201st Combat Communications Group (201 CCG)

Retiree News photograph This photograph was taken on November 3, 2004 at the Eagle Vision dedication in the then-293rd Combat Communications Squadron backyard. In the photograph (L-R) are then-Colonels Stanley “Ossum” Osserman, Kathleen Berg, and Timothy Carrol. Stan Osserman retired in 2014, with...

Roy Shinichi Iwamoto, 76, of Honolulu, died in Honolulu on January 22, 2020. He was born in Honolulu. Private services were held. Roy retired from the Hawaii Air National Guard after many years of service. He was a State employee...

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 a loadmaster, Morris is retiring from the HIANG. Not only...

Retirees of the Headquarters, 201st Combat Communications Group meet occasionally for lunch. Around the table in the photograph are: Miles Tamura (in red), Roy Iwamoto, Carl Nakamura, Bacilio “BJ” Juarez, and Calvin Chow.

James “Bud” Willard Placek, 73, of Captain Cook, Hawai‘i, died September 18 at Kona Community Hospital. Born in Belleville, Illinois, he was an electrical engineer for the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Authority, U.S. Air Force retiree, member of the...

Forrest Clay Fanning, 73, of Hilo, Hawai‘i, died at the Hawaii Care Choices Pohai Malama Care Center on Thursday, August 15, 2019. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee and was a Seafood Clerk with Malama Market and was the Seafood...

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 served his entire career in the 201st Combat Communications Group....

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 entered the Hawai‘i Air National Guard in 1950 and retired...

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 & Warning Squadrons and the 201st Combat Communications Group. He was...

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph This photograph shows the 154th Fighter Interceptor Group's flightline in the late 1960s. The then-201st Mobile Communications Squadron were still headquartered Battery Selfridge. The checkered painted mobile air traffic control facility is seen in the photograph....