{"id":6964,"date":"2014-08-03T10:10:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T20:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retireenews.wordpress.com\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2024-11-01T20:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T20:05:31","slug":"check-six-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2014\/08\/03\/check-six-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Six: HIANG&#8217;s Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sixty eight years ago, on August 3, 1946, an Executive Order of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/encyclopedia.densho.org\/Ingram%20M.%20Stainback\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Governor Ingram M. Stainback<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span>established the Hawai\u2018i Air National Guard. Four Army Air Force units were accepted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>199<\/em><sup>th<\/sup><em>\u00a0Fighter Squadron<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>199<\/em><sup>th<\/sup><em>\u00a0Utility Flight<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Detachment \u201cC\u201d 199<\/em><sup>th<\/sup><em>\u00a0Air Service Group<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>199<sup>th<\/sup> Weather Station<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first 199 FS commander was <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Lieutenant Colonel Walter H. Dillingham<\/strong><\/span>. The unit\u2019s first station was the Honolulu Armory in downtown Honolulu. Built in the 1800s, the armory&nbsp;was razed to make way for the new State Capitol that opened in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/08\/untitled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"222\" src=\"http:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2014\/08\/untitled.jpg\" alt=\"Honolulu Armory\" class=\"wp-image-6969\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Honolulu Armory. Note the pillars in the foreground: the photo was taken from the back of \u2018Iolani Palace, looking toward the site of the present Capitol building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By November 4, 1946, while operating out of Bellows Air Field, Waim\u0101nalo, the 199<sup>th<\/sup> Fighter Squadron had recruited sufficient personnel to be recognized Federally and was approved by an Army Air Force inspection team from Hickam Field. &nbsp;This Federal recognition is the official start of the&nbsp;Hawai\u2018i Air National Guard.<\/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. All links were provided with the intent of meeting the mission of Retiree News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixty eight years ago, on August 3, 1946, an Executive Order of Governor Ingram M. Stainback established the Hawai\u2018i Air National Guard. Four Army Air Force units were accepted: The first 199 FS commander was Lieutenant Colonel Walter H. Dillingham. The unit\u2019s first station was the Honolulu Armory in downtown Honolulu. 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