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Check Six – 1980s: F-4C Phantom II Over Oahu

Posted on May 11, 2018 in 1980's, Check Six

This undated photograph shows a F-4C Phantom II flying over Oahu. The 199th Fighter Squadron flew Phantoms for 11 years – 1976-1987. Given this time frame, this photograph was taken ...
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Check Six – 2009: The Last F-15 Eagle Leaves

Posted on Apr 26, 2018 in 2000's, Check Six

On September 22, 2009, the 154th Wing hosted as ceremony and luncheon to honor the last F-15 Eagle left the Hawaii Air National Guard flightline. It was aircraft 77-074, but ...
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Check Six: Aircraft Maintenance – 30+ years ago

Posted on Feb 1, 2018 in 1980's, Check Six

Asked Ronnie Miraflor to comment on this old photograph. This was in the mid 80s during an F4 deployment to Guam.  Myself, Howard Nonaka and Gary Doane was replacing a ...
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Check Six – early 1980s: F-4 Maintenance

Posted on Jan 31, 2018 in 1980's, Check Six

This photograph shown Craig Harimoto, conducting an operational check on a F-4 Phantom II. Craig was part of the Egress Shop, and later became the shop chief. Later in his ...
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Check Six – 1980s: Old Friends from Maintenance

Posted on Oct 31, 2017 in 1980's, Check Six

The photograph above shows Lewis Kono, James Suzuki, and Harold DeMello in front of a F-4C Phantom. It was probably taken in the early 1980s. All three were long time ...
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Check Six: F-4 Simulator – 35+ years ago

Posted on Oct 23, 2017 in 1980's, Check Six

Pictured are Richard Kudo and Raymond Choi, two of the simulator technicians in the 154th Wing. Both worked hard to tweak the simulator to insure the aircrew experienced the many ...
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Check Six – 1974: 154th Wing Fighter Flightline

Posted on Sep 28, 2017 in 1970's, Check Six

This photograph shows the 154th Wing fighter flightline around 1974-1975. The then 154th Tactical Fighter Group was converting from F-102A Delta Daggers to F-4C Phantoms. The last F-102A finally left ...
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Check Six – 1980: Old Friends from CAMRON

Posted on Sep 25, 2017 in 1980's, Check Six

This photograph has five flightline mechanics sitting on the wing of an F-4C Phantom II. Jose Rivera, William “Bill” Akiona, Gary Von, James “Bubba” Tachihata, and David Costa were all part of ...
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Check Six: Henry “Uncle” Chang

Posted on Aug 31, 2017 in 1980's, History

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 ...
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Check Six: Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs) Rollcall

Posted on Aug 22, 2017 in 1970's, 1980's, Check Six

Weapon Systems Officers (WSOs) were an integral part of the F-4 Phantom era of the 154th Wing 1976-1987. The WSOs went on to other positions within the Hawaii Air National ...
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