This undated photograph shows Col Richie “Kuni” Kunichika, the Deputy Commander for Operations (DCO) and some of his staff. In the photograph (L-R): Col Kunichika, unknown, unknown, Lt Col William ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1980s: Operations Staff
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Off the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Facebook page Congratulations to Staff Sergeant Ross Lazaro of the Hawaii Army National Guard, winner of the, your Holiday Bill on us Military Star Card Sweepstakes!! 🎈🎉💲🎉🎈 ...
Read More Army Guardmember Wins Exchange Prize
This undated photograph was taken outside the 199th Fighter Squadron operations building in Area 65 on Hickam AFB. The squadron relocated to Building 3400 in 1960. Retiree News asked Edward “Rick” Richardson, the ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: 199th Fighter Squadron
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page We all could use a helping hand every now and then. ‘Aunty Lorna’ from HIANG Airman & Family Readiness, tells us about the Hawaii ...
Read More Hawaii Air National Guard Meet-A-Need program
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Before ‘don’t forget your PPE’ was a household phrase, it used to indicate that time of the year when we ‘MOPP-up,’ and ...
Read More 154 FSS Conducts MOPP Training
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page It’s migration season for the renowned Alaska ‘Aggressors’ from Eielson Air Force Base who have been participating in training exercises with partners all over ...
Read More Exercise Pacific Raptor 21-1 Starting
This undated photographs shows Stanford Lum. He served in the hydraulic shop for many years when it was part of the Field Maintenance Branch. Another of the great maintenance personnel ...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: Stanford Lum
The National Guard Bureau extended Federal Recognition to the Hawaii Air National Guard on November 4, 1946. Th initial operating location was Bellows AFB in Waimanalo. The 199th Fighter Squadron ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1940s: Red Ball
This undated photograph shows a flightline mechanic guiding a McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom returning from a training flight. The old civil engineering building (now gone) and Battery Selfridge are in ...
Read More Check Six – late 1970s: Mission Return
This undated photograph shows Kenneth “Kenny” Camara. Kenny’s career in the maintenance complex began in the 1950s. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew North American F-86 Sabres. Kenny was a mainstay ...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: Kenny Camara
