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M aj or General U SA F Su per i n tendent

Over 2,000 years ago A rist ot le raised a quest ion f or w h i ch west ern man appears t o be st ill searching an answer : “ C o n si d er a t ion must be given t o t he quest ion , what const itutes ed u cat i o n and what is the proper way to be educated .” W e should n o t b e surprised t hat af t er only twenty-seven years t he A ir F o r c e A cademy has not f ound “ t he answer ” t o t his question .

N evert heless, while we cont inue t he search, the answers w e have f ound and melded int o t he A cademy experience are a n d should be a source of st rengt h and pride. For example, t h e P r esi dent at H arvard announced recent ly that H arvard was i n t r o ducing something new - a “ core curriculum .” A s you k now , we have believed in a well balanced core since t he beginning yet have not allowed it t o inhibit us f rom adj ust ing t o changing n eed s i n t he growing body of k nowledge, part icularly t echnological .

A not her example is t he int roduct ion of ethics into t h e cu r r i cu l u m o f medical , law , and business schools across t he count ry . W e should take pride in t he f act t hat t he moral et hical opport unit y

provided here has been central to the Academy experience. T h e

honor code provides the opport unity of t est ing onesel f i n a cr u ci ble where every deviat ion is f atal ; where t he mat ter being t est ed runs st raight t hrough t o t he soul .

Even wit h t hese examples of what is good in our program , i t seems t o me t hat in t his cont inuing search f or “ t he p r o p er w ay t o be educated ” we must maint ain a “ lock -on ” of our purpose, o u r reason f or existence! T o me t he essence of our purpose i s l ead er ship . Certainly t he A ir Force A cademy should be one o f t h e cent ers of learning on t his subj ect in t he count ry , i f n o t t h e w h o l e world . A nd t he f oundat ions t hat we st rive t o provide i n k nowledge, charact er , enthusiasm , mot ivat ion , courage a n d discipline must cont ribut e t o graduat es - of f icers w i t h a w i l l ingness to accept t he consequences of t heir act ions. M aint aining our collect ive eye clearly on this purpose we can easily av o i d m u ch of what has occurred in higher educat ion in A merica - t h o se w i t h degrees that cannot read , cannot writ e and cannot calculate!

But we are not j ust another cent er of higher education - w e a r e an A cademy - t he A cademy f or our A ir Force. W e should an d m u st b e b et t er !

General K elley

So , where are we and w here are we going? W e have not b een stat ic; we have been changing and evolving; but I don ’t t h i n k w e realize what an ef f ect out side f orces have had , specif ically V i et nam . I t had an enormous impact on our nat ional psyche. N o t because we lost t he war , but because in V iet nam we l o st o u r i n nocence. W e had t o f ace growing up . I t seemed during t h e V i et nam era t hat t he count ry was coming apart . T hat it h ad l o st i t s spirit , t hat it had lost it s opt imism , t hat it had lost it s f ait h , t hat it h ad l o st i t s b el i ef i n i t sel f . A n d i t h ad . B u t t h i s happened because our previous f ait h had been based on t he k ind of belief sy st em t hat adolescent s have - everyt hing in absolut es, black a n d w h i t e .

W it h V iet nam , A merica had t o f ace up t o a world of m o r a l a m biguit y - t he problem s we’ve had to f ace in t he post -V iet nam period have also cont ributed t o our loss of innocence. W at ergate sapped a great deal of our spirit as did t he discovery t h a t technology caused bot h pollut ion and disease w hen it w a s su p posed t o be “ t he” answer . I think we have come t o see o u r sel v es as not necessarily being able t o solve every problem a s w e o n c e did . W e have had t o recognize our limit at ions. U nt il recent ly , A merica has been a very young count ry in it s basic psychology ; but , it is only t he adolescent who t hink s in limit less t e r m s . T h e mat ure person says “ W ell , I can’t do everyt hing, so w h at i s i t t h at I really want to do?” I n t he last 15 years A merica h as b een f o r ced to grow up . A nd I ’ m not sure t hat would have come about i f w e h ad n o t su f f er ed so m e o f t h e cr i ses w e h av e su f f er ed i n r ecen t

years. W e are growing up , di f f icult as t hat may be. T h e r e a r e e n couraging signs — f or w hile we may not k now w hat t he a n s w e r s are, at least - and at long last - we’ re no longer running away f rom t he quest ions.

N ow , what has t his to do wit h our A cademy? Our A cademy , like it or not , has been growing up during these very t r o u b l ed t imes. From t he securit y o f a beginning when we k new the ques t ions and t hought we k new most of t he answers of how t o provide a qualit y int ellectual , milit ary , physical , moral ethical exper ience t o where we are t oday — not quit e sure. A nd yet t he challenge is very much t he same. H ow t o prepare of f icers f or problems t h a t a t t h i s t i m e d o n ’ t ex i st o r d o n ’ t seem t o ex i st b ecau se n o o n e h as

thought of t hem yet !

M y initial assessment and report t o you is t hat we are doing a bett er j ob than we t hink , alt hough we have great di f f icult y w i t h some enduring quest ions. Such as? W ell - “ Commit ment t o e x cellence” - is it realist ic, is it obtainable? I f so , f o r w h o m ? C ad et T ime -- part icularly as it applies t o excellence; a duty concept - what should it be and how do we develop it ? H uman r el at i o n s and discipline - do we underst and t he relat ionships; an d w h er e i s t he center of gravit y? A nd how do we achieve t he proper b a l a n c e between quality and quant ity in t he A cademy experience? T h e se are all quest ions which we will cont inue t o st ruggle w i t h i n t h e days and mont hs ahead and I look f orward t o report ing o u r p r o g r e ss .

Finally , I need your help , your t hought s, as I undert ake m y responsibilities as Superint endent - don’ t hesitate t o sh a r e t h e m wit h me and please “ t ell it like it is! ” M erry Christ mas.

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“ Nostalgia” as defined in a fifties vintage copy of

T he ent husiasm and euphoria car ried t hroughout t he w eek en d .

I t is dif f icult t o ident if y any single highlight . T he w h o l e af f ai r w as a marvelous experience and w ill long be remembered by us who were t here. For t hose who could not be t here, we missed you --but your “ presence” was f elt .

On Friday evening we ent ertained ourselves at a “ nost algia night ” at t he O f f icers Club . Bob Brickey had ar ranged a f ull pro gram o f entert ainment . A t one point , he gave t he microphone t o P . B . O ’ Connor . Peebs st ood up - as t all as he could - and said , “ Sir , I would lik e my classmat es t o st and and be recognized a n d I will begin . Sir , my name is new cadet O ’ Connor , P . B ., 815K .”

T he pit ch was picked up by Gl ’ ers spread t hroughout t h e ballroom as each grad , in new cadet f ashion, announced h i s n am e and cadet number . A f t er t he last had f inished his recit at ion , B r i c e Jones st ood and said , “ Sir , let ’s remember t hose of o u r classmates who could not be here. Sir , my name is new c a d e t M oorberg, M ont e L .” Spont aneously , and in succession , f r o m t hroughout t he room t he names of all deceased ’61 graduates w e r e pronounced . I t was a moving experience which bear s st a r k t est imony t o t he cohesiveness and camaraderie of t he C l a ss o f ’ 6 1 .

Preceding t he f oot ball game on Sat urday , t he Class present ed it s Class Flag t o t he Class of ’ 85 at a ceremony on t h e st ad i u m f loor . T he f lag, which has a grey ’6 1 crest on a f ield of blue, rim med wit h red , and a yellow f ringe — represent ing all f o u r C l a ss colors - will be carried by t he Cadet W ing color guard i n a l l parades. T his f lag will be used to represent t he Class o f ’ 85 u n t i l t hey have a f lag of t heir own - in 1984. A t t hat t ime, t he ’ 61 f lag will be ret ired and t he ’ 85 f lag will replace it in t h e cer em o n i al posit ion . T he ’6 1 f lag was present ed t o t wo representat ive members of the Class of ’ 85 by L t Col Gene D avis. Receiving t h e f lag were C4C Chris D avis (Gene’ s son) and C4C Robert A podaca (son of V ic A podaca) . I t was our progeny - our of f spring - w h o car r i ed t h e ’ 6 1 b an n er i n t o t h e h ear t o f t h e C ad et W ing - a very moving event .

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A merican College Dict ionary , t he one wit h an old cadet ser i al n umber st ill legible on t he f ront ispiece, is “ . . . a st rong desire f or f amily and f riends, in severe f orms producing derangement o f mental and physical f unct ions.” I don’ t k now how many “ severe” cases we had at t he Class reunion, but there might have been one or two ! Sixty-O ne, not t o be out done, celebrated f o r f our days in mid-Sept ember t he commemorat ion of t hei r twent iet h anniversary year .

T here were lot s of cheers, many beers, and a f ew tears a s seventy-f ive members of t he A cademy ’ s t hird graduat ing class, t he star seekers, gat hered at t he “ olde school ” f or nostalgia and renewed f riendships. Breaking wit h t he one-year t radit ion established by ’ 59, who had t heir reunion in t he summer , a n d t h e one-year t radition established by ’ 60, who had t heir r e u n i o n a t H omecoming, t he 6r ers decided to hold t heir t wenty-year r e union on a home f oot ball week end ot her t han H omecoming. T h i s precluded competition wit h t he t en-year class who normally dominates t he H omecoming weekend . I t t ook more planning, a n d a lot of work , but t he ef f ort s produced a wonder f ul w e e k e n d t h a t was “ j ust ours.”

T he scene in t he lobby of t he Ramada I nn N ort h where w e gat hered t hat f irst night was typical of t housands o f r eu n i o n s h el d anywhere - every year . “ I s t hat really you?” “ W hat happened t o all of your hair (ha, ha)?” “ Y ou ’ve put on a f ew pounds (hee, hee) !” W ell , we’ re not much di f f erent f rom ot her groups, b u t w e t ry harder .

T he f irst night ’ s gat hering was f ull of lively conversat ion a n d f riendly chit chat as we renewed old f riendships. Some o f u s h ad not seen one anot her f or twent y years. T he evening was sparked w it h a viewing of t he 1958 U SA FA Foot ball H ighlight s (in black and whit e) .

W hen t he announcer ment ioned names like L ane, Brick ey , H ardage, M ayo - loud cheers erupt ed f rom t he audience. W e even saw Cubero carry t he ball ! N ow we know why he played t he l i n e.

R eunion A t tendees: 20 Sep tember 1981.

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D OPM A H IGH L IGH T S On 15 September 1981, t he D ef ense O f f icer Personnel M anage ment A ct (D OPM A ) became law . I t impact s on every o f f icer w h o is serving on extended active dut y- A cademy Grad , ROT C o r OT S Grad , direct comm issioned of f icers, reservist s and regulars.

D O PM A establishes a single promot ion syst em and eli minat es t he dual syst em t hat was used f or years. T his means two t hings t o each U SA FA “ Grad ” on act ive duty . First , career t enure w i l l b e est ablished at an earlier point t han has been in t he past ; i .e. , at t he 15- 16t h year of com missioned service upon promot ion t o l i eu tenant colonel vice t he 20-2 1st year as bef ore t o acquire t h e en t it lement t o serve to 28 years of commissioned service b ef o r e

reaching mandatory retirement . While promotion to maj or u sed

The Reunion f avor was a unique, etched wine set.

A l i m i t ed n u m b er ar e st i l l a vai la b l e.

U nf ortunat ely , the f oot ball game ended with a score o t h er t h an what we would have pref erred . H owever , t he loss didn ’t dampen t he spirits of ’6 1 as we cheered and yelled as best w e co u l d . P au l O ’Connor , t he perpet ual cheerleader , set t he tempo an d d i r ect ed t he screaming f ans wit h fl ashes of “ f alcon f ever ” f rom y ea r s a g o .

Ben M art in visited our reserved seat ing area at half t i m e. I t w as great t o see him sit t ing wit h his t eam members f rom years gone by - smiling - reminiscing. T he now “ beef ed-up” f rames o f so m e o f

the ex-players (Maxwell) could have come in handy twenty y e a r s

ago , Ben !

Sat urday night was a night to be remembered f or all t i m es. T h e dinner and show was held at t he A nt lers H otel , t he si t e o f t h e f i r st “ Cadet Club .” T he old hotel has been replaced by a m o r e modern edif ice, and t he Cadet Club is gone. T he Cadet C h o r al e entert ained us wit h some songs f rom “ our days.” M r . Boyd , as he is prone t o do at gat herings of grads, invited members o f t h e audience who had sung with the chorale to j oin t he group in t he

singing of the final song. However, he under-estimated t h e e n

t husiasm of ’61, because every grad present lef t his seat to j oin t he chorale in. the singing of “ The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

T he t ide of b l ’ers moving t o t he f ront of t he room w as so st r o n g t hat it carried t he Superintendent , t he Commandant , an d t h e D ean of Facult y wit h t hem , and t hey , in t urn , j oined w i t h u s i n singing.

Our special guest s, M rs. M cComas and Jim Conboy , received a > >

gift from the Class. Randy Cubero gave a heartwarming

t est imonial t o t hese t wo very special f riends. Randy presented t o each a f ramed photograph of Baf f in wit h an engraved inscript ion at tached expressing our appreciat ion f or t heir k indness an d co n cern f or our wel f are years ago . T he inscript ions read “ T o M r s .

M ac, ‘ Because you cared t hen , we care now ,” ’ and “ T o J i m Conboy , ‘T here is not hing as gent le as t rue st rengt h , and not hing as st rong as t rue gentleness.’ ” Randy read a poem t hat h ad b een specially writt en f or each of t hem . T he reading of t he poem s

to assure a regular o f f icer ret irement eligibility , n o t s o n o w .

U nder current Secretary of t he A ir Force policy , all of f icers pro mot ed t o maj or will be cont inued on act ive duty t o r et i r em en t .

Second, the dual system meant each of ficer had to compete f o r promotion to each grade twice. A s regulars, nonselection t o t e m porary maj or/ lieutenant colonel, while personally f rustrating, had no direct ef f ect on mandat ory separat ion . Even i f sel ect ed under t he temporary system , t he all im portant career t en u r e p r o mot ion was to t he permanent grade.

U nder D OPM A , t here is only one promot ion system and f o r some it means t wice non-select ed could mean non-volunt ary

separation. Of ficers not selected to captain may, based o n t h e

needs of t he A ir Force, be cont inued up t o 20 years of act ive, commissioned service. A s noted above, maj ors not select ed t o lieutenant colonel may be cont inued on t o retirement , b u t t h i s cont inuat ion is a matt er of secret arial policy . T he A i r F o r ce d o es not envision f or t he f oreseeable f ut ure requiring maj ors d ef er r ed t o lieutenant colonel t o separat e bef ore ret irement eligibility .

DOPMA also changes active duty service commitments i n

curred as a result of promot ion t o t he grades of lieutenant co l o n el

thru maj or general. In the past , accepting these promotions brought two years o f obligated service. O f f icers select ed by a board convening af t er 15 Sept ember 81 who accept t hese p r o m o t ions will have t o serve three years f rom t he ef f ect ive dat e of pro mot ion bef ore t hey can voluntarily ret ire. T he law is quit e speci f ic here in it s intent . T o obt ain an appropriate payback f or t hese pro motions, waivers of t his obligat ed service requirement may be grant ed only by t he President of t he U nit ed St at es and only f or personal hardship reasons.

D O PM A is a progressive new law t hat standardizes of f icer

management legislation among all the services and provides f o r greater ef ficiency in the operation of essential elements i n t h e management of the of ficer force. There are no maj or, negative impact s apparent as a result of t his new law .

(U SA FA / D P)

brought many a tear to the eyes of the old grads as t hey watched

and list ened . M rs. M ac, in her accept ance, t old us t hat we “ grey

tags” are silver tags. She recounted the discussion sh e h ad w i t h General Harmon concerning Class colors. The gold symbolizes t he sunrise, blue is f or t he sky , silver is t he lining of t he clouds,

and red symbolizes the sunset . A ll these years we thought w e w e r e grey tags. The time has come to show our true color - si l v e r .

Sunday morning t here was a memorial service at t he cl ass w al l .

H ect or N egroni and Reb Jones placed a wreat h at t he w a l l b e l o w

t h e ’ 6 1 C l ass co at -o f -ar m s. A n ai r o f sad n ess f el l o n t h e sm al l

group as we recalled the names and faces of those who h a v e

f allen . W e wiped t he t ears f rom our eyes and quiet ly proceeded t o t he club f or the f arewell brunch . A s in all good t hings, t h e r e u n i o n h ad t o co m e t o an en d .

M ent ion must be made of t he many lovely ladies who a l so a t

t en d ed t h e ’ 6 1 r eu n i o n . T h ese w er e o u r sw eet h ear t s f r o m cad et days, who are now our wives, mothers of our children, an d b est

The Class F lag f or ‘61 was p resented to the Class

of 1985 ... the tradition of excellence is continued.

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of f riends. T hose young, prett y f aces that used t o grace A rnold H all have mat ured , and t hey all are lovelier now t han t hey ever w er e . W e l o v e ’ em al l .

H O M E C O M I N G ‘81 . . . B E ST E V E R V i nce L and r y ’ 71

H omecoming Chairman

Beginning wit h 71’$ T en-Y ear Reunion Party in the ballroom o f the A nt ler ’ s Plaza and closing wit h a memorable address by t his year ’ s Jabara A ward recipient , H omecoming ’ 81 was a big success by any measurement . A ll t he “ Right St uf f ’ ’ t hat makes H omecoming f un and enj oyable was t here.

T hursday af t ernoon , ’ 71 began gat hering at t he A nt ler ’ s i n downt own Colorado Springs; t he A nt ler ’ s served as t he h ead quarters f or t he ten-year Class. T hat evening t he Class enj oyed a dinner part y t hat was made part icularly special by the presence of Brigadier General Robin Olds and his wi f e, who were t he guest s of t he Class f or the weekend . A n inspiring prof essional , t h e ex C o m m sh a r ed so m e o f h i s f o n d m em o r i es o f U SA F A w i t h t h e Class. (T hank s f or coming. General .) Jimmy “ T he Rebel ’ ’ Sm i t h provided some lighter moment s, proving his wit hasn’t d i m m ed an y .

Friday was a day t o visit t he hallowed halls of glass a n d aluminum . A s represent at ives f rom the remaining Classes arrived , t hey roamed t he terrazzo visit ing t he dorm s and comment ing t h a t the A cademy must have lowered t he age requirement s b e c a u se t h e Cadet s were obviously much younger look ing t han when t hey were here. I t was also noted that room arrangement s, especially f or f irst ies, had changed considerably . L unch t ime at M i t ch ’ s w as also eye-opening, t his t ime f or t he Cadet s. T hey got t o l i st en t o t he grads t ell t hem about “ H ow it was when I was a C a d e t ” . I t was a beaut i f ul day f or t hose who opted t o play in t h e A l u m n i Gol f T ournament or go on t he V ol k smarch . For many it w a s t h e i r f irst chance to play on t he A cademy ’s newer course. S o m e a l u m n i

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changed , the Cadets st ill generally use af ternoon classes a s a means of catching up on their rest . L ater Friday af ternoon , everyone gat hered at t he A cademy ’ s O f f icers’ Club f or co ck t ai l s an d h o r s d ’ o eu v r es. F al co n F o o t b al l C o ach K en H at f i el d t o o k a

minute out of his busy pre-game schedule t o address t he grads.

Some list ened a bit sk ept ically as he described how t h e C a d e t s were going t o beat CSU t he next af t ernoon . T he remainder o f F r i day evening was spent visit ing wit h Classmat es and f r i en d s at various part ies t hat were held in t he area.

Saturday t urned out t o be t he most memorable day of t h e

The assem bled graduates.. .

weekend . I n f act , it was t he most memorable in recent hist ory . I n t he morning, t he grads and cadet s gat hered f or t he an n u al Memorial Ceremony. It was the kind of fall morning grads

remember as typical , the sky was overcast , the temperature w a s

down and t he wind was up t o about M A C H 3. I t was t he n e w Superint endent ’s f irst chance t o review t his ceremony . H e f o r m al ly dedicat ed a ’ 71 Class Plaque t hat hung on t he Class W a l l behind t he graduate f ormat ion . H e also list ened wit h t h o se o f u s present to roll call of recent ly deceased graduates. A s w e l i st en ed t o t he report of “ absent ” t o t he list . Col Jock Schwank , C l ass o f ’60 and new Commander of t he Prep School , placed a w r eat h o n t h e W ar M em o r i al o n b eh al f o f t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es.

Toward the end of the ceremony, a well executed missing-man f lyover was per f ormed by t he Colorado A ir N at ional G u ar d . T h e f ormat ion was led by a grad .

A fter a catered lunch at A rnold Hall, everyone met at F al co n Stadium for what turned out to be a super Falcon game.

Colorado weather cooperated and by game time, the sky w a s clear , t he sun was out and bright , and the winds had d i ed . T h e

Falcons broke nine years of tradition and won the Homecoming Game, def eat ing t he CSU Rams, 28- 14.

The weekend festivities drew to a close that evening w i t h t h e an nual A lumni Banquet and Homecoming Ball. Mitch’s put o n a n ex cel l en t d i n n er f o r t h e o ccasi o n . O v er 5(X) m em b er s o f t h e al u m

ni and t he A cademy community were on hand t o honor B i l l

Gillin, Class of ’73, as he accepted this year’s Jabara A w a r d f r o m General Kelley. Bill’s remarks were particularly meaningful a n d his modesty in accounting the events of the day served t o highlight h i s w el l d eser v ed select i o n .

Several t ired grads made t heir way to A rnold H all f or t he Ball ,

the final event of the weekend. It was the last opportunity t o c o m e together and enj oy each others company before departing f o r hom e.

I t was a memorable week ; and , f or all those who were ab l e t o at tend , it was, lik e H omecoming, all t oo short . On b eh al f o f al l those who enj oyed t hem selves, I would lik e t o t hank e v e r y o n e who had a part in mak ing H omecoming ’ 81 t he “ Best H ome coming and T en-Y ear Reunion Ever .

Wing Staf f , Color Guard, D r um & B ugle Corp s, and F ir ing Squad .. . a tr ibute to f allen comrades.

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P r i o r J a b a r a A w a r d W i n n er s

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Captain W illiam T . Gillin , U SA F A cademy Class of 1973, distinguished himself on 4 Oct ober 1980, while f lying a n H H - 3 E helicopt er during t he rescue of survivors f rom t he D ut ch luxury oceanliner “ Prinsendam .” A t 0435 A nchorage time. Captain Gillin and crew , on alert st at us wit h t he 71st A erospace R e sc u e and Recovery Squadron, departed Elmendorf A ir Force B a se t o aid in t he rescue of 519 passengers and crew , who because o f a spreading f ire, were f orced t o abandon ship in t he f rigid wat ers of t he Gul f of A lask a, 120 miles f rom shore.

T hirty minut es later , in dar k ness, wit h low ceilings and light rain , Captain Gillin navigated out of A nchorage t hrough m o u n tainous Port age Pass. A f t er in-f light ref ueling f rom a r e s c u e H C- 130, t he crew proceeded t o t he recovery scene and c h o se a

Force crew , in t wo t rips t o t he violently pit ching and rolling st ern of t he “ Prinsendam ” hoist ed 19 more survivors including t h e l ast f our crew members and t he ship ’s capt ain at 1325.

D uring a f inal at tem pt t o rescue more survivors f rom o n e o f t h e

l i f eb o at s w i t h sea sw el l s i n ex cess o f 20 f eet i n o n e- an d -a- h al f - m i l e

visibility , t he li f eboat rose on a swell , ent angling t h e h o i st cab l e under t he boat ’ s rudder , t hen f ell , snapping t he cable. L o w o n f uel and f lying at less t han 50 f eet above t he wat er so t hat t hey could be t racked and vect ored by t he low altit ude sur f ace r a d a r o f a Coast Guard cut ter . Capt ain Gillin f aced what was t o b e t h e most challenging of his seven shipboard landings. A f t er t w o a t tem pt s, in ext remely hazardous seas, t he H H -3 landed saf ely on t he deck of t he rolling ship “ Sohio I nt repid .”

A f ter 11.2 hours of non-st op operation, nine shipboard landings, in seas with up t o 30-f oot swells, three air ref uelings, all in weat her at best described as marginal , t he helicopter w a s secured f or the night . U pon f inal count , Capt ain Gillin an d cr ew were credit ed wit h 61 lives saved , wit h many survivors being elder ly , some more t han 80 year s old . T he national news m ed i a cal l ed t he mission , “ t he greatest maritime rescue in t he hi st ory o f t h e U n i t ed St at es.

For his prof essional f lying skill , raw courage, rugged d et er minat ion , and unself ish dedicat ion t o mankind , Captain G i l l i n i s awarded t he 1981 Jabara A ward f or A irmanship .

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M r . (M ed Ret ) W ayne A . W ar ner C apt ai n N ei l B . C r ist M aj or St eve Ritchie C aptain D ale E . St ovall M aj or Robert A . L odge C apt ai n D onald R . Buck lund

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l i f eb o at f o r t h ei r f i r st r escu e ef f o r t at 090 5 .

ev al u at e a n ew o u t b r eak o f f i r e an d t o r eco v er t h e l ast o f t h e ship’ s crew . A lternat ing wit h a Coast Guard helicopt er , t h e A i r

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C aptain D onald D . Stevens M aj or T er r y R . Jor r is and L i eu t en a n t K a r l W . R i c h t er

Bill Gilli n, ^73

T he li f eboat was f illed t o capacit y wit h primarily elderly passengers, requiring t he deployment of t wo pararescuemen i n t o t he 45-degree water f rom a 10-f oot hover . A f t er 11 h o i st s f r o m t he li f eboat , t he survivors were of f l oaded ont o t he o i l t an k er “ W illiamsburg,” t he on-scene recovery vessel , wit h Capt ain Gillin mak ing his f irst shipboard landing. Ret urning t o t h e lif eboat , six more survivors were hoist ed aboard t he helicopt er during t he 25-k not gust ing winds and poor visibility . Capt ain Gillin again landed on t he recovery vessel and short ly t h er ea f t er completed t he crew ’s second air ref ueling.

Ret urning to t he li f eboat , now in 12-f oot swells, t he cr ew m ad e t hree more round t rips, hoist ing aboard 25 more survivors. A t 12 18, t he crew per f ormed t he mission’ s f inal air ref ueling.

W it h weather deteriorating, in rainshowers, and less t h a n t h r e e miles visibility , t he aircraf t was sent t o t he “ Prinsendam ” t o

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C apt ain Ronald T . Rand

L t . C o l o n el M i ch a el V . L o v e

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M aj o r Roger W . C ar let on D r . (L t C ol) W ayne F . K endall , Jr .

M aj or M art H . Bushnel l

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C o l o n el T h o m a s A . L a P l a n t e

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A CCEPT A N CE REM A RK S W it h all due respect t o my f at her-in-law , who ret ired f r o m t h e N avy , I j oined t he A ir Force because I was af raid of w a t e r a n d didn’t want t o mak e car rier landings!

I k now it ’ s gett ing lat e, but t here are tw o t hings I w o u l d l i k e t o say . First , I was not t he L one Ranger on t his mission , b u t i t w as a t remendous t eam ef f ort , and a lot of people deserve cr ed i t . T h e ot her pilot should have been here t onight , but it ’s h i s o w n f au l t h e went t o t he wrong school - he graduat ed f rom Colorado S t a t e !

T here is my dear wif e, who j umped out of bed at 3:30 a . m . a n d pack ed us a lunch - it was all we had t o eat all day - t hen she spent a long, anxious day praying f or us. T he ot her crewmembers w i t h me did an out st anding j ob , and I can ’t praise them enough . T hen my Commander - he had t o sit back at Elmendor f and sw e a t i t o u t f or 24 hours. I m ust give credit to our maintenance people, who are of ten overlooked , f or t heir super wor k , and t o t h e o t h er ai r crews involved and t he crewmembers of t he ships. I t was a superb ef f ort by all of them . A nd f inally , when I consider t h e co n d i t i o n s of t hat day , and how many t hings t hat could have gone wrong - i f t he weat her had deteriorat ed sooner , i f t he ship had b een 100 miles f urther out t o sea, if t here hadn’t been two o i l t an k er s n ear by , i f t here had been any mechanical problems - yet all 519 people were rescued ; I am convinced t hat t he L ord was in cont rol , an d I H

w ant to th an k h im .

Secondly , it ’ s t oo bad t here is only one award given h e r e t onight , because there are many of you who deserve recognit ion .

Every once in a while, one of us is given t he rare opport unity t o be in t he right place at t he right t ime t o do a j ob t hat put s us in t he limelight . But I t hink t he great est people are t hose w ho are daily mak ing sacrif ices f or t heir f amilies, t heir comm unities, an d t h ei r count ry . I t ’ s not very glamorous t o endure f requent separations f rom t he com f ort s of home, put t ing i n long hours of o v er t i m e without overt ime pay , and diligent ly giving your best f rom day t o day . A nd in a society where honest y and integrit y of c h a r a c t e r a r e somet imes considered out moded , you who are upholding t h e se principles are our greatest her oes, f or without st rong m o r a l character , our f reedoms are rat her m eaningless. I t i s o n b eh al f o f you people t hat I am honored t o accept t his award t onight .

T hank you .”

T h e H o n o r ed C l a ss

B ill Gil I in, ‘73; Jabara A ward recip ient.

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Cheering ... USAFA style

Gen. K elley p resented th e J abara A ward .

G .I . B I L L U P D A T E T o m H ar t m an n , ’ 77 The loss of the old G.I . Bill and the prospects for a n e w o n e

have been of cont inuing concern to st udent s graduat ing si n ce 1977. T he f ollowing discussion is designed t o provide i n f o r m at i o n on the background f or t he present sit uat ion and t he prospects f or improvement s in t he f ut ure. M ost of t his inf ormat ion h as b een t ak en f rom H ouse Report 97-80, Part I : T he Report of t h e H o u se Veterans’ A f f airs Commit tee t o accompany H .R . 1400 .

BA CKGROU ND

I n February 1969, President Richard M . N ixon appointed a commission chai red by f ormer Secretary of D efense T homas Gates to examine t he possibility of abolishing t he d r a f t an d est ablishing the A ll-V olunteer Force (A V F) . I n February 1970, t he Gates Commission recommended t hat t he count ry complet e t he t ransit ion t o t he A V F by 1 July 1971. T hough President N ix o n accepted the goal of an A V F in principle, t he pressures o f t h e V iet nam war and t he need f or a more orderly t ransit ion t o a n A V F necessit at ed def erral of t he t arget dat e f rom 1 July 1971 t o 1 July 1973. A ct ual induct ions of men int o t he A rmed F o r ces en d ed on 31 D ecember 1972, and on 30 June 1973 (wit h cert ain m i n o r except ions) , t he President ’ s authority t o induct men i n t o t h e A rmed Forces expired . Standby draf t regist rat ion cont inued u n t i l A pril 1975, when it was terminat ed by President Ford .

A lt hough t he draf t ended in 1973, t he ent itlement t o t h e V i et nam Era G .I . Bill cont inued t o be extended t o t hose j oining t he A V F . But on 7 M ay 1975, President Ford t erminated t he V iet n am wart ime period and submitt ed to Congress a proposed b i l l t o set a terminat ion date f or t he exist ing veterans’ educat ional b en ef i t s.

