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C H ECK PO INTS V OL U M E 12, N U M BER 1 A RTICL ES

A cting Executive D irector Jock C . H . Schwank , ’60 A sso c i a t e D i r ec t o r / E d i t o r T om K roboth

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Cadet L ibr ary Expansion Complet ed

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Commandant U nveils N ew T raining Plan

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F G K lo t z ’ 73 M T W h a l en ’ 76

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A BO UT OU R COV ER

Phot ographer M r . Bill M adsen took our cover photograph o f t h e recent ly-com pleted Cadet L ibrary addition dur ing a n o o n m ea l parade on an overcast day in A pr il . T he addition is b et w ee n t h e original library and Fairchild H all . For a complete st ory on t he library expansion proj ect , see our st ory on page 10.

T o Ser v e U n t i l 3 0 J u n e 19 85

E A Z o mpa ’ 6 1

L C H ar m o n ’63

L R K ruczynsk i ’ 65 G T M at suyama ’65 J E Spitt ler ’ 65 (C hair man) W J W ei d a ’ 6 5

J E Scho f ield ’67 (V ice C hai r man)

C J Y oo s ’68 T J Sa l m o n ’ 6 9

M G So r en so n ’ 70 W P W i t t ’ 70 R A M c F ar land ’ 7 1 R S F r a ser ’ 7 3 K S Sa m el so n ’ 7 3

J W Spencer ’ 75 T o Ser v e U n t i l 1 J u n e 19 83

C H EC K PO I N T S is publ ished q uar ter ly by t he A ssociat ion o f G r ad uat es, U SA F A cademy , C o lor ado Spr i ngs, C O 80840 and pr inted by G r aphic Ser vices o f C olor ado Spr ings. I t is pr ovided as par t o f an annual mem ber shi p package w hich costs $20. Second-class postage paid at the USA F Academy, C olor ado Spr i ngs, CO . O pinions ex pressed in t his magazi ne ar e t hose o f t he aut ho rs. T hey do not necessar ily ref l ect t he o pi nio ns, po licy o r at ti tude o f t he A ssociat ion o f G r ad uates, its of ficers or the editorial staf f . The appearance o f adver t isement s in t his publica t io n does not const i t ute an endo r sement by t he A ssociat ion o f G r a d u a t es o f t h e

products or services advertised. Copyright © Association o f G r a d u a t es o f t h e U nited St ates A i r Force A cademy , Spr ing 1983.

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PO ST M A ST KR : I f l hi ‘> m agazi ne i s add ressed l o a m em ber o f t he M i l i l ar > Ser v ice, no po st age is necessar y f o r f o rw ard i ng (see Posl ai M anual , Sect i o n 158 .4). I f no f o rw ard i ng add ress f o r t his m i l i tary m em ber i s avai lable, send F o r m 3579 l o A sso c i a t i o n o f G rad uates, U SA F A cadem y , C ol o rad o Spr i ngs, C O 80840 .

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T H E A O G BO A R D RO O M Jock C . H . Schwank , ’60, A ct ing Executive D irect or A s t his report is being writ ten , t hings are humming ar o u n d U SA FA . T he Board of V isit ors has j ust completed anot her o f t heir visit s. T hey complet ely support ed t he A cademy ’s co n t i n u ed ef f ort s in meet ing the challenges which arise as we co n t i n u e t o seek excellence in our preparation of the f uture leader s o f o u r A i r Force. Preparat ions f or t he graduat ion of the Class o f ’ 83 an d al l of t he f est ivit ies surrounding June W eek are well underway . T h e select ion process f or t he Class of ’87 (which will enter on 6 July) is in it s f inal stages. W e also are gearing up f or t he N at ional Sport s Festival which will have a number of maj or event s at U SA F A d u r ing late June and early July . Y ou can get a glimpse o f t h e A cademy over T V during the national coverage of t he sp o r t s f est i v al .

ST A FF CH A N GES: A s a result of the new organizational

st r u ct u r e o f t h e A O G an d i t s f o r m al l i n es o f co m m u n i cat i o n w i t h

t he A cademy , a number of st af f changes have occurred . S e v e r a l more will happen in t he very near f uture. A n act ive-dut y o f f i cer i s being hired as part of t he superint endent ’s staf f . H e w i l l h av e as one of his primary dut ies handling t he inter f ace bet ween t h e A O G and the A cademy st af f . T he A OG is also hiring a new graduat e execut ive direct or who will not be an active-duty member . W e have current ly received over 20 applicat ions f or t his crit ical posi t ion . I have signed on in t he interim , as an additional duty to run ning the Prep School , as acting executive direct or . I t is our plan , which currently appears t o be on t rack , t o have the n ew ex ecu t i v e direct or hired and in place by July 1, 1983. W e are also hiring an additional f ull-time person t o be an administr ative assist ant , a task we hope t o have completed by June 1, 1983. W e h av e al so renewed f or two years t he contract of T om K robot h , asso ci at e direct or and Checkp oints edit or , among his many ot her d u t i es.

K ro has been invaluable t o bot h Jim and me, and has d o n e a superior j ob f or t he A OG . Jim W heeler has also been appointed as t reasurer of t he A OG unt il January 1, 1984. T he purpose of t he selection was to provide f inancial security and guidance t o t h e

E M E R G E N C Y A SSI ST A N C E F U N D : Y o u r b o ar d o f d i r ec

t or s is currently invest igat ing t he f easibility of est ablishing an emergency assistance f und . T he purpose of this f und w o u l d b e t o provide f inancial assistance t o help def ray some of t h e co st s o f f ood or lodging f or t he imm ediat e f amily of a cadet or graduat e in the event of a personal emergency which requires a st ay of interim durat ion at t he A cademy . U nf ort unately , t here have b een sev er al t imes when a graduate’ s or cadet ’s f amily has f aced a v e r y t raumatic time and had to concurrent ly w orry about w h er e t h e money would come f rom to meet t heir basic living expenses w h i l e t hey were at t he A cademy . T he A OG w ould lik e t o be in a posi t ion t o help t hese individual s as t he circumst ance w a r r a n t s .

JA BA RA A W A RD : T he superintendent has sent out his let ter t o all maj or commands soliciting t heir input s f or t he graduat e most deserving of t he 1983 A nnual Jabara A ward . N ote t h at t h i s year ’s winner will be honored on F r iday night , Sept em ber 23, at t he banquet at the Four Seasons M ot or I nn in Colorado Springs.

T his will be an excit ing evening so make your plans early t o at t en d .

H OM ECOM I N G : T he plans are well under way f or t he ’63 a n d ’73 class reunions, as well as t he homecoming f est ivities f o r al l o f us. M ak e your plans early t o att end . Our opponent is Brigham Y oung U niversity and it promises t o be an excit ing game. T he f ighting Falcons have look ed very good in spring pract ice a n d promise to be every bit as excit ing i n ’ 83 as t hey w er e i n ’ 82 .

CL OSI N G N OT E : I n t his time of change f or the A O G , we welcome your inputs. I f you have quest ions on why we o p er at e t he way we do , drop me a note and you ’ll get an answer . W e a r e here t o serve you , and I t hink t hat under t he leader ship o f T o m Eller we have made great st rides. H owever , t here is always room t o improve. W e will do what we can t o insure t hat your A O G serves you in t he best way possible.

A O G i n a t i m e o f t u r b u l en ce i n t h e ex ecu t i v e d i r ect o r ’ s o f f i ce . I

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am not prof icient enough in managing f unds of t his magnit ude.

W e assu m ed t h at t h e n ew ex ecu t i v e d i r ect o r w i l l n eed a f ew m ont hs t o get up t o speed in managing our f unds. T his al l o w s J i m

t o continue managing our f unds and concurrent ly be covered by our liability insurance policy .

D EN T A L I N SU RA N CE : E f f ort s are continuing t o f ind an underwriter f or this program which will provide a t remendous s e r vice t o t he membership . A s the economy t urns around , w e a r e hopef ul that we can f ind an insurance company which is willing t o venture into the area of underwriting an alumni group . T h e b o a r d remains t ot ally commit ted t o providing this program t o o u r m em b er s.

A N N U A L FU N D : T he response t o our f irst annual f und h a s been excellent . I n the very near f ut ure t he superintendent w i l l b e f orwarding a pr oposed list of item s t o be f unded t o your board of direct ors. I f ully ant icipate t hat the next issue of Checkp oints w ill speci f y in detail how these f unds will be ut ilized . O n b eh al f o f al l of t he cadet s who will benef it f rom t hese monies, I t h an k al l o f you who have cont ribut ed .

A CA D EM Y A SSEM BL Y : T he 25th A cademy A ssembly met in M arch under t he cosponsorship of t he A OG . T heir discussion t opic t his year was “ T he U .S. Economy in T ransition .’ ’ T h e A OG received numer ous f avorable com ment s on how import ant our f inancial support was in sett ing up such a benef icial p r o g r a m .

I t is clear t hat our support of t his w ort hwhile program is very meaningf ul t o bot h t he local A cademy community as well a s t h e assembly program in general .

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Sabre Pr ice i ncrease. W e have pur chased anot her shipment o f c a d et sabres f o r purchase by our gr ad uate m em bership . U n f o rt unately , t h er e has been a pr ice i ncr ease w hich t ranslates i nto new pr ices f or pu rchase.

Sabres m ay now be picked up at our o f f ices f or $90 and can be shipped f or $ 105. Fo r A PO addr eses, an ext r a $4 i n shi pping f ees w il l cut deliver y tim e in half .

J oi nt M em ber shi ps. M any mem ber s w ere co nf used w it h t he mem ber ship applicat ions t hat listed j oi nt mem ber ship i n the associatio n f or $25 a year .

T his mem ber ship is only f o r t hose grad uates w ho ar e m a r r i ed t o gr aduates. T his mem ber ship categor y al low s all gr aduates t o b e f u l l mem ber s al though t he grad uat e co uple w i ll r eceive only o n e set o f publicat ions.

A pologies. W e have alr eady explained t he pr oblem s w it h t h e 19 82 R egister of Gr ad uates on t he elect io n ballot . H ow ever , t o t h e r el a t i v es and f r iends o f deceased gr aduates w ho w er e inadver tant ly l i st ed u n d er t h e “ no k now n add ress” catego ry , w e o f f er ou r sincere regret s. I n addi t ion , we hear d f r om Jo hn Sviba, ’ 78, w ho i nf or m ed us t hat his parents w ere ver y sur pr ised t hat he did not i n f or m t hem abo ut mar r yi ng K i m berely .

For t he record , John is not mar r ied .

T he A i r F or ce A cademy Fund . A s not ed in t he ar t icle o n t h e A F A F u n d i n t hi s i ssue, m oney donated to t his cam paign is not used to def r ay expenses o f adm i nist r at ion , dues, o r publicat i ons o f t he associat ion . A l l c o n t r i b u t ions, i ncludi ng money donated by t he associat ion to st ar t up the f und , w il l go t ow ard C adet W i ng and A cadem y enhancem ent proj ect s pr i or it iz ed by the super int endent and t he associat ion ’ s boar d o f d i r ec t o r s .

L ET T ER S T O T H E ED I T O R W H Y M E R C H A N D I SE ?

T O A U GM ENT IN COM E

D ear Si r :

D ear M i k e :

I am becoming concer ned over the direction t he associat ion is t ak ing in regards t o f und raising act ivit ies, t he most

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A cademies cruise. I quot e “ I magine: T his luxurious air/ sea cruise is priced f rom on ly $2,778 per per son com plete.” I magine indeed ! I imagine everyone on board will have t heir $200 watches wit h the A cademy cr est an d t al k ab o u t t h ei r $200 f al co n

print s hanging over t he f ireplace.

D on ’t get me wrong. I love t he A cademy and support t he associat ion . I j ust wonder who can af f ord t o buy all t his st uf f . M aybe t here should be special d i st r i b u t i o n l i st s f o r t h e r at ed an d n o n

rat ed . M aybe these promot ional activities are f or t he rated types.

W h en I w as t h e t r easu r er o f t h e M ax w el l - G u n t er F ed er al C r ed i t U n i o n w e

were constant ly doing surveys to det er mine t he best f orm of advert ising. T he b o t t o m l i n e i s r et u r n o n i n v est m en t . H av e

you done such a st udy? W hat au your demographics? I hope you didn ’t send the cr u i se l i t er at u r e t o t h e C l ass o f ’ 82 .

Y ou ’ll probably write me of f as anot her nut f rom ’68, but I ’m concerned anyway .

Sincerely , M i ch ael G . St ev en so n

M aj or , U SA F , Class of 1968

T he issue you raised is not a new one

t ion o f Graduates have brought it t o my at tent ion many t imes in t he past several year s. W it hout belaboring all t he details let me assure you that t he A ssociation o f Graduates pursues our various of f erings and direct mail cam paigns sim ply because it is the collect ive j udgement of t he A OG management t hat it is in t he best int erest s of t he membership f or us t o present a diversi f ied range of services t o our membership and support ers.

I n an over simpli f ied way , I might point out t hat we are catering t o a Very diverse clientele and we f ind t hat quit e literally we h av e t o o f f er ‘ d i f f er en t ser v i ces f o r a w i d e

variety of membershp interest .” W e have o f f ered a broad range of program s, as you are well aware, in the last several years that have included group travel programs, special limit ed-edit ion art obj ect s, and various practical obj ect s such as clock s an d w at ch es. A l u m n i asso ci a t i o n s t r ad i

t ionally provide these t ypes o f program s t o t heir members and our experience shows they have been an im port ant source o f ad d i t i o n al r ev en u e f o r t h e asso ci at i o n .

O n t his lat ter point , I should point out since 1977 t he A OG has t hrough our various of f erings, realized prof it s t hat have enabled us t o of f set some opera

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passed along to t he membership , t o ex pand our st af f wit hout increasing our dues, and int erest ingly , it has expanded our member ship because some people f ind t he discount t hey get and t he oppor tunit ies f or purchasing which are available as members are wort h t heir membership f ees .

N ow all of this would mak e very lit t le

sen se i f I d i d n ’ t ad d o n e ad d i t i o n al f act o r .

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K eep I nf ormed Support A OG Programs

M ost of our of f erings— t he cruise pro gram is an excellent example — cost the A ssociation of Graduat es exact ly not hing.

W e part icipate as a sponsor wit h all cost s being carried by t he underw rit ing group .

T he cr uise program is not a revenue pro ducer f or us because, as you and I bot h appreciate, m ost of our audience is not very int erest ed . H owever , we ent er int o t his program in a spirit of cooperat ion wit h W est Point and A nnapolis.

T hey send t he m ost people but because we can piggyback t heir very active senior members, we can mail t o select graduate and graduat e parent s; and , int erest ingly enough , we get a f ew tak ers each year who

go on the cruises and writ e us nice let t er s t elling us how much f un they had . Some day , our own graduates will also want t o go on t hese cruises; and , so long as t here is no invest ment penalty t o be paid by t he associat ion , we are incli ned t o be cooperative wit h t he other A cadem ies in of f ering t hese programs even t hough t hey adm it t edly t ouch very f ew o f our m em b er s.

W ell , t he above is probably a longwinded answer t o a sim ple quest ion ; but I hope it gives you some insight as t o t he how and why of A OG o f f erings.

I encourage you t o stay concerned and involved in matt ers of t he A OG . M y per sonal best wishes t o you f or your con

t i n u ed h eal t h an d su ccess.

Sincerely ,

Jam es F . W h eel er E x ecu t i v e D i r ect o r

(E ditor ’s note: While J im Wheeler ’s resp onse exp lains why the association en ters into merchandising p r ograms, it

does not address the demograp hic survey p ortion of M aj or Stevenson ’s question.

M ost of our merchandising ef f or ts are sen t t o al l gr ad uat es, associ at i o n

members, air training of f icers, liaison of

f icers, graduate p aren ts, and cadet p arents. We do so because these in

dividuals are most interested in A cademyr ela t ed i t em s a n d b eca use i t is w i t h i n o u r

cap ability to acquire address labels f or t h ese a u d ien ces. T h e asso ci a t i o n is l i m i t ed

in p ersonnel and at the m oment, com p uter cap abi l i ty , t o under tak e t he

demograp hic studies suggested by M aj or S tevenso n .

W e ca n an d d o l i m i t so m e

m ore exp ensi ve of f er ings to ear lier classes

and parents who might af f ord and enj oy

them. The cruise p ack age, f or instance was not sent to later classes of graduates.

Perhap s at some p oint in the f uture, we will have the abili ty to p inp oin t our mail ings to selected indi viduals wi thin the abo ve gr oup s, but at p resent we do not.

Consider ing that in many cases, the p ro

j ect under writer p rovides all mailing

materials, p ostage, and p r ocessing, i t has been f el t that association administrati ve time necessary to “ hand massage ” mer

chandise mailings would not be cost ef f ec

tive. A gain, as J im Wheeler p oints out, our p resent method of merchandising p r o

vides to a broad audience, most of whom have ties to the A cademy, the opp ortunity

to tak e ad vantage of a p ar ticular ser vice or p r od uct. M any do.)

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SCE N I C F A S T

Shuttl e Carried Cadet Experi ments

By A mn Scott R . A ldrich P u b li c A f f air s O f f i ce

Six cadet s maj oring in ast ronaut ical engineering wat ched i n person as t he space shutt le Challenger li f t ed f rom t he launch pad at the K ennedy Space Center , Cape Canaveral A FS, Fla., ear l i er t his year .

They watched with special interest because tucked away i n si d e the payload bay of the Challenger was a compact 200-pound c a n nister containing experiment s designed by each of the cad et s.

The proj ect is called SCENIC FA ST (Falcon Shuttle Test), an d

is the f irst of possibly many cadet -designed experiments that may f ly wit h shut t les into space.

Cadets Firstclass H ar ry N . Gross, John M . A midon , Richard R . N eel I I , Joseph M . Streb , L awrence J . Peter and K e n n e t h R .

Shriner , along wit h M aj . John E . H at elid , assist ant ast r o n au t i cs prof essor , made the t rip t o the K ennedy Space Center .

Once they ar rived in Capt Canaveral , t hey began a busy schedule of t ours and brief ings, including a press co n f er en ce .

For t he cadet s, t he highlight of their visit to t he sp ace cen t er was seeing t he result s of months of planning, t rial-and-error e x periment designs, and long hours of work blast of f int o space with t he shutt le Challenger .

T echnical problems delayed the original January 20 l au n ch d at e of t he Challenger , however t he delay did not af f ect t he operation o f t he experiment pack age, according t o M aj or H atelid .

