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
1960’s
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
This undated photograph shows a Hawaii Air National Guard F-4C Phantom II, No. 37562 at the “Boneyard”. Officially know as the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC), the boneyard is ...
Read More Check Six: An Old Friend at the Boneyard
The undated shows a Hawaii Air National Guard Convair F-102A Delta Dagger on the ramp at Dillingham Field. The 154th Fighter Interceptor Group flew out of Dillingham during “summer camps” ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: Deuces at Dillingham
Off the Hawaii State Archives Facebook page This undated photograph shows Lawrence Partika and Charles Calvin, two members of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. They are working at the ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1960s: Two 154 CAMRON Members
For many years, the Hickam AFB hosted a base open house on Armed Forces Day – the third Saturday in May. The open house featured many military aircraft static displays. ...
Read More Check Six – 1966: Armed Forces Day Open House
