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This photograph shows F-102A Delta Daggers on the flightline. As a reference, you can see the Navy watch tower which is still across the street next to the Operations Group building.
We estimate this photograph was taken in the early 1960s. The 199th Fighter Squadron received the Deuces in late 1960 and started flying them in 1961. The aircraft shown have “Hawaii Air Guard” markings. There are photographs dated 1964 showing Deuces with “U.S. Air Force” markings.
Additionally, there is no berm around the flightline. Some retirees remember the berm construction in the 1965-66 timeframe.
A long time ago….
From the International College of Seville website
Vacation time will soon be upon us. If you are lucky enough to be traveling outside the country you should check out our five most important financial tips for traveling overseas.
Many of these tips are common sense things that any traveler can use.
America’s Largest Combatant Command Is Getting a New Name https://t.co/8jSIfNz8R8
— Military.com (@Militarydotcom) May 30, 2018
Hawaii Air National Guard photo. – click to enlarge
This photograph shows MSgt Rudy Luat (sitting) and Lt Col Norman Ault reviewing maintenance records. Rudy was the NCOIC of the Maintenance Control Section and Norman Ault was the Chief of Maintenance and the commander of the then 154th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron.
The then 154th Composite Group flew F-4C Phantoms and a C-130A Hercules.
The photograph is undated, but judging from what looks like a Zenith 100 computer on the adjoining desk, we estimate the date around 1984.
It may be Memorial Day, but the mission never stops. In response to the eruption of Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, Guam National Guard members have set out to provide support.
Lending a hand to our island neighbors, two members of the Guam National Guard set out on Monday to provide assistance to the Hawaii National Guard 93rd Civil Support Team (CST) in response to the eruption of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. The team includes Staff Sergeant Brandon Santos of the Guam Air Guard and Sergeant John Leon Guerrero of the Guam Army Guard.
From the States and Stripers website
The Air Force is cutting a layer of bureaucracy in an experimental effort aimed at making its fighting forces more lethal.
This month, the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, began testing a new wing structure that does away with aircraft maintenance squadron, group and vice wing commanders, an Air Combat Command statement said.
Heads Up & Save the Date. CW4 Tracy Tobias emailed Retiree News a heads up about the Hawaii Army National Guard warrant officers planning a 100th Anniversary Celebration. The planners want all the chief warrant officers who served with the HIARNG to attend. It would be a great reunion and a time to renew old friendships with those you served.
This event will be on Sunday, July 8, 2018. Retiree News will post more information about the celebration as the event gets closer.
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New CSMS#2 Construction Started. Construction of the new Combined Support Maintenance Shop No. 2 (CSMS#2) has started. Robert Inouye sent Retiree News the photograph the left showing the construction site sign at the Keaukaha Military Reservation (KMR) site.
Retiree News will post information about the facility dedication as the event gets closer.
Thanks to Bob for being a continuing Retiree News contributor.
Heads Up & Save the Date. Glenda Buis asked Retiree News to post the following information about the 2018 Hawaii National Guard Enlisted Association (HNGEA) annual general membership meeting.
The meeting will be held 0900-1200 on Saturday, October 20, 2018. The meeting location will post later. This is a election year for council members. The positions include President, Vice-President- Army, Vice President-Air, Secretary and Treasurer.
Update: After Glenda retired militarily, she started at a state position at Headquarters, Hawaii Air National Guard. She recently transferred to a similar position at the 154th Civil Engineering Squadron.
From The New York Times website
Barbara Ehrenreich, popular author and self-described mythbuster, has written about how, having reached her mid-70s, she has lived long enough and now forgoes regular medical exams. And Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, a 60-year-old oncologist and bioethicist, argues that we might all be better off, himself included, if he dies at 75. But many who have reached that age — yours truly included — may prefer to think our lives are but three-quarters over.
We may hope to see grandchildren graduate from college, then perhaps marry and have families of their own. We may have projects to fulfill and a “bucket list” of places to visit. And we’d like to continue to live independently — albeit with hired help on occasion for overly challenging tasks — as long as possible.
Which raises the inevitable question: What will it take to age well in place, in the surroundings we’ve long cherished that bring us physical, social and emotional comfort?
Americans don’t live as long as people in most other high-income countries, but modest lifestyle changes could increase their lifespan by as much as 14 years, according to a new study.
The study, published April 30 in the American Heart Association journal. Circulation, examined how lifestyle factors like regular physical activity, not smoking, moderate drinking and a healthy weight and diet might raise life expectancy among Americans. Although the U.S. is one of the world’s wealthiest nations, it ranks 53rd in the world for life expectancy at birth, according to 2015 data from the World Health Organization.
Arizona Senator John McCain, a POW in North Vietnam for nearly five years, now battles a form of brain cancer that is usually terminal. He has urged colleagues in Congress to stop listening to “the bombastic loudmouths on the radio and on the Internet.” The former presidential candidate has long been committed “to serve a cause greater than oneself.”
The lout of a prison guard they called the “Bug” told Bud Day with a satisfied smirk that, “We’ve got the Crown Prince.”
As usual, Day, an Air Force major who would later receive the Medal of Honor, ignored the Bug.
Later in December 1967, the guards hauled a new prisoner strapped to a board into Day’s cell.
Day was in bad shape himself. He had escaped and was on the run for two weeks before being caught. The beatings had been merciless, but the condition of the new guy was something else.
Here’s a look at Memorial Day, a day honoring American soldiers who died serving the country in wars. It is observed annually in the United States on the last Monday in May.
Facts:
Several towns claim to be the originators of Memorial Day, but in 1966 Congress declared Waterloo, New York, to be the birthplace of the holiday.
Memorial Day originally honored military personnel who died in the Civil War (1861-1865).
The holiday now honors those who died in any war while serving with the United States.
It is also called Decoration Day.
Timeline:
May 5, 1866 – Residents of Waterloo, New York, observe a Memorial Day in honor of all who died during the Civil War. Businesses are closed and soldiers’ graves are decorated.
1868 – General John Alexander Logan officially proclaims May 30, 1868, as Memorial Day in honor of the Union soldiers who died in the Civil War. Until after World War I, southern states celebrated a separate Memorial Day in honor of the Confederate dead.
1971 – Congress declares Memorial Day a national holiday to be celebrated the last Monday in May.
December 28, 2000 – President Bill Clinton signs the “National Moment of Remembrance Act,” which designates 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day each year as the National Moment of Remembrance.
US War Casualties:
Civil War – Approximately 620,000 Americans died. The Union lost almost 365,000 troops and the Confederacy about 260,000. More than half of these deaths were caused by disease.
World War I – 116,516 Americans died, more than half from disease.
World War II – 405,399 Americans died.
Korean War – 36,574 Americans died.
Vietnam Conflict – 58,220 Americans died.
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm – 383 service members died.
Operation Iraqi Freedom – 4,411 service members died.
Operation New Dawn – 73 service members died.
Operation Enduring Freedom – 2,346 service members died.
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel – 48 service members have died as of May 2018.
Operation Inherent Resolve – 61 service members have died as of May 2018.
To all those who gave their lives for this great nation,
we salute and thank you for your sacrifice.
To all those who gave their lives for this great nation, we salute and thank you for your sacrifice. #HonorThem#MemorialDaypic.twitter.com/9GWZ3lTklc
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) May 29, 2017
Posted on the Air Force Twitter on May 29. 2017
From the Hawaii Magazine website
Eating your way through Hawaii is always better in good company.
Whether that means with an adventurous friend who’ll try anything, or posted up across your social media to give your virtual circle a taste, these are all the local favorites we seriously love to “like.”
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