O n 15 Oct ober 1976, af ter Congressional passage. President F o r d signed Public L aw (P .L .) 94-502, which established 3 1 D ecem b er 1976 as t h e t er m i n at i o n d at e f o r accr u al o f v et er an s’ ed u cat i o n al

assistance benef it s under t he t hen-exist ing G .I . Bill . P . L . 9 4 - 5 0 2 also established a post -V iet nam era cont ribut ory educat ional assist ance program f or t hose entering t he A rmed Forces o n o r af t er 1 January 1977. T his new plan is k nown as t he P o st - V iet n am Era V et erans’ Educat ional A ssist ance Program (V EA P) an d w as originally designed : ( 1) as a recruit ment and ret ent ion i n cen t i v e f or t he milit ary and (2) as an educat ional assistance program f or t he A rmed Forces t o assist those who part icipate in obtaining an educat ion t hey might not ot herwise be able to af f ord . V E A P w a s est ablished as a 5-year t est program t o t erminate on 3 1 D ecem b er 1981; however , the President has recommended a one-year e x t e n si o n w h i ch w i l l b eco m e ef f ect i v e u n l ess ei t h er H o u se or Congress disagrees. T o quali f y f or V EA P benef it s, t he vet eran o r ser v i cemember must have: ( 1) entered act ive service on or a f t er 1 January 1977; (2) served f or a continuous period of 181 days or more (a shorter period is allowed i f discharged f or a ser v i ceconnected disability) ; (3) cont ribut ed speci f ic amount s t o t he pro gram while on active duty ; (4) been discharged or released f r o m service under condit ions ot her t han dishonorable; and (5) com plet ed the f irst t our of dut y or six years in act ive ser v i ce w h i ch ev er is less. Part icipant s receive monthly benef it s f or t h e sa m e n u m b e r o f mont hs t hey cont ributed to the V EA P f und , up t o a m ax i m u m of 36 mont hs of f ull-t ime t raining. T he D epart ment o f D ef en se report s t hat 20 1,734 enlist ees (about one out of every f our eligible enlist ees) and 2,099 of f icers enrolled in V EA P between 1 January 1977 a n d 3 1 D ecem b er 1979 .

D espit e V EA P’ s avowed goal of improving recruit ment an d ret ention , bot h problems cont inued t hroughout t he 1970’s.

Recognizing t his. Congress int roduced several t est programs (loan f orgiveness; t uit ion reimbursement and subsistence allowance; D O D payment of V EA P cont ributions) designed t o eit her enhance t he exist ing V EA P st ruct ure or t est completely n e w p r o grams of educat ional benef it s f or members of the A V F . H owever , several represent at ives of t he uni f ormed services have expressed dissat isf act ion and impatience with t hese test programs i n test imony bef ore t he H ouse V eterans’ A f f airs Subcom mit tee o n 12

Educat ion , T raining, and Employment . Based on t his testimony , as well as extensive f ield hearings and discussions wit h recruiters,

t h e H o u se V et er an s’ A f f ai r s C o m m i t t ee co n cl u d ed t h at “ t h er e i s

litt le doubt t hat t he rest orat ion of a signi f icant non-cont ribut ory educat ional benef it will help att ract a steady st ream of high quali t y recruit s t o t he A rm ed Forces.’ ’ T he Commit tee sees a n e w educat ion program as t he f ir st st ep t oward developing a so u n d military manpower policy .

N EW I N I T I A T I V ES. Present ly t here are about 10 vet erans’ educat ion bills pending in t he H ouse and Senate. T he b i l l w h i ch h as r ecei v ed t h e m o st at t en t i o n i s H . R . 1400 i n t r o d u ced by Rep G .V . (Sonny) M ont gomery (D -M iss) , Chairman of t he H ouse V et er an s’ A f f ai r s C o m m i t t ee . T h e b i l l h as f i v e essen t i al f eat u r es:

( 1) an extension of t he current loan f orgiveness test program ; (2) an init ial benef it payment program of $300 per mont h f o r 36 m ont hs upon complet ion of t hree years of act ive duty ; (3) a max imum ent it lement of $600 per mont h f or 36 mont hs upon comple t ion of six years of service; (4) t ransf erability of t h e m e m b e r ’ s e n t it lement t o his or her spouse or child i f t he member se r v e s 10 years, as long as he cont inues t o serve; and (5) an ed u cat i o n l eav e of absence program .

M ost t op Service representat ives have testi f ied t hat a n e w G . I .

Bill wit h a t ransf erabilit y provision would signi f icant ly b o l st er bot h recruit ing and ret ent ion ef f ort s. H owever , D O D , O f f i ce o f M anagement and Budget (OM B) , and V A represent at ives h av e ask ed t hat Congress delay act ion on a new G .I . Bill pending com plet ion of t he t est programs previously ment ioned . T hey have also i n d i cat ed t h at t h e A d m i n i st r at i o n w i l l r eco m m en d a n e w p r o g r a m

ear ly in 1982 f ollowing evaluat ion of the t est programs.

T he H ouse V eterans’ A f f airs Com mitt ee (H V A C) has recom mended passage of H .R . 1400, while t he H ouse A rmed Ser v i ces Commit tee plans hearings in t he f ut ure. T he Senate V et er an s’ A f f airs Commit tee (SV A C) has not yet made a recommendat ion b u t is expect ed to mak e a decision around mid-Sept ember . B u t ev en i f t he SVA C gives a f avorable report , passage of a new G .I . Bill by eit her H ouse bef ore 1982 is unlik ely in view o f t he A d m i n i st r a t ion ’s (OM B and D O D ) desire t o def er such act ion until a f t er evaluat ion of t he various t est programs.

J oin T he

A SS O C I A T I O N O F GRA D U A TES •

B ec o m e I n v o l v ed

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K eep I nf ormed Support A OG/ U SA FA Programs

A T T EN T I O N I N T H E A R EA CA D ET SA BRES - T he A OG O f f ice has been swamped wit h orders f rom graduates f or Cadet Sabres. A s explained i n t h e Su m mer issue of Check point s, t here ar e limited numbers av ai l ab l e f o r resale by t he A OG . Since the source of t hese sabres i s t h e C a d e t St ore, cert ain rules were accepted t o make t his service a v a i l a b l e .

Speci f ically , sabres are only available t o graduate m em b er s o f t h e A OG ; may only be purchased wit hin t he CON U S; and only o n e sabre will be available per graduate. T he A OG O f f ice i s n o w equipped wit h appropriate mailing cont ainers, and will b e a b l e t o respond t o orders in a timely manner . A n additional i n cr em en t o f 50 has been allocat ed t o t he A OG f or t he f irst quart er o f F Y 82 .

Orders will be f illed on a f irst -come, f ir st -served b asi s. P r i ces ar e adj usted as of 1 N ovember to $95 f or sabres t hat are mailed ; and $85 f or sabres pick ed up in t he A OG O f f ice. A ssociat e M e m b e r s of t he A OG may ask f or an except ion t o t he above guidelines i f , in f act , they are purchasing t he sabre as a gi f t f or a graduate.

Quest ions relat ed t o t he sabre sale program should b e d i r ect ed t o t h e at t en t i o n o f t h e E x ecu t i v e D i r ect o r .

1982 A OG M EM BERSH I P - A OG M ember ships f or 1982 will b e of f ered f or $20. T his membership will ent itle all members t o t h e f ull range of A OG services, including f our issues of Check point s and t he 1982 Regist er . I n 1981, two opt ions of memberships h ad been of f ered ; t hat is, a membership including all publications an d a membership including only Check point s. Since f ewer t h a n 10 % of t he t otal membership opt ed f or t he Check point s only m e m b e r ship , it was decided t hat t he administ rat ive overhead d i d n o t j usti f y cont inuing t hat opt ion . T hus, t here will be only one pack age available f or 1982. M ult iple year memberships a r e n o longer o f f ered , and t he L if e M embership Program is st i l l su s pended by t he Board of D irect ors pending t he development o f a n alt ernat e L if e M embership pack age.

1981 REGI ST ER - T he 1981 Regist er of Graduates was mailed by t he publisher f rom K ansas Cit y on 29 Oct ober 1981. T h i s i s t h e earliest dat e ever f or mailing t he A OG Regist er t o t h e m em b er ship . Because of prohibit ive postage cost s, all Regist ers a r e se n t by sur f ace mail . T hus, overseas members may experience a lengt hy delay in receipt of t heir Register . Corrections t o t h e 198 1 Regist er ent ries f or individuals may be f orwarded t o t h e A O G Records M anager or made in conj unct ion wit h t he 1982 Biographical U pdat e Form which will be mailed t o all m e m b e r s i n A pril 1982. T he latt er met hod is pref erred by t he A OG O f f i c e .

A ddit ional copies o f t he 1981 Register are available t o m em b er s of t he A OG f or $8, including post age. Graduat e nonmembers o f t he A OG may purchase copies of t he 1981 Register f rom t h e A O G f or $12. T hese are only available f or non-commercial p u r p o se s , an d t h er e i s a l i m i t ed n u m b er .

RH OD ES SC H OL A RSH I PS - A m ong t he 23 graduat ing Classes f rom U SA FA , there have been 23 Rhodes Scholars named . T h e A OG O f f ice f requently get s inquiries as t o how t his c o m p a r e s wit h t he ot her service academies. I n response t o t he quest ion , t he A cademy L ibrary was able t o provide st at ist ics which i n d i cat e t hat since 1959, t he A ir Force A cademy has had 23 Rhodes Scholars; t he M ilitary A cademy , 22; and t he N aval A cademy , 8 .

Furt her break ing t his down , i f you look at t he period since 1970, t he record would indicat e that U SA FA has had 12; U SM A , 8; and U SN A , 1. W hile t he overall t rend speak s well f or U SA FA p r o grams, cert ainly any ext ended conclusions are hard t o d r aw .

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

H O M E C O M I N G 1982 - T h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es a n d t h e

A ir Force A cademy A t hletic A ssociat ion have set aside Sat urday , 2 October as t he f ocal point f or H omecoming 1982. T he f o o t b al l opponent on t hat dat e will be U niversit y of N ew M exico , a W A C t eam . T h e C l asses o f 1962 a n d 1972 w i l l cel eb r at e t h ei r 20 an d

10-year reunions during H omecoming 1982. Preliminary planning f or t he reunions will begin at U SA FA early in 1982. I n t er est ed i n dividuals having suggest ions or w ishing t o work on t h e co m m i t t ees sh o u l d co n t act t h e A O G O f f i ce .

L I FE M EM BERSH I P - A s was announced during t he 1981 M embership D rive, t he Board of D irect ors, pending a t o t al review , has suspended t he sale of L i f e M emberships f o r t h e t i m e being. Economic realit ies relat ed t o double-digit inf lat ion an d escalat ing post age and print ing cost s, mak e it im pract ical t o o f f er L i f e M emberships at t he previous $350 level . A part ial r ev i ew h as been conducted by the Board ; and , af t er the newly elect ed B o ar d is able to complete the analysis, a revised L ife Membership policy w ill be announced t o t he A OG mem bership .

CA D ET W ED D I N GS - Following graduat ion in 1981, t here w e r e 39 Cadet weddings held at t he A ir Force A cademy . T wenty w ed dings were held in t he Cat holic C hapel and 19 in t he P r o t e st a n t Chapel . T his is a decided drop f rom t he 76 weddings h el d a s recent ly as 1976.

A D V ERT I SI N G - A OG publicat ions cont inue to expand adver t ising f or graduat es and non-graduat es who wish t o r each t h e graduat e mem ber ship . Rate cards are available t o anyone w ishing t o consider placing an advert isement in eit her Check point s o r t h e Regist er . T here are special rat es available f or graduat es, and long term discount s f or individuals wishing to run advert isement s o v e r an ext ended period . A dvert ising rat es are very compet it ive in light of t he large, diversi f ied audience t hat is reached by A OG publica t ions. A nyone int erest ed in exploring t his avenue should c o n t a c t

the A OG Of fice. Please write “ A ttention: A dvertising M anager .

SECO N D GE N ERA T I O N - T he Class o f 1985 numbers among it s members 9 second-generat ion Cadet s. Graduat es represent ed by t heir sons are ’ 59 - Beck el , ’60 - T aylor , ’61 - A podaca, D avis, ’62 - Conley , L orenzini , Swanson , and 1964 - Cobeaga. I n t erest ingly , D ino L orenzini , ’62, now has t wo sons at t h e A i r Force A cademy in t he Classes of ’ 84 and ’ 85. W it h t he ad d i t i o n o f t he Class of 1985, t he tot al number o f second-generation C ad et s current ly at the A cademy is 15. T hree are scheduled t o graduate wit h t he Class of 1982 as t he f irst o f the second-generation t o t a k e t heir place on active A ir Force roles.

CH E N EY A W A RD - I t was announced during A ugust t hat t h e Cheney A ward winners t his year are A ir Force Captains R o n al d W . Summers, ’76, and K im F . P . Sk rinak , ’77. T hey were sel ect ed f or voluntarily risk ing t heir lives while rescuing a dow ned glider pilot in t he dark f rom M ontezuma Peak , A rizona, on 24 January 1980. Summers and Sk rinak , f lying an H H - 1 H elicopter , m ad e t hree att empt s bef ore hoist ing t he inj ured pilot f rom t h e b ase o f a 300-f oot cli f f in rough t errain . W inds reached 40 miles per hour during the rescue. T he award , which was st art ed in 1927, includes a cert i f icat e, a bronze medal , and a $500 cash award .

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RET U RN EN V EL OPES - I n response t o request s received f r o m t he membership , t he A OG of f ice plans t o provide sel f -addressed ret urn envelopes in f uture mail-out s. Since post age handling f ees make ret ur n post age prohibit ive, current policy is t o not provide prepaid ret urn envelopes f or use by the membership . I t h as b een t he experience of t he A OG of f ice t hat , in the f irst place, the post age pai d envelopes are of ten not used f or t heir intended pur poses; and secondly , t he premium t hat has t o be paid t o t he post of f ice f or this service would inevit ably lead t o a membership dues i n cr ease .

A OG M ERCH A N D I SE - A s approved by t he Board of D irect ors, t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es h as o f f er ed v ar i o u s l i m i t ed ed i t i o n

and specialt y items f or sale t o t he graduate communit y . T h e r e have been many inquiries about purchasing t hese items a f t er t h e closing of these separat e of f ers, and the A OG O f f ice h a s a c cumulated a limit ed invent ory of speci f ic it ems t hat members may purchase. T he very popular Reed & Bart on D amascenes o f f er ed in 1980 are available f or t he original of f ering price. P r i n t s o f t h e Gyr f alcon ” of f ered as an A OG commemorat ive issue in 19 7 6 are also still available f or t he original of f ering price. Furt her , t he A O G h as access t o t h e W est m i n i st er C h i m e C l o ck s o f f er ed an d

t here are a f ew of t he 25t h A nniversary Pict orial Reviews available f or resale. A nyone wishing t o inquire about t h ese i t em s should cont act t he A OG O f f ice f or current prices and delivery sch ed u l es.

TH E SE C R E T L I F E O F

W A L D O F . D U M BSQU A T B Y D o n H all ’ 76

C/ 4C W aldo F . D um bsquat f inished his tent h blue book an d st art ed the next . H e hat ed pop quizzes. T oday he was writ ing about t he hist orical signi f icance of T V ’ s H EL L O L A RRY .

W aldo needed t o do well on t he quiz or he would be placed on double secret academic probat ion . W it h f ive minut es l ef t i n t h e period , t he f ourt hclassman needed a closing paragraph , so h e prompt ly f ell asleep . T he dream began . . .

R A I D E R S O F T H E P A SSI N G M A R K

St arring W aldo F . D umbsquat I ndiana Gary sprinted out of t he A ir Gardens. H e clut ched h i s b at t er ed b r o w n h at an d so m e an ci en t ar t i f act s. I n h i s rush , I ndiana collided wit h W aldo , double-timing on t he marble st rip . “ Get t he number of t hat t ruck ! ” mumbled a prone W aldo . “ T ruck ! W hat t ruck ?” asked I ndiana as he gat hered up t h e relics and his bull whip . “ I ’m C/ 4C D umbsquat , W aldo F . I couldn’t help not icing your bull whip , sir . Y ou must be an A OC . “ W rong, D umbsquat . I ’ m an archeologist . I j ust escaped f r o m a t ribe of diggers and f illers. T hey t ried to roll me with a gigant ic b al l o f ast r o -t u r f . B u t i t w as w o r t h t h e r i sk . ”

D id you f ind somet hing import ant ?” “ W ell , I had been searching f or t he Big Pict ure. M any t r i b es ( (

cl ai m ed t o h av e i t .

EA K ER ESSA Y CON T EST - L es H amlin, Class of 1970, as signed t o St udies and A nalysis at H Q U SA F won a f irst -place gold medallion and a $2,000 Savings Bond f or his essay “ D e t e r rence A f ter t he Golden A ge” . I n t he same compet it ion , T i m Cline, Class of 1964, assigned t o t he A ir Ground Operati ons School at H ulbert Field , FL received a t hird place b r o n z e medallion and a $500 Savings Bond f or aut horing “ W here H a v e A ll t he M itchells Gone?” . T his com pet it ion, which is open t o all A ir Force personnel , encourages development and open d i scu s sion of innovative air power ideas and concept s. Congrat ulat ions f rom t he A OG t o t hese t wo graduates f or t heir f ine per f ormance.

OPERA T I O N L OBO SU N D OW N ” - On September 26, 1981,

approximately 1000 cadets from the A ir Force Academy, o n e

quarter of t he Cadet W ing, made t heir way t o A lbuquerque, N e w M exico , f or the A ir Force-U N M f ootball game. A ccording t o t h e A cademy’ s Plans and Programs O f f ice, t he mission was t h e largest and deepest penet rat ion ever accomplished by t he spirit ed f orces of t he Cadet W ing. T he move was done by use of C- 130’ s, 11 military busses, 3 chartered busses, and 70 privat ely-ownedvehicles. T he idea f or t his proj ect had it s root s wit h t h e C ad et W ing Staf f only days into t his academic year . U nder t he guidance o f t he Cadet W ing Commander , C I C T im Collins, t he appointed mission com mander , C I C T om Y oder , and his st af f of cad et s w or k ed f or 2 mont hs organizing t he cont ingent int o 8 st r i k e fl ight s, plott ing routes t o t ak e, planning t iming windows f or f light check point s, and coordinat ing t ransport at ion and billet ing t o saf ely and ef f icient ly t ake t he cont ingent int o A lbuquerque t e r rit ory . W it h t he supervision of Capt ain Ralph Get chell , CW D X P , t he mission was a great success. T he entire cont ingent r et u r n ed f rom t he weekend wit h no casualt ies and very high spirit s. T h e success of t his unprecedent ed proj ect is a t ribut e t o al l t h o se i n volved in t he planning and will provide an open door t o m an y more novel ideas the cadet mind will come up wit h in t h e f u t u r e . . . . W ing St af f

D id you f ind it ?” “ N o , ” sighed I ndiana, “ t here w asn ’t even a piece of i t h er e .

But I did dig up these.” H e held up a purple A -j ack et an d a sl i d e i i

ru le.

“ T hose are ancient ! ” exclaimed D umbsquat . “ T hese t hings are not hing compared t o . . .” I ndiana glanced secret ively ar ound and cont inued in a whisper , “ t his inscript ion I f o u n d o n t h e st at u e o f t w o an ci en t av i at o r s. I t t el l s t he legend of a curved bell cont aining an invaluable t reasure called t h e ‘ M E A N ’ .

T he M EA N is guarded by t wo hideous st andard deviat ions.”

W aldo read the inscript ion aloud . “ ‘A nd it came t o pass t hat t he Phili-D eans did carry the bell int o batt le and vanquished many members of t he cadet t ribe. T hose souls, who did look upon the M EA N wit hout a passing mark , suf f ered condemnat ion t o t h e V alley of ‘ R ’ Flight .’ ” . ( (

W h at a f i n d t h e ‘ M E A N ’ w o u l d b e ! ”

“ I ’ve never been near it ,” sighed W aldo .

I ndiana st art ed wal k ing t oward a st airwell .

W here are you going?” “ I ’ m going t o explore t he catacom bs below t hese buildings. I might even f ind where the Brevet L ieut enant Program i s b u r i ed .

Beat t he D ean , D umbsquat .” W it h t hat , I ndiana Gary disap peared below t he sur f ace of t he t errazzo .

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H ans M ueh , ‘ 66 Encouraged by t he enormous success of A lumni College I , t he second U SA FA A lumni College is scheduled f or t he 6th t hrough t he 12t h of June 1982. T he event will again be co-sponsored by t he D ean of Facult y and t he A ssociat ion of Graduat es an d w i l l o f f er a w eek o f ed u cat i o n al an d r ecr eat i o n al act i v i t i es f or graduat es and t heir f amilies in t he A cademy environment . T he planning commit tees last year laid such a solid f oundat ion t hat t h e ad minist rat ive st ruct ure of t he prescribed and opt ional p r o gr am s t o include a variet y of social and yout h act ivit ies will r em ai n essen t ially intact .

T he mot ivat ion in promot ing an al umni college or “ experience” varies great ly f rom one inst it ut ion t o t he next , but several reasons are universal . T he school may be responding t o the needs of t he graduate f or cont inued educat ion , or may be reinf orcing t he bond bet ween t he graduate and t he inst it ut ion .

L ast year ’s experience also revealed anot her benef it . T h e c l o se i n teraction bet ween t he part icipant s and f amilies established last ing f riendships and reest ablished st ronger f amily t ies.

T he A cademy al umni college obviously drew on some of t h e e x periences documented f or programs elsewhere, but was init ially designed t o also ref lect t he unique characterist ics o f t h i s i n st i t u t ion . T he f eedback f rom t he f irst alumni college revealed t h a t t h e init ial st ruct ure and goal were on t he right course. T he college will t heref ore again be designed to provide inf ormat ion an d i n t er ac t ion to st imulat e learning and personal growt h while att empt ing t o revit alize and rej uvenate early cadet ideals and i n st i t u t i o n al principles. T he program will provide some universal appeal to all graduates, both act ive and non-act ive duty .

I t ’s st ill di f f icult t o identi f y t he f irst member of t he A cademy community who envisioned an alum ni college here, but i t i s a f act t hat wit hout t he st rong support o f our current D ean , G e n e r a l Ort h , and wit hout t he excellent f easibility report compiled by t he A lumni-College St udy Group in 1979, and wit hout the so l i d f o u n dat ion established by Earl Saunders (’61) and his st af f f o r t h e f i r st alumni college, t his announcement of a second alumni college would not have been possible. I t is also t rue t hat any discussion of an alumni college would be m oot wit hout an act ive int erest o n t h e

t he concept and 750 said t hey would at t end in t he summer o f 1981. U lt imately , 116 request s f or applicat ion mat erials w e r e received and 38 graduates were selected , represent ing al l b u t t h r ee classes f rom 1959- 1978. T he plan f or A lumni College I I is t o again limit t he number of att endees t o under 50 f amilies, t h u s t o m ai n t ain t he com radeship and tot al experience of t he f irst college.

L ast year ’s t heme was “ D e-Shocking t he Fut ure.” T he t h e m e f or 1982 will f ocus on “ T he A ir Force Family .” A t tendees w i l l again eat at M it chell H all and have access t o all A cademy r e c r e a t ional f acilit ies. L ast year ’s group would have pref erred a gr eat er interact ion wit h cadet s, so t he next college will incorporate t h a t into t he agenda. A s st ated , t here will again be a num ber o f seminars in line wit h next year ’ s t heme and a number o f “ en r i ch ment ” present at ions, all of f ered by t he f acult y . T he co st w i l l again be approximately $75 per person (less f or k ids) , an d at tendees should provide t heir own t ransport at ion .

A vailable dorm it ory space is a limit ing f act or f or s u m m e r act ivit ies. T he plan is st ill t o have att endees live i n t h e d o r m (V andenberg H all) but at t his writ ing, dorm it ory space f o r t h e second alum ni college has not been approved . T he dorms a r e i n need of maj or maint enance, and t hat has been given highest prior ity . A s a f ail-back posit ion , we have also requested d o r m space at t he Prep School . I n any event , we will plan t o a c c o m modat e about 50 grads and f am ilies.

Regist rat ion and applicat ion m at erials are being developed now . T he packages will cont ain inf ormat ion concerning t h e en t i r e week ’ s act ivit ies. T o receive your applicat ion pack age, complet e and mail t he coupon at t he bot tom of t he page. Ret urned applica t ions must be received by 1 M arch 1982. Part icipant s w i l l b e selected f rom all applicat ions received by t he 1 M arch d ead l i n e .

W e are encouraged by t he success o f t he f irst alumni college and hope to build on t hat experience t o make t he second e v e n more rewarding. I f you have speci f ic quest ions or const ruct ive com ment s, please cont act us. M aj . H ans J . M ueh , T eam Chief , A lumni College, ext 2960, will f ield your inquiries.

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C H E C K P O I N T S B o o k R ev i ew

G unpowder and Galleys: C hanging T echnology and M editerranean W ar at Sea i n t he Sixteent h Cent ury

by John Francis Guilm art in , Jr . L ondon : C ambr idge U niver si ty P ress, 1974. Repr int ed 19 80

John Guilmart in ’s Gunp o wder and

Galleys of fers everything which even the

best of hist orical st udies usually lack .

H is brilliant analysis of t he sixteent h

century Mediterranean naval af fairs

makes a maj or cont ribut ion t o an understanding of t he role of marit ime war , piracy , commerce raiding and inter nat ional politics. O f t ranscendent al im

portance, however , is his “ extremely

acute analysis” which , in hist orian John K eegan’ s words, “ enlarges our understanding of all amphibious cam

paigns, particularly in the Pacific war of 1939- 1945. Guilmart in also t ant alizingly out lines . . . a new t heory of naval war f are, more comprehensive t han t hat of M ahan which has so long held t he f i el d . ”

U nt il the sixt eent h cent ury t he war

galley was the only ef fective warship.

T he sailing ship was not yet per f ect ed and heavy ordnance was lacking because of t he economical and technological cost of building brass cannons. T he galley , w i t h i t s h u m an l i m i t at i o n s o n en d u r an ce

and mobility , monopolized of f ensi ve

v i o l en ce b u t co u l d n o t m ai n t ai n a cl o se a n d co n t i n u o u s b l o ck ad e an d co u l d n o t ex er ci se co m m an d o f t h e sea . H en ce t h e

climact ic bat tle of f leet against f leet , t he core of M ahan’ s t heory of seapower , w as i r r el ev an t i n t h e M ed i t er r an ean .

M ahan saw commerce raiding as a wast e o f ef f ort ; vict ory at sea came t hrough dest ruct ion of t he enemy ’s seaborne commerce by dest roying the enemy f leet , sweeping his commerce f rom t he seas and blockading his harbors t o chok e of f h i s t r ad e at t h e so u r ce .

M ahan pointed out t he f allacy of a

parallel between the war galley of the

sixteent h cent ury and t he st eam war ship of t he t went iet h , and was caut ious about ext ending his generalizat ions into t he M ed . But t he decept ive simplicity of his broad concept s of sea power and cont rol o f t he sea gave t hem t he f orce of dogma. N o ef f ect ive intellect ual count er t o M ahanism ever developed ; his ideas 16

are alone, unchallenged and unmodi f ied , and W estern scholars tend t o analyze problems aut omatically in M ahanist t er m s.

H ence problems such as t he sixteent h century M editerranean war f are are obscured badly . H ere, cont rol of t he sea was impossible, and wit hout cont rol t he

importance of maritime trade in a naval war also becomes suspect . Only V enice of t he M editerranean powers depended o n h er m a r i t i m e t r ad e an d w as M a-

hanian in outlook ; the other t wo great naval powers and t he continent al powers, less interest ed and unable t o cont rol t he sea, were generally un concerned with destruct ion of the enemy f l eet as an en d i n i t sel f .

T h e M ah an i an f al l aci es i n M ed i t er r a

nean war f are clouded interpret at ions by modern hist orians of several highly signi f icant bat t les: Jiddah , Prevesa, Dj erba and L epant o . I f t he decisiveness of vict ory is measured by t he degree of dest ruct ion suf f ered by t he enemy f leet .

L epant o and Dj erba did not produce co n t r o l o f t h e sea an d co u l d n o t h av e

been decisive; but bot h were decisive because of t he crit ical loss of manpower .

P r ev esa w as m i su n d er st o o d b ecau se t h e m o d er n M ah an i an h i st o r i an i s u n f am i l i ar

wit h t he am phibious t act ics of t hat era.

M ahanian supposit ions root ed in t he eighteenth century experience with sea power— f leet s of warships under cen t ralized cont rol in pursuit of purely milit ary obj ectives, sharp dist inct ions between int ense military conf lict and peacef ul commerce, opposit ion t o piracy an d t o t h e u se o f ar m ed v i o l en ce at sea

t w een n av al co m m an d er s an d t h ei r

governments. T here were f ew shar p , d r am at i c b at t l es t o cl ear t h e sea o f

host ile ships; galleys waged near con t inuous raids against merchant ships.

Gunp o wder and Galley s is a brilliant st udy ; perhaps most surprising is t he f act t h at au t h o r L C o l . Jo h n F . G u i l m ar t i n i s

an A ir Force of f icer cur rent ly serving as edit or of t he A ir U niversit y R eview. A s a piece of hist orical research and a benchmark in naval thought , and f or the analyt ical genius in hist orical met hod by w hich he develops his conclusions, t he book is indispensible. N o naval hist orian or st udent of strat egy should be without it .

Paul Schratz, U SN A ’39 Capt . U SN (Ret .) . . .Reprint ed f rom SH I PM A T E , U SN A A lumni A ssociat ion , July-A ug 1981.

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A SSO C I A T I O N of GRA D U A TES • B ec o m e I n v o l v ed

• K eep I nf ormed • Support U SA FA

f or private gain— none of t hese dist inc t ions holds in the sixt eent h century

M ed i t er r an ean . H er e o n e f i n d s n o cl ear

distinct ion between piracy and com merce. N avies were sel f -sustaining; t he naval commander covered his operat ing cost s by privat e t rade concessions. One f inds t he ut t er inapplicability of m odern assumptions about t he relat ionships be-

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U SA F A M E M O R I A L P R O G R A M S M aj or T .J . K robot h Secretary, U SA FA M emori al Board

ED I TOR ’S N O TE : A s USA FA has matured as a uni versity a n d national tour ist attraction, successi ve p olicy mak ers h a ve w o r k ed t o i n s u r e t h a t m o n u m en ts a n d m em o r i a ls t h a t a r e m a d e a p er m a

nent p ar t of the USA FA are done in good taste and aesthetically blend with USA FA architecture. The f ollo wing ar ticle highlights the total USA FA p rogram as it has evol ved. Comments and sug gestions should be directed to the author.

W hile some graduat es may bemoan t he addition of monument s and memorials t o t heir A cademy , most f ormer military a v i a t o r s view t he A cademy grounds as t he most obvious place i n t h e A i r F o r ce t o m em o r i al i ze t h ei r co m b at ai r u n i t s an d f al l en co m r ad es.

Since t he A cademy opened it s doors, m any organizations t h at

f lew in our count ry ’s wars and lost comrades in air b a t t l e s h a v e r e quest ed memorialization on A cademy grounds f or individuals, unit s and f eat s which are relat ed t o aerospace.

