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Check Six – 2008: Father & Son Deploy Together

August 21, 2018

WILLIAMTOWN, AUSTRALIA -- Father, Tech. Sgt. Marconi Cabatbat Sr., 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron and son, 1st Lt. Marconi Cabatbat Jr., 199th Fighter Squadron, deploy together for the first time during Sentry Down Under 2008 held September 3 - 22 in Williamtown,...

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Check Six – 1984: Team Spirit 84

August 20, 2018

The 201st Combat Communications Group deployed to the annual Team Spirit exercises in Korea. The 201 CCG units augmented the existing communications system and setup communications on exercise bare bases. This photograph shows (L-R) Toshi Nagai, the then-297th Air Traffic...

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Check Six: HIARNG Waiawa Facility – 11 years ago

August 15, 2018

click on the photograph to enlarge This 2007 aerial photograph show the Hawaii Army National Guard facility in Waiawa. This location is the home of the 103d Troop Command, the 111th Army Band, and several other units.

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Check Six: 22nd Avenue Armory – 55+ years ago

August 13, 2018

The photograph above shows the 22nd Avenue facility just before it's official opening in the early 1960s. It was the home of many Hawaii Army National Guard units including the 29th Infantry Brigade. After the migration of HIARNG units to...

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Check Six: Old Friends from Avionics – 32 years ago

August 10, 2018

click on photograph to enlarge This photograph show four old friends from fighter maintenance. Left to right are Clifford Ono, Kyle Kamikawa, Franklin Ho, and Raymond Sato. Asked about the date of the photograph, Cliff Ono said, "It would have...

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Check Six: Old Friends from Maintenance – 14 years ago

August 8, 2018

This photograph shows two old friends from aircraft maintenance - Kyle Kamikawa and Gerald Gono. It was taken at the November 2004 UTA promotion ceremony for then-Col Peter "Skipper" Pawling. Kyle and Gerald enlisted in the Hawaii Air National Guard after...

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Check Six – 2004: 154 MSG Leadership

August 7, 2018

This 2004 photograph shows the leadership of the 154th Mission Support Group - commander, then-Col Stanley "Ossum" Osserman and First Sergeant Howard Naone. They were attending the 154th Maintenance Group assumption of command ceremony, when Col Ronald Han became the...

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Check Six – 1984: Kurt Johnson’s Fini Flight

July 31, 2018

Col Kurt Johnson was a key member of the 199th Fighter Squadron and the Hawaii Air National Guard. He was a Korean War veteran, flying F-86 Sabres. In the HIANG, he flew F-86s, F-102 Delta Daggers, and F-4C Phantoms. His...

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Check Six – 1967: ANG NCO Academy Begins

July 13, 2018

Maj. Gen. I.G. Brown asked Air Defense staff and four Air Guard instructors to provide two trial NCO academy classes, 67-1 and 67-2, for 200 students on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Tennessee. Classes began in the base’s...

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