154th Fighter Group (154 FG)

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows a Convair F-102A Delta Dagger four ship at the "last chance" end of runway inspections. The photograph was taken from the cockpit of the 154th Fighter Group's Douglas C-54 Skymaster.

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph An earlier Retiree News post - Check Six - 1962: Dedication of the 154th Fighter Group Hanger -discussed the dedication of Building 3400 in the new 154th Fighter Group compound. However, we could not find a photograph...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph In the 1960s, the 154th Fighter Group flew out Dillingham Field, testing bare base operations plans. This photograph shows a 199th Fighter Squadron pilot in the make shift "control tower". A Convair F-102 Delta Dagger...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows the then-154th Fighter Group compound. It was probably taken shortly after the facility became operational. The U.S. Army District Engineers awarded a contract to McKee and Nordic Contractors to build a $2...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron flew McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantoms from 1976 through 1987. When the 199th Fighter Squadron converted to the Phantoms, it was a pivot point in the unit’s history. The previous fighter aircraft...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph shows James Ashford getting ready to get into the cockpit for a mission. The crew chief could not be identified.  Jim Ashford was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i on July 13, 1923. He grew up...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph From the HANG 25 – History of the Hawaii Air National Guard booklet: HANGmen celebrated their 10th Anniversary with a luau and dance on November 3, 1956. Governor Samuel W. King addressed the aloha-shirted Hawaii Air Guardsmen,...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph From the HANG 25 – History of the Hawaii Air National Guard booklet: The 154th Fighter Group competed with six other Air Guard F-102 units in the September 1962 Ricks Trophy Event at Tyndall AFB,...

From the Hawaii Guardsman, Summer 1972 Issue The Hawaii National Guard volleyball program would up in a blaze of blue – Air Guard blue – as the 154th Fighter Group and the 169th aircraft Control & Warning Squadron slugged, or...

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph This  current photograph of the Hawaii Air National Guard alert facility shows one of the F-22 Raptors standing alert.  The alert facility was dedicated on October 22, 1958. The 199th Fighter Squadron and their F-86 Sabers...