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t h e a r t i st w a s f i r st o f f er ed i n t h e Su m m er o f 19 76 . T h e

2,000 pr i nts in t he Regular Edi tion sold out and have si n ce resold at substant ially escalated pr ices.

I n A ugust 1978, the AOG arranged to purchase the remaining AOG Commemorative prints for resale directly to Graduates and friends of the Air Force Academy. E a ch print has the AOG Coat-of-A rms printed in the lower l ef t corner to identify this unique, attractive print .

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G yRFALCONS are the most magnificent of all falcons.

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completely black . U sual ly t he light est bir ds occur i n t h e f a r nort h and t he dar k est f ur t her sout h . T hey can be seen i n t h e w ild , isolat ed part s o f t he wor ld , of ten among dramat ic scenery , such as I have show n in my paint ing.

T hey ar e the largest o f t he Falconidae, big and power f ul and ver y f ast .

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W e k now t hat a peregr ine can reach over 80 mph , so i t i s possible t hat a Gyr , because o f it s great size and w eight — C h a r l es F r a ce m ight reach 100 m ph .

Signed by t he A rt ist

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O R D E R IN G IN ST R UCT IO N S The AOG Commemorative Issue of GYRFA LCON may be purchased f or $60 .00 per pr int .

C harles Frace was born in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania,

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A IR E d i t o r — J i m W h eel er , ’ 64 St af f —

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N ew Begi nni n gs

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OFFIC ERS OF T H E A SSO C I A T I O N O F G R A D U A T E S P r esi d e n t

T h o m as J . E l l er , ’ 6 1 V i c e P r esi d e n t

Jo ck C .H . Sch w an k ’ 60 E x ec u t i v e D i r ec t o r

J am es F . W h eeler , ’ 64 D IRECT ORS T o Serve U nti l 1 M ay 198 1 C ares Garber , Jr ., ’ 59 H ector A . N egroni , ’ 6 1 Frederick L . M et cal f , ’63 Fletcher H . W iley , ’ 65 M ar k A . T o rr eano , ’ 68 Ronald E . Joy , ’ 7 1 M ichael J . M cC art hy , ’ 7 1 L eslie J . H aaf , ’ 72 Freder ick S. K now les, Jr . , ’ 73 D ouglas J . Ford , ’ 76 T o Ser ve U nt il 1 M ay 1983

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A BOU T OU R COV E R

Th i s scen e of ser eni t y bel i es t h e h ar sh n ess of Col or ado w i n t er s

as all graduates will attest. But, warm weather , like graduati on, gets closer wi th each passi ng day. THI NK S UM M E R !

R u b en A . C u b er o , ’ 6 1

Rober t B . G i f f en , ’ 65

Raymond J. Leopold, ’67

A lvi n E . Blum berg, Jr ., ’68 Rober t A . Shumw ay , Jr ., ’ 68 R i c h a r d S . R a u sc h k o l b , ’ 70

D avid E . Ster l ing, ’ 70

W i l l i a m E . R i c h a r d so n , ’ 7 1

Fr ank G . K lotz, ’ 73

A SSOCIAT ION OF GRA DUATES MAGA ZINE is published quarterly by the A ssociation of Graduates, USA F A cademy, Colorado 80840. Second-class postage paid at USA F A cademy, Colorado. Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, policy or attitude of the A ssociation of Graduates, its of f icers or the editorial staf f . The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not const it ute an endor sement by the A ssociat ion o f Gr ad uat es o f t he pr oduct s or services advert ised . (303/ 472-2067)

M a r k T . W h a l en , ’ 76

T o Ser v e U n t i l 1 J u n e 19 8 0

M i ch ael G ee, ’ 79

POSTM AST KR: I f this magazine is addressed to a member of the Military Service, no postage is necessary for f or w ard i ng (see t o A sso c i a t i o n Postal Manual, Section 158.4). I f no forwarding address f or this military member is available, send Form 3579 o f G rad uates, U SA F A cadem y , C O 80840 .

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A t t en t i o n i n

th e A r en J i m W h eeler, ’64 E d i t o r / E x ecu t i ve D i r ect o r

H om eco m i n g 19 80 — Th e A OG an d U SA FA h av e sel ect ed th e San Di ego St at e game on 20 Sept ember 1980 as th e dat e f or H om ecomi n g 1980.

Th i s wi l l be th e f i r st h om e gam e of t h e season and t h e fi r st ever WA C confer en ce gam e to be pl ayed i n Fal con St adi um . Pl an now t o att en d . Questi on s m ay be

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1980

H om ecom i ng Ch ai r m an , D ave St erl i ng, ’70 (aut ov on 259-3 190).

R h o des Sch o l ar — Chri st opher D . M i l l er ,

Cl ass of 1980, has been named a Rhodes Schol ar.

Chri s i s an I n ter n at i on al A ff ai r s maj or and h as an

academic gr ade aver age of 3.8. He i s the 21st Rhodes Sch ol ar n a m ed f r om U SA F A .

1979 Regi st er — Copi es of the 1979 Regi ster

may be purchased from the AOG Offi ce. The cost is $8.00 for current AOG member s and $10.00 for non m em b er s .

Par achute Champi onship — The Wings of Blue, the Academy’s parachuteteam, took first place i n

t h e N a t i on al

C ol l eg i at e P ar ach u t e

Championships held at Marana, Arizona. The

A N ew A OG A w ar d — Since 1968, the A OG

has presented the Jahara Award each year to a n Academy graduate, either living or deceased, who has made a si gni ficant contri buti on in an area

directly associated with an aerospace vehicle. The Jahara Award has achieved a consider abledegreeof

prestige throughout the Air Force and its presentation has become a highlight of our

Homecoming festivities. The Board of Directors is now considering if the AOG should recognize the contributions that gr aduates have made in other

important endeavors. To this end, the Board is

considering the establishment of another major award. The specifi c kinds of contributions to be

recognized by the award are currently being di scussed. Several suggesti ons have al ready been

offered: such as public service; service to the

Academy, the Air Force, or the nation; community ser vi ces; an d, h umani t ar i an act i on s or developments. Your views on this matter are most

wel come. We woul d also appreci at e your ideas on

such questions as thespecifi c criteria and method o f

selection. Pl ease send any thoughts you might have to

Capt Frank Klotz, USAFA/ DFPS, USAF

A cademy , CO 80840.

cadets of West Point took second pl ace followed by

the jump team from Loui siana Tech. With 110

parachutists competing in the meet, the Wings of

J ob Oppor t uni t y — Keith Withycombe, from

Blue dominated the j ump for the 12th year i n a row.

th e Cl ass of 1966, i s l ook i ng f or a D i st ri ct M an ager t o

Poi nt I n vi t ati on al I n ter ser vi ce A cademy m eet .

Start ing sal ary is attractive with room to grow. I f you are i nterested, call Keith at (602) 956-6550.

Earlier this year, the Wings of Blue won the West A FA AA

B o o st e r

C l ub s — Th e A OG i s

lending corpor ate support and providing gr aduate m ai l i ng l abel s t o t h e A cadem y A th l et i c A ssoci ati on i n t h eir cam pai gn t o en li st m em ber s i n sever al newl y cr eated ath l et i c boost er cl ubs. A nt i ci pat ed m ai li n g

help him manage apartments in Phoenix, Arizona.

A i r P ow er an d War f ar e — On e of t h e A ssoci ati on of Gr aduates’ cont i n ui n g pr oj ect s h as been i t s f i n anci al support of th e M i li t ary H i st or y

d at e i s m i d -M ar ch . W at ch f or t h e a n n ou n cem en t a n d

Symposi a presented every two years by the Department of History. A most val uable book . A i r

A OG P l an — Th e A OG Board of Dir ect or s i s

Military History Symposi um, is now on sale thr ough

l en d your suppor t t o t hi s w ort hy en deavor .

P ow er an d War f ar e, t h e pr oceedi n gs of th e Ei gh t h

engaged in the devel opment of an AOG Fi ve Year Plan. Jerry Gar ber , ’59, i s heading the commi ttee and solicits input s fr om all A OG members. Specifi c goals and pr ogr ams will be developed and publi cized

t h e Gover nm en t Pri n ti ng Of fi ce. Th e book con t ai n s

Ol m st ed Sch ol ar — I n addi ti on t o t h ose n am ed

num ber 008-070-00441-1), deal s wi t h ai r pow er , i t s

t o th e A OG member shi p af ter Boar d of Di r ect or appr ov al .

in the f all i ssue, Mark LENCI , Cl ass of 1975, has

been n am ed on Ol m st ed Sch ol ar . M ark i s ser vi ng on acti v e dut y i n th e U .S. N avy .

Spr i ng I ssue —Thedeadlinefor submission of

art i cl es to be i n cl uded i n t h e spr i n g i ssue i s F ri day , 4

April 1980. Contact the editor if you wish to con t r i b u t e.

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both the paper s delivered at that conference as well

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which followed each presentation and additi onal papers submitted after the symposi um occurred.

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development, infl uence, and use, from the time of the Wri ght Brothers through our experience in Vietnam.

There are papers by noted authoriti es on Sovi et , German, Japanese, and Ameri can mi lit ary avi ati on hi story as well as contri butions by those who shaped that hi story, such as General s Curtis LeMay, O.P. Weyl and, Bryce Poe, Ira Eaker , and A dmiral W il li a m I . M ar ti n .

N E B R A SK A

CH A PT ER N EWS CA PIT A L

Th e Capi t al Ch apter hel d it s ann ual busi n ess meeti ng on 17 Decem ber . M aj or di scussi on t opi cs w er e t h e i n t er est s a n d a i m s o f t h e

Ch apt er an d the t i mi n g of th e busi ness m eeti ng. Th e el ect ion of of fi cer s w as an aff i r mat i on of a j ob w el l

don e

as

all

el ec t ed

w er e

i ncum bents (or m ay be w e ar e l ear ni ng someth i ng f r om bei ng so cl ose to Capi tol H i ll ). A ny w ay , congr at ul at i ons to Fr ed M et cal f , ’63, Secr etary ; Ti m Cooper , ’73, Tr easur er ; Jerr y A l l en , ’66, Boar d M ember ; M arty Col e, ’68, Board M ember ; H al K eck , ’62, Boar d M em b er .

The

19 8 0

a c t i v i t i es

f or

the

Capi tol Ch apter began w i t h a lunch eon on 19 Febr uary at th e Bol l i ng A F B Offi cer s Cl ub. M s.

A n t on i o H . C h a y es, U n d er Secr et ary of th e A i r For ce, w as th e guest speaker . Th e t hem e f or t hi s y ear ’s l unch eon s i s “ The Ei ghti es as a possi ble w ater shed i n U ni t ed States pol i ti co-mi l i t ar y af fai r s.”

T he 1980 Wi ng Di ng i s set for 29

M a r ch

at

the

A n d r ew s

A FB

Off i cer s Cl ub. Bri g Gener al Ort h , Dean of F acul ty at t h e A cademy , wi l l be t h e guest speak er . Th e Pr ogr am s Comm i t tee i s devel op i ng a n ew f or m at for t he eveni n g’s a ct i v i t i es

to

m ake

it

m or e

enj oy abl e for every on e.

Preli m i nary pl ans ar e bei n g m ade for a bus t ri p t o West Poi nt for th e A i r F or ce v s A r my f oot bal l game on 8 N ovember .

I n A pr i l , t h e Ch apt et wi l l spon sor a 5-7 p.m . H appy Hour get toget her i n t h e Pen t agon Of f i cer s

A t h l et i c C en t er . I f t h e f i r st o n e’s

successful , w e pl an t o spon sor t hem r gul ar l y as an easy w ay for gr aduat es t o get t ogeth er on ce i n a whi l e soci al ly .

T w o n ew

c o m m i t t ee c h a i r m en

h av e been sel ect ed: Don Sutt on , ’68, for pr ogr am s; an d Gr eg Sw a n son , ’66, f or A ca d em y

A f f ai r s.

T he N ebr ask a Ch apt er of the A i r For ce A cademy A l umni h ad t w o di st i ngui sh ed guest speak er s t hi s f all . Th e f i r st , Bri gadi er Gen er al J o h n T . R a n d er s o n , S A C Com m un i cat ion s

A r ea

C om

m an der , spok e on “ M y Repl ace m ent .” H i s subj ect was a th ough t pr ovoki n g tr eat i se on wh at it

m e a n s t o b e a n A i r F o r c e o f f i cer

and wh y we ar e ex pect ed t o do m any of t h e th i n gs a Ser vi ce car eer d em a n d s .

B r i ga di er

T he

s ec o n d

Gen er al

Rob er t

w as

D.

B eck el , ’59. H e t ook t i m e f r om h i s

deman di ng schedul e duri ng SA C’s B U S Y G I A N T c o n f er en c e t o t el l u s a b o u t t h e 7t h A i r D i v i s i o n . H i s

t i m el y r em ar k s g av e us n ew i nsi ght t o SA C oper ati on s i n Eur ope.

A dditi on al act i vi t i es ar e bei n g pl an n ed f or t h e r est of t h e w i nter an d t h e spri ng, i ncl udi ng t h e

a n n u a l el ec t i o n o f m em b er s t o t h e B o a r d of D i r ect or s . G r a d u a t es

Th e 1980 M em ber shi p dri ve i s off

wi shi n g to part i ci pat e i n f ut ur e

al r eady . I f y ou need i nf orm at i on w ri te t o P. O. B ox 2712, Spri ngf i el d,

c h a p t er v i c e-p r esi d en t , R o y K essel l , ’70, SA C/ D OWS, 294-2510

t o a g ood st a r t - 125 m em b er s V A 2 2 15 2 .

a c t i v i t i es

sh ould

con t act

the

(A V 27 1-25 10).

CH A PT E R CON TA CT S Of f u t t Ch ap t er Roy Kessel l ’70 H q SA C/ D OWS

O f f u t t A F B N e 6 8 1 13 8 / 2 7 1-2 5 10 / 49 7 1

N or t o n A F B C h apt er H erb Bevel hy mer ’64 16 3 0 H en r i et t a S t .

R ed l an d s, C A 92373

8 / 8 76-5 3 3 3

M ar ch A F B C h apt er A usti n Wedem ey er ’62 12 3 A d a m s

M a r ch A F B , CA 925 18

Ca n al Z on e Ch apt er

J o h n G r a v es ’6 4 B o x 4 0 19 A P O M i a m i 3 400 2

313/ 222-4023, Dr op 254 (Ri n g th r u Washi ngt on Swi t ch ) San A n t o n i o T x C h a pt er

J a m es W . B r o w n ’ 5 9

N o r t h east R eg i o n a l C h ap t er Fl ash Wi l ey ’65

7 3 T r em o n t S t .

B ost on , M A 02 108 6 17-723-2954 (H om e) 6 17/ 227-8420 (O f f i ce)

Co l o r ado C h apt er Bob Sh um w ay ’68

626 C andl egl ow Dr .

C W D S 18

8 / 4 8 7-2 19 7 / 5 10 3 / 2 6 4 7

8 / 25 9 -4 76 8

A r i zo n a C h apt er

Ca p i t al Ch ap t er

Sa n A n t on i o, T X 78239

Roy M i l l er ’6 7

1529 West V i r gi ni a

P h oen i x , A Z 85007

U SA F A cadem y , CO 80840

F r ed M et c a l f ’6 3 590 7 H ol l ow O a k C t .

B u r k e, V A 220 15

6 0 2 / 25 5 -36 2 1

8 / 2 2 7-29 19

So ut h w est Oh i o Ch apt er

A l t u s O K C h a p t er

B a r k sd a l e A F B C h a pt er H al H igl ey , ’68 27 Echo Ri dge Ci r .

Dayt on , OH 45424

A l t u s A F B , O K 7352 1

8 / 9 4 7-4 8 2 1/ 22 / 2 3

(Ri ng t h r u 8/ 474-1011)

P a u l A . B el m o n t ’ 6 4 4 4 7 1 E l m s h a v en D r .

8 / 78 5-2 10 0 / 23 2 2

M i k e H o w e ’6 9 18 E . R i v er

8 / 8 6 6 -6 2 5 2

H a ug h t on , L A 71037

318-949-9144 (H om e) 456-3227/ 4379 (Dut y ) 7

S O U T H W E ST O H I O

Th e Sout h w est Ohi o Ch apter (f orm er l y i dent i fi ed as th e WPA F B Ch apter ) w as offi ci al ly ch ar ter ed

a t t h e en d of 1979 an d i s of f a n d

r unni n g i nt o 1980. T h e Boar d of D i r ect or s

Ch apt er

el ect ed

to

l ea d

th e

t h r ough i t s ear l y

developm ent ar e: P r es i d en t V i ce P r esi d en t &

Pr ogr am Com mitt ee

Paul B el m ont , ’64 M i k e H em brough , ’68

A ca demy A f f air s G r a d u a t e Ser v i ces

Secr et ary & Or gani

A r t Sh um ate, ’59 M i ke Rh odes, ’79 Ru sty St ew art , ’79 Tr acy Rhodes, ’69

L ETTER S

T h e A ssoci at i on of G r a d u a t es

wi l l soon h av e a l ocal ch apt er at B a r k sd a l e A F B , L ou i si a n a .

A ppr oxi m at el y si xt y gr ads ar e assi gn ed to B ar k sdal e an d a br i ef i nit i al meeti ng i s pl an n ed f or 13 Febr uary . Th e gr ads assi gned t o B ar k sd a l e an d t h ose i n t h e l oca l

area are n ow bei ng cont act ed con cern i ng t hi s m eet i n g. We’l l be seei n g an excell en t new movi e, O n th e

C h a i r m an

P r o f es si o n a l A f f a i r s

B A R K SD A L E

T h r e sh o l d

of

T r ad i t i o n :

U SA F A , 19 54 - 19 79 , an d get ti ng our sel ves or gani zed.

We’r e l ooki n g f or w ard t o gett i ng

t o k n ow ea ch ot h er a s w el l a s

L i f e I n sur a n ce F act s

.

.

.

Edi tor ’s N ote: The A OG B oard of D i rectors is p l eased to p r esen t th e f oll owi ng l et ter w hi ch was recei ved i n resp onse to the i nser t i n the F al l issue of CH E CK P OI N TS deal i ng w i t h U n i t ed A m er i ca n L i f e I n s u r a n c e Co m p a n y . T h i s i nf or ma ti on up da tes t h e da ta earl i er p resen ted. I t shoul d he rei t er a t ed t h a t t h e A O G h as n ot

M ember shi p & Gr ey Fhght

J ohn Sk or upa, ’69

ser vi n g t h e A cadem y an d our l ocal comm uni t y . M ost of t h e gr ads

N ew s l et t er

D ave Ch af fee, ’77 Bil l van A mer on gen , ’68

t h e opi ni on t h at the ti m e h as com e for a l ocal ch apt er her e.

taken a p osi tion of ad vocacy, does not consi der t hi s as a retract ion of f ac ts p resen ted earli er, an d the i nf orm ation i s p resen ted sol ely as a ser vi ce to th e A OG mem bersh ip .

M ar k Evan s, ’76 Dave Br oader , ’71 Ed H unt , ’78

i n t er est ed i n

A ssoci ati on of Gr aduat es

z a t i o n C o m m i t t ee C h a i r m an

C om m u n i ca t i on &

B l ue Fli ght T r ea su r er

Gold Fli gh t Red Fl igh t

Th e act i vi ti es al r eady pl an n ed for t h e Ch apt er i n cl ude a “ K i ck off ’ gath eri ng f or Febr uar y t o get t he y ear r ol l i n g wi t h spi r i t . T h e Ch apt er wi l l al so h ost t h e annual St ate of t h e Wi ng Di nn er wi t h Gen .

Ri ch ar ds as t he f eat ur ed speaker .

Th i s wi ll occur on 11 A pr i l 1980 at

t h e W P A F B Of fi cer ’s C l u b .

already cont acted have expressed A number of gr ads are especi ally coun sel l i n g

an d

assi sting prospecti ve cadets in

t h ei r quest for an appoi n t m ent .

O t h er s

ar e

i n t er est ed

in

with

i n f or m at i on

USA F Academy, Color ado 8 0 8 4 0

the

pr ofessi on al and soci al aspect s of a l ocal ch apt er .

I f y ou ar e bei n g assi gned t o Barksdal e, mov i ng t o th e area or j ust p assi n g t h r oug h , pl ease con t act us. H al H i gl ey can pr ovi de y ou

Mr . Ji m Wheeler , Editor

an d

assi st an ce. H ome ph on e: 949-9144; dut y ph one: 456-3227/ 4379.

A l l gr aduat es i nt er ested i n t h e Ch apt er ar e en cour aged t o cal l

D ear M r . W h eel er :

A

m essag e (copy en cl osed )

i n ser t ed

in

a

r ecen t

of

att enti on an d I w ould li k e t o cl ari fy t h e pr esen t st at us of U n i t ed A m er i c a n

Life

Company (U A L ).

Capt. J. Skor upa, ’69, A SD/ YYEM,

i ssu e

Checkpoi nts” was brought to my I n sur an ce

Bot h t h e con tr ol li n g i n ter est s of

255-2074 (A ut ovon 785-2074) or Bi ll v^ an A mer ongen , ’68, T ooo or, . he Boei . , ng

U A L an d W or l d Ser v i ce L i f e w er e

CANAL ZONE CHAPTER Company, 222-3711, for further Front: Gnall, 67; Borland, 63; G r a v es,

i nform ati on on Ch apt er member - 64; Weedin, USA FA L O. sh i p and acti vi t i es.

Back: Casella, 76; Shaw, 78; George, 67; Bai ley, 67.

p u r c h a sed b y t h e W est er n Pr ef er r ed Cor por ati on i n 1977. A subsequent m er ger i n 1978 w as

effected wi th the new corpor ate

t it l e chan ged t o Wor l d Ser vi ce L if e I n sur an ce Com pany . U n der t hi s arr an gem en t , al l exi sti n g U A L poli cyh ol der s w oul d con t i nue t o r ecei v e t h e b en efi t s a n d ser v i ce

t hey h ad h er et of ore r ecei v ed, but al l n ew b usi n ess w oul d b e w r i t t en

and mai n t ai ned by Worl d Servi ce L i f e. I h ave encl osed copi es of

Western Pr eferr ed Corporation’s 19 78

A n n u al

an d

19 79

Sem i -

A nnu al r epor t s t o St ockh ol der s t o

further assi st your understandi ng.

Wor l d Ser ’vi ce L i fe pr esent l y h as a B r ati n g wi t h A .M . Best an d an A r at i n g i s an t i ci pat ed i n 1980 subj ect t o a fi n al audi t . We ar e obvi ousl y opt i m i st i c r egar di n g th e i mpr ov ed cl assi fi cat i on and h av e n o r ea s o n t o f eel ot h er w i se .

8

Wester n Pr ef er r ed Cor por ati on wi t h near l y on e-h al f bi l li on dol l ar s i n asset s r epr esent s a quali t y , v iable

i n f l u en ce

in

th e

life

i nsur an ce i ndustr y and wi t h Wor l d Ser v i c e L i f e o f f er s i n s u r a n c e a n d

ser vi ce t h at i s of gen ui ne ben ef i t t o t he A cadem y Cadet and Gr aduat e.

I f ear th at your message i n clouds our C h ec k p o i n t s reput ati on and ref lect s upon us i n a l ess th an pr ofessi onal f ashi on .

I w oul d h ope aft er r evi ewi n g t hi s l ett er and our fi n an ci al r eport s t h at y ou wi ll see fi t t o publ i sh a ret racti on . Wi t hout i t , m an y of your reader s m ay mi si n t er pr et your i nt en t and m ake deci si on s y y

t h at

cou l d

h a v e a d ev a st at i n g

fi nan ci al ef fect upon t h em an d

t h ei r f a m i l i es . Y o u r c o n c er n a n d

cooper at i on w oul d be appr eci at ed, and i f any fur t her assi st an ce i s needed, pl ease f eel fr ee t o cal l m e t o l l -f r ee a t 1-8 0 0- 43 3 - 16 7 7 .

I

h a v e n ot

l ect u r e

ou t

to th e

in

the

“ Ira

C.

E a k er

Di sti ngui sh ed Lect ur e on N ati on al Defen se Pol i cy ” ser i es, pr ov i ded by

G en er al R ob er t J . Sm i t h . H ow ev er ,

I am f ul l y aw ar e of th e gr eat

s u c c es s

the

G r a d u a t es

is

A ssoci a t i on

of

a ch i ev i n g

it s

in

w or t h y pr ogr am s. Con gr at ul a ti on s t o all of y ou.

I t seems i mpossi bl e t h at a quart er of a cen t ury h as passed si n ce Gen er al H . R. H ar m on , a l on g

a n d adm i r ed a ssoci at e, st a r t ed t h e

U .S. A i r For ce A cadem y . I am sur e t h a t n o n e o f u s w h o w i t n es sed t h a t

modest begi nni n g i n t h ose w ooden bar r acks at Denver h ad en ough i m agi n ati on t o r eal i ze, or f ul l y a p p r eci a t e, w h a t h a s b een accom pl i sh ed. Th at , as al w ay s, h a s b een d u e t o t h e d ed i c a t i o n a n d

br i ll i an t

Si ncer el y ,

b een

A cademy si nce A pr i l 20, 1979, at the ti m e the Secr et ar y Gen er al of N A T O, Dr . L un s, gave t h e fi r st

a ch i ev em en t

of

m an y

peopl e, wh om w e al l gr eatl y adm ir e an d fr om whi ch gener at i on s to

Rob er t A . Sen ay

c o m e w i l l s t i l l b en efi t .

Wit h appr eci ati on , admi r at i on and every good wi sh .

A O G T O G E N E A K E R ...

Si n cer el y ,

D ea r G en er a l E a k er

P l ea s e a c c ep t t h e s i n c er e con g r a t u l a t i on s f r om t h e A ssoci ati on of Gr aduat es on y our r ecei pt of the speci al Congr es

I n h um b l y accept i n g t h i s di sti n ct i on , I wi sh t o ackn owl edge an d t h an k i ndi vi dual s an d gr oups wh o con spi red, ov er a l on g peri od of y ears, t o m ak e i t possibl e: Fir st , th er e w er e my mot h er an d f at her w h o t augh t me th e pri nci pl es and f ai t h s by w hi ch to l i v e;

T o m y wi f e, Rut h , wh o h as been my guardi an angel f or 48 y ear s;

I n t h e mi l it ary servi ce, t h er e w er e my com m an di n g of fi cer s fr om wh om I l ear n ed, by pr ecept and exam pl e, appr opri at e con duct i n the m i l i t ary li f e; T h er e w er e a l s o m a n y cont em por ari es i n t h e av i at i on sect i on , si gn al cor ps, t h e ai r ser vi ce, t h e ai r corps and t h e ar my ai r f or ces, w h ose support an d encour agem ent w er e i nv al uabl e.

T h en

cam e t h e cou r a g eou s

cr ews i n Worl d War I I , wh o w ere n ev er t u r n ed b a ck f r om a si n g l e

I r a C . E a k er

t ar get by t h e f i er cest en em y opposi t i on . I h av e al w ay s gi ven t h em p r i m e c r ed i t f or o u r vi ct ori ous, ai r ef for t an d al w ay s

L t . G en ., U SA F (Ret .)

si o n a l G o l d M ed a l o n D ec em b er 17 .

sh a l l .

gr ad uat es of t h e A i r F or ce A cademy , I t h ank you f or t h e cont r i but i on s y ou h av e m ade dur i ng t he more th an 50 year s si n ce y ou becam e a pi l ot . Your r epeated successes as an avi at i on pi on eer , y our suber b l eader shi p dur i ng th e w ar , an d y our conti n ued

I t i s w i t h gr eat per son al sati sf act i on , si nce m y r eti r ement i n 1947, t h at I h av e obser v ed th e super l ati ve perf or m an ce of our U .S. A i r For ce, al w ays abl y l ed, never mor e so th an i n r ecent year s

On

b eh al f

of

t h e ov er

13,000

w or k on b eh al f of a st r on g A m er i ca

are an i nspi r at i on t o us al l . We ar e proud of y ou an d we ar e proud t o be a s s o ci a t ed w i t h t h e A i r F o r c e t h a t

y ou hel ped found.

Si n cer el y y ou r s

G e n . E a k e r ’ s R e m a r k s ...

G en er a l A l l en a n d o t h er f r i en d s .—

Ow ed and ackn ow l edged i s deep gr at i t ude f or t h e car eer cl i m ax af f orded m e t oday , t o all pr i m ar i l y r espon si bl e f or t h i s si gn al recogni ti on .

To Sen at or Barr y Gol dwater an d Congr essm an J ohn J . Rhodes f o r i n t r o d u ci n g t h e b i l l , a u t h or i z i n g t h i s C on g r essi on a l

G o l d M ed a l a n d t o a l l t h e m em b er s

T H O M A S J . E L L E R , ’6 1 P r es i d en t

of congr ess w h o suppor ted thi s legi sl ati on ;

E A K E R R E P L I E S ...

si gned i t i nt o l aw ;

D ea r C o l o n el E l l er :

To

P r esi d en t

To

the

U .S .

C a r t er

who

T r ea su r y

k i n d l y l et t er of J a n u a r y 11t h . I n

depart ment and th e A i r Force Tr ai ni n g Com m an d f or pr oduci ng the medal i n super b f ash i on ; T o y ou. Gen er al A l l en , f or these pr esent at i on cer emoni es, on

m

of pow er ed f li gh t .

Th ank s ver y m uch f or y our

vi ew of y our lett er , I am en closi ng my respon se to Gener al A ll en at the ti me h e pr esent ed t he medal to e .

t h i s h i st or i c d ay , t h e a n n i v er sa r y

w h en

t h r ea t en e d

w ith

s er i o u s

r educti on s i n f or ce by mi sgui ded poli t i cal l eader shi p.

I see her e t oday m any cl ose f riends and ol d associ ates t h r ough the y ear s — 62 year s of mi l i t ary ser v i ce, act i v e a n d r et i r ed .

T h e f ar t her I go dow n t h e tr ai l

of l i f e, t h e m or e cer t a i n I a m t h a t

th e fri endshi ps on e makes al ong t h e w ay pr ovi de t h e gr eat est possi ble sati sf acti ons.

T h an k y ou — all of y ou — and those dear soul s and gr eat spi ri t s w h o h a v e g on e b ef or e, f or provi di ng t h i s day .

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N EW B EG IN N IN G S : V olunt ary Recall t o Ex t ended A ct ive D ut y M .J . B et t en cou r t , ’68 W h en H a r t s el B ec k et t l ef t a c t i v e

duty i n 1973 h e w as a hi ghl y r at ed B-52 i n str uct or pi l ot . Of f er s fr om D el t a

A i r l i n es

h ad

b een

encour agi n g, an d h e deci ded t o get out . N ow H ar t sel i s gl ad t o be back on ext ended act i ve duty (EA D ) an d back i n th e cockpi t of a B-52. A s l i tt l e as on e y ear ago t hi s w as a r em ot e possi bi l i ty f or t h e 1968 A cadem y gr aduate.

B ef or e h e c o u l d

en t er

D el t a ’ s

tr ai ni n g pr ogr am i n 1973 t h e gas cr un ch ar ri ved, an d H ar t sel w as n ot onl y out of th e A ir Force but al so out of t h e cock pit . A f t er a n u m b er of u n s u c c es sf u l ef f o r t s t o

get back i nt o f lyi n g , H ar t sel sett l ed i n Col or ado Spri n gs an d began a su cc es sf u l

c a r eer

i n

t h e

con st r u ct i on b u si n ess, a n d h e st i l l

dr eam ed of f l y i n g an d ev en t h ought of t r yi n g t o get back i nt o t h e A i r F o r c e. W h en h e r ea d i n t h e

Cl ass N ew s secti on of Th e Spri n g 19 7 9

A ss o ci a t i o n

of

G r a d u a t es

M agazi n e t h at I h ad been r ecal l ed t o EA D , he cont act ed m e t o fi n d out m or e about t h e r ecal l pr ogr am .

A f ter call i ng t h e Ai r Reser v e Per son n el Cent er (A RPC) H ar t sel di scover ed t h at , al t h ough h e h ad been i n act i ve si nce 1974, h e sti l l h el d a r es er v e c o m m i s si o n a n d w a s

eli gi bl e for v ol unt ar y recal l t o E A D . H e p u t t og et h er t h e necessar y paper s, i n cl udi n g som e

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con t act ed b y t h e A i r F or ce M anpow er and Per sonn el Cent er (A FM PC) an d of fer ed a ch oi ce of ei gh t bases as ei th er a B-52 pi l ot or a n A i r T r ai n i n g C om m a n d i n str uct or pi l ot . Wi t hi n anoth er week H ar t seFs n ew oper at i on s of fi cer at E ll sw ort h A FB (hi s f ir st ch oi ce) h ad tel eph on ed t o off er a s si st a n c e. T h e en d o f O c t o b er f o u n d t h e B ec k et t ’s r el o c a t ed t o S o u t h D a k ot a a n d H a r t sel b a c k w h er e h e w a n t ed t o b e i n t h e U .S .

A i r F or c e .

T hi s sam e st or y h as been r epeat ed h un dr eds of t i m es i n t h e l ast f ew m on t h s. M y ow n per son al ex peri en ce con fi r m s t h at A RPC an d A F M P C ar e ca pa bl e of per f or mi n g sm all mi r acl es i f y ou are i nter est ed i n ret ur ni ng t o EA D .

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successfull y ser vi n g as past or of a ch ur ch i n Col or ado Spri ngs. Th e l i fest yl e of a f ul l ti m e mi ni st er l eft m e an x i ou s t o r et u r n t o m y f or m er

car eer as i n I nt el l i gen ce Offi cer . A t

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com mi ssi on as a ch apl ai n an d m y wi f e w as a pr ogr am m er an al y st at a sci en t i fi c cor por at i on . Tod ay I P r oj ec t

M a n a g er

f or

I n t el l i g en ce D a t a H a n d l i n g Sy stem s an d my w if e (n ow a Secon d L i eu t en a n t ) i s a n U SA F

l et t er s o f r ec o m m en d a t i o n f r o m a l l

Pr ogram m er -A n al y st . We bot h ar e st at i on ed at U SA F E H Q i n

f o r t h e r es u l t s o f t h e n ex t r ec a l l

con t i n ui n g

n ot i f i ed t h a t h e h a d b een s el ec t e d .

r ecen t y ea r s i s n o secr et . T o t est t h e

the h or sepow er h e coul d m ust er , submi t t ed t he pack age, an d w ai t ed boar d. I n earl y A ugust h e w as

R a m s t ei n .

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a r ecall pr ogr am ? Th e

tech ni cal ly

n eed f or

quali fi ed

p i l ot s an d

peopl e i n

possi bi li t y t h at some of t h ose w h o h ad r ecen tl y l ef t EA D mi gh t be i n t er est ed i n ret ur ni n g, t h e L i n e Offi cer V ol unt ar y Recal l pr ogr am w a s i n i t i a t ed i n t h e F a l l o f 19 7 8 .

Th e r espon se w as m or e t h an t h e per sonn el peopl e ex pect ed an d t h e pr ogr am w as opened t o all A i r For ce Speci al t y Codes. Th e f ir st s el ec t i o n b o a r d w a s h el d i n N o v em b er o f 19 78 . S i n c e t h en a s el ec t i o n b o a r d h a s b een h el d

appr oxi m atel y ever y si x w eek s an d 843 of 1580 appl i can t s h av e been of f er ed th e oppor t uni t y t o r et urn t o EA D . T h e hi gh est gr ade r ecal l ed so far i s M aj or and th e l ow est Secon d L i eut enan t . A l th ough st ati sti cs on A ca dem y g r ad u at es ar e n ot av ai l abl e, I know th at at l east f our m or e of m y cl a ssm a t es h av e b een

r ec a l l ed .

I t i s ex pect ed t h at v ol unt ar y

r eca l l

s el ec t i o n

t h o se

s el ec t ed

w ill

of f er ed

th e

conti n ue t o meet th r ough Fi scal Year 1980. Th e k ey t o sel ect i on i s a n o u t s t a n d i n g r ec o r d o f perf or m ance. Onl y qual i ty peopl e wh o can successf ul l y compet e f or pr om oti on ar e bei n g sel ect ed. A l l ar e

opport uni t y t o accept or r ej ect t h e of fer of r ecall af t er an assi gn m en t h a s b een w or k ed o u t .

I f t h e possi bi l i t y of r et ur ni ng t o E A D i n t er est s y ou, addi t i on al i nf orm at i on can be obt ai ned by cal li ng or wr i t i n g A RPC/ D PRP, D en v er , C O 80280: 1-800-525- 1964 (t o l l -f r ee ) , 1- 3 0 3 - 3 9 4 - 2 5 2 5

(com m er ci al ), 926-2525 (A U T OV O N ). G ood L u ck .

FORM A N A OG CH A PT ER . . .

I t only takes some interest to get an A OG Chapt er organized . T h e A OG of f ice can assist and the f ir st step in the process i s t o c o n t a c t t h e Executive D irector f or a k it t hat may help you in your i n it i al ef f o r t s.

Bear in mind t hat a Chapter can f ill many di f f erent r o les — so ci al club, prof essional f or um , recruit ing vehicle, etc.

W hy not give it a t ry?

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F A L CON S T O COM P E T E I N WA C A 12-gam e sch edul e h as been ann ounced f or t h e A i r For ce A cadem y f ootbal l t eam i n 1980 an d i t wi l l perm i t t h e F al cons t o qual i f y for th e l eague ti t l e i n th ei r fir st y ear of Wester n A t h l et i c Con f er en ce competi t i on .

Th e sch edul e, an noun ced Dec. 21 by Col . J ohn Cl une, academ y di r ect or of ath l eti cs, w h o h as been att endi ng WA C meet i n gs i n San Di ego, Cali f ., wi l l i n cl ude f our games at h om e an d ei ght on t h e r oad.

Th er e ar e fi ve gam es agai n st WA C opponents wi t h games agai n st Wash i ngt on and T ul an e t o count i n t h e l eague stan di ngs.

We’r e ver y h appy w e w ere abl e t o w ork t hi s out ,” sai d Cl une. “ Th er e w as a l ot of h or se t r adi n g an d t h er e wer e so m any athl eti c di r ect or s t hr ough out th e count ry , bot h i n an d out of the WA C, w h o m ade thi s sch edul e possi bl e. We f eel v er y f ort un at e to be able to work t hi s out so qui ck l y .”

Th e Fal cons, wh o wer e admi t t ed t o WA C member shi p i n A ugust wi t h an of fi ci al en tr y dat e of J ul y 1, 1980, wi l l f ace th ei r b usi est r egul ar season sch edul e i n h i st ory st art i ng Sept . 6 wi th a r oad gam e agai nst confer en ce f oe Col or ado Stat e. T h e season en ds, al so on th e road, wi t h an oth er confer en ce gam e agai nst H aw ai i . Ot h er WA C gam es, al l at h om e, ar e Sept . 20 v er sus San Di ego Stat e, N ov . 1 agai n st Tex as-El Paso an d N ov . 15 v er sus Wy om i ng.

Th e F al con s h ave h ad onl y on e ot h er 12-gam e season and th at cam e i n 1970 wh en A i r For ce pl ay ed i n a bowl game, fi ni shi n g w it h a 9-3-0 season m ar k .

Th e desi gn ated gam es ar e both on the r oad wit h the F al con s pl ayi n g at Washi ngt on on Sept . 13 an d n

O c t . 18 a t T u l a n e.

N ew opponent s fr om th e pr ev i ousl y an n ounced 11-gam e 1980 sch edul e i ncl ude Col or ado St at e, San Di ego St at e, T ex as-El Paso an d H aw ai i . Dr opped

f rom t h e ol d 1980 sch edul e w er e hom e gam es wi t h Or egon , Boston Col l ege an d Wi sconsi n .

I n or der to m ake the n ew sch edul e possi bl e, C l u n e an d n u m er ou s ot h er at h l et i c d i r ect or s ar ou n d

th e n at i on h ad t o do a l ot of j uggl i n g. Th e m aj or ch an ges w er e as fol l ow s: A i r F or ce dr opped i t s h om e gam e w i t h Wi scon si n an d t h e B adger s i n t ur n pi ck ed up Bri gh am Youn g f or a h om e game. B Y U was open on t hat dat e and t h e swi t ch en abl ed A i r For ce t o pi ck u p

league foe San Di ego St ate, which had an open date on Sep t . 20.

A i r F or ce dropped i t s h om e gam e wi t h Bost on Col l ege and B YU pi ck ed up BC f or a h om e gam e on t h e sam e dat e. B YU i n t urn dr opped i t s h om e gam e wi th Tex as-El Paso (U T EP) so A i r F or ce coul d add U T E P t o i t s sc h ed u l e .

