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G raduates except t hose eligible for member ship i n anot her occupat ional-t ype credit union.

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Now for the fi rst time ever, the Membership of the A ssoci at i on of G rad u at es is of fered t h e ultimate in art , sculpture and investment . The awesome power and majesty of the American Bald Eagle fi nally has been captured in this beautiful sculpture by internationally known artist , Giovanni Carusi -- and each one has been signed individually. This magnifi cent piece is being of fered to members of the AOG at a special low price. This free spirit has symbolized Pride, Power, Strength and our Country and now it ’s your turn to own this work of true art . Beautiful , impressive and totally American, this solid alabaster Eagle stands over 19 inches tall , has a wingspan of nearly 2 feet , and weighs 12 pounds. The detail in the fi nish work makes this an incredible sculpture an d w ork of art . This outstanding representation and symbol of America cannot be equalled -- either in its detailing or in its value. This fi rst of fering is based upon a limit of 100 -- with 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Pass it up now, and you let the world go by. Priced modestly at $239.00, it will serve as a point of Pride and Art . PRI C E

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O U R S IS T H E L A R G ES T A N D O L D ES T A S S O C IA T IO N O F IT S K I N D

H I ST O R Y

O F N ON PR O F I T

SE R V I C E

Founded in 1947, the A r med F orces Rel ief and B enefi t A sso

ciation has continuously provided low-cost group term l if e in su r ance and r el at ed benefi t s f or t h e w el f ar e and fi n a n c i a l

security of its M ember s and their f amilies. M ore t han $5 B il l io n

of insurance protection is in force on these M embers a n d more than $90 M illion has been paid out in benefi ts during the A ssociation’s history.

OV ER 110 ,000 M E M B E R S T he more than 110,000 M embers of A F R BA makes our A sso

ciation the largest of its kind. M any of these M embers a r e our strongest “ boosters” and have introduced a large n u m b e r of their associates to A FRBA so that other military f a m i l i es can enj oy the same low-cost group term life insurance b e n efi t s

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C O ST P R O T E C T I O N

The low-cost insurance plans available with A FRBA are a n even better value because of the A ssociation’s history o f cash refunds. A lthough refunds cannot be guaranteed, the A r m ed Forces Relief and Benefi t A ssociation has paid refunds e v er y year since its founding in 1947 . . . 34 consecutive year s! P E R SO N A L

PR O M PT

SE R V I C E

A FRBA M embers frequently take the time to praise the p e r sonalized and prompt service provided by the dedicated St a ff of the A ssociation. This relatively small group of i n d i v i d u a l s are willing and able to provide you with the service you de serve when you j oin A FRBA . A s an example, the Emergency Death Benefi t payment is forwarded to the benefi ciary t h e sa m e day the notice of Death is received by the A ssociation.

they have.

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F A M I L Y PR O T E CT I O N F O R O F F I C E R S A N D SE N I O R E N L I ST E D P E R SO N N E L A ll of our insurance programs are available to Active Du ty

Off icers and Senior Enlisted Personnel (E7-E9) . Depending

upon your age, these programs include up to $200,000 o f B a si c and Supplemental L ife I nsurance Coverages, plus Dependents L ife I nsurance for the entire family—all for the lowest n e t c o s t

available today!

W O R L D -W I D E L I F E T I M E PR O T E CT I O N With AFRBA , your insurance protects you anywhere in t h e world. A nd, there is no war clause. I n addition, you c a n c o n tinue your M embership and insurance protection under a special program after you retire or separate from the Service. R EL IA BIL IT Y A ll insurance programs provided by the A rmed Forces R e l i ef and Benefi t A ssociation are underw ritten by the John H a n c o c k

M utual L ife I nsurance Company and the State M utual L i f e

A ssur ance Company. B oth are among A merica’s oldest a n d st rongest Companies, with combined insur ance in f orce i n e x c e ss

of $ 10 0 B i l l i o n .

FIN A N CIA L

D I SC L O SU R E

Each year, the A rmed Forces Relief and Benefi t A ssociation publishes an A nnual Report for its M embers which refl ects t h e audited income, expenses and retained f unds of the A sso c i a tion’s operations f or the previous fi scal year . T his A n n u a l R e port , in eff ect , verifi es that the operations and fi nancial m a n a g e

m en t of t h e A sso ci at i o n ar e i n t h e b est i n ter ests of t h e M em b e r s.

Co m p a r e o u r co v e r a g e s a n d l o w n e t co st w i t h

ot her g r o up t e r m lif e insur a nce p la n s ava ila b le t o d a y a nd y o u w il l see how m e m be r sh i p w it h o ur A sso ci a t i o n o f m o r e t h a n

110,000

M e m b e r s ca n

be r ig ht f or y o u t o o . To r e ce iv e co m p l e t e i n f o r m a t i o n , si m p ly ca l l u s t o l l f r e e . Yo u w i l l r e ce iv e co m p l e t e d e t a i l s p r o m p t l y a b o ut o u r A sso ci a t i o n . . . t h e la r g e st a n d o l d e st A s s o c i a t i o n o f i t s k i n d a n d t h e c h o i c e

since 19 4 7 . Of cour se , t he r e is no o b lig at io n a nd n o sa l e s m a n w i l l c a l l .

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C om memorat ive I ssue o f G Y RFA L C O N by C har les Fr ace are avai lable to A OG M ember s at t he or igi nal price o f $60.00 per pri nt . T he t otal issue o f 3,000 pri nts signed by 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 7 6 . T h e 2,000 pr int s i n t he Regular Edi tion sold out and have si n ce

resold at substant ially escalated pr ices.

T his special o f f er is an oppor t unity t o purchase a l i m i t ed edit ion f ine art pr i nt w hich has already become a col lect or ’ s it em at a pr ice below t he resale mar ket value. O r der s w i l l b e

filled on an “ as received” basis as long as the supply l a st s.

G yRFALCONS are the most magnificent of all falcons.

T hese handsome cir cum polar bir ds o f prey may be any

c o l o r f r o m cl ea r w h i t e w i t h a f ew d a r k m a r k s t o a l m o st co mplet ely black . U sually t he light est bi rds occur i n t h e f a r nor t 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 par t s o f t he wo rld , o f ten amo ng dr amat ic scener y , such as I have show n i n my pai nt i ng. T hey are t he largest o f t he Falco nidae, big and pow er f ul and ver y f ast . T hei r range is N or t h A mer ica, A rct ic E ur ope, A sia, I cel a n d and G reenl and . Residi ng mainly in t he arct ic, some d o

migrate, but not south of the northern part of the U n i t ed

Stat es. T hey are capable o f per f or m ing mar velous stoops and in a f ull stoop , may well be t he f astest o f all t h e f a l co n s. W e k now t hat a peregr ine can reach over 80 m ph , so i t i s possible that a Gyr, because of its great size and w eight — C h a r l es F r a ce m ight reach 100 m ph .

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publishers as A merican Heritage, A udubon, McGraw Hill, and Reader ’ s D igest ; beaut i f ul illust rat ions in a boo k o n N o rt h A mer ican M am mals; and draw ings o f endangered species f or “ L ast C hance on Ear t h .”

O R D ER IN G I N ST RUCT IO N S T he A OG Com memorat ive I ssue o f G Y RFA L C O N m ay be

purchased for $60.00 per print .

Payment may be by check, money order, or credit card (VISA / Mastercharge); forward the complete credit card number and expir at ion date.

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price of $50 if ordered prior to 1 April 1981. Please add postage as specified in the “ Ordering Instruc t i o n s. ”

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SP R I N G 198 1

A RT ICL ES PA GE

Editor — Jim W heeler , ’64 A sst . Edit or — M s. M ar ilyn M iller St af f — M r s . F r ei d a W eb er

M r s. K at hy M cCann

OFFICERS 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 en t

A irmanship in T ransit ion

G l aci er

G r ad u at es M a k e 0- 7

Chapel Program

100t h N ight

H omecoming 1981

25t h A nniversary Survey .

Foreign L anguage Survey

B l u eb a r d s

B l ac k A r t s F est i v al

T h o m as J . E l l er , ’ 6 1 V i c e P r esi d en t J o c k C .H . Sc h w a n k ’ 60 E x ec u t i v e D i r ec t o r

James F . W heeler , ’64

D EPA RT M E N T S Chapt er N ews

A t t en t i o n i n t h e A r ea . . .

D IRECTORS

Falcon Sport s

T o Ser ve U nti l 1 M ay 1981

Gone But N ot Forgott en

C l ass N ew s

C ar es Gar ber , Jr ., ’ 59 H ect or A . N egr oni , ’ 6 1 Fr eder ick L . M et cal f , ’ 63 Flet cher H . W i ley , ’65 M ar k A . T or reano , ’ 68 Ronald E . Joy , ’ 7 1 M ichael J . M cC ar t hy , ’ 7 1 L eslie J. H aaf , ’ 72 Fr eder ick S. K now les, Jr ., ’ 73 D ouglas J . For d , ’ 76 T o Ser ve U nti l 1 M ay 1983 Ruben A . C ubero , ’6 1 Rober t B . Gi f f en , ’65 Raymond J . L eopold , ’ 67 A lvin E . Blumberg, Jr ., ’ 68 Robert A . Shumw ay , Jr ., ’ 68 Richar d S. Rauschkolb , ’ 70 D avid E . Ster ling, ’ 70 W illiam E . Richar dson , ’ 7 1 F ran k G . K lot z, ’73

M ar k T . W halen , ’ 76 T o Ser v e U n t i l 1 J u n e 19 8 1

K ory C or num , ’ 80

A BOU T OU R COV ER

USA FA A irmanship Programs are constantly being upgraded an d r ef i n ed . The latest changes are highlighted in an article starting on page 9. T his outstanding cover photo was taken by long time A OG f r i en d an d co n t ribut or , M r . Bill M adsen .

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L I G H T A I RCRA FT FL Y I N G

Cadet s may part icipate in light aircraf t f lying through t h e Cadet A viat ion Club . A ircraf t rental f ees are part icularly reasonable because t he U SA FA A ero Club rates are substant ially

lower than regular commercial rates and the Cadet Welfare F u n d bears up to one-half of that fee. Currently there are appr oximat e ly over 200 active cadet members and we plan to build t h e cl u b f ar beyond that number . Recent changes include the acquisition o f two flight simulators, a club room and a streamlined, co n v en i en t

Since t he est ablishment of t he A cademy , t he importance o f ai r manship act ivit ies has been recognized and st rongly pr omoted by t h e co m m an d st r u ct u r e an d t h e B o ar d o f V i si t o r s. A d d i t i o n al manpower authorizat ions were requested , validat ed and f i l l ed t o

support expanded A irmanship program s. Signi f icant init iat ives have t aken place over t he recent past w hich will radically al t er t h e scope of airmanship operat ions in t he f ut ure. T he A irmanship program s have always been a vital , dynam ic part of the A ir Force A cademy t raining environment . C ad et s co n sist ent ly display an insat iable desire t o part icipate in f lying, soar ing and parachut ing. U nder t he leadership of Colonel Joseph L . Coat es (U SA FA ‘ 63) , D eput y Commandant f or Operat ions, a comprehensive 5 year plan was developed which blends all f light and parachut e act ivit ies t o enhance simultaneous, saf e o p e r a t ions, est ablishes quality support equipment and f acilit ies an d promot es maximum cadet part icipation t hrough st reamlined ef f i cient scheduling. T he purpose of t his article is t o out line current programs a n d highlight f ut ure plans. T he A OG reader should cont rast t h i s a r t i cle wit h t he level of operat ions during his “ cadet days” . 1973 graduat es will remember t hat during t heir f irst class year t he air f ield f acilit ies changed drast ically with t he const ruct ion o f d u al runways, a cont rol t ower , operations buildings and hangar f acilit ies. T he T -4 1 program moved f rom Pet erson Field t o t h e A cademy t he f ollowing year . 1975 also mar k ed t he init iat ion o f several short-lived air-orient ed act ivites: parasailing, ballooning and hang gliding. Ot her maj or changes include t he decrease o f T -41 f lying hours per cadet f rom 16 '/ 2 in 1968 t o 21.2 t oday and t he eliminat ion of t he A irmanship 370 j et orientat ion program in it ially using T -33s f ollowed by T -37 aircraf t . N avigat ion t raining upgraded f rom T -29 t o T -43 aircraf t . A ll cadet s current ly r ecei v e an aviat ion orient at ion course wit h f light s in T -43s a n d o r i e n t a t ion fl ight s in sailplanes of T -4 1s during their doolie year . A ddi t ional orientation f light s are gained in conj unct ion wit h squadron sponsor t rips, various summer programs and aviat ion/ navigation club trips.

access t o FAA examinat ions. Club mem bers recent ly t raveled t o V ance A FB and Reese A FB t o receive T -37 and T -38 orient at ion flights as well as flight simulator rides and briefings on pilot t rain ing. A ero Club aircraft include three T-41s, four Cessna 172s, a Beech Sierra, a Piper A rrow and a soon t o be purchased C e ss n a 310. T he U SA FA A ero Club is leasing a Cessna 150 which p r o vides an excellent econom ical basic f l ight t raining a i r cr a f t . C ad et s may t ak e f light inst ruct ion as a beginner , upgrade f rom privat e pilot t o commercial or inst ruct or pilot , acquire an i n st r u m en t rat ing or j ust build f light t ime and experience. T wo f light sim ulat ors were acquired f rom t he Behavioral Science D epart ment and are now “ owned and operated” by t he A viat ion Branch of t he A irmanship D ivision . O ne is i n t h e A i r manship building at t he A cademy air st rip and t he ot her i s i n t h e Cadet A viat ion Club room locat ed in Sij an H all . T hese si m u l at o r s are quit e sophist icat ed f or t heir size and various f light conditions can be programmed : winds, t urbulance, aircraf t syst em s f ailure, etc. Flight charact erist ics are similar t o a Cessna 172 and provide ex cel l en t f am i l i ar i zat i o n t o w ar d A er o C l u b ai r cr a f t a n d T - 4 1

t raining. N avigat ion f light s and inst rument approaches c a n a l s o be programmed , “ f low n” and t raced . T he FA A has grant ed credit f or inst rument f light when “ f lying” navigat ion r o u t es an d inst rument approaches in t hese part icular simulat ors. T he Cadet A viation Club r oom is also recent ly acquired ; i t co n t ains one of t he f light simulat ors and , when f inished , w i l l h av e a com plet e library of f light publicat ions and f light planni ng document s. I t will also pr ovide an at t ract ive environment f o r cl u b meet ings and seminar s. M axim um accessibilit y t o t he f light si m u l at o r w i l l b e est ab l i sh ed t o st i m u l at e i n t er est in f lying and t o build inst rument f light prof iciency .

Ground school inst ruct ion is available t hrough A irmanship cour ses 449 (Private Pilot) , 459 (Com mercial) , 469 (I nst rument) and 480 (I nst ruct or) . Cadet part icipat ion in these co u r ses h av e gr own t remendously . Over 100 cadet s complet ed the privat e pilot course and t he FA A examinat ion during the past f all s e m e s t e r . M any cadet s pref er t o break int o f lying by complet ing t he private pilot ground school f irst ; however , ground school and f light in st r uct ion can be accomplished simult aneously and compliment each ot her . W e have gained approval f rom t he FA A est ablishing t he A cademy as an FA A exam inat ion f acility which has elim inated day long bus trips t o D enver f or test ing. T h ese t r i p s were ext remely cost ly in t erm s of cadet classes missed an d n o n product ive manhours expended . T he A irmanship D ivision n o w m aint ains a complete invent ory of FAA exams f or bot h powered and glider aircraf t and has t he f lexibilit y t o administer t h e se t e st s t o acco m m o d at e cad et acad em i c sch ed u l es.

T he Compet it ion Flying T eam consist s of select ed cadet pilot s who compet e in various regional and nat ional intercollegiate avaiat ion meet s. L ast year t he t eam placed second in t h e n at i o n i n intercollegiat e f lying competit ion , t he highest ever i n U SA F A cademy hist ory . A ddit ionally , a t eam member (M ike N aye, Class of ‘ 80) was named t he T op M ale Collegiate Pilot . C o m pet ing in power-on and power-of f spot landings, navigat ions a n d inst rument event s, message drops, aircraf t recognit ion , si m u l at o r com pet it ion and f light comput er problems, the Compet it ion Fly ing T eam placed second in t he regional meet at O klahoma S t a t e U niversit y recent ly and quali f ied t o compet e in nat ional compet i t ion t his spring in L ouisiana. Flying Cessna 150s, t h e t e a m represent s some of the very best sk illed cadet pilot s a t t h e A cademy . Over 700 cadet s part icipat e in t he T -4 1 Pliot I ndoct rinat ion Program (PI P) annually . A signi f icant change init iat ed i n 19 7 9 and implement ed last summer was a modi f icat ion of the t raining syllabus increasing solo time. I n t he past , T -4 1 st udent s were only receiving a hal f hour of supervised solo t ime. T he new syllabus a l l o w s a st u d en t sev er al ar ea so l o so r t i es a f t er h i s init ial solo f light i f approved by his inst ruct or . Cadet react ion to t his change has been ext remely posit ive and provides a tangible reward f o r t h o se cadet s mot ivat ed t o aggressively apply t hemselves and per f orm well . Cadet s wit h previous f light experience eit her through t he soaring program or t he Cadet A viat ion Club have consistent ly progressed well ahead of ot hers. T -4 1 training parallels U PT pro cedures and gives cadet s a valuable exposure t o t he i n st r u ct i o n al met hods used in pilot t raining. A ddit ionally , t he FA A recognizes t he T -4 1 program as milit ary pilot t raining and grant s f light t ime credit , dual and solos, t oward FA A rat ings.

provides professional insight and background knowledge f o r future Combat Controllers, Tactical A ir Liaison Of ficers, C o m bat Weathermen and MA C pilots involved in airlifting A i r b o r n e t roops and equipment .

Future plans call for further expansion of the parachute p r o gram at the A ir Force A cademy to accept every single cad et physically qualified and motivated to participate. G r o u n d t r ai n ing facilities will be upgraded and expanded to accommodate i n creased student loads. A n additional parachute rigger h as b een hired and plans are being developed to expand the parachute lof t , operations area and administrative of fice space. A co m m an d an d cont rol supervisory unit has been acquired and will be placed in

operation by this summer . M ost of the drop zone hazards h av e been eliminated; the few remaining are being worked o n .

A dvanced parachut e courses have also been increased an d i m pr oved t o support a larger instruct or cadre needed f o r t h e b a si c course. T o support t his end , impr oved advanced parachut es a r e being evaluated and acquired . T he A cademy ’ s parachute team , “ W ings of Blue” , provides 95% of the instruction loan in A M -490, competes in parachut e

meets and performs demonstrations throughout the country.

D uring this past year , t hey have accomplished over 40 d em o n st r a t ions in f ront of approximat ely 750,(X)0 spect at ors in support of base open houses, air shows and special event s. I n addit ion , t he

Wings of Blue”

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Parachut e Championships f or t he past decade. T hey also w o n t h e T r i-Service Parachut e Cham pionships and t ook second b eh i n d t he Golden K night s in t he M ilit ary N at ional Championships. A team member , C I C A rmy M ark et , recent ly compet ed as a member of t he U nit ed St at es Parachut e T eam in Bulgaria. T h i s was another hist orical “ f ir st ” since it was t he only t ime any ser vice academy cadet or midshipman had been selected t o t h e U . S . P a r a c h u t e T ea m .

I n short , we have t he f inest f acilit ies and equipment av ai l ab l e. T he N CO and o f f icer st af f are the most experienced a n d k nowledgeable in t he A ir Force. Every st ep has been t ak en t o en sure t he saf est , most prof essional parachut ing cour se possible.

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T wo A cademy graduates recent ly used skills learned i n A M -4 90 af t er ej ect ing f rom a T -37 in U PT and an F- 16 on a t act i cal t r ai n ing mission . I n both cases, t he accident boards cited t h e i r parachute sk ills as instrumental in avoiding the aircraf t f i r eb al l and other crit ical ground hazards. So much f or t he “ per f ect ly good aircraf t ” t heory . A ir Force crew members f orced t o a b a n d o n a d i sab l ed ai r cr a f t f i n d t h em sel v es i n a “ f r ee f al l ” en v i r o n

m ent unt il t hey clear t he aircraf t or descend t o a saf e canopy opening alt it ude. T o accommodat e the overwhelming cadet interest and m o t i v a t ion t o part icipat e in A M -490, t he parachute branch h as d o u b l ed it s N CO and of f icer st af f and quadrupled it s product ivity . I n past years, only 200-250 cadet s could t ak e t he basic f ree f a l l c o u r se . N ow , over 500 cadet s have t he opport unit y t o learn t h e f u n dam ent als of high altitude f ree f all , the use of steerable parachutes, parachute landing f alls and emergency procedures. Cadet s are also exposed t o A ir Force emergency equipment , ej ec t ion seat procedures and f amiliarizat ion wit h f light h el m et s an d oxygen mask s. A pproximaely 200 cadet s also part icipate in t he A rmy B asi c A irborne course at Ft . Benning each sum mer . T his excellent t r a i n ing int roduces cadet s t o a vigorous t raining challenge w h i l e ex periencing the techniques and met hods of a sister service. I t a l so 10

USA FA Soar ing Staf f . Standing (L to R) : Cap t ’s D oug Cock r um, J ohn E isenhar t ( ’73) . K neeling (L to R) : CM SC T J ohn M on teith, Jef f R ack et ( ‘75), Ry an P aradis ( ‘71) and J im M ar tin. N ot p ic tured: Cap t Vic Sunlie ( ’72) . A ddi tional inf or mation on soar ing can be f ound in an ar ticle by John E isenhar t in the M ay issue of Soar ing M agazine. SO A R I N G

A m ong t he courses most sought af t er at t he A cademy a r e t h o se associated wit h t he soaring program . W hile over 700 cadet s par t icipat e in t he basic soaring course and solo each year , plans are well underway t o solo 1,200 cadet s annually and f inally ach i ev e t he A cademy ’s “ soar f or all ” obj ect ive. A dvanced soaring courses allow cadet s t o pursue FA A rat ings such as Privat e, Com-

SU M M A R Y

Expanded airmanship programs f ulf ill the long term obj ect ive consist ent ly out lined by t he Board of V isit or s f or each A cademy cadet t o pilot an aircraft solo and sat isf ies t he great d esi r e o f t h e cadet wing t o part icipate in f lying and parachut ing act i v i t es. W e have already wit nessed t he t remendous ret urn o f increased cad et mot ivat ion and prof essional insight . W e also anticipat e a v e r y posit ive impact on ret ent ion as cadet s experience early e x p o su r e and am ple opport unity t o part icipat e in a variet y of challenging aviat ion act ivit ies t hroughout each of t heir f our years a t t h e A cademy . Finally , t he programs st rengt hen t he uniqueness o f t h e inst it ut ion w hile enhancing t he development , t raining an d m o t i v at i o n o f car eer o r i en t ed A i r F o r ce o f f i cer s.

Cap t. L in Chay er ‘72, Gen. R ichards and members of t h e C ad et Comp eti tion F ly ing Team. mercial and I nst ruct or glider pilot cert i f icates. A ll o f t h ese co u r ses provide excellent opport unit ies f or cadet s t o develop f lying sk ills t hat carry over int o T -4 1 t raining and U PT . For cadet s t h at w i l l pursue non-f lying careers, t heir soaring experience m ay be even more valuable in providing a unique insight int o f lying an d building a common bond of comradery wit h rat ed o f f icer s. T he A cademy’ s locat ion af f ord excellent mount ain wave a n d t hermal soaring condit ions t hat is int ernat ionally recognized . W it h 15 Schweizer one- and t wo-place sailplanes, we h a v e o n e o f t he largest , best equipped and most act ive soaring program s in t he world . A s in parachut ing, cadet inst ruct or pilot s provide 90 % o f the inst ruct ion and develop leadership sk ills while building valu able f light experience. M embers o f t he soaring compet it ion t e a m recent ly won 1st place in t he 1-26 N at ional Soaring M eet against w orld class compet it ors. T he accomplishment was anot her hist orical “ f irst ” f or t he A cademy and ref lect s t he c a l i b e r a n d quality of our cadet soaring inst ruct ors. T he num ber of cadet s part icipat ing in soaring has doubled o v e r t he past year as expansion plans have been implement ed . D uring t he summer of 1980, 300 cadet s were select ed f or t he “ A i r m a n ship Opt ion Program ” . T his unique arrangement allowed e a c h cadet t o split his sum mer period at the air f ield complet ing A M -490 and t he sailplane solo course back -t o-back all i n t h r ee week s. A not her maj or change was init iat ed wit h the st ar t o f t h e ‘ 80-81 academic year : T -4 1 operat ions were consolidat ed using only t he east runway ; t he west runway was assigned t o soaring operations and time allocat ed during t he academic day f o r sailplane inst ruct ion . A f t er school hours and week ends ar e st i l l used f or weat her mak e-up inst ruct ion, inst ruct or t raining, f light evaluat ions, et c. T his maj or depart ure f rom previous pract ice great ly increased t he capacit y of t he soaring program t o a c c o m modat e up t o t hree t imes t he num ber o f cadet s soloed i n 1979 . T o achieve the f inal “ soar f or all ” obj ect ive, we initiat ed t h e process o f acquiring a f leet of 10 powered sailplanes. E ach a i r craf t will be a “ sel f -launching glider ” capable of sust ained opera t ions at high density alt it udes and possessing t he f light charact er ist ics of our primary sailplane t rainer . T he int ergrated powered sailplane/ sailplane concept has proven highly successf ul i n Europe f or years and t he A cademy is pioneering it s i n t r o d u ct i o n i n t o t h e U n i t ed St at es a n d C an ad a . T i m e t o so l o i s act ually reduc ed f rom t he current 23-26 sailplane sort ies t o 3 or 4 powered sailplane f light s and 10 sailplane sort ies. Over t he past t hree years, we have t est f lown f ive d i f f er en t powered sailplanes and leased two f or validat ion t est ing a t t h e A cademy , secured f unding f or t he f leet of 10 powered sailplanes with hangar f acilit ies and are present ly going t hrough t h e c o n t r a c t ing process f or a manu f act urer . By t he f all semest er of 1982, we plan on receiving t he f irst of t he powered sailplanes a n d t r a n si t i o n int o t he f inal soaring expansion phase. Ot her proj ect s underway t o support our soaring programs a r e an addit ional sailplane hangar , a runway supervisory u n i t w i t h improved communicat ions and weat her equipment t o enhance posit ive cont rol and saf et y and addit ional adm inist rat ive o f f i c e

N O TE : USA FA graduates who ser ved as cadet p arachute or soar ing inst uctors are esp ecially encouraged to app ly f or staf f p osi tion assignments with the A irmanship D i vision. Ref er to A PR 36-20, Chap ter 8 f or sp ecial duty assignment p rocedures or contact Cap t E li Colot ta, A ir manship D i v i sion Personnel M anager, A V 259-2495. A U T H O R ’S BA C K G RO U N D

L t Col Joseph V . Pot ter , B .A ., San D iego St ate University ; M .S. , U niversit y of Colorado ; M .A ., Pepperdine U niver sity ; M .Ed ., U niversit y of H awaii ; is assigned t o t he U SA F A cademy as Chief , A ir manship D ivision . H is previous assignment s i n cl u d e f lying F- 10 1 and F- 102 f ight er int ercept ors and F- l OO t act i ca l f ighter bombers; o- l s, o-2s and O V - l Os as an A L O/ FA C w i t h t h e 1st and 25t h I nf ant ry D ivisions, Judo , Boxing and U nar med Com bat inst ruct or at t he U SA F A cademy and A ssociat e P r o f essor , A ir Force ROT C at t he Pennslyvania St at e U niversity .

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Base O f t he Ram p . N one. Brown shoes were never part of t he cadet uni f orm . “ H o l d t h e ‘ V at o r ! ”

T hey st art ed out i n bet ween t he D ean ’ s and Comm ’ s areas of Fairchild H all near t he library . T hey ’ re now i n t he A ir Gardens t o mak e room f or t he library expansion . I n t he A ir Gardens and t he A rnold H all H onor Court , i n f r ont of A nrie’ s at L owry . H urry , f ast er . Y elled at doolies. Smack , W ad , Cret in , W aldo , Smack -wad-dooj azz, Squat , D oolie, T oad . I H ere t o Fly Planes, I H ear T his I s A Fine Place, I H a v e T ruly Found Paradise; W e H ad I t T ougher L ast Y ear ; Sir , I D o N ot K now ; L oyalt y , Courage, W isdom and Bravery . Eight . — M it chell H all - 1; L ibrary - 1; A rnold H all - 4 (2 t o t he Ball Room , 2 t o t he Balcony) ; Gym - 1 (going dow n t o t he deep end of t he pool) ; A ero L ab - 1. A long obst acle course run by t he Class of 73 inst ead o f going home f or Spring Break . H ell week exercises. A f lood f orces you to get everything low int o a higher place so it won’ t get wet . A n eart hquake requires t hat you get everyt hing t hat is u p high down t o the f l oor so it won’ t f all on you . U sually done in alt ernat ing order . W ater (T hat ’ s right , t hey ’ re f illed in wit h grass, now) . T he ent ire wing wore handlebar m ust aches t o t he noon m ea l f o r m a t i o n .

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T he A lamo A rea Chapt er , U SA F A cademy A ssociat ion of Graduat es, held it s f irst annual Founder ’s D ay D inner at t he O f f icer ’ s Open M ess, Randolph A FB , T exas, on T hursday evening, 2 A pril 1981. M ast er of Ceremonies was Chapt er Presi dent L t Col Jim Brown , ‘ 59. L t Gen K en net h L . T allman , Superintendent , was t he speak er f or t he evening. G en T allman presented an inspiring and t houghtprovok ing up-dat e on progress wit hin the Cadet W ing. H e provided an excellent summary of a number of issues near and dear t o all our heart s such as t he quality of t oday ’ s Cadet s, t he H onor Code, changes t o policies and procedures af f ect ing Cadet

1. . A lamo Chap ter P resident, J im B r o wn, ’59, p resents H onorary M em ber cer tif icates to M G RM Stillman and B G RF

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speci al guest s, alo ng w i t h G ener al T allman , were init iat ed as honorary members of t he Chapt er in recognit ion of

On 10 A pril we held our t hir d annual St at e of t he W ing dinner f eat uring COL T homas C . W ilk inson , D eputy Com man dant of Cadet s, as guest speak er . L ocal gr ad u at es, si st er ser v i ce acad em y graduat es, liason of f icers. Parent s Club members, and a f ew ‘ 85 appoint ees were on hand f or t he event . By T heurer (‘61)

A cademy as leaders on t he “ Founder T eam ; M aj o r G ener al R o b er t M . St i llman , t he f ir st C om mandant o f Cadet s, t he Brigadier General Robert F . M cD ermot t , t he f irst D ean of . Facult y . Ot her special people present were Bob Englehart a f or mer A T O , Brigadier General T homas C . Richards, Former Commandant , Brigadier General W illiam J . Breck ner Jr ., a f ormer V ice Comman dant , Brigadier General W illiam M . Charles Jr . , a f ormer A OC , Colonel D on Ellis, a f ormer coach and Colonel (Ret) V ic Ferrari , a f ormer “ j ack -of -all-t rades on t he original staf f . 1 »

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T he Capit al Chapt er of t he A OG had it s annual W ing D ing wit h A OG Ex ecutive D irect or , Jim W heeler as the guest speak er on M arch 28. A pproximat ely 145 people att ended . Fut ure plans f or ac t ivit ies include a luncheon in M ay , a pic nic in Sept em ber , and chapt er at tendance at t he N avy gam e in A nnapoli s in Oc t ober . A nyone wishing t o j oin t he chapt er or moving t o t he area, please call T om L eib 8/ 225-4817, or Edd Shirley 8/ 225-

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superb j ob leading us t hrough t he pro gram and at one point included a f ew minutes of “ Can Y ou T op T his’ ’ t rivia. N one of us k new j ust how “ inf am ous’ ’ D ave L ee (‘ 62) was as a cadet . H ow many t ours was t hat , D ave?? CO L W il k inson was very candid in his address and gave everyone a clear picture of t he A cademy t oday and t he St at e of t he Cadet W ing. H e covered all aspect s f rom t he t riumphs of sport ing vict ories t o pro blems wit hin t he Cadet W ing it self . H is comment s were eagerly consumed and it s probably saf e t o say t hat everyone had a great t ime. Our next event will hopef ully be a j oint U SA FA / U SN A / U SM A speaker ’ s lun cheon in M ay . T hen, in July , we will again host a beer call f or newly arrived ‘ 81 grads t o W right-Patt . A nyone int erest ed in t he SW Ohio Chapt er should contact D avid Chaf f ee, ‘77 (513/ 255-2367) , or K en M adsen , ‘68 (513/ 255-4307) or writ e t o : SW

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T he graduat es of N ort h T exas gat hered on 3 A pril at t he A M FA C hotel at D FW A irport t o init iat e a new t radit ion : Founder ’ s D ay . . . T EX A S ST Y L E . U n d er t h e ab l e gu i d an ce o f B i l l Reemt sma, t he Chapt er of f icers organized a gala t hat f eat ured generous am ount s of f ood , hilariously f unny war st ories, some liquid ref reshment s, and an inf orm at ive present at ion by U SA FA Superint endent , L t G en K .L . T al l m an .

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T H E C A D E T W I N G ’ S N E W E ST W H I T E G Y R F A L C O N by Gerry M . H enningsen ‘73 members of t he f alcon f am ily , have t radit ionally inst illed a g r eat amount of pride in Cadet W ing and A cademy communit y . F o r t hese reasons, L t Gen K .L . T allman , Superintendent , began t he search t o f ind a replacement f or Baf f in in 1978. W here to O bt ain a W hite G yrf alcon Previous A cademy gyr f alcons arrived as gi f t s f rom various U nited St at es f alconers and f rom t he Canadian government . R e cent legislat ion t hroughout t he world designed t o protect b i r d s o f prey make it very dif ficult to acquire the rare white gyr f alcon . Gyr f alcons as a species are not considered endangered , b u t t h e whit e color phase gyr s are scarce. Gyr s are f ound almost ent irely in t he arct ic circle region , but somet imes t hey will migrat e sout h int o t he nort her n U nit ed St at es during w int er . Canada an d G reenland have t he largest proport ions of white gyr f alcons, est im at ed at 30% in some regions. M ost gyrs are a dark b r o w n gray color . A lask a also has many gyr f alcons, but only ab o u t 3 % h av e b een f o u n d t o b e w h i t e .

INT ROD U CT ION

T he A ir Force A cademy Cadet W ing welcomed a new whit e arct ic gyr f alcon as it s mascot on 10 July 1980. T his spect acular white bird , named Glacier , is t he lat est of several regal gyr f alcons which have represented t he cadet s since 1955. T he W ing w a s wit hout a whit e gyr mascot f or only t wo years since t he A cademy began , t he t ime bet ween 13-year old Baf f in ’ s deat h i n 1978 an d Glacier ’ s arrival in 1980. M any graduat es and support ers o f t h e A cademy recall t he str ik ing beauty and awe of f ormer whit e gyr f alcons. A lt hough of f icially named M ach- 1, each of t h ese b i r d s also had a personal name such as A t holl , Pegasus, and of course, Baf f in - our longest lived whit e gyr . T he f ollowing i s an acco u n t of how Glacier ar rived at t he A ir Force A cademy t o carry on t he dist inct ive t radit ion of represent ing the cadet s as t heir unique m a sc o t .

PL A N N I N G T H E CA PT U RE EX P ED IT I O N

W hy O btain a “ W hite G ryf alcon T he U SA F A cademy Class of 1959 selected t he “ Falcon ’ ’ as t h e Cadet W ing mascot . T hey f elt it possessed many t rait s t ypical of t he U SA F as a f lying combat service. Falcons are hunters o f t h e sk ies, and k nown f or t heir courage, f ierceness, power f ul a n d gracef ul f light , keen eyesight , alert ness and regal carriage. T he sport of f alconry began nearly 4500 year s ago . I t i s o f t en ref erred t o as t he “ Sport of K ings” . I n t he days of m ed i ev al f alconry in Europe, and even t oday in t he M iddle East , t h e w h i t e arct ic gyr f alcon was t he most prized of all birds used in t he royal sport of haw king. I t was reserved f or use by k ings and princes on ly . Ot her f alcons were used by nobilit y of lesser rank . Present ly , only A rabian monarchs and t he very best moder n-day f a l c o n e r s possess gyr f alcons. Considering t he noble her it age of t hese birds, t he A cademy has been ext remely privileged to have had se v e r a l whit e gyrs as mascot s - available f or all t o admire their magni f i cent beaut y and grace. A f emale peregrine f alcon was act ually t he A cademy ’ s f irst mascot , while t he hardy prar ie f alcon i s t h e A cademy’ s main per f orming mascot t oday . Even t hough t h e Class-of -59 speci f ied no single species of f alcon t o represent t he Cadet W ing, all cadet s since 1955 have regarded t he white gyr f alcon as t heir special mascot . T he gyr f alcons, largest an d f ast est 9 9

U nsuccessf ul att empt s were made as early as 1975 t o f i n d anot her white gyr f alcon in Greenland t o replace aging B a f f i n . L i f espans of gyrs usually range f rom 5 t o 8 years in capt ivity , and Baf f in was t hen 10 years old . W hen Baf f in did die in 1978, L t Gen

T al l m an co n t act ed C an ad i an o f f i ci al s sev er al t i m es t o f i n d a n ew w hit e gyr f alcon mascot . Polit ical and bureaucrat ic r est r i ct i o n s

t hwart ed all ef f ort s in t rying t o obt ain a Canadian gyr f alcon . T he Canadian wildli f e agent s ack nowledged t hat t hey couldn’t perm it us t o have one of t heir birds, but suggest ed t hat we t r y t o get o n e f rom A laska. Obt aining a w hit e gyr f alcon f rom A lask a h a d n e v e r been att em pt ed by t he A cademy because aut horit ies believed t h e low num ber of white gyrs and vast wilderness area t o b e sear ch ed would mak e t he task impossible. I n t he spring of 1980 L t Gen T allman decided t o have t h e A cademy Falconry Program assess the possibilit y of get t ing a whit e A lask an gyr f alcon . T he disadvantages of obt aining a n d A lask an gyr were t hat the percent age of whit e birds was very low and t he A cademy would have t o pay f or it s capt ure instead o f receiving one as a gi f t . Some advantages were t hat it m ight be easier t o gain A laska’ s per mission t o obtain a gyr compared t o Greenland and Canada, and f or t he f irst t ime t he A cademy might have a nat ive U .S. bird as it s mascot . I n any event , i f t h e A cademy was soon going t o have a new whit e mascot , i t w o u l d come f rom A lask a, speci f ically f rom ar ound N ome as explained l at er .