A ll memorials proposed at t he A cademy must be approved by t he A cademy ’ s M emorial Board and t he Superint endent f or ap propriat eness and t he Fine A rt s Commit tee f or aest het ics. T o keep f rom indi scriminately erect ing memorials t hroughout t h e A cademy , the A cademy M emorial Board has developed a c o m prehensive memorial program . T he program f alls int o t h r ee m a j or areas: ongoing mem orializat ion opport unities to f i l l sh o r t term needs, a long-term plan which groups f ut ure memorials i n speci f ic areas on t he A cademy , and special unique memorials which are approved individually by t he M emorial Board .

T he ongoing short -range program includes the M emorial T r e e Grove, t he Rolls of H onor , t he M emorial Book Fund , a n d t h e Graduat e M emorial Scholarship Program . Quali f icat ions f o r al l t he short -range programs are t hat t he individual being co n si d er ed f o r m em o r i al i zat i o n m u st h av e d i ed w h i l e o n act i v e dut y , have been separat ed honorably or ret ired f rom t he A ir Force (or it s predecessor A rmy aviat ion organizations) , or have made a signi f i cant contribut ion t o t he A cademy , t he A ir Force, or t h e n at i o n ’ s air-power programs.

t o Cadet s and t ourist s, in which unit s and individuals may be memorialized . T he t ower serves as t he f ocal point of t h e f u t u r e

w al k . T h e P o l ar i s i s set b et w een t h e f o r k s o f t h e t o w er a n d t h e

dedicat ory plaque at it s base dedicates it t o t he Cadet W ing in honor of all who have served our count ry .

T he A ir Gardens is t he t hird f inal long-range memorial proj ect .

M em o r i al s i n t h i s ar ea ar e r eser v ed f o r m o n u m en t s i n mem ory o f air pioneers and individuals w ho have made signi f icant co n t r i b u t ions t o aerospace hist ory , and f or A ir Force-wide a w a r d s present ed f rom command level or above. T he f irst such a w a r d placed in t he A ir Gardens is t he Risner Stat ue. T he b r o n zesculpt ed Risner Stat ue on t he base of gray granit e, w h i ch w as named aft er ret ired Brigadier General Robinson Risner , se n i o r ranking of f icer f or a t ime in N ort h V iet nam ’ s “ H anoi H ilt on ,” is also a model f or t he annual Risner T rophy . T he t rophy go es t o t he out st anding graduate of t he A ir Force T act ical Fight er W eapons School at N ellis A FB , N evada and t he names o f t h e w i n n er s ar e i n scr i b ed o n t h e st at u e’ s b ase .

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T h e M em o r i al T r ee G r o v e i s l o cat ed t o t h e w est o f t h e C ad et

Chapel across t he chapel park ing lot . A large nat ural C o l o r a d o stone wit h an aluminum plaque carries t he nameplat es o f t h o se memorialized t here. A donat ion of $400 provides f or a t r ee f o u r t o f ive f eet t all , t he nameplate, and perpet ual care.

A not her ongoing program is t he Rolls of H onor . Five large pla ques are mounted j ust out side t he Cat holic Cadet Chapel . T w o o f t he plaques are f or graduat es, and t here is one each f or Cadet s, N COS, and other A ir Force of f icers. T he names of deceased Cadet s and Graduat es f itt ing t he cr it eria are aut omatically ad d ed by t he A ssociat ion of Graduates. Ot her personnel may b e so h o n o r ed w i t h a d o n at i o n o f $25 . F u l l R o l l s o f H o n o r ar e r et i r ed

t o t he abut ment s t o t he west of t he Cat holic Chapel .

T he Graduat e M emorial Scholarship is anot her continuing p r o gram . L ike t he M emorial T ree Grove and t he Rolls of H onor , it is administered by t he A ssociat ion of Graduates. A n annual scholarship in memory of a deceased graduat e provides f o r t h e preparat ory education of a deserving young person who aspires t o become a Cadet . T his scholarship cost s $2,200 t o administer .

Ot her memorial scholarship programs f or wort hy graduat es w h o h ave est ab l i sh ed a car eer i n t h e A i r F o r ce ar e al so a v a i l a b l e .

T h e M em o r i al B o ar d d eci d ed t o u se t h e t o w er i n t h ei r se c o n d

maj or long-range memorial program , a proposed memorial wal k , t o be located on Chapel H ill . T he wal k will consist of pathways, benches, water f ount ains and landscaping which will e n h a n c e t h e aest het ics of the hill and provide a consolidat ed area co n v en i en t

N ex t t o t h e R i sn er St at u e st an d t h e b u st s o f O r v i l l e an d W i l b u r

W right . T he bust s f or many years were locat ed at t he ramp t o t he Cadet L ibrary and were placed int o t he A ir Gardens ar ea as p a r t of t his memorial proj ect . T he bust s were donat ed by C o l o n el M ilt on Seaman , U SA F (Ret ) , and are duplicates of originals which were unveiled at t he N ew Y or k U niversit y H all o f F am e i n 19 6 7 .

T he other maj or mem orials in t he A ir Gardens are, of c o u r se , t he Graduate W ar M emorial , a curved black monolit h w h i c h i s located at t he nort h edge of t he area and carries t he l i st o f n am es of t hose graduat es who were k illed in combat , and at t h e so u t h edge of the gardens, t he Eagle and Fledglings st at ue stands guard over t his memorial proj ect .

I n t he unique mem orial category . M em orial Board policy discourages individual monument s but encourages memorials which serve an A cademy need . M any of t hese individualized memorials are purchased f rom Graduat e M emorial Funds an d i n clude a f lag display f or t he Cadet H onor and Et hics C o n f er en ce 17

f und . I ndividual memorial proposals ot her t han t he above pro grams must be approved by t he M emorial Board and t he Superint endent . D uring this past year , two of t hree long-range memorial proj ect s were begun . T he f irst of t hese is t h e M em o r i al Cemetery W all located in t he A cademy Cemetery and donated by t he 379t h Bombardment Group (H ) , which f lew com bat i n W o r l d W ar I I f rom England . T he W all is made up of t hree sect ions o f gray granite t hree and a hal f f eet high by f ive and a hal f f eet long set upon an eight-inch black marble base. T he wall is t apered on each side to allow plaques to be af f ixed which will al l o w a i r -

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square. T he wall was dedicated t his past June and t he program is administered by t he D irect orate of Gif t s and M emorials.

T he second long-range proj ect was dedicated in M ay o f t h i s year although the memorial itself was accepted as a gif t to t he A ir Force in 1969. T he A merican L egion M em orial T ower , n o w st anding on the overlook of t he hill t o t he west of t h e C ad et Chapel , was originally envisioned to be t wice its present size, located in t he A cademy Cemetery , and connected t o t he C ad et area carillon syst em . T he carillon , donated t o t he A cademy in 1961 by t he L eyden-Chiles-W ick ersham Post N um ber 1 o f t h e D epart ment of Colorado , sounds bells in the Cadet area an d w as t o be connect ed t o t he t ower in t he cemetery .

The A mer ican L egion M emor ial To wer was deicated in M ay 1981 culminating a p r ogram that

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Room , a 14-volume set of t he N ew Cam bridge M odern H istory f or the H ist ory D epart ment , aircraf t paint ings, and a library r ef er en ce d esk . E ach o f t h ese i n d i v i d u al m em o r i al s co n t ai n s a

bookplat e or memorial plat e in honor of t he individual being m em o r i al i zed .

M emorializat ion possibilit es at t he A cademy are many an d t h e programs have been created t o allow our f ut ure A ir F o r c e l e a d e r s t o remember t he f eat s, unit s, and individuals t hat made signi f i cant contribut ions t o our past airpower programs. W hile p r o viding t his mot ivat ion to our Cadet s, t he memorial program also gives our visit ors a glimpse of our nat ion’ s aerospace hist ory and gives t hose individuals and unit s w ho qualif y t he well-deserved right t o be memorialized at t he place in t he A i r Force t hat sym bolizes the wellspring o f airpower and leadership .

T he f inal ongoing approved mem orial program is t he M em o r i al Book Fund which is administ ered by t he A cademy L ibrary . A f und may be est ablished in t he memory of deceased per sonnel f o r any amount , which includes a book plate in honor of t h e i n dividual being memorialized in each book purchased f r o m t h e

The 3 79th A ssociation p r ovided the A cademy Cemetery Wall which allo ws air-related units to honor their comrades who f ell in combat.

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L ET T ER S T O T H E ED I T O R ED I TOR ’S N O TE : I n the summer issue of CH E CK P OI N TS, the “ One P oint of View ” D ep ar tment f eatured an ar ticle o u t lining a ‘68 grad ’s view on ‘ ‘Changes at USA FA . ” A s hop ed, the resp onse to the ar ticle has been great. Some of the l et t er s — b o t h supp or ti ve and in opp osi tion — are rep r oduced belo w so t h a t t h e dialogue can be continued. The A OG tak es no corp orate p osition on any of the letters though the A OG P resident did rep ly to one l et t er .

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I do not k now i f it was by accident or design t hat t he out going Superint endent ’s L ooking Back ,’ ’ and J .V . K elso ’ s “ One Point o f View , Changes at U SA FA ,’ ’ ap peared t oget her in t he summer issue of Check point s, but t hey provided an in t erest ing cont rast .

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w i t h t h e v i ew s o f J .V . K el so . T h er e w er e

many aspect s of t he Superintendent ’s art i cle which were dist urbing. T he t heme t hroughout the Superintendent ’ s art icle was evolut ion . Evolut ion is change, but what we see is rapid change; not always good . A lvin T of f ler addressed t his t opic in depth in his book . Fut ure Shock .

Change in circumst ances may be good ; but change in st andards can of ten be con f using t o t hose who are expect ed t o live by t hose st andards, and t heir react ions t o change can be quit e dramat ic. Changing st andards of ten mean lowered st andards, and lowered st andards may result in resent ment f rom t hat very group t hey af f ect . T he Superint endent noted st eps t aken t oward keeping pace wit h societ al changes. Societ al changes also i nclude great er accept ance of drugs and living t o get h er w i t h o u t t h e b en ef i t o f mat rimony .

W ill t hese societ al changes t hen also be endorsed by t hat evolut ionary f orce pro duced by t he desire t o reduce at t rit ion? I s t here not a dichot omy bet ween t he A cademy ’s st at ed goals and t he rapid re act ion t o societal changes which results in l o w er ed st an d ar d s? Sh o u l d w e n o t en n o b l e o r m o t i v at e t h e i n d i v i d u al C ad et t o

seek higher goals t han t hose sought by baseline individuals in our present so ciet y? W e see much modern polit ical and social t hought cont rary t o t he cust oms of a military academy . I t would be grand i f t he A ir Force A cademy could inst ill discipline wit hout inducing rigor , st ress, and even some f ailure among it s Cadet s.

T hose who try t o accomplish t his and con t i nue t he evolut ion t ow ar d gr eat er f reedom , less regulation , and reduced

st an d ar d s w i l l d er i v e an i n st i t u t i o n t h at i s

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T hose of f icers will have lit t le in t he way of a common bond , common discipline, or common goals.

T he applicat ion of di f f erent st andards as t hey apply t o each person wit hin the same circum st ances may lead t o resent ment and disint egrat ion of a group , or a Cadet W ing. Cadet s in t he same cir cumst ance (t he A cademy) now are allow ed a “ st ret ch out ’ ’ program , a “ 4-5- 1 program , a “ St op O ut ’ ’ Program , and in t he f ut ure may be allowed an accelerat ed graduat ion program . T hey will be passing each ot her “ on campus’ ’ lik e so many ships in t he night wit h no common ex periences, no com mon goals. T he diver sit y of t he program s t hem selves, is a con t radict ion of st andards. I f applicant s exist who meet all crit eria above and beyond t o merit accelerat ed graduat ion , can we j ust if y lowering t he st andards t o accom modat e less t han qualit y st udent s we have come t o t hink of as represent ing t he

ar e d ed i cat ed t o t h ei r Ser v i ce an d t o t h ei r

Country , t hen let us wor k t o have an A ir Force A cademy , not an amorphous in st it ut ion whose purpose f or being is social interact ion and scholarships.

D espit e societal change, despit e t he pro gress our civilizat ion has made, t he f ace of war remains t he same as it has t hroughout t he ages. T o meet t his t hreat f ace-t o-f ace, our service requires a prof essional corps o f o f f i cer s w h o se st an d ar d s o f co n d u ct

are t radit ional , whose standards of in tegrit y do not change f or t he convenience of hacking t he program , and who believe honor in t he concept o f “ dut y -count ry .’ ’ T he A ssociat ion of Graduates should work t o insure t he A cademy ’ s fi rst goal is to produce t hat pro f essional corps o f o f f i cer s.

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T he Superint endent ’s art icle noted t he many committ ees at wor k t o implement change; t he U SA F A cademy H onor Review Commit t ee (which apparent ly modernized cadet privileges) , t he Pro f essional D evelopment Review Commit t ee, a M i l it ar y Review C om m it t ee (“ similar t o the f our Class committ ees’ ’) , an att rit ion task f orce, and t he 25t h A nniversary Review Comm itt ee- t he last pick ing it sel f up by it s own boot st raps by noting t he st rengt h of t he A cademy is il lust rated by t he f act it has review commit t ees. T his evolut ion by comm itt ee, t his const ant barrage of recomm endat ions, is a case of t oo many opinions. T here are “ t oo many cook s’ ’ changing t he recipe.

I do not propose t radit ion unhampered by progress, somet hing which we at t imes accuse t he ot her academies of f ost ering. I would say , however , t hat “ t he long gray line’ ’ denot es some degree of uni f ormit yuni f ormity in t raining, unif orm ity in st an dards, and uni f ormit y in product . T he goal of t he A ir Force A cademy should be similar t o t hat of it s sister academy ; i f we want diversity , it can be provided by

A F R O T C an d O T S . I f w e w an t a co r e o f

sel f -disciplined , prof essional of f icer s who

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I read t he let ter by M aj or K elso t hat ap peared in t he last issue of Check point s wit h great int erest . I , lik e him , have been t empt ed t o writ e my t hought s on t he A cademy , and in part icular t he honor code, on several occasions since my graduat ion , but f or one reason or anot her I never seemed to get t he words on paper .

I , lik e him , see t his issue as one which grads should openly address f or we are as

af fected as any other group in the’lessons l ea r n ed a t U S A F A . T h i s i s h o w ev er t h e

sum t ot al of my agreement wit h M aj or

K el so ’ s v i ew s.

T h e m ai n i ssu e I w o u l d l i k e t o ad d r ess i s

t he cadet honor code. I n t he 3 1/ 2 year s t hat I have been assigned t o t he U SA FA L aw D epart ment I have had t he chance t o bot h represent cadet s and represent t he government in cadet disenrollment ac t ions, and provide input result ing in changes in t he adm inist rat ion of t he code.

I have not always agreed w it h changes which were made, but at t he same t ime I have never met any t wo people t hat had 19

L E T T E R S ... ident ical point s of view on all aspect s of t h e co d e an d i t s ad m i n i st r at i o n .

T h e h o n o r co d e i s at t h e h ear t o f each

cadet ’s t raining. W e say t he code is a minimum st andard of conduct , but I o f ten t hink t hat we lose t he real meaning of t hat statement . T he goal of t he honor code is t o produce et hical , responsible o f f icers who will discharge t heir obligat ions t o t heir count ry t o t he best of t heir abilit y .

T he code is more t han a st andard though , it ’ s a learning experience. W hen a basic cadet is accepted int o the W ing he isn’t sprink led wit h some magic dust which m ak es h i m “ h o n o r ab l e . ”

H i s et h i cs ar e

much the same as they were when he came in . Grant ed , t he A cademy does all it can

t o i n su r e t h o se can d i d at es ad m i t t ed ar e et h i cal ” b u t t h i s i s o f t en a co n cl u si o n

based upon t he absence of any proven

m i sco n d u ct . T o assu m e t h at t h i s m ean s

T O : T he Edit or of Checkpoint s A s an out sider , a non-alumnus of the A ir Force A cademy , I was quite puzzled and a bit dist urbed af ter reading t he art i cle, “ L ooking Back ,” in t he Summer 1981 issue of Check point s.

H aving been commissioned t hrough O f f icers’ T raining School (OT S) at a t ime when t he A ir Force was in need o f a large number of of f icers within a relat ively short period of t ime, I became a product of t he “ big push ” - a lowering of st an dards and added privileges t o ensure t he healt h , happiness, and commission of t he o f f i cer t r ai n ees. T h e r esu l t w a s a d i l u t ed

miniat ure of t he t ough program I had heard about and expected .

I f ound t races of t his same phenomena in L ieutenant General T allm an ’s art icle, b u t I f ai l t o see an en d t h at f i t s t h e m ean s.

I s it t he purpose of t he A i r Force A cademy t o t urn out quantity or quality?

T he “ st ret ch out ” program det ailed in

t hey are honorable by cadet standards is t o say that t he Cadet W ing’ s def init ion of

t h e ar t i cl e i s b u t a v a r i at i o n o f t h e O T S

co u n t er p ar t s.

cessf ul complet ion of the OT S program are af f orded anot her opport unit y in t he next class. T hi s may be a humanit arian approach , but not necessarily in t he best

h o n o r i s t h e sam e as t h at o f t h ei r ci v i l i an

Part of t he basic’s summer training in cludes several lessons on t he honor code, but in application t he code is a black and white set of rules in a dimly lit gray world .

T he st andar ds.are import ant , but t hey are somet imes di f fi cult t o apply , especially w h en an i n d i v i d u al i s u sed t o d i f f er en t

norms. H onorable behavior is in part something learned , and it somet imes tak es considerable ef f ort f or a young person t o unlearn” st andards of behavior t aught t o him f or 18 years.

T his is t he basic j ust if icat ion f or t he suspension system . I t ’s t he realizat ion t hat a young person can make a mist ak e, but st i l l b e ab l e t o l ear n f r o m i t an d co r r ect h i s b eh av i o r i n t h e f u t u r e. T h e f act t h at t h e

cadet does leave f or one year insures that t he inst it ut ion’ s st andards of right and w rong remain high . T he suspension syst em does have a punitive aspect , since it requires dedication t o be willing t o “ sit out ” a year . I should point out as well t hat not every guilt y/ no discret ion f inding result s in an of f er of suspension by t he Superintendent , and , in f act , last year it was about 1 out of 3. M aj or K elso was very concerned wit h t he f act that t he cadet s were asked t o approve t he suspen sion program . H e should remem ber that t he honor code is enf orced by cadet s and t hat his predecessors originally volunt arily adopt ed t he code as t heir own st andard of b eh a v i o r .

A s I previously st ated , I do not agree w it h all aspect s of t he present administ ra t ion of the code. T he t wo maj or f ault s t hat I see are t hat ( 1) we have allowed t he concept of a cadet enf orced code t o become a cadet dict ated code and (2) we have allowed t he ult imat e obj ect ive o f t he code in t eaching responsibilit y t o be di v i d ed 20

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Corps. I n the same light , t he revision of t he Cadet Privilege Pack age and t he changes in t he H onor Code (Check point s, W inter , 1981) are f urt her examples of using t he pat h of least resist ance t o a com m i ssi o n .

A pragmat ic approach t o t hese issues may be in k eeping wit h t he “ societ al changes” and “ progressive t hink ing” en dorsed by A cademy of f icials but are not conducive t o t he st rong f oundation of h o nest y , p r o f essi o n al i sm , an d sel f discipline I f eel t he A cadem y has represented .

I f what t he A cademy is st riving f or means sim ply a progressive educat ion and a commission , perhaps t he solut ion is recruit ing college gr aduat es educat ed at t heir own expense and mak e them N inety D ay W onder s.

CY N T H I A J . M I N N I CH , 2L t , U SA F 31 Combat Support Group H omest ead A ir Force Base, Florida 33039 regulat ion violat ions.

T he honor code is not run t ot ally by

cad et s. T h e C ad et

P r o f essi o n al

E t h i cs

Committ ee has no aut hority to involun t arily disenroll a cadet . I f , aft er being f ound guilty (and not grant ed discret ion by t he Com mandant nor of f ered suspen sion by t he Superint endent) a cadet ref uses t o resign , t hen t he due process re quirement s of A FR 53-3 must be met , in volving some type of hearing. (T he pre sent regulat ion of f ers a hearing by a board of of f icers under A FR 11-31, but a pro posal is now pending t hat would provide a

hearing by an individual hearing o f f icer .)

I f t he cadet is once again f ound guilt y , t hen t he A cademy Board review s t he case and i f t hey recommend separat ion t o t he Secretary of t he A ir Force, t hen he will ult imat ely det ermine i f a cadet will in f act be separat ed . T elling cadet s t hat it is t ot al ly “ t heir ” syst em only causes problems when t hey “ t hrow a cadet out ” only t o f ind out t hat i f he leaves at all , it ’s several m o n t h s a f t er h i s h o n o r b o ar d .

Cadet s do play an int egral role in t he honor syst em . W it hout t heir support and enf orcement t he syst em would not wor k .

I n t his respect t he honor code is analogous t o any sel f -policing syst em of conduct .

H owever , t hey are not by t hem selves t he entire system . I am sure t his owner ship at t it ude has been developed t o f ost er cadet responsibility , but I t hink you can be responsible f or somet hing wit hout owning it . T he end result of t his approach is in consistent and unpredict able decisions, which are det rimental t o t he average

ca d et ’ s o v er al l v i ew o f t h e f ai r n ess o f t h e

code. Consequent ly , it is my view t hat t he A cademy should not f eel compelled t o “ f ollow ” t he f indings regarding guilt made by a cadet board nor t heir recom mendat ions regarding discret ion . W e need t o r eal i ze t h at t h e cad et h o n o r b o ar d i s an

excel lent oppor t unit y t o t each t he members of t he board somet hing about conduct ing an impart ial hearing and gain ing a j udicial t emperament , wit h t he hope t hat the board it sel f is as much a learning experience f or t he board members as it is f or t he respondent . T his should be done, however , wit h t he underst anding t hat t he b o ar d w i l l f r o m t i m e t o t i m e m a k e a

mist ak e in the lear ning process, a mist ak e w e sh o u l d n o t h esi t at e t o co r r ect .

M y f inal com plaint wit h t he cadet ownership t heory is t hat , as an inst ruct or and a graduat e, I f eel I have as much “ ownership ” of t he code as t he cadet s of today . T he code has a signi f icant input on t he way I can conduct my class and t he ex aminat ions I can give. Being a graduat e, t he reput at ion of t he A cademy precedes me in what ever assignment I have, bot h w i t h i n an d o u t si d e t h e A i r F o r ce.

A s t o t he second f ault wit h t he present administ rat ion of t he code, I suspect my view regarding t he art i f icial division we h av e d r aw n b et w een t h e cad et h o n o r co d e

and cadet regulat ions t o raise a f ew eyebrows, in part icular among my f ellow JA Gs. I am not advocat ing a wholesale enf orcement of regulat ions via t he cadet honor code by such devices as “ A ll Right s” f or regs. I see t he honor code as j ust a part of t he overall teaching of et h i cal b eh av i o r t o t h o se w h o w i l l ser v e

t his count ry . T o art i f icially divide levels of responsibilit y because t hey do or don ’t f it int o the m agic pigeonholes of lying, cheating, st ealing, or t olerat ing def eat s the whole concept of sel f -discipline. I am not arguing t hat all regulat ion violat ors should be t reat ed as honor violat ions, nor

t h at al l h o n o r v i o l at i o n s sh o u l d b e t r eat ed

D ear Si r

as regulat ion violat ions. I do f eel t hat we disenroll cadet s t hat would make good o f f icers and keep some t hat I personally could not t rust . T o me, t he solut ion is t o

A s I write t his, I don ’t really t hink it will be print ed but i f possible, maybe some of t he point s are w ort h ment ioning.

I am writing my own answer t o M aj or

r eal i ze t h at w h i l e so m e h o n o r v i o l at i o n s

are so severe t hat disenrollment is t he only appropriate sanct ion , some are not .

L ikewise, regulat ions are meant t o be f ollowed , not gamed . T he suspension syst em allows t he A cademy t o uphold it s honor standards while st ill allowing t he count ry the services of a well-t rained of f icer who has made a mist ak e (haven ’t we all) but has learned f rom his mist ak e and st ill has somet hing t o of f er t his count ry .

T he A cademy needs t o get as serious in dealing wit h unet hical and immoral behavior as t hey have wit h honor code violat ions. T he beaut y of t he demerit system t he A cademy present ly uses is t hat it provides f or aut omat ic probat ion and (at least in t heory) disenrollment based upon misconduct t hat causes an ac cumulat ion of demerit s. I n pract ice, t he system has not been ef f ect ive. People t hat play t he game” should be dealt wit h harshly so t hat t hey can understand t hat t heir lack of sel f -discipline will not be tolerat ed . Repeat ed displays of t his lack of self discipline should result in disenroll m en t co n si d er at i o n s. A d i v i si o n ex i st s b et w een cad et at t i t u d es t o w ar d t h e h o n o r

r espo nsi bi l i t y v er sus t he r egu l at i o n responsibilit y , and I see the A cademy doing very litt le t o t ell cadet s t hat in reali t y they are the same.

I f eel compelled t o make one f inal com ment on M aj or K elso ’ s views. D iscipline f or t he sake of discipline has severe limit a t ions. M aj or K elso point s t o changes made in t he punishment and room ar rangement regulat ions as signi f icant compromises of discipline.” T his is n o n se n se .

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quot e by General Schof ield on t he sub j ect , t he gist of which is, it ’ s not t he harshness in discipline t hat makes a soldier responsive, but instead it ’ s t he m o t i v at i o n .

T he hardest part of writing t his com ment has been t rying t o limit it . I f eel I

h av e i n cl u d ed ab o u t h al f t h e o b ser v at i o n s

I had out lined . I t was my purpose t o st rik e a nerve wit h you much lik e M aj or K elso did wit h me, t hat will cause you t o st at e your views. I hope I succeeded .

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T o est ablish my credibility I have two M aster of A rt s D egrees; one in H uman Relat ions, one in M anagement . I don ’t claim t o be t he expert but I have some ex perience and t raining in human behavior .

M aj or Kelso is f irst concerned wit h sel f discipline or rat her t he compromise o f it , and of discipline. T hese are really t wo dif f erent things. O ne can be t rained , and t h en h av e so m e d i sc i p l i n e . B u t behaviorali st s k now that sel f -discipline, and mot ivat ion are int ernal , and cannot be f orced int o someone’s head . A person can be moved , or f orced , t o act in a cer t ain manner . I f a person experiences an elect ric shock upon ent ering a cert ain room , or sit ting on a cert ain chair , it doesn’t t ak e very long t o avoid t he room or t he chair ! D id we learn discipline by all having our r ooms t he same? O r by being conf ined t here? I seriously doubt it ! W e learned we didn ’t li ke being punished . So eit her we didn ’t violat e t he regs, or we didn’ t get caught ! ! L ooks lik e a lot of negat ive mot ivat ion t here. But now t he A cademy seems t o be t rying a more posit ive approach wit h t he eliminat ion of conf inement in lieu of a syst em t hat allows a cadet f ull use of the A cademy f acilit ies.

A word on t he “ St op Out ” program . I t seems t o be one of the m ost progressive and f ar-reaching programs ever developed at t he A cademy t o help ret ent ion . I t is almost radical in it s approach . W hoever t hought of it should get a medal . Simply F an t ast i c !

T h er e ar e st ar k r eal i t i es i n l i f e an d i n

f lying. But do we need our t raining en vironment s so rigid and unf orgiving t hat someone is bounced out when t hey mak e mistakes? I t hink not . T hat is why t here is tr aining.

H i s seco n d m ai n co n cer n i s w i t h t h e ad m i n i st r at i o n o f t h e H o n o r C o d e . T h e

H onor Code belongs t o t he Cadet s at t he A cademy , and I would def end t heir right t o administ er it as t heirs, no matt er how I f elt about it . A s f ar as vot ing: M anage ment T heorist s have proven t hat i f a group of people are t o be governed by a set of rules, t hey are much more lik ely t o obey t he rules t hey have had some input in . T he H onor Code is not a regulat ion .

L eave it t hat way . “ Four t ough years of st ress . . . cannot be replaced by all of t he t heories in t he world .” T rue. But maybe we can replace some of t hat st ress, t he needless st ress, wit h some t heories and come up wit h a much bett er product . A nd I t hink we are!

Somet hing I don ’t underst and . W hy should M aj or K elso be “ embarrassed” by an art icle in A irman magazine about

A cademy li f e? T he art icle wasn ’t about him , was it ? Please explain .

I ’ve learned a lot about management theory yet I have not seen very many of t his” . . . superb group of t heoret ical managers . . .’ ’ he t alk s about . W here are t hey?

Perhaps we should not be overly con cerned with Rhodes Scholars, nor with high at t rit ion rates, but they are part of t he way a school is measured . M aybe it is not right , I don’t k now . But among t hings t o be concerned wit h , t hese should be t h er e .

M aj or K elso ’ s t hird maj or point is again about t he H onor Code. H e quot es “

’ m o r al v al u es d er i v e t h ei r so u r ce f r o m

human experience’ , i .e. we should do what t he maj orit y of t he people f ind easiest , regardless of t he proper st andar d o f co n d u ct . ” T h i s so u n d s l i k e i t h as b een

t ak en way out o f cont ext , and is his per sonal interpret at ion . W e are product s of societ y . I t does no good t o have a milit ary f orce, or an A cademy , t hat is so f ar out of t ouch wit h t he realit ies of lif e, as dict at ed by our society , t hat it wants t o go it s own way . T he civilians run t he m ilit ary , by law . W hen we draw on a representative cross-sect ion t o go t o t he A cademy , maybe we should listen t o them .

I t h i n k t h er e i s r o o m f o r a f ew m o r e

m anager s i n t he A i r For ce. Pil ot managers. T here are cert ainly t oo many pilot s who aren ’t m anagers. I have been a pilot nearly nine years, and have over 3600 hours and I t hink t he product t hat f lows f rom t he port al that st ill says “ Bring M e M en” get s bett er every year . A nd I t hink his st at ement may be sexist .

A f ew more comment s, and I ’ll be t hrough .

T he rigidity and harshness o f t he A cademy has f or many year s st i f led creat ivit y and independent t hink ing. W e d o n ’ t n eed t h at . N ev er d i d . B u t i t w as

t here. T he rat e of doubling human k nowledge no longer t akes a cent ury ; nor even a decade. I t t ak es but a f ew years. I f t he A cademy stays t he sam e, it f alls piti f ully behind .

I am guessing, but I t hink t hat going t hru t he A cademy was t he m ost di f f icult t hing most grads have ever done. I f it is more di f f icult now , or less so , doesn ’t mat ter . For t he young people going t hr u now , it probably st ill is, f or most , t he hardest t hing t hey have ever done! L et it co n t i n u e t o b e so .

I haven ’t comment ed on everyt hing t he M aj or said , but I ’ve shown enough t o prove I f eel very di f f erent , and f or t he most part , very posit ive about t he growing t he A cademy is doing.

Capt ain Fran D oyle ’72

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D ear Sir , H aving read t he lat est Summer ’ 81 “ Check point s” , I f elt compelled t o ex press cert ain f eelings t hat I have had f or several years, but never at t empt ed t o put down on paper .

J .V . Kelso I I I , ’68, expressed many of t hose f eelings in an eloquent and caring manner . I agree st rongly wit h the point s he made. I t seem s t hat every Superinten dent f eels t he urge to mak e changes and leave his mar k on our school . A n example was t he plan t o get rid of the cadet uni f orms f or st andard A .F . issue. T his, however , was t rivial compared t o changes in t he honor code, f ourt h class syst em , academics, et c. A s someone who has now been gone f rom U SA FA some 14 years, it appears t hat t he t heory of “ less discipline - less att rit ion” is being mar kedly pur sued . Several years ago I saw a st udy

a relat ively new school and minimal number of graduates.

