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Today is December 31, 2020, the last day of 2020.  The coronavirus pandemic and other trying events made this a difficult year worldwide. Hawaii took extraordinary actions to minimize COVID-19 transmission.  Government directives shut down companies and unemployment reached record...

Feedback: An earlier post - Check Six – Early 1950s: Maintenance Crews - had a photograph of several aircraft mechanics. In this post, we could only identify three, Louis Kono, Robert Choi, and Harold Mattos. Later, George Kaneshiro submitted his comments: I remember most of these great...

Contact Request. Charles (Chuck) Barlow, MSgt USAF, Retired, is trying to get in touch with anyone from the 291st Combat Communications Squadron. Chuck was the squadron’s Technical Advisor from 1986 to 1991. Today, he is an Associate Engineer with Intertek, a leading...

Kūkā‘ilimoku Newsletter Posts. Retiree News has received great positive feedback about our Kūkā‘ilimoku posts. Theodore Merrill compilated the newsletters when he served as the 154th Wing historian. It was part of his 2001 report is on file with the Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB,...

Earlier Retiree News posted a photograph featuring four maintenance retirees, David “Snake” Snakenberg, Craig Harimoto, James Akau, and Kenneth Morimoto. Several Retiree News followers emailed about Snake’s physical appearance, asking if he was ill. After his retirement, he decided to lose some weight. He lost...

2020 Memorial Day services. Sad to report that Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific and Governor David Ige’s ceremony at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery are cancelled. In talking to Ronald Han, Director the Office of Veterans Services, he said...

Soldiers Returned to Hawai‘i After Deployment. The 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery return home yesterday from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan and Iraq. About 300 Soldiers arrived on a chartered flight from Fort Bliss, Texas. They reunited with their families at...

The onslaught of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and the following articles are of interest to Retiree News readers.  Yesterday, the Star Advertiser printed a “Island Voices” article authored by Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vares-Lum. Her article discusses the Department...

The onslaught of news related to the COVID-19 pandemic continues, and the following articles are of interest to Retiree News readers.  Coronavirus appears to pose a particular threat to men. Middle-aged and older men, and those with underlying health conditions...

Congratulations to Wayne Acosta on his recent retirement. Wayne served many years in the 154th Wing, in the Military Personnel Flight, and later as the commander of the 154th Security Forces Squadron. He later transferred to the Air Force Reserve. Happy Retirement...