History

From the Bishop Museum Facebook page On Saturday, March 15, 1969, the Hawaiʻi State Capitol building was dedicated in a ceremony attended by 3,500 people. Groundbreaking took place on November 10, 1965, after about half of the site was cleared...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Lesson learned after wrapping up back-to-back exercises - No task is too big to handle when you have the right teams, the right skills and the right attitude. In the midst of...

Retiree News photograph This photograph was taken on January 9, 2005 at Jon Iwashita's retirement party. The photograph show two technicians Richard Costa Jr. and Robert Joy, Jr. Both Rich and Rob started in the maintenance complex and later crosstrained...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph In September 2009, the Hawai‘i Air National Guard's Royal Guard participated in the annual Aloha Festivals Parade. The Royal Guard were the parade's color guard unit. Marching in the color guard that day were (L-R)...

Retiree News photograph This photograph show William Petti and Ronald Han, with Stanley Osserman in the background. They were attending the chief master sergeant promotion ceremony of Ray Duropan. The ceremony took place on December 2, 2009.

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows the food line in the 154th Composite Group's old chow hall. Services were provided by members of the then-154th Combat Support Squadron. However, most of the workers were contract workers. In...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph In the 1960s, the 154th Fighter Group flew out Dillingham Field, testing bare base operations plans. This photograph shows a 199th Fighter Squadron pilot in the make shift "control tower". A Convair F-102 Delta Dagger...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows the then-154th Fighter Group compound. It was probably taken shortly after the facility became operational. The U.S. Army District Engineers awarded a contract to McKee and Nordic Contractors to build a $2...

Hawaii National Guard photograph This photograph was taken in the late 1960s. It shows Hawaii Army National Guard facilities, Buildings 301 and 304 and the U.S. Property and Fiscal Office (USPFO) offices and warehouse. The flat green area is where...

This photograph shows Louis Macknik, a member of the then-201st Combat Communications Flight (now the 292nd Combat Communications Squadron). The unit provide communications services supporting bare base operations at Chong Ju AB, Korea during Team Spirit 84.  Lou became the unit...