History

TAG/DAG Confirmation Hearing

Posted on Feb 25, 2015 in 2010's, History

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 ...
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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 ...
Read More Check Six – January 1996: 154th Support Group Training Bulletin

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 ...
Read More 1950 University of Hawai’i ROTC Yearbook

Sentry Aloha starts next week

Posted on Jan 17, 2015 in 2010's, History

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii – The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) will be hosting a large-scale “Sentry Aloha” fighter exercise beginning Tuesday, January 20. Area residents, particularly along Oahu’s ...
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292 CBCS Deploys to CENTCOM

Posted on Jan 13, 2015 in 2010's, History

taken from a Hawaii National Guard press release Kahului, Hawaii – More than 40 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s (HIANG) 292nd Combat Communications Squadron, based in Kahului, Maui, ...
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154 SFS Deploys to CENTCOM

Posted on Jan 11, 2015 in 2010's, History

taken from a Hawaii National Guard press release Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii – More than 40 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s (HIANG) 154th Security Forces Squadron are deploying to ...
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Check Six: December 27, 1935

Posted on Dec 27, 2014 in 1930's, Check Six

From the This Day in Aviation website 27 December 1935: When an eruption of the 13,679-foot (4,169-meter) shield volcano Mauna Loa, that had been ongoing since late November, threatened the town of ...
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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 ...
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F-47 Armament specialists

Early Guard training

Posted on Nov 7, 2014 in 1940's, 1950's, History

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 ...
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1996-03 Tyndall AFB . 169 ACWS members

Check Six: Top Scope 1996

Posted on Oct 10, 2014 in 1990's, Check Six

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 ...
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