T he key concern was wit h t he batt eries used t o power t h e ex periment s,” M aj or H at elid said . A ccording to the manuf act urer t he bat teries will last six mont hs at 120 degrees and u p t o t w o years under ideal conditions. Since the experiment pack age was in the cust ody of N A SA since t he cadet s made t heir initial t rip t o i i

Cape Canaveral in October of last year , the batteries an d ex periments have been well cared for , said M aj or Hatelid.

Cadet Gross developed an experiment t o demonst rate t h at soldering of beam s in space will produce a st ronger b o n d t h an o n

E ar t h .

A n experiment t o produce a more uni f or m alloy of t in a n d l ead in zer o-gravity was designed by Cadet A midon .

A f oaming agent was inj ect ed int o molten metal in Cadet N e e l ’ s experiment , hopef ully producing a light-weight metal f o am b eam in weight lessness.

Cadet St reb ’s experiment att em pt ed metal pur if ication i n weight lessness, while Cadet Peter ’ s experim ent was t o d et er m i n e how evenly a copper rod can be plated in space.

Finally , Cadet Shriner developed an experim ent t o t est t h e ef f ect s o f weight lessness and space radiat ion on m icro-organism development .

A f t er the f light t he experiment s were ret urned t o t he A cademy so t he cadet s who designed t hem could take part in post -f light

ev al u at i o n s.

T he cadet s com pared t he experiment samples complet ed i n zero-gravity t o pre-f light samples produced under the E ar t h ’ s gravity .

W e will be f eeding some of t he result s to indust ry , ” M aj or H at el i d sai d . T h er e w as a r ecen t ar t i cl e i n A via t i o n Week ly ex plaining t he nat ure of t he cadet experiment s. A s a r esu l t o f t h at art icle maj or indust ries have show n int erest in t he o u t co m e o f t h e experiment s.

Special Proj ect s and t he Satellit e T est Program , bot h o f t h e A i r Force’s Space D ivision , had reserved space on shut tle f light s years ago , and have donat ed unused f light space t o t he A cademy .

Cadet s in t he astronaut ics program are cur rent ly wor king o n proj ect s f or f ut ure shutt le f light s. One exper iment w i l l t est t h e vibrational propert ies of met al beam s in t he weight lessness o f space. A not her is a micro-gravity experiment which involves using a small cent ri f uge to simulat e gravitat ional f orces w h i ch ar e l ess t han t he one-g we experience on Eart h .

T he data f rom such an experiment could be usef ul in d et er m i n ing t he pract icality of art i f icial gravit y envir onment s i n f u t u r e space st ations, according t o M aj or H at elid .

W hat are t he cadet s get ting out of t he SCEN I C FA ST p r o gram ? “ I t is mot ivat ional f or t he cadet s and t he ast ro maj ors. T hey learn a lot about space and t he shut t le, and w ho k now s, someday one of them may be f lying t he shut t le,” M aj or H atelid sai d . { T h e F alcon F ly er) i i

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F ir st gr aduate i n space Col onel K ar ol J . B obk o, Class of 1959, was the f irst A cademy grad uate to become a N ational A er onaut ics and Sp ace A dm inistr ation (N A SA ) astr onaut in 1969 and the f irst in to sp ace as the p il ot of the sp ace shut tle Chal lenger d ur ing i ts successf ul m aiden voy age in A p r il. The M ailgr am at r ight was sen t to C ol onel B obk o up on the cr ew ’s r et ur n t o ea r t h . W e a r e planning af eature on Colonel Bobko and his Challenger f l ight in the nex t issue of the magazine.

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( S AB P ROJ E C T S CE N I C F A S T ) ,

HHI CH he ar e DOUBL Y PROUD.

AND T HE F I R S T T H I S N ARK S A

ON beh al f of o v er 1J , 000 SRAOUATES of t he ai r f or c e AC AOE N Y I OF F E R YOU AND THE CHALLCN6ER CREN OUR SI NCERE CONSRATUL ATI ONS ON T HE SUCCESS OF YOUR MI SSI ON, s i ncer el y

your s

THOMAS J ELLER * k | pr es i den t , as s oc i at i on of l l l OS EST

s r aou at i s

N ew Superint endent A nnounced M aj or General Robert E . K elley , superint endent of t he A i r Force A cademy , has been nominat ed f or promot ion to l i eu t en an t general and assignment as vice commander . T actical A i r C o m mand , L angley A FB, V a. H e will be replaced by L ieutenant G eneral W inf ield W . Scot t Jr ., present ly deput y com mander , U .S. Forces K orea, Seoul , Sout h K orea.

T he promotion and assignment s, announced by of f icials i n W ashingt on , D .C ., will be ef f ect ive upon conf ir mat ion by i he U .S . Sen at e .

General K elley has served as A cademy superint endent si n ce June 1981. H e moved here f rom a posit ion as commander o f t h e A ir Force Fighter W eapons Cent er at N ellis A FB , N evada.

General Kelley is a veteran of 27 years act ive duty w i t h t h e A i r Force. T hroughout his career he has been a f ighter pilot and associated wit h operat ional planning and com mand . A distinguished graduat e of Rutger s U niversit y Reserve O f f i cer T raining Corps program . General K elley is t he f ir st non-academy graduate t o serve as superintendent of t he A ir Force A cademy .

General K elley is mar ried t o t he f ormer M argaret Elizabet h Odell of M aplewood , N .J. T hey have eight children .

General Scot t , a graduate of t he U .S. M ilitary A cademy a t W est Point , N .Y ., has served in t he A ir Force 33 years. I n ad d i t ion t o being deputy commander of U .S. Forces K orea, h e al so serves as deputy commander-in-chief . U nited N at ions C o m m an d K orea and chief of st af f . Combined Forces Command .

General Scott was born D ec. 10, 1927, in H onolulu . H e graduated f rom high school in L ewisburg, W . V a., in 194 5 an d entered the U . S. M ilit ary A cademy . W est Point , N .Y ., i n 1946 .

U pon graduat ion f rom t he academy in 1950, he received a bachelor of science degree in military science and a co m m i ssi o n as a seco n d l i eu t en an t . G en er al Sco t t ear n ed a m ast er of art s degree i n i n t er n at i o n al l aw an d r el at i o n s f r o m t h e C at h o l i c U niver sit y of

m aj or air command assist ant deput y chief of st af f f or operations, division commander , vice com mander of an air logist ics cen t er , and commander of a technical t raining center .

General Scott served as assistant deput y chief of st af f , plans and operat ions. H eadquarters U .S. A ir Force, W ashingt on , D .C ., f rom A ugust 1977 unt il June 1978. H e t hen t ook co m m a n d of the A lask an A ir Com mand , wit h additional duty as c o m m ander of the A laskan N ort h A merican A ir D ef ense Region , Elmendor f A FB , A la. H e assumed his present dut ies in K o r e a i n A pril 1981.

T he general is a com mand pilot wit h more t han 5,200 f lying hour s in 32 di f f erent aircraf t . H is military decorations an d aw ar d s include t he D ist inguished Service M edal , L egion of M erit , D istinguished Flyi ng Cross wit h t wo oak leaf clusters. B r o n ze St ar M edal wit h “ V ” device. M erit orious Service M edal , A ir M ed al with eight oak leaf clusters. A ir Force Commendation M ed al an d t he Republic of K orea Order of N at ional Security M erit (Cheon Su) . I n M ay 1980 he was induct ed into t he O rder of t he Sword by t h e n o n co m m i ssi o n ed o f f i cer s o f t h e A l ask an A i r C o m m a n d an d

in July 1980 t he A ir Force Sergeant s A ssociat ion awarded G e n e r a l Sco t t t h e L . M en d el R i v er s A w ar d f o r E x cel l en ce .

H e was promoted t o lieut enant general A ug. 22, 1978, w i t h date of rank A ug. 21, 1978.

General Scot t is married t o t he f ormer Sally A nn W al k er o f D ayt on , Ohio . T hey have six children : W inf ield W . I l l , a C - 14 1 instruct or pilot ; M ichael W . , an F-4G pilot in Ger many ; D avid , an F-4E pilot in Sout h K orea; M ark , a civil engineer ; John , a U .S. A ir Force A cademy cadet ; and K at hryn , a student at C o l o r ad o State U niversity .

A merica, Washington, D.C., in 1963. He completed the A r m ed

D E A N T O R E TI R E

He received his wings upon completion of pilot training i n

Brig. Gen. William A . Orth, dean of faculty since 1978, w i l l retire this summer . He has accepted the position as president of

Forces Staf f College, N or f olk , V a., in 1964 and t he N av al W ar College, N ewport , R .L , in 1967.

A ugust 1951 at C raig A FB , A la. A f ter advanced f ight er pilot t raining at L uke A FB , A riz ., he was assigned as a tactical r e c o n naissance pilot at K i mpo A ir Base, Sout h K orea, where h e c o m pleted a combat t our of duty in F-51s.

From 1952 to 1959, General Scott served in many operat ional and maintenance posit ions f lying F-80s, F-84Fs, F-86Fs an d F- l OOs. I n 1958 he won individual honors as high man i n t h e Pacific Air Forces fighter weapons meet flying the F- l OO Super Sab r e.

T rident T echnical College, C harlest on , S.C .

General Orth will continue in his present position a t

the

A cademy unt il ret irement . A successor t o General O rt h h as n o t b een n am ed .

T rident T echnical College has a st udent enr ollment of appr ox imately 4,600 . I t is a t wo-year com munit y t echnical sch o o l co n

sisting of three campuses. It is among 16 schools in t h e So u t h

T he general was assigned as an A ir Force Reserve O f f icers’

Carolina T echnical School syst em .

Prior t o his appoint ment as dean , t he general served a s a n i n

Staf f College in February 1964 and then t ransf erred t o Royal A ir Force Stat ion L ak enheat h , England , as commander of t h e 4 9 2 n d T actical Fighter Squadron . H e entered t he N aval W ar College in A ugust 1966 and aft er graduat ion completed t ransition t raining in F-4D Phant oms wit h the 476t h T act ical Fighter Squadron a t George A i r Force Base.

D epart ment of M at hemat ics f rom 1968- 1970. I n 1974 he b ecam e a permanent prof essor and head of t he D epart ment of Physics.

General Ort h was born in Coat esville, Pa. on Sept . 28, 1931.

H e spent his yout h in Pennsylvania, graduat ing f rom C o at esv i l l e High School . He entered the United States M ilitary A cademy i n July , 1950.

T he general is a career A ir Force of f icer wit h an extensive c o m

Training Corps instructor from M ay 1959 to July 1962, a n d t h en as professor of aerospace studies at the Catholic University o f A merica until A ugust 1963. He completed the A rmed Forces

He was assigned to the Republic of Vietnam in January 19 6 8 a s assistant director of operations, 336th Tactical Fighter W ing, D a

N ang A ir Base where he f lew 108 combat missions in F - 4 s . I n A ugust 1968 he became chief o f t he Current Operat ions D ivision ,

Tactical Air Control Center, Headquarters 7th A ir Force, T a n So n N h u t A i r B ase.

From 1969 t o 1977, General Scott held various command an d

staf f positions: action of ficer on the Air Staf f , wing commander .

structor and assistant professor in the A cademy’s Department o f Mechanics from 1960- 1961 and as an assistant professor i n t h e

bat record. He received a master of science degree i n m ech a n i cal

engineering in 196 1 f r om Purdue U niversity and a doct orat e i n applied mat hemat ics f rom Brown U niversity in 1970.

T he dean ’s duties are similar t o t hose of a vice president f o r academic af f airs at a civilian university . H e heads t h e t o t al academic program , and in addit ion is responsible f or the library , co m p ut er cent er , cou nsel i ng and schedu l i ng act i v i t i es,

audiovisual center , and all research and continuing ed u cat i o n .

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H O M E C O M I N G 19 8 3 U P D A T E

By Bob Fraser ’73 Planning for Homecoming 1983 is progressing with active p a r ticipation by both the Classes of 1963 and 1973. The sch ed u l e o f events for this year has been changed from previous years and is sh o w n b el o w :

1983 H O M E C O M I N G SC H E D U L E

22-25 September 1983 DAY

T IM E

EVENT

L O C A T IO N

T H U R SD A Y

1800 - ?

’ 7 3 C l a ss D i n n er

T BD

O pen H ouse

C a d et D o r m s

22 Sep FRIDA Y

23 Sep

0 9 30 - 1130 100 0 - 1700

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

E i sen h o w er G o l f C o u r se

12 00 - 124 5

L u n ch w / C a d et s

M i t c h el l H a l l

1300 - 15 50

C l a ss w / C a d et s

F ai r ch i l d H al l

16 20 - 18 20

I nt r am ur al/ V ar sit y Spor t s

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

1800 -200 0

C ock tail Par ty

F o u r Sea so n s

200 0 - 22 00

Jabar a Banquet /

F o u r Sea so n s

2 2 00 - 24 00

H omecom ing Ball

F o u r Sea so n s

0 8 30 -0 9 30

C o f f ee

A r n o l d H al l

0 9 4 5- 10 30

M em or ial C er emony

T er r a z z o

1 100 - 12 30

T ai lgat e/ Pregame

T BD

13 30 - 16 30

F o o t b a l l G a m e v s. B Y U

F a l co n St a d i u m

1800 - ?

Squadr on Par t ies ( ’ 73) C lass Par ty( ’63)

T BD T BD

0 90 0 - 100 0

C hapel Services

C adet C hapel

Open H ouse/ N oon M eal G o l f T o u r n am en t

A lumni Cockt ail Party M emorial Ceremony Pre-game M eal / T ailgat e Foot ball Game Seat ing Jabara Banquet

D av e Sh an ah an B r i an J o n es J o h n P r et z W ad e K ear n s P au l P i t co v i ch D av e Sh an ah an A 1 M au er

M ark L oper

B o t h cl asses h av e r eser v ed a b l o ck o f r o o m s at l o cal h o t el s w h i ch w i l l b e av ai l ab l e o n a f i r st -co m e f i r st - ser v ed b asi s:

’63 - Four Seasons (303) 576-5900 ’73 - H oliday I nn Cent ral (800) 238-8000

A nyone desiring lodging should make their own reservations a t

the above number s. For t hose living in the Colorado a r e a , w e a r e trying to reserve a block of rooms for Friday night only . T his will allow people to attend the Jabara Banquet on Friday night and all t he Sat urday act ivit ies wit hout having t o worry about a l o t o f ex

tra driving. We will have more details on this in the n ex t i ssu e .

A nyone who has additional ideas or who would like to help

wit h H omecoming 1983 is urged t o cont act eit her L ar ry T h ac k er or Bob Fraser . (I t isn ’t too ear ly f or ’64 and ’74 t o start t hink ing about their reunion !)

C l a ss P h o t o s

SA T U R D A Y

24 Sep

SU N D A Y

25 Sep

The Homecoming Planning Committees for the two classes a r e

h ar d at w o r k an d co n si st o f :

C l ass o f ’ 63 C h ai r m an C o m m u n i cat i o n

H ousing Recept ion So u v en i r s

Program

W i v es C o m m i t t ees

L arry T hack er (A V ) 259-2520 Johnny H all L loyd and M art i H armon D o n T ro u t m an

M ary T hack er B o b R o h at ch

Jenny Rohatch C l ass o f ’ 73

C h ai r m an

Registrat ion/ Quart ers

F u n d s/ F i n an ce So u v en i r s/ G i f t s

Class Party

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Bob Fraser (A V) 259-4462/ 4 110 Chip Frazier D ave Schrupp

Jack G l av an St ev e C r i st i an i

Chris Flynn

B . J . St an t o n C h r i s C r o ss

Eagles r eperched The E agle and F ledgling statue has been r et ur ned to i ts or iginal r oost af ter being reconditioned by an art ref urbishing f irm in L o veland, C ol o. The statue was sand blasted, p atinized and wax ed af ter weak en ing w el d s a n d

other problems caused by A cademy weather were corrected. T h e w o r k o n the statue, as well as m inor r ef ur bishing of the Wr ight B r o t h er s b u s ts a n d

the Risner Trophy, was part of an ongoing p rogram of a r t r es t o r a t i o n a n d preservation at the A cademy. (U.S. A ir Force p hoto by SSgt. Guid o L ocati)

A F A F u n d D o n at i o n s M o u n t Gif ts Exceed $28, 000 f or Enhancement Proj ects The Air Force Academy Fund is a separate f und administered by the A ssociation of Graduates dedicated solely to endow A cademy and Cadet Wing enhancement proj ects which are priori

tized by t he superint endent and t he association ’s board of direct ors. N one of the contributions t o this f und are used f or

association expenses, dues, or other asso ci at i o n - r el at ed co st s.

The Fund is patterned after alumni gift funds of other colleges and universities to include the service academies. The money is used exclusively in support of the Cadet Wing and the A cademy in areas where f ed er al f u n d s ar e n o t av ai l ab l e .

The Fund’s goal is “ to provide an extra

margin of excellence’ ’ to t he cadet ex

perience. Proj ects endowed by the fund will be announced in this magazine.

Cont r i but i ons wi l l be accept ed

t hroughout t he year and should be sent to : T he A ir Force A cademy Fund , A ssocia t ion of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo . 80840. D onors since t he last magazine are listed below .

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A l l O t h er s M r W i l l i am E . A n d r ew s

2L t Ricardo A quilar Capt Paul F . A uclair Capt John A . A usink

C o l Jam es L . B an n w ar t

Capt Ray H . Bart let t I I I

M r R i ck R . B a r t o n M r E d w ar d G . B ea u ch em i n

L t Col (D r) John P . M aiorca M r Paul E . M cK ay (M ) $200

Capt Kenneth C . H ancock $ 150

M r & M rs Eugene L . Stout (M ) $ 10 1

$ 100

M aj D aniel J . Bohlin

M aj M ichael J . M ueller

M r & M r s W . T . B r i st o w

Capt Jef f rey C . Brown M r Rock ne J . Buraglio Capt M . Bushnell

I L t St ev en A . C h ab o l l a

M r M ichael L . M urphy M r & M rs. J .S. N ang Capt John O ’Connell 2L t Craig S. O lson Capt St anley R . O sborne

M r & M rs Robert J. Chambers (M) Lt Col Gerald P. Chapman

W illiam Poehlman , Jr .

Capt & M rs Hugh C. Briggs

Capt D avid R . Chaf f ee

Lt Col Raymond Choj nacki

C o l R o b er t D . C l a r k

C . Schuyler M cCor k le M r F r a n ci s C . C h u b a M r s Jo h n E . C l ar k e

Capt Charles F . Cur ran L t Col H enry S. D aniels Capt Philip C . D eBruin M aj D aniel G . D evine M r T homas H . D oyle Capt Felix D upre L t Col D anny L . Eck les

2 L t W i l l i am T . E l i a so n

M aj Robert M . Evans Jr .

