History

Check Six – 1941: Welch & Taylor

Posted on Dec 7, 2017 in 1940's, Check Six

From the Images of Old Hawaii website 2nd Lt Schwartz Welch and 2nd Lt Kenneth M Taylor are credited with being the first ‘Aces’ of World War II. Welch and ...
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Check Six – 1941: Niihau Incident

Posted on Dec 7, 2017 in 1940's, Check Six

Of the hundreds of articles I have written concerning heroes to my knowledge only one has been about a civilian hero. This will be my second. The number of civilians ...
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Check Six – 1980: Egress Shop

Posted on Dec 5, 2017 in 1980's, Check Six

Mahalo to Craig Harimoto, who emailed this photograph of the Egress Shop in 1980. The photograph was taken in shop when it was located in Battery Selfridge. Craig later became ...
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Check Six – 2005: The Bear

Posted on Nov 28, 2017 in 2000's, Check Six

When the 203d Air Refueling Squadron was starting up in the early 90s, there were many technicians hired from other states or coming off active duty. One of them was ...
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HIANG Royal Guard Commemorate Re-Creation

Posted on Nov 26, 2017 in 2010's, History

Brig. Gen. Gregory S. Woodrow conducts a troop review of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Royal Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii, November 16, 2017. Woodrow was participating in a ceremony commemorating the ...
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Check Six – 1984: HQ HIANG

Posted on Nov 14, 2017 in 1980's, Check Six

Stanley Osserman recently shared some old documents from his personal files with Retiree News. One of those documents was this 1984 telephone roster from the Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard. ...
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Check Six: Robyn & Dan Rose – 15 years ago

Posted on Nov 13, 2017 in 2000's, Check Six

This photograph shows Daniel and Robyn Rose in 2002. The then 154th Communications Flight was holding a after drill party for a departing unit member. They were not married at the ...
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Check Six: Tamahlani Noh – 35+ years ago

Posted on Nov 9, 2017 in 1980's, Check Six

This photograph features a young Tamahlani Noh – then Tamahlani Nakamoto. Like many Hawaii Air National Guard officers she was commissioned after serving several years as an enlisted member. The ...
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Check Six: Brig Gen Wyrick Promotion Ceremony – One year ago

Posted on Nov 4, 2017 in 2010's, Check Six

Brigadier General (Dr.) Brett Wyrick was promoted on November 4, 2016 – the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 70th Birthday. The promotion ceremony was held at Washington Place with many of ...
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HIANG Completes Fifth Year of Air Defense Exchanges with PAF

Posted on Nov 4, 2017 in 2010's, History

Hawaii Air National Guard air defense experts recently completed a Subject Matter Expert Exchange ...
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