This undated photograph shows James Ashford getting ready to get into the cockpit for a mission. The crew chief could not be identified. Jim Ashford was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i on July ...
Read More Check Six – Mid-1950s: James Ashford
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On October 9, 1947, the first Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (no. 529) was delivered from the large stock then available in the Pacific. Others soon followed. This undated photograph was taken ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1940s : F-47 Thunderbolt
Jeffrey “Sumo” Namihira passed away on the evening of January 15, 2015 at Pali Momi Medical Center. He was 54 years old. There was a sense of disbelief as word spread ...
Read More Check Six – 2015: Jeffrey “Sumo” Namihira
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Explosive Ordinance Disposal is a life-saving capability and makes for a bold career field which the HIANG is excited to launch in ...
Read More HIANG Trains for EOD Capability
Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the History of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 This undated photograph shows the 169th Aircraft Control & ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron Becomes Operational
This photograph was taken on July 4, 2011 in Kandahar AB, Afghanistan. In the photograph are (L-R) are 1SG Stephanie Hika, Capt Jeffrey Hickman and Maj Melina Juan, celebrating the Fourth of July. They ...
Read More Check Six – 2011: 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Kandahar
This undated photograph shows Gar Pilgram, who served as a Weapon Systems Officer (WSO), during the 199th Fighter Squadron’s F-4 Phantom era (1976–1987). A Weapon Systems Officer (WSO), nicknamed “Wizzo“, is an air flight officer ...
Read More Check Six – F-4 Era: WSO Gar Pilgram
Retiree News photographs Over the years, Hawai‘i Army and Air National Guard facilities have been featured in many movie and television programs. Watching the original Hawai‘i 50 and Magnum PI ...
Read More Check Six – 2015: Hawaii 50 Uses Department of Defense Facility
MSgt Joseph “Joe” Ramos retired in July 2016. During his long Hawaii Air National Guard career, Joe served in several units. Through the years, he was the “go to” person ...
Read More Check Six – 2016: Joe’s Retirement Party
From the Newsweek website A new proposal by the United States could see Hawaii “adopt” Taiwan and help train the island’s forces through a partnership with the National Guard, according to a report out ...
Read More Hawaii Top Choice for Taiwan-National Guard Partnership
