Tag: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 during the F-102/F-4 conversion period…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 the year or what the…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 Corps in June 1984. He…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph | click to enlarge 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, Shaka…

Hawaii Air National Guard photograph 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 “‘Alae’Ula,” which is the Hawaiian…

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 F-86 Sabres. Note that the Deuces have "Hawaii Air Guard"…

click on photograph to enlarge 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 Ono said, "It would have…

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, he flew F-86s, F-102 Delta Daggers, and F-4C Phantoms. His…

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 Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station (Kaneohe MCAS). The then 154th…

Hawaii Air National Guard photo. 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 of Maintenance and the commander of the…