History

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 – 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 Leeward Coast may see an increase in fighter aircraft as...

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, and two other HIANG units are deploying to the U.S....

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 the U.S. Central Command's Area of Responsibility (CENTCOM AOR) for...

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...

On Monday, Erik Wong started as the A3T at Headquarters, Hawai‘i Air National Guard.  Erik fills the position previously held for many years by Jim Townsend, and more recently Tim Fujino.  Erik just retired from his civilian position with the...

Remembering Dennis Dalen, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who died 22 years ago today during the Hurricane Iniki recovery mission. He was 46 and died during the storm cleanup on Kauai’s North Shore when the truck he was driving...

Admissions Day is a state holiday that celebrates the day President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation welcoming Hawai‘i as the 50th state of the union. He unveils the new fifty-star American flag as part of the ceremony in 1959. But...