W h o S h o u ld b e I n v o l v ed ?

T he of f icers-in-charge of t he Cadet Falconry Program a r e L t Col L awrence Schaad and Capt Gerry H enningsen . D r James Enderson , a Ph .D . biologist and f alconer f rom Colorado College, serves as t he of f icial f alconry advisor t o t he program . T his group decided t hat Capt H enningsen would be t he proj ect of f icer a n d t ravel t o A lask a wit h his nam e on all per mit s f or t he A cademy . L t Col Schaad would remain here t o manage t he program a t t h e A cademy . D r Enderson , who has had many years of f alconry e x perience in t he f ield , would direct t he f ield part y i n i t s sear ch f o r a whit e gyr f alcon . A back up member would be needed f or Capt H enningsen or D r Enderson in case t hey were inj ured o r b ecam e ill . D r Enderson’ s son , Ritt , was select ed as t he back up m e m b e r t o travel wit h us at his f at her ’ s expense. Rit t is an expert mount ain climber and phot ogr apher . M r A lan Springer f rom Fairbank s, 13

A K , is a biologist who produced a theses on gyrfalcon n est si t es i n

t he Seward Peninsula. H e could be hired f or a f ew days t o init ially

guide and advise the field party in the search. Many other people and agencies were contacted to help w i t h

t he search . M r Johnny W alk er of K ot zebue, A K , agreed t o f ly his

supercub over the tundra. Dr Jerry Swartz of the University o f A laska provided gyrfalcon population information and t he pro per government agencies to contact . The A laska U.S. F i sh an d W ildli f e Service and D epart ment of Fish and Game, Bureau o f

Land Management , U .S. Park Service, and U .S. Geological Survey Of fice were contacted. M ilitary agencies involved i n cl u d ed

t he A lask a A ir Command (A A C) , A lask a A rmy N at ional Guard ,

Stragegic A ir Command, Military A ir Command, and of c o u r s e

m any U SA F A cademy agencies. T he Peregrine Fund at Fort C o l lins gave the A cademy frozen quail to feed any new gyr s t hat

might be captured. They also gave advice on gyrfalcon c a r e a n d t raining f rom t heir experience wit h several gyrs t hey p o sse ss .

W hen t o Get a W hite Gyrf alcon T he f ield part y could eit her at tempt t o t rap a f ree-f lying w h i t e gyr in late summer, or time the trip to find newly hat ched gyrs bef ore t hey leave t he nest s. T rapping a mat ure, int elligent gyr is considered a di f f icult j ob . T o f ind and t rap a specif ic w h i t e o n e i n such open count ry was considered virt ually impossible. T h e great est chance of f inding and examining t he most gyr f alcons would be t o search f or nest lings. Gyr f alcon expert s and literat ure indicated t hat baby gyr f alcons (eyasses) hat ch anywhere f rom 15 M ay t o 15 July , wit h m o st gy r s h at ch ed t h e f i r st t w o w eek s o f J u n e i n A l ask a . T h e eyasses usually begin f lying f rom t he nest at 5 t o 6 week s of age and are very di f f icult t o cat ch once t hey ’ re on t he wing. D r Enderson an d A lask an wildli f e biologist s agreed t hat t he best chance t o f i n d an d capt ure a white gyr would occur when t he eyasses were b e t w e e n 3 and 5 week s old . A t t his age t he f light f eat hers are long enough t o det ermine t heir color , and t he young gyrs are easiest t o cat ch . Because A laska had an early spring t haw , the gyrs would p r o

f alcons by not allowing t hem t o k ill as in t he wild o r i n t r u e falconry, especially for such a grand bird as a gyrfalcon. H appily , no ser ious concerns were voiced by t he public. I n f act , m o st f alconers and wildli f e agent s were delight ed t hat t he A cademy was permit ted t o search f or a replacement f or Baf f in in A lask a. T hey f elt t he care t he f alcons receive at t he A cademy is excellent , and t hat t he f alcon mascot s f avorable represent ed t he f alconry c o m munit y . H aving overcome t he maj or task of gaining perm it s an d det ermining a f avorable public response t o t he plan , i t w as t i m e t o begin phase t wo of t he plan . Phase 2 - Predict ing t he chances of success. I t would n o t b e f easible t o send t he f ield part y t o A lask a in search of a w hit e gyr mascot if t he chance of success was not reasonably good . Con sult at ion t hrough D r Enderson was made wit h D r Swart z, A l an Springer , and D avid Roseneau , all of Fairbank s, A K , w h o ar e t h e t hree most k nowledgable biologist s concerning A lask a gyr f alcon populat ions. A ddit ional cont act s were made w it h D r Clayt on W hite of B .Y .U ., U t ah , who st udied gyr f alcons in A laska f o r several year s; and wit h M r Car l Gravorgel . t he Seward P en i n su l a A rea Fish and Game of f icer w ho plot t ed gyr f alcon nest si t es as a st ate proj ect f or f ive year s. Everyone but M r . Gravorgel w a s o p timist ic t hat a well manned and equipped f ield part y w o u l d h av e a bett er t han even chance of f inding a whit e gyr f alcon i n A l ask a . M r Gravorgel t hought we would be ext rem ely luck y t o f i n d a whit e gyr and advised against mak ing t he ef f ort because o f t h e poor odds and logist ic problems. Success could not be guarant eed and the search would be di f f icult , but an all-out -at t empt w o u l d mak e t he search f easible according t o t he expert s. D r Enderson and our consult ant s recommended the f ollowing plan t o max imize success; however , t hey all seriously d o u b t ed i t could be implemented in such a short t ime.

bably hatch about one week earlier than average. This m e a n t t h a t

t he ideal t ime t o locate a whit e gyr eyass would be t h e l ast w eek o f June and f irst week of July . N o parent s would be captured an d at least t wo young would be lef t in t he nest so f ut ure gyr f alcon propogation wouldn’ t be af f ect ed . T h e su m m er o f 19 80 w as d et er m i n ed t o b e t h e b est t i m e t o

search f or a whit e gyr mascot in A lask a. T his lef t l i t t l e t i m e f o r

preparation, but money was available for such a proj ect t h e n . A lso , pending A lask a wilderness legislat ion in Congress t h r eat en ed t o great ly reduce t he amount of land a gyr could co m e f r o m i n lat er year s. H o w t h e Sear ch W as P l an n ed : T h r ee P h ases

Phase 1 - permit s and public opinion . T he f irst step i n t h e search plan was t o see if t he A cademy could get A lask an cap t u r e and export at ion permit s. T his was j udged t o be t he g r eat est obst acle by D rs Enderson and Swartz since A lask a policy f o r t h e

past 10 years was to deny all exportation of gyrfalcons. D em an d

f or gyr f alcons was so great t hat a black mark et developed t o i l legally export t hem , t hus rigid new policy and legislat ure w e r e enacted to prot ect these rapt ors. A f ter many let t ers and phone conversat ions between t he A cademy and A lask a wildli f e agencies, permission was grant ed in M ay 80 t o capt ure and export t w o gy r f alcons, one of which could be white! A laska rest rict ed t he t ak ing o f more t han one whit e gyr due t o t heir scarcit y in A l ask a . T h e

A cademy wanted two birds to make the search more economical, and t o increase t he chance of having one of t he gyrs l i v e t o a n o l d

age. Gyrs are notorious for catching fatal diseases at

l o w er

l at i t u d es.

Public opinions, mostly those of falconers concerned wit h gyrs, were next evaluat ed . D rs Enderson and Swart z again co n t act ed many emiment f alconers in t he “ lower 48’ ’ and A lask a ab o u t t h e A cademy receiving an A laskan gyrfalcon. Some falconers h a v e

crit icized the A cademy ’ s Falconry Program f or not pract icing t h e “ true” sport of hunting with the falcons, instead flying t hem only t o lures. Some f eel t his is demeaning and an inj ust ice t o t h e 14

T H E PL A N

1. N est ling gyrs could best be identi f ied and t ak en b e t w e e n 1 and 10 July 1980. Since only 3-4‘!7o of t he nest lings m ay be whit e, an ext ensive air search of gyr f alcon nest sit es w o u l d be required . Seward Peninsula has t he highest concent ra t ion of gyr f alcons and t he m ost report s of whit e bir ds. N ome would be t he ideal base area t o wor k f r om , but K o t zeb u e i s t h e cl o sest ar ea w i t h U SA F acco m o d at i o n s.

2. T hese per sons should be involved or hired f or t he f i el d t rip : a. Capt H enningsen would represent t he A cademy and be aut horized by A lask a permit s t o capt ure and t ransport t he gyrs. b . D r James Enderson , A cademy Falconry A dvisor and experienced f ield biologist , would lead t he search t o cap t u r e and t ransport t he gyr s. c. M r A lan Springer of Fairbank s researched gyr f alcon nest sit es in t he Seward Peninsula t hrough t he U niversity o f A laska f or t wo years. H e k nows t he N ome area and people and should help start t he search as a guide and advisor f o r a f ew days, d . M r Rit t Enderson , son of D r Enderson and t raveling at his f ather ’s expense, could help in mount ain climbing and t ak e phot ographs of t he capt ure. H e would be the back up member of t he m inimum t wo-man t eam needed t o capt ure t he birds in case Capt H enningsen or D r Enderson can ’t part icipate, e. Seward Peninsula A rea D epart ment of Fish and Game A gent s could provide nest site maps and advice on local populace problems, f . A lask an A ir Comm and (A A C) personnel could pro vide military air support and assist wit h logist ics. 3. T he f ollowing expense it em s would be ant icipat ed : a. Commercial or milit ary air f or f ield part y member s t o N ome, A K , and ret ur n . M ilitary air is desired since m a n y commercial carriers don’t allow live birds in t he passenger compart ment s, and t he baggage com part ment area could be hazardous to a young gyr f alcon’ s healt h , b . Cont ract s or order s t o cover expenses by t he f ield p a r ty members up t o 14 days, c. A helicopt er , or light aircraf t wit h big t ires t o l an d o n t he t undra, f or up t o 25 hours of f lying t ime t o adequat ely sear ch t h e Sew ar d P en i n su l a , d . A cco m m o d at i o n s i n N o m e o r K o t zeb u e. A f o u r w h eel

drive vehicle is desired i f wor k ing f rom N ome. Camping gear , shipping crat es, f alconry gear , f alcon f ood , ad v er se weat her gear , light m ount aineering gear , and rat ions w o u l d b e n eed ed .

4. I nt inerary . a. U SA FA agencies and A A C should f inalize all logist ic requirement s by 15 June 80. b . Field party should arrive Seward Peninsula on 28 June, early enough in case weather delays t ravel , c. Maps of nest sites would be reviewed and flight plan prepared on 29 June 80. d . D aily air searches would be conduct ed f rom 30 June

till 7 July, ending when a white and a light-gray gyrfalcon ar e f o u n d , e. T h e f al co n s w o u l d b e r et u r n ed t o U SA F A as so o n as possible to lessen the st ress of travel . Prevent ive m ed i ca

tions would be given . Report s and t hank you lett er s w o u l d be prepared af t er complet ion of t he t rip .

On 6 June 1980 Lt Gen Tallman approved the above plan an d

elicited t he support of L t G en Scot t , Commander of A A C . A meet ing of various U SA F A cademy agencies was also held o n 6 June t o arrange all logist ic requirement s wit hin t wo w e e k s . Phase 3 - Finalizing L ogistic Support . T he superb assist ance f rom A laskan A ir Command , St rat egic A ir Command , and m a n y

A cademy agencies made the capture of Glacier possible a n d ultimately successful . In a matter of days they enthusiastically a r

ranged all logistical aspect s of t he proposed plan . M oney was pr o vided f or t he t rip , orders prepared , commercial and milit ary air

travel confirmed, legal aspects reveiwed, and all equipment o b t ai n ed .

SA C reserved space f or t he f ield part y t o travel t o E i e l so n A F B

from Travis A FB on a KC- 135 departing 26 June 80. They a l so a r

ranged f or t ravel back on a D yess A FB bound K C- 135 on 9 July which would mak e an operat ional st op at Pet erson A FB , C O .

A A C made their C- 12 aircraft available when flying n ear N o m e.

T hey also were responsible f or arranging t he most signi f icant su p port of all - having t he A lask a A dj utant General aut horize t h e u se of t he A rmy N at ional Guard billiet ing, vehicle, and helicopt er in N ome (provided t he A cademy f ield part y supplied t he f uel) . A helicopt er could quick ly and accurat ely assess gyr f alcon n est si t es an d m ak e t h e sear ch easi er a n d m o r e su ccessf u l !

By 24 June 1980, all t he logist ic requirement s were arranged and t he A cademy ’ s search f or a new whit e gyr f alcon m a s c o t w a s ready t o begin .

T H E T RIP T O N OM E A N D H OM E

T raveling t o N ome. T he f ield part y consist ing of Capt H enningsen , D r Ender son and Ritt Ender son depart ed t he U SA F A cademy on 25 June f o r St apelt on A irport and event ually T ravis A FB , CA . Boarding a K C- 135 on 26 June they ar rived at Eielson A FB and pick ed u p r e m aining supply items. M r Springer accompanied t he group w h i ch f lew by com mercial air f rom Fairbank s t o N ome on 27 June. Capt K en Car dwell of t he A rmy N at ional Guard met the f ield p ar t y at N ome and t ransport ed t hem and t heir gear t o t he Guard A rm ory . T he A rm ory had a bask et ball court , showers, of f ices, an d a k itchen-st oreroom area. T he f ield part y soon made t hem selves a t home in t he k it chen-st oreroom wit h cot s and sleeping bags f or b ed s .

G etti ng Ready t o Search T he f ield part y met wit h M r Gravorgel of t he N ome Fish an d Game D epart ment the evening of 27 June. H e showed t hem m a p s of nest sites where white gyr f alcons were seen during t he past f ive years. A bout 25% of t he sit es were on f ederal or privat e l an d s which could not be searched . A bush pilot f rom K otzebue, Johnny W alker , was called and could f ly his Supercub f o r t h e group on Sunday , 29 June. T he A rmy Guard provided a 4 - w h e e l drive covered and heat ed t ruck f or searching sit es cl o se t o t h e single road leadi ng nort h of N ome f or 80 miles. T he A rmy Guard could also f ly t heir U H - 1 H uey helicopt er f or t he f ield part y f rom M onday , 30 June, unt il W ednesday , 3 July . T he fi eld p ar t y reviewed t he maps and decided t o search by t ruck on t he 28t h , Supercub on t he 29t h , and helicopt er i f necessary f rom t h e 30t h o f Ju n e an d o n .

T he Spectacular Scenery A f t er pick ing up 50 gallons of aviat ion gasoline f or t he Super cub , t he f ield part y lef t N ome on 28 June and headed n o r t h o n t h e K ougarok Road . T his road was gravel and maint ained f o r 50 m iles bef ore t urning int o an impassable dirt t rail . I t w o u n d t hrough snow-covered mount ains along t he K ougarok River a n d old railroad beds const ruct ed during t he N ome Gold R u sh o f t h e early 1900’ s. T he Seward Peninsula is arct ic t undra, having no t rees but many bushes and green f lowering plant s. T he l an d i s 15

swampy f rom t hawing permaf rost , and t he rivers f ull f r o m

melting glaciers. M osquitos the size of quarters squarmed c o n stantly around the field party which used nearly a gallon of repellent while in A laska. The sky was clear and sunny f o r t h e

f irst t hree days of searching but t hen t urned t o overcast w i t h d r i z zle, typical of N ome sum mer s. D aylight , however , last ed o v e r 2 0

hours and during the darkest night-time no lights were n eed ed t o see one’ s way around . Very f ew people inhabit ed t he Sew ar d

Peninsula. Only a handful of trapper’s cabins and gold m i n er buildings could be found scattered over the countryside. W i l d l i f e was abundant . Moose, bears, caribou, ground squirrels and many types of birds were often seen. This huge, sparse, an d b eau t i f u l land would hopefully be the birth place of the A ir F o r c e

A cademy ’s newest mascot .

Searching by A ut omobile T he f irst gyr f alcon eyrie, or nest sit e, was spot ted se v e n t e e n miles north of Nome. The typical gyr eyrie is a rock ledge in t he

middle of an orange colored clif f face. A certain orange l i ch en o n ly grows on rock having high nitrogen content from ages of ac-

cululated bird droppings. A dult gyr f alcons were observed f lying at this eyrie and so t he f ield part y hik ed about a mile up t o t he nest site. T wo gray downies about I Vi week s old were d i sco v er ed . Their flight feathers were only about 1/ 8 inch long and so t hey

were actually too young to determine their mature plumage co l o r . D ar k ness of talons, beak s, and sk in around t he head w e r e a l so u s

ed to estimate color upon maturation. Only one other gyr eyrie was discovered that day. Four eyasses in it were also gray colored .

Other possible gyr f alcon nest sites were inhabited by golden eagles, ravens, and roughlegged hawk s, or else were empty . Early morning on the 29t h a river blu f f eyrie was checked an d t w o 5-week old gyrs were discovered but were also dark gray colored . N o more eyries could be sear ched f rom t he road and so t h e f i el d party await ed Johnny W alk er to f ly down wit h his Supercub .

Searching by A irplane Johnny W alk er landed on t he road by t he t ruck about 0 8 3 0 . D r Enderson and A lan Springer t ook turns f lying wit h him . I n se v e n hour s t he Supercub was able t o f ly t o 20 pot ent ial eyries covering 400 square miles of land . A possible light colored gyr was iden t i f ied on t op of a mining dredge, but it was st ill t oo young t o be cert ain of it s color . T hree whit e adult gyr f alcons w e r e a l so se e n . A t t he end of t his day t he f ield part y had check ed nearly 20% of t he Seward Peninsula eyries. Johnny W alk er f lew back t o K otzebue t hat night , await ing word f rom the f ield part y f o r h i s help i f needed later in t he week . T he Supercub was valuable; but it was also noisy , t oo slow between eyries, and t oo f ast when f lying close t o t he nest sites. Everyone but Springer had developed a t er rible cold - a common malady of newcomer s t o A laska. T h e helicopt er ride t he next day would be a pleasant change f r o m al l t he st renuous searching done bef ore. 16

Searching V ia G uard H elicopter T he A lask a A rm y N at ional Guard helicopt er pilot s and c r e w a t

Nome were really professionals. The weather and flying r e

quirement s made t heir j ob di f f icult , but t he f ield part y always f elt com f ortable and conf ident of t he Guard ’ s f lying sk ills. I n t h r ee days t he remaining eyries were searched . T he helicopt er could f ly f or f our hours bef ore ref ueling. I t could hover close t o n est si t es on rock cli f f s, and quickly t ravel bet ween t he eyries l o cat ed m i l es away . W hen t he f ield part y wished t o get a closer look a t so m e young gyrs, t he helicopt er would land several hundred yar ds away . Eveyone would wal k t o t he eyrie and see what t he eyasses looked like, hoping one of them would be the young white gyr t hey were look ing f or . T he pilot s and crew were as ex ci t ed an d eager t o f ind t he new mascot as was t he f ield party . A f t er t h e f i r st day of searching, t he f ield part y and helicopt er crew b ecam e an ef f icient t eam . Even so , and af t er t hree days of hard look ing, no whit e eyas could be f ound t o replace Baf f in . I t was t he m orning of 3 July and t he last day of helicopter support . By analyzing t he collect ed data, t he f ield part y realized t he search , unf ort unat ely , had tak en place one week t oo early . D isappoi nti ng Results. T hirt y-one act ive eyries were locat ed which had 59 live young, 7 dead eyasses, and 11 inf ert ile eggs. Only 39 live young (68% ) were old enough t o ident i fy t heir color , none of which were w h i t e . 4 2 adult gyrs were observed , including 3 pale gray and 7 w hite ones, meaning 23% were light enough f or an A cademy mascot . S o m e of t he 20 dow nies, which were t oo young t o predict t heir color , were assumed t o be whit e. A f air sized gene pool of w h i t e b i r d s m ust exist t o maint ain so m any light colored adult s. H ad t h e search occured one week lat er , hal f of t hose 20 downies co u l d

h av e b een i d en t i f i ed as t o t h ei r f u t u r e co l o r .

T hree alternat ives remained . T he f ield part y could go hom e empty handed , having done t heir best in an all out ef f o r t t o replace Baf f in , but no one wished t o do t his. T he second opt ion w as t o have Johnny W alk er f ly t wo f ield part y members f ar n o r t h t o f loat dow n a river where whit e gyr f alcons had been seen by D r Clayt on W hite. M oney was get t ing low because of all t h e helicopt er f uel used , t he weat her was worsening and dangerous t o f ly in , and t ime was running out t o f ind a bir d and cat ch t h e ar ranged f light back t o U SA FA on 8 July . T he f ield par ty d eci d ed a t hird opt ion would be t he best alt ernat ive - t o f ly b ack t o previously check ed eyries and bring back t he best look ing g r a y gyr f alcon t o be f ound . G oing to Get a L ight G ray Gyrf alcon T he f ield part y had f ound t hr ee eyries having light er t h a n u su a l gr ay young. T he helicopt er was used T hursday mor ning, 3 July , t o select t he best look ing one as t he A cademy ’ s new m asco t . T h e sit es were check ed in order of t heir pr obability of having t he lightest gray gyr f alcon , as concluded dur ing t he previous s e a r ching. I t is int erest ing t hat f alcons gr ow very quick ly , mat uring in size bet weeen 6 and 8 week s of age. T heir f light f eat hers c a n g r o w as much as 1/ 4 t o 1/ 2 inch per day . Site one. T his eyrie was t he f irst one spott ed Sat urday morning wit h t he aut omobile. T he t wo eyasses now had f eat her s 1 Vi i n c h e s long compared t o 1/ 8 inch on 28 June. Bot h young were f o u n d t o be dar k gray so sit e t wo was invest igat ed . Site tw o. T his was t he nest of f our young on t he mining dredge spott ed in t he Superclub on 29 June. A close look at the light est gyr indicat ed it would be a buf f y-brown colored adult , look ing lik e a very large prairie f alcon . T he gyr mascot needed t o b e o n e .that st ands apart in appearance f rom t he ot her A cademy f alcons, an d so si t e t h r ee w as sear ch ed as t h e l ast r eso r t i n t his expedit ion . Site t hree. H opes had been high t hat a white bir d would ex i st i n t he f irst two sit es which t he f ield part y t hought had t he lighest col ored gyrs. Everyone was now disappoint ed , having wor k ed s o har d 15 t o 20 hours a day f or a week in search of a whit e gyr . T he helicopter crew and f ield part y had essent ially resolved t h er e w er e no whit e eyasses t o be f ound at t his t ime in t he Seward P en i n su l a . T hey would have t o be sat isf ied in t ak ing hom e a less d esi r ab l e gray bird f rom sit e t hree. T he helicopt er landed and t he f ield par-

ty and crew walk ed t o t he t hird choice eyrie t o capt ure a g r a y eyas. T his eyrie was t he very f irst one checked by t he helicopt er on M onday morning. T he t hree eyasses were about I Vi week s o l d t hen, and had f eat hers about 1/ 8 inch long. One eyass h ad b een ident if ied as a pret ty “ check ered-gray ” by D r . Enderson a n d A lan Springer . G l aci er i s D i sco v er ed !

A medium sized padded cardboard box was carried t o t he eyrie t o place t he bird in . A lan Springer ascended t o t he eyrie t o cat ch t he eyas and place it in t he box . A s t he rest of t he f ield party waited below , he st ood there quiet ly f or a while as i f somet hing was wrong. T hen A lan t urned , smiled , and said , “ I don’t b e l i e v e it . H e’ s a white bird ! ” D r Enderson said , “ Y ou’ re k idding.” T hen he took a look and conf irmed our success, a luck y o u t co m e ! T he young eyas had grown considerably in t hree days. T h e 1/ 8 inch f eat hers were not 3/ 4 inch long and had lot s of w h i t e co l o r t o t hem instead of checkered gray ! H is sibling was also light colored but smaller , weak er , and slight ly dar ker . T he smaller light-gray sibling was lef t in t he nest so two young would remain . T h e se r e maining t wo gyrs would most lik ely grow larger and h eal t h i er si n ce t h er e w o u l d b e m o r e f o o d f o r each .

T he f ield part y nick named t he young eyas “ Glacier ” a f t er Glacier Creek below his mount ainous eyrie. Glacier w as i d en t i f i ed as a male because of his smaller body size compared t o f eat h er lengt h . Females are much bulk ier and have larger f eet . G l a c i e r was removed f rom his nest at three week s of age on 3 July 1980. H e showed no f ear but was def ensive of any sudden movement s. T he search was over and everyone was ecst at ic about G l aci er ! T he J ourney H ome Glacier spent t he next f our days at t he A rmory eat ing a w h o l e quail every six hour s and get t ing used t o people. H e had many v i si t o r s f r o m N o m e w h o w er e cu r i o u s ab o u t su ch an ef f o r t t o f i n d

a white gyr f alcon . H e did not look much lik e t he noble gyr f alcon he would grow up t o be. Glacier was f at , squatty , and h ad b ar e sk in showing which f eat hers would soon cover . By 7 July he was tame, seemed t o enj oy people’ s presence, and was ready t o depart N o m e.

W it h Glacier riding in a com f ortable box , t he f ield party f lew comercially t o Fairbanks. D r Swartz approved of G lacier , as d i d everyone who saw him . T he f ield part y billet ed at Eielson A F B unt il 9 July when a SA C K C- 135 f lew t he group back t o C o l o r a d o Springs. Glacier slept part o f t he six hour t rip in a carpet ed shipp ing crate made especially f or him . Rit t and D r Enderson were t aken home and Glacier spent t h e night in Capt H enningsen’ s cool basement . Glacier had t o adj ust f rom an average temperat ure of 30° F in A lask a t o 80°F at t h e A i r Force A cademy . BEGI N N I N G A N EW L IFE A T T H E A CA D EM Y

Glacier arrived at t he A cademy on 10 July and visit ed L t G e n T allman and all the ot her people who helped arrange t h e sear ch .

A special room was prepared for him at the M ews where B a f f i n used t o live. T he room is large, carpeted , and has two big win

dows for light and ventilation. A bath is filled with f r e sh w a t e r t o

k eep him cool and clean . Glacier was 4 week s old and weighed one pound when arriving at t he A cademy . I n the next f our week s he more t han d o u b l ed i n size and lost all his downy f eat hers. H is appet it e w as st i l l k een an d he at e t wo quail or 14 ounces of chick en daily . H ealt h A spect s

Since gyrfalcons are susceptible to several diseases n o t c o m m o n

in t he A rct ic, caref ul att ent ion was paid t o Glacier ’ s h e a l t h . H i s

body temperature was closely watched so he didn’t overheat , a n d

Glacier spend several days in t he V et erinary Service su r g e r y r o o m wit h an air condit ioner . H is diet consist s of clean , f resh , raw chick en wit h occasional supplement s. H is weight is closely

monitored along with other bodily signs denoting health.

Glacier ’ s pen is regularly cleaned and disinf ect ed t o m i n i m i ze co n -

tamination by old food, mites, and micro-organisms. H e h as h i s own separate set of handling gloves, hood, lures, and ot her equip ment which are kept very clean. A series of vaccinations was given him to protect against a common fungal respiratory i n f ect i o n . The Falconry Program’s primary goal is to safeguard G l aci er ’ s health. Flying demonstrations and public appearances a r e s e c o n dary in importance. These measures should give Glacier t h e b est chance t o living a long and healt hy lif e. P u b l i c R el a t i o n s

Naming Glacier. Lt Gen Scott suggested the Cadet Wing give an A lask an name t o t he A cademy ’ s new mascot . T he Superinten dent agreed and directed the First Class Council to select an ap propriate of ficial name. The AA C submitted names such a s D onali , Eielson, Glacier , and O k iot ak . T he A lask an A rmy N a

t i o n al G u ar d an d U SA F A cad et s al so ad d ed n am es t o t h e l i st .

Glacier ” was select ed unanimously by t he Council and a p p r o v ed by L t Gen T allman . Reasons f or t he choice of “ Glacier ” i n cluded his origin near Glacier Creek , t he name relates t o A lask a, it denot es a masculine gender , and glaciers are power f ul , m a ssi v e an d w h i t e.

Public A ppearances. Glacier ’ s f irst social event was t h e C o m mand Surgeons Conf erence held at t he A cademy in A ugust . Glacier sat calmly on t he glove and t oler at ed an aut omobile r i d e and crowd so well t hat he was j udged ready f or his o f f i ci al d eb u t at t he parade f or Parent ’ s W eek end on 28 A ug 80. C I C A ndy

M urphy, Cadet-in-Charge of Falconry and Glacier’s personal handler , displayed him t o t housands o f spect at ors and f o r T .V . newsmen t hat day . Glacier was o f f icially welcomed as t h e U S A F A cademy ’ s newest whit e gyr f alcon m ascot .

T raini ng Glacier is much more int elligent t hat t he ot her prarie f a l c o n s and requires di f f erent t raining t echniques. T he handler and a gyr f alcon must cooperat e t oget her and of ten compromise i n d i v i d u a l desires. Glacier f irst learned t o sit calmly on t he f ist while being carried around new people and places. H e quick ly learned t o a t t ack a lure and eat t he raw chick en t ied t o it . By O ct o b er G l aci er was f lying f reely inside t he Falcon Stadium , but he did not per f orm at any games. T wo radio beacons are att ached t o G l aci er ’ s legs when fl ying f ree. Only once did he wander away f r o m t h e l u r e t o see t he A cademy sight s f or him sel f . Glacier soon cam e b ack t o t he lure but made the f alconer s quit e worried . Glacier is current ly f ed m ore f ood and only exercised on a creance every day . H is weight has t o be k ept t oo low t o f ly him f ree and m aint ain h i s desire t o ret urn t o t he lure t o eat . A prolonged lowered weight may lower his disease resist ance and so he is now exercised w h i l e t et hered . Glacier enj oys bask ing in t he sun in t he protect ed weat hering pen . H e is very playf ul and enj oys people’ s c o m p a n y . I f he sees or hears someone ent ering t he mews, he “ talk s” t o l et you k now he want s t o visit and play . H e loves t o chase a t e n n i s ball , soda cans, or anyt hing else t hat appear s int erest ing. N ibbling on womens’ sandals and painted toenails is his f avorite g a m e . Glacier is ext remely gent le and enj oys children . H e lik es t o be pet t ed and visited by all people he meet s. F u tu r e P lan s

Glacier ’ s healt h and longevit y are given f irst priority . H opef ul ly he will become a cherished part of A cademy li f e and represent t he Cadet W ing in a t radit ional and proud manner as B a f f i n d i d b ef o r e h i m .

Glacier receives t he best of care and daily individualized a t t e n tion which he ant icipated with enj oyment . T he cadet s ad m i r e h i m and the f alconers are proud t o handle him . Fut ure f light demonst rat ions are possible af t er he f inishes molt ing n e w f e a t h e r s each Sept ember . Free f light will depend on his healt h a n d f alconer ’ s expert ise. Glacier has undergone a big change but is very cont ent ed w i t h his new li f estyle. H e has t he dist inct ion of representing so m e o f t he f inest young men and women in our count ry at t he U S A F A cademy . T he cadet s and ent ire A cademy Communit y are proud o f Glacier , t heir new white gyr f alcon mascot . 17

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C o l . H . T . J o h nso n C o l o n el s H .T . Jo h n so n an d M i ch ael P .C . C am s h av e b een named f or promot ion t o Brigider General . Bot h are members o f t he Class of 1959 and bring t o f ive t he number of that C l ass n am

ed f or promot ion t o 0-7. Previous promotees are BGen P e t e T odd , BG Bob Oak es, and BG Bob Beck el . Colonel Johnson is commander , 22nd Bom bardment W ing a t M arch A ir Force Base, Cali f . H e has a mast er of science degree f rom St anf ord U niversity and t he U niversit y o f Colorado . H e h a s completed Squadron O f f icer School , I ndust rial College o f t h e A r med Forces, U S A rmy Command and General St af f College, N ational W ar College, navigat or t raining, primary and basic pilot t raining. A f ter pilot t raining Colonel Johnson spent the early part of his career as an aircraf t com mander wit h tr oop carrier squadrons in France and in Ohio . H e served as a f orward ai r co n t roller at D aN ang A ir Base, Republic of V iet nam ; inst ruct or a n d lat er act ion of f icer at t he U S A ir Force A cademy ; and assi st an t deput y commander f or operat ions, assistant deput y commander f or maintenance, deput y commander f or operations and wing vice commander , while assigned t o t he 93rd Bombardment W ing at Cast le A ir Force Base, Cali f . Colonel Johnson assumed his pre sent dut ies in A ugust 1980. H .T . Johnson was a Clemson man prior to entering U SA FA i n 1955 and became well k nown as a st udent while mat riculat ing a t L owry and U SA FA . H e graduated as t he Out st anding Graduat e in T hermodynamics and A erodynamics. T he ‘ 59 Polaris p r o phet ically ask ed ‘ ‘H ow could a man wit h such drive and ability

C ad et J o h nso n

C o l . M ich ael C am s f ai l t o ach i ev e su ccess?”

C o l o n el Jo h n so n i s m ar r i ed t o t h e

f ormer L inda A nn W hitt le of A ugust a, Georgia. T hey h av e t h r ee children, Richard , Bet h , and D avid . Colonel Cam s is com mander , 57t h Fight er W eapons W ing an d commandant . Fighter W eapons School , N ellis A ir Force Base, N ev . H e has a mast er of business administ ration degree f r o m H arvard U niversit y . H e has com pleted Squadron O f f icer School , N ational W ar College, and primary and basic pilot t raining. A f t er pilot t raining Colonel Cam s spent t he early part of h i s car eer as a f light inst ruct or at L aredo A ir Force Base, T exas; an d ai d e t o t h e commander of t he A ir Force Personnel Cent er and A ide-de-camp t o t he commander of t he 4t h A ir Force Reserve Region a t R a n dolph A ir Force Base, T exas. H e has also been an F-4 pilot in T hailand ; aide t o chief of st af f of t he A ir Force, W ashingt on , D C ; 613t h T act ical Fight er Squadron , T orrej on A ir Base, Spain ; assistant deput y commander f or operat ions, and lat er deput y commander f or operat ions at Royal A ir Force St at ion B e n t water s, England . Colonel Cam s assumed his present dut ies i n O c t o b e r 19 8 0 .

M i k e” C am s w as k n o w t o f el l o w C ad et s as a m an w i t h high ambitions and an obsession wit h f lying. V arsit y soccer an d ex t racurricular t raveling occupied Cadet days and his many exploit s mark ed him early f or lat er success. H e is married t o t h e f o r m er V ict oria Greco of W ashingt on , D C . T hey have t wo children ,

M i ch el l e an d M ar c .

C ad et C am s

BA GEL S, BI BL ES A ND H OL Y W A TER A N UP D A TE ON TH E CH A P E L P R O GR A M

INVOCA T ION

“ In my day Chapel was in Fairchild,’ ’ says one. “ I n my day we had to march to Chapel,” says another . “ Thank God compulsory Chapel was out by my Time,” says a third. These are only a few of the attitudes and experiences o f graduates concerning chapel services. Yet , for each class, the Cadet Chaplains at the United S t a t e s A ir Force A cademy had an important role to play in it s develop m ent . T he “ whole cadet ” is an individual who is prepared t o a c

cept the challenging responsibility as an of ficer in t h e U n i t ed St at es A i r F o r ce .

Older graduates had “ clergymen” as chaplains. Today’s graduates have a staff of “ clergypersons” . That is b ecau se t h er e is a woman chaplain on the staf f today. There is also t h e f i r st black chaplain assigned to the cadets. The chaplains co m e f r o m an ever wider variety of religious tr adit ions and backgrounds. T his diverse and experienced group st rives t o of f er t he cadet s op

portunities that will broaden them spiritually, intellectually a n d experimentially for a contemporary, but changing world.

T he t eam of A cademy Cadet Chaplains has a commission t o ser v e t h e cad et s. I t st r i v es t o assi st t h em i n t h ei r f ait h advent ure, and t he open up t o them avenues f or religious, moral , humanitarian and cultural growt h .

This article explores both the diversity and the unity t o b e found among the Cadet Chaplains and in the religious p r o g r a m . In some ways it will be nostaglic, because things haven’t changed . In other ways it will reflect how some things have great ly changed . The real estate that the chaplains occupy is newly acquired . A ll the Cadet Chaplains and the Command Chaplain have a c o n solidated complex. This school term they moved into t h e en t i r e west end of Vandenberg Hall , third floor . There are dual chaplain suites: the Command Chaplain suite and the Cadet Chaplain su i t e .

