Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

James Alexander "Spike" Dykes, 80, of Vancouver, Washington, passed away on the sixteenth of July, 2014. He was born in Hilo, Hawai‘i on October 16,1933 to John and Jenny Dykes of Scotland. He is survived by his wife, Maria Louise...

Remembering Dennis Dalen, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who died 22 years ago today during the Hurricane Iniki recovery mission. He was 46 and died during the storm cleanup on Kauai’s North Shore when the truck he was driving...

Admissions Day is a state holiday that celebrates the day President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the proclamation welcoming Hawai‘i as the 50th state of the union. He unveils the new fifty-star American flag as part of the ceremony in 1959. But...

Toshio Nagai, 75, of Kailua-Kona, an electronics technician for the U.S. Department of Defense, an employee for Avis Rent A Car, Jack Tours and KTA Super Stores Keauhou and a veteran of the Air Force and Air National Guard, died...

CMSgt Raquel Ramos submits reports and photographs of the activities of Hawai‘i National Guard members assigned to the National Guard Bureau and other locations in the Washington DC area. This group, known as Team 808, has activities where the Hawai‘i...

Sixty eight years ago, on August 3, 1946, an Executive Order of Governor Ingram M. Stainback established the Hawai‘i Air National Guard. Four Army Air Force units were accepted: 199th Fighter Squadron 199th Utility Flight Detachment “C” 199th Air Service Group 199th Weather...

Lance Mizumoto served in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard as a personnel officer. After his promotion to captain, he left the Guard to pursue his banking career in the 1980s. Earlier this year, Central Pacific Bank named him President &...

James Michael Doolin is a success story, a reflection of his personal drive and determination in life. In the 1980s, he enlisted in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard after a tour with the United States Marine Corps. Mike became the...

Happy Retirement Glenda! There was a retirement party for MSgt Glenda Buis at the Willows Restaurant. She will officially retire on October 31, 2014, but her last working day will be on July 31. But you will have a chance...

Steve Berg, a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who served with the then 169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, provide these photographs to Retiree News. Special thanks to Steve for sharing these photographs The panoramic photo of the crowd...