Mahalo to Craig Harimoto, who emailed this photograph of the Egress Shop in 1980. The photograph was taken in shop when it was located in Battery Selfridge. Craig later became ...
Read More Check Six – 1980: Egress Shop
1980’s
Stanley Osserman recently shared some old documents from his personal files with Retiree News. One of those documents was this 1984 telephone roster from the Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard. ...
Read More Check Six – 1984: HQ HIANG
This photograph features a young Tamahlani Noh – then Tamahlani Nakamoto. Like many Hawaii Air National Guard officers she was commissioned after serving several years as an enlisted member. The ...
Read More Check Six: Tamahlani Noh – 35+ years ago
This undated photograph shows 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron members controlling aircraft. It shows the interior of Building 204 at Wheeler AFB. This was the squadron’s facility before moving ...
Read More Check Six – Prior to 1984: 169 AC&WS
The photograph above shows Lewis Kono, James Suzuki, and Harold DeMello in front of a F-4C Phantom. It was probably taken in the early 1980s. All three were long time ...
Read More Check Six – 1980s: Old Friends from Maintenance
This photograph shows Robert Ajitomi and Maximo “Max” Valenzuela, both members of the then 202d Combat Communications Flight. The photograph is undated but probably was taken in the 1970s. Max ...
Read More Check Six: Old Friends – 35+ years ago
Pictured are Richard Kudo and Raymond Choi, two of the simulator technicians in the 154th Wing. Both worked hard to tweak the simulator to insure the aircrew experienced the many ...
Read More Check Six: F-4 Simulator – 35+ years ago
This photograph shows a young Harold Scoggins, who served as a Traditional Guardmember in the 293d Combat Communications Squadron. The photograph was undated, but the fatigue uniform places it in ...
Read More Check Six: Old Friend Harold Scoggins – 30+ years ago
David Howard served as the 201st Mobile Communications Squadron commander in Hilo for about 6 years. In March 1981, he left for a Statutory Tour, becoming the ANG Assistant to ...
Read More Check Six – 1981: Old Friends
Retiree News asked Norman Nitta and Myron Dobashi for help describing this photograph. Both agree that the airman on the left is Juanito Buza of Kekaha, Kauai, but neither cannot identify ...
Read More Check Six: 150 AC&WS Security Forces – 30+ years ago