A i r Force dropped i t s hom e gam e wi t h Or egon and t h e Duck s, i n t ur n , pi ck ed up N ev ada-L as V egas f or a h ome game on t h e same dat e.

Col or ado St at e dropped i t s N ov . 29 game at H aw ai i so t h e Fal con s coul d pi ck H aw ai i an d A i r For ce i n t ur n added CSU t o t h e sch edul e on Sept . 6, gi vi ng t h e Ram s an ot h er h om e gam e n ext season .

F A L C O N S S A V E B E S T F O R L A S T ...

A 2-9 f o o t b a l l s ea s o n o f f er s l i t t l e ev en f o r t h e

m ost avi d of f an s, but t h e t hri l l i n g fi ni sh put on by t h e F al con s on 17 N ov . 79 agai n st V an der bi lt wi l l bri ng t o mi n d m emor i es of past gl or i es an d ki n dl e r enewed h ope f or a bri gh t f oot bal l f ut ur e i n t h e y ear s ah ead. Th e fol l owi ng ar ti cl e w as publ i sh ed i n t h e C ol or ad o Spr i n g s Su n on th e m or ni n g f ol l owi n g t h e vi ct or y ; i t i s r epri nt ed h er e wi th t h e auth or ’s per m i ssi on f or th e enj oy m en t of F al con foot bal l f an s ev er y w h er e:

19 8 0 A i r F o r c e A c a d e m y F o o t b a l l Sc h ed u l e

D A T E

O P P O N E N T

SIT E

Sept . 6 Sept . 13 Sept . 20

* C olor a d o St a t e

F t . C ol l i n s, C ol o .

Washi n gt on

S ea t t l e

Ch ampai gn , 111.

* Sa n D i eg o St a t e (H O M E C O M I N G )

U SA F A

Sept . 27

I l li n ois

O ct . 4

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O ct . 11

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N ov . 1

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N ov . 8

Army * W y om i n g

W est P oi n t , N .Y .

N o v . 15 N o v . 22

N ot r e D a m e

N o v . 29

*H aw aii

N ew H a v en , C on n .

U SA F A N ew O r l ea n s

U SA F A

N ot r e D a m e, I n d .

H on ol u l u , H a w .

* - Denot es Wester n A t h l et ic Confer ence game.

- Denot es game design at ed t o count i n WA C st andi ngs.

Ev er y l ett er i n t he al ph abet h ad a suggesti on for descri bi n g i t . T hey r an ged al l th e w ay fr om A as i n astoun di n g, t o Z as i n Zi ebart . N obody ever h ad sai d i t w as t o be the game of t he cen t ur y ; t he sm al lest gat h eri n g of t h e en or m ousl y un ev ent f ul season w as si m pl y t h er e t o pay i t s l ast respect s.

A i r F or ce v s. V an d er b i l t bef or e 15,6 18. M or e

f ol k s

th an

t h at

m u st

h ave

w a sh ed

t h ei r

ca r s

Sat ur day . But , not h i ng shi ned up l i k e t hi s f ootbal l g ame th at w asn ’t supposed t o h av e m at t er ed.

I n t h e en d i t m at t er ed m a r v el ou sl y . F i f t y -f i v e secon d s r em ai n ed an d t h e F al con s w er e 80 y ar d s f r om V a n d er b i l t ’s en d zon e. A l l of a sud d en , t h e

set ti n g scooped up gr eat gobs of a N ew Year ’s Ev e, o r a Super Bowl , or w at chi n g Wi l l i e bust on e over t h e f en ce i n t h e seventh gam e of t he Wor l d Ser i es. Or a c o m b i n a t i o n o f t h e a b o v e.

A i r F or ce 30, V a n d er b i l t 29.

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Del er i ousl y h appy t ear s b ubbl ed i n eyes y ou’d l east ex pect t o n oti ce. T h ose wh o h ad si l ent l y pr ay ed f or th e h ost ages i n I r an bef or e t h e k i ck off n ow w er e scr eami n g at a f i ni sh t h at , f or a m er e ath l eti c ev en t ,

G R A D U A T E P R O M OT I O N S T O 0 -6 C Y 79

con t a i n ed a d ou b l e-sh ot of m i r a cl e.

I n t h e east stan ds, at about t h e 30-y ard l i n e, t h e Zi ebar t f ami l y f rom M i chi gan h ad been st an di n g wi t h th e r est , aw ai ti n g th e l ast pl ay . A 1 Zi ebar t , Dav e’s daddy , w as y el li n g hi s h opes t o M ar i et t a,

Below th e Zon e

D a v e’s m o t h er .

H e t ol d h er i f t h e l ast pl ay di dn ’t r esult i n a t ouch down h e h oped som ebody dr essed i n a st ri ped sh ir t w oul d see f i t t o cal l i n t er f er en ce. “ A n d t h e g a m e w ou l d n ’t en d on t h a t d ow n .

C l a ss 196 0

J a m es E d w a r d W a d d l e

196 1

Ri ch ar d T h eod or e G od d ar d K en n et h E u g en e St a t en

A h , but i t di d end on th at dow n . N o pen al t y . J ust a fr an ti c but fi r m cat ch i n t h e en d zon e by fr esh m an

A ndy Bark, who in the l ast two weeks has qualified

as a l i f el ong f ri en d of h i s sen i or quar t er back .

N ow t h e pl ace t h at h as seen so m any st ir ri ng A i r F or ce vi ctori es h ad seen one th at ri ght ful l y w i l l sn ap t o at t enti on any t i m e comeback s ar e di scussed.

A 1 Zi ebart , t he daddy , an d K en Tal l m an , t h e

gener al who runs the j oi nt wi th the thr ee st ars (wel l , si x counti n g bot h sh oul der s), h ugged.

H e got tear s. I got tear s,” sai d A 1 Zi ebart . “ I guess I nev er saw a m or e ex citi n g f ootbal l game.

Dav e Zi ebart , wh o hopes t o h el p coach t h e Fal con s next y ear wh en h e’l l be L t . Zi ebar t , w as

J a m es E d w a r d W i l h el m T h o m a s W oo d r o w W i l l i a m s 196 3

R ob er t O w en H ea v n er J o h n D a l e J a c ob ci k

Bar ry M i ch ael M euse Ri ch ar d J oseph Olear

196 4

T h om as E r n est E g g er s

Ral ph H ow ar d Gr ah am

Cl i f f or d Ru ssel l K r i eg er J am es W i n f i el d M cI n t yr e

y y

tryi ng to recall four years in si ngle breaths. Hi s f i r s t

M i ch ael Ti pt on Ch ri st y

D en n i s W a r d S t i l es

H ar ol d E u g en e W a t son

g ame, i n 1976, w as agai nst Th e Ci t adel , A i r For ce

196 5

H ow el l M a r i on E st es, I I I L a w r en ce Pi er r e F ar r el l , J r .

I f elt I ’d n ever pl ay agai n aft er t h at .” B en M arti n , t h en t he coach , th ough t ot h er wi se. “ I guess he saw somet hi n g h e l i k ed,” sai d D ave.

T w o gam es l at er h e en gi n eer ed a 31-30 tri um ph over A ri zon a St at e an d fr om t hat ti n gl i n g m om en t un ti l thr owi n g th r ough th e sh adow s on h i s fi n al pl ay Sat ur day h e h as been t he t eam ’s l eader .

196 6

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I ’m not goi n g t o r em em ber t he r ecor d (2-9) t oo l on g,” h e sai d. “ J ust t he pr eci ous mom en t s wi t h t h e guy s on t h i s team .

I t w as a r em ar k abl e wi n dup f or t he pl ay er s an d f or th e coach i ng st af f h eaded by K en H atf i el d. “ H ol y T ol edo!” H at fi el d yel l ed m an y ti m es. F or h i m , th at i s

S U M M A R Y ST A T I S T I C S

P r i m ar y Z on e

y y

r at h er st r on g l an g u a g e.

I j ust ki nda k n ew h ow i t w as goi n g t o com e out ,” sai d Zi ebart . “ Coach H at fi el d tol d us al l al on g to k eep t he f ai t h . A n d w e al l di d.” (Fr ank Boggs)

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or , SO WH A T I F YO U WER E F I R ST I N TH E CL A SS ?

R on L a n m a n , ’59

A t gr aduati on each cadet h as a cl ass st an di n g, or Or der of M eri t . Tw en t y year s l at er each gr aduat e

st i l l i n t h e ser v i ce h a s a r a n k . I s t h er e a r el at i on

bet w een t h e t wo? A nd can Or der of M er i t predi ct

promoti on success? And can Order of Merit predict success? My origi nal thesi s ten years ago was that

t h er e w ou l d b e n o cor r el at i on b et w een t h e t w o. I h a v e

compared them; and to a certain degr ee I was right ,

but i n an i mpr essiv e w ay I w as wr on g.

I thi nk m ost gr aduat es wi l l fi n d th e r esul t s

interesting and maybe surpri sing. What’s more, the A i r F or ce m ay wan t a m or e det ai l ed st udy to an sw er

questi ons i mplied by these results. I s the attriti on r at e at t h e A cadem y t oo hi gh or t oo l ow ? Sh oul d “ di sti n gui shed gr aduat es” fr om ROT C earn r egul ar com mi ssi ons? Sh oul d st af f col l eges sel ect h onor gr aduat es?

My sampl e for this twenty-year compari son i s the only cl ass that gr aduated that l ong ago — the Cl ass of 1959. Of t h e 307 ca d et s t h a t en t er ed t h e

Academy i n 1955, 207 gr aduated i n 1959 and 206

w er e comm i ssi on ed. I n 1979 ov er h al f , 114, w er e st i l l on act i ve duty : t hr ee gener al s, si xt y col on el s, t hi r ty ei ght li eut en ant col on el s, an d t hi rt een m aj or s.

I t hi n k these r esul t s ar e good. Wh at w e see h er e i s r el ati v e success, n ot success on on e h an d and f ai l ur e on t h e ot her . Th e r esul t s ar e good for t h e A i r Force an d t he A cadem y because t he r et enti on r ate th r ough tw enty year s i s hi gh , an d perf orm an ce, based on

promotions, has also been hi gh. The results are good

for t h e gr aduates because t h ey h ave i ndi v i dual l y done wel l an d h ave earn ed i nt er esti n g j obs an d r api d prom oti ons.

T en y ear s after gr adu ati on th e f i r st pr om oti on pat tern s st art ed t o f orm . Thr ee sm al l gr oups w er e prom ot ed t o m aj or bel ow -t he-zon e i n t h e sev enth , ei ght h , an d n i n th year s. Th e aver age Or der of M eri t of t hese gr oups t ended t o confi r m m y t h esi s — n o corr el at i on . Th e pri m ar y zone pr om oti ons to m aj or h ad a surpri se th ough , n ot i n th e pr om oti on s, but i n th e passover s. Th er e wer e j ust a f ew , but t h ey sh ow ed a st r ong bi as t ow ar d the l ower ten per cen t of t h e cl a ss .

E ar ly pr omot i ons t o l i eut en an t col onel seemed t o fol l ow t h e t r en d set by bel ow-the-zon e t o m aj or ; th ey h ad n o cl ear r el ati on t o Or der of M eri t . T he ear l y prom ot i ons t o col on el w er e spr ead over sev en year s, 1972 t hr ough 1979, an d seem ed t o f av or t he upper hal f of th e cl ass. T h er e wer e thr ee pr om oti on s t o bri gadi er gen er al l ate i n thi s peri od, t oo f ew t o dr aw any concl usi ons.

I n l ate 1979 t he cl ass ent ered t h e pri m ar y zone f or col onel an d com pl et ed t he dat a base f or a st udy of prom ot i ons thr ough col on el . Th e result s of tw ent y y ear s’ fi l t er i ng th rough fi ve pr omot i on s, based on m any j obs at m any pl aces f or m any bosses, sh ow a

d ef i n i t e c o r r el a t i o n b et w een a c a d em i c a c h i ev em en t

an d pr om oti on success. B ut a corr el at i on of Or der of M eri t av er ages t o pr omoti on s f or a gr oup does n ot pr edi ct or ex pl ai n som e r at h er st ar tl i ng ex cepti on s.

F or ex am pl e, t h e t op ten per cent h av e a n earl y perf ect r ecor d of ear l y pr om oti on s t o col on el , but non e of t h e gen er al s i s i n t hi s gr oup. A n d of th e el ev en r an ki n g col on el s, th r ee ar e f rom th e bot t om quart er of t h e cl ass. Obvi ousl y , n ot ev er yon e wh o h as h ad pr om oti on success w as n ear th e t op of t h e cl a ss .

T he ex cepti on s ar e so str i ki ng t h at I must beli ev e i n t h e i m por t an ce of ot h er v ar i ab l es. On e ex pl an ati on i s th at academi c ach i ev em ent m easur ed

by Or der of M eri t i s mor e i ndi cat i v e of di l i gen ce t h an i nt ell i gen ce; t h e rel at i ve st andi n g af ter f our y ear s of m any di ff er en t academ i c cour ses i s m or e i n di cati v e of a w i l li n gness, or desi re, t o work h ar d . A nd success over t w en ty y ear s an d sev er al pr om oti on s i s a m easur e of th e sam e th i n g, w h at ever t h at th i n g i s — t he wi l l i ngn ess t o w or k , dedi cati on , m oti v ati on , self di sci pli n e, et c.

T he peopl e di scussed h er e ar e m ostl y th ose on act i v e dut y af t er t went y y ear s. I don ’t k n ow h ow t o ev al uate th ose t h at h ave resi gn ed or r eti r ed. So I h av en ’t . T hey ar e i gn or ed, ex cept f or t he f ew wh o w er e passed ov er t o m aj or or li eut en ant col on el . Th i s seem s r eason abl e because t h e aver age Or der of M eri t of t h e gr oup i s 110, n ear th e m i ddl e of t h e cl ass. Th ey ar e t her ef or e assumed to be “ av er age” gr aduates wh o, i f i gn or ed, do n ot bi as t h e r esul ts. Ret ir ement s coul d cause onl y a sm al l bi as because t her e ar e so f ew . One or tw o li euten an t col on el s m ay h ave r et i r ed bef or e t h e pri m ar y zone col on el s’ boar d r at h er t h an be passed ov er , but th r ee ear l y col on el s al so r et i r ed a b o u t t h e s a m e t i m e . T h e r et i r ed l i e u t en a n t c o l o n el s

ar e tr eat ed as ci vi li an s; t h e r et i r ed colon el s ar e coun t ed as col onels, n ot as ci vi l i an s. T h er e ar e f our l i eu t en a n t

co l o n el s

who

h ave

n ot

en t er ed

th e

pri m ar y zon e for col on el . Th ey are count ed as passed over . T hr ee of t hem w er e passed ov er t o m aj or or l i eu t en a n t c ol o n el .

I n Fi gur e 1 t h e cl ass i s di vi ded i nt o gr oups based on r an k , and t he av er age Or der of M eri t i s sh own f or each gr oup. Th e Or der of M er i t sh ow s a di r ect

r el a t i o n t o r a n k .

Edi tor ’s N ote: Colonel L an man is a 1959 g raduate of t he A i r F orce A cademy . H e i s a com m an d p i l ot. H e has a masters’ deg ree i n ast ronauti cal eng i neer i ng and is a g raduate of the N ati onal War Coll eg e. H e has f lown tankers f or SA C, worked st rateg ic R& D requi remen ts at H eadquar ters USA F, an d is p resen tly teach i ng at the A rmed Forces Staff Col l eg e.

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G RO U P S B Y RA N K

(GROU P SI ZE) # Bri gadi er Gen er al . .

C o l o n el C i vi li a n L i e u t en a n t C o l o n el

M aj or

.

A V E RA GE ORD E R OF M E RI T 59 ( 3) 80 (60) n o (79) 12 2 (38) 13 6 ( 13)

A n i nteresti ng w ay to sli ce t he cl ass i s i n t o tent h s r at her t h an quart er s. Th e same di ff er en ces sh own

up, but the dividing lines are more distinct . The top

ten per cent an d t h e bot tom t en per cent sh ow a

dramatic reversal : the top group has twelve early colonels and one passover; the bottom group has one on-time colonel and twelve passovers. See Fi gur e 3.

F ig u r e 1 #The sum of al l gr oups does not t ot al 207 because t he f o u r t e e n

d ecea sed ar e om i t t ed .

Or der of Mer i t

Seven of the 79 counted as ci vi li ans in Figure 1

wer e passed ov er t o or at m aj or . I f th ey were added t o

the thi rteen shown as maj ors, the aver age Order of Meri t for the twenty would be 156! Only three of the tw enty gr aduated i n t he top h alf of th e cl ass.

Of t h e t hi rt y-ei gh t l i eut en an t col on el s not sel ected

for colonel , only thr ee werein the upper quarter of t h e class at gr aduation. The other thirty-fi ve were spread through the other three quarters. See Figure

1-2 1 2 2 -4 2 4 3-6 3 6 4 -8 4 8 5- 10 4 10 5 - 12 4 12 5 - 14 4 14 5- 16 5 16 6- 18 6 18 7-2 0 7

N u m b er o f

Br i g. Gen. & Col .

2.

4

7 4 5 1

1

2 5 6 5 7 5 6 9 12

F ig u r e 3

Qu ar t er U pper

B r i g . Gen . & Col .

L t .C o l

25 *

S ec o n d

3

17* *

T h ird

13

13

L o w er

10

8

12

M aj or

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1

23

R et en t io n

t o 2 0 y ea r s 56%

2

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70 %

5

19

60%

5

23 #

52%

F ig ure 2 E ach * i ndicat es one br ig adier general . tt Seven of these twenty -t hree were p assed over at or to maj or.

T he upper quar ter w as pr omot ed t o col on el 86

percent of the time. The lower quarter was promoted

32 per cen t of the ti m e, 25 per cent i f t h e sev en coun ted as par t of t h e t wen ty -t hr ee ci vi li an s are added t o t h e ei ght col onel s, th e t wel v e li eut en ant col onel s, an d t h e fi v e m aj or s.

Despit e t h e f act t h at the upper quarter i s pr omot ed at t hr ee t i m es t he r ate of t h e l ower quart er , t he l ower quar ter com par es f avor abl y t o t h e A ir For ce aver age.

On ly ei ght of ev er y h undr ed offi cer s comm i ssi on ed

reach colonel . The lower quart er started wi th fi ftytwo and promoted eight to colonel , approximately twice the Air Force average. And of the eight, six wer e pr omot ed earl y . T he r ate f rom li eut en ant

colonel to colonel was forty percent, slightly lower

t han the A i r For ce aver age of fi f ty per cen t . Th ese t w o appar ent ly opposi t e i n di cat i on s ar e con si st ent wi t h a hi gh er t h an av er age r eten ti on r at e. Th e A i r Force r etenti on r at e to t went y y ear s i s about si xt een per cen t . Th e l ow er quart er of t h e Cl ass of 1959 i s o v e r fi f ty per cen t .

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12 # 10 * 8* 6* 6

N u m b er P a s sed O v er

Each * i ndicates one brig adier g eneral UA ll t wel ve p romoted early .

T he gr oupi n g by t en t h s sh ow s t h at Or der of M eri t

i s a signifi cant indicator only in the top twenty

per cen t an d i n t h e bott om t en per cen t . For gr aduat es

in between, other variables must be more i mportant

b ecau se t h e d i f f er en ce bet w een t h e 43r d an d t h e

186t h gr aduat e can n ot be used t o predi ct pr om oti on r at es. For t hi s m i ddl e gr oup my or i gi n al t h esi s w as

r i gh t .

Ot h er t h an Or der of M eri t , I h ave n ot addressed

vari ables such as advanced degrees, war coll ege, com m an d , sp on sor shi p , w ar r ecor d, or st af f experi en ce. T h at i s an ot her study . B ut one t h i ng i s

obvious. Of the sixty-three colonels and generals, over seven t y per cen t h ad an A i r St af f t our . Of t h e

fi f ty-one lieutenant colonel s and maj ors, only eight

per cent di d.

T h e cl ass st ar ted wi t h 306 an d gr aduat ed 207.

What w ould h ave been t h e r esul t af t er tw ent y y ear s i f

t h e 99 t h at w er e l ost h ad b een com m i ssi on ed ? W h at

success w oul d t hey h av e h ad? Wh at w oul d t heir r etenti on r at e be? Of cour se t her e i s n o an sw er , but

t he implications are obvi ous — they would probably

do w or se t h an t he bot t om t en per cent . I f tr ue, i t i s a n argum en t t o r et ai n a r el ati vel y h i gh at t ri t i on r at e a t t h e A cademy .

T he use of academi c ach i ev em ent as a pr edi ct or h as ot h er r ami fi cati on s. Th e questi on s m ent i on ed ear l i er ar e n ot an sw er ed , onl y ask ed. Sh oul d

di stinguished gr aduates” from ROTC earn regular

com mi ssi ons? Shoul d staf f col l eges desi gn at e h onor graduat es? Con ver sel y , sh oul d t h e bot t om t en p er cen t b e i d en t i fi ed ?

I n t he n ex t tw o y ear s th e cl asses of 1960 and 1961

can be added to the data base. It wi ll bei nteresti ng t o

see i f t h ey pr ovi de an y surpri ses. I want t o l ear n wh eth er t h e Cl ass of 1959 i s r epr esent ati ve or i s an an om aly .

A F A PH Y SI C A L F I TN ESS S U R VE Y by Cap t ain E d H alik R es ea r c h B r a n c h

D ep ar tmen t of Phy si cal Ed ucati on Un i t ed St a t es A i r F o r ce A ca d em y

I n J an uary of 1979, t h e A i r F or ce A cademy

Depart ment of Physical Education mailed 844

sur vey s t o A FA gr aduates (1973-77) of whi ch 537 (63.6%) wer e r et ur ned. Th e pur pose of the sur v ey w as t o eval uate th e ex er ci se h abi t s of A FA gr aduates an d t o assess th e ef f ecti ven ess of t h e A cademy ’s ph ysi cal educati on pr ogr am . Th e sur vey questi on s, for th e m ost par t , wer e t ak en fr om a surv ey admi ni st er ed by Or al Rober t s U n i v er sit y (ORU ) t o i t s gr aduates as wel l as gr aduates fr om t wo ot her uni v er si t i es i n Okl ah om a. ORU ’s ph y si cal educati on pr ogr am i s on e of t he best i n t h e count ry . Ph y sical educati on i s

required every semester ; students must meet fitness and body composition standards whil e the physi cal educati on cour ses ar e gear ed t ow ar d educati n g st udent s i n ph y si cal fi t ness v al ues. Si n ce ORU i s r ecogni zed f or it s excel l ent pr ogr am , we w i l l m ake a compari son betw een ORU an d A FA gr aduat es l ater i n t h i s a r t i cl e.

Th e t er m aer obi c poi nt i s used t hr ough out thi s arti cl e an d i t i s i m port ant f or t h e r eader t o un der stan d t hi s term . Dr . K en n et h Cooper (wh o devel oped th e A i r For ce A erobi cs Pr ogr am ) uses aer obi c poi n ts t o esti mate t h e ener gy cost of v ari ous

physi cal activity; one aerobi c poi nt bei ng equi valent

t o an ox y gen cost of appr ox i m at ely 7 mi l li l i t er s of oxy gen / k i l ogr am s of body w ei gh t / mi n ut e. For ex am pl e, t o r un a si x mi n ute mi le r equi res

SU R V E Y R E S U L T S

Th e sur v ey i n di cated t h at A FA gr ad uates f ar ex ceed th e am ount of ex er ci se r equi r ed t o m ai n t ai n

an adequate l evel of fitness. Survey results indicate t h at A FA gr aduat es ar e m ai nt ai ni n g an ex cel l en t l ev el of fi tn ess, aver agi n g ov er 58 aer obi c poi n ts p e r week . T abl e 1 pr ovi des i nf or m at i on concer ni n g th e cl asses surv eyed an d aer obi c poi nt av er ages: TA BLE 1 M E A N

Y EA R G R A D

SU R V E Y S SU R V E Y S P E R C E N T A E R O B I C SE N T R ET U R N E D R ET U RN E D PO I N T S/ W E E K

19 7 3

17 0

94

5 5 .3

5 5 .6

19 7 4

16 0

11 1

6 9 .4

50 .6

19 7 5

16 3

93

5 7 .0

6 1.2

19 7 6

18 4

12 0

6 5 .2

6 1 .8

19 7 7

16 7

114

68 .3

6 3 .8

C l a s s T ot a l s

844

*532

6 3 .6

5 8 .9

* F i v e m i ssi n g ca ses

Generally, there is a decrease in aerobic poi nt s

t h e f ur t h er a cl ass get s f rom gr aduat i on . Th e m ost

probably causes for thi s decrease are: l ess exer cise due to age, less interest in exerci se, or a lack of t i m e b eca u se of ot h er com m i t m en t s.

The survey also indi cated that there is a defi nit e rel ati onship between mari tal status and exercise habit s measured by aerobi c poi nts. See Table 2.

approximately 42 mi 0 2/ kg/ mi n and is equi valent to

si x aer obi c poi n ts (42 di v i ded by 7 = 6). Th e f ol l owi n g are ex am pl es of th e aer obi c poi nts assi gned to ot her a ct i v i t i es b ased on t h ei r ox y g en cost :

T able 2 A FA M A R IT A L ST A T U S

NUMBER R E SP O N D I N G 20 7

6 7 .3

44

M a r r i ed

3 14

5 3 .8

25

C l a ss T o t a l

*52 1

59 .2

41

Si n gl e

1 M ile 1.5 M i l es 2 M i l es

WA L K IN G / R U N N IN G 12 m i n u t es 12 m i n u t es 12 m i n u t es

3 poi nt s 8 poi nt s 13 poi nt s

* 16 missin g cases

A somewhat unexpected finding surfaced when

aer onauti cal

H A N D B A L L / RA C Q U E T B A L L / SQ U A SH / B A SK E T B A L L 3 0 m i n u t es 6 0 m i n u t es 9 0 m i n u t es

GOL F/ BOWLIN G 6 0 m i n u t es

5 p oi n t s

11 poi nts 17 poi n t s 1 p oi n t

A E R OB IC PO IN T S

ORU M EAN A EROB IC PO INT S

r ati ng

an d exer ci se h abi t s w er e

compar ed. We found that all three groups (pilots, navi gators, and non-rateds) were wi thi n two aerobi c poi nts of the survey mean whi ch means that aeronauti cal rating may not affect an i ndivi dual’s ex er ci s e h a b i t s .

On t h e oth er h an d, t h e associ ati on bet w een

aer obi c poi nt s and geogr aphi c l ocat ion was significantly different. Gr aduates stationed i n PACA F appeared to exerci se consi der abl y more th an ot her gr ads (appr oxi m at el y f our h our s m or e per

v ar i ous act i v i ti es t h at gr ad uat es l i st ed w er e conv ert ed t o Dr . Cooper ’s aer obi c poi n t s. I n

week). Graduates located i n Europe exer cised the least (44 points a week, or half that of PA CA F). I n t h e CONUS, graduates stationed on the east coast and

m ai nt ai n an adequate l ev el of f i t ness. Dr . Cooper

points per week while grads in the sourthwest

As surveys were returned to the Academy, the

quantifying the amount of exerci se necessary to suggests approximately 30 aerobic points per week.

t he n orth west U . S. av er aged appr oxi m at el y 50 av er aged 68 poi n t s.

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TA BL E 3 U N I V E R SI T Y A FA ORU SC H A SC H B

VERY

SI GN I F I CA N T 3 1% 39% 1 1% 16 %

M OD H I G H

SI GN I F I CA N CE 3 7% 35% 2 3% 18%

Th e sur v ey al so r ev eal ed th at 48 per cent of th e sam pl e w er e wi t hi n four poun ds of t hei r gr aduat i on wei gh t (on l y 15 per cen t w er e m or e th an 10 poun ds heavi er ). T he low w ei ght gai n gr oup t en ded t o ex er ci se consi der abl y m or e th an t h ose gr ads wh o gai n ed m or e th an fi v e pounds (65 poi nts v s 49 poi nt s). H owev er , wei gh t con tr ol w as n ot l i st ed as a n i m por t ant r eason f or ex er ci si n g. Th e pr i m ary r eason f or exer ci si n g w as t o mai n t ai n health and f i t ness.

Fun and enj oy m ent w er e a cl ose secon d wh i l e soci al part i ci pati on and wei gh t contr ol wer e f ound t o be an i n si gni fi cant f act or .

Furt her mor e, w e ask ed t he f ol l owi n g quest i on , Wh at ar e t he r eason s f or n ot par t aki n g i n ph ysi cal acti vi t y ?” T h e most com mon r espon se (32% of t h e sur vey ) was th at they di d n ot h av e en ough t i m e t o exer ci se th e w ay th ey wi shed . Th i s gr oup, however , av er aged 48 poi nt s per w eek . Tw en ty-ei ght per cent r espon ded t h at w eat h er w as t he pri m ar y f act or f or not ex er ci si ng w hi l e on l y t hr ee per cen t st at ed t h at t hey di sl i ked exer ci se. Gr aduat es th at di sli k ed

physi cal activity averaged only 15 aerobi c points per w eek .

Compari n g A FA gr adu at es wi t h gr adu at es f rom ORU and t h e ot h er t w o Okl ah om a uni v er si t i es (men onl y ), t h aver age week ly aer obi c poi nt s w er e: A FA (58.9) ORU (41) Sch ool A (32): Sch ool B (34)

ORU ’s cur r en t em ph ai s i n ph y si cal educati on / aer obi cs began i n 1974; th e sur v ey cover ed gr aduat es fr om 1970 t o 19 7 7.

Some of these differences in physical activi ty can

pr obabl y be attri but ed t o t h e ph ysi cal educat i on curri cul um t h at w as off er ed by th ese uni ver sit i es. I n

fact , we asked, “ What contri bution di d your college physi cal educati on progr am make toward your knowl edge and atti tudes about physi cal activity and fi t ness?” Tabl e 3 pr ov i des t hi s i nfor m ati on :

Wh i l e compari n g t hese un i v er si ti es, we sh oul d k eep i n mi n d th at t h e A cadem y h as a ver y sel ect pr ocess i n acqui ri n g i t s st udent s, an d t h at a m aj ori t y of t he cadet s h ad a ver y str on g back gr oun d i n ph y si cal acti vi t y pri or t o att en di n g th e A cadem y .

Th e com pari son s wi t h ORU ar e en cour agi n g, si nce ORU i s r ecogn i zed f or i t s pr ogr essi v e an d dem andi n g ph y si cal educati on pr ogr am .

SU M M A R Y

Th e maj ori ty of A FA gr aduat es are m ai nt ai ni n g a hi gh l ev el of ph y si cal fi tn ess si x year s aft er gr aduati on . Thi s i s based on t h e hi gh week l y aer obi c poi nt av er age (58/ wk ) an d t h e rel ati v el y sm all i n cr ease i n body w ei ght . A ppr oxi m atel y on e-h al f of the sam pl e ar e st i ll wi t hi n f i v e poun ds of t hei r gr aduati on w ei ght ; h ow ever , 15 per cent of th e sam pl e h av e gai n ed at l east 10 pounds si nce 16

A V ERA GE

SI GN I F I C A N C E 22% 18 % 38% 32%

MOD LOW

SI G N I F I C A N C E

NO SI G N I F I C A N C E

1 7% 19%

2% 1 1% 1 1%

gr aduati on . The r eason most gr aduates ar e ex er ci si ng i s f or h eal t h an d enj oy m en t whi l e t h e

most prevalent reasons for not exerci sing wer e l ack of time and bad weather . I n additi on, geographi c

l ocati on has an i m pact on exer ci se h abi t s w it h t h ose

assi gned to PA CA F exerci sing the most foll owed by the CONUS and Europe. On the other hand, r ated an d n on -r at ed gr a duat es ex er ci se h abi t s

a r e

extremel y similar . Furthermore, appr oximatel y two-

thirds of the gr aduates felt that the AFA’s physical education program made at least a moderately high

contri buti on towar d their knowledge and attitudes about physi cal fi tness. Finally, when comparing the

AFA (1973-77) and ORU(1970-W)graduates’ results,

we should keep in mi nd t hat ORU emphasized aer obics much more after 1974. Thi s might be the reason that the AFA grads weekly aerobi c poi nt av er age i s gr eat er t h an ORU gr aduat es.

W H A T ’S N E X T

I n our fi t n ess surv ey cover l et t er , we i n di cat ed t h at w e woul d at t em pt t o pr edi ct A FA gr aduates’ ex er ci se h abi t s. Si nce our sam pl e si ze w as r el at i v el y sm al l our pr edi cti on capabi l i t y w as l i m i t ed ; how ever , w i th a l ar ger sampl e gr oup w e coul d m or e accur at el y pr edi ct gr aduat es’ ex er ci se h abi t s based u p on : m a r i t a l st a t u s , a er on a u t i ca l r a t i n g , geogr aph i c l ocat i on , age, M A J COM , and sex .

Consequentl y, we may be sendi ng a follow-up survey

t o oth er y ear gr oups t o i n cr ease our sam pl e si ze an d our capabi li t y t o pr edi ct an A FA gr aduat e’s ex er ci se h a bit s.

T h e Resear ch B r a n ch w ou l d l i k e t o ex t en d i t s

appr eci at i on t o t h e f ol l ow i n g i n di v i dual s f or assi sti n g wi t h t hi s sur vey : Dr . Paul Bry nt eson , H ead of t h e H eal th , Ph y si cal Educati on an d Recr eati on D epar t m en t at Or al Robert s U n i ver si ty .

Lt Col on el V al T i r m an , Di vi si on Ch i ef , T ech n ol og i ca l Su p p or t B r a n ch (C om pu t er Pr ogr am m i n g), U SA F A cadem y .

A i r For ce A cademy gr adu at es (1973-77) wh o compl et ed and r et urn ed t he fi tn ess questi onn ai re.

L A D I E S F I N I S H F I R S T ...

Rit a Burr , Cl ass of 1983, paced th e l adi es Cr oss Countr y T eam t o th e A I A W Di vi si on H n at i on al ch am pi on sh i p at T all ah assee on 17 N ov . 79. T h e F al con l adi es w on ov er 45 ot h er squads. Burr took

eighth overall and earned A ll-A meri ca honors along w i t h t eam m a t e A n n et t e W eb er . O t h er m em b er s of

t h e ch am pi on sh i p t eam wer e: T an y a Sen z, Th eresa H anr anh an , Dan a L i n dsl ey , A ni t a H abel ch , J acque Cow an , an d M ar gar et Waszki ewi cz.

SA L T I I : A N O V E R V I E W

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Paul R. Viotti, '66 Jan uar y 1, 1980

E di tor ’s N ote: ‘'B ecause of t h e t he i mpact of SA L T I I i s t o So v iet i n t er v en t i on i n A f g h a n i s accel er at e t h e ar m s r ace, not r et ar d tan, the Carter admi n istrati on h as i t . A dv ocat es of t h e t r eaty count er a s k e d t h e S e n a t e t o d ef e r by ar gui ng t h at wit h out t h e SA L T ratif icati on of t he SA L T I I treaty I I cei li n gs, th e Sovi et s can be f or the p resen t ti me. A ccordi ng to ex pect ed t o expan d pr oduct i on an d ad m i n i s t r a t i on of f i ci a l s, t h e depl oym ent of str at egi c del i ver y U n i t ed S t a t es w i l l c o n t i n u e t o v ehi cl es wel l bey on d t h ese l i mi t s. abi de by the p rovi sions of t h e A s such , t h e SA L T I I cei li n gs ar e SA L T I I ag reemen ts and exp ects seen as caps th at do l i mi t t h e t h e S o v i et U n i o n t o d o t h e s a m e. str at egi c ar m s r ace. M or eover , 9 9

T h e St r a t egi c A r m s L i m i t at i on

a d v oc at es

n ot e

th at

SA L T

II

r eq u i r es d i s m a n t l i n g a n d T al k s (SA L T) can be un der st ood as destr uct i on by t h e Sovi et s of m or e a conti nui ng pr ocess ai m ed at t h a n 2 5 0 o l d er m i s s i l e s a n d const ructi n g wh at amount s t o an bom ber s st i l l i n oper ati on al st at us i n t er n at i on al secur i t y r eg i m e whi l e t h e U ni t ed St at es n eed on l y b et w een t w o a d v er s a r i es — a s et o f destroy a sm all num ber of bom ber s r u l es t h a t t h e U n i t ed St a t es a n d

n o w

i n

st or a g e

at

D a v i s-

the Sovi et U ni on agr ee t o f ol l ow . M o n t h a n A F B i n A r i z o n a .

T he A m er i can ai m , accor di ng t o P ar t i cu l ar l y t r ou bl esom e t o Secret ary of State V an ce, i s t o cri ti cs, h ow ev er , i s t h e f act t h at t h e “ i n sur e t h at t he st r at egi c bal an ce S o v i et s a r e a l l o w ed t o r et a i n t h ei r i s m a i n t a i n ed ” a n d t o “ en h a n c e adv ant age i n h eav y I CB M s of t h e n ucl ear st ab i l i t y , con t r ol t h e SS-18 v ari et y . Capabl e of carr yi n g gr owt h of n ucl ear ar sen al s, an d a si n g l e w ar h ea d w i t h a n r educe t he ri sk th at t hey mi ght est i m at ed y i el d of up t o 25 h a v e t o b e u s ed .” ^ m egat on s, th e “ t hr ow w ei ght adv ant age of t h i s sy stem al so The pur pose of t h i s art i cl e i s t o a l l o w s f or a n en h a n c ed M I R V descri be th e m aj or f eat ur es of t h e capabi li ty of t en r eent r y vehi cl es SA L T I I T r eat y now bei n g debat ed 9 9

i n t h e U .S. Sen a t e. U n f or t u n a t el y , m u c h o f t h e S A L T d eb a t e h a s b ec om e c l u t t er ed w i t h a b b r ev i a

ti on s an d acr on ym s. M ost of t h ese ar e decoded i n Fi gur e 1. Th e v ar i ous pr ovi si on s of t he tr eat y , man y t h e r esul t of compr omi se b et w een

A m er i c a n

an d

S o v i et

negoti ator s, h ave been th e subj ect of m uch cont r over sy . M y ai m i n

t h i s s h or t a r t i c l e i s t o s u m m a r i z e t h e m a i n l i n es o f t h e n a t i o n a l

debat e as obj ect i vel y as possi bl e.

Qu an t i t at i v e L i m i t s Both si des h ave agr eed t o be boun d by t h e qu antit ati v e cei l i n gs on the depl oy ment of st r at egi c l aun ch er s or del i v er y v eh i cl es sh ow n i n F i gu r e 2. Som e cr i t i cs

have ar gued t hat si n ce t h e cei l i n gs for del i v er y v ehi cles equi pped wi t h M IRV s

an d

cr u i s e m i s si l es

ar e

above pr esent depl oym ent l evel s.

F i g ur e 1

C o m m o n SA L T A b b r ev i a t io n s A L CM A SB M CM C FBS FOBS GLCM ICB M MAD M I RV

A ir -l aun ched cr ui se mi ssi le (pr o

n o u n ced : A l -c u m ) A ir -t o -s u r f a ce b a l l i st i c m i s si l e C r u i se m i ssi l e c a r r i er

For w ar d-based systems

F r a ct i o n a l O r b i t B o m b a r d m en t

Syst em (pronounced : Fobs)

G r o u n d -l a u n ch ed cr u i se m i ssi l e

(pr onoun ced: Gli ck-um )

I n t eco n t i n en t a l B a l l i st i c M i ssi l e M u t u a l a ss u r ed d es t r u ct i o n

(pr onoun ced: Mad) M u l t i p l e i n d ep en d en t l y tar get ed r een tr y veh icl e (pr o n o u n ced : M er v )

M RBM

M -X RV

SL B M SL C M

c o n c ed e t h a t t h e U .S . d i d h a v e a

l ead i n accur acy , but ar gue t h at t h e Sovi et s h ave been r api dl y cl osi n g t h i s accur acy gap.

