This undated photograph shows three members of the Fuel Systems Shop in the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. In the photograph are (L-R) Darryl Loo, Gary Doane, and Ronnie Miraflor.
Thanks to Yvette Miraflor for her assistance with personnel identification of several photographs this week.
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 1962 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Hawaii National Guard NCO Association forming
* First Summer Camp at the new HANG facility
* Promotions: including Lawrence Cabrinha, Norman Ault
* Sports News
If you’re a Medicare beneficiary, it’s now easier to get free at-home COVID-19 tests. That’s because original Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans now cover the costs of over-the-counter COVID-19 tests with no cost-sharing for enrollees.
Medicare beneficiaries can get up to eight tests a month for free. The tests must be approved by the Food and Drug Administration and are available through pharmacies and other participating healthcare locations. Medicare will provide payment directly to the test provider with no need for beneficiaries to file claims.
The Hawai‘i State Department of Defense once held their Awards and Retirement luncheons twice a year. These luncheons recognized retiring Federal and state employees. Current employees who achieved 10, 20, 30 or more years of longevity received service awards. Luncheons were held at the Hale Koa Hotel.
This photograph shows Vincent Ramos and Lester Ho at the April 17, 2009 luncheon. Vince was part of the KC-135 tanker maintenance team. Les was retiring from the then-154th Mission Support Flight.
From the Wired Magazine website
Your passwords are terrible. Year after year, the most popular passwords leaked in data breaches are 123456, 123456789, and 12345—‘qwerty’ and ‘password’ come close behind—and using these weak passwords leaves you vulnerable to all sorts of hacking. Weak and repeated passwords are one of the most significant risks to your online life.
For years, we’ve been promised a more secure, password-free future, but it seems like 2022 will actually be the year that millions of people start to move away from passwords. At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference yesterday, the company announced it will launch passwordless logins across Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple TVs around September of this year. Instead of using passwords, you will be able to log in to websites and apps using “Passkeys” with iOS 16 and macOS Ventura. It’s the first major real-world shift to password elimination.
This undated photograph shows a Convair F-102A Delta Dagger four ship at the “last chance” end of runway inspections. The photograph was taken from the cockpit of the 154th Fighter Group’s Douglas C-54 Skymaster.
From the Star and Stripes website
Two of the several dozen Air Force Inns are being shut down, and the service is looking at the rest of its on-base lodging facilities to determine whether they’re worth keeping open.
The impending closure of an inn at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., sparked a wide-ranging discussion on Reddit about the future of its counterparts. But for now, the North Star Inn at Greenland’s Thule Air Base is the only other inn on the list to be shuttered.
All Defense Department lodging became nonappropriated fund operations after 2018 Pentagon guidance that such facilities become self-sustaining.
In an email to Stars and Stripes on Friday, the service said none of its other base lodging facilities are slated for closure at present.
This undated photograph shows four members of the Weapons Shop in the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. In the photograph are (L-R) Richard Ching, Walter Wauke, unknown, and Gerald Chun.
From the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website
In January 2023, VA will launch a new life insurance program called Veterans Affairs Life Insurance (VALife), which provides guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance coverage to Veterans age 80 and under, with any level of service-connected disability. Some Veterans age 81 and older may also be eligible.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawai’i Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the June 1978 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Colonel James Ashford to retire as serving 22 years as the Group commander
* Flag honors to change
* Commissary baggers become non-appropriated employees
* DIS-N-DAT
From the This Day in Aviation website
A Northrop T-38A Talon two-place, twin engine supersonic trainer (T-38A-55-NO Talon 64-13302) at Edwards AFB. (U.S. Air Force)
2 May 1977: First Lieutenant Christine E. Schott, USAF, was the first woman in the Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training Program to solo in the Northrop T-38A Talon at Williams AFB, Arizona. She was a member of Class 77-08, which entered on 19 September 1976.
As the 199th Fighter Squadron transitioned to the McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantoms, a new shop was added to the 154th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) shop added increased inspection capabilities to the maintenance team..
In this undated photograph (L-R) are Samuel Bukoski, Kenneth Aoki, and William Stern. IT was new technology back in the 1980s.
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 a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the June 1986 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* 199th Fighter Squadron to Red Flag
* 154th Civil Engineering Squaeron back from Clark AFB
* Creek Klaxon at Ramstein AB, Germany continues
* CAM Sq News & Views
* HANG participates in RIMPAC and Project Giant Squid
* Sport News
* Promotions: including Robert Furtado, Margaret Soon, Robert DeCoster
Up to 70 million Americans suffer from a sleep disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But older adults have insomnia, sleep apnea and other disorders at higher rates, contributing to other health problems. “The first thing to know about sleep and aging is that the need for sleep doesn’t change as we get older. That’s a myth,” says Sonia Ancoli-Israel, an emeritus professor of psychiatry with a certification in sleep medicine at the University of California-San Diego. “What is true is the ability to get the sleep we need changes. It becomes harder to get that seven to eight hours of sleep, which is recommended for adults.”
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