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HING Members Deploy in Support of Hawaii’s COVID-19 Response

April 21, 2020

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii National Guard photograph Hawaii National Guard Airmen and Soldiers are posturing themselves on all neighboring islands to assist the state of Hawaii’s COVID-19 response. Personnel and equipment have been transported by...

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1-487 Field Artillery Return from Deployment

April 17, 2020

Hawaii Army National Guard photograph by Sgt. John Schoebel Hawai‘i National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment return from their year long deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq, April 15, 2020, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The Soldiers arrived in...

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Check Six: F-15 Eagle Simulator Facility

April 15, 2020

Retiree News photograph This recent photograph shows Building 3385 on the 154th Wing campus. Today the building serves as a communications facility as part of the 154th Communications Squadron. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle from...

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Check Six – Mid 1950s: Preflight in the 1950s

April 13, 2020

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows Wade McVay in the cockpit of a North American F-86 Saber jet. Assisting him in the preflight checks is Simanu “Sam” Afoa.  McVay flew P-47 Thunderbolts in the Europe occupation. He joined the Hawai‘i...

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Check Six: HIANG Friends – 16 years ago

April 11, 2020

The highlight of the October 2004 training weekend was the 154th Maintenance Group assumption of command ceremony. Colonel Ronald Han became the command in a ceremony held in the old fighter hanger.  Among those attending were Sean Lockerman, Kristen (Higgins) Stanley, and Clifford Heen.  -...

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Social Distancing for Fighter Pilots

April 8, 2020

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph In case you were wondering what physical distancing means for fighter pilots - now they’re getting a lot more fresh air during pre-flight briefings and a little...

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HIANG Airmen Part of Hawaii’s COVID-19 Response

April 6, 2020

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph HIANG Airmen throughout Hawaii are standing up to join the effort against COVID-19. You may or may not have seen some of these Airmen out in the...

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Hawaiian Raptors – A Total Force Team

April 1, 2020

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page The F-22 Raptor is a single-seat, twin engine stealth tactical fighter aircraft, and it’s only flown by USAF Airmen. At Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, it’s operated by Hawaii Air National Guard and...

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