This photograph, taken in 1980, shows a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II on the 154th Wing flightline. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Phantoms from 1976-1987. On the cart are AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. Actual ...
Read More Check Six: F-4C Phantom on the 154th Wing Flightline – 40 years ago
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From the This Day in Aviation website 6 May 1941: Just eight months after a prototype for a new single-engine fighter was ordered by the U.S. Army Air Corps, test ...
Read More Check Six – 1941: First Flight: XP-47B Thunderbolt
This photograph shows three maintainers – George Ganeko, Dennis Mishima and Calvin Yoshimoto. It was at the ceremony when Ronald Han assumed command of the 154th Maintenance Group on November ...
Read More Check Six: Three Maintainers – 14 years ago
This recent photograph shows Building 3385 on the 154th Wing campus. Today the building serves as a communications facility as part of the 154th Communications Squadron. The 199th Fighter Squadron ...
Read More Check Six: F-15 Eagle Simulator Facility
This undated photograph shows Wade McVay in the cockpit of a North American F-86 Saber jet. Assisting him in the preflight checks is Simanu “Sam” Afoa. McVay flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the Europe ...
Read More Check Six – Mid 1950s: Preflight in the 1950s
The highlight of the October 2004 training weekend was the 154th Maintenance Group assumption of command ceremony. Colonel Ronald Han became the command in a ceremony held in the old fighter hanger. ...
Read More Check Six: HIANG Friends – 16 years ago
Last week, we had a post about Fort Shafter and its part of Hawaii’s history. The post included a modern photograph of Palm Circle. After the post a Retiree News ...
Read More Check Six: Fort Shafter
This photograph shows John “JC” Chun and Craig Harimoto at Naka Sushi in Las Vegas. They met in early March to catch up. John lives in Oregon and Craig moved to Las Vegas in ...
Read More Check Six: Two Maintenance Retirees in Las Vegas
The Hawai‘i Air National Guard celebrated its 40th Anniversary on November 22, 1986. The dinner event was held at the Sheraton Waikīkī. The evening’s events included the annual HIANG Awards ...
Read More Check Six – 1986: HIANG 40 Celebration
From the Hawaii Guardsman, Summer 1972 Issue The Hawaii National Guard volleyball program would up in a blaze of blue – Air Guard blue – as the 154th Fighter Group ...
Read More Check Six – 1972: 154th Fighter Group Sweeps HING Volleyball
