Hurricane Iniki

Remembering Dennis Dalen, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard member who died 23 years ago today during the Hurricane Iniki recovery mission.  Dennis was a member of the 297th Air Traffic Control Flight, as it was named in 1992. He was...

Hurricane Iniki devastated the island of Kauai on September 11, 1992. The island was without power and debris was everywhere. The island of Kauai needed help. The Governor John D. Waihee III mobilized the Hawai‘i National Guard. Army and Air...

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...