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Hawaii Airmen Redesign F-22 Maintenance Stands
January 2, 2025
U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and contract personnel pose in front of their custom-designed F-22 Raptor maintenance stands Sept. 26, 2024, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam..The specialized maintenance stands are the culmination of nearly five years of collaboration between Total Force Airmen and the National Guard Bureau, providing a safer and more efficient way to access the hard-to-reach areas of one of the world’s most advanced stealth aircraft.
Hawaii Air National Guard Activates Space Capabilities
November 8, 2024
U.S. Air National Guard Col. Kathleen Fallis, 154th Regional Support Group commander, confers leadership to U.S. Air National Guard Maj. Joseph Hale, 150th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron commander, at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii, Nov. 1, 2024. The 150th EWS mission is to deliver offensive electronic combat effects and space domain awareness to support global and theater campaigns.
Hawaii Air Guard Hosts Vulcan Guard Space Exercise
September 25, 2024
Participants of the Vulcan Guard Bolt-7 Space subject matter expert exchange receive a tour of the 109th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron Sept. 16, 2024, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Hawaii Air National Guard hosted this multinational event to foster collaboration and enhance space capabilities.
Hawaii Guard, Indonesia Conduct Super Garuda Cyber Exercise
September 9, 2024
Hawaii Air National Guard Col. Glen Hayase, commander of the 154th Mission Support Group, briefs multinational participants of a cyber exercise Aug. 26, 2024, in Surabaya, Indonesia. The exercise was part of Super Garuda Shield 2024, an Indonesia-led exercise to increase military interoperability between allies and partners.
Hawaiian Raptors Land at Basa Air Base in Philippines
July 12, 2024
Philippine Air Force pilots welcome U.S. Air Force pilots from the 199th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron following a successful inaugural landing during the Marine Aviation Support Activity 24, at Basa Air Base, Philippines, June 13, 2024. The 199th EFS comprises19th and 199th Fighter Squadrons known as the Hawaiian Raptors based out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.
Hawaii Air Guard Trains on Urban Search and Rescue
July 8, 2024
Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen from the 154th Medical Group Detachment 1 and urban search and rescue teams from across the United States are briefed June 5, 2024, at Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Training Center in Livermore, Calif. The briefing, conducted during the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Medical Specialist Course, covered critical strategies for effective disaster response and coordination.
Hawaii Air National Guard Hosts Sentry Aloha Joint Exercise
June 17, 2024
An A-10 Warthog and F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Air National Guard Air Force Reserve Test Center, an F-16 from the 177th Fighter Wing, an F-35A Lighting II from the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, and an F-22 Raptor, operated by the 199th and 19th Fighter Squadrons, assemble during exercise Sentry Aloha 24-2 June 6, 2024, above the island of Hawaii. This iteration of the exercise involved approximately 1,060 participants and more than 40 aircraft from nine states, operating out of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and Onizuka Kona International Airport, Keāhole.
173rd Fighter Wing Joins Sentry Luau Exercise in Hawaii
March 15, 2024
A U.S. Air Force crew chief from the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field, Ore., directs an F-15 Eagle back to the ramp parking during Sentry Luau at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Feb. 26, 2024. Approximately 20 Airmen from Kingsley Field received familiarization flights while at JBPHH.
U.S. and Pacific Joint Forces Train Together
November 22, 2023
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, exit a C-17 Globemaster III during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-1 at March Air Reserve Base, California, Oct. 28, 2023. JPMRC 24-1 included over 5,300 participants from the U.S. Joint Force, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and Thailand.
Hawaii Army Guard Leads Exchange with Filipino Partners
October 25, 2023
Hawaii Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Clayton Perreira, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 183rd Aviation Regiment commander, conducts a standardization subject matter expert exchange with the Philippine Air Force at Brigadier General Benito N. Ebuen Air Base, Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines, Sept. 27, 2023.
Airman’s Hispanic Heritage Fuels Passionate Career
October 5, 2023
1st Lt. Antonieta Jara, 154th Medical Group public health officer, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. At 17, Antonieta Jara embarked on a solo journey from Ecuador to the United States, where she became a commissioned officer after 14 years of uniformed service.
Airmen Train for Space Operations During Vulcan Guard
August 14, 2023
Members of the Vulcan Guard BOLT 5 exercise stand for a group photo Aug. 10, 2023, during Vulcan Guard, a space-focused exercise incorporating several diverse space weapons systems in realistic threat-based scenarios and hosted at the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio. Personnel from all seven National Guard states that conduct space operations, U.S. Space Command and the Brazilian military participated in the week-long exercise.
Hawaii Guard's Crucial Role in Guam’s Typhoon Recovery Effort
July 14, 2023
Airmen of the 154th Combat Comm. Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, assist members of the Guam National Guard with emergency communications equipment following Typhoon Mawar in Barrigada May 28, 2023.
Hawaii Airman's Alertness Prevents Potential Crisis
July 13, 2023
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Faith Calaro, 169th Air Defense Squadron surveillance technician, monitors her workstation on June 3, 2023 at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii.
A Critical Battlespace: Guard Units Train on Electromagnetic Warfare
June 21, 2023
From left to right, Tech. Sgt. Salvatore Izzo, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hodge, Staff Sgt. Christopher Jones and 1st Lt. Zachary Burns with the Florida Air National Guard’s 114th Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron stabilize what will be the base of an antenna as part of exercise ThunderMoose, June 13, 2023, at Bangor Air National Guard Base in Maine. The exercise involved transporting a electromagnetic warfare system to the base followed by setting up an operating facility.
Hawaii, Arizona Air Guard Conduct Readiness Training
April 17, 2023
Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen from the 154th Force Support Squadron disassemble tent structures April 5, 2023, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Home Station Readiness Training event was an opportunity for the Air National Guard Force Support Squadron to improve readiness for deployment.
Whitehead: ‘Guardsmen in the Pacific Crucial to Homeland Defense‘
March 28, 2023
From left to right: Hawaii Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Xiaija Schuldies, a pararescueman with the 48th Rescue Squadron (left), shared a laugh with Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the SEA to the chief, National Guard Bureau, while Hawaii Air National Guard 1st Lt. Matthew Moawad, a combat rescue officer assigned to the 48th RQS, listens in.
F-22 Raptors Rearmed in Demonstration of ACE Capabilities
March 10, 2023
A Hawaii Air National Guard weapons crew from the 154th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron arms an F-22 Raptor with inert munitions at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii, March 8, 2023.
Hawaii Air Guard Hosts U.S.-Australian Pacific Edge Exercise
December 16, 2022
U.S. and Royal Australian Air Force aircraft converge in a bilateral formation Dec. 8, 2022, near the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, during exercise Pacific Edge 23. The exercise provided realistic combat training to increase readiness and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Hawaii Airmen, Marines Practice Chemical Warfare Response
October 7, 2022
Master Sgt. Roderick Baker, 154th Operations Support Squadron F-22 Raptor aircrew flight equipment NCO, executes decontamination procedures Aug. 31, 2022, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. More than 70 U.S. Airmen and Marines participated in a Pacific Air Forces chemical warfare and decontamination exercise called Toxic Pineapple.