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  • First isle Guard F-22 Raptor fighter jet arrives at Hickam

    07/03/2010 11:40:46 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 6 replies
    Star Advertiser ^ | 7/4/2010 | William Cole
    The Raptor has landed. The first of 20 F-22 Raptor fighter jets that will be based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam touched down yesterday, bringing with it the start of a new chapter in Hawaii Air National Guard fighter history reaching back to 1946. The Territory of Hawaii Air National Guard was established that year, a year ahead of the official creation of the U.S. Air Force, officials said. Two of the stealthy fighters are expected to be in Hawaii for a dedication ceremony Friday. The aircraft, "tail" numbers 045 and 046, are about 7 years old and were receiving...
  • American Samoa relief builds

    10/03/2009 2:41:44 AM PDT · by myknowledge · 8 replies · 960+ views
    The Associated Press (hosted on Google) ^ | October 3, 2009 | Mark Niesse
    HONOLULU — On a search-and-rescue mission in a tsunami-stricken American Samoa village, Capt. Nate Duff and his Hawaii Air National Guard troops waded through knee-deep swampland and under trucks hanging from trees in hopes of finding missing children. Duff's medical team was the first government relief agency to reach the fishing town of Leone following the tsunami, one of dozens of American rescue squads spread throughout the wrecked islands delivering personal help, food, tents and medical supplies. "The air stunk with ... hundreds of dead fish and animals, and rotting food and debris," Duff wrote in an e-mail to his...