Finally , I read Captain Swan ’s speech t o t he D rum and Bugle Corps. H e t old t he cadet s t o not disappoint t hose who have gone bef ore t hem . N ames of Sij an and

regarding t he value of t reat ment received during t heir f our years. D on’t ask t hem !

A sk t hose who have been out ten years or

so evident in recent years. A s graduat es, our appeal must be t o t he A dm inist rat ion ,

b ased o n t h e v i ew s o f Seco n d L i eu t en an t s

m o r e.

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changed by the system they lived under,

T he last t hing t hat should be considered in rat ing t he success of t he U SA FA ex perience is at t rit ion . T his is one view I k now is shared by many graduat es. O f course, att rit ion relat es t o cost per graduat e. I t also relat es t o quality of graduat es. I t is inconceivable to me t he n um ber o f pr ogr am s i n st i t ut ed t o mot ivate a cadet t o stay in t he A cademy .

Even a chance t o ret urn af t er a year out side U SA FA is permissable. T hat is truly i n cr ed i b l e !

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anyt hing less than l OO^I/o desire t o graduat e meant t hat you probably would not . For t hose who think high at t rit ion and discipline was a mist ake in t hose days, read some of t he individual biographys f or t he f irst t en years or so in t he Regist er o f G r ad u at es. A n u n b el i ev ab l e r eco r d f o r

R i ch t er w er e m en t i o n ed . T h i s i s a t r u e

measure f or all of us, civilian or milit ary .

But t he cadet s don ’t set t he programs that will govern t heir f our year st ay . T he A d

m i n i st r at i o n d o es! T o l o w er t h e st an d ar d s

of t he A ir Force A cademy is t o not lear n f rom t he lessons t hat men li ke L ance Sij an and K arl Richt er taught us. A nd t here is absolut ely no quest ion t hat t hose st an d ar d s h av e b een l o w er ed .

M any graduates I k now are look ing with great ant icipat ion t o how a graduate su ch as G en er al B eck el w i l l h an d l e t h e

Cadet W ing. T his, plus t he change in Superi nt endent s, brings a hope t hat we w i l l see a r ev er se i n t h e t r en d t h at h as b een

n o t t o t h e cad et s.

I n closing, I must say t hat even as a civilian , t he A cademy has been t he basis f or everyt hing I have accomplished . T he lessons learned in discipline, det ermina t ion , and pride were not t hose I would have chosen t o endure at age eighteen or t wenty ; but at t hirt y-six , t hose lessons and t he f our years I spent learning t hem are the most valued times of my li f e. I t is wit h much f eeling and emot ion that I ask General Beck el and General K elley t o look not f or ways of cut t ing att rit ion , but t o put back t he pride in t he Cadet W ing t hat every graduate want s so much to f eel .

Sincerely , Eric M . T horson , ’67 D ear E r i c

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perience at t he A cademy as a cadet . T here are clearly divergent opinions expressed by equally well-meaning people on how t he A cademy should be run , what st an d ar d s ar e l o w er an d w h at st an d ar d s ar e

merely di f f erent .

T he st ance I t ook many years ago when I

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A ssociat ion was t hat t he graduate body m u st ser v e as b o t h a “ sea an ch o r ”

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ret ard unnecessary change, and as a vanguard to precipit ate change where change is warranted . I st ill hold t hat view , but having served bot h on t he f aculty and as a group A OC and in my role as A OG President , I have f ound it di f f icult t o dist inguish between progress and regres si o n .

T his is part icularly t rue when dealing wit h policy and t rying t o balance “ de t ailed st andards” against “ opport unit y t o exercise responsibility ” . T he world and t he cadet s w ho come t o t he A cademy are di f f erent t oday f rom w hat t hey were in 1957 when I ent ered or in 1963 when you ent ered . I n many areas we demand more o f cad et s n o w t h an w as d em an d ed o f m e .

I n so m e w e d em an d less. O n b al an ce I am

conf ident t hat we st ill graduat e each cadet wit h t he ability t o be an out st anding Second L ieut enant now wit h t he genet ic code f or f ut ure great ness. Y et , t he A cademy is open t o ways t o do an even bett er j ob . I t hink you would be pleased t o k now t he direct ion t hat General K elley is t ak ing and hope t hat you will st and by f or his lett ers t o t he graduat es in f ut ure issues of Checkpoint s.

Rest assured t hat I will share your let ter wit h t he administ rat ion of t he A cademy .

T hank s again f or your st rong support of t he A cademy and f or t ak ing t he t ime t o share your views wit h me.

Sincerely yours T H OM A S J . EL L E R , ’61 P r e si d e n t

U nited States A ir Force A cademy M ission: T o provide instruction and experience t o all Cadets so t hat they graduate wit h t he k nowledge and character essential to leader ship and t he m otivati on t o become c a r eer o f f i c er s i n t h e U n i t ed S t a t es A i r F o r c e .

FA L C O N SP O R T S

By C ol . J ohn Clune A t h l et i c D i r ec t o r

A lthough much of our energies and that of the A thletic D epart

ment has been in t he promotion of f oot ball , we cannot lose sight of t he f act t hat t he wint er sport s schedule will soon be upon us.

M any t imes we have schedules t hat overlap one anot her , an d o c casionally t he import ance of cert ain sport s seem s to b e l o st i n t h e shuf f le. L et me assure you t hat each sport and individual i s i m p o r t an t t o o u r p r o gr am .

W e are gett ing ready t o ent er not only our longest seaso n b u t al so a seaso n w i t h t h e m o st act iv e t eam s. T h e w i n t er s e a s o n c o n sist s of 14 of t he 28 varsit y sport s at t he A cademy , w i t h sch ed u l es running f rom N ovember t hrough M arch 1982.

I n t his issue, I want t o expand on t he upcoming basket ball an d ice hockey seasons. A gain t his year , we have two of t h e f i n est co ach es i n t h e n at i o n at t h e h el m o f o u r t eam s. H an k Egan is in his 11t h year at the A cademy as head coach of t he bask et ball t e a m and John M atchef t s is st art ing his eight h year with t he ice hock ey tea m .

I t w i l l b e t h e seco n d t i m e ar o u n d f o r t h e A i r F o r ce m e n ’ s

basket ball t eam in W estern A t hlet ic Conf erence play t h i s w i n t er and t he Falcons will be pursuing a season t hat promises t o b e anot her challenging and int eresting one.

L ast year , t he Falcons f inished 9- 18 overall and 3- 13 i n t h e

league but it was a season in which A ir Force learned s o m e valuable lessons in one of t he t oughest college bask etball c o n f er en ces i n t h e n at i o n .

“ T his year , our players won’t be so shatt ered playing b e f o r e t he big W A C crowds,” Egan said . “ T hat ’ s got t o be a big advan

tage for us because we’ll be calmer and hopefully more i n

N at urally , we expect a lot f rom Simmons and W ashingt on i n t he o f f ensive end of the court , ” Egan said . “ M i ke Edwards an d M arc D uncan will be count ed on heavily t o step in and provide t he def ense and rebounding f or us. L ewis is back t o r u n t h e o f f ense again but we’ve got t o get good play f rom t he b ack l i n e players of last season t o be compet it ive.”

A lett erman ret urning who wasn’t on t he rost er last seaso n i s f orward Pete M cCaf f rey . H e averaged 9.7 point s per gam e t w o seasons ago and will be a def init e plus on the f ront l i n e .

H aving Pete back will help us a lot , ” Egan cont inued . “ H e gives size, st rengt h and experience on t he wing. From w h at I ’ v e seen , he’s def initely st ronger and bigger f rom wor k ing o u t w i t h t he weight s.”

T here will also be some f reshmen who undoubtedly will play during the season . “ W e didn’t f ind anybody who can come in and replace T i m and Reggie right away ,” Egan said . “ T he players we did get are good and af t er some exposure will be f ine W A C players. T hey are most ly in t he 6-4 t o 6-5 range but t hey are all good sh o o t e r s . ” H ow does Egan look at t he upcoming W A C tit le chase? “ From a coaching st andpoint , it ’ s pret t y scary ,” Egan answered . “ L ast year , t he W A C had f our t eams play in p o st season t ournament s - W yoming, U tah , Brigham Y oung and T exas-El Paso - and t hey all will be st rong again t his year . But t he real concern is t hat San D iego St at e and H awaii will b e m u ch i m proved f rom last season and I really see a six-t eam r ace f o r t h e W A C championship .” n

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co n t r o l .

M E N S B A SK E T B A L L

Egan will have nine returning lettermen this winter, including

three start ers. But am ong the missing will be T im H arris, an A l l W A C second-team select ion who f inished as t he A cademy ’ s a l l time leading scorer , and Reggie Jack son , who was t he sch o o l ’ s al l t ime leading rebounder . “ W e really didn’t lose t hat much f rom t hose guys,” said Egan with a smile, “ j ust all of our scoring and rebounding. I t ’ s aw f ully hard t o replace the cornerst ones of your program .”

But t hat is what Egan must do and t he veteran coach has always had success in t he past rebuilding t eams and mak ing t h e m c o m pet it ive.

L eading his ret urnees are j unior f orward Rick Simmons, sen i o r

guard Greg Lewis and j unior guard Erwin Washington, al l

start ers last winter . Simmons was t he t eam ’ s second-leading scorer ( 13. 1 average) while W ashingt on was t hird in t he scoring depart ment (9. 1 average) . L ewis is t he team ’ s f loor general in t he b ack co u r t .

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T he Falcon ice hockey t eam ended st rong last season w i t h a 13- 13 record . W it h t he loss of only t wo lett ermen f rom last year ’ s team , M atchef t s can look t o t his year wit h an experienced b u t st i l l young club .

Ret ur ning f rom t he 47-goal producing f irst line will b e sen i o r center T om Richards and sophomore right wing Jef f Connors.

Richards, f rom St . Paul , M inn ., was t he leading scorer w i t h 42 point s on 22 goals and 20 assist s. Connors, f rom Falmout h , M ass., was t hird in scoring wit h 19 point s on 11 goals and eight

assi st s.

Other top scorers ret urning will be center D aryl Randall a n d lef t wing St eve Saari . Randall , f rom Coon Rapids, M inn ., played in all 26 games and had 13 goals and f ive assist s f or 18 point s.

Saari , a j unior f rom Ely , M inn ., produced seven goals an d sev en assist s f or 14 point s.

Ot her ret urnees include sophomore Bruce U m land (13 point s) and j unior D ave L eibbrand (8 point s) .

A t def ense, sophomore Bill A ndersen, j unior Rich D onovan and senior Bob D evaney will be returning. D onovan , f r o m W eymout h , M ass., had seven point s on t wo goals and t h r e e assist s. D evaney , a product of Chelmsf ord , M ass., had f o u r point s on one goal and t hree assist s.

A st rong posit ion will bg at goal wit h senior M ik e D r ak e r et u r n ing. D rake, f rom St . Paul , M inn ., had a f ine .869 saves p e r c e n tage, allowing 5.3 goals per game in 26 outings. D rake w a s credited wit h many spect acular saves during t he year a n d t u r n e d in a 51-saves per f ormance against Princet on and had 5 5 sa v e s against W isconsin-Superior in a 4- 1 vict ory .

L o st f r o m t h e t eam w i l l b e C h u c k E v an cev i ch an d St ev e M o e s .

Evancevich , f rom Babbitt , M inn ., was t he second-leading s c o r e r wit h 31 point s on 14 goals and 17 assist s, and graduated a s t h e 16t h all-t ime leading scorer wit h 106 point s on 55 goals and 51 assi st s.

M oes, f rom H ast ings, M inn ., who sat out a year f rom varsity ice hock ey , was t he f i f t h-leading scorer wit h 19 point s o n t h r e e goals and 16 assist s and f inished his career wit h 36 point s on f our goals and 32 assist s.

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HA M L INE HA M L INE Colorado College BRA N DO N (CA N A DA ) BRA N DO N (CA NA DA ) W IS.-RI V ER FA L L S W IS.-RI V ER FA L L S Iowa State I owa State Denver GUST A VU S A DO L PH U S GUST A VU S A DO L PH U S W I N N I PEG (CA N A DA ) W I N N I PEG (CA NA DA ) Northern A rizona T ournament (U .S. I nternat ional , A ir Force, Nort hern A rizona) ST . O L A F ST . O L A F

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C H A PT ER N EW S CA PIT A L CH A PT ER

N ORT H ER N CA L IFORN IA CH A PT ER T he N ort hern Cali f ornia Chapt er of t he A OG was f ormally est ablished at a Chart er M eet ing/ D inner on 25 September at t h e T r av i s A F B O f f i cer s’ C l u b . T h e

dist inguished guest speak er was Brig Gen Robert D . Beck el , ’ 59, Commadant of Cadet s. A lso , present were of f icers of t he local Civil A ir Pat rol , Parent s’ Club , and t wo prospect ive cadet candidat es. Jay Sch el l ’ 75 w as M ast er o f C er em o n i es.

A s a result of elect ions held prior t o dinner , t he Const it ut ion and By L aws were approved and t he f ollowing of f icers were elect ed f or t he next year : Jon Prenez, ’64, President Keit h M eredit h , ’72, V ice President Kelly A lexander , ’ 73, Secret ary Ron L ove, ’69, T reasurer T ony

Burshnick ,

’ 60,

provi ded

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h u m o r o u s i n t r o d u ct i o n f o r G en B eck el i n

cluding several A cademy basket ball war st ories. Gen Beckel f irst spoke of maj or

programs being initiated or strengthened

at t he A cademy . T hese included GU I D E , General U pgrade I n D ormit ory Environ ment , and t he A irmanship Program . A d d it ionally he t al k ed o f ef f ort s t o st rengthen t he H onor Code, develop an emphasis on duty , and inst ill cadet pride in t he A cademy . H is f ormal remar k s were f ollowed by a spirit ed quest ion and answer period . D uring t his very in t erest ing phase of t he pr ogram , he iden t i f ied an increased challenge t o select f uture cadet candidat es and suggested how we might be able t o help in t he f il t ering process. I t was a most enj oyable evening f or all who at t ended .

T he next year promises t o be successf ul as the newest A OG Chapt er grows, pro vides services, and promotes commaderie among graduates. I f you live in N ort hern Cali f ornia and are interest ed in j oining t he Chapt er please cont act any of t he f ollow ing individuals f or your area:

T he “ N avy W eekend ’ ’ act ivit ies of t he Capital Chapt er can best be described as a successf ul operat ion which lost t he pa tient . T he successf ul operat ion included : ( 1) a cheering sect ion of 372 grads and guest s at t he game; (2) a Pent agon lun cheon wit h t he Superint endent , Com man dant , D ean , Coach , and A t hlet ic D irect or on t he day prior t o t he game; and (3) a post -game part y host ed by t he Chapter on behal f of t he Superint endent at t he A n drews A FB O ’Club . T he lost pat ient , of course, was t he 30- 13 def eat t o N avy .

One dominant message f rom t he 9 Oc t ober 1981 pre-game luncheon was t hat we grads can help our f oot ball program by scout ing out high school players at local games and doing some recruit ing. L ogical ly , we cannot expect t o win over t he 6’ 5’ ’ , 245-pound t ight end who can run a 4.4-second , 40-yard dash . H owever , we can t ry t o get f ive or six 205-pound t ight ends into our program and hope t hat t wo of t hem evolve int o 245-pound com pet it ive players by t he t ime t hey are j uniors. Prospect s, as we all well k now , also must pass t he keen scrut iny of t he D ea n .

A s f ar as t he post -game act ivities were concerned , we still have never lost a party .

W e won t his one wit h t he Chief of St af f , A FSC Commander , and a num ber of ot her U SA F generals in att endance as guest s of the Superint endent .

I n ot her business, t he Capital Chapter will have a large t urnover t his wint er . Our V ice President , M arty Cole (’68) expect s t o go PCS in January , and T im Cooper ( ’73) , our T reasurer , will not be running f or re-elect ion in D ecem ber . Bot h M art y

and T im are charter of f icers of t he Capital Chapter , and bot h will be missed . T om , T womey (’ 67) is also not running f or reelect ion as Secret ary , but we may per su ad e h i m t o co n t i n u e o n i n so m e o t h er f u n ct i o n . T h r ee D i r ect o r s’ sl o t s ar e al so

up f or elect ion- t hose of L ynn D udley (’66), Bob Past usek (’67) , and D ana Briggs (’78) . D ana will be going PCS t o Greece af t er t he f irst of t he year . H e has b een an i n v al u ab l e m em b er o f o u r b o ar d

and has helped us keep newer grads in volved in Chapt er act ivit ies. L ynn and Bob will most likely run f or re-elect ion .

T he next big event f or t he Capit al Chapter is t he annual W ing D ing on 3 A pril 1982. Plans include a speech by t he Superintendent , t he St rolling St rings, and anot her chance t o excel at revelry .

A special thank s t o Bob Pastusek (’67) , T om T womey (’67) , and Curt Emery (’ 70) f or a super j ob in wor k ing t he “ N avy W eek en d . ’ ’

BL A CK H IL L S C H A PT ER Roger Burg is heading up an ef f ort t o reest ablish t he Black H ills Chapt er of t he A OG . A n init ial meet ing was held on 18 September and a general business meet ing w as sch ed u l ed f o r 14 O ct o b er .

T he init ial membership will probably number about 30 and t he organizers are

planning an active program. One focus of

act ivity will be assist ance t o L Os in t he area of recruit ing young men and women t o b eco m e cad et s.

A nyone int erest ed i n part icipat i ng should contact Roger Burg, ’78; 715 D ak ot a D rive, #30 1; Rapid City , SD 5770 1.

Bay A rea/ T ravis A FB - K elly A lexander (707) 447- 1935 B eal e A F B - T i m M i n er 674 -772 8

Sacrament o - W illy K asson 635-2146 Cast le A FB - Gordon Kage ext 2616 or writ e t o N ort hern Cali f ornia Chapter , A OG , 130 K iowa Ct , V acaville, CA 9 56 8 8 .

N o. Calif ornia Chap ter D inner, 25 Sep tember 1981, L to R : Tony B urshnick, ‘60; J udy P renez: B / G Beck el, ‘59; K aren B urshnick; and J on P renez, ‘64 (Chap ter President) .

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A OG CH A PT ER CON TA CT S N ort h T exas Chapter

Colorado C hapt er

c/ o A rchitect ural Syst ems Suit e 107, 13150 Coit Rd .

D allas, T X 75240

U SA F A cademy , CO 80840

M i k e G i b b o n s ‘ 63

Black H ills C hapter Roger Burg ‘ 78 7 15 D ak ot a D r ., #30 1 Rapid Cit y , SD 5770 1 605/ 343-4534 (H ome) 605/ 399-20 16 (D uty)

R i ch C o t e ‘ 7 1 U SA F A / A H P A R 8/ 2 59 -2 89 5

2 14 / 6 6 9 - 9 5 2 0

San A ntonio T X Chapter

Capital Chapter

Sout hwest O hio Chapter Pat L ynch ‘74 4049 Forest Ridge Blvd .

D ayt on, OH 45424

J a m es W . B r o w n ‘ 59

T o m L ei b ‘ 66

6330 Josephine Rd .

W aldor f , M D 2060 1

626 Candleglow D r .

San A nt onio , T X 78239 8 / 4 8 7 - 2 19 7 / 5 10 3 / 2 6 4 7

8 / 2 2 5 - 4 8 17

8/ 7 85-6 2 89

N ort hern Calif ornia Chapter R o n L o ve ‘69

155 St irling D r .

V acaville, CA 95688 70 7/ 44 8-4 64 5

N ort heast Regi onal C hapter Flash W iley ‘65 29 F o r t A v en u e

Roxbury , M A 02 119

6 17 / 4 2 7 - 5 0 12

617/ 542- 1211 (O f f ice)

Barl i sdaie Chapter

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H aught on, L A 71037 318/ 949-9144 (H ome) 8/ 781-3227/ 4379 (D uty)

FORM A N A OG C H A PT ER . . .

I t only takes some int erest t o get an A OG Chapter organized . T he A OG of f ice can assist and t he f irst st ep in t he process is t o cont act t he Execut ive D irect or f or a k it t hat may help you in your init ial ef f ort s.

N ort on A FB C hapter

R o b er t V . W o o d s ‘ 64 230 F r em o n t St .

Redlands, CA 92373

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C H A P T E R N E W S ...

N ORT H T EX A S CH A PT ER T he N ort h T exas cont ingent continues to pursue an act ive social and prof essional

schedule of events. A Bar-B-C^ was sched

uled f or the membership on 24 October

a n d t h e B o ar d o f D i r ect o r s h as sch ed u l ed

a meet ing on 23 N ovember . T he annual business meet ing and elections will be held on 15 January 1982 with a Founder ’ s D ay gala scheduled on Sat urday , 3 A pril 1982.

G r ad u at es i n t h e D al l as- F t W o r t h ar ea

are encouraged t o cont act the Chapt er an d t o b eco m e act i v e i n al l act iv i t i es.

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C O L O RA D O C H A PT ER T h e C C A O G h as an n o u n ced a n act i v e

schedule of event s f or ’ 81-’ 82. A long wit h tailgat e act ivit ies and a 10,000 met er race against the U SM A grads prior t o t he A rmy game, t he annual elect ion is scheduled in N ovember . A f amily out ing t o t he hot springs of G lenwood Springs is scheduled in January and “ 100t h N ight >>

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February 1982.

A cont inued emphasis on service t o U SA FA and t he Colorado graduate com munit y will underlie CCA OG act ivities.

I nterested graduat es are encouraged t o j oin and t o be act ive in all programs. I n quiries may be directed t o : R i ch C o t e

- i H Rand ol ph A .F .B . , T X 78 148

T he A lamo A rea Chapter of t he A OG is completing it s f irst year of existence wit h o v er 50 m em b er s. W e h av e est ab l i sh ed a

policy of having a maj or f unction once each quart er . D uring t his f irst year we had t wo meet ings f eaturing speak er s f rom t he A cademy , Gen . T al lman and Gen .

Richards. Our most recent gat hering was an af ternoon of gol f , t ennis and barbecue at B ro o k s A F B .

T he next meet ing will be our elect ion and will t ak e place on January 22, 1982 at t he U SA A Building here in San A nt onio .

W e will have an hour of cocktails begin ning at 7:00 p .m . f ollowed by dinner at 8:00. W e hope t o see all grads in t he San

A n t o n i o ar ea t h en .

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U SA FA , CO 80840 SO U T H W E ST O H I O CH A PT ER T he end of calendar year 1981 has proven t o be quit e a busy t ime f or t he SW O hio Chapter .

T ri-service academy luncheons have in cluded M r . Russell H ale, U SN A , A ssis tant Secretary of t he A ir Force f or Finan cial M anagement , and M aj or W illiam Faris, A dvisor t o t he Commandant f or H onor and Ethics at U SA FA . Speaker luncheons such as t hese have proven t o be very int eresting and inf ormat ive t o our membership . A s a f oot note, t he U SM A

A lumni group are t entat ively scheduling General M ar sh , A FSC/ CC , as a speak er f o r M a r ch 82 .

9 O ct ober mar k ed our inaugural Chapt er golf out ing. T his act ivity was

designed to foster continued comradeship

among graduates and f riends of U SA FA .

W e hope t o repeat t his event annually .

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N o v em b er an d t h e n ew B o ar d o f D i r ec t o r s w i l l t ak e t h e r ei n s at t h at t i m e .

A nyone new t o our area should cont act Capt Pat L ynch , ’74, at t he address or phone listed below . W e are anxious t o have you j oin us at our next f unct ion .

SW O H I O C H A P T E R U SA F A A O G

c/ o Pat L ynch A V : 7 85-6 2 89

4049 Forest Ridge Blvd .

D ayt on , Ohio 45424

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

J. E dgington M oats

Vinson Ky le Perdue

Jef f rey G. Sny der

J. E dgington M oats, ‘74 Captain J . Edgingt on M oat s, Class of 1974, was k illed i n a F - 16 crash near H ill A FB , U T on 5 A ugust 1981. H e is survived by his wi f e N ancy and a daughter residing at 1548 9t h St reet , Ogden , U T 84404, and by his parent s, L t . Gen . (Ret .) and M rs. San f o r d K .

M oat s, 59635 A k anoho Place, H aleiwa, H I 96712.

J . was a member of t he 28t h Cadet Squadron at t he A cademy and maj ored in M anagement and Economics.

J. received his M BA in M anagement f rom U C L A in 1975.

Following graduat ion f rom pilot t raining at W illiams A FB, J . received t raining in t he F-4C at t he 550t h T act ical Fight er T raining Squadron at L uke A FB . H e later served as a pilot of t he F-4D wit h t he 80t h T act ical Fight er Squadron at K unsan , K o r e a and t he 4th T act ical Fight er Squadron at H ill A FB .

Vinson Ky le Perdue, ‘79 O n 25 A ugust 1981, I L t V inson K yle Perdue, Class of 1979, w as k i l led i n an A - 10 ai r cr a f t cr ash . T h e T h u n d er b o l t I I Jet was o n a r o u t i n e m i ssi o n w h en i t cr ash ed ab o u t 10 m i l es n o r t h w est o f

Charlest on . H e is survived by his parent s, M aj . (Ret .) an d M r s.

Raymond G . Perdue, 305 Fairingt on D rive, Summerville, S C 294 83 .

Kyle was a member of t he 6t h Cadet Squadron w hile at t h e A cademy and graduated wit h a maj or in Engineering Science.

Following graduat ion f rom t he A cademy he received his pilot ’ s wings at Columbus A FB . A t t he time of his deat h, K yle w a s assigned t o the 7t h T act ical Fighter Squadron at England A F B .

Jef f rey G. Sny der, ‘79 I L t Jef f rey G . Snyder , Class of 1979, was k illed on 29 Sept ember 1981 in a Cessna aircraf t crash near T onopah , N V which t o o k t h e li f e o f anot her A cademy graduat e. H e is survived by his parent s.

D r . and M rs. Richard G . Snyder of 2945 N ewport Road , A n n A rbor , M I 48103, and t hree brot hers and t wo sisters.

Jef f at tended t he U SA FA Prep School prior t o ent ering t h e A cademy in 1975. U pon graduat ion f rom t he A cademy wit h a degree in A st ronaut ical Engineering, he entered pilot t raining at Reese A FB . A t t he time of his deat h Jef f rey was a T -37 i n st r u c t o r pilot wit h the 89t h Flying T raining Squadron at Sheppard A FB , wit h T D Y t o t he Elect ronic W ar f are Close A ir Support U n i t at

M i ch ael L . M c G u i r e

K en n et h L . M ossi er

M ichael L . M cGuire, ‘76 Capt ain M ichael L . M cGuire, Class o f 1976, was killed i n a F-4G crash at t he T onopah Range, N ellis A FB , on 6 July 19 8 1 .

H e is survived by his parent s, L t . Col . (Ret .) and M r s . A l l e n G .

M cGuire, 1704 W ilshire, Clovis, N M 8810 1.

M i ke was a member of t he 24t h Cadet Squadron and was o n t h e Superintendent ’s L ist one semest er , t he D ean ’ s L ist o n e sem est er , an d t h e C o m m an d an t ’ s L i st t w o sem est er s. H e w as a m em b er o f

t he Pist ol T eam , t he Spanish Club , and t he H ist ory cl u b w h i l e at t he A cademy .

M ik e was awarded his silver wings at L aughlin A FB f ollowing graduat ion f rom pilot t raining. H e t hen att ended f ighter l ead - i n training at H olloman A FB and F-4 Phant om t raining at George A FB . M ik e served as a F-4D pilot wit h t he 12t h T act ical Fight er Squadron at K adena A B , O k inawa f rom 1978 t o 1980 and t h e n ret urned to George A FB t o t he 561st T act ical Fight er Squadron .

Cont ribut ions in his memory may be sent t o t he M ichael L .

M cGuire M emorial Fund , A ssociation of Graduates, U SA F A cademy , CO 80840 .

K enneth L . M ossier, ‘75 Captain K ennet h L . H ossler , Class of 1975, was killed o n 2 9 September 1981 in a Cessna aircraf t crash near T onopah , N V . H e is survived by his wi f e Susanne and t wo children of 6 18 N o r t h K een Place, T ucson , A Z 857 10, and by his parent s, M r . a n d M r s.

H orace E . H ossler , 310 N ort h Pik e, N ew Car lisle, O H 4 5 3 4 4 .

K ennet h was a member of t he 29t h Cadet Squadron and graduated wit h a degree in Engineering Science. H e w a s o n t h e D ean ’ s L i st f o u r sem est er s a n d w a s a m em b er o f t h e Sk i C l u b

w hile at t he A cademy .

A f ter graduation f rom pilot t raini ng at W illiams A FB, K e n n e t h served as a F- 15 pilot wit h t he 46 1st T act ical Fight er T raining Squadron at L uk e A FB and t he 53rd T act ical Fighter Squadron at Bit burg A B , Germany . A f t er receiving a M ast ers in M anagement in 1980 f rom T roy State U niversit y , K enneth was assigned t o t h e 90t h Fighter T raining Squadron at Sheppard A FB . A t t h e t i m e o f his deat h , he was T D Y t o the Elect ronic W ar f are Close A ir Sup port U nit at N ellis A FB .

Burial services were held at t he U SA F A cademy Cemet ery o n 5 O c t o b e r 19 8 1 .

N el l i s A F B .

Funeral services were held at t he U SA F A cademy Protest ant Chapel on 5 Oct ober , wit h burial at the A ir Force A cademy Cemet ery .

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5 10 2 L i n d a C o l o n i a

San A nt onio , T X 78233 (5 12) 653-9869

A s t he deadline f or t his new slet ter appr oached and it appeared pr obable t hat I w ould have t o subm it a negat ive r epor t , a much ap pr eciated not e f r om Jim REE D ar rived . Jim is assigned t o t h e U .S .

D ef ense L iaison O f f ice in H ong K ong, and as might be expected , he and M arcia L ee are ver y happy t here. T hey have been able t o d o so m e ex t en sive t r avel ing t hr oughout t he People’s Republic o f C hina, most r ecent ly , in Jim ’s wor ds, “ . . .t ravel by t r ain t hr ough t he lengt h of I nner M ongolia, t hen down t hr ough cent r al-w ester n C hina by plane, t r ain and j eep . W e ended t hat leg w it hin a f ew mi les o f t he L aot ian bor der bef or e par alleli ng t he southern border and r et ur ning t o H ong K ong .’ ’ Ji m cor r ect ly lays clai m t o bei ng t he A OG ’ s most qual i f ied “ Old C hi na H a n d . ’ ’ M any thanks f or t he let ter , Jim - you can also clai m the honor of being t he only ’ 59er t o w r it e me since t he last new slet ter . T h e r est o f t h e n ew s i n t h i s i ssu e i s t h e r esu l t o f so m e sel ect i v e a n d f o r t u n a t e long-distance phone

c a l l s.

I had a nice long t al k w it h Ger ry M C D ON A L D , who is now living near Sarasota, FL . Ger ry i s president o f t he f am ily-ow ned business, U niC r af t Co rp . T hey have sever al ar t s and craf t s ret ail supply st ores, all in t he C lear w ater -T am pa-Bradent on ar ea. Ger r y says he f eels slight ly remot e, but has been able t o get toget her w it h H ank C A N T E RBU RY a n d G en e V O SI K A on occasion . I t w as good t o r e-discover t hat Ger r y hasn ’t lost his dry sense o f hum or , w hich used t o have me r ol ling i n t h e a i sl es. H e

a l so i n f o r m ed m e t h a t h e h a d h ea r d t h a t G en e V O SI K A

h a d b een

r eassigned t o M oody A FB .

