This undated photograph shows a group of Hawai‘i Air National Guard members. We believe the photograph is from the early 1950s based on the aircraft in the background and the ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: Maintenance Crews
1950’s
This undated photograph shows George Duncan and an unidentified mechanic pointing to the 199th Fighter Interceptor Squadron patch. It is painted on the engine cowling of a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: New 199 FS Patch
The F-102 Delta Dagger deployed a drag chute in addition to a speed brake during landing operations. This one of the few photographs Retiree News has that shows a Deuce ...
Read More Check Six – 1955: Deuce Landing
This undated photograph shows Airmen repairing a jet engine. It was taken in the old Hawaii Air National Guard facilities in Area 65 before the move to the current compound ...
Read More Check Six – 1950s: Engine Shop Crew
For many years, a F-86E Sabre static display greeted you as you entered the 154th Wing compound. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Sabres from 1954-1958. Many notiable fighter pilots began ...
Read More Check Six: F-86 Sabre Static Display
This undated photograph shows then-Maj George Duncan between a F-86E Sabre and a F-86L Sabre Interceptor. The 199th Fighter Squadron transitioned from the “E” to the “L” model in late 1957 through ...
Read More Check Six: HANG’s Conversion from F-86Es to F-86Ls
This undated photograph shows Wade McVay in the cockpit of a North American F-86 Saber jet. Assisting him in the preflight checks is Simanu “Sam” Afoa. McVay flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the Europe ...
Read More Check Six – Mid 1950s: Preflight in the 1950s
Hickam Air Force Base in 1957 showing Lockheed C-121s, Douglas C-124s, Douglas C-54s and a Boeing C-97. Military airlift had been an important part of the armed forces the 1940s. ...
Read More Check Six – 1957: Hickam AFB Flightline
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt from 1947 to 1954. As the Hawaii Air National Guard started flight operations with the P-47, they moved into night operations. ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: Early Night Operations
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
