The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and ...
Read More Check Six: Dangers of Flying – 70 years ago
1940’s
This photograph is from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s HANG 25 Anniversary booklet. It was taken on November 23, 1946 at Bellows Field in Waimanalo. The booklet provides the following ...
Read More Check Six: HIANG Receives Federal Recognition – 73 years ago.
From the Images of Old Hawaii website Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA) (lit. long stone) was first used during World War II as a Marine Corps artillery live-fire training area. During ...
Read More Check Six – 1943: Pōhakuloa Training Area (PTA)
The National Guard Bureau announced that the 199th Fighter Squadron (SE) had won one of the 12 Spaatz trophies for outstanding capabilities in 1949, based on the exceptionally high Operational ...
Read More Check Six – 1949: 199 FS Awarded Spaatz Trophy
This undated photograph show the crew of one of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s two C-47 Commandos. The HIANG flew C-47s from 1947 until 1965, but this photograph was probably ...
Read More Check Six: 1st Sergeant’s Nightmare – 70+ years ago
The Hawaii Air National Guard flew C-46 Commandos from March 1946 through September 1950. The C-46 was known as the “Plumber’s Nightmare”. This undated photograph shows a Commando maintenance crew. Early ...
Read More Check Six: Maintenance Crew – 70 years ago
This photograph shows a F-47 Thunderbolt with Territory of Hawaii markings. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the F-47N Thunderbolt, from the organization’s inception in 1947 to 1954. Originally known as ...
Read More Check Six: HIANG F-47s – 55+ years ago
Shortly after receiving Federal Recognition in November 1946, the 199th Fighter Squadron and it’s support units moved to Area 65 on then-Hickam Field. The flying unit remained in this location ...
Read More Check Six: Area 65 HIANG’s First Home on Hickam Field – 70 years ago
Of the hundreds of articles I have written concerning heroes to my knowledge only one has been about a civilian hero. This will be my second. The number of civilians ...
Read More Check Six – 1941: Niihau Incident
Steve Lum gathered the background information about this event. It was later picked up and posted on the National Guard Memorial Museum site. This is a revised version with new photographs. ...
Read More Check Six: December 8, 1941
