Hawaii Air National Guard

Hawaii Air National Guard
Shield of the Hawaii Air National Guard[1]
Active4 November 1946 - present
Country United States
Allegiance Hawaii
Branch Air National Guard
Typestate militia, military reserve force
Role"To meet state and federal mission responsibilities."
Part ofHawaii National Guard
United States National Guard Bureau
National Guard
Garrison/HQJoint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Honolulu, Hawaii
Motto(s)Hookanaka "Courageous" [2]
Commanders
Civilian leadershipPresident Joe Biden
(Commander-in-Chief)
Frank Kendall III
(Secretary of the Air Force)
Governor Josh Green
(Governor of the State of Hawaii)
State military leadershipMajor General Joseph Harris
Aircraft flown
FighterF-22 Raptor
TransportC-17 Globemaster III
TankerKC-135 Stratotanker

The Hawaii Air National Guard (HI ANG) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Hawaii Army National Guard, an element of the Hawaii National Guard.

As state militia units, the units in the Hawaii Air National Guard are not in the normal United States Air Force chain of command. They are under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Hawaii through the office of the Hawaii Adjutant General unless they are federalized by order of the President of the United States. The Hawaii Air National Guard is headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Honolulu, and its commander is Major General Joseph Harris.

  1. ^ "Hawai'i Air National Guard". dod.hawaii.gov. State of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 17 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Hawaii National Guard Unit Emblems: HQ, Hawaii Air National Guard". 4 March 2020.