Tag: 201st Combat Communications Group (201 CCG)

Roland Shim, 202d Combat Communications Flight (later the 293d Combat Communications Squadron), types a message on a teletype unit. Existing facilities were tasked for support of the Team Spirit 80 exercise. In addition to manning field communications sites, deployed Guardmembers…

Many types of mobile radio equipment were deployed to multiple locations throughout Korea to support the Air Force communications mission. This AN/TSC-60(V2) mobile van was located a Osan AB as one link in the communications chain. The AN/TSC-60 series of…

In July and August 2004, the Hawaii Air National Guard promoted 12 airmen to higher ranks. How many names do you recognize? To Staff Sergeant (E-5): 293d Combat Communications Squadron (293 CBCS): Richard A. Castro Jr. 297th Air Traffic Control…

This undated photograph shows Brig. Gen. David Rodrigues presenting Col. Jeffrey Okazaki with the Groups’ first Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (AFOUA). The award period was January 1, 1993 to July 31, 1994. The 201 CCG later received a second…

In the photograph, Lt. Col. Melvin Morris and CMSgt Clement Oshiro are on the Osan AB flightline. They observed the off loading of a Flying Tiger charter aircraft. Lt. Col. Morris was the Deputy Commander of the 201st Combat Communications…

In June 2004, the Hawaii Air National Guard promoted 15 airmen to higher ranks. Several members listed were promoted again in their careers before leaving the Air Guard or retiring. Unit designations are as they were in 2004. How many…

In the 1986, the Hawaii Air National Guard purchased CPT word processors for the unit support functions. The CPT system used two 8-inch floppy diskette drives and were used for several years before the first computers – Zenith Z-100s –…

Meliton (Mel) Ayay Adversalo, 93, of Honolulu passed away peacefully on October 5, 2017 after a brief illness. Mel was born in Kahuku, Oahu on July 15, 1924 and was a retired electronics technician with the Hawaii Air National Guard…

Meliton A. Adversalo, 93, of Honolulu, Hawaii, died in Honolulu on October 5, 2017. He was born in Kahuku. Visitation: 9:30 a.m.; Services: 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Borthwick Mortuary, Mauka Chapel. Burial: 2:00 p.m. at Hawaiian Memorial…

This photograph shows Robert Ajitomi and Maximo "Max" Valenzuela, both members of the then 202d Combat Communications Flight. The photograph is undated but probably was taken in the 1970s. Max was a technician who retired after a long career. He…