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Check Six: Top Scope 1996

October 10, 2014

Peter Ching, a retired 169th Air Defense Squadron member provided the background information about the photograph and its significance.  Thanks Peter! Members of the then 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 ACWS) participated in the 1996 Top Scope competition...

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Check Six: Remembering Dennis

September 14, 2014

Remembering Dennis Dalen, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who died 22 years ago today during the Hurricane Iniki recovery mission. He was 46 and died during the storm cleanup on Kauai’s North Shore when the truck he was driving...

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Check Six: 201 CCG Retirement

July 1, 2014

Check Six: a pilot’s term meaning look behind you. Twenty years ago today, the 201st Combat Commutations Group hosted a retirement party of Lt Col Roy Matsumura.  Roy retired as the Group’s Director of Logistics.  Earlier in his career he...

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Remembering Eddy Compoc

January 17, 2014

On January 17, 1994, TSgt Eddy Compoc died during a Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) Fun Run at Bellows AFS. Eddy enlisted and spent 10 years on active duty with the Air Force.  He joined the HIANG as a staff...

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Check Six: Christopher Ventura

August 6, 2013

This photo shows the then Specialist Christopher Ventura as part of the 25th Infantry Division Band.  The photo appeared in the Honolulu Star Bulletin on May 11, 1992, promoting the Joint Military Band concert.  Today, Sergeant First Class Ventura serves...

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