For graduates who like figures, these 22 former cadet r o o m s house: one Jewish Chaplain, two Catholic Chaplains, f i v e P r o t es tant Chaplains, a civilian adminstrative assistant t o t h e t w o m u si c directors, two civilian secretaries, eleven enlisted Chapel M anagers, a conference room and a storage room. On the terrazzo level , right above the chaplain’s of fices, t h r e e former Squadron A ctivity Rooms (SA Rs) have been recondition ed and renovated. They are now three Chaplain A ctivity Room s,

one of which has a small serving k it chen . Only graduat es si n ce 1981 will be able t o boast of using t hese f or chapel socials,

meetings, study groups, small worships, etc.

Among going ventures is the pre-Christmas cooperative m u si cal

ef f ort s. T he Cat holic Choir , Prot est ant Choir and Chorale j oin f or t wo special progr am s. For H andel ’ s “ M essiah” it is m ainly t h e v o i ces o f t h e C h o r al e an d t h e ch o i r o f L o r et t o College, D en v er . F o r “ A F est i v al o f L esso n s an d C ar o l s” i t i s t h e U S A F A

Cat holic and Protest ant Choirs. Each year t hese become m o r e popular . St anding room only . T elecast ed . A ddit ional p r esen t a t ions added next year . T hese have provided vivid and f o n d m em o r i es f o r al l .

Col. L y ngdal, Gen. Carr & Gen. B eck el at dedication of new Chap lain Comp lex . SU M M E R H E A T

Summer brings a change of pace for cadets and chaplains al i k e .

I t does not bring a lessening of t hat pace. T he summer m o n t h s ar e

all very busy. Involvement in Basic Cadet Training, SE R E t r ai n ing at Saylor Park and RECONDO at Fort Carson keep t h e chaplains active from reveille to taps each day. Wherever a cad et

t urns, a chaplain m ay be f ound in minist ry and support o f t h e many and varied A cademy summer program s.

It all begins on “ DA Y ONE” . The chaplains appear on t h e

scene as the busloads of young, civilian hopef uls f irst f o r m r an k s. Through the rigors of inprocessing to the grueling Jack ’ s V alley encampment , chaplains will be with the new cadets all t he way . ‘ ‘H an d el ’s M essiah ’ ’

O f course, t he services are st ill “ Cat holic” , “ Prot est ant ” a n d “ Jewish” . H owever , recent graduat es have a wider variet y o f i n t er f ait h and ecumenical programs. T his ref lect s a commit ment t o common concerns and goal s. I t f ost er s bet t er under st anding o f ot hers without compr omise of per sonal f ait h and t radit ions.

Well attended daily worship services, special programs, i n st r u c

t ion in values educat ion and past oral counseling are al l m ad e

available by the eight pastors, priests, and rabbi.

T he summer schedule also f inds t he chaplain involved w i t h

special religious services and counseling for all cadets i n SE R E and RECONDO training. With field packs intact and chapel k i t s in hand, the chaplains go wherever the cadets are required t o b e . 19

On the home front , back in the cadet area, regular Sab b at h worship, counseling, administration and program and p r e p a r a

t ion go on t hroughout the hot mont hs. T he summer is very busy indeed, but it is also rewarding and fulfilling. A minist ry of presence is t he f oundat ion f or all chaplain involvement

throughout the summer . It sets the framework of ministry

t hroughout t he academic year .

highlight s current new s and special f eatures on cadet s. T he Jewish chaplain also maint ains a personal “ cadet lending library ” in his of f ice. Cadet s are encouraged t o come t o t h e R ab bis’ s o f f ice t o chat or borrow a book . W hile t hey are in t he pro cess of this they can recapt ure t hose t emporarily lost a r o m a s , sight s and symbols of t heir Jewish cult ure - a serving o f cad et s’ f avorit e Jewish “ soul f ood” , - bagels and cream cheese. P R O T E ST A N T P R O G R A M

Cadets come from dif ferent states. They come from dif ferent

cult ures. T hey come f rom di f f erent religious t radit ions a n d

denominations. Yet each one may respond to the title “ P r o t es tant ” . The Protestant Cadet Religious program is designed t o

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meet t he sprirt ual needs of a variet y of t hese Prot est ant cad et s. Pr oviding religious exper iences f or such a m ixt ure o f backgrounds is a real challenge. The core of the total program is t he Protest ant Religious Council . I t is composed of t w o r ep r esen

tatives from each Cadet Squadron. Meeting monthly, t h e “ Squadron Reps” help mold the basic content of the p r o g r a m .

T hen each serves as t he primary cont act in his or her squadr on

with the other cadets. They publicize and urge attendance a t e a c h

f unct ion . T he Protest ant Religiou« Council members t h u s ser v e as

a vital administrative link between the chaplains and t h e t o t al Cadet W ing. T hey are the eyes and ears of t he t ot al P r o t e st a n t p ro gram .

T H I N G S K O SH E R

When the average young Jewish adult first leaves home, h e

k isses his Jewish mot her goodbye, shakes hands wit h his many Jewish f riends, wal k s by t he line of Jew ish st ores wit h aromas, sight s and symbols of hi s Jewish cult ure. H e arrives o n an al i en planet , in t his case called : T he U nit ed Stat e A ir Force A cademy . The task of the Jewish Cadet Religious Program is to support and t o develop t he cadet ’ s religious consciousness. T he chapel en vironment is primarily an enabling ground. It is the place where the cadet continues to be exposed to Jewish knowledge, worship and pract ice. T he Jewish Cadet Chapel is t he f ocal point f or his worship on

Friday (Shabbat), Holydays, Festivals and special occasions. I n

addit ion t o worship and services, Jewish cadet s may part icipat e in ot her aspect s of t he program such as: adult educat ion , t h e J ew i sh Cadet Choir, Torah Convocations, the Jewish Religious Council ,

et c .

T he Jewish Cadet is able t o mix wit h permanent party f am i l i es and quickly becomes an int egral part of the t otal Jewish c o m munity . M any port ions of t he pr ogram are f or bot h cadet s an d permanent party . One example is t he adult educat ion p r o g r a m s which are conduct ed in conj unct ion wit h Shabbat W or ship s e r vices. T hese sessions provide an opport unit y f or cadet s an d o t h er m embers of t he Jewish com munity t o j oin in dialogue and group d i scu ssi o n .

T he Jewish Cadet Choir is one of t he f inest aspect s o f t h e Jewish program . T he choir sings regularly at Shabbat ser v i ces. T wice yearly t he choir mak es public appearances in ci v i l i an co m munit ies across t he nat ion as well as local area per f ormances. A recent innovat ion is t he development of a Jewish Folk W orship ; t his adds a real , contemporary out reach t o t he choir ’ s already f ine repert oire. T his is an experience older graduates did n o t h av e. A great opport unit y t o k eep in t ouch wit h t he Jewishness i s t h e T orah Convacat ion or religious ret reat . T hese are held e a c h semest er j oint ly wit h Jewish st udent s f rom t he U niversity o f C o l orado , D enver U niversit y and ot her surrounding Colorado u n i v e r i st i e s .

T he Jewish Cadet Council is composed of members f rom e a c h academic year group . T he council meet s m ont hly . A t t h ese meet ings t he act ivit ies of the coming m ont h(s) are d i scu ssed an d programs are evaluated f or t heir impact on t he cadet s. T h i s co u n cil is open t o all Jewish cadet s and is t he primary advisory group f or t he Jewish religious program at t he A cademy . T he Jewish chaplain’ s of f ice publishes “ H a Baz” , (which t ranslat es “ the Falcon ” ) , a chatt y bullet in-newslett er . I t 20

A maj or portion of the program involves Christian worship.

Each Sunday two services are conducted ; one in an inf ormal c o n t emporary mode, and t he ot her in a more f ormal and t r ad i t i o n al manner . Cadet s t ake a prominent posit ion regularly i n each ser

vice, leading the congregation in the Cadet Prayer .

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Flight ” , a group of 30 cadet s, has been t rained f or acolyt e dut ies and t o usher t he congregat ions which always include large numbers o f visit or s. A ddit ionally , devot ional services a r e c o n ducted daily , morning and evening, according t o t he f ai t h an d pract ice of each chaplain . Comm union is celebrat ed a f t er each Sunday worship experience, as well as at t he W ednesday week day

services. Occasionally, there are guest choirs participating i n o u r

worship . T his allows cadet s t o hear music present ed by choir s f rom colleges and churches around t he nat ion . Closely allied t o wor ship is t he minist ry of music. M r . J . Roger Boyd , a f amiliar f ace since 1957, st ill direct s t he choirs. T hey pro vide training in church music as well as providing leader ship in worship . T he Prot est ant Cadet Choir per f orm s at t he t r ad i t i o n al worship service, singing a variet y of great ecclesiast ical m u si c .

The Folk Choir sings more contemporary and gospel music a t t h e informal service. The Fourth Class Choir is a training gr ound f or

bot h ot her choirs. Over t he years t he Protest ant Cadet C h o i r h as at tained national prominence dur ing it s t ours t o schools, c h u r c h e s and milit ary inst allat ions ar ound t he count ry . “ T he Son and Company ” is a lit urgical dance and drama

group. It provides a unique interpretation of Scriptures a n d songs. A distinctive expression is added to the worship ser v i ces. T he group has per f ormed at a num ber of churches in t h e f r o n t r a n g e a r ea .

T wo programs, t he D ist inguished Speak er Series and t h e G r e a t

Film Series, are designed to present current religious an d m o r al issues and thoughts to the Cadet Wing. Recent speakers h av e i n

cluded Josh M cD owell , not ed yout h minist er , and A nn B . D avis, w h o h as h ad a su ccessf u l car eer as a t el ev i si o n act r ess. Each pr o gram in t he Series begins wit h a meal in A rnold H all , of f ering t he cadet s a t ime of f ellowship t oget her , and giving t he speak ers an

opportunity to meet the cadets prior to speaking.

Religious ret reat s are always popular and ef f ect ive w i t h t h e cadet s. Several t imes each year , groups of up t o 150 cadet s go t o nearby retreat centers for a weekend. Such programs pr ovide f or a concent rat ed t ime o f spirit ual renewal , discussion , an d f ellowship . One special ret reat is held early each spring, our Pre-

Marriage Preparation Retreat . Cadets planning marriage a f t er graduation, along with their intended spouses, spend a w e e k e n d discussing many of the potential problem areas of marriage. A nother specialized retreat is our choir workshop, usually con-

ducted in February . On a week end , t he cadet s have a longer period of t ime t o rehearse t heir music and have a t ime o f r el ax a t ion f rom t he wint er “ grind ” .

To encourage private study by cadets, a lending library o f religious books and pamphlets is maintained, featuring t h e b est i n

current religious t hought as well as many of t he classics o f ch u r ch history . T he chaplains conduct religious educat ion cl asses o n M onday night s, generally dealing with t he basic doct rines o f t h e

T hese years a ranch in D ivide, Colorado has been used . H igh in t he mount ains, it is a beaut i f ul locat ion . W ell over 100 cad et s at t end each o f t he two ret reat s. T he “ D oolie” r etreat was special

this year . It was run by the famous writer . Father K en n et h Roberts. He was once a British A rmy intelligence of ficer . T he U p

per Class Ret reat was signi f icant . I t also mot ivat ed m u ch o f t h e parish leadership .

ch u r ch .

On selected Saturday nights the chaplains sponsor the C h e e se A ttic. This is an informal cof feehouse type of ministry i n t h e Chapel A ct ivity Center . Cadet s are f ree t o spend a m i n u t e o r an evening in deep discussion , inf ormal banter , or even sp o n t an eo u s singing around t he piano . T he main snack , of course, i s ch eese.

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The chaplains also spend as much time as they can in t h e cad et areas getting to know and be known and having informal d i scu s sion. They also have a considerable counseling ministry w i t h cadets and staf f . The ministry of presence is especially v al u ab l e during Basic Cadet Training each summer, when the incoming

cl ass o f “ d o o l i es” r ecei v e t h ei r i n d o ct r i n at i o n t o cad et / A i r F o r ce li f e. D uring t he academic year each cadet squadron h as a “ L i aso n

Chaplain” who visit s regularly in t he squadron area. A number of local churches sponsor act ivit ies t o which cad et s are invited. This in in addition to the USA FA chaplain minist ry . Many cadets find a church home in town, and others part icipat e

C H A P L A I N S TA F F

in denominational programs on the Academy. Certain d en o m i n a tions with particular religious beliefs and practices co n d u ct regular programs throughout the year on the A cademy. M any o f

Front Row (I to r) Ch, Col, Paul R. Evans; Ch, Cap t, J a m es Brooks; Ch, Cap t, Gloria J. Orengo; and Ch, M aj , H oward B .

T h er e ar e a f ew i n t er d en o m i n at i o n al act i v i t i es al so av ai l ab l e.

William C. F ar r ugia. W ho gives t hat leadership t o t he par ish? Record of days gone by aren’ t available. T oday it is a Par ish Council f or med o f a represent at ive f rom each o f t he f ort y squadrons. A n el ect ed

t hese local churches also sponsor ret reat s which cadet s a t t e n d .

T he Fellowship of Christ ian A thlet es has a very act ive chapt er at

the A cademy and it is one of the largest chapters in t h e n at i o n . Featuring discussions, films and speakers, the goal o f t h e F C A i s to promote Christian growth and fellowship among athletes. Since every cadet is an athlete, the entire wing is eligible t o att end . Other religious organizations with national membership act i v e at

t he A cademy are t he N avigat ors and t he O f f icer ’ s Chr ist ian

Fellowship, both of which are nationally known. A dditionally, many cadets participate in spontaneous Bible study an d d i scu s sion groups in t he squadron areas, as well as several sponsored by

co n cer n ed r esi d en t s i n t h e l o cal ar ea .

Zysk ind. Back R o w (I to r) Ch, Col, R ober t A . B r ucato; Ch, Col,

L loyd W. Lyngdal; Ch, M aj , Robert S. L eeds; and Ch, M aj ,

sev en - m em b er ex ecu t i v e b o ar d o v er sees t h e P ar i sh C o u n ci l . T h i s

board is composed o f a group-represent at ive f rom each o f t h e f our groups, a secret ary , a vice-president and a president . M o st parish program s are planned and executed by t his Council . ( (

Cadet Involvement ” is the key phrase. A n average Sunday

M ass will include seven Eucharast ic M inist ers, one or t wo readers, various servers/ acolyt es and f our t o six ushers. A ir O f f i cer C o m manders (A OCs) and st af f mem ber s have no responsibilit ies o r

obvious presence; this is dif ferent from days of mandatory

CA T H O L IC COM M ENT S

“ Give Them Greeting from Our L ady of The Skies Parish

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t he comment of t he President of t he Cat holic Parish C o u n ci l . Sh e had heard of t he preparat ion of t his art icle f or t he A O G magazine. Women cadets are rather recent in A cademy history. T hey are

equal participants with the male cadets in all parish r o l es.

chapel . “ M r . L ” is st ill mak ing m usic. H e is as act ive and respect ed by

t h e cad et s as ev er . H i s 75 m em b er D o o l i e C h o i r f i l l s t h e 0 9 0 0 Mass with a j oyous sound. His 140 member Upper Class C h o i r en h an ces t h e 1100 M ass. I t co n t i n u es t o at t r act co m m en t s a n d

overflow crowds from all over the nation. (I f you haven’t

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remem bered , t he “ L ” is f or “ L adouceur ” ) . T he choir s st ill j oin f orces and sing at local hospitals at Christ mas. V isit s t o d i st an t cit ies are st ill in t he program , expensive as it is.

What was daily Mass like in the years gone by? This year t here

v ar i at i o n s a n d o l d f av o r i t es ar e i n t h e ch o i r ’ s sh o w “ A m er i ca I n

T he “ parish” has almost 1700 cadet s on it s roster . T h e r at i o o f

practicing Catholics is impressively higher than in

parishes. The degree of involvement is also much deeper.

were two week day M asses, 0630 and r 835. T he t ot al at tendance i s

rarely under 50. More than a third of the days the at t en d an ce i s

over 200 cadet s, especially in t he f all t erm . T here are always several cadets with guitar in hand. Spontaneously, t hey pick up

on the theme of the day’s Mass and lead the singing. O t h er s ser v e

as l ect o r s.

“ June Week” is now at the end of M ay. Weddings still f o l l o w graduation. Today it can happen that both bride and g r o o m a r e new graduates. These weddings fill almost three days. Every nine ty minutes another Nuptial M ass begins, 0900 to 1930. Probably that is not very dif ferent . However , the marriage preparation m a y have changed. I n 1981 a pre-cana team of one priest a n d si x military couples was formed. They meet weekly for a n u m b er o f

sessions with the engaged couples. A professional “ Engaged

Couples Inventory” is employed. A n A pril weekend retreat a t a neighboring ranch culminates the course. It is very popular . Retreats are still an important part of the parish p r o g r a m .

The recent National Centennial flavored their repertoire. N e w

Song” . D rums, fl ut es, t rumpet s, and elect ric guitars add a special

d i m en si o n .

Skating parties, parish picnics, study groups and special L e n t e n

programs are all included in t he year ’ s programs of t h e P ar i sh C o u n cil .

The capstone of the academic year is A ppreciation Night . Cadets, especially upcoming graduates, permanent party a n d friends are all individually recognized for their support o f t h e Cadet Parish. What a great time! What a great memory! BE N ED ICT IO N

T he chapel st ill draw s great cr owds of t ourist s. N ew D o o l i es

still arrive fi lled with awe and hope. The Cadet Chaplain p r o g r a m

st i l l st r i v es t o assi st cad et s i n t h ei r f ai t h ad v en t u r e . T h ese r em ai n

the same. The Cadets change. The chaplains change. T he pro

gram changes.

Through it all, God’s love remains true. Have you? 21

A T T EN T I O N I N T H E A R EA - W e w o u l d l i k e t o i n i t i at e a n ew “ ST A K E Y O U R C L A I M f eat u r e i n C H E C K P O I N T S . I t w i l l b e a “ J u st f o r F u n ’ ’ ad d i t i o n

t hat will allow graduates of di f f erent vintages t o claim bragging

rights in specific areas. For instance: Who marched t h e m o st

t ours? W ho was the oldest graduate? W ho has t he most k i d s?

Who got promoted fastest? Who served the least time an act i v e duty? Who can claim the most missions over Hanoi? Who h as t h e most f lying t ime? W ho has f lown t he great est number o f ai r cr af t ? W ho has had the most PC S moves? . . . Send us your cl ai m s an d we’ll see i f your record st ands!

A RT I CL ES - T he A OG st af f is always looking f or articles o f i n

terest to publish in CHECKPOI NTS. I f you want to see y o u r name in print , if you have a point of view to share . . . send your manuscript t o t he Edit or .

PH OT OS - T he A OG maint ains a current phot o f ile on al l

graduates. To insure that only your favorite picture w i l l b e available when requested, please take a minute to forward a c o p y f or ret ent ion at U SA FA in A OG f iles. A ddit ionally ,

A OG

publications are a good place to show of f that favorite photograph of yours depicting some unusual or special pict ure from your Cadet days. Please consider sharing those h u m o r o u s snapshots with the graduate community. Ordinarily, phot os can be returned but the surest way to preserve your original i s t o sen d a copy. Black and white shots will reproduce best in A O G publicat ions.

PCS SEA SON - Once again t he summer mont hs will see a p p r o x

imately 40% of the A OG membership relocate. A mid the t u r m o i l

t hat accompanies each move, it is very easy t o f orget t o t el l t h e A OG where t o send your pubs. T heref ore, t o avoid a b r eak i n t h e

receipt of your A OG mail, you must inform us of forwarding a d

dresses or any special inst ruct ions. T he only source o f ad d r ess i n f ormat ion is you . A ddit ional mailing cost s necessit at ed by an

unreported move will be passed on to the individual m em b er .

M EM BERSH I P Y EA R - T he A OG mem bership year coincides

with the calendar year . Publications are delayed one q u ar t er t o

f acilit at e administ rat ion of t he A OG membership drive dur ing t he first quarter of each year . Thus, the publications year st art s wit h

Jim W heeler , ‘64 E d i t o r / E x ecu t i v e D i r ect o r

A D V ERT I SI N G - I n an ongoing ef f ort t o hold down direct c o st s charged to members, the A OG staf f is attempting to expand com m ercial advert ising in CH ECK PO I N T S and t he REG I ST ER O F G RA D U A T ES. A ll graduat es are encouraged t o consider t h e ad vantage of advertising to the graduate and associate member ship of t he A OG . Graduat es who do advert ise report f avorable r esu l t s and usually cont inue af t er t he init ial t rial . A s an incent ive, all A OG members will be given a 10% discount on st andard r a t e s af t er t he init ial ad . I f you or your f irm m ight be interest ed , please cont act t he A OG A dvert ising M anager f or det ails. A SSOCI A T E M EM BERSH I PS - T he A OG has recent ly m ailed A ssociat e M embership lit erat ure t o all graduat e parent s. P l ease consider sponsoring an A ssociat e M ember ship f or your p ar en t s o r in-laws. A ssociat e rates are t he same as graduat e mem ber ships; A ssociat e member s may not hold of f ice in t he A OG . 1981 BI OGRA PH I CA L FORM S - Each year t he A OG m ails a

Biographical Update Form to every Graduate of the A ir F o r c e A cademy. This is done to compile current and accurate i n f o ’-m a t ion f or publ icat ion in t he annual REGI ST ER OF G RA D U A T ES. T he 1981 f orm will be designed and processed by

the A OG in cooperation with the USA F A cademy and will c o n tain a research section designed to facilitate studies being under taken by various agencies at USA FA . You are encouraged t o give this matter your prompt and careful attention. A ll i n f o r m at i o n should be ret ur ned t o t he A O G N ET 3 A ugust 1981 t o i n su r e i n clusion of current dat e in t he 1981 REG I ST E R . A lso , w hen you send in t he f orm , please f orward a current phot ograph f o r A O G f i l es.

R H O D E S SC H O L A R S - T w o cad et s i n t h e C l ass o f 19 8 1 h av e b een n am ed as R h o d es Sch o l ar s f o r 198 1. C ad et J o h n M cL endon , CW D S- 17, and Cadet M ichelle Johnson , CW D S-21, were n am ed winner s in lat e D ecember 1980. T hey are am ong 32 U .S. sch o l ar s select ed f or st udy next year and br ing t he t ot al number o f U SA F A Rhodes Scholarships to 23. McLendon is an Engineering Sci en ce maj or and Johnson is maj oring in operations research; b o t h ar e

expected to study philosophy, politics and economics w h i l e a t O x ford .

the SPRING, (May), issue of CHEKCPOINTS and ends with t h e W I N T ER , (Feb) , issue.

CA D ET COM M A N D ERS - T he A ir Force Cadet W ing was com

manded by a female Wing Commander for the first time i n history during the Spring Semester 1981. Cadet M ichelle Johnson, an A cademic A ll-A merican in basketball , halils f r o m Spencer, Iowa. She had the highest military performance a n d grade point average of any of the Cadets nominated f or t he W ing Commander position. Cadet Bob Hayhurst served as Vice W ing Commander . Bob is f rom M ill V alley , Calif ornia, is an i n t er n a tional affairs maj or and participated in the Service A cademy ex

change program at A nnapolis last year. 1st Group was co m m an d ed by Cadet M ark Brennan (international af fairs, Milwaukee); 2nd Group, Pat Duf fy (engineering science, St . Paul); 3rd Group , Duane Dick (international af fairs, Sunnymead, CA); 4t h Group , Jef f Stambaugh (aeronautical engineering, St . Petersburg). N EW RI BBON - T he new A ir Force T raining Ribbon (replace ment f or t he N at ional D ef ense Ribbon) will be aut horized f o r

some recently graduated USA FA Classes. Recommend you c h e c k with your CBPO to ascertain which ribbon you should w e a r . 22

U SA FA T rivia Q uiz 1.

W h at i s a B O R ?

H ow many classes wore brow n shoes? (W e’ve all hear d of t he brown-shoe days) . W hat is t he proper w ay t o ask someone t o k eep t he elevat or door open? W here have W ilbur and Orville resided?

6. 7.

W hat is “ speed-out ” ? L ist as many t erm s of endearment f or Fourt hclassmen a s

3. 5.

W h er e h as t h e X -4 r esi d ed ?

y o u can .

W hat does I H T FP st and f or ? W H T L Y ? SI D N K ? L CW B?

9. How many spiral staircases are there in the Cadet ar ea ?

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W h at i s G u t s G al o r e?

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W h at u sed t o b e i n t h e A i r G ar d en s?

11. 13.

W hat are f lood and eart hquak e drills? H ow was Robin Olds init iat ed t o t he A cademy? A nswers on P age 11

A L U M N I O F T H E F R E N C H E X C H A N G E - 1980 m ar k ed t h e

12t h year of t he cadet exchange bet ween t he A ir Force A cademy and France’s Ecole de l ‘ A ir . T his program , was est ablished i n 1969 by L t General M oorman , then Superint endent of t h e U n i t ed States A ir Force A cademy , and General Grigaut , Commandant o f 1‘ E co l e d e l ‘ A i r et E co l e M i l i t ai r e d e l ‘ A i r . U n d er t his program st udent s at t he t wo academies have spent one semest er ab r o ad during t heir senior year ref ining t heir language skills, gaining in sight into a di f f erent cult ure, and expanding their point o f view on t he problem s of t he world communit y while part icipat ing i n a f ull academic, milit ary , and social schedule at t he host academy . T hese part icipant s also f orm many st rong f riendships during t heir st ay .

I f you had cont act wit h t he French cadet s during t heir st ay at U SA FA and have lost touch wit h t hem t hrough t he years, y o u may f ind t he f ollowing list of current mailing addresses help f ul in rek indling valuable f riendships. PA RT IC IPA NT S A U P RO G RA M M E D EX C H A N G E C O L O R A D O S P R I N G S - SA L O N F A L L 19 6 9

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C ne P I L L O D D an iel - C E SA 335, Eco le m ilit aire, 1, p lace Jo f f re, 75996

59 61 62

A r m ee d e I ’ A i r

C ne A R RA U L T M ichel - EC 1/ 10 , BA 110 , 60 100 C reil C ne K L E I N Pat rick - ET 1/ 63, BA 10 1, 3 1066 T o ulo u se-Francazal C ne M O T T E C hr isto p he - E C 1/ 13, BA 132, 68020 C o lmar

P a r i s A r m ees

U SA F A G r ad u at es — 0- 5 Sel ect ees — C Y 8 1 C L A SS P r ev i o u s N o n - Sel ect 1st T ime Eligible Sel ect Sel ect Elig Elig

E .A . T h o m as

J .E . Ryan

19 6 9

M .O. Ryan

L . J . Sh r iv er

T .J . Brady R .H . H agelin

A . L . P av el

W .L . V ini sk y

1970

T .A . K i n n an

G .S. G regory

T . C . W ask o w m

F A L L 19 7 6

F A L L 19 7 8

L t D E SC L A U X G illes - EC 1/ 4 , BA 116, 7030 1 L uxeu il L t D E L O N Jean-L uc - E H , BA 725, 730 11 C ham bery . L t L E G U E N G il ber t - BA 132, 68020

S/ L t D E L PO RT E Sylvie - 12 EC , BA 103, 59400 C am br ai S/ L t H A RM A N D Bru no - G E 3 14 , BA 705, 3703 1 T o u rs S/ L t L A T O U R G er a r d - G E R M A S

L t M O I SY Bert r and - E C 3/ 30 , BA 112, 5 1090 Rei ms L t V A L L E E A lai n - EC 1/ 11, BA 136 , 524200 T o ul-Rozieres

15/ 0 11, BA 136, 54200 T o ul -Ro zieres S/ L t P L A N ET G u y - G E 3 14 , BA 705, 3703 1 T o ur s S/ L t RO BE Y N S P hi lli ppe - G E 3 14 , BA 705, 3703 1 T o urs

F A L L 19 7 7

F A L L 19 79

L t D U N A N D M au rice - EC 2/ 30 , BA 112 , 5 1090 Reim s L t L E FO RT P hi lip pe - G E 3 14 , BA 705, 3703 1 T o u rs L t M A T H E Y Jean-L uc - ET 1/ 6 1, BA 123, 45038 O r leans

S/ L t D A U T RE M E R Y ves - D V , BA 70 1, 1366 1 Salo n-de-Pro vence S/ L t EM I L E X avier - D V , BA 70 1,

705, 370 1 T o ur s

1366 1 Sa l o n - d e- P r o v en c e

C o lm ar

L t R O U Z A U D E r i c - G E 3 14 - B A V IA U D

P at r ick

d ar mer ie,

q uart ier

M el u n

Eco le d e gen A ugereau , 7703 1

1366 1 Sa l o n - d e- P r o v e n c e

S/ L t L I E V RE E ri c - D V , BA 70 1,

1366 1 Sa l o n - d e- P r o v e n c e

S/ L t RO D R I G U EZ - D V , BA 70 1, S/ L t V A L E N T I N - D V , BA

1366 1 Sa l o n - d e- P r o v en c e

70 1,

A N ew A O G Ser v i ce . . . 198 1 T ax R et u r n - U n d er r ev i sed t a x

r ules t hat will be implemented in 1981, all U SA FA graduat es m a y

u se an ab b r ev i at ed t ax f o r m f o r f ed er al r et u r n s. P l ease f o l l o w

direct ions closely .

1 0 4 0 U.S Individual Income Tax Return 1 9 8 1 1 . T o t a l I n c o m e f o r 19 8 1 . ,

2 . A m o u n t Y o u H av e L ef t

3 . Sen d I t .

100 t h N I G H T 198 1

H O M E C O M I N G ‘81

G u r n i e G u n t er , ‘ 8 1

D a v e F r o st m a n ‘ 7 1

H omecoming ‘ 81 will be held at U SA FA 1-4 Oct ober 1981. T h e

C l ass o f

197 1 an d

t h e A sso ci at i o n

G r ad u at es i n v i t e al l

graduat es and t heir f am ilies t o j oin in celebrat ing ‘ 7r s t en-year reunion . H omecoming W eek end at U SA FA is a unique oppor t unity t o renew t ies wit h the A cademy and wit h f ormer classmat es. I t is also an opport unity t o cheer t he F al co n s t o v i c t ory against arch-rival Colorado St ate. T he Class of 1961 will hold t heir 20-year reunion f rom 17- 20 Sept ember in conj unct ion wit h t he W yoming f oot ball g a m e . D etails appeared in t he W int er ‘ 81 Check point s. T he tentat ive schedule f or H omecoming ‘ 81 is as f ollows: T hursday 1 Oct ober 1800 -

B ill M ay whor t, ‘68, President of the CCA OG, was the M aster of Ceremonies f or the evening. The Class of 1981 p r ovided t w o M r . V i c es .

‘ 7 1 C l a ss D i n n er

F riday 2 Oct ober

A n t l er ’ s P l a z a

0 9 30 - 1 130

Open H ouse

C a d et D o r m s

1200 - 124 5

L u n ch w i t h C a d et s

M i t ch el l H a l l

1300 - 15 50

A f t er n o o n C l a sses w i t h C a d et s

F ai r ch i l d H a l l

100 0 - 1700

G o l f T o u r n a m en t

E i sen h o w er G o l f

1300 - 1700

V o l k sm a r c h

A cademy G r ound

16 20 - 1820

I nt r amur als/ V ar sit y Spor t s I nf or m al Get -T oget her s

A t h l et i c F i el d s

C o u r se

T his past February , t he 1981 Class Council and t he C o l o r a d o Chapter of t he A ssociat ion of Graduat es hosted t he f i f t h an n u al 100t h N ight D ining-out t o celebrat e 100 days unt il graduat ion f or t he Class of 1981. L t . General T allman , t he Superint endent o f t h e A cademy , Brigadier General Beck el , t he new Commandant o f Cadet s, and Brigadier General Ort h , t he D ean of Faculty , at t en d ed t he f est ivit ies as t he honored guest s of t he Class of 1981. M aj or John Reitzell , U SA , was t he guest speak er f or t he event . H i s message t o t he Class of 1981 was laced wit h hum orous anecdot es, but the message came through , “ Be t here! ” H e said t hat t h e A i r Force and t he milit ary in general needs good prof essional l ead er s. T his annual t radit ion in celebrat ing 100 days unt il graduat ion f or t he f irst classmen occurs every year in February . I t is open t o all f irstclass cadet s and t heir guest s, and A cademy graduates, as well as t o all A cademy personnel .

200 0 -

Sat urday 3 October 0 8 30 - 0 9 30

C o f f ee

A r n o l d H al l

0945- 1030

M em or ial C er em ony

T er r a zz o

1 100 - 12 30

L u n ch

A r n o l d H al l

13 30 - 16 30

F o o t b a l l G a m e- C SU

F a l co n St a d i u m

1830-2 130

Jabar a Banquet /

M i t ch el l H a l l

H omecomi ng Ball

A r n o l d H al l

2200-2400

C l a ss P i ct u r es

Sunday 4 Oct ober 0 900 -

C hapel Ser vices

C adet Chapel

T his schedule of event s of f er s somet hing f or everyone. Y o u may participat e in as much or as litt le as you desire. A ll graduates and their f amilies are cordially invit ed t o A L L t he act i v i t i es o f H omecoming*81 except t he ‘ 71 Class D inner on T hursday e v e n ing .

Regist rat ion f orms will be provided in t he Summer ‘ 81 i ssu e o f Check point s. M embers o f t he Class of 1971 will receive sep ar at e regist ration pack et s in early July . Q uest i ons r egar ding H om ecom i ng ’ 81 and sli des or

m em o r i b i l i a sh o u l d b e ad d r essed t o t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es

of f ice or t o t he Capt . V ince L andry , U SA FA / CW I T , or Capt . D ave Frost man , U SA FA / D FA C S. H O M E C O M I N G I S FO R E V E R Y O N E . P L A N N O W T O A T

T EN D .

(f )

The Wing Sergeant M aj or, CM Sgt B ranton, obviously had a good t ime while help ing ’81 celebrate 100th N ight 1981. 24

A O G 25T H A N N I V E R SA R Y SU R V E Y R E SU L T S PA RT III by J ock Schwank ‘60

EDI TOR ’S NOTE: This is the third of a three part series. T h e

f irst t wo ar ticles app eared in the F all, 1980 and the Winter, 1981

issued of CHECKPOIN TS. I t is based up on an Ap ril 1980 s u r v ey that was mailed to more than 12, 000 graduates, both acti ve duty and non-active duty. Resp onses were received f rom 1380 n o n active graduates and 4534 active duty graduates. The p rior articles addressed attitudes toward the academy a n d various USA FA p rograms. This included questions on: r e c o m mending A FA to others; imp ortance of academic maj ors; v a l u e

of “grad” label; comparative value of AFA f or preparation f or

of f icership; general attitudes about the A ir Force; t h e A i r F o r ce

way of lif e; views of A ir F orce m ission; at titudes on interesting and challenging j obs; and the use of abilities and training. This third article addresses: j ob resp onsibilites; recogni tion f or

accomp lishment: A ir Force rules and regulations; sup er visors; A i r Force camaraderis; p romotion and career p rogression; p erf or mance impact on p romotion; of f icer ef f ectiveness rep orts; an d assignments.

J O B R E SP O N SI B I L I T I E S :

There was considerable dif ference between active duty an d n o n ac tive duty graduates in their views on the levels of j ob responsibili

ty in t he A ir Force. W hen ask ed i f t heir current A ir Force j ob

gave them a chance to accomplish something important , regardless of rank, 59% of those on active duty agreed t h at i t d i d and only 11% felt that they did not have the opportunity t o a c complish something important . However, for those no longer on active duty, 26% felt their last A ir Force j ob did not provide t hem the opportunity to accomplish something important and 43% (in particular senior officers) felt that the opportunity was provided . Overall , 53% of the active duty and 49% of the nonactive duty graduates, in particular those who held field grade rank , f elt that in general they held responsible j obs in the A ir Force. H owever ,

7% of the active duty and 14% of the nonacative duty graduates,

in particular j unior of ficers, felt they had not held responsible j obs in the A ir Force. Furthermore, only 37% of those w h o l ef t the service (particularly senior of ficers) felt that t h ei r l ast A i r

Force j ob offered the opportunity to take on more respon

sibilities, while 22% felt that the opportunity was clearly lacking. Of those still on active duty, 51% (particularly senior of f icers) feel their current j ob of fers the opportunity to take o n m o r e responsibility while 11% feel that opportunity does n o t ex i st . Overall, 57% of the active duty graduates and 44% of t h o se n o

longer on act ive duty , f elt t heir current / last A ir Force j ob had t he opport unity t o mak e decisions f or t hemselves while 12 % o f t h e

active and 21% of the nonactive felt those opoortunities d i d n o t exist . Junior of ficers, when compared to senior of ficers, ar e l ess likely t o see opport unity t o make decisions f or t hemselves i n t h e i r

current or last A ir Force j ob. Those graduates no longer o n act i v e duty were asked how the level of responsibility in t heir civilian j ob compared with their A ir Force j ob responsibilities. 45% f elt t hey hold more responsible j obs as civilians while only 2 1% f el t t h ei r j obs in the A ir Force entailed more responsibility. RECOG N I T I ON FOR A CCOM PL I SH M EN T :

Regardless of rank or duty status, nearly 75% of all graduat es

strongly value receiving recognition from their supervisors f o r their achievements and accomplishments. However, there w a s very little indication that recognition was given in t h e A i r F o r ce. Only 18% of the active duty (primarily field grade) graduat es and

12% of the nonactive duty graduates strongly felt that A i r F o r ce supervisors provided recognition. Conversely, 11% of t h e act i v e and 26% of the nonactive duty indicated strongly that A i r F o r ce supervisors did not provide the necessary recognition. H owever , regardless of rank , 23% of the active duty and 42% o f t h e n o n ac tive duty graduates indicated that civilian supervisors would pro vide appropriate recognition. Less than 4% of the respondents, regardless of rank or duty status, felt strongly that recognit ion would not be given by civilian supervisors. Furthermore, 58 % o f the nonactive duty graduates reported that civilian j obs reward ability and hard work more t han t he A ir For ce does. O nly 6% f ound more rewards f or t heir wor k in t he A ir Force. Y et , when

asked how hard they worked in the A ir Force, 69% of t h e act i v e and 63% of the nonactive duty graduates, particularly t h o se w h o were field grade rank, reported they worked harder t h an o t h er s at their j ob. Only 3% of the active duty and 7% of those w h o l ef t ac

tive duty felt they worked less hard at their Air Force j obs t han

their peers. So, as a group, our graduates worked hard at t h ei r j obs, but failed to receive the recognition for their ef f o r t s t h at

they felt they deserved. A small, but significant group o f

graduates also felt they played a less than significant r o l e i n ac

compli shing t he A ir Force m ission . T his view was held by 7% of

the active duty of ficers, regardless of rank, and 14% o f t h e nonactive duty graduates, in particular those who left a s c o m p a n y

grade officers. Furthermore, regardless of rank or graduat ion

class, only 52% of those on active duty and 44% of t h o se l ef t ac tive duty felt they played a very important part in m i si so n ac

complishment . T hese f igures are also ref lect ed in whet her o r n o t

the graduate felt that in general he had personally rewarding A ir Force j obs. Of those on active duty, only 58% felt st rongly t hat their j obs had been personally rewarding, while 7% felt strongly that they had not been rewarding. Only 41% of those w h o l ef t t h e service found their A ir Force j obs in general to be rewar ding,

while 19% reported that they definitely were not rewarding (t his was particularly true of those who left as company grade

o f f icer s) .