Capt Philip A . Faye Capt Edward J. Feeney Jr .

Col Kenneth H . Fleming

M r & M r s J er o m e D . F r eed m an

Col A lbert A . Gagliardi Jr .

M r W al t er E . G ar r ar d J r .

L t Col H ugh E . Gom mel Jr .

M r Gary G . Gulbransen

M r & M r s M a r sh al l R . H ai n es M r W i l l i am R . H al l

Capt Steven M . H amed Capt D avid G . H ick man M r Joseph C . H olbrook

M r & M rs Gerald F . A ldinger M aj Sterling P . Bet tinger Jr .

Brig Gen A nt hony J. Bur shnick Capt T homas J . Eaves Jr .

Fairchild Republic Com pany Capt W alter N . H eidmous Jr .

D r H enry S. Jordan Jr .

M r Ronald E. Joy (M)

M aj L oren J . Shriver M aj D ale O . Smit h

Col Jay W . K elley Capt M ichael J . K irchner Capt John W . K och

M r W i l l i am E . L eat h er b ee C o l J o ck C . H . Sch w an k

M r R o b er t E . Sm i t h

L t C o l Jack A . M ar t i n es

L t Col Garey T . M at suyama

Mr & Mrs Robert Billings

M r A l b er t E . B l a k e

M r Jo h n G . G o r r el l C o l R o b er t B . G i f f en

M r s W i l l i am A . L am b er t

Col George W . L arson Jr .

Capt Erick L eong 2L t Joseph P . L epant o M r James C . L ipham Capt K ent E . M agnusson D r R o b er t M azet I I I M r T h o m as H . M o r r i s L t C o l D av i d C . M u eh

M aj M anuel Bett encourt

Capt David K. Daley

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L t Col Joseph A . K oenig M aj W illiam J . K ozma

Lt Col Dean H . Holmes (Ret)

Capt M ichael G . H ub M r M ar k A . J o h n so n

M aj T homas G . Johnson I L t R o b er t P . K ad l ec

M r D ean F . K o ci an

L t C o l T h o m as A . M u r aw sk i

D r Jesse L f . O v er al l I V

M r & M r s D . P r at h er

M aj T homas M . Pratt Col H oyt L . Pri ndle Jr .

M r & M r s B en ed i ct R a f an el l o

L t Col (Ret) & M rs J . H . Reed I I M aj John A . Richards

C o l P au l K . R o b i n so n Jr .

Capt Gary B . Schmidt M r Joseph F . Schucht er

M r N o r m an E . Sch u l ze J r .

M r & M r s. D o n Sch w ar t z

M aj N ort on A . Schwartz

C o l H a n so n L . Sco t t

M r & M rs George E. Seiferman (M) M r & M rs George M . Shirasago

M r M ar k S . Si ev er s L t C o l R i ch ar d E . Si n er

Col Richard H . Slye

M r & M r s E . D . Sm i t h C o l J o h n C . So w er s

L t Col . George A . Suro M aj James Sweeder Mr M rs M el T erry

M r F r a n ci sco A . T o r r es

W illiam B . T aylor

L t A l ex E . T r u e U SA F A P ar en t s C l u b o f So u t h C ar o l i n a

Capt A lan R . Van Epps M aj Robert L . V aughn

2 L t B r i an M . W aech t er

L t Col Craig K . W at erst raat Capt L ewis S. W eiland

L t C o l . D o n al d O . W ei t zm an L t C o l M i ch ael B . W h i t e M i ch ael G . W h i t e I L t K a r en S . W i l h el m M r & M r s F r ed R . W i t t n eb er t

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A cademy L ibrary Exp ansion Comp leted

By M aj or Reiner H . Schaef f er Director , A ir Force A cademy L ibraries

“ The books which help y ou m ost are those which mak e y ou think the most ” Theodore Park er, W orld of M at ter and W orld of M en D ecember 1982. A ll const ruction act ivit ies have st opped . T h e

pounding of j ackhammers and other deafening construction noises, which made our library staf f flee, temporarily, t o m o r e quiet parts of the building, are things of the past . T h e contractor’s staging and storage area on the north bridge is cleared and open again—to the obvious delight of our cad et s. T h e temporary partitions, of f-limit signs (no one paid at t en t i o n t o t hem anyw ay) , and scattered building materials are gone. N o longer is the east side of Fairchild Hall marred by the ghast ly sight o f construction t railers. T he many const ruct ion workers, representing all possible building trades, have left along wit h their

those who lik e to st udy past the 93 hours t he library is open each

week. The card catalog, containing 1.24 million references, i s

readily accessible in t he cent er of t he high bay area, c l o se t o t h e st af f and st ack s of government document s and report literat ure, micro f ilm readers and printers. T he ref erence desk w h i ch w as donat ed t o t he library in memory of General W illiam S . St o n e i n 1978, and the ref erence desk addit ion , donated in memory o f f i v e graduates, f its well into the new sur roundings on the east si d e o f the high bay area. (E ditor ’s note: The addition to the ref erence

desk was p urchased with the A OG-administered graduate mem or ial f unds of Way ne E . N ewberry , ’63; John J . A her n, J r ., ’66; Ted B. H allenbeck, ’68; D ouglas P . M enssen, ’72; a n d K e n neth E . Seder, ’73.)

vans, pick-up trucks, and professional tools. We even h a v e so m e

of our coveted par k ing spaces back wit h t heir depart ure. T o n s o f dust and dirt have been vacuumed by the new j anitorial c r e w .

Even the moving of of fices, library furniture, books, periodicals, and ot her library media is f inally complete. Our cadet s no longer have to scramble to f ind a st udy car rel . A nd believe it or not , t he

ever-present Corps of Engineers proj ect representative, w h o h a s become an honorary library member , has moved on to bigger and better things, clearly signifying the end of a long, demanding, and not problem-f ree const ruct ion proj ect .

Yes, the long-awaited library expansion and refurbishing p r o j ect is finally complete. A s a 1963 graduate so aptly r em ar k ed : “ W hen I was here as a cadet , I used t o descend the b e a u t i f u l spiral staircase and walk right onto the terrazzo. N ow , all our cad et s can w al k i n t o a w h o l e n ew w o r l d ! ” I n st ead o f an o p en t er

razzo , cadets enter an impressive “ hanger-like” (excuse m e , that ’s what people keep telling me) addition, with a high bay area t hat allows a west side view of t he Cadet Chapel and an east si d e overlook of t he Black Forest behind a wall of glass.

T he new circulat ion and reserve desk is conveniently located by t he west doors, along wit h a new current newspaper a n d

periodical reading area. There is also a new reading r o o m f o r

The 84-f oo t wide windo w wal l of the l ibr ary add i tion b l en d s w i t h t h e other Cadet A r ea buildings wi th i ts al um in um and glass c o n s t r u c t i o n .

F r om the inter i or, the glass wal l all o ws a sp ectacular view of the Cadet

Chapel. (U.S. A ir Force p hoto by M r. Bill M adsen)

D esigned by H erman M iller , the systems of f ices f or

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r ef er en ce l i b r a r i es a n d t h e i n d ex car r el s o f f er s a rainbow of bright yellows, oranges, and reds t hat cont rast cheer f ully w i t h t h e w h i t e walls and ceiling. T he new lounge f urnit ure, single a n d d o u b l e-

f aced carrels, att ract ive tables and chairs wit h t heir u n i f o r m chrome bases— all f it quite pleasantly into this open e n v i r o n m e n t .

A lt hough t he casual visit or may wonder where our some 5 0 st af f members are, a short wal k to the nort h side of t h e n e w 45,000 square f oot addition w ill bring us t o a huge and very busy o f f ice area— t he bindery , acquisit ions, and cat aloging s e c tions— where our staf f order , receive, and process library material . A dj oining t he f unctionally designed technical ser v i ces area are our administ rative o f f ices, also elegant ly and impressive ly f urnished . T he new t hird f loor concent rates, t hen , al l o u r public service point s so we may serve our pat rons more quick ly and ef f ect ively .

T h e n ew el ev at o r i n t h e n o r t h east co r n er t a k es u s n o w t o t h e

M aj or Reiner H . Schaef f er, director of A ir Force A cademy L ibr ar ies, works in his new of f ice, now located on the third f loor of the newly expanded Cadet L ibrary. The of f ice, a part of a new a d m i n is t r a t i o n a r ea, is on the northwest side of the building f acing Vandenberg H all. ( U.S. A ir

F or ce p hoto by M r . B ill M adsen) 10

sixth f loor where t here are m ore changes. T he Special C o l l ect i o n s D ivision is housed in a newly-renovat ed area, also t astef ully f ur nished , next t o our great pride and j oy , t he f am ous C o l o n el Richar d Gimbel A eronaut ics Collect ion . N ot hing had t o b e changed in t he Gimbel L ibrary— it is as im pressive as ev er an d lures hundreds o f V I Ps and dist inguished visit ors f rom al l o v er

Outside the Gimbel Library we find brand new and desperately needed faculty carrels (with locks!) in attractive syst em f urnit ure

st yle. Continuing our t our , t he f if t h f loor has a new l ect u r e r o o m and 93 orange music carrels t hat can also serve as st udy car rels.

Typewriters are no longer sitting on windowsills; there a r e t w o

special typing areas on f loors t hree and f ive. T he m ai n at t r act i o n on the fourth floor (the old hub of the library) features a sel f -help room for cadets, a TV studio, film and slide preview rooms, and

26 videotape stations. Plans include adding computer t er m i n al s t o this modern, first-class media center which is operated by t he

d ean ’ s A u d i o v i su al Ser v i ces D i r ect o r at e.

This new, modern library has come a long way since an “ i n terim” library was started at L owry A FB in 1954, with a capacit y of 35-40,(XX) volumes. Constructed in the late 1950s, t h e A i r F o r ce

A cademy L ibrary at t he permanent sit e was built f or a b o o k capacity of some 300,000 volumes serving 2,640 cadets plus f acul

ty and staf f . While the A cademy did not require a maj or ex p a n sion because of the holdings which have increased to 400,000 volumes and are growing annually, the student seating b ecam e a problem once the Cadet Wing was expanded to 4,417 cadets.

In 1976 we proposed an expansion plan that would provide ad ditional seating space for the cadets, more space for equipment and service modernization, and additional shelving. Finally , t he proj ect was approved by Congress and the architects H enningson , D urham , and Richardson of O maha and D enver went t o w o r k .

Bids on t he proj ect went out in 1981 and t he cont ract w as aw ar d

The interior of the addition f eatures the Stone M emorial R ef er ence D esk and its addition on the east end. The comp uter terminal in the f or egr ound provides access to holdings of the University of Colorado a t C o l o r a d o Springs and the Penrose Public L ibrary. Future plans call f or an in tegrated automated library system including an on-line catalogue. ( U . S. A ir Force photo by M r. Bill M adsen)

the world. This outstanding aeronautics collection, resem bling a large library in a private home, was of fered to the A cadem y in 1970 on the death of Colonel Gimbel , a retired A ir F o r ce o f f i cer and grandson of the Gimbel Department Store founder . T h i s world-famous collection of some 20,000 items covers about 5,000 years of man’s desire to fly. It encompasses some 7,000 b o o k s i n more than a dozen languages. The L if e of A lexander the Great , which is in immaculate condition, dates back to 1489. Eight more books, printed before 1500, are priceless, and one-fourth o f t h e

collection was print ed bef ore 1850— a collector ’s dream ! I n ad d i tion to these fine books, some 5,0(X) prints, seals, medals, m usic sheets, and other media items covering man’s need to f ly are ar

ed at $4.5 million to the Blinderman Construction Company o f Northbrook , 111. Ground-breaking ceremonies followed in July 19 8 1 .

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The easterly view f rom the library addition silhouettes a cadet r ecei ving assistance at the ref erence service desk. The ridge of the B lack F or est shows in the background. (U.S. A ir Force p hoto by M r. B ill M adsen)

To summarize some significant expansion statistics, w e h a v e i n creased from 70,985 to 117,083 square feet (65 percent). St ack space expanded from 59, 182 to 83,082 linear feet (40 percent ) , which by present acquisition and weeding standards may almost bring us into the next century before crying again, “ w e n eed m o r e

space! ” Our collect ion t oday consist s o f 240,000 book t i t l es

(400,000 book and periodical volumes), some 124,000 g o v e r n

ment document s, and an extensive collect ion of technical r ep o r t s (394,0(X) microfiche and hard copies). The seating expanded f r om

858 to 1,236 (44 percent)—the primary reason for expansion. N o t to forget , our facilities now feature many newly-furnished a r e a s

The Gimbel Room remains as impressive as ever. Explaining som e of the artif acts to cadets are, f rom lef t, M r. D uane Reed, chief of the Sp ecial Collection D ivision; the cadets; M aj . Schaef f er, library d ir ector; and M r .

D onald Bar rett, assistan t l ibr ary dir ector . ( U. S. A ir F or ce p hoto by M r .

B ill M adsen)

and new stack s at a cost o f about $800 ,000 .

During the construction period, while maintaining a positive at titude, humor and most important of all , committment t o t h e profession, everyone on the library staf f survived the t rying m on

t hs quite well and I express my appreciat ion to t he en t i r e st a f f .

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The proj ect could not have been successfully completed without the direct support , involvement and cooperation o f t h e superintendent , the dean, the vice dean and his staf f , t h e co m m andant and his st af f , t he corps of engineers, t he civil engineer s,

supply, procurement , transportation and budget and f i n an ce.

Special thanks goes to Donald Barrett , deputy directory, w h o se daily commitment and involvement with the proj ect has b een i n v al u ab l e.

W hat does t he f ut ure hold? W ell , wheels have been set i n m o

tion to acquire an integrated automation system (on-line cat alog, circulation, and hopefully, acquisition) to be operational by lat e 1984. We must keep pace with the latest in technology; w e m u st try to provide the best facilities and service to our pat rons. W hen t he library was st arted in 1954, the purpose was t o provide a com plete reference and reading collection on a collegiate and prof es

sional level in support of the curriculum requirements o f t h e library, and the professional and recreational needs o f t h e st u d en t body, faculty, staf f , and qualified users.

T h i s l at est ad d i t i o n al l o w s u s t o d o t h i s ev en b et t er and t o pr o vide f or int roduct ion of any new t echnologies. W hen y o u a r e

visiting the Air Force A cademy again, be sure and see o u r n e w library : W e are proud of it !

Comf ortable seating and new study carrels areprovided i n t h e n e w t h i r d

f loor library addition. The card catalogue and maj or ser vice p oints have all been moved to this f loor. The Cadet L ibrary now sea ts a n a d d i t i o n a l 400 cadets. (U.S. A ir Force photo by SSgt. Guido L ocati)

Veteran ’ ' L ibrar ian Recalls L ibrary ’s H istory A s the new Cadet Library addition was being completed, Donald J. Barrett , assistant library director, recalled t h e Academy’s move from its temporary location at Lowry A i r F o r ce Base, to its present site. He was there and he made t h e sa m e m o v e as the rest of the staf f a few years after the A cademy’s b i r t h i n 19 5 4 .

M r . Barret t became a member of the A cademy ’s library st a f f

on July 5, 1955 and followed the cadet wing in A ugust 1958 t o t h e new A cademy site in preparation of relocating the library’s b o o k s and other documents to its present location in Fairchild H al l .

Working with the Navy in Great Lakes, 111., in a technical

library, Mr . Barrett came across various articles on t h e A i r F o r ce Academy’s inception and later saw a personnel j ob announce m en t f o r l i b r ar i an s.

I read about the new academy and thought it would be f u n t o be part of a new institution. I thought it would be excit ing t o help build a library from scratch,” recalled Mr . Barrett . ( (

A nd exit ing it was as he helped build a library f rom scratch ,

originally located in the small building on L owry. “ W e opened the library’s doors in A ugust 1955 with only 500 books o n t h e shelves. W e used borrowed book s and periodicals f rom t h e University of Denver’s library and the Denver Public L ibrary , ’ ’ explained M r . Bar ret t .

The library’s move to a temporary location on the second f l o o r

o f a Fairchild H all involved moving more bounded pages o f b o o k s t h an w h en i t st a r t ed o u t .

“ W e moved more t han 12,000 book s to Fairchild at one t i m e

leaving about 65,000 books still at Lowry. We ran a daily com muting service to provide library and reference support u n t i l t h e new library was completed in November ,’ ’ explained t h e assi st an t

direct or . H e was responsible f or t he com pletion of t h a t m o v e .

T he Fairchild H all library has grow n f rom it s small co l l ect i o n of nearly 500 books to more than 530,000 books and periodicals and ot her ref erence materials. T he library f acilit y has grown f rom

a small building to the recently expanded addition w h i ch co v er s more t han 124,000 square f eet and f our f loors.

A pproximately 306 cadets entered the A cademy’s first cl ass an d 207 graduated in 1959. Because of the small size of t h e f i r st f ew classes. M r . Barrett k new each cadet personally .

“ In the earlier days, I knew all the cadets by their f i r st n am es. I

could even look at the cadet s and pick out t he leaders. I picked

out M aj or General Beckel , (former commandant of cadets) a n d Brigadier General Burshnick (the present commandant o f cadet s) and Col . (M ichael J .) Quinlan , now deput y direct or o f t h e at h l et i c

l i . li I

department ,’ ’ exclaimed the A cademy employee.

The A cademy has come a long way and M r . Barrett has witnessed this development . “ I ’ve seen the A ir Force A cademy grow from a fledgling institution to a maj or college i n t h e U n i t ed St ates,” said M r . Barret t .

The Academy veteran has seen every A cademy home football game and recollects the football season of 1958 when “ w e w e r e nobodies and went undef eated .” T hat team went t o t he C o t t o n

Bowl and played TCU to a scoreless tie.

Even though many changes have taken ef fect , the attitudes o f

t h e cad et s f r o m 19 55 t o 19 83 h av e r em ai n ed t h e sam e . A ccording

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t o M r . Barret t , “ Cadet s are st ill serious about what t hey ’re doing as they were in the earlier years. It has truly been a pleasure t o have been associated wit h t he A cademy f or all t hese year s.” { The F alcon F ly er )

H edr i ck E n d ow m ent F u n d E ar m ar k ed

f or Cadet and Faculty Enrichment

In 1950, after the death of Walter H . Beech, Hedrick w a s

named to t he Beech A ircraf t Board of D irect ors by M rs. Beech , president of the company. He became executive vice president in

1960 and president of Beech A ircraft in 1968.

