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
1950’s
This undated photograph show members of the 199th Fighter Squadron and associated support units in formation. The formation was in Area 65 of Hickam AFB where the Hawai‘i Air National ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1950s: Event Formation
This 1953 photograph shows (L-R): Wesley Lazarus, Frank Nakamura, Robert Choi, Robert McKee, Lewis Kono. The Hawaii Air National Guard was seven years old and about to enter the jet ...
Read More Check Six – 1953: F-86 Maintenance Crew
This undated photograph shows pilots and mechanics responding to a scramble alrert at the Alert Pad – now more formally as the Alert Facility. Mechanic Arthur Lee and pilot Robert ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1950s: Scramble at the Alert Pad
This undated photograph shows Airmen in the chow line. The 199th Fighter Squadron facilities were located in Area 65 on Hickam Air Force Base. Love those metal trays. The Hawai‘i ...
Read More Check Six – 1950s: Chow Time
From the HANG 25 – History of the Hawaii Air National Guard booklet: HANGmen celebrated their 10th Anniversary with a luau and dance on November 3, 1956. Governor Samuel W. King addressed ...
Read More Check Six – 1956: HANG 10th Anniversary
This undated photograph was taken outside the 199th Fighter Squadron operations building in Area 65 on Hickam AFB. The squadron relocated to Building 3400 in 1960. Retiree News asked Edward “Rick” Richardson, the ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: 199th Fighter Squadron
This undated photograph shows two unidentified Airmen in the 199th Fighter Squadron operations center. If you click to enlarge the photograph, you will see some familiar names including Carlos Bonham, the ...
Read More Check Six – 1950: 199 FS Operations Center
Beginning in 1958, the 199th Fighter Squadron received North American F-86L Sabre Interceptors. These upgrades of the original F-86D Sabres included new electronics, extended wingtips and wing leading edges, revised cockpit ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1950s: F-86L Sabre Interceptors
This undated photograph shows Capt. Kurt Johnson instructing 1st Lt. Robert “Bobby” Hinkley on fighter tactics. On the fuselage of the F-86 Sabre is the original 199th Fighter Squadron logo designed by1st Lt. Wade McVay, ...
Read More Check Six – 1955: Cross Check After a Training Mission
