Ever wonder who fights for our access to affordable broadband and internet services across Hawaii? Check out the DCCA Cable Television Division at http://cca.hawaii.gov/catv/
You may have heard the news, but several major airlines recently announced that they ended the extension of their “no change fees” policies to basic economy customers on May 1, 2021. This change impacts customers who are considering booking basic economy tickets. Since last roughly summer, basic economy flights could be changed or rebooked without incurring a fee (saving these travelers around $200). Those changes could be made as late as the close of check-in.
From the Kaiser Health News website
Earlier in the pandemic it was vital to see doctors over platforms like Zoom or FaceTime when in-person appointments posed risks of coronavirus exposure. Insurers were forced — often for the first time — to reimburse for all sorts of virtual medical visits and generally at the same price as in-person consultations.
By April 2020, one national study found, telemedicine visits already accounted for 13% of all medical claims compared with 0.15% a year earlier. And covid hadn’t seriously hit much of the country yet. By May, Johns Hopkins’ neurology department was conducting 95% of patient visits virtually compared with just 10 such visits weekly the year before, for example.
The Hawai‘i State Archives recently posted serveral old photographs featuring the Hawai‘i Air National Guard.
We contacted Randall Lum and he replied the photograph was taken in 1976. He said the photograph was taken by MSgt Ignacio Gabriel. Before Gabe became the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s training manager, he served as the unit photographer in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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 May 1983 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* First Termers Open House
* 154th USAF Clinic deploys to Yokota AB, Japan
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* Spotlight on the Top: Lt Col Owen D. Ota
* Body by Janis tapes a show at the 154th Composite Group
* New F-86L Sabre static display
* Sports News
The National Guard will soon deliver recommendations to the defense secretary on how to establish a space-focused component of the part-time volunteer force, an effort the Guard’s top general calls one of his “most pressing concerns.”
But lawmakers want to know what the new organization will cost, suggesting they may have some of the same concerns about soaring costs and bureaucracy that hounded the Space Force when it was established in December 2019.
Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard, said he’s “fairly close” to briefing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on recommendations to establish a Space National Guard, and that he has already briefed Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.
High blood pressure — often called a “silent killer” — can quietly damage your heart, lungs, blood vessels, brain, and kidneys if it isn’t treated.
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
A traditional Hawaiian blessing for the new Sentry Aloha building was conducted marking the official ‘open-for-business’ of the new facility. The ‘new-digs’ will house our exercise Sentry Aloha planning and executive teams who work diligently each day to make Sentry Aloha the world-class and realistic training event that it is.
Sentry Aloha is an ongoing series of fighter exercises, hosted by the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing, involving multiple types of aircraft and services. It provides tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and other Department of Defense services to provide U.S. warfighters with the skill sets necessary to perform their homeland defense and overseas combat missions.
Big mahalo to Kahu Brandon Ahu for the Hawaiian blessing.
More photographs by the HIANG Public Affairs Team
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 May 1991 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Tankers are coming
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* Promotions: including Erwin M. Soares, Lisa L. Schweitzer
* Sports News
From the This Day in Aviation website
10 May 1911: Second Lieutenant George Edward Maurice Kelly, 30th Infantry Regiment, United States Army, was killed during his primary pilot qualification flight at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Kelly had been sent to San Diego, California, in January 1911 as one of three U.S. Army officers to attend Glenn H. Curtiss’ Curtiss School of Aviation, newly established on North Island. After three months of training he was sent to Texas where the Army had set up its own training field.
In 1916, the Army replaced the airfield at Fort San Antonio with a new field on the opposite side of the city. The new airfield was initially named Camp Kelly, then Kelly Field. In 1948, it was renamed Kelly Air Force Base.
Most older adults remember when care was managed by a general practitioner. Things have changed a great deal in the last half century. Today’s versions of these doctors are referred to as primary medical doctors or primary care providers.
Fifty years ago, half of all physicians were primary care physicians. Today over 75% are specialists. That imbalance has led to a shortage of primary doctors; as a result, new types of medical professionals have emerged to fill the gap.
Many patients now receive care from physician assistants and nurse practitioners. These health care professionals are also called primary care providers.
Many retirees face finding a new doctor in later life. Gone is the doctor you have go to for many years; the doctor is your age or a little younger who is now retiring. The one you trusted…
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
Congratulations to newly pinned Colonel Troy Cullen. Not only did “TC” pin on full bird over this past drill, but also assumed command of the 201st Air Mobility Operations Squadron! What a weekend, right?! Aloha and congrats once again “TC”!
President Biden’s latest economic “Build Back Better” package – the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan – isn’t kind to America’s upper crust. It would provide a host of perks and freebies for low- and middle-income Americans, such as guaranteed family and medical leave, free preschool and community college, limits on child-care costs, extended tax breaks, and more. But to pay for all these goodies, the Biden plan also includes a long list of tax increases for the wealthiest Americans (and, perhaps, some people who aren’t rich).
Whether any of the president’s proposed tax increases ever make it into the tax code remains to be seen. Republicans in Congress will push back hard on the tax increases. And a handful of moderate Democrats will probably join them, too. So, don’t be surprised if a fair number of the plan’s revenue raisers are dropped or amended during the congressional sausage-making process…or even if some new tax boosts are added.
Having a mobile driver’s license will allow people to update their license information remotely without having to go to a state’s Department of Motor Vehicles or waiting for a new card in the mail, said Lee Howell, state relations manager at the American Automobile Association.
While most states with these programs recommend that users still carry their physical driver’s license as a backup, some industry experts estimate that the coronavirus pandemic has sped up the widespread adoption of contactless identification methods by at least a decade.
“Most people want some kind of a hard token for their identity, but I don’t know how long that will last,” said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum. “I would imagine that at some point, maybe in a generation, maybe less, that people will accept a fully digital system.”
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