Thanks to retiree Gary Momohara emailed this photograph to Retiree News. Gary said it was a Comptroller Section party in 2004. In the photograph are (L-R): Bryan Yonemoto, Nani Mahaulu, Ben Murata, Colosse Eliapo, and Carol Orr. ...
Read More Check Six – 2004: Comptroller Section Get Together
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Governor David Y. Ige, State of Hawaii Governor, greets members of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 204th Airlift Squadron upon their return from a Hurricane Harvey relief mission at Joint ...
Read More Check Six – 2017: 204 AS Returns from Hurricane Harvey Relief Mission
This undated photograph shows members of the Survival Equipment shop. In the photograph are (L-R): Keith Iwamasa, Peter Kwock (kneeling) Fred Takara, Robert Yokono, unknown, Pedro Bega and Jason Caires. They are packing F-4 Phantom drogue chutes in the ...
Read More Check Six – F-4 Era: Survival Equipment Shop
This photograph shows a very young Edward “Butch” Correa, Jr. in the 1970s. in July 1970, General Correa joined the Hawai‘i Army National Guard. Throughout the years, he served in various positions ...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: CPT Edward “Butch” Correa, Jr.
In the 1970s and 80s, Unit Training Assemblies (UTAs) were filled with a heavy flying schedule with a lot of ground training. Occasionally, there was a special ceremony – like ...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: UTA Celebrations
A familiar cockpit view of the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger flown by the 199th Fighter Squadron. On 1 December 1960, the 199th was authorized to expand to a group level, ...
Read More Check Six: F-102 Delta Dagger Cockpit
From the Honolulu Star Advertiser website June 2011: Capt Blythe Jean “BJ” Itoman just returned from a voluntary yearlong deployment. She was requalifying to fly C-17 Globemaster IIIs again after serving as ...
Read More Check Six – 2011: BJ Itoman Returns from a Yearlong Deployment
On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, the results of the FY03 ANG Line and Health Professionals – Captains, Majors, & Lieutenant Colonels Selection Board were released. Several went on to become ...
Read More Check Six – 2002: Results of the FY03 ANG Promotion Board Released
From the September 1964 Issue of Hawaii Guardsman The Air Guard’s 109th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, located at Punamano (Kahuku), closed down operations in mid-July after 8 years of ...
Read More Check Six – 1964: 109 ACWS Close Operations at Punamano
Retiree News did not know very much about this photograph, so we asked Wayne “Wildman” Wakeman for comments and some ID help. This I believe was at Misawa 1980 for Cope North. ...
Read More Check Six – 1980: Cope North
