1980’s

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photographs shows Wayne "Walkman" Wakeman (Pilot) and David Nishioka (Weapon Systems Officer) in front of aircraft 505.  When asked for comments about the photograph, Wildman provided the following: Can't remember the year or what the...

From the Dr. George PC website This map shows the track of Iwa and location during the period of its highest intensity near Kauai. Click on photograph to enlarge. Iwa begun developing as a low pressure trough near the equator...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph | click to enlarge This photograph show then-SSgt Alan Yoneshige of the then-154th USAF Clinic. It was taken during the unit's 1982 deployment to Clark AB, Philippines. The other Airmen in the photograph are Air...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows then-Capt Gary "Pork" Peters during a family day doing a cockpit orientation of a F-4C Phantom. Pork joined the 199th Fighter Squadron out of U.S. Marine Corps in June 1984. He...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph | click to enlarge This undated photograph was taken at the alert pad. It shows L-R: Harold “Shaka” Schatz, Les O’Brian, Jamie Bury, and Richard Dove in front a F-4C Phantom. After the F-4 era, Shaka...

Retiree News photograph This undated photograph shows Nan Proctor and then-Donna Hara working on a CPT word processor. Word processors were the cutting edge replacing electric and some old manual typewriters. Nan and Donna were members of the then-201st Combat...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron training office. MSgt Ignacio Gabriel, Jr. was the NCOIC and Carole Fukuda – now Carole Yoshikane – was then a Traditional Guardmember. This photograph was probably...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Melvyn Taira who served in the Avionics area for many years. Based on the uniform and his master sergeant rank, this photograph was taken in the early eighties during the F-4C Phantom...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph An F-4C Phantom assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron, is shown here taxiing at Hickam AFB sometime in the early 1980s. This particular aircraft was christened “‘Alae’Ula,” which is the Hawaiian...

Retiree News photograph This photograph shows Buenaventura "Benny" Pabingwit and Gary Hirata in a off duty dinner at a local restaurant in Songtan, the Korean area outside Osan AB. Benny was a fulltime technician serving with the 291st Combat Communications Squadron...