Widely known as a spokesman for general aviation, Hedrick

was one of the f ounders of the General A viat ion M anuf act urers

A ssociation (GA MA ) in 1970. He served as chairman and i s a li f etime member o f t he organizat ion .

A s an art iculat e advocat e o f the advancement o f general av i a

tion and the free enterprise system, Hedrick was honored i n 19 7 6 as “ General A viat ion M an of t he Year ”

by t he Z i f f -D avis

Publishing Company at the Reading A ir Show. He also w a s o n e of 40 top personalities named by the A merican A cademy o f A chievement to receive t he “ Golden Plat e A ward ”

f or h i s

ach i ev em en t s.

I n February, 1980, following finalization of a merger a g r e e ment between Beech A ircraft Corporation and Raytheon C o m pany, Hedrick was elected to the board of directors of Rayt heon .

In mid- 1980, Hedrick was elected to the Raytheon Company

M r . a n d M r s. F r a n k E . H ed r i c k

Board of D irect ors’ Finance Commit tee, a f ive-mem ber body t hat

Generous gifts totalling approximately $95,000 from M r . a n d

M rs. Frank E . H edrick and t he Beech A ircraf t Foundat ion h a v e est ablished a f und t o enrich cadet and f acult y educat ion at t h e A i r

Force A cademy. M r . and M rs. Hedrick donated $70,000 o f t h e t ot al wit h t he Beech A ircraf t Foundation giving the r em ai n d er .

The donations are administt . '^d by the A ssociation

of

Graduates and have been designated as t he Frank E . an d H ar r i et E . H edrick Endowment Fund . M r . and M rs. H edrick are w el l k nown in aviat ion circles w here he was president of B eech A i r craft Corporation in Wichita, Kan. since 1968. He was appoint ed as vice chairman of t he f irm ’s board o f directors in 19 8 1 a n d retired f rom t he corporation on July 1, 1982.

M r . Hedrick is a very patriotic A merican who has risen t o t h e top of the aviation business despite the lack of a college education or flying background. He has made similar gifts to o t h er ser v i ce acad em i es.

A s t he f ormer vice chairman of t he board and chairman o f t h e Executive Com mit tee of Beech A ircraf t Corporat ion , F r a n k E .

Hedrick typifies the Horatio A lger success stories of many A merican business execut ives. But di f f ering f rom most , h e

operates with no particular goals in mind.

In 1940 when Beech A ircraft Corporation was expanding, h e j oined the company as coordinator and assistant to t he general m a n ag er .

It proved to be a good decision for both the company an d t h e individual . Only eight years after the founding of t he company by W alter H . Beech and his w i f e, Olive A nn , Beech A ircraf t h ad

reviews and recommends plans for temporary and long-range f inancing of the company’s business, and in Wichita h e r ecei v ed honors for completing 40 years of distinguished, devoted ser v i ce t o Beech A ircraf t Corporat ion .

In January, 1981, Hedrick was elected to a newly created posi t ion at Beech A ircraf t , that of vice-chairman o f the b o ar d o f

directors, and also chairman of the executive committee. I n t h i s post , he continued to lend his leadership, experience an d en thusiasm in directing the company into the decade of t h e 1980 s.

A ddit ional honors were best owed upon H edrick in 1981. O n

May 28, he was appointed a charter member of the newly-formed N aval A viat ion I ndust rial C ouncil , an indust ry-N avy body spon

sored by the A ssociation of Naval A viation.

In appreciation for the donation of a Beechcraft Sierra t o t h e West Point Flying Club by the Beech Foundation, on D e c e m b e r 9, Hedrick was presented a gold watch and saber by t h e superintendent of the Unites States M ilitary A cademy.

On December 22, he was presented a special plaque designating lifetime membership in the General Aviation Manufacturers A ssociation (GA M A ), which he helped to found in 1970.

Hedrick believes that many factors contribute to the p r o g r e ss and prosperity of a person, company and a nation. One o f t h e most import ant is pride.

He recently told the company’s 30-year employees, “ We m u st have pride in our person, in our beliefs, in our accomplishments in our comunity and in our nation. We must be willing to st and up ,

and be count ed f or t hose things we believe in .”

A strong proponent of speaking out on meaningful issues, h e

risen from the depths of the depression on the reputation o f i t s

was instrumental in t he launching of an advert ising program dur

There were 800 employees at Beech when Hedrick j oined t h e company, but this rapidly rose to 2,000. With World W ar I I ap proaching, the company was beginning to feel the production challenge of preparing for the nation’s defense.

During the next five years, Hedrick was instrumental in guiding the company to manufacturing records. He also is credited w i t h establishing one of the most favorable labor-management r e l a

t ions. “ M ore businesses should assume the responsibility of help

Beechcraf t M odel 17 and Beechcraf t M odel 18 and per sonal airplanes.

t ionships in A merican indust ry .

In recognition of his contributions, he was elected v i ce president-coordinator in 1945 and appointed to the E x ecu t i v e

C o m m i t t ee .

ing 1970 with an obj ective to sell A merica. The ads ar e d i r ect ed toward giving readers a positive view of A merica and i t s i n st i t u ing sell A merica as a counterforce against those who a r e c o n tinually finding fault with the U .S. and the free enterprise system,” he states. “ We need more construction crews a n d f e w e r demolition expert s.

A s he worked tirelessly as vice chairman of a multi-million dollar corporation, Hedrick continues his constant t h i r st f o r k nowledge.

H e is noted f or his posit ive approach t o problems whet her t hey

b e i n o r o u t si d e t h e o f f i ce. T h o se w h o w o r k cl o se t o h i m i n d i cat e

he’s not against anything, but is always/ or something.

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Prof essional Of f icership Develop ment:

Commandant U nveils N ew T raining Plan Since my arr i val last y ear, my staf f and I have been look ing f or ways to imp rove the ef f ecti veness, as well as the cadet p ercep tions of how we p roduce of f icers. From the ideas generated by a wor k ing gr oup of air of f icers com manding, training directors, an d cu r r iculum eval uators f r om my o wn staf f , as well as some top -notch cadets f r om wing and gr oup staf f s, we have set tled on “ Pr of es sional Of f icership Develop ment ” as an umbrella concep t f or in tegrating the best ef f or ts of all three m ission elements (comman dant, dean, and director of athletics) in p r oducing of f icers f or our

A i r F o r ce.

What f ollo ws is the concep t br ief ing f or Pr of essional Of f icer ship D evelop ment as i t was gi ven to Senator Gold water a n d t h e Board of Visitors on 15 Ap ril 1983. I think you ’ll f ind it in teresting as well as rep resentati ve of the direction we are p ursuing

to f urther imp rove our cadets’ p rep aration f or commissioned s e r

vice. I welcome y our comments and obser vations on this i n i t i a t i v e as we move to ward a Sup er intendent ’s Task F orce nex t f all f or f uture imp lementation. Please f eel f ree to contact M aj or B ill

Oldenburg, ’70, the chairman of my L eadership Develop ment Work ing Gr oup (A V 259-3253), or M aj or R alp h Getchell, ’71,

A OC f or Third Squadron and the working group brief er (A V 259-4548), if y ou would lik e more sp ecif ic inf ormation.

A N TH O N Y J . B U R SH N I C K

B r igadier General, USA F Commandant of Cadets

A maj or conceptual change in our of ficership development

program was recently approved by t he commandant of cadet s, t he dean of f aculty , and t he director of athlet ics as a way of improv ing our present method of training of ficers without increasing t he

First is the requirement that leadership training have t h e b est possible institutional image. The A merican Leadership F o r u m

pointed out t hat it can be very di f f icult t o int erest 18 year olds in

leadership training, per se, and added that young people are li kely to benefit from leadership training only if they perceive a high degree of institutional support for these programs.

A lthough the study group observed little general agreement o n

what leadership is and t he best way t o produce leaders, i t d i d f i n d

a number of common points on which the leadership programs o f

t h e v ar i o u s i n st i t u t i o n s seem ed t o b e b ased .

Included is the use of small groups to keep a manageable sp a n of control and maximize interactions between group m em b er s.

The use of f eedback was stressed by all the educational i n st i t u tions visited, as well as companies like Tenneco and G en er al Dynamics, as a means of reinforcing the learning process and pro viding a valid assessment of program success.

Lastly, the study group observed heavy emphasis on relevant , operational case studies and role-playing techniques. T h i s w as particularly true not only for corporations, but also t h o se i n st i t u tions aimed at preparing the individual for a particular v o cat i o n (for example, the Harvard Business School). They found t h at u se of wor k -relat ed exam ples improved st udent mot ivation an d

resulted in a more practical understanding of the subj ect . H er e at the Academy this technique could be employed in the cl a ssr o o m by substituting, for example. Air Force-related case st u d i es su ch

as operational readiness inspect ions f or indust rial cases, p r esen t ing military briefings instead of generic speeches, and st ressing

small unit management problems versus large organizational si t u at i o n s.

t i m e l o ad o n o u r cad et s.

The original A ir Force Academy charter was to provide

undergraduate instruction , experiences and mot ivation t o cad et s

so that they would graduate with the knowledge, character an d

qualit ies of leadership required of a j unior of f icer , and to provide

a basis for continued development throughout a lifetime o f ser

v i ce t o t h e n at i o n .

Si n ce t h e St er n s-E i sen h o w er B o ar d m et i n 1949 t o set f o r t h t h at

charter , our academic curriculum has been periodically ex am i n ed

by critical sources bot h f rom outside and wit hin t he A cademy .

These examinations and the scholarship record achieved by our graduates attest to the vitality of our academic program as i t h as transitioned from its original roots to the program we have t oday .

Like its academic counterpart , our of ficership development

program , the means by which we t rain and inspire t he n e x t generation of A ir Force leaders, has undergone close scrut iny and has seen some changes over t he years. H owever , these changes

have been made by the individual mission elements, n o t t h e i n stitution as a whole. This is particularly significant si n ce o f f i cer ship development transcends depart ment al boundaries an d m ust

be the responsibility of the entire A cademy.

To ensure the A cademy is producing the best of ficers possible, the superintendent tasked the commandant earlier this y ear t o conduct a comprehensive review of our Leadership Development Program. The first portion of our review was a study o f h o w 2 1 other institutions around the country are training leaders (Figure

1) . I ncluded in t his outward look were well-k nown and e st a b l i sh ed military and civilian universities, as well as some o f t h e

nation’s most progressive civilian companies and consulting firms. While the study found that the A cademy’s program w a s competitive with others reviewed, it also pointed out sev er al i t em s

wor thy of f urther invest igation .

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(F I G U R E 1)

E X T E R N A L L E A D E R SH I P R E SE A R C H M I L I T A R Y I N ST I T U T I O N S

U N I T E D ST A T E S M I L I T A R Y A C A D E M Y U N I T E D ST A T E S N A V A L A C A D E M Y N A VA L W A R CO L L EG E A R M Y I N T E L L I G E N C E A N D SE C U R I T Y C O M M A N D RA F C RA N W E L L

I N D U ST R Y D IG IT A L C O R PO RA T IO N SH E L L C H E M I C A L C O M P A N Y

EX X O N , U SA

T EN N ECO G E N E RA L D Y N A M IC S L A W RE N C E L I V E RM O RE L A BO RA T O R IES

C I V I L I A N I N ST I T U T I O N S

M A SSA C H U SET T S I N ST I T U T E O F T EC H N O L O G Y

H A R V A R D U N I V E R SI T Y V A L L E Y FO RG E M I L IT A R Y A C A D E M Y V I R G I N I A M I L I T A R Y I N ST I T U T E U N I V E R SI T Y O F T E X A S T E X A S A & M U N I V E R SI T Y U N I V E R SI T Y O F O K L A H O M A

C O N SU L T A N T S A M E R I C A N L E A D E R SH I P F O R U M BD M CO R PO RA T IO N SC I E N T I F I C M E T H O D S

(F I G U R E 2)

C O R E O F F I C ER SH I F D E V E L O P M E N T C O N T R I B U T O R S COM M A NDA NT

D EA N O F FA C U L T Y

D IR EC T O R O F A T H L ET IC S

P R O F E SS I O N A L M I L I T A R Y ST U D I E S

E N G L I S H I I I , 2 12 A N D 3 30 / 3 50 H I ST O R Y 20 2 M A N A G E M E N T 20 3 B E H A V I O R A L SC I E N C E 2 20 A N D 3 30

BC T P H Y SI C A L T R A I N I N G

110, 225, 330 A N D 440 FO U RT H , T H I RD , SEC O N D A N D F I RST

C L A SS P M T A I R M A N SH I P P R O G R A M S C O R E SU M M E R L E A D E R SH I P P RO G RA M S

FO U RT H , T H I R D , SEC O N D , A N D F I RST C L A SS I N T R A M U R A L S

IN T E RC O L L E G IA T E A T H L E T IC S

P H I L O SO P H Y 3 10 P O L I T I C A L SC I E N C E 4 12 L A W

400

The second part of our review was an inward look by a 19-member panel of air of ficers commanding (A OCs), military training course directors, and members of the Cadet W ing staf f .

A lmost three-quarters of the participating of ficers h ad t h e ad v a n tage of a service academy graduate’s perspective. This panel rein

f orced t he exter nal st udy group ’s conclusions wit h the f ollowing

o b ser v at i o n s.

First was a perception on the part of the Cadet Wing t h a t t h e institution itself places very little emphasis on the development of leadership skills in each cadet . We talk a lot about leadership sk ills but act ually do very lit t le t o ensure that every cadet, not j ust

the cadet commanders, graduates with a toolbox of practical leadership styles. This lack of emphasis is underscored by our system of measuring overall success at the A cademy, the gradua tion order of merit (COM). Currently, COM is weighted 70 per cent academics and 30 percent military. A nd, while t he A cademy has long possesed the administrative tools necessary t o d i sen r o l l

cadet s who f ail t o meet academic standards, equivalent sy st em s

for military and athletic performance have been in ef f ect f o r l i t t l e

more t han a year .

T here are ot her indicat ors of t he low priority af f orded l ea d er

ship training at the Academy. For example, our Professional M ilitary Studies (PM S) classes, which are organized an d co n

duct ed in a manner similar t o our f ormal academic courses an d

cover such subj ects as military doctrine and strategy, r ecei v e n o course-loading credit , nor do they have any impact o n G O M .

Prof essional M ilitary T raining (PM T ) , which covers a w i d e v ar i e

ty of subj ects, has no dedicated teaching staf f and m u st c o n tinually make syllabus changes to fill the gaps left by ot her ef forts. Currently, PMT is conducted at 7:05 in the morning, a period which authorities at West Point concluded is n o t c o n

ducive to necessary classroom part icipat ion . I n t he w o r d s o f o n e W est Point of f icial , “ Y ou can ’t t each leadership i f you send messages that it ’ s not import ant .

Our panel also observed a lack of an obvious institution-wide strategy for leadership development at the A cademy. W h i l e each mission element appears to have developed its own program f o r teaching the basic skills of of ficership, to include leadership , t hese ef f ort s are not linked int o one synergist ic whole. A s a c o n se

quence, we find one mission element reacting to the u n i l at er a l changes made by another, which causes confusion on t he part of cadet and inst ruct or ali ke and enf orces the percept ion t h at o f

ficership training is a secondary mission at the Academy.

A s the external study group noted, adequate facilities a r e e s s e n

sive post -graduat e assessment program w ould help ensure t h a t t h e needs of the A ir Force are being met . N either pr ogram i s i n ef f ect t oday .

Now that we’ve explained what our program is not , perhaps i t

would be helpf ul t o see what it is (Figure 2) . W hen w e t al k i n t erm s of established classes and program s, we can see that quite a number direct ly contribute t o t he mak ing of a prof essional o f f icer , regardless of assigned career f ield . T hese programs ar e f ai r ly evenly dist ributed between t he t hree mission element s. So m e i n volve classroom study , w hile ot hers perm it t he cadet h an d s- o n ex perience.

T he part t hat each program plays in developing an A ir F o r c e of f icer can per haps best be dem onst rat ed by an analogy . O u r m i s sion at the A cademy is t o help each cadet ef f ect ively m a k e t h e t ransit ion f rom young civilian t o capable milit ary o f f i cer . Si n ce t he gap is t oo wide t o permit all but t he most gi f ted t o j um p on t heir own , we current ly pr ovide tw o key stepping st ones; classr oom t heory and hands-on application (Figure 3) . I n t h e classroom , t he cadet obt ains a basic k nowledge of t he k ey con

cepts; later, the cadet applies this new-found knowledge i n act u al si t u at i o n s.

U n f ort unately , t here are some pit f alls t o t his approach . First , i f t here are some brick s m issing f rom t he t heoret ical f oundat ion , as can be t he case when t he builders wor k f rom dif f erent plans, t he cadet may lose his f oot ing in t he leap t o applicat ion . Second , i f t he cadet sees lit tle applicat ion i n t he t heory t aught , t he gap be tween t heory and applicat ion may be t oo wide. A nd last ly , i f t h e cadet does not gain a f irm underst anding of real-wor ld r e quirement s during applicat ion , t he last leap t o of f icership m a y fail .

I n pract ice we have f ound t hat while our current progr am gives many cadet s t he t ools wit h which to “ go the dist ance, s o m e graduates have di f f iculty m ak ing the t ransition t o co m m i ssi o n ed service and lack t he mot ivat ion and sk ills necessary t o w o r k ef f ec t ively . W hile we can accept the U ndergr aduat e Pilot T raining (U PT ) washout of an A cademy graduat e who lack s t he m o t o r sk ills to f ly , we cannot shirk our part ial responsibilities f o r t h e graduat e who is eliminat ed f or conduct or at tit ude r e a so n s . I n r e cent year s, t he washout rate f or A cademy graduates h as al m o st d o u b l ed . W e can a n d m u st d o b et t er .

(F I G U R E 3) L A BS

t ial to an ef f ective leadership development program . For exam ple, t he N aval A cademy has dedicated f acilit ies f or computer si m u l a t ion . U nf ort unat ely , our int ernal panel noted that t he present f acilit ies are inadequate, not only in terms of size and number , but also due to a lack of specialized f acilit ies f or simulat ions,

large scale exercises, squadron-based problem-solving, e t c .

Finally, the panel substantiated the view that established m e a n s

of f eedback at t he A cademy are primitive by t oday ’s st an d ar d s.

