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This photograph shows Wayne Soma, who served with 154th Wing as a radio maintenance technician during the F-102 Delta Dagger, F-4C Phantom and the F-15 Eagle eras. This photograph was taken ...
Read More Check Six – 1976: Wayne Soma

This undated photographs shows Wayne “Walkman” Wakeman (Pilot) and David Nishioka (Weapon Systems Officer) in front of aircraft 505.  When asked for comments about the photograph, Wildman provided the following: Can’t remember ...
Read More Check Six: F-4C Crew – 35+ years ago

This undated photograph shows then-Capt Gary “Pork” Peters during a family day doing a cockpit orientation of a F-4C Phantom. Pork joined the 199th Fighter Squadron out of U.S. Marine ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1980s: Gary Peters

This undated photograph was taken at the alert pad. It shows L-R: Harold “Shaka” Schatz, Les O’Brian, Jamie Bury, and Richard Dove in front a F-4C Phantom. After the F-4 era, ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1980s: F-4 Aircrews at the Alert Pad

An F-4C Phantom assigned to the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 199th Fighter Squadron, is shown here taxiing at Hickam AFB sometime in the early 1980s. This particular aircraft was christened ...
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This photograph taken in 1952, shows the Hawaii Air National Guard’s F-102A Delta Daggers on the flightline. The then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group (154 FIG) had just completed the conversion from ...
Read More Check Six – 1962: Deuces on the Flightline

This photograph show four old friends from fighter maintenance. Left to right are Clifford Ono, Kyle Kamikawa, Franklin Ho, and Raymond Sato. Asked about the date of the photograph, Cliff ...
Read More Check Six: Old Friends from Avionics – 32 years ago

Col Kurt Johnson was a key member of the 199th Fighter Squadron and the Hawaii Air National Guard. He was a Korean War veteran, flying F-86 Sabres. In the HIANG, ...
Read More Check Six – 1984: Kurt Johnson’s Fini Flight

This photograph show Keith Kunichika, and Kenneth “Eagle” Wicks next to a F-4C Phantom II. Judging from the mountain silhouette in the background, this photograph was taken at the then ...
Read More Check Six: Training at Kaneohe MCAS – 30+ years ago

This photograph shows MSgt Rudy Luat (sitting) and Lt Col Norman Ault reviewing maintenance records. Rudy was the NCOIC of the Maintenance Control Section and Norman Ault was the Chief ...
Read More Check Six: Aircraft Maintenance – 34 years ago