I t racked that rum or dow n by call ing M oody , and sur e enough . G ene is t he new W i ng Com mander t her e. A f ter convincing his w el l - i n t en t i o n ed secret ar y t hat Gene would pr obably talk t o m e, we had a long and m ost i nf or mat ive (to me) conversat ion . Gene w as f ull o f new s. H e replaced Br ad H OSM E R as W ing CO , and says he inherit ed an out st andi ng w i ng f r om Br ad . (A ct ually , he didn ’ t say “ out standi ng,” but we don ’ t pr int vulgar f ighter pi lot super lat ives in t his lett er .) I w o u l d h a v e l o v ed t o h a v e been at t hat C hange o f C om mand cer em ony w hich , i ncident al ly , w a s organized by none ot her than our old A T O nemesis, Elmer “ B o b ” Bier sack . Bob is Chief o f O ps and T r aining t here.

G en e t o l d m e t h a t B r a d H O SM E R h a s m o v ed o n w a r d a n d upward t o t he D ivision C om mander slot at George A FB , w hich has t radit ional ly been a st eppi ng st one assignment . I ’ d k eep my f inger s cr ossed f o r Br ad , ’ cept I don ’ t t hink it ’ s necessary or needed . Gene a l so i n f o r m ed m e t h a t his old boss back at M acD i ll , H ank C A N T E R BU RY , has recent ly been chosen as t he recipient o f t he ver y pr estigious Jer r y W at er man A w ard , w hich is t he Flor ida A ir Force A ssociat ion C hapter ’ s a w a r d f o r t h e O ut st anding M ilitar y M an o f t he Y ear . N ow , t r oops, t h er e a r e so m e

prett y shar p m ili tar y f olk s in Fl or ida, and f or H ank t o w i n t h a t a w a r d i s a big honor indeed !

So m e m o r e o f G en e’ s n ew s : J o e D E SA N T I S h a s r et i r ed and is w or k ing f or Pr at t and W hit ney in W . Pal m Beach . Joe occasional ly t r a v el s d o w n t o H omestead t o visit R .L . PE N N , w ho is also r et ir ed . R . L . ’ s r et i r em en t cer em ony w as held at t he Pent agon , and w as presided over by H .T .

JO H N SO N , in anot her cer emony I w ould have l iked t o at tend . I st ill get t he giggles t hink ing about R .L .’ s descr ipt ion o f how he got shot dow n in V iet N am . U n f or t unat ely , it ’ s anot her one o f t hose vulgar f ight er pi lot stor ies t hat we can ’ t pri nt .

Gene also t ells a good st ory about a r ecent w eapons m eet h e a t t en d ed dow n at T yndall . W it h all t he gener als in at tendance, he was r elegat ed t o t he standar d 2-t o-a-r oom BO Q . W hen he got t o hi s r oom , h e sa w t h a t h i s and hi s roomm ate’ s nam es had been put on t he door : “ C o l . V o si k a ’ ’ a n d “ Col . Jozel k a.’ ’ H e t hought t o him sel f , “ Boy , w hat a w ei r d n a m e ! ’ ’ (V osi k a isn ’t ?) . T ur ns out his new r oom ie w as none o t h er t h a n R o b i n K OZ E L K A , also in at tendance as t he V ice CO at M yr t le Beach . Gene says t hat Robin runs sever al m iles a day and st i ll loo ks li ke his graduat ion pic t ur e, w hich I didn ’ t need to hear . W hy can ’t he gr ow old gr acef ully , li k e

t h e r est o f u s?

Back her e on t he San A nt onio hom e f ront , Jim B RO W N host ed yet anot her get -t oget her i n ho nor o f Bob BEC K E L ’s visit t o Randol ph . O ur usual S.A . co nt ingent of the E d RO SA N E s, Bob BU C K L E S, a n d D ea n W OO D S at tended . T he new Z oo Co mm andant gave us a no-holds b a r r ed view o f t he state o f t he W ing - st il l good , some problems, b u t u n d er c o n

t r o l . B o b ’ s a n o t h er l i k e K O Z E L K A . L o o k s l i k e h e c a n st i l l sl a m d u n k a

bask et bal l . D am mi t . I s it j ust clean living?

M e ’ n Ji m BRO W N ’ n Bob BU C K L E S went f ishi ng a f ew week s b a c k .

W e had t o release t he l unk er t hat Jim caught so as not t o sw amp t he boat , a n d d ec i d ed t o l ea v e t h e r est o f t h e b a ss i n t h e l a k e so ot her s could enj oy .

L ot s of sunburn and laughs.

H ad a gr eat conver sat ion w it h t he long lost Roscoe R O B E R T S . R o sc o e is alive and w ell and livi ng i n Georgia. Follow ing his ret i r ement i n ’ 79, Roscoe w ent back t o school and is now j ust a f ew hours short of gaining his second M ast er ’s degr ee. D ur i ng hi s spar e (?) t im e, h e b u i l t h i s h o m e .

L it er ally . By him sel f . A s he says, “ W e got t ir ed of livi ng in sm al l , A F issue homes, so I decided t o build m y ow n . G ot a lit t le car r ied aw ay , and w e now have a sm all hot el . W hen I do somet hing, I don ’ t m ess a r o u n d . ’ ’ I t w as great t o hear f r om Roscoe again . H e’ s look ing f o r b o a r d er s a t 30 1 L akeside D r ., W ar ner Robbi ns, GA .

I ’ve r eceived only one change of addr ess f r om t he A OG , o n D i c k CA RR , t o G oldsbor o , N C . T hat ’ s Seym our -Johnson A F B , b u t n o i n d i c a t ion o f w hat his assignment is. W hich leads me t o t he st andar d plea -w on ’t you j ust dr op me a post car d ? T oo m any names ar e being r epeat ed

here, and only you can help me change that . Some names I w a n t t o h ea r

f r om : Paul L A SE N , Sam ST A R RET T , C huck K A A K E . W her e are you ?

Fly Saf e.

C .T . D ouglass 3305 Edgemer e A ve. , N E M i nneapolis, M N 554 18 (6 12) 78 1-972 1

F r ont r o w, L -R, B ob B uck les, D ean Wood, J im B r o wn.

Back row, L -R, Bob Beckel, Larry Cotton, Ed Rosane.

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A nice f ol low -up note f r om PJ SM I T H to his ment ion i n o u r l a st co l um n . Since he’ s int i mately involved w it h the T or r ej o n A B C o n so l i d a t ed C ommand Post , he’d be glad t o help locat e anyone in t h e M a d r i d a r ea : A utovon 723-8545; PSC Box 5 146, A PO N Y 09283. PJ says t h a t L eo n GOO D SO N too k over as his W i ng C O (40 1 T FW ) t w o w eek s b ef o r e t h e O RI ! A F T imes pict ur e show s W ill ie loo k i ng his young sel f in spite o f his spectacles.

Bill Z E RSE N f r om L A t o A ndr ew s, M ik e BU C H E N ret ired . L es H O B G O O D has been aw ar d ed t he M SM at L ow r y . Jo h n M C C U L L O U G H is lost- anyone have any w or d on hi m ?

M i ke L O H moved f r om V ice-C om mander , 23 T FW , Engl and A F B t o

Asst . DCS Requirements, HQ TA C, Langley, living on base. H e says it s tough transitioning from fighters to a desk- has plenty o f r o o m f o r guests. Roach was good as our memorial ceremony leader a t A F A 20 t h reunion. Jim A LEXA NDER is also at HQ TAC. Bill KORNITZER i s now t he V ice-C om mander o f t he A i r Rescue and Recover y W ing at Egl in .

Gar y SH EET S w as awarded t he L egion o f M er it at T inker . C h a r l i e H A RT (my old roomie) moved on base at W r ight -Patt . R o n Y A T E S i s now C ommander o f t he 4950 T est W ing at W right-Pat t - pict ure i n A F T imes loo ked gr eat .

D ale T H O M PSO N has set t led in at RA F U pper H eyf or d as V i ce C o m mander , 20 T FW (his t hi rd assignment w it h t hat w ing !) af t er a year as D ir ect or of T actical Fighter O per at ions at H Q U SA FE preceded by a year as 20t h T FW DO - how do you k eep t rack o f your H H G , D ale?

C har l ie T H O M PSO N ret i red af ter f our year s as I nf or mation M anage ment D ivision C hief o f t he Space Shutt le Pr ogr am , w her e he w as r espo n si ble f or developing aut omated in f o rm at ion system s f o r t h e Sh u t t l e SP O and headed t he dat a management f unct ion . I n that posit ion , C h a r l i e m u st have delved deeply back int o his A FA cour ses in calculus and manage ment t o devise a met hod o f em ployi ng a lar ge m inicomputer a s a m u l t i user management tool- a real bonus f or U SA F and N A SA . A f ter deciding t o ret i re and loo k ing over several j ob o f f er s, he has f o u n d t h e u l t i m a t e i n happiness at H ughes H elicopt er s in L A w her e he has been pr om ot ed to M ater ial Pr ogram M anager f or A H -64 A dvanced H elicopt er pr oduct ion (expects a very large A r my cont ract f or A H -64s w hich w i l l d o u b l e t h e com pany’ s size in t hree year s.) C ongr at ulat ions, C har lie! H e l i v es i n M a n h a t t a n B ea c h so u t h o f L A I n t er n a t i o n a l .

Steve B I SH O P w r ote on hot el st at ioner y w hile on a U nit ed A i r l i n es layover i n Pit t sburgh . H e’s bui ld ing a r et ir ement home i n Sant e Fe pr ior to bidding out shor t ly to t he W est C oast side-saddle on t he Boei ng 767.

(W hen I lef t A F t o j oin t he ai r lines, I f ound it har d t o com prehend t he idea of com mut ing t o f ly t r ips- at least hal f o f W est er n ’ s pilot s based in M i nneapolis act ually live t her e; most com m ut e i n t o a v o i d t h e h a r sh M i nnesota cl imate.) Steve t i red of 6-mont h A F T D Y s, so r esigned to at t end law school . “ W hen I f inally r egai ned my senses, I had f r it ter ed aw ay 1200 U A L senior ity num ber s bef ore gett i ng hir ed .” T he P A T C O st r i k e has t aken it s to ll on we air line pi lots (W ester n w ill have f ur loughed almost one-t hi rd o f its pilots by next Spr i ng- I ’ m get t ing close again !) , not w it hstandi ng deregulat ion . Steve r an in t he m ost r ecent O range Bow l M arat hon and manages t o w in at local t ennis t our nament s. H e r a n i n t o Jer r y ST A C K , his old A FA doubles par t ner , r ecent ly a t L a G u a r d i a a f t er 20 year s- loo ks exact ly t he same, ver y happy . St eve t r i ed t o ca t ch B i l l GOO D Y EA R in O maha recent ly t o pay him t he $ 100 bet o n w h o w o u l d make Ful l Bull f ir st , but t o no avail .

Each quar t er I send about f i f t een quer ies (w it h stam ped , sel f - a d d r essed ret ur n post car d encl osed t o boot) t o t hose o f us w hom w e h a v en ’ t h ea r d f rom in a long ti me. Response is really poor ! I f you w ant t o k eep t his col um n i nterest ing poop f ul , please respond w hen you get a quer y f r om me (yes. I ’ l l im pr ove m y handw r it ing, St eve) . A nd t he r est o f you keep t hose cards and lett er s co m ing . Some pics w ould help , t oo . A nd gi ve me a call i f you ’ re i n t he upper M idw est .

T h o m a s L . Su t t o n R .R . # 1 B o x 10 2 R

C ol linsvi lle, 111 62234 H om e Phone: (6 18) 632-6635

A u t o v o n : 6 3 8- 2 04 7

Edit or ’s N ot e: Ear l SA U N D E RS is t he guest colum nist t h i s i ssu e .

T om SU T T O N w as here f or t he reuni on , but he had to l ea v e b ef o r e t h e w eekend even began (dut y cal ls) . H e ask ed me t o w r it e t h e C l a ss N ew s a r t icle f o r t his edit ion . A n ar t i cle cover i ng t he r euni on appear s elsew here in the magazine. You can read all about it there. We had a great t i me! I w ould li k e t o ack now ledge t he except ional w or k of t he “ t o w n i es” w h o put t oget her a f un pr ogr am . Special t hank s t o E L L E R , C U BE RO , M A Y , ST O RM , H A R I N G and SA U N D E RS f or m ak ing t his reunion a s u c c e s s .

W e st ill have many set s o f t he r eunion f avor s available f o r sa l e . T h e set incl udes a w ine car af e and t w o goblet s, each inscr i bed w i t h t h e C l a ss C oat-o f -A r ms. T hese ar e available f or $ 14 .00 per set (pr ice includes postage) . W e al so plan t o or der ext r a w i ne glasses. A set o f f o u r w i l l co st appr oxi mat ely $20 .50 . T hus f ar w e don ’ t have enough or der s t o proceed w it h t he plan . W e need a mi ni m um o f t w ent y or der s. I f you w ant eit her t he car af e set or a set o f f our glasses, please w r ite t o m e i n ca r e o f t h e A O G . W e would li k e t o get r id o f w hat w e have si nce w e have alr eady paid f or t hem out o f C lass f unds.

I w ant to t hank all o f you w ho have w r itt en w it h ver y k i n d r em a r k s co ncer ni ng t he r eunion . W e w ouldn ’ t have done it f or any ot her gr oup .

W e had f un . W i sh mor e o f you could have been t her e.

John W . (Jack) Jam ba

Chief , M issile Systems Safety Div. (ESM C/ SEM) P at r ick A FB , FL 32925 A V : 854-4340, 4330 H om e: (305) 777-3552

H I RE D T A G S! W ell t hi ngs have not been too busy f or m y column . I called N ell is A F B t o see w hat Rip BL A I SD E L L is now doing and T uck M C A T EE answ er ed t he phone. I t seems t hat t he Fight er W eapons School w as moved out f r om W ing O ps at N el lis and set up as a separ at e u nit and Rip was hand-pick ed f or t he j ob as it s f ir st C om mandant , a n i c e m o v e f r o m h i s D O sl o t a t M a c D i l l . T u c k w a s t h e C h i ef o f A c a d em i cs a t

M acD ill and is now t he C hief o f A cademics at t he Fighter W eapons School . Rip has f inished going t hrough t he Fighter W eapons C our se and T uck is about t o st ar t it . T uck ’ s w i f e, A nn , is st aying busy w it h t he soccer and sw im mi ng schedules f or t heir t hr ee childr en : M olly ( 13 year s) , Pat rick ( 11 years) and Cat hy ( 10 year s) . By t he w ay . T uck is one o f only t hree people in t he A ir For ce cur r ent ly operat ional i n t h e F - 16 a n d F - 15 .

N ice w or k i f you can get it .

Thr ee distinguished gen tlemen: Clem D ouglass, R osie Cler, and Jack

B r u sh .

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c a r d f r o m C l a r k W A L K E R r ev ea l s t h a t h e ’ s t h e D O a t A r n o l d

Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, Tennessee- way b a c k i n

t he hill s. W ind tunnel s, engi ne t est f aci lit ies, space cham ber s, hyper velocit y r anges, et c. ar e his f or te, i ncl uding “ a chick en gun t o shoot at air cr af t canopies.” Clar k says his pr evi ous t our w as as D O , t hen D ep uty C ommandant (t o D on M adonna) at the T est Pil ot School .

A couple mont hs ago I got a call f r om Jack B RU SH f r om N ew Engl and saying he had some busi ness in t he T w i n C it ies on t he w ay home to C-Spr ings. So he f lew i nto A nok a County A ir por t ( 10 mi les nor t h o f m y residence) i n his A er ostar t w in and spent t he night w i t h u s. H i s i n t er est r ate advice busi ness keeps him f lying all over t he U . S . W e h a sh ed o v er o l d A FA days, and launched him o f f int o t he blue t he next a f t er n o o n . T h e sam e hospit alit y aw aits t hose o f you w ho dr op in . Just give me a call .

D ean V I K A N moved f rom o ne A PO t o anot her in E ur ope- how a b o u t some new s. D ean? John M A CA RT N E Y has a guest r oom in h i s tow nhouse on t op o f a m ount ai n over look i ng H onolulu a n d P ea r l H a r b o r f or anyone’s use. H is son , St eve, a f r eshman at U o f H a w a i i sh a r es i t w i t h hi m- is chal lenged by intel ligence management and “ gee w h i z secr et s . ”

Got a change of address card from Jim EATON showing a n ew a d d r ess

in M onument , C olorado . So I cal led his old o f f ice, got his new num ber and called to f i nd out he w as T D Y . (T hat ’ s t he w ay it is so met imes.) H e is C hief o f t he Pr ogr am s and Requir ement s D ivi sion , D ir ect or ate of Pol icy , Pr ogr am s and Requi rement s, D C S Plans, N O RA D / A D CO M / A D C w i t h o f f ices in t he C hidlaw Bldg, C olorado Spr i ngs. N ow t hat ’ s one w ay t o beat t he cost s o f a 20t h r eunion t r ip . (I her eby vol unt eer Jim t o help w it h t he r eunion .) T he r eunion , by t he w ay , is only a year aw ay . So m ake your plans, save your m oney , m ake reser vat ions, put in your leave request s, and get ready f or a f un t ime. Jon ST A P L ES has suggested a n e x t r a t w o o r t hree days f o r t he reunion pr ogram . H e has seen a lot o f r eu n i o n s a n d f eel s t h a t t h e f est i v i t i es a n d cer em o n i es a t U SA F A don ’t leave enough t ime t o have old f riends renew f r iendships. So he plans t o tack a day or t wo on t he f r ont and/ or rear o f t he o f f ici al r eunion pr ogram . Some o f us w on ’t have t he t ime t o spar e but f or t hose o f us w ho do , it should make t he t r ip mor e relaxing and w or t hw hile. I f any o f you have ideas, don ’ t hesitate t o dr op Jon a li ne or cal l him .

Got a card f r om H ow ie C A R RO L L . H e gr aduated f rom t he U .S. A r m y W ar C ollege o n 8 June and w as in place at Ramstein on 1 July as C hief o f t he O R I T eam f or H q U SA FE , f l yi ng F-4s. T hat ’ s it f or now . H ope t his short col umn encour ages about ten o f you t o call me and say “ hi .”

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J i m G r ah am

O ’ Fal lon , I L 62269 H ome: (6 18) 632- 1399

W oodb ridge, V A 22 192 H ome: (703) 494- 1848 O f f ice: (202) 755-3743

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M y package f r om t he A O G t his t im e was so sparse it w a s a l m o st n o t w or t h t he postage. Begi nni ng in N ovember - w hen a st amp w i l l c o st $.20- it wouldn’t be worth the price. Either no one moved over t he past t hree mont hs or no one bot hered t o let t he A OG , or me, k now about what

Fir st o f f , congr at ulat ions to all t he new ly selected ’ 64 0 - 6 ’ s:

they were doing. Still, 1 did manage to find j ust enough i n f o r m a t i o n t o

R ecei v ed a l et t er f r o m T o m F R Y E R t h a t h a d a b i t o f n ew s c o n t a i n ed

therei n . T om and A ngie depart ed C olumbus A FB , M ississipi last July f or M anhat tan , K ansas. A s Pr o f essor o f A erospace Science (PA S) at K ansas State U niversity , he f inds t he pace to be “ al most ” as blister ing as his previous assignment w it h A T C . T om ’ s let ter also updated ’ 6 3 a c t i v i t i es i n and around Columbus A F B : Bill E BE RT w ent t o H eadquarter s A T C , K en K O PK E to U C L A as t he ROT C PA S, Jer ry D R I SCO L L - as previously repo rted- f lyi ng T -38s and Gary W A L L A C E as a Squadr on

Secondar y zone P au l B E L M O N T T om B RO W N IN G B ill D O U G L A S D en n i s M A D L T had W O L FE

K en A N D E R SO N J ac k C O L E Bob C L A RK Ed H A RVEY P ar k e H I N M A N L er o s H U L L N ick L A C Y Bob L A W REN C E J o h n SO W E R S D an T R I A L

w r i t e a co l u m n f o r t h e F a l l I ssu e .

1 may as well st ar t by not put t ing som eone i n t he ar t icle. D ur ing a quick t r ip ( 1 only mak e quick t r ips) t o t he basement o f t he “ f i v e si d ed buildi ng” , 1 st um bled into t he f ighter shop w her e t he f ir st per son 1 ran int o w as one o f our classm ates; heret of or e, t o remain unnamed . N ow , 1 w as not supposed to be i n w it h t he f ight er guys; 1 was supposed t o be do ing business w it h t he Recce f ol ks. A s you can see, 1 w as slight ly disor iented . A nyway , back t o my st or y . O ur classmate a sk ed t o b e l ef t o u t o f t he colum n because he didn ’t want any o f us to k now he was w or k ing in t he Pentagon . E m bar rassed? See? 1 did n ’ t put yo u in t he colum n .

H ank . Smoot h , huh?

Pr im ar y zone Gar y A N D E R SON

Fr ed W A L K E R ar r ived at t he Pent agon thi s past sum mer a f t er a f i v e year st int at H eadquart er s Paci f ic C omm and (PA C O M ) i n H a w a i i . W h i l e t here, he w as execut ive edit or o f A sia-Paci f ic D ef ense FO R U M , t he quart er ly PA C O M pr o f essional magazine. Fr ed took t he m agazine f r om it s very begi nnings t o it s present st at us as a highly respect ed pr o f essional j our nal w it h w ide r eader ship in t he U .S. and abr oad . Fred ’ s now assigned to t he A ir St af f , w or k ing special oper at ions air li f t r equir ement s.

C o m m a n d er a t C o l u m b u s.

T o m r em a r k ed t h a t o n e- t h i r d o f h i s P A S cl a ss a t R O T C H eadquar ter s

was made up o f U SA FA grads. Besides T om and K en , U SA FA grads i n cluded Sid N E W C O M BE ’60, W endy A D A M S and Ralph CO N L A N ’ 62, D ave SA M U E L S ’64, and M ik e N O L A N ’65.

D el t a A i r L i n es sen t u s a n a n n o u n cem en t a b o u t o n e o f t h ei r n ew

C aptains: N or m SC H U L Z E . A lw ays k new N or m ’ s gol f pr ow ess w o u l d car ry hi m a long way . A t hir teen year veter an w it h D elt a, he will be f l ying t he Boeing 727 f r om A t lanta. H e has f l ow n f ive di f f erent t ypes o f equip ment w it h t he L ine, includi ng t he D C -8, D C -9, Boeing 727, Boeing 747, and L ock heed ’s L - 10 11. T he pict ur e D elta sent along sh o w s N o r m h a s n o t st rayed f ar f r om t he “ m ilitary loo k .” C ongr at ulat ions on your upgrade

F r ed W a l k er :

B oy R ep or ter

N orm !

O t her class t idbit s gleaned f r om conversat ions. T he M A C Flyer and A ir Force T imes: Ed P I C K E N S w as awar ded the D ef ense Superior Ser v i c e M edal- Super !- Ron FOG L E M A N is t he new V ice Com mander o f t h e 388 T ac Fighter W ing at H ill A FB , U tah (F- 16s) , and f o u r M A C st a l w a r t s ear ned t heir 5,(XX) hour saf e f lyi ng patches- D ick RA D E R , D et 4 14 0 1st M A S at Egli n , John BO U C H A R D , D et 10 37 A R RS at C heyenne; Jer ry SA I L O RS, 20 M A S at C har lest on ; and Fred L I N D A H L , 73 1 T A S (A FRES) at W est over .

T r ivia T ime: w ho was t he f ir st aut hor (i f t hat is t he pr oper t er m) o f t his art icle? I f you guessed D on C A REY , you are cor rect . D on ’s change o f address car d show s he has recent ly moved t o A l buquer que. A ssum ing his academ ic leani ngs, I t hink D on has gone t o w or k f or t h e A i r F o r c e W eapons L abor ator y at K i rt land .

T he answ er t o the “ pop ” pr oo f r eading quiz f or last m o n t h ca n b e f o und i n t he r ight colum n , second line f r om t he t op . Bet ween piloti ng and A ir , add “ f or ” .

T o close, congr at ulat ions go out to al l t he new 0-6s. Special handshakes go t o t he BT Z selectees: BA L L , D E SA N T O , H A BE D A N K , H A R L EY , and RA D E R . Super Show !

Sever al m iscellaneous addr ess changes: Glenn C O L E M A N h a s m o v ed

from M cKinney, Texas to 913 Tej as, Burkburnett , Texas 7 6 3 54 . A s

r eport ed ear lier , M i k e and L es RO BB I N S ar e now in sunny H ondur as, and can be cont act ed via U SM I L G RP , A T T N : SC H O-A F , A PO M i a m i 34022. Eit her nobody el se has m oved , or no one w ant s t o adm it t hat t hey have. C ould be t he sum mer w as j ust t oo busy and t he change o f address car ds never got out . I did hear t hat Joe G R I FF I T H lef t t he Pent agon and is now at National War College (along with many more ’ 64 t ypes I ’ m sure) .

T a l k ed w i t h J o h n C U N N I N G H A M sev er a l w eek s b a c k . H e ’ s recent ly made a m ove f r om A ir St af f civil engineer i ng t o JC S/ J-4 w h er e h e ’ s w or k ing f acilit ies in t he j oi nt ar ena and enj oyi ng t he j ob ver y m uch . H e and Em ma also live her e i n L ake Ri dge, and E m ma i s busy i n real est at e.

T i m W E ST O V E R has been t he F- 16 P EM f or about a year , a n d h a d t h e M aver ick pr ior to t hat . T im and T eggie also live in L ak e Ridge, and T eggie t oo is very m uch in r eal est ate. T im says t hat t hi ngs are hect ic but very int erest i ng w it h t he F- 16 pr ogr am , and I thin k t h a t a l l w h o r ea d t h e cur r ent new s can under stand w hy . H er b BE V E L H Y M E R has a r r i v ed i n t he Pent agon and is now t ak i ng car e o f C X m att er s. T h er e ’ s a r u m o r t h a t Joe BA V A RI A w il l be com ing t o t his ar ea next sum mer . H o w a b o u t i t J o e?

N orm Schulze in Unif orm.

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Roger N E E L A N D says t hat M alcol m BU RGE SS now w or k s f or N A SA at t he N A SA -L angley f aci lity . H e’ s involved in r esear ch f o r a d v a n c ed cock pit displays et c., w it h t he ter m inal cont r olled vehicle (T C V ) pr ogr am .

A lso Jim E R I C K SO N is st ill f lying f or t he FA A sout hwest er n region at D allas-Ft . W ort h doi ng hel icopt er cer t i f icat ion .

T her e’ s no doubt mor e new s out t her e t han I ’ m r epor t ing t his t im e, but ser i ously guys, I need your i nput s t o k now about it . T w o change o f ad dr ess car ds and a new s r elease j ust don ’ t do much to f i l l a c o l u m n . P l ea se make it a point to write in the next month (!) and tell m e w hat ’ s going on i n your w or ld . I could st ar t a f ew r um or s mysel f , but I ’ d r at her pass on ones t hat you or igi nate! ! ! So st ar t t hose car ds and let ter s comi ng i n .. . t o t he above address. So long f or now .

D enny Scar bor ough 54 14 I nver chapel Rd Spr ingf ield , V A 22 151 H ome: (703) 32 1-7065

sion Commander . Ed, Jean, and son Ryan have been doing so m e t r av el ing: Hong Kong, Korea, Okinawa, Japan and the Philippine I sl a n d s .

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M y f ir st new slet ter and I f ind t he deadline t oo cl ose. W h en F r a n k sa i d he would be m or e t han happy f or me t o t ak e t he colum n o v er , I w a s a lit t le suspicious, but we’ ll give it a good shot .

T he f i rst responses I received were f r om t hose w ho said t hey had been hiding f or sixt een year s, but t he “ W ashingt on D .C ., H ome f or W or k ing A dul ts” has a way o f capt uri ng t hose w ho ar e st ill a r o u n d . I t seem s t o b e our t ur n , as you may have not iced f r om t he last new slet ter . A s w it h any list , t her e wer e alr eady changes bef ore it w as pr inted , Jim A L SO B ROO K , Pr ogr am s and Requirem ent s; L ar r y FA R RE L L , D C O-H il l A F B ; Joe B RI T A N t o L aughlin A FB ; Rich SI N E R , O SD / I SA ; and John W A R D EN at Eglin A FB (calls af ter his F- 15 f l ight and a sk s i f w e ca n smell the J-P4) . A f ew m ore 65er s have been locat ed , Bar r y W A T T S, A F check mate; Bill G RO V SN E R , Studies and A nalysis, Scot t D U N C A N

with SA F/ PA after a hardship tour in Hollywood. Congratulations o n

your w or k w it h t he T V special “ RE D FL A G - T he U lti mate G a m e . ” N ot all ar e locat ed i n t he Pentagon ; f requent ly t her e is an oppor t unit y t o m eet t h e b et t er h a l v es a n d ch i l d r en o n t h e a t h l et i c f ields and sw i m mi ng pools t hr oughout t he met r opolit an ar ea. W at ching t he so n s a n d

daughters of our class brings to mind the old quotation: “ On t he f ields of f r iendly st r i f e,

a r e so w n t h e seed s

T hat on ot her days and ot her f ields, w i ll hear t he f ruit s o f vict ory .”

L ionel L U X I C H (U ncle L ux t o our f amily) visited us i n September and is pr epar ing t o leave t he I G at N or t on and head f or N el lis as t he D eput y B a se C o m m a n d er . H e sa i d h e h a d seen St ev e SH E E H A N a t Shaw , T om PI L C H at N or t on , and Jim SO U L E K i n L os A ngeles. Roger V R O O M A N

left Military Personnel Center at Randolph and is in H i ’ s a t C h a r l est o n .

J o e a n d M a r sh a B L E Y M A I E R a n d t h ei r t h r ee ch i l d r en a r e neighbor s, having ar r ived af t er a t our in T ur k ey .

SH O RT N OT ES: Roger M O RT E N SE N in Pullyup W ashi ngt on , T o m H A M I L T O N now in M ai ne, V ic G E N E Z in San A nt onio (let u s k n o w your j ob) , and John RA BY w it h N O RA D / A D C as D eputy D i rect or T est

a n d D em o n st r a t i o n D i v i si o n .

Jer ry H O D G SON changed residences i n Booneville, A r kansas. J o e L E M I RE , you ’ re located but I can ’ t r emem ber your j ob .

N o w I ’ v e r a m b l ed a n d t r i ed t o r o l l o v er m o ss co v er ed st ones, I tur n t o you t o let me know w hat el se is going on . W e sur ely have some new s, i f not about t he class, t hen let ’ s publicize our next gener ati on . I f your tim e is t oo pr essed t o w r ite, t he aut ovon is f ree.

H ope to see some of you at t he A F/ N avy game.

P .S. A late congr atulat ions t o t he pr omot ed , and secondly , w ives, put m e on your Chr ist mas car d li st t hi s year ; car ds and phot os w el co m e .

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Good j ob Eddy SH I RL E Y . I only hope t o keep up your t r a d i t i o n o f f inding ’66 Red T ags and repor t ing t hei r exploit s. C ongr atulat ions t o N ick K E H O E , Bill D U N N E , D ave OA K E S, D ick T H O M PSO N , a n d

Sounds l ik e a f un assignm ent . John and L iz FA L have m o v ed w i t h t h ei r t hree sons f r om H olloman A FB t o O san A B , RO K . John i s a P l a n s O f f icer and t hey ’ re on one o f t hose t w o year , accom panied , r e m o t e t o u r s .

