Hawaii Air Guardsmen were among the first to respond to a crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada on September 16, 2011. Twenty five members of the ...
Read More Check Six: HIANG Responds to Reno Air Race Crash – 8 years ago
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For several years, the then-154th Support Group had a monthly training bulletin. It covered national and local topics of interest, promotion lists and some fun topics.
This April 3, 2009 shows Timothy Fujino and Walter Kaneakua. Both were attending the Brig Gen Kathleen Berg‘s retirement ceremony at the Hickam Officer’s Club. Tim continues to work for ...
Read More Check Six – 2009: Old Friends
This photograph was taken at a retirement party for Gladys Lucas, Renee Yasso and Harold Scoggins. This retirement party was held on April 3, 2004. There were many people at ...
Read More Check Six – 2004: 293 CCS Retirement Party
Before it became a digital Department of Defense website, printed copies Airman Magazine was published monthly. In the November 1978 issue, there was a lengthy article about the Hawaii Air ...
Read More Check Six: Airman Magazine Features the HIANG – 41 years ago
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
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
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