M or eov er , cr i t i cs a l so n ot e t h a t

t h e “ B a c k f i r e” i s n o t c l a s si f i ed a s a

h eavy bomber an d i s t h us not coun t ed i n t h e 2,250-l i m i t on st r at egi c del i v er y v ehi cl es. On t h e ot h er h an d, gi v en st r ong A m eri can pressur e, t h e Sovi et s h av e agr eed t o l i mi t “ Back fi r e” pr oduct i on t o not m or e t h an 30 uni t s per y ear .^ SA L T advocat es poi nt out t h at A m er i ca n

“ f o r w a r d -b a s e d

sy st ems” (FB S), i n cl udi n g fi ght er bomber ai r cr af t i n Europe an d at sea, as w el l as FB-111 bomber s, ar e a l so

ex c l u d ed

fr o m

th e

SA L T

con st rai nts even though t h ey ar e wi t hi n r ange of t h e U .S.S.R. T h er e a r e a l s o n o c on s t r a i n t s o n o t h er

Eur opean-or i ent ed sy st em s such as

th e

S o v i et

S S-2 0

“ m ob i l e”

i n t er m ed i a t e-r a n g e b a l l i st i c m i ssi l e sy st em or t h e U .S .

P er sh i n g f or t h a t m at t er . SA L T

cri ti cs con cer n ed parti cul arl y w i t h Eur opean securi t y oppose li m i t s on devel opm ent an d depl oy m en t of cr u i s e m i s si l es t h a t c o u l d b e u s ed

wi t hi n t h e Eur opean t h eatr e; t hey

see t h i s a s a o n e-si d ed c o n c es si o n

t o th e U .S.S.R. m ade by t h e U n i t ed S t a t es w i t h o u t d u e c o n si d er a t i o n

of

Eur opean

m en t s .

secur i t y

r equi r e

Wi th r espect t o M I RV ed bal l i sti c

m i s si l es a n d

a i r -l a u n c h ed cr u i s e

m i ssi l es (A L C M s), A m er i ca n a n d

m ob i l e I C B M )

Sov i et negot i at or s agr eed t o li m i t l oadi ngs on curr ent sy st em s t o speci fi c l ev el s. F or curr en t I CB M s, t he n um ber of RV s per mi ssi l e i s

S u b m a r i n e -l a u n ch ed b a l l i s t i c m i s si l e S ea -l a u n c h ed m i ss i l e cr u i se m i s

as of 1 M ay 1979. Th us, th e Sovi et

M edi um ran ge bal l i st i c m i s

si le M RV

(RV s) per mi ssi l e wi t h a y i el d on t he or der of t w o m egaton s per w arh ead .2 Th e count er argum en t of fer ed by SA L T adv ocat es i s t h at A m eri can st r at egi c veh i cl es ar e m or e accur ate an d t h us r equi r e s m a l l er y i el d s f o r t a r g e t dest r u ct i on . SA L T oppon en t s

M ult iple r eent r y vehi cle (not i ndependen tly t arget ed) M i ssil e ex peri men t al (U .S. Reen t r y v eh i cle

si le (pr onounced: Sl i ck-um)

c o n st r a i n ed t o t h e m a x i m u m w i t h w h i c h t h a t m i s si l e h a d b een t est ed

SS- 17, SS-18, a n d SS-19 ar e l i m i t ed 17

an d r epl acem en t of exi sti n g I CB M l aun ch er s i s n ot t o ex ceed th i rt yt w o per cen t . Ch an ges t o exi sti n g I CBM syst em s i n t er m s of l en gt h , di am et er , l aun ch -w ei g h t an d t hr ow -w ei gh t ar e t o be l ess t h an fi v e per cent .

F ig u r e 2

Qu an t i t at i v e L i m i t s on St r at egi c D el i v er y V eh i cl es D ecl ar ed I n v en t o r y

C at egor y

(18 J u n e 19 79)

SA L T L i m i t s ( 19 8 1- 8 5 )

U . S .A .

U .S .S .R .

2,250*

2,286* *

2,5 04

1,320

1,0 49

752

1,200

1,046

75 2

82 0

550

608

0

308

A ll str at egi c del iv ery v ehicl es (I CM B , SL BM , A SBM , H eavy Bomber s)

T h e t r ea t y p r oh i b i t s a si gni fi can t i ncr ease (defi ned as fi ft een per cent or m or e) i n t h e

O f w h ich :

(a) Deli v er y v ehi cles equi pped f or M I RV s

n u m b er of I C B M a n d S L B M t es t

or cr u i se m i ssi l es

(b) SL BM , A SBM , and I CB M with M I RV s

(c) I CBM wi t h M I RV s

* (d) Modern heavy ICBM

n o f u r t h er

an d t r ai ni n g l aunch er s. M or eov er , dev el opi n g, t est i n g , or depl oyi n g n ew sy st em s i s con st r ai n ed : ea ch

s i d e i s a l l o w ed n ot m or e t h a n o n e

depl oy ment * Wit hin si x m ont hs aft er t he tr eat y becomes ef f ecti ve, t h e t o t a l m u s t b e r e d u c e d (t hr ough conver si on or dest r uct i on ) t o 2,400. By December 31, 1981, t hat t ot al must not ex ceed 2,250. * *T hi s f i gur e i ncl udes m or e t han 200 bomber s now i n “ st or age” at Davi s-M ont h an A F B i n A r i zon a .

Sour ce: SA L T I I Tr eat y and “ St at ement of Dat a on t he N umber s of St r at egic O f f en si v e A r m s,” J u n e 18, 1979 .

new or si gni fi cant l y di ff erent t y pe of l i gh t I CBM , w hi l e both ar e f orbi dden to dev el op a n ew I CB M w it h

ei t h er

l a u n ch -

or

t h r ow -

w ei gh t an y gr eat er t h an t h e heavi est of t he “ li ght ” I CBM s (i .e., Sov i et SS-19s) n ow depl oy ed .

Dev el opi ng, t esti ng, or depl oyi n g I C B M s i s al so r api d-r el oad n

5 y

f or b i d d en .

t o f our , t en , a n d si x RV s, r espect i vel y ; th e U .S. h as agr eed not t o con fi gur e M I N U T EM A N I I I w ith

m or e t h a n

t h r ee R V s . F o r

SL BM s, bot h si des h ave agr eed n ot t o t est or depl oy mi ssi l es wi t h m or e R V s t h a n ei t h er si d e h a d t est ed a s

of 1 M ay 1979, i .e., f ourt een . N ew ty pes of I CBM s and SL B M s ar e li m i t ed t o t en a n d f our t een RV s,

r espect i v el y .

E x i st i n g b om b er s (B -52,B -1, “ Bear ” and “ Bi son ” ) can n ot be confi gur ed t o carry mor e t h an 20 A L C M s.

Sh ou l d

ca n n ot

r es u l t

a

n ew

A L CM -

capabl e ai r cr af t be devel oped an d depl oy ed , t h e n um ber car r i ed in

a

f o r c ew i d e

av er age l oadi n g gr eat er tw enty-ei ght per ai r cr aft .

t h an

Sov i et s h ave agr eed n ot t o depl oy an d produce t h ei r m obi l e I CB M , t he SS-16. On t h e oth er h an d, th er e i s n o p r oh i b i t i on a g a i n st devel opi n g such m obi l e mi ssi l e sy st ems as th e A m er i can M -X .

U n l ess

18

l a un ch er s, a n d

w er e

T h e p r ot ocol al so f or b i d s depl oym en t of cr ui se mi ssi l es w i t h

r an g es g r eat er t h a n 600 k i l om et er s

i n ei th er sea-l aunch ed (SL CM ) or gr oun d-l aun ched (GL CM ) m ode, but pl aces n o such con st r ai nt on a i r -l a u n c h e d

cr u i se

m i ssi l es

(A L CM s). Fl i ght -t esti n g of GL CM s an d SL CM s wi t h a r an ge gr eat er

Qu al i t at i v e L i m i t s Q u al i t at i v e l i m i t at i on s, t o i n cl ude con str ai nt s on devel op m ent , t esti ng , and depl oy men t of n ew str ategi c sy st em s, ar e f oun d both i n th e t r eaty and i n a separ at e “ pr ot ocol .” T h ose li m it s f oun d i n t he t r eaty w oul d appl y t hr ough 1985, wher eas t hose f ound i n t h e pr ot ocol w oul d appl y onl y unti l Decem ber 31, 1981—subj ect , of course, t o r enew al or r en egot i ati on .

U n der th e pr otocol , n eit h er si de I S t o d epl oy m obi l e I CB M l aun ch er s or t o f l i gh t -test I CBM s su ch

co n st r a i n t

ext en ded or r en egoti at ed, mobi l e mi ssi l es coul d, of cour se, be f l i ght t ested an d depl oy ed begi nn i n g i n J anuar y 1982 af t er ex pi r at i on of t he pr ot ocol .

th an

f r om

th e

the

60 0

k i l o m et er s

t h at

ar e

equi pped wi t h M I RV s i s al so pr ohi bit ed duri n g t h e l i f e of t h e pr ot ocol .* Fi n al ly , t h e pr ot ocol f or bi ds fl i gh t -t esti n g or depl oy m en t

of

a i r -t o -su r f a c e

b a l l i st i c

mi ssi l es (A SBM s) wi t h a r ange i n ex c es s of 6 0 0 k i l om et er s .

T h e G r e a t D eb a t e

SA L T I I advocat es see th e t r eat y

a s

ess en t i a l

p r es er v i n g

equi v al ence” at t h e str at egi c l ev el

b et w een t h e U n i t ed St a t es a n d t h e

Sov i et U ni on . Th e Tr eaty i t sel f

en sh r i n es w h a t i s r ef er r ed t o a s t h e

pri n ci pl e of equal i t y an d equal securi t y .” B y cur bi n g t h e ar m s i i

r ace,^ SA L T I I i s al so seen a s

savi n g mon ey i n t he l on g r un . I n t h e sh or t r un , h ow ev er , t h e Cart er A d m i n i st r at i on

h as

c o m m i t t ed

it sel f to dev el opi n g t he m obi l e M -X a s a r ep l a c em en t f o r t h e i n cr easi ngl y v ul n er abl e M I N U T EM A N I CB M syst em w hi ch w oul d

b ec om e ev er m o r e v u l n er a b l e ev en

w i t h ou t

SA L T .

M or eov er , t h e

A dmi n i st r at i on h as pl edged t o conti n ue def en se ex pendi tur es at a

l ev el at l ea st t h r ee p er cen t a b ov e i n f la t i on . Som e cr i t i cs h av e a r g u ed

t h at f our t o fi v e per cent r eal gr owt h i n def ense ex pen di tur es woul d be an even mor e appr opri at e obj ect i v e.

Some SA L T opponent s h av e not ed th at n ot on l y ar e t he Sovi et s a l l o w ed t o r et a i n a n I C B M t h r o w -

Qual i t ati v e con str ain t s i n t h e t r eat y i t sel f i n cl ude a ban on conv ert i ng l i gh t I CBM an d ol d (pr e-1964) I CB M l aun ch er s such th at th ey w oul d accom modat e m oder n , h eav y I CBM s. I n cr ease i n s i l o v ol u m e d u e t o m o d er n i z a t i o n

wei ght adv ant age, but t h er e ar e

a l s o n o r ea l l i m i t s o n ei t h er t h e S S -

20 m obi l e I CB M sy st em s or on t h e “ B ack -fi r e” b om b er (ot h er t h a n t h e

m axi mum pr oducti on r at e f or t h e l at ter of t hi r t y per y ear ). A s a r esult , t hey argue t h at t h e Tr eat y

am ou n t s t o A m er i ca n a ccept a n ce

of i nferi ori t y vi s-a-vi s th e U .S.S.R.

This point is, of course, hotl y di sput ed by SA L T adv ocates.

Ar gui ng t h at t h e U n i ted St ates

d eci d ed i n t h e 1960s t o p u r su e

sm al l er -yi eld I CBM s wi t h gr eater accur acy , t h e pr o-SA L T si d e con t en ds t h at t h e appr opr i at e m easur e of str at egi c capabi li t y i s num ber of w ar heads accur at el y del i v er ed—n ot t h r ow -w ei gh t or aggr egat e yi el d p er se . Tr eat y adv ocat es ar gue th at wi t h out t h e SA L T I I l i m i t s t h e Sov i et s ca n b e

expected to deploy even more than

the 308 heavy I CBM s t h ey n ow have. M or eover , th er e i s n o r eason t o ex pect t h at t he U ni t ed St at es w oul d opt f or depl oyi n g h eav y mi ssi l e sy st em s even i f ther e w er e n o

SA L T

l i m i t at i on s

o n

devel opmen t , t est , and depl oy men t of such sy st em s. I n deed , t h e A m eri can pr ef eren ce i s sai d t o r em ai n wi t h sm al l er -y i el d, but accur at el y del i vered warh eads.

So m e SA L T o p p o n en t s s ee A m er i can con cessi on s as al l ow i n g t h e S o v i et s t o a c h i ev e t h e

The

a n t i -S A L T

si d e h a s

al so

ex pr essed al ar m ov er Sov i et doctr i n al wr i t i n gs t h at st r ess devel opi n g a nuclear w ar -fi ght i n g capabi li t y . Th e pr o-SA L T si de, by contr ast , sees t h ese oppon ent s as h av i n g m i si n t er pr et ed Sov i et i n t en t i on s . A m er i ca n d o c t r i n e h a s st r es s ed

st r a t eg i c

d et er r en c e

t hr ough m ut ual assur ed destr uc t i on (M A D ) capabi l i t i es m ai n t ai n ed by th e U ni t ed St at es an d t h e S o v i et U n i o n . I f b o t h si d es h a v e

suf f i ci en t

st r at egi c r et al i at or y

f o r c es t h a t w o u l d s u r v i v e a f i r s t

stri k e, then bot h si des ar e seen t o be det err ed f r om embar ki n g on su ch

a

con f l i ct .

In

sh or t ,

pr oponent s str ess t h at A m eri can str at egi c doctri ne h as t en ded t o p l a ce g r ea t er em p h a si s on

Sov i et s w oul d b e ab l e t o d est r oy a su f fi ci en t n u m b er of A m er i ca n m i ssi l es a n d b om ber s i n a f i r st

stri k e so as t o pr ecl ude ext en si v e dam age to t h e U .S.S.R. i n an A meri can r et al i at or y str i ke. Fr om t h i s p er spect i v e, a dr i v e t o

superi ority by the U.S.S.R. woul d give

the

Sov i et s

co n si d er a b l e

politi cal leverage over the United St a t es .

v er i fi a b l e . S a l t a d v o c a t es c o u n t er

t h at onl y r el at i vely mi n or ch eati n g cou l d

en s u e

w i t h ou t

d et ec t i o n .

Ev en th ough t h e U n it ed St ates h as l o st i m p or t a n t i n t el l i g en c e c o l l ec t i o n

f a c i l i t i es i n

I r an ,

aer osp ace an d ot h er t ech n i cal m ean s of m on i t or i n g Sov i et

a ct i v i t i es r em a i n s u f fi c i en t .

E a c h s i d e i s c o m m i t t ed “ n o t t o i n t er f er e w i t h t h e n a t i on a l t ech n i c a l m e a n s of v er i f i c a t i o n

sch ool a ccou n t f or Sov i et d oct r i n al

used by t h e ot h er . “ D el i ber at e con ceal m en t m easur es” desi gn ed t o “ i m p ed e v er i f i cat i on ” ar e pr ohi bit ed. For ex am pl e, U .S. an d Sov i et n egot i at or s agr eed t h at “ n ei t her Par t y sh al l en gage i n

r est on t h e so-ca l l ed M A D d oct r i n e.

i n f or m at i on , such as t h r ough t el em etri c en cr y pt i on , w h en ever such deni al i mpedes v eri fi cat i on of compli ance wi t h t h e provi si on s of

d et er r en ce t h an on w ar -fi g h t i n g .^

SA L T , th ey asser t , does n ot er ode

ou r a ssu r ed d est r u ct i on ca p a b i l i t y .

H ow th en , can thi s pr o-SA L T

emph asi s on devel opi n g a w ar f i gh t i n g cap abi l i t y ? On e i n t er pr et at i on i s t h at t h e Sovi et con cepti on of det err en ce does not I n stead, th e Sovi et vi ew i s sai d t o

be

th at

d et er r en c e

r es t s

on

a

superiority needed for a credibl e cr edi bl e w ar -fi ghti n g capabi l i t y . fi r st-str i k e capabi l i t y —th at i s, t h e

by m an y i n t h e anti -SA L T camp as m er e supposi ti on .

V eri fi cat i on i s y et an ot h er i ssue t h at h as di vi ded t h e pr o- an d ant i SA L T cam ps. A r gui n g t h at t h er e i s am pl e opport uni t y t o ch eat , som e SA L T oppon en t s asser t t h at m aj or pr ovi si on s of the T r eat y are n ot

I n ot h er w or d s, a p ot en t i al aggr essor w oul d be det err ed f r om at t acki ng i f i t r eali zed t h at i t coul d n ot accom pl i sh i t s n at i on al obj ect i ves due t o a v er y r eal w ar fi gh ti ng capabi l it y possessed by it s adver sar y . Th i s vi ew of Sovi et i n t ent i ons—t hat t h e coun try i s m o t i v a t ed

t ow ar d

d et er r en c e

t h r ou g h est ab l i sh i n g an d m ai n t ai n i n g a n ucl ear w ar fi gh t i n g capabi l i t y —i s di smi ssed

d el i b er a t e

d en i a l

of

f aci li t at e

th e

t h e T r eat y .”

To

t el e m e t r i c

t a sk

of

v er i fi cat i on , on ce a gi v en sy st em

h as been t est ed , such as pl aci n g M I RV s on a gi v en I CBM , i t wi l l be assum ed by bot h si des t h at al l l aun ch er s of t h at t y pe h av e t h e sam e M I RV capabi li t y . Th us, t h er e i s n o n eed t o c o u n t M I R V s o n ea c h

mi ssi l e. A l th ough ch eati n g i s st i l l p o ssi b l e , of c o u r se , S A L T

a d v oc a t es d o u b t t h a t t h e S o v i et s

w oul d depl oy sy st ems th at w er e not ex ten si v el y t est ed.

T h e

v er i f i c a t i o n

i ssu e

is

' Senat e Ar m ed Ser vi ces Com mit tee test i mony , J ul y 30, 1 9 7 9 . *T he vi ews expr essed herei n ar e t hose of t he aut hor an d do not necessari ly ref l ect th e view s of t he U n it ed St ates A i r Force or the Depar t men t of Defense. T he aut hor also w i sh es t o acknow ledge t he h el pf ul cr i t i que made by col leagues on an ear li er dr aft of t hi s art i cl e. ^On t his poi nt , adv ocates not e t hat wi th out SA L T t he ext en t of fr act i onati on (number of RV s) car r ied by t he SS-18 m igh t be t w o or more ti mes t he l i mi t of

t en a l l o w ed b y t h e t r ea t y .

'Thi s commi t ment by th e Sovi ets is not cont ai ned i n t h e Tr eat y , but i s based on assur ances gi ven by Soviet negoti at or s and by Br ezh nev h i mself .

* Fli ght t esti n g of long ran ge (gr eat er t han 6(X) ki lom eter s) M I RV ed A L CM s i s prohi bi t ed f or t he dur ati on of t he t r ea t y . ^Some SA LT opponents di spute t he conten ti on t hat th e T r eat y cur bs t h e arm s race by n oti ng t hat T reat y li mi t s on str at egi c vehi cles ar e above curr ent

deployment levels. SALT advocates argue that without t he T r eaty , t he Sov iets woul d li kel y exceed even th ese l i m i t s .

"On th e ot her hand , per haps due t o Soviet i nt er est in t he subj ect , t her e has recent ly been i ncr easi ng i nt er est in w ar -fi gh ti ng among A meri can st r ategi c

w r i t er s.

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part i cul arl y i nt er esti ng because i t has di vi ded th e anti -SA L T cam p.

I n deed, som e SA L T opponen t s h av e ag r eed w i t h ad v ocat es, con cedi n g t h at v er i f i cat i on i s essen ti al l y a non -i ssue. From t hi s poi nt of vi ew , SA L T opposi t i on

sh ou l d be d i r ect ed t ow ar d t h e t r ea t y p r ov i si on s t h em sel v es an d n ot t ow ar d t h e v er i fi ca t i on i ssu e.

P r o sp ect s n

The

S o v i et

i n t er v en t i o n

in

A f g h an i st an h as r esul t ed i n h al ti ng t h e r ati f i cati on pr ocess th at h ad al r eady been sl ow ed som ewh at due t o el ecti on y ear poli t i cs and t h e di scover y of Sovi et combat tr oops i n Cuba l ast f al l . I f So v i et -A m er i c a n r el a t i o n s

i m pr ov e suf f i ci en t l y t o al l ow r esum pt i on of t h e r at i f i cat i on pr ocess, a m aj ori t y of t h e 100 U .S. Sen at or s w oul d pr obabl y v ot e f or r ati fi cati on ; how ev er , onl y 34 need v ot e “ n egat i v e” t o ki l l t h e SA L T I I

Treaty . Short of killing the Tr eaty

a l t og et h er , an t i -SA L T f or ces

woul d hope to amend the Treaty by

at t ach i ng r eser v ati on s t o cer t ai n k ey com pon ent s such as th e ban on

Ameri can development, testing, and depl oy ment of a h eav y

I C B M .”

SA LT I I advocates have argued that fail ure to r atify the Tr eaty woul d r emove all impediments to a

f u l l -b l ow n U .S.-Sov i et

M or eov er ,

a r m s

r a ce,

s om e h a v e

su gg est ed t h at f ai l ur e t o

r at i fi cati on of

SA L T

II

also s e c u r e

w oul d

strengthen the hand of right-wing elements in the Kremlin opposed to detente and to further negoti ation with the West. On the other hand,

som e SA L T I I oppon ent s h av e argued th at t h e Sovi et s so w an t

ratifi cation that they would be wi lling even to accept amendments to th e Tr eat y .

W h at ev er t h e ou t com e on SA L T

I I r at i fi cat i on , t h e ar m s con tr ol com m un i t y h as al r eady t ur n ed i t s at t en t i on t ow a r d SA L T I I I . M ost ob ser v er s con t en d t h a t gray

area” sy stem s (i .e., t hose such as

forward-based systems, crui se

mi ssi l es, et c., t h at exi st i n a “ t w i l i gh t zon e” bet w een U .S.Sov i et str ategi c w eapon s on t h e on e h an d and Eur opean th eat r e weapon s on th e ot her ) wi l l be t h e

subj ect of consi derable negoti a

t i on .

To

th e

ex t en t

t h at

a n d t h e Sov i et U n i on w i l l r em ai n

the pri ncipal actors i n the on-going

di scussi on s on st r at egi c ar m s li mi t ati on . M or eover , t h e U ni t ed St at es A i r F or ce wi l l con t i n u e t o

have a si gni f i can t r ol e i n (an d be di r ect l y af f ect ed by ) t hi s ar m s cont r ol di al ogue.

COM M ITTED T O

EX CEL L E N CE

J oin T h e

A SSOC I A T I ON O F

GRA D U A T E S 1980 M E M B E R SH I P •

• •

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B eco m e I n v o l v ed

K eep I n f o r m ed Su p por t A OG/ U SA F A P r o gr am s . . .

the

E u r o p ea n cou n t r i es b ec om e i n v ol ved i n t h ese di scussi ons, t h e SA L T pr ocess wi ll becom e ev en m or e com pl ex t h an i t alr eady i s.

N ev er t hel ess, th e U nit ed St ates

$ 15

1 Y ea r

$42

3 Y ea r s

$68

5 Y ea r s

G O OD B YE M OM

•

Th i s y ear w h en r eport car ds w er e at

t h e en d

of

th e

F al l

Semester somet hi n g new h ad been

a d d ed . I n st ea d of a gr ad e b a sed on

a M il i t ary Order of M eri t (M OM ), a M ili t ar y

Per f or m a n ce A v er a g e

( M P A ) n o w a p p ea r s . T h i s numer i cal aver age based on t h e G P A -l i k e s c a l e f r o m 0 .0 t o 4 .0 w a s

appr oved by the A cademy B oar d for i m plem en t ati on t h i s f al l . One of t he maj or fi ndi ngs of t h e H onor Revi ew Commi tt ee Repor t w as t h e l a ck o f a c r ed i b l e ev a l u a t i o n t o o l

f or mi l i t ar y per f orm ance. T h ei r st udy al so ech oed t h e West Poi n t st u d y i n r ecom m en d i n g t h e el i m i n a t i o n of a l l o r d er s o f m er i t t o

l essen t h e com peti ti v e pr essur e pl aced on cadet s. Th e adopti on of t h e M PA w a s i n c l u d ed i n a n ov er a l l r ev i ew o f t h e a c a d em i c a n d

m i l i t ar y ev al u at i on pr ogr am s.

Th i s art i cl e wi l l deal onl y wi t h t h e n ew M PA sy st em .

T he M i l i t ary Order of M er i t sy st em w as a very di ffi cul t on e t o man age and alm ost i mpossi bl e t o ex pl ai n . Ov er the year s ev er yt hi n g from peer r ati n gs, per f or m ance r epor t s and A OC r ati n gs t o PFT scor es. M i l it ary Sci en ce gr ades an d dem er i t s w er e used as i n put s.

Th e in put s v ar i ed as di d t hei r per cent ages, but eventu al l y t h ey w er e

al l

•

H EL L O M PA

Pat F i n neg an, '67

m a i l ed

•

st an d ar d

scor ed ,

wei gh ti ngs w er e appl i ed, and t h e comput er gen er at ed an or der of

t h r o u g h o u t t h e A c a d em y com m un ity . Cadet s wi t h doubt ful apti t ude f or com mi ssi oned ser vi ce wer e n ot bei n g proper l y i dent i fi ed.

Th er ef or e, on e of t h e fi r st t ask s w as t o devel op a sy stem t o i den ti f y

a n d l et t er s o f i n s t r u c t i o n s et f o r t h

easi l y m an aged and under stood

ea c h

d efi ci en t

ca d et s

th at

co ul d

be

an d w oul d a l so i n cl ud e a l l ag en ci es an d act i v i t i es t h at d eal t w i t h c a d et s .

T he best v eh i cl e for t h i s sy st em pr ov ed t o be an ev al uati on scal e i den t i cal t o t h e gr a d e p oi n t aver age wi t h a 2.00 m i ni m um s t a n d a r d a n d 3 .0 0 a c h i ev em en t st a n d a r d f o r t h e C o m m a n d a n t ’ s M er i t L i s t . B ec a u s e t h e m ea n G P A

i s about 2.75, con t r ol s h av e been d ev i s ed t o i n s u r e a m ea n M P A b et w een 2 .7 0 a n d 2 .8 0 . C a d et s n o w

compet e agai n st a st an dar d an d not di rect l y agai n st on e an ot h er .

A l l i nst ruct or s, Off i cer s-I n-Ch ar ge (OI Cs) of on season ex tr acurr i cul ar acti vi t i es and coach es h av e i n put s i n to th e M PA . A OC r ati ngs are n o l on ger made by quar t i l e. Cadet s are i n depen dent ly r at ed - w it h t h e sam e r ati ng avai l abl e t o tw o or m o r e c a d et s i n t h e s a m e c l a s s . T h e

cadet per f orm ance r epor t i s n ow a cadet i nput wi th n o A OC i nput or contr ol . Ex tr aneous i n puts such as PFT scor es, dem eri t s, an d M i li t ar y Sci en ce g r a d es h a v e b een el i m i n a t ed a n d w i l l b e i n c l u d ed a s

m er i t . B ec a u s e i t w a s a n o r d er o f

a part of the A OC r ati n g or cadet perf orm ance r epor t . Th e M PA i s com put ed at 50 percen t f or t h e

d evi a t i on s b el ow

cadet i nput , 30 per cen t f or t h e i n str uct or r ati ngs, and 10 per cen t

m eri t , actual num ber s w er e n ot r el eased. Wor d pi ct ur es r an gi n g fr om poor (m or e th an tw o st andar d t h e m ea n ) t o

super i or (mor e t h an t wo st an dar d

d ev i a t i o n s

a b ov e

th e

m ea n )

d esc r i b ed ea c h c a d et . T h er e w er e

few i f any “ F ” gr ades and th e l ast c a d et i n t h e o r d er o f m er i t w o u l d

st i l l gr ad u at e.

N o one r eal l y kn ew w h at t h e

M O M w a s b ec a u s e t h e ev a l u a t i o n s r em a i n ed w i t h i n t h e A O C a n d c a d et s c h a i n s o f c o m m a n d . T h i s

l en t i t sel f to a cr edi bi li t y pr obl em

A O CI! r a t i n g , 20 p er cen t f or t h e

f or

ea c h

p er cen t

coach

or

O I C . T h e 10

coa ch / O I C i n p u t

is

s u b t r a c t ed f r o m t h e A O C t o t a l f o r

t he appli cabl e r at i ng cycl e. Test data com pi l ed duri n g t he f al l an d spr i ng r ati ng cy cles of 1978-1979 sh ow ed a v er y h i g h cor r el at i on t o

t h e M OM . B ased upon t h ese r esul t s, th e M PA w as adopt ed for im pl em ent ati on i n t he f al l of 1979.

C ad et s w er e b r i ef ed on t h e ch a n g es

t h e pr ocedur es. Sem est er

an d

c u m u l a t i v e M P A ’ s w er e c o n v er t ed

fr om prev i ous M OM st an di ngs.

Spri ng end of sem est er i n str uct or r at i n gs w ere m ade and t h e M PA w as i naugur at ed . A cl oser l ook at ev a l u a t i o n

a r e a w i l l b et t er

expl ai n t he sy st em .

I n st r u ct or

r at i n g s ar e a ccom

pl i sh ed at t he en d of each semester an d f ol l owi ng t h e mi dsem est er pr ogr ess report . Th i s al l ow s each cadet t o be r at ed by at l east 14-18 in str uct or s each r at i n g cy cl e. Th e en d of spri n g an d f al l mi dt er m r ati n gs count f or th e f al l r at i n g cy cl e an d the end of f all and spri n g mi dt er m count f or th e spri n g r ati n g cycl e. I n st r uct or s r at e t h ei r sect i on s on a n O E R -l i k e sca l e of 1

t o 4. Onl y 25 per cent can h ave a t op 1” r ati n g, but al l ot h er s can h av e t h e “ 2” r ati n g. A “ 3” i s m argi n al an d a “ 4” d ef i ci en t . A l l d ef i ci en t

r ati n gs ar e accom pani ed by a descri pti on of t he cadet ’s defi ci en t ar ea. Th ese rati ngs ar e based on t h e i n st r u ct or ’s ev a l u a t i on of t h ei r

mi li t ar y per f or m an ce (appear an ce, conduct , cl ass pr epar ati on , et c.) an d not on t h e gr ade ach i eved. N ot s u r p r i si n g l y t h o u g h , m a n y d efi ci en t cad et s a r e al so r ecei v i n g

f ai l i ng gr ades.

T h e coa ch

or

OIC

of

an

on -

season sport or acti v i ty r ates t h e team or acti vi t y m ember s i n t h e s a m e m a n n er a s t h e i n s t r u ct o r s a t

the end of each season usi n g t h e cri t er i a f el t t o be m ost i m por t ant by t he r at er . L eader shi p , per son al ap pear a n ce an d con d uct ar e ex ampl es of som e cr i t eri a used.

Spri ng and f al l r at i n gs count f or the f all r at i n g cy cl e an d wi nter r ati n gs count f or t he spr i ng M PA .

(Th e spri n g r ati n gs occur t oo l at e to be i n cl uded i n t h e spri ng M PA ).

T he cadet per f or m an ce r eport i s

accomplished at the end of each promotion cycle. The fall cycl e r un s

f r om

T r a n si t i on

W eek

in

August until Thanksgi ving. The 21

spr i ng cy cl e r un s f rom T h ank s gi v i ng unt i l aft er Spri n g Br eak an d Recogn i ti on . Th ese cycl es al so par al l el th e tr ai n i n g ph ases f or t h e f our t h cl ass. A t hi r d pr om oti on per i od dur i ng Offi cer TVan si ti on f r om spri ng br eak unti l gr aduat i on i s n ot r at ed. Cadet s ar e r at ed by t heir i m m edi at e super vi sor an d additi onal l y r ated by a fi r st cl ass c a d et i n t h e c h a i n o f c o m m a n d .

R a t i n g s a r e m a d e i n ei g h t perf or m an ce areas l eadi n g t o an o v er a l l ev a l u a t i o n . St u d i es a r e n o w

u n d er w a y

to

p a t t er n

the

ev a l u a t i o n a r ea s t o ea c h cl a s s o r

posi t i on bei n g r at ed. T hi s w oul d al l ow a m or e com p r eh en si v e ev al uat i on by th e cadet r at er .

Cadet peer r at i n gs, st i l l used wi t h each cadet i denti f yi ng t h e t op c a d et a n d b ot t o m t w o c a d et s i n h i s

or her cl ass, h ave no di r ect i nput i n to t he M PA , but ar e used as a coun sel i n g t ool by t h e A OC i n cadet per f orm ance debri efi n gs.

Th e A OC r ati ng i s t h e onl y r ati n g wh er e an M PA i s assi gned di r ectl y . Cadet s ar e gi ven any t w o di gi t r at i ng f rom 0.0 t o 4.0 wi t h an y r ati n g bel ow 1.0 bei n g an A OC “ F ” gr ade. T he con tr ol s ar e appli ed by h avi n g each A OC m eet a 2.8 av er age M PA f or each cl ass r ated.

T h e A OC i n cl udes al l aspect s of t h e cadet ’s per f or m an ce i n m aki n g t hi s r at i ng, subj ecti vel y w ei ghi n g speci fi c j ob per f or m an ce, con duct an d l eader sh i p as he or she sees i t .

B ec a u s e t h e f ou r t h c l a s s c a d et s

have n o i n str uct or r ati ng f r om t h e previ ous spri n g sem est er , B asi c Cadet Tr ai n i ng (BCT ) r ati n gs ar e m ade by t h e BCT A OC usi n g t h e s a m e sc a l e a n d

c on t r o l s a s t h e

i n str uct or r ati ngs. T hi s r ati n g t h en com p r i ses h a l f of t h e i n str uct or ” i n put or 15 per cent of a

t h e f o u r t h c l a s s c a d et s f a l l M P A .

m i n i m u m st a n d a r d o f 2 .0 0 a r e d ef i c i en t . T h e se c a d et s a r e

r evi ewed by t h e M i li t ar y Rev i ew Com mit t ee (M RC). Th e M RC i s desi gned t o par al l el t h e academi c cl ass

co m m i t t ees

in

b ot h

el em en t s . T h e m em b er s i n c l u d e :

d i sen r ol l m en t . M i n or m od i f i ca

al l

m i ssi on

4 Squadr on A OCs - one f r om each gr oup

2 A cad em i c I n st r u ct or s (i n cl u d

i ng al t er n ates, each di vi si on i s r epr esen t ed) 1 I nstr uct or fr om M i l i t ar y Tr ai ni ng

1 P E I n s t r u ct o r w h o i s a l s o a n

i nt er col l egi ate coach 1 M edi cal Repr esent ati v e 1 Secr et ar y / Recor der fr om t h e C W st af f

T h e M R C r ev i ew s t h e r ec or d s o n a l l d efi ci en t c a d et s a n d m a k es r ec o m m en d a t i o n s t o t h e C o m

m a n d a n t an d t h e A cad em y B o ar d .

A l l defi ci en t cadet s are pl aced on a p t i t u d e p r o b a t i o n . A f t er i nt er vi ewi ng sel ect ed cadet s t h e M RC

can

di sen r ol l m en t

al so

r eco m m en d

t h r ou g h

a

C om

m a n d a n t ’s B o a r d . O t h er r ec o m m en d a t i on s c a n i n c l u d e r em o v a l

f r om on -season st at u s, m a n d a t or y

summ er pr ogr am s or oth er speci al t r ai ni n g. Th e M RC al so aw ar ds M PA ’s to t h ose cadet s havi n g i n suffi ci ent dat a f or com put ati on of a sem ester M PA , such as Ser vi ce A cademy and Fr en ch A cadem y ex ch an ge cadet s and t ur n back s.

T h e r es u l t s of t h e fi r st s em est er

wer e en cour agi ng. On l y t w o t o

t h r ee p er cen t of t h e W i n g scor ed

b el o w t h e m i n i m u m 2 .0 st a n d a r d .

A p pr ox i m at el y

s c or ed

a b ov e

36-38

3 .0 0

an d

per cen t w ill

be

ar e com put ed. Th e cumul ati v e M PA i s fi gur ed on a r ati o of 2-3-4-5

pr ovi din g t hey ar e n ot defi ci ent i n

f r om fr eshm an t o seni or year . T hi s w ei gh ti n g al l ow s th ose wh o st ar t poorl y to recov er and i n sur es m axi m um wei ghti n g i n fi r st cl ass y ear wh en cadet s h av e t h e most r espon si bi l i t y f or t h e oper at i on of the Wi ng. Cadet s r ecei vi ng an

i n cr eased i nput s m ak e t he M PA a m or e eq ui t a bl e ev al u at i on of mi li t ary per f orm ance. Th er e i s a f eeli ng of com pet i n g agai n st a st an dar d r at her t h an agai n st each

cu m u l at i v e M P A s

ov er t h e c ad et ’s f our y ear c ar eer

A O C “ F ” or w h ose M PA , sem est er

or

22

cum ul at i ve, f al ls bel ow t h e

ca d et s w h o se

r eq ui r em en t a n d con t i n u ed f a i l u r e

h a s m em b er s f r om

r ecogni zed by bei n g pl aced on t h e

an d

of

apt i t ude for com mi ssi on ed ser vi ce i s quest i on abl e i s en h an ced .

Coun sel i ng f or defi ci ent cadet s h as not chan ged an d m an y agen ci es st and ready t o assi st t hem i n t h ei r im pr ov em en t . Ev er y one k n ows a 2.0 0 M PA i s a g r a d u at i on

com posi t i on an d scope. I t i s ch ai r ed by t h e D eput y Com m an dant f or t h e Cadet Wi n g an d

i n put s ar e t all i ed,

On ce al l

s em est er

i d en t i f i ca t i o n

Com m an d an t’s

M er i t

L i st

a c a d e m i c s o r a t h l et i c s . M o s t c a d et s a n d o f f i c e r s f e e l t h e

ot h er

and

b ec a u se

no

r an k

or d er i n g i s u sed , t h e ex act sem est er

an d cumul at i ve M PA i s al way s r el easabl e t o t h e cadet . Ear l y

t o per f orm wi l l r esul t i n pr obabl e

ti on s m ay st il l be needed i n t h e M PA pr ocedur es, but th e M i li t ar y P er f or m a n ce A v er a g e i s a si gni fi can t st ep t ow ar ds i n suri n g t h e A cadem y gr aduates t he best possi ble offi cer s pr epar ed t o t ak e t heir pl ace i n t oday ’s A i r For ce.

A i r F or ce Sp ace Sh u t t l e N o m i n ees H q U SA F recen t ly an noun ced 80 sel ectees for f i nal com pet i ti on f or appoi n t ment to t he Space Sh utt le Pr ogr am. T h e li st of U SA F Gr aduat es in t he gr oup is li st ed below . F in al select i on s wi l l be an noun ced i n M ay 1980.

P ilots — Fr an k T . Birk J oh n E . B l a h a

68 65

Stanl ey E . B oyd Roy D . Bri dges, J r .

66

Guy S. Gar dn er Geor ge J . H oert er

69 68 68 65

P atr ick A . C olli n s

K er r y E . K i l l eb r ew

J a m es R . K l ei n

Gar y W. M att h ew s

E d w a r d T . M es c h k o D a v id W . M ila m

T i m ot h y F . O’K eefe Davi d M . Ph i l li ps E l t on T . P ol l ock

Davi d C. Spencer Paul D . T ack abury

M i s si o n Sp e ci a l i st s —

L arr y D . A ut r y Ron al d G. Br adley Geor ge E . Can non

D ou g l a s M . C ar l son

W i l l i a m W . C r i m m el St ev en J . C z o n st k a C o r t L . D u r o c h er

J oseph L . F ai x

R ob er t B . G i f f en C a r l M . H a t l el i d

R og er A . M osel ey R og er P . N eel an d G eor g e C . N i el d I V

R i c h a r d C . O l i v er A r t h u r L . P a v el

J oh n H . Pl et ch er , J r .

Way ne E . Rhy n ar d, J r .

J a m es W . Sm o l k a

J a m es W . T i l l ey I I R ob er t C . W a r d

65 70

64

65 63 64

68 68 69 67 71 67

66 70

68 67

68 66

65 65 68 64

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i n an O V -10 a cci d en t n or t h of K u n san A i r

Base, Republic of Korea on 28 November

1979. J ohn i s survi ved by hi s wi f e El l en , 3721

Sebille, A lexandri a, L a. 71301 and hi s parents Mr . and Mrs. K .W. Vosburg, 62 Soun dvi ew A ve., Oy st er B ay , N .Y . 11771.