M ilt SA N D E RS has m oved to t he 604t h D A SS, U ij ongbu , K o r ea .

A T L A NT I C : W or d has i t t hat Paul Fi sher BRA D L E Y , “ T he L onely W ander er ” o f yest er year has been reassigned f r om L agos N iger ia to t he A mer ican E mbassy , A ddi s A daba, Et hiopia . L et us hear m o r e a b o u t some o f t hose For eign Ser vice j obs, Paul . Joe SU GG h a s b een a t K ef l avi k , I celand as I D F St af f Engi neer f or over a year . K en FU N K H O U SE R recent ly j oi ned hi m and i s f l yi ng F-4s. J a n J A E G E R w a s repor ted seen f lying F-4G W ild W easel s at Spangdahlem . I m o v ed i n n ex t door t o John G RO Z I E R and f am i ly (Fr an , G avi n , and G ret chen) . T h a t w as a lit t le m or e t han he or igi nally planned as my sponsor . W ent over t o t he hospital her e at RA F L akenheat h and got one bot t le o f pill s f r om C oli n A R N O L D bef or e he lef t f or M at her A FB , Cal . H e w as sayi ng somet hing about sunshine, war m t h , and expensive houses a s h e w a l k ed o u t t h e d o o r . Sa w C o n n i e T E E T Z a t M i l d en h a l l . H e i s f lying C - 130s w it h t he 6 1st T A S at L it t le Rock A F B . H e says D ave FA L E S a n d R o n M O RE Y ar e in t he 62nd and yes, M ar ty A N D RA D E is st il l t her e, too .

BA CK HOM E: Parker J. A NDERSON has returned to Washington D.C. f rom his post in Uruguay. Jerry and Joan A L LEN q uickly changed

a d d r esses a t P ea se A F B a f t er t h ei r f i r st h o u se b l ew up and bur ned t o t he gr ound (t hey hadn ’ t moved in yet ) . Ro n B L A K E has decided t o st a y p u t in A nchor age, A laska and ret ir ed as o f 1 Oct . C ongr at ulat ions Ron , w hat are you going t o do w it h all your “ f r ee” t im e? Ron H A T C H E T T h a s been a st udent at A C SC t his year . D r . Jim PA RSO N S ear ned h i s P h . D . i n Philosophy at O hio St at e and has r et ur ned t o U SA FA a s A ssi st a n t P r o f essor o f Phil osophy . D r . Rich C OO K opened his ow n m ed i ca l o f f i ce f o r pr ivat e f am ily pr act ice i n Per k asie, Pa. D r . Jam es C A R SO N h a s changed addr esses i n A lbuquerque, N .M .; ar e you st ill a r esea r c h engi neer at t he U . o f N .M .? T om D O Y L E moved t o K earneysvil le, W .V .

W hat ar e you doi ng t her e T om ? M ai R U D N E R cont inues pur sui ng a busi ness car eer in W ood br idge, C t . H e and Jane announced t h e b i r t h o f t heir daughter L ynn but w e got t he w or d t w o year s late. D elayed but hear ty co ngr at ulat ions t o t he RU D N E RS. Bill SH E PA R D is C h i e f o f A er onaut ical T est D i vision , 6585 T est G roup , H olloman A F B , N .M . V i c

A NDREWS is Squadron Commander of the 416 TFTS flying T - 3 8 B s i n

t he L ead-I n-Fight er T raining Pr ogr am al so at H olloman . I h ea r d J i m FEGA N is st ill enj oying li f e in t he mount ai ns o f D urango , C o l o r a d o . W e got a gr eat lett er f r om C har les B . C O V E RT , M .D .. H e w a s a 9 t h Squadr on classmat e unt i l June 1965 w hen he lef t f or Baylor C ollege o f M edici ne. H e’ s done some int er est i ng t hings li k e big game hunt ing and being involved w it h national polit ical act ion com m itt ees. H e r ecent ly j oined A O G and w ant s t o r e-est abl ish cont act w it h old f r i en d s . G et i n t ouch w it h C har les at 1900 Y or k tow n , Suite 3 14, H oust on , T ex a s 7 70 56 .

C A RD S A N D L ET T ER S: I ’ d li k e t o consist ent ly receive v o l u m es o f mail f r om you , so let ’ s tr y som e cont est s. D o you k now w hich Red T ag has f low n the most ai r planes (John C A SPE R , Phi l B RU C E) ? W h o h a s t he most com bat t i me (Pr ice BI N G H A M , N eil C R I ST ) ? W ho h a s t h e most k ids (M y w i f e D iana j ust had num ber 4 and our f ir st gir l , but I ’ ll bet t h er e’ s so m eo n e i n o u r cl a ss w i t h sev er a l m o r e t h a n 4)? W ho ’s t he class homest eader ; how about t he class nomad? W ho ’s got t he most exot ic j ob (w hatever t hat means) ? T he names I ’ ve included ar e only guesses t o sti mulat e t hink i ng; I have no idea w ho ’ s really f low n t he most ai r planes, et c. W r it e and mak e your nomi nat ions and w hile you ’ r e at it , t ell m e about your sel f and your f am ily so w e can incl ude a l i t t l e a b o u t t h em i n t hese art icles. Y ou can pr opose your ow n cat agor ies, su ch a s “ W h o pulled t he w ildest st unt as a cadet ” , but let your conscience be your gui de and don ’ t f orget I have to be li ke C har lie T una w hen I r epor t in t he “ C l a ss N ew s” .

M i k e W H E E L E R f o r t h ei r 0 -6 sel ect i o n . T h e c l a ss t o t a l i s n o w sev en .

N ick has recent ly m oved f r om t he U SA F/ RA F Exchange Pr ogram t o L angley A FB , V A . H e should give Pent agon avoidance t r ai ni ng to som e

o f o u r c l a ssm a t es.

T his j ob w ill be t ough i f you f ol k s don ’t w r ite. T he only t hings going f or me t his tim e are tw o set s o f change o f address ca r d s a n d so m e l et t er s received over t he past year . I ’ m going to t ell you everyt hing I k now , t r y t o motivate you t o w r it e (more abo ut t hat lat er) , t hen hope f or t he best next q u a r t er .

PA C I F I C : John M A I O RCA i s doct or ing at K adena . Pat O ’ B RI EN w rote f r om K adena repor t ing the F- 15 deployment s keep h i m o n t h e r o a d over hal f t he year . D o you t r avel t hat o f ten too , John? E d P E T E R SE N w r ote f rom Guam w here he is assigned t o t he bomb squadron a s a B - 5 2 Flight C omm ander and w or k ing as Pr ot ocol O f f icer f or t h e 3 r d A i r D i v i -

M OVING ?

T o insure that all A OG publicat ions and cor respondence ar rive without int erruption , be sur e t o send a timely not i f icat ion of your f orwarding addr ess t o t he A O G O f f ice. U nit addr esses are not adequat e. Four t o six weeks advance notice is pref erred if possible.

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A OC j o b and t he N or t h Gate f o r t he last t im e (unt i l t he C lass’ 15-year Reunion i n 1983) f or a B-52 ref r esher co urse at Cast le and a f lying j ob at Ellsworth, SD. Bob and Melissa were tremendous supporters o f t he class, t he A OG , and cadet s and 1 k now t hey w i ll be m issed a t t h e Z o o . G eo f f

D an M organ

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and Diane GORSUCH sent another nice letter detailing t h ei r ac t i v i t i es i n

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r unni ng a sum mer Bible cam p in So ut her n France f or t he N avigato rs.

T hey are m inister i ng to universit y st udents and w it h t he appeal F rench

H ome: (30 1) 627-6964 M oving is so m uch f un ! Since we do not have our PC S shipment yet , and t he A OG packet o f your change-o f -add ress car ds are m yster iously

missing somewhere in the mail-forwarding system, this w i l l b e sh o r t .

W e do have t he pleasure o f a new locat ion , cont ract signed (and phone number assigned) today . Since I ’ m past deadline. I ’d bet ter delay no l onger .

I ’ m PC S at A ndr ews, in t he M ent al H ealt h C linic at M a l c o l m G r o w M edical C ent er . O ur house is hal f w ay bet ween t here and A nnapol is ( !) .

T hat ’s about 30 min . f rom Balt im ore-W ash . A P , 45 min . f r o m N a t i o n a l A P , and 20 f r om A ndr ews; and any o f you w ho can remain over night or longer with us are very welcome. It ’s a large, lovely place in t he count r y , and we get to com plete t he low er st or y our selves. .

A lso living in t he count r y but near M anassas, V A are Bob and T eeny K N O BL O C H . T hey and t heir k ids keep hor ses, love it t her e, and hope f or anot her year or t wo , f ollow ed by a f i nal PC S t o a sim ilar spot in A r izona. .

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We lunched with Bill and Linda POWLEY enroute. They h a v e set t h ei r Bible commentary and printing businesses up with permanent staf f ing in Ft . Worth. They’ll go PCS to PA CA F (flight safety) a t H i c k a m i n January. Linda anticipates business trips back to CONUS every f ew months, and Bill expects only about 5 weeks TDY a year . T hey hear d

youths’ proclivity to accept radical political philosophies, w e a l l w i sh Geof f and Diane success as they bring a much dif ferent and li f e-givi ng message t o t hese young people.

I can ’ t seem to get accurate in f o abo ut Car l JA N SSE N , except by put

ting something wrong in the column, thereby making C a r l sh el l o u t

postage to co r rect me. C ar l is in D enver , as 1 said last t ime, but he w o r k s f or A RC O C oal , a division o f A t lant ic Richf ield , not A naconda (w hich is also an Atlantic Richfield subsidiary). Carl sent the pict ure o f him sel f

with Dick COVEY when Dick came to Denver to speak to t h e C o l o r a d o Chapter on the Space Shuttle Program. Carl also said t hat t he phot o o f J.B. SCFI ROEDER last time really brought back memories, a s J . B . w a s his f irst roomie. Carl seems to recall that J.B. was quite taken aback by t he rough hand ling af f orded him af t er t he Fir st ies t o o k o v er o u t si d e o f Mitches’ , as he had not been properly prepared as to w hat to expect . But

both made it through and the rest is history.

NEW DOM I CI LES: Dick ENGLE is in Rapid City, SD now. T h er e m u st b e m o r e t h a n o n e c l a ssm a t e t h a t m o v ed i n t h e l a st t hr ee mo nt hs, so

let t he A OG , and me, k now .

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f r o m W a n d a D E L A P L A N E t h a t sh e i s i n l a w sc h o o l . B est w ishes. W anda !

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Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving, a Merry Christmas, a n d a

H appy N ew Y ear . A nd oh yes, send us your C hr ist mas n ew sl et t er s!

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Big new s in t he nation ’ s capital ! 14 .3*7o pay raise; M X / B- 1 decision ; pr om ot ions t o per manent M aj or announced ; T O R REA N O S depar t f or Y o kota A FB , Japan ! ! W ell , one less com m uter i n t he Shir ley Fl ighw ay j am each day. We suf fered through three dif ferent packing days, w it h a 3,000 lbs. li mit to take w it h us; t he rest lef t in st orage t o mi ldew i n t he

Washington swamplands. This is being written at 39,0(X) f eet o n 6 O c t o b er en r o u t e t o C o l o r a d o w h er e w e w i l l v a ca t i o n f or a w eek pr io r to

train trip to San Francisco and a 15 October flight f r om T ravis t o Japan .

So w hen you r ead t his, we should be sett led i n t he L and o f the Risi ng Sun .

A ll f our o f us ar e excit ed about t he move and anxiously await ing an ear ly mor ning view o f M t . Fuj i as w e land at Y o kota.

A s to the ot her im por tant new s f r om t he f ederal cit y , t h a t 14 .3 % r a i se w ill sure hel p , but 1 hope our br ot her s and sisters i n t h e ci v i l ser v i ce under stand (and t he voter s, t oo !) . Reagan ’ s announcement o n t h e M X

and B-1 is a good beginning to deal with the strategic f o r ce b a l a n ce w i t h the USSR. In fact , the “ Pres” is in good company on placing t he M X i n exist ing silos. Blair ST EW A RT had an ar t icle in t he Su m m er 19 8 1 i ssu e o f Strategic Review arguing that the most pressing problem is to quick ly red ress t he Soviet s’ hard target -k il l advantage, suggesti ng t h a t so m e o f

the Minutemen be replaced with MX . A lthough Reagan sel ect ed T i t a n I I

silos, he could use M inutemen i n t he f ut ure, so we really seem to have a pr ophet in our m idst . I ncident al ly , Blair w or ks on t he M X pr ogram f or Martin Marrietta, so I ’m sure he and his colleagues ar e pleased wit h t he A -O k f rom t he C I N C . M eanw hile, prom ot ion results wer e: A lt hough I was not at H omecom ing , I hear that it was again a good show put on by t he A OG . ’ 68 at tendance w as low , but a f ew c l a ssm a t es did show up, as evidenced by the photo. Again, let’s start t hink ing about a 15-year Reunion in 1983. Every f ive year s i s not too of ten to gat her t o sw ap l ies w it h old r oomies. T he highl ight o f t he w eekend w a s t h e F a l co n ’ s victor y over our neighbo rs f r om Ft . C oll ins. A nd next w eek , t he big t est agai nst N avy . 1 w i ll take a big chance and pr edict a w in (note t o edit or : be sure to change “ w in ” to “ loss” i f appropr iat e and D O N ’T P U B L I SH TH IS NOTE TO EDITOR). The Capital Chapter is really get t ing mo bilized f or t he game and I ’m sure ever yone w ill have a good t ime, w in

o r l o se .

P O ST A L D E P A R T M E N T : R i c k P A T T E R SO N sen t a n i n v i t a t i o n t o

his July mar r iage i n t he N et her lands t o A nt oinet te. Sh e so u n d s l i k e a q ueen , Rick . Best w ishes to you bot h . Bob SH U M W A Y has depar ted hi s 32

D ick Co vey exp laining something to Car l Janssen.

FI RSTS: This new section will highlight the Class braggerts - su c h a s

M C B R I D E ( f i rst w it h 5 child ren) , G E R R I T Y (f ir st on t he G reat W all) , T O R REA N O ( f ir st N aval W ar C ollege diploma) , etc., etc. T h e f i r st f o r

mal claim comes from Tom GAGE, who says he is the f irst i n t h e C l a ss t o

be com m issio ned in t he U .S. A r my . T om , a doctor , had been at A ndrew s, but t he A r my o f f ered him a posit io n at W al ter Reed teachi ng and doi ng

research that he found too good to pass up. So he now w ea r s o l i v e d r a b and sings about caissons rolling along and Montezuma. N o w M o n t ezu m a is more appropriate than you might think, since Tom’s r esea r ch w i l l f o cu s on diarrhea. Some of you may think that’s a dirty j ob (and it is) , but remem ber , somebody has t o do it . A ll k iddi ng aside T o m , good l uck in

our sister service, and especially in your research. M ay you put kaopect at e out of business! A nd you braggerts out there, put on your t hink ing caps, and let al l o f us k now w hy you ar e so uniq ue.

A lso, 1 see my time is about up. M y new address is sho rt and easy t o r ead , so keep my mail box f ull at Y o kot a. Postcar ds ar e great f or shor t , new sy notes. A nd A utovon lines are open in t he St ates dur ing duty hour s in Japan (Tokyo is -t- 13 hours from Washington). Please d o n ’ t ca l l a t

noon , W ashi ngt on t i me. C al l , w r ite, o r bet ter yet , c o m e see u s. I h a v e a yen t o say mo re, but now close w it h a f o nd “ Sayonor a” .

SU P P O R T the FA L CON S J O I N the A FA A A

The following information was supplied by Guy as a r esu l t o f so m e r e

M i c h a el R . T h i essen 1 100 M a i n St r eet Su i t e 1500

cent w ander ings. Bil l (G ipper ) M A G I L L w as w it h D ick W H I T E at H ill , f lyi ng F- 16’ s. H e w as scheduled t o f ly an F- 16 t o K or ea in A ugust , w here he w ill be spending t he next year i n t he f i r st F- 16 o u t f i t o v er t h er e . St ev e C H E R RY , st ill a bachelor , is a t est pil ot at E dw ar ds. D a v e SP E N C E R i s an i nst r uct or at t he test pil ot school at E dw ards. H e and D ebbie j ust had

K ansas C ity , M O 64 105 H ome; (9 13) 649-7692 W or k : (816) 474-6677

their f irst bambino. John DEZONIA stopped through Houston o n h i s

Gr eet ings everyone. M y t hank s t o t hose w ho have cor r esponded w i t h me recently , eit her dir ect ly or t hr ough t he A OG o f f ice. K eep t hose let ter com ing in and include any inter est ing phot ographs you m ight have.

Phone calls w ould also be much appr eciat ed .

N or m K N O X responded t o m y plea f or in f or mat ion w it h a v e r y e n j oyable lett er . N or m and Susan are living in Spr i ngf ield , V ir gi nia. N or m went w it h PSA w hen he got out last year , but was f ur loughed t h r ee w eek s later . N or m subsequent ly j oined Easter n bei ng based in W ashingt on D .C . and is enj oying it ver y m uch . Ear lier this year N or m a n d Su sa n a n d t h ei r daughter , Sarah , visit ed Ron and Sher r yl N E L SO N and son , M i key , i n O k lahoma. Ron is chief stan/ eval pilot f or t he E-3A in t he A W A C S w ing at T in ker . Susan and Sher ryl w er e r oom mat es w hen t hey m et t h ei r Z oomies, w ho w er e bot h f lyi ng t ank er s at T i nker . T he O k l a h o m a v i si t i n cluded a review o f t he ’69 t en year reunion M ansi on Par ty in D enver , complet e w it h a tape o f the 3 1st St r eet Exit per f or mance o n t h a t memorable eveni ng. I hope t hat tape is pr eserved f or f u t u r e cl a ss r e u n i o n s.

Rick ST A RR sends his gr eeti ngs f r om L ynw ood , W ashingt on , along w it h inf or mat ion about him sel f , Jim T E R H U N E and John B A N B U R Y .

Rick and John are engineer s f or Boeing C om mercial on t h e 7 57 / 7 6 7 Flight Management System, and Jim is an engineer for Boeing M ili tar y on the W A SP System .

I r eceived a let ter f r om old D irt y D ozen mem ber , G uy GA R D N E R , that began “ I ’ m a not or iously l ousy cor r espondent . . ..’ ’ . Guy indicated that t he “ 69” new slett er i n t he summ er ’ 81 C heck point s w a s so sh o r t h e w as concer ned about it s possi ble dem ise. T his “ notor iously lousy cor respondent ” managed to pr ovide in f or mat ion on no f ew er t h a n f i f t een o f our classmat es, w it h phot ogr aphic support .

T he phot ogr aph included i n t his colum n w as t aken Chr i stm as o f 19 7 9 at C lar k A i r For ce Base. W hen it w as t ak en , Jef f PO SN E R and G uy wer e assigned t o t he f ir st test squad r on at C lar k , w her e Jef f is a f l ight test engineer . H e and A nne are leavi ng t he Phi lippines in D ecem ber , headed f or A r med Forces St af f C ollege. Guy repor t s t hey have so l d t h ei r c o m

bination Corvair-M G-who-knows-what-else Philippine-made

w ay back t o his test pilot j ob at N ell is af t er get t ing a n F - 16 c h eck o u t a t M acD il l . H e st opped j ust i n t im e t o w atch t he f ir st shutt le landi ng on T V , af ter seei ng t he launch at t he C ape. D iz is one o f t h e f ew w h o h a v e c h ec k ed out in both the F-15 and F- 16. Guy reports that D oug GO RM A N and Gene JUSTI N are both instructors at the Academy. Doug i s in t he Psych D epar t ment j ust a couple o f door s f r o m Gene in t he A st r o D ept . T om M I N N I C H , w ho star ted w it h our class at t he zoo but l e f t a f t er t h i r d c l a ss year , is acr oss the hall f rom Gene. T om w as st ati oned in t he Phil ippi nes with Jef f and Guy and was a flight test engineer. Jef f G R I M E is loving it

at the Pentagon. Tom KECK is headed for SA C H Q in Omaha, a f t er finishing ACSC last month. Bill MCNA UGHT , Sherrie, a n d t h ei r k i d s visi ted Guy f or sever al days t hi s sum m er . Bill lef t t he Rand C or por at ion

and is now working for ICS, a consulting firm in Washington D .C . D a v e M UMM E is working for NA SA at the Johnson Space Center. Guy reports that Dave’s j ob consists of flying several N A SA a i r cr a f t o u t o f Ellington A ir Force Base, and playing racquetball and squash . John R E D D Y i s h ea d ed f o r A C SC a t M ax w el l t h i s m o n t h .

Final news spot , this item coming from yours truly. I h a v e c o n f i r m ed the imminent loss of bachelorhood by one of the hardest r o c k s o f ’ 6 9 . A r t POLNI SCH has established December 5, 1981 as the day. L i n d a A m o s from Tennessee by way of Kansas City is the exceptional w o m a n t h a t h a s managed to bring A rt to the verge of marriage. I ’m sur e A rt w ould enj oy

heari ng f r om all ’ 69er s.

That ’s all for this issue. I hope many of you will f o l l o w t h e l ea d o f

N or m , Rick , and Guy w i t h let t er s o f your ow n . M y best t o you al l and t o your f ami lies f or t he comi ng holidays and t he N ew Y ear .

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buggy . T hey are now dow n t o a T oyota L andcr uiser and t w o motor cycles in the Phil ippines and an unt old num ber of sport s car s and a mot or cycle in st orage in t he States. D ick W H I T E w as stat i oned at C lar k Flyi ng P-4’ s in one of t he operat ional squadr ons. H e and Bobbie a r e n o w a t H i l l A i r For ce Base w here D ick is f lyi ng F- 16’ s. T om L U T T E R BI E w a s T D Y t o C lar k f r om K adena w her e he w as f lyi ng r escue C - 130’ s. T i m M U E L L E R w as T D Y f r om O san , K orea, w her e he was f lying F-4’ s. H e l ef t O sa n t h e summer o f ’ 80 f or t he M ar i ne Cor ps C om mand and Staf f Sch o o l a n d should have j ust f inished last July . A s f or t he f i f t h ’69er in the phot o , I am sur e most o f you are awar e G uy w as select ed by N A SA a s a n ast r onaut , w hich f i nds Guy , L i nda, Jenni f er (7) , Sarah (4) , and Jason (3) i n H oust on . L inda is t aki ng some cour ses t his semester t o w a r d h er M aster s in Fine A r t s (A r t Educat ion and Ear ly C hildhood) a n d w i l l b e t eachi ng a couple of ar t cour ses f or element ar y and pr e-school children .

Guy r eport s all t he Gardner s ar e “ doing gr eat and enj oyi ng l i f e” .

N ow t hat L ar ry V A U G H N and I have co mpleted t he st eps n e c e s s a r y f o r me t o become t he new C lass N ew s secretar y (he gave me some moldy , old let ter s and a pat on t he back) , your let ter s w il l be ack now ledged only one season aw ay f r om w hen you w rote t hem instead o f tw o . T o give everybody an idea o f t he lag t im e i nvolved , t he deadl ine f or submit t ing t his column t o t he A OG is O ct ober 7, 198 1.

A 1 W U RG L I T Z (Jul ie) w r ot e his one lett er per decade proclai m ing t hat Bi ll C L O H A N (D exanne) had become t he U nder Secretar y f o r t h e U .S .

D epart ment o f Ed ucat ion and t hat nice guys do f i nish f ir st . A 1and f ami ly lef t W ashi ngton last f al l and A 1 has ret ur ned t o pr ivate law pract ice in C hicago . H e ment ioned that C huck RE E D (Paula) visit ed l a st C h r i st m a s f r om San Jose w here C huck i s i n solo law pract ice and Paula is a nursing admi nist r at or . T han ks f or t he new s, A l , and also f or let t ing us k now t hat Scott BA RK E R (Joan) is set t l ing i n D enver and j oini ng D en v er ’ s b est l a w f irm .

M i ke FA I R received his M BA f r om W ester n N ew England C ollege in June. T im F I SH BU RN has been w it h M er r ill L ynch and t h e A N G (sounds li ke a new rock gr oup) in Fresno since last D ecem b er a n d sa i d t here are plent y o f em pt y desks in his o f f ice f or anyone loo k i ng f o r a j ob .

I t r ied t o tal k my st ock br o ker i nt o cal li ng T om but he didn ’ t appr eciate my sense o f hum or . Bob C A RE Y f inished the r equi rement s f o r a r ea l est a t e b r o k er ’ s l i c en se a f t er I t o l d h i m t h a t ’ s w h er e t he money w as. Bo b w as i n D enver a couple o f m ont hs ago on a business t r i p and invited M ar ce and 1 up f or dinner and dr in k s. T hat is t he last t i m e I ’ l l ev er d r i v e t o D enver t o visit anybody , no matt er w hose big buddy he says he is. I f elt li ke I ’ d been t o a mansio n par t y . O n a mor e ser ious note, T ony M A R I ET T A has been named vice pr esident and o f f ice manager o f t h e C olor ado Spr ings o f f ice o f M oor e and Co mpany , Real tor . A n d b e o n t h e lo o k o u t f o r t h e n a m e J aco b D o n a l d

FR (L to R) Jef f P osner, Tim M ueller, Guy Gar dner BR (L to R) Tom L ut ter bie, D ick Whi te Chr istmas '79, Clar k A B, P hil ipp ines

D u st i n i n t h e 19 8 1 ed i t i o n o f

O ut standing Y oung M en o f A mer ica, honor ing individ uals f o r t h ei r voluntar y ser vice t o the com m uni ty , f or leader ship abilit ies, academic achievement , business ad vancement and poli t ical par t icipat ion . B u d M A RST O N (unm ar r ied) has been r eassigned f r om K C - 135 I P a t C a r sw el l to Plans at C lar k A B , P L H e w ishes t o r ef ute Joe Y O R K ’ S c l a i m t h a t Gar y D A H L E N w as t he last in our class to get mar r ied a n d w a n t s t o st a k e h i s o w n c l a i m t o t h a t d u b i o u s d i st i n c t i o n . W e w i l l let Bud keep t he t r ophy 33

o n h i s b o o k ca se f o r t h e n ex t t h r ee m o n t h s o r u n t i l anot her eligible can

d idate speaks up . T i m K I N N A N (Sue) w r it es t hat he and T imot hy SH A RK E Y w er e r epresent ing us at t he A r med Forces St af f C ollege and r ecom mends it t o anyone w ho needs a vacat ion . T im said h e w i l l b e a t t h e Pent agon as o f June ’ 8 1 and f i nds himsel f also on t he Sen i o r Ser v i ce School list - he f eels t here is a conspir acy t o keep him f r om f lying any mo re. H e also ment ioned r eceivi ng a let ter f r om D ave L O V E (Ev) . D ave t oyed w it h t he idea o f com i ng back i nto t he U SA F af ter hi s f ur lough f rom P .S.A . - but he st uck it out w it h a tempo rar y j ob bui ldi ng SO N A R systems f or t he N avy - D ave’ s been rehi red by P .S.A . and now t hings ar e really look ing up f or him and Ev .

Roger H I LL sent greetings and pictures f rom beautiful N ew a r k . H e

said that People Expr ess is a low cost , high f requency air li nes f lying out and back f rom N ewar k , N .J . and i n addit ion to f lyi ng, t hey wo r k i n manager ial capacit ies. A nyone w ant ing to k now mor e about People Ex press A ir li nes can contact Roger t hro ugh me. W hat an awesome cr ow d , Roger ! ‘ T H E G A N G ’ - C L A SS O F ' 70

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T he f i r st per so n to ident i f y t he photo w ins a dozen f ree bail-po int pens w it h my ow n company name on t hem (it ’ s not such a bad deal since t hey ar e less t han tw o years old and st ill under war r anty) . D on ’ t ever yone w r it e and call at once and we w ill see you in ’ 82 w hen C oach H a t f i el d h a s a f ew m o r e w i n s u n d er h i s b el t .

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C ongrat ulat ions, ’ 7 1. Y ou pr oved once agai n t hat ’ 7 1 i s st i l l seco n d t o no ne. T he H omecom i ng weekend and ten-year reunion j ust c o n c l u d ed were a smashing success. T hank s t o all o f you w ho came b a c k . Y o u m a d e it w hat it w as. T han ks also t o t he people her e w ho put it all toget her , especially V ince L A N D RY , w ho o rganized t he w hole ef f or t ; T o m C A L L E N (souvenir s) ; Ryan PA RA D I S ( Reunion dinner and gol f t our na ment) ; M ar k SU C H E R (Fr iday open house and lunch w it h t he W ing) ; Bob C U L BE RT SO N (Fr iday cockt ail par t y) ; A 1 M C L E L L A N (M em or ial C eremo ny) ; T om PE RROT (pregame lunch) ; Jon ST E V E N S (f oot ball game t icket s) ; and D ave K E I T H (Jabar a Banquet and H omecom ing D ance) .

Special t hanks t o Br ig Gen ( Ret ) Ro bin O lds, and his w i f e, M organ , w ho came back as guest s o f t he C lass. T hey m ade t he en t i r e w eek en d ex t ra special by t heir presence.

A l so , special t hank s to Jim my SM I T H , w ho really livened up our Re

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F irst Of f icer F r ed Whi tney Cap tain M ik e D unn Cap tain R oger H ill Cap tain George R ay l Cap tain M ik e B r isto w Chief P ilot J im B ar rall (N ot p ictur ed — Cap tain B ob Bask et t, F irst Of f icer B ob H il b) K evi n D U FFY (L aura L ee) announced t he ar r ival of a baby gir l (L isa L ee) last sum mer on her br ot her ’ s 7t h birt hday (he said he set it up t hat w ay so he w ould only have to r em em ber one bir t hday) . By now K evin is at George W ashingt on U niver sit y L aw School w or k ing on a n a d v a n ced degree in Gover nm ent Pr ocurement L aw . K evi n sent t he “ G u ess W h o ” photograph and 1 w i ll have mor e about t hat contest l a t er . T h a n k s f o r t h e in f o . D u f f er !

H er e are t he addr ess changes f r om t he A OG , some o f w h i ch a r e o l d a s the hi lls. Jim A N D REW S moved f rom N or f ol k , V A t o G oldsbor o , N C last January . John BA I L E Y lef t A rvada, CO f or U r bandale, l A in July .

T err y SI L V E ST E R moved t o W est Poi nt f r om U SA FA in June. D o n G A B R E W SK I l ef t P h o en i x

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mediately . Paul RO SSET T I relocated f rom Ogden , U T to M arcel lus, N Y some t ime ago . Blake SO N O BE is now at A FI T (U C D avis) a n d l i v es i n D ixon , CA . T ome W A L T E RS has departed 8 1 A C SC f or an A i r Ops St af f posit io n at t he Pentagon . H e said C ur t E M E R Y w a s i n 8 1 A C SC and w as going to a M ideast desk in X O at t he Pent agon . T ome pr ovides t hese lost soul list updates: L ew H A T C H is on an exchange t o u r a t C anadian I nst rument C heck Pilot School , W i nnepeg, W est w in , M anit oba, C anada t o be exact . C li f f K I N G (w hich one?) a i n ’ t l o st . T h e 80 Register has his cor rect addr ess in Plano , T X .

