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Retiree News photograph 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 Commander, Pacific Air Forces. Hickam Air Force Base, Hawai‘i....

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph When Airmen go above and beyond their normal call of duty, it’s hard to not take notice. Master Sgt. Dwayne Yoshioka, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lim, Tech. Sgt....

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport...

Personal photograph used with permission 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 Guard members. There was a...

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 News post on the HIANG alert facility

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 2009 Joint Senior Leadership Conference at the Gaylord National Hotel...

L-R: Sean Lockerman, Troy Unebasami, “Kula” Cummings, Regina Komine, Matthew Masuyama, “Kalei” Hoopai, Dane Minami - Personnel photograph used with permission On April 18, 2003, the Air National Guard’s Academy of Military Science graduated 114 lieutenants in AMS Class 0-2003-3....

The Honolulu Star-Advertiser recently posted this photograph as part of their “Back in the Day” daily series of old photographs. The photograph was originally published on November 17, 1964 and the caption was: The Royal Guard of monarchy days stands...

Personal photograph used by permission Special thanks to Garrett Yokoi for sending in this photograph with these comments. In the photo left to right are TSgt (Ret – 291 CCS) Christian Rosehill, MSgt (154 FSS) Shirlene Cardenas, me, and MSgt (Ret – 291 CCS) Lawrence...