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Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph It takes the combined effort of highly-skilled teams to maintain air superiority, and this is why more than 700 Airmen have gathered here to participate in exercise Sentry…

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Republic P-47 Thunderbolts from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s inception in 1946 through the early 1950s. In 1954, the squadron entered the jet age when they began flying the North…

Thanks to Ford Chinen who sent in this photograph taken at William Mossman’s services. Photograph courtesy of Ford Chinen Standing (L to R): Edward Richardson, Daniel Stone, unknown, Ford Chinen, Melvin Ige, Robert Nagao, John “Saigon” Lee. Sitting: unknown, "Ace" Artiaga, Thomas Hirao. Ford went on to say: Not sure…

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph Pictured above are three members of the Hawaii Air National Guard’s Royal Guard. Left to right are Moses Timbal, Les Chambers, and Paul Kealoha. According to Randall Lum, another Royal Guard member and retiree, it was taken in 1965. …

Photograph courtesy of Erik Wong This photograph showing Reynold Hioki and Miles Tamura working at the Pearl City Hongwanji bon dance. Both Reynold and Miles retired from the 201st Combat Communications Group. Reynold was running the recorded dance songs from…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph | click to enlarge The National Guard Bureau announced that the 199th Fighter Squadron (SE) had won one of the 12 Spaatz trophies for outstanding capabilities in 1949, based on the exceptionally high Operational Readiness…

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph This undated photograph shows the F-102 flightline in the mid-1960s. In the foreground are two F-102 Delta Daggers on the flightline, and three in the radar docks in the background. On the left side of…

Retiree News Photograph This photograph was taken at a 2003 social event. In the photograph are (L-R) are Back row: Robert Dongon, Robby Shigeta, Dean Oliveros Front row: Thor Gran, Paul Maedo, Jamie Hasuike 2019 Update: Bob transferred to the…

It happened #OTD, 25 Jul 2000, at #EdwardsAirForceBase#F22 #Raptor #military #aviation #flighttest #history pic.twitter.com/qVbPUQLdIq — Edwards AFB (@EdwardsAFB) July 25, 2018 The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF). The result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical…

From the National Guard magazine website Nicknames are popular in many endeavors, but nowhere are they more part of the culture than among fighter pilots. A pilot best known as Gump made a little history April 6 as four Vermont…