A I R FORCE RU L ES A N D REGU L A T I ON S:

In general, graduates do not view as highly desirable having t o

abide by a set of rules and regulations which govern per sonal

behavior in such areas as dress, appearance and association w i t h members of other organizations. Overall, less than 7% , regardless of rank or duty status, saw these types of rules as highly desirable. However 27% of those on active duty and 44% of those no longer on active duty saw having such rules and regulations as highly undesirable. Furthermore nearly 70% of the graduates, regardless of rank or dut y stat us, saw t hat an A ir Force career required you

to live under such rules and regulations. In addition, only 14% ,

regardless of rank or duty status, saw this as a likely o u t c o m e i n

t he civilian j ob environm ent and 13% of the act ive duty and 28% of the nonactive duty graduates definitely felt that t hese t ypes of rules and regulations were highly unlikely in a civilian j ob . A lt hough graduat es don ’t li k e t o live under t hese rules and regula

tions, as a group they tended to view discipline in t h e A i r F o r ce as

too lax. This view was held by 63% of the active duty gr aduates

and 46% of the nonactive duty graduates. Only 5% of t h e act i v e duty graduates and 10% of the nonactive duty graduates v i ew ed discipline as too strict . Graduates of early classes, regardless of duty status, were more likely to see current A ir Force discipli ne as

too lax when compared to those who were more recent graduat es. 25

SU P E R V I SO R S:

Because of the impact supervisors can have on both the day-t oday work environment as well as over-all j ob and career sat i sf ac tion, a number of questions were asked about graduate p e r c e p tions of their supervisors. A considerable number of t h e act i v e duty (49%) and nonactive duty (56%) graduates do not f eel m o r e supervision of performance and behavior is needed at l o w er

levels. H owever , about a f ourt h of t he graduat es do b el i ev e m o r e supervision is required. Senior graduates on active dut y are most likely to feel more lower level supervision is needed. A ct ive dut y

graduates in general (52%) find their immediate supervisor v e r y receptive to their ideas and suggestions, while only 4 1% o f n o n ac tive duty graduates recall their last A ir Force supervisor as being receptive to their ideas. M ore importantly only 9% o f t h e the active duty graduates find their immediate supervisor as being strongly against listening to their ideas, while 24% o f t h o se w h o lef t act ive duty recalled t his t o be t he case. T he above result s, in bot h cases, are consist ent across rank . Graduat es were ask ed i f

they felt Air Force general of ficers were very concerned ab o u t

feelings were consistent across ranks. 48% of those on act ive duty strongly feel their supervisors take an interest in t h ei r su b o r dinates’ careers, while only 36% of those who left act ive dut y concurred with this feeling. Company grade of ficers w h o l ef t ac tive duty were least likely to feel the supervisors t o o k an i n t er est i n t heir subordinat e’ s career . Graduat es who had experience i n A i r

Force j obs other than as students were asked to evaluate t h ei r f i r st supervisor . A pproximately 40% of those still on active duty rat ed their first supervisor as above average, while approximately 2 5 % rated the supervisor as below average to incompetent . O f t h o se who have left active duty, about 33% viewed their first supervisor as above average and an equal number viewed the supervisor a s below average to incompetent . Compared to recent graduates, older graduates, regardless of duty status, were more lik ely t o view their first supervisor unfavorably, while newer graduat es were more likely to view their first supervisor favorably. A I R FO RC E CA M A RA D ER I E :

I nf ormal conversat ions wit h many nonact ive duty graduat es i n

problems relevant to of ficers in the graduate’s active dut y grade. Only 15% of those on active duty and 6% of those not o n act i v e duty thought that A ir Force generals were very concerned. C o n versely, 33% on active duty and 56% not on active duty f el t strongly that general of ficers were not concerned about t hei r pro blems. A lthough these findings were consistent across r a n k

dicated that they missed the camaraderie they felt i n t h e A i r Force. Therefore, three questions were asked of the n o n act iv e duty graduates to address this issue. With little variation a c r o s s class, 62% of them strongly agreed that camaraderie was a high point of their active duty time (10% strongly disagreed). 35 % al so strongly agreed that they found camaraderie j ust as good in t he

feel that general of ficers are not very concerned. A large percen

people they know in the civilian environment were “ better

groupings, graduates from the earlier classes are more lik ely t o

civilian work environment . Furt herm ore, only 12% f elt t h at t h e

tage (48%) of active duty graduates strongly feel their i m m ed i at e

people’ ’ than the ones they knew in the A ir Force; w h i l e 35 % f el t A ir Force people were “ better people’’ than their current ci v i l i an counterparts. In general, graduates do not feel there i s t o o m u ch

supervisor provides them with the support and guidance t hey

need. Only 10% feel this is not true. However, only 33 % o f t h e nonactive duty graduates recall getting the support and guidance they needed, while 31% of them strongly felt they didn’t get t he help they needed. These results were fairly consistent a c r o ss r a n k

held . 5% of t he current act ive dut y graduat es, across rank s, strongly feel they are not treated fairly by their immediat e super visor s. 18% of t he nonact ive dut y graduat es st rongly f elt t hey were also not t reat ed f airly by their last A ir Force supervisor . T his

peer competition in the Air Force. This view is held most st rongly by older graduates, regardless of duty status, while n e w e r graduates are not as sure. None-the-less, fewer than 10 % o f t h e graduates feel strongly that there is too much peer compet it ion in the A ir Force. Conversely, a maj ority of graduates w e r e v e r y satisfied with the level of peer cooperation in the A i r F o r ce an d only 8% were strongly dissatisfied with the levels of peer coopera

view was held strongest by those who left the service a s c o m p a n y grade of ficers. However , 66% of those on active duty an d 52 % o f those who left active duty strongly felt their immediate supervisor did treat them fairly. These views were held most strongly by f ield grade of ficers. Regardless of rank , 43% of those who l ef t act i v e duty had a strong sense of trust and confidence in t h ei r i m m ed i at e supervisor; however, 24% definitely did not have this f eeling.

t ion . T his result was consist ent across rank , class and dut y st at us.

fidence feeling, while 8% do not have trust and confidence i n their immediate supervisor . These results were consistent a c r o s s ranks and graduation class. Only 9% of the active duty graduat es

people who lacked this trust and confidence in their co m r ad es.

personal problems, while 52% strongly feel their supervisor i s sen sitive. Conversely, only 39% of those who left active duty f elt they worked for a sensitive supervisor while 22% thought t h ei r last supervisor was very insensitive to personal problems. A d d i tionally, 14% of the active duty graduates do not feel t heir super

or prior to leaving the service. A pproximately 30% o f

Furthermore, nearly two-thirds of the graduates, regardless o f

duty status, expressed a great deal of trust and confidence i n t h ei r

A ir Force comrades on t he j ob . T his f eeling was m ore prevalent

among older graduates than more recent graduates. However , 10% of the nonactive duty graduates expressed strongly t hat t hey

58% of t hose st ill on act ive dut y also have t his t rust an d co n

did not have t rust and conf idence in t he people in t h ei r l ast A i r Force unit . This compares with only 4% of the current act ive dut y

f eel their immediat e supervisor is insensit ive t o a su b o r d i n at e’ s

PROM OT I O N A N D CA REER PROGRESSI ON : Gr aduat es were ask ed t o evaluat e t heir career pr ogression t o d at e

visor has much inf luence wit h t hose above him/ her , w h i l e 3 0 %

feel their supervisor does not have a great deal of i n f l u e n c e . 2 8 % of those who left active duty did not feel their supervisor h ad i n fluence while only 20% of those who left active duty f el t t h ei r supervisor had considerable influence with those above h i m / h er . Company grade graduates who left active duty and more r e c e n t graduates are least likely to feel their supervisor co u l d i n f l u en ce t hose above. 62% of t hose on act ive duty and 54% of t h o se w h o left active duty felt they could talk easily with their supervisors on

work related problems. Conversely, 13% of those who l ef t act iv e duty, regardless of rank , felt their supervisor was d i f f i cu l t t o t al k with about work related problems while only 7% of those o n a c tive duty reflected this feeling. 24% of those who left act ive duty thought their supervisors were too busy with their o w n c a r e e r s and consequently had little interest in helping the respondent . A similar view is held by 10% of t he act ive dut y graduat es. T h e se

the

graduates, regardless of duty status, evaluated their progression a s being slower than what they expected. This was particularly true of graduates from earlier classes who held field gr ade rank , regardless of current duty status, who were more than t w i c e a s likely to see their career progression as somewhat slower t han t hey expected. On the other hand, 10% of the graduates, regar dless of duty status or class, saw their career progression as f ast er t h an ex

pected. The remaining graduates, approximately 60%, v i ew ed

their career progression as about what they expected. A pprox imately 48% of the graduates, in particular field grade graduat es still on active duty, did not view the below-the-zone promot ion system as a strong motivation factor . However, 13% o f t h o se st i l l on active duty and 16% of those no longer on active duty viewed t he below-t he-zone promot ion syst em as a very st rong m o t i v at o r .

This was particularly true for field grade graduates w h o l ef t t h e service. In any case, approximately 60% of those graduates w h o had been considered f or below-t he-zone maj or t hought a t t h e

time they had at least a chance for early promotion. T h i s w as t r u e regardless of their current duty status. In addition, 46 % o f t h e current active duty force are quite satisfied with t heir f ut ure pro

mot ion opport unit ies while only 15% are dissatisf ied w i t h t h ei r f ut ure opport unit ies. A ct ive dut y j unior of f icer s are more lik ely t o see a bright pr omot ion f uture than are t heir act ive dut y f ield grade count erpart s. Only 38% of t hose who lef t t he ser v i ce w er e sat isf ied wit h t heir promot ion f ut ur e, while 34% were d i ssat i sf i ed with what t he f ut ure held f or them in terms of promot ions i f t hey remained on act ive duty . One source of promotion dissat isf act ion may come f rom t he up-or-out promot ion syst em current ly i n ef f ect in the A ir Force. Regardless of rank or dut y st at us, 50 % o f t he graduat es view such a syst em as very undesirable. Only 8% of t hose st ill on act ive duty and 12% of t hose no longer o n act i v e d u ty , regardless of rank , view such a system as desirable. H owever , across all rank s, 65% of t hose on act ive dut y and 57% o f t h e nonactive dut y graduat es st rongly f eel t hat an A ir F o r c e c a r e e r r e quires t hem t o move up in rank and responsibility or l eav e t h e A i r Force. Furt hermore, only 4% of t he act ive dut y graduates an d 9% of t he nonact ive dut y graduates see a requirement t o m o v e u p in rank and responsibilit y in t he civilian career . 60 % o f t h e graduat es, regardless of duty st at us, f eel st rongly t h at t h er e i s n o t a requirement t o move up in rank and responsibility i n a ci v i l i an career . T hose who hold , or held , f ield grade rank s most st rongly f elt t hat an up-or-out syst em did not prevail in t he ci v i l i an w o r k w or ld .

P E RF O RM A N C E I M P A C T O N P R O M O T I O N :

T he vast maj ority of t he graduates, regardless of dut y st a t u s o r rank , st ro'^gly desired t heir promot ions t o be based on their j ob per f ormance (93% act ive duty ; 88% nonact ive duty) . H owever , only 8% of t he act ive dut y of f icers and 4% of t hose no longer on act ive dut y st rongly agreed t hat A ir Force prom ot ions w er e i n f act based on j ob per f ormance. A much larger percent age o f t h e graduates, in part icular company grade of f icer s in an d o u t o f t h e service, f elt t hat A ir Force promot ions were in f act n o t b ased o n j ob per f ormance (32% active; 48% nonact ive duty) . Regar dless of rank , 46% of t he nonact ive dut y graduat es and 34% o f t h e ac t ive duty graduat es saw civilian promot ions as being based on j ob per f ormance. Only 3% of t he act ive duty and 5% of t he n o n a c t ive dut y graduat es f elt t hat civilian promot ions were n o t b ased on j ob per f ormance. T hat civilian promot ions were m ore a f u n c t ion a per f ormance was f urt her refl ect ed when all nonact ive dut y graduat es were asked i f it was more import ant t o k now “ t he right people” in the civilian j ob mark et t han it was in t he A i r F o r ce. Only 9% of t he nonact ive duty respondent s st rongly agreed t hat it was more import ant to k now t he right people as a civilian , w h i l e 48% str ongly disagreed . OFFI CER EFFECT I V E N ESS REPORT S (OERs) ; Since graduat es st rongly desire t hat t heir promot ions b e b ased o n j ob per f ormance, and since OERs play a highly signif icant r o l e i n promot ions, one w ould hope t hat OERs t hen ref lect primary j ob per f ormance. 4 1% of t he act ive dut y graduat es and 44 % o f t h o se no longer on act ive dut y st rongly f elt that t heir OERs d i d r ef lect t heir primary j ob per f ormance. H owever , t here was considerable f eeling t hat OERs did not ref lect primary j ob per f ormance (23% act ive; 19% nonact ive) . Junior of f icers, in part icular t h o se st i l l o n act ive duty , were least lik ely t o view t heir OERs as ref lect ing t heir primary duty per f ormance. Only slight ly over hal f of t h e gr aduat es f rom early classes st rongly f elt t heir OERs r e f l e c t e d t heir primary dut y per f ormance. Furt hermore, 26% of t h e act i v e duty graduat es and 20% of t hose w ho lef t act ive duty st at ed t h at they were f requent ly ask ed t o writ e a maj or port ion o f t h ei r O E R . Finally , graduat es were ask ed i f t hey had received an O E R w h i ch negat ively inf luenced t heir int ent ions t o remain in t h e A i r F o r ce. 63% of t he act ive duty graduat es and 59% of t he nonact ive dut y graduat es never received an OER t hey f elt would negat ively a f f ect their careers. T his was part icularly t rue of graduat es f r o m 1974 an d l at er . A n o t h er 10 % o f t h e act i v e an d 12 % o f t h e n o n a c t i v e r ecei v ed a b ad O E R b u t i t d i d n o t i n f l u en ce t h ei r d esi r e t o r e m a i n

t ion t o remain in t he A ir Force. T his was part icularly t r u e o f

graduates prior to the Class of ‘74. Over a third of t he f ield grade rank graduat es, regardless of duty st at us, say t hey r ecei v ed an OE R which negat ively in f luenced t heir f ut ure career i n t en t i o n s. Over all rank s, t he maj or negat ive impact of OE Rs came during t he cont rolled OER period . O f t hose who received an O E R w h i ch negat ively inf luenced t heir career int ent ions, 69% o f t h e act i v e dut y graduat es and 58% of t hose no longer on act ive dut y receiv ed t he OER during t he cont rolled OE R period . Only 12% o f t h e act ive and 2 1% of t he nonact ive duty graduat es who r ecei v ed a negat ive OER received it during t he t ime when OERs w e r e n o t cont rolled . A n addit ional 20% of t he graduat es, who r ecei v ed t hese t ypes of OE Rs, received t hem bot h during t he c o n t r o l l e d OER t ime period and during a noncont rolled t ime f rame. T h i s was consist ent across current duty st at us. A SSI G N M E N T S :

Regardless of rank or duty st at us, 90% of t he gr aduat es f el t i t w as very desirable t o have a say in f ut ure assignment s. 47 % o f t h e nonact ive gr aduat es f elt st rongly t hat t he A ir Force did not pro vide a say in f ut ure assignment s. T his was consist ent a c r o s s previous act ive duty rank s. Conversely , only 23% of t h e act i v e duty gr aduates f elt st rongly t hat t he A ir Force would not provide t hem a say in f ut ure assignment s. A gain , t his f eeling w a s c o n si s t ent across rank s. T he remainder o f t he respondent s w er e b asi cal ly neut ral in t heir responses t o t his issue, alt hough approximat ely 3% of t he respondent s f elt st rongly t hat t he A ir Force did provide t hem wit h a say in f ut ure assignment s. On t he ot her hand , only approximately 3% of the graduat es f elt t hat t hey w ould n o t h av e a say in assignment s in a civilian j ob . I n f act , 40% o f t h o se o n ac t ive duty and 70% of t hose no longer on act ive dut y f elt st rongly t hat t hey would have a say in civilian assignment s. T h i s was consist ent acr oss rank s. Overall , 53% of t hose on act ive duty and 64% of t he nonactive dut y gr aduat es f elt t heir n u m b er o f PCS moves was about r ight . O nly 28% of t hose who lef t t h e ser vice f elt t hey had experience t oo many PC S m oves compared t o 42% o f t hose st ill on act ive duty . I n general , older graduat es were more lik ely to f eel t hey had experienced t oo many PCS m o v e s during t heir careers. Since several bases also require living on base as a part of t he assignment to t hat locat ion , graduat es w er e ask ed how t hey viewed living in base housing. A lmost none o f t h e graduates st rongly agreed t hat an A ir Force Base is a d esi r ab l e place t o live. 56% of t he act ive dut y graduat es and 67 % o f t h e nonact ive dut y graduat es opposed t he t hought . T he rem ainder were neutral in their opinion of t he desir abilit y of living on base.

M OVING? T o insure t hat all A OG publicat ions and correspondence ar r ive wit hout int err uption , be sur e t o send a timely not if ication of your f orwarding address t o t he A OG O f f ice. U nit addr esses are not adequat e. Four t o six week s advance notice is pr ef err ed i f possible.

in t he A ir Force. T he remaining gr aduates (28% nonactive; 2 6 % act ive) received OERs which did negat ively inf luence t h ei r i n t en 27

L O ST SO U L S A ny inf ormat ion anyone could give t he A .O .G . concerning t hese individuals would be great ly appreciated .

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Ger ald J . Garvey John R . H ayes, Jr .

H enry A r mst r ong Jef f ery Ber esf ordw ood

K en n et h M e E l r ea t h V i c t o r O t r o sz k o

W i l l i a m A r d n er

K en n et h M e K en n a

H o w a r d G o o d en

M i les H am by Rober t H aw ley

Jef f rey M ei nt s

Bar ry C ox

T roy Sullivan Gene T hompson

C har les Gannaway H enr y H amby

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P a u l S . L a sen J o h n M . M el a n co n

Jay N . M it chell

J o h n R . St ev en s ’ 60

J o n at h an B i ck h am W a l t er D ea co n

M a r k W i se

J o h n M et z

Jo hn M o otz J a m es O l i v er

P a t r i c k B en ch J a m es E b er h a r d t

George H . H ines

G er a l d P r est o n R i ch a r d R o b b i n s

E r nest D . W haley Jr .

E d w i n Sm i t h M i c h a el Sm i t h

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D o nal d T al b o t t

R o b er t L . B a k er B en T . F u r u t a Jo n M . M cC l u r e C h a r l es D . Sa n d s

E ugene G . H opp K ennet h W . M acaulay R i c h a r d M i l n es

Bobby Shannon Rocky Smit h

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L ar r y Shew m aker

T h o m a s G u ck er t

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John Geiger A ugust K eyes D avid L yon

N el s N i em i C o l i n R i ch a r d so n J o h n Sm i t h

T r oy T omli n

R i ch ar d W i l l i am s G l en W i l so n ’63

Jer ry Bow er s D avid Byr ne

Jo h n C l av i n J o h n G r een f i el d J o e H i ck s R o b er t M ac F a r l a n e W a r r en M a n c h ess

Roy B . M ar shall

D onnie C ulpepper

T er r y H iggins M ur ray L oef f ler L ar r y L undholm

D a n i el M c L ea n D a v i d M o ssb r o o k A l b ee R i ch a r d so n D a m o n R i ck a r d J a m es St i er l e ’67 P a t r i c k B a d el l R o n a l d B et t n er

G ary M ay M ichael O ’ G rady R o n ald O r t o n

L ex Page

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G er ald H . K i ng

R i c h a r d K r o b u sek D a v i d P i er ce D a v i d Si ck s

W il liam Sw eet ay Joe T r uj illo L ar ry W i llis

Roy Reed Bryan Savage T er r y Schw al ler

Gary A shf or d

C h a r l es A t w o o d D a n i el B u cch i o n i Jo h n C ob b

D o n a l d H en d er so n W a r r en L a m o n t A l an M ar k s B r u ce M a r k s

M ichael M cC alley

Er nest Jenni ngs W ill iam K ennedy E ugene K raay C yd M aat t ala

L ynn Randol ph

D a v i d M a r sh a l l R i ch a r d M e D o n al d Jo hn M ilbo ur n

I vor y M or r i s D o uglas Scheer

J o h n Sch r a m m J a m es Sm i t h D a v i d T r o t t er W a r r en W h i t e J o h n W it t J o h n W i t t en b o r n W i l l i a m Z ed a k er ’ 72 R o b er t B a n k s J o h n C am al i ck

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St ephen Bar ry St ephan Buley A n d r ew C h i n

D or sey Bat tles

J a m es B el l A l l an B l o o r M i c h a el C a n n o n D a v i d D ew i t t R o b er t G er m er B r u ce G o r d o n

D ouglas Gwyn

T h eo d o r e K eef er

C li f f K i ng C li f f ord K i ng K en t L eh m a n B r i a n M a h er E r ic M ann

T er ry P f af f L ar r y Rit char d

W i l l i a m R o w el l

M ichael Ryan

R o b er t Sa u n d er s T h o m a s Si m o n d s W a l t er St eb n er J o h n Su t t o n

Joseph W ade

P a u l W a r n er D a v i d W at t s R o b er t s W eb b ’7 1

I a n D u n ca n

D aniel E ik leber ry Pat r ick H einig

T er r el l P o w el l

L ew i s T et l o w

G regory T aylor

A l a n A n d er so n M i c h a el B o l en J o e C h a se M a r sh a l l C r a n d a l l

Roy D avi s Or m sby For d Jef f r ey Frye

W ayne O dell

R o b er t J a c k so n

F r ed r i c St ew a r t

C hr i st opher Joy

K en n et h W eb er

R o n a l d H er sh el D a n i el K ea r n s

Randal l K ing James L oberg Staley M ar s

W alter Edger ly

A r t h u r F i sh er M i c h a el L et ch er

St ephen Cain Gr egory Smit h J . M i ke Spect or H ar vey V ance H ar r y W akef ield

Richar d Bour geoi s Benj am in C oll ins Raleigh Gar cia-M yhren W illiam Gr eenup

C a r l K a i ser

D a n i el C r a n d a l l T h o m a s D el l a f i o r a

Gary Saban

R o b er t W a r d

G eorge Joyal

L ew i s H a t c h K en n et h H u d a c sk o J a m es J ef f u s

D o n a l d R i t t er

St ephen Sutt on John T aylor

C h a r l es J ac k so n

Robert C onnolly

N o r m a n P f ei f er E d w a r d Sm i t h

T er r y G ray Roger H art m an

J o h n M er r el l

T er ry N or r is

R ei d Sch a f f n er

Robert Car ney

D a v i d O c h m a n ek

James C orgil l

R i ch a r d R o b b i n s M ar k R o m ai n

John Rosk ey

J a m es R u ssel l

Scott Si mpson V ict or Si nglet o n D o n a l d St ew a r t

Gar y T r iplet t

M a r c V a n el l s

Raym ond V eat ch D o n a l d W u r st er ’ 74 J o h n B en ch D ea n C a r r o l l D o n a l d C h en a u l t W i l l i a m C o u n ci l R o n a l d C r en sh a w

D anny D onham Gerald Flynn Jam es Gar r ity P et er G a v a r es St ev en H a n sen

M er l E r v i n L esl i e H a a f

Br adley H igginbot ham

Rober t H ar grave John H ar ley

Geor ge H of C har les H olley Joseph K ar ner L loyd K ocher

R o b er t J o h n so n W i l l i a m K a sso n D a l e K en t C l a r k K n u t so n R i ch a r d K o sk el l a W i l l i a m L o v el l

Joseph M anos K evin Pat t y Stephen Peter son

R o b er t P et k ew i c z M i ch a el P i t z l er K ev i n P r o b st

Gerardo Q uir os-C uil le D ennis Reguli E d w a r d Sea r l es K en Sex t o n

D ouglas Sher m an T er ry Slaw insk i

K en t H i l l

J a m es L esl i e

Jam es M aples Sher m an M e A l pi n W i lliam M ot ley Fr ank li n M u rphy D om inick Paprella K ent Ram ey Steven Risinger Rober t Ryan M ichael Sebri ng Paul Sher r y Ralph T er polil li James Y eildi ng ’75

Richar d W oj dyla

Gar y Bar r ent i ne L ar r y C r enshaw

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P a t St a c k er

W i l l i am D av i s J o h n K en n o n

K en n et h A d a m s R i c h a r d B a k er

H aydn C ham ber s

N or m an C o m to is G en e F r o d sh a m F r a n k G a m b a r d el l a

D on G aylor

R o n a l d I v er sen H o w a r d L u t h er

D avid M anning Joh n M assey P a u l M a zu r o w sk i

W i lliam L yer ly C ar y N iehans

T h eo d o r e P a r k er St ev en P o w er s

Pat r ick Rupel

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FA L C O N SP O RT S By Col J ohn Clone A t h l et i c D i r ect o r

Air Force has j ust finished its first season of winter sp o r t s co m

petition in the Western Athletic Conference and the r esu l t s w er e indeed encouraging.

The men’s basketball team played before its largest cr o w d s i n history and several attendance records were set at t h e C ad et F i el d

House, climaxed by a standing-room only crowd of 6,300 f o r t h e

Wyoming game on March 6. Senior Tim Harris wound up as our all-time scorer , break ing the record set by Brig. Gen. Robert Beckel , Class of 19 59 an d n o w o u r

Commandant of Cadet s. A not her senior , Reggie Jones,

finished as the all-time USA FA leading rebounder and sh o t

b l o ck er .

It was an exciting winter for the men’s basketball t eam as w el l

as the rest of the winter sports teams who posted a 72.3 per cent winning average, certainly one of the best records of it s t ype in t he n at i o n .

Although it’s not a varsity sport, boxing brought recognition and pride to the Air Force Academy, winning its second-straight n at i o n al t eam t i t l e .

Individually, a total of 23 Falcon athletes have claimed A l l-

A merican honors so f ar t his academic year , well ahead o f l ast

year’s total of 18. Women’s swimming, which finished seco n d i n the nation, claimed 13, pistol, which also was nationally rank ed ,

had six . Seven of our at hlet es claimed W A C individual t it les, t he f ir st cadet s t o ever win W A C individual t it les.

CON GRA T UL A TI ON S — Senior Tim H arr is recei ves con

gratulations f rom Brigadier General Bob Beckel, Academy ’s commandant of cadets, af ter setting a new career scoring r eco r d

of 1,550 points during the game against Colorado State. T h a t

broke the old record of 1,526 p oints set by Beckel f rom 1956 to 19 5 9 .

Maj or priorities for Coach Hatfield will be to find a q u ar t er

back who can run, pass, and lead, as well as a wide r ecei v er t o

replace Andy Bark who resigned from the Academy.

The 1980 team was very young; 25 freshmen and sophomores earned varsity letters. The experience gained by these y o u n g players should help in 1981. In the group of returnees are t he t op rusher, the top tackier, the top pass interceptor, t he leading placekicker, and the number one punter . Coach Hatfield has a number of players returning who b e c a m e f amiliar t o Falcon f ans last f all , including M ike France w h o w as

Junior Barbara Faulkenberry is again the top women’s c o l legiate racquetall player in the nation and M ichelle Johnson , presently the Cadet Wing Commander, was named a First T e a m

the team’s top tackier last season with 157 stops. M i k e i s al so o n e of the top students on the team with a 3.53 average in an engineer

b ask et b al l .

top scholar-athletes at the Air Force Academy this f al l . M i k e al so

here and that brings spring football , which is preparing f o r t h e ’ 8 1 campaign with 20 practices as allotted by NCAA regulations. Early indications are that the Falcons will enter their seco n d season of WA C competition a bit wiser and certainly a l o t m o r e

standing defensive players in the Rocky Mountain area i n 19 8 1.

A cademic A ll-A merican f or t he second consecut ive year

It was certainly one of our best winter seasons and now spring is

experienced . H ead coach Ken H at f ield has 36 let termen ret urning f r o m t h e squad that played one of the toughest schedules in A cademy history with eight games of the road. This fall isn’t quit e t hat st renuous f or road t ravel wit h only six of our 11 games on f oreign f i el d s.

ing sciences maj or. He was named to the All-WAC second t e a m

and t he A ll-W A C A cademic team in 1980; he will be one o f t h e

had 106 tackles as a sophomore and should be one of t h e o u t

A nother top defensive returnee is senior safety Johnny Jackson, a pre-season A ll-A merican candidate who came up wit h 99 tackles last season, second-best mark on the squad. J ack so n also led the team with 15 pass breakups and four fumblerecoveries as well as adding t wo pass intercept ions.

Of fensively, a top returnee is sophomore fullback Ted Su n d -

quist, who broke into the lineup last season is spectacular f ashion ,

inding up as the leading rusher with 583 yards on 122 car r i es f o r an average of 4.8 yards per carry. His best game came against I l linois when he picked up 142 yards on 17 carries, including 1 w

63-yard touchdow n run .

Two other sophomores who were also team leaders in 19 8 0 a r e

placekicker Sean Pavlich and punter Jeff Kubiak. Pavlich w a s t h e

team’s leading scorer with 43 points by making all 13 o f h i s ex t r a

point attempts and hitting 10 of 14 field goal tries. P av l i ch m ad e his last seven field goals of the season, giving him a st r ea k t o w o r k o n

L OA D I N G TH E L EF T - CI C M ike Cox, CS-34, loads up a straight lef t to deliver on the wide-open Ken Sirlin of M ore

University during the 125-p ound semi-f inals. Cox won t h e b o u t

and advanced to the f inals where he knocked out South Carolina’s Billy Pickett in thef irst round with a single solid r ight.

t his f all . K ubiak t ook over as t he punter late in t he season; his

finished with a 36.5 yards per kick average on 33 punts. Jackson figures to be one of the top defensive backs i n t h e n a tion next fall, but another top Falcon in the secondary i s sen i o r cornerback David Carraway, who led the team five pass intercep t ions in addit ion t o 50 t ack les and eight pass break ups.

With this solid nucleus returning. A ir Force prospects i n t h e WA C title chase this year are definitely improved over a s e a s o n ago. Foes will quickly learn that the Falcons have sh ed t h ei r “ N ew k i d o n t h e b l o ck ’ ’ st at u s.

Johnson and Pat Swanke were named to the all-region t eam f o r the third straight year. Johnson was also named the Region’ s

SEV EN FA L CO N S GA I N W A C T I T L ES

Seven A ir Force A cademy athletes made some Falcon sports

history this winter when they became the first Air F o r ce at h l et es t o win W est ern A t hlet ic Conf erence t it les.

most valuable player . M EN ’ S FEN C I N G - T he Falcon f encers f inished t he season wit h an 11-7 record and a f ourt h-place f inish in t he W e st e r n

The Falcons started WA C competition last July 1 but i t w asn ’ t until last winter that they won some individual titles. I n d o o r t r ack claimed four of the honors, all in one event , while wrest ling had two and men’s swimming one. I n addition, basketball’s T i m

Championships. Senior Wendell Kubik competed in the N C A A

I n track, the 4 x 400 relay team claimed the first W A C t r ack t i tle by winning their race in 3:15.80 at Pocatello, I daho . Running in the quartet were sophomores Ted Holloway, Dan Yancy an d

MEN’S GYMNA ST ICS - L osing its last meet of the season t o New Mexico, the Falcons posted a 15-1 record. Highlight o f t h e season was winning the Colorado Classic over Western M ichigan , 250.40 to 250.25, the slimmest winning margin in the C l assi c ’ s history. In the individual finals. A ir Force won every ev en t ex cep t

H arris was select ed t o t he A ll-W A C second t eam .

A lonzo Babers and f reshman L am ont Scot t . Babers also h a d o n e

of the fastest times in the nation placing third in t h e W A C 400 meters in 46.98, a school record, besides taking second i n t h e 55- m et er d ash .

The honor of winning the A cademy’s first WA C titles w e n t t o

wrestlers Dale Walters and Gary Chadwick . Walters, a j unior ,

captured the 167-pound crown while Chadwick won the

W A C

championship at 177.

m eet .

WOMEN’S FENCING - Showing improvement each year , the Falcons took fourth place in the Western Championships an d f inished the season wit h a 14-6 record .

t h e al l - ar o u n d t i t l e.

W OM EN ’ S GY M N A ST I CS - T he Falcons f inished t he season

5-4 and took second in the Region 7 meet , qualifying f o r t h e A I A W D ivision I I nat ionals. Freshman H eidi Croeber w a s n a m ed A l l -A m er i ca i n t h r ee ev en t s.

ICE-HOCKEY - With two winning strings of five and four

games, the Falcons ended the season with a 13-13 record. T h e

school records wit h a ti me of 1:53.57. A ll-t ime bask et ball scorer T im H arris was selected t o t h e A l l W A C second team . T he 6-6 senior f orward f rom W heeler A FB , Hawaii, holds the school record for the most career f ield goals, f inished t he season wit h an 18. 1 average and has a car eer r eco r d

goals and 20 assists. MEN’S INDOOR TRA CK - A ir Force posted a third-straight

Freshman John Sayre was the only Falcon to win an event the WAC swimming championships. Sayre won the 200 individual medley, breaking both the WAC championship meet record an d

of 1,550 points for a 15.7 average over four years.

winning streak to 28 dating back four seasons. The F a l c o n s placed third in its first WAC competition and sophomore A l o n z o Babers competed at the NCAA championships in Detroit. W OM EN ’ S I N D OO R T RA CK - T he team post ed it s best

Junior Barbara Faulkenberry earned her second United S t a t e s

Racquetball Association Collegiate National Championship

M arch at t he U niversity of I llinois.

as o n e

of the best racquetball players in the nation. Her reputation is well earned. Her overall accomplishments include six n at i o n al

championships - five in collegiate,competition - and is part of a

team that is the Women’s National A mateur Doubles champion. I n t he st at e of Colorado , she holds the women’ s open t it le,

women’s doubles title and is a partner in the mixed d o u b l es ch am pionship .

In January, Faulkenberry took first place in the Denver

A t hlet ic Club I nvitat ional and in February w on the W o m en ’ s

Open Championship of Colorado.

undef eated season with an 8-0 mark and increased it s d u al m eet

season in history with a 6-0 record, stretching its i n d o o r d u al m eet

FA U L K EN BERRY T OPS I N RA CQU ET BA L L

Faulkenberry, who hails from Clearwater, Fla., is rated

Falcons had a 10-6 home mark af t er winning 10 of it s l a st 1 5 games. Junior Tom Richards led the scoring with 42 point s on 22

During the month of April, Faulkenberry continued her ing performance, taking first place in Amateur Athletic Racquet w inn

ball A ssociation (AA RA) Inter-collegiate Championship compet i tion .

In May, Faulkenberry will enter the AARA Open National Championships, and if she places in the top three, sh e w i l l h av e the opportunity to compete in the World Games.

Later this spring, Faulkenberry will enter the USRA Open

N ational Championships.

W O M E N SW I M M E R S SE T P A C E

winning streak to 11. The Falcons had an impressive f i f t h-place finish at the regionals, setting eight school records and get t ing an

outstanding performance from sophomore Rita Burr, who w a s

second in the 1,500 meter run (4:42.93) and third in t he 1,000 meters (2:55.95) .

PI STOL - Sporting a final season record of 16-1, the F al co n

pistol team won the Intercollegiate Sectionals for t h e t h i r d straight year. In the first annual National Collegiate P i st o l C h am pionships in Cambridge, Mass., the Falcons took second place in free pistol, third place in air pistol and a fourth place in standard pist ol .