Whi l e at t h e A cadem y , V os w as a member of th e 24t h Cadet Squ adr on and m aj ored i n

B eh av i or al Sci en ce. T h e B u d s w i l l al w a y s

r emember h i m as a bi g m an w it h a h eart an d soul t o m atch . H e w as a fi er ce competit or on

t h e at h l et i c f i el d s a n d l ea d t h e Ph an t om s t o

con secut i ve M al an aphy t r oph i es. B ut off t h e fi el d V os w as a qui et , gentl e per son an d al w ay s m ade an ef f or t t o hel p t h ose w h o n eed ed h i m .

A ft er gr aduati ng fr om th e A cademy J oh n at t ended pi l ot t r ai ni ng at Wi l li am s A F B , A r i zon a. H e th en j oi ned TA C as a pi l ot i n t h e A -7D at Engl an d A F B , L oui si an a. A t t h e t i m e of h i s d eat h J oh n w a s ser v i n g a r em ot e

tour i n K or ea assi gn ed t o th e 19t h T A SS, Osan A B , ROK as an OV -10 pi l ot .

J oh n ’s d eat h l eav es a v oi d i n t h e l i v es of al l

On 4 Oct ober 1979, Capt ai n M ar k A .

Pet er son , Cl ass of 1971, w as decl ar ed K I A af t er h avi n g been li sted as M I A si n ce 27 J an uary 1973. M ark w as t h e pi l ot of an OV l OA ai r cr aft whi ch w as r epor ted mi ssi n g whi l e on an oper ati on al mi ssi on i n Sout h V i et nam . H e i s surv i ved by h i s par ent s, M r . an d M r s. M a ur i t z P . Pet er son , 28 W est M oon

V al l ey Dri ve, Ph oeni x A Z 85023.

M ark w as a m ember of 10t h Squadr on . H e serv ed on th e Car Com mi t t ee, w as a m em ber of t h e Ri fl e T eam , an d par ti ci pated i n t h e Sk i Cl ub, A er o Cl ub , Gun Cl ub and Wat er Sk i

I

C l u b . M a r k w a s o n t h e D ea n ’ s L i st t h r ee

sem est er s an d t h e Superi nt enden t ’s li st t w o sem est er s; h e m aj or ed i n E n gi n eer i n g M an a g em en t .

M a r k w a s a w a r d ed h i s si l v er w i n g s a t

Cr ai g A F B upon gr aduati on fr om pi l ot t r ai ni n g. H e w as assi gn ed t o t h e 23r d T acti cal A i r Support Squadr on at N akhon Ph an om , Th ai l an d at th e t i m e of t h e a c ci d en t .

wh o knew hi m but hi s m em or y and ex am pl e w i l l l i v e on i n al l of u s. C on t r i b ut i on s i n

J oh n ’s n ame m ay be m ade t o t h e St .

Dom i ni c’s A thl et i c Fund, 110 A nsti ce, Oy st er B ay , N .Y ., 1177 1.

(A r t G eor g e ’76)

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J oh n R. Drap er, 7 7

F r a n k B . Sl as h er , ’6 7

M aj or Fr an k B . Sl ush er , Cl ass of 1967, w as

k i l l ed i n a n F -l l E ai r cr af t a cci d en t of f t h e

I L t J ohn R. Gr aper , Cl ass of 1977, di ed on 21 D ecember 1979 fr om i nj uri es r ecei ved as a

coast of En gl and on 12 December 1979. H e i s sur vi ved by hi s par en t s, Mr . an d M r s. H ar ol d B . Sl ush er , 10610 Gri m sby L ane, Ci nci n nat i ,

r esu l t of a ci v i l i a n ai r cr af t a cci d en t n ea r

Bur t at ten ded Pur due U n i v er si t y f or on e y ear pr i or t o comi ng t o U SA FA . H e gr aduat ed f r om th e 12th Cadet Squadr on .

M aj or in g i n En gi n eer i ng Sci ence, h e w as on t h e D ean ’s L i st f our sem est er s, t h e Com m an dant ’s L i st t w o semest er s, and w as a m ember of t he Ski , En gi neeri ng, an d H andbal l Cl ubs. H e part i ci pat ed i n v ar si t y gol f , l et ter i n g on e y ear , and ser vi n g as m an ager f or on e year .

Fol l owi n g n avi gat or tr ai ni ng at M ather A F B , Burt ser ved as WSO w it h t he 16t h T acti cal Fi ght er Squadr on at Egl i n A F B ; t h e 480t h Tacti cal Fi ght er Squadr on at Ph u Cat , V i et nam ; an d t he 53r d T act i cal Fi ght er Squadr on at Bi t bur g A B , Ger m any . H e w as l ater assi gn ed to N el l i s A FB as t h e F-4 OT& E

Gr aper, 37 Eastwood Dri ve, San Mateo, CA

O H 4 5 2 4 1.

Proj ect Offi cer with the 422nd Fighter

Weapon s Squ adr on and ser v ed as an A i de at t he T acti cal Fi ght er Weapon s Cent er . A t t h e ti m e of hi s deat h , Burt w as assi gn ed t o t h e 79t h T act i cal Fi ght er Squadron at U pper H ey for d, En gl an d.

B ur t ear n ed four Di sti n gui sh ed Fl yi ng Cr osses, tw o M eri t ori ous Ser vi ce M edal s, n i n e A i r M edal s, an d t h e A i r F or ce C o m m en d a t i o n M ed a l .

T he m emori al cer em ony w as hel d at t h e Pr otest ant Cadet Chapel on 29 Decem ber 19 79 .

Gor m an , Cal i f or ni a. H e i s sur v i v ed by hi s f ath er , M r . J oh n C. Gr aper , 2504 Car melit a, Bel m ont , CA 94002; hi s moth er , M r s. Dori s J .

94403; and h i s br ot h er , C I C M ar k W. Gr aper , 28t h Cadet Squadr on .

J oh n w as a m em b er of t h e 27t h C a d et

Squadron while at the Academy. He maj ored

i n Engi neeri n g Sci ence an d w as an h on or gr adu at e.

J oh n r ecei v ed hi s pi l ot ’s wi ngs at Wi l l i am s A F B an d r em ai n ed t h er e a s a n i n st r uct or

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Earl P. H opper , ’65 M i ch a el J . B osi lj ev a c, ’67 M or g a n J . D on ah u e, ’67

Denni s G. Pugh , ’67 Don al d E . Sh ay , ’67

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CLASS NEW S B A R N W E L L i s A ssi st a n t C h i e f i n t h e A r m a m en t L a b a t

Egl i n and M el POL L A RD i s Chi ef of Pl an s and Pr ogr ams i n t h e Range Squadr on at H il l . I h ad r eport ed ear li er t h a t

W ay n e P i t t m a n

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o f R e a d i n es s . J i m m i e J A Y i s C h i ef o f t h e

M obi li t y Div i si on i n A F/ PA X an d T om ST A CK i s at t h e N aval Post Gr ad Sch ool i n M ont err ey . U pdat es on a coupl e

B el a t ed con gr at u l at i on s t o t h e f ou r t een n ew C ol on el s el ec t ees : D a v e A R C H I N G , J a c k B R Y A N , B o b D E L L I G A T T I , A 1 G A G L I A R D I (st a r t i n g t o r ea d li k e a

M af i a r ost er ), J on GA L L O, St eve H A M E R, T om H OU SE , L ei gh H U N T , J oh n M A N T E I , CV M I L L E R, J oe

of our ai r l i n es cl assm a t es : St ev e GA L I O S i s a B oei n g 7 2 7

fl i gh t i n st r uct or wi t h U n i t ed out of Den ver and J oh n

G U L L E D G E i s a W est er n f i r st of f i cer i n L os A n g el es.

Th e Edit or advi ses m e t h at pict ur es ar e al w ay s wel com e . . . wh en you writ e, send al on g some ph ot os t o o .

M O R GA N , J oh n R E E V E S , K en T H O M P SO N , a n d - i n a b s en t i a — T o m D E R R I C K S O N . T h e r e s h o u l d h a v e b een

ex act l y t wi ce agai n t h at number , but we’r e pr oud of t h o s e wh o w ere sel ected and con fi dent t h at som e m or e wi ll j oi n t h e l i st n ex t y ear .

I m en t i o n ed i n a n e a r l i er C H E C K P O I N T S t h a t I h a d

h ear d , b u t n ot con f i r m ed , t h a t T om C H A SE an d P a u l D O U SK E Y h ad r et i r ed . I t t ur n ed out t o b e a v al i d r u m or — T om i s i n C al i f or n i a , bu t I don ’t k n ow a bou t P a ul . A d d t o

t h e gr owi ng li st th e f ol lowi ng : Bob CH E POL I S, Roger CON A N T , L eo PRESCOT T , D ave RI CHA RT , and Wall y SC H M I D T — a l l l i st ed a s r et i r ed , b ut d et ai l s u n k n ow n t o

me. Woul d appr eci at e a car d f r om y ou so I can pass o n det ai l s. L arr y COT T ON h as r et ir ed i n San A n t on i o, Ed J O SE P H SO N i n E x et er , N .H ., a n d N at K E E Z E L L i n M ar i et t a , G A . A r t E L SE R i s i n C ol or a d o Sp r i n g s an d D i c k

T RA I L i s buyi ng out h i s Dad’s f ar m i n M cCook , N B . Di ck also r eport s t h at h e h opes t o be abl e t o use hi s A T P t i c k e t

f or som e cor por at e f l y i n g i n t h e L ear j et on t h e si de.

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Di ck GOT ZE appear s t o h ave escaped t he Pent agon ear ly ; I got a ch ange i n hi s addr ess t o M at h er , but n o det ai l s. A l so, a coupl e of n ew com m an d posi ti on s: Br ad H OSM ER t aki n g ov er th e 347T FW at M oody and Gene V O S I K A n o w H a n k C A N T E R B U R Y ’S V i ce w i t h t h e 56 T F W at M acDill ! Fun ny t h ey ’d put t wo Cl assmat es i n t h e

same wi ng li k e t h at —wi t h so m an y uni ts h avi n g t o scr ape by wi th noth i ng but ’60 gr ads. L arr y F ORT N ER mov ed u p t o D O of t h e 96 B W a t D y ess .

B o b O A K S h a s t a k e n o v er a s A ss i s t a n t f o r R e a d i n e s s

at U SA F E —t h or oug h l y en j oy s w a l k i n g t o w or k a f t er h i s

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48 55 D E l C a m i n o D r .

Color ado Spri ngs, CO 80918 A V 2 5 9-2 2 7 0

20-Y ear R eun i on B IG CH A N CE !

Ou r 2 0 - Y ear R eun i on w i l l b e h el d d u r i n g t h e r eg u l a r a l u m n i H o m eco m i n g w eek en d , 18 - 2 1 S e p t e m b er 19 8 0 , r a t h e r t h a n t h i s J u n e a s p r ev i o u sl y a n n o un ced . T o m B U R K E , o ur R eu n i o n Ch a i r m a n , ex t en d s o u r ap o l o gi es t o t h o se w h o m a y h av e bee n i n c on v en i e n ced . L et m e ex p l a i n : T w o t h i n g s a r o s e h e r e l a s t w e e k (l a t e J a n u a r y ) t h a t l e d T o m t o d e ci d e t o ch a n g e t h e d a t e . F i r st , t h e A c a d e m y , i n a n ec o n o m y m o v e , f o r m a l l y a d o p t ed a

po l i cy t h a t w o u l d h a v e r est r i ct ed t h e a m ou n t o f su p p o r t av a i l a bl e t o u s o r t o o t h er n o n -ca d et g r o u p s.

S p ec i f i c a l l y , w e c o u l d n o t e x p e c t b u s t r a n sp o r t a n d

t h e M i t ch el l H al l b an q u et l oo k ed v er y q u est i o n a bl e.

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I t se em s t h e A c a d e m y m a y h o st a Su m m e r Sp o r t s F e st i v a l , a n d i t c o u l d ev e n b e t h e si t e o f a v e r si o n o f

t h e 19 8 0 O l y m p i cs. E i t h er ev en t u a l i t y w o u l d p u t o ur r eu n i o n

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t el ep h on e co n f er en ce an d t en t a t i v el y d eci d ed i t w ou l d b e b et t er t o sw i t ch t h a n f i gh t . T om t h en act i v a t ed h i s t el eph on e n et w o r k a n d g ot a st r aw p o l l f r o m ab ou t t h r ee d ozen Cl a ssm at es. T h e m aj or i t y con cur r ed i n t h e d eci si on , w h i l e o n l y a f ew obj ect ed . So pl a n s an d r o o m r eser v at i o n s h av e b een ch an g ed . M ar k y ou r cal en d a r an ew - i t w i l l b e i n Sept em b er , w i t h ou r m a i n g et - t o g et h r t o t ak e p l ace on T h u r sd a y ev en i n g , t h e 18 t h .

Cl ass Cr est . J ock SCHWA N K repor t s t h at w e ar e

ab ou t h al f w ay t o our g oal of col l ect i n g f u n d s f or t h e cr es t .

F if ty-ei ght of t h e 163 cl assm at es wh o ar e A OG member s h ave made th eir 20 doll ar (or gr eater ) cont r i but i on s. T h a t m e a n s a b o u t o n e-t h i r d o f u s n o w h a v e h o l i er -t h a n -t h o u

count en ances, whi le about 100 n eed st i l l an ot h er ki ck t o t h e post er ior as a r emi nder . I f y ou f all i nt o t h e l at t er cat egor y , pl ease mail y our 20 buck s t o L T C Jock Sch wan k , c/ o Th e A ssoci at i on of Gr aduat es, U SA F A cademy , CO 80840. Com e on guy s, do i t t oday whi l e it ’s on your m i n d , an d pl ease sti ck i n a news n ote f or t he nex t i ssue o f t h i s

li vi n g i n Sti l lw at er , Okl ahom a wh er e h er h usban d is a busi n essm an . Sh e wr i t es t h at D ave’s son , J on , w i l l gr aduat e f r om hi gh sch ool t h is y ear , a N at i on al M er it Sch ol ar w it h except i on ally hi gh SA T and A CT scores.

Way n e an d B ar bar a K E N DA L L ar e st il l i n j olly ol d E ngl and, but t h ey ar e m or e t h an r eady t o r et ur n st at esi de.

Qu i ck i es. Bi l l K ORN I T ZE R i s t he new A D O of t h e 43 7 M A W at C h ar l est on A F B . R on PA T C H E T T h a s P C S’d

t o A n dr ew s wh er e h e’s Chi ef , Fi ght er Di vi sion an d Paul V A L L ERI E h as post ed t o K irt l an d. J er r y CA SK E Y i s i n t h e T A WC at Egl i n wh er e K ar l J ON E S i s also t o be f oun d.

St ev e B I SH O P h a s m ov ed t o S an t a F e f r om w h en ce h e com m u t es t o D en v er t o f l y f or U n i t ed . M i l es K A SP A R i s

Com m ander of t h e 150t h A ir Ref ueli n g Sq at M cGuir e a n d H al B ROST i s Deput y Dir ect or of Budget f or A SD at Wri ght -Patt . Fi n all y , t h e n ew est r et ur nee t o t h e Pi k es P e a k

r eg i on i s J i m W A D D L E dow n a t N O R A D .

Con cl u si o n s. Pl an t o be at t h e r eun ion ! Sen d your ch eck t o J ock an d, m ean wh i le, l et me kn ow wh at y ou ’v e been up t o so I can l et my pr i v at e det ecti v e t ake a h oli day .

col u m n .

N ew B i r d Co l o n el s. Con gr at ul at i ons to seven m or e F ul l B u l l s: J er r y d el a C RU Z , K ar l J O N E S, R al p h

L A L I M E , F at m a c M A C F A R L A N E , D on ST E V E N S, A l ex Z I M M E R M A N a n d J i m W A D D L E (B T Z ).

G o ssi p . Geor ge FRI E S cal led f rom L angl ey t h e ot h er day t o say h e h ad PC S or der s t o go t o Seoul i n M ay a s C h i ef of Comput er Ops f or U S F or ces, K or ea. L et ’s h ope y ou c a n cat ch a h op back f or t h e 20-y ear r euni on , Geor ge (ch eck wit h T on y BU RSH N I CK at Yokot a). Geor ge ment i on ed t h a t M A C F A R L A N E a n d J i m A L E X A N D E R w er e a l s o a t L an gl ey — F at m ac i n Fi gh t er A cqui si t i on an d J i m i n t h e

I nt er oper abilit y Gr oup. CT DOU GL A SS I I I i s f lyi n g f or West er n A i r l i n es, l i v es i n M i n n eapol i s an d r ecen t l y acqui r ed CT t h e I V t h , Sierr a H ot el ! Chuck WA T E RM A N i s a C-5 I P at T r avi s w h er e T om SE E BODE is t he Win g V ice Comm an der an d Ch ar li e L I GGET T i s i n th e ai r r ef ueli n g busi n ess. Doug RE CK EN T H A L ER w as by h er e l ast week .

H e’s at Of fut t A FB but ex pect s t o r et ir e i n A pri l an d t a k e a j ob i n Washi n gt on , DC. A l so pl anni n g t o r eti r e t hi s su m m er ar e F r an k M A Y B E RR Y , C r es SH I E L D S, G or d on

F L Y GA RE , Bil l H ODSON an d J ack BRU SH . Wh o el se? (I hope n eit h er t h e A y at oll ah nor t h e Russi ans f rust r at e t h ose pl an s.) Gor don w i l l pr ob abl y b e r em ai n i n g i n N or m an , Ok l ah om a, Cr es wil l be st ayi n g i n Col or ado a s w i l l B i l l w h o w i l l b e r ei n c a r n a t e d a s a d ef en s e c o n s u l t a n t .

J ack r ecent ly l ooked i nt o t h e possi bi li t y of bei n g a s k i i n str uct or at A spen but w as t ol d h e f aced t wo pr oblem s: on e w as im age — eit h er h e n eeded t o be y oun g, vi gor ous an d h an dsom e wit h l ot s of h ai r , or h e h ad t o be a cr aggy a n d di st i n g ui sh ed com b at v et er an of t h e 10t h M ou n t ai n

Divi si on of WWI I f ame, pr ef er ably wi t h a N or w egi an o r A ust ri an accent . H i s secon d pr obl em w as ski l l (or l ack

t h er eof) — y ou h av e t o b e ab l e t o sk i . D i sap p oi n t ed o n b o t h cou n t s. J a ck i s l ook i n g el sew h er e f or h i s secon d c ar eer .

D en i s W A L SH w r i t es f r om M ax w el l t h at I k eep m essi n g u p

h is f irst n am e w h ich , h e says, r hy m es wi t h a pr om i nent port i on of t h e mal e an at om y. Speak i ng of w hi ch, Deni s W .

w r i t es, D en i s H A N E Y i s on t h e st af f at A C SC w h i l e

m ar i n e H owi e WH I TF I E L D is bei ng r e-bl ued at A WC an d al l att en ded a Ch ri st m as open h ouse at t h e h om e of D o n ST E V E N S i n M on t g om er y . H oy t P R I N D L E w r ot e f r om

N apl es wh er e h e i s Speci al A ssi st ant t o t h e Ch i ef of S t a f f o f A F SOUT H wh il e Car ol i s st udy i ng I t al i an an d doi n g l ot s of t r av el l i n g a n d t h ei r d au g h t er , C i n di , i s a f r esh m an a t

th e U n iv er si t y of M ar y l an d, M un ich . H oy t an d Car ol r ecen t ly co-st ar r ed i n a l i t t l e t h eat r e pr oduct i on o f “ C a l i f or n i a S u i t e” . H ow

’ b o u t t h a t !! A l s o a b r o a d a n d

l ear ni n g a l anguage i s T ed ST U M M at J U SM M A T in T ur k ey . J an et Gr if fi t h , widow of Dav e L A CH EL T , i s 26

I n 19 79 t he A O G sp on sor ed a n ew m aj or org a n i za t i o n a l a w a r d , t h e S U P E R I N T E N D E N T S A WA R D F O R A TH L E TI C E X CE L L E N CE . 4t h Sq uad r o n w on f or com bi n ed i n t r a m u r a l a n d i n te r col leg i a t e a cco mp l i sh m e n ts .

M O V IN G ??

Not ify t he A OG . . .

Upd at e yo ur rec o rd s . . .

Jo in a Cha pt er at yo ur new bas e . . .

Use yo ur Reg ist er to locat e f riends

T h om as L . Sut t on 17 14 M ead ow br ook D r .

A bi l en e, T X 7960 3 H om e Ph on e: (9 15) 677-8730 A V 4 6 1-2 2 4 2

H avi n g moaned a li t t l e bit i n t h e last i ssue about g oi n g

behi nd us, and quit e frankly, I don’t see how they will ever catch up under their present sy st em .

Sam ’s ar t i cle was ex cell en tly wr i tt en an d r ecoun ted t h e

experiences and conversat ions he had duri ng hi s vi sit. I

enj oy ed readin g it .

Sam sent alon g a couple ph ot os t o pr ove h e’d been t h er e. I ’m sur e y ou’l l be pleased t o n ot ice h ow sli m a n d healt hy t h e ol d wide r ecei v er l ooks.

to Eur ope on rotati on for 75 days, I have to confess t h a t I w a s only there for 35 days. The wing commander came for a

vi sit at m i d-r ot e an d br ought m e home wi t h hi m so t h at I

could practi ce for the OKI we antici pat e soon. About t h r ee days before I found out I was coming home early, I r a n i n t o Roger WOODBURY in the Mildenhall Base Operations.

We swapped sob stories and he promised to lock me up t h e next tri p through Mildenhall . Then, two weeks l ater I w a s grabbing a fast greasy burger in the Pope AFB fli ght l i n e sn ack bar dur i ng our ORI wh en in w al k ed Roger . H e w as a l ot m or e sh ock ed t o see m e t h er e t h a n I w as t o see h i m .

Roger has enj oyed a di versifi ed career. He droned over

t h e A t l an t i c i n R C -12 1s f or a w h i l e; f l ew C l 23s i n t h e “ bi g

war;’’ career broadened at I ndi ana University and on t h e 13t h AF staff i n the Phili ppines; learned about MAA Gs a t Kenitra, Morocco; broadened again as a TA G i ntel li gence offi cer at Langley; and has now been swept up i n the b i g back to the cockpi t move. Roger is an Aircraft Commander o n

C 141s out of M cGuir e A F B . H e f ly s t h e bi g bi r d ov er t h e

Atl anti c. The only difference bet ween his Lieutenant j ob

and h i s L i eut en an t Colon el j ob i s t h at hi s pl ane n ow swi shes r at h er t h an dr on es. But of cour se it ’s a l ot t o ug h er

to fly the big birds now. You have t o carry about five t i m e s a s many r ules. I don’t mean to sound sarcasti c. We’re i n t h e Air Force to fly airplanes, and I do enj oy i t. So does R og er .

L arry KARNOWSKI writes that he too has received a call back t o t h e cock pit , but due t o h i s t w o y ears i n t h e U .S .

Navy prior to the cadet days, he is exerci sing hi s opt i on t o seek r emuner at i on i n t h e ci v i li an worl d. L arr y sai d t h a t I

Our Sam H A RDA GE on Grea t Wal l of Ch i n a wi th mem bers of t he Red A r my .

ought to feel honored as I had recei ved onemore letter f r o m

h i m t h ese l ast t w o y ear s t h an h is mot h er h ad (1-0=0). H e feels t h at h e h as accumul at ed enough “ br i c-a-br ac’’ f r o m ar oun d t h e wor ld duri ng hi s 5,000 f ly i n g h our s. I guess

L arr y echoed t h e sent i ment s of a number of our

Cl assmat es an d t h ose in t h e pr ecedin g Cl asses w h en h e obser v ed t h at “ i t wi ll be t ough leavi ng an d t hi n ki n g y o u r

position of greatest responsibili ty was as a Cadet’’.

Wit hout w axi n g t oo ph i l osoph ical , one of t h e lesson s we lear n i n t h i s lif e i s th at i n bi g or gani zati on s o n e ’ s advan cemen t or l ack of adv ancem en t is not necessari l y r el at ed t o on e’s sk i ll , abi l it y , or pot ent i al . I n m any i nstan ces i t r eal l y does depend on wh er e one i s at t h e t i m e .

I n a cl ass of in di vi duals as out st andi n g as t h e en ti r e C l a s s

of ’61, the odds of everyone bei ng at the ri ght place a t t h e ri ght time are rather slim. Yet , we have many opportunities i n this life to reach our potenti al regardless of t h e or g an i za t i on s w h i ch g ov er n u s , so pr ess on g a n g a n d b e out st a n d i n g .

I can’t r esist i nsert i ng som e of Sam H A RDA GE’s l at est act i vi t i es at t hi s poi nt . I t hi n k Sam’s car eer h a s ex empli f ied some of t he spir it we ar e al l capabl e of . S a m say s:

I j ust got back f rom a t h r ee week t r i p t o Ch i n a and t h ough t y ou mi gh t be i nt er ested i n an

a r t i cl e I w r ot e f or on e of t h e l oca l n ew sp a per s.

T h e ar ti cle gi ves a poli tical view of Chi na and som e of t h e ac t i v i t i es w h i ch w e w er e i n v ol v ed

i n . I t ’s a f asci n at i ng place, and I was del i gh t ed t o fi n all y get a peek behi nd t h e bam boo cur t ai n

a f t er a l l t h ese y ear s. T h ey a r e a t l east 40 y ear s

I can ’t p ass u p t h e op p or t u n i t y t o ex t en d t h e con gr at ulati ons of t h e cl ass t o t h ose t en or so cl assm ates wh o wil l be pi n ni n g on t he sil v er eagl e t hi s y ear . I susp ect t h at a l l t h e n a m es w i l l be l i st ed el sew h er e i n t h i s v o l u m e o f

Ch eck po i n t s. We ar e pr oud of al l of y ou.

O n e of t h os e C o l on el sel ect ees , J i m W I L H E L M ,

phoned me recently to pass on some news of a small

reun i on h el d at hi s house r ecen t ly . Ch arl i e ST E B B I N S

was vi si ti ng the academy as a member of an academic commi ttee made up of coll ege presidents and other dignitaries. The commi ttee mi ght have been dignifi ed, b u t if the Wilhelm party was, I wi ll be very surprised. I d o n ’t th i n k I ’ve h ad so m uch f un at a par t y as t h ose “ 61” p ar t i es

i n t h e sh a d o w o f t h e zo o .

Recei v ed anot h er ex ci ti n g let t er f rom Ch ar li e an d

S ar a h ST E B B I N S. T hei r li v es i n W ash i n gt o n seem t o b e

j ust as busy as all of ours are wherever we live. Sarah cl ai m s t o h ave dev el oped “ seat belt sor es” f r om dr i v in g a l l of t h e f am ily m ember s w h er ever t h ey seem t o n eed t o g o at al l hour s of t h e day . Soun ds f am il i ar . Ch ar li e is h opi ng f o r

a year recess fr om work to attend a senior service s c h o o l .

He says that he enj oys his Mt Vernon neighbors: The

B U T L E Rs, PO OL E s, W ay n e J O N E Ses, K O H O U T s, BA I N T E Rs, L ou H A B L A S, a nd M cDO N O U G H s. H e cl ai ms t h at t h e N EGRON I s m ay be j oi ni n g t he nei gh b o r h o o d n ex t s u m m er .

It was a real pleasure to get a card f rom Linda

RA W L I N S . T he m er e f a ct t h at L i n d a w r ot e i n st ea d of M i k e

i ndicates how busy a tac fi ghter squadron commander st ays. Mi ke and Li nda are enj oyi ng thei r work i n the s u n a t

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H om est ead A F B . T heir ol dest son Dav i d i s 6’ 1” , 195 l b s . an d on ly a j uni or i n hi gh school . I seem t o r em ember M i k e as bei n g a r at h er sm all f oot ball pl ay er . B esi des bei ng w i f e and m ot h er an d squadr on mot h er , L i n da i s t he OWC

Car d fr om Ral ph CON L A N i n di cat es t h at h e i s t h e Ch i ef of Oper at i on s Pl an s f or T usl og Det 10 at I n ci r li k , Tur key . Hi s not e say s, “ H an g i n t h ere, J ack - You’r e doi ng great . Th i s i s a n on-v ol unt eer r em ot e #3. I sn ’t i t

goi ng. I t ak e of f m y h at t oo al l y ou wi v es. You’r e gr eat .

I got a car d f rom Ti m T RA V I S. H e i s t he Oper ati on s Of ficer f or t h e N av y Suppor t Faci lit y on Di ego Gar ci a I sl and . He say s, “ Gr eet i n g f r om t h e I n di an Ocean !!

Ch ange of addr ess car d f r om M i ke B UT CH K O. H e say s n ew cr op of Redt ags m ovi n g t o t h e Pent agon : “ J oh n FE R t o OSD ; Dave PEDE RSON t o A F / PA ; Bil l H A U GE N t o A F / RD; Geor ge H A RRI SON t o A F / XO. Y ou j ust can ’t beat t h e l an d of l on g h our s an d h i gh h ouse pay m ent s.

I al so got a ni ce car d f r om Bi ll H A U GE N . H e i s n ow o n t he st aff of L egi slati v e L i ai son f or R & D m att er s a t t h e Pen t agon . H e say s, “ Hel l o J ack - Well it was f un bei ng t h e DCS/ L ogi sti cs for A i r Weat h er Ser vi ce for t he l ast t w o y ear s. N ow I suspect t h i n gs wi ll get b usy . T h ey h av e alr eady t ol d m e t o f or get about leave bet w een Oct ober a n d M ay ! But i t shoul d be an i n t er est i ng j ob. We alr eady h a v e bough t a pal ace i n A n n an dal e, so Sue an d t h e ki ds (L i n da 13, Ci n dy 10, M i ke 7) sh oul d be h appy wh i l e I do pen an ce f or t h e next f ew y ears i n t he “ Fi ve si ded f un n y f ar m .” Y es , Bi ll , I st i l l r emember our j unket t h r ough Eur ope aft er t h e

presi dent . I t takes a good woman t o keep a good man B ob an d W i n i W A G N E R h av e fi n i sh ed t h ei r t w o y ear s

i n t h e t ac fi gh ter squadr on busi ness and are at t en di ng

I C A F w i t h t h e P O O L E s an d t h e B O Y D s. I ’m sur e y ou ar e

enj oyi ng t h at guy s. H owi e B OD EN HA M E R h as r et ur n ed t o T ex as as deput y com man der of th e A FPRO at Gener al Dy n ami cs i n Ft . Wor t h . L ou H A BL A S, l ik e L ee B UT L E R, i s h eadi n g a speci al gr oup i n t he Pent agon , but L ou’s i s f o r t h e A F Secr et ar y . A t t h e same t i me J ack WOL COT T i s t h e A F m ember of t h e J CS Ch ai r m an ’s “ St af f Gr oup.” J oh n SU L L I V A N w or k s wit h L ou H A B L A S in hi s Secr et ar y ’s gr oup. M ac M cCL E SK EY i s ov er t h er e i n Ger m any wi t h so m an y ot h er of our cl assm at es. M ac i s t h e RM an H ah n A B .

Car ol l CA RSON i s at Wr i ght P at t wit h an ot h er cont i ngent of 61er s whi le Ron WEE DEN h as j oin ed t h e swell i n g r ank s of b ack t o t h e cockpi t guy s. Ron i s f ly in g t h e CT -39A o u t o f M cClell an . I f y ou got t a f ly t h at i s al most t h e f att est j ob t h er e i s. M ay be Ch ar l i e D I XON an d hi s cohor t s h av e i t f att er . Ch ar li e h as r ecentl y moved t o a l ar ger h ouse i n Spr i n gfi el d, V A wh i ch h e suppor t s on hi s capt ai n ’s sal ar y f r o m A m er i c a n A i r l i n es .

So lon g f or anot h er t hr ee mont h s an d r em em ber , w e on l y h av e on e li f e, so l et ’s enj oy it wh ile it ’s h er e.

J oh n W . (J A C K ) J a m b a

Qt r s 60-A

F .E . W ar r en A F B , W Y 8200 1 A V 4 8 1-3 0 8 1

w o n d er f u l !”

1960 f i el d t r i p . Gr eat t i m e.

N ow f or a ser i es of ch an ges of addr ess. Dr . Bob

D A V E Y t o D ur at e M esa , C A ; J oe B i l l D R Y D E N

to

Edw ar ds; Bil l BROWN I N G t o El dor ado Spr i ngs, M O; A 1 HA RWI CK t o A FT EC, A I M -9M / A I M -7M T est M an ager , at K ir t l an d; Walt WI CK L E I N t o Ft . Ri ch ey , M D as t h e CM DR, A N M CC/ Computer OPS; Don B A U COM t o N or m an , OK ; Gerr y DA N I EL t o L angl ey ; Bob TA Y L OR t o Wi lli ngbor o, N J as a pi lot f or U nit ed A i r li nes out o f N e w Y or k .

Keep t h e car ds and l et ter s comi ng.

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Hi Redt ags! I ’l l st art off wit h a n ice l et t er f r om C h a r l i e PRI CE. “ I ’m t ak in g th i s oppor t uni t y t o pass on some Redt ag n ews t o y ou. Fi r st , I t ook com m an d of t h e 525 T F S (F-15 Squadr on , Bit bur g) on 29 M ar ch 79 an d M ar y J o a n d I h ad t o ex t en d t o M ar c h of ’81 t o d o t h at . T h e F -15 i s n o t

ex act l y wh at it ’s cr ack ed up t o be. I t ’s much , m uch m o r e !

L ove i t ! I k now y ou ar e awar e of Duk e GREE N ’s posi t i on as CO of th e 81st T F S at Span gdah l em . Ri ch PE RL O'TT O i s comm ander of t he 496 T F S at H ah n . T oday , Cent r al Ger man y ! Tomor r ow , t h e wor l d! Redt ags U ber A l l es!!!

M aybe 7 year s i n Ger m an y i s t oo long. Dar yl OL SON i s comi n g t o Bi t bur g f r om t h e RA F War Coll ege. Someti m e soon ... J anuar y , I t h i nk . Susan wi l l fi t r i ght i n . S h e w a s h er e t hi s f al l . Hope t o see y ou i n ’81.”

I al so got a nice l et t er f r om Ti m GI L M A RT I N . “ Sor r y I t ook so l ong t o get t h is t o y ou as I don ’t w ant us or i gi n a l Redt ags t o be t h e l ast t o get a Cl ass Cr est up. En cl osed i s my ch eck ; $25.00 f r om m e an d $25.00 t o t h e memor y of H .P , M A RT I N , as h e was one of my r oom ies i n pi l ot t r ain i ng.

L ots of Redt ags wor k f or Con ti n ent al A i r li n es, i n cl udi ng my sel f . Russ GOODEN OU GH , J i m M A CK , Bil l K N I PP, Dav e L Y ON and Dan PEM B ERT ON . H ope I h aven ’t mi ssed an yon e. Ji m M A CK , Dav e L Y ON , an d I ar e cur r ent l y i nt o mar at h on s (y es, 26.2 mi l es) an d all o f u s h ave ti mes un der f our hour s. We pr obabl y ar e i n bet t er sh ape th an we wer e dur i n g t h e dooli e day s. Enj oy y our col um n v ery much . K eep up th e good wor k .” I s an y on e el s e i n t h e cl ass r unni n g m ar at h on s? H ow about 20 mi l es? 10 mi l es? 5 mi l es? Per son al ly , I j og about 2.5 mi l es 3 t o 4 t i m es a w eek . I f eel a h eck of al ot b et t er af t er ev er y r u n . L et m e

kn ow h ow y ou ar e k eepin g y our sel v es i n sh ape dur i ng t h e sh apli er y ear s of y our li ves.

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Remem ber the ex ci temen t we al l f el t t hat day ’62 “ marched ” t o USA F A ? Twen ty -t wo y ea rs g oes f ast wh en y ou a r e h a v i ng f u n !!

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Ski p L ee

8 1 1 R ei s s

O ’F a l l on , I L 62269 H om e: (6 18) 632-139 9 W o r k : A V 6 3 8 -5 8 16

J an uar y at Scot t A F B , I L and n o sn ow , y et ! Th er e was a l i gh t dust i ng of wh it e st uff a couple of weeks ago b u t

yesterday the temperature was 60°. Sn ow bl owers are o n

sal e — ch eap! I r ecei v ed bun ch es of m ai l t hi s ti me a r o u n d but , bef or e we get i n t o t he news, I w oul d l i ke t o l et y ou kn ow

t h at J ak e J A C OB I K su f f er ed a h ear t at t a ck b a ck i n Oct ob er . V i c B L I D E N w r ot e t o l et m e k n ow J ak e w a s

get ti n g al on g very well . V i c sai d h e w as r eady t o “ . . . j um p out of bed and beat t h e pant s of f me i n r acquet bal l a f t er

spotting me 10 points . . .” You must pl ay racquetball a t

near my l ev el V i c. Ser iousl y , I k n ow J ak e’s spi r it i s g oi n g t o be di f fi cult t o put down . A l so, I agr ee wi th V i c, J a k e woul d appr eci at e h ear i ng f r om al l of us. Hi s addr ess i s 3126 San M i guel , A bil en e, T X 79065.

Ot h er m ai l i n cl ud ed a l et t er f r om M i k e G I B B ON S

at t empti n g t o answer our query on Bob M A C FA RL A N E ’S wh er eabouts . A n yw ay , i t w as a good t r y M i ke an d, i t d i d get y ou t o wr it e a l et t er . Mi k e i s h eadi ng up h is own com pan y t h ese day s - A RCH I T ECT U RA L SYST E M S I N C.—i n Dal l as. H e r eport s t he busi ness i s begi n ni n g t o t ur n a pr of it . M i k e al so advi sed h e and som e ot h er gr ad s ar e looki ng t o or gani ze a N or t h T ex as A OG Ch apt er . T h e ot h er gr ads ar e: J err y SM I T H ’62, Den n y K I N G ’63, Doug TI CE ’62, and B .J . BJ ORK L U N D ’70. Soun ds good!

Bry ant CU L B ERSON upd at ed hi s act i vi ti es i n a sh ort not e: h e i s t h e comm an der of an F-5E A dvi sor y

A lex an dri a, V A ; J oh n B OU CH A RD t o F .E. War r en , Ch ey en n e, WY as Ops Of f i cer of Det 10 37 A RRS—I cal led Bouch th e ot h er day an d h e was out f ly i ng l i ke a good oper at i on s off icer ought t o be doi n g. Bob F OL E Y t o Reston , V A af t er ser vi n g as Com man der 21 TA SSq at Sh aw ; Fr ed B A U E R t o N or f ol k as an i n st r uct or at t h e A rm ed For ces St a f f Coll ege; J ames BOGA ERT t o Tr avi s an d C-141s i n t h e 86 M A S; J ohn F RA N CI S t o Houst on , T X ; J ohn H E I DE f rom th e T -39 det at Shaw t o H Q 9A F as a Recon n ai ssan ce A ct i on Of fi cer ; J oe H I CK S i s Wi ng Ci vi l En gi neer at Yok ot a; J oh n B ORL I N G t o t h e N at i on al War Coll ege af t er t aki n g 60 day s leav e l ast sum m er . Th e l e a v e i ncl uded a f ami ly t our of E ur ope. J oh n H OC KE M E I E R t o Ram st ei n as Com m ander of t h e A F Weapon s L ab OL ; Roy M A RSH A L L to K un san as Chi ef , Ops and Tr ai ni n g; Ed PI CKE N S wi t h RE DCOM at M ac Di l l ; Bert REI N ST EI N t o L ubbock f rom Sul ph ur , L A ; Cy RI CKA RDS st udyi ng L aw at Cal Davi s; and Don WA SH B U RN at K irt l an d and t h e A F Weapons L ab . Hol l y T H OM A S wri t es h e i s n ow an 0 -6 an d Ch i ef , Depart ment of Radi ol ogy at t h e U SA F M edi cal Cen t er , Wri gh t -Patt er son A F B , OH . H e al so publi sh ed t wo paper s i n medi cal j our n al s dur i ng 1979.

Con gr at ul at ions, Doc! A n d, con gr at ul at i on s to al l t h e n e w 0 -5 a n d 0 -6 sel ect ees i n t h e cl a ss . J oh n a n d E l l en

N E H RI N G h as packed up t h ei r h ouseh old an d depar t ed Can on Cit y for Bozem an , M T . J oh n i s enr ol led i n t h e M on t an a St at e U ni ver si t y Col l ege of A r chit ect ur e. M aybe a p ot en t i a l desi gn f or our C ol or a d o m ou n t ai n c a bi n i n t h e

off i ng ? H ope your cour se of st udy con cent r at es on ener gy

ef fi ci en cy .

