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Check Six 1973: F-102 Landing

May 20, 2020

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This a photograph shows a F-102 Delta Dagger landing on Runway 26R at then-Honolulu International Airport. Because the Deuce has Air Force marking and the Hawaii Air National Guard tail flash, we suspect the photograph...

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Check Six: 154th Wing Gate Guard

May 9, 2020

This undated photograph show the Convair F-102A Delta Dagger which the 199th Fighter Squadron flew from 1960-1976. The Hawai‘i Air National Guard retained aircraft 53-3366 and it became a static display roadside outside the gate to the Wing compound. Cost...

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

May 7, 2020

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 missile firings were restricted to...

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Check Six: In the Serving Line – 40+ years ago

October 2, 2019

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph 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 tags to subdued ones. in...

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Check Six: Airman Magazine Features the HIANG – 41 years ago

September 9, 2019

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 National Guard. The photographs in the article feature several familiar...

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Check Six – 1972: Lt Peter “Skipper” Pawling

September 3, 2019

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 Guard in 1972. He became the 154th Wing Commander in...

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Check Six: HANG Attendance Trophy – 50 years ago

June 21, 2019

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) attendance. In 1969, the the-201st Mobile Communications Squadron won the...

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Check Six: Pneudraulic Shop – 39 years ago

April 14, 2019

Personal Photograph Used with Permission | click to enlarge 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 for...

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