Douglas Awana

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph A traditional Hawaiian blessing for the new Sentry Aloha building was conducted marking the official 'open-for-business' of the new facility. The 'new-digs' will house our exercise Sentry...

Bob Sigall is a Star-Advertiser writer, whose weekly column, Rearview Mirror, looks back at Hawaii’s past. He also shares additional material in biweekly emails. In the middle of the current news about Aloha Stadium and its replacement, he emailed this...

Feedback: An earlier post - Check Six – Early 1950s: Maintenance Crews - had a photograph of several aircraft mechanics. In this post, we could only identify three, Louis Kono, Robert Choi, and Harold Mattos. Later, George Kaneshiro submitted his comments: I remember most of these great...

Douglas Awana emailed the following information to Retiree News. He had a Facebook Messenger conversation with Ron’s oldest son Chris. There will be a mass at St. Joseph Church of Waipahu on Friday, October 30, 2020 starting a 0900. The church is located...

The annual Department of Defense Retirement and Service Awards Luncheon was held on Friday, September 24, 2010. This event honored State and Federal retirees in the department, and service award winners. The luncheon was at the Hale Koa Hotel, Banyan Tree...

Retiree News just posted a photograph of three Hawaii Air National Guard members at the NCO Academy Graduate Association Seminar 33, Reno, Nevada on July 26, 2001. But these seminars are not all business, and everyone has some time for...

Personal photograph used with permission Doug Awana send Retiree News this photograph as he was securing some boxes during his family's Hurricane Lane preparations. The photograph shows three veteran members of the 154th Wing's maintenance team. From left to right:...