Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLuRgvCqbzo Video by TSgt Andrew Jackson Hawaii Air Guardsmen were among the first to respond to a crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada on September 16, 2011. Twenty five members of the Hawaii Air National Guard's...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph There’s nothing that generates excellence quite like a friendly competition! Teams of Airmen from the 154th Maintenance Group and their Active Duty counterparts from the 15th Wing...

Before it became a digital Department of Defense website, printed copies Airman Magazine was published monthly.  In the November 1978 issue, there was a lengthy article about the Hawaii Air National Guard. The photographs in the article feature several familiar...

F-16, F-15, F-22, C-17 and KC-135 aircraft make their initial take offs for combat exercise Sentry Aloha 19-2. The longstanding series of fighter exercises is hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard's 154th Wing, involving multiple types of aircraft and...

Retiree News sadly reports the passing of Takao "Shogun" Wada. Takao retired from the Hawaii Air National Guard with his last assignment being with the 204th Airlift Squadron. Retiree News will post information about services when finalized. Our thoughts and...

Retiree News Photograph This photograph shows Kenneth Morimoto and David “Snake” Snakenberg. They were attending Norman and Pearl Ault’s 50th wedding anniversary party in December 2002. The celebration was held at the Kaneohe Marine Corps Officer’s Club.   Both Ken and Snake served long...

Retiree News discovered this photograph of Peter "Skipper" Pawling on the internet. We later found it on Skipper's Facebook page. Skipper started a long career in the Hawaii Air National Guard in 1972. He became the 154th Wing Commander in...

David “Kawika” Langsi, age 89, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 17, 2019, in Kāne‘ohe, Hawai‘i. He was born on August 7, 1930, in Honolulu, Hawai‘i to Abel and Elizabeth Langsi. Kawika entered the Hawai‘i Air National Guard in 1950 and retired...

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...

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. ...