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.” ...
Read More Check Six: Howard Guerrero – 55+ years ago
1950’s
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
Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter/tanker pic.twitter.com/15ePVFO8CN — Ron Eisele (@ron_eisele) January 26, 2019 These KC-97s were flown by Air National Guard units until C-130s Hercules and KC-135 Stratotankers became part of the ...
Read More Check Six: Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter
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 ...
Read More Check Six – 1950s: Flightline Coffee Delivery
Only 22 1/3 hours! Flight times are much faster now to Hawai‘i. pic.twitter.com/KnNQjAMjBv — Hawaii Aviation (@HawaiiAviation) November 10, 2018 The Douglas DC-7 is a transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company from ...
Read More Check Six: Air Travel Has Come a Long Way – 60+ 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
Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the history of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 1st Lt Alexander “Blackie” Bell was flying an L ...
Read More Check Six – 1959: Aircraft Save by Lt Alexander Bell
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 ...
Read More Check Six: Morning Formations in the 1950s – 65+ 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
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 ...
Read More Check Six – 1952: Aviation Cadet Training for National Guard Enlisted Personnel
