In 2011, the Hawaii Army National Guard started publishing a newsletter, Kekuhaupio. The publication was outstanding. Unfortunately, it was overcome by events and publication ended. Hopefully, the HIARNG can restart ...
Read More Check Six: April 2001 Kekuhaupio 2011
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Off the Hawaii Adjutant General Facebook page On Monday, February 19, the 34th Annual Great Aloha Run started at 7:00 a.m. The official start was a cannon round fired by ...
Read More Check Six – 2018: Great Aloha Run Starting Crew
MSgt Gerald “Jerry” Verno, Sr. was an Air Force Advisor assigned to the 201st Combat Communications Group. Jerry served with the 201 CCG from 1984-1988. He retired in 1992 after ...
Read More Check Six: Gerald Verno, AF Advisor – 30 years ago
Guy Matsuguma worked in the F-102 Delta Daggar simulator section with Richard K. Kudo and shop chief, Benjamin Goo. The Air Guard’s NCO Academy began in 1968 at McGhee Tyson ...
Read More Check Six – 1969: NCO Academy Graduation
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew F-102 Delta Daggars from 1960 through 1976. The 1973 photograph above shows a TF-102, the two seat trainer on the Hawaii Air National Guard ramp. ...
Read More Check Six: TF-102 Deuce – 45 years ago
In the Spring of 1977, the air traffic control elements of the 201st Combat Communications Group had a joint ATC training. Information with this photograph indicate it was held at ...
Read More Check Six: 1977 ATC Training – 41 years ago
During the Hawaii Army National Guard deployment to Afghanistan…. U.S. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts was fairly nonchalant about the U.S. military helicopter he was in having to make an emergency landing ...
Read More Check Six – 2008: HIARNG Rescue 3 Senators
This photograph shows Dillingham Field in the middle 1960s. After the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group converted to F-102 Delta Daggars in 1960, some of the annual summer camp training was ...
Read More Check Six: Summer Camp in the 60s – 50+ years ago
The photograph above show a Hawaii Air National Guard F-4 Phantom II landing at Clark AB, Philippines in 1979. Col John “Saigon” Lee had recently took command of the then-154th ...
Read More Check Six: 1979 Clark AB Deployment – 39 years ago
When the 154th Fighter Interceptor Group (154 FIG) converted from the F-102A Delta Dagger to the F-4C Phantom II, the organization was redesignated the 154th Tactical Fighter Group (154 TFG). ...
Read More Check Six: Mobility Section – 30+ years ago