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T hat about w r aps it except f o r t he “ G uess W ho ” cont est I m en t i o n ed ear lier . K evin D U FFY sent t he phot o , it comes f rom the A pr il 20 , 198 1 issue o f Spor ts I l lust rated ,” and her e is t he q uest ion : “ W ho is 33, an architect , and w on t he men ’ s i ndivid ual t it le at t he U .S . I n v i t a t i o n a l M oder n Pent at halo n meet by placi ng f ir st i n t he 300-met er sw i m a n d i n pist ol shoot ing, f o ur t h i n f enci ng , 2 1st in t he equest r ian a n d 32 n d i n t h e

u n i o n D i n n er .

I hope that all o f you w ho at t ended (t her e were about 175 gr ads her e, accom panied by some o f t he loveliest ladies in t he land) enj oyed it as m uch as I did . For t hose o f you w ho couldn ’t mak e it , let me recap some o f t he event s. O ur T hursday Reunion D i nner at t he A nt ler ’ s P l a za w a s a r eal t r ip dow n memo ry lane; f r om r ecognizing names and f aces (some people have changed a lot , some not at all) , t o Buckeye U r a n i u m St o c k Shares, t o Gen O lds’ k ind remar ks (and his chugging a b o t t l e o f B l u e N un) , t o Ji m my SM I T H ’S cand id remem br ances o f t he good old days, t o being excessively r ow dy in t he A nt ler ’ s bar .

Fr iday ’ s event s included st r ol ling t hr ough t he dor m s and not i ng som e ver y signi f icant changes i n t he w ay cadets li ve (incl udi ng car pet s on t he f l oor , T V s and plant s, and bedspreads i n t he r ooms) . T h e n o o n m ea l f o r mat ion w as spiced by t w o curr ent m em ber s o f t he C adet W i ng “ st reak ing” t he A i r Gar dens; an event w or t hy o f t he C lass o f ’ 7 1 (and f or w hich t he cadets w i ll undoubtedly spend so me t i me on the pad) .

Sat urday mor ning pr ovided a not-so-f ond remem brance o f w hy we call t he A cademy sit e t he V al ley o f t he W inds, as we had a b o u t a 4 0 k n o t f r eezing cold breeze duri ng t he M em or ial C er emony . T h e w ea t h er w a s i n signi f icant , t hough , compar ed t o t he emot ional t r ibut e paid t o t hose w ho d ied dur i ng t he year . T his t ouching remembrance w as capped by an ab solut ely per f ect m issi ng-m an f lyover by A -7s f r om t he C o l o r a d o G u a r d .

I t w as t he best f l yover t he A cademy has seen since t h e F - 10 5 s i n 19 6 9 .

R em em b er t h a t ?

Since w e had or dered per f ect weat her f or t he f oot ball game, t he f ro nt passed , and about 15 mi nutes af t er t he M emor ial Cer emony t he w i nd quit blow i ng, t he sun came out , and t he rest of t he day w as beaut i f ul . A nd , w e pr oduced a H omecom ing vict ory , t he f ir st in 9 year s, a n d t h e f i r st w i n over C SU since 1972. Someone even sto le t he C SU r am , alt hough no legs wer e br oken t his t i me. T he C lass o f ’ 7 1, decked out in gol f T -Shi rt s, clear ly provided t he needed spir it at t he f oot ball game. I n f act , w e had so m uch spir it (and some people w er e seen thr ow ing rol ls f rom t he stands) t h a t w e w er e t h r ea t en ed w i t h ev i c t i o n f r o m t h e st a d i u m . ’ 7 1 a l so r ei n st i t u t ed a n o l d t r a d i t i o n w i t h t h e C a d et W ing w hen sever al

o f our member s challenged t he Cadet s t o a Buck- Buck game on t he f ield at h al f t i m e.

A ll in all , it was a great w eek end ; a r eunion t hat I , f or one, w il l never f orget . W e have some souvenir s lef t and w e w ill be glad t o send t hem to you . W e have adult gold T -Shir t s w it h t he C lass C r est i n b l u e o n t h e f r o n t (sizes S, M , L , and a f ew X L ) available f or $5.00 each . W e have elegant w i ne glasses w i t h t he C rest etched i n t hem f or $4 .50 each , and huge C lass M ugs f or $9.00 each . I f yo u want t o or der t hese, send your check (payable

to t he A ssociation o f G raduates) t o : A ssociat ion o f G r aduat es, ’ 7 1 Souveni rs, U SA FA , C O 80840.

W e are also t rying t o publish a D odo r epr int . T his co l l ec t i o n o f a l l t h e D odo ’ s published dur ing our f our year s at t he A cademy co n t a i n s a b o u t 560 pages of some very good and so me ver y bad humor . T h e co st o f publishi ng t his massive document i s $20 a copy i f w e get 300 or der s. (68 people signed up f or a copy dur i ng H omecom ing) . I f you ’ r e i nterested , send your check f or $20 to : A O G , D odo Repr i nt , U SA FA , C O 80 84 0 . I f we don ’ t get enough order s to publish , your money w i ll b e r ef u n d ed .

T hat ’ s all f or now , f olk s. I ’ m already loo k ing f or w ard to our 20-year reunion . A s Bo b H ope w ould say , “ T han ks f or t he mem or ies.”

B o b B el l

PSC Box 17 11, A PO SF 96328 D / 2 2 5- 82 2 2 H / 5 -6 0 0 7

I t ’ s ti me once mor e f or t he com pilat ion o f your C lass N ew s colum n , but in a com bined f or m , since (as you pr obably noted) we r an i nt o a glit ch and never got t he last one out . So w it h my per sonal apologies f or t hat , here is w hat w ill be m y f i nal issue o f t he ’ 7 1 N ew s. D ur i ng t he ent ir e per iod , I received only t hree per sonal let ters, and ev en w i t h t h e A O G s i n put s o f addr ess changes, it is evident t hat not a lot o f su b st a n t i v e i n f o r m a t ion can be passed at t hat r ate.

Tim (A nn) WH ITLOCK is a KC- 135 I P at Castle, also serving a s a

L iaison O f f icer f or O regon . C huck (C hr ist ina) SI M PSO N i s i n F 4 s a t H ahn A B , Ger many . Rich (M ary L ou) A RT I M , D r . (M aj .) r ecei v ed a n A FC M f or service at F .E . W ar ren , and is now C hief of I n t er n a l M edicine/ H ematology at Fitzsim mons A r my H ospit al in D en v er .

Gr eg (Pat) M A RSH A L L and Rock y BA RT O N fl y F 16s at H ahn . B o b M A RT SO N is a J .D . w it h a pr ivate law f i r m in N . L itt le Rock , A K . Ron (M aryEllen) W A L L A C E is at RA F L akenheat h as a F l l l F Flight Ex aminer . Car l (Pamela) PU E L S is in F4s at Osan A B , K orea. Ed (N ancy) M A RSH A L L is a mechanical engineer w it h Seatt le C it y L ight . Bob (Susan) W I N T E R is one o f many f ur loughed ai r line types (C ont inental) , now working as Account Manager for A uto-Trol Technology C or p in D en v er .

C huck H O RT O N is in F 16s and is a recent new lyw ed t o K at hryn . Ed (Pam) BI SH O P is now a Ph .D . f r om U niversity o f C ali f or nia-Ber kel e y .

Jim (Sheri) WOESSNER and daughter Andrea are at Tyndall w h er e J i m

is a st af f met eo rologist at A FESC . Gary G RA N T , recent ly cer t i f i ed a s a CPL (Certified Public Logistician), is at HQA F Iceland as t he C hief , L ogist ic Plans. K ir k (Suzy) BE N T SO N is a st udent at Fait h T heological Seminary i n E l ki ns Par k , PA . Bill (Roz) BEC K has depar ted I n ci r l i k w here he w as a Plans O f f icer to j oin t he U SA FA D epar t ment o f Economics. T i m (Patt y) ST E W A RT i s assigned t o t he A ggr esso r Squadr on at N el lis. Rick (Sue) BU SC H M A N N w or k s at W est inghouse Electric in Pocatello, ID where he is a nuclear proj ect engineer . T om ( K ar en ) BA RT O L is an envi r onment al engineer at t he Pentagon . O n e o f t h e l et ters was from Donny (Christina) JONES reporting on his assignm ent t o

USA FA LO meeting, and Wyatt DIETRICH dropped in from A u st i n f o r

an envir onm ent al-t ype meet ing. T .J . is busy as a Jur is D o c t o r i n t h e D enver area, but has f ound t hat he has t ime enough for other interesting si d el i n es . . . .

One of these is THE of fer he made me which I j ust couldn’t r ef u se . A s

o f t his w r it i ng, yo ur new class secret ary w i ll be none o t h er t h a n t h e sa m e T .J . M A N C U SO (Ro bert a) . A f t er readi ng and re-read ing t he lett er (af ter all, of fers like that don’t come often) I wholeheartedly agreed w it h t he idea he had o f let t ing a f r esh , new insight t ake hold o f our quart erly in f o ser v i c e . I w o u l d su r e l i k e t o w i sh T . J . a l l t h e b est in t his endeavor , and I ser iously request al l you guys out t here t o SU P PO RT his ef f ort s w it h your input s t o his address: 11697 E . K ent ucky A v : A uro ra, C O 8(K) 12 . I d o t han k al l o f you w ho have suppor ted m y ef f or t t o get t h i s c o l u m n o u t .

M any o f you did w r it e o f t en enough , and ot her s let me k now w hat w as up by phone (w hen f easible anyw ay) and f or all o f t hat , I say , I appr eciated ever yone’s help . N ow j ust give t he same help t o T .J . . ..

O ne last item : N ot i f icat ion w as m ade o f t he unt im ely d ea t h o f o u r classmat e, C raig L . BA R RY , i n an aut o accident near W ichit a, K S on 6 A pr il 8 1. 1 k now t hat w e all share in t he sense o f loss and w ould convey t he same to C r aig’ s f ami ly were it possible to do so .

F r ed K n o w l es 9 64 L a co n D r .

N ew por t N ew s, V A 23602 48F I S L angley A FB V A A V : 4 3 2 -2 13 6

I got us some pict ur es t his t i me! I hope t hey t ur n out i n pr i nt . T he f i r st

is of our Class Plaque; yes we finally got it up and paid f or . T he second

o ne is o f Pat and m e i n our livi ng r oom , w hich is not our s anym or e (mor e about t hat lat er ) . I ’ m t he one o n t he r ight . T he t hir d pict ure i s o f t he people at tending 19t h squad ro n ’ s reunion . I received t w o l et t er s a b o u t i t (out o f t hree let ter s f or t he quart er) , so I ’ ll f i ll you i n on w ho t hey ar e: Bot t om row lef t to right : D ave B RO W N -A F doct or ; Ron J O H N SO N -A F pilot ; Jim M A T EO S-A mer ican A i r lines pi lot ; A 1 B R I D I N G -A F pilot , U SA FA physics i nst r uct or ; John K U C O N I S-A F pil ot ; Fred M C N E I L A F m aintenance o f f icer ; D ave FU L K -A F med ical services; D a v e H A N SO N -A F pi lot . Back row : Bob G L I T Z -r ecent ly separ at ed f rom A F ; B o b H A R T M A N - A l l i ed T r u ck i n g ; D o n R A M M - I B M ; E r i k A N D E RSO N -E nt A F B (???) ; D enny M A P L E-A F pil ot ; B ryan C L A R K D elt a pilot ; John D U N C A N -M ar yland asst . St ates A tt or ney ; Sa m G R I E R-A F pilot , U SA FA com p sci inst r uct or ; T o m BL A SE-Bapti st M inister ; C r aig PA T C H I N -A F H ospit al A dm inist r at ion ; a n d D o n K A N I PE -M ar t i n M ar iett a C om put er analyst .

the RA F Exchange Program at RA F Coningsby, United Kingdom.

A not her of t he lett er s received w as f r om Fr ank (Sue) P U L I S w h o i s a r ecent r esident o f A nk ar a, T ur key . H e is A ssistant Staf f Judge A dvocat e at H Q T U SL O G , hopi ng t o ret ur n next sum mer . Rick SO L A N A i s a l so

t h er e a s t h e b a se v et er i n a r i a n .

PEO P L E on t he move- Rick C A RSO N f rom Color ado Spr ings t o M t .

H olly , N J . Car l FO ST E R i s now at Broo ks A FB , T X as a d en t i st . O l l i e H A RD M A N f r om T alahassee, F L t o A t lanta, GA . Roger N A SH f r o m Spear man , T X t o H am pt on , V A . Er ic N E D E RGA A RD f r om Y ok ot a, Japan t o Bit bur g A B , Ger many i n F 15s. D rew R I O L O f r om C ryst al C it y , M O to Sant a M onica, C A . C hr is RU BA C H A f r om T em pe, A Z t o Car son , C A . D ave W A G I E f r om Co lor ado Spr ings t o W est L af ayet t e, I N . A nd we have a f inal k udo f or (D r .) D an SI E BE RS w ho recent ly graduat ed w it h a D oct or o f Ost eopat hy degr ee f r om t he U niver sity o f H ealth Sciences in K ansas C it y , M O . H e also has an M A f r o m A m er i c a n I nter national C ol lege, Spri ngf ield , M A .

T he t hird lett er is f rom T .J . M A N C U SO out A uror a way . I n i t h e repor t s that Rober ta and he act ually saw t hese people dur ing t he r ecent past : Par k H A N E Y (M ar y) is an at t or ney w i t h t he E PA in D enver . Jay CA M A L I C K (T am my) f ur loughed f r om H ughes A ir w est , is w or k ing in corpor at e r elocat ions in D enver . D oug H I L L is f ur loughed f r o m C o n t inent al and going t o A ir Flor ida. G reg ST O D D A RD is f ur loughed f rom

F irst of A p r il 1981, N ewp or t N ews, VA . Scot t and P at K no wles.

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United, now going to a new airline out East (People’s??). M a r k O I N E SS

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R ichar d L . L ayman Q uart er s 14A F E W ar r en A F B , W Y 8200 1 H ome: (307) 778-2845 D uty : A ut ovon 48 1-389 1 T his quart er has been a t i me of happi ness and sadness a s w el l . W i t h deepest r egret , t his colum n is dedicat ed t o K enny H O SSL E R, a m em b er o f t he Black Pant her Sq uadr on , w ho was k illed in an a i r c r a f t a cc i d en t t h i s O ct ober . Our t houghts go out t o his w i f e, Susanne and h i s t w o ch i l d r en .

A s f or t he good new s, it is m y pleasur e t o in f or m al l o f you t hat a f ul l 20% o f t he T en O ut st andi ng Y oung M en o f A mer ica f or t his year w er e mem ber s o f t he C lass o f 1975. Scott y SM I T H and D ave J A N E T T A w er e bot h selected to receive t his pr est igio us dist i nct ion . Sco t a l so h a s so m e m or e good new s; he w as i n C olo rado Spr ings f or an i nt erview a t t h e A cadem y and w as selected f o r a sponso red mast er ’ s degr ee pr ogr am and a f ollow -on j ob in t he H ist or y D epar t ment . Best o f luck t o you and Jan , Sc o t .

M y t hi rd let ter f or t he quart er w as f r om G regory C U M M I N S w ho , w it h his w i f e-L aur a, is st at ioned at Rhein-M ain A F B , Ger m any , w it h t he 7575 O ps Gr oup/ O L A .

N ow back t o t he second lett er (t he A ir Force taught me how t o count) .

Sa m G R I E R w a s w i t h t h e 19 t h ’ s r eu n i o n a n d st a t i o n ed a t U SA F A . H e w r ote about t hat and o f f er ed t o take over w r it i ng t he c l a ss n ew s . T h i s

w o r ked out quit e well because, as I said , our livi ng room is no longer our s — or any o f t he rest o f t he house. W e ar e headed f or Fai rbanks, A lask a. I t ook t he T D Y advice and went ugly ear ly : I ’ ll be f l yi ng t he A - 10 W ar t hog out o f Eielson A F B . I have t horoughly enj oyed w r it ing t h e n ew s a n d h ea r ing f r om ever ybody and hope t o come back t o it in t he f u t u r e . B u t f o r now , Sam w ill be your contact poi nt ; his addr ess is Q t r s 4207D , U SA FA C O 80840. I w ill loo k f or w ard t o reading t he col um n and keepi ng t rack o f people f r om Sam ’ s point o f view , so please give him t he same gr eat sup port you gave me t hr oughout t he past six year s. T hank you all f r om Pat , Rober t and mysel f .

Pat L ynch 4049 For est Ridge Bl vd .

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H ome: (513) 233-5426 W ell , it is f oot ball season and I plan t o mak e it t o A nnapolis next week f or t he N avy game. H opef ully t he Falcons w i ll get a st reak going af t er t he w i n over C SU at H omecom ing last Sat ur day .

T h er e i s n o t a l o t o f n ew s t h i s t i m e a r o u n d . E v en t h e in f or mat ion I got f r o m t h e A O G w a s sl i m . 1 r ecei v ed a l et t er f r o m A 1 Y O U N G . A 1 w a n t s t o

set t he recor d st r aight about w hat he is doi ng . I t seem s t hat 1 repor t ed some w r ong in f o t he last t ime. A 1 got out last Oct ober and is f l ying f or D elt a. H e and K at hleen and t hei r daughter s Eileen and Br idget live in M iami . A 1 is f lyi ng f or t he Reser ve at N or t on w here h e i s a n I n st r u ct o r A ir craf t Com m ander . H e also report ed on some ot her ’ 74 grads. D enny M O N A C E L L is f l ying f or U SA ir out o f Pit t sburg. Jef f O V E R T O N i s a 737 f i r st o f f icer f or A i r Flor ida. D enny and Jef f are i n t h e sa m e r eser v e squadron as A l . D uane T A Y L O R has t raded his blue uni f or m f o r o l i v e drab . Since t he A F doesn ’ t need mi lit ary veter inar ians h e i s n o w i n t h e A r my . H e and A nn and t hei r t w o children are in A laska. A l a l so sen d s h i s best regar ds to t he class and said to tell all t he T r o l l s H i .

I got a sho rt not e f r om Bill JO N ES concer ning Jack D U R A N ’ s w ed ding. Jack mar r ied a gi r l named Jannie L ynn . T he wedding w a s f i n e u n t i l t he recept io n w hen Jack showed up in handcu f f s. H e a n d h i s w i f e w er e last seen leaving on t heir honeymoon w it h Jack st ill i n “ ch a i n s” . I w onder w ho put t he cuf f s on him , his w i f e or some o f h i s f r i en d s i n t h e 3 7 t h T A S a t R h ei n - M a i n .

N o w f o r n ew s f r o m t h e A O G f i l es. M i k e B R A Y D I C H h a s l ef t U SA F A a n d i s n o w i n P A C A F . M i k e R O B A R D S a n d h i s w i f e h a v e t h ei r seco n d child , Benj ami n A llen , bor n M ay 27. T om W E I SS f inished m ed sc h o o l and is i n residency at W il f ord H al l . M i ke M A U G H A N w as sel ect ed a s t h e C ompany G rade O f f icer o f t he Y ear by t he L A chapt er o f t h e A i r F o r ce A sso ci a t i o n .

L i ke I said , t his is a short colum n t his t ime. Be sur e t o keep me and t he A O G inf orm ed o f your w hereabout s and new s so that I ca n h a v e m o r e t o report t he next t ime.

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K id V REE L A N D is now at St anf o rd doing some gr aduat e w o r k a n d has a f ollow -on assignment t o w or k on t he M X . W i llie CO SBY is wor ki ng f or a comput er f ir m in A t lanta and w i ll soon be m ovi ng t o N ew Y o r k .

D ink Y U RK O is enr oute t o becom ing w or ld-f amous as a lawyer . H e’ s at l a w sch o o l a t P i t t . D u k e B U Y H O F F i s i n W C - 130 s o u t o f A n d er sen .

W ayne N E L SO N and Br uce L I N ST E R are bot h at Clar k . B ill SC H E U SSL E R is an I P at L it t le Rock and Jer ry M A C K E N w o r k s i n C - 130 t a c t i c s a l so a t L i t t l e R o c k . D a v e W I L L I A M SO N and hi s w i f e, M ary , are new parents w hile John and N ance K EA RN S have h a d t h r ee c h i l d r en .

I had t he oppor t unit y t o go t o t he A cademy f or Career D ay in Septem ber . Phil RO M A N O W I C Z and Ji m SC H U M A N w er e t her e a l so .

Phil w as act ing as a com m and br ief i ng o f f icer f or A T C (and you t hought t hat you ’ d never have t o do it again af t er M T 302) , and Jim spent hi s t ime, as I did , answ er ing quest ions posed by t he C adet s. W h i l e I w a s t her e, I saw Jef f H A C K ET T , now a civilian in P hoenix and Randy RO BE RT S, st i ll hi msel f as he w ill alw ays be.

I also stopped in at t he o f f ice o f t he A OG . C ol onel W h eel er h a s o n e o f t he A OG clock s in his o f f ice. I t is really som et hi ng to behold . V er y dist i nct ive and eye-catching. A nd , speak i ng of eye-catching, you shoul d see t he changes m ade to t he t er razzo i n f r ont o f t he C l a ss W a l l . T h e W a l l it sel f show s o f f all o f t he C lass C rest s as you k now , and a r eview i ng pavi lion has been added as an o f f -shoot o f t he ter r azzo t o al low a place f or the Super int endent and ot her s t o r eview t he meal f o r m a t i o n s a n d o t h er a ct i v i t i es i n t h e a r ea .

D eer and el k season appr oaches, and I have a deadline t o m eet . W r i t e in and let me k now how you ’ r e doing, w here you ’ ve been , and w her e you i nt end t o go .

M er ry C hr ist mas t o al l o f you !

P .S. M ar k R I SI , by t his t i me, i s happi ly m ar ried . H e got m ar ried in C ol or ado Spr i ngs on 17 O ct ober . C ongrat ulat io ns, M ar k .

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m en t t o D a v i s- M o n t h a n A F B a s a n A - 10 I P . Su e a n d I ar e excit ed t o go t o

T ucson , but I w as disappoi nted t hat M PC t ur ned dow n my f ir st choice-I w anted to be t he A ngel Flight advisor at U C L A . W ell , som ebody has t o do t hat j ob , don ’t t hey? A nyw ay , af ter N ovem ber 15 w r i t e t o m e i n c a r e o f t he A O G , and I ’ ll see t hat t hey k now w her e I am .

R ESU L T S O F T H E A - 10 JO K E C O N T EST : I r eceived a reply t o t h e Fir st A - 10 Jo ke C ont est f r om D ianne GO L D BA C H , w ho is t h i s m o n t h ’ s w i nner . H ere is her answ er : “ H ow m any A - 10s does it t ake t o change a light bulb? O nly 1 A - 10 is needed as a r eplacement . Plug one in by the t ail “ pr ongs” and your A F night light w il l last f or at least 10(X) f l yi ng hour s.”

O kay . W ell , it w as t he only answ er I got . I al so got a l et t er f r o m a M r .

Bud W issman , w hose son is a ’ 75 gr ad . H e sent anot her j o ke: “ H ave you hear d t he A F w on ’t allow any A - 10s t o land at M oody Field because t hey ar e af r aid t he f r ogs w i ll come out o f t he sw am p and t r y t o mate w it h t hem ?” H e said he had t o clean up t he language some b ec a u se so m e o f you guys use r aunchy language at t im es. H ey , come o n , you guys! T han k s

f or wr i ti ng, M r . W i ssman .

W ell , I t hink t hat about does it f or A - 10 j o ke cont est s.

A nyw ay , D ianne had some ot her new s. Seem s she and Ber nie a r e f i n a l ly living under t he same roo f , as she had been w or k i ng a t St a n f o r d . B er n i e is a T -38 I P at V ance, w her e he and D an W O O D BU RY counsel p r o s p e c t ive C - 14 1 pi lot s. She al so says t hat C hr is C U R RY is having a good t im e in T ur key . T hank s f or t he lett er , D ianne.

Pat O ’ B RI E N , a U PT classmate, w r ot e f r om T r avis. H e and hi s f air ly new br ide N an , a f or mer A F nurse, had t heir f ir st baby , C a t h er i n e L ouise. Pat is now a K C - 135 A C . Pat says t hat ot her 7 6 er s i n SA C a t T ravis i nclude T om and D ebbie M U C K E N T H A L E R , K y W E B B , B o b T RI BO L ET , T om FRO N K , A ar on GO L D , and Jay K L E V E N . Steve N I C K E L is a T -38 check pilot at W illie. Pat recent ly quali f ied f or his C RM , and wil l soon be gett ing hi s mast er s i n Syst ems M anagem ent t hr ough u s e (I w ould have set t led f or t he A ngel Flight j ob t her e, t oo , M PC) .

M i ke SA C K L E Y w r ot e f r om M acD i ll , w here he w as visit ing f r o m K orea f or RT U i n t he F- 16 E lect r ic Fight ing Falcon . H e and t he f ollow i ng are F- 16 j ock s i n K orea: Phi l H O U SE R , G reg M I L L E R , John A RM O R , Ron Z I M M E RM A N , and T ony O W E N S. M ar k PE N L E Y w r ote a r eal nice let t er . H e got out i n June af t er being a maint enance o f f icer at Reese. A m ong our classmat es he saw dur ing his 4 1/ 2 year s t her e w er e Gr eg V I T A L I S and T om BU RG I E , w ho ar e bot h f ly ing C - 14 1S now . M ar k w as at t he A cademy i n June and sa w h i s ex r oommat e, G reg D . M I L L E R , w ho is now at A FI T af t er bei ng a t est engi neer at Eglin . M ar k w r ot e t hat many mem or ies cam e up dur ing hi s visit , and of some ot her t hi ngs: “ I ’ ve acquir ed enough per spect ive t o see a lot of good r easons f or t he pr essur es and har dships w e w ent t hrough . T he A ir Force is a vit al i nst it ut ion t o our countr y and t her e m ust al w ays be a core o f highly capable and devot ed o f f icer s t o help t h e A i r F o r ce m eet st agger ing challenges. T he A cadem y select ion pr ocess and pr ogr am pr o vides t he A i r Force w it h o f f icer s w ho have a big head start on f i lling t hose im por tant r oles. 1 t hi nk t ime w ill pr ove t hat our class w i l l d o m o r e t h a n i t s share in l iving up to it s obl igat ion t o ser ve t he nat ion .’ ’ A f t er some heavy deli beration , M ar k got out . H e and C i ndy live in A ust in now , w her e she w or k s f or an ai r li ne, and he i s at t he U niver sit y o f T exas t r yi ng t o become, as he put s it , “ an honest lawyer .’ ’ I f any o f M ar k ’s old buddies, part icular ly Pet e N I L A N D , Rich K I N G , and D on H I E BE RT , p a s s t hrough Bergst r om , he’ d li k e t o hear f r om you : M ar k and C indy PE N L E Y , 37 14 K andy D r . , A ust in , T X 78745.

K ur t K lingenberger cal led on Sept em ber 9 f r om Plat t sbur gh , w h er e h e and K aren ar e bot h f l ying, he as an FB- 111 nav , she as a K C - 135 pilot . H e had a w hole laundr y list o f in f or mat i on . M arc SO U T I E RE a n d D a v e T U T T L E ar e RC - 135 navs at O f f ut t . Br ad M O FFET T , w ho i s a l so i n FB- 111s w it h K urt , w as mar r ied at O f f ut t in July . A mong t h e sa b r ebearer s wer e K ur t , M ar c, and John T O N ET T I . Brad and R oger T U RC OT T E have received A ST RA sl ot s, and w il l possibly b e a t t h e P en t agon . Ot her 76er s at Platt sburgh include John SU BI K , D ave JA C K SO N , L ynn R I L E Y , K evin K O Z L O W SK I , John JA SK E Y , N or m SPE N D L Y , al l K C- 135 pil ots: and John A N D RI C H A K , a T -37 A C E I P . R i c k

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A s usual . I ’ m in t he pr ocess o f get t i ng t his t hing o u t a t t h e l a st m i n u t e .

O n t op o f t hat , t hi ngs have been j umpi ng here at SA C H Q , par t icular ly w ith t he recent w eapo ns decisions by t he W hit e H ouse. F a l l m ea n s a l o t mor e t han f oot ball here on t he plai ns, at least t his y e a r .

O N W A T C H : A s you m ight have not iced in t he last issue, w e f inal ly collect ed enough buck s f or t he C lass Plaque. T o al l o f you w ho con t r i but ed and made it possible f or m e t o loo k at t he colum n heading w it hout shame, my t hank s. A s f or t he r est o f you , don ’ t be sur pr ised at anyt hing you m ight read about your sel f i n t hese pages.

REA D ER R ESPO N SE : T he t hreat o f incr eased post al r ates m u st h a v e spur red a number o f you t o w r it e, as t he response t o my plea f or m ore in f or mat ion was over w hel mi ng . K eep t his up and t he U .S. M a i l w i l l b e i n t he black again in no t im e.

C har lie JO H N SO N w r ote t o say t hat he is st art i ng hi s inter nship at T r avis i n sur ger y . C har lie f i ni shed med school at U SC in M ay . A long w it h him at T r avi s as doct or s ar e W ayne FE L L M ET H (Pediat r ics) , B r i a n C A R N E Y (Family Pr act ice) , Jef f SO I SSO N (Famil y Pr act ice) , a n d K en T H O M SEN (Flexible I nt er n) . T hi s last puzzles me somew hat ; I guess it means t hat K en i s one of t hose guys w ho does t he exam inat ions i n a l l t hose har d t o r each places.

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C A B A L L E R O i s i n B - 52 St a n / E v a l a t B a r k sd a l e . K u r t h a s seen o r h ea r d

f r om ot her guys. A ndy and C indy P I JO R are at T ravis, w here A ndy f l ies C - 14 1s and is the W ing Exec. Br ian and L i nda SU T T E R a r e a t M cG u i r e in C- 14 1s at M cC hor d ; t hey recent ly had a baby . K ur t sa w B i l l T A N N I N G at M t . H om e in M arch-Bill w as t here f or F- 111 w eapons sch o o l . H e a n d E l l i e a r e st i l l a t L a k en h ea t h . A t a r ecen t R ed Flag, K urt saw L ar r y N EW and Bill RO EGE , F- 15 pilot s f r om L angley . Roger C L E M E N T S i s i n K C - 13 5 St a n / E v a l at P ea se . T i m a n d D eb b i e M A R T I N a r e a t H a h n w it h t hei r new baby H ol ly Rebecca-T im i s an F-4 W SO t h er e .

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and back in July to Egli n . A t Base O ps we saw T odd SPA N G L E R , w ho was st opping t hr ough f r om Seymour -Johnson in his F-4. I n ear ly Oct ober I went out and back to M yr t le Beach and saw D ave A N D E R SO N . H e a n d Gayle w i ll be leaving next year f or Sw eden , w here D ave w ill be studying on his Olm stead Scholar ship . Congr at ulati ons! Fir st t hey w il l go t o t he D ef ense L anguage School , w hich is a good t hing, because he says t he only wor d he know s in Swedish is “ sm orgasbor d .”

W hile on leave i n A ugust , w e st opped in D ayt on and v i si t ed w i t h t h e W Y SOC K I s. Joe is t her e st udyi ng space at A F I T , and is dr ivi ng N ancy cr azy as usual .

Congr at ulat ions t o t he Jabar a A w ar d nom inees o f ’ 76: M i k e E L Y o f A T C , and Steve H O GA N o f A F L C . W ay t o go , guys!

