Kaua‘i

On December 6, 2006, Raymond Moriguchi passed away at age 76. Ray retired as a colonel after a long career in the Hawai‘i Air National Guard. Born in Honolulu, he was one of the weapons controllers who moved to Kaua‘i...

A recent Retiree News post covered the history of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands. The post reported that for a short time, it was named Bonham Air Force Base and it had a Hawai‘i Air National Guard...

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...

Aug. 10, 2015Jackson Yorio “Jack” Hamamura, 86, of Kekaha, Kaua‘i, a veteran of the Army, Air Force and Hawai‘i Air National Guard, passed away in Salem, Oregon on August 10, 2015. He was born in Koloa, Kaua‘i. He is survived by wife JoAnn; son...

Tiburcio Bungay Agu, 84, of Kekaha, Kaua‘i, a Kekaha Sugar Plantation retiree and a Hawai‘i Air National Guard veteran, passed away  in Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital on April 27, 2015. He was born in Kōloa, Kaua‘i. He is survived by wife Juanita A.; sons Vernon, Dominic...

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...

Teruo Oshiro, 86, of Kekaha, Kauai, a Hawai‘i Air National Guard retiree, passed away on February 2, 2014. He was born in Lawai, Kauai. He is survived by wife Florence Tomita; daughters Nancy Berson, Kerry Han and Lisa Tomita; brothers...

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...

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...