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This undated photograph shows Governor George Ariyoshi in his visit to the Hawaii Army National Guard during annual field training. In the photograph is (L-R): Governor Ariyoshi, Adjutant General Maj Gen Valentine Siefermann, then Lieutenant Clara (Arakara) Furabayashi, then COL...

This undated photograph shows a 199th Fighter Squadron pilot under going ejection seat training. The 199th joined the jet age in 1954 when it finally retired its aging F-47N Thunderbolts for F-86E Sabre day fighters that were made available after serving...

This photograph show Keith Kunichika, and Kenneth "Eagle" Wicks next to a F-4C Phantom II. Judging from the mountain silhouette in the background, this photograph was taken at the then Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station (Kaneohe MCAS). The then 154th...

This undated photograph was taken at one of the then 154th Group's Open House/Family Days. As a reference, the Group flew F-15A/B Eagle from 1987-2009. But it was probably taken in the late 1980s before the uniform change to BDUs. From left...

This undated photograph shows some members of the 154th Wing’s Electric Shop. Shown are (L-R): David Helmic, August Bernardino, Robin Ito, Kevin Shiraki, and Herbert Takeuchi, the shop chief. Retiree News believes the photograph is from the late 1980s, at the...

Keith Kunichika was commissioned in the Hawaii Air National Guard in 1977. Keith served in the then 154th Composite Group in the maintenance complex and later as the budget officer and controller. An AGR, he retired in 2003. He then entered...

From the Honolulu Star Bulletin archive website Members of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Support Battalion show off ukuleles and songbooks they received from Anita Coyoli-Cullen and Shirley Orlando of California. The soldiers shown above are: first row from...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Soldiers from the 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Hawaii Army National Guard, team up with local organizations to construct micro-shelters in Pahoa, Hawaii. To date, more than 600 homes have been destroyed by the...

- photo by MSG (Ret) Stephen Lum The Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron personnel were recognized at the annual Honolulu-Pacific Federal Executive Board luncheon. The event was held at the Sheraton Waikiki on April 12, 2012. The...

From the June 15, 2009 Retiree News e-newsletter. Military ranks are as of the original 2009 article. The 204th Airlift Squadron received a lot of favorable press recently as a Hawaii-based C-17 Globemaster III with a Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) crew...