199th Fighter Squadron (199 FS)

James Tay Nottage, June 10, 1947 - April 7, 2016. It is with deep regret and sadness to say that James Tay Nottage passed away peacefully in Eugene, Oregon of cancer. Jim was a Fifth Generation Kama'aina. Jim was born...

Special thanks to Rocky Bruhn, who wrote the following tribute on Aurora Lee. It is with deepest sorrow that I notify members of the Hawaii National Guard of SMSgt Aurora Lee’s passing on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2016. She was a...

A Retiree News reader sent in this YouTube link of the Hawaii Air National Guard and the arrival of the F-102 Delta Daggers in 1961. Shows future generals Bob Maguire and Val Siefermann getting leis during the ceremony. Great video! Check...

Senator Brian Schatz issued a press release announcing that defense spending in Hawaii would increase by more than $200 million. Included in this appropriation is $44 million for an F-22 fighter alert facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Hawaii Air...

The 199th Fighter Squadron patch seen on Navy football uniforms Roger “Dig Daddy” Moore, a retired 199th Fighter Squadron pilot who lives in Missouri, sent out an email to Retiree News and several other retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard members....

A recent Retiree News post covered the history of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands. The post reported that for a short time, it was named Bonham Air Force Base and it had a Hawai‘i Air National Guard...

From the KITV website Members of Hawaii's Air National Guard are participating in bombing targets of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Air Guard members are using one of the world's most sophisticated...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph of some of the pilots of the 199th Fighter Squadron taken in the early 1960s posted on September 22, 2015. A request to help identify the pilots was part of the post. Special thanks...

Two F-22 Raptor squadrons and two maintenance squadrons from Hawaii have joined forces to create a combined unit with more than 200 active-duty and Air National Guard airmen that has arrived in the Middle East for a six-month deployment, according...

This photograph of some of the pilots of the 199th Fighter Squadron taken in the early 1960s.  The F-102 Delta Daggers flow by the squadron had "Hawaii Air Guard" markings until the late 60s. Two recognizable faces are Tai "Mynah" Hong,...