RIFL E - The team ended the season with an oustanding 30- 3

record, the most wins compiled by a winter sports team. T h e Falcons w on t he N ational Ri f le A ssociat ion Regionals a n d ad

vanced to the NCAA championships. Top shooter on the t e a m

was j unior K en Coons. M EN ’ S SW I M M I N G - A ir Force had a f ourt h-st raight undef eat ed season wit h a 14-0 record and extended it s d u al m eet

winning streak to 50. Entering the WAC championships f o r t h e

first time, the Falcons ended the season by placing six t h . WOMEN’S SWI MM ING - A fter posting a 21- 1- 1 record, the Falcon women won the regional title and placed second i n t h e A IA W Division I I national championships, earning 13 A l l A merica selections. Sophomore Patty Martinez led the F a l c o n s with national championships in the 1,650 freestyle an d 400 i n dividual medley .

A ir Force A cademy athletes posted another outstanding w i n t e r

WRESTL ING - A fter placing fourth in the Western Regionals, the Falcon wrestling team, 7-6, qualified two athletes f o r t h e

women’s indoor track and men’s swimming - while women’s

Walters advanced after winning the 177-pound and 167-pound

sports season, with three teams going undefeated - m en ’ s an d

NCAA championships. Senior Gary Chadwick and j unior D al e

swimming team took second place in the AIAW Division I I

categories, respectively, in the Western Regionals. B o t h w r est l er s

n at i o n al s.

A rundown of each sport is as follows: MEN’S BA SKETBA L L - In its first year in the WA C, the

basketball team ended with a 3- 13 league record and an o v er al l

mark of 9-18. Highlighting the season wasa second-place f i n i sh i n

t he Blade-Glass T ournament at T oledo , Ohio .

WOM EN’S BA SKETBA L L - With a 17- 11 record, the Falcons finished second in the Region 7 tournament . Seniors M i ch el l e 30

won W A C and M I W A t it les in t heir weight classes. P L E A SE N O T E

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FA L CO N S A GA I N W I N N A T I O N A L B O X I N G C H A M P I O N SH I P

Winning five individual championship titles, the Air F o r ce b o x ing team has claimed its second consecutive national collegiate t it i e.

Air Force won the team title with 58 points, easily o u t d i st an c

ing second-place West Chester State, which had 34, i n t h e t w o day tournament at Reno, Nevada.

T he Falcons all but won t he t itle t he f irst evening when t hey ad

vanced eight fighters into the finals.

Individually, the Falcons’ five champions were Mike C o x at 12 5 pounds, Ricky Graham at 139 pounds. Bob Steigerwald at 156 pounds, Larry Steuck at 180 pounds and Clay Vertrees a t heavyweight .

In addition, Denny Grunstad at 119 pounds, L in Mack at 132 and John Young at 165 pounds took seconds.

Grunstad, Graham and Steuck were defending champions. 23 FA L CON S N A M ED A L L -A M ERI CA N

Already surpassing last year’s total of All-Americas, t h e A i r Force A cademy has received 23 A ll-A merica mentions an d r ai sed

to 205 the number of Falcon athletes who have won A ll-A merica h o n o r s.

For the academic year 1980, the A cademy received

t i o n s.

18 se l e c

The list this year includes only fall and winter sports w i t h t h e

spring athletes still to come. Thus far , the women have won 16 of the 23 honored spots, w i t h the women’s swimming team accounting for 13. Pistol a n d si x while women’s cross country, women’s basketball, men’s t r ack and women’s gymnastics had one apiece.

Pacing the Falcon women’s swimming team for the second straight year was sophomore Patty Martinez, who captured A l l -

A merica honors seven times by taking two firsts, one second , three thirds and a fifth. A t the A IA W Division I I National C h a m

pionships in Marquette, Mich., Martinez lowered her o w n m e e t

records while winning the 400 individual medley in 4 :28 .57 an d

the 1,650 freestyle in 16:51.97. Martinez placed second i n t h e 200

freestyle with a time of 1:54.86; was third in the 500 f reestyle; and

w as

a member of the third-place 400 and 8(X)-yard relay e v e n t s .

Also earning All-America honors was sophomore Diann C h r i s tianson, who finished eighth in the 200 freestyle and t w el f t h i n t h e 50 freestyle. Freshman Karen Burton placed third in t h e 200

backstroke, 200 and 400 individual medleys and fifth in t he 1,650

freestyle events. Linda Telkamp finished third on the o n e an d

three meter diving events. Other A ll-A mericas include sophomore Nichole A nderson (butterfl y), sophomore Kim Hillen (f reestyle) ,

j unior Sandra Mahoney (freestyle), freshman Mary Keller (freestyle), senior Janet Peterson (diving), freshman T i i n a L an d schulz (diving), sophomore Nancy Burdick (diving), Sh aw n W h i t son (diving) and Kim Bentler (freestyle).

In pistol, senior Mike Behling was named to both the A l l A merica teams in free pistol and air pistol. A lso named t o t h e f r ee pistol team was senior Pat Saunders, who also received a n

honorable mention in air pistol . In addition to Behling i n a i r

pistol, j unior Carl Claus, senior Steve Jones and freshman B r i an Meir were named to the squad. Sophomore Mark Torres r e c e i v e d honorable ment ion besides Saunders.

Falcon women’s cross country runner Rita Burr was the only

Falcon athlet e t o be named A ll-A merica in t he f all seaso n . I n t h e A I A W D ivision I I nationals. Burr f inished 13t h out o f 170 f inishers in a t ime of 18:38.4 over t he 5,000-meter c o u r s e .

Senior Tim Roberts earned A ll-A merica honors on March 7 i n Boulder , Colo., placing fifth in the TFA / USA pentathlon w i t h a school record of 3,498. A week later at the A ir Force A cademy ,

Robert s raised his school record in t he decat hlon when he placed second wit h a score of 6,846.

Senior Michelle Johnson was selected for the second-straight y e a r to the college division A cademic A ll-A merica team.

Johnson, who is an operations research maj or and carries a 3 .9 5 cumulative average (4.0 is perfect), was the second highest vot e getter on the team tallying 213 votes. A Rhodes Scholar a n d cu r rent cadet wing commander, Johnson is the all-time leading

scorer in Falcon women’s basketball history, scoring 1,709 point s

in 97 games for an average of 17.6 points per game.

Freshman Heidi Croeber earned A ll-A merica honors three times at the A ssociation of Intercollegiate A thletics D i v i si o n I I

national gymmastics championships. During two days of compet i tion, Croeber finished fourth on the balance beam (17.95), f i f t h in vaulting (17.9) and fifth overall with 35.10 points, mak ing her

the first Falcon woman gymnast to ever earn A ll-A merica h o n o r s. W I N T E R SP O R T S R E SU L T S

J .V . M en’ s Bask et ball M en’ s Fencing W omen’ s Fencing M en’ s Gymnast ics W omen’ s Gym nast ics I ce H ock ey J .V . I ce H ock ey

SP O R T M en ’ s B ask et b al l W o m en ’ s B ask et b al l

0 0

M en ’ s I n d o o r T r ack W o m en ’ s I n d o o r T r ack

J .V . M en’ s I ndoor T rack

R i fl e

M en’ s Swimming W omen’ s Swimm ing W rest ling J .V . W rest ling

P i st o l

O V E RA L L T O T A L S V A R SI T Y T O T A L S

19 1

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18 6

.7 2 3

L OST SOU L S (con’ t) ’ 76 (cont .)

’ 77 (co nt .)

’ 78 (cont .)

C li f f or d H aug

R o b er t H a m i l t o n

T i m ot hy W ol ter s

M ar k H ayzlet t T homas H yde

’ 79

K ev i n K a n esh i r o G er a l d G ei sel h a r t J o h n C h r i st i a n so n B r u ce G u i d o n

D en n i s K a m a e

M ar k K enney

James K ogler

T h o m a s L ew i s R i c h a r d L u ca l

Gar y L or enzen

Rober t Platenberg

D a v i d L a w so n

L a n ce B ea m

T o mm y Br ow n D a v i d D en t o n

T im ot hy D ignazio M ar k G iglio

F r ed L o v et t Sco t t M e C o m b M ar k M e N ai r

M a r k R u sh f el d t

D aniel M ur phy

’78

’ 80

Raymond Sant ee G r egor y W haley St uar t Y oung

D a v i d A t zh o r n K en t B o u d r ea u R o n nie Bu rto n

R i ch a r d W i t t

R a n d a l l Z el l n er

Paul C apasso

A ndr ea Bopp Stephen D ecou

’77

T i mot hy C ol lins Reginald G hiden

Fr eder ick O r igel K elly Palm er

Stephen L ock har t

Joseph Sample D ale Shir asago

Stephen Nickel

Rodney St apo nsk i

J a m es C a sh es

C raig A dam s Z achar y Bai ley

M i ch a el B u sc h k o A l an C av e V i st o r E v a n s

R o b er t J a n g r a w

J a m es R a m o s C h a r l es Sc o t t M i c h a el V a l d i v i a

D a v i d R o b er t s

Vaughn Benj amin M a t t h ew M u l h er n

J o h n P et er so n

M i c h a el T r i m b o l i

M OV IN G . . . N OT IFY T H E A OG .

G O N E BU T N O T FO R G O T T EN

M ar tel

F ul ton

M ox o n

A r thur L . M ox on, ‘68

N o r m an L . M ar t el, ‘ 76

In January 1981 we all lost a great friend. Maj or A rthur L . Moxon, Class of 1968, was killed when his A - 10 crashed i n t o t h e North Sea near Bury St . Emonds, England. He is survived by his wife, Colleen, and sons, M ichael and Timmy all of 4375 W . Ponds Circle, Littleton, CO 80123; his parents, the V e r n o n

craf t accident near T abones I sland in the Phillipines on February 26, 1981. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn, 8405 Elk ridge A ve., L ubbock, TX 79423; and by his parents, M r . and M rs. Raymond

M oxons of 1305 M cD onald D rive, H uron , SD 57350; his brother , Keith of 2711 South 39th, L incoln, NE 68506; and his sister , M r s. Susan Sullivan of 221 W . Brandon Road , Columbia, M O 6 5 2 0 1 .

A rt did it all and in doing so always gave so much m o r e o f

himsel f than most of us could ever hope t o give in o u r l i f et i m es. He graduated in the top ten percent of the Class of ‘68, 17t h

Squadron, and went up from there. M.A. in Economics f r o m

UCLA . . . pilot training at Craig . . . OV-10 to Pleiku . . . sh o t

down t wice and rescued . . . D FCs, A ir M edals, t he Purple H eart . . . T -37 I P at Reese . . . A FCM . . . Economics I nst ruct or a t

USA FA . . . two-year early promotion to M aj or . . . M C M

M onthan . . . the A-10 . . . Flight Commander and A ssistant

Operations Officer, 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron, R A F B e n t w aters.

A rt M oxon excelled in every arena he entered, be it academics, family, friendship, or his profession. He knew better t h a n m o st the risks of military aviation and the personal sacrifice em b o d i ed in service to country. He forsook the more comfortable opt ions

and, instead, always chose to go where he was so desperately needed. Through it all, he led the way by example and w as a n i n

spiration to all who knew him. For this, we owe him an et er n al

debt of grat it ude. Funeral services were held at t he Protest ant Cadet Chapel on 11 February 1981 with burial at the A ir Force A cademy Cemet ary .

Contributions in his memory may be sent to the A rthur L . M o x o n Memorial Fund, A ssociation of Graduates, USA F Academy, C O 80840. (H enry Johnson , ‘ 68)

James F ul ton, ‘74

Captain James Fulton, Class of 1974, died on March 11, 1981 in a civilian aircraf t accident . H e is survived by his f at her , M r . Frank K. Fulton, 3129 Middle Ranch Rd., Pebble Beach, C A

9 39 53 .

Jim was a member of the 32nd Cadet Squadron and maj ored i n

Computer Science while at the A cademy. He was also act i v e i n t h e

Geography Club, Karate Club and was Chairman of the Ring

Committee. From M ay 76 through Sept . 80, Jim was a B 52- G A i r craft Commander at Blytheville A FB, A R. He was separated

M artel, RFA #2, Redwater Brook Rd., Claremont , NH 03743.

N orman was a member of t he 35t h Cadet Squadron while a t t h e

A cademy and maj ored in M anagement . A fter receiving his pilot s wings in 1977 at Reese A FB, TX , Norman was assigned t o dut y with PA CA F. He was flying with the 1st Special Operations

Squadron out of Kadena AFB at the time of his death.

A memorial service was held in C laremont , N H on M arch 28,

1981. A memorial fund is being established in Norman’s n a m e through the A ssociation of Graduates Inquiries and co n t r i b u t i o n s should be addressed t o t he A OG , U SA F A cademy , CO 80840. R ober t B . Sapp , ‘60

. . .

Distinguished Graduate from ACSC . . . Holloman and D a v i s-

f rom t he service on Sept ember 5, 1980.

Captain Norman L . Martel, Class of 1976, was killed i n an ai r

Colonel Robert B. Sapp, Class of 1960, died of heart f ai l u r e i n

Yong San, Korea. Bob is survived by his wife, Helen, a so n ,

William and a daughter , Cheryl , all of 729 Hemlock , M yrt le Beach, A FB, SC 29577; a daughter , Elizabeth of 719 A ugust a St . , San A ntonio, TX 78215; and his parents, M r . and M rs. L . F r an k Sapp of 442 Woodland A ve., Wooster , OH 44691. Bob was a mem ber of t he 16t h Cadet Squadron . H is cadet y e a r s

may best be remembered for his athletic abilities in b a seb al l . Bob’s assignment in Korea was as Plans Of ficer for t h e C o m b i n ed

Forces Command in K orea. Prior t o t hat he had been Squadron

Commander (356 TFS) at Myrtle Beach A FB, SC.

Funeral services were held in t he Prot est ant Cadet Chapel on

Saturday, February 14, 1981 with burial at the USA F A cademy

Cemet ery .

D onald E . Shay, Jr., ‘67

On January 20, 1981, M aj or Donald E. Shay, Jr ., Class o f 1967, was declared KIA after having been listed M IA si n ce O c tober 8, 1970. Don was a navigator on a RF4C aircraft w h i c h w a s reported missing while on a combat mission in North V i e t n a m . He is survived by his parents. Dr . and M rs. Donald E . Shay , Sr . 205 Hilltop Rd., Linthicum Heights, M D 21090. D on was a mem ber o f t he 13t h Cadet Squadron while at t h e

A cademy with a maj or in Basic Science. He made the D ea n ’ s L i st twice, was a member of the ski club; and, as a Firstie, w as a C ad et Captain while serving as the Squadron A dministrative O f f i ce . A fter receiving his navigational training at M ather A FB , D on w a s

assigned to the 14 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron i n

L ao s.

D onahue

M onagan

Simp son

G u n t er

J a r ec h i

M organ T. D onahue, ‘67

James P . Gun ter, Jr ., ‘59

On February 2, 1981, M aj or M organ J. Donahue, Class o f

Lt . Col. (A NG) James P. Gunter , Jr ., Class of 1959, w as k i l l ed in a F105-D aircraft accident on M arch 10, 1981 near Ft . Bragg, NC. He is survived by his wife, Twyla and four children: T wyla, Bruce, Martha, and Stuart , all of 3902 Seminary A ve., R i ch mond, VA 23227; and by his father, Mr . James P. Gunter , Sr . o f 202 Columbia Towers, 4725 Cove Circle, St . Petersburg, F L

1967, was declared K I A . M organ had been in a M I A stat us si n ce D ecember 13, 1968 af ter an aircraf t accident near L aos. H e i s su r

vived by his parents. Col . (USA F, Ret) and Mrs. Vincent J . D onahue, Pat rick A FB , FL 32925.

Morgan was a member of the 21st Cadet Squadron while a t t h e A cademy and maj ored in engineering management . He par ticipated in the Ski Club and on the Ring Committee, as w el l as being a creative force on the Talon Staff . M organ achieved

A cademy recognit ion as a regular on the Comm ’ s L ist . T h e 1967

Polaris notes that “ Blouse” was known for his optimistic o u t l o o k

o n l i f e.

A fter receiving his navigation instruction at Mather A FB , M organ was assigned to the 606 Special Operations Squadron i n L aos. H e was navigat or of a C 123-K at t he t ime of his d eat h .

3370 8 .

Jim graduated from the 8th Cadet Squadron. A s a cadet he par ticipated in Ski Club, Hunting Club, Choir, Skeet Club an d Fishing Club. Jim received his pilots training at Spence A ir Base, Georgia. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross i n 1966 f o r providing air support and cover for a Special Forces camp in V iet Nam; he separated from the active A ir Force shortly t h er ea f t er . His last civilian position was an Operations Division M anager f or

t he V irginia D epart ment of A viat ion . Funeral services were held on M arch 16, 1981 at t he Cent enary

M ethodist Church with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery, V A . Contributions to Jim’s memory may be made to the James P . Gunter, Jr . Memorial Fund, A ssociation of Graduates, U S A F

Step hen J. M onagan, ‘66

A cademy , CO 80840.

On March 3, 1981, Captain (ANG) Stephen J. Monagan, C l ass

of 1966, was killed in a B-26 aircraf t accident near E d w ar d s A F B . He is survived by his wife, Martha, 218 Country Club Rd ., W at er-

bury, CT 06708; and by his mother, Mrs. John S. Monagan, 14 3 Southwind Rd., Waterbury, CT 06700.

Steve was a member of the 17th Cadet Squadron and maj ored

in engineering science. H e was a member of t he sk i cl u b an d a

training of ficer for the A cademy’s scuba club. Steve w a s c o n -

sistent ly named t o t he D ean ’s L ist f or A cademic A chievement .

Steve’s flying career was quite diverse including a t o u r a s a F - 4

t est pilot at Eglin , A FB in 1975.

Funeral services were held on March 11, 1981 in the C at h o l i c

Cadet Chapel with burial at the USAF Academy Cemetery. C o n tributions in his memory may be made to the Stephen J . M onagan Memorial Fund, Association of Graduates. USAF Academy, C O 80 840 .

J ohn T. Jarechi, ‘72

Captain John T . Jarechi, Jr ., Class of 1972, was killed i n a F 4 D aircraft accident on January 14, 1981 near Sierra De L a V ega, Spain. John is survived by his wife, Claudia, and a son , John M . , both of 1 Birch St ., A rmel A cres, Lemars, l A 51031; an d h i s parent s, M r . and M rs. John T . Jarechi , Sr ., 834 Berenice D r . , Brea, CA 92621. W hile at t he A cademy , John was a mem ber of the 32st C ad et

Squadron with a maj or in history. A fter graduation, J o h n w as awarded his silver wings upon completion of USA F navigation

t raining at M at her A FB , CA . H e lat er ret urned t o U PT an d ser v

ed at George A FB after completing training at Vance. J o h n w as assigned to Torrej on A B, Spain, where he was a F-4 Commander ,

at t h e t i m e o f t h e acci d en t .

Contributions in John’s memory can be sent to the John T . Jarechi, Jr . M emorial Fund, A ssociation of Graduates, U S A F

A cademy , CO 80840. M ichael A . Simp son, ‘75

Captain M ichael A . Simpson, Class of 1975, died on January 21, 1981 as a result of military aircraft (F5) accident near M aopa, Nevada. Mike is survived by his parents, M r . and Mrs. I v a n R . Simpson, RR3 Pioneer A cres, Beatrice, NE 68310. Mike was a member of the 23rd Cadet Squadron while at t h e A cademy. He maj ored in Computer Science. M ike went t o U P T at Laughlin A FB where he was an Outstanding Graduate. H e w a s

assigned to Nellis AFB in April of 1979 as a F5 Agressor P i l o t . H e remained at N ellis unt il his deat h . M ichael ’ s name has been added t o the Graduat e Roll o f H o n o r

in front of the Cadet Chapel .

OBITU A RIES

“ The Gone But Not Forgotten” portion

of t he A OG M agazine is one t hat all Graduat es review w i t h i n terest and respect . M any t imes individuals t hat are i n cl u d ed are not personally known to the A OG staf f ; therefore, i f you are interested in penning an obituary for a friend, squadron mat e, or a Classmate, please contact t he A OG of f ice. O u r ex perience to date indicates that next of kin appreciate t he per

sonal touch that only a good friend can lend. If you h av e t h e time and interest , please contact the A OG office f or

guidelines.

F O R E I G N L A N G U A G E SU R V E Y R E SU L T S

The Foreign Language Department wishes to thank everyone who participated in the survey last year . A special t h an k s t o t h o se of you who took the time to provide additional comments ab o u t your own experiences and suggestions in the foreign language area. T hese percept ive f act s and opinions provided t h e k i n d o f realism that is so helpf ul t o our program . W e f ound y o u r c o m ment s very usef ul and made t hem available t o our student s. W e received a t ot al of 192 replies (approximat ely three p er cen t

of the graduates who receive this publication), and ar e aw ar e o f

t he st at ist ical limit at ions of t hese result s. N evert heless, your input suggests some interesting directions that we in the Foreign L anguage D epart ment need t o consider . W e t hank you again , and

encourage you to write to us anytime and share with u s y o u r

thoughts and comments about your foreign language experience. a. wit hin t he last two year s b . wit hin t he last f ive years c. wit hin t he last seven years d . wit hin t he last t en years e. more t han ten year s ago

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11. Because I studied a language 1 am more appreciat ive o f o t h er cu l t u r es. St r .D i s .

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12. When 1 graduated, 1 felt that my language proficiency w a s sat isf act ory at a basic level of conver sat ion .

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language at U SA FA .

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14. 1 always hoped to become proficient in a foreign language.

64 %

2. 29% of those who replies had not had foreign languages i n high school .

3. Of those who had foreign language training prior A cademy, 42% continued in the same language, and 58% changed to another language while at the Acadmey. The average of semesters in a foreign language taken at t h e to the

A cademy was bet ween t wo and t hree semest ers.

4. Since graduation, 1 have been or am presently stationed o v e r se a s .

N o 28 %

Y es 7 1%

l ear n an o t h er . St r . D i s .

13. I wish now t hat 1 would have had more t ime t o st udy t h e

SU R V E Y R E SU L T S

1. I graduat ed

10. I believe t hat having st udied one language made i t easi er t o

5. In the language courses that I took at USA FA , the gr eat est

emphasis seemed t o have been on ; (M ar k one) G r am m ar 20 % Reading 13% C u lt u re 2% L istening 13% Speak ing 49% 6. I would recommend t hat more emphasis be placed on : (M ar k one) G r am m ar 2 % Reading 8% C u lt u re 4 % L ist ening 14% Speak ing 67%

7. A mong the languages taught at USA FA , I consider t h e following three most important . L ist in order of priority, a . R u ssi an 29 % b . G er m an 2 1% c . C h i n ese 17 %

St r .D i s.

M od .D i s.

Sli .D is.

Sli .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

15. 1 now realize t he value of k nowing a f oreign language. St r .D i s.

M od .D i s.

Sli .D i s.

Sli .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

1 12

16. Foreign languages should be an integral part of t h e co r e cu r r i cu l u m . St r . D i s.

M o d .D i s.

Sl i . D i s.

Sl i .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

13 0

17. The language requirement should be expanded to e n s u r e greaty fluency at graduation. St r .D is.

M od .D i s.

Sli .D i s.

Sl i .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

18. I see lit t le use f or f oreign languages in t odays A i r F o r ce . St r .D is.

M od .D i s.

Sli .D i s.

Sli .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

12 6

19. M ore cadets ought to study a language which has s o m e strategic application (A rabic-Chinese-Russian VERSUS Spanish-French-German) . St r .D i s.

M o d . D i s.

Sl i .D i s.

Sl i .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

20. I t is not so import ant which language one st udies,

The respondents were asked to indicate the degree of agreement/ disagreement with the following statements: 8. I have used the language I studied at USA FA while t ravelling ab r o ad .

Strongly M oderately

Slightly

M oderately Strongly

Disagree

Agree

9. I have used the language I studied at USA FA while conducting research or other j ob related proj ects.

long as one st udies a f oreign language. St r . D i s.

M o d .D i s.

Sl i .D i s.

Sli .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr . 15

21. Compared to other courses, my foreign language

c o u r se s

were am ong t he most interest ing.

St r .D is.

M od .D is.

Sli .D i s.

Sli .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

22. Since graduation, I have used a foreign language o t h e r t h a n t h e o n e I st u d i ed at U SA F A .

St r . D i s.

M o d .D i s.

Sl i . D i s.

Sli .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

St r . D i s .

M o d .D i s .

Sl i . D i s.

Sli .A gr .

M od .A gr .

St r .A gr .

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‘Sugar ’ - Sweet Success by Capt ain J .P . W aller , ‘75

OI C Bluebirds Theater Group

I nst ruct or , D ept . O f English U SA FA

B l ack A r t s F est i v al 19 8 1 C I C M ar k E , I ngram P r esi d en t

Cadet W ay of L i f e Com mit t ee

CI C M aureen O ’Conner as “ Sugar Kane” sings the show’s f irst

song, “ Wick ed, Windy, and Wild. ”

T he U SA FA Bluebards have come a long, long way since 19 6 1 . W hen Capt D on Clelland submit t ed his proposal f or an an n u al

cadet show, I doubt if he could have foreseen the spiraling s u c c e s s of his drama group. We’ve even come a long way since my class

marched t hrough t he port als in 1975; in f act , t he year o f change f rom a purely recreat ional club to a quality college t heat er group was 1976, wit h t he product ion of 1776. T hen , wit h t he back ing o f the Superintendent and the support of the A cademy as a whole,

the Bluebards proved to the Colorado Springs community t h at

Sp eak er R osey Gr ier

The Bluebards’ 1980 production of the musical ‘Sugar’ w a s

D uring t he last week in February 1981, t he A ir Force A cademy and t he Cadet W ay o f L i f e Comm itt ee sponsored t he A nnual Black A rts Festival. The festival accomplished its goal of bringing

t hey could provide t op-not ch ent ert ainment .

much t he result of M aj or Ray H arlan’ s ef f ort s while O I C ; he

undertook improving the group’s status by extending t h e act o r s’ training and working to increase the budget . By the t i m e o f t h e first showing in February, both myself as OIC and Maj or M i k e A rmstrong as director inherited a lively, dedicated g r o u p . But gett ing ‘ Sugar ’ rolling as a per f ormance was more d i f f i cu l t

than can be imagined; the show depended upon the combined e f forts of Maj or A rmstrong as director, Mrs. Carolyn F o r d as choreographer and cost umer , and SSgt Robin Forrest er a s b a n d direct or . T oget her t hey began in N ovember , 1980 t o h ar m o n i ze

what at first was but a chaos of costumed thespians.

T he show is set in the 1930’s and concerns t wo out-of -wor k

musicians, Jerry and Joe, who become willing witnesses t o a gangland murder . To escape f rom the mob, they j oin an all-girl

band in “ disguise” . From t heir ant ics while “ under co v er ” co m es all the f un- and many of t he technical di f f icult ies of t he piece.

CIC “ J.J.” Jackson as “ Joe” also plays “ Josephine” an d “ Junior” . Sometimes “ J.J.” has to portray all three persons in the same act ! C3C Bill Thaden has but slightly less a challenge playing both “ Jerry” and in disguise, “ Daphne” . The f em al e lead, CI C Maureen O’Conner as “ Sugar Kane” , carries t h e burden of the show’s most dif ficult music. Her talents, polished with three year’s experience in the Catholic choir, help t o mak e the show the success it is. Exciting performances are al so r en d er ed by C2C Mark Baker as the gangland boss, “ Spats Palazzo” , a n d CI C Ed Knox as “ Sir Osgood Fielding” - who mistakenly f al l s f o r

to the officers, enlisted, cadets, and civilian people o f

included a Black Heritage L uncheon, a High School Speech c o n

t est , a symposium on excellence in educat ion , a cadet wor k shop on t he Black O f f icer s experience in t he A ir Force, and a t imely ad dress by t he D ining Out Guest Speaker , BGen D avid M . H al l . D r .

Lawrence Neale Jones, Dean of the Howard University Sch o o l o f Religion, gave an excellent address at the Cadet Chapel t o cl o se

out t he week s act ivit ies. Everyone was invit ed t o at t end t h e A l l i ed A rt s per f ormance t hat evening by Bar k ay and Switch . T he week ’ s act ivit ies were a hugh success and a culminat ion o f t he ef f ort s of many A cademy organizat ions, however , w e o w e a special thank s t o all A cadem y graduat es wit hout whose help we may never have achieved t he f ull benef it s of t his event .

“ D aphne” .

But Maj or Mike A rmstrong’s scene changing was the salvation of the show; somehow he managed to orchestrate the f o u r t een separat e act s by f raming small sequences on t he t heat er ’ s wings,

allowing the technical crew to make changes in the d ar k . H i s spotlight technique and fine timing makes all the acts not only

f low t oget her , but truly live. June week per f ormance of ‘ Sugar ’ are scheduled f or M ay 23rd at 1400 and M ay 24th at 2000 . T icket s will be available at t h e d o o r for the 23rd showing. The 24th showing is intended pr imar ily f or graduat ing f irst classmen and t heir f amilies, but a l i m i t ed n u m b er of tickets will be available after M ay 5th through t he D epart ment of English, 472-3930. I f you’re in the area and up f or a f ine show ,

d o co m e see u s t h en !

the

A cademy an awareness o f minority cont ribut ions t o t he A i r F o r ce and t he nat ion . T his year ’ s f est ival , dedicated t o black graduat es, was an inspirational event f or all at t endees. T he K eynot e A ddress was given by M r . Rosey Grier , f orm er NFL standout , in the A rnold Hall Theater . Over 1700 people were able t o share t he special insight of M r . Grier . O t h er ev en t s

“ Cadet Way of L if e Comm i t tee

C L A SS N EW S L ar ry C ot t on

5 10 2 L i n d a C o l o n i a

San A nt oni o , T X 78233 (512) 653-9869

My first emotion in writing this initial ef fort is, “ M y God , w hat have I let myself in for?” That’s followed quickly by a very f amiliar Rock y M ountain High, because I ’ve had the opportunity to t al k t o more o f my classmates in the last several days than I did in the t wenty preceeding years. It feels great to be back in the mainstream o f A cademy li f e. Volunteering for this j ob may well be worth it . A ppropriately, my first news is of Wayne PITTMAN’S long deser ved vacation to Tangiers, Gibraltar and Seville. His continued a ssi st a n c e f r o m Europe may help me fill his over-large shoes in this j ob . W ayne r epor t s that his j ob as Zaragoza Base CO is “ challenging - w h i ch m ea n s F r e quently Over My Head!” A s this is written, he may be visit ed by D ave PH I LL IPS, who is on an extended ski-and-whatever vacation t o E ur ope with his daughter, while his wife, Lindsey, and his ot her daught er are i n Hawaii . For my next vacation. I ’ll trek on down to t h e A l a m o w h i l e Sherry visits the River Walk. While Dave’s away. Bill M c L A I N i s m i n ding the store as Dave’s Director of Services at the L aguna Beach A ut o Store. Bill reports that Charlie ZA LESKI , Brock STROM , and L ar r y T H O M SO N ar e al l in t he local ar ea, and t hey f requent ly h av e O f f - B a se Privileges together . I s there a Thunderbird M otel in L aguna Beach?

A 1GA GL IA RDI has j ust received hurry-up orders to go t o F a i r ch i l d a s

C O of t he Survival School , w hich I t hink is a W ing C O sl o t . H e ’ l l h a v e com m and o f some satellit e schools at H omest ead , E ilson , N ell is, and even Rhein-Main. Gag swears there will be no boondoggles, but i f any o f you are at those locations, don’t be surprised if he dr ops in . Gag super

vises closely. A lso here in San A ntone, now retired, i s - t h i s i s f r o m h i s wife, Carolyn, since Norm is on a boondog, er , TDY t o N el l i s - N o r m

QUIGLEY. Norm is the Technical Director, Electronic Secur ity C om

mand Operations at Kelly A FB. Bob BUCKLES is fully r eco v er ed f r o m his quadruple by-pass of some years ago, now dabbles in Real E st at e, and is enamored of computers. Seems like he’s always taking a co u r se i n them, claims they can talk to him. Right on. Bob. While Gagliardi was on one of his boondog, TDY trips t o M axwel l , he r an i nt o C har lie M A Y , w ho w as in t ow n f or a C om m ander ’ s Sem i n a r a t A U . Char lie is at Fair f or d RA F St at i on , but no f ir m w or d on his posit ion t h er e .

W e ar e all saddened t o hear t hat Ji m G U N T E R w as k illed i n a n a i r cr a f t acci dent near Shaw A FB . B ill M cL A I N has ask ed m e t o a n n o u n c e t h a t a M em or ial Fund has been set up in Ji m ’ s nam e at t he A cademy , det ails

elsewhere, hopefully, in this issue. Jim was f lying a n F - 10 5 f o r t h e Virginia Guard, but I don’t have any other details. Our deepest sym pathies to Twyla and the children. Jon BLACK is happily ensconced in Grapevine, Texas (G r apevi ne?) , where he labors during the week for Vought and sails h i s 2 2 - f t . C a t a l i n a on weekends. The lake is only a block away from his house, and I under s

t and t hat he and hi s sons have w on a f ew sai ling races. O u r o l d n em esi s

and tutor , Tex M cVeigh, ATO, has j oined Jon at Vought . Had a long talk with Dave GROA RK, who is presently st i l l i n F t . W alt on Beach but w il l be movi ng t o D allas t hi s sum mer . (I f inished a very dist ant second t o D ave - f or t hose o f us w ho gr aduat ed - i n n u m b er o f

punishment tours. He beat me by a couple hundred). D av e ’ s b u si n ess i n terests had him commuting weekly between Florida and T exas, via hi s hal f i nt erest i n a C essna 182, w it h his br ide M ar gie as co-pilot . M argie’ s

stories of some of those flights will have you rolling i n t h e a i sl es . D a v e i s editor and publisher of his own magazine. National T ax Shelt er D igest , and will be devoting fulltime to that venture in Dallas. N ex t i ssu e I ’ l l h a v e an address so you can write for subscriptions.

T he newest mem ber of our San A nt onio cont ingent i s E d RO SA N E ,

who has j ust retired and is working as a computer specialist f o r U SA A . He’ll be bringing the family down from Oklahoma as so o n a s sch o o l ’ s out . E d st ill look s li ke he could go out and spar k a 4t h-quar ter r ally t o w in

the big game. One of his blockers would be Don MA DONNA , w h o c a m e through town a few weeks back. Don was escorting some m em b er s o f t h e

T est Pilot School w ho w er e on t heir w ay t o Br azil t o v i si t t h e t est f a ci l i t i es there. (Why does the word “ boondoggle” keep coming t o m ind ?) A big event coming up here (unfortunately, it’s on t he day af t er m y deadline f or t hi s issue) , is t he A lamo A r ea A OG Founder ’ s D ay D inner . Gen . T allm an w il l be our guest speak er . W e w ould have l i k ed t o h a v e B o b BEC K E L , t he new C O M M , at t end t oo , but som ebody has t o m o n i t o r t he Z oo . Gen . St illm an and Gen . M cD er m ot t ar e t he honor ed guest s, and bot h w i ll be made honorar y mem ber s o f the A OG . A t r ibut e d eser v ed . The elected president of our newly formed A lamo A rea C hapter o f t he A OG is Jim B RO W N . Ji m has been dr iving t he f o rce of ‘ 59 er a ct i v i t i es her e, eit her or ganizing or host ing alm ost every one o f our get -t oget her s. A lthough Jim hasn’t grown any more hair, he has managed t o t rap and

hold one of the all-time great wives - Rose is a perfect h o st ess a n d o n e o f my favorite ladies. The BROWNs help make San A ntonio ev en n i c er .

I ’ d l i k e t o cl o se t h i s i ssu e w i t h so m e t h a n k s a n d a f am iliar plea. T he

thanks go to Wayne PITTMA N f or the outstanding j ob h e’ s d o n e i n writing this colum for all these years, usually under d i f f i cu l t c i r

cum st ances. I ’ ve al w ays t ur ned t o t hi s part o f t he m agazi ne f ir st , k now ing

that Wayne would keep me amused and up-to-date. We w i l l al l m i ss h i s literary finesse (me, most of all !), but look forward t o h i s f u t u r e c o n t r i b u

t ions. W ell D one, Pitt . Y ou done us pr oud . I ’ ll t ry t o k eep t he st andar d high . N ow f or t he f am iliar plea. I t w ould be easy f or m e t o m a k e t h i s a Sa n A ntonio story, but there are too many other stories. A s W ayne did . I ’ l l need your help. A post card or phone call is all it t akes (3-page typed , single-spaced letters are also acceptable). Our classmates ar e becom i ng worthy of more news that j ust this newsletter, but I need your help . T el l m e, so I can tell t he r est o f us. Fly saf e. Spr i ng i n T exas by L ar ry C ot t on

Spring has sprung in the Lone Star State. The grass i s gr ow i ng, but m y nephew cuts it ; the Purple M artins (birds) wake me up ever y mo r ning, but they eat mosquitos; the ducks on our lake are nesting u n d er t h e b u sh es o n

t he f r ont law n , but my w i f e. Sher r y , loves t hem and h o ses d o w n t h e

driveway every evening. A ll my income tax records are i n t o t h e C P A (perhaps a refund?). Baseball starts tomorrow, and t hi s year t he Bost on Red Sox w il l w in it al l . A ll t he r ent er s o f t he pr oper t y I manage paid on

time. Reagan and the others are recovering nicely, Br ady even miraculously. The bills are paid, with a little left o v er . I f o u n d so m e outstanding sirloin steaks at $1.97 a pound. Bought 8 . T h e Sa n A n t o n i o Spurs (NBA) are in the play-of fs. We have a fine new M ayor . I only w eigh 5 pounds more than my 20-yr old son. A nd this is the f ir st of t hr ee days o f f bef or e I have t o go t o w or k agai n ! . . .

Being retired is flat-out great ! Regar ds,

L ar r y

19 8 1 F O O T B A L L SC H E D U L E DATE

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“ L E T T E R O F I N T E R E ST T O ‘ 5 9 G R A D S : ” D ea r J i m :

I ’d like to have this letter included in the next Checkpoints i f possi

b l e.

