History

Colonel James S. Shigekane became the Vice Commander of the 154th Wing on October 1, 2018.  He replaced Colonel Kurt Shigeta who retired. Colonel Shigekane received his commission from the United States Air Force Academy in May 1992.  He completed pilot...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page When the Kilauea volcano erupted on Hawaii’s Big Island, members of the 297th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, were just getting home from a seven-month deployment that sent them to...

Keith Kunichika was commissioned in the Hawaii Air National Guard in 1977. Keith served in the then 154th Composite Group in the maintenance complex and later as the budget officer and controller. An AGR, he retired in 2003. He then entered...

The following was copied from the Wikipedia for history: Troopers from the HARNG’s Troop E 19th Cavalry: John Tripoli, Roland Gambol, Paul Mauricio, and George Cristobal The 19th Cavalry was constituted on 24 October 1967 in the Hawaii Army National Guard as...

From the Honolulu Star Bulletin archive website Members of the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th Support Battalion show off ukuleles and songbooks they received from Anita Coyoli-Cullen and Shirley Orlando of California. The soldiers shown above are: first row from...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Soldiers from the 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Hawaii Army National Guard, team up with local organizations to construct micro-shelters in Pahoa, Hawaii. To date, more than 600 homes have been destroyed by the...

- photo by MSG (Ret) Stephen Lum The Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Logistics Readiness Squadron personnel were recognized at the annual Honolulu-Pacific Federal Executive Board luncheon. The event was held at the Sheraton Waikiki on April 12, 2012. The...

Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Hawaii Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Elva Schaben describes how The National Guard is supporting local communities impacted by the volcano on the big island of Hawaii, while improving readiness through increased. View the video

From the June 15, 2009 Retiree News e-newsletter. Military ranks are as of the original 2009 article. The 204th Airlift Squadron received a lot of favorable press recently as a Hawaii-based C-17 Globemaster III with a Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) crew...

From the 1998 Department of Defense Annual Report In 1994, the Hawai‘i State Legislature and Governor established Children and Youth Day (CYD) in Hawai‘i as the first Sunday of every October to celebrate and honor our children and youth and...