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Check Six – Late 1950s: Event Formation

September 7, 2021

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph show members of the 199th Fighter Squadron and associated support units in formation. The formation was in Area 65 of Hickam AFB where the Hawai‘i Air National Guard facilities were located. There...

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Check Six – 1965: Facilities in Diamond Head Crater

September 6, 2021

This 1965 photograph shows the inside of Diamond Head crater.  You can see the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facility below the trail to the crater rim. The FAA collocated this facility’s operations with those at Honolulu International Airport a few...

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Check Six: Exercise Team Spirit

September 5, 2021

This photograph was taken during Exercise Team Spirit 80 at Cheong Ju AB, Korea. Members of the 201st Combat Communications Group deployed annually to participate in Team Spirit exercises from between 1976 and 1993. The Group augmented and expanded communication...

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Check Six – Late 1980’s: Phantom Weapons Loading

September 4, 2021

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows a weapons loading team, uploading missiles on a F-4C Phantom. These teams load the Phantoms before flights and down load the same missiles at the end of daily flying activities. These...

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Check Six – 2015: Military Affairs Council

September 3, 2021

Retiree News photograph Military Affairs Council (MAC) is comprised of business leaders, state and local officials, non-profit organizations, community leaders and retired U.S. flag and general officers to advocate and liaison with the military commands. This photograph shows David Molinaro,...

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Keaukaha hosts Army field training

September 1, 2021

Off the Hawaii Army National Guard Facebook page Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald photographs Despite the challenges we've had over the last year and a half, our Hawaii Army National Guard soldiers are still working hard to train for a variety of combat...

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Check Six – Mid 1980s: Post Flight Debrief

August 31, 2021

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows a plane side debrief with the maintenance crew. An unidentified mechanic is taking notes as Gar Pilgrim, the weapon systems officer (WSO) and the Richie Kunichika, the pilot. Gar was a...

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Check Six – Early 1970s: Mobility Exercise

August 30, 2021

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph in the early 1970s, the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group continued to exercise base base operations at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PRMF) on Kauai. The typical UTA training schedule involved an early telephone recall, mobility...

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Sentry Aloha Planner Matt “Bad” Ohman Returns

August 29, 2021

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photographs If we had to nominate one of our partners who really knows how to embody the spirit of ‘Sentry Aloha’ it would, hands down, be this pilot...

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Check Six – Late 1970s: F-4C Two Ship

August 28, 2021

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows two Hawai‘i Air National Guard F-4C Phantoms. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Phantoms from 1976 to 1987. This photograph is from early in the F-4 era because the Phantoms do not...

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