This photographs show Brig Gen Braden “Mongo” Sakai, his wife Momi and family members shortly after he was pinned by Governor Neil Abercrombie in the ceremonial room at the Capitol. ...
Read More Check Six: Mongo’s promotion – 8 years ago
History
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page So proud to see our ‘HH’ Raptors being featured in the Pacific’s largest aviation event! This is going to be an exciting ...
Read More Hickam Raptors at the Singapore Airshow 2020
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page We were honored to receive a visit from a distinguished guest during this drill weekend, General Joseph Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard ...
Read More Chief, National Guard Bureau Visits the HIANG
Off the 117th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Facebook page The Hawaii Army National Guard 1st Battalion, 189th General Support Aviation Battalion aircraft conducted hoist operation training on February 8, 2020 ...
Read More 1-189th Aviation Hoist Operations
The 199th Fighter Squadron flew the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt from 1947 to 1954. As the Hawaii Air National Guard started flight operations with the P-47, they moved into night operations. ...
Read More Check Six – Early 1950s: Early Night Operations
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page When it comes to air superiority, it’s hard to top the capabilities of our Hawaiian Raptors. Unless, of course, you combine their ...
Read More Pacific Raptor 20-1 Begins
For most of the 1960s, the maintenance control section of the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was located in the old fighter hanger, Building 3400. It was a very small ...
Read More Check Six – 1960s: Maintenance Control
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a World War II era fighter aircraft produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and ...
Read More Check Six: Dangers of Flying – 70 years ago
Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page Adjutant General of Hawai‘i, Maj. Gen. Kenneth S. Hara, visited Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H) during Sentry Aloha exercise training, January 21, 2020. ...
Read More Hawai‘i National Guard Leadership visits JBPH-H during Sentry Aloha 20-1
The following article was first published on August 14, 2011, when Retiree News was an e-newsletter. It started when Stephen Lum, who worked at the State Department of Defense Public Affairs ...
Read More Check Six: Arnold “Balt” Balthazar