M ost experts agree that ef fective feedback is essential t o t h e l ear n ing process and provides the means for assessing program s u c c e s s

and t he need f or f urt her ref inement s. I n addit ion , a comprehen15

(F I G U R E 4)

BRID GING T H E GA P: T H E BU IL D IN G BL OCK A PPROA CH T H EO RY (A CA D EM I CS, PM S) —

K N O W L E D G E / U N D E R ST A N D I N G O F K E Y C O N C E P T S/ P R I N C I P L E S

L A BORA T ORI ES (A CA D EM I C CA SE ST U D I ES, M I L I T A RY RO L E PL A Y I N G , SI M U L A T I ON ) — U SE C O N C E PT S I N SPEC I F I C , ST RU C T U RE D SI T U A T I O N S

— Q U A L I F I E D FA C I L I T A T O RS A N D V A L I D D E B RI E FS A RE C R IT IC A L

A PPL I CA T I O N (SQU A D RO N JO BS, SU M M ER PROG RA M S, I N T RA M U RA L GA M ES, ET C) — A P P L Y C O N C E P T S A N D SK I L L S I N A C T U A L SI T U A T I O N S

Our proposed solut ion t o t his dilemma is to bridge t he gap be tween theory and application through increased use o f laborat ories (Figure 4) . T his t echnique of using t heoret ical c o n cept s in structured situat ions has been epitomized by t he H arvard Business School ’s case st udy approach . H owever , variat ions h a v e been ef f ectively used by t he A merican L eader ship Forum , t h e M assachusett s I nstit ute of T echnology and D igit al Corporat ion a s w el l .

W hile we have historically viewed t he cadet squadron a s a “ leadership laborat ory ,’ ’ a k ey di f f erence is in t he r at i o o f i n st ruct or s, or as t hey are t ermed — “ f acilit at ors, ’ ’ t o st u d en t s. I n a cadet squadron t he rat io of t en exceeds 100 to one. O n t h e o t h er hand , most successf ul laborat ories seldom exceed a r at i o o f 15 t o one. L abs also emphasize a thorough debrief ing of individual an d gr oup per f ormance af ter each act ivity . T his is a luxury n o t p er m itted under our current system .

I ncreased use of the laboratory approach should not c r e a t e a n additional load on t he cadet s, since it simply represents a n e w t echnique f or doing t he same t hing we’re doing now , only bett er .

W hile much of t he lab t ime w ill come f rom exist ing t raining t ime controlled by t he commandant during week day PM T periods, some lab t imes should also be int egrated into exi st ing acad em i c co r e co u r ses as w el l . T h e d eci si o n o n w h i ch co u r ses o r p r o g r a m s would benef it f rom use of t he lab concept , the source o f

f acilit at ors, timing, et c. , would be made not by a single mission element , but by a standing commit tee representing all t h r ee m i s sion element s t o insure that our of f icership development obj ec t ives are being achieved through a f ully coordinat ed , co m b i n ed

ef f o r t .

A s an example of how t his concept would be implement ed , l et us concent rat e f or a moment on t he subj ect of “ integrity ,’ ’ o n e o f t he cornerst ones of our of f icership development program . Figure 5 shows our current pr ogram of honor and et hics instr uct ion , beginning during Basic Cadet T rai ning. A f ter 16 hours o f i n st r u c t ion , the f ledgling cadet is accepted int o t he Cadet W ing and ex pected t o demonst rate an understanding of the H onor C o d e d u r ing t he next f our year s. D uring a cadet ’s f irst and seco n d cl ass year s, he or she may serve as an H onor Represent at ive, o r m ember of an H onor Jury .

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While this approach may be seen valid at first glance, w e h av e historically had a problem with new cadets violating t h e H o n o r

Code because t hey really didn ’t underst and it . Furt her , s o m e gr aduat es have di f f iculty applying t he precept s of t h e co d e as co m m i ssi o n ed o f f i cer s.

By contrast , implement ation of t he lab approach (shaded areas) w ould replace a cert ain number of classroom hours wit h laboratory sessions in w hich t he cadet will encount er typical pro blem areas in a struct ured , non-t hreatening environment . T h e se labs would cont inue thr oughout t he f our year s wit h t he subj ect changing t o meet t he challenges each class is expect ed t o f ace . I n addition , upperclass cadet s would be responsible f or teaching a cert ain numlj er of classes and leading labs.

T he revised program recognizes Philosophy 310, Prof essional Et hics, as a cont ribut or t o t he overall program f or inst illing in t egrit y , since it addresses maj or et hical themes including m o r al issues pertaining to war . H owever , the concept o f honor is ap plied in every cadet act ivity , f rom t he classroom t o the squadron t o t he int ramural f ields. Program s like “ O perat ion U nlock , where cadet room s are no longer locked when t he cadet depart s help demonst rate instit ut ional commit tment to t he H onor C o d e and f ait h in t he Cadet W ing. L ik ewise, we all must u n d e r st a n d t hat t he responsibilit y f or pr oviding role m odels of prof essional int egrity rest s wit h every of f icer wit h w hom t he cadet co m es i n cont act . I t is f or this reason t hat t he superintendent d i r ect ed t h at >5

t h e o f f i cer s o f al l t h r ee m i ssi o n el em en t s at t en d H o n o r O r i en t a

t ion training last f all .

Full implement ation of the lab concept is obviously m u c h larger than the integrit y example above, and could i n v o l v e a number of cadet act ivit ies and core courses. T he primary a d v a n tage of the program is t hat we will m ore ef f icient ly u se cad et t i m e wit h bet ter integration o f ef f ort . I f we can sharply r ed u ce r ed u n dancy and improve cadet m ot ivat ion to learn , the ef f ort s o f al l t hree mission element s should be more f ruit f ul . T he primary disadvantage of integrat ion is t hat some core course d i r ect o r s w i l l enj oy less aut onomy t han t hey do now , since cert ain course obj ec

tives must remain intact in order to support the overall p r o g r a m .

T he superintendent is comm it ted to this new approach a n d h a s approved t he f ollowing act ions. First , an A cademy-wide t a s k f orce, chaired by t he superintendent , and including t h e c o m m a n dant , dean of f aculty , and director o f at hlet ics will im plement the concept on a macro scale; decide what needs to be done, by whom , and w hen . St af f support f or t he task f orce will be provid ed by all t hree mission element s. A s a side issue, t h e t a sk f o r ce w i l l r eex am i n e h o w G r ad u at i o n O r d er o f M er i t r ef l ect s t h e c o n t r i b u tion o f all t hree mission elements in producing ef f ect ive A i r F o r ce

leaders. For example, should participation in intercollegiate athletics have an impact on GOM ? A nd, as a long-range goal , t his

group will be tasked t o k eep t he overall O f f icership D evelopment Program on t rack .

In addition, the commandant has already begun a comprehen

sive review of Cadet W ing policies t o determine t heir impact , not only on morale and ret ent ion , but on overall of f icership develop ment as well . Subj ect s f or review include t he second class shuf f le, t he basic privilege st ructure, t he role of t he A OC , an d t h e cu r r en t class concept .

Furt her , in keeping wit h our observations about the inadequacy of curr ent f acilities, we are def ining requirements f o r a L ead er ship and Prof essional M ilit ary Studies Center which w i l l m eet o u r needs f or specialized room s and simulat ion capability .

L astly , we have begun developing t he internal and external evaluation t ools we require f or ef f ective f eedback .

I n our minds, the U nit ed St at es A ir Force A cademy m ust m ai n t ain it s position as one of t he t op inst it utions of leader ship t rain

ing in the country. To stay there will require a long-term ef f o r t

and the expenditure of additional f unds. H owever , in t h i s i n cr ea s ingly complex world where st rong leadership in our A i r F o r ce i s more critical t o national survival t han ever , we cannot a f f o r d t o

d o l e ss .

(F I G U R E 5 )

EX A M PL E OF L A BO RA T ORY A PPR OA C H T O I N T EG RIT Y T RA I N I N G BCT A PP L IC A T IO N

F O U R T H C L A SS

T H I R D C L A SS

SE C O N D C L A SS

A PPL Y T H E H O NO R

(EG, “ OPERAT ION UNLOCK,” INT RA M URA LS, A CA DEM IC CLA SSES, PE R SO N A L

F I R ST C L A SS

E X A M P L E , ET C .)

C O D E I N D A Y -T O - D A Y SIT U A T IO N S

- T E A C H SEC O N D A N D

— T E A C H FO U RT H C L A SS L A B S

T H I R D C L A SS L A B S

— E L E M E N T L E A D E RS CO N D UCT “ R E C E N T S IT U A T I O N ” D I SC U S S I O N S

L A BO RA T O RY

CW T Y P I C A L FO U RT H C L A SS S IT U A T IO N S

(2 H RS)

CW R O L E P L A Y SIT U A T I O N S — P E R SO N A L I N T EG R I T Y

—IM PROPER QUESTIONS (2 H RS)

T H EORY

c w

RO L E P L A Y SI T U A T IO N S — CO N FL ICT O F L O Y A L T I ES — T O L E R A T IO N

(2 H RS)

CW

CW R O L E P L A Y SI T U A T I O N S

R O L E P L A Y S IT U A T IO N S

— JU R Y D U T Y I

— JU RY D U T Y I I

—IM PROPER QUEST IONS

— M O RA L D IL EM M A S IN T H E A I R FO R C E

(2 H RS)

(2 H RS)

CW

CW

C W

CW

C W

12 FO R M A L L ESSO N S,

— A D J U ST I N G T O A N E W

— C O N FL ICT O F

— H O NO R CO D E A N D

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4 I N F O R M A L L E SSO N S

M O RA L C O D E

L O Y A L T IES

A N D D I SC U S S I O N S

— P E R SO N A L I N T E G R I T Y

— T O L E R A T IO N

(E L L D RS, SQ D N C M D RS, H O N O R R E PS) ( 16 H RS)

- IM PROPER QUEST IONS

— H O N O R A N D

— H O N O R C A SE R E V I E W

R EG U L A T IO N S

— R E C E N T S IT U A T IO N S

— C L A SS I C C A S E S

( H O N O R R E PS) (8 H RS) (E L E M E N T L D R ) (6 H R S)

— R E C E N T S IT U A T IO N S

( H O N O R R E PS) (8 H RS)

(E L E M E N T L D R ) (6 H RS)

T H E A IR FO RC E

M O RA L D IL EM M A S IN T H E A IR FO RC E

—IM PROPER QUEST IONS

— SE T T I N G T H E

— H O N O R BO A R D

— R E F L EC T IO N S O N

R E V ISIT E D

R E SP O N SI B I L IT I E S — JU RY D U T Y P ROC E D U RES — R EC E N T SIT U A T IO N S

( H O N O R RE PS) (8 H RS)

(ELEM ENT L DR) (6 H RS) DF

EX A M PLE FO U R Y E A R S W IT H T H E CO D E — JU R Y D U T Y : T H E FIN E PO I N T S — R EC E N T SIT U A T IO N S

( H O N O R R E PS) (8 H R S)

(E L E M E N T L D R ) 6 H R S)

P H I L O SO P H Y 3 10

( 1 SE M E ST E R )

SU P E R I N T L N D F N I ’ S O R I E N T A T I O N T O A E E O E E I C E R S

C a d et s Sen t en c ed by Court s-M ar tial T wo third classmen were t ried by two separate general c o u r t s mart ial convened by t he superi ntendent . M aj or General R o b e r t E . K elley , on A pril 2, 1983. Bot h cadet s were f ound guilty and sentenced to be dismissed f rom t he A ir Force along w i t h co n f i n e

U pon announcement of t he sentences the cadet was placed i n t h e F o r t C ar so n St o ck ad e an d h av e si n ce b een t r an sf er r ed t o t h e U .S. D isciplinary Barrack s at Fort L eavenwort h , K an . P r ev i o u s t o t he most recent cases, t he last cadet court -mart ial w a s i n 19 7 4 .

m en t at h ar d l ab o r .

T he f irst cadet tried was charged wit h t he t hef t of t w o b l a n k check s f rom a f ellow cadet while on command post duty i n A r nold H all , f orging t he victim ’s signat ure to the check s, a n d presenting t he check s f or goods and services f rom a base exchange concessionaire and a Colorado Springs business. Charges a l so i n cluded writing f our insuf f icient f und check s on his own check ing account and seven speci f icat ions of conduct unbecoming a c a d e t .

T he charges were pref er red by t he commandant of cadet s.

A f ter a t hree-day t rial bef ore f ive of f icers assigned t o t h e A cademy , t he cadet was f ound guilty of the t hef t and f orgeries.

H e was also f ound guilt y of w rit ing two insuf f icient f u n d ch eck s and f ive speci f ications of conduct unbecoming a cadet . I n t h e sentencing phase of t he t rial , t he court members sentenced t h e cadet t o dismissal f rom t he A ir Force, conf inement a t h a r d l a b o r f or two mont hs, and f or f eit ure of all pay while conf ined .

I n an unrelated case, anot her cadet was t ried by j udge al o n e .

T he charges pref erred by t he commandant incluil ed t hef t o f another cadet ’ s check book and f orgery of eight of t he c h e c k s .

A f ter t he charges were pref erred , t he cadet subm it ted his resigna t ion in lieu of t rial by court -mart ial ; however , t he resignat ion was denied by t he secretary of t he A ir Force. A t t rial , t he cadet pled guilty t o all t he charges and was f ound guilt y by t he j udge. T he j udge sentenced the cadet t o dismissal f rom t he A ir F o r ce an d t h r ee m o n t h s co n f i n em en t at h ar d l ab o r .

C A P 25-year honor r oll M aintenance m en B ob St. Ger m aine, lef t, and J im H ughes p r ep a r e t o r ehang the or iginal Ci vil A ir P atr ol 25- Year H onor R oll p laq ue in the south lobby of A rnold H all. Newly ref urbished, it will be accomp anied by a supplementary plaque of the same size bearing nameplates up thr ough the year 2034. Each year the f ormer CA P cadet graduating highest in order of merit in his class has his name added to the scr ol l. ( U. S. A ir F or ce P hot o) 11

Board of Visitors M eets:

Recogni zes N eed f or I mpr ovement s T he A cademy Board of V isitors concluded it s annual meet ing here last mont h , recognizing t he need f or cont inued i m provement s in cadet living condit ions, supporting the r est o r at i o n

of aging Academy structures and calling for increased u se o f co m

put ers to aid inst ruct ion .

T he BOV operat es under a president ial charter t hat requires t he board t o meet annually and inquire int o t he morale, discipline, curriculum , inst ruct ion , physical equipment , f iscal af f airs, academic methods and ot her mat ters relat ing to t he A cademy .

T h e f i r st o r d er o f b u si n ess w as an ex ecu t i v e sessi o n during which Sen . Barry Goldwat er of A rizona was unanimously r e elected board chairman . T he group then met with cadet s a n d st af f , t oured f acilities and att ended a series of meet ings to gat her inf ormat ion about t he A cademy ’s current and proposed p r o g r am s.

BOV members f irst met wit h t he Cadet W ing staf f and t h e n wit h cadet panels. A f ter a tour of M it chell H all , viewing t h e n o o n meal f ormat ion and having lunch wit h cadet s, t hey held a plenary session in t he superintendent ’s conf erence room .

Sen . Goldwater began the session by saying t he A cademy i s beginning t o show it s age, and t hat the situat ion must b e co r rected . H e also st ressed eliminating t hree cadet s to a r o o m si n ce

experience shows a higher attrition under these conditions.

M aj . Gen . Robert E . Kelley , superintendent , f ollowed by iden ti f ying t he A cademy ’ s new goal f or the number of graduat ing cadets and those entering pilot training. “ Our obj ect ive a s established by t he Deputy Chief of Staf f of Personnel last year is t o produce 1,000 graduates each year ; 70 percent of t h o se w i l l b e pilot quali f ied .’ ’ H e continued , saying t hat the A cademy w i l l b e very close t o meeting that goal t his year , and next year the Class of ’ 84 should go beyond t hat wit h about 1,035 graduates.

Brig. Gen . A nt hony J . Burshnick , commandant of cadet s, f ollowed General Kelley with a discussion of A irmanship ex p a n sion , summer programs and f ut ure leadership , and Prof essional M ilit ary St udies programs.

A lso during t he plenary session . Brig. Gen . W illiam A . O rt h , dean of f aculty , brief ed t he board on t he st at us of visit ing and

permanent pro f essor sabbat icals, int erdisciplinary c o u r se s , f oreign language t raini ng, and on t he f ut ure curriculum , f aci l i t i es and academic computer use.

T he goals and obj ect ives of t he athlet ic program and the expan sion of t he cadet gym were discussed by Col . John J . Clune, at hlet ic direct or . Col . T homas C . W il k inson , direct or o f ad m i s sions and regist rar , brief ed BO V members on t he A cademy ’s n a tional market ing plan and on various init iat ives to i n cr ease cad et retent ion . I n addition . Col . W ayne F . Kendall , cadet clinic chief , explained t he new medical standards f or incoming pilot -quali f ied c a d et s .

Following the plenary session , t he board brief ly toured t h e recent ly expanded cadet library and held anot her executive s e s si o n .

T he next day , t he BOV met wit h t he permanent prof essors and toured cadet dor mitories, observing improvements i n t h e cadet s’ livi ng environment made through the GU I D E pr ogram .

A f ter t he GU I D E tour , board mem bers viewed a Cadet W ing parade on t he terrazzo and t hen depart ed f or a news c o n f e r e n c e a t t h e O f f icer s’ C l u b .

A t t he conf erence, BO V members were given the opport unit y to voice t heir opinions about t he A cademy and their v i si t . Sen .

Goldwater began by saying, “ Everyt hing we do in t he way o f recommendations should be f or t he interest of t he cadet s, t h e A cademy people and t he f amilies.’ ’ Sen . Goldwater also brought up the need f or improvement s t o t he A cademy H ospit al . “ I d o n ’ t care where you have a hospital , there is always a need f or up dat ing that hospital . Y ou have t o keep in m ind t hat t his hospit al services a big area o f retired people.’ ’ Speaking about academics. Rep . T homas Foley f rom t he s t a t e of W ashington, indicated t hat he would li ke computers t o play a bigger role in t he educat ion at the A cademy . “ I t hink t h at i n ad d i t ion to t he operat ional and maintenance improvements an d t h e st ructural addit ions t o the A cademy , I would like t o see a st r o n ger concern about bringing on computer assistance f or inst ruction .

