169th Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron (169 AC&WS)

Everyone in Hawaii has hiked the Koko Head Crater trail at least once. It is a steep trek that separates the fit and unfit. But what are the tracks going up the side of the crater? The Hawaii Air National...

Michio Niiya, 82, peacefully passed away on May 1, 2017. Mich was born in Kapoho and retired from the Pacific Division of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (PACDIV). Michio was a Traditional Guardmember who served with the 169th Aircraft Control &...

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...

A recent Webmaster Comment post discussed David Howard. Dave emailed an expanded personal history that corrected some of my errors the original posting. I appreciated the mention.  You got a bit of it right. I started my time in the Hawai‘i Air...

Gerald Junji Yamamoto, age 78 of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard Radar Technician, passed away in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. Survived by wife, Joy Masako; son, Daniel; daughters, Susan (Corazon) Barsatan and Joanne (Dean) Kajihiro; grand- children,...

Retiree News is sad to report that Aurora Lee passed away on Sunday morning at the Veterans Affairs Continuing Living Center at Tripler Army Medical Center.  Caz Ross emailed this information into Retiree News. Aurora performing at a Open House Aurora...

This photograph shows Lt Col Valentine Siefermann presenting Lt Stephen Oka his controller certification at the 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron (150 ACWS) luau.  The photograph is dated 1965. Siefermann became the first Commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard in 1953. In 1973,...

Samson Juan Achuela, age 64, of Wai‘anae, Hawai‘i, passed away July 23, 2015 in Honolulu. Born September 4, 1950 in Waipahu, Hawai‘i. Retired Master Sergeant who served 30 years with the Hawai‘i Air National Guard as a computer maintenance technician...

The following items were in the “In My Opinion” column in the June 1995 issue of the 154th Support Group Training Bulletin. Unit designations and ranks are as they were in 1995. Three 154th Support Group members met their promotions boards during...

James Mitsuo Akamine, 77, of Waimānalo, a retired maintenance control superintendent and a veteran of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard, passed away on February 13, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by wife Barbara S., sons Bently A. and...