Twenty years ago, the National Guard Bureau announced the results of the 1997 Air National Guard Majors Promotion Board. The Hawai‘i Air National Guard had a large group of officers promoted ...
Read More Check Six: 1997 Major Promotion Board
1990’s
Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai. Governor John Waihee mobilized the Hawaii National Guard to help with recovery operations. Three days into ...
Read More Check Six: Remembering Dennis – 25 years ago
Lieutenant Sheldon Smith, KC-135 Stratotanker co-pilot, checks the aircraft flight panels during a Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics (DACT) Exercise over the islands of Hawaii. The aircraft and crew are members ...
Read More Check Six: 1998 203 ARS Mission – 19 years ago
This 1991 photograph was recently found during an internet search. The accompanying caption states that Mark is a member of the fighter squadron, although the engine shop is within the ...
Read More Check Six: SSgt Mark Peleholani – 26 years ago
The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the June 1997 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were ...
Read More Check Six – June 1997: 154th Support Group Training Bulletin
Hawaii Military Academy’s 1990 Officer Candidate School graduates show off their hardware with the adjutant general. From the left are new second lieutenants Lance T. Stevens, Gwen Lebourdais, Wesley H. ...
Read More Check Six: 1990 HMA Graduation – 27 years ago
During a Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics (DACT) Exercise over the Hawaiian islands, members of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, prepare their KC-135 for refueling missions for ...
Read More Check Six – 1998: 203 ARS Mission
Remembering Dennis Dalen, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who died 24 years ago today during the Hurricane Iniki recovery mission. Dennis was a member of the 297th Air Traffic ...
Read More Check Six: Remembering Dennis
These are photographs from Lt Col Robert “BD” Darrow Fini Flight in July 1996. Click on photographs to enlarge. Fini Flight – A pilot’s last flight in the aircraft before he/she leaves a ...
Read More Check Six – 1996: Robert “BD” Darrow’s Fini Flight
Remembering Dennis Dalen, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who died 23 years ago today during the Hurricane Iniki recovery mission. Dennis was a member of the 297th Air Traffic ...
Read More Check Six: Remembering Dennis
