Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

On Monday, April 15, 2019, our beloved “Papa” Juan P. Lorenzo Jr. passed away at home at the age of 68.  He was born on Nov. 3, 1950 in Lihue, and was a retiree of both Kauai Electric and Kauai...

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph This undated photograph show the crew of one of the Hawaii Air National Guard's two C-47 Commandos. The HIANG flew C-47s from 1947 until 1965, but this photograph was probably taken in the late forties....

Hawaii Army National Guard Photograph | click to enlarge This photograph shows a Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG) Nike Hercules missile battery at Bellows Field, Waimanalo. This Nike Hercules defense area was manned solely by Hawaii Army National Guard personnel....

Personal photograph used with permission Thanks to John "JC" Chun for emailing this photograph to Retiree News. John was visiting the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) office in the Tripler Army Medical Center. Across the hall in "E" Wing is...

Hawaii Air National Guard Photograph A retiree emailed Retiree News this photograph of 199th Fighter Squadron pilots. In the photograph (L-R) are: Christopher “Frenchy” Faurot, Braden “Mongo” Sakai, Wade "Ninja" Oganeku, Adrian "Kila" Kinimaka, Jeffrey “Sumo” Namihara, Garro “Rojo” Johnson, Glen "Knockers...

Edward Yerick Fon Yuen Lee, 78 of Wahiawā, passed away on March 13, 2019 in Wahiawā. He was born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. He is survived by his spouse Ramona C. Lee; son Edward K. Lee; daughter Misty K. (Ferdinand) Navarro;...

Matthew Glen Moribe, 39, of Honolulu was lost at sea on March 17, 2019. Matthew was an avid fisherman who loved being on the ocean. Matthew worked as one of the Operations Manager at Aala Meat Market, Inc., Technician at...

Calvin Yun Kim Chong, 88, born in Honolulu, Hawai‘i; due to a brief battle with cancer, he passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 in his home surrounded by loved ones. Calvin was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather,...

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page This past week our HIANG Recruiting and Retention team attended the 2019 Air National Guard (ANG) Annual Certification Training Course for all ANG recruiters. At the training two of our very own...

No matter what career field, mentorship & quality training is always a guarantee in the HIANG. Meet one of our newest pilots in the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, 1st Lt. Devon Ferguson. To his right, Lt. Col. Jason Palmeira-Yen mans...