History

Everyone in Hawaii has hiked the Koko Head Crater trail at least once. It is a steep trek that separates the fit and unfit. But what are the tracks going up the side of the crater? The Hawaii Air National...

Live Fire at Kahuku - Artist: Jim Dietz, 1966 With the onset of the Cold War and the threat of long-range Soviet nuclear bombers, the Guard wrote a new page in its long history of homeland defense. Beginning in 1954, thousands of...

Since the mid-1980s, the 201st Combat Communications Group conducted a service dress uniform check. This annual check, usually during the December UTA, insured members had a complete uniform that fit properly. This photograph was taken on December 3, 1989. From...

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...

This photograph shows Delos Chow and his wife Judy, with Walter Nishihara in the middle. In the early 1970s, the then 201st Mobile Communications Squadron hosted an annual luau. These luau were fun events for a young squadron that started...

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...

L-R: MSgt Kenneth Morimoto, CMSgt David Pontes and 1st Lt David Snakenberg (click on photograph to enlarge) Retiree News asked Dave Snakenberg if he could share more information about the date and the event. Snake’s reply: About 1984. I was...

Not all the Officer Candidates in the class are in this photograph. Formation leader Wayson Wong, guideon bearer John Amadeo. 1st row L-R: Alan Arakaki (Air), Skip DeMello, Billy Fernandez. 2nd row L-R: John Flores, Norm Nitta (Air), Roy Tanahara,...

Major Edward R. Cruickshank, Commander of the 1st Battalion, 299th Infantry, Hawaii Army National Guard, observes the entry of 25th Infantry Division Orange Forces into the city, as they advance against the Blue Forces during the joint South Korean/US Exercise...

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