This photograph was taken in the mid-1960s. It shows some the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group’s F-102 Delta Daggers parked on the flightline. The 154 FIG received the Deuces in 1960 ...
Read More Check Six – Mid-1960s: Deuces on the 154 FIG Flightline
1960’s
It happened #OTD, 24 Oct 1953, at #EdwardsAirForceBase! #military #aviation #history #aircraft #flighttest #AvGeek pic.twitter.com/002fDRGU5T — Edwards AFB (@EdwardsAFB) October 24, 2017 More on the F-102A Delta Dagger that the 199th ...
Read More Check Six: YF-102 First Flight – 65 years ago
The Department of Defense authorized the addition of the E-8 and E-9 grades with the changes taking effect on June 1, 1958. Promotions to these two new grades would be ...
Read More Check Six – 1963: The First HIANG CMSgt
This photograph taken in 1952, shows the Hawaii Air National Guard’s F-102A Delta Daggers on the flightline. The then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group (154 FIG) had just completed the conversion from ...
Read More Check Six – 1962: Deuces on the Flightline
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
From the September 1965 issue of Hawaii Guardsman In the September 1965 issue of the Hawaii Guardsman, the-Capt John “Saigon” Lee was named the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Outstanding Interceptor Pilot. ...
Read More Check Six: Capt John Lee – 53 years ago
This undated photograph shows a F-102A Delta Dagger over Dillingham Field with Kaena Point in the distance. During the 1960s, the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group had summer camps at Dillingham.
The photograph above shows the 22nd Avenue facility just before it’s official opening in the early 1960s. It was the home of many Hawaii Army National Guard units including the ...
Read More Check Six: 22nd Avenue Armory – 55+ years ago
Maj. Gen. I.G. Brown asked Air Defense staff and four Air Guard instructors to provide two trial NCO academy classes, 67-1 and 67-2, for 200 students on McGhee Tyson Air ...
Read More Check Six – 1967: ANG NCO Academy Begins
This photograph shows F-102A Delta Daggers on the flightline. As a reference, you can see the Navy watch tower which is still across the street next to the Operations Group ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: Fighter Flightline
