check Six – Late 1940s: Red BallHawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows a flightline mechanic guiding a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom returning from a training flight. The old civil engineering building (now gone) and Battery Selfridge are in the background. A long time...
Read More Check Six – late 1970s: Mission ReturnHawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Kenneth "Kenny" Camara. Kenny's career in the maintenance complex began in the 1950s. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew North American F-86 Sabres. Kenny was a mainstay through the Convair F-102 Delta...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: Kenny CamaraImagine this: Mom takes a trip to the commissary with her seven children. All of a sudden, Mom demands that everyone "Fall in," and immediately a straight lines forms, shortest to tallest. Sometimes there's a scuffle, things get a little...
Read More Check Six – 2016: 2LT Christine Kaiulu BurleyHawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron began flying McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantoms in 1976. Coming out of conversion status, one of their first deployments was to Anderson AFB, Guam. This undated photograph show Benet Costa on the...
Read More Check Six – Late 1970s: Phantoms to GuamFrom 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 Control and Warning Squadron — by becoming the first female...
Read More Check Six – 1973: Janet Cox & the 150 AC&WSRetiree News photograph 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 or more years of longevity received service...
Read More Check Six – 2006: Old Friends at the Retirement LuncheonRetiree News photograph 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 or more years of longevity received service...
Read More Check Six – 2011: Old Friends at the Retirement LuncheonHawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 had just brought a 4-ship...
Read More Check Six – 1984: Joe Ah New’s Fini Flight