On December 12, 2003, the then-Adjutant General, MG Robert Lee hosted a Christmas reception. The reception was held at then-Hickam AFB in one of the large hangers. There was food and ...
Read More Check Six: Tamahlani Noh – 15 years ago
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImSkVDzfEyw HONOLULU – November 9, 2012 – The Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and the active duty Air Force’s 19th Fighter Squadron (Those squadrons fall under the 154th ...
Read More Check Six: Hawaii F-22s Achieve Initial Operational Capability – 6 years ago
A buzz number was a large letter and number combination applied to U.S. Air Force planes after World War II and into the early 1960s. They were applied for general aerial ...
Read More Check Six: Air Force Buzz Numbers
This photograph was taken on August 4, 2003 at the State Capitol. Governor Linda Lingle pinned Darryll Wong to brigidier general in a ceremony in Ceremonial Room at the Capitol. ...
Read More Check Six – 2003: Brig Gen Wong Pinned
This undated photograph shows then-Capt Gary “Pork” Peters during a family day doing a cockpit orientation of a F-4C Phantom. Pork joined the 199th Fighter Squadron out of U.S. Marine ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1980s: Gary Peters
This undated photograph was taken at the alert pad. It shows L-R: Harold “Shaka” Schatz, Les O’Brian, Jamie Bury, and Richard Dove in front a F-4C Phantom. After the F-4 era, ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1980s: F-4 Aircrews at the Alert Pad
This undated photograph shows Lt Col Ronald Silva, MSgt Daniel Easter and Col John “Saigon” Lee. MSgt Easter was awarded his Master Recruiting Badge in Col Lee’s office. Saigon was ...
Read More Check Six: MSgt Dan Easter – 40+ years ago
This photograph was taken in the mid-1960s. It shows some the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group’s F-102 Delta Daggers parked on the flightline. The 154 FIG received the Deuces in 1960 ...
Read More Check Six – Mid-1960s: Deuces on the 154 FIG Flightline
Special Thanks to CMS (Ret) Robert Inouye for sharing this photograph and comments to Retiree News. I took this picture during our 1998(?) Annual Training in Pōhakuloa Training Area. We were ...
Read More Check Six: 1998 Annual Training at Pōhakuloa Training Area – 20 years ago
This undated photograph shows Nan Proctor and then-Donna Hara working on a CPT word processor. Word processors were the cutting edge replacing electric and some old manual typewriters. Nan and ...
Read More Check Six: Working on the CPT Word Processor – 30+ years ago
