Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This past drill, we were fortunate enough to host the last leg of the Vice Chairman’s USO Tour. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen....

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph Congratulations to Colonel Robert Gellner, who assumed command of the 154th Maintenance Group during this past drill weekend. Gellner’s command oversees the success of more than 900 maintenance...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph High-school students from around the island received a flight line tour this week as part of the Ka Ho‘okele “The Navigator” Explorers Program. Fighter, tanker and airlift...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page When we reflect on the diverse backgrounds of the Airmen in our Ohana, there’s few things that make us feel prouder than our female role models, such as Maj. Carrie Hironaka, a KC-135...

Homer Quan Ho Ai Chang, October 31, 1938 ~ December 18, 2019 Born in Honolulu to Kin and Kun (Ching) Ai Chang. Attended Cathedral School, St. Louis School, University of Hawaii, and Mun Lun Chinese School. Served in Hawaii Air...

The Hawai‘i Air National Guard celebrated its 40th Anniversary on November 22, 1986. The dinner event was held at the Sheraton Waikīkī. The evening’s events included the annual HIANG Awards presentation, which evolved into the Launa‘ole Awards in later years....

William Bill Keaweoluna Enoka, Jr., 78, of Kapa‘a, passed away on O‘ahu on February 22, 2020. He was born in Honolulu on November 24, 1941 and retired as a fire captain with County of Kaua‘i, he was also a Lieutenant...

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This photograph shows two F-102 Delta Daggers on the Hawaii Air National Guard flightline in 1965. Aircraft 54-1372 was part of “A” Flight (red tail flash), while the unidentified aircraft in the background was part...

William Puaonaona Almeida, 81, of Pearl City, passed away on February 10, 2020. He was the eldest of 5 children, born in Honolulu, Hawaii to C. Pua and Augusta P. (Wittrock) Almeida. After graduating in 1956 from Kaimuki High School,...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard photograph When you have a team of Airmen who are excited to get together before sunrise, you can always bet that they’ve set out to do great things!...