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 ...
Read More Check Six: Avionics Maintenance NCO – 35+ years ago
1980’s
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 ...
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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 ...
Read More Check Six: Team Spirit 84 – 34 years ago
In the early 1980s, Moses Akana joined the Hawaii Air National Guard after serving several years in the Air Force. This photograph show him in front of a radar screen controlling aircraft. ...
Read More Check Six: Moses Akana – 33+ years ago
This undated photograph shows the Hawaii Air National Guard’s F-15 Eagles on Taxiway Mike. The 154th Wing flew F-15 Eagles from 1987 through 2010 when the F-22 Raptors reached Initial Operational ...
Read More Check Six: F-15s on Taxiway Mike
The 201st Combat Communications Group deployed to the annual Team Spirit exercises in Korea. The 201 CCG units augmented the existing communications system and setup communications on exercise bare bases. ...
Read More Check Six – 1984: Team Spirit 84
This photograph show four old friends from fighter maintenance. Left to right are Clifford Ono, Kyle Kamikawa, Franklin Ho, and Raymond Sato. Asked about the date of the photograph, Cliff ...
Read More Check Six: Old Friends from Avionics – 32 years ago
This 1980s era photograph shows Lt Col Norman Ault, MSgt Howard Hironaka, and MSgt Gordon Martin on the fighter flightline. Lt Col Ault served as the commander of the then-154th ...
Read More Check Six – 1980s: Old Friends on the Fighter Flightline
Col Kurt Johnson was a key member of the 199th Fighter Squadron and the Hawaii Air National Guard. He was a Korean War veteran, flying F-86 Sabres. In the HIANG, ...
Read More Check Six – 1984: Kurt Johnson’s Fini Flight
This undated photograph show CMSgt David Pontes and then-MSgt Larry DeRego. Both were part of the supervisory team in the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Chief Pontes retired and relocated ...
Read More Check Six – 1980s: CAMRON Supervisors
