History

Personal photograph, used with permission This 1953 photograph shows (L-R): Wesley Lazarus, Frank Nakamura, Robert Choi, Robert McKee, Lewis Kono. The Hawaii Air National Guard was seven years old and about to enter the jet age. The 199th Fighter Squadron...

Off the Remember Oahu From the Past Facebook page Commanding Officer of the 442nd Lt. Colonel Farrant L. Turner. (Hilo Native.) In 1924, Turner joined the Hawaiian National Guard, and when the war started he was serving as lieutenant colonel...

This post first appeared June 17, 2010 issue of the e-newsletter Retiree News This is a photo of the rock band called the Minutemen. They were from Hilo, Hawai‘i and played in the late 60s. They modeled themselves after Paul Revere and the...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Members of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 298th Support Squadron on Kokee and the 293rd Electronic Control Squadron at the Pacific Missile Range Facility both on Kauai...

IBM 026 Kep Puncher IBM Punch Card IBM Punch Card Sorter Photographs off the internet In the 1960's and early 1970's, an IBM card sorter was a part of every Air National Guard Wing/Group. What we called a computer in...

The Hawai‘i State Archives recently posted this old photograph on their Facebook page This photograph shows three Hawaii Air National Guard members loading a missile on the F-102A Delta Dagger. In the photograph are (L-R): Gaylen Redoble, Steven Shideler, and...

This post first appeared in Issue 124 of the e-newsletter Retiree News on June 13, 2011 Hawaii National Guard photograph This photo has a very young CPT Paul Nanamori and an unidentified soldier during recovery operations after Hurricane Iniki in 1992. 1992...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows pilots and mechanics responding to a scramble alrert at the Alert Pad - now more formally as the Alert Facility. Mechanic Arthur Lee and pilot Robert “Deano” Hinkley, Sr., are sprinting to...

Retiree News photograph There was a retirement celebration for the Hawai‘i National Guard's Senior Enlisted Leader, CMS Vern Nakasone on April 20, 2007. The celebration was held at the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Armory in Wahiawā. In the photograph...

This post was written by Retired Command Sgt. Maj. James Reis The story began in the 1970-71 timeframe, when the Hawai‘i Army National Guard decided to create a memorial to honor the 29 Hawai‘i Army Guard and Reservist who died...