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On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, the results of the FY03 ANG Line and Health Professionals – Captains, Majors, & Lieutenant Colonels Selection Board were released. Several went on to become ...
Read More Check Six – 2002: Results of the FY03 ANG Promotion Board Released

From the September 1964 Issue of Hawaii Guardsman The Air Guard’s 109th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron, located at Punamano (Kahuku), closed down operations in mid-July after 8 years of ...
Read More Check Six – 1964: 109 ACWS Close Operations at Punamano

Check Six – 1965: Sign Change

Posted on Jul 13, 2020 in 1960's, Check Six

This photograph was taken from a 1965 Hawai‘i Guardsman magazine. The caption read: When the 169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 ACWS) moved from Koko Crater, members of the ...
Read More Check Six – 1965: Sign Change

Taps: Thomas Suyeo Shimabuku

Posted on Jun 26, 2020 in Taps

Small in stature, but a giant among men, Thomas Suyeo Shimabuku was a “fighter” in every sense of the word. The traits that made him a formidable Golden Glove boxer ...
Read More Taps: Thomas Suyeo Shimabuku

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 ...
Read More Check Six – 1972: 154th Fighter Group Sweeps HING Volleyball

Congratulations to Chief Master Sgt. Darren Morris from the 204th Airlift Squadron for completing more than 35 years of service. After mastering three career fields and more than 5,000 flying hours as ...
Read More CMSgt Darren Morris Retires

This recent photograph shows two Hawaii Air National Guard retirees: Charles Kaulukukui and Elmer Looney. Charles served many years in the then-169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron before retiring. Elmer ...
Read More Retiree Update: Two HIANG Retirees

Taps: David P. Langsi – Update

Posted on Aug 27, 2019 in Taps

David “Kawika” Langsi, age 89, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 17, 2019, in Kāne‘ohe, Hawai‘i. He was born on August 7, 1930, in Honolulu, Hawai‘i to Abel and Elizabeth Langsi. Kawika ...
Read More Taps: David P. Langsi – Update

Taps: David P. Langsi

Posted on Aug 26, 2019 in Taps

David P. Langsi, 89, of Kaneohe, Hawaii, died in Kaneohe on August 17, 2019. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kawika served in the 109th, 150th, and 169th Aircraft Control & ...
Read More Taps: David P. Langsi

This undated photograph show Lt Col Donald O’Day, commander of the then-169th Aircarft Control & Warning Squadron. The inscription on the cake is July 14, but the year can not ...
Read More Check Six: 169 AC&WS Celebration