W hen I was not i f ied o f Ji m Gunt er ’ s deat h a f ew w eek s ago , I ran

for the telephone book and started calling people. A lt hough w e

not i f ied alm ost 30 o f t he 59er s, w e m issed all t he r est of you . I t occur s

to me that we need to establish a telephone calling r ost er , not unli ke an on alert recall roster, that we can use as a rapid means o f get t i ng out t he w or d -w hatever it m ay be. I pr opose t hat w e est abl ish a telephone pyram id st r uct ure w i t h a ‘ 59 keyman in each geographic area around the country. T hese keymen

would maintain a local geographic area calling list so t h a t n o o n e would have a large number of calls to make. Emergency n o t i f i ca t i o n could then come into the net at any level, be passed t o the keym an in the area who would turn on the keyman net as well as t h ei r l o ca l n et and we could get the word out in half a day or so. The network should include the overseas guys - if we ca n g et keymen volunteers oversea, and it should certainly i n cl u d e r et i r ees a n d other folks who have gone about earning their million d o l l a r s. I can act as a Point of Contact initially to establish t he k eyman net wor k . A s soon as w e get t he volunt eer s w e can est abl ish t h e ex a ct

geographical areas and get out addresses/ phone numbers so t h a t pyram ids can be est ablished .

OK - I need some volunteers to start it rolling. How a b o u t i t ?

C R A I G O . SC H A U M

A U T O V O N 2 2 5 -6 6 70

CO M M E RC I A L : (202) 695-6670 H OM E : (703) 455-6305

C .T . D ouglass 3305 E dgemer e A ve., N E M i nneapolis, M N 554 18 (6 12) 78 1-972 1

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OUR 20th CLA SSMA TE HA S FA LLEN . Everyone’s friend. Bob SAA P, (new Colonel) died of a heart attack on Sunday, Feb . 8t h at Y ong Sun, Korea. Bob had j ust returned to Korea f rom 30 days leave w it h his f am ily in M yr t le Beach , S.C ., w her e he had been an A - 10 squadr on com

mander. (His wife, Helen, can be reached at 729 Hemlock, M yrt le Beach A FB, S.C. 29577.) I remember long discussions with B o b w h i l e ca d et s about his desire to become a f ighter pilot . A nd he did j ust t hat ! A t r ue pr o . Bob SA P P . I r an acr oss Bob back in ‘65 in V iet nam w h er e w e w er e both FA Cs, and he couldn’t wait to leave the 0 -1 and get back int o fighters. Lest we forget our other classmates who have died , you might sit

back and remember: Jim A NDERSON ‘73, Reed WA UGH , ‘70, J D M I LLS ‘68, Jim FA Y ‘65, Val BOURQUE ‘64, M ike LOVE ‘ 76, D ave LA CHELT ‘63, Don WA RE ‘63, Eddie MORTON ‘69, Jabo M cCA I N ‘76, Fred BOUTZ ‘64, Bob DA VI S ‘75, Don THURM A N ‘71, Sa m WATERS ‘74, Dave BURNS ‘64, Brian DEEM ‘66, Dick MA TTHEWS ‘ 67, Jance JA N SE N ‘66, and M i ke H Y D E ‘ 66. O N E M O RE RO L L

W e t oast our hear t y com r ades

W h o h a v e f a l l en f r o m t h e sk i es

And were gently caught by God’s own hands To be with him on high. T o dw ell am ong t he soar i ng clouds T hey ’ve k now n so w ell bef or e. Fr om vict or y r oll t o t ai l chase A t H eaven ’ s ver y door . A s w e f ly am ong t hem t her e . . .

We’re sure to hear their plea, Take care my friend, watch your six. A n d d o o n e m o r e r o l l f o r m e.

By Cmdr. Jerry Cof fey, USN ,

w r i t t en w h i l e a P O W i n H a n o i

Lew PRICE is an engineer for the phone company in charge o f building construction in Sacramento until his new business (with h i s ex - w i f e ’ s h u s band) called “ Eternal Enterprises” gets on its feet . T hey w r it e (L ew ’ s j ob)

P h i l M ei n h a r d t a n d B o b O d en w el l er

and market correspondence courses in astrology, and al so sell f ol k f l utes, books and a variety of other products associated with ast r ology by mailorder. I remember Lew’s interest in physical sciences - h e ’ d b e a great astrologer ! Their latest student is a Catholic p r iest w it h a degr ee in divinity and a Ph.D . in Psychology who wants to learn ast r ology f or past or al counseli ng.

Jim O’ROURKE wrote (shortly after our reunion last year) “ For year s now, I have operated under the mistaken impression t h a t b eca u se I w a s no longer in service (pilot w/ EA L) those of you who r em a i n ed w er e n o t interested in me. It became very obvious at the reunion t h a t t h e b o n d s w e share of friendship are tied through our common experiences a t t h e A cademy, not what we have done afterwards. Those of you w ho m i ssed this reunion, if you passed it up because you thought you m ight not “ f it ” , missed a most refreshing renewal of old ties and good t i m es. W i t h t h a t i n mind, the proposed ‘super-reunion’ of ‘59, ‘60, ‘61 a n d A T O s c o u l d w el l be the best get-together that ever will take place a t A l u m i n u m U . W i t h f our or five years advance notice, everyone should be able t o adequat ely

pr epar e f or it and j oin in t he f est ivit ies.” P lease l et J i m o r m e k n o w o f your f eelings about t hi s (J .C . O ’ Rour ke, 11905 SW 107t h A ve. , M iam i 33176.)

Jerry CA SKEY now lives in Lafayette, La, Dean VIKA N i s a t R a m stein. Bill TA YLOR has PCDed to Wheeler A FB in Hawaii , a n d J o h n SCH I RA has become the Director of Logistics (TA C SYstems) o f A FA LD/ SD at Wright-Patt . Bill GOODYEA R is now DepDir o f F o r c e management , DCS/ Plans, HQ SA C, and Garth “ Cookie” COOKE h a s become the Chief of the Engineering Division, HQ A FLC, w h er e C h a r l i e and Lind HA RT are based. Gerry STA CK is a pilot with B r a n i f f i n Dallas, Bert CROFT is with TWA in Kansas City, Ed NOGA R i s w i t h

A mer ican i n D allas, Bob O D E N W E L L E R is w it h T W A i n N ew Jer sey , and G eor ge PU PI C H i s w it h W est er n i n L A . Bob N EW SO N i s P r esi d en t

of his own company in Redwood City, Ca. and Jim THOMA SSON i s a homebuilder in Charlotte, N .C. That wraps up the information w e a c

qui r ed f r om t he 20t h r eunion .

T h o m a s L . Su t t o n R . R . # 1 B o x 10 2 R

C ol linsville, 111 62234 H om e Phone: (6 18) 632-6635 A u t o v o n : 6 3 8 - 20 4 7

A s I mentioned in my last letter, I had received a l et t er f r o m C h a r l i e STEBBI NS, but it was in Texas and 1 was in Illinois. For t unately , as of this writing we are together - both in Illinois at my new residence in the boonies nor t h o f Scot t A FB . C har lie’ s let ter t ur ned o u t t o b e C h r i st m a s greetings, but when news is as scarce as it is at my house, such com m unicat ions ar e quit e w elcome. According to Sarah (who wrote the communication), Charlie clever ly f or esaw t he nat ional shi f t t o conser vat ism and lef t P r esi d en t C a r t er ’ s employ last July ostensibly to attend National War C ollege. H owever ,

half an hour after leaving the white house he was sidetraced - h i r ed o n a s

execut ive assi stant t o t he C hair m an o f t he Joint C hief s o f St a f f . T h a t c a l l ing has resulted in Charlie’s visiting such romantic and excit ing places as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Egypt as well as regular old places like Israel, the Azores, Spain, Germany, Belgium, etc. H e’ ll be happy t o give a 14 hour slide presentation of his travels upon request . A s a mat t er

of fact , you may not even have to request . Just go v i si t .

W hi le C har lie and t he ot her f i f t y-leben classm ates ar e busy w o r k i ng in Washington, others are on the ski slopes. Rich MA YO, George

BUCH NER, and Sam HA RDA GE spent several days (and nights) reminiscing about old times, quaf fing spirits, and att ack i ng t he slopes.

T her e w as even snow w her e t hey w ent . Sam r eport s t hat Rich and Geo rge

are both looking young, vigorous and successful . Sam did reveal that the Washington crowd does not always w or k . A p parently during the inauguration festivities a class m i n i - r eu n i o n w a s h el d at the home of Jimmy and Sandy POOLE. I ’m sure that a gat her ing o f that magnitude resulted in at least two or three j uicy n ew s i t em s t h a t t h e rest of us could have enj oyed. But then it may have been pr et ty dull and boring. Who knows? I ’m j ust kidding folks. It would b e f u n f o r a l l o f u s if someone who has a class party would take notes and, even bet ter , photographs and f orward them on to yours truly for a st raight f orw ar d honest report in the best tradition of CBS Evening N ew s. I ’ ve begun t o really appreciate why Cronkite quit . One begins to get an ulcer af ter year s of j ust making up news because there doesn’t seem to be anyt hi ng really worthwhile to report . Of course another technique I ’ve developed by w at ching press conferences is that of asking unintelligible quest ions o f my classmates and then making up my own answers rather t han t r ying t o mold theirs to say what I think they really should s a y . My first successful interview was conducted with the d i r ec t o r o f t h e

K C- 10 T est Force at E dw ar ds A FB . Br uce H I N D S said t hat t he big bir d is

j ust great . He loves his j ob and his association with t he big ai r planes. T he KC- 10 delivers two KC-135 loads of fuel per trip and f lies gr eat . Br uce has also got to fly some of the receivers in the test program su ch a s t h e B - 52 and the C-5. He says the program is about complete n o w w i t h t h e f i r st tanker having already been delivered to SA C. He’ll soon be look i ng f or a new j ob .

My second successful interview was also via phone lines t o E d w a r d s .

P B O ’ C ON N E R m oved t her e last f all . H e i s ext rem ely happy i n his new j ob in the management directorate of the engineering test gr oup t her e. They employ about 600 engineers who support all of t he test pr ogr am s at E dw ar ds. W hen I asked P B how he managed t o land su c h a r u n

challenging and enj oyable j ob he responded that his n ew b o ss at E d w a r d s

w as his old boss in Panam a. Besides t hat , having been a highly qual i f ied U SA FA A er o inst r uct or didn ’ t hurt eit her . P B said he loved t he deser t , he loved his j ob and his family was doing great . He’s even got college ki ds.

When I finished interviewing all whom I could f ind n e a r a n a u t o v o n line, I turned to the old tried and true change of a d d r ess c a r d s t h a t co m e from the AOG secretary each quarter. Well . . . George B U C H N E R m o v

ed f r om Box 47 1 t o 1537 Fer n in D ulut h , M inn and O w en QU A N T Z m ov ed to Tulsa, Oklahoma. What more can 1 say? A nother small piece o f paper was included which indicated that Doug CAIRNS is r epor t ing t o M oody A FB in A pril to be the assistant DCO at the 347 T FW . W e’ r e glaa

to hear about that Doug. H ope it’s an upward surge. Dennis DI LLON stopped through Wichita, Kansas, recently t o set u p

some U nit ed A ir l ine service t her e. D ennis f l ies t he pr oud w ings o f U nit ed o r is that the proud tail of Continental or maybe the pr oud banana of

Branif f? No, I ’m not sure it’s United all the way. I tried unsuccessfully to contact Earl SAUNDERS for t he most up t o

dat e class reunion inf or mat ion ; how ever , I did visit w i t h J o h n M A Y .

John says that the of f icial date for our 20 year gala r eu n i o n w eek en d i s 17-20 September. We will register on the evening of t he 17t h and then par38

ty from then on through a football game with Wyoming a n d o n i n t o Su n day. There might even be time for dining and dancing am ong t he ot her ac

t ivit ies t oo num er ous t o ment ion . (Par t o f t hat new s cover up t alent ; I

don’t know any of the activities) But by the summer i ssu e w e ’ l l h a v e a l l the particulars. Just set aside that date. Plan to b e t h er e t o r eh ea r se a l l t h e w ar st or ies t hat have got t en so m uch bett er over t w ent y year s. See you t h er e .

John W . (Jack) Jam ba C hief , M issile Syst em s Saf et y D iv . (E SM C/ SE M ) Pat r ick A F B , F L 32925 A V : 854-4340 , 4330 H ome: (305) 777-3552

H i Redt ags!

I was reading the March issue of the A ir Force Safety J o u r n a l a n d sa w a

f am iliar f ace. C lass 81-B of t he C hief s o f Saf et y C our se h a d O t i s O .

DINNING from PACA F as a graduate. Got a short letter f r o m K . B . CLA RK. “ Happy St . Patty’s Day Jack. Enclosed please f ind my check for the class crest . Thanks for your periodic reminders i n t h e c l a ss n ew s . Thanks also for doing such a great j ob with the class n ew s - - i t ’ s l o t s o f fun reading about all our classmates. Good luck and t a k e c a r e . ’ ’ I t ’ s l o t s

o f f un f or me t o hear f r om you , K B , and all our ot her classm at es. By t he way, on the day that KB wrote and sent his letter f rom A ur or a, C olor ado , I was TDY in Denver. I forgot to bring my grads register w it h m e, so didn’t call anyone in Denver except Don EGA N . Don and M ar y K ay w er e

nice enough to put me up for three days and give me t h e u se o f a c a r . Can’t beat that ! By the way, Don was having some splendid land scapi ng done ar ound hi s house t hat w il l pr obably make a f eatu re st ory i n Bet t er H omes and G ar dens or some ot her si m ilar publicat io n . W hi le I w as t her e,

Don rej oined the Grad’s Association and made a donation t o t h e c l a ss

w all plaque.

Received a change of address card f rom Pete ROBINSON . I t c o n f i r m s that he did indeed go to London to attend the Royal C ollege o f D ef ense Studies as part of the USA F-RA F Exchange Program. Not a bad w ay t o get your senior service school out of the way. A lso got a card f rom Chuck TURNER at Kirtland. He is a proj ect manager for the c r u i se m i ssi l e a t A FTEC. I guess he’s going to miss the F-4 weapons business. C hange o f address f rom A 1SIGMA N reads Sigman and A ssoc Inc, b u t st i l l l o c a t ed

i n A ur ora. N ext t im e I ’ m in D enver , I ’ ve got t o cal l A 1 t o o . N o t e f r o m Randy HERTZOG says he is currently the 9th Strat Recon W g A sst D epty Cmdr for Operations. Great work , Randy, moving up from Sq C m dr t here at Beale. C ar d f rom D ick PE R L OT T O says he f inished t h e N A T O Defense College in Rome and has been assigned to SHA PE H eadq uart er s in the Operation Division. Got a good long note f rom Randy

SCHA M BERGER saying he’s been assigned to Ft . McClellan, A l a b a m a , as the Operating Location Cmdr, USA F Tac Air Warfare C en t er . H e i s assigned to the U .S. A rmy Chemical School . He sayd, “ H i Jack . I ’ m go ing to become the A ir Force expert on chemical warfare, advi se A r m y o n A ir Force requirements, strategy, deployment constraints i n a ch em i ca l

envir onment . A l so , over see developm ent and t est i ng o f n ew ch em i ca l warfare gear for aircrews and ground crews. I f you w at ched 60 M i nut es, you’ll know why I ’ve been summoned for this crucial j ob . A ny sugges tions about working with the A rmy besides DON’T?’ ’ Y es, 1 have a sug gestion that works well for my secretary. Every time she com es in lat e, she leaves early to make up for it . You can do the same and mak e sur e you ’ r e late ever y day .

I got a nice note from Gene McHUGH with his donation. H e i s st i l l o n the faculty of the A rmed Forces Staf f College in Norfolk w h er e h e h a s

been si nce June o f ’ 79. H e lives in N o r f ol k w it h his w i f e, C ar olyn , and four children: daughter, Corrin ( 15); son, Chad (14); and tw in sons, Sean and Kevin (10). “ Best of luck. Jack to you, the fund dr ive, and all r edt ags you hear f r om .’ ’ For those of you who haven’t sent me a short note or made a quick

phone call , let me assure you that it will only take 5 o r 10 m i n u t es a n d w i l l not be a very dif ficult thing. I enj oy hearing f rom all o f you : act ive duty , ret ir ed , or civilian . L et ’ s k eep i n t ouch m or e.

Called George LA RSON at his new assignment at Hq SA C a t O f f u t t . He is assigned to X PH J, A dvanced Concepts. He transferred t h er e i n November and says he has a good j ob. H is daughter , M ichel le ( 17) st ayed behind at Plattsburgh to finish high school . His two sons. Br ock ( 16) and Bret (15) are in high school in Omaha. George met Bob W E I G H T r ec en t ly in Denver. Bob is now working for Frontier A irlines a n d i s t h e h ea d o f m a i n t en a n ce f o r F r o n t i er .

Good new s! W e have r eached our goal f or the C lass W all Pl aque. T hat ’ s it f or now . St ar t t hose let t er s com ing again . P l a n a h ea d f o r R eu n i o n 19 82 !

the Ho Chi M inh Trail 1966- 1968,” will be printed by t h e G o v er n m en t Printing Of fice as part of the A ir War in I ndochina ser i es . J i m m i e d i d t h e work as a special proj ect while attending the A ir War C ollege at M axwel l . 1 think the award is Super ! Hope the book will be available so o n a n d I can get a copy - hint hint . That ’s it ! This little gem m ust get int o t he mai l without any further delay.

Skip L ee

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O ’ Fallon , I L 62269 H ome: (6 18) 632- 1399

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Once again 1 have procrastinated to the point that com plet ion o f t hi s article - and getting it into the AOG of fice by 1 A pril - will be virtually impossible. 1 spent all of last week traveling with t he M A C C F I (C om mander’s Facility I nspection) Team and planned to use m y spar e t i me working on the column. The only spare time I did have on t he t r i p w as from midnight to 0530 in the morning. So, here 1 sit on a beautiful spring weekend making excuses trying to compose a readable o f f er i ng and avoiding thoughts such as the golf course or my garden w h i ch n eed s b u n ches of care. Of course putting of f the j ob does have its rewards. I n my case Saturday’s mail brought a letter from Fred L I NDA H L . F o r so m e

J i m G r ah am 12 2 18 O a k w o o d D r i v e

W oodbr idge, V A 22 192 H ome: (703) 494- 1848 O f f ice: (202) 755-3743

r eason I had j ust r eview ed Fred ’ s Bio-data in the RE G I ST E R a n d i t i s badly out of date. To update I will let Fred speak : “ I ’ m cur rent ly i n a

Ph.D. program at the University of Chicago. I ’m studying eco n o m i c s a n d accounting. Having completed my courses and successfully passed m y

qual i f ying exams. I ’ m not ‘ A BD ’ , ‘ A ll but disser t at ion ’ . I ’ m doing i t t he hard way, as my wife, Mary is also getting a Ph.D . - in her case, i n

psychology.” Fred also continues to fly with the A F R eser v e a t W est o v er . They are flying the C-123 and as Fred puts it he is w or ki ng his w ay through college. He also passed on that Bill WECKER is on the faculty of

t he U niver sit y o f C hicago ’ s busi ness school and t eaches st a t i st i c s. B i l l w a s j ust r ecent ly elevated to A ssociat e Pr o f essor . Bill has been very helpful in

steering Fred aroung some of the obstacles of the Ph.D. pr ogram t her e.

A l so f ound in m y mai lbox w as t he A OG elect i on bal lot and I hope everyone will respond accordingly and exercise their r ight t o vot e. T he

ballot was in itself a source of news: Lloyd HA RM ON h a s m o v ed f r o m RA F Lakenheath and taken up a Surgeon’s post at the U SA FA H ospit al . Periodically my requests (pleas) for information do el icit r esponses. I n a recent column in this publication I wondered where A lice w as. W ell , Alice doesn’t live there anymore. A lice is, of course, A l i ce M A R T I N E S and she wrote to let me — and you — know j ust where she i s living —

K or ea. She w as in U t ah but Jack decided t o ext end in K o r ea f o r t w o

years. They have new family housing there, but to quote A lice “ . . . they are really pioneers again. In spite of all the hassels, w e l o v e i t . T h er e i s never a dull minute . . .” A lice was also kind enough t o co r r ect a cl a i m t hat had M i k e H A RL E Y i n K i nchloe. I n f act M i ke i s at Minot (why not?) and commands the 23rd Bomb Squadron. Thanks A lice. N o w I w i l l o n ce

agai n go out on a lim b and announce Bud G I L L I GA N is at L or ing as commander of an A ir Refueling Squadron. I f I ’m wrong please t ell D ick

SULA —he was responsible for the above info. Break! Break ! Bill RITCH IE has been elected Vice President

Class of '64 A ttendees

Cap ital Chap ter Wing D ing - M arch 30, 1981 This column begins on a sad note this time, as it sometimes m u st . D o r i s

M A N N I N G w as a good f r iend t o t hose o f us f or t unat e enough t o k now or serve with J.D . and her over the years. She passed aw ay on Febr uar y 22, from the cancer she had been fighting for over a year . J.D . is assigned t o

the staf f of the Naval War College as A ir Force representative, w i t h daughters Kerry and Diana. He says he has no immediate plans t o m ove or request a reassignment because he enj oys his work a n d t h e en v i r o n ment at the War College is probably as good a place a s c o u l d b e f o u n d f o r the adj ustments to come. J.D . said he especially appreciates t h e ca r e a n d concer n o f al l t he many f r iends w ho have w r it ten and ca l l ed . D o r i s

MA NNING was a courageous, sensitive, kind person, with a n en v i a b l e

com binat i on of int el ligence and com m on sense. She w as indeed a f r iend , a n d sh e w i l l b e m i ssed .

I have several changes of address to pass on this time, w it h W ayne CORDER now located at 2 Staf ford Circle, Ft walton Beach , F L 32548,

and ser ving w it h t he 20t h SO S at H ur lburt Fiel d . C ar ver SE A R S i s b a c k —

M ai ntenance A dm i ni st r at ion f or U nit ed A ir l ines. I n 19 7 5 B i l l w a s n a m ed

Controller at the airline’s Maintenance Operations C en t er i n Sa n F r a n cisco. He returned to flying in December 1977 and continued a s a sec o n d of ficer until elected to the new post . Bill ’s of fice r em a i n s a t t h e Maintenance Operations Center . Congratulations Bill ! Ot her new s i ncludes: E d P I C K E N S at M ac D il l and the R D J T F -

acronyn for Rapid (questionable) Deployment (where?) J o i n t (disputable) Task (no comment) Force (if we can find enough t o call it a force). Don GORDON is settled in the Dominican Republic a n d ca n b e

reached through US MAAG DOMREP, APO Miami 34041. Congratula

tions are in order for Bill and Pam FLYNN ! They were m a r r i ed l a st D ecem ber 27t h . T heir new addr ess i s: 8 1 Brem erw eg, N R -i- 1 3 100 C el l e

W est Ger m any T hat is w hat t he note sai d ! Pam is t he f or m er Pam L ut t r ell . T o a n sw er a quest ion posed by Bill on how t o f ind t he addr esses o f cl a ssm a t es st a t i o n

ed overseas I would advise using the REGI STER OF GRA DUATES. T h e index in the back of the book lists graduates by alphabetical or der and , most importantly, by location by class. Two other changes find Dick SLOWI K at the Pentagon (since Oct ober) in XOOOA . He describes his j ob as Command Post in nature a n d i n

volves shi f t w or k . Jim JA M E RSO N is t he A ssistant D O f o r t h e 2 3 T F W “ Flyi ng T iger s” at E ngland A F B , L A .

To close I would like to paraphrase a recent A ir Force T i m es a r t i cl e o n Jimmie BUTLER. Lt Col Jimmie H . Butler , director of t h e A d v a n ced Cruise M issle Technology Program in the A eronautical Syst em s Division’s Deputy for Development Planning, was awarded t h e 19 80 A i r Force Historical Foundation Award for the best study. T he st udy , a book-length paper entitled “ Crickets on a Steel Tiger : T h e I n t er d i ct i o n o f

flying tankers at Beale A FB, after five years in Systems C o m m a n d a t

W r ight-Pat t er son . Bob C L E M E N T S has m oved t o N ort on A FB , w her e he is the commander of the 63rd FM S (new address - 23 1 H ast i ngs St . , Redlands, C A 92373) . In a dif ferent vein, there have been several changes o f j o b repor t ed : Joe

GRI FFITH is currently the A ssistant Director of Ops a n d R ea d i n ess f o r Operational I nitiatives and Joint M atters, H Q USA F. D en n i s SU L T A N Y has become t he M innesot a St ate C om m ander o f t he U SA FA L i a i so n O f

ficers there (about 42 of them) . . . J.B. (Butch) M cG E H E E co n t i n u es h i s

m anagement of m i lit ar y per sonnel , and i s now t he C hief o f t h e A i r m a n Management Division at AFMPC, Randolph AFB. Jim LEMON (he o f

the Robert J. persuasion) is now the A ssistant Deputy C o m m a n d er f o r Operations, 22nd Bomb Wing at March A FB. Jim has lived at 135 E St , M ar ch A FB , C A 925 18 si nce O ct ober .

Jef f BA KER left the good old USA in February for his t o u r a s A i r A t

tache i n Rangoon , Bur m a. Jef f had been in t he D C ar ea f o r so m e t i m e i n preparation for the assignment . This included language t r aini ng ( f or

Shirley too), and getting a dose of all the “ must have i n f o ” t h a t a t t a ch es keep in their hip pockets (or the lining of their j ackets). Roger

N E E L A N D is in W ashingt on D C as an A ir For ce det ailee at FA A , w her e

he’s Chief of the A irborne Systems Branch, Systems R esea r c h a n d Development Service. Roger loves his j ob, has managed t o st ay in t he cockpit (T39s at A ndrews), pinned on the silver leaves last O ct ober , and i s even (with some considerable help from Linda) planning a n a d d i t i o n t o the family in M ay! ! ! Roger, keep up the good work ! Roger mentioned that M ai BURGESS is also at FAA , and h a s b een f o r some time. M ai is very busy in the Of fice of Flight O perat i ons, and is on the “ customer” side of the systems development work t hat Roger does. A lso heard that Rick WA L SH has moved to Vanderberg A F B w h er e h e ’ s the commander of a radar tracking outfit . Ron GROWDEN c o n t i n u es a s the Ops Of ficer of the T39 detachment at Eglin A FB. 39

L es and L inda BA E R visit ed last m ont h f r om W r ight -Patt er son . I t ’ s

great to see friends again, and the “ little Baers’ ’ ( L isa and L ance) are growing up very quickly . . . j ust a reminder that t i m e m a r ch es o n . . . a l l our kids seem to be getting to the age where they remind u s o f o u r o w n i n cr easing ages.

The Capital Chapter of the A OG had a great dinner on M a r c h 2 8 a t A ndrews A FB O-Club. The guest speaker was none other t h a n o u r o w n

inim it able A OG Executi ve D i rect or . . . t he C I N C C heck point s . . . t h e OIC Academy A rt treasures, bequeaths, and memorial act ivit ies, Jim WHEELER. Jim denied being the annointed representative of t he Supt ,

the Comm, and the Dean, but he was able to very succinctly co v er a l l t h ei r ground for us. Seriously, it was a good evening, and a ver y in f or mat ive one as well . A s you can see from the photo, besides Sandy and I , among the gala crowd were Dick and Carolyn SLYE, Bob and Sandy H O V D E ,

and t he af orement ioned N EE L A N D cr ew . John and June G RA V E S got t her e in t he nick o f t i me f or the ent i r e event , alt hough i t ’ s r u m o r ed t h a t John tried to have dinner at Bolling - but nobody else was t her e. M aybe next year John . . . N ot a w hole lot o f new s t his t im e ar ound . I k now t her e’ s a l o t o u t t h er e somewhere, and I really need you to get it to me. I don ’ t have any sel f addressed stamped envelopes to include with this literary pr ize, so you t ake car e of t hat f or me. W R I T E ! ! A nd one last t hing: does anybody k now w here D an K EA RN S is??? So long unt il next t i me. JG

F r a n ci s X . M cC a n n

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Hello again from Beantown - Not much news this issue d u e t o a sh o r t turn-around on submitting articles for the spring issue. T h e ed i t o r s a r e a t tempting to get the magazine back on schedule. First of all, if any of you are wondering about the st a t u s o f o u r cl a ss plaque, is is paid for and in place. Thanks to those w h o co n t r i b u t ed . Also, a belated congratulations to 65’s newest selectees f o r 0 - 6 — J o h n BLA H A and M ike RYA N. A s you know, John was selected f or t he space shuttle program and is currently undergoing training a t t h e J o h n so n Space Center. M ike is the A ssistant Deputy for Operations at M cD ill , and will be soon transferring to the Pentagon. He will be w or k ing i n X OO somewhere in the vicinity of the “ Purple Water Fountain’ ’ . Sc o t t DUNCA N called f rom sunny California where he and Donna h a v e b een running in the Hollywood circles for the past few years. H e h a s b een i n the A ir For ce’ s Public Relat ions o f f ice t her e and w or k i ng on pr oj ect s such as a two hour TV Special on Red Flag, which is to be air ed about a year

from now. A ll good things must come to an end though, a n d t h i s su m mer , Scott will also be heading for a tour at the Pentagon.

SH O RT N OT ES: N or m K OM N I C K is cur r ent ly C om m ander of t h e 318th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (F- 106’s) at McChord A F B , W A . Bi ll

Cole recently left a j ob with the FAA and is now flying a s a F i r st P i l o t f o r Sout hwest A ir l ines. H e is based in D al las. Jim RO BI N SON m o v ed f r o m

Sacramento to Loomis, Ca and is still with the Woodman A cc i d en t a n d

L i f e C o . H ow ie H I L L has lef t M A C H q . and is now at Char lest on A F B , S .C .

I told you it would be short . Need those cards and l et t er s . Sh o r t n o t es on change of address cards also help. E ddy Shir ley

4 4 60 C o l d b r o o k e C o u r t

A lexandria, V A 22306 H om e: (703) 765-37 17 A V : 225-0939, 227-2889 D ear Red T ags,

We were all dimimished by the recent death of Steve M O N A G A N .

St eve w as kil led i n the cr ash o f a B-26 at Edw ar ds A F B . A t t h e t i m e o f h i s death he was employed as a civilian test pilot . Our deepest sym pat hy is ex tended to M art ha and the childr en . T heir addr ess i s: c/ o John M or r issey 2 18 Count ry C lub Road W at er bury , C onn . 06708

sure you will agree that Lieutenant Colonels (and their w ives) ar e m uch younger than we had originally thought . There’ll be ev en m o r e si l v er leaves and eagles in the coming year . Jim WHEELER, 64 was the guest speaker at the annual “ St a t e o f t h e Wing’ ’ dinner at A ndrews A FB. There was a good attendance by t he Capitol Chapter of the AOG. 66ers present were Dick M cC O O N , L yn DUDLY, Hugh and Kathy GOMM EL , Tom and Dottie LEI B, (T om is the President of the Capitol Chapter), Paul and Pat SPE N C E R , Bo b and Pam WA LKER and Eddy and Faye SH I RLEY . Jim elightened u s o n changes in the Cadet Wing and plans for the future. A good t ime w as had by all . RE D T A G G RA P EV I N E : Sid W I SE w as assigned t o X O X in t h e P en

tagon. Welcome aboard, Sid! Jerry A L LEN was kind enough t o c a l l m e after his f irst requalification flight in the FB- 111. T han ks a lot , Jer r y ! L ou T U RPE N is t he Gener al M anager o f t he San Fr ancisco I n t er n a t i o n a l

A irport . His phone number is (415) 876-2121. Give him a cal l i f you ’ r e i n

t he area. N or m RA T H JE has com plet ed A C SC and is being assigned t o M PC . Bil l RA N K I N is at t ending t he D ef ense Syst em s M anagem ent C our se i n D .C . I owe H ugh GO M M E L an apology . I n a r ecent colum n , I l isted all t he 66er s in D C , but neglected t o ment ion H ugh . H e i s pr oduc tively employed in PA as the F- 16 programmer. Several o f us hope he can

program us into his aircraft . John MA RSHA LL will assume co m m a n d o f the 555th TFTS (F-15) at Luke A FB on May 1st . Dick B E T H E R U M w i l l be John’s ops of ficer. With such quality leadership, t he “ T r iple N ick le’ ’ should really excel ! Bruce TORO is the Vice President o f a con sul t i ng f ir m in T ucson . H e came t o D C and had a 22nd Sq uadr on m i n i - r eu n i o n w it h D ick M cCO N N , M i ke W H E E L E R and me. H ugh GO M M E L c a m e

as an “ honorary’ ’ 22nd Sqdn troop. Dick THOM PSON is t h e T - 3 8

Squadron Commander at Laughlin. Randy JAYNE is spending t w o

weeks flying a guard F-4C at Red Flag. Denny MA IER says t hat repor t s of his leaving active duty are greatly exaggerated. H e’ s st i l l i n t h e A i r Force at Samso and expects to be transferred this summer . G ar y V A N VA L IN has completed the F-4 RTU at MacDill and is enroute t o t h e 8t h T FW at K unsan . Ron M O REY has t r aded t he r ai n o f M cC hor d f o r t h e sum mer sun o f L i tt le Rock . Bil l H U D SP ET H has gone f r om R a m st ei n t o Rhein Main to be the ops of ficer of the 7th SOS. When he ar r ives, he’ ll f ind Ji m RO BE RT S as an i nst r uct or nav in t he 7t h . Bill H E I T M A N i s t h e flight surgeon of the 428th TFS at Nellis. Ron BOATRIGHT is f l ying A - 10s at Bent w at er s. A lso at Bent w at er s ar e D uane a n d C o n n i T W A Y .

Duane flies the A -10 and works in Quality Control . C o n n i e t ea c h es business courses at the university level . Bob HA UGE is leaving Pease in June to go to Hanscom as an engineer on the E-3A for E SD . J i m B O N E Y

will go the MAC/ XP after ACSC. Joe NARSAVAGE will escape f r o m

the Pentagon after 3 years to fly the F-l l l E at Upper H ey f or d . Good show, Joe! A lso going to England is H arry ICKE, who w i l l a t t en d t h e RAF college at A ir Warfare at Cranwell . Geof f EGGE w ill go t o t he Australian War College. Jamie GOUGH goes across the r i v er f r o m t h e Pentagon to attend the National War College. Ron BLA KE, M i k e BLA I R, and Ron BROOKS comprise the A laska mafia. Luke C L O SSO N

lives in A t lant a w her e he is an air line pi lot , att or ney , a n d r eser v e o f f i cer . Not bad for a prep schooler, Luke! Phil DI BB works f or N or den Syst em s in Norwalk, Conn. Rusty GIDEON will leave A WC for a j o b at Syst em s

Command Headquarters at A ndrews. Ken HA CKER was visiting t h e Pentagon, but had no plans to move here from SAC HQ. D o n H A U SA M is on the ops staf f in Iceland. Jim HERNA NDEZ is a f am ily counselor i n Seattle. Dick LEE is a pilot for Eastern A irlines in M i a m i . F r i t z McDOUGA LL moved from TAC HQ to J-3 at EUCOM . Jim MUL LEN is the city manager in Casper , Wyoming. Dave OA KES v i si t ed t h e P en tagon recently. He’s at Kirtland working on advanced a i r - t o - a i r m i ssi es.

A lso at K i rt land ar e C hr is K O PT and Roger SC OT T . Bi ll R Y A N i s a t M at her as an inst r uct or nav . C huck SC R I BN E R is i n A r m y ops in t he Pentagon. Bob Sutherland is a Texaco distributor in P or t land , O r egon . Paul Viotti goes to EUCOM this summer as the deputy polit ical advisor t o Gener al A llen . John G ROZ I E R w i ll spend an ext r a year at L ak enheat h where he will be j oined by Dan CECIL . Nick KEHOE is t he A F Rep t o

the Royal College of Defense Studies in London. LOST RED TA GS: I f anyone knows the address of the following classmates, please contact Jim Wheeler or me: John D Y E R , L ar r y L UNDHOLM , Dan PA TRI CK, Damon RI CKA RD , Prabbadh RIDDHA GNI , Bryan STUA RT and Carl WA L LA CE. There was no great stampede to take over the column. T he o f f er t o pass the baton is still open. I ’ve been the class secretary f or f our year s, and I f eel t hat t he colum n needs a f resh out look . K eep t hose car ds, let t er s and Best W i shes, calls comi ng . E ddy

H O M E C O M I N G 19 8 1

Congratulations to all the new Lieutenant Colonels i n t h e cl a ss . W e h a d

176 eligible in the the Primary Zone and 134 were selected f o r a 7 6 . 1%

select ion r at e. T his w as w ell above t he A ir Force aver age o f 6 3 .0 % . I ’ m 40

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67er t her e, t her e w as a m essage f or each o f us f r om General T al lman , soon t o ret ir e. H e pinpoi nted hi s, and our , m ost di f f icult chal lenge as motivating positive esprit among Cadets while at USA FA . H e challenged us t o maxim ize our contact s w it h t he C adet s t ow ar d t his goal . . . A nd speaking of area chapter events. I ’d be delighted to pr int per sonal view

points from some of you on af fairs (?) you attend.

