Alexander “Blackie” Bell

Our dad, John Carroll, Sr., 91, of Honolulu, and Ahualoa, Big Island passed away September 19th, 2021. Dad was born in St. Mary's, Kansas on December 18th, 1929 to Hugh Stanley Carroll and Laura Faye Powers. He lived in Japan...

Memories. Some "Check Six" photographs posted on this website bring interesting comments from Hawai‘i Air National Guard retirees. They say these photographs bring back memories of “notable” members we served with over the years. Stories of these “notable” members occurred...

Earlier, Retiree News posted a photograph of several F-102s in a taxi formation at Dillingham Field in MokulēʻIa. It is a screen capture of a video sent to Retiree News by Tai “Mynah” Hong, a retired 199th Fighter Squadron pilot. Mynah...

Screen capture off a personal video This photograph shows several F-102s in a taxi formation at Dillingham Field in MokulēʻIa. The 199th Fighter Squadron were in the sixh year of flying the Convair F-102 Delta Daggers. Flight operations out of...

After inquiries by several retirees, Retiree News researched and has confirmed the passing of Alexander “Blackie” Bell. A family member we spoke to reported that Blackie passed away in June 2017 at age 86. Blackie flew with the 199th Fighter Squadron...

Maj Gen F.W. Makinney awards the HAwaii National Guard Medal for Merit to 1st Lt Alexander "Blackie" Bell | Hawaii Air National Guard photograph  Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the history of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November...

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...