{"id":4424,"date":"2014-02-21T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T18:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retireenews.wordpress.com\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2024-11-06T19:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T19:06:47","slug":"old-photos-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2014\/02\/21\/old-photos-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Six: New Fighter Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, your webmaster visited the Hawai\u2018i Air National Guard facilities at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.&nbsp; If you haven\u2019t visited the fighter compound area in the last year or so, the amount of construction going on will overwhelm you.&nbsp; All the new facilities meet environmental standards and most will be electrically self-sustaining.&nbsp; Finally &#8211; new facilities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As luck would have it, the next day, <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Gordon Lau<\/strong> <\/span>emailed Retiree News two very old photographs from the 1960s.\u00a0Gordon said he got the digital photographs from <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Ed Lee<\/span><\/strong>, another HIANG retiree who worked on the fighter maintenance complex for many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first photograph shows the 154<sup>th<\/sup> hanger under construction.&nbsp; Missing is the supply building, the berm around the flight line, and many other things.&nbsp; The old Sea Breeze &#8211; now Sam Choy\u2019s is not there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second shows an aerial view of the compound, probably after the 1962 facility dedication.&nbsp; You can see how the F-102s parked on the flight line at an angle.&nbsp; Security was minimal \u2013 no fences anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But then again, it was over 50 years ago\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"816\" data-id=\"4422\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/08-1-1024x816.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/08-1-1024x816.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/08-1-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/08-1-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/08-1-1536x1224.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/08-1-2048x1631.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" data-id=\"4423\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/976-1-1024x853.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/976-1-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/976-1-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/976-1-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/02\/976-1.jpg 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Thanks to Gordon for sharing these\u00a0photographs. He lives in Meadowdale Washington, moving there after retiring from the HIANG where he served as a loadmaster with the 204<sup>th<\/sup> Airlift Squadron. If you Tweet &#8211; check Gordon\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/islandr76\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">@islandr76<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">.<\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>The appearance of external hyperlinks did not constitute endorsement by Retiree News, this included the linked websites, information, products, or services contained therein. Retiree News did not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Additionally, some of the sites linked to may limit the number of stories you can access without a paid subscription. 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