History

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page General Joseph Lengyel escorted by the 154th Wing Commander, Col Dann Carlson We were honored to receive a visit from a distinguished guest during this drill weekend, General Joseph Lengyel, Chief of the...

Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page Hawaii Army National Guard photograph The Hawaii Army National Guard 1st Battalion, 189th General Support Aviation Battalion aircraft conducted hoist operation training on February 8, 2020 at Wheeler Army Airfield, Wahiawa...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt from 1947 to 1954. As the Hawaii Air National Guard started flight operations with the P-47, they moved into night operations. The Hickam Field flightline had...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph When it comes to air superiority, it’s hard to top the capabilities of our Hawaiian Raptors. Unless, of course, you combine their airpower with the world’s most...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph For most of the 1960s, the maintenance control section of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was located in the old fighter hanger, Building 3400.  It was a very small room on the second floor,...

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 in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry five-inch rockets...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Hawaii National Guard photograph 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. Approximately 35 aircraft and 1,000 personnel...

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 Office, emailed this photograph of Arnold "Balt" Balthazar to Retiree News. We...

U.S. Air Force photograph 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 building.

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Airmen from 154th Security Forces Squadron became first responders during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Course held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The course...