In January 1968, the capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo and the Tet Offensive caused President Lyndon Johnson to reverse his policy on using the reserve components in the Vietnam War. The Air National Guard ...
Read More Check Six – 1968: Operation Palace Alert
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Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page 16 years ago, Hickam became the first United States Air Force base outside the continental U.S. to permanently host the C-17? One interesting thing ...
Read More Check Six – 2006: First C-17 Globemaster III arrives at Hickam
On November 4, 2016, Brig. Gen. Ryan Okahara, Commander, Hawaii Air National Guard, hosted the promotion ceremony for Brett “Doogie” Wyrick. For the photograph from left to right: Lt Col Marlon Rimando – flight ...
Read More Check Six – 2016: Doogie Promoted to Brigadier General
There were no Veterans Day ceremonies again this year. The Oahu Veterans Council created a video – a virtual Veterans Day ceremony – honoring those who have served. Maj. Gen. Suzanne ...
Read More 2021 Virtual Veterans Day Video
Our dad, John Carroll, Sr., 91, of Honolulu, and Ahualoa, Big Island passed away September 19th, 2021. Dad was born in St. Mary’s, Kansas on December 18th, 1929 to Hugh ...
Read More Taps: John Stanley Carroll, Sr. – Full Obituary
The Hawai‘i Air National Guard (HIANG) will be hosting the Sentry Aloha fighter exercise beginning Wednesday, August 11, and will run through Wednesday, August 25. O‘ahu residents, particularly along the island’s southern coast may ...
Read More Sentry Aloha Series Continues
Remember weapons qualifications at the Wheeler AFB firing range? This undated photograph shows Airmen on the firing line. With the establishment of the U.S. Air Force as a separate service in 1947, ...
Read More Check Six – 1970s: Weapons Qualification
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page A traditional Hawaiian blessing for the new Sentry Aloha building was conducted marking the official ‘open-for-business’ of the new facility. The ‘new-digs’ ...
Read More Sentry Aloha Building Dedicated
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page There’s nothing that generates excellence quite like a friendly competition! Teams of Airmen from the 154th Maintenance Group and their Active Duty ...
Read More Weapons Load Team Competition
Stan passed away on April 13, 2019 at home in Mill Creek, Washington. He was born on December 1, 1941 in Waipahu, Hawaii, the seventh of nine children born to ...
Read More Taps: Stanley Okazaki Update
