Tag: Honolulu Fire Department (HFD)

Retiree News has received the sad news that Luke Sakanashi passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022. He was 62 years old. Luke retired from the Hawaii Air National Guard after serving many years with the 154th Civil Engineering Squadron. His last…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph This undated photograph show Henry "Uncle" Chang working on a F-4C Phantom. Henry started Hawaii Air National Guard career in maintenance complex and later cross trained to become a flight engineer. He was one of…

Hawaii National Guard photography Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Every morning at 6:30AM Monday thru Saturday a dedicated crew of personnel including members of the Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Army National Guard, and Kahu Malama Nurses gather…

Hawaii National Guard photograph Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page On September 3, 2020, the Hawaii Army and Air National Guard supported the mass testing in the Tetsuo Hirano tunnels on H-3. Hawaii National Guard members assigned…

Hawaii National Guard photograph Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen have been assisting the Honolulu Fire Department with COVID-19 'surge testing' throughout the City and County of Honolulu. Testing will be…

William Puaonaona Almeida, 81, of Pearl City, passed away on February 10, 2020. He was the eldest of 5 children, born in Honolulu, Hawaii to C. Pua and Augusta P. (Wittrock) Almeida. After graduating in 1956 from Kaimuki High School,…

William Earl Anana, age 77, passed away at home on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Will retired as a captain with the Honolulu Fire Department in 1994. He is survived by wife Ginger Anana; 4 Daughters & 2 Sons; 2 Stepdaughters…

MSgt Henry “Uncle” Chang passed away on October 13, 2013. Henry had some medical challenges in his last few years. He was a retired loadmaster with the 204th Airlift Squadron. Henry started HIANG career in maintenance complex and later cross trained…

This 2004 photograph shows the leadership of the 154th Mission Support Group - commander, then-Col Stanley "Ossum" Osserman and First Sergeant Howard Naone. They were attending the 154th Maintenance Group assumption of command ceremony, when Col Ronald Han became the…

Before MSgt Henry “Uncle” Chang became a loadmaster with the 204th Airlift Squadron, he served on the fighter flightline. This photograph shows him on a F-4C Phantom in the early 1980s. In the early-1990s, he transferred to the 204 AS,…