The Hawai‘i State Archives recently posted this old photograph on their Facebook page
This photograph shows three Hawaii Air National Guard members loading a missile on the F-102A Delta Dagger. In the photograph are (L-R): Gaylen Redoble, Steven Shideler, and Randall Lum.
Thanks to Randy Lum for his feedback on this photograph
Photograph from the Hawaii State Archives website
The Hawai‘i State Archives’ mission is to ensure open government by preserving and making accessible the historic records of state government.
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The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as an e-newsletter today.
Today we feature the June 1991 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Red Flag Deployment
* 154th TAC Hospital returns from Phelps Collins ANGB
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* Promotions: including Paula Lindahl, Siegfried Azevedo, Rex Peters, Francis Shen, Joaddie Gionson, Gary Momohara
* Sports News
From the This Day in Aviation website
7 June 1912: With Lieutenant Roy Carrington Kirtland flying a Wright Model B at College Park, Maryland, Captain Charles deForest Chandler was the first person to fire a machine gun mounted on an aircraft. The weapon was a prototype designed by Colonel Isaac N. Lewis.
Roy Carrington Kirtland (14 May 1874 – 2 May 1941) was a United States Army soldier, officer and aviator. Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico was named for him. He was among the first American military aviators and he recommended Henry “Hap” Arnold for aviation training. Read more
From the Medical News Today website
Arthritis is a painful rheumatic condition that causes joint inflammation. There are many different types of arthritis that can affect the joints and other areas of the body and cause similar symptoms, such as pain, swelling, and stiffness.
There are more than 100Trusted Source different types of arthritis. Some common types of arthritis include osteoarthritis (OA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Remembering Ellison Onizuka on what would be his 75th birthday. The first Asian American astronaut, who was born in Kealakekua Hawai‘i.
From the This Day in Aviation website
8 June 1966: During a publicity photo formation flight, a Lockheed F-104N Starfighter, N813NA, flown by NASA Chief Research Test Pilot Joseph A. Walker, was caught in the wingtip vortices of the North American Aviation XB-70A-2 Valkyrie, 62-0207, the second prototype Mach 3+ strategic bomber. The Starfighter rolled up and across the Valkyrie. The two airplanes collided, with the F-104 taking off the Valkyrie’s vertical fins, then exploding.
A strong relationship with a financial adviser you trust matters more the closer you get to retirement. Financial decisions once decades away now loom on the horizon. The last thing you want at this critical juncture is an adviser who doesn’t understand you or, worse, someone you can’t understand at all.
Life transitions, such as retirement or divorce, often reveal whether your relationship with an adviser is working, says Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, a wealth psychology expert and founder of KBK Wealth Connection in Waitsfield Vt., a consulting firm that trains financial advisers. “But those [transitions] can be really emotional so it can be hard to make a good solid decision. Ideally, you do it when you are not in crisis mode.”
Here are five signs that it’s time to shop around for a new financial adviser.
From the Department of Commerce and Consumers Affairs website
As hurricane season approaches and Hawaii residents prepare their 14-day emergency kits, Insurance Division would like to encourage consumers to review their insurance policies and understand their deductibles.
“It’s important to know what your policies cover before a disaster strikes so that you have the coverage you need to minimize significant financial impact on you and your family,” said Commissioner Colin M. Hayashida.
Prime Day, Amazon’s summer shopping event, will return for a seventh year. This year it will be held earlier than usual, on June 21 and 22. If 2021 is anything like last year, we’ll see deals on over a million products on Amazon sites around the world.
Read on for what you need to know about Prime Day and how to prepare
Military service members and civilian federal government employees would both receive a 2.7% pay raise under the proposed fiscal 2022 budget request released Friday.
See what the projected 2.7% pay raise means for you.
In its first budget proposal, the Biden administration is asking for $715 billion in funding for the Defense Department in 2022, a 1.6% increase over the current year’s budget of $703.7 billion.
The proposed budget would also provide an average 3.1% increase in troops’ basic allowance for housing payments, and an average 2.3% increase in basic allowance for subsistence payments.
A personalized cancer vaccine proved possible to manufacture and was well tolerated in an early phase I clinical trial, researchers said.
The vaccine, known as PGV-001, was given to 13 patients with solid tumors or multiple myeloma who had a high risk of recurrence after surgery or stem cell transplant.
At last follow-up, four patients were still alive without evidence of disease and had not received subsequent therapy, four were alive and receiving therapy, three had died, and two could not be contacted for follow-up.
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