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Detachment 175 ROTC Cadets Visits Hickam Field

December 15, 2021

Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page US Air Force photographs Recently, Detachment 175 Air Force ROTC - University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa cadets visited Hickam Field to learn about how the 15th Wing and the Hawaii Air National Guard support the United…

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Check Six – Early 1950s: Early Night Operations

February 3, 2020

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt from 1947 to 1954. As the Hawaii Air National Guard started flight operations with the P-47, they moved into night operations. The Hickam Field flightline had…

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Check Six – 2019: Great Looking Flyover

January 18, 2020

U.S. Air Force photograph A C-17 Globemaster III and F-22 Raptors teamed up for a flyover during the 2019 Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium in December. The aircraft are over the 15th Wing Base Operations building.

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Check Six – 1960s: Fighter Flightline

May 31, 2018

Hawaii Air National Guard photo This photograph shows F-102A Delta Daggers on the flightline. As a reference, you can see the Navy watch tower which is still across the street next to the Operations Group building. We estimate this photograph was taken…

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Taps: David Boniface Paahana, Sr.

November 20, 2017

David Boniface Paahana, Sr., 80, of Waipahu went home to the Lord Nov. 2, 2017 in Waipahu. He was born on Maui. David was an aircraft mechanic in the Hawaii Air National Guard at Hickam Air Force Base. He retired…

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Check Six: Aircraft Shelters on the Flightline

August 28, 2017

The 154th Wing fighter flightline is filled with aircraft shelters for more than a decade. One of the biggest benefits for sheltering the jets is corrosion prevention. As much as the shelters protect the exterior of the airframes, some of…

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Hawai‘i Air National Guard at 70

November 4, 2016

Taken from a written history of the Hawai‘i Air National Guard by Chris Casey, who served in the 154th Wing’s Public Affairs Office in the 1980's. World War II end on August 14, 1945 and the troops started coming home to Hawai‘i.…

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