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Check Six: Aircraft Maintenance – 30+ years ago

February 1, 2018

Asked Ronnie Miraflor to comment on this old photograph. This was in the mid 80s during an F4 deployment to Guam.  Myself, Howard Nonaka and Gary Doane was replacing a valve on the top of the wing of the F4....

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Check Six – early 1980s: F-4 Maintenance

January 31, 2018

This photograph shown Craig Harimoto, conducting an operational check on a F-4 Phantom II. Craig was part of the Egress Shop, and later became the shop chief. Later in his career, he moved to Quality Control section. He retired as...

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Check Six: Gas Mask Fitting – 25+ years ago

January 30, 2018

This photograph shows a member of the 201st Combat Communications Squadron (now the 291st Combat Communications Squadron) being fitted for an old-style gas mask. Gregory Navarro, with the clip board, and John Damo assisting with the fitting. The photograph is...

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Check Six: Team Spirit 80 – 38 years ago

January 25, 2018

Roland Shim, 202d Combat Communications Flight (later the 293d Combat Communications Squadron), types a message on a teletype unit. Existing facilities were tasked for support of the Team Spirit 80 exercise. In addition to manning field communications sites, deployed Guardmembers...

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Check Six: Team Spirit 80 – 38 years ago

January 16, 2018

Many types of mobile radio equipment were deployed to multiple locations throughout Korea to support the Air Force communications mission. This AN/TSC-60(V2) mobile van was located a Osan AB as one link in the communications chain. The AN/TSC-60 series of...

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Check Six – 2016: Three Adjutants General

January 11, 2018

Photograph from the Adjutant General’s Facebook page During the 2016 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Tribute event, part of the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, three Adjutants General took time for a photograph. In the photograph left to right are MG...

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Check Six – 1993: Iniki Cruise

January 2, 2018

On January 2, 1993, more than 470 Hawaii National Guard members sailed to Kauai aboard the luxury liner SS Constitution. The three-day, all expenses-paid voyage, was donated by American Hawaii Cruises in appreciation of the Guard's actions in the Hurricane...

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Check Six: July/August 2004 Promotions

December 31, 2017

In July and August 2004, the Hawaii Air National Guard promoted 12 airmen to higher ranks. How many names do you recognize? To Staff Sergeant (E-5): 293d Combat Communications Squadron (293 CBCS): Richard A. Castro Jr. 297th Air Traffic Control...

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