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Taps: Leonard M. “Ollie” Oliveira

Posted on Jan 14, 2016 in Taps

Leonard M. “Ollie” Oliveira, 84, of Kaneohe, a retired Hawaii Air National Guard aircraft mechanic and an Air Force veteran, passed away on January 3, 2016. He was born in ...
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Taps: Douglas Clifford Mattos

Posted on Jan 2, 2016 in Taps

Douglas Clifford Mattos, 71, of Garden Ridge, Texas, formerly of Honolulu, a retired vice president at Certified Management in Honolulu and an Air National Guard veteran, passed away on December ...
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Taps: Owen K. Uehara

Posted on Dec 23, 2015 in Taps

Owen K. Uehara, 56, of Waimanalo, an Air Force veteran and Hawaii Air National Guard retiree, passed away in St. Francis Hospice on December 17, 2015. He was born in Honolulu. ...
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Taps: Yoshiaki Daikoku

Posted on Dec 22, 2015 in Taps

YOSHIAKI DAIKOKU YOSHIAKI “Yoshi” Daikoku 80, passed away peacefully December 05, 2015. Born December 13, 1934 in Ko’olaupoko, Kailua (Oahu). U.S. Air Force Veteran, COMSAT Communication Satellite Corporation/Lockheed Martin Retiree. ...
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Taps: Russel Leroy Fleming Jr.

Posted on Dec 20, 2015 in Taps

Russel Leroy Fleming Jr., 72, of Hawaiian Acres, Hawaii, an Army, Navy and Hawaii Air National Guard retiree, passed away on December 2, 2015. He was born in Dayton, Ohio. ...
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Taps: Clayton E. M. Yuen

Posted on Dec 4, 2015 in Taps

Retiree News just learned of the passing of Clayton E. M. Yuen, a Hawaii Air National Guard retiree. His wife, Sandra, emailed the following: Clayton passed away on November 25, ...
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Retiree Update: Rob Lee

Posted on Dec 3, 2015 in Retiree Update

Governor David Y. Ige issued the following press release. HONOLULU – Governor David Ige has appointed Rob Lee as protocol officer. Lee served with the United States Air Force from ...
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Retiree Update: Rocky Bruhn

Posted on Nov 30, 2015 in Retiree Update

Roxanne “Rocky” Bruhn retired as a senior master sergeant from the Hawai‘i Air National Guard a few months ago. Her 30-year military career started in maintenance, with later assignments in ...
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Check Six – 1975: C-7 Caribou

Posted on Nov 27, 2015 in 1970's, Check Six

This post originally appeared as an article in the March 3, 2011 issue of Retiree News e-newsletter. Remember the HIANG C-7 Caribou?  The Hawai‘i Air National Guard has had a ...
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A recent Retiree News post covered the history of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands. The post reported that for a short time, it was named Bonham Air ...
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