Rep . Foley later reinterated his belief s. “ T he amount o f money involved in making t his instit ut ion a st ate of t he a r t i n st i t u t i o n i n using computers is minor . I think t he A ir Force A cademy technologically should have no peer in t he U nited St ates.’ ’ T his year ’s att endance by BOV mem bers was t he highest i n r e cent memory . “ T his board in t he last two days has had 12 members present and that is a t remendous increase. I t h i n k t h at shows t he commit ment o f t he board t o t he A cademy and t o t h e concerns t hat we have f or the A cademy ,’ ’ Rep . Beverly Byron f rom M aryland said .

Rep . Jerry L ewis, f rom Cali f or nia and a new member o f t h e Board of V isit ors, com mented on t he quality of cadet s a n d t h e need f or a st rong A cademy program . “ I consider your c u r r e n t cadet s to be among t he best in t he nation . I would certainly sup port my colleagues’ com ment s regarding mak ing certain t h a t w e have t he material available, bot h f acility and academic, t o e n s u r e t heir t alent s are being t apped to the highest possible degree to serve our count ry .’ ’ Sen . G o ld w at er en d ed t h e n ew s co n f er en ce a n d t h e an n u a l

C o m m a n d a n t co n d u c t s G U I D E t o u r

B r ig. Gen. A nthony J. B urshn ick, com mandant of cadets, br ief s M rs.

L y nda Sm i th and R ep . K en K ramer on P r oj ect G UI D E, the up gr ade of cadet dor m i tor ies. M em bers of the B oar d of Visi tors t o u r ed r en o va t ed cadet r ooms d ur ing their annual meeting in A p r il. ( U .S. A ir F or ce p hoto

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meet ing by praising t he A cademy staf f . “ I ’ve served o n o t h e r A cademy boards and I ’ve never served on a board t hat is kept so well inf ormed . T he A cademy has an unusually f ine staf f w h o se i n terest s center not in j ust t he st ruct ure of t he A ir Force A cademy , but also the cadet s — and t hat ’ s w hat t hey ’ re doing.’ ’ T he Board of V isit ors will prepare it s f inal report an d su b m i t i t to President Ronald Reagan . ( The Falcon F ly er )

B O V Chair man A irs A cademy I ssues Senat or Barry Goldwater has made a num ber of t rips t o the A ir Force A cademy

si n ce h e w as el ect ed

ch a i r m an

of

the

Board of V isitors in A pril of 1982. H e was here again wit h ot her BO V mem bers, f or the board ’s annual meet ing t his year . T he senator , who was unanim ously reelected BO V chairman , shared his thought s on t he board and t he A cademy wit h The F alcon F ly er . “ I don ’t t hink it ’s enough to visit j ust once a year , and neit her does General K elley ,” said Senator Goldwater . “ I t ry t o come to t he A cademy as of ten as I can .

I t gives me a chance to look at di f f erent programs in dept h . A s a result of my many visits. I believe I ’ve become t he most k nowledgeable mem ber of Congress on t he A cademy . I can speak t o congres sional mem bers with aut hority on the A cademy ’s obj ect ives, programs, present a n d f u t u r e n eed s. ”

“ I believe t here are a num ber of t hings t hat need t o be accomplished . One of my j obs as BOV chairman and one of General Kelley ’ s j obs as superintendent is t o pre sent t o the leadership of t he A ir Force and Congress the needs of the A cademy today and t omorrow . O f course, t hese needs must compete f or available resources.”

D uring his visit s to t he A cademy , the B O V ch ai r m an h as ex am i n ed an d r ecei v ed

ext ensive brief ings on t he ef f ort s being made to upgrade f acilit ies. “ I mproving and expanding A cademy f acilities and programs are all priorit y

items. They can’t all be done at once,” the senator says. “ But i f you have t o pick one

priority, I think it ’s the one the A cademy

has already select ed — Proj ect G U I D E — the upgrade of t he cadet dorms.” “ T he f ocus of Proj ect G U I D E is to provide needed upgrade of t he dor

mitories and eliminate, to the greatest ex

tent possible, the t hree-person room ar rangement . T his w ill create a much bet ter

en v i r o n m en t so cad et s ca n co n cen t r at e o n t h ei r st u d i es an d d o t h ei r b est . ” Sen a t o r G o l d w at er l au d ed t h e r ecen t

crucial t o preparat ion of cadets who will serve a large port ion of their careers in t he 2 1st Cent ury . “ For many year s t he idea of “ L et ’s learn to be bet ter manager s has been at t he

forefront of education. Unfortunately,

this

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our

leadership education. Management is im

portant , but what we’ve got t o do at t he A cademy is t o produce leaders. T hat ’s a

d i st i n ct i o n t h at h as b een r ef l ect ed i n r e

cent changes at the A cademy and its plans for the future. I agree with and support

library expansion proj ect . “ The library expansion provides the needed space for cadets to study and the added space for

A cademy a center for leadership develop

was j ust not available before. That library was originally built for one-half as many people. T he expansi on was l ong

Senator Goldwater believes they’re among the finest people in the country. “ Getting through four years of A cademy life,

b o o k s an d co l l ect i o n s f o r r esear ch t h at

o v er d u e . ”

Senator Goldwater , an experienced

aviator , has an act ive interest in t he

Academy’s airmanship program. “ It ’s fundamental. It directly relates to the A ir Force mission. It ’s absolutely essential that cadets not leave here without an ap

preciat ion of t he mission of the A ir Force t hat t hey ’re about t o be a part of .”

T he BO V chairman , who is also a

retired Air Force Reserve maj or general , thinks the expansion of the A cademy’s leadership and Professional M ilitary Studies program is important in preparing cadets to become ef fective career military of ficers. He views this expansion as

General Kelley ’s ef f ort s t o mak e the

ment in this count ry .”

Commenting on t he quality o f cadets.

graduating and becoming an A ir Force o f

ficer is no easy task. It takes a special in

dividual , one who is com mitt ed t o do t he b est h e o r sh e can al l t h e t i m e . I ’ v e o b

served that commitment among members of the Cadet Wing. These young men and

women t ruly mak e me proud t o be an A m er i can . ” W h en a sk ed w h at ad v i ce h e co u l d o f f er

c ad et s. Sen a t o r G o l d w a t er sai d , “ A lt hough it ’s somet imes di f f icult f or cadet s to see past t he next day or t he next

week, they should never forget why they ’ re here — to graduate, receive a com

m i ssi o n a n d t o l ead t h e A i r F o r ce i n t h e

2 1st Cent ury .” { The F alcon F ly er )

Fellowship W on

by Gr aduat e

M aj or Steven R . St ur m , ’69, an assistant prof essor w i t h t h e A cademy ’s D epart ment of Political Science, will begin a y e a r long f ellowship with t he C ouncil on Foreign Relat ions i n N ew Y o r k t h i s su m m er .

R e-el ec t ed c h a i r m a n o f B O V

Sen. B ar ry M . Gold water, who was re-elected chair man of the A cademy B oar d of Visi tors, obser ves a Satur day Cadet Wing p arade o n t h e t er r a z zo. Crests f r om r ecen t classes can be seen behind the sen a t o r o n t h e C l ass Wall. ( U.S. A ir F or ce p ho to by SSgt. G uid o L ocati)

D O N ’ T M I SS A M A G A Z I N E .

K E E P Y O U R A D D R E SS U P T O D A T E .

“ I was very much surprised and excit ed when I learned ab o u t winning t he f ellow ship . I t ’s a prom ising opport unity t o w o r k w i t h t he council ,” said M aj or St urm .

M aj or St urm ’s selection evolved around an extensive applica tion process. H e was nominated and selected on his research pro posal on t he st udy of nuclear det errence and st rat egy i n a d d i t i o n t o his academic and prof essional accom plishment s.

T he f ellow ship is designed f or young government of f icials an d academic expert s in f oreign and nat ional securit y af f air s.

T he council ’s research program brings t oget her nat ionallyrecognized aut hor it ies on t he m ost important diplomatic a n d securit y issues f acing t he U nit ed St ates. T he council i s co n si d er ed one of t he most prestigious and aut horitat ive private organiza tions concer ned wit h f oreign and nat ional security af f ai r s. “ W inning t his f ellowship is one of the reasons that mak e being assigned t o t he A cademy a gr eat assignment . I wouldn’t h a v e h a d this opportunity i f I were assigned somewhere else, ” sai d t h e m ajor.

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T h e “ C ad et A r ea ” i s f or C ad et s

By Brig. Gen . A nt hony J. Burshnick Commandant of Cadets, U SA FA

W hen I lef t t he A ir Force A cademy in 1960 everyt hing w as st i l l brand new . Y ou could st ill see your ref lect ion in t he marble st rips, and t he f ountains f lowed f reely in t he air gardens. N ow , as I look out of my of f ice window as commandant of cadet s almost 2 3 year s lat er , I can t ell you t hat much has changed .

D on ’t panic though , t he chapel now spar k les beneat h t h e mountains, but the f ountains have been replaced by t u r f an d t h e marble strips are cracked and worn—slowly being replaced by t errazzo .

Over t he years, t he A cademy has pr ovided a f our-year h o m e f or 15,650 graduat es. I t has also hosted numerous Olympic t r ai n ing groups, sports camps, summer scientific seminars. Boy Scout act ivities, and has been t he t emporary sit e f or t he N CO A cademy .

A ll of t his heavy use has t aken it s t oll on the f acilit ies an d t h e resulting poor living condit ions have become signi f icant d em o t i v at o r s f o r t h e cad et s.

Fir st of all , the dormit ory environment is deplorable. A t t h e beginning of this academic year 15 percent of t he cadet wing were living three t o a room , and we st ill have gang lat rines an d w o r n out t ile f loors. Part of t he t hree-t o-a-room problem h as b een t h e

gradual encroachment into cadet rooms of well-meaning, b u t

nevertheless non-cadet agencies. So we are beginning t o f i n d n ew homes f or t he chaplains, t he A OG of f ices, t he f urnit ure repair people and other groups t hat are taking up vit al dormitory sp a c e .

W hen I was at T ravis and Y ok ot a I f ound t hat t he living co n d i t ions of our young airmen direct ly af f ected bot h t heir ability and desire t o wor k . W e spent t he buck s t o upgrade t he dormitories and product ivit y incr eased . M aj or Gener al K elley , our superint endent , and Brigadier General Beckel , my predecessor , had observed the same issue in their previous assignment s, so they init iated plans t o “ f ix ” t he A cademy . L ast summer we began by renovat ing the top two f loors of V andenberg H all . I t w a s a massive pr oj ect — t he cadet s called it “ W est Beirut ,” “ u r b an renewal ,” and probably some other names t hey don’t t el l m e . W e are put ting in carpet , new f urnit ure, drapes, new light ing, an d ref inishing doors and w oodwor k . W e will be mak ing t hese

upgrades one f loor at a t ime and t hen rest rict ing t hese “ n e w areas to cadet s only . U lt imat ely we will complet e t he upgrade and t he out side agencies w ill no longer be allowed t o use t h e d o r m it ories. I t will t ake f our year s t o complet e, but w i l l r esu l t i n an environment equal t o t he qualit y we demand f rom t hese cad et s.

M it chell H all is anot her k ey area where I have made s o m e changes. Entirely too many people come to t he A cademy and say “ L et ’ s go look at the cadet s.” W ell , we are not running a z o o h er e ! N o o n e w o u l d w an t t h e l o cal t o u r i st s t o co m e o v er t o t h ei r house and watch t hem eat dinner . But each year hundreds o f visiting f iremen , as well as parent s, and graduates, ar r i v e o n o u r

doorst ep and want to sit up on t he st af f tower and w a t c h t h e cadet s eat . A dditionally , M it chell H all has been t he scen e f o r numerous large f unct ions such as t he Jabar a Banquet , t h e A i r man A wards Banquet and D aedalian f unct ions. T hese groups have eit her di splaced cadet s or caused us t o serve ear ly meals at a

t i m e i n co n v en i en t t o cad et s.

T he hosting agencies have used M it chell H all primarily b ecau se of cost savings. T hese low-cost act ivit ies have been subsidized by t he cadet s. I f the cost were accurately relayed t o t hese groups, our prices would be about t he same, i f not higher , t han d o w n t o w n Colorado Springs. A ddit ionally , and m ore im portantly , t h e se e x t ra m out hs t o f eed are increasing wear and tear on t he di ning hall equipment . N o new equipment has been purchased in 25 y e a r s , so when we f eed the parents, tourists, liaison of f icer s and prof es sional groups, we are wearing out t he equipment and increasing t he cost s of our dining hall . H ow do we pay f or t hese ex t r a co st s?

By lowering t he quality and quant ity served . W ho is paying t he bill ? T he cadet does and we’re going t o put a st op t o t h a t .

So when you hear that the commandant won ’t let this g r o u p o r t hat group , or your group , eat in M it chell H all , or t ak e up vital dormitory space in V andenberg or Sij an H all , remember f i r st o f all it is the cadet dining hall , and t he cadet dormit ory . W e w i l l n o t inconvenience cadet s, nor will we add t o t he wear and t e a r o n t h e f acility i f t he f unct ion is not mission essent ial . I ’ m su r e t h at t h o se o f you in the A ir Force realize that t his is not a unique policy ! I n

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f act , most of our A ir Force com mander s use a similar j usti f ica tion to prot ect t heir f acilities.

I n conclusion , I want t o reaf f irm my commit ment t o providing an environment where cadet s can achieve t heir f ullest potent ial as t hey prepare f or t heir A ir Force careers. T hese are o u r r easo n s f o r k eeping t he cadet area f or cadet s.

Cro wded f ood p rep aration r oom in M itchell H all.

“ W e w i l l n o t i n co n ven i en ce cad ets. ”

19 79 G r a d u a t e Sa ves T w o L i v es (E di tor ’s note: 1st L t. R andall E . Gr icius, Class of 19 79, last L abor D ay saved the li ves of t wo men snork eling at F o r t W a l t o n Beach, F la. The lieutenant is no w stationed at Eglin A F B . F o r h is heroic actions, he has been nomim ted to receive the A i r m a n ’s M edal. The story belo w is rep r inted f r om T he N omad, the Eglin A F B base newsp ap er, by p erm ission of the editor.)

Some of us visit ed relatives on L abor D ay . Ot hers watched f oot ball . One wing member saved t wo people’s lives.

1st L t . Randall E . Gricius, of f icer-in-charge of t he 60t h A i r craf t M aintenance U nit , went to a public beach in Fort W al t o n Beach with his wif e t o do some body sur f ing.

Even t hough the sk y was overcast , t here were quit e a f ew peo ple there, according to t he lieutenant . T he couple ar r i v ed t h er e i n the early af ternoon , had j ust laid t heir blank et out ab o u t 200 yards f rom the li f eguard st ation and were surveying t h e cr o w d .

T he lieut enant and his wi f e not iced t hree men , apparent ly tourist s, in t he water . “ One man came out of t he wat er , but t he ot her two st ayed i n and were doing some snork eling,’ ’ the of f icer said . “ T h e t w o m e n were apparent ly caught in a st rong undert ow . T he men panick ed and one st art ed yelling f or help . Even t hough t here were people only 10 to 15 f eet away f rom the men , no one was moving t o help t hem , ’ ’ he cont inued . “ W hen he f irst started yelling, I at f irst thought he was j ok ing, but when he cont inued shout ing and splashing f rant ically , I realized he was in t rouble. N o one was moving to help him , t here were no li f eguards around , so I j umped in and swam o u t t o t h e m . “ I realized the wat er had suddenly got ten deep j ust b ef o r e I reached t hem ,” the 6-f oot 9-inch tall lieut enant cont inued . “ T hey had become t ired and panick ed . “ A s soon as I reached t he men , t he one who had been yelling clut ched my arm . H e was gulping and splashing water .

By t he t ime t he lieut enant ret ur ned t o shore his wi f e had got t en some help , a f ormer li f eguard , and t hey wrapped the m en i n blank et s t o prevent shock .

T he f ormer li f eguard and L ieutenant Gricius made a st r et ch er

out of a lounge chair and with the help of the lifeguard w h o h ad j ust come on the scene, transported the man, Darryl, w h o h ad swallowed so m uch wat er , to t he t hird man ’s car . T he t h i r d m an t hen t ransported t he ot her s t o t he hospit al . “ I t ’s nice t o t hink t hat I saved someone’s li f e. L i eu t en an t

Gricius said about the experience. “ It ’s not something y o u get t o

do everyday .

T he of f icer , a nat ive of Flint , M ich ., said he had so m e l i f esav ing classes at t he A ir Force A cademy , but t his was t he f ir st oppor tunity he had to put t hat k nowledge t o wor k .

“ I sw am h i m i n u n t i l h e co u l d st an d o n t h e o cean f l o o r . T h e n

he yelled f or his f riend D arryl . I swam back t o where h i s f r i en d had been , dived down and f ound him , t hen swam t he second m a n t o sh o r e.

“ T he second man was semi-conscious, and I could tell w h e n h e breathed that his lungs were f ull o f wat er .”

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C o l o n el D av i d M . G o o d r i c h C olonel D avid M . G ood r ich ( ’ 59) is t he A i r

Force member of the Chairman’s Staf f Group,

O f f ice o f t he C hai r man , Joi nt C hief s o f Staf f .

A f ter graduation from the A cademy, he re

ceived a M aster o f A rt s degr ee in I nter nat ional Relat ions f rom t he U niversit y of C al i f or nia at L os A ngeles. H e is also a gr aduate o f Sq uadr on O f f icer s School , A ir C om mand and Staf f C ol

lege and the National War College.

Holding both a pilot and navigator rating, he

i s al so a rated m ili tary parachut ist and in his ear ly career piloted F- l OOs f r om C lar k A i r Base, T he Phi lippines and T ahk li A i r Base, T h a i l a n d . H e a l so f l ew a s a f o r w a r d a i r co n t r o l l er i n O - I A a i r c r a f t i n So u t h V i et n a m i n

1962 and later served as aide-de-camp to the

C hief , U .S. A ir For ce Sect ion , M A A G , V iet n a m .

C olonel Good rich helped act ivate and f l ew

F-4Cs with the 555th Tactical

Fighter

Sq uadro n at M acD ill A F B , Fla. and U dor n A i r Base, T hai land f r om 1964 to 1966, and t hen ser ved at t he A cademy as assistant pr o f essor o f

political science. Cadet Group executive of ficer, and squadron air of ficer commanding.

A fter graduation f rom War College, he serv ed in the Directorate of Plans at Headquarters U . S . A i r F o r ce a n d i n t h e O f f i ce o f t h e J o i n t

Chiefs of Staf f (J-5), after which he was assign

ed t o D avis-M onthan A ir Force Base, A riz., as chief o f maintenance and deput y com mander

for logistics, 355th Tactical Fighter Wing.

