Retiree News asked Joseph “Primo Joe” Ah New for comments on these photographs. His comments: This was my final flight and it was on drill Saturday, July 7, 1984, I ...
Read More Check Six – 1984: Joe Ah New’s Fini Flight
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This undated photograph shows Lt Col Harold “Shaka” Schatz receiving a presentation gift. When asked for comments on the photograph, Shaka said: My memory is getting kind of old but ...
Read More Check Six – 1989: Shaka Receives a Presentation Gift
This undated photograph shows two unidentified Airmen in the 199th Fighter Squadron operations center. If you click to enlarge the photograph, you will see some familiar names including Carlos Bonham, the ...
Read More Check Six – 1950: 199 FS Operations Center
Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page The Hawaii National Guard’s Civil service team has been in existence for 20 years. The 93rd Civil Support Team mission is to support ...
Read More 93rd Civil Support Team Celebrates 20 Years of Service
These undated photographs show George Joy, James Ashford, Siegfried “Ziggy” Azevedo, and Jose “Rivah” Rivera. It was George’s “Fini” flight and probably happened in 1977. George was one of several 199th Fighter Squadron pilots ...
Read More Check Six – 1976: George Joy’s Fini Flight
Beginning in 1958, the 199th Fighter Squadron received North American F-86L Sabre Interceptors. These upgrades of the original F-86D Sabres included new electronics, extended wingtips and wing leading edges, revised cockpit ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1950s: F-86L Sabre Interceptors
In 1960, the 199th Fighter Squadron was converting from North American F-86 Sabres to Convair F-102A Delta Daggers. This undated photograph shows the incoming and outgoing jets with two unidentified ...
Read More Check Six – 1960: At the Alert Pad
This photograph shows two Hawai‘i Army National Guard retirees – Theodore “Ted” Daligdig and Benedict “Ben” Fuata. Ted served as the manager of the then-Kaua‘i Civil Defense Agency. Ben served ...
Read More Check Six – 2012: Two Retired HIARNG Members
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Aircraft from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron and 204th Airlift Squadron transported Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers to Washington D.C. for their ...
Read More 203 ARS and 204 AS Transported HIARNG Soldiers to Washington D.C.
This photograph shows Michael Rawlins and Jeffrey Hickman at the September 4, 2013 luncheon. Mike served in many leadership positions during his long career with the Hawaii Army National Guard. ...
Read More Check Six – 2013: Two HIARNG Officers
