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Check Six – 1949: 199 FS Awarded Spaatz Trophy

August 5, 2019

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph | click to enlarge The National Guard Bureau announced that the 199th Fighter Squadron (SE) had won one of the 12 Spaatz trophies for outstanding capabilities in 1949, based on the exceptionally high Operational Readiness...

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Check Six – 1960s: F-102 Flightline

August 1, 2019

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph This undated photograph shows the F-102 flightline in the mid-1960s. In the foreground are two F-102 Delta Daggers on the flightline, and three in the radar docks in the background. On the left side of...

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F-22 Raptors at Kahului Airport

July 31, 2019

Back by popular demand...Come check out the HIANG F-22 Raptor Exhibit on Maui this Friday! It will be at the Kahului Airport and entry is FREE (details on the flyer below). If you missed it the last time it was...

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Check Six – 2003: HIANG Members

July 30, 2019

Retiree News Photograph This photograph was taken at a 2003 social event. In the photograph are (L-R) are Back row: Robert Dongon, Robby Shigeta, Dean Oliveros Front row: Thor Gran, Paul Maedo, Jamie Hasuike 2019 Update: Bob transferred to the...

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Check Six – 2000: F-22 Raptor at Edwards AFB

July 25, 2019

It happened #OTD, 25 Jul 2000, at #EdwardsAirForceBase#F22 #Raptor #military #aviation #flighttest #history pic.twitter.com/qVbPUQLdIq — Edwards AFB (@EdwardsAFB) July 25, 2018 The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical...

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Check Six – 2019: 201 CCG Retiree Sighted

July 24, 2019

Henry Lagyatan, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard recruiter sent Retiree News this photograph and these comments. Met up with Vince Nishina former 298th Air Traffic Control Flight commander, wife Carleen & brother-in-law Delo Chun on the 13th of July...

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HIARNG Soliders Deploy to Tiger Balm 2019

July 16, 2019

Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page Army National Guard Soldiers, and U.S. Army Soldiers of the 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1-23 Infantry Battalion, 1-23 Striker Brigade Combat Team; along with Bravo Company, 2-130 Infantry Battalion, 33rd Infantry...

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Check Six: F-86 Conversion School – 65 years ago

July 10, 2019

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron joined the jet age in 1954 when it finally retired its aging Thunderbolts for F-86E Sabre day fighters that were made available after serving in combat over the skies of Korea. The squadron...

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