W hile assigned t o t he 355th , he was named

assistant deputy commander and deputy com mander for operations, flying the A-7D.

C olonel Goodr ich went to E ur ope i n 1976 as special assistant f or t actical ai r m at ters t o t he Supr eme A llied C om m ander Eur ope and C hief

of

Staf f , Supreme Headquarters, A llied

Powers E ur ope (SH A PE) , Belgium and t hen w as named vice w i ng comm ander and subse q uently w ing com mander o f t he 86t h T act ical

Brigadier General Charles A . M ay , Jr .

Brigadier General Charles A . M ay, Jr. (’59) is director of Command and Control, Strategic A ir Command, Of futt A FB, Neb. Upon graduation from the Academy, Colonel May began primary pilot training in the T-34 and T-37 aircraft and completed basic pilot training in the T-33. He was then assigned to James Connolly A FB, Texas, flying the T-29.

He was then transferred to Randolph A FB, Texas for two years flying T-29 and T-39 air craft and instructing, and was then selected to attend the A .F.I .T . graduate program at Col umbia University. His next assignment was to t he D epar tment o f Poli tical Science at t he

posi tion .

C o l o n el G o o d r i ch i s m a r r i ed t o t h e f o r m er

Catherine A nn Livingstone of New York City.

They have three children: David Jr ., M ichelle, a n d A l i so n .

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of Staf f . Prior to that he served as the military

assist ant to t he undersecretary o f def ense f or pol icy .

A f ter gr aduat ion f rom t he A cadem y , he com pleted pilot t r ai ning f ir st in his class. D ur ing t he next t hree year s, he maintai ned com bat-

ready status as an F-l OO pilot serving in Flo r ida, T ur key , Japan , and K or ea on a rot a

C o l o n el h ea d f l ew 32 5 c o m b a t m i ssi o n s i n N o r t h a n d So u t h V i et n a m a n d r ec ei v ed t h e

Vietnamese A ir Force Wing and flew 165 mis

Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross.

He returned to the Academy in 1970 as an associate professor of political science. A fter completing A ir Command and Staf f College in 1973 he was assigned to the Pentagon as an air staf f action of ficer in the Directorate of Plans,

A merica’s Ten Outstanding Young Men. I n

vol unteered f or a Sout heast A sia t our . Stat ion

dar dizat ion/ evaluat io n advi so r

t o t he 4 1st

si o n s i n t h e A - 3 7 .

H eadquar ter s, U .S. A i r Force. I n 1975 he

returned to rated duties in the Strategic A ir

A ssigned as an A - I E pilot and i nstr uctor .

U pon his ret ur n t o the U ni ted St ates i n 1966 he ser ved as an F-4 i nst r ucto r pi lot and w as nom i nated by t he A i r For ce as one o f 1968 he graduated f ir st i n his class at t he M ax

well School at Syracuse University earning a master ’ s degree i n public ad m inist rat ion . I n

1978, he was awarded a Ph.D. in political

C o m m and .

sc i en ce .

A fter B-52 combat crew training he was assigned to the 337th Bomb Squadron at Dyess

Colonel Head was assigned to the A cademy in 1970 where he taught international politics

A FB , T exas, w here he ser ved as air craf t com mander , oper at ions o f f icer and co m mander . I n

1978 he was named deputy commander of the 96th Combat Support Group at Dyess, and then attended the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy. A fter graduation, he was assigned to the 11th Strategic Group at RA F Fairford, England, as the deputy commander for opera tions and assumed command of the group in

1980 . H e too k comm and o f t he 92nd Bom bar d m ent W ing at Fair child A FB , W ash , i n 1980

A command pilot with more than 4,500 hours in various aircraft including the B-52 and

tor’s Staf f Group, Defense Intelligence Agen cy, from where he was assigned to his present

the d irect or o f t he C r isis Planning and A ssess ment G roup in J-5, O f f ice o f t he Joi nt C hief s

ed at Danang A ir Base, he was the wing stan

commander of the 50th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hahn A B, Germany, and served during its w as assigned to t he Pentago n as chief . D ir ec

Previous to this position, he was the special

a ssi st a n t t o t h e d i r ect o r o f t h e J o i n t St a f f a n d

t i o n a l b a si s .

and was assigned to Headquarters, Strategic

t r a n si t i o n f r o m t h e F -4 E t o t h e F - 16 . I n 19 82 h e

C ol onel Richar d G . H ead ( ’60) is t he special assistant t o t he d irecto r . Joi nt Staf f , Joi nt M at ter s, O f f ice o f the Joi nt C hief s o f Staf f .

Academy as an instructor and in A pril 1969, he

Fighter Wing at Ramstein A B, Germany.

I n 1980, Gener al Goodr ich assumed duties as

C o l o n el R i c h a r d G . H ea d

A i r C o m m a n d i n 19 8 2 .

K C - 135, Colonel M ay ’s decor at ions include t he

Legion of

Merit , the Bronze Star, the

M eri tor ious Service M edal w it h t w o oak leaf clusters, t he A ir M edal w it h six cl usters and several f oreign aw ar ds.

C olonel M ay is mar r ied to t he f or mer Sandra

Louise Brown of Portland, Ore. They have five children: Charles I I I , James, Catherine, M ichael , and Rober t .

and def ense pol icy . I n 1973, he co-edited a ma

j or textbook, A merican Def ense Policy , Third Ed it ion , w hich w as w idely used .

Ret ur ni ng to f lyi ng in 1973, C olonel H ead w as assigned as oper atio ns o f f icer o f t he 42 1st T act ical Fighter Squad ro n , U do r n , T hailand .

H e t hen ser ved as chief . A i rcrew Eval uatio n

Division at Clark A B, The Philippines, and then as commander of the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadr on . I n addit ion , he i ni t iat ed and com manded t he C o pe T hunder (Red Flag) co m bat tr aining exer cise pr ogram f o r t he Paci f ic A i r F o r ces .

I n 1976, C olonel H ead attended t he N at ional

War College where he was a student faculty member, research associate, and distinguished

grad uate. W hile there he co-aut hor ed a boo k

on decision making in the Mayaguez and K o r ea n co n f r o n t a t i o n s .

N om i nated by t he A i r For ce, he ser ved as a

military fellow to the Council of Foreign Rela

tio n s

from

published

19 7 7

to

19 7 8 .

W h i le

t h er e

he

“ Technology and the M ilitary

Balance’ ’ in F or eign A f f airs.

C o l o n el J o h n M . L o h

C o l o n el R o n a l d W . Y a t es

C o l o n el M a r cu s A . A n d er so n

C olonel John M . L oh ( ’60) i s assistant depu ty chief o f st af f f or operat ions. H eadq uar ter s T act ical A i r C om mand , L angley A FB , V a.

Follow ing gr aduat ion f rom the A cadem y , he too k pr imar y and basic pi lot t rai ning f ollow ed by advanced f ighter tr ai ni ng i n t he F- 102 at Per r in A F B , T exas. H e w as t hen assigned as an F- 102 pilot i n the 76t h F ight er I ntercepto r Squad ron at W estover A F B , M ass, and the 40t h Fighter I nterceptor Sq uadr o n at Y o k ota A i r Base, Japan , respect ively .

Retur ni ng f r om over seas. C olonel L oh w as assigned to t he 33r d T act ical Fighter w ing at E lgin A FB , Fla. w here he f l ew t he F-4C and F-4D and ser ved as squad ro n w eapons and t ac t ics o f f icer and was the w i ng’ s pr oj ect o f f icer

C ol onel Ronald W . Y ates ( ’60) is the deput y f or T act ical Systems, A er onaut ical System s D i visi on , W r ight-Pat ter son A F B , O hio . H is ear ly m il itary assignment s included pi lot t r ai n ing at Spence A FB , G a. and W ebb A F B , T exas; F- 102 com bat crew t r ai ni ng at Per r in A F B , T exas; and dut y as a f ight er pi lot at I tazuke A ir Base, Japan , and C lar k A ir Base, T he Phil ippines, w here he f l ew 100 com bat

C olo nel M ar cus A . A nderson ( ’6 1) is assis t ant deput y chief o f st af f f or O per ati ons, H eadquart er s, U ni ted Stat es A i r For ces i n Eur ope, Ram st ei n A i r Base, G er m any . Pr ior t o t his assignment , he served as co m mander o f t he 36t h T act ical Fighter W i ng at Bit bur g A ir Base, Ger many , af ter servi ng t here as vice w ing com m ander , deputy com m ander f or o per at ions and deput y com mander f o r mai nt enance.

C olonel A nder son at tended undergraduat e pi lot t raining at Reese A FB , T exas, and re m ai ned as an inst r uct or pilot i n t he T -37 ai r cr a f t f o l l o w i n g g r ad u at i o n . F o l l o w - o n assignment s too k hi m t o H ur l bur t Field , Fla. ,

f o r sev er a l a i r - t o - a i r m i ssi l e t est s.

H e completed t he U .S. A ir For ce T est Pilot

Sc h o o l i n 196 8 a n d f l ew 19 5 m i ssi o n s o v er N o r t h a n d So u t h V i et n a m w h i l e st a t i o n ed a t

D anang A ir Base, V iet nam . H e w as t hen assigned as a staf f o f f icer at H eadq uart ers, U . S . A i r F o r ce a n d w a s a w a r d ed t h e D a ed a l i o n

Fo undat ion Fel low shi p f o r graduate st udy .

C olonel L oh ear ned hi s master ’ s degr ee f r om t he M assachusett s I nst it ute o f T echnology i n 1973 and w as t hen assigned to t he A er onaut ical Systems D ivision , A ir Force Systems C om mand , at W r ight-Patter son A F B , O hio as t he proj ect manager f o r the Y F- 16 and Y F- 17 pro t ot ype development pr ogr am . H e t hen served as the d irector o f proj ect s i n t he F- 16 pr ogr am o f f i c e u n t i l J u n e o f 19 7 7 a t w h i c h t i m e h e a t

tended t he A ir W ar C ollege.

I n 1978, C olo nel L oh w as assigned to t he 23rd T act ical Fighter W i ng, E ngland A F B , L a. w here he ser ved as t he assistant deputy co m m ander f or oper at ions, deput y com mander f or operations, and vice com mander . H e also w as t he com mander o f A ir Force For ces f or Br ight Star ’ 8 1, t he f i rst deployment o f oper at ional units over seas in suppor t o f t he Rapid D eploy ment Joint T ask Fo rce. H e w as assigned to H eadquart er s, T act ical A i r Co m mand in 198 1.

C olonel L oh is a comm and pilot w it h mor e t han 3,300 f l yi ng hour s i n numer ous t ypes o f air cr af t . H is mi litar y decor at ions include t he L egion o f M er i t , D i st inguished Flyi ng C r oss, A ir M edal w i th seven oak leaf cluster s.

M er it or ious Service M edal , C om bat Readiness M edal , and A ir Fo rce C om mendat ion M edal .

H e a l so w o n t h e 19 7 2 U .S . A i r F o r ce R esea r ch

and D evelopment A w ard .

H e i s m a r r i ed t o t h e f o r m er B a r b a r a K o r -

nit zer o f Benningt on , V t . T hey have o ne so n , M ichael A nt hony , a cadet at the U . S. A ir For ce A cadem y .

m i ssi o n s i n So u t h ea st A si a i n t h e F - 10 2 .

I n 1966 he w as assigned t o t he A er ospace Resear ch Pi lot Schoo l at Edw ar ds A FB , C ali f , and ser ved as a test pilot and later as chief o f t he A er ospace Research Pilot Br anch . D ur ing t his tour o f d ut y he w as pr oj ect of f icer f or t he N F- 104 r ocket -pow ered resear ch ai rcr af t and per f or m ed numer ous test f l ight s i n excess o f 100 ,000 f eet . C o lonel Y at es ear ned hi s master ’ s

degree in systems management in 1970 from t he U ni ver sity o f Sout her n C al i f or nia.

I n 19 7 1 h e b eca m e d i r ec t o r f o r sen i o r o f f i cer

assignments at A ir Force Systems Command,

A ndr ew s A F B , M d . and in 1973 com pleted t he D ef ense Syst em s M anagem ent C o llege as a di s t i nguished gr aduate. T he next t hree year s w er e spent as dir ect or f or D evelopment T est , A - 10 Sy st em s P r o gr am O f f i ce, A er o n au t i cal Syst em s D ivision at W r ight -Patt er so n A FB .

A f t er gr aduat ing f r om the I nd ust r ial C ollege o f the A r med For ces in 1977, C olonel Y ates w as assigned t o t he Pent agon as t he F- 16 P ro gram E lement monit or . D eputy C hief o f Staf f , Resear ch and D evelo pment , w here he w as

responsible for coordinating all matters regard

i ng t he mult i nat ional F- 16 f ighter pr ogr am i n t he Pent agon . H e t hen r et ur ned t o W r ight Pat ter so n A F B as deput y direct or o f t he F- 15 System Program O f f ice and w as nam ed dir ec to r t he f ollow ing year and w as respo nsi ble f o r al l aspect s o f the w or ldw i de m ult i-bill ion dol lar F- 15 pr ogr am . H e assum ed com m and o f t he 4950t h T est W ing, A er onaut ical System s D ivi sio n at W r ight -Pat t er son A FB i n 198 1.

C olonel Y ates, w ho holds a dual r at i ng as a navigat or and a com mand pi lot , has 3,500 ho ur s o f f lyi ng t i me. H is m il it ary decorat ions include t he L egion o f M er it , D i st i ngui shed Fly ing C r oss, M er i tor ious Service M edal w it h t w o oak leaf cluster s. A ir M edal w it h t hree cl uster s.

A ir

F o r ce C o m m en d a t i o n

M ed a l

w ith

one

cluster , and numerous ser vice and cam paign

m ed a l s.

T h e 19 60 P o l a r is l i st s C a d et Y a t es’ a c t i v i t i es

as t he Fishi ng C l ub , f oot ball , and t he Sk i C l ub .

H e is m ar r ied t o t he f or mer C onst ance Siegr i st o f N ashvil le, and t hey have t hree chi ldr en : W ade, D aw n , and K r ist en .

a s a i d e t o t h e co m m a n d er o f t h e U . S . A i r F o r ce

A i r G r ound O per at ions School , and then t o com bat cr ew t r ai ning i n t he F- KX) at L uk e A F B , A r iz. in 1965.

H e f l ew 240 com bat m issions, i ncl udi ng 2 1

o v er

N orth

V i et n a m

w h i le

st a t i o n ed

in

So ut heast A sia, and then f lew t he F- l OO at RA F L ak enheat h , E ngland f r o m 1967 t o 1969, dur ing w hich t ime he at tended t he U .S. A ir Fo rce Fight er W eapons School .

Follow i ng A r med For ce Staf f C ollege, he served t hr ee years as an o per at io ns st af f o f f icer i n the T act ical Fight er D ivision o f H ead quar ter s, U .S. A i r Force. I n 1973, he ser ved a to ur in t he F-4 at U bon , T hai land , as a sq uad ro n oper at ions o f f icer and as com m ander o f a f ield mai ntenance squad r on , respect ively .

H e m oved t o Seym our -Johnso n A F B , N .C . i n 19 7 4 a n d ser v ed a s c o m m a n d er o f t h e 3 34 t h

T act ical Fighter Squadr on and later as assi stant deputy comm ander f or operat ions. H e at tend ed t he N at ional W ar C ol lege in 1976 and 1977 and f ol low i ng gr aduat ion ser ved 15 m ont hs as chief o f Pr ogr am s and Requir ement s, H ead quar ter s A ll ied A i r For ces Sout her n E ur ope in N aples, I taly , pr ior to his Bit bur g assignm ent .

C o l o n el A n d er so n h a s a l so ea r n ed a m a st er

of science degr ee f r om t he U niver sit y o f Sout her n C al i f or nia. H e is a com m and pil ot and holds t he A r my par achut ist rat i ng. H i s decor at ions include t he L egion o f M er it , D i st i n g u i sh ed F l y i n g C r o ss , D ef en se M er ito r ious Service M edal , M er itor i ous Ser vice M edal w i th tw o oak leaf cluster s. A i r M edal w it h 13 cl usters, and A ir Fo rce Com m a n d a t i o n M ed a l w i t h o n e c l u st er .

T he 196 1 P olar is has t his t o say about C adet A nder son : “ H is am bit ion f r om the day he st epped into a cadet uni f or m w as to ‘ m ake good .’ T his kept hi m busy , but t he result s w ere gr at i f yi ng.’ ’ C olonel A nder son is m ar r ied to t he f or m er G inger G raham o f G r aham , T exas.

T hey have one daughter , K at hy .

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A C A D E M Y A S SE M B L Y FEA T U RES ECO N OM Y A pproximately 100 st udents f rom m ore than 70 colleges a n d universities t hroughout the count ry t ook part in t he 2 5t h A cademy A ssembly , which was host ed by t he A cademy ’ s D epart m en t o f P o l i t i cal Sci en ce i n M ar ch .

T he A ssembly was co-sponsored by t he A merican A ssembly o f Columbia U niversity and t he A ssociat ion of Graduates. “ T he U .S. Economy in T ransit ion ” was the t opic of discussion f or t he f our-day A ssembly .

D r . H erbert Stein , f ormer chairman of t he Council of Economic A dvisors under President s N ixon and Ford , an d cu r rent ly a mem ber of President Reagan ’s Economic Policy P l an ning Board , spoke in a keynot e address in t he A rnold H al l T heat er , where he stressed t he st rengt h of t he A merican e c o n o m y in spit e of it s problems.

A lso f eat ured at t his year ’ s A ssem bly were economist s D r . A r nold R . W eber , president o f the U niversity of Colorado ; D r .

Robert D . Reischauer , senior vice president of t he U r b an I n st it ut e; D r . T uck er H art A dam s, chief economist f or t h e U n i t ed Bank s of Colorado , I nc .; and D r . Rudolph G . Penner , d i r ect o r o f f iscal policy st udies and a resident scholar at t he A m er i can E n t er prise I nst itute f or Public Policy Research .

T he f our economist s part icipat ed in t he panel discussion o n “ Problems and Prospect s f or t he A merican Economy ,” an d ad dressed such t opics as the f ederal budget , t he U .S. m o n et ar y system , t ax increases and ot her f iscal policies.

Chairman of t his year ’s assembly was L t . Col . Robert P . H a f f a Jr ., ’65, associate prof essor and deputy head of t he D epart ment of Political Science. M aj . Robert M . Y oung (U SA ) , also a member of t he Political Science D epart ment , was the assembly d i r ect o r .

