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
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From the Images of Old Hawaii website Fort Armstrong was built in 1907 to protect Honolulu Harbor. It was named for Brigadier General Samuel C Armstrong, the son of a ...
Read More Check Six – 1907: Fort Armstrong
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
This photograph was taken at the 2014 Birthday Ball. It shows (L-R): Levi Hookano, David Lopina, Gerald Takase, Winston Ling, Kurt Sherwood and his wife, Mayumi. These officers served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG Corps).
This undated photograph show aircrew and mechanics reacting to a klazton sounding a scramble. The 199th Fighter Squadron has stood 24/7 alert since 0001 on October 23, 1958. Earlier Retiree ...
Read More Check Six: Alert Scramble
From the Images of Old Hawaii website Behind the beach at Kualoa Beach Park and running into the Kualoa Ranch property was a temporary facility used for a World War ...
Read More Check Six: Kualoa Airfield
From the dvids website Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Denise Jelinski-Hall, the new senior enlisted leader assigned to the Office of the Chief, National Guard Bureau, is seen at the ...
Read More Check Six – 2009: New NGB Senior Enlisted Leader Named
