Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

Gerald Junji Yamamoto, age 78 of Honolulu, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard Radar Technician, passed away in Honolulu. He was born in Honolulu. Survived by wife, Joy Masako; son, Daniel; daughters, Susan (Corazon) Barsatan and Joanne (Dean) Kajihiro; grand- children,...

Richard K. Tokairin, 84, of Pearl City, passed away on September 23, 2016. He was born in Wahiawā. Richard was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and retired Airports Supervisor. He is survived by his wife, Elsie; son, Reed (Jerre) and...

I ran into Galen Nakahara at the commissary recently.  After retiring from the Hq, 201st Combat Communications Group many years ago, he has volunteered in several areas, including teaching tennis in elementary schools. After recovering from some medical challenges, he...

Back row (l-r): Jim Townsend, Galen Yoshimoto, Les Bise Front row (l-r): Emerick Kaneshi, Eli Ichishita, Ann Miyahira, Vern Nakasone A group of State Department of Defense retirees have dinner periodically to “talk story”. Dinner is usually Chinese with lots...

Off the Pacific Aviation Museum Twitter feed - @PacificAviation Randy from our Lt. Ted Shealy's Restoration Shop. Watch us at work in Hangar 79, our 2nd hangar.  click on photograph to enlarge Hawai‘i Air National Guard retiree Randy Lum has...

Robert K. Nalaielua, Jr. was born on April 13, 1942 in Wailuku, Maui, entered the gates of heaven on June 30, 2016. After graduating from Kamehameha High School in 1960, Robert (Bob) served 26 years of military service combined between...

Morris Kalei Maluhia “Mo” Pabingwit, 62, of Waipahu, a BAE Systems-Schofield retiree and a Hawai‘i Air National Guard veteran, died July 29, 2016. He was born in Honolulu. Morris is survived by wife Rosemary Kam-Pabingwit; sons Benjamin, Richard and Matthew Pabingwit,...

Michael Kenji Asato, 66, of Honolulu, an Oahu Country Club employee and an Air National Guard veteran, died on August 6, 2016. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by son Riki, daughter Jaime, mother Margaret, sisters Sandy Nishimoto...

Team 808 is a group of Hawaii Army and Air National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. CMSgt Raquel Ramos, retired and now a contractor at the Air National Guard Readiness...

28 June 16  Aloha to the Retiree News Community. I am retiring after an amazing 34 year career in the Air Force and Hawaii Air National Guard.  Though I spent time throughout my career wondering how I would be on...