A O G U pd ates: Joe H O L B RO O K , E ldene, and 3 chil dr en have m o v ed t o Bellevue, W A , w here Joe has become t he Seatt le Plant G en er a l

M anager f or Pepsi/ Seven-Up. Congrat ulat ions also to M i k e FRA NCISCO on his marriage to Patricia and his promotion t o Ops O f ficer . Mike TRA PUZZA NO is in the F- 16 (not F-4) as a n I P a n d A ssi s tant Chief of Training, 56 TFW . Lynn DA M RON is going t o t h e F -4 G after A CSC. Tom EVA NS is now flight Examiner in the U -2, and O per at i ng L ocat ions O ps O f f icer w hen T D Y f r om Beale A F B . St ev e

LA NDERS has made his move from Michigan State back t o t h e U SA F A

in t he C hem i st ry D epar tm ent . Ber nie H A H N st il l f l ies f o r E a st er n A i r L i nes and now i s based in M iam i , FL . A r t L EA C H is at A r m ed F o r ces Staf f C ollege, N or f olk , V A . On a somber not e, upon seeing t hat D on SH A Y has been changed f rom M IA and KIA status, I had my usual mixed feelings about such changes. I

haven’t heard f rom anyone concerning our unfinished M I A b u si n ess (reference my comments last issue), and I ’d like to; anyone w i lli ng t o shar e opini ons/ f eelings?

D an & D onna M organ enj oy the evening ’s f esti vi ties with f or mer C o m m a n d a n t B G en . T o m R i c h a r d s.

A s w e move int o Spr ing, I i nf er that it has become a busy season f or all of us. M y guess com es f r om my ow n li f e event s and f r om t he scar cit y o f your let ter s (hint ! hi nt !) . M y deadline is 30 Jun 8 1, and I cr ave let ter s, post car ds, memos, phone call s, and w ould even w elcome car r ier pigeons or (and?) graf fiti written on otherwise clean toliet paper . Per haps some o f

you are like me: a quick post card can actualize good i n t en t i o n s w h i c h otherwise might not make time enough to produce a letter. My own life events included spending 3 weeks in Virginia o n em er g en cy leave, hospitalizing my mother for what may be senile d em en t i a . So m e o f you have already faced the dif f iculty of making decisions for an aging parent ’s care and know what a consuming challenge that is. A mazingly , I also seem to have learned this quarter how to stay “ caught up ’ ’ on paper work at the of f ice. Wow!- what applause (etc!) at home! I t i s a n ew lifestyle for me, but one to which I hope to become accust omed- af t er my disser t at ion is f inished at home, o f cour se! N ow I am loo ki ng towar d t he most intensive part of my training- impatient psychiatry- from M ay t hr ough A ugust .

Special request: USA FA ’s first A lumni College will b e 14 - 2 0 J u n 8 1. Would one of you attending please take photographs o f as m any 67er s as

you can manage to gat her f or inclusion w it h t his col umn i n t h e n ex t C heckpoint s? W ould you even dare t o volunteer ahead of t ime?! N ote my deadli ne of 30 Jun , and f eel f r ee to cal l me collect with a verbal report of

your impressions for my writeup. I had hoped to attend t h i s l a n d m a r k ex perience, myself , but am not allowed TDY or leave during my psych inpa

t ient t r aining.

While in Virginia I had a great visit with Jim and Stacy H O GA RT Y and their growing family. A fter a great meal in their home, w e had a r ich discussion about our own religious reawakenings and r esu l t a n t ef f ect s o n life views. Jim says his j ob as a program and budget m o n i t o r o n t h e I n

telligence Com muni ty staf f , a block f r om t he W hit e H ouse, has really opened his eyes: a bureaucracy is needed to integrate t he diver sit y o f i n puts required to develop a budget . The only other classmate f am ily I managed to visit on that consuming trip was Doug and N ancy

HA WKINS’ , with whom I had another memorable evening. Christmas greetings from Bob, Sue, and Diana (3) WA RREN d i d n o t make the last issue but were much appreciated. Bob i s o n h i s f i f t h o f

about seven year s at t he Pentagon and runs t he “ Joint T a ct i ca l C o m

munications Program” and “ A F Fiber Optics Program” i n A F / R D . Evidently he agrees with the message “ Doc” DOUGHERTY sends, “ Contrary to popular belief , the Pentagon and Washington D C ca n b e a super place t o wor k and live.”

Locally, the A lamo Area AOG got going in grand style w i t h t h ei r f i r st annual Founder’s Day Dinner. Guest speaker, Lt . Gen. T all man (cur rent Superintendent), Brig. Gen. Robert F. McDermott (Ret .) (longest t enur ed dean of the faculty), and Brig. Gen. Robert M . Stillman (Ret .) ( f ounding Commandant), were awarded honorary memberships in the C hapt er . A lso attending were Brig. Gen. Tom Richards and Brig. G en . B u d Breckner, until recently Commandant and Vice-Commandant , b o t h n o w stationed in San A ntonio. A dditionally, in fact , there seem ed t o b e a

gener al of f icer at every table; rem i nded me o f som e l u n ch t i m es i n M i t -

Class of ‘67 Cap ital Chap ter Wing D ing M arch 30, 1981

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A ll right Zoomies, fall in and suck it up! Time for t he spr ing buck up ! You guys have been sloughing of f for the past 13 years a n d i t s t i m e t o clean up your acts. Well , of course, similar exhortations (and w or se) ar e bouncing around the Zoo right now. Except Firsties ar e not goi ng t o be

i nvolved since t hey have t r ansit ioned i nt o t he “ br evet l i eu t en a n t ” m o d e . This is an experiment in treating them as human beings in t he f ai nt hope t hat t hey can relear n how t o act li k e t hem . June W eek again comes in M ay; graduation is on the 27th. A fter a distinguished t our as Super inten

dent , and many years of dedicated service. General T a l l m a n r et i r es t h i s

June. W e w ish hi m t he best in hi s r et ir em ent , and l oo k f o r h i s c o n t i n u ed suppor t o f A cadem y and gr aduat e act i vit ies. The maj or graduate activity of the year occurred in lat e M ar ch or ear ly A pr il as var ious chapter s ar ound t he w or ld held “ Founder s D ay ” din

ners. Jim Wheeler, AOG Executive Director , flew out t o b e w i t h t h e Capital Chapter at A ndrews and give the assembled grads and spouses (two ladies from the Class of ’80 attended) the lowdown on doi ngs at USA FA . It was a nice evening. But ’68 turn out was a meager , w it h m e, Marty COLE, and new daddy Don SUTTON there (Wendy was h o m e caring for the young man, while Don danced up a storm w it h every gir l in the place - j ust kidding, Wendy) M ostly we talked about get ti ng old . Best story in that category went to Marty. Seems his boy, t r ying t o mak e M art y feel good, said he didn’t think Daddy was bald. Now M art y w ould have felt j ust f ine if the nipper had stopped with that . But f eeli ng com pel led t o prove his assertion, the kid very clearly (and accurately) point ed out t hat , after all, you can’t be bald if you have “ nine hairs.” T hi s boy has a f ut ur e w i t h D o n R i c k el s !

Easter season i s upon us. C her ry blossoms, dogw ood t r ees, t ulips,

cleansing rains, and cool breezes. It ’s really beautiful in W ashingt on t his

t i me of t he year and ever yt hing seem s a lit t le nicer . L itt le L eague i s of f t o a smashi ng st ar t ; M ar k Jr .’ s t eam scor ed eight runs in t he f ir st inning, and then grudgingly gave up 13 in the second. A nother sign o f spr ing her eabout s is t he “ f or sale’ ’ signs t hat spr out on law ns. O ur place w il l get o ne t his year , as w e prepar e f or a PC S t o Y o kot a in Septem ber . W e ar e l oo k ing f or w ar d t o bei ng i n t he Far East , and w elcome any t ips on w her e t o t r avel and w hat t o buy f r om m or e t r avelw i se classmat es a n d w i v es. G r eat new s f or sever al o f t he guys on t he r ecent lieutenant co l o n el boar d . Select ed i n t he pri mar y zone w er e W .J . Berger t , G .R . D ur ham , J .A . G oyet t e, W .M . Gut h , C .R . H olland , M .H . L ong, L .W . M it chell , R .L . Per ry , D .M . P hil lips and E .A . T homas. Secondary zone select ees i ncluded C .H . C oolidge, J .M . D orger , B .A .

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Gerrity, R.J. Hager, W .C. Lamont , M . Navarro, and S.W . St u a r t . Congratulations, sirs, and don’t spend the raise all in one place.

L ET T E RS; L ar ry M A A H S has j ust w eat hered his f ir st wi nter w i t h sn o w in 13 years. Now at Hanscom as A ssistant Chief of Staf f , ESC , L ar r y came t here f r om Edw ar ds, w her e he w as aide t o t he C dr , A F Fl ight T est C ent er and Pr oj M gr f or t he Rest r ict ed A r ea R-2508 E n h a n cem en t P r o gram. A t Edwards, Larry also flew A-37s and T-38s as a chase pilot . Jan and L ar ry have a boy (9) and t w in gir ls (each i s 6) . Jan has r ecent ly em bar ked on a civil ser vice career . L ar r y has r un int o M i ke O ’ BR I E N , w ho i s also assigned at H anscom . M a u r i ce a n d A n t o n i a E C U N G sen t n ew s o f t h e b i r t h o f A l l i so n i n

M ar ch , w ho j oi ns M elanie (2) . T hey ar e all at M axwell (A C SC) and plan

ning a move this summer to Los Angeles, where Maurice w i l l t ea c h R O T C

at L oyola. A M ar ch baby also appear ed in t he K E L SO household , t his one a male, M at t hew Ryan . P H O N E C A L L S: Bill W OO D cal led t o br ag on t heir new est addit ion , D enni s M ichael , bor n in Febr uary . L ook s li ke we have several very per sis t ent classm at es! C ongrat ulat ions t o all o f you . Bi ll passes on t hat D ave H U N N is now a JA G at T or r ej on , C ar l JA N SSEN is i n synf uels w i t h A naconda in D enver , and Blair ST E W A RT is an M X man w i t h M a r t i n M ariet ta. I al so t al k ed to E r nie H O U G H T O N , w ho is a N A T O A i r

A nalyst with DIA and expects to return to flying duties i n 19 82 t o m eet a gate. Finally, Don MOTZ has been selected by A FIT to pur sue an M S in computer science at the Naval Postgraduate School in M ont erey t his sum

mer . Beef up on your byt es and binar ies, D on . C H A N GE RS: Ber t BA U E R t o G rand For k s, as D pty Base C E ; Rocky GA I N E S t o M r . H ome (F- 111A Fit C dr) ; Bill H EM B RO U G H t o T u c so n ,

A z. on active duty with the A NG Fighter Weapons Of f ice; C h u c k J O N E S t o T ravis A FB ; M i k e M OFF I T T t o PA X T B , A i r St af f ; D on M R O SL A t o T ravis, 22A F ; Ray SC H U D E R t o t he F BI ’ s C hicago of f ice; A l f o n so

VA ZQUEZ to Elmhurst , II with United A L ; and Roger WI LES t o

Gr eenham C om m on , U K , as an RA F exchange o f f icer . A nd t hank s t o t he f ol low ing guys f or put t ing not es o n t h ei r m em b er ship renewal forms. Cort DUROCHER is now with the 23 T A SS at D -M ,

A Z . B i l l F I N L I N SO N i s a U SA F A L i a i so n O f f i cer f o r t h e F o r t W o r t h area. George HOERTER is Chief Test Pilot , Airborne L a ser L a b a t K ir tland . Pat H U R L EY says he st ill suppor t s A SD as r eser v i st . H e a l so

says that Bob POH LMAN is now his neighbor and Pat is coaching Bob ’ s son i n T -Ball (Pat , t ell Bob t o answ er m y let t er s) . Pat sees Bill M C K E E ,

M ike CRYER, and John ROM INGER occasionally. Dick PROBERT i s in hi s second year at GW U M edical school i n D .C . Ji m T H O M P SO N i s a

partner in the law firm of Kutak, Rock, and Huie in D en v er . A n d St ev e M A R L I E R i s now manager o f I BM ’ s C hicago M idt ow n br anch o f f i ce . Final thought . I f any of your kids, or your wife for t hat m at t er , begi n

to complain about how you treat them, take them to see “ T h e G r ea t Santini .’’ It’s a very good study of the military family. M ari ne C or ps st yle. See you in A ugust ; enj oy your vacat ions and/ or P C S m o v es .

I hope this spring is proving as beautiful as ours in K ansas C it y . A pr i l 1st and the peas are already six inches above ground. L o o k s l i k e t h e

ear liest harvest in my gar dening exper ience. Our t hank s t o St eve K A Y f or a ver y enj oyable and in f orm at ive l et t er . He also provided a picture taken at a get-together in Fuller t on , C ali f or ni a in August , 1980. The purpose of the gathering was to pr esent t he par ent s o f Ron BO N D w it h a f alcon m odel in appr eciat io n o f t hei r signi f icant cont r ibut ion t o t he 1969 class w all plaque f und . T hose pict ur ed ar e, f r om left to right : Carl KEI L , Steve KA Y, M r . and Mrs. BOND, St an RO SE N , and Bi ll M A R V E L . C ar l , St eve, St an and Bill met at SA M SO i n L .A . a n d d rove t o Ful lert on w her e M r . and M r s. Bond ar e cur r ent ly living. T hey presented M r. and M rs. Bond with a falcon model . Two pr evious at

tempts at delivery by mail had resulted in total destruction o f t h e m o d el .

T o m B A U M G A R D N E R c o o r d i n a t ed t h e ef f o r t s f r o m U SA F A a n d t h e

t hir d att em pt w as successf ul .

Steve reports that M r . and M rs. Bond are quite active in pur sui ng any leads on mi ssing in act ion per sonnel f r om V iet nam . R o n i n d i c at es t h a t t h e Bonds invited “ al l o f us t o come back any t im e.” I a m n o t su r e i f t h i s r ef er s t o t he advance cont i ngent o f f our or t he ent i re C l a ss o f ‘ 6 9 . O n behal f o f t he C lass o f ‘ 69, I w i sh t o t hank our f our em i ssa r i es f o r representing the class personally with M r . and M rs. B o n d . I a l so w i sh t o express the appreciation of the entire Class of ‘69 t o M r . a n d M r s . B o n d

f o r t hei r cont inued int erest and suppor t o f the C lass o f ‘69, t he A cademy , and t hose w ho ser ved unsel f ishly in Sout heast A sia .

Ron reports that Carl KEI L is a navigator coming to t h e en d o f a

car eer -broadening assignment w it h SA M SO . H e is due t o be r eassigned t o Europe. Ron indicates that Carl remains one of the very f ew r ock s o f ‘ 69.

(I f I remember correctly, the term “ rock” refers to t h e m a r i t a l st a t u s o f

an individual .) St an RO SE N is al so assigned t o SA M SO . H e a n d L i sa were expecting their second child which should certainly have ar r ived by n o w .

B i l l a n d M a r t i M A R V E L r esi d e i n t h e L .A . B a si n w h er e she is car eer ing a s a st ew a r d ess a n d B i l l i s a c t i v e i n h i s r ea l est a t e business w hile m anagi ng

t o f l y in his spare t ime. St eve and L inda K A Y have moved t o a new home. T hey st ayed in t he M ar ina D el Ray dist r ict . L inda i s a piano t echnician a n d i s i n v o l v ed i n

tuning and rebuilding pianos. Steve continues to be a c t i v e i n c o n st r u c t i o n a n d r ea l est a t e m a r k et .

Sever al w eek s ago I r eceived a cal l f r om the biggest Falcon ‘ 69er , Cl i f f PA RSO N S. C li f f w as i n St . L oui s on business w it h his n e w c o m p a n y . C ont ainer C or por at i on o f A mer ica. A s it w as ver y lat e w hen w e t al k ed , I

hope that I remembered the name of his company accurately. I f i t w a s

C ont inent al C an , t hen I apologize. C li f f . N ow f or in f or mat i on supplied f r om change of addr ess f o r m s a n d n ew s releases: Fir st , some addit i onal in f or m at ion on St an R O SE N . St a n h a s completed his doctorate in engineering at the University o f St ut tgar t , Ger many and his position at SA M SO now involves his capacity as Special A ssistant f or Poli cy , Secr et ar y o f t he A i r Force, O f f ice o f Special Pr o

j ects. Larry HOWELL will be arriving at the Academy i n J u n e t o t ea c h i n the Economics and Management Department . Rick GRA NDJEA N h a s been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel ef fective July 18, 1981. H e i s goi ng J u n e W eek C er em o n i es

PCS to M at her A ir For ce Base, C ali f or nia on Jul y 1, 19 8 1. R i ck w i l l b e involved i n f am ily pr act ive medicine. Ron E R I C K SO N i s at T r a v i s A i r For ce Base and was pr om oted t o M aj o r . Bi ll D A L EC K Y has been assign-

ed as A OC of C adet Squadr on 22. St eve RA M SD E L L is an i n st r u ct o r

pilot in EC-135s with the 4th A BN Command Control Squadron, E llswort h A i r Force Base, Sout h D akot a. John D A V I D SO N w a s p r o moted to Director of Corporate Planning at Twentieth Cent ur y-Fox Film

Corporation. M ike BECKER has been assigned to CINCPA C/ J43 i n

A i rli f t Oper at ions.

T h a t ’ s a l l t h e n ew s f o r t h i s i ssu e . I l o o k f o r w a r d to hear i ng f r om m any c l a ssm at es i n t h e n ex t f ew w eek s.

There were some news inputs from the membership renewal f o r m s a n d

change-o f -addr ess f or m s. Rick L E SC H has st ar t ed his o w n l a w f i r m i n

D en v er . C h u c k R E E D h a s a l so st a r t ed h i s o w n l a w f i r m i n Sa n J o se .

C huck is specializi ng in business, r eal est ate, and civil litigation. George

KEYS is an associate attorney with Fried, Frank, Harris, Sh r i v er a n d Kampelman in Washington, D .C. Don GA BRESKI is currently get t ing checked out in F-4’s and then will be going to Iceland. Ray BSH E RO w as at A -7 school i n January and Febr uar y and w ill f ly f o r t h e A N G i n P i t t

sburgh. Cec SNYDER is in Test Pilot School along with K a r l H U T C H I N

SO N and Jim BRE C H W A L D . M i ke L Y O N S i s at N or t h C ar oli na St a t e i n an A F I T pr ogr am i n app lied m at h . John and M ar i on SO L T I S a n d t h ei r t hr ee daught er s w il l be goi ng t o T ink er af t er John ’ s r at ed supplem ent . John will be flying the E-3A . John and Marylyn DEFI LI PPO recent l y

moved to Dallas, and they are expecting their third c h i l d . D i c k SW A N SON will be back at USA FA in June to teach physics. J o e Y O R K w r o t e that Gary DA H LEN got married on Valentine’s Day. Joe t hink s G ary i s t he last in t he class t o get m ar r ied . A lex A L E X A N D E R i s w i t h A m er i ca n

A irline at LaGuardia, I think. Roy A LM EI DA has started a n A F I T assignment to get a M S degree in microbiology. He is at t he U niver sit y o f

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T exas H ealt h Sci ence C ent er in San A nt onio . Ji m A N D RE W S i s i n Goldsbor o , N C , as o f Januar y . Rick BA K E R has been at Y o k o t a si n c e

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last A ugust . Steve BA RNES has been in Glendale, A Z , si n c e D ecem b er . Gary BA XTER has been in Layton, UT , since A ugust . Larry G R A Y SO N wrote that instead of moving to Bedford, TX , they are in I r vi ng, T X . H e

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This will be the last time I will be writing you. Mike R O SE ca l l ed t o volunteer to write future articles. He is living here in the Springs working as a broker for Big Star Realty. He married a local girl about two years ago and says he will be here permanently. Doug KI RKPATRI CK wrote form the alert pad at Plattsburgh. H e i s in FB-l l l ’s there. He and Dotti are expecting number 5 in M ay , mak ing one new family member at each of their assignments. D oug is t aki ng an

A F I T assignment in July 1980 and w il l r et ur n t o U SA FA i n J u n e 19 8 5 .

Doug passed on some info on classmates in the Plattsburgh a r ea . R i c k

M U RROW is an I P i n FB- 111 C CT S, and C ook ie V I L L A REA L i s i n t h e K C- 135. Rick , M ar sha, and 4 lit t le M ur r ow s ar e scheduled t o a r r i v e a t

USA FA in June where Rick will be teaching math. Doug sa i d t h a t B i l l LI NCOLN is in Layton, UT and flys A -7’s at Buckley. A ccor ding t o

D oug, Bill and Shar on j ust added number 6. T hank s f or t he new s, D oug .

is f lying f or A m er ican A ir li nes out o f D allas-Ft . W ort h . T i m K I N N A N i s in Largo, FL , ef fective January. Richard O’CONNER has gone t o Rhei n

M ain. Bill PORTER is flying RF-4’s at Shaw. Jef f QUI RK m o v ed f r o m Santa Clara to Redondo Beach, CA . George RA YL has been l ivi ng i n

C hula V ist a, C A , since D ecem ber . T im SH A RK E Y m oved t o N or f ol k ,

VA in January. Bob STOVER is a missionary with the N ew s T r i b es M i s sion. He is in Wyoming now but is going to M exico in A pr il . B ill

ST R I C K L A N D is a behavor ial scient ist her e at U SA FA i n t h e Regist r ar ’ s O f f ice. H e has been her e si nce D ecem ber . I am sorry I don’t have an address for M ike now, but i f you w ant t o write, you can send letters to me for now, and I will pass t hem on t o him . D a v e F r o st m a n

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Homecoming ‘81 is fast approaching and we are heavily i n v o l v ed i n t h e planning for the best 10 year reunion ever . Elsewhere i n t h i s i ssu e t h er e i s a more detailed account of the planned events, but l et m e c o m m en t o n a f ew t hings. Fir st , w e have chosen t he A nt ler ’ s Pl aza H o t el a s o u r h ea d

quarters. For those of you who have never stayed there, o r u sed t h e f acil it ies, let me assure you t hat t he A nt ler ’ s i s a cl ass place. T he ac

comodations are superb and the food is outstanding. T he T hur sday night class par t y w il l be held in t he A nt ler ’ s Gr and Bal lr oom . M o r e d et a i l s o n

t his subj ect will be forthcoming. Second, we have asked f o r v o l u n t eer s t o be squadron reps for the H omecoming activities. A n up-t o-dat e li st o f those squadrons covered f ollows. A s you can see there a r e st i l l sev er a l unrepresented squadrons, so if yours is one of them, you can volunt eer by calling Vince LA NDRY at A v 259-3258 or me. The squadron reps w il l serve as points of contact to help get the word out and encour age par t icipat ion . Squadr on Reps

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09 Bob M anni ng . 1 1 R i c k Su l l i v a n . 12 R o n H a l e

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Finally, if you haven’t sent your interest count back t o us yet , please t ake a f ew m inut es now and do so . I n or der f or us t o ef f ect ively plan t his celebr at ion w e need t o k now w het her you t hi nk you can m a k e i t a n d w h a t

you want to do while you’re here. A nd now to the news. I had a nice letter from Cheryl A LLEN from Kadena. D anny is f lying F-15s there and enj oying it emmensely. Cheryl and Danny recent ly added a daughter, Stephanie, to their troupe of three boys and now say f our is enough. Thanks for your letter, Cheryl . From Change-of-Address ca r d s and notes passed along in AOG membership renewals came t he f ollow i ng tidbits: Nick HAUCK is No. 6 Opposing Solo for the T h u n d er b i r d s a t Nellis. Rusty LA NG is a C- 141 aircraft commander at N o r t o n a n d w i f e Kathy is an aircraft maintenance of ficer there. Richard M I L L E R w a s furloughed by United and is working as an account executive f o r M er r i l l Lynch and flying C- 130s for the Reserve. James KIELTYKA (now K I E L ) has started his own small business computer corporation i n C hicago . M ike FUHS, a maj or as of 9 Dec 80, was selected for a tw o year r esidency

F r ed K n o w l es 9 64 L a c o n D r .

N ew por t N ew s, V A 23602 48F I S L angley V A

in Endodont ics at W il f or d H al l beginni ng t his summer . St ev e M A R T I N i s

working as a systems analyst for Bell Technical Operations i n T u c so n a n d

announces t he ar r ival o f a baby gir l in January , t heir f i r st . P et er N E L SON announces t he bir th of a baby boy in Febr uar y . St ephen

TI LLER is flying F-4s at Seymour Johnson. Duane TEHEE i s en r o u t e t o Grand Forks as a B-52 AC. John SEVERSKI graduated from T est P i l o t

School i n D ecem ber and is fl ying F- 106s at T yndall . L ar r y SC H A E FE R is

the UH-I N program manager at Yokota. M arty PERI NA is a pr oj ect engineer for Hamilton Standard in Plainville, Conn. A 1 J E W E L L w en t f rom Dayton to San A ntonio. Thomas I RWIN is flying f or A mer ican , b a sed i n C a l i f o r n i a . R o n H E R R E m o v ed f r o m F t . W o r t h t o Sa n A n

tonio, Ken GINGRICH is in Mohringen, West Germany. A ndy

GA R RI SO N moved t o D anbur y , C onn . Bob BO REN is a sat ell it e sy st em s

development of ficer for Det LA , 1st ST RATA D at LA A FS. B o b B l ac k went from M ontgomery, A labama to Travis. Nate BA RD is f lying out o f England AFB, La. Bill MA KS is flying for Continental , b a sed i n D en v er .

Bob M A H E R i s f lying F-4s at H omest ead . Fi nally , Jef f W A R B U R T O N has an ext r a cadet saber i f anyone is int er ested . W r it e t o h i m a t 50 7 Su n D r ive, C asper , W yom ing 8260 1. T hat ’ s t he new s f or now . M or e H omecomi ng speci f ics n ex t t i m e . D o n ’ t forget to send in your interest count if you haven’t done so , volunteer t o be a squadr on rep , and w r it e me a not e w hen you renew your A O G

membership or send a Change of A ddress card.

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C.J ., R ozan, N ik k i, H eather and B r i t t A nderson C.J . - Class of 19 73 USA FA

I heard a rumor the other day: Somewhere in Texas spring reall y did ar rive this year . Now that was really funny when I wrote it , but by t he t im e you read it . . . well, I guess you had to be there. A nyway the front of fice says pictures are in, so if you send them I ’ll print t hem , ot her w ise you get pictures of my family. This months picture is of C.J. A N D E RSO N , Rozan, Nikki, and the new twins: Heather and Britt . T hey ar e all doi ng f ine out ar ound K .C . D ave M U L L I N S is w it h t hem and t hey w ould l i k e t o

know what happened to the people from 5th squadron. J a c k H U D SO N

w r ot e f r om Bent w at er s w her e he and Ron JO H N SO N and D a v e ROODHOUSE are flying A -10s. Ron is going to be a flight com m ander ,

Dave is a squadron weapons of ficer , and Jack is in St a n / E v i l . J a c k a n d

M ar sha had t heir f i r st chi ld , John M ar shall on July 6 . J a c k h a s a l so b een i n cont act w it h John L A U T E N in St ut tgart and John F L A V I N , a l awyer , in Sembach, M ike SPEHA R is enroute to USAFE HQ at Remstein along with Donna, Brent and a new addition Elizabeth. M ike says D an

H ANDLIN , Eric HEA RNSBERGER, and Ben CATL IN all got o u t w h i l e

H er e’ s t he new s as r ecent as t he A O G has it and w hich i w a s s e m t o w or k f rom . N o one seem s t o w r ite let t er s anym ore, so i t w el l b e a sh o r t colum n . H ere goes . . . Gary CONNER (Shirley) is at Castle as a CCTS IP in t he B-52 since Sep 80 . Back in t ank er s, L oui s D E SC OT EA U X (Jack ie) i s at Seym our -

Johnson. John DI LEO (Connie) is a program manager for M o t o r d l a Semiconductor Group in Phoenix, A Z . Cal KING (A ndrea) i s r et ur ni ng to IP duty on furlough from United - he’ll be at Columbus i n T - 3 7 s. T o m O’RIORDA N is at Plattsburgh in FB-l l l s. M ark McCA RTH Y (C her ly) is at Chicago in Delta’s operations as a second of ficer . J u l es M c N E F F (A nnie) is attending Harvard Business School for an A F I T -sponsor ed M BA program. Dave M cLA UGH L IN (Catherine) has a new' daughter , Morgan Elizabeth, born on 18 Feb 81. Dan SKOTTE (Nancy) is at t ending his last year of Med School at Chicago College of Osteopathic M ed i c i n e . Larry REYNOLDS has j oined the firm of Whaley Land & C at t l e i n L ex ington, NE. Tom STITES (Vivian) has moved from the D C 8 t o 7 2 7 SO a t D elt a’ s D allas-Ft W ort h dom icile. Bil l PO RT E R (D oric) is t o go int o an

A FIT - sponsored Operations Research program at Wright-Patterson i n June 81. Brian VOORHEES (Karenn) is at HQ MAC in the N u cl ea r A irlift Branch since Sep 80. Marv VA NDERWEG (Susan) n o w w o r k s f o r

M art in M ar iett a in D enver on t he M X pr oj ect . M ar k W I L L I A M S (A nn) w ill be at U SA FA in t he A ir l i f t Oper at ions Br anch i n M ay 81. A s a last sad not e t o t his colum n , it w as r epor t ed t hat John JA REC K I (C laudia) w as k illed in an F4D acci dent at Sier r a D e L a V ega, Spain on 14 Jan 81. I

know I speak for all of us in ‘72 when I say that words ca n n o t co n v ey t o his family the loss that we feel at his untimely death. F PA A OG REC OR D S - Files mai nt ained by t he A OG ar e based on i nput s f r om indivi dual Gr aduat es. T he A OG r ecor ds ar e not open t o t he public and are not subj ect to the “ Privacy A ct ’ ’ . Thus, all gr aduat es

are encouraged to insure that their AOG files are current . T h i s includes photographs and current mailing addresses. 44

he w as at T ravis and ask s f o* all old “ Blackj ack er s” t o st and up and be count ed , I agree. T he lat est f r om D elt a: T om K R O E SSI G at M iami , St eve M U L L I V A I N at Chicago, Dick JONES at New Orleans, John HOSINGER M iam i , W illie T H O M P SON Bost on , and Pat JO RD A N at H oust on . I ’ m going t o turn this j ob over to the Delta P.R. people pretty soon . T hey have m or e o f us t han w e do , it seem s. T im SI SSO N i s an SO S sect i on C om m ander and D enni s BO Y C E i s a

captain for Yosemite A irlines in central California. T h o se w er e t h e change of address cards. Now f or this months real information s o u r c e -the membership renewal forms. Jim A LM EIDA is expecting a sec o n d child in late June (I guess he ordered it from Sears, h e d i d n ’ t m en t i o n a wife or anything). Gordon BENDICK is at A FIT is Systems M anagement and scheduled to graduate in September . Gordon BRA TTEN i s a c h em i st for Wacker Siltronic Corp in Portland. Phil CHERRY is a C om p Sci/ Civil Engr Student at BYU . John CRA NDLEY is going t o L a w r en c e L iver m or e L abor at ory t o be a w eapon s a-n^ Iyst w it h t h e D e f en se N u c l ea r

A gency after graduating from A FIT with an M .S. in Ops R esea r c h . C a r l CRITES resigned from active duty in September of 1979 and j ust graduated Summa Cum Laude with a M aster’s degree in C omp Sci f r om T exas A & M . H ow ar d E D W A R D S i s a par t -t imer w it h t he C o l o r a d o

A NG flying A -7D’s and farming full time in Nebraska. J o n E L L E R i s heading back to USA FA in M ay as an English instructor . C a r l FORESTER got married on November 1 to Sheryl . Richard H A Y E S i s now working at the Space Division Special proj ects w i t h M i k e KIM BERL ING on satellite packages. Fred KNOWLES is an F 106 f l ight commander at Langley (that name sounds vaguely familiar). Boyd LEA SE says Don WURSTER came back into the A F and is st a t i o n ed a t

K irt land . Paul M A N L E Y lef t t he ser vice i n A ugust and in now a Fl ight O f f icer w it h Easter n , an I P i n C M l ’ s w it h t he 335 M A S (Reser ves) and w as named t o t he 335as 1980 A i r cr ew o f t he Y ear . St eve M cC A U L E Y completed the fixed wing conversion course and is enroute t o C har lest on ,

he had his second baby Natalie Nichole on February 7 . K ev i n M cN E L L I S is in the Master’s program at UC Berkeley sponsored by A FIT through the Senior Commanders sponsored education program. B i l l M I L L E R i s presently working on an engineering degree at A FIT . Roy PEN C E receiv ed a Humanitarian Service Medal . Quentin PETERSON is att endi ng Stanford an A FIT working for a M aster’s in Ops Research a n d f r o m t h er e will be going to MA C HQ at Scott in June. John Rogacki i s t h e “ O f f i c er s Christian Fellowship” local rep at Mather where he i s a B - 52 st a n / ev a l type. Bill ROTHWELL will be entering A FIT in June for a er o n a u t i c a l engineering. Charlie SM ITH is working for Martin Marietta D en v er A erospace. Scott WI LSON is the ‘A ’ flight commander in T -33’ s at T yndal along wit h Ed W H I T T and Chuck PU L H A M .

Well, so much for another quarter . Keep those cards and et c., et c. . .

Pat L ynch 4049 Forest Ridge Blvd . D ayt on , O H 45424

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Well , it ’s time f or another chapter in the history o f t h e cl a ss o f ‘ 7 4 . I t has been pretty slim in the way of news as I only got o n e l et t er si n ce t h e last colum n . I hope t hat it i s because it ’ s t he D ar k A ges and t hat not m uch of note happens during that bleak period. So, most o f w hat I have t o say

comes from the AOG files and that information is sketchy a t b est . T h e advent of spring and the warm weather should generate m o r e l et t er s. A lot of my information from the A OG came courtesy o f t h e D el t a A irlines information of fice. It seems that many more 74er s have gi ven up t he A F blue t o f ly f or D elt a. I f l ew on D elt a t o A ust in l a st m o n t h a n d

noticed a remarkable improvement in service. No doubt i t w a s f r o m t h e influence of our classmates on that airline. A nyway, here goes: C oli n SCHEI DT, Dave GA RRAM ONE, Chuck LUCA S, Don RATH BUN, John ZIMM ERMA N, M ike BA CA , Gary TROVI L L ION, J i m ST RUBLE, Jim PEPL INSKI , and Lloyd SA ULS are fl ying o u t o f

Miami. Phil NARDECCHIA, Mike GUM, Dave MILLER, Greg

SM I T H , and M ar k T A Y L O R are based in H oust on . T om RU H SA M i s i n

Dallas, Bob CLA UDE is in Chicago, and Bob FLORY is f lyi ng out o f

A t lan t a .

Other new from the AOG files: “ H ap;; HA I RSTON is now f lying f or Eastern A irlines. Don HOFFMA N will be going to McDill f o r F - 16 t r a i n

ing i n July . Jim C O L OT T A i s t he A ssistant C hief o f t h e P a r a ch u t e

Branch at USA FA . Dale BURCH BY married Ginny in September . H e ’ s now the Deputy Director for Engineering, LA NTI RN Test F o r ce a t E d w ar ds. Phylip H U FFM A N w as a D G at SOS i n June and is a 14 1 pilot at

Travis. Don HOLLERBA CH married A nn and is a 141 flight ev a l u a t o r a t Charleston. John FA I R is flying the F-4E at Elmendorf . K u r t ST E E B Y i s

a W eapons D i rect o r f or A W A C S at T in ker . Bob ST A FFO RD a n d h i s wife have a daughter aged 2. (I know news is sometimes lat e, but t hi s i s overdoing it) Tom KA NE and his wife have a new daughter , K elly , bor n

in November . Tom BENDER is flying for Eastern out of A t l a n t a . M a r i o n and Janet TIM BERLAKE have a new daughter named Jeanene. M i k e and Lynn MA UGHA N’s son, Jeremy, was born in November . T i m C O Y and his wife have a son. Tanner Scott , born in May. L ouis and L ynet t e A PPLEHA NS are now living in Denver . Paul EMA NUEL is now f lying with the Oklahoma A NG. Jim M cCLURE is getting a Masters in E ngl ish

a t t h e U o f So u t h F l o r i d a .

My one letter this time came from A 1GLOCK . A 1gave m e so m e i n f o r mation which I think makes him unique in our class. Since leavi ng

U SA FA he has not been st at ioned on an A F base even t hough he is st ill i n t he A i r For ce. H e has been t o t he N aval A i r Stat ion at M o f f et Field , For t Or d , t he A mer ican E mbassy in Par is, and at H ar var d . But , now he has

orders for Ramstein A B, Germany, where he will still w o r k f o r t h e St a t e Department . A l’s letter gave me an idea to generate mor e let t er s. I f you have a situation or j ob which you think makes you unique i n t h e cl a ss o f ‘74 let me know about it . I ’ll print it and we can challenge others to top your record. Let’s see what kind of interesting stories w e ca n co m e u p

w it h .

That ’s all my news for now so I must close. A nyone w h o h a s n ew s about themself or other 74ers drop me a line. A lso. I ncl ude your w ives’ names. I could look them up in the register, but that is not always as ac curate and could embarrass either you or me (if you k now w hat I mean) . Also, I encourage the wives to drop me a line. That w ay I can get m or e in formation than what a particular person’s current j ob i s and get t he families recognized. I f you have any pictures, please sen d t h em t o o . U n t i l

next ti m e, tak e car e.

Rick L aym an Quart er s 14A F E W ar r en A F B , W Y 8200 1 Phone: D ut y 48 1-389 1

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What in the blazes did HA CKETT do, light a fire under ever yone? A lthough I haven’t received my last copy of Checkpoints yet . P m sur e he must have done j ust that . The cards, letters, and phone ca l l s a r e a b o u t running me ragged. We’re overcome with news, both good and bad . I ’ m afraid. I guess it ’s best to get the worst behind us. M ik e SI M PSO N , formerly of twelfth and twenty-third squadrons, was k i l l ed i n a n a i r cr a f t accident on the 21st of January. He was flying an F-5E o u t o f N el l i s w h en he had a m id-ai r . M i ke w as t o have been mar r ied t o K at hy M cFarl ane o n

t h e 2 1st o f M a r c h .

