#154thwing

Another moose (C17) I caught with a tagline at the nose - “Go for Broke”. A great motivational tagline to adopt for the new year. 👍👍💪💪 This C17 from the Hawaii Air National Guard is one of a number of C17s with commemorative nose taglines. “Go for broke” was the motto for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in WW2 which was composed of almost entirely 2nd generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry. Most of these Japanese-American soldiers were from Hawaii. They served with distinction in WW2 becoming the most decorated combat unit in US military history. Considering the discrimination their family members faced being interned in concentration camps in the US during that time, these soldiers went all out to prove their loyalty, bravery and fighting qualities. In the battlefields of Italy, France and Germany, their motto was demonstrated to the fullest. 🫡🫡🇺🇸🇺🇸 “Go for broke”, absolutely. #USAF #USAirForce #JBPearHarborHickam #AirNationalGuard #HawaiiAirNationalGuard #15thWing #154thWing #535AirliftSquadron #AviationGeek #MilitaryAviation #MilitaryEnthusiast #aviationphotography #instagramaviation #aviation4u #excellentaviation #PlaneSpotter #PlaneSpotting #MilitaryGeek #instagood #Boeing #C17 #C17GlobeMaster #Moose #Singapore #USA #Nikon #NikonD500 #Nikonsg #PatchCollector #PlanesPatchesPeople (at Singapore / Singapura / 新加坡 / சிங்கப்பூர்) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnD5KrZPGhP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Story time! In May of 2000, I made my first trip to the 154th Propulsion Element, back in the day we just called it Engine Shop, and I met this old man, who was a very young man back then. He was part of what was, at the time, the most dope crew in the shop, Secondary Power. The youngest and the brightest the shop had to offer, all on one crew. This guy told me “no worry about tech school cuz you going come home and learn everything anyway.” And, sure enough, when I got home, I had to learn what they DON’T teach you in tech school at all, which is Sec Pow. Brake & Clutch, JFS and CGB tear stand run, and installing sec power into the aircraft alone. Thankfully @sykage never steered me wrong, never left me hanging, and never stole any of my girlfriends. Years later, he would also teach me Jiu Jitsu, to which I am supremely grateful for and still need to go back and continue so I can compete in at least one tournament and cross that off my bucket list. I hold the record of lasting a full 4 minutes against him before tapping, which is longer than anyone else in engine shop history, but I did grab him by the foot while he was on his back and spin him around like a turtle for 30 of the seconds, so... yeah. Survival of the fittest, or in this case, smartest guy trying to set the new record. 19 years later and I finally see gray hair on him, since he’s about 7 years older than me and I somehow always looked older than him. Big ups to the happily-married family man, the OG fisherman Sy Da Guy! ESSSSEEEE! #154thwing #hiang #sydaguy #engineshop #154racing (at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw3VU7OgTBg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5tzsxkvr7qhk

Always a pleasure, catching up with friends we haven’t seen in a while. And, like most, we pick up right where we left off. His oldest daughter is graduating high school this year, which is insane because I carried her when she was a baby. Damn, time flies. Congrats to her for getting into Portland St. University, by the way!! That’s one thing about Engine Shop - the brotherhood is real. #154thwing #154racing #engineshop #154thPropulsion (at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwtNSDHg34U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mxhxd4hopvx3