Tag: 199th Fighter Squadron (199 FS)

The 199th Fighter Squadron flew F-102 Delta Daggars from 1960 through 1976. The 1973 photograph above shows a TF-102, the two seat trainer on the Hawaii Air National Guard ramp. The then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group had two trainer aircraft over…

Photo: Peter Clark, Ann Greenlee and Kristof Sills. Also pictured are the many current and former Hawaii Air National Guard pilots working and flying for Hawaiian Airlines. - click to enlarge photograph System Chief Pilot for Hawaiian Airlines Peter Clark,…

This photograph shows Dillingham Field in the middle 1960s. After the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group converted to F-102 Delta Daggars in 1960, some of the annual summer camp training was done at Dillingham Field. After hour activities included barbecues, music…

Clifford Kalanikau Heu of Kailua, Oahu, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 11, 2018, at the age of 87. He was born on March 9, 1930 in Kaunakakai, Molokai. Clifford was a graduate of…

The Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) will be conducting it's first large scale "Sentry Aloha" fighter exercise of 2018. It began on Wednesday, January 10 and Oahu residents, particularly along Oahu's southern coast may see an increase in military aircraft.…

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Lawrence Chaves Cabrinha graduated from St Louis High School in 1953. In 1954, he joined the US Air Force and was accepted into the Undergraduate Pilot Training program as an Aviation Cadet and started Pre-Flight Training at Lackland Air Force…

Friday’s Star-Advertiser reports that the services for Cabby will be on Monday, October 30, 2017 at St. Anthony of Padua church in Kailua. Visitation is at 9:30am with services beginning at 10:30. Burial will be at a later date. Related: Earlier…

Special thanks to Carol (Yamaguchi) Kellett for sharing this photograph. Carol’s email included the following comments On Monday, Harold Fujii and I were at Hawaii Public Radio at the Fall Pledge Drive! Harold Fujii (aircrew on the F-4Cs and KC-135s)…

This photograph show two F-4C Phantom pilots of the then 199th Tactical Fighter Squadron. Both Ian Komenaka and Lawrence "Cabby" Cabrinha were Traditional Guardmembers who flew for Aloha Airlines in civilian life. The photograph show them at the counter of…