This post first appeared in Issue 109 of the e-newsletter Retiree News on January 18, 2011 The following photo was taken on the steps of the old Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) building on Diamond Head Road, where Kapi‘olani Community College is situated today. Brig…
Read MoreHawaii Air National Guard photograph In the 1970s and 80s, Unit Training Assemblies (UTAs) were filled with a heavy flying schedule with a lot of ground training. Occasionally, there was a special ceremony - like a change of command or…
Read MoreIn the 1960s through the early 1970s, the Hawaii Air National Guard had a HIANG Attendance Trophy. The trophy was presented to the unit with the best unit training assembly (UTA) attendance. In 1969, the the-201st Mobile Communications Squadron won the…
Read MoreArthur Ishimoto served as the Adjutant General from January 1, 1982 to April 7, 1983. He enlisted in the Army in 1944 and served as an interrogator and translator in General Douglas MacArthur’s intelligence section during World War II. After…
Read MorePhotograph from the Adjutant General’s Facebook page During the 2016 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Tribute event, part of the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, three Adjutants General took time for a photograph. In the photograph left to right are MG…
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