T hat ’s i t . M y t i me i s up an d I ’m out of paper . H ope ev ery on e h as a h appy and pr osper ous n ew y ear and new decade. You wi ll be hear i ng fr om me, soon .

J o e R o d w el l 7 0 35 O a k H i l l s P l a c e

D et ach m en t i n Sau di A r ab i a . A d dr ess : P SC B ox 4 1 A P O

N Y 09671. The sh ape of i nt er n at i on al poli ti cs bei n g w h a t th ey ar e t h ese days, Br y ant may get som e com pan y out th at way r eal soon . A quick st udy of t h e R eg i st er o f Gr ad u at es i ndi cat es a f ew of our f ol k s h ave alr eady m a d e th e t ri p t o t h e A r abi an Deser t an d back . I went t o G u a m — does th at count ? H ope so.

T om F RY ER i s becomi n g a r egul ar i t em i n t hi s c o l u m n . T o m w r o t e t o i n s u r e I k n ew h e h a d m a d e h i s

cont ri but i on t o t h e Wal l Pl aque Fun d. Th ank s. Th e ch eck h a s b een

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wi shi n g t o m ak e t h ei r don at i ons you m ay sen d t h e money dir ect t o t h e A OG. J ust r emember t o m ak e it pay abl e t o : Cl ass of 1963 A OG F und . Tom al so sent al on g wor d t h at Ken K OPK E i s Oper at i on s Of f i cer of t he 37 FT S—T err y I SA A CSON ’64 i s t h e Com man der . Terr y an d K en make up par t of a li tt le known st at i st i c i n A T C: accor di ng t o T om , t her e ar e t hr ee Fl yi ng T r ai ni n g Squadr on s i n A T C com man ded by ’64 gr ads wi t h oper at i ons of fi cers f r om t h e Cl ass of ’63. Ch eck Six ! Somebody . Bar ry BI E L I N SK I a l s o wr ot e t o t el l me h e con tributed t o t he Wall Pl aque pr oj ect . I t h i n k t h at i s g r eat ! W h y n ot s t ar t a t h i n g w h er eb y y ou d r op

me a li n e i n t he envelope y ou use t o send i n y our ch eck t o

t h e A O G . J i m W H E E L E R ’6 4 w i l l t h en sen d on t h e n ot e f or th e n ext i ssue. T h at way I kn ow how well t h e cam pai gn i s goi n g an d I get t he l at est n ews at t he same ti m e. B arr y i s

f lyi n g f or T WA out of San Fr anci sco I nt i and moon li ght s as an H H -3 pil ot wi th t h e 129 A er ospace Rescue an d Recover y Gr oup of t h e Cal i f or n i a N at i on al Guar d. Th ey ar e i n t h e pr ocess of r el ocati ng t he uni t ’s oper ati on f r o m H ay war d A pt t o M of fett N A S. Bar r y ask s anyone vi si t i ng t h e sou t h b ay a r ea t o gi v e h i m a ca l l .

S h o r t s O n R ec e n t C h a n g e s : som e of t h e i n f o i s a

li t tl e old but gener al ly accur at e (wh at do y ou w ant w h en some of t h e ch a nge of addr ess car ds r ef lect y ear ol d d a t a ?).

A 1 W O L F f r om M cC h or d a s C om m an d er 38 F I Sq t o

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G r eet i n g s f r om col or f ul (an d col d ) C ol or a d o. W i n t er i s

upon us! I t all began wi t h a sudden sn ow st or m t h e M on day bef or e T h an ksgi vi ng . T he ei ght een i nch es t h at fel l s e t a r ecor d t h at h ad pr evi ously exi st ed f or 33 y ear s. I t r em i n d e d m e of

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u n d er g r ou n d t u n n el s t o t r a v el t o a n d f r om M i t ch ’s a s w el l

as th e academi c ar ea. T he ski areas, as a r esult , got o f f t o ear ly openi ngs, but n ot m uch el se f ell unt il t h e fi r st w ee k o f J an uar y . N ow t h e ski buf f s ar e enj oyi n g a bett er t h an aver age Col or ado wi nt er . For a t i me, even L ake Pl aci d w a s l eani n g towar d tr ansferr i ng som e of t h e Ol y m pi c ev en t s t o Color ado, despi t e Color ado’s obvi ous apat h y t ow ar d t h e Oly mpi c gam es (Col or ado v ot ed out of t h e 1976 Wi nt er Ol y m pi cs).

I r ecei ved some ni ce car ds, l et t er s, a nd ph one cal l s dur in g th e h ol iday season . I si n cer ely h ope th at each o f y ou en j oy ed y our fi n est h ol i d ay season ev er . W i t h t h e n e w

year upon us, h er e’s h opi ng t h e di et s and N ew Year ’s r esol uti on s are sti l l bei n g obser ved. Pl ease keep on let t i ng us k now h ow ever yt h i ng is goi ng i n t h e r eal A i r For ce (?!!?) a n d r ea l w or l d .

T ough dut y in t h e N ort h i s t h e wor d I recei ved f rom Gr eg RODGERS. Af ter 5 y ear s of SA M SO and sun ny Sout h er n Cali f or ni a, Gr eg accepted a “ har dsh i p” t our t o Osl o, N or w ay . Gr eg ’s j ob i n v ol v es pr ogr a m mi n g , const r uct i on , and m ain ten an ce i n spect i on s of N A T O f un ded f acili ti es i n N or w ay , Den m ark , W. Germ any , and t h e N et h er lands. Th e “ h ar dsh i p” , Gr eg r el at es, i s t h at t h e t our i s accom pani ed (h e d i d n ’t say t h at . Bar b). Hi s n e w address i s Det 3, 1141 U SA F SA S, Box 176, A PO, N Y 09084.

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H ad an excell en t con ver sat i on wi t h Guy GRU T E RS j ust bef or e Chri st m as. Guy wor k ed f or I B M af ter l eavi n g t h e ser vi ce an d n ow own s an d oper ates hi s ow n com put er busi ness wi t h hi s br ot h er wh o i s al so a gr ad. Guy sai d h e r el at ed t o m e bui l di n g our h ouse, as h e h as j ust fi ni sh ed bui l di ng on e h i m sel f , on l y h e di d hi s wit h hi s own h a n d s an d i t took hi m t hr ee year s t o fi ni sh i t . Guy , don ’t y ou k n ow w h a t “ w h i t e c ol l a r ” m ea n s?

Th e n ew pr oj ect m anager f or T A G H dqtr s/ XPB at L an gl ey A FB i s n on e ot h er t h an J i m PI E RCE . J i m ’s new addr ess i s 102 Cour t De A y ll on Poquoson , V A 23662. J i m , ar e y ou sur e t h at pl ace is V ir gi ni a - i t sounds li k e M ex i c o .

A n ot h er m an a g er , t h i s t i m e t est m a n ag er , i s St ev e O L SE N

w i t h A F T E C / T E B a t K i r t l a n d A F B . S t ev e r e si d es a t 9 7 14

A veni da Del Oso, N .E ., A l buquer que, N M 87111. B ar r y

F L A N A R Y i s cu r r en t l y t h e ai r op er at i on s St a f f Of fi cer a t

H Q/ PA CA F / XPPF (sounds li k e br an d X) at Hi ck am A F B .

B ar r y r el ates f r om 94385 Hok ual a Str eet , M il i l ani T own , H I 96789 t h at th i s i s n ot a good t i m e t o be i n H aw aii . T h e t emper at ur e v ar ies bet ween 70 an d 80 dai l y w hi l e t h e r e s t of us ar e f r eezi n g - Bar r y say s it ’s bori n g ! J i m B ROWN doesn ’t t h i nk so, as h e j ust l eft Col or ado Spri n gs f o r 10 5 B ea r d A v en u e, H on ol ul u , H I 968 18.

A n appr opr i at e ti t l e f or K evi n M cM A N U S is A ct i on Of fi cer , A i r St af f / Dat a A ut om at i on at t h e Pent agon .

K ev i n r esi d es a t 3007 R ay j oh n L an e, H er n d on , V A 22070.

Kevi n h as a f ew si m ple questi on s - “ H el p! Wh o’s COBOL ?

Wh at ’s a F ORT RA N ? Wh er e can I get gas?” Can ’t hel p wi th n um ber 1. I sn ’t a F ORTRA N a ph asor ? I f not , wh at i s a ph asor ? K evi n , y ou cann ot obt ai n gas fr om t h e RA F Ben t w at er s B OQ - you used i t all on y our gasahol exper i men t t h er e whi ch went up i n sm ok e (alon g wi t h a f ew ot h er t hi n gs). Ar n ol d R. (Bob) T H OM A S, J r . j ust m ov ed w i t h i n t h e con fi n es of V al d ost a , G A 3 16 01 t o 1 0 1

Fair w ay Dr i ve. I f i t ’s on a gol f cour se. Bob , t h at ’s a d r i v e i n t he ri ght dir ecti on . Speaki ng of V aldost a, Bi l l B OGGS i s now an Assi st an t Di st r i ct A t t or n ey f or Fl oyd Coun t y , G A .

Hi s h ome addr ess is 34 M apl ewood Squar e, Rome, GA 30161. Bet ch a can ’t pi n it on B ert L an ce, Bi ll . Geor ge BRA N CH i s t he n ew Oper at i ons Of fi cer f or t h e N at i on al G u ar d B ur eau a ssi gn ed t o t h e P en t a g on . Geor g e i s al so at t ach ed t o 169 T F G M cE n t i r e A F B , E a st ov er , SC

f ul fi l li n g h i s boy h ood dr eam of earn i ng hi s f lyi n g pay i n fi ght er s, (j eor ge can be r eached at 1834 T oy on Way , V i en n a , V A 22180.

Fr om th e dar k , damp Bri t t ani a em pi r e, Ron DU L L EN ch eck s i n as Assi st an t Oper ati on s Of fi cer f r om RA F Woodbri dge. Ron ’s m ai l i n g addr ess i s Box 801 - 78T F S, A PO, N Y 09405. Ron m ay n ot bel i eve thi s, but at one t i m e 24 di sti n gui sh ed member s of t h e Cl ass of 1964 wer e pi l ot s in t h at sam e squadr on . I f you don ’t bel i eve i t , Ron , c h ec k f or glass i n t h e Woody Cl ub’s f ir epl ace (or t al k t o Gl ady s) or ask a few of t h e sh eph er ds in N . Scot l and on y our w ay t o J ur by . M ik e GI L L I OM j ust m ov ed t o 9325 M ar t i n ’s L ak e Dri v e, Roswell , GA 30076. As t h e t r ue academi ci an t h at h e was/ i s, wh en ask ed f or hi s zi p code h e li st ed 6/ 29/ 9 a n d under t h e cl ass n ews Rep r em ark s sect i on M i ke li st ed 40 4 993-7803. M i k e, h av e a gr eat y ear ! A n ot h er M i ke, t hi s t i m e GREE CE , i s th e I nf or m ati on Of fi cer f or SA F OI / N Y and li ves at 313 E . Elli n gt on A ven ue, Gar den Ci t y , N Y 11530.

H ope y our new s is bet t er th an mi n e, M i k e! Ri ch ar d E .

(H ar l ) H A WL EY h as been r eassi gned t o L an gley as 1st T F W/ DO an d st at es t h at h e’s l ov i n g i t . H i s n ew addr ess i s 35A Dodd Bl v d., L angl ey A FB , V A 23665. Fer gus H E N D E R SO N h a s b een sen t t o A n k ar a , T ur k ey , a s t h e

U .S.’s fi r st l i n e of def en se agai n st an ot h er Russi an of fen si ve. Hi s l ast k n own addr ess i s H Q T U SL OG, PSC B ox 324, A P O N Y 09254.

Ji m H E RM A N SON h as appar en tly cut back hi s far mi n g act i vi t i es an d i s n ow a T each er / Coach at H eri t age Ch ri st i an Sch ool . He can be r each ed at 6154 W el d Coun t y Road 80, For t Colli n s, CO 80525. Un f or t un at el y f o r 30

Ji m , t h e days of A F A 69, CSU O ar e lon g gon e. A n ot h er J im , t h i s ti m e H I N K EL h as mov ed f r om t h e A ssi st an t f o r Seni or Of fi cer s, M anagemen t st at i oned at H Q M A C/ D P, Scott A FB t o 60 Sun set Dr i v e, M t . H oll y , N J 08060. W h a t ar e y ou up t o, H i nk ? Pat (M agoo) M cA D OO r epor t s t h at h e and A ce RA WL I N S ar e f ly i ng F-16’s at H i ll A FB . Pat i s al so Ch i ef of A c ad em i cs f or t h e 388t h T F W . P a t ’s n ew

r esi den ce address i s 2323 E . 3100N , L ay t on , U T 84041.

Denn y M ON T GOM E RY is an A i r St af f Of fi cer i n Fi gh t er Oper at i on al Requi r emen t s at t h e Pent agon . H i s addr ess i s 9113 Home Guar d Dr i ve, B ur ke, V A 22015.

Tw o Ch uck s, HA N DL E Y an d N OYE S, h av e al so been r eassi gn ed. Ch uck H A N DL E Y ’s n ew addr ess i s Box 2079, Gr i f fi s A F B , N Y 13 440. C h u ck N O Y E S can b e l ocat ed a t

144C A ven ue D (C al w ay s comes bef or e D), Gun t er A F S, A L 36114. T h e secon d Ch uck r epor t s t h at h e’s pr ogr amm i ng com put er s. Wi sh w e h ad a t h i r d Ch uck n am ed F ar l ey - you guessed t h e rest . Bob L A WRE N CE r epor t ed in f r om 8502 Queen Eli zabet h Bl vd ., A n n andal e, V A 22003, but h e h ad n ot h i n g t o say . A s we rem em ber Bob, he al way s w as soft spok en . U st o F . E . SCH U L T Z - a n am e li ke t h at ev en bef or e U F Os - h as r ecent l y m ov ed t o 9 9 2 8 U St r eet , A pt . I C, Om ah a, N E 68127. Sam r eport s t h at h e i s st il l i n t h e Radi o Sat elli t e Di vi si on at H Q SA C at O f f u t t .

I n an oth er on e of t h ose h ar d t o t ak e assi gn ment s, Den n y ST I L E S r eport s t h at t i mes ar e dif fi cult f or h i m a s a st udent at t h e Fr en ch A ir War Col l ege, Pari s, Fr an ce.

Den n y can be wr i tt en t o at Gen er al Deli v er y , Box 93, A m er i can Embassy , A PO, N Y 09777. Wi t h an ambassador li ke Den ny , wh o kn ows, m ay be U . S. F or ces wi l l be i n vi t ed back t o Fr ance - but n o fi el d t r i ps th er e. T om WA L SH r epor t s t h at gam bli n g is st il l legal fr om 6204 H obar t A v enue, L ost Wages, N V 89107. T om i s t h e A i r Oper ati on s Of f i cer f or EW/ CA S JT F at N ell i s. N el s RU N N I N G pi cked up a M ast er s degree f r om Geor ge Wash i ngt on U . on h i s way t o t h e Ryuk yu I sl ands, J apan . H e’s an F-4D A / C -k eep y our f eet on t he rudder s, N els!

Dave SA M U E L i s n ow f ly i n g F-4s i n th e Wi l d Weasel pr ogr am . Dave report s t h at Gar y OL I N h as r ecen t l y j oi ned t he squadr on an d li v es at 15075 Waseca L an e, A ppl e V al l ey , CA 92307. A ppar ent l y n one of us w oul d r ecogni ze Gar y an ym or e, because all of hi s con v er sati on s mak e sen se. Dav e’s wi f e, K ar en , j ust h ad m aj or sur ger y , so I ’ m cer t ai n sh e would enj oy h eari ng f rom t h ose of y ou t h at kn ow h er . T hey sti ll l i ve at 19666 Sy m er on Road, A ppl e V al l ey , C A 92307. W i t h a B est M an l i k e D av e (h e w a s

mi n e), bel i ev e me, n o on e n eeds a w or st m an . Seri ousl y , t hough , our pr ay er s an d t h ough t s ar e wi t h bot h of you.

Chri st m as r epor t s f r om Ti m K OI N E i n di cat e by pict ur e th at all i s well f or h i s h andsom e f ami l y (how d i d t h at h appen !) and Fl ori da’s cl i m at e i s st il l enj oy abl e.

An ot h er Ch ri st m as l et t er gav e A 1 M cA RT OR’s pr esen t positi on as a Seni or V -P Oper at i on s f or t h e F eder al Ex pr ess Co. H ey , A l , I bet you di dn ’t k n ow t h at Feder al Ex pr ess i mplemen ted on e of t h e fi r st E.S.O.T .’s i n t h e U ni t ed St at es. T h at ’s f or y our “ Gee Wh i z” fi l e.

B est wi sh es agai n t o all of y ou. A s t ax t i m e r ol l s ar oun d an d y ou st ar t com pl ai ni ng about t ax es, t hi n k about a ch ar it abl e, deduct ibl e cont ri buti on f or a pl aque o n t h e C l a ss W a l l .

So, r em em b er .

T he t i m e i s n o w , Ca use t h e g ra ss h a s r iz, Wh er e l a s t y ea r ’s

C h a r i t a b l e co n t r i b u t i o n i s.

— B urm a Sha ve

Edi tor ’s N ote: A cop y of the “ Tig er Ten ” Ch r istm as N ewslet ter has f ound it s way to the A OG cour tesy of L ouise B R O WN . Ter ry I SA A CSON was t h e edi tor t hi s y ea r a n d J oe w i l l h a v e g rea t m a t er i a l t o bui l d h i s Sp ri ng co l u m n a r o u n d .

A rm ond i s at Sh aw . Dav e COOPE R h as depar t ed N el l i s F r a n cis M cC a n n 23 L ee A v e.

Poquoson , V A 23662 H ome: (804) 868-6578 O f f i c e : A V 4 3 2 -5 8 9 2

H ell o again f r om sun n y Poquoson . H ope y ou all enj oyed th e Ch r i st m as h oli day s. Wi t h t h e st ar t of t h e n e w

year and a new decade, we McCanns are looki ng forward

t o on e of t h e j oy s of mi l it ar y li f e—m ovi n g. I ’v e been n ot i f i ed by my daught er s th at our n ex t h om e bet t er h a v e gymn asti cs, and M aur een (wi f e) h as m en ti oned som et hi n g about a medi cal di sabi lit y t h at r equir es h er t o be n e a r t o m ount ai ns, snow, an d skii ng. I ’m cert ai n t h ose f ell ows dow n at M P C w i l l b e m ost u n d er st a n d i n g .

I w oul d l i k e t o st ar t of f t h i s l et t er b y a ck n ow l edgi n g ach i ev em en t s of a f ew of our cl a ssm at es. F i r s t t o J oh n

BL A H A and Roy BRI D GE S f or bei n g nomi n at ed for t h e

Space Shuttl e progr am. I realize there will be more

scr een i ng bef or e t h e f i n al sel ecti on , but t o m ake i t t h i s f a r is qui t e an accom pli sh ment . A l so, con gr at ul ati on s t o Howell EST ES and L ar r y FA RRE L L on t h ei r sel ect i on s t o 0 -6. N ot a bad way t o lose a squadr on , H owell . Of speci al n ot e, Car l L YDA Y was elect ed as m em ber of t h e Soci et y

Experimental Test Pilots. Carl ’s election was for his w o r k

in experi m ent al and dev el opm ent al w eapon s t esti ng i n t h e F-111 wh ich i n cl uded set ti ng f our un of fi ci al wor ld’s r ecor ds f or speed and alt i t ude. N i ce wor k , Car l .

H er e at L an gl ey , T A C H eadquart er s seems t o be

agai n, and i s now at Cl ark A B i n the Phi li ppi nes. Tom

BROWDE R i s fl yi n g F i l l s at L ak enh eat h . Ben n y CA STR O of F igh t in ’ 4th f am e i s cur rent l y an assi st ant

operati ons offi cer in the 561st TFS at George AFB CA . B i l l

D O U G L A S i s i n O B -G Y N a t U SA F M edi ca l C en t er at

Wr i g h t -Pa t t er son . T h e A r t h ur A n d er son & Co. in t er n at i on al account i ng f i r m r ecen t ly announced t h at Gar y CL OSE h ad been el ect ed a part n er i n i t s A d m i n i st r at i v e Ser v i ce D i v i si on .

C H A N G E OF A D D R E SS C A R D S:

Roy F RI CK E i s th e Cl ub M an ager at L or i n g A FB ,

M ai n e. R i ck K N O L L i s a t M i n ot A F B , N or t h D ak ot a .

Br uce GROSSETT A is n ow fl yi n g F-4Gs at Cl ar k . Bob GOL DE N r ecent l y ch anged j obs at Wri ght -Pat f r om t h e F 100 Engi n e Pr ogr am Of fi ce i n A SD t o a j ob wi t h H Q U SA F / RDCB as a r esear ch man ager . J i m BEA V ERS h as m oved f rom 12A F at Ber gst r om t o an F-15 cockpi t at K aden a A B, J apan (Oki n aw a). Bi ll WA YN E i s t h e Deput y C h i ef of C on t r a ct A d m i n i st r a t i on at t h e D ef en se C on t r act

A d m i n i st r a t i on Of f i ce i n Cl ev el a n d , O h i o. E d BE RB ERE K i s a M ai nt en an ce Super vi sor at Ber gstr om A FB , T ex as. H arr y RODM A N i s n ow fl yi ng T -33s at Gr if fi s A F B , N Y , f ol l owi ng a t our of H an scom . T om OWEN S i s fi n all y out of t h e cock pi t and i s at t h e A ir S t a f f w or ki ng i n t h e T acti cal Di vi si on of Oper ati on s and Readi n ess. J oh n WH I T E i s back at t h e A cadem y and f l y i n g wi t h t h e 557 FT S. T h at i s all t h e n ew s f or n ow . Remember , any n ew s an d/ or pi ct ur es you h av e woul d be appr eci at ed.

bl essed w i t h an ab u n d an ce of ’65 t al en t . A t l ast coun t t h er e

wer e el even , but t h at n um ber wi l l ch ange soon wit h t h e r ecen t reduct ions i n st af f per sonn el . Ch uck COL EM A N wi ll be leavi n g soon f or an F-4 cock pi t at T or r ej on A B ,

Spain. Chuck and Mary have been active i n hosting ’65 get-t oget h er s i n t h i s ar ea, and we t h an k th em . Best o f l u c k !

T om P L A N K an d K en K RA U SE b ot h h a v e a ssi g n m en t s t o

M yr t l e Beach i n th e A -10. K en pl an s t o ease i n t o hi s n e w j ob by sai li ng hi s ow n boat t o h i s n ew assi gn ment .

Tad OE L ST ROM w ho r ecent l y pi n n ed on hi s L t . Col . l eav es w i l l al so be on t h e m ov e t h i s s um m er . R i g h t n o w h i s

ch oi ces r ange fr om a cock pi t t o an ot h er y ear at M axw ell i n A i r War Col l ege. A l so, St ev e T A L L EY wi l l be com pl et i n g hi s r at ed suppl ement t our h er e i n I nt el ligen ce. I t l o o k s l i k e an over seas assi gnm ent f or St ev e and h i s assi gn m ent choi ces i n cl ude t h e Phi li ppi nes, K or ea, and Ger m an y .

H owev er , St eve wi ll n ot be t r avel li n g alone; h e w as m ar r i ed i n N ov em b er a n d h i s w i f e’s n a m e i s V i ck i .

Con gr at ul at ion s t o you bot h . Bob GOL L I N G was al so h er e at L an gl ey as th e 1st T F W Tr an spor t ati on Offi cer ; h owever , h e h as moved on t o a new j ob somewhere i n K or ea . St ev e S H E E H A N w i l l b e on t h e m ov e, a n d r i gh t

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Good wor k , St eve. Rel ati ve newcomer s t o L angl ey ar e J i m M YN A R, M i k e A A M I , and Vi nce B RI ST OW. A l l th r ee ar e wor ki ng i n Oper at i on s and Tr ai n i ng , Ji m and M i k e i n t h e F - 16 d i v i s i o n a n d V i n c e i n t h e F - 1 1 1. I t s ee m s b o t h J i m a n d M i ke h av e been r eq u i r ed t o h av e a couple of ri des i n t h e F -

16 to get som e h ands-on ex peri en ce. Bi l l HA RWOOD w as f or m erly f ly i ng F-15s i n t h e 1st T F W at L a ngl ey but h a s n ow t r an sf er r ed t o t h e T A C I G . St af f w or k b ui l d s ch ar act er . B i l l .

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H ank was i n 1969 i n U -T apao, Th ai l and. I t was good hear i ng f rom h i m . L eon RA U SCH i s at Shaw i n 9A F Headquar t er s and sai d h e has been i n cont act w it h J . V .

M cN A B B an d A r m on d T U R N E R . J oe i s at M a cD i l l a n d

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Hell o f r om th e San Joaqui n V al ley an d Rur al Cali f or ni a. H arr y I CK E an d I ar e t h e r esi dent Red T ags i n t h e ar ea. Wh en ar e some of y ou guys i n SA C goi n g t o c o m e her e and j oi n us?

Bob RHA M E an d Tom BRA N D ON ar e headi n g t he ’66 f un d dri v e t o put our Cl ass crest on th e Cl ass Wall . I f y ou h ave n ot al r eady don e so, pl ease mak e out a $20 ch eck t o t h e “ C l a s s o f 19 6 6 A O G F u n d ” a n d m a i l i t t o :

C L A SS O F 1966 A O G F U N D

c / o A s s o ci a t i o n o f G r a d u a t es

U SA F A cademy , Color ado 80840 L et ’s al l pul l toget h er an d en sur e t h at our Cl ass cr est i s n o t t he l ast one t o go on t h e w all . Bob and T om ar e t o b e com pli ment ed f or t aki ng t i me out f r om t h eir dut i es a t U SA F A t o r epr esent t h e cl ass. Bob i s movi n g f r om Squadr on A OC t o Fir st Gr oup A OC i n t h e sum m er an d T om i s 8t h Squadr on A OC. T he 84t h F I S became th e spon sor f or t h e 13t h Squadr on i n J ul y . Wh en we vi si ted t h e squadr on i n N ov ember , Bob E ST U S an d hi s cadet s put on qui t e a sh ow for us. T hey ev en arr anged f or t h e m ost excit i n g f oot bal l game an yon e h ad seen i n a l on g t i m e. We ev en went t o t h e I r on Spri ngs Ch at eau f or a part y . T hi s part y w as f ar m o r e su b d u ed t h a n t h e on e w e h a d t h er e D ool i e C h r i st m as .

t our i n K an sas Ci t y . Good pl an n i ng , Ron ! Ri ck CRE E i s t he Dir ect or of Com put er L easi n g f or t h e T andy Cor por at i on i n For t Wor t h . Rick an d Di ann e r ecen t ly added Der ek Wi lli am to t h e Red T ag comm un i t y . L uci an E DDY lef t his A OC j ob at U SA FA f or an F -4 r em ot e t o K or ea . P h i l B R U C E i s a n i n st r u ct or at T est P i l ot Sch ool .

P a r k A N D E R S O N i s i n t h e U S I A a n d l i v e s i n M o n t ev i d eo .

H e of f er s a st eak an d a beer t o any ’66er wh o com es t hr ough . H ugh GOM M EL i s n ow at t h e Pent agon i n f i gh t er pr ogr am s. T h an k s f or t h e l et t er , H ugh . J oh n G R O ZI E R i s at L a k en h eat h an d b ack i n t h e St an / E v al

sh op. J oh n h as also m an aged t o f ly i n t h e RA F J aguar . J o e A L L EN i s l eavi n g Sacr ament o f or t h e A ir St aff an d Br uce SH A RER i s t aki ng hi s pl ace as t h e Wi ng Ex ec at M at h er .

J oh n M eFA L L S was sel ect ed as Per son nel M an ager of t h e Y ear f or TA C. A f t er A FSC h e’s at L uk e lear ni n g t o f ly t h e F -15. Con gr at u l at i on s , J oh n ; y ou st i l l ow e m e t h e F -15

assi gn ment t o Soester ber g. Ran dy JA YN E w as at Of fut t t o m ake a speech , af ter h avi n g l un ch wi t h But ch SCH RECKE R, K en HA CK E R, an d Ber ni e A M E L S. Gar y V A N V A L I N is ch eck in g out i n t h e F-4 on t h e w ay t o K or ea. Di ck B ET H U RE M i s at Bi t bur g i n t h e F-15. A n dy F O R N A L i s a t L u k e w h er e h e i s a n F - 15 I P . B i l l R Y A N i s

Chi ef of t he Wi n g Comm and Post at Ramst ei n . J oh n M A RSH A L L i s leavi n g t h e T ac “ H ead Sh ed” t o f ly t h e F 15. Good choi ce, J oh n ! Duane T WA Y wi n s agai n — h e’s goi ng t o Ben t wat er s in t h e A -10. St ev e CROSS wi ns t h e awar d f or bei n g t h e fi r st t o r et ir e i n ’66. H e’s li vi n g i n Redl an ds CA and doi n g well .

T han k s f or all t h e l et t er s, ph on e call s, an d vi si t s.

Please k eep t h em comi n g because t h ey m ake t h e col um n easier t o wr i t e. U nt i l n ex t t i me, good luck an d God B l es s .

Bob al so arr anged a Red T ag “ get t oget h er ” at t h e U SA FA O’Cl ub. I n addi t i on to H arr y and me, t h e Red T ag s th er e wer e: Bob and L inda E ST U S, Rocky an d Bev

T o m G r i es s er

GU B SER, Bob RHA M E, Tom an d Gail B RA N D ON , an d Bob GRA V EL L E . A ll th ese guys ar e at U SA FA tr yi ng t o

F ai r v i ew H ei g h t s, I L 6220 8 H om e: (6 18) 6 32-4 718

R E ST O N , J i m W O O D Y , P au l V I OT T I , R oss an d Su e t u r n o u t b et t er c a d et s t h a n w e w er e .

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Vi ce Presi dent of Landmark Properti es i n Dall as. Larry

O’CON N OR i s an i ndustr i al sal es speci ali st f or t h e M ason it e Cor por at i on i n Bi r mi ngh am , M ichi gan . Ed PET ERSEN h as arr i ved i n Guam to j oin Pet e M ORREL L I and Bi ll BERRY in B-52s. T om an d K at h y MA RK H A M an d Bud K EL L EY wer e at th e A r m y Gam e. T om i s i n t h e o i l b u s i n es s i n D en v er a n d B u d i s i n t h e P u b l i c A f f a i r s

Shop at U SA FA . M er cer RI CH A RD SON i s i n 4t h A TA F at

R a m st ei n . B o b R O T T I E R S i s a V i c e P r es i d en t o f G l a ser -

M i l l er i n E x t on , PA . St ev e SO L L E N B E R G E R i s a n A N G A dv i sor i n P eor i a , I l l i n oi s. A r t SU R O a n d B ut ch Z E N T a r e at M cD i l l w ai t i n g on t h e F -16. G ood sh ow , g u y s ! J a ck

T O N E Y w o r k s f o r t h e S t a t e o f C a l i f o r n i a a n d l i v es i n F a i r O a k s . R o n A N T H O N Y h a s t r a d ed h i s B -5 2 f o r a s l o t a t

M ar i n e Corps Comm an d and St af f at Quan t ico. Dr . J oh n WA L SH i s a Dir ect or of Psychol ogy f or t he L ak es Regi on M en t al Healt h Cent er i n L aconi a, N .H . I h ope t h e weat her i s w ar mer t h an wh en I w as at Pease, J ohn . L arr y

T R A U D T h a s h i s ow n f i r m i n L i n col n , N eb r ask a . H e w a s

presi dent of t h e N ebr ask a J ay cees an d on e of N ebr aska’s t hr ee outstan di ng y oun g men. Congr at ul ati on s, L ar r y !

Stev e M ON A GA N h as t r aded hi s bl ue sui t f or a test pi lot j ob wi t h Cal span in Buf f alo, N Y . H e’l l sti ll k eep fl yi ng fi gh t er s as an F-101 pil ot wi th th e Guar d. Wel come t o t h e A i r D ef en se bu si n ess, St ev e; ex -r ec ce p i l ot s m ak e ex cel l en t

ai r def en der s. M ase BOT T S i s j ousti ng wi th t h e bur eaucr acy at M aix wel l as an A CSC st uden t . M ar t y B E N N E T T i s a n i n t el l i gen ce of f i cer at F or t B el v oi r . J i m

DOZI E R h as l ef t Sacr ament o f or sun ny N apl es an d A ir sout h . Ron DA V I S i s ser vi n g an “ i n ex pen si ve” ai r st a f f 32

Bel ated N ew Year ’s gr eet i ngs t o al l ! I ’d li ke t o t h an k t h ose of y ou wh o sent Ch r i st m as car ds/ n ewsl et t er s, e t c . f or t h e h ol iday season and h ope t h at ever y on e enj oy ed a h appy an d healt h y r espi t e. I n on e of my past ar t i cles, I wr ote t h at a sur e way t o h ear f rom someone w as t o er r on eousl y r epor t som e n ews. Well . . . t h e l ast i ssue o f Ch eck p o i n t s w as h ot of f t h e pr ess and l o an d beh ol d m y ph on e w as ri n gi n g off t h e h ook . L en M ORRI S (n ot L ar r y) w as pul lin g my ch ain about t he fi r st n am e best ow ed u p o n h i m by hi s parent s an d mi sspelli n g t h e n ame of h i s em p l oy er ! Sor r y L en , b ut t h en a g a i n , a s y ou sai d f ou r t een c o r r e ct w o r d s o u t o f s i x t een a i n ’t b a d .

W e h a v e a n ew a d d i t i o n t o t h e M I L N E / T W O M E Y

Cl ass Cr est dy n ami c duo. A 1 ROWE, wh o i s st ati on ed a t

t h e A cad em y , w i l l b e ser v i n g as t h e r eal w or k er b ee f o r t h e

pr oj ect . By t h e w ay , i f an yone is i nt er est ed i n a li sti n g o f our Cl ass of f icer s, l ook t hr ough th e f ir st f ew pages o f o u r year book ! We’ve i den ti fi ed t h e t i t ul ar leader s of t h e C l a s s but n o w or d y et about an y m oney whi ch m ay be i n a cl ass f u n d . T h e scen a r i o i s n ow :

A l , P et e or T om w i l l b e sen d i n g out l et t er s un d er C h u ck

H E F F RON ’S (cl ass pr esi dent ) si gn at ur e sol i ci t i n g n o m i n al / tax deduct i bl e don at i on s. We’ll sen d check s, ca sh , g ol d , et c., t o A l R O W E w h o w i l l t h en d ep osi t i t w i t h

the A OG i n our Cl ass Cr est f und . Soun ds si m pl e doesn ’t i t ?

So, st ar t sav in g t hose di m es a nd ni ckels (f or ego a b e er o r t hat coke!) an d be r eady t o ch i p in an d get our crest u p A SA P! I r eceiv ed an i n t er esti n g car d an d ch all en ge f r o m Di ck K OE T EEU W. Don ’t l ook hi m up i n t h e Regi st er of

i s n ow a Sen i or Decisi on A n al yst f or Decisi on Focus I n c . i n Calif or ni a. Pat DOWL I N G is al so pi l ot i n g F-4s ar oun d Ger m an y wi t h t h e 526 T F S at Ram st ei n an d M i k e BU RSK I i s i n Eur ope as a f li gh t com m an der wi t h t he 9 1s t

T F S at

B en t w at er s. T h e U K

i s n ow h om e f or B i l l

S A U N D E R S i n t h e 4 9 4 T F S a t L a k en h ea t h .

Don H I CK M A N i s sti l l a n ucl ear pl an t en gi n eer wi t h Westi n gh ouse El ect r i c but h as m ov ed t o Pocat ell o, I daho.

F el low N ew Yor k er , E mil M ON DA , i s t h e Di rect or of Cor por at e Securi t y f or Bur ger Chef Sy st em s, I nc. i n I ndi an apolis. L ar r y WI L SON h ad a l ot of news t o r eport .

H e com pl et ed i nt ern sh i p i n M i n n eapol i s an d got m arr i ed 24 J un e ’79 (bet t er t o r epor t it l at e t h an nev er !) W e w el c o m e h i s wi f e Pat t o t h e gr oup an d of f er our congr at ul at i on s t o bot h of y ou. A n ot h er m edi cal t y pe i s Roy J A RE D w ho i s a resi dent ph y si ci an at St . J oseph ’s H ospi tal i n Den ver . T h e H enr y RODRI GU E Z cl an h as left Ft . Walt on B each f or Sum t er SC wh er e my ex-r oomie i s w or k i ng i n 9A F / DOOF at Sh aw A FB . Russ PA RRI S wr i tes t h at he’s a Pr ogr am M an ager f or th e A F I nt ell i gen ce Ser v i ce at Ft . Belv oi r .

Gar y L ORE N Z is an F-4E I P wi t h t h e 20 T F T S at Geor ge AF B . E ast er n A i r L i n es’ own J esse K E N T h as pulled up h i s r oot s in Geor gi a an d n ow li v es i n A n der son SC; al t h ough he’s st i l l domi ci l ed out of A t l ant a. Speaki n g o f Geor gi a, Ed ST I CK L E R i s an A ir Reser v e T ech n ici an wi t h t he 700 TA S i n M ari ett a. F ur t h er sout h i n Fl or i da, P i er c e T U R B I V I L L E i s a n E W O w i t h t h e 16 SO S at H ur l b ur t . H e

Ray L E OP OL D claims a world record f or h is f lig h t i n t h e C a d et F i e l d H o u s e .

Gr a d u at es , y ou w on ’t f i n d h i s n am e b ut h e’s a 67’er i n

spiri t ! Di ck w en t t o Pr ep school wi t h som e of us, st art ed i n t he summer of ’63, but unf or t un at ely w asn ’t on t h e r o l e o n 7 J un e ’67. An y w ay , he’s ch allenged an yone an d ev er yon e (especi al ly y ou f or m er U SA FA Pr ep Sch ool er s/ ’62-63) t o match hi s don at i on of $100.00. So h av e at i t guy s!! T h a t ’ s in cent i ve t o get t he b al l r ol li ng. L ast t i m e I en ded w i t h appeal s f or photos f or t h e col um n . T he A OG r oun ded u p and i n ser t ed t wo gr eat pi cs but I would st il l wel come a n y f r om y ou f ol ks. Congr at ul at ions t o Sy l vi a L A N GST ON f o r

her awards and thanks to Mike and Sylvi a for the superb photo. Judgi ng from the smil es from the ’79 Homecomi ng attendees a good ti me was had by all . . . A nybody k n o w

who t h e guy on t he ex tr em e ri ght f r ont r ow i s??

M ost of t h e n ews/ updat es f or t h is ti m e w ere i n t h e

form of change of address cards. I heard from only f o u r classmates at ACSC. Bob MULDROW, Ji m SHAW, John

SCH M I DT , and Ch uck DE N HA M ar e al l down i n beaut i ful M ont gomer y . You guy s mi gh t say h i f or me t o m y brot h er -i n-law , Sherm West , who’s an in str uct or at t h a t sch ool . T h er e m u st be m or e of u s t h er e!? A n ot h er of our l ot , Bruce DON , r esi gn ed fr om t h e A i r F or ce an d i s now a Policy A n aly st wit h t h e Rand Cor p an d a Doct or at e

student i n Santa Monica, CA . Good luck Bruce and keep i n

touch ! J oh n BERZI N S i s an F-4E pi lot at M oody wit h t h e

wr i t es t h at h e’s back fl y i n g af ter six year s of A F I T i ng a n d RA T ED SU PPI N G at Sh aw A F B . H e, J udy an d h i s boy s are al l ex ci t ed about l i vi n g at t h e beach . Really soun ds rough H .P.! Ronn ie L A N I E R h as arr i v ed h er e at Scot t ai r pat ch f r om Pl at t sbur gh . H e’s wor ki ng i n t h e A RRS Rescue Cont r ol Cen t er . H opef ul l y , we’ll be able t o c h i t c h a t a bi t a n d ex ch an ge n ew s/ st or i es a bout ot h er cl assm at es/ f ami li es t o supplem en t t he n ews deri v ed f r o m ch an ge of addr ess car ds.

F i nal ly , J oe RYA N dr opped a li n e f rom A CG SC at Ft .

