Lieutenant Sheldon Smith, KC-135 Stratotanker co-pilot, checks the aircraft flight panels during a Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics (DACT) Exercise over the islands of Hawaii. The aircraft and crew are members ...
Read More Check Six: 1998 203 ARS Mission – 19 years ago
History
This photograph shows Delos Chow and his wife Judy, with Walter Nishihara in the middle. In the early 1970s, the then 201st Mobile Communications Squadron hosted an annual luau. These ...
Read More Check Six: Old Friends – 40+ years ago
This 1991 photograph was recently found during an internet search. The accompanying caption states that Mark is a member of the fighter squadron, although the engine shop is within the ...
Read More Check Six: SSgt Mark Peleholani – 26 years ago
Retiree News asked Dave Snakenberg if he could share more information about the date and the event. Snake’s reply: About 1984. I was commissioned in December 1981 and looks like ...
Read More Check Six – 1984: Field Maintenance
In 1971, here are three sources for officers in the Hawaii National Guard: commissioned officers transitioning from active duty, those who completed the local officer candidate school, and professionals who ...
Read More Check Six – 1971: OCS Class 09-71
Major Edward R. Cruickshank, Commander of the 1st Battalion, 299th Infantry, Hawaii Army National Guard, observes the entry of 25th Infantry Division Orange Forces into the city, as they advance ...
Read More Check Six: Team Spirit 84 – 33 years ago
The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the June 1997 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were ...
Read More Check Six – June 1997: 154th Support Group Training Bulletin
Hawaii Military Academy’s 1990 Officer Candidate School graduates show off their hardware with the adjutant general. From the left are new second lieutenants Lance T. Stevens, Gwen Lebourdais, Wesley H. ...
Read More Check Six: 1990 HMA Graduation – 27 years ago
Members of Hawaii National Guard and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, 525th Engineers, partners in the National Guard’s State Partnership Program, construct a split sole wall shore during a ...
Read More Balikatan 2017
In the photograph, L-R: Darren Camara, Yolanda Mindigorian, James Puu and James Andrade. Maintenance control was in the 2nd floor of the maintenance building, right above the engine shop. It ...
Read More Check Six: Maintenance Control in the 70s/80s
