Retiree Update

Miles Moriyama was a Traditional Guardmember who served as the 1st Sergeant of the 154th Aircraft Generation Squadron. He retired as a senior master sergeant in 2007. Miles continues as the Vice President of Pyramid Insurance Centre, Ltd. in Kapalama....

Retiree News recently had an email exchange with Joseph “Joe” Holliday. Joe retired from the 169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron in April 1998. A Traditional Guardmember, he worked for the Department of Human Services. He and his family later...

Thanks to Bill Chang for emailing this photograph of Kazuo “Lefty” Yamamoto taken in the Navy Exchange. Lefty’s last assignment was the Director of Personnel at Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard. He retired as a colonel in the 1990s. A traditional...

Your webmaster ran into Stanley Leong at the Navy Exchange. He served on the 154th Wing’s fighter flightline for many years before retiring. Stan said he splits time between his home on the Big Island and Honolulu. Great catching up...

Thanks to Yvette Miraflor who sent in this photograph. Yvette and Ronnie were in Las Vegas when they ran into Dan Rose. Dan served in the tanker maintenance area and had his gigantic stuffed bear in his office. He and Robyn,...

Ronnie and Yvette at Lake Tahoe with their granddaughter in February Ronnie and Yvette Miraflor are both retirees from the 154th Wing maintenance complex. Both started when maintenance was the 154th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron. Ronnie worked in the fighter engine...

Stanley Heu served in the Hawaii Air National Guard for 38 years and retired in 1997. He was a technician in the Avionics Branch. Billy Chang send Retiree News the following photograph and comments from Stan. Just enjoying retired life--nothing...

I went to visit Ken Wicks today.  It has been maybe over three years since I last saw him and Joyce.  Don't pay too much attention to our belt lines as we had just finished having some yummy number neung...

Thanks to Billy Chang for emailing this photograph and comments to Retiree News. I ran into Sam Saffery yesterday at the Navy Exchange. Sam told me he is 80 years young and living in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is home temporarily...

Kyle Breedlove served as the commander of the then 154th Communications Flight. He retired in the nineties and continued working as a Navy contractor for several years. In 2005, he returned to his home in Indiana. Kyle reported that his...