L eav en wor t h to say h e an d Cy Y OU N G w oul d r at her be elsewh er e. H e sai d t h e pl ace m ade “ N U C-E M ” M I L L E R

and 4t h Class MT look good. Most importantly, Joereport s

t he ar r i vi n g of Davi d A l an Ry an on 7 Oct . 79, an d t h at ev ery on e’s fi n e! Con gr at ul at i on s f rom all cl assm at es a n d w i v es .

T h at ’s about t h e updat e f or n ow , but t her e’s one m or e i m por t ant it em bef or e I cl ose. I ’v e been wr i t i n g t hi s c o l u m n f or about t wo year s n ow an d I ’m soli cit i n g f or a

replacement . I ’m getting a li tt le burned out and perhaps

my wri t in g st yle i s becom i ng somewh at bori n g t o som e o f y ou out t h er e. Secon dl y , we’r e pr epar i n g f or an over seas

P C S i n t h e n ex t f ew m on t h s so t h er e’s a ch a n ce a f u t ur e

Ch eck poi nt s i ssue may be lacking ’67 news (Hopefully

n ot !). I f an y one i s i n t er est ed pl ease con t act me or t h e A O G di r ect l y . T h at ’s it f or n ow . . . k eep t h ose car ds an d l et t er s comi ng and pl ease don ’t for get y our don ati on t o t h e C l a s s cr est pr oj ect ! So l ong!!

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l ef t U SA FA f or t h e r uggedn ess of M i not wher e he’s a B -5 2 EWO. Rus L I N E S h ad en ough of t h e w ar mt h of Sh aw A F B

an d i s n ow w i t h t h e 3 7 T A S i n R h ei n M ai n w h er e h e’s

$ 15

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Travi s AFB and the Davi d Grant Med Center . Terry

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State Univ. School of Kursi ng. He teaches begi nni ng

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flying the old Here. Chuck BEATTI E left beautiful (?)

Oceansi de, L on g I sl an d, N Y f or A l ex an dr i a, V A . St i ll w i t h

t h e F A A C h u ck ? D r . an d L t . C ol . B ob G I L M O R E i s n ow a t

B R OA D W A Y i s a n A ssi s ta n t Pr of ess or at t h e F l or i d a

n u r si n g st ud en t s an d as si st s i n t h e b asi c sk i l l s l a b . A

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8469 B r ai n er d C our t

Spr i ng fi el d, VA 22153

(703) 455-4960 A V 2 2 2 -5 0 1 1

“ I t w as th e best of t i m es, i t w as t h e wor st of t i mes.”

Th at sort of sum s up t h e pr esent . Pr om ot ion s t o m aj or a n d

happy holi days with loved ones contrasted with some Cl assm at es bei n g passed ov er an d dar k eni ng st or m cl ouds ov er A f gh ani st an an d I r an an d wh o k n ows wh er e el se by t h e t i me you r ead t h i s. L et ’s j ust k eep our f i nger s c r o s s ed and l ook t o t h e f ut ur e wi t h as m uch h ope as we can m u s t e r .

Speaki ng of hope, it fi nall y sprung upon us this year a s gold leaves appeared as if by magi c on our shoulders ear l y

i n t h e n ew decade an d 9V2-y ear ol d r ai lr oad tr ack s w e r e h anded ov er t o t he pr ogeny f or ev ent ual destr uct i on . A s a

vi sual symbol of this mass act of fi eldi ng a new grade (sorry for the pun), I have included a photo of a representative “ dooli e” maj or and hi s charmi ng wife — t h e

T orr ean os! Th e ph ot o w as court esy of t h e U .S. A r my , t a k en at my “ pin-on” ceremony at DIA , presi ded over by my boss, a N avy capt ai n .

H er e in t h e D. C. ar ea w e h ad a great get -t oget h er a t t h e Bolli ng O’Club , h oi sti n g a few (or mor e) t o our sel ves. A n d

j ust so you can’t say I didn’t warn you, I threaten t o r u n a pi cture in the next column of the whol e drunken l ot o f u s

un l ess I r ecei v e a sui t abl e subst i t ut e f r om on e of y ou. So wr it e an d let us all h ear about y our cel ebr at i on . A n d ’ 6 5 sai d we’d n ever m ak e it ! Of cour se M ur phy ’s L aw w as operative and my fi rst month’s raise went to cover r epair s

to my car , whi ch di ed in the Pentagon parking lot the o t h er day. My thanks to Ron KERCHNER for t aking pity on thi s y oun g 0 -4 an d h el pi n g me out .

Br ok e al l your r esol ut i on s yet , or j ust f or gott en t h em ? I

avoi ded t h e cert ai n depr essi on t h at com es f rom f aili n g t o

meet expectati ons and expected nothi ng from myself t h i s year. So far, compl ete success. Meanwhi le, much has b een happening locally. Marty COL E was reelected to the Boar d of Di r ect or s of t h e Capi t al Ch apt er at t he r ecent an n ual meet i n g, whi l e Way ne SH A TT U CK , sl at ed t o at t end A r my CSC t h i s summ er , cont i n ues t o ser ve as I n f or m at i on O f f i cer . D on SU T T O N i s ch ai r m an of t h e

Program Committee, and was recently promoted to

“ h usban d” wh en h e w ed a ch ar mi n g l ass, Wen dy . L ou REA D was at t h e meet i n g and t ol d us about hi s act i vi t i es i n adv er t i si n g w h i l e Br uce G E RRI T Y h ad som e i nt er esti n g t h i ngs to say about hi s j ob as fl i ght coor di n at or f or Wh i t e H ouse t ri ps. I n an ot h er local marr i age, K arl W H I T T E N B E R G f l ew i n f r om N el l i s t o spi r i t aw a y h i s

beaut i f ul n ew br i de, Susan , t o N evada. T om an d M ar i on V A I L wer e in t own an d dr opped by f or a ni ce vi si t . T om , V P of M c Cl i n t ock M et a l F ab r i cat or s of San J ose, w a s a

del egate t o the White House Conference on Small Busi ness

h el d in Jan uar y . Th e con f er en ce i ncluded f our day s o f sem i n ar s on t h e m an y i ssues f aci n g di m i n ut i v e cor por ati on s an d speech es f r om admi n i st r at ion peopl e, i n cludi n g Pr esi dent Car t er , h i mself .

I n ot h er mi scell aneous r ambli ngs, t h e l atest R eg i st er w as a ver it abl e gold mi n e of t ri vi a. For i n st ance, t h e c l a s s act iv e dut y body coun t i s n ow down t o 316 f r om 341 l a s t

year, qui te a few resignati ons for a group going up f o r promoti on. And two thi rds of the cl ass has j oined theA OG,

al t h ough t h at i s al so sli gh tl y down f r om ’79. Fr om t h e 25 8 bi os t h at w er e updat ed, t h e f oll owin g li t t l e k n own b u t r ar ely asked for f act s wer e cull ed; 100 cl assm at es ch an g ed addr esses, t h er e wer e 7 m ar ri ages and 7 di v or ces, n u m er ou s m ed al s w er e ear n ed (30 M SM s , 12 A F C M s, 3 34

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J SCM s, and 1 A r m y CM ), an d 13 M A s and 2 Ph Ds wer e con f er r ed. Pull out t h e R egi st er and wr i t e an ol d r oomi e o r

see if your old fl ame i s stil l marri ed to that j erk.

L et t er s: Xm as car ds th i s year fr om ; D REN K OWSK I , DU RHA M , FA ST , FI N L I N SON , FL YN N , GEN N A , Gar y H OF F M A N , SH U M WA Y , ST A L E Y , SW E D B E R G , WH I TT EN B ERG, WOOD . Bob D U RHA M sen ds w or d f r om West Poi n t , wh er e h e is a n ex ch ange of f i cer , ser vi ng as a T A G of f i cer . H e enj oy s t he Poi n t and is quit e

impressed with the strong sense of tradition and duty h e fi nds among the cadet s. On the way from USA FA Bob and Cathy stopped to see Chuck and Linda L EWI S i n Ames, Iowa, where Chuck i s a ROTC instructor at I SU. They a l s o vi si t ed wi t h Tom an d K at hy ZY ROL L i n Penn syl v a ni a, w h o i n t ur n cam e t o W est P oi n t ov er Xm a s. A n d B ob al so

saw Bob E L L I SON wh o w as in NY C li st en i ng t o j ob of f er s af t er f i ni sh i n g hi s M BA at St anf or d, Bob D wi ll act a s “ o n scene” com man der f or th e Capi t al Ch apter ’s t ri p t o U S M A f or t h e A F-A r m y gam e on 8 N ov .; al l Cl assm at es wh o c a n m ak e i t sh oul d pl an t o j oi n us at t h e cock t ai l hour a t t h e H ot el Th ayer aft er t h e gam e.

Di ck FA ST h as alm ost com pleted hi s di ssert at i on an d i s ser vi n g as ex ec f or t h e Pol y Sci dept , at U SA FA . S h er r i e i s keepi ng busy with thetwo gi rls, part-ti me work as a l egal

secy, and campai gn work for Senator Hart. Russ FI N L I N SON f lys t o Eur ope an d Sout h A m eri ca f r om Dal las as a Br anif f Secon d Of fi cer . Cat hi e was busy l a s t

year, gi ving birth t o their second daughter and teachi ng kindergarten. Russ has recently become a USAFA li ai son of f i cer a n d t a k en h i s t est f or a r eal est a t e li cen se. D on ’t g et

t oo busy t o st ay i n t ouch, Russ. Den n y F L Y N N i s n ow e x e c t o t h e PA CA F DCS/ En gi n eeri ng Ser vi ces, wor k i ng h ar d (f or th e fi r st t i m e, accor di n g t o Bar b) an d ext en ded i n H awaii un ti l 1981. By t h en , t h ey wi l l h av e spent 9 y ear s i n H awaii , whi ch i s act uall y i l l egal , or sh ould be. Th e GEN N A s ar e busy , wi t h Don spendi n g m uch ti me t r av el i ng t o L on don l ast y ear f or Br own and Root , and M ar ie m ovin g up t o t he posi ti on of budget st af f super visor f or M a B el l i n D al l a s. B ob a n d M el i ssa SH U M W A Y h av e been ex t en d ed at U SA F A (B ob i s C S-18 A O C ) u n t i l 198 1.

Bob say s h e sti ll h as a f ew chil dren and adult T-shi rt s l ef t f r om t h e Reuni on f or $4.00, as wel l as som e f r ee ’68 c a r

decal s. W r i t e h i m f or d et ai l s or c al l h i m at A V 259-4768.

Steve and Con ni e STA L E Y h av e r et ur n ed t o C Spri n gs, wher e St eve i s t eachi ng Engli sh agai n at U SA FA , wi t h a br an d n ew Ph D f r om CU / Boul der , w h il e Conni e is n eari ng com pl et i on of h er Ph D r equir em en t s i n l i ngui sti cs. C h a d SW E D B E R G i s cl ose t o f i n i sh i n g h i s M i dea st st udi es a t

M ont er ey , but wit h n o I r ani an assi gnm en t s now open , h e

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depart ur e, leavi ng beh i nd most of th eir possessi on s. O f cour se, t h e U .S. of A gov er n men t , ben ef i cen t pr ot ect or o f t h ose wh o ser ve i t hon or ably i n di ffi cult t i mes, gener ousl y cov er s al l l oses up t o $15,000. A f t er al l , wh o needs, o r per h aps i s en t it l ed t o, mor e t h an t h at am oun t of possessi on s? Sor r y t o soun d so bi t t er , but U n cl e’s a p p ar en t di sin ter est or i n abili t y t o act wi t h h on or and j ust ice i n a si t uati on l i ke t hi s mak es me li vi d ! I m agi ne h ow t h e S U L L I V A N s a n d o t h er s i n

t h e s a m e b o a t m u st f eel .

Soun d s l i k e an ex c el l en t t opi c f or t h e con si d er a t i on of y ou r

TOM , M A R I ON A N D J E F F R E Y V A I L

i s l ooki ng f or j obs, possi bly at t h e Pent agon . Bot h t h e V A I L s an d WOODs sent ph ot os of t h e f ami ly an d Bil l comm ent ed th at th e M an sion Par t y h el d i n Denv er dur i ng H om ecom i n g w a s su per .

Ot h er l et t er s ca m e i n a l so, i n cl u d i n g on e f r om R oger M O SE L E Y , w h o i n f or m s m e t h at sev er al cl assm a t es h a v e

been n omi nat ed f or sl ot s i n t he space sh utt l e pr ogr am .

Pil ot n om i nees i n cl ude B I RK , H OERT E R, K I L L EB RE W, and M ik e (Dave) PHI L L I PS, whi l e mi ssi on speci ali st s a r e C R I M M E L , D U R O C H E R , an d Rog h i m sel f . H e a d d s t h at

BE TT CH ER, BEA U REGA RD , an d N ORDYK E ar e now st udent s at t he T est Pi l ot School . Ev er y n ow and t h en , R og

r u n s i n t h e ch i n of “ un d er cl a ssm a n ” B E T T C H E R , w h o recen tl y become a f at h er f or t h e fi r st ti me, pr om pt i n g R og

to n ote th at J i m i s st ar t i ng old age and par en t h ood a t t h e sa m e t i m e. R og al s o h a d n ew s of H ow i e T O W T , w h o i s a

banker in Den v er an d f ly s F-105s f or t he A F Res at H i l l

A F B . G eof f a n d D i a n e G O R SU C H sen t w or d of t h e ar r i v al of t h ei r f i r st ch i l d , N i col e, f r om St r asb ou r g , F r a n ce, w h er e

t hey ar e li vi n g for f i ve year s on a mi ni st r y f or t h e N avi gat or s. Gr eg PA QU I N sen t wor d t h at hi s n ew n um ber at h om e i s 404-973-8994, f or al l wh o wi sh t o i n quir e i n t o opport uni t ies i n th e ci vil i an j ob mar k et . A nd Sk i p a n d Ci n di BA L A ZS now h ai l f rom A pple V all ey , CA , wh er e t hey love it . Ski p t eaches Ger m an s t o f ly t he F-4 at Geor ge A F B an d Ci ndi is due wit h #3 in A pri l . Sam B OL E i s a l s o a t Geor g e.

Con gr essm an . Best of l uck i n put ti n g y our h ouseh ol d a n d li fe back t oget h er , T oby an d Shary n . Br ook BA I L E Y i s st il l at M PC on t h e Pr om oti on Boar d Secr et ar i at , ex pect i n g t o go b ack t o fl y i n g C-141s th i s sum mer . B r o o k t ell s me t h at M i k e K I N G i s at M PC as a r esour ce m an ager for t he Sci ent if i c Developm ent (26/ 27/ 28X X) car eer f i el d an d Wayn e PET E RSON i s in t h e Col on el s Gr oup. I f an y o f you h ave questi ons about t h e pr om oti on sy st em (n o request s f or n am es, pl ease). Br ook wil l be h appy t o t a l k t o you; cal l A V 487-4901. L ast sum m er , I r ecei v ed but m i spl aced an an n oun cem ent of M i ke F RE EB ORN ’s select i on as a part n er in t h e Chi cago l aw f i r m of Rook s, Pitt s, F ull gar an d Poust . L et us k now w h en t hey get y o u r n ame on t h e door , M i ke. Fi nal ly , I was leaf i n g t h r ough t h e Oct . 79 i ssue of A i r m a n m agazi n e w h en I spi ed Dan H I T ES si t t i ng i n t he cont r ol cent er at Pease A F B , wh er e h e f lys F-l l l s. Th ey got your best si de, D an .

R egi st er R u i n er s: Yep, t h e f ol l owi n g i n consi der at e peopl e h ave made y our new R eg i st er out of dat e ev en bef or e y ou open ed it . L et s h av e som e cooper ati on , OK guy s? A nd r emember th at a ch ange of addr ess car d doesn ’t update dat a i n t he R eg i st er . L er oy BA RCO, M ar ch A F B ; D ave BA RRS, St af f Ot ol ar yn gol ogi st , Wi lf or d H al l (spen di n g 4 mon t hs T D Y at Cl ar k ; N an cy i s st udyi ng f or a m ast er s i n n ur si n g): St ev e B ORA H , K C-135 A / C at Gri ssom aft er com pl et i ng A F SC; Den ny CH RI SM E R, I nt er n at i on al A r ea Sal es M gr ., ROL M Cor p, Cast r o V al ley , CA (son bor n in 1978; adopt ed a 9-y ear ol d gi r l t h e sam e y ear ): Duan e CL A WSON , out of t h e A F an d li v i n g i n Ful t on , N Y ; Ri ck COL T , al so n ow out and own er of Cor v et t e Speci ali st s of Tucson ; Bi ll CRA I G, an ot h er resi gn ee an d wor ki n g f or Tex as I nstr um en ts i n Dal l as; S t u DRA PER, L as V egas; D al e F RA N Z, J CS Suppor t Off i ce, A F Pl an s, Pen t agon ; Di ck F RE Y , t em por ar y di sabili t y ret i r em ent a n d a st udent l i vi n g in A ppl e V alley , CA (m a y y our r ecov er y an d r et ur n to act iv e dut y be swi f t , Di ck); Gl en n GI L L E TT E , sof tw are speci ali st f or D E C, Den ver ; J oh n G r ah a m J r ., r el ea sed f r om W i l f or d H al l a n d n ow a t

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A CSC; Sl av a H A RL A M OR, back on act i ve dut y f ly i n g K C135s at Beal e; H al H I GL EY , B-52 A / C at Bar ksdale; Forr est H U M B L E , ex ch an ge of fi cer at t h e M A A G i n Per u; Pat H U RL E Y , fi n anci al speci al i st at Ai Resear ch i n Ph oeni x (r esi gned af t er 11 y ear s of t r yi ng t o be a fi g h t er pi lot ); Robert E . J OH N SON , A CSC; T om J ON ES, Ch i ef , L aser Desi gn at i on Devi ce I nt egr at i on Sect i on , A F Weapon s L ab, Ki r t l an d A F B ; Sk i p PA RD EE , St . H el en a, CA ; Di ck PE RRY , B-52 A / C at Sey m our J oh n son A F B ; M acw ai n PH I L L I PS, h el i copt er ch art er mgr . Com m odor e H el os, Sausali t o, CA ; Bi l l SH EPPA RD , ar chi t ect f or T acti cs I nc., A ust i n , T X ; Bob SI E GFRI E D , I n dust r i al Engi n eer at M cCl ell and A F B , wh er e J oe M I CH E L does th e sam e as a ci vi l ser vi ce em pl oyee, H al SM I T H , F-111 WSO at L aken heat h , K ar l SM I T H , a f el l ow i n gyn ecologi c oncol ogy at M em or i al H ospi t al , NY C; Ri ch ar d H er bert SM I T H , Col umbus A F B ; Car l ST E I L I N G, C-141 pi lot at

Charlest on AFB; Ron STUBBS, MX program planner , M art i n M ar i et t a , D en v er .

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wh er e h e i s a r esear ch psych ol ogi st . V i c M A RT I N r epor t s f r om U SA FA t h at a secon d baby i s expect ed J an uar y 1980.

L ee SI CI L I O i s i n Col l ege St at i on , T ex as.

J ef f SN Y DE R, a f el l ow Di rt y Dozen m em ber , n ot es f rom Ch ar l ott esvi l le V A t h at h e is n ow a pr of essi on al cl own . J ef f off er s f ree j udgl i n g l esson s t o an y i n t er est ed 69’er . “ Swan ee” (or i s i t “ Sw an ny ” or “ Sw an ni e” ) comm un i cat ed h i s sent i m ent s con cer ni ng our September gat h er i n g as f ol l ow s: “ Gr eat cl ass r eun i on .” M y sent im en ts ex act l y. Sir Ri ch ar d!

R i c h D E N A U L T n o t es t h a t h e i s n o w a F i r s t O f f i cer

wi t h Con t i nent al f l yi n g out of El Paso. M art y CA V A T O i s a S ec o n d O f fi c er w i t h D el t a ou t o f D a l l a s / F t W o r t h . T o m

B OON i s i n J eddah , Saudi A r abi a as a Ch i ef Ci vi l En gi n eer f or Saudi A r abi an P ar son s L t d .

J i m T A Y L O R i s i n A r n ol d , M D . J ef f W I SE i s at M A C

BI L L , ROB BI E, A I M E E, WI L L I E, A N D K A TI E WOOD I n cl osi ng , a r eall y cl ose i n specti on of t h e R eg i st er rev eal s t h at V er n M CGRA W i s t h e “ A sst C Sear i n gDi v ” i n t he Comm Shop. Eit h er Mi tchel l H all h as a n ew and ver y un usual m ai n cour se or di sci pl i n e h as r eal ly t i gh t en ed u p at t h e Zoo. A ct uall y , V em i s n ow t h e Chi ef of t h e So ar i n g Di vi si on , h elpi n g t h e cadet s “ sli p t h e sur ley bon ds.” S o en d s an ot h er i n st al l m en t i n t h e li f e of t h e C l a ss o f ’6 8 .

H q. Ran dy H ERBE RT i s a C-5A I P at A lt us. Bur t A N DRU S own s West er n Si zzli n i n C-Spri ngs an d Den ver .

Don CA I N is at Wr i ght -Pat t er son A F B wi t h A F I T . T om CA SE i s at H ah n A B . L ew EN GL I SH i s a pi l ot wi t h N at i on a l A i r l i n es f l y i n g ou t of M i am i , F L . B ob GE M I GN A N I i s t h e I n f or m at i on Ser v i ces M an ager f or M ur r ay Rubber Com pan y i n H oust on .

T om HA K E M A N w or k s i n com put er gr aphi cs at O f f u t t . C h r i s H O P E i s h er e i n K .C . w i t h H a l l m a r k C a r d s .

Stev e H O P K I N S i s at H il l A F B . D av e H U G H E S i s at R A F

Woodr i dge. L arr y K U B I CZ i s i n L ak ew ood , CO. St u J OH N SON i s at Ran dol ph . Ed L A N D i s at Ram st ei n i n F4E ’s. Bi ll L E N N E Y i s i n Spok an e. Gar y L I N DN E R i s an I P at Reese. M ik e M A Y i s a com m an d post cont r ol l er a t A n d er s en A F B . T o m M c G R A I N m i s a B 7 2 7 F i r st O f fi c er

wit h H ugh es A i r West . Bill M I L L E R i s at L an gl ey . Bob

M U R A SK I is at C ar sw el l . B ob N A L L i s at H u r l b u r t .

Denn i s SH ORT RI D GE i s i n San dy U T . St ev e ST OWE i s at

M i c h a e l R . T h i es s en 12 0 5 W . 7 5t h T er r a c e

Gr een h a m C om m on U K . B ob W A L K E R i s a r esear ch

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assist ant at St anf or d U n i versi ty . Gr eg WA L T S i s i n Geor get own , I N .

Di ck WI GL E i s a sur ger y r esi dent at A kr on Ci t y H ospi t al i n A k r on , OH . St ev e K EY SERL I N G i s a C-141 pi lot at Ch ar lest on A FB . Geor ge K OT T I i s a pi l ot at E l l sw or t h A F B . P et e L A K E i s i n A t w at er , CA . J oh n

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in f orm at i on f or t h i s col umn . Sever al pi ct ur es h av e b e en r eceiv ed f rom v ar i ous candi d ph ot ogr aph er s, i ncl udin g t h e con ehead” scen e. J oe QU I N N suppl i ed t h e pi ct ori al essay on t h e 69’er Con eh ead cont i n gen t . J oe in di cated th at t h e phot ogr aph w as act ual ly t ak en by T .J . D OH E RT Y dur i ng wh at , f r om all r eport s, w as a r eki n dli n g of t he ol d m o t el par t y ex per i en ce. <<

H arr y L A WS r epor t s t h at t h e A l um n i Rugby t eam

scor ed t h r ee t r i es on t h e Z oom i e si d e an d d ef eat ed t h e

Cadet s 14 t o 0 Sat ur day mor n i ng of H om ecomi ng Weeken d. Sev er al 69’er s wer e i nstr um en t al i n t h e vi ct or y .

Bugs FORSYTHE scored first on a 20 meter r un and Roy C O PP I N GE R scor ed l at er on a 40 m et er scr am bl e af t er

pi ckin g of f an err ant pass. Kit BU SCH I N G, M i k e BE EZL E Y, J i m A BBOT T , Bur r CRI T T E N DEN , T er r y BRA DY an d T .J . D OH E RT Y al so par ti ci pat ed i n t h e cont est . Bi l l J OH A N N E S r eport edly w as pr esen t f or t h e event but h as r eti r ed f r om Rugby , t h e U SA FA A l um ni Rugby Foot b al l Cl ub of f er s mem ber sh i ps f or $3/ year .

I ncl uded i n t h e member sh i p is a per i odi c n ew slet t er . T o j oin t h e cl ub m ai l a $3 ch eck pay abl e t o H arr y L aws t o H arr y .

C.J . WA X r epor t s th at h e i s on t h e m aj or s li st . N i ck WA L SH gr aduat ed f r om t h e U ni v er si t y of Col or ado Sch ool of M edi ci n e M ay 26, 1979 a n d w i l l b e at A u d i e L .

M ur ph y V A H ospit al i n San A n t oni o t h e n ext t hr ee y ear s.

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L OV E J OY i s a dat a pr ocessi n g m an ager at A ut o-T r ol T ech n o l og y C or p or a t i on i n A u r or a , C O . A 1 H EN K EL M A N i s a pil ot wi t h Con t i n ent al A i r li n es ou t o f El Paso. St eve RA N SD EL L i s a pi l ot at El l swort h . V al SCOT T i s an M C-130 pi l ot at K aden a. Don ZI M M E RM A N i s a pedi at r i c r esi dent at K eesl er .

Buzz D I RE is a st udent ph y si cal t h er api st at N or t h w est er n U n i v er si t y M ed i cal Sch ool . B uzz sa y s t h at a

secon d chi ld i s expect ed i n J an uar y .

M o s t o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n i n c l u d ed i n t h i s c o l u m n w a s

obt ai n ed f r om ch ange of addr ess f or m s suppl i ed by t h e A OG of f ice. T h i s sh ould expl ai n t h e l ack of subst ant i v e i n f or m a t i o n a n d t h e w e a l t h o f “ l o c a t i o n ” n e w s . I s o l i c i t

an y and al l i nf or m ati on f rom f el low 69’er s, t h eir f amili es

a n d f r i en d s t o a ssis t t h e pr od u ct i on of t h i s n ew s sect i on . I l ook f or w ar d t o h ear i n g f r om m an y o f y ou .

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H enr y M I T CH EL L i s an A FI T st uden t at Wr i ght -Pat , Ch ar les WA RD h as st art ed f our y ear s of med sch ool at t h e U ni v . of K en t ucky M edical School . Gus SORE N SON i s at t he Fl et ch er School of L aw and Di pl om acy .

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I t s ee m s l i k e m o s t o f t h e n ew s i s f r o m t h e a i r l i n e s . J o h n

GORREL L w ho i s f ly in g f or East er n out of A t l ant a wr ot e t h at St eve SI M PSON , Phi l WH I T E H E A D , an d Gr eg SC H W A R T Z

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Chi cago, an d Rueben J ON E S and M ick ROSEN BL A T T out of Washi ngton , D . C.—al l wi t h A meri can . Fr om t h e ch an ge-of -addr ess car ds we f i n d t h at Roger H I L L , Bi ll J EN N E Y , an d M i ck DA V E Y are all i n Denv er wi t h H ughes A ir west . George DA WES j oi ned t h e Conti nent al gang in El Paso. J ef f SL ET T E N and Roger PET E RSON

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Ski p PEN N Y is Com man der M aui Opt i cal T r acki ng and I dent i f icati on F aci l it y . H e an d J ane h ad a gi r l (Sar ah ) i n J an uary (79). H e wan ted m e t o m ent i on t h at th ey “ h a v e r oom f or vi si t or s” . Ski p, U SA F A j ust j oi n ed t h e West er n A t h let ic Con fer ence an d w il l pl ay i n H aw aii i n t h e f a l l j ust how much r oom do y ou h ave?

Sidney L I M OGES i s SA M SO L i ason O f fi cer t o A D C O M a t P et er s o n a n d J o h n G A L L A G H E R i s a m i s s i o n

di r ector f or SA M SO up at Buck ley . M ar cus H OL L Y i s A F OSI For ensic Sci ence Con sult an t at Cl ar k , PI . Ch ar li e SM I SSON i s i n t he comm and post at K aden a.

F -4 j ocks on t h e move: Bob BA K E R t o H ahn A B , Ger .; Dwi ght EL L I S to M oody ; Gerr y SH A W, f l i gh t comm an der at Cl ar k ; an d Ed COL E , I P at M cDi ll .

Rick M URROW an d Doug K I RK PA T RI CK ar e i n F B111’s at Pl at t sbur gh and Dav e M acGH E E i s an F-l l l E I P at RA F U pper H eyf or d.

a r e w i t h C o n t i n en t a l i n D en v er . T o m M E N A R D i s a l s o

wit h Cont i n en t al in Den ver but i s li vi ng i n t h e Spri n gs.

Jim

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(F ai r f i el d , C A ) a n d J .R . C H A T F I E L D i s w i t h U n i t ed a n d

i s l i v in g i n N or th Ri dgev i l le, OH . J i m DU N N got out i n Oct ober but h as not pi cked an air l i ne, y et . Fr ed SI N E i s n ow Sen ior M anager , Power pl an t Suppor t wi t h N at ion al A i r l i n es i n M i a m i .

H ow ev er , w e d o h av e som e ci v i l i an s w h o a r e n ot

wor ki ng f or t h e ai rli nes. J i m K E OWN i s a ci vi l en gi n eer i n

G l en d a l e, A Z ; M i k e R O SE i s w i t h R eg i m en t L T D h er e i n

t he Spr i ngs. M ay was a busy mont h f or M i ke—h e got h i s M BA f r om U CCS and got m arr i ed (wi f e’s n am e is M ar ce) Calvi n COL V E R is a lawy er i n V i r gi ni a Beach , V A . Ray J O N E S i s O per at i on s A n al y st f or R ock w el l I n t er n at i on al

(Gr an vi ll e, OH ). Tom GRA CZY K is a Desi gn E ngi n eer

w i t h F or d M ot or C o. (C an t on , M I ). K ei t h B E N N E T T i s

Pr oj ect M an ager i n Denv er (Ben h am Blair & A f f i li ates).

A n umber of peopl e h av e m ov ed on t o n ew assi gn m en t s. A t l east t h r ee ar e at A CSC: D on WEST BROOK , T om PRA TT , and Roger RA DCL I F F . Bi ll WE I R i s at A F M PC i n t he OER A n al y si s Br an ch — any good wor ds t o sh ar e. Bil l ? Ch ar li e L ON GN ECK ER is at T e st P i l o t S c h o o l .

R uss SZ CZ E P A N I K on t h e r ig h t R uss W I I SA N E N an d W al t SE E D S a r e bot h a t M i n ot .

Sli ghtl y di f fer en t pl an es, t h ough . Russ f li es F-106’s, W a l t

f l i es K C -135’s. B i l l K E L L Y i s i n E C -135’s at E l l sw or t h . R ex

We h av e som e r eally “ hi gh ” f ly er s i n our cl ass. Russ

J ON ES i s an I P at Col um bus. A r t BOX i s at Cast l e goi ng

t h at Gen o QU I ST h ad j ust arr i ved t o st art h is one-y ear ch eckout as SR-71 RSO. A l so at Beal e f ly i n g U -2’s ar e C ec i l

L I GOCK I i s i n T -39’s at Scott , H arr y SA N DS is a n I P a t L uke, an d F loy d SM I L E Y is i n t he A WA CS at T i nk er .

SZ C Z E PA N I K i s an SR -7 1 R SO at B eal e. H e sen t w or d S N Y D E R a n d D a l e S M I T H . R u ss r a n i n t o M i k e U P S O N a t

K aden a. M ike i s f lyi ng F-15’s.

J oh n L E N I H A N fi n i sh ed a r em ot e t our at M i sa w a ,

J apan and is n ow i n OB-GYN at L akenh eat h , U .K . H e saw G or d on K I N G i n t h e P h i l i p pi n es on t h e w ay h om e. J oh n sa i d t h a t R on ST E B N E R i s a ci v i l i an f l y i n g out of L .A . a n d h a s h i s fi r st s o n .

J i m J A C O B SO N i s a n en d ocr i n ol ogi st at W r i g h t -

P at t er son M edical Cent er . H e passed on a coupl e of i t e m s : Ri ck FRA N CK (wi f e M ar l a an d n ew baby gir l) i s gett i ng out t o j oi n h i s f at h er ’s l a w pr act i ce i n D en i son , l A ; M i k e L A M B E RT i s st a y i n g i n Sa n A n t on i o a s r esi den t

opt h am ol ogi st .

A n d t h er e ar e t h ose t h at h av e gone back t o sch ool .

t h r ou gh

C C T S as a B -52 ai r cr a f t com m a n d er . M a t t

L or en A I N S W O R T H w r ot e f r om A u st r ai l i a w h er e h e

i s on t h e l ast y ear of an ex ch ange t our wi t h t h e A ust r aili an s f lyi ng C-130H ’s. H e saw Steve F EA ST E R (F 111 I P at Cannon ) and J ack H ORN E R (EC-135’s at K aden a) down t h er e dur i n g K an gar oo I I I .

Ch ri st m as car ds cam e f rom J ack an d J oey N ORM A N

(t h ey h a v e t w o l i t t l e on es, 2 a n d 4), J ef f a n d D i an e

A CU RSO (t hey are fi n al ly leavi ng t he L . A . ar ea—f or Germ an y), and Rob and L esli e ROBI SON who ar e st il l a t E l l sw o r t h .

A l a st m i n ut e l et t er ca m e f r om J i m R O D G E R S. H e i s goi n g PC S t o N or t on t o w or k i n t h e M X SP O . H e an d C a r ol

h ad a daugh ter about a year ago.

T h at ’s i t f or t h i s ed i t i on . T ak e ca r e.

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2007A M er cur y Dr .

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O f fi c e : 5 0 5 -8 4 4 -9 8 3 1 A V 2 4 4 -9 8 3 1

A h ear t y New Y ear ’s gr eet i n g t o all . Y ou wi ll be recei vi n g a l et t er f r om Paul M A F FE Y det ai lin g h i s pl an for r ai si ng f un ds f or t he Cl ass Wal l Pr oj ect . I str on gly en cour age ever y on e t o support t hi s pr oj ect . Responses f r om ot h er classes h av e av er aged about 25 per cen t , b u t I am con fi d en t t h at w e ca n d o m uch bet t er t h an t h at . W i t h

your ear ly suppor t we can r eali ze our goal of dedi cat i ng o u r Cl ass Cr est at t h i s y ear ’s H om ecomi ng.

On a sad not e, t h e A OG of fi ce h as i nf or m ed me t h at

M ar k P E T E R SO N , w h o h ad b een M I A i n Sout h V i et n am

since 1973, h as now been decl ar ed K I A . Our sym pat h ies t o M ar k ’s f ami ly .

Di ck D YSA RT i s i n h is fi n al y ear of M ed Sch ool at t h e

Uni versity of Mi nnesota and i s hopi ng for a Family

Pr act i ce Resi dency i n Ogden , U t ah or i n I dah o. F r om P et e

and Linda BLAKE comes news of the arri val of twin boys

i n A ugust . Pet e is wor k in g as an A ir Tr af fi c Con tr oll er a t

the Denver ARTCC i n L ongmount and invites anyone i n

Rich ar d COT E i s a P.E . I n st r uct or at U SA FA . Br uce CRI M I N i s an F-4 pi l ot , al so at H ah n , D an D ED ON A i s a M an power St aff Of ficer f or t h e N ati on al Guar d Bur eau a t t he Pent agon . Bob an d Car ol yn DE N A RO lef t t h e A i r

Force and SA MSO, and Bob is now a Syst ems A nalyst and

Con sult an t f or N av i gati on , Gui dan ce an d Con t r ol f or Sy st em s Cen t r al , I n c., i n Pal o A lt o, Cali f . P aul DRE GER i s out an d wor k i ng i n sal es i n M ani t ow oc, Wi se. Wil l i am

EVA NS is a SAC Command Bri efer and Programs Offi cer

at Of f utt . M i k e FA RA ON E is L acr osse coach at U SA FA .

L i ndsay F EN WI CK i s n ow a U .S. cit i zen an d h e an d wi f e

Sharyn and two boys are in Saudi Ar abi a, where Lindsay

i s f l yin g F -27s f or H ugh es A ir w est .

M i ch ael F U H S gr aduat ed f r om t h e U ni v er si t y of I ow a Coll ege of D en t istr y w it h a D .D .S. an d i s n ow a D en t al

Officer at Tinker. Paul GILLMAN i s a corporat e vi cepresident i n Phoenix. Ken GI NGRI CH i s f lyi ng RF-4Cs a t Zweibrucken AB, Germany, after a three year exchange

t our w i t h SA C . Scot t H A M M i s a F i el d D i v i si on F or em an

for the Scotts V all ey County Water Di stri ct , Santa Cr uz, Calif. J acob HUFFMAN i s a Radar Nav at Loring after a st aff j ob at Off utt. Chris JENSEN i s Progr am Manager f o r C-5 and C-141 si mulators at Hq MA C. Gordy KA GE i s a B-52 I P at Seymour-Johnson and j ust completed SOS with Keith BETSCH (Di sti ngui shed Grad), Dave MURCHI SON, Larry WI LLIA MS, Bi ll SM I T H , and Gar y T I B B ETT S. J i m K OT ORA is a C-130

t he D env er ar ea t o gi ve hi m a ri n g.

We r ecei ved many Ch ri st m as gr eeti ngs t hi s y ear f r om aroun d t h e wor l d. L ar r y an d Bet sy BL A M E U SER wr ot e on t h e mov e. L arr y w as at Can n on gett in g ch eck ed out i n

pilot at Little Rock. William KRA MER is a test pil ot f o r Sikersky Aircraft, and i s livi ng in Southbury, Conn. V i n c e

t he h ouse an d get r eady t o mov e t o RA F L ak en heat h f or t he n ex t t hr ee y ear s. L ar r y r epor t s t h at h e r an i nt o M aj or T err y H OL M ES, wh o i s a fl i gh t sur geon at V ance, an d

Tel ecommuni cati ons Operations at George Washington

T err y an d Di an e WE I M ER h ave gon e f r om A F I T t o Col or ado Spr i n gs.

Offutt . Mark MA GNESS i s a Judge A dvocate at Wi lford Hall . Dann MATTI ZA i s on a SA C/ TAC Exchangetour in

the F-111 while Betsy was back in Lubbock tryi ng t o s el l

Butch LEROY, who is a Judge Advocate at Cannon. Also,

Fr om t h e M i ddl e E ast , D av e an d Chr i s M CCL OY sen t greet i ngs f r om I n ci r li k , T ur k ey , w her e Dav e i s t h e L a b Of fi cer . Th ey ar e awai t i n g r eassi gnm ent t o t h e St at es, a n d pr obabl y n ot a mi n ut e t oo soon , gi ven t h e sit uati on i n t h a t area of th e wor l d. D av e an d Chri s wer e pl ann i ng t o s h a r e Chri st m as wi t h Ch i p REN Y wh o w as T D Y f rom T or r ej on

i n h i s F -4 .

Bob an d Peggy F RET ZS wr ot e f r om Wri gh t -Pat t wh er e B ob i s i n t h e Sy st ems M an agem ent pr ogr am at A F I T . H e wi l l gr aduat e i n Sept em ber and ex pect s t o go t o t he A FPRO at Boein g i n Seatt l e. M i ke and J o H I T E ar e al so sti ll at Wri gh t -P at t w h er e M ik e i s w or k i n g wi t h t h e K C-10 pr ogr am at A SD .

J oh n an d C h r i st i e G R U E SE R w r ot e f r om R eese t o

an noun ce th e i mmi nent ar r i v al of t h eir secon d chi l d, a n d al so t h ei r i mmin ent depart ur e f rom th e A i r Force. J oh n i s h opi ng t o get on wi t h t h e air li n es.

W e a l so h ear d f r om G l en n a n d L or i e G R A B E R a n d

t hei r t wo k i ds at L or i n g, Ri ck an d K at hy SCH U M I CK an d t hei r t wo ki ds i n Ri ver side, Calif or ni a, Way n e and A n n T U RK i n Ok l ah om a Ci t y , an d Bi l l an d Su n dae BRA DF ORD i n San Di ego. Th an k s t o all f or y our car ds a n d l et t er s .

Fr om ch an ge of addr ess car ds, I gl ean ed t h e f oll owi n g: St eph en B ERG E R i s n ew M an ager of F i n an ci al

A d m i n i s t r at i on f or I n f or m at i on I den t i fi cat i on , I n c. i n F t .

