Tag: Aloha Airlines

Retiree News recently reconnected with William “Hammer” Ladd. Hammer flew with the 199th Fighter Squadron during the F-4 and F-15 eras. His recent email provided the following comments: My apologies to you - and many others - I got out of…

Jeffrey “Sumo” Namihira passed away on the evening of January 15, 2015 at Pali Momi Medical Center. He was 54 years old. There was a sense of disbelief as word spread across the wing the next day.  Sumo retired from the…

Wendell Yip Hung Mann, 83, of ‘Aiea passed away on October 17, 2021. Wendell was born to Fai and Mary Mann on April 25, 1938 in Waipahu. He is a 1956 graduate of Saint Louis High School and attended Northrop…

George "Dusty" Eiichi Kuroda, 85, of Honolulu, passed away in Kāne‘ohe on February 17, 2021. He was born in Honolulu and preceded in death by parents Kiyoshi and Fujie and brother Cary Kuroda. He is survived by sister Jean Yamamoto and brother…

Aloha Airlines was a Hawaiian airline headquartered in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, operating from a hub at Honolulu International Airport. Operations began on July 26, 1946, and ceased on March 31, 2008. A sad day for all 1900 of Aloha's employees.…

From the KITV website Maybe you've seen the commercials, or even come across it online. Commercial DNA testing kits that you can do at home, like "My Heritage", Ancestry DNA or 23 and Me. These "do-it-yourself" genealogical tests are quickly…

Lawrence Chaves Cabrinha graduated from St Louis High School in 1953. In 1954, he joined the US Air Force and was accepted into the Undergraduate Pilot Training program as an Aviation Cadet and started Pre-Flight Training at Lackland Air Force…

Two individuals with long time ties to the State Department of Defense and the Hawaii National Guard are retiring at the end of March. Walter Kaneakua is leaving his position as the District Director for Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. After retiring from…