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Colonel David Molinaro retired on December 1, 2014, his mandatory separation date (MSD). Dave joined the Hawai‘i Air National Guard in the early 90s, coming off active duty. His last active duty assignment was with the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF)...

On November 4, 1946, the four original units of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard received Federal recognition.  These units were: the 199th Fighter Squadron, 199th Utility Flight, Detachment C, 199th Air Service Group, and the 199th Weather Station.  We recognize...

On Friday, August 15, 2014, Retiree News reached one of the three major goals set for 2014. Retiree News published its 1000th post – Check Six: Hawaii becomes the 50th State. It has been quite a journey since the first post on January...

Sam Wong, retired Chief Master Sergeant, emailed corrections and additions to the webmaster's comments post. * Retiree News reported Ramona Fujimoto was a member of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, when she in fact retired from the 204th Airlift Squadron. *...

Dave Howard, who commanded the then 201st Combat Communications Squadron in Hilo, provided feedback on an “unknown” in an earlier post. Dave is retired and lives in Florida. http://wp.me/p3639O-1np “I think the unknown in the first row bottom right is...

Retiree News received it's 50,000 hit sometime yesterday. Mahalo to everyone who loged on to check the Retiree News website over the past 15 months.  Your support is appreciated.   The site started slowly but has improved as we progressed through...

Congratulations to Col Suzanne Vares-Lum, who recently started fulltime at the State Headquarters as the Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff.  Know she will do a great job! Ran into Kyle Kamikawa, HIANG retiree who served many years in the...

The Air Force activated the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron on February 12, 1992.  Now in it’s 21st year, the squadron has grown and it’s missions expanded.  Many of the original members have moved on or retired, but many memories remain....

One year ago today, Retiree News Hawai‘i as a website began with it’s first posting. A year later, the website approaches 575 postings with over 40,000 views. While the majority of readers are from the United States, the statistics provided...

National Guard Birthday Commemoration: there’s still time to register and send in your checks for the celebration.  For more information http://wp.me/p3639O-X6 Walter Kaneakua has left Senator Mazie Hirono’s staff, where he served as the Assistant for Military Affairs.  Earlier, he...