1950’s

Family Photograph used by permission Special Thanks to Michael Guerrero for sending this photograph to Retiree News. His comments in the email. "My grandpa Technical Sergeant Howard Guerrero radar Radar shop, Hawaii Air National Guard." The other airman in the...

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph 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. George Kaneshiro identified the airman standing...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Before the Hawaii Air National Guard moved to its current campus in 1960, the operated in Area 65 on Hickam Field. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the F-47N Thunderbolt (1947–1954) and the F-86E Sabre (1954–1958). coffee was delivered to...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 the P-47 (P for Pursuit),...

Maj Gen F.W. Makinney awards the HAwaii National Guard Medal for Merit to 1st Lt Alexander "Blackie" Bell | Hawaii Air National Guard photograph  Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the history of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November...

- Hawaii Air National Guard photograph. In the early 1950s, the Hawaii Air National Guard had summer camps - your 15 days of annual training - at Hickam Air Force Base. There were morning formations in front of your barracks...

- Hawaii Air National Guard photo 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 until February 1962 when...

Taken from the August 1952 issue of the Hawaii Guardsman Department of the Air Force has just announced that enlisted personnel of the Hawaii National Guard may now apple to Aviation Cadet Program training under the Hawaii Air National Guard...

This undated photograph shows a 199th Fighter Squadron pilot under going ejection seat training. The 199th joined the jet age in 1954 when it finally retired its aging F-47N Thunderbolts for F-86E Sabre day fighters that were made available after serving...

The photograph from the Hawaii Air National Guard's HIANG 25 booklet. It shows then Airman Second Class (A2C) David Rodrigues receiving training on the F-86E Sabre fire control system. He served in the section prior to his commissioning. After commissioning...