1990’s

This undated photograph shows Brig. Gen. David Rodrigues presenting Col. Jeffrey Okazaki with the Groups’ first Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (AFOUA). The award period was January 1, 1993 to July 31, 1994. The 201 CCG later received a second...

This photograph shows some of the members of the 154th Mission Support Flight staff. The photo was undated but it probably was in the early/mid 1990s, and taken in the old office area which was on the second floor of...

In 1996, Michael "Mick" Melich was promoted to colonel after he became the commander of the 154th Maintenance Group. This photograph was taken at his promotion luncheon. Yvette Miraflor provided the following comments: From left to right, Sylvian Goodspeed, Elizebeth...

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 at this board. Several of these officers went on to...

Dennis Dalen receiving an award from Colonel Melvin Morris, the 201st Combat Communications Group commander in 1990 Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai. Governor John Waihee mobilized the Hawaii National Guard to...

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 of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard...

Staff Sgt. Mark Peleholani, a propulsion technician in the 199th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, inspects an aircraft engine. This 1991 photograph was recently found during an internet search. The accompanying caption states that Mark is a member...

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 in 1997. 19970601 Training BulletinDownload

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. Tanji, Maj. Gen. Alexis T. Lum, the adjutant general; G....

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 the participants. In the photograph, Lt Col Stanley Osserman and...