T w ent y-f our mem ber s o f t he class w er e selected f or A ST RA f or the up

coming year . In case you haven’t seen anything on the list yet , her e ar e

their last names: AKERS, ARNOTT, BARRETT, BERGMAN, BRAUN, BURKETT, COMMONS, DAVIS, DIEHL, DUBUISSON,

HENNY, JEFFERSON, LA M Y, LA YM NA , LEWI S, MA RLOW, M CVA Y, MEYERROSE, PIOTTER, RI SI , ROMA NOWICZ , STEI N, VA NPELT , and WOLTER. By the way, that ’s Bill DA VI S a n d L a m a r LEWIS. I wish I were able to give you of fices and dates, b u t d o n ’ t h a v e

t h at i n f o r m at i o n .

Speci al congr at ulat ions ar e in or der f or St eve P I T O T T I . T h e c l a ss h a s

achieved its goal in the Class Wall proj ect . We are not last ! ! ! I f you f eel guilty or wanted to contribute and didn’t , please don’t let it keep you down. You can still send in a check and we’ll apply i t t o o u r r eu n i o n f u n d .

T han k s f or all your har d w or k , St eve.

Steve also reported that Dusty RHODES was going to be at N elli s t o go through F-4 Fighter Weapons School and that Steve BROWN w a s

enr out e t o bei ng t he F- 15 saf et y o f f icer . St eve and M ar t y M I L L E R had

j ust returned to Nellis from McConnell where they had been doing night t est s o n t h e M a v er i c k m i ssi l e .

Scott HENTE wrote us a book . He’s spent the last four a n d o n e- h a l f years at Of futt . He has been working with M itch MCVA Y a n d B r u c e HEVEY, but both of them are gone now, M itch to Grand F o r k s a n d enroute to A STRA and Bruce to Plattsburg. He then moved t o a n o t h er squadron and was working with Collin FLYNN, Frank DUBI SSON , Steve WA TSON, Raider RA M STA D, and Bob EATON . Never having been able to hold a j ob for a long period of time, H E N T E t h en m o v ed t o still another squadron and now flies the E-4. He says he’ s t he youngest of ficer in the squadron and there’s only one other gr ad . W e’ ll have t o do something to help you —upgrade the quality of the com pany you k eep , Scott . Scott ran into Dick WEBBER and Gary SH UGA RT w h en h e w a s on the east coast earlier this year . Both of them are a t A ST R A n o w . P a t A SH was also there. He’s flying T-39s out of A ndrews. O t h er s i n cl u d ed i n Scott ’s letter were: Brian DUFFY at Kadena, Rick WI LSON at E il son , Ken FI NN at Tinker , and Joe FA CENDA at Landley. Scott and L yn ar e expecting their second child in September . Bill SPENCER saw fit to set down his j ulep for a moment t o l et u s i n o n what ’s happening in South Carolina. Bill will be going t o U SA F A a s a soar i ng inst r uct or soon . I n t he m eant im e he’ s st ill a t Sh a w w i t h D u a n e

LODRI DGE, Tom BISHOP, Tom CA L HOUN, Ken NEA SE, and Paul DEREN. Ken and Paul are flying 0-2s. Bill wanted to l et t h em k n o w t h a t he finally found something that flies and has less pow er t han t hei r 0-2. Bill also reported that Chris FI LLA R was pilot on one o f t h e t w o C - 9 s that flew the hostages from A lgiers to Frankfort . In case you didn ’ t cat ch it . Bil l is one o f t he new candidat es f or t he A OG boar d . H e a n d J o h n

LOUCKS would both appreciate your support . Don BYERS’ wife, Gina, wrote in to bring us up to date o n t h e ev en t s at Keflavik. The BYERS had a daughter about a year and a hal f ago , Jen nifer. Marv COX , recently married, j ust arrived at K ef l a v i k . M a r v w a s

mar r ied t o M ar cia Sm it h over El mendor f in a hot air baloon . T hey ar e ex pect ing a baby i n A ugust . Ric and A lice L E W A L L E N ar e a t K i t t l a n d where Ric flies choppers. They had a daughter in February. Rudy RO T H i s in A f r ica pract icing medicine. D an M C C O R Y lef t f or Geor ge to be an F-4 IP and Phil KENDA L L is still in Iceland flying chopper s. T hank s, G i na, f or your lett er . T he last let t er cam e in f r om M i k e G O Y D E N . M i k e is working in an Education with I ndustry slot at Hughes A ir craf t r ight now but he’s on the way to Tyndall . M ike and Jan j ust had anot her baby , a girl this time. (There seems to be alot of that going ar ound) . St eve EICKELMA N is an aircraft commander at Little Rock; T om F I N N j ust

got back from Egypt where he was working as a nav instructor; St ev e K EE N is f lying 135s at M ar ch ; Paul K E N T i s at M cC hor d i n 14 1s; Br ad

L I NDSEY, also in 141s is at McGuire; Tom PETERSON has m o v ed f r o m 45

t he T -38 to EC - 135s at O FFU T T ; John SA N T E R j ust com plet ed h i s f i r st year at the St . Meinrad College seminary school; Dave W H I T E , f at her of

two daughters, is an aircraft commander in C-130s at L i t t l e R o c k . J . D .

BA R RO W C L OU G H is also an A / C i n 130s, but he’ s at M cChor d ; M i k e RO SE BU SH is in O V - l Os out o f Sembach . M i k e is w or k ing o n h i s P h . D . He’s going to the Academy in July 1982. Steve WOJCICKI is at Sunny C al i f or nia w or k ing on sat ell ite movement . That about wraps it up for this time. Keep the good w or k com ing. I t ’ s great to hear from you even if I don’t get to answer each let ter in per son . H ave a good summer . R ick

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M O R E POO P : Bob and E l izabet h PA R K E R w ill PC S f r om W il liam s t o F-4 at H omestead . John and L eigh A R M O R , and G r eg M I L L E R w i l l

be at MacDill in May for F- 16 RTU, then on to Kunsan. P h i l VOLLELUNGA , a T-37 IP at Williams, was married in M arch t o Valerie. Craig MA NSON will graduate law school in M ay, t h en w i l l b e the A ssistant Staf f Judge A dvocate at D-M in August . Car l and M ar y REBA RCHA K are at Myrtle-Beach in A- 10s with kids Samantha a n d Michael; Carl graduated from A-10 Fighter Weapons School in Januar y . Gerry McFA RLA NE will PCA to Philadelphia with is DOS i n Ju ne. Bar y

and H eidi GA M BL I N w i ll PC S f r om E ll sw or t h to T -4 1s a t U SA F A i n J u ly. Mike FRICA NO wrote some poop on the reverse of hi s mem ber shi p blank - unfortunately the AOG didn’t send the back to me - r et r ansm it , OK Mike? Ray and Diane FORTNER are at Sheppard, and r epo rt t hat a

baby fighter pilot is due in June. Bruce and Francis K U E L Z a r e i n B - 5 2 s at M inot - Br uce is now an A C . L ar r y and K r ist en E R I C K SE N w i l l b e a t A F I T f or a m ast er s in M aint enance M anagem ent . Bob L I V I N G ST O N recently married A nn Bouchard and will complete his r esi dency at K eesl er i n June. Rich and D iane M I N T Z are PC S t o RA F M ildenhall i n E c- 13 5 s.

Chuck McHENRY, T-37s at Reese, will go to A-l Os, destination unk now n . Jim and W endi M A RT I N ar e PC S t o E ilson in R C - I 3 5 s . J o h n and D ar lene M A SH L w ill PC S in M ay t o W C- 130s at A nder son A F B , G uam . L eo and Rebecca R I C H A R D SO N w i ll P C S in June t o R o b i n s i n

KC-135S. Alan Gayle RA Y are due to England A FB in A ugust i n A - l Os . Paul and Mary PRA NGE will go to Nellis in May to become F - 5 Agressors. M ike WA LSH , in C-130s at M cChord, will marry Jacqueli n i n A ugust . Dave KUNKEL is now the Space Systems Director, 13t h M i ssi l e Warning Squadron at Clear A FS, A laska. John HOPP, a N avy E A -6 pilot , has returned f rom a six-month Indian Ocean cruise o n t h e U SS M idw ay .

A s usual, our class remains very prolif ic. Jennifer L eigh CA T T O N ar r ived on 2 Febr uary . Jack and Jan ar e now F- 15 I P s at L uk e, as ar e M i k e and C her ie BY RO N . A rt and K at hy G EO RGE , soon t o be yet anot her A-10 pilot , will be proud parents of twins shortly at E ngland A FB . M A I L : T om H O L T Z w r ot e f r om D el Rio , and r eport ed on A T C follow-on assignments, which apparantly weren’t too good over al l . Fr om Laughlin: Tom, F-4, with RTU at Homestead; Joe SHI REY, same; T er ry

“ J oe Wysock i p r ep ar es f or his A FI T assignmen t.

Hi , everybody! I ’m so excited! I , who graduated in t he t op 77% o f our class, have finally received my A FIT slot ! I ’m not T D Y t o A r i zo n a A & M here in Tucson to get my M asters in Hogriculture. A-10 training here at Davis-M onthan is like a class r eu n i o n . So m e o f the guys at the club the other night include Hank KNELL INGER, M i k e BERRIA N, and Bob BIVI NS, all with the 390th SM W; Dan H I GG I N S, enroute to A-l Os at M yrtle Beach; Jay STRA UCH , who n o w f l i es 0 - 2 s here; and Jim and Jayne WI LL IA M S, enroute to A-10s at E ngland A F B . Joe, Nancy, and Kimberly WYSOCKI have j ust received w o r k o f a n A FIT slot to Wright-Patt in June, studying (get this) Space M anagem ent . Ron SUM MERS is here flying Hueys in Det 1, 37th A RRS. H e w a s recently awarded the A ir Medal and nominated by MAC f or t he C heney A ward for his part in rescuing a downed sailplane pilot at night i n t he m ount ai ns near Phoenix last year . C ongr at ulat i ons, R o n ! H e w i l l l ea v e

soon for Sheppard and fixed-wing converison. Speaking of Sheppard, Pat BURBA NK called. He and Debbie a r e t h er e in T-38s. He says that Jay BL I SH is at Langley flying T - 39 s f o r C O M TAC; M ike and Debbie PONZA NI are at M cClellan in WC-135s; B r a d

JO N E S is at Fair chi ld in C - 135s, and i s also in St an/ Eval ; A ndy D U N N w i ll be m ar r ied i n N ovem ber - he i s in C - 14 1s at M cG ui re. T he f oll ow i ng

are departing Sheppard: Danny A COCK, E-3A at Tinker; M i k e a n d P a t RA ITT , C- 141S, McGuire ~ they recently had a baby boy; a n d M i k e a n d G ina M cG I N N I S, t o D over in C -5s.

I spoke with Jon TREE, who is Ruby at Hill in F-16s. H e sa i d t h a t the following I Ps at Williams received their follow-on assignment s: Jef f and Kathy BROWN, F-15s, Kadena; Dave and Lynd CLA RY, and T ony DONI SI , A-10s to M yrtle Beach; Jerry FREE, RF-4 at Bergst r om ; and

M ar k W E L SH , A - 10s at Bent w ater s. C H A N G E OF A D D R ESS: M i ke and D ebr a F R I C A N O , Biloxi M s; Steve and Kay HEI NZ, Redlands, Ca.; Randy and Cathy K E H L , T housands O ak s, C a.; Br et t and M ar y M cI N T I RE , K C - 135s at M at her ;

Charley MORGA N, a B-52G Radar Nav at Barksdale, with a n ew a d d r ess in Bossier City, La.; Bob OLEKSY, Dugway, Ut .; A llen PA T R I QU I N , FPO NY; Willie and Linda SHELTON, assigned to LNJ Space C en t er i n Houston after graduating from A FIT ; Kirk and Beverly BE L L , T -38s at Vance, with a new address in Enid, Ok; Doug and Randi Z A C OU R , O I C of Data Records Processing at H ickham; and Steve STOUT , I n st r u ct o r N a v i n T -4 3A s a t M at h er .

BORSA RE, C-5, Travis; Clif f SM ITH , F-111; Bill MORRIS, U H - 1 a t H urlburt ; Ron KI RCHOSS, C- 141, McGuire; Joe BRICH MA N , KC-135; Steve ROMA NO, B-52 or KC-135; Dick CA SEY, T-38, Beale; Dan FOSTER, B-52; Buddy LOTT , RF-4, Zwiebrucken; Steve JORGENSEN, F-15; Terry NEWTON, T-38 PIT at Randolph; D o n BROCK, F-4, Homestead f or RTU; A rnie WODTKE, C-130; St ev e WEAVER, A -10; Howie THOM PSON , F-15; Gary POTTER, KC-135; Bill VRAST I L , B-52; A1 FISHER, KC-135 - A 1 was also r ecent ly m ar ried. The following is the block f rom Columbus: Brian M EE N A N , C-141; Howard MCCA RTHY , T-33, Tyndall; Harry DUTCHYSHYN , F-4; Greg HOLM , C-9; Dave CH RIST IA NSON, C-141; Chuck M cGEE , F- 111; Bill LI NDSEY, C-5; Dave EVA NS, F-15; Bob NORM A N , C - 130 . Tom says that some of these assignments have been refused, w i t h a c co m panying DOSs. He also reports the following arrivals: J u st i n M CC A R THY, to Howard and Laurie; Sarah SHI REY, to Joe and Jo hanna; L aur en T H O M PSO N , t o H ow ie and Pat t y ; a baby gir l t o B r i a n a n d A l i

M EENA N; and Bill and Jamie M ORRI S were expecting. Thanks f o r t h e info. Spindle! Sounds like a lot of people are going t o H o m est ea d f o r

RT U - let us all k now w her e ever yo ne w ill end up . Br ent G L I N ES w rote f r om M oody . H e i s a W SO in F-4s t her e, whi le w i f e Jean i s a new m unit i ons o f f i cer . H e says t hat Jean f igur ed t hat w it h

moving all around all the time, “ she decided ‘if you c a n ’ t b ea t ‘ em . . . ’ ’ ’ N ot a bad idea ! Br ent r ecent ly ret ur ned f r om a year s sen t en c e at K u n sa n

- he reports that it was even worse that he expected i t w o u l d b e . A l so i n his squadron were Steve LOERA KKER, Dan McKENZIE, A ndy P R O BERT , Tom BLA I KIE, and Greg M I L LER. Paul SUTTLI FF was t h er e in another squadron. Bob CHA SE is a pilot in his squadron at M oody , and Charlie DEA NO is at Fighter Weapons School. Thanks f or w r it i ng, B r en t a n d w el c o m e b a c k .

Bob and Nancy NORM A N wrote from Little Rock, where i s lear ning to fly C-130s. A mong others there are Rich, Debbie, and daught er

W A L T O N - Rich i s an I nst r uct or N ac; Bob and Jack ie D E B L A N C a r e

going through tactical qual after flying the Weather H er cs a t K eesl er . A mong those also departing Columbus were Dave and Maria E V A N S, F-15s, Holloman; and Jef f and Connie BECKER, A-10, B en t w a t er s . Randy and Gail SCHA VRIEN are still at Columbus with a new baby gir l . A nyway, the NORMA Ns are on their way to Yakota, in, as Bob put s it , t he “ Fat her land ” . Good luck . Bob and N ancy .

We’re at the point in time where guys will start separating - but I u rge everyone to keep in touch, and let everyone else know w hat you ’ r e doi ng . A nd if you are getting out , for whatever reason, the best o f luck t o you . T hank s t o t hose w ho made input s. K eep it up ! W ell , back t o lear ning t o

t a k e i t sl o w ~ r ea l sl o w !

W ad e

Horst ROEH LER, who gave me a call the other day to f i l l m e i n o n t h e

activities at Reese, is an IP in 37’s. Ray LUNGER (JoLynn) i s i n

John “ L ou “ M ichels, Jr . 3508 M ont r ovia Blvd . , # 122 Om aha, N E 6 1823

Stan/ Eval in 38’s at Laughlin, Dave GRA FTON (Karen) is at Y ak ot a, he and his wife are expecting their second child, and A 1 B E C K E R i s i n t h e check section in 37’s at Willy. 1 got some phone time i n w i t h P a t MCVA Y, who is also turning out new blood at Williams.

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We’ve j ust had our f irst tornado watch here in Omaha, so I guess spring has finally arrived on the Great Plains. I ’ve j ust ret ur ned f r om Eielson, where the signs of spring seem to be limited t o bear s com ing our

o f hi ber nat ion . N ot unli ke t he o ld al ma m ater .

ON WATCH : Most of you received two pieces of mail recently c o n c e r n

i ng t he C lass crest and t he G .I . Bill sit uat ion . I encour age all o f you t o

take the desired action on both these subj ects. As w e a r e a l l a b o u t t o a d d another silver bar to the one already on our flight caps, lack o f f unds f o r the Class Wall can no longer serve as an excuse. Besides, yo ur t ir eless cor respondent wouldn’t mind having a little embellishment al ong w i t h hi s name in the old Check-points. So cough up, okay? On a m o r e ser i o u s note, the G.I . Bill legislation might actually have a chance in C ongress this time around if we let people know that we are i nter ested . So get t hat letter of f to your Congressman. Notes From the Underground: The mailbag was kind of em pt y t his

time around. I’ll look for more news after the wreckage f r o m a l l t h o se

promotion parties has been cleared away. Ed VORNBROCK f i r ed m e o f f a short copy of the T-Bird newsletter, Ed is now in remi ssion af ter a f ight with cancer that has left him medically retired and is get t i ng his M BA at Alabama. Way to stick in there, Ed. Jef f WA LLS is now at H ur lburt f l y ing the new Pave Low I I I system on the H H-53. Larry L A W (A ngie) is at Whiteman riding herd on a couple of missies, he also has a litt le gir l . I also got a much-delayed edition of the Dog House f r o m C h a r l i e BUTLER and the gang from 13. Charlie is flying M l ’s at N ort on , and should be married by now to Lynn. By the way, Charlie, 1 did get dow n t o the taco place while I was at Kadena, not too bad either. O t h er s l i st ed i n the Dog House-Bruce BI L L IG (Carol), who is flying with t h e B ea l e

Bandits in 135Q’s; Craig BLANKENSTEIN (Cathy), fl ying 13 5 ’ s a t F a i r -

child; Mike BRA NHA M , a 130 A C who left Hickam and is n o w

Ramstein; Kevin CARMICHAEL, another Beale Bandit looking f o r

TDY time; Bob DONZE, recently engaged and fl ying F-4E’s a t E l m en -

dorf; Mike ELLIS (Ginger), a comm officer at Bergstrom;

FRA CCH IA , at A ltus in 135’s; Rob HA L BERT , in 135’s at Fair child ;

Tom HARTMANN (Virginia), working toward his JD degree at Geo rge

Washington Law School; Joe H UGES, a WSO in I l l ’s at RA F U pper Heyford; Ken JENNI NGS (Jean), working toward a Master’s in L og M anagement at Wright-Pat ; Kevin KENKEL (Julie), F-4E’s at T or r ej on ;

Gus LIBY (Debbie), who is an engineer in weapons aquisition a t Hanscom; Rich MOORE (Jeannie), an engineer at Eglin w or k ing in G uid

ed Weapons and starting on his Master’s in March; Ed O L I V E R (Bet h) ,

who has a little boy and is here at Offutt in computers; D o ug PA L M E R ,

A FIT in Aero at WP; Terry POSLUSZY (Carla) missile m a i n t en a n ce a t

Davis Monthan; Greg ROBINSON (Julie), fl ying RF-4’s at Z w eibr uck en ; Ron SHARPE (Kathy), 135’s at Fairchild and Diego Garcia; J e f f TOMLIN, maintenance officer and skydiver at Myrtle Beach ; L ar r y ZUMACH (Karen), a 52 nav at Seymour-Johnson; and Doug A T K I N S, who is assigned to the USS Pigeon, and does something involvi ng a lot o f

diving work. Thanks for the rundown, Charlie. Mike WEI NSTEIN (Bonnie) dropped me a line from Sacramento

w here he is about t o f i nish law school . M i k e w ill be assigned t o H ollom an

this summer as a JAG. He reports that Tim HOPPER, a 52 pilot at Mather, has recently gotten married and that Rod STAPONSKI (C onnie) has been moved to Ankara, Turkey with CE. Jim MASKOWITZ ( Ri ta) ,

Dave SWIGER (Rhonda), Scott HERROD, and Dave HA RRI S a r e I P ’ s

at C olum bus and Rich L U E N A has been t r ansf er red t o C l a r k w i t h t h e

SP’s. Monty M ONTGOMERY is still another member of the 13 5 c r ew a t Beale. Good luck on your bar exams, M ike, from what I u n d er st a n d o f McGeorge’s program, you should have no trouble. Open Sources: Mark WA RD is back at Homestead with his F-4 , w hi le Karl SCHRICKER has taken his to Kunsan. Sammy HERCHA K i s a t McConnell in 135’s, Daryl JONES is pushing his F-4E out o f C lar k , and Dave Hobbs (Linda) is fl ying CT-39’s at Scott , and scheduled t o go t o safety of ficer school in April . Chip LA M B is at Kefl avik, i n F-4’ s t oo , 1 think, while Jim EWING is a Stan/ Eval pilot at M inot , i n t h e 52 . J o e A LFA NO is the exec in his 141 outfit at McGuire, Richard G I B B S i s a t Georgia Tech and will be reassigned to the Services Engineer ing C enter at graduation, and Robert GASTON is a missile training instructor at Shep pard. Richard DA LTON (Jacki) is a 37 evaluator at Reese, a n d J i m

MILLER (Kim), an IP at Columbus, has a new daughter. M a r c FOWLER has been named the MAC additional duty safety o f f i cer o f t h e year, and is now at Minot, probably as a reward, Bobby W I L K E S i s i n Stan/ Eval at Reese, Greg SMITH got married to Jenny last f al l , and

Per sonal T ouch : I r an into K en M A L L OT and T om D ET T M E R w h i l e

I was at RA F Mildenhall . They both seem to be doing alr ight , bot h ar e with the ubiquitous 135Q’s. Tom’s brother, Paul DETTMER, i s i n K o r ea now with ESC, but is due to head to head for Eielson (m aybe) somet i me

t his fall .

OFF WATCH : So much for the latest from my faltering typew r it er . I f you get the chance, drop me a line and some pictures so w e can spr uce t hi s thing up a little. A nd congrats to everyone on their pr om ot io ns, t r y t o keep the celebrations down to 6.5 on the Richter scale, ok ay? T al k t o you

agai n t his sum mer .

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Happy Spring to everyone! What a fantastic time of year . I alw ays ap preciate life, but even more so in the spring. I hope all is w ell w it h you ‘ 78

gr ads and your f am ilies.

To begin the spring news, the Navy compliments of Don R O Y (Elizabeth), sends its best . Don is a F-14 pilot aboard t he U SS Ranger in the Indian Ocean. He says he enj oys it but its tough bei ng on an 8 mo nt h cruise when you’re married. Two others 78’ers are Navy j ock s; Bil l NEVIUS (Cathy) fl ying F-14’s and A 1 MEYERS (Sonya) fl yi ng F-4 ’ s. They are on the east coast fl ying of f carriers. They al l agree t he N avy is

g r ea t .

Paul MORREL wants everyone to know he dropped the “ i” o f f h i s name because he’s tired of being Polish. Actually I t hi nk he w as havi ng an identity crisis. Paul was recently awarded Junior Of ficer of the Quarter at Charleston and is up for Junior Of ficer of the year . I al w ays enj oy hear ing from Paul; his letters are so interesting. This t i m e h e t o l d m e a b o u t h i s

pass over t he A cademy i n a C - 14 1. O f cour se I doubt i f at 33,000 f eet it

will go down as one of their most spectacular fl y by’s! P a u l a d d s t h e following news: Nies TA L BOT , Tom CZA CHOR, and Tander SN Y D E R

are doing fine at McGuire in Ml ’s; Steve DALBY is fl ying C - 130 ’ s a t

Rhein M ain, Germany; Blake EL L INGTON and M ike McM I L L IE a r e F-4 pilots at Torrej on, Spain; Scott BENSON is an T-39 at Ram st ei n , Germany; and Dave “ Blatz” A TZHORN is fl ying F-4’s at B er k st r o m . A n interesting note, M ike ZENK, a T ’37 I P at Vance is soloi ng out hi s own sister . Jim A RNOLD corrected my mistake from last i ssu e . H e ’ s a t

George AFB and not Edwards. Sorry Jim! Some other people n o t

previously mentioned who are at George are Steve CLI FT a n d R o n FURSTENA U . Ron recently accomplished a physical feat t hat is unique among athletes and clearly phenomenal . He competed in and com plet ed the Triathalon in Hawaii. Billed as the “ Iron M an” com pet it ion and featured on A BC sports and in Sports I llustrated this ev en t i n c l u d es a 2 .4

mile swim in the ocean followed immediately by a grueling 112 m ile bicy

cle race and concluded with a 26 mile run. Congratulations R o n f o r a t r u ly extraordinary accomplishment . Many other ‘78 grads have been making some maj or strides w o r t h m e n tioning. Ed H UNT was selected for Company Grade Of ficer o f t h e Quarter recently for the second time. He and his wife, K ar en , also had a

baby boy, Ed IV. Steve LISI was selected as the Weapons Sc h o o l I n st r u c

tor of the Year here at Tyndall . Steve “ Goldy” GOL DFEI N w a s sel ec t ed as the Williams A FB T-38 Squadron Junior Of ficer of t h e Y ea r . M i k e A CKLEY was selected to attend Stanford to study for his master’s degree in Operations Research. A nd, Jim CA REL received his M B A at St . L o u i s University. Congratulations to everyone of you! Something else that is always noteworthy and enj oyable i s t h e l a t est

wedding and baby announcements. Danny HALPERN (B-52, W u r t smith), married the former Terri Spurgin; Kolin LESTER m a r r i ed

Laurie; Marty MINER (Pentagon) tied the knot with Barbara, R i c k

BA RKER married Vicky; John DA VI S is also a former bachelor b u t I couldn’t find out his wife’s name; Bill SI LVESTRI (T-37, W il ly) mar r ied Karen; Doug HA GEDORN is another one keeping his bride’s n a m e secret; M ike SNODGRA SS (F-4, Germany) married Bobbie a n d n o w

takes orders from Capt Bobbie Snodgrass! Pitt MERRYMAN (A - 10 , Bentwater) got hitched to Liz; Mike RITCHEY (A- 10, England A FB)

married the former Linda Maddox and even big Jim WEIDMAN (C- 130, Dyess) finally bit the dust. Jim married a beautiful young lady narhed 47

Janet . Jim, by the way, had his annual gear up landing. Y o u ’ l l r ec a l l h i s T-37 belly landing in UPT . Well , recently Jim was the pilot of a C - 130

and the gear was stuck up. Jim did a tremendous j ob landing and st op ping the aircraft and averted a potential disaster. G o o d sh o w J i m b o !

Finally, best wishes and much happiness to Mat DUNBA R (K C - 135, M cConnell A FB) and his bride Christine and to Bruce BU SL E R (T -37, Sheppard A FB) and his wife Sue. John C O U RT N EY w ill w r it e t he next ar t icle, so help h i m o u t a n d sen d

Now for the babies. Dan and Maddy ST CLA I R had a baby gi rl ,

Danielle Marie; Bill SHA W and his wife are the proud parents of Melissa

Ann; Wayne DAVIDSON (C-130, Dyess) and his wife Debbie had a son , Joseph Wayne; Bob and Joyce KEELE (C-130, Dyess) had a gir l , Jacque Ann; Doug and Shannon MORRIS (C-130, Dyess) had a daughter, Melissa Diane; and Spal SPEZIA L IE and his wife had a baby but I didn ’ t know what gender . Sal recently got an incredible assignment . A f t er r et u r ning from a year remote in Korea, he returned to a F- 15 j ob t o Germ any . See, the Air Force does have good deals! Some other assignment news: West Texas Airlines (aka C - 130 ’ s a t

Dyess AFB) employes several guys besides those already m en t i o n ed . I

thank Bob KEELE for his assistance. They are: Jef f JO N E S, D ave MUL LEN , Wayne CRENWELGE, Chuck BRINISNSTOOL , Jan

SCHEUBLE, Kevin RANK, Leo GORDON, Dan LENTZ, Mark DONOHOE, Mark ZA MZOW, and Tom PRODONOVICH . There are few others at Dyess not flying C- 130’s and they are: K en M I L L E R , C huck PURCELL , Bob REHWA LDT and Steve WA LKER. These guys w o r k

letters, pictures, etc. You can reach him at : Box 1296

A PO N Y , 09238

A ut o 115-223-2 148

Good luck to all of you in your assignments, keep in t ouch , and G od

bless you .

P.S. Fern , you and Deb write me a letter and for all you f un seek ing TDYers, Bruce OEBHA RD wanted you all to know that wild, f u n lovi ng , nurses are not trained at Sheppard A FB, so don’t consider Sheppar d as a good cross country base. M a t t N eu en sw a n d er # 7 16 10 0 1 S . O a k w o o d

Enid , O K 7370 1

f o r SA C .

Furthermore, Ted and Terri ROUSH moved to Germany where T ed will be involved in opening a new NATO A W ACS base. M erle and M ar y BRUMGA RD are expecting their second child soon and have bought a new house in Ft . Worth. M erle flies the KC- 135 at Carswell . P et e a n d Christ! KINNEY and Bill and Jane KOENITZER, both formerly o f

C S-29 ar e st at ioned at E l lsw or t h f l ying B-52’ s. Rob and C indy V an HAA STERT recently moved to Seymore Johnson with their daught er s M eli ssa and A ll ison . Pet e and Joan V E RGA R D j ust bought a n ew h o m e i n T uscon w here P .J . f l ies 0 -2’ s at D avis-M ont han . A group o f guys ar e

at Shaw working with the A rmy: Steve T INDA LL (Brenda), B a r t

WOHL, Doug LAWTON, Scott GOODFELLOE, Bob GIBBONS, and Gary MURPHY. Ron PFITZNER is still wearing his Texaco h a t w h i l e flying his KC-135 at Beale. Bob WAGNER is enj oying t he single li f e and flying F-15’s at Bitburg. Finally Mark WORTHMAN called f r o m O f f u t where he is anxiously awaiting news on his nav slot - a n o t h er f r u st r a t ed

ground pounder. Again, I thank you all for your input - k eep it com ing

and feel free to send me ANY black and white photos per t aining t o members of our class. Please note my new address - I f inal ly bought a house! Well ya’ll take care and have a good summer . I’ll see you hj ;re, D on there, or in the air ! God bless you and your families. Ji m Regan PSC 2, Box 1038

Sheppard A FB, TX 76311

Greetings 79ers from wonderful downtown Wichita Falls, T ex a s . M o r e

af fectionately known as “ Tornado A lley” . Except for M i k e G EE , Jef f McCHESNEY, Mike HA YS, Larry HOFFMA N, and Bruce WIL LA RD, I believe the UPT episode is now complete for us. Who i s t h e d em en t ed soul t hat claim ed A PT w as t he best f l ying in t he A ir F o r ce?

I received a letter f rom Ron LA FON from PIT at Randolph. Congr at s

o n

your marriage to Diane and best of luck to your brother-in-law, L ar r y

SA NDOVA L , in his marriage, Dave “ Lips” JOWERS, also a t R a n

dolph, took the marriage plunge over Christmas and T o m E N G L I SH i s n o w the proud father of a baby girl. Say Tom, I have heard t hat you and Tony PARADOWSKI share the same fishing techniques from t w en t y man rafts - chumming with your previous day’s lunch!

Speaking of children, Randy HELMSand hiswife Donna are expect i ng

their first addition in October and Robin RA ND and his w i f e are pr oud parents of a baby girl . Don McCHESNEY, Chuck TODA R, and Pete HA YS recently c o m

pleted C-141training at AltusAFB and regretted having t o l ea v e b ea u t i f u l

downtown A ltus Oklahoma (Hays I need your address and C hez, j oin t he A OG !)

The Wizard of Oz has nothing on the weather we have seen i n E n i d o v er

the past several weeks. As ominous black clouds roll i n , r adi o announcer s

interrupt songs like “ You’re the reason God made Oklahoma’ ’ t o w a r n u s of tornadoes that are expected, seen, or imagined. T hough m ost r epor t s area accurate, tornado sightings seem to increase as spr ay planes d um p their weed killer near the edge of town. Unlike Dorothy, w e h er e a t V a n c e do not have the aiblity to tap our magic flight boots t oget her , say “ T her e is no place like home” , and hope that our situation w il l im pr ove. But sum mer w i ll soon be her e and w e w il l t r ade heat f or t h e w i n d . T h i s h a s been a di f f icult art icle t o w r ite, f or my r oom at e, C hrys L E M O N , insist s

that I am filling the article with B.S. Chrys will m a k e a f i n e M .S . i n st r u c t or someday .

Just yesterday Steve SA LECK and A llene DOWDEN were m ar r ied (4 April). It was a nice wedding, and there were many gr ads in at t endance. Karl A PFEL , Julie RICHA RDS, Nancy NEWBERRY, Joe SA NFORD ,

and D ebbie D U BBE all came t o V ance f or t he w edding and a good t im e was had by all . Karl and Julie are to be married in M ay at W il ly . I w ould li ke t o t hank all t hose w ho w r ot e and pr ovided m e w i t h i n f o r mation, it certainly makes things easier when I don’t have t o t ap dance. Bob WI LSON (CS-36) USA wrote from Washington State and is enj oy ing his j ob as a platoon leader, don’t call any airstrikes in on your sel f . T om M A BRY and D ave C L I N E w r ot e and in f or med me w ho got w hat out of Nav school . These guys and gals who will tell pil ot s w her e t o go .

B-52’s: Tom A NDERSON, Jef f DOBSON , Dave CEDERGREN , M i k e M OELLER, M att CERVA NA K, M ark HOFFMA N, M ark JERSIN , B o b HENDRICKS, Dan REINHA RT , Jim GA LL , M ark GA RLOW , Steve GIGNI LL IAT , Robert H UDSON , Donnie JA CKSON, Chris CA STRO. Looks like SAC got their share of f of the top. F-l l ’s: Craig TUBB, Fred CHENEY . KC-135’s: Steve GA M BOA , Nelson BURGOS, Mike H I L L , Larry MA RVIN, Bob STRICKLA ND , Dan YINGER, Dave SWONGER, Tom MA BRY, Ron GRA Y, Steve HERRING, Debbie DUBBE.

C-I 30’s: Roy EASLER, Jerry PUYEAR, Tim JOHNSON, Kieth

M A R E SC A .

C-H l ’s: Raymond HA RRIS, Ben SHA LZ . F-4/ F- 11I EWO’s: Dan AM ICA RELLI , Joe MOSCH LER, Bob

SWANSON, Walt KIKUGAWA, Frank KARL, Guy TURNER, Phil

HEI DMOUS, Mark REI DINGER, Carl ERI KSON, Terry TATTERFIELD, Johann BAUER, Bill EUKER. E - 3A : D a v i d C L I N E .

N ext let ter I should have some i nf o r mat ion on U PT assignm ent s. E m i T A K A SH I M A w r ot e f r om N or t on w her e she said t hat all i s goi ng w ell . W it h her at N ort on ar e t he f oll ow ing m em ber s o f o u r c l a ss. D a v e

VA LLA DO, Lorrie MORSE, Ken HODGDON , Chris RUFF, Bob

COOPER, Bob EISENBERGER, Dave STEINFIELD, Gail (Benj amin)

COLVIN and Carrie (Banwell) KOECHEL . Bob COOPER and h i s w i f e Cathy are proud parents of a baby boy as of 28 Dec. Congr at ulat io ns, you j ust took second place! ! ! Tom BEA RD wrote f rom K i r t l a n d w h er e i s

presently working at the Airborne Laser Laboratory. W i t h h i m

“ El T or o” T RA V N I C K sent me a speci al delivery , express, r egist ered let

Kirtland are Dan WEESE, Donna LUNDQUIST , Pat CLA RK, K a r en LANGE, and Stormin Normin Sweet . Dave FRA NCI S, thanks f or w r it i ng

Smittie SMETA NA , and Regis HA NCOCK are all at Tuscon f o r A - 7

Notorious Service Medal: Pete GVA SA USKA S, while trying t o l ea d the SP’s to a fire he spotted on Vendenberg A FB, allowed t he sk ycops t o

Before I go any further, I must clear up a misprint i n t h e l a st a r t i c l e B i l l

ter begging meto let theclass know that he is not f l yi ng A -37s. T r av w ant s you to know that he is proud to be flying “ Tweets” ! A ct ual ly , T rav ,

but I lost your let ter .

upgrade. Now Trav can get some rest as he hasn’t slept since t he m ispr int !

cr ash i nt o his car and t hen w at ched it t oo go up i n f lames. G ood t r y Pet e. Z it of t he M ont h : T he Z it o f t he M ont h aw ar d goes t o mysel f , Ch r i s

I ’m happy to tell the class that the finest of ficer i n t he U .S. A r my , L T C Vance FOREPA UGH , is engaged to be married on 1 August t o a v er y wonderful lady, Jill CROTTY. It has always disillusioned m e t o s e e

anything other than four stars on that man’s shoulders. G o o d l u c k t o t hem f r om t he class of 79 . 48

GOLA B, Mark I RSI K, and Jim FI RTH , for putting Steve SA L E C K S c a r up on blocks during his wedding reception. Thats all for this issue, keep those cards and letters com ing. Be good a n d G o d B l ess.

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