Hawaii Air National Guard photographs The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the Republic F-47 Thunderbolt from 1947-1954. Originally known as the P-47 (P for Pursuit), the aircraft were redesignated F-47 shortly ...
Read More Check Six – F-47 Era 1947-1954
1940’s
Off the Air National Guard Historic Images Facebook page This advertisement appeared in The Saturday Evening Post on May 24, 1947. The Army Air Corps were recruiting men to enlist in what ...
Read More Check Six – 1947: National Guard Recruiting
Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the History of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 The first aircraft the newly recognized 199th Fighter Squadron ...
Read More Check Six – 1947: Douglas B-26 Invader
On October 9, 1947, the first Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (no. 529) was delivered from the large stock then available in the Pacific. Others soon followed. This undated photograph was taken ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1940s : F-47 Thunderbolt
From the Hawaii Aviation website This undated photograph show the Honolulu Airport and Hickam AFB complex. It was probably taken in the late 1940s. The terminal area was located next ...
Read More Check Six – 1940s: Honolulu International Airport / Hickam AFB
Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the History of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 The Hawaii National Guard was re-established following the end ...
Read More Check Six – 1946: 199th Fighter Squadron Received Federal Recognition
Several younger Retiree News readers emailed inquiring about the location of the formation in our recent post, Check Six – Late 1950s: Event Formation. Shortly after receiving Federal Recognition in November ...
Read More Check Six – 1946-1961: Area 65, Hickam AFB
From the Images of Old Hawaii website At the start of World War II, the United States Navy needed an all-purpose, lightweight, standardized housing unit that made efficient use of ...
Read More Check Six – 1941: Quonset Huts
Off the Remember Oahu From the Past Facebook page Commanding Officer of the 442nd Lt. Colonel Farrant L. Turner. (Hilo Native.) In 1924, Turner joined the Hawaiian National Guard, and ...
Read More Check Six – 1942: 298th and 299th Regiments become the Hawaiian Provisional Infantry Battalion, then the 100th Infantry Battalion
The National Guard Bureau extended Federal Recognition to the Hawaii Air National Guard on November 4, 1946. Th initial operating location was Bellows AFB in Waimanalo. The 199th Fighter Squadron ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1940s: Red Ball
