HAWAII AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S 154TH WING ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND

For Immediate Release                                                                            June 4, 2011

HAWAII AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S 154TH WING ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND

WHEN:        Saturday, June 4, 2011, 9:00 a.m.

WHAT:        Assumption of Command ceremony for Col. Braden “Mongo” Sakai, 154th Wing Commander

WHO:          Major General Darryll D.M. Wong, State Adjutant General; Brig. Gen. Joseph Kim, Deputy Adjutant

General; Brig. Gen. Stan Osserman, Hawaii Air National Guard commander

WHERE:      Hangar 3400, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI- Col. Braden “Mongo” Sakai assumed command of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air

National Guard, during a ceremony held this morning at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Col. Sakai was named as the

new 154th Wing Commander after Brig. Gen. Kim was selected by Governor Neil Abercrombie to be the Hawaii

National Guard’s Deputy Adjutant General.  The ceremony took place in the hangar where many of its fighter aircraft are

maintained.

The 154th Wing’s mission is quality air power, at home and deployed.  At nearly 1,900 full- and part-time Airmen, it is

the largest of the Hawaii Air National Guard organizations, and is one of the largest wings in the entire Air National

Guard.  It consists of a headquarters element, and operations, maintenance, support and medical groups.  The 154th

flies and maintains F-22 Raptors, KC-135 Stratotankers and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.   The wing is also

responsible for the surveillance and protection of Hawaii’s airspace.

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For more information, contact:

Lt. Col.  Charles Anthony                                                              

Public Affairs Officer