Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

Taken from a Hawaii National Guard Media Release Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii- More than 50 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and three KC-135 Strotankers, based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H) have returned home following a...

Retiree sightings at the commissary Lane Martin, formerly of the 201st Combat Communications Group, continues to serve as a Traditional Guardmember in a First Sergeant billet. He also serves as the State Senior Vice Commander of the Veterans of Foreign...

From the @HawaiiTAG Twitter feed Photographs from Gregory “Woody” Woodrow’s pinning ceremony at Washington Place. Governor David Ige and his wife were present with Brigadier General Ryan Okahara presiding over the pinning ceremony. Checkout the photographs

UH Magazine is published quarterly the University of Hawaii Alumni Association. In the Spring issue, Dave Choo wrote an article about Maj Kai Kahele and Maj BJ Itoman. Major Kai Kahele and Major BJ Itoman fly the C-17 Globemaster III...

The 200 Club presented awards for outstanding Honolulu Police Department employees at the Waialae Country Club yesterday. The 200 Club is an organization comprised of 200 businesses and community leaders who support the HPD and the Honolulu Fire Department (HFD), especially...

The following is Brig Gen Braden “Mongo” Sakai's Commander's Column from the May 2016 Kūkā‘ilimoku.  The entire issue will post tomorrow morning. As the famous quote goes, ‘Flexibility is the Key to Air Power’. A lot has happened in the last week or so....

Has it been 10 years since the Hawai‘i Air National Guard’s first C-17 Globemaster III arrived at Hickam Field? A Retiree News follower sent in this link to the McChord Air Museum feature on Hawai‘i’s C-17 Serial No 05-5146. Great...

Retiree News is sad to report that Aurora Lee passed away on Sunday morning at the Veterans Affairs Continuing Living Center at Tripler Army Medical Center.  Caz Ross emailed this information into Retiree News. Aurora performing at a Open House Aurora...

Don “Rock” Arakaki retired after a long career with the Hawai‘i Army National Guard in the mid-1990s. He served in many command and staff positions during his career. After his Guard retirement, Rock went on to serve as the senior...

William Olin Crowell, 78, of Kekaha, Kauai, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard 154 Air Control Squadron operations superintendent, passed away on April 24, 2016. He was born in Waimea, Kauai. He is survived by wife Leimomi B., sons Mark...