Check Six

This undated photograph shows the F-86 Sabre static display in side the "supply gate" of the then-154th Composite Group. The 154th Wing was designated the 154th Composite Group from 1978 to 1992. It's too bad the statics are gone and...

This undated photograph show CMSgt David Pontes and then-MSgt Larry DeRego. Both were part of the supervisory team in the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Chief Pontes retired and relocated to the Northwest where he later passed. Larry DeRego retired...

From the Star Bulletin Archives website About 50 Hawaii National Guard troops were scheduled to arrive in Kula today to begin the task of clearing debris from flood-prone areas, including stream beds where a wall of water, logs and mud...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Wallace Takasane and Kenneth Morimoto on the tarmac on the Diamond Head side of the hanger, Building 3400. The old civil engineering faculty and Battery Selfridge are in the background. Their...

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...