W or t h , T ex as. J oh n B I E R I E m ov ed f r om W r i g h t -P at t t o

Dubuque, I ow a. Davi d B L A I R i s f lyi ng 727s f or Br ani f f , based i n M em phi s. J oh n BL I N D i s a st udent at Oxf or d U ni ver si t y i n En gl an d. Robert B ROD EL i s an F-4 pi l ot a t H ah n A B , Ger m any . T om CA L L EN i s an A st r o I n str uct or a t U S A F A . L aw r en ce C O L E i s a t E l l sw or t h .

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Reconnaissance Aircraf t Maintenance Manager for 15th

A F at M ar ch . D av e M C C L U R E i s a C -130 I P at L i t t l e R ock .

Chri s MOORE i s chief of B-52 aircrew tr ai ni ng for 8th A F

at B ar k sd a l e. St ev e M O T T i s a st u d en t i n t h e A F I T Sch ool

of Sy st ems and L ogi st i cs at Wr i gh t -Pat t .

T on y N A RDECCH I A i s f lyi n g F-15s at H ol l om an .

Di ck N A SH i s i n l ogisti cs m an agement at t he Okl ah om a

City ALC at Tinker. Mike NEWTON is flyi ng 727s for

Con ti n ent al an d li vi n g i n A ur or a, Col o. Paul N I PK O i s a n En vi ron m ent al Suppor t Of f icer at L owr y . D al e PA RN EL L i s t h e B ase Dr ug/ A lcohol A buse Offi cer at M ount ai n

Home, Robert PETERS is Execut i ve Of fi cer , Hq MA C/ Engi neering and Servi ces, at Scott . Gary POI NTER

i s a DC-9 pil ot f or Ozar k i n St . L oui s. N or m PON D ER i s a M i ssi l e C om b at C r ew C om m an d er at D a v i s-M on t h an . R at

RA N D m ov ed f rom Wr i ght -P att t o Qui ncy , M ass. Dav e RE N N EK A M P i s Emer gen cy A ct i on Of fi cer at RA F U pper H ey f or d. Ri ch ar d RE Y N OL DS is a st udent at t h e

T est P i l ot Sch ool at E d w ar d s.

T hom as RI L E Y i s a pi l ot f or A meri can , based i n Wash i n gt on , D.C, L awr en ce SCH L ESER i s a U N T N av I n str uct or at M at h er . Geor ge SCH U L T Z is a fli ght of fi cer f or A meri can , based i n Buf f al o, but aw ai t i n g a tr ansf er t o

A OG RECO RD S T he A OG is dependent on the membership to update r eco r d s, i n cl u d i n g m ai l i n g ad d r esses an d phot ographs. Send changes and correct ions to t he A O G o f f i ce .

F UN and GA M E S a t U SA F A . . .

Bost on . Geor ge repor t s t h at Ron CA SSA N O, J oh n SA BA L A , an d Bil l PU RCE L L ar e al so f ly i ng f or A m er i c a n .

L ee SHA N N ON i s a Seni or En gi neer wit h A T & T L on g L i nes, i n Way ne, Pa. Wi lli s SI M M ON S fi ni shed hi s resi den cy at Keesler an d i s n ow a pedi at r ici an at Elm en dor f . Woody SM I T H i s an att or ney i n Redon do Beach , Cali f T om ST EI PP is a Pr oduct M an ager f or H ew l et t -P ack a r d i n B oi se, I d a h o . J a m es SW E E D E R i s a n

AF I T st udent at Wright -Pat t . D an U L M ER i s a C-141 pi lot at Ch ar l est on . T om V RA N I SH i s at PI T at Ran dol ph , en r out e t o L aughl i n as a T-38 I P. J eff WA RB U RT ON i s Gen er al M an ager of t he Centr al Wy omi ng Ser v ice B ur eau in Casper . Fi n ally , L arr y WI L L I A M S i s a M ai nt en an ce A n aly si s Of f i cer f or t h e A er ospace M ai n t en an ce Development U ni t at CF B T r ent on, Ont ari o.

Obvi ously , lot s of people m oved t hi s sum mer .

Remem ber , I get y our ch an ge of address car ds f rom t he A OG, so if y ou don ’t h av e ti me t o wr i te a l et t er or cal l , j ot a n ot e t o m e on y our car d. T he i nf or m ati on i n t hi s col um n depends on your i nputs an d I gr eat ly appr eci at e y our suppor t . Fi n ally , don ’t f or get t o send y our cont ri but ion t o t h e C l a ss W al l Pr oj ect . T i l l n ex t t i m e.

B o b B el l

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H el l o out t h er e a n d w el com e t o t h e 1980’s. W e en t er n ew an d m or e of t en t h an n ot f r u st r at i n g t i m es as I t r y t o

pass al on g n ew s t o ever yone i n ’72 — t hose st ill i n t h e b l u e suit , and also you who h av e alr eady t r aded it i n f or a di f f er ent st yl e. H opef ul ly t h e next sev er al y ear s wi l l h a v e a f avor able impact on all of us w h at ever our pur suit s.

Readi ng t hr ough t h e Ch ange of A ddr ess car ds gi v es me most of t h e m ateri al f or t h i s quart er , and I do appr eci ate even t h ose sh or t comm en ts i n t he Rem ar k s sect i on as y ou move ar oun d. Ral ph A L L EN (J an) now f li es F-4s at K un san , K or ea (on e of my f avor i te(?) spot s i n K or ea). N ow a n E x ecut i v e D i r ect or , Pr i v at e I n d u st r y

Council for t he Wausau A r ea Ch amber of Com mer ce, Gr eg

A N DE RSON (B et h ) m en t i on s bei n g a publi shed wri ter , an d al so t h at Gr een Bay Packer J oh n A n der son i s n on e ot her t h an hi s “ li tt le” br ot h er . Ray BA N DI n ow com m an ds a sect i on of t h e Squadr on Of fi cer Sch ool down at M ax wel l . M i ke BORY SEWI CZ (L ar ai ne) h as mov ed f r om U t i ca t o N ort h Syr acuse i n N ew Y or k , ot h erwi se k n dw n a s H an cock F i el d w h er e h e i s on a t h r ee y ear r a t e d

suppl em ent assign ment as a Ci vi l Engi neer , wi t h a M .S. f r om Geor gi a T ech .

Ral ph BROWN (J uli ) i s i n F-4 RT U at M acDi ll . N ow t he Chi ef f or M ai n ten ance M an power Requi rements at H Q TA C, L an gl ey is T om CA SDORPH (L i n da). A not h er pi lot h as r epor t ed f or wor k wi t h U ni t ed i n t h e per son of F r a n k C A U T H E N (P aul a) st a ti on ed at D en v er . T om C RA W F OR D

(K en dr a) h as l ef t t he A zor es f or T acom a, WA . L oui s DECOT EA U X (J acki e) i s gon e f r om Pl at t sbur gh f or resi den ce i n N ash ua, N H . N ow ch i ef Resi den t at Wi lf or d H al l i n O B / G Y N i s J o hn D U K E (Susa n ), M i k e D U N N

(Pam) i s fl y i n g f or U SA F I WS at T yn dal l . M ar k F I N LA YSON (Paul a) i s t h e A r ea Def en se Coun ci l , U .S. Tr i al J udici ar y for M acDi l l . J ohn FU SS i s Chi ef Pl ans a t El m en dor f wi t h 71ARRS. A r ecent gr aduat e st udent at U . of C.-Dav i s i s J oh n GRA H A M (D ebbr a) un dert aki n g t h e st udy of Ph y si ol ogy . N ow at F-4 RT U at L uke i s Ch uck HA RRI N GT ON (Shei l a) wi t h son s Scott y an d Br i an l en di n g m or al support . B ack h ome i n Chi cago wi t h DCA SR (D L A ) at O’H are i s J i m J A N U L I S (L i nda).

Con tin ent al i s t h e n ew empl oy er of Doug J OH N SON based i n A ust i n, T X . A s a squadr on pi l ot at H i ll , Pet e J ON ES (V i ck i e) i s on e of t he fi r st cl ass t o get i nt o F - 16 s .

Bi ll KE EL ER (T er r i ) pi lot s an F-106 at K .I . Saw y er . N o w a t B ar k sd al e i s P au l K N O W L T O N (C a t h y ). A n ot h er 72er i n t h e R O K i s B r i a n L A N D SB E R G E R (D on g M i ) f l y i n g F -4s

at l ovel y T aegu A B . A t T ex as I nstr um en ts M i k e L ED D Y (M ar y) i s an en gin eer i n L ewi svi ll e, T X . Don M A CN I V EN (K aren ) i s a sect i on com m ander f or SOS, al so doin g h i s t hi n g at M axw ell . B ob MA RK S (Sh ar m an) fl i es f or A m er i ca n A i r l i n es out of O ’H ar e. N ow st at i on ed at H a h n

A B , Ger m any is Gr eg M A RSH A L L (Pat ) i n t he 314T F S (F 4). Ch uck M CCORM A CK (Debbi e) h as l ef t K unsan , ROK f or N el l i s a s a n F -4 I W SO . D r . K ei t h M E R E D I T H (C ok e) h as m ov ed f r om V acav i l le, C A t o Sa n A n t on i o, T X .

A not her A mer i can Fl ight Of fi cer , Don M I L L ER (Pamel a) i s based out of Dall as/ Ft . Wor t h Regi on al . T om M I L L E R (L y n n) was recall ed t o act i ve dut y i n Sept . 79 f or 39

assignment at Wright-Patterson as a fl ight Simul ator S P O Developmental Engineer. John MOCKO (Suzy) is also at Wright-Pat as an Aerospace Engi neer i n FTD, whi le on t h e

AFIT side of the base, Mike MUSSON (Mary) is pursui ng

For my part, being at a maj or terminus of military

transpor t, I do occasionally spot a f ami li ar face rushing i n or out . Most recently had a qui ck chat with Lonnie

PARKER now based in 141’s at McChord, and that very

higher education. Now worki ng in HQ SA F/ DOOO a s a n

same day saw A1LEI 'TCH at the Sumo Lounge, enroute t o home base Norton i n hi s 141. For any who pass thi s w a y ,

Horace ORR (Ci ndy) i s at Wright-Patterson as a Proj ect

ATOC/ Command Post in Bldg. 703A, so drop in anytime,

A ir Oper at i ons St aff Of fi cer i s Eri c N E DE RGAA RD (J en n y ), al so ch eck i n g out i n our CT -39s her e at Yokot a.

M an ager wit h A SD. Ed PA I N T E R is a second of f icer wi t h

Delta Airli nes out of Boston, and the same goes f or P a t BURKE (Vi ctori a), with Karl ZICKRI CK (Di ane) doi ng

t he same j ob f or t h e same out fi t but at Dall as/ Ft . W o r t h .

Keesler has a recent new Chi ef, Hematology & Coagul ation at it s Medi cal Center in the person of Way n e PA TTERSON (Debra). Ji m POLVE (M aryann) has moved from Henderson, NV to Westminster,CO f lyi ng for Hughes

A i r West . Ron QU I N T ON and h is n ew wi f e J oN ell ar e n ow resi di n g at K eesl er (M edi cal Cent er ) as an M .D . Ri ck R A Y (L eann e) i s in B-52s at M at h er as a N av i n t h e 441BM S. P a t ROON EY (M el ody ) r ecent ly j oi n ed Pr oct or & Gamble a s a T eam M an ager at D all as, TX . Rol an d Sch ank i s a st udent of L aw at t he U . of K ansas. Ran dall SCH M I DT i s a

participant i n ASTRA assigned to the Pentagon i n the Officer Promotion and Policy Br anch. Ed SEARL ES (Di ane) has moved fr om Cheyenne, WY to Stratford, CT. Now Staf f L egal Advi sor for USAFE Contracting Regi onU K i s L ar r y SHA RRA R (V i cki ) based at RA F L ak en heat h .

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or at least call day or night. And once again, time f o r t h e Cl ass Wall pl ug —all you statesi de guys feel fr ee t o gi v e t h e

AOG a call with any help or $ offers you may have, autovon i s close. As summari zed i n this issue, 1972 can still use assistance to make it up on the Wall by Homecoming 1980, on l y a l i t t l e w h i l e m or e!!

So long for now, you guys! Keep on the posi tive side o f

li fe and let me hear from you all some time or other, o r a t least, hope you enjoy this bit of amateur authorship. I

enj oy doing it, and will conti nue only as l ong as you w i s h

m e t o . F .P .A .

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F r ed K n ow l es 964 L a con D r .

N ew port N ew s, VA 23602 48 F I S (A DTA C) L an gl ey A F B , V A 23665

United at O’Hare is the employer of Greg STODDARD.

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j ob with Eastern, al most fi nished with probati on, and a

I am going to attempt to get all caught up on this s t u f f and make a clean slate of it for the new year. So if y o u r letter, that you wrote six months ago, is just now gett i n g

Also at O’Hare but with American is Dave (Smokey) STOVER (Ann). Dan VICIAN (Linda) has a pair of sons, a

Reser v e slot i n C-141s at McGui r e — wh at mor e coul d a n ent er pri sing, semi -mil i t ar y ci vi li an wan t f or ?? Bi l l V I N A L

has gone to Sheppard for Fixed-Wing Qual training. N o w

at USA FA is Dave WA GIE (Susan), and down at Peterson Field we have George WARGO (Shirley). Maki ng his home in Elgin, I L is Dean WHEEL ER (Peggy), Harri s

Corporation at Melbourne, FL is the recent employer o f

Ri ck WI LLIAMS (Terri), presentl y Seni or Contracts Admi nistrator. Ed RANSFORD (L aurie) recentl y recei ved

the ACFM at Ft. Lee AFS. And as of 1 Oct. 79, T.J. (’Thomas) MANCUSO (Roberta) is a practicing attorney with DeMuth, Kemp and Backus of Denver , CO.

N ow I m ust cor rect a pr ev i ous er r or t h at wen t i nt o t h e

F al l ’79 i ssue of CHECK POI NT S. On ly Gal en MCPHERSON (Barbara) knows better than I that he i s not a Ford Motor Company Product Design Engineer

based in Detroit with his new (?) wife Shelley, except

m aybe St ev e M A CHA CEK wh o i s based i n Det r oi t wi t h

Shelley, working for Ford. (Barbara, what really hapened

into print at least it i s get ting i nto print. Ken VA RGAS wrote me back in May, he is still in Canada. Dan

O’HOLLAREN is a civilian and s Senior Engineer with the Boeing Company in Seattle instructing airline maintenance supervisors on the 737 systems. Bill

DI FFLE Y (now marri ed to Pam) is also out of theA ir F or ce and looki ng for a j ob with the airli nes. Steve CRI STIANI i s at Wri ght-Patt i n A FIT. AJ. RA NFT i s i n F-15’s at

Holloman. Pat ROONEY is at Barksdale in Buff s (Dan i s not real sure about that, Pat - is it true?) John

EI SENHART is a soari ng instruct or at USAFA. Paul FREUN D is at Shaw as an I WSO and John PARK i s sti ll st u ck i n C al i f or n i a at M at h er .

Carl DOFELMIER wrote to let us know about quite a

few people. Bernie SULLENBERGER was at Nelli s but should be out of the A .F. now. Mi ke MOSI ER is headed f o r

is that there was a sli pup with the pri nter in which t h e l i n e

T-37’s at Del Rio. MikeHENAHAN is at Carswell driving Buff s. Bob MUNSON is in OV-l O’s at Sembach. Roy

Sheley MACHACEK became att ached to hi m and he moved to Detroit —only i n fi cti on can it be so easy, r i g h t ??)

COOPER is with TWA. Paul STUCKEY is flying F-15’s

det ai li ng t he f act t h at Gal en was an F-4 I WSO “ f ell o u t ” .

HART is in Dall as with the USA F Health Facilities Paul

too con f used ov er it . Wh at i t sh oul d hav e r ead: “ N ow a t

out of Holloman. Carl and Barb (DOFELMI ER) a r e expecting their fi rst kid in A pri l and are livi ng in D a l l a s .

Send me whatever pictures you have Carl (not wal l si zed

F-4s. St ev e M A CHA CE K (Shell ey ) is a F or d M ot or

reunion at Delta. Carl says Stu DUERSON is moving in

I personally apologize for the mixup and hope no one got

Homestead, Gal en McPHERSON (Barbara) is an I WSO i n

Company Product Design Engineer in Detroit.” The only letter this time was the one fr om Galen with the obviously current update on his activi ti es to include hi s positi on a s Exec of the 306th TFTS and new son, Geoffrey Eri c. (A n

on es t hough) an d I ’ll tr y t o use t hem . I t m ust be l i ke a C l a ss

with them and I got a bunch of news letters from Delta

telling about Carl and that group: Lester WILLIAMS,

Bryan CLARK, DaveLUTZ, Bob HAYLOCK, Ken BONN*

OINESS in C-2s both at Shaw, with Mark recently

Bill COHN, Eri c HEARN SBERGER, Ron MORA N and Tony DEROSA . Don and Jan WALKER are back from Japan and i n Little Rock; Don i s sti ll i n C-130’s as a n I P and they had another child, a girl Janea. Bill and P a m FOX are expecting another child and they are i n F-4’s a t Cl ark. Steve WI LLI S is now at George AFB i n F-4’s. J o e

Whiteman AFB MO recently wed Teresa, s o n o m o r e “ eternal rock” . Also, who i s that uni denti fi ed gentleman pi ctured in our column? I don’t know, either, maybe P h i l

had some i nformation f or us. Di ck UL MER marri ed Connie and is flying for T.L , Mike DAVENPORT i s in C 5’s at Travi s, and Bil l PATTERSON i s i n C-9’s at Scott.

M SM f or h i s par t i n t h e A -10 con v er sion at RA F

Bentwaters was also received as wel l as bei ng named Juni or Offi cer of the Year.) Galen reports runni ng i n t o Joost VANBASTELAAR (Sharon) in C-2s, and Mark t r an sf er r ed fr om Seym our -J ohn son . A r t OL SON out of

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and Debbie KAHOE fi nally made it to Langley and Joe

Eric VOGEL wrote long ago to say he is out of the A.F.,

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Th e A ssociation of For mer USA F A Poli Sci Typ es (Class of 1973 Chap ter) held a reun ion last summer on t he B a n k s of t he Potomac at M oun t Vernon . Pictured lef t to r ig h t a r e : M r . D a v e Och m a nek , N a n cy K l ot z, Cap t . F r a n k K o tz, B a r b Oc h m a n ek , B r . Stev e R osset t i , Cap t Cl a y St ew a r t

and N ancy Stewar t wi t h son, Ry an , D a ve and Bar b are now i s their second y ear at Pri nceton Un i versi ty ; Steve h a s en t ered t h e Ca r t h usi a n O r d er a t A r l i ng t on , V t ; a n d F r a n k

and N ancy , and Clay and N ancy are in th e USA FA Poli Sci D ep a r t m en t .

m ar ri ed Gudr un of Cologn e, (^ler m an y an d i s look i n g f or w ar d t o a j ob wi t h Con ti n ent al . Bar r y SCH EI N OST i s a sk i bum at Wi nt er Par k . T om SCH U E SSL E R and Ral ph BRODERI CK ar e l ook i n g f or ai r li n e j obs an d T om SPORT E h as an ex ecuti v e posi t ion som epl ace in l ower M ich igan . M ar gen a BEA L wr ote t o say t h at sh e and Byr on h ad a daught er (Jessica Sar ah ) on Dec. 8 an d t h a t Byr on is alm ost don e wi t h F -4 RT U enr out e t o Ramst ei n .

N ow f or a f ew ch an ge of addr ess car ds. K en RI T CH A RT recei ved hi s M S i n Com pSci (and Dee h er M A in H um an Rel at i ons) fr om Ok l ahom a U . i n 1978; t h ey ar e n ow at Of f ut t . J on E L L E R is h ead ed f or I n d i an a U . f or a n A F I T

MA i n English . J ohn ny CH RI ST A L is a ci vi li an an d wor k i ng t ow ar ds a M S in m an agem ent at t h e Sloan Sch ool at M I T . Bi ll CA RPEN T E R is i n Bi t bur g f lyi n g F-15’s.

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Ch ar lest on f or A F I T an d ex pecti n g t h eir fi r st ch i ld i n J an uar y . J ohn PE M B ERT ON i s i n oper at i on s r esear ch at Wri gh t -Patt , and M i k e TREM ON T E i s out an d wor k i n g f or M obi l Oi l i n Ch i cago. Rod T H I EL got out of th e f or ce t h i s

past summer and i s checking i nto the airli nes. I am h e a d ed

sout h to T y ndal l by t h e Gulf f or F-106 sch ool t hi s m o n t h (J an uary ) so i f you come t h r ough t h er e, pl ease say h i t o u s .

M OV I N G? Pl ease f orw ar d y our n ew addr ess, dut y

assignment , and other news to the A OG Offi ce ... A OG Recor ds ar e on ly as curr en t as y our l atest submi ssi on ...

Bef or e I st art reeli n g off al l t h e n ames an d addr esses I woul d li ke t o t al k about t h e Cl ass Cr est . M ost of you, i f n o t al l , ar e aw are of t h e cr ests t h at ar e bei n g put up o n t h e Ch apel w all . T he pr oj ect h as been goi n g on f or about a year . T h e cr est s are n ot in ex pen si ve an d t h e only f un di ng for t h ei r pur ch ase i s t h e i n di vi dual don at i on s by t h e C l a s s m ember s. Th e Cl ass of ’74 i s f ar f r om bei n g pur ch ased un l ess we get t ogeth er . Th e cr est i tsel f wi ll cost a b o u t $2500. T h ere ar e m any w ay s t o r ai se t h e m on ey , but t h e most i mport ant t h i ng to do is t o begi n . N ash CA RT E R (2263 Pt ar mi gan L an e, Col or ado Spri n gs, CO. 80918) i s t h e poi n t of cont act f or t hi s pr oj ect . I f y ou h ave any i d ea s, n eed an y i deas, or want t o don at e an y m on ey , t h en con t act N ash . I k n ow a l ot of us a r e m ov i n g i n d i r ec t i on s f ar a n d

f ast f r om out al ma mat er , but it i s st i ll our al m a m a t er a n d t he Cl ass of ’74 i s j ust as an i m port an t part of t h e A cademy h i stor y as any . C!l ass and I li ke t o t h i n k it i s t h e m o s t

i mportant . Let’s not st op now. Cont act Nash Carter .

A D D R E SSE S: T h e only i n for m at ion t h at I h av e

r ecei v ed i s a sm al l st ac k of a d d r ess ch a n ge ca r d s. H er e

goes: Cr ai g A N DE RSON , Chf . M i lt . J ust ice, Rh ei n-M ai n Germ any ; Stephen A N DE RSON , Pit F-15, L an gl ey V A ; Bob BA YN E , A C F-4, Spangdah l em Germ any ; M ar k BE L L , U niv . of I n di an a, I N ; Rober t B OOT H , Pi t T -43, A n dr ews M D ; J oseph B U CK WA L T ER, N av C-141, T r avi s CA ; Den ni s CA RE L , Pit F-4, Cl ar k Phi l .; Rock y CA POZZI , FA C OV -10, Osan K or ea; M i k e CH A SE , A ST RA M PC, Ran dol ph T X ; Roger COX , V an ce OK ; Gor don DU EY , WSO F-4D , K un san K orea; D av e EI BA N D , I P T -37, Reese T X ; A nt on io F E RRA RO, A / C M ai nt . Sy s. M n gr ., Scott , I L ; Ch uck FI T ZPA T RI CK , Pit C-141, N ort on , CA ; Br yon FOWL E R, Civi li an St udent , L aw Sch ool U n i v. of V i r gi ni a, V A ; D av e F REIET H , Ci vi l i an St uden t , Pace U ni v . N Y ; St an F U L L ER, Gr ad. St uden t , Wr r i ght -Pat t er son , OH ; Gai lon GEN TRY , A ir L i ai son Of fi cer , Ft . Ri ch ar dson A R ; Dav e GA RRA M ON E , FA C 0-2A , Sh aw , SC; Paul GI L L I A M , Sur ger y Resi dent , K eesler , M S; K en GL I F ORT , Resi den t Ph y si ci an , L ackl an d, T X ; St ev e GRE SS, Pit F-15, L an gl ey , V A ; T om H A Y D EN , M A J COM Con t r act M on it or , Son destr om Gr eenl an d; Ch uck H OY L E, I P, M at h er , CA ; M i ke H A L PI N , Pit E-3A T i n k er , OK ; Ri ch H E F FN ER, Pit C-5, Dover , D E ; D ave H EGL A N D, Pit .

Heli copt er , A n dr ew s, M D ; Way n e H I GGI N S, Pit F-4, K un san K or ea; St eve H ORN , Fl i gh t Sur geon , F ai r ch il d , WA ; Ray J E FF S, I P T -37, Pease, N H ; K ev i n K A A N , I P T 41, U SA FA CO; T om KA N E , Pit C-141, N or t on , CA ; J oh n K EL L Y , L aw Sch . St udent , U ni v . of M ich ., M I ; D on K ERL EY , Pi t C-141, M cGuir e, N J ; Gar y K I RST E A TT E R, Pit C-5, Dov er , D E ; M ar t i n K L EN A , Corpor at e Recr ui ter , El ectr oni c Dat a Sy s., D all as, T X ; Er i k K OH L ER, J um p FA C/ a 2, Shaw , SC; Br i an K N A U SS, SQ RT U I P, Geor ge, CA ; M ik e L A RSON , Pit C-141, N ort on , CA ; J oh n L A N SFORD , I P T -38, L aughl i n , T X ; M ar k L E E , M i ch .

I n st . T ech ., (A F I T ), M I ; J ames L E ON A RD, I / N A V , M at h er , CA ; T er r y L E YSA T H , UPT ,V ance, OK ; Ral ph L I N ZME I ER, N av C-130, Dy ess, T X ; J ack L ON G, CPl t B52, E l l sw or t h , SD ; M at t L OV E G ROV E , Com put er A n al y st , L owr y , CO; J i m L U N T ZE L , EWO RC-135, Off ut t , N E ; Pat L YN CH , A cad. I n st ., Wr i gh t -Pat , OH ; J oh n MA DI SON , A C RF-4C, Ber gst r om , T X ; Joh n M I L L E R,

Reports and Bri efi ng Off., McGuire, MJ; Dave MOODY, I P

F-4E , Cl ar k , Phi l .; Dav e N E WE L L , Pi t , Of f ut t , N E ; M ik e O’CON N EL L . St uden t A ri z. St at e U ni v ., A Z; Ri ch ar d 41

PIL LI NG, Wng Cmbt Tact/ Tech Off, Norton, CA ; St eve REZNI CK , AFI T, Wri ght-Pat , OH; Earl RI CHA RDSON , FPlt B-52G, L ori ng, ME; Paul ROGERS, Chf . Safety, Deluth, MN; Tri s SEVDY, I P F-5, Willi ams, AZ; Mike SCHMI DT, Prod, Eng. Off., U .S. Navy Publi c Works

Mickey says.

Cent er Guam ; Bob SCHRA E DER, Pit F-15, H oll om an ,

NM; Kirk ST ANT, WSO, Moody, GA; Howard STRONG, Inst . WSO, Homestead, FL; Mari on TI MBERLA KE, Plt F15, L angley, VA ; Will STURDI VANT, Eval . Mis. Cmbt Cr w . Cm dr ., Wh it em an , M O.

When you have got a minute then pl ease drop me a note. I f you know of other ’74 gr ads i n your area then l et m e know. I hope you all enj oyed your holi day seasons. See y ou

l at er . Bi g Red!

Rick L ayman

4 10 8 N o r t h F i r st S t r eet

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F .E . W A RREN A FB , W yoming 8200 1 H o m e: 307 - 778-2845

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Th i n gs ar e r eal l y looki n g up f or t h i s col um n . By t h at

INTRAMORALS

you mi ght thi nk that I ’ve found someone el se to wri te i t .

N ot so! T h e t r ut h i s t h at sev er a l of our C l as sm at es h a v e

t i r ed of my con st ant n aggi ng an d h av e seen fi t to wr i t e o r cal l an d i n f or m y our t r u st y scr i be about y our

M I C K E Y SA YS, “ I T I S

TI M E T O RE N E W YO U R A O G M E M B E R S H I P !! ’ ’

accompli shment s and doi ngs over the past few months.

So, if y ou’v e m ade t h e n ews an d ar e j ust t oo m odest t o l et t he r est of us kn ow about i t , ch an ces ar e t h at y ou’ll h a v e f oun d y our way i nt o t h e n ew sl et t er t h i s qu art er an yw ay .

L E T T E R S: Ji m B U RL I N G sent m e a l et t er ri ght af t er I sent i n my l ast ar t icle. H e w as enj oj dn g a t h r ee-mont h

pai d vacati on in Montgomery, along wi th many others f rom t h e cl ass. N am es t h at h e in cl uded in t h at gr oup f ol l ow . D av e J A N N ETT A , Sam RYA L S, Rob ST EWA RT , Steve FA RN HA M , J ohn OSSI F F , B r uce L I N ST E R, Duan e J ON E S, A n dy DI CH T E R, Phi l PI ON T E K , J ef f CH A PPEL L , J oe FA CEN DA , Ol l ie L ORE N Z, K evi n GRA DY , M i k e ROZN OV SK Y , Ri ck L E WA L L EN , Phi l BE T H A RDS, J i m M cB RI DE , Chuck H I PPL E R, Ri ck OL EK SA K , Pet e H EN N ESEY , J ef f N EWM A N , B uck ROGERS, M ar k M ODRI CH , and M ar k SCH ON I N G. I m i ght as w ell h ave pr i nt ed a cl ass r ost er . Ot h er n ews f r o m J i m i n cl u d es such t i d bi t s a s B i l l H U G H E S’s L aw Sch ool a t

Cr eigh t on ; Dav e PRA TT i s i n C-141s at M cGui re; J oh n GA U GH A N i s a St an Boar d co-pi l ot at B ar k sdale.

Bi ll L Y E RL Y, hi s wi fe, Sy l , an d t h ei r daugh ter .

H eat h er , ar e all i n K en y a as I r epor t ed l ast t i m e. B i l l i s doi n g r esear ch on t r opi cal di seases an d i s wor ki n g p ar t ti me wi t h t he East A f r ican Fl y n g Doct or s Ser vi ce. H e ext en ds an i n vit ati on t o al l of y ou t o v i si t wi t h hi m a n d h i s f ami ly , an d pr omi ses t h e best saf ari i n K en y a, ex pen se f r ee !

St ev e FA RN H A M an d Sherr y pass on som e news about t h e f ol k s r ecen t ly at Reese. J i m M I CH EL I N I wi ll b e

M ORA N got a C-141 and Ri ck ODE GA RD wi ll be f ly i ng F 4s. Ch ar lie SI M M ON S is i n St an Ev al , T -38s, an d J oh n DA I L E Y i s doin g th e sam e at L aughl i n .

Pet e V A N PEL T , please dr op St ev e a li n e...H e’s w on der i ng wh er e y ou ar e.

Randy M A SON h as t h e dist i n ct i on of bei n g t h e f i r st t o

get off it and contribute to the Cl ass Wall Project . T h a n k s

Ran dy , an d th e r est of you t oo. (M or e t o f ol l ow on t h a t l ater .) Ran dy i s at Ram st ei n w h er e he r eport s t h at B u t c h

BY RD cel ebr at ed h i s ann i ver sar y wit h h i s fi r st wi f e, M ar y ; or m ay be he cel ebr ated h i s fi r st an n i ver sar y w i t h hi s wi f e, M ar y. I n eit h er case, h ope h e h ad a gr eat t i m e .

A ccor di n g t o Randy , D al e SM I T H i s doi n g f i n e i n t an k s a t P ea se a n d Gi l B R A U N an d M i k e P E T E R S a r e n ow a t S em b a c h .

Speaki n g of Sembach , D ave H ERL ON G, on e of t he ol d ti mer s t h er e, and on e of t h ose wh o t ir ed of m y compl ain i ng ,

passed on the names of Ji m SCULL Y, Dave RUDDOCK, M i ke RU T H , Pete ST RU N K , an d M i ke ROZN OV SK Y , al l at Sembach . D av e an d J oy ce RU DD OCK h ad a lit tl e gi r l sev er al m ont h s ago, an d Gi l B RA U N w as m arr i ed. Gi l a n d Dav e wil l b e at t en di ng SOS in J an uar y . Scull y ’s h ad a daugh t er al so.

M i ke SI M PSON i s n o l on ger a l ost soul . H e’s f l yi n g wit h t h e aggr essor s at N ell i s an d fl ies again st y ou g u y s at RE D F L A G . I ’l l i n cl u d e m or e n ew s f r om h i m i n t h e n ex t

going to F-106s at Castle; Art L EIKER got an A-10; J o h n

a r t i c l e.

38s a n d J .J . J A N SO N i s i n St a n E v al at R eese. B r u ce

t i me and ef f ort s t o hel pin g us get t h e Cl ass Cr est d o n e .

T hus f ar w e’ve am assed a sm al l f ort une, appr oxi m at ely $50. 1 hope St eve i s abl e t o w or k a mi r acle, or we’ll n ev er g et t he thi n g don e. Pl ease send a ch eck to St eve at 7273 E a s t F ayett e St r eet , T ucson , A Z 85730. Rem ember i t ’s t ax deduct i bl e an d suppor t s a wor th whi l e pr oj ect .

T her e’s mor e n ew s t o r epor t , but I t h i nk I ’ll save i t f o r t h e n ex t t i m e. I ’m l at e on t h i s as i t i s. D on ’t b e disappoi nt ed i f y our l et t er or n ew s di dn ’t get i n t hi s t i m e.

SCH ERER wi l l be i n t h e A CE pr ogr am at M i n ot f lyi n g T -

EDST ROM i s r em ai ni n g at Reese an d M i k e PERRY wi ll be

going to I cel and in T-33s. Bob LYNN and Jami e BLI SSI T

are ex pect i n g assi gn m ent s any t i me n ow . Ch uck RI ORDA N , Ran dy CA RA WA Y , Cl ay M cF A RL A N D , Steve L ERU M , M ark WEL L S, an d J i m A RT ER h ave all a r r i v ed at Reese as T -38 I P s. J oe D O W D Y , B en P H I L L I P S,

and K evi n GRA DY al l got F-15s; Bo M ON T GOM ERY and M i ke N A RK L EWI CZ ar e goi ng t o Ran dol ph i n T -38s. P at 42

C L A SS C R E S T St ev e P I T O T T I h a s v ol un t eer ed h i s

count ry t o T or r ej on K urt f oun d Cr ai g M OSE R at a subw ay st op i n M adr i d. Cr aig was wi t h hi s fi ance.

Speaki n g of T orr ej on , J i m and Becky DEA U X wr ot e a car d. J im w as T D Y t o I t al y f or a m ont h , so he and B ecky tour ed V en i ce an d Fl or en ce. Beck y i s t h e base sch ool

W a de E . M cR ob er t s

3632A Roy ce Dri v e A l ex an dri a, L oui si an a 71301 H ome: (318) 487-9259 Dut y : A V 683-5779/ 5201

secr et a r y .

D a v e M cE L W E E sen t a “ sem i -l i st ” of n a m es f r om t h e sam e pl ace (T or r ej on i s h ar d to say ): 612t h T F S (all F -4s):

I t i s wi t h sor r ow t h at I st ar t my f ir st cl ass col um n w i t h

t h e n ew s of J oh n V O SB U R G ’ S d eat h . H e w a s k i l l ed i n

December in an OV -10 acci dent n ear K usan A B , Sout h K or ea. Our deepest sy m pat hy an d best wi sh es go to hi s wif e, E ll en , an d t o J oh n ’s parent s. A rt GEORGE w ant s t o pass El len ’s addr ess t o all T he Buds so sh e can h ear f r o m t hem : 3731 Sebill e Dri v e, A l ex an dr i a, L a., 71301. J oh n w a s her e wi t h t he Fl yi n g Ti ger s pr i or t o h is assi gn m en t t o K or ea, an d El l en wi ll be set t li ng i n t h e ar ea f or n ow .

Don an d Wal do ar e a t ough act t o f ol l ow, but i t l ook s li ke I ’ll be doin g t h at each quar t er as Don cont i n ues t o w r i t e a b ou t W a l d o’s ad v en t ur es. T h a t ’s t h e f i r st t h i n g I

t ur n t o each i ssue, an d I ’l l bet I ’m n ot al on e. A nyw ay , I ’m wri ti ng t o y ou f r om t h e L an d of t h e SL U F , soon t o be a P en of t h e W ar t h og .

CH A N GE S O F A D D R E SS: T h e f ol l owi ng ar e at t h e sam e dut y st at i on , but h ave apparent l y m oved i n t h ei r local ar eas: M el an d L i n di PRI V ETT , K C-135, L or i n g; T ony PRZYB YSL A WSK I , B-52D , M arch ; L arr y and J ack i e A U ST I N , T -3 1, Gr i f f i ss; M i k e an d D i an e WOODM A N , F-4D , N el lis; Br uce RA SM U SSEN , T -37 U p gr ad e I P , W i l l i a m s; a n d B r u ce K U E L Z , M i n ot . P C S

car ds wer e recei ved f rom Bi ll BRU N DA GE , b ack fr om Oxf ord, n ow at Reese; Dav e M A ZU ROWSK I , RF -4, Sh aw ; Den ny an d M ar y Ell en SH U PE , T -37 I P, Wi l li am s; an d Ji m my CA M D EN , al so a T-37 I P, at V an ce.

B en T H ORN SON (where’s N orm a?) i s a Weapon s Con t r oll er at Palgon g San , K or ea f or a y ear . Wal t H E I D M O U S is n ow

a t K i r t l a n d A F B f o r H -5 3 i n i t i a l

t r ain i n g an d wi ll upgr ade t o H H -53H PA V EL OW I I I , whi ch he wi l l fl y at Woodbri dge RA F , U K . Bert GOOD RI CH i s an A ir I nt er cept Cont r ol ler at Wall ace A F S, Ph i li ppi n es, an d i s m arr i ed to t he f or mer L t . S u s a n M un dy , w h o i s also a r adar oper at or at Bi t burg (T he f am i ly t h at cont r ols t oget h er ...).

I N T H E N A V Y : L t . j .g . J i m BOM A i s wi t h t h e 7t h

Bob an d D ot SWA N SON , M an ny an d Pen n y L OPEZ; 613t h T FS: J i m an d Becky D EA U X , an d Rob SPEN CE (j ust back f r om Osan ); 614t h T F S: M art y (n ow F-4 fl i gh t l ead) an d Debbi e BI SCH OFF , wi t h son J usti n . Dav e also en cl osed som e “ semi -gossi p.” H i s curr ent f l am e i s Dor i s.

Dave shar es an apar tm en t wi t h Rob SPEN CE i n A l am eda de Osun a, out si de M adr i d — t hey w an t t o hear f r om an y on e passi n g t h r ough (742-5543 at h ome or at t h e 614t h , whi ch i s Dav e’s squadr on al so). D av e spen t

Chri stmas on alert in It aly (Avi ano), but managed to g et i n three days of skiing at Pi ancavel lo i n the Alps. Some o f t h e

guy s D ave h as seen ar e Stew PA T T E RSON , T odd an d L ouA n n G RA N GE R (F -4D , Sp a n g d ah l em ), St ev e SH EPA RD an d Will ST REL L (F -4E , H ah n ), J oh n CROWL EY (C-141, Ch ar l est on ), an d Bud N E V E RS an d H ar ri son FREER (C-141, McGui r e). H e al so r eport s t h at L ar r y L E E , T i m B ROWN , an d Ch ar li e M ORA N w i ll

r em a i n at H i l l out st a n di n g !

AFB

t o t r an si t i on

t o F -16s! T h at ’s

Fr om t he F ar E ast , Dave an d Gai l A N D E RSON sent a

card. They are at Kadena. They recently took a trip t o Bangkok, Singapor e, and Hong Kong. They expect t o PCS around July, and a playmate for Robyn should arri ve i n May. A message from Okinawa arri ved for Don HAL L , sender unknown. I t included a list (even alphabeti zed!) o f K ad en an s f r om ’ 76. T h e F -4 d r i v er s on t h e l i st w i l l

pr obabl y PCS soon , as t h e F-4s t ur n i nt o F-15s t h er e. 1 2 t h

TFS (F-4D): Dave ANDERSON, Mi ke McGUI RE (PCS t o George, F-4G), Syd McPHERSON (want s A-10), and Greg MI LL ER (want s Osan); 25th TFS: John and Lei gh ARMOR (Greg GI LROY says hello), Ray and Di ane FORTNER, Ralph and Jordy GA RDNER, T.J. K OCH, an d M i k e SA CK L EY (PCS t o Osan); 44t h T FS: Ri ch

“ Li nus” PA ULY (PCS to Torrej on), Ji m and Vi cki ROSE;

Fleet on the U.S.S. Berkeley, a gui ded mi ssile destroyer. A

N av y pr ess r el ease r epor t s hi s sh i p i n th e I n di an Ocean

and Arabi an Sea as part of the task force watchi ng o v e r th e ar a ri gh t n ow .