W ell , this closes anot her quart er of f un . T hanks t o a l l w h o w r o t e o r cal led and m ade t hi s ar t iclef ?) possible. L et ’ s hear f r om ever ybody else n ex t t i m e .

T r a vis I n t er n s :

Jef f Soisson, B r ian Car ney , K en Thomsen, and Char lie J o h n so n .

D ave E BE L K E (Jan) has j ust had a l itt le gir l . H e’s now int er ning i n surger y at W il f or d H all at L ack land , and hoping t o get i nt o ort hopedics.

D ave said t hat he’ s w illi ng to set t le f or f l ight medicine i f he can ’ t get his f ir st choice, so he m ay be cr ossi ng pat hs w it h some o f u s so o n .

Ger t -Jan “ John ” V I SSE R clued m e i n on t he cr ew at Blyt heville. J o h n i s f lying 135’ s t here, along w it h John H U RD L E (K ay) , St ev e G R A G A N (L eslie) , bot h in 135’ s, and M ar k R I V A S (Piyarat ) , W al ly Z A N E (Renee) , and D ave V A N O RSO W (Shar on) , w ho ar e w it h t he 52’ s t h er e . J o h n sh o u l d b e h ea d ed f o r SO S i n O c t o b er .

Got a nice car d f r om B r uce BU R D A , w ho at t he t i me was w r it i ng f r om Saudi A rabia. T his con f used me, since t he car d w as a v i ew o f scen i c Baden-Baden . I im agi ne t hat t her e ar en ’t t oo many scenic post cards o f sand dunes ar ound , so Bruce m ade t he best o f a bad sit uat ion . A nyw ay , he’s f lying w it h t he 130 Squadr on out o f Rhei n-M ain now , and i s w or k i ng w it h t he li k es (and disli kes t oo . I ’ m sure) o f John BL OO M , A ndy K ROT T , Scoop BRA N H A M , and P .R . H E L M S, w ho is get ti ng m a r r i ed i n A pr il . H ope I run int o Br uce w hen I ’ m in A t hens i n N o v em b er .

Rex W I L L I A M S and his w i f e have j ust had a lit t le boy . Rex spent par t o f t he sum m er at SO S, w her e he saw Jack C A SE Y , Br ock D EX T E R , w ho is soon t o be an A - 10 d r iver , St eve O PE L , T i m O L I V E R , a n d D i c k CO RZ I N E . Bill K I T T L E and M ar k W E BST E R r ounded out t he g r o u p a t M axwell . Rex also r an i nt o Ed SE RE R , an SP Squadr on Ops O f f icer at Shaw , and D ave SK I V E R , w ho is headed f or RE D C OM ’ s Joint C o m m unicat ions Suppor t E lement at M acD il l . D ave w il l be j oi ned t here by D on M U E L L E R . Joe BA U M GA RT N E R is at K elly as a com municat ions 37

of ficer, and John HERD (M indy) is at Langley working i n a staf f posi tion. Rex and Linda will be going to Tyndall soon, Rex w i ll be w or ki ng as A F C C ’ s l i a i so n t o T A C .

D o n M O O R E w r o t e m e a n o t h er b o o k o n t h e a ct i v i t i es a n d d r ea m s o f

the group at Williams. Don and Sharon will be going t o Sh a w f o r R F -4 upgrade training and then on to Zweibrucken. He says t h a t Sco t t SCHOFIEL D and Steve HORTON will j oin him at Shaw, then t hey ar e going on to A lconbury in England. Mitch DODD (Cindy) got an F- 16 f r om hi s cur rent 0-2 assignment at D avi s-M onthan . Gil O PP (Jane) ,

is going to F-15’s at Langley from his 33 j ob at Tyndall . T h a t sh o u l d n ’ t b e

too much o f a t ransit ion , r ight ? A not her candidate f or assignment sym pathy is Jim ST A V A (H olly) w ho is headed f or H ickam i n T - 3 3 ’ s . J o e ZA H ROBSKY is at HQ ATC in computers, and A 1BECKER ( Rit a) has pulled a 141 j ob, Don wasn’t sure where. Waiting on assignment s (ar en ’ t

we all !) are Joe BULLMER, and Dewey NOVOTNY (Chardelle). J o h n BURKE (Kathy) is going f rom A -7’s to A-l O’s at Eielson, K ev i n KENKEL (Julie) is an I P at Torrej on in F-4’s, he hopes to end up in Germany next . Chris MONTA LTO (Gail) is at March flying t h e B - 52 D .

Thanks for all the words, Don, and good luck at Shaw.

Rick SOWERS gets the “ entertaining letter of the issue” a w a r d f o r h i s note f rom Mather, one of my old stomping grounds. Everyone t h er e seems to be waiting on orders, including Stan H IL L a n d M i k e R U GG I E RO . M ik e, i n Rick ’ s w or ds, epit om izes t he element s t o having a

good career-1. Be in the right place at the right time. 2. K eep your mout h shut . 3. D on ’ t w reck a gover nment vehicle. W endal l M SA L L is going t o L i t t l e R o c k f o r c h ec k o u t i n t h e 130 a n d t h en o n t o Pope. C huck L O U I E w i l l b e h ea d ed t o R h ei n - M a i n i n a f ew m o n t h s. B o t h t h e a f o r em en t i o n ed

gent s are candidates f or t he G lut ius M axim us M aximus A w a r d f o r t h e out rageous num ber o f hours t hey spent i n t he seat o f t h e T w eet a t

Mather. Jef f WA LES is at McClellan working in the depot t h er e . J e f f

H EI DMOUS is now the youngest-ever head water polo coach a t t h e Academy. I f there is a person more qualified for the j ob , I don ’ t k now

D ave Step han on the R amp . ..

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my last trip up there. Bob is flying 135’s out of Grif fiss. A lso bumped i nt o Dave EDGINGTON during an all too short layover at M ather . Sor r y about all the other folks I couldn’t get a hold of t h er e .

A RR I V A L S: Bot h M ar c and Patt y L I N D SL E Y and Pat and C yndee M C V A Y had lit t le boys over t he sum m er . M arc is back in E ngland now ,

he burned up the F-111 Fighter Weapons School, winning t h e a w a r d f o r best academic record and the outstanding graduate. C ongrats t o al l on al l

acco u n t s.

OFF WATCH : M any thanks to all of you for the input . H ope t hat things are going well for everybody; keep me posted o n w h a t ev er i s developing for you. Talk at you next time.

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M ar k CA ST E L L A N I put in some w ords on t he gr oup at A l tus, o n e o f t he w or st-kept secr et s in t he A i r For ce. T hey had a big promot ion par t y

there with Ron BORTHWICK, Wayne TERRY, Bruce PENNI NGTON, A 1 FRACCH IA , Craig WEI BEL , Benny GOODMAN (down f rom h i s

E-3A j ob at T i nker ) , and Jim M ouse N EW M E I ST E R . M ar k sa i d t h e c r ew w as out at M arch f or Red Flag t his summer , w here t hey all had a good t ime enj oying civilizat ion .

D ave ST E PH A N (C indy) dropped me a line f r om El mendor f w h er e he’ s dr iving an F-4 f or A A C . D ave went t o V aer nes A S in N or way f or t li r ee week s and t hen t oo k his plane i nt o RA F L ak enheat h , t h e f i r st t i m e an AA C plane had ever been in the UK. How you gonna keep ’em dow n on the ice-f l ow af ter t hey ’ ve seen L ondon?

Joel HORIE has finished A-10 upgrade and will be staying a t D a v i s-

M ont han as an I P . W it h hi m ar e Jef f SM I T H , T im L I N H O F , a n d B o b Z A E H RI N GE R . Joel r eport s t hat Jim M A CA N U L T Y is i n Ber li n a n d i s

married, and D.R. BROWN is flying F-4’s at Seymour-Johnson.

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My how time does fly! It seems like it was j ust summer and al ready w e are looking forward to the holiday season. It ’s always m y f avor it e t i me o f

year here in Flor ida . T he ai r is cr isp and cool , and t he people ar e even w ar mer and f r iendl ier t han usual . I hope all is w ell w it h t he “ gr eat ” class!

The j oy of new life is always refreshing and exciting, a n d I t h i n k I ’ l l start this issue with some classmates who recently became parent s. St eve and Jeanne CRITTENDEN had a lovely baby girl named Sa r a h . St ev e i s a

T -33 pilot here at T yndal l and t he f i r st t ime I saw Sarah , she too k one

look at me and started crying...oh well ...Scott and P a m B A K E R h a d a

boy , T ravis A lan , in July . Scott ’ s an I P at Reese. J i m P E N N E K A M P a n d his w i f e Bet h had a boy-K yle L ee. Ji m f lies t he K C - 135 a t P ea se . B o b a n d Esther KA Y (F-4’s in Spain) had their second daughter, A manda M ar ie, in July. Their first , Melissa A nne, is almost 2 years old . T hey say tw o is enough f or now ! I hear o f m any ot her “ cur t ai n cli m ber s” on t he w ay , so keep me posted. My congratulations to you all and may G od bless you and your f ami lies.

Gr eg P ET E RSO N called a couple o f m ont hs ago and w e had quite t he excellent talk . Greg’s a KC-135 pilot at Barksdale and r ecent ly mar r ied a young lady nam ed Gail . G r eg f i lled me i n on t he w her e a b o u t s o f sev er a l ot her K night ’ s o f T hir t . John SV I BA is back f r om K or ea and f l ying t he F-4 at Moody. Marcos LA GUNA (Terri) is at Robbins flying f or SA C ,

and Randy BREUNLING is at Sunnyvale, CA working at SA M SO .

Rumor has it Randy may be about to take the big matrimonial plunge.

I ran into Mark BRUGGEM EYER at Tyndall recently. He w a s T D Y from M oody in his F-4 and I caught him returning from t h e b ea c h . H e lambasted me for calling him Greg a couple of issues ago . (O bviously a cler ical er ror .) H e, t oo , j ust r ecent ly r et ur ned f r om K orea and is happy t o b e b a c k i n t h e st a t es .

A -10 P ool: J oel H or ie, Jef f Sm i th, Ted L inhof , and B ob Z oehr inger .

Greg and Toni BRELA ND wrote from McGuire where Greg i s a C - 14 1 pilot . A s such he sees alot of guys T DY . In fact , on o n e o f t h o se T D Y ’ s h e had his first crash landing. There were no inj uries, but it def init ely got

so me people’s at tent ion w hen t he gear w ouldn ’ t come dow n . But , ever yt hing w or ked out f i ne! D ean FA RW E L L is at T ravis f lyi ng C - 14 1’ s

and spending alot of time in the Orient . Karl “ Oly” O L SE N i s a n o t h er 141 j ock at M cGuire, as is Mike QUINN . Mike is soon t o j oi n t he rank s of f or mer bachelor t oo . St eve T H O M PSO N , a T -38 I P at C olumbus, got

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pi lot i n H ahn , Ger m any . I t seem s Gr eg is get t i ng t o see so m e r ea l h o t spots (liter al ly)-his squadr on is on r ot at ion at I ncer l i k , T ur key . M i ke A C K L E Y is w or ki ng on his M ast er ’s at St anf or d . Finally , J o h n G R I M E S is a chopper pilot at H ill and , f o r an O ps o f f icer , h a s a n ex - A O C . I w onder i f t hey mellow out any af ter t hey leave t he zo o ? T h a n k s f o r a l l t h e help , G reg.

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li f e; t hey f inal ly w r ite me! T om O W E N wr ote t o tell m e t h a t h e m a r r i ed t he f or mer M ary Bet h Bandy . Right af ter T om t ied t he k not , he got or der s to go t o Bar ksdale. T hat meant he had to leave M ary Bet h behind at Car swell unt il he could get sett led . But , she’ s quite a sw eet hear t and handled t he whole thi ng very well . So me ot her 78’er s a t C a r sw el l a r e Car los D E L GA D I L L O , Jim ST O L L , A ndy W I N T E R , and D or ian SM I T H . O ne o f T om ’ s gr oom smen . Br ad D U N T O N , a K C- 135 pilot at K .I . Sawyer , is an expectant f at her . H is wi f e T er r i i s d u e t h i s w i n t er . O n e ot her weddi ng note is L ee “ A ce” N U C K O L L S. H e mar r ied L i sa t h i s

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Sam and Joni T H E R R I A N w r ot e f r om A lask a, w here Sam is f l yi ng F-4’s and the tw o o f t hem are in love w it h each ot her , t heir son D anny , and the L or d ! Sam w as one o f only 10 F-4 pilot s i n A l a sk a t o b e c h o sen t o t r ansit ion int o t he F- 15 t hi s wi nt er . T hat is quite an accom plishment f or o l e Sa m B a m a n d m ea n s t h a t h e a n d J o n i w i l l b e a t E l m en d o r f u n t i l 8 3 o r

84 . Some ot her F-4 j ock s at El mendor f ar e Scot t BE RG (Jack ie) , D oug L E JA (M ar y A nne) , and D on “ Ruper t ” L A U M A N . Ruper t j ust recent ly got mar r ied , which ought t o help o n t hose cold A laskan night s. A not her U PT classmate of m ine and Sam ’s, T anker SN Y D E R , stopped i n t o see Sam recent ly . T an k is st il l at M cGuir e f lyi ng t he 14 1. Recent ly Gor dy ST RO N G lef t A laska t o come t o T yndall t o t ransi tion f r o m t h e T - 3 3 t o t h e F - 10 6 .

Speaking of making the most of your assignments, Russ O G RI N Z m ay

have set a recor d . H e and his w i f e C i ndy were at M cL ell an f or 3 year s.

W hile t her e as a pr ogr am manager f or some exot ic ai r bor ne el ec t r o n i c proj ect s, Russ complet ed SO S, pick ed up his M aster ’ s f r om U SC , and made Com pany gr ade O f f icer o f t he Quar ter . (G ives us all somet hing t o shoot f or .) T hen , he f igured he got all he could out o f C a l i f o r n i a a n d came t o Flor ida. Russ is now an engi neer on t he Space Shutt le at Cape Canaveral . N ice going pal-good luck !

J ef f K I N D SC H U H w r o t e t o t el l u s h e f i n i sh ed h i s C E M a st er ’ s a t t h e

U niv . o f M ichigan and is now an inst ruct or at t he A F I T Sc h o o l o f C i v i l Engineer ing at W r ight-Pat ter son . C ongr at ’ s Jef f .

Back to Bob K A Y , w hom I ment ioned ear lier . I n addit i on t o t h e n ew s about his new baby , he ment ioned t he names o f som e ot her gr ads at Torrej on. They are Pete DEM ITRY, M ike MCM I L LIE (who j ust got married), Dan and Nora MESNA RD (Nora is expecting any day) , Blake E L L I N G SO N , Pet e T SE RO N I S, and Bill C H A M B L EE .

T he last mem ber of 1978 to f inish pilot t raini ng called m e l a st m o n t h .

Dave SCOTT is at Luke right now finishing up F-4 RTU a n d t h en h e w i l l

b e h ea d ed t o K o r ea .

W ell gang, t hat ’ s about all f or t he t i me being. I ’ll b e b a c k i n 19 82 w i t h more! U nt il t hen , my best w ishes f or a f un and saf e holiday season . M y pr ayer s and God ’s blessings ar e w it h you

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M i ke D O N A T E L L I is deployed t o Sem bach , Ger m any and w ill pick up t he next art icle. Just tal ked to him br ief ly and it sounds li ke he’ s prett y busy in t he A - 10 at Bentwater s.

John CO U RT N E Y repor ts t hat our class f und cont ains over $6,662 as of 30 A pr il 8 1. W e had $6,000 in a 30 m ont h C D at 11.75®/o t h a t m a t u r es 23 A pr il 83, but w e r einvested it at 16.3% t he last w eek i n O ct o b er . I n terest i s paid quar ter ly t o our A OG cash account , w hich co n t a i n s t h e balance o f our f unds and pays 6.0% . A ll int er est is t ax f r ee . W e a r e c u r rent ly t he wealt hiest class t o graduate, by a $2,3(X) margin . John says w e loan to ot her classes at a mer e 20% , com pounded daily . O u r A O G ca sh account pays any i ncidental expenses such as C lass m aili ngs and post age (none t o date) , and pr ovides f l owers (decided by t he C lass o f f icer s) f or t he f u n er a l s o f d ecea sed cl a ssm a t es.

Bif f GE N D A (Bar b) w r it es f ro m W right-Patt t hat a bunch o f gr ads had a big bust to celebrate pr omot ion t o f i r st . A bout f i f t een gr ads at tended w ith w ives and children . A lso at W PA F B , Ben OSL E R and his w i f e j ust had t hei r second baby gir l . Br uce P EC O R ’ s w i f e, G lenda, i s d u e

i n O c t o b er w i t h t h ei r seco n d c h i l d . C h u ck SM I L E Y a n d h i s w i f e D en i se

had an 81b . l Ooz. baby gi r l (A ndr ea) on 5 Sept . C huck is at A F I T get t ing his master’s in some sort of Management . Lowell TENPA S j ust got mar r ied in June, and Frank W A L K E R is get t ing mar r ied in O c t o b er . Sc o t t D E N N I S j ust lef t W r ight -Pat t t o get a master ’s somew her e. Bi f f ’ s w i f e.

Bar b , w as due in Sept . Rust y ST E W A RT is at SO S. H e bought a house

w i t h St ev e SA W T E L L E a t W P A F B . J o h n O ’ M A H E N a n d h i s w i f e

Br enda are also on t he base. M i ke RH O D E S (Sarah) is st ill w or k ing on his M BA at W r ight Stat e, as is D ale JO N E S, Scott V A N V A L K E N BU RG j ust st art ed his second year o f medical school at W r ight St a t e . G o o d l u c k to all o f you guys. Paolo PA P PA L A R D O is also on base, a n d J i m R U N K i s f lyi ng T -39’ s t here w it h K ent G I L L I L A N D . Ot her 79’ er s o n t h e b a se are Ed BO G D E N , Junio us H A R R I S, T om H U N T , Jon I L SE N G , Richar d M A X W E L L , T om M I L L E R , T om C O O PE R , C hr is W O RSOWICZ and Paul HOUGH . Jay A RM ST RONG’Swife, Cindy, is expec

ting ir^ Sept ., and Ted M UNDELEI N is flying as a mission c o o r d i n a t o r w i t h A R I A at W P A F B .

A t Sheppar d A F B , Jim REG A N ’ s w i f e T anya gave bir t h t o J a m es

Batista in Sept . Jim says his boy is definitely hardbody mater ial and is up

to 5 push-ups ever y mor ni ng .

L ast I hear d , Br uce W I L L A R D (M ar ia) was at t he t op o f h i s cl a s^ a t C olum bus and we w ish hi m good luck . W hat ’ s t he latest dow n t her e, B r u c e?

Hal MOORE (Patty) finished helicopter training with t h e M a r i n es a t

Pensacola and has a C obr a t o C amp L eJeune. T he Gr eat Sant i ni says his w i f e is pregnant agai n . T heir boy , Just in , says he w a n t s a si st er .

Jack H U M P H RE Y (U SA ) beat us all w hen he made I L t on 2 1 F eb 8 1.

Jack is also now his com pany exec. Be all t hat you ca n b e . . . . J a c k .

L ast I heard . C huck F RA N C ESC H I , w i f e L aur a, and son N i c h o l a s Orion were at Space Division in Los A ngeles awaiting an A F I T assign ment f or a master ’ s in Elect r ical Engineer ing. W here are you C huck ?

Br uce and D ebbie B I N G L E have it ro ugh in A t hens, G r eece u n t i l O c t ’ 83. Br uce is w it h t he Elect r ical Secur it y Sqdn . t her e. I w as in Ger many and N aples t his A ugust Br uce, and I ’ m loo k ing f or w ar d t o G r eec e n ex t A ugust , so put some beer in t he ref r igerator . I ’ll b e o v er . D eb b i e i s ex pect ing t his Sept .

V ance SK A RST E D T (Sandy) has a 10 mont h old gi r l , and j ust f inished RT U as a RF-4 W SO at Shaw . V ance w i ll be assigned eit her K a d en a o r t h e Phi lippi nes af ter Sept . D r op us a not e, V ance, and let us k now w here you a r e .

M ar k C E BU H A R is def end ing our count r y against all enem ies, f oreign and do mest ic, at E llsw or t h f lying B52H ’ s and is planning on att endi ng S. D ak ot a School o f M i nes f or a M S in EE . Eat ’em up M ar k .

“ Food Fights won’t be tolerated” Jef f MCCHESNEY successfully b i d

f or a F- 15 t o Bit bur g, Ger many af ter RT U at L uke. Jef f is engaged t o Diane Webster, who also won’t tolerate food fights in her dining room , I hear . C heck Six ! Jef f old boy .

M y old roommate, Jer ry CO L E M A N , at L angley mar r ied A l i n e i n Sa n D iego in A ugust . C ongr at ulat ions Jer r y and let me k now w hen you w ant an assignment t o Sunnyvale. Jim SM I T Z , Space D i vision , L A , w as al so at t he weddi ng.

T om and T er ri E N G L I SH are aw ait ing reassignment to a C 130 a n d a r e proud parents o f A manda Jane as o f 5 M ar ch . T om is a t L i t t l e R o c k .

A lso in 130’s is T er ry T U L L I A w it h t he 4 1T A S at Pope. T hanks, T er r y , f o r r elayi ng m uch o f t he in f o f or t his ar t icle.

W hile i n Ger many t his sum mer , 1 st ayed w it h Rex “ K ase” a n d G a b e K E E SE a t R h ei n M a i n . R ex i s a C l 30 d r i v er f o r t h e 3 7t h T A S and spends 39

most o f his t ime i n Saudi A rabia. A l so w it h the 123r d is Roger K EN T

(Cindy). “ Deployments are a drag, but Germany is great ” i s a b o u t t h e bottom line, according to the guys. All you 79’ers i n t h e 37 t h a n d elsewhere overseas drop us a note and let us know about ot her guys you ru n in to .

Rich A LQUIST fl ew his B-52 and Jim REGA N (Tanya) fl ew h i s T - 3 8

into M o f f et Field f or t he N avy A i r Show here in San Jose, C A t his sum mer . A t t he end o f t he show . Rich made a gr eat low level appr oach and Jim made a great high speed pass along the deck to a ver tical pull-up t hat

really out-classed the Navy guys and got a standing o v a t i o n f r o m t h e cr owd . W ho said “ Go N avy ” ?

M uch to my chagrin we have a double header in the bad n ew s c o l u m n t his art icle. W e lost K yle PE R D U E on 25 A ug in a A - 10 cr a sh n o r t h w est of C har lesto n , S.C . Rum ors are t hat he lost an engi ne a t l o w a l t i t u d e a n d

didn’t get enough rudder in, although some reports ar e he had an engine f i re. H e set her dow n on t op o f all t hat live .30 cal , w hich caused a large

explosion on impact . Kyle was a great guy and we’ll r eally m iss him . O ur hearts and sympathies go out to his family. Kyle was n o t b u r i ed a t t h e Academy. Jef f SNYDER, a fellow astro maj or , was killed n ea r N el l i s i n a twin Cessna (Civilian designation) on approach to landing. J ef f a n d a 7 5 grad were TDY to Nellis from Sheppard, where they were T - 37 a n d T - 3 8 I P’s respectively. They were assigned to fly dignitaries ar ound Red Flag

and bot h w er e k illed in t he incident . Jef f w ill be bur ied at t he A cademy .

The loss of these two great guys is a terrible shame and a great waste. O ur

prayers and sympathies to both of their families. Our cl a ss w i l l m i ss t h em .

Mike DONATELL I (Julie) will write the next article. Sen d l et t er s t o either Mike or m.yself and I will forward the info. I f w e ’ v e o v er l o o k ed anyone, please forgive and bear with us; it was certainly u n i n t en t i o n a l .

A ll you pilots keep one foot on the ground when you are f l yi ng and G odspeed t o ever yone.

C - 141’ s: M argie C L A R K , Bob A L L A R D I C E .

C - 130’ s: M i k e BRO W N , M ar k SW I SH E R , L ar ry W O L F , John FA RRE L L , M ik e W A R D , M i k e N E I L SE N , Rich T RA ST E R , Scot t C A R R O T H E R S.

T -33’ s: D an B L O E M E R , Ed GO GG I N S, Scot t SOT O .

K C - 135’ s; Bill L E N H A R D T , Paul SE L V A .

B-52’ s: C urt iss PET RE K , John SC H O L T Z .

F-4 EW O ’s: Pat rick C A M P BE L L , John FR I T Z .

RC -135 N avs: D an W A L K E R , M i k e P RU Z , D an

BU SH , John

FA RQUA R, Dave CLA RK, Ken VONBUETTNER, Louie LEBEA U , M ar t y M EY E R .

Gor die E N G L E B RET SE N is i n G er m any as a w eapons cont r oller ,

Gerry LA WRENCE is now in Titans at Dav-Mon, Bob HA RRI S i s i n Space Division at LAA FS, Pete M ICA LE and Brad DUTY a r e st i l l i n minutemen up in Malmstom, and Cory CORNUM and Carl M I D D L ET O N ar e dow n here in San A ntonio pr act icing biology a n d psychology .

Thank you for all of your cards and letters. GUL LI VER a n d I w i l l h a v e

a bur r it o and a lone star f or ever y one. G ull enclosed a pict ur e of his f avor it e I P and our idol , L T St ud K il ler . T ake care a n d G o d b l ess .

M i k e D o n a t el l i B o x 3 79 3 A P O N .Y . 0 9 7 5 5

A nt hony (T ony) E . L or usso P .O . B o x 6 33 9

G ood f ellow A F B , T X 76908 M a t t N eu en sw a n d er P SC 29 8 7

Randolph A FB , T X 78 150

A s t he T -38 test cells rum ble t he f oundat ions o f my BOQ, I find it is time to pen another article in the continuing saga o f t h e C l a ss o f 80 . N o longer do I abide in the roach infested proj ects of E nid by t he sea, f or I am TDY to scenic Randolph (Home of Lone Star) A FB. Randolph is a real class reunion , and I have been having a gr eat t i m e w i t h su c h n o t a b l e

’80 grads as Tim GULLI VER, Jim ELBERT , Gene T . M ITCHELL ,

Fr ank BU N T I N G , M i ke G L E I C H M A N , A rt SM I T H , Bob BU E H L E R ,

Bob YOUNG, Bill HA RPER, Jim POWELL , Ross CA NNON, Jim M A L EA RE , Joe A C CA R D O , (Fut ur e M .S. I nst r uct or ) C hrys L EM O N , Ji m FI RT H , M ar k A U D I SS, K elly H U M PH RE Y , M ar k FA I R BU RN , Fred A U ST I N , D ave B RI T T O N , A 1 BA K E R , D ebbie W I L C OC K , Peggy W A L KER.

For ent ert ainment we go t o t he A uger I nn and see the sa m e w o m en t h a t

made Hap A RNOLD and Curtiss LEMA Y happy when they were h er e .

We also enj oy attacking the thousands of bats that reside in our bui ldi ng .

They launch themselves from the eves of our Q’s as i f they k now t hat w e are FA I PS and that our j udgement is limited. Last night , 4 00 o f t h em tried to carry Jim CRUMP of f , but he was saved when h e r a i sed h i s a r m s above his head and t hey dr opped li ke f l ies (even bat s can only tak e so m uch) .

I have a few more assignments from UPT , UNT , and some n ew s f r o m everyone else to disseminate, so bear with me.

T-37’s: Greg AUGST , Matt SCHULTER, Neil CATONE, Steve P R I L ESK Y , D an BOO N E , L uke H O W A RD , Curt L A N Z E L .

T -38’ s: Er ic JA N SSE N , M ar k M EA C H A M , John D E M E RS, M ar k FA RO N E , C raig SC H L A T T M A N , Jef f W I L SO N .

T - 15’ s: A 1 SC H I L L I N GE R , M ar k C U M M I N G S, M ar sh ST A M M .

F- 16’ s: A lex RU PP , John E R I C K SO N , John T O V A N N I .

A - l O’ s: John D O BB I N S, Rich GO O D W I N , M itch H E I T M A N , M a r cel K E R D A V I D , T r ay ST A C K M A N , T om B REE N .

F-4: John FA N N I N G (RF) , John C RO G H A N , M i ke M I L L S, G lenn ROSE N BE RG E R , Joel ST RA BA L A , Paul L . SM I T H (RF) , Br ian U R BA N Z IK .

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Greetings Falcon Buddies! Since I ’m now in Texas, I guess it w ould be more appropriate to say “ Howdy Ya’ll .” Last time I wr ot e you , I w as at Lowry A FB, but now I ’m at Goodfellow A FB (better known a s G o o d buddy Airplane Patch.) Whatever you do in the A ir Force, d o n ’ t ev er screw up enough to get stationed at this godforsaken place. I t ’ s pr obably

t he smallest base w e have, and t hat doesn ’ t do m uch f or a single guy ’ s social life. I f I can put up with walking on silly mar ble st r i ps f or a year , I

can handle this place for a few more weeks. I ’m beginning t o u n d er st a n d why we walked on marble strips.

There really isn’t much to write about this time around b eca u se I ’ v e received very few inputs and also we haven’t done very much yet . A f t er al l , it has only been f ive m ont hs.

L aur i C RO SS w anted me t o in f or m everyone t hat she and Jer ry RO U SE have set t heir wedding date f or D ecem ber 19. L aur ie is cur r ent ly

at Lowry for intelligence school and Jerry is at Reese f o r U P T . B est w i sh es t o t h e t w o o f t h em .

I f you were wondering what happened to Josie BA LLATTO a f t er h er

waiver f or U H T didn ’ t go t hr ough , her e’ s t he scoop . Josie is going t o have her hand in t he ult imat e f l yi ng experience - she’ s w or k i ng f or N A SA i n H o u st o n . . .E a r t h t o J o si e . . .

I hear d t hat D anny C RE W S is doing a super j ob in U PT a t C o l u m b u s .

Keep it up Danno. I ’d like to recognize other folks excell ing in t hei r j ob , so drop me a line if someone you know is doing something out standing .

W e have a lot of talent in our C lass, so I should get t o n s o f m a i l !

I ’ d li ke to w ish Y vonne W I L H E L M -SC H I L Z a speedy recover y .

Yvonne had to undergo an operation this summer to remove k idney

stones'. The Class wishes you good health Yvonne.

Once again, I ’ve run out of information to write about . I could pro bably make up some wild stories so as to drag this art icle on , but I ’d rather wait until I get some real news from some of you . W hat I hope t o

d o i n t h e n ea r f u t u r e i s t o h a v e o n e c l a ssm a t e a t ea c h U P T b a se t o b e a point of contact for Class news. I ’ll let everyone k n o w w h o t h ese f o l k s a r e i n t h e n ex t i ssu e .

Before I say goodbye, I have to mention the names Cindy F A R I E S-

M A Y ES and Susie JA C K SO N -W I N SL O W because t hey j um ped m e f o r not listing their names as being stationed at Lowry. N ow t hey pr obably f eel f ool ish , but they got t hei r w ish .

T hat ’s it f or t his issue. I hope t o hear f r om som e of you soon . T ake ca r e a n d G o d B l ess! ’ 8 1 Sec o n d t o N o n e .

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T oday our f irst li ne of def ense.

W hereas years ago T he N avy was considered such A nd emi nent ly so T o w in one’s w ings is ample proof T hat t he recipient deserves T his in it ’ s greatest and it ’s broadest sense, A nd ready now to serve A s an eagle wings it ’s way alof t .

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