| 154th Wing | |
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 199th Fighter Squadron – F-22A Raptor 03-4058
204th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III flying over Hickam Air Force Base | |
| Active | 1 December 1960-Present |
| Country |  United States |
| Allegiance |  Hawaii |
| Branch |  Air National Guard |
| Type | Wing |
| Role | Composite |
| Part of | Hawaii Air National Guard |
| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Motto | Hookanaka |
| Commanders | |
| Current Commander | Brigadier General KRISTOF K. SILLS |
| Vice Commander | Colonel Regina H. Komine |
| Command Chief | CMSgt Kurt K. Uchimura |
| Insignia | |
| 154th Wing emblem |  |
| Tail Code | HH |
| Tail Flash |  |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Fighter | F-22A Raptor |
| Transport | C-17 Globemaster III |
| Tanker | KC-135R Stratotanker |
The154th Wing (154 WG) is a unit of theHawaii Air National Guard, stationed atHickam Air Force Base,Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Honolulu, Hawaii. If activated to federal service, the Wing is placed under the command of thePacific Air Forces.
The 154th Wing is the major operational component of the Hawaii Air National Guard. The 154th is both a composite wing, consisting of Air Supremacy, Airlift, Radar, andAir Refueling squadrons, and in certain instances an associate unit with the USAF Pacific Air Forces'15th Wing.
In performing its state mission, the Hawaii ANG provides organized, trained units to protect Hawaii's citizens and property, preserve peace, and ensure public safety in response to natural or human-caused disasters. The federal mission of the Hawaii ANG is to provide operationally ready combat units, combat support units, and qualified personnel for active duty in theU.S. Air Force in time of war, national emergency, or operational contingency.
The major components of the 154th Wing are:
On 1 December 1960, theHawaii Air National Guard199th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level, and the 157th Fighter-Interceptor Group was established by theNational Guard Bureau. The 199th FIS becoming the group's flying squadron. Other squadrons assigned into the group were the 157th Headquarters, 157th Material Squadron (Maintenance), 157th Combat Support Squadron, and the 157th USAF Dispensary.
The 199th FIG F-86L Sabre Interceptors were upgraded toF-102A Delta Dagger interceptors, the mission of the 154th FIW is the air defense of Hawaii. Eventually 29 F-102s were received. This was in line with the policy of equipping ANG units with one generation of aircraft behind the active-duty Air Defense Command forces. For the next sixteen years, the 157th FIG operated the Delta Daggers establishing an excellent safety record. In December 1961, The new Hawaii Air National Guard (HANG) complex was completed and consisted of 60 acres. The land was originally part ofFort Kamehameha and had been acquired in 1960 by permit from the U.S. Army to the Hawaii ANG.
The 157th flew the Delta Dagger throughout the 1960s, and although the Hawaii ANG was not activated during theVietnam War, several of its pilots volunteered for combat duty in Southeast Asia. The group was the longest user of the interceptor, being equipped with the F-102 long after most of its Air National Guard counterparts were upgraded to theF-106.
The last F-102A finally left ANG service in October 1976, when the 199th FIS of the Hawaii ANG traded in their Delta Daggers forF-4C Phantom II and the 157th became a Tactical Fighter Group. The F-4C was a workhorse tactical fighter-bomber during theVietnam War, and could also be used as an effective interceptor. The Hawaii ANG used the Phantom in both roles, employing it during training exercises with Army and Marine units in ground exercises, as well as retaining the standing air defense alert at Hickam. On 3 November 1978, the 154th became a Composite Group with the addition of aC-130A Hercules and aC-7A Caribou flight.
After a decade flying the F-4C, the 157th receivedF-15A Eagles in 1987 along with a twin-seat F-15B trainer as part of the retirement of the F-4 from the Air Force inventory.
The F-15As were received from the21st Tactical Fighter Wing,Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, which was upgrading to the F-15C model. The Eagles received from Alaska had been upgraded through the F-15 Multi-Stage Improvement Program (MSIP) and were used in an air defense mission, which the Hawaii ANG had taken over. In mid-1991, early F-15C versions were received, and the Hawaii ANG operated both the A and C models of the Eagle for the next two decades.
In 1989 with inactivation of thePACAF326th Air Division, the 154th Composite Group took over the air defense Radar mission in Hawaii. The 169th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron began operating a JSS radar site atMount Kaala, Oahu along with the FAA, and the 150th Aircraft Control and Warning Flight operates a joint-use JSS radar site at Kokee Air Force Station, Kauai. These radar sites are linked to theNORAD Hawaii Region Air Operations Center (HIRAOC) atWheeler Army Airfield, Oahu,21°28′57″N158°02′45″W / 21.48250°N 158.04583°W /21.48250; -158.04583 (HIRAOC). With these two sites, 24/7 air surveillance of the Hawaiian island chain is provided. The 154th Aircraft Control Squadron on Kauai also provides a mobile, self-sustainable, combat ready, forward extension and control element equipped to meet the Air Force's ground theater air control systems.
In March 1992, with the end of theCold War, the 154th adopted the Air Force Objective Organization plan, and the unit was re-designated as the 154th Group. In January 1993, the203d Air Refueling Squadron was recognized and activated by theNational Guard Bureau. The 203d assumed the rotating deployments ofKC-135s to Hickam which started in the 1970s bySAC-gained stateside Air National Guard squadrons. On 1 August 1994 theC-130 flight was expanded and the204th Airlift Squadron was recognized and activated by the National Guard Bureau, eventually transitioning from the C-130A to the C-130H2..
In 1995, in accordance with the Air Force "One Base-One Wing" directive, the 154th was changed in status to a Wing, and the 199th Fighter Squadron was assigned to the new 154th Operations Group.
In 2006, the204th Airlift Squadron began transitioning from the C-130 to theC-17 Globemaster III.
In July 2010, the Hawaii Air National Guard welcomed the first of its new inventory ofF-22A Raptors. The 154th Wing was the second ANG unit to be equipped with the F-22. The 199th is planned to have 20 aircraft, the initial aircraft being transferred from the325th Fighter Wing,Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida; the remaining 18 aircraft will come from the1st Fighter Wing,Langley Air Force Base, Virginia.
The F-22 is designed to counter advanced surface-to-air missile systems and next-generation fighters equipped withlaunch-and-leave missile capability. The F-15s were sent to the CONUS, the last Eagle leaving in 2011. The 199th operates active-duty19th Fighter Squadron as an associate unit, although the Hawaii ANG is responsible for seventy-five percent of the mission configuration. This is the first time an Air National Guard unit, the 199th Fighter Squadron, has taken the position of lead squadron in an associate flying unit arrangement with the active duty Air Force.
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This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
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