This undated photograph shows Michael Montero (left) and an unidentified member working on a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom. Mike served for many years as a full-time technician before leaving the ...
Read More Check Six – F-4 Era: Egress Technicians
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This photograph was taken on August 22, 2006 and shows Command Sergeant Majors John “JJ” Yakushiji and Vern Nakasone. JJ served full-time with the aviation function at Wheeler Army Air ...
Read More Check Six: Two Command Sergeant Majors
This photograph show Harold Kaneshiro and Roy Tamashiro, both members of the 154th Civil Engineering Squadron. Harold’s last UTA weekend was on October 9-10, 2004, and this photograph was taken ...
Read More Check Six – 2004: Old Friends from 154th Civil Engineering Squadron
An earlier Retiree News post – Check Six – 1962: Dedication of the 154th Fighter Group Hanger -discussed the dedication of Building 3400 in the new 154th Fighter Group compound. However, we ...
Read More Check Six – 1962: Dedication of the 154th Fighter Group Hanger
Colonel Walter F. Judd, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member, organized the current Royal Guard. The ceremonial unit is made up of Hawai‘i Air National Guardsmen who are either full Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. The ...
Read More Check Six – 2009: Posting of the Guard
This undated photograph show a McDonnell Douglas F-4C 4-ship returning to Hickam AFB after a training mission. A 4-ship Phantom low level flyover was common before landing. Miss the view ...
Read More Check Six – F-4 Era: 4-Ship Returning from a Training Mission
This undated photograph show Organizational Maintenance members eating lunch near the flightline. The dining hall back then was on the second floor on the ocean side of the fighter hanger ...
Read More Check Six – 1980s: Lunch Break
This undated photograph shows Fred Takara and another member of the Parachute Shop conducting water entry training with an unidentified aircrew member. This was part of the ground training all ...
Read More Check Six – F-4 Era: Water Entry Training
This undated photograph shows two members of the Egress Shop. William “Billy” Chang and Garrick Chang are working on the back seat of a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom. Billy served ...
Read More Check Six – F-4 Era: Egress Shop Technicians
Off the Air National Guard Historic Images Facebook page This advertisement appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on May 24, 1947. The Army Air Corps were recruiting men to enlist in what ...
Read More Check Six – 1947: National Guard Recruiting
