Check Six – 1986: 199 Fighter Squadron Aircrews at Holloman AFB
This photograph first appeared in the May 29, 2010 e-newsletter issue of Retiree News.
In talking to some crewmembers in this photo, this was a Hawaii Air National Guard deployment to Holloman AFB, New Mexico prior to the 199th Fighter Squadron‘s conversion to the McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagles. Most remember the deployment happening in 1986 because the conversion is generally recognized in 1987.
The squadron flew McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantoms at the time and the photograph shows some of the pilots and weapons systems officers (WSOs) who deployed.
Back row: Dalwyn Wong, Clinton “Church” Churchill, Michael “Rainbow” Chow, Fred “TRIFOX” Fogel, Arthur “Sky” Hicks, Joseph “Primo” Ah New, Joseph Akim
Front row: Leroy “Stringer” Perry, Stanley “Ossum” Osserman; William “Rocket” Spillane, Jeffrey Burrows, Omar “OJ” Faufata
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