M A I L : G ot som e l et t er s an d C h r i st m as car ds f r om

s o m e c l a s s m a t es . A c a r d f r o m J i m a n d L i n d a C R O W E

real ly put me in t he h oli day spi r it — it sh ow s Sant a’s sl ei gh bei n g pull ed by a T -37. But i n bet ween all t h at m er r i m ent J i m bri n gs up up t o dat e on t h e V an ce “ f ami l y .

T h e Cr owes h ad a baby boy , A l ly n , awhi le back . A m i e ROM OHR i s sti ll si n gl e. J oh n A N DRI CH A K (L ean e) i s TD Y t o Pl at t sbur gh teachi n g copil ot s t o st ay cur r ent i n t h e T-37 wi t h t h e A CE S pr ogr am .

Gar y an d Debbi e T U RN I PSEE D al so wr ot e f r om V an ce. A ngel a Renee w as th ei r bi g Chri st m as pr esent .

Gary menti on ed t hat Don an d Pat H A L L n ewl y ar r i ved a t V an ce, ar e ex pect in g a baby i n J uly .

K urt K L I N GE N BE RGER is n ow at SOS (fi r st i n t h e cl ass?). H e’s j ust back f r om bei n g a F-111 WSO at U pper H ey f or d — say s h e’s gl ad t o be back i n t h e “ l an d of M cDon ald’s, super hi gh way s, hot sh ow er s, an d t h e bi g BX .” I n M ar ch h e wil l j oi n K ar en at Pl at t sbur gh , wh er e 99

h e’l l con v er t t o t h e F B -111 w h i l e sh e f l i es K C -135s. K u r t

say s t h at St ew and Pamel a PA TT E RSON are at U pper H ey f or d n ow — he’s a new F-111 pi l ot . Bi ll (F-111 WSO), E l l i e a n d M a t t h ew BA N N I N G a r e st i l l t h er e. W h i l e cr oss

R E M E M B E R TH E “ G O OD

OL D D A YS... ”

15t h T RS, RF-4C: K evin CH I L T ON , M ar k H U GH E S (PCS t o A T C), D oug K N OX , an d Dav e an d Con n i e M cK E N ZI E ; I st SOS, M C-130: N or m M A RT EL (r eport ed t o be “ t he on ly per son t o be comm ended by n am e by t h e PA CA F I G t eam i n t h e M E I out bri ef ’), and T i m an d Chri sti n e PRA T E R; 909t h A AR S, K C-135: Fr an k an d K ar en L A SSU S, Ray and Patti SA N T EE , St an SZK A RL A T . T h ese guy s i n vi t e vi si t or s, but request t h at y ou br in g Coor s.

B ack i n t h e st at es, I r ecei v ed a l et t er f r om K ev i n

L ON ERGA N . H e w as m edi cal ly r et ir ed i n A pri l 1977 f or di a b et es. I n

D ecem b er

h e w a s gr ad u at ed f r om

the

U ni ver sit y of Wi scon si n L aw School , an d w as admi tt ed t o

t h e W i scon si n B ar . I n J an u ar y h e st ar t ed w or k i n t h e E a u

Cl air e Count y Di st r i ct A t t orn ey ’s of fi ce, doi n g some pr osecut in g an d t ak i n g ov er all t h e wor k wi th j uv eni l es.

Best of l uck in y our n ew car eer , K evi n !

Got a car d fr om J oh n an d Bobbi CROWL EY (C-141, Ch ar lest on ). T h ey ar e goin g PCS to A T C—base an d ai r cr af t unk n own as of December . Bill , Pat t i , an d Ry an N A SH wr ote—t h ey ar e well . Bi ll i s n ow a A -10 f li gh t l ea d at N yr tl e Beach . Th i n gs ar e al so goi n g wel l f or J oe a n d N an ci e W Y SO C K I at D a v i s-M on t h am . J oe i s n ow a T i t an

I I cr ew comm an der , an d al so w or k s at t h e wi n g st an b o a r d .

H e’s a pr i v ate f li ght i nstr uct or al so. N an cie i s w or ki n g wit h a f irm in T ucson . J ack an d J an CA TT ON r epor ts t h a t t hi n gs ar e goi n g sm oot h ly at L angl ey . J an i s w or ki n g a n d h er com pany i s spon sor i n g her m ast er s degr ee.

FUTU RE

SEC ON D

T H O U G H T S C L U B : J u st

ki ddi ng—I could get i n t r oubl e wi t h t h at rem ar k . A n yw ay , Br ad F A GOT wil l marr y M ar y Ch apm an in J un e. Br ad f l ies F-15s at L angl ey . T i m BROWN (f ut ur e F-16, Hi l l ) w a s m arr i ed r ecent l y—h i s wi f e’s n ame i s J em . Cli f f TA YL OR (T-38 I P, Reese) w as m ar r ied i n J an uary t o K ay m ie K r auss of th e 75t h T FS, En gl an d.

F U T U R E K I D S: M i k e an d Ch er i e BY RON (F-15, L an gl ey ), t h eir secon d. Dav e and Gai l A N DE RSON , n um ber t w o. Don an d Pat HA L L (T -37, V an ce), i n J ul y ,

their first, Ter^ and Patti NEW (F-4E, Hahn) expect a baby (or t wo?) i n M ar ch .

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J oh n “ L ou ” M i ch el s , J r .

3508 M on t r ov i a B l v d ., # 117

Om ah a, N E 68123

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CL A SS P L A Q U E : M ar k WHA L E N , w ho i s l eav i ng

t h e 557t h F T S at A F A , h a s st ar t ed t h e f u n d f or t h e c l a s s

pl aque, wh ich i s t o be m oun ted on t h e Cl ass Wall by t h e Ch apel . T aki n g ov er wi l l be Dale OST ROWSK I , wh o i s n ewly ar r i v ed at A FA an d t h e 557th . H is h om e addr ess i s 2720 E l Capit an , Col or ado Spr i ngs, Co. 80918; or , i f y o u w an t m or e i n f or m at i on , cal l h i m at A V 259-3655. W e n eed

$2520 t o buy t h e pl aque, an d t he en t i r e Cl ass i s to b e soli cit ed i n F ebr uar y . So sen d i n t h e m on ey and w e c a n h opef ul l y hav e our s dedicat ed at H omecom i ng t h is year .

A ny ex tr a mon ey wi ll be added t o st ar t our Cl ass F un d , an d t h e mon ey used f or our 10 y ear r euni on in ’86. Let ’s get

t h a t d on e A S A P .

M E A N W H I L E : B a ck h er e at E n gl an d A F B w i t h t h e

A -7D ar e M ar t y H OL L A N D , Stev e ST A RK S, J ay ST RA U CH , A r t an d K at h y GEORGE , J i m PH I L L I PS, and my self , wi f e Sue an d daught er M er edi t h (sh e l ooks l i k e m e, except sh e’s cut e). Som e of us expect t o rem ai n h er e t o t r a n s i t i o n t o t h e A - 10 .

M I S C : W e h ad an ex er ci se h er e a f ew w eek s a go cal l ed

Cor sai r Rouge. Som e of t he pl ay er s i n cl uded M i ke K E A N E (0 -2, Sh aw) and K ar l DI TT M ER (F-4, M oody ). M ar t y H OL L A N D l ed a com posi te str i ke f or ce whi ch i n vol ved sever al t ypes of ai r cr aft . On a depl oym ent t o Pat r i ck i n Oct ober I r an i nt o Ror y CH I L DRESS—n eit h er of us w as h urt , an d h e expl ai n ed t h at h e w as t r ai ni n g f or h i s 0 -2 assi gn ment t o H ow ar d A F B , CZ. M i ke BYRON was h er e l ast f all f or our base open h ouse. H e i s t h e n ar r at or f o r t h e

F -15 D em on st r at i on a n d T r av el l i n g R o a d Sh ow f r om

L an gl ey —and boy w as h e good! H e soun ded li k e t h e

T h u n d er bi r d n ar r at or a l w ay s d oes.

T h at ’s a b out al l I ca n t h i n k of . I ’m t i r ed of al l t h i s

t y pin g . I ’d appr eci at e h ear i n g fr om an y - an d ev er ybody .

T ak e a m i n ut e a n d w r i t e a car d or l et t er , or cal l . A l so, i f y ou ev er h appen ...n o, wai t —if y ou ev er h ave t o be i n Cent r al L oui si an a, cal l on e of y our fri en dl y Cl assm at es—w e’ll g i v e you a beer t o cr y i n . Be car eful . A l so, i n vest i n Corr ect oT y pe or Whit e-Out .

RU N D , St a n H I N O K I , J i m M C CA RT H Y , M ax D’L A ROTT A , Rick COSB Y , Dan V A N A L ST I N E , an d Ch uck GI L L . Wi th SA C put t i n g m or e cr ews t hr ough t h er e al l t h e t i m e. I g u ess t h at i sn ’t t oo su r pr i si n g . M i k e

BA TT ON ’s wi f e L i sa r eport s t h at M i ke h as been put on

m edi cal h ol d f r om h i s f l y i n g d ut i es a s an I P , a n d i s n o w

On Wat ch : H ope t he h oli day s w er e h appy f or ev er yone. I w as i n A t h ens for Chri st m as, but m ade i t b a c k h om e soon af t er . I t h i n k i t w as a l m ost a s w ar m h er e a s i t w a s i n t h e M ed .

T h is m on t h ’s “ Tough Guy ” aw ar d goes t o Rod GRESS, l at el y of t h e U SA F bobsl ed t eam . Rod w as up a t L ak e P l a ci d i n D ecem b er f or t h e O l y m pi c t ea m t r i a l s, a n d

w as r i di ng t h e sl ed duri n g a cr ash t h at put t wo of t h e cr ew ’s mem ber s i n t h e hospi t al wit h seri ous i nj uri es. R o d hi mself got out of t h at on e wit h j ust a di sl ocat ed s h o u l d er .

A s a r esult of h i s secon d acci den t (y es f ol k s h e j um ped o n an ot h er sl ed wi t h t wo n ew people dri vi ng). Rod is n ow n ur si n g a fr act ur ed kn eecap and assor t ed br ui ses. H e’s back at wor k h er e at Of f utt , wor ki n g hi s leg back i nt o sh ape, an d say s he can h ar dl y wait t o go agai n . I wi sh h i m l u ck .

A n ecdot es — I got a r eal assort ment of car ds an d l et t er s ov er t h e h oli day s. M y t h an ks t o t h e f ol k s wh o s e n t t hem , t h ey wer e r eall y appr eci ated. M ar k L I N DSL E Y (Patt y ) r eport s l ot s of low l ev el wor k i n I t aly h as gi v en h i m an appr eci ati on of th e beaut y of A lpin e f lower s. J ust h o w l ow ar e y ou guys goi n g, M ar k ? Ri ck T U RN E R (K ar ou) h as seen a n u m b er of t h e cl ass at Gu am - V i n ce G U I D A , B er t 44

aw ai t i n g t he A F ’s f i n al deci sion on h i m . I ’m cr ossi ng m y fi nger s. L i sa al so m ent i oned t h at K en DA V I E S i s at Wich it a i n ch opper s an d got m ar ri ed l ast Sept ember . I a l s o got m ai l f r om J eff PE RK I N S (L esli e), Pat M CV A Y (Cy n dee), J oe F E RRA RA (M oni ca), and Bob SOU CY . A ll

i s w el l w i t h a l l t h ose g ood p eopl e.

I al so g ot a n ot h er cop y of t h e “ A l i B a b a G azzet t e’’, wit h it s updat es on t h e f or t y t h ei v es (pl us or mi n us a f ew ).

D ea n A L L R E D i s a t W r i g h t -P at t i n A F I T , a n d St ev e

SI M ON , al on g wit h wh at seem s li ke most of t h e cr ew , i s o u t at F E Warr en . Th ank s f or t he i n put , St eve.

O n e L i n e r s — T om Q U E L L Y i s a t R eese i n T -38’s .

Br ad WEN DT i s a com put er sy st em s an al yst back at CSpr i ngs. F-4’s ar e occupy i ng th e li k es of M ar ko H A N SE N (H ah n ), Gar y G R E E N (R am st ei n ), B ob D O N Z E (E l m en d or f ), M ar k SH A C K L E F O R D (M o od y ), P a t SH A Y

(T or r ej on ), H ar ol d H OPL E R (Span gd ah l em ). Cr ai g WEI BEL i s i n K C’s at A l t us, and Gar y HA CK ETT is at B er g st r om i n 0 -2’s. T ed H I N SE L Y i s g oi n g t o sch ool a t

A ri zon a un der A F I T , and St eve H OL L OWE L L i s st udyi n g A er o at M I T . A l so h i t t i n g t h e books ar e Quay SN YDE RDuk e m ed sch ool ; Ji m SI N GL E T RY-A F I T at Wri ght -Pat t ; B ill

P A R K E R -T u l a n e m ed

sc h ool ; R i c k

K A RU LF-

M i n n eso t a m ed s ch o ol u n d er t h e A F H e a l t h P r o f e s si o n s

Sch ol ar sh i ps; an d Dan J A N I K -m ed school at Bet h esda.

Bi ll H EJ L i s h andli n g Dat a A ut om ati on at Sey m our -

J oh n son w h i l e G en e B O E D I G H E I M E R i s t h e ch i ef of t h e

suppor t m anagement br an ch at L uke. D av e GRA GA N i s a si gn al i nt ell t y pe at K aneh oe Bay , H aw aii . Curt BE DK E i s pushi ng t h e v ener able B-52 out of M ar ch , an d Dana

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Don A v ery 2100 W. Beach Dr ., A pt . C-202 Pan am a Cit y , FL 32401 H om e: (904) 769-3013

W o r k : A V 9 70 -5 2 4 4

E V E R T i s w i t h t h e B U F F ’s at R ob b i n s. F el i x G A R C I A i s

f lyi ng C-141’s our at N ort on , h e’ll be m ar ri ed i n A pr i l .

D en n i s E H RL E R i s at V an d en b er g a s t h e h ea d of t h e

Balli sti c Re-ent r y Sy st em Sect ion . Fr ed GOU L D i s wi t h

C E at H a n scom b , H er b F O R E T i s a 37 I P at L a u gh l i n , M ar k SC H O B E R i s at G r i f f i ss as a 52 n a v , a n d K a r l D U N D O R E i s i n Co m m E l ect r on i cs a t D ul ut h . T om

A new y ear , a n ew decade; a ch an ce t o r ef l ect on t h e past an d look ahead an d pl an f or t h e f ut ur e. F or w e ’78er s, t he ’70’s w er e ver y m uch t h e f oun dati on on whi ch we b u i l t our l i v es , w i t h bot h h i g h sch ool an d col l ege a s t h ose

BE A U CL A I R i s now f lyi ng wi t h t he N av y as an F-14 RI O, whi le Ji m I L SE i s at Robbi n s as t h e h ead of Depl oy ment Plan s. V i c N U T T r eport s t h at M ar k T U N I S i s m ar r ied, a s i s T oby N I CH OL S. Gui l ler mo A RGU E DA S i s a r esear ch en gi n eer f or a f i rm i n B aden , Swi t zer l and . M i k e OEL RI CH i s i n CE , wor k in g on t h e A CW sit es out of El m endor f .

bui ldin g block s. T he com i n g decade wi ll ch all en ge us a s our car eer s an d per son al li v es li t er al ly t ake of f . W e w i l l f ace m an y t ests, both per son al l y an d pr of ession al l y , a n d t he ch ar acter we dev el oped ov er t he l ast ten y ear s w i l l

over in A t h en s, am on g t hem an old Chi cken h awk , St ev e BA CK . Stev e i s f lyi n g out of M cGui r e i n 141’s. I also s a w

So much h as h appened ov er t he past coupl e mont hs.

T he holi day s ar e t y pi call y a busy per i od so I real ly

A d L i b s — I r an i n t o a coup l e of p eo p l e w h en I w a s

B r u ce B U RD A , w h o i s f ly i n g 130’s, an d G ar y B A Y E R , w h o i s a n a v on t h e H er e. A l l t h ese g u y s soun d l i k e t h i n g s a r e

goi ng t h eir way . I k n ow t h at t h ey ’r e seei n g t he wor ld a n d r acki ng up t he h our s. I only h ad f leet i ng con t act s w i t h t hem due to t h ei r schedules. Gar y f ed me a li st of n a m es o f t he peopl e h e sees at Pope-Tom DEB OA L T , Ch uck H O B B S,

Gl en n

ST O W ,

B r i an

W H IT I N G, and

J im

A L EXA N DE R. St ev e gave me a r epor t on an ot her guy I

d et er m i n e h o w w el l w e h a n d l e e a c h s i t u a t i o n . T h e f u t u r e i s bef or e us an d t h e w h ol e w or l d a t our f eet , l et ’s m ak e t h e

m ost of it an d pr ove wh at “ 78 I S GREA T ” r eall y mean s!

appreci ate everyone’s support. The phone calls and l e t t er s

m ean so much . N ot on l y do t h ey h el p wr i te t h i s art icl e but , m ore i m port an t ly , i t i s good t o hear f r om ev er y on e a n d recei v e t h eir suppor t t h at i s so essen t i al f or com bi n ed su c cess .

H i t o al l t h e “ B u d s” f r om J oh n “ D u st i n ” H O F F M A N .

H e’s defi n it ely a busy ki n da guy . Wor ki n g h ar d i n t h e

L A D N I E R . Ron i s at

t est i n g of i n er t i a l n av i g at i on sy st em s at A l a m og or d o N M ,

R u n n i n g G ag s — T wo t opics t o di scuss h er e: t h e Cl ass pl aque f or t h e ch apel w all , and t h e GI Bi ll . I ’ll go

h ou se, a n d h i s n ew d og , “ B r ew st er M cL eod ,” i s h i s f ai t h f ul

h a v en ’t h ea r d m uc h on , R on C h ar l est on , a l so i n 141’s.

w i t h t h e w a sy on e f i r st .

T h e t ar g et d at e f or al l C l asses h a vi n g r ai sed t h e

m on ey f or thei r Cl ass embl em i s h om ecomi ng n ext f all . T o make thi n gs a li t t le si m pler , t h e f ol lowi ng ch an ges h a v e been made to t h e pr ogr am espoused h er e l ast i ssue. Y o u wi ll all r ecei ve a l et t er and a sam ple decal of t he C l a s s emblem i n t h e m ail . T h e l ett er wi l l ex pl ai n t he f un d col lecti on pr ocess. Basi cal ly , we need con tr i buti on s f r o m ev er y on e t o pay f or t h e em blem an d t he m aili ng of t h e l et t er s. Th er e wi l l be an addr ess f or y ou t o m ai l your c h e c k s to: ri ght n ow St ev e M I L L ER wi ll be h andli ng al l t h e f u n d s .

I h op e t h i s w i l l en a bl e u s t o b r i n g t og et h er t h e n eed ed

h e i s also wor ki ng on h i s m ast er s. H i s pri de an d j oy i s h i s com pani on - a t rue bud !

Bi ll Campbell , an ai rcr af t mai n t en ance of f icer , sen ds hi s pr ayer s and best wi sh es f r om H ah n A B i n West Ger m an y . A l so, an ot h er br ot her an d good fr i end, Dan ny M ESN AR D , say s hi t o al l f rom H oll om an . He an d hi s b ea ut i f u l w i f e, N or a , ar e an x i ou sl y a w ai t i n g a l i t t l e o n e i n

M ay ! Ev er yon e’s pr ay er s an d best wi sh es should be wi t h Ri ck CROWDER w h o is st i l l r ecover i n g fr om a J uly m otor cy cle acci dent i n wh ich he w as par al yzed bel ow t h e w ai st . We are all pul li n g f or you. Ri ck ! .

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m oney by t h e t ar get date, an yt hi ng ex tr a wi l l be put i n t o our Cl ass f un d and used f or t h e ten year reun ion .

G I B i l l p r ogr ess h a s b een sl ow , b ut I h av e r ecei v ed som e i n d i cat i on s of g r ow i n g i n ter est w i t h i n t h e cl a ss . T o m

SL A TT ERY h as been doi ng a l ot of wor k on th i s, an d h e h ad a h eari n g befor e t h e V A l ast f all . I h av e y et t o h ea r an yt hi n g on th e out come of t h at h ear i ng , but I en cour age t hose of y ou wh o ar e i nt er est ed i n gi vi n g Tom some suppor t t o get i n t ouch wi t h hi m . H e i s cur r ent ly assi gn ed

t o t h e b om b w i n g at B ar k sd a l e. Gi v e h i m a ca l l .

I nci dent ally , t he A OG i s un able t o l obby f or us on t h i s t hi n g due to i t s st at us as a t ax f r ee or gani zat i on . So a n y acti on on t hi s pr oj ect i s goi ng t o h av e t o com e f r om

i n div i duals.

O f f W a t c h : A n d so, a n ot h er col um n com es t o a cl ose.

M y t h anks for th e m an y let t er s and car ds, part i cul ar ly t o t he wi v es. M aybe I sh oul d h ave one of y our guy s bet ter h al ves wr i t e t hi s t hi n g, t h ey seem t o h av e access t o m o r e i n f or m at i on . U n t i l t h e g r a ss i s r i z , t h en .

E d i t o r ’s N o te — St ev e Si m o n , cu r r en t l y ser v i ng a s a m i ssi l e l a u n ch of f i cer a t F .E . Wa r r en A F B , Wy o m i ng , w a s sel ect ed a s on e of 52 r u n n er s t h a t ca r r i ed t h e Ol y m p i c Tor ch i n a 1.000-m i l e r el ay t o t h e X I I I Ol y m p i c Wi n ter Ga m es w h i ch beg a n on 13 F eb r ua ry .

H o w m a n y t i m es d i d y ou n a v ig a t e t h ese st a i r s a s a Ca d et ?

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Now for this i ssue’s list of nuptials. Some of these a r e a li ttle old, but it took awhil e for some of theguys t o c o m e o u t

of t h e w oodwor k . Yes, ’t is tr ue, we bach elor s ar e a dyi n g breed! You r emem ber K y l e BA RT EL S, ’78’s own v er si on o f

Babe Ruth - well he marri ed Di ane; Gary MURPHY

m arr i ed t h e f or mer A nit a Zosk a; Bob DI M M I CK m arr i ed

Maggie; Dan SCHICK got assi gnment to Europe and the

gi r l of h i s dr eams, Geor gi ne; T om T H A CK ER’S bett er h a l f

i s now Di ana; Roman “ Boggy: BOGATSCHOW finally settled down (I hope) and marri ed Lynn; Randie STROM

wen t to Wur tsmi t h and met an d m arri ed J odi Rae; and

more than likely, I missed a few others. Congratulations t o al l !

I know you all remember Mark ZA MZOW. He’s doi ng

w el l i n U P T an d tel ls m e D av e SC O T T i s t h e l a t est of o u r

cl ass t o st art U PT . H e began in J an uar y of 1980. K evi n

ROPER is also happy at Pri nceton and fini shi ng hi s

second y ear of gr ad school . A n ot h er of t h ose wit h br ai ns i s Bi l l RI CHA RDSON w ho ear ned hi s M S i n A er o fr om Cal

T ec h .

J.D. PA ULY, long known as one of our class clowns,

was an honor ^ aduate from maintenanceschool. But just

to sh ow h e’s st il l a lit tl e “ wei r d,’’ h e cl ai m s to be spendi ng hi s spar e ti m e at M cCh or d i n sear ch of “ Bi g Foot ” , t h e Sasquat ch M on st er . A nd, i f an y of y ou h ave an y J aguar s t h at need r ef ur bish ed, M ar k T H OM PSON i s t h e m an t o

see. Paul MORREL (formerly Morreli until he legally

dr opped t h e “ I ” ) i s j et t i n g ar ound t he wor ld i n his C - 14 1 and sends his best t o M aj or Cor bet t an d al l t he ot her f or m er Cobr a’s. I n his own wor ds h e t el l s me, “ Dav e A T ZH ORN i s out of Pri n cet on and doi ng wel l at Wi lly ; D o n ROY’S get t i n g marr i ed; “ Fi t z” is out of Col um bi a and a l s o at Wi lly an d Scot t T U RN ER, Buzz K L E EM A N N , an d Cr aig A DL ER al l got F-15’s - soun ds li k e a (I!obr a con spir a cy .

A - 10; Pitt MERRYMAN, Mark SCHARRENBERT

(B en t w at er s)

F-4: Don MESNARD, Joe REYNES (MacDill); John

J OBA CK (H omest ead).

F - 16 : J oh n M OORE (K adena).

F - 16 : L arry WE L L S (H il l).

In December, MacDill had runway repairs and so they

moved nort h to my stomping grounds at Tyndal l. It made for crowded airspace but it was really great t o see s o m e o l d f aces li ke Gary SHIRL EY; the unseparable pair of cl owns Bi ll BRESLEY and M ark BRUGGEMEYER; and Mister Per son ali t y hi mself , Pet e DEM I TRY .

Mark WERTHMANN, in his un-literary best finally

wr ote. H e say s hi f r om Om ah a. A lso at Of f utt ar e J on

DAVIS, Doug LEE, Rick BARKER (all in computers);

Gr eg “ H ol l y ’ H OL L I ST E R a n d J oh n

H A YES i n

communications, and pi lots John PATTERSON, Bi ll

SH A W an d D av e D E N T O N .

Fi nally, to all of you who knew about my eyesi ght problem and grounding, I appreci ate your support. I h a d a dept h perception problem but had a wai ver approved a n d am back on f lyi n g st at us. T h ank s to all f or

y our

encouragement! That ’s it until spri ng. There’s act ual ly a

lot mor e but we’v e al r eady t aken mor e t h an our sh ar e o f

space. My prayers and best wishes are with you all .

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M i k e V an H oom i ssen 3475 G r a n a d a A v e #329

Sant a Cl ar a, CA 95051

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Happy new year to all of you. I hope the new year

Fol lowi n g ar e som e m or e assi gn ment s: L an ce SM I T H i s at Ell swort h an d K i r k PORT ER i s at Geor ge, bot h i n ch opper s.

bri n gs y ou con ti nued success an d ex ci t em ent . H er e at Sunnyv al e A F S i n sunny Calif or n i a all i s wel l . N ot m ent i oned i n t h e last ar t i cle, but al so on st at i on h er e a r e

T erry PREU SSER V ance); Cur t A RM ST RON G, Di ck N E WT ON (L augh li n ); M i k e D U C (Shepp ar d ); Ed B I L L M A N (V ance).

Dave SA PPE R, K urt J OH N SON an d Br y an DE M I N G. M ar k PI M EN T EL w as r ecent l y el ect ed pr esi dent of our Com pany Gr ade Of fi cer s’ Counci l an d Dave SA PPER w as elect ed v ice pr esiden t . Con gr at ul at ion s t o t h em .

T -38: Mike A DAMS, Phi l FA RRELL , Roger HA GE,

T-37: John KRUK, Steve HENDRICKS, Barry

Bob VOGT, who is recently engaged. Dave SENECHEK ,

JA M ES, K en SCH OPPE R (V an ce); Fr ed F ARN EL L , Gl en n L A RSON , Joh n ST E RRETT (L augh li n ).

T - 3 3 : Geor ge F L I N K (D ul ut h ), H ar r y L A D E (L angley).

OV - 10 : Barr y B U T L E R (Sembach), M i k e CA SE Y

Thanks go t o our yearbook editors, Dave SAPPER, Gary HARRI S, and Tom GRI FFI TH, for an outstandi ng j ob in masterminding what I thi nk we all agr ee was j u st a

0 -2: Steve SLI CK (Davis Mon than), SteveTI NDALL ,

appr eci ate t h ei r l on g h ar d hour s.

T han ks al so go t o Gar y H A RRI S, for mer Cl ass Repr esen t at i v e to t h e A ssoci at i on of Gr aduat es Boar d o f

(O san ).

Gar y M U RPH Y (Sh aw ), Bart WOH L (H owar d).

B -6 2 : Fr ed BOON E (M ar ch ), L yn n H OL L E RBA CH (M i not), K en M I L L E R (Dy ess), Ri ck WA L L A CE (Sey m our

J oh n son ).

K C- 136 : Todd CA RRI L L O (Gr and For ks), Eri c CL E T H E N (L or i n g ) C ar l CO O K (K ad en a ), J i m PEN N EK A M P (Pease), Phi l M cB RI DE (Robbi ns), T i m M I N ER (B eal e), M i k e PA DGETT (M i n ot ).

E C- 13 5 : Tom SH ORES (Off ut t ).

R C- 135 : Bob T HORN TON (Of f ut t ) C- 5 : K ey e SA B OL (Dov er ).

C- 14 1: Don DI L L M A N , J er r y BA M E (N ort on); Dean FA RWEL L (T r avis), M ar k CA SL E N (M cCor d), Gar y

SH I R L E Y (M cG u i r e).

C- 130 : Paul PA TRI DGE , Russ DEWEY , M ik e DA V I S (Pope); A n dy CU EL L A R (Cl ar k), L eo GORDON , L arr y M O RT O N (Y a k ot a).

M C- 130 : Eri c T H OM PSON (H ur l bur t ).

H C- 130 : Boggy BOGA TSCHA W (K ir t l an d).

F - 11 1: Geor ge H U RL E Y , Bi ll HA D A WA Y (U pper

H ey f or d ); B r u ce D U N T O N (C a n n on ).

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super b y ear book. ’79 was t r uly t h e best y ear book I h a v e

seen. I know it wi ll be an award wi nner. If you run i n t o Dave, Gary, or Tom, l et them know how much you

Directors, and Juan RA MIREZ, from the A OG Office, for super j ob. Both have departed for pilot trai ning. The n e w

a

Cl ass Repr esent ati ve to t h e A ssoci at i on of Gr aduat es B oar d of D i r ect or s i s f oot b a l l coa ch M i k e G E E . G ood l uck ,

Mi ke. He can be reached at the Academy (autovon 259-

3836) an d i s a good poi nt of con t act f or t h e cl ass a r t i c l e : M i k e G ee

3530 Par k m oor e V i ll age Dr ., A pt . B Col or ado Spri n gs, CO 80917

Hal MOORE, 2Lt, USMC, and hi s wi fe, Patty, report all i s well at Quantico, VA. Patty says Hal spends lon g

h our s on man euver s and i s aw ay fr om h ome a lot - but n o t all the ti me. Patty is expecting in March. Way to go Pat t y !

The cl ass officers, by unanimous vote, appointed Hal t h e offi cial Sergeant of A rms for the cl ass to presi de a n d

mai nt ai n or der at all of fi ci al Cl ass of ’79 f un ct i on s a n d part ies. I ’m sur e H al , a r ugby veter an , wi ll see t o it t h at any such part i es ar e i n t he t r ue r ugby t r adi ti on .

While at the Oregon vs Ai r Force football game in

V

Oregon, I ran i nto Jim REGAN, Paul DI AMOND, and

H azar ds Di vi si on at Wri gh t -Pat ter son an d h as been

J oh n PRI OR, n ow all at Reese, an d M i k e L E GGET T w h o

invited by the Japanese to compete agai nst their best

t h at ti m e I t al k ed wi t h M ar k ST EA RN S, Bri an GA L BREA T H an d Pat GE RDE M A N N wh o ar e fl yi n g

Bi ll GRE GORY an d J ef f M cCH E SN E Y ar e gett i ng a mast er s f ull -t im e at Col umbi a and doi n g quit e wel l. B r u c e

m i n ut e of i t .

St at e. I under st an d t he U OD f or t h ese guys i s bear d, beads, and san dals, h air w or n down . Best of l uck t o J ef f , B i l l a n d

reports that Nav School at Mather is goi ng great. About

heli copters at Fort Rucker. Evi dentl y they are loving e v e r y

Ov er T h an k sgi vi ng I w as in t h e Spri n gs an d saw f or m er Cl ass Pr esi dent , Bob M cGREA L , an d hi s f i ancee, Debbi e Farr ow (r ecen t ly engaged), an d Dal e B U RT ON wh o wer e headi ng for pi lot t r ai ni ng at Reese. I also s a w Dan an d Peggy K RI E R. D an i s wor k i ng Ops an d Pl an s at t he A cademy aw ait in g pi l ot t r ai ni n g.

Recent ly ov er Ch ri st mas v acati on I r an i n to T ed DU DL E Y on t h e sk i slopes of Or egon . T ed i s h al f way t o sol o out at V an ce an d h av i n g a bl ast al on g wi t h M ik e N OWA K

a n d M ar k

H A R G R O V E . T ed say s J oe D I

F RA N CESCO, al so at V ance, suf f er ed a br ok en l eg i n par asail i ng tr ai ni n g - a t em por ar y set -back t h at w i ll pr obabl y n ot pr ev en t hi m f rom gr aduati n g wi t h hi s cl ass.

G et w el l soon , J oe.

M y r oom mat e, N ei l SCH OON , is i n t ouch wi t h Paul BI M M ERM A N ; Ron M A CH A DO, wh o as of t h is wri t i ng h av e bot h soloed; M art y SCH M I DT and K evi n an d K er r y SCHM I DT at Del Ri o wh o r eport al l i s wel l .

Guy WA L SH at Col um bus r epor t s t h at f lyi n g t he T -37

i s m uch ea si er t h an t h e T -41. J ef f L I E D E R B A C H an d R ob

DU N PH Y , al so at Col umbus, ar e bot h r epor t ed doi n g “ j ust super .”

Con gr at ul at i on s t o D oug ROB B w h o r ecen t l y gr aduat ed f r om A i r cr af t M ai nt en ance Sch ool , Ch an ut e A F B, an d is n ow at M acDi ll .

Gr eg SM I T H r epor t s h e is about fi ni sh ed up wi t h m i ssi l e tr ai n i n g at V an den ber g an d h eadi n g f or Whi t em an A F B, M i ssour i . F i ni shi n g at V an den ber g wi t h Gr eg ar e Cr ai g CH I N and t h e f ut ur e doct or s f r om St al ag 17: D av e M C K A Y , J i m PL A Y ER, T om T A L BOT an d J oh n GO L DEN . Good l uck t o all of y ou.

Rodeo st ar , Rex K E E SE , and hi s wi f e, Gabe, r eport f r om R eese t h at T ad E L L I S i s #2 i n h i s cl ass a n d t h at P ea r l

beer i s st il l t he nat i on al pass t i me i n L ubbock .

I see th at T om H U N T is at i t agai n . H e m ade hi s secon d or t hi r d i ssue of A i r m a n M ag azi n e, w al ki n g on h i s hands agai n . T om i s a r esear ch chemi st i n t h e T oxi c

h a n d w a l k er s. G ood l uck , T om .

B I N G L E i s h ar d at w or k on a m a st er s f u l l -t i m e a t O h i o

B r u c e.

J ack H U M PH RE Y , 2L T , U SA , h as com pl et ed t r ai n i ng at F or t K nox an d i s cur r ent l y in Ran ger Sch ool i n Geor gi a. A p o cal y p se N o w , J ack !

I un der st an d t h at D al e B RA D L E Y , cur r en t l y st at i on ed at K i r t l and A FB , N M , wi l l soon be v acati on i n g

i n t h e M ar sh al l I sl a n d s i n t h e Sou t h P a ci f i c. D a l e, a C .E .

m aj or , wi ll be t aki n g soi l sampl es f or r esear ch pur poses and if I k now Dal e h e wi ll al so be doi n g som e ext r acur ri cul ar resear ch on n ati v e sampl es.

Con gr at ul at i on s t o G ar y H A RRI S an d B r i a n K EL L E Y wh o r ecent l y m arr i ed si st er s i n a doubl e weddi ng an d ar e n ow at pi l ot t r ai n in g at Reese. Con gr at ul ati on s al so t o K ur t and K at e T O DOROF F w ho wer e r ecen t ly m ar ri ed h er e i n M en l o Par k . K ur t i s curr ent l y i n pi lot t r ain i n g at V an ce. Con gr at ul at i on s al so t o Gol f Pr o, T o m EN GL I SH , an d T er r i w h o w er e r ecen t ly m arr i ed. T om and T er r i a r e a t W i l l i e .

On e fi n al con gr at ul at ion s f rom all of ’79 t o Ry an WI L L I A M S, Cl ass of ’80, wh o r epr esen ted t h e A i r F or ce

f oot b al l t eam at t ack l e f or t h e E as t i n t h e r ecen t H u l a B o w l .

Con gr at ul at i on s on y our wi n , Ry an .

Cl ass Secr et ar y , M i k e DON A T E L L I , l ef t H an scom A F B f or Wil li e, but I h av en ’t hear d fr om h i m si n ce. H e sh oul d be t er r ori zi n g t h e sk ies by n ow . J i m RE GA N , C l a s s V i ce Pr esi dent , wi ll aut h or t he Spri n g cl ass ar t icl e. J i m i s in pi l ot t r ain i ng at Reese.

J i m R eg a n

4 6 0 2 - 5 0 t h S t r eet # 14 1

L u b b ock , T X 794 14

Please dr op Ji m or an y of t h e Cl ass of f i cer s a n ot e an d l et us k n ow wh at y ou are up t o and keep us post ed on t h e l a t e breaki n g n ew s. I f your addr ess ch an ges be sur e an d n ot i f y t he A ssoci at ion of Gr aduat es of y our n ew addr ess so t h ey can keep t h e Cl ass of f icer s curr en t and in sur e t h at y o u r ecei v e t h e m a g a zi n e.

Good luck t o y ou al l an d God bl ess.

T h e C L A S S WA L L

cu r r en t l y h as em bl em s f r om t h e f ol l o w i ng C l a ss es :

1959, 196 1, 1968, 1969, 19 78, 19 79,

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5. CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: include principal duty, aircraft, unit , st at ion, and year of assignment ; PM E in residence should be included chronologically:

6. DECORAT I ON S (indicat e specific decorat ions(s) and t ot al n u m b er aw a r d ed ) : 7. SPECIAL H ON ORS (M ilit ary): 8. SEPARAT I ON I N FORM AT I ON (Resign/Ret ire, dat e): 9. CI VIL IAN EM PL OYM ENT / RESERVE I NFORM AT I ON (For example: M anager , F alcon Cor p ., D enver , CO/ General , USAFR, Pilot , F-15, 69 T FS, L AFB , CO)

10. SP E CI A L H ON OR S (Civil ian ):

11 . CURRENT M AI L I N G ADDRESS (I f moving use an address t hat wi ll insur e r eceipt of m ail ):

12 W I F E ’S F I R ST N A M E : 13. A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N :

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m N O R T H R O P T -3 8 T A L O N The T-38 TALON is a supersonic jet used in the training of USAF pilots. The T-38 has been providing fighter aircraft experi ence to student pilots for the last 20 years. The “ White Rocket” is also used as a Space Right trainer for NASA Astronauts. This T-38 pictured is the 1000th TALON built and is currently in Texas w here it still performs its supersonic jet training m issio n .

Military and Aviation Artist, Mr. Richard Broome, has captured the accelerating experi ence of the Northrop T-38 TALON in his painting, “ TALON TA KEOFF.” Mr. Broome has been painting aviation experi ences for ten years. There are over 2000 collectors of his ori ginal artw o r ks. H e has cho sen t h is 10 0 0th T -3 8 fo r a limited seri es of signed and numbered lithographs. Mr. Broome’s ori ginal and lithographed artworks are displayed in offices and homes of aviation enthusiasts throughout the country. We are offeri ng you an opportunity to own a pri nt from this limited edition. Actual size of the pri nt is 20 x 26 inches. This offer will terminate on 18 Apri l, 1980, and no further orders will be accepted. All unsold pri nts will not be made available for sale again. If you want to purchase this exciting T-38 for your collection then complete the attached orderi ng card.

These pri nts are of the finest quality paper and ink. They are suitable for framing. A lithograph is a valuable reproduction of a work of art and, due to its limited edition nature, w ill appreciate in value. Mr. Broome will be producing additional military and aviation artworks in the future which w ill b e re produced in limited editions. If you are interested in having these future offers made available to you then mark t h e b o x below and we will place you on our mailing list. Our g u a r a n tee is that if, for any reason, you are not pleased with your purchase, then you may return it for a full refund.

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