Hale Koa Hotel News

The red, white and blue F-16s of the Air Force's aerial demonstration team, the Thunderbirds, will soar over Hickam Air Force Base this weekend, with more than 120,000 people expected to attend the installation's first open house since 2003.

Because of declining revenues, on Oct. 1 the Army's Hale Koa Hotel will discontinue manning two lifeguard towers at Fort DeRussy Beach that it has operated for 50 years.

Beachgoers on a stretch of Waikiki beach could soon be swimming at their own risk after the Army decided to pull its lifeguards to cut costs.

After 50 years of providing lifeguard service on Fort DeRussy Beach fronting the Hale Koa Hotel, the Army said it can no longer afford it.

The decision by the Pentagon to increase the size of the Army temporarily by 22,000 troops was welcome news to one of the country's largest veterans organizations.

Access to a wide network of special military hotels around the country is a well-known benefit for members of the U.S. armed forces and their families, but apparently few of them know that they can stay at hundreds of similar hotels throughout Europe at bargain prices.

More than 100 Filipino World War II veterans, their wives and widows of their comrades were honored yesterday for fighting alongside U.S. troops against Japanese forces.