Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

The Hawai’i Air National Guard needs to establish a way to ensure proper recognition of individuals who have made significant contributions to our organization.  This program would be open to current and former member of the Hawai’i Air Guard, living...

Retiree News Photo Retirement ceremonies are an important part of a person's military career. Many times retirees join currently serving members to honor the newest retiree. William Petti's ceremony was June 25, 2010 at the 154th Wing's dining facility. Among...

The Air National Guard established a Senior Enlisted Advisor (SEA) position in each state headquarters in 1978. The position title changed to Command Chief in the 1990s. In the same period, the design of the chief master sergeant rank insignia...

Air Force Magazine photograph by Abraham Mahshie. Shade from the corrugated metal roofs that protects both maintainers and the F-22 fighter aircraft flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron and the Air Force’s 19th Fighter Squadron at...

Retiree News photograph The Hawaii National Guard Joint Force Headquarters conducts White Cell exercises. The exercise playmakers work within the white cell components to carry out the tasks assigned as part of the national exercise program known as a Vigilant...

The following article, written by TSgt Chris Vadnais, was featured in the Air Force Print News and reprinted in a 2006 issue of the Pūpūkahi. SSgts Gabriel Coronado and Arthur Hamabata install the wings and fins on an AIM-7 Sparrow missile at Hickam Air Force...

The following article, written by then-Captain Stanley “Ossum” Osserman, appeared in the September 1988 issue of the Kūkā‘ilimoku. Ossum covered the retirement of Lt. Col. Norman C. Ault, Jr., the commander of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Colonel Ault retired at...

Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. John Linzmeier Leadership from the Hawaii Air National Guard and 154th Wing join original members of the 154th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight during an EOD Standup Ceremony May 31, 2022,...

Photo By Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson In the photograph above. Airmen 1st Class, Michael Caravalho, and Airmen 1st Class Kayla Musrasrik-Romero, Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) Headquarters Detachment 1 (Det 1) reviews the days brief for mission awareness the third day...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Colonel Walter F. Judd, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member, organized the current Royal Guard. The ceremonial unit is made up of Hawai‘i Air National Guardsmen who are either full Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry. The Royal Guard is a re-creation...