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 October 1973 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* HIANG to get new fighters
* HIANG recruiting
* Base Aero Clubs open to Guardmembers
* Space A travel expands
* Sports News
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During the Hawaii Air National Guard’s F-4C Phantom era, The 199th Fighter Squadron periodically flew with Marine Corps squadrons. This undated photograph shows two Phantoms and a Marine Douglas A-4 Skyhawk on the HIANG tarmac. There were exercises where the Phantoms flew out of Marine Corps Base Kaneohe.
From the National Guard Association of the United States website
Lawmakers from states with Guardsmen involved in space missions have begun the push for the creation of a Space National Guard as Congress prepares for a “political brawl” over whether such a force should exist, according to Politico.
The debate was teed up last month after the White House budget office officially came out against a Space Guard. Such a force is also one of the biggest differences between Senate and House versions of the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.
The House version of the annual policy bill would create a separate Space Guard, while the Senate version would keep those troops under the Air Guard, changing the name to the Air and Space National Guard.
From the Kaiser Health News website
Joanne Whitney, 84, a retired associate clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California-San Francisco, often feels devalued when interacting with health care providers.
There was the time several years ago when she told an emergency room doctor that the antibiotic he wanted to prescribe wouldn’t counteract the kind of urinary tract infection she had.
He wouldn’t listen, even when she mentioned her professional credentials. She asked to see someone else, to no avail. “I was ignored and finally I gave up,” said Whitney, who has survived lung cancer and cancer of the urethra and depends on a special catheter to drain urine from her bladder. (An outpatient renal service later changed the prescription.)
This undated photograph shows Lt Col Melvin Asai briefing members of the 154th Medical Squadron.Over the years, the medical unit deployed to the Pacific Air Forces bases in the Pacific and Alaska.
Mel James off active duty to become the Wing’s mobility officer for many years until his retirement.
Some commissary customers may be able to get their groceries delivered to their homes and offices by the end of the year.
Defense Commissary Agency Director Bill Moore said his goal is to pilot a commissary delivery program at “certain locations” by the end of the year, during a recent briefing at the American Logistics Association annual meeting. Moore wants to make it more convenient for customers to use their commissary benefit. Across the worldwide commissary system, customers saved an average 25 percent in 2020, compared to stores outside the gate.
Thanks to Gordon Lau for sharing this article
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 October 1981 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* HANG Half Marathon
* CAM Sq. News & Views
* 154th Resource Management Squadron News
* Sports News
* HANG 35 Celebration
From the Medical News Today website
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive disease that causes difficulty breathing. There are many treatment options for COPD, including lifestyle changes and pulmonary rehabilitation to manage symptoms.
Doctors will diagnose COPD with spirometry, body plethysmography, or lung diffusion testing, which are all tests of lung functioning.
Spirometry measures the speed and amount of air a person can push through their airways. Body plethysmography measures the volume of air in their lungs after a deep breath and after a full exhalation. Lung diffusion testing measures how well their lungs deliver oxygen to and remove carbon dioxide from their blood.
People with COPD may have typical lung capacity but a reduced ability to push air out of their lungs on the spirometry test. A doctor will consider these results and other symptoms when giving a COPD diagnosis.
COPD often requires lifelong treatment. Read on to learn more about how to manage symptoms of COPD.
This undated photograph shows Governor John Waihee III on the flightline prior to his F-15 Eagle orientation ride. Brig. Gen, Edward Richardson was there as the event host.
John Waihee served as the Governor of Hawaii from December 2, 1986 through December 2, 1994.
General Richardson was appointed as the commander, Hawaii ANG, in February 1982, and promoted to brigadier general in December 1982. He served as commander until Feb. 7, 1991, when he became the Adjutant General.
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 October 1989 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* 154th Wing back from Guam exercise
* Col John “Saigon” Lee‘s last column
* RMS Roundup
* CAMS News & Views
* Promotions: including Blane Viloria, Gregory Makishi, Brian Tom, Ricky Yamamoto
* Sports News
Mark Hixon started his Prius at Ala Wai Boat Harbor late last month and was immediately startled by what sounded like a race car revving its engine next to him.
Next, came the smell of unfiltered exhaust.
Hixon, a marine biology professor and head of the zoology graduate program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, had parked around 8:30 that morning and returned that afternoon to discover his catalytic converter had been stolen right from under his car — in broad daylight near a busy intersection.
The study only singled out four Vietnam-era warplanes, the F-100, F-4, F-105 and RF-4, to look specifically at those crews’ cancer rates, even though the study covers all fighter jets flying through 2004, such as the F-16 and F-15.
U.S. Air Force fighter pilots and crew members are far more likely to be diagnosed with certain types of cancers than their fellow airmen, according to the most comprehensive military study to date.
The study is the first confirmation of a connection long suspected by fighter aviators who saw their peers contracting some cancers at concerning rates. Earlier, less comprehensive studies had proven inconclusive.
This undated photograph features some members of the 199th Fighter Squadron, including airmen from the Life Support shop and other support personnel. Most of the pilots had transitioned from the F-86L Sabre Interceptors to the F-102 Delta Daggers. In the photograph are (L-R):
5th Row: SSgt Richard Oshiro, unknown, unknown, unknown, TSgt Howard Hironaka, unknown, unknown
4th Row: unknown, 1Lt Edward “Rick” Richardson, 1Lt Lawrence “Cabby” Cabrinha, 1Lt George Joy, Capt Robert Dotson, 1Lt Vernroy Ahnin, 1Lt James “Gooch” Haruguchi, 2Lt Harold Lai.
3rd Row: 1Lt George “Dusty” Kuroda, Capt Robert Hinkley, Capt Alexander “Blackie” Bell, Capt James “Spike” Dykes, 1Lt Charles Johnston, 2Lt Llyod Hiraoka
2nd Row: Maj Melvin “MIG” Yen, Capt James Sato, Maj Padraic “Paddy” Evans, Capt Tai Sung “Mynah” Hong, Capt Jon Parrish, unknown, A1C Tony Bissen
Front row: Maj Harold “Big Daddy” Nagai, Maj Ross “Roscoe” England, Maj Kenneth Fisher, Maj Jarrett “Deke” Carr, Capt Don Giddings
Special thanks to Rick Richardson and Tai Hong for the personnel identification
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