This photograph shows Kenneth Morimoto and David “Snake” Snakenberg. They were attending Norman and Pearl Ault’s 50th wedding anniversary party in December 2002. The celebration was held at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Officer’s ...
Read More Check Six – 2002: Ken and Snake
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Retiree News discovered this photograph of Peter “Skipper” Pawling on the internet. We later found it on Skipper’s Facebook page. Skipper started a long career in the Hawaii Air National ...
Read More Check Six – 1972: Lt Peter “Skipper” Pawling
From the Images of Old Hawaii website Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) (lit. long stone) was first used during World War II as a Marine Corps artillery live-fire training area. During ...
Read More Check Six – 1943: Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA)
Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page It takes the combined effort of highly-skilled teams to maintain air superiority, and this is why more than 700 Airmen have gathered here ...
Read More Check Six -2019: Sentry Aloha 19-2
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Republic P-47 Thunderbolts from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s inception in 1946 through the early 1950s. In 1954, the squadron entered the jet age when ...
Read More Check Six – 1954: 199 FS Enters the Jet Age
Thanks to Ford Chinen who sent in this photograph taken at William Mossman’s services. Standing (L to R): Edward Richardson, Daniel Stone, unknown, Ford Chinen, Melvin Ige, Robert Nagao, John “Saigon” Lee. Sitting: unknown, “Ace” Artiaga, Thomas Hirao. Ford went ...
Read More Check Six – 2019: HIANG Retirees
Pictured above are three members of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Royal Guard. Left to right are Moses Timbal, Les Chambers, and Paul Kealoha. According to Randall Lum, another Royal Guard member and retiree, ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: Royal Guard Members
This photograph showing Reynold Hioki and Miles Tamura working at the Pearl City Hongwanji bon dance. Both Reynold and Miles retired from the 201st Combat Communications Group. Reynold was running ...
Read More Check Six – 2019: 201 CCG Retirees
The National Guard Bureau announced that the 199th Fighter Squadron (SE) had won one of the 12 Spaatz trophies for outstanding capabilities in 1949, based on the exceptionally high Operational ...
Read More Check Six – 1949: 199 FS Awarded Spaatz Trophy
This undated photograph shows the F-102 flightline in the mid-1960s. In the foreground are two F-102 Delta Daggers on the flightline, and three in the radar docks in the background. ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: F-102 Flightline
