This photograph was taken from a 1965 Hawai‘i Guardsman magazine. The caption read: When the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 ACWS) moved from Koko Crater, members of the ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: Sign Change
1960’s
The first F-102 Delta Dagger arrived at Hickam AFB on December 5, 1960. The Deuces replaced the F-86L Sabre Interceptors on 24/7 runway alert the following May. Unit training now included operating from bare ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: Dillingham Field Operations
This is the organization emblem graced the wall in the stairwell to the 199th Fighter Squadron in the then-new Hickam hanger. Although undated, this photograph was probably taken in early ...
Read More Check Six – 1961: 199 FS Patch & Kurt Johnson
The Hawaii Air National Guard has two annual field training periods in 1967. There was a six day spring camp in April and a six day summer camp in June. ...
Read More Check Six: PMRF Barking Sands Deployment – 53 years ago
This photograph shows two F-102 Delta Daggers on the Hawaii Air National Guard flightline in 1965. Aircraft 54-1372 was part of “A” Flight (red tail flash), while the unidentified aircraft ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: HIANG F-102 Delta Dagger
For most of the 1960s, the maintenance control section of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was located in the old fighter hanger, Building 3400. It was a very small ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: Maintenance Control
The Hawaii Air National Guard flew a Douglas C-54 Skymaster from October 2, 1965 to 1972. It replaced the VC-47 Gooney Bird that the HIANG flew for 14 years. The Douglas ...
Read More Check Six: The Spirit of Aloha
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser recently posted this photograph as part of their “Back in the Day” daily series of old photographs. The photograph was originally published on November 17, 1964 and ...
Read More Check Six – 1964: The Royal Guard in 1964
This undated photograph shows three 199th Fighter Squadron pilots (L-R): George Duncan, John “Moon” Carroll, and James “Kimo” Moncrief. John Carroll’s flight suit appears to be a lighter color because ...
Read More Check Six: Three Deuce Pilots – 59 years ago
F-102 Delta Daggers replaced F-86L Sabres at Hawaii Air National Guard in 1961. This short video shows the dedication ceremony. The ceremony ends with the launch of a Deuce. The ...
Read More Check Six: HIANG Gets F-102 Delta Daggers – 58 years ago
