History

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 Air National Guard Meet-A-Need program. It's a program by our...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 practice our Chemical, Biological, Radiological,...

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 the Pacific. After completing a series of training events in...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 who served in the 154th...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 and associated units relocated to...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 the background. A long time...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 through the Convair F-102 Delta...

Imagine this: Mom takes a trip to the commissary with her seven children. All of a sudden, Mom demands that everyone "Fall in," and immediately a straight lines forms, shortest to tallest. Sometimes there's a scuffle, things get a little...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron began flying McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantoms in 1976. Coming out of conversion status, one of their first deployments was to Anderson AFB, Guam. This undated photograph show Benet Costa on the...

From the Garden Island website In February 1973, Janet Sebastian Cox (1938-2009) of Hanapepe broke the male barrier of the Hawaii National Guard on Kauai — specifically the 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron — by becoming the first female...