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This undated photograph show two F-102 Delta Daggers in a formation banking right. This was early in the conversion period because the aircraft vertical stabilizers do not even have the ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1960s: Deuce Two Ship

The photograph above is off the cover of the HANG 25 booklet. The booklet documented the Hawai‘i Air National Guard from November 4, 1946 – when it received Federal Recognition ...
Read More Hawai‘i Air National Guard is 75 years old today

During aircraft conversions, there are many two-ship aircraft photographs shown the current and future aircraft. This photographs shows a F-86L Sabre Interceptor and a F-102A Delta Dagger flying off Diamond ...
Read More Check Six – 1960: Conversion Two Ship off Diamond Head

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

This undated photograph shows ten Hawaii Air National Guard Deuces flying in formation. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Convair F-102 Delta Daggers from 1960 to 1976. This photograph was taken ...
Read More Check Six – 1960: F-102s in Formation

This 1965 photograph shows the inside of Diamond Head crater.  You can see the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facility below the trail to the crater rim. The FAA collocated this ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: Facilities in Diamond Head Crater

The Convair F-102 Delta Dagger was an American interceptor aircraft that was built as part of the backbone of the United States Air Force’s air defenses in the late 1950s. ...
Read More Check Six: F-102 Aircraft Armament

This post first appeared in Issue 114 of the e-newsletter Retiree News on February 18, 2011 In this photo from are Ross “Roscoe” England and Gerald Sada in the “tower” at Dillingham Field. Retiree ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1960s: Dillingham Field Tower Operations

This post first appeared June 17, 2010 issue of the e-newsletter Retiree News This is a photo of the rock band called the Minutemen. They were from Hilo, Hawai‘i and played in ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: Old Friends from Hilo

In the 1960’s and early 1970’s, an IBM card sorter was a part of every Air National Guard Wing/Group. What we called a computer in this timeframe could add, subtract ...
Read More Check Six: The HIANG’s First Computer