Tag: Convair F-102 Delta Dagger

Brigadier General Robert B. Maguire, 93, former Commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard and retired pilot and executive with Hawaiian Airlines passed away on June 13, 2018. Bob was born on December 5, 1924, in Glendale, California. He earned…

Hawaii Air National Guard photo This photograph shows F-102A Delta Daggers on the flightline. As a reference, you can see the Navy watch tower which is still across the street next to the Operations Group building. We estimate this photograph was taken…

click on photograph to enlarge On September 22, 2009, the 154th Wing hosted as ceremony and luncheon to honor the last F-15 Eagle left the Hawaii Air National Guard flightline. It was aircraft 77-074, but we couldn’t find the name…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph was taken in late 1959/early 1960 at the Hawaii Air National Guard's alert facility. The 154th Fighter Group was in the middle of an aircraft conversion from the F-86 Sabre to the F-102…

Air Force Brig. Gen. I.G. Brown presents the NCO academy diploma to Tech. Sgt. G.M. Matsuguma, Class 69-D, from Hawaii during the graduation ceremony on McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in East Tennessee. General Brown established the Air Guard’s…

The 199th Fighter Squadron flew F-102 Delta Daggars from 1960 through 1976. The 1973 photograph above shows a TF-102, the two seat trainer on the Hawaii Air National Guard ramp. The then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group had two trainer aircraft over…

This photograph shows Dillingham Field in the middle 1960s. After the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group converted to F-102 Delta Daggars in 1960, some of the annual summer camp training was done at Dillingham Field. After hour activities included barbecues, music…

This photograph shows the 154th Wing fighter flightline around 1974-1975. The then 154th Tactical Fighter Group was converting from F-102A Delta Daggers to F-4C Phantoms. The last F-102A finally left ANG service in October 1976. The 154th flew the Delta…

The photograph above shows the 154th Wing’s flightline around 1963/64. In the foreground is the old civil engineering building. The flightline building had not be built, and surrounding the tarmac, barely seen, is the earthen berm. On December 1, 1960,…

Thanks to John “JC” Chun for emailing this photograph and IDs to Retiree News. In the photograph (l-r): Kāhu Charles Yabui in dark suit, Norman Ault, Allen Mizumoto, Ron Cozo, unknown, Bill Austin, John Chun, Larry Kauleinamoku, Ron Miraflor, Wally Yara.…