154th Wing The 154th Wing ( 154 WG ) is a unit of the Hawaii Air National Guard , stationed at Hickam Field , Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam , Honolulu , Hawaii . If activated to federal service , the Wing is gained by the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces . Overview . The 154th Wing is the major operational component of the Hawaii Air National Guard . It is an associate unit with the USAF Pacific Air Forces 15th Wing . The 154th is a composite wing , consisting of Air Supremacy , Airlift , Radar , and Air Refueling squadrons . 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 the U . S . Air Force in time of war , national emergency , or operational contingency . Units . The major components of the 154th Wing are : History . On 1 December 1960 , the Hawaii Air National Guard 199th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron was authorized to expand to a group level , and the 157th Fighter - Interceptor Group was established by the National 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 to F - 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 of Fort 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 the Vietnam 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 the F - 106 . Tactical fighters . The last F - 102A finally left ANG service in October 1976 , when the 199th FIS of the Hawaii ANG traded in their Delta Daggers for F - 4C Phantom II and the 157th became a Tactical Fighter Group . The F - 4C was a workhorse tactical fighter - bomber during the Vietnam 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 a C - 130A Hercules and a C - 7A Caribou flight . After a decade flying the F - 4C , the 157th received F - 15A Eagle s 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 the 21st Tactical Fighter Wing , Elmendorf AFB , Alaska , which was upgrading to the F - 15C model . The Eagles received from Alaska had been upgraded though 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 the PACAF 326th 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 at Mount 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 the NORAD Hawaii Region Air Operations Center ( HIRAOC ) at Wheeler Army Airfield , Oahu , . 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 . Modern era . In March 1992 , with the end of the Cold War , the 154th adopted the Air Force Objective Organization plan , and the unit was re - designated as the 154th Group . In January 1993 , the 203d Air Refueling Squadron was recognized and activated by the National Guard Bureau . The 203d assumed the rotating deployments of KC - 135 s to Hickam which started in the 1970s by SAC - gained stateside Air National Guard squadrons . On 1 August 1994 the C - 130 flight was expanded and the 204th Airlift Squadron was recognized and activated by the National Guard Bureau . In 1995 , in accordance with the Air Force " One Base - One Wing " directive , the 155th was changed in status to a Wing , and the 199th Fighter Squadron was assigned to the new 105th Operations Group . In July 2010 , the Hawaii Air National Guard welcomed the first of its new inventory of F - 22A Raptor s . 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 the 325th Fighter Wing , Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida ; the remaining 18 aircraft will come from the 1st 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 with launch - and - leave missile capability . The F - 15s were sent to the CONUS , the last Eagle leaving in 2011 . The 199th operates active - duty 19th 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 am Air National Guard unit , the 199th Fighter Squadron , has taken the position of lead squadron in an associate flying unit .