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Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 a change of command or...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: UTA CelebrationsA 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, and the 154th Fighter-Interceptor Group was established by the National Guard...
Read More Check Six: F-102 Delta Dagger CockpitFrom 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 an executive officer to two generals in Baghdad. The Honolulu...
Read More Check Six – 2011: BJ Itoman Returns from a Yearlong DeploymentOn 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 colonels. Unit assignments and designations are as they were in...
Read More Check Six – 2002: Results of the FY03 ANG Promotion Board ReleasedHawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 operation. The site was the...
Read More Check Six – 1964: 109 ACWS Close Operations at PunamanoHawaii Air National Guard photograph - click to enlarge 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. The...
Read More Check Six – 1980: Cope NorthGary Momohara photograph used with permission This photograph was taken at Aloha Stadium after the completion of the 1998 Great Aloha Run. In the photograph are: Back Row (L-R): Nani Mahaulu, Wayne “Kalani” Koli‘i, Randy Hiyane, Randy's son?, Brian Tom Front Row: Allen Shinsato, Gary Momohara Everyone, except...
Read More Check Six- 1998: Comptroller Office Participates in the Great Aloha RunHawaii Air National Guard photograph - click to enlarge This photograph of the Hawaii Air National Guard compound is undated. But the 154th Fighter Interceptor Group occupied their new compound in 1962. The photograph shows the squadron's C-47 that was...
Read More Check Six – 1963: HANG CompoundHawaii Air National Guard photograph From the December 1965 Issue of the Hawai‘i Guardsman The Hawai‘i Air Guard unit at Hickam AFB received a C-54 transport to replace the C-47 which they had in service for about 14 years. You...
Read More Check Six – 1965: HANG Welcomes a C-54 SkymasterHawaii Air National Guard photograph From the December 1965 Issue of the Hawai‘i Guardsman The Hawai‘i Air National Guard bid farewell to a familiar sight at the Hawai‘i Air Guard unit at Hickam AFB. Normally sitting outside the Waikīkī side...
Read More Check Six – 1965: HANG Says Aloha Their C-47 Skytrain