The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and ...
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Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Adjutant General of Hawai‘i, Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, visited Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H) during Sentry Aloha exercise training, January 21, 2020. ...
Read More Hawai‘i National Guard Leadership visits JBPH-H during Sentry Aloha 20-1
The following article was first published on August 14, 2011, when Retiree News was an e-newsletter. It started when Stephen Lum, who worked at the State Department of Defense Public Affairs ...
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A C-17 Globemaster III and F-22 Raptors teamed up for a flyover during the 2019 Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium in December. The aircraft are over the 15th Wing Base Operations ...
Read More Check Six – 2019: Great Looking Flyover
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Airmen from 154th Security Forces Squadron became first responders during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Course held at Joint ...
Read More 154 SFS Participates in CRBN Exercise
From the U.S. News & World Report website The Hawaii Air National Guard will start selecting candidates in April for one of four space control squadrons in the country in ...
Read More Hawaii Air National Guard to Create Space Control Squadron
Recently some retired members of the Hq, Hawaii Air National Guard staff had a reunion dinner. Clarence Fukumoto usually organizes these get-togethers and those attending enjoy “catching up” with everyone. ...
Read More Check Six – 2020: Hq HIANG Retirees Dinner
The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) will be hosting a Sentry Aloha fighter exercise beginning Wednesday, January 8, and will run through January 22. Oahu residents, particularly those along the ...
Read More 154th Wing to host another Sentry Aloha this month
In an April 28, 2014 ceremony at the Hawai‘i State Capitol, Brigadier General Michael “Inch” Compton was promoted to major general. Earlier in January, he started his tour as the ANG Assistant to the ...
Read More Check Six – 2014: Michael Compton Receives Second Star
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page When Airmen go above and beyond their normal call of duty, it’s hard to not take notice. Master Sgt. Dwayne Yoshioka, Staff ...
Read More Check Six – 2019: HIANG Maintenance Airmen Coined
