Twenty years ago, the National Guard Bureau announced the results of the 1997 Air National Guard Majors Promotion Board. The Hawai‘i Air National Guard had a large group of officers promoted ...
Read More Check Six: 1997 Major Promotion Board
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Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai. Governor John Waihee mobilized the Hawaii National Guard to help with recovery operations. Three days into ...
Read More Check Six: Remembering Dennis – 25 years ago
Earlier, we posted a photo of OCS Class 09-71 in formation. The photograph did not include some class members. The photograph below was taken a the class Christmas party. Special ...
Read More Check Six: OCS Class 09-71 (1971) – 46 years ago
The 154th Wing fighter flightline is filled with aircraft shelters for more than a decade. One of the biggest benefits for sheltering the jets is corrosion prevention. As much as ...
Read More Check Six: Aircraft Shelters on the Flightline
Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs) were an integral part of the F-4 Phantom era of the 154th Wing 1976-1987. The WSOs went on to other positions within the Hawaii Air National ...
Read More Check Six: Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs) Rollcall
Retiree News sent this photograph to Richard Hasting to confirm individuals and other information. The photograph shows (L-R) Les Obrien, Gerald Sada, Lawrence Cabrinha, Richard Hastings and Tai Hong. Les ...
Read More Check Six – 1977: F-4 Era Aircrews
In the photograph (L-R) are John “Saigon” Lee, Kenneth Young, Wallace Asato, and George Oshiro. The photograph was taken after Colonel Lee presented his front office staff with Air Force ...
Read More Check Six: Old Friends – 40+ years ago
The photograph above shows the 154th Wing’s flightline around 1963/64. In the foreground is the old civil engineering building. The flightline building had not be built, and surrounding the tarmac, ...
Read More Check Six – 1963: F-102 Delta Daggar Flightline
Mobile telephone switchboards were used at several exercise locations in Korea. The switchboard operators stayed busy patching calls for both inter- and intra-base subscribers. In the photograph above is Vince ...
Read More Check Six: Team Spirit 80 – 37 years ago
The 111th Army Band – Hawaii Army National Guard – was an important part of the many open house events hosted by the 154th Composite Group. This photograph was probably ...
Read More Check Six: 111th Army Band – 35+ years ago