On August 8, 2016, 204th Airlfit Squadron retirees gathered for a small get together. Among the retirees were (L-R): Patrick Oka, Gerald Mansell, Ramona Fujimoto, and Phillip Tokunaga.
History
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Recently, Detachment 175 Air Force ROTC – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa cadets visited Hickam Field to learn about how the 15th Wing and the Hawaii ...
Read More Detachment 175 ROTC Cadets Visits Hickam Field
From the Fall 1967 issue of the Hawai‘i Guardsman Lieutenant Colonel George Shiel McEldowney, veteran Army National Guard officer and former commander of the Big Island’s 2nd Infantry Battalion, 29th ...
Read More Check Six – 1967: Lt. Col. George McEldowney Retires
Eli Ichishita served as the Department of Defense’s State Personnel Officer for many years. On August 9, 2021, there was a retirement luncheon at Hee Hing Restuarant. Among the many ...
Read More Check Six – 2012: Old Friends at Lunch
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page It takes nothing less than a world-class team to push out more than 45 fighter sorties within a single duty day, and ...
Read More Sortie Surge Generated 45 F-22 Raptor Sorties in a Day
This undated photograph shows a North American Aviation F-86E Sabre on the University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa campus. The 199th Fighter Squadron transitioned from Republic Aviation F-47N Thunderbolts into the jet ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: Pilot Recruiting
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew with the Marines from Marine Corps Base Hawaii during the F-4 Phantom era. This undated photograph shows a typical end of exercise beer and pupu ...
Read More Check Six – 1980s: Exercise Parties
This undated photograph shows four Airmen in an office setting. Based on the uniforms, this was in the 1950s when the 199th Fighter Squadron was located in Area 65 on ...
Read More Check Six – 1950s: Early Airmen in the Shop
Taken from the HANG 25 Booklet, the History of the Hawaii Air National Guard, November 4, 1946 to November 3, 1971 Lt Col Harold T. (“Slim”) Mattos donned a Santa Claus suit ...
Read More Check Six – 1969: Community Service Project
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Like a BOSS The KC-135 Boom Operator Simulator System, also known as BOSS, provides in-flight refueling specialists with qualification training and certifications. ...
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