Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)

Taken from last Saturday’s Star Advertiser front page. Monday to Friday, Franklin Ho Jr. and Maui Quizon wear digital tiger-stripe camouflage with the Hawai‘i Air National Guard. Today they'll be drilling as part of a unit that wears wool, dons pith...

William Boyd Kaipo “Bill” Kinney, 74, of Wailua House Lots, Kaua‘i, a retired Hawai‘i Air National Guard radar technician, passed away on November 3, 2013. He was born in Kōloa, Kaua‘i. He is survived by wife Marge K.; sons Kihapi‘ilani...

Tad T. Iimura, 86, of Honolulu, passed away October 30 in California. He was born in Wahiawā. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and Hawai‘i Air National Guard. He was a civil engineer for the City and County...

Retiree News received word that Henry Chang, a retired loadmaster with the 204th Airlift Squadron passed away on Sunday. Henry started in maintenance and later cross trained to become a flight engineer. In civilian life, he worked with the Honolulu...

The Federal government shutdown postponed the 201st Combat Communications Group’s deactivation ceremony.  The rescheduled ceremony will occur when unit training assembly funding becomes available. The limited Federal funding currently does not include funding for UTA weekends. Retiree News will post...

Jean Kazue Kaholokula, 78, of Honolulu, a retired accountant with the Hawai‘i Air National Guard at Hickam Air Force Base, passed away on September 29, 2013. She was born in Hilo. She is survived by husband William W. Jr., son...

Francis Tadashi Hosaka, 79, of Kekaha, Kaua‘i, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard senior master sergeant, passed away on September 19, 2013. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by sons Derek, Ritchie and Shawn; daughter Dawn; brother Eugene; sisters...

Jarrett F. (Deke) Carr, 91 passed away September 18 at home. He was born in Berkeley, California on November 21, 1921, son of Grace and Sidney Carr. His family moved to Hawai‘i in 1922. Jarrett was a WWII Veteran, a...

Frank Francisco Montizor, 85, of Kailua-Kona, formerly of Moloka‘i, an Air Force retiree, passed away on September 1, 2013. He was born in Hilo. He is survived by sons Mansfield, Franklin and Victor; 14 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.

The Adjutant General’s annual awards were presented at the DOD Retirement and Awards Luncheon on September 4, 2012. The department award winners go on to complete for the statewide awards announced at the Governor’s awards presentation in October.  For the complete...