History

On May 4, 2014, the Hawaii Army National Guard honored Colonel Francis A.I. “Miki” Bowers, Jr. by renaming their Wahiawa armory in his honor. Hawaii Army National Guard photograph by SSG Ryan Sheldon This group photograph of past commanders and command...

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph The Hawaii Air National Guard flew C-46 Commandos from March 1946 through September 1950. The C-46 was known as the "Plumber's Nightmare". This undated photograph shows a Commando maintenance crew. George Kaneshiro identified the airman standing...

James Itamura served as a Staff Judge Advocate (JAG) in the Air Force and later in the Hawaii Air National Guard. This undated photograph from his Facebook page shows him in uniform as a captain. He retired as a lieutenant colonel as...

Recently, the Hawaii National Guard hosted the Chair of the House Finance Committee, Representative Sylvia Luke and her committee staff to a tour of the 154th Wing. Luke and other staff members were given a HIANG Welcome Brief in the Daniel...

This photograph of Herbert Padello was taken in 2000 when he and his wife renewed their wedding vows. As the formal part of the party evolved to entertainment, Herbert picked up his guitar, and started singing. Herbert served many years...

Retiree News photograph There was an Aloha Party for CMSgt Denise Jelinski Hall on January 16, 2010. She had served as the Hawaii National Guard's Senior Enlisted Leader for several years. General Craig McKinley, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, had...

Hawaii Army National Guard photograph Special thanks to Robert Inouye for sharing this photograph.  Today is the 35th Annual Great Aloha Run. The GAR began in 1984 and the 1-487th Field Artillery has provided the starting cannon. Thanks to Keith...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph shows a F-4C Phantom II in the old fighter hanger (Bldg 3400). We are not sure if this is a phased inspection or a lot of panels taken off to fix a complicated system problem....

HIANG photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier Hawaii Air National Guard F-22 Raptors from the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons taxi down the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam flight line December 11, 2018, during fighter-exercise Sentry Aloha 19-1. Sentry Aloha entails...

Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman John Linzmeier Members of the 164th Logistics Readiness Squadron, part of the 164th Airlift Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, secure U.S. Army vehicles onto a Hawaii Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III January...