199th Fighter Squadron The 199th Fighter Squadron ( 199 FS ) is a unit of the Hawaii Air National Guard 154th Wing located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor - Hickam , Honolulu , Hawaii . The 199th is equipped with the F - 22A Raptor . Overview . The 199th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the 154th Wing . The squadron is a reverse associate Unit with the USAF 15th Wing 19th Fighter Squadron . They operate the F - 22A Raptor , the Air Force ' s 5th generation fighter aircraft with a select component of active duty personnel acting in the cadre role . Its combination of stealth , supercruise , maneuverability and integrated avionics , coupled with improved supportability , represents an exponential leap in warfighting capabilities . The Raptor performs both air - to - air and air - to - ground missions allowing full realization of operational concepts vital to the 21st - century Air Force . History . World War II . Established in late 1944 at Peterson Field , Colorado as the 464th Fighter Squadron . Trained under XXII Bomber Command as a Very Long Range P - 47N Thunderbolt bomber escort squadron , programmed for B - 29 Superfortress escort duty from Okinawa . For four months they received combat training for long - range escort , strafing , and dive - bombing . Training delayed due to P - 47N aircraft non - availability , finally equipped in the late spring of 1945 with the long - distance fighters . Deployed to Okinawa in June 1945 as part of the 507th Fighter Group and prepared for the invasion of Japan along with the 413th and 414th Fighter Groups , all equipped with P - 47N . On 1 July 1945 it began flying airstrikes from Ie Shima , targeting enemy ships , railroad bridges , airfields , factories , and barracks in Japan , Korea , and China . On 8 August 1945 the group escorted B - 29 bombers on a raid , shooting down several Japanese fighters . The squadron flew some long distance fighter - bomber sweeps over Japanese Home Islands 1 July 1945 – 14 August 1945 but never performed operational B - 29 escort missions due to the end of the war in August . Last " Ace in a Day " of World War II was 1st LT Oscar Perdomo of the 464th . Remained in Okinawa until inactivated in May 1946 . Hawaii Air National Guard . The wartime 463d Fighter Squadron was re - designated as the 199th Fighter Squadron , and was allotted to the Hawaii Air National Guard , on 24 May 1946 . It was organized at Bellows Field , Waimanalo , Hawaii , and was extended federal recognition on 4 November 1946 by the National Guard Bureau . The 199th Fighter Squadron was bestowed the lineage , history , honors , and colors of the 463d Fighter Squadron . The squadron was equipped with F - 47N Thunderbolt s and was operationally gained by Seventh Air Force . Its mission was the air defense of Hawaii . Bellows Field , which was attacked during the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Oahu , was excess after World War II ended , and it served as home for the Hawaii Air National Guard . The postwar era was a time of organization and expansion of the Air National Guard . The units had to be organized , federally recognized , equipped and stationed . The first several years were difficult as units had to contend with worn - out World War II aircraft while the Air Force converted to modern jet fighters . Air Guard units were under - funded and largely left to themselves to conduct training with little assistance and supervision by the Air Force . In 1947 , the costs to operate Bellows as an active Air National Guard station led the Territorial government to negotiate with the Army about its future . The Army indicated that it wanted to retain the field in a commissioned status but that it had no funds to maintain the field . The Army offered the Aviation Unit of the Hawaiian National Guard joint use of the field provided all maintenance was assumed by the Guard . A settlement was reached to move the 199th to Hickam Field , and to use excess facilities there . Air Defense mission . The Very - Long - Range ( VLR ) F - 47N was used for air defense patrols over the Islands and had a range which could extend its interception ability over a thousand miles from Hickam . The 199th was not federalized during the Korean War , however many of its members volunteered to serve . The 199th joined the jet age in 1954 when it finally retired its aging Thunderbolts for F - 86E Sabre day fighters that were made available after serving in combat over the skies of Korea . The squadron stood runway alert as part of the air defense forces in Hawaii beginning in 1954 , having alert pilots in the cockpit from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset each day . Beginning in 1958 , the squadron received F - 86L Sabre Interceptor s which could be controlled by Ground Control Interceptor station radar and could operate 24 / 7 / 365 in all weather conditions . On 1 December 1960 , the 199th 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 . Along with the change to Group status , on 7 December the Hawaiian Air National Guard began receiving Mach - 2 F - 102 Delta Dagger interceptors 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 boneyard , the last Eagle leaving in 2011 . The 199th operates with the active - duty 19th Fighter Squadron as their cadre 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 only having an active duty squadron as a cadre flying unit .