John “JC” Chun

In 2002, the Hawaii Air National Guard began upgrading their F-15 engines to the new Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-220(E). The National Guard Bureau selected the 154th Wing to be the first ANG F-15 Eagle unit to upgrade to the new...

several members of the engine conversion team: Richard Castaneda, Harley Kang, Peter Tan and Robert Dekine. JC served as the NCOIC of the engine upgrade project. the upgraded engine before installation in the F-15 Eagle. John "JC" Chun provided the...

Thanks to John “JC” Chun for sharing these personal photographs taken on September 15, 2011. The 204th Airlift Squadron flew in one of their C-17 Globemaster IIIs to provide a static display.  The crew enjoying some down time. Lt. Jason 'Loots' Lilly and TSgt Chad...

This photograph shows a young John “Zoomba” Traettino. He flew F-15 Eagles with the 199th Fighter Squadron for many years. Zoomba was one of the F-15 pilots that transitioned to the current F-22 Raptors. He later served at the National Guard Bureau and...

Personal photograph used with permission - click to enlarge This undated photograph was taken about 50 years ago. It shows David Leong in the cockpit of a Convair F-102A Delta Dagger. Dave and other engine shop airmen were doing a...

Personal photograph used with permission This March 2012 photograph shows retirees Harold DeMello and John "BJ" Wahinekapu eating breakfast at the Olomana Golf Course. Both served as the Engine Shop chief during their careers. Thanks to John "JC" Chun for...

Personal photograph used with permission Special thanks to John "JC" Chun for sending this photograph to Retiree News. John and his wife Lorraine live in Oregon and traveled to Bosie, Idaho to spend time with Benet Costa and his wife...

Personal photograph used with permission Thanks to John "JC" Chun for sharing this undated photograph. He and Grant Suzui identified most of the members in the photograph. Many friendly faces from a long time ago. Top Row: Jeffrey Banuilos, Mark...

We made it through another year! Today is the eighth anniversary of the first Retiree News post. Over the past year, we have increased “Check Six” posts with old photographs and Kūkā‘ilimoku issues. We will continue feature posts dealing with benefits and...

Personal photograph used with permission This photograph shows John “JC” Chun and Craig Harimoto at Naka Sushi in Las Vegas. They met in early March to catch up. John lives in Oregon and Craig moved to Las Vegas in 2009. Both were long term...