History

The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) hosted its second large-scale “Sentry Aloha” fighter exercise in 2015, which ended last week. For this exercise, F-15 Eagles from Oregon and Florida participated. The Arizona Air National Guard (ANG) sent F-16 Falcons, A-10 Warthogs,...

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii – From written exams to moving under fire, Soldiers competed to earn the title of Soldier of the Year and NCO of the Year during the 2015 Hawaii Army National Guard and Reserve Best...

Hawaii DOD photo by MSG-R Stephen Lum Brig. Gen. Bruce Oliveira, Hawaii Army National Guard commander, Brig. Gen. Ryan Okahara, Hawaii Air National Guard commander, and other organizations’ representatives join City and County of Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell and Councilmembers...

The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the March 1995 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Ranks and unit designations are as they were in 1995.  Twenty years ago this month, the 154th Wing...

Senate Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs has scheduled the Adjutant General and Deputy Adjutant General’s confirmation hearing for Tuesday, March 17, 2014.  The hearing starts at 1315 in Conference Room 229 at the Capitol. The reference to the nominations are...

The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the January 1996 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin.  Ranks and unit designations are as they were in 1996.  Lt Col Gervin Miyamoto, a Traditional Guard member...

Aaron Pollick continues do an outstanding job on his Hawaii Army National Guard - Historical Facebook page. A recent post shows a 1950 photograph of the advanced ROTC cadets of the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa attending training at Fort Lewis, Washington....

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airmen from the 15th and 154th Wings at Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, exercised the newest approach to fighter employment Nov. 20-24 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Rapid Raptor, which is still in the proof-of-concept...

Armament specialists of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard train to load the .50-caliber machine guns used in the F-47 Thunderbolts or "Jug" that made up the bulk of the early Air National Guard aircraft inventory nationwide. The 199th Fighter Squadron...

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...