1970’s

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph show William "Bill" Pimental. Bill was a full-time technician in the Avionics Branch. After retiring, he be became the contractor's representative for the company furnishing the shade canopies on the fighter flightline...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows the entrance to the then-154th Composite Group. The organization became the 154th Composite Group on November 3, 1978. The name change reflected the Group gaining the 150th and 169th Aircraft Control...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photographs shows Stanford Lum. He served in the hydraulic shop for many years when it was part of the Field Maintenance Branch. Another of the great maintenance personnel who served in the 154th...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows a flightline mechanic guiding a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom returning from a training flight. The old civil engineering building (now gone) and Battery Selfridge are in the background. A long time...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Kenneth "Kenny" Camara. Kenny's career in the maintenance complex began in the 1950s. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew North American F-86 Sabres. Kenny was a mainstay through the Convair F-102 Delta...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron began flying McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantoms in 1976. Coming out of conversion status, one of their first deployments was to Anderson AFB, Guam. This undated photograph show Benet Costa on the...

From the Garden Island website In February 1973, Janet Sebastian Cox (1938-2009) of Hanapepe broke the male barrier of the Hawaii National Guard on Kauai — specifically the 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron — by becoming the first female...

These undated photographs show George Joy, James Ashford, Siegfried “Ziggy” Azevedo, and Jose “Rivah” Rivera. It was George’s “Fini” flight and probably happened in 1977. George was one of several 199th Fighter Squadron pilots who did not crosstrain to the F-4 Phantoms. According to...

Twenty-four men from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Royal Guard marched in the President Richard Nixon’s inaugural parade on January 20, 1973. The unit, headed by Kapena Moku (SMSgt) Ted Hussey, was invited to Washington, DC by the Inaugural Committee....

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph show airmen going through a mobility processing line. Dean Park is the first airman in line, This was the early days of mobility and the process evolved over the years.