Check Six

This undated photograph shows Fred Takara and another member of the Parachute Shop conducting water entry training with an unidentified aircrew member. This was part of the ground training all aircrew members received. Not really the way you would want...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows two members of the Egress Shop. William "Billy" Chang and Garrick Chang are working on the back seat of a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom. Billy served as a Traditional member, but...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Gary Cera and an unidentified member of the Structural Shop

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows (L-R) James Chun, Daniel Tengan and Timothy Rapoza. The weapons load teams have the job of upload weapons on aircraft prior to flights. Unless the 199th Fighter Squadron were doing live...

Right in the middle of our -220E engine conversion in 2003, a Time Compliance Technical Order (TCTO) came out in involving the Digital Electronic Engine Control (DEEC). Yes, it controls the engine.  Personal photographs - used with permission - click...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph show then-SMSgt Gordon Y. Makashima. He was a senior NCO in the Communications/Armament Electronics branch of the 154th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron. We believe this photograph was taken at Tyndall AFB, Florida, who...

In 2002, the Hawaii Air National Guard began upgrading their F-15 engines to the new Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220(E). The National Guard Bureau selected the 154th Wing to be the first ANG F-15 Eagle unit to upgrade to the new...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows 199th Fighter Squadron McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles 4-ship formation. The squadron flew F-15A/Bs from 1987 through 2009. Additionally, they flew the F-15C models from 1991 to 2010 when the squadron converted...

Hawaii Air NationalGuard photograph Based on the Phantom's paint scheme, this photograph was taken in the late 1970s. This two-ship looks like they are in preflight checks. Pilots and WSOS are in the aircraft. The first person from the right...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph When the 199th Fighter Squadron converted from the Republic P/F-47 Thunderbolts to the North American F-86 Sabres, they also received "several" two seat Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star jets.  Thought its service life, the T-33s were...