This undated photograph shows Airmen in the chow line. The 199th Fighter Squadron facilities were located in Area 65 on Hickam Air Force Base. Love those metal trays. The Hawai‘i ...
Read More Check Six – 1950s: Chow Time
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This undated photograph shows Kenneth “Eagle” Wicks and Dr. James Gallup near a F-4C Phantom. He was a new flight surgeon and this was his first home station mission. Dr ...
Read More Check Six – Late 1970s: Dr. Gallup’s First Flight
Thanks to John “JC” Chun for sharing this undated photograph. He and Grant Suzui identified most of the members in the photograph. Many friendly faces from a long time ago. ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1980s: Engine Shop and Friends
Retiree News asked Ramona Fujimoto for ID assistance for these photographs. She provided the following comments:
From the HANG 25 – History of the Hawaii Air National Guard booklet: HANGmen celebrated their 10th Anniversary with a luau and dance on November 3, 1956. Governor Samuel W. King addressed ...
Read More Check Six – 1956: HANG 10th Anniversary
The Hawai‘i State Department of Defense once held Awards and Retirement luncheons twice a year. These luncheons recognized retiring Federal and state employees. Current employees who achieved 10, 20, 30 ...
Read More Check Six – 2011: Old Friends at the Retirement Luncheon
Since the mid-1980s, the 201st Combat Communications Group conducted a service dress uniform check. This annual check, usually during the December UTA, insured members had a complete uniform that fit ...
Read More Check Six – 1990: 201 CCG Logistics Staff
A Retiree News follower send in this photogrpah found on the internet. We asked Jeff Hickman for information and comments about the photograph. This photograph shows one of the 117th ...
Read More Check Six – 2011: Hawaiian Nights in Kandahar
From the HANG 25 – History of the Hawaii Air National Guard booklet: The 154th Fighter Group competed with six other Air Guard F-102 units in the September 1962 Ricks ...
Read More Check Six – 1962: 154th Fighter Group Competes for the Ricks Trophy
This photograph shows then-Lt Cols Suzanne and Courtney Vares-Lum. They were attending the 2009 Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Summit & Exposition. The Hawaii State Department of Defense hosted the conference on November 9th and ...
Read More Check Six – 2009: Asia-Pacific Homeland Security Conference
