History

Posting of the Guard 2021

Posted on Nov 17, 2021 in 2020's, History

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/hawaiiairguard/videos/421996682759022 Congratulations and happy birthday to the HIANG Royal Guard, which was reorganized on this day in 1962.The ceremonial unit has roots ...
Read More Posting of the Guard 2021

Off the Hawaii Army National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers serve their communities at home, and have been an integral asset during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following authorization ...
Read More HING JTF Continues to Assist in the State’s COVID-19 Response

This photograph was taken on November 16, 2013 in front of Iolani Barracks on the Iolani Palace grounds. It was the fifth anniversary of the reestablishment of the Royal Guard. ...
Read More Check Six – 2013: Royal Guard 50th Anniversary

This undated photograph shows the fighter flightline, looking toward the mountains. The de Havilland Canada C-7 Caribou is parked on the Ewa side of the fighter hanger (Building 3400). On ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1970s: HIANG Aircraft

Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the History of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 Year of the Jet – Fiscal Year 1954. The ...
Read More Check Six – 1954: T-33 T-Bird and Mechanics

In the late 1970s, the 154th Fighter Interceptor Group exercised “bare base” operations. Saturday UTA began with a early morning recall. Selected maintenance and support personnel were processed and were ...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: Early Mobility Exercises

The 199th Fighter Squadron flew North American Aviation F-86E Sabres from 1954 through 1958. This undated photograph shows a mechanic and pilot during a preflight at Hickam AFB, Hawai‘i. The ...
Read More Check Six – Mid-1950s: F-86 Sabre Preflight

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page It all started 75 years ago. In the months leading up to November 4, 1946, the Hawai‘i Air National Guard was a ...
Read More Hawaii Air National Guard: 75 Years of Service

This photograph shows John “Saigon” Lee, Judy and Robert Maguire. They were attending the HIANG 60 Celebration at the Sheraton Waikīkī on September 17, 2006 The event celebrated the Hawai‘i ...
Read More Check Six – 2006: HIANG 60 Celebrants

Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the History of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 The Hawaii National Guard was re-established following the end ...
Read More Check Six – 1946: 199th Fighter Squadron Received Federal Recognition