1970’s

Check Six: F-4C Phantom on the 154th Wing Flightline – 40 years ago

Posted on May 7, 2020 in 1970's, Check Six

This photograph, taken in 1980, shows a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II on the 154th Wing flightline. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Phantoms from 1976-1987. On the cart are AIM-9 Sidewinder and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles. Actual ...
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Check Six – 1972: 154th Fighter Group Sweeps HING Volleyball

Posted on Mar 5, 2020 in 1970's, Check Six

From the Hawaii Guardsman, Summer 1972 Issue The Hawaii National Guard volleyball program would up in a blaze of blue – Air Guard blue – as the 154th Fighter Group ...
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Check Six: In the Serving Line – 40+ years ago

Posted on Oct 2, 2019 in 1970's, Check Six

This undated photograph show several Hawaii Air National Guard members in a serving line. It appears the timeline is the early 1970s because of the apparent transistion from blue/white name ...
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Check Six: Airman Magazine Features the HIANG – 41 years ago

Posted on Sep 9, 2019 in 1970's, Check Six

Before it became a digital Department of Defense website, printed copies Airman Magazine was published monthly.  In the November 1978 issue, there was a lengthy article about the Hawaii Air ...
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Check Six – 1972: Lt Peter “Skipper” Pawling

Posted on Sep 3, 2019 in 1970's, Check Six

Retiree News discovered this photograph of Peter “Skipper” Pawling on the internet. We later found it on Skipper’s Facebook page. Skipper started a long career in the Hawaii Air National ...
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Check Six – 1972: F-15 First Flight

Posted on Jul 27, 2019 in 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, Check Six

From the This Day in Aviation website 27 July 1972: McDonnell Douglas Chief Experimental Test Pilot Irving L. Burrows made the first flight of the prototype YF-15A-1-MC Eagle, 71-0280, at ...
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Check Six: 154th Wing Compound – 45+ years ago

Posted on Jul 12, 2019 in 1970's, Check Six

This undated photograph shows the inside of the 154th Wing compound near the supply gate.

Check Six: HANG Attendance Trophy – 50 years ago

Posted on Jun 21, 2019 in 1960's, 1970's, Check Six

In the 1960s through the early 1970s, the Hawaii Air National Guard had a HIANG Attendance Trophy. The trophy was presented to the unit with the best unit training assembly (UTA) ...
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Check Six: Pneudraulic Shop – 39 years ago

Posted on Apr 14, 2019 in 1970's, Check Six

Top row: Rolf Oudraad, Leslie Galon, Mark Shaw, Stanford Lum, Dwane Yoshioka, Gary Soma, Howard Nonaka Bottom row: Randall Fukunaga, Norman Tyau, Herman Bongco, Daniel Sakuma, Edward Essman Thanks to Stanford Lum ...
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Check Six: HIARNG Retirees Sighted

Posted on Apr 1, 2019 in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, Retiree Update

Thanks to Yale Alama for sending this photograph and the following comments to Retiree News. Wanted to send you all a picture of what we call Da Kupuna Klub (HIARNG). ...
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