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Retiree News featured a photograph of the Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard staff in a recent post. There was a person hidden and two individuals we could not identify. HIANG retiree Randall Tom emailed an update saying the person hidden was Ken Sonan,...

The 154th Wing will host a virtual retirement ceremony for Col. Stanley Sato, Commander of the 154th Medical Group. The ceremony will be on Sunday, July 11, 2021, starting at 10:00. Stan retires after a long career.  Go to this Facebook...

Memories. Some "Check Six" photographs posted on this website bring interesting comments from Hawai‘i Air National Guard retirees. They say these photographs bring back memories of “notable” members we served with over the years. Stories of these “notable” members occurred...

Congratulations to Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum retired on Friday, April 8, 2021. She had served as the Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command (US Indo-PACOM). Review her biography, a great military career. Video of her retirement ceremony Feedback on the 10-Digit...

Bob Sigall is a Star-Advertiser writer, whose weekly column, Rearview Mirror, looks back at Hawaii’s past. He also shares additional material in biweekly emails. In the middle of the current news about Aloha Stadium and its replacement, he emailed this...

We made it through another year! Today is the eighth anniversary of the first Retiree News post. Over the past year, we have increased “Check Six” posts with old photographs and Kūkā‘ilimoku issues. We will continue feature posts dealing with benefits and...

During the eight year of our existence, Retiree News reached some notable achievements.  During 2020, the website passed 1.3 million views. Over the past eight years, we have averaged over 165,000 views a year, and in 2020, we had close...

Today is December 31, 2020, the last day of 2020.  The coronavirus pandemic and other trying events made this a difficult year worldwide. Hawaii took extraordinary actions to minimize COVID-19 transmission.  Government directives shut down companies and unemployment reached record...

Feedback: An earlier post - Check Six – Early 1950s: Maintenance Crews - had a photograph of several aircraft mechanics. In this post, we could only identify three, Louis Kono, Robert Choi, and Harold Mattos. Later, George Kaneshiro submitted his comments: I remember most of these great...

Contact Request. Charles (Chuck) Barlow, MSgt USAF, Retired, is trying to get in touch with anyone from the 291st Combat Communications Squadron. Chuck was the squadron’s Technical Advisor from 1986 to 1991. Today, he is an Associate Engineer with Intertek, a leading...