The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt from 1947 to 1954. As the Hawaii Air National Guard started flight operations with the P-47, they moved into night operations. ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: Early Night Operations
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For most of the 1960s, the maintenance control section of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was located in the old fighter hanger, Building 3400. It was a very small ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: Maintenance Control
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and ...
Read More Check Six: Dangers of Flying – 70 years ago
The following article was first published on August 14, 2011, when Retiree News was an e-newsletter. It started when Stephen Lum, who worked at the State Department of Defense Public Affairs ...
Read More Check Six: Arnold “Balt” Balthazar
A C-17 Globemaster III and F-22 Raptors teamed up for a flyover during the 2019 Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium in December. The aircraft are over the 15th Wing Base Operations ...
Read More Check Six – 2019: Great Looking Flyover
Recently some retired members of the Hq, Hawaii Air National Guard staff had a reunion dinner. Clarence Fukumoto usually organizes these get-togethers and those attending enjoy “catching up” with everyone. ...
Read More Check Six – 2020: Hq HIANG Retirees Dinner
In an April 28, 2014 ceremony at the Hawai‘i State Capitol, Brigadier General Michael “Inch” Compton was promoted to major general. Earlier in January, he started his tour as the ANG Assistant to the ...
Read More Check Six – 2014: Michael Compton Receives Second Star
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page When Airmen go above and beyond their normal call of duty, it’s hard to not take notice. Master Sgt. Dwayne Yoshioka, Staff ...
Read More Check Six – 2019: HIANG Maintenance Airmen Coined
The Hawaii Air National Guard flew a Douglas C-54 Skymaster from October 2, 1965 to 1972. It replaced the VC-47 Gooney Bird that the HIANG flew for 14 years. The Douglas ...
Read More Check Six: The Spirit of Aloha
In November, Retiree News featured a post about an Academy of Military Science (AMS) graduation in 2003. It was a special event because the commissioning class included seven Hawaii Air National ...
Read More Check Six: Three HIANG Commanders Dressed Up