Senior cadet s f r om various academic maj ors were responsible f or planning and managing t he assembly , providing t he cad et s wit h leadership experience in planning and managing a large-scale conf erence. T he assembly also exposed cadet par ticipant s t o t h e diversity of polit ical viewpoint s held by t heir contemporar ies f rom other colleges and univer sit ies, while at t he same time pro viding visit ing st udent s a bett er understanding of t he A cademy .

T he A ssembly concluded wit h a banquet address by M r .

L eonard Silk , t he economic columnist f or t he N ew York T i m es . ( The F alcon F ly er)

W or ld hunger runner s

Cadet Thirdclass Brian S. Brandner, Cadet Squadron 30, p asses the bat on

to C2C K enneth Thalmann, CS-20, d ur ing the “ R un f or Wor ld H unger . ” M aj . Gen. R ober t E . K elley , sup er in tendent, began the r u n a t t h e A cademy Chap el A p r il 8. The r un ended at Color ado State Un i versi ty in F or t C oll ins the nex t day . The 150-m ile r un raised abo ut $10, 000. D ona tions f or the run came f rom corp orations and pledges f r om A r nold A ir Society mem bers at the A cademy , C ol or ad o Uni versi ty , Uni versity of N or ther n Col or ad o and CSU . The r un was p ar t of a nation wide A r n o l d A ir Society ef f or t to help r aise $100 m il l ion t o f eed the wor ld ’s p oor . ( U .S. A ir F or ce p hoto by SSgt. Guid o L ocati)

OA K S P R OM O TE D T O M A J O R GE N E R A L Gener al Oaks at tended Br igham Y oung U niver sit y f or o ne year and ser ved 18 mo nt hs in t he U tah N ational G uard bef ore enter i ng t he A cademy . H e ear ned a master ’ s degree in b u si n ess

a d m i n i st r a t i o n

from

O h io

St a t e

U ni versity , C olum bus, in 1967 and gr ad uated f r om the N aval W ar C ol lege at N ew por t , R .l .

i n 19 74 .

A f ter com plet ing f l ight and com bat cr ew t r ai ni ng he w as assigned as an F- l OO pilot at C annon A FB , N .M ., at M isawa A i r Base, Japan , and at E ngland A F B , L a. I n 1965 he w as assigned t o T an Son N hut A ir Base, V iet n a m w h er e h e f l ew 13 3 co m b a t m i ssi o n s i n t h e F - 100 .

M aj or General Robert C . Oak s M aj or General Rober t C . Oak s ( ’ 59) is dir ec t or f or Perso nal Plans, deputy chief o f st af f f or M anpower and Per sonnel , H eadquar ter s, U .S. A i r Force. H is previous assignm ent w as com mander o f t he 86t h T act ical Fight er W ing. U .S. A ir Forces in E urope, Ram stei n A ir Base, Ger m any .

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I n 1967 Gener al O ak s w as assigned to t he A cademy as an ai r o f f icer com m anding and l a t er a s t h e co m m a n d a n t o f ca d et s ’ ex ecu t i v e f o r h o n o r a n d et h i c s. I n 19 70 h e b eca m e a

f l ight com mander to t he F- 11l A -equipped 430t h T act ical Fighter Squad r on , 474t h T ac t ical Fighter W ing , N elli s A FB , N ev . W hi le t here he ser ved as execut ive o f f icer to t he w i ng com mander and as operat ions o f f icer o f the 429t h T act ical Fighter Squadr on . I n late 197 1

h e b eca m e t h e c o m m a n d er o f t h e 39 1st T a c t i c a l

Fighter Sq uad ro n at M ountai n H om e A F B , Id aho .

H e gr aduated f r om N aval W ar C ol lege i n 1974 and was assigned to H eadq uar ter s, U .S. A ir Force, W ashingto n , D .C . as chief o f t he Joi nt Pol icy Branch and ser ved as chief o f n u m er o u s d i v i si o n s w i t h i n t h e D i r ec t o r a t e o f

Plans, O f f ice o f t he D eput y C hief o f Staf f , O perat ions and Plans. Fro m 1977 to 1979 he served as assist ant f or general o f f icer m at ters and was t hen nam ed assist ant f or r eadi ness.

H eadquar ter s, U .S. A ir Forces i n Eur ope at Ram stei n A i r Base, f r om w her e he assum ed co m mand o f t he 86t h T act ical Fighter W ing .

Gener al O ak s is a com m and pi lot wit h mo re t han 3,000 f lyi ng hour s. H is decor at io ns in cl u d e t h e D i st i ngu i sh ed F l y i ng C r o ss, M er i t o r i o u s Ser v i ce M ed a l w i t h o n e o a k l ea f

cluster . A i r M edal w it h eight cluster s, and t he A i r F o r c e C o m m en d a t i o n M ed a l .

G en er a l O a k s i s m a r r i ed t o t h e f o r m er G l o r i a

U nger o f Pr ovo , U tah . T hey have f our sons: Per r y , Bar t , D er ek , and Brock ; and tw o daughters, K er i and K r ist ie.

Second U SA FA A lumni College Cancelled

By M aj or Jim Fuj ita I t is wit h regret and disappoint ment that we, t he A ssociat ion o f Graduates and t he D ean of Facult y , announce cancellation o f t h e Second U SA FA A lum ni College. I n spit e of announcement s i n Checkp oints, f all 1982 and wint er 1982-83 issues; t he A i r F o r ce Times-, and let ter s t o U SA FA graduates whose sons or daught ers

w er e t o at t en d t h e U SA F A 19 83 Su m m er Sci en t i f i c Sem i n ar a n d

t he Summer Sport s Camp , and t o gr ads who att ended or sh o w ed an interest in earlier U SA FA A lumni Colleges, t he A lumni C o l lege st af f received only 20 let ter s o f interest and f ive registr at ion applications. Since 25 applications were required by A pril 1st t o make t he college a go , t he Second U SA FA A lumni College w a s cancelled on A pr il 4t h due to insuf f icient interest . W e, t he alumni

college planners, organizers, and would-be implementers, r e m a i n convinced that the concept of a USA FA A lumni College h as m er i t and of fers the graduate and his or her family unique prof essional and personal growth opportunities. But perhaps we are o f f t h e point . In an ef fort to better serve you, the A ssociation o f Graduates would appreciate hearing your views. To do t his, please contact Maj or Jim Fuj ita, A lumni College Proj ect O f f icer , USA FA / DFF, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80840, A UTOVON 259-4315 or area code (303) 472-4315. In addition, w e u r ge y o u t o complete t he quest ionnaire below and mail it t o t he A sso ci at i o n

of Graduates/ A lumni College, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, C o l o .

80840, so that we can learn your views for future planning.

SUM M ER A L UM NI COL L E GE QUESTI ON NA I RE The alumni college is a week’s vacation (Sunday evening t o Sat ur day m or ni ng) f or gr aduat es and t heir f am ilies t hat blends r ecr ea t i o n w i t h educat ion . L odgi ng w ill be o f f -base and noon meal s w i l l b e a t b a se facilities other than M itchell Hall . In the morning, adult s take par t i n

discussions on relevant issues conducted by the faculty i n F a i r ch i l d H a l l .

A fternoons are free for sightseeing or optional classes in per so nal

development , f i nancial planni ng, and f ami ly st r ess. E veni ngs include a

get-acquainted dinner, a mid-week party, and a banquet to com plet e t he w eek -long act ivit ies including vi sit s to local at t r acti ons.

Permissive TOY is likely (a graduate on active duty pays al l expenses but isn ’ t charged leave) .

1. A ct ive dut y

2 . C ivilian

D o you support t he general co ncept o f a sum mer al um ni college?

1. Y es, very much so .

4 . Pr obably not .

2. Pr obably yes.

5. D ef initel y not .

3. 1 really don ’t k now .

W hat appeals t o you most about t he gener al concept ?

1. A vacat ion w i th planned act ivit ies and child car e.

2. The opportunity to have my family share the A cademy exper ience.

3. The concern for graduates that an alumni college su g g est s.

4. A chance t o par t ici pat e in an “ i nter nat ional hol iday . ’ ’

5. The attractions around Colorado Springs.

T he general t opic o f t he m or ni ng classes.

Recr eat ional and cult ur al act ivit ies f o r t he f am ily .

T ransport at i on costs (gett i ng to t he A cadem y and back ) .

L odgi ng .

C ost f o r t he enti r e f am i ly t o at t end .

6 . W eek v a c a t i o n i n C o l o r a d o .

7. C hance t o see U SA FA again .

8. O ppor t unit y f or m y f am i ly t o ex per ience U SA FA .

W hat i s t he best t i me f or you t o com e f or the w eek ’ s pr ogram ?

6. Ot her (please speci f y) :

Family out ings.

V isit ing places o f i nt er est i n and ar ound C ol or ado Spr ings.

Postgr aduate academ ic enr ichm ent .

O ppor t uni ties f or t he f am ily to share i n t he A cadem y exper ience.

I don ’t support t he concept .

A lthough you support the concept of an alumni college, w ould you l . Y es

2. N o

I f you answ ered “ no ” t o t he previous quest ion , please rank how i mpor tant each o f the f oll ow i ng is to your deci sion not t o at t end . E igh t is t he m ost im port ant and one t he least im por tant .

1. T oo cost ly .

2 . Bad t im ing.

3 . C u r r i cu l u m co n t en t .

W hat general t opics w ould you w ant t he mor ni ng classes t o cover ? A gain , rank order each ar ea . Six is t he m ost i nter est i ng and o n e i s t h e l ea st i n t er est ing .

1. G lobal / Geogr aphic T hem es— such as hist ory , polit ics, a n d r eligion o f t he M iddl e East , Russi a, or C hi na.

2 . Per sonal D evelopm ent — such as f i nancial planning, appr oaches t o r et irement , get t i ng i n t ouch w it h m ysel f .

3 . C ult ur al T hemes— such as val ues, great book s, w or ld r eligi ons.

a n d i n sc h o o l .

1. I n t er a ct i o n s w i t h c a d et s.

2 . T h e c u r r i cu l u m .

ser iously consider at tending such a pr ogr am ?

3. F ir st hal f o f July 4 . Second hal f o f Ju ly .

5. Science and T echnology— such as com put er s at hom e, at wor k ,

What should be the focus of an alumni college?

4 . Y oung children .

5. U nable t o st ay in dor ms.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

4 . C ur r ent I ssues— such as envi r onm ent , i nf lat ion , ar m s c o n t r o l .

6. I don ’ t suppor t t he concept .

7. O t her (please speci f y) :

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

a t t en d ?

1. F i r st h a l f o f J u n e .

2 . Seco n d h a l f o f J u n e .

I graduated f r om t he A cadem y i n 19 W hat is your stat us?

W hat is the m ost i mpor tant consider ati on i n deciding w het her t o act uall y

D id you hear / k now about a 1983 Sum mer A lum ni Col lege (w hich has 1. Y es 2. N o now been cancelled) ?

I f you k new about t he 1983 A l um ni C ollege, w hat w as your sour ce?

1. A rt icles i n t he Checkp oin ts m agazine.

2 . A r t i c l es i n t h e A i r F o r c e T i m es .

3. H ear d f r om a f ell ow gr aduat e.

4 . Ot her (please speci f y) : Realizi ng possible higher cost s per at tendee, w ould you at tend an alum ni coll ege at : 1. V a i l .

2. Breckenr i dge.

3 . P a r i sh M em o r i a l .

4 . E st es P a r k .

5. O t her (please speci f y) : C o m m en t s:

6 . U n a b l e t o ea t i n M i t ch el l H a l l .

7 . L ac k o f i n t er a c t i o n w i t h c a d et s.

8. Ot her (please speci f y) : 25

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FA L C O N SP O R T S

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

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A C A D E M Y W I N T E R SP O R T S F A R E W E L L W ith f our undef eated teams — women ’s swimming (2 1-0),

men’s swimming (15-0), men’s indoor track (5-0), and pist ol ( 10-0), A ir Force winter sports won nearly 66 percent o f t h ei r ev en t s.

The pistol team took the national title in air pistol an d h ad f o u r

A ll-A mericans while the women ’s swimming team t ook seco n d i n t he N CA A D ivision I I championships wit h 12 swimmers receiving A l l -A m er i ca st at u s.

Rifle, although not qualifying for the nationals, claimed t h e

m ost wins during the wint er season wit h 34.

In one of the best showings in 16 years, the men’s f encing t eam placed sixth in the national championships and had t w o f en cer s r ecei v e A l l -A m er i can h o n o r s.

M E N ’S BA SK ET BA L L — T he Falcons of head coach H ank

Egan compiled a 10-17 overall record, the best record si n ce

1978-79 when t he Falcons were 12- 13. I n W A C play . A ir F o r c e f inished 2- 14 but def eat ed U t ah , w hich went to t he quarter f inals

in the NCAA tournament . Pacing the Falcons was senior R i c k

Simmons, who was select ed t o D ist rict 7 f irst team a n d W A C second-team . Simmons became t he f ourt h-leading scorer i n A i r Force hist ory wit h 1,320 points.

W OM EN ’ S BA SK ET BA L L — I n it s sixt h year of play , t he A i r Force women ’s bask et ball team f inished t he season wit h a n 18 - 6 overall record and a 4-3 Continent al D ivide record . Sophomore M ary M anning, playing in 17 games before a shoulder inj ury sidelined her f or the season , was named f irst team A cad em i c A l l A merica and t o the K odak D ist rict 7 t eam . M anning was t h e team’s leading scorer for the second-straight year wit h 209 point s and an 18. 1 average.

M EN ’S FEN CI N G — W it h it s best t eam f inish in 16 years,

men’s fencing took sixth place at the National Collegiate A t h l et i c A ssociation championships in Kenosha, Wis. The Falcons a l so

had two f encers receive A ll-A merican honors — Rick Stephenson in f oil and N orm Rennspies in sabre. D uring t he year , t h e F al co n s f inished wit h a 10-4 record and won t he W estern Regional c h a m pionships.

W OM EN ’S FEN CI N G I n it s sevent h year of compet it ion , t h e

women’s fencing team finished the season with a 7-8- 1 r eco r d .

The Lady Falcons took fifth place in the Western Regionals, defeating California Tech 12-4, San Diego University 13- 3 a n d C al i f o r n i a St at e F u l l er t o n 10- 6 .

M EN ’S GY M N A ST I CS — W it h an 8- 1 record , the men ’ s gym

nastics team placed fifth in the WA C Invitational in A lbuquer que. Tom Eannarino placed eighth in the vault while R o n P r o poggio took fifth in the high bar . Highlighting the s e a s o n w a s a first-place finish in the Colorado Classic and fifth-place showing

in t he Rock y M ountain Open .

W OM EN ’S GY M N A ST I CS — Finishing the season wit h a 13-3 record, the women’s gymnastics team won the Colorado Classic, the A ir Force I nvit ational and f inished second behind D en v er i n the Continental D ivide championships. T he Falcons were led by M arie M cGlinn , winner of t he vault and f loor-exercise i n t h e C o l o r ad o C l assi c . M cG l i n n al so t o o k f i r st i n t h e v au l t in leading t he Falcons to a fifth-place showing in the Rocky Mountain O pen .

I CE HOCKEY — Finishing with a 5-23 record, head coach

John M atchef t s ref lect ed that 1982-83 was a year of learning f or 26

t he team t hat had only t hree seniors but had f our f reshmen o n t h e f i r st an d seco n d l i n es. F r esh m a n F r an k D al d i n e w as t he leading scorer with 37 point s on 16 goals and 21 assist s.

M EN ’S I N D OOR T RA CK — Going undef eated wit h a 5-0 record , t he indoor t rack t eam posted its f i f t h-st raight u n d ef eat ed season and increased it s dual meet st reak t o 40 dat ing b ack si x seasons. T he Falcons took f i f th place in the W A C champion ships, led by D eric D obbs t hird-place showing in t he 60-yard dash while D ennis M oore was t hird in t he 60-yard high hurdles. Sen i o r A lonzo Babers earned A ll-A merican honors by placi ng f i f t h i n t he 600-yard run w it h a clock ing of 1: 12.83 at t he N at i o n al C o l legiate A t hlet ic A ssociat ion mens’ indoor cham pionships i n P o n t iac, M ich .

W O M E N ’S I N D O O R T RA C K W ith a f inal 6- 1 record , t he women ’s indoor t rack t eam made st rong showings in several i n vitationals. H ighlighti ng t he season was a f irst -place showing in t he V alent ine Classic in Greeley , Colo ., w hile having six f i r st place f inishes in the Colorado W omen ’s I nvitational i n B o u l d e r .

I n t he N ort hern A rizona I nvitat ional , j unior Gail Conway paced t he Falcons w it h two vict ories. Conway won t he high j ump event wit h a leap of 5-4. She also set a Skydome record by winning t he 4(X)-meter run in 54.67, a mar k t hat qualif ied her f o r t h e N C A A D i v i si o n I I n d o o r N at i o n a l s.

PI ST O L — A f t er post ing its second straight undef eated s e a s o n w it h a 10-0 mar k , t he pistol team won one national t ea m t i t l e an d f our A ll-A merica selections at the N ational Collegiat e Cham pion

ships in West Point , N .Y . A ir Force won the team title i n ai r

pistol while senior T om M ahoney and j uniors Bradley Robert , B r i an M ei er an d E d d ie N o r r i s w er e sel ect ed A l l -A m er i ca n f o r t h e

second straight year .

R I F L E — T h e r i f l e t eam en d ed t h e seaso n w i t h a 34 - 15 record , t he most wins compiled by a winter sport team . T he t e a m w o n t h e air ri f le sect ionals f or t he f if t h consecut ive year . Firing at an average of over 100 point s higher than any A ir Force team , t he Falcons were anchored by senior Jim Bierst ine.

M E N ’S SW I M M I N G — W ith a 15-0 record , t he men ’ s swim ming t eam ext ended it s num ber of undef eated seasons t o si x a n d st retched it s dual winning st reak t o 75. I n it s t hird sea so n o f W A C compet it ion , t he Falcons f inished sixt h in t he cham pionships.

Junior Garret t T hompson quali f ied f or t he N CA A champion ships in the 100-yard f reest yle.

W OM EN ’S SW I M M I N G — A f ter f inishi ng t he season wit h a 21-0 record , the women ’s swimming team took second place in the N CAA D ivision I I cham pionships in L ong Beach , Cali f .

F r esh m an B ar b ar a Sm i t h w o n n at i o n al t i t l es i n t h e 100 an d 200-yard butter f ly while f reshm an Bet h H aney copped a t i t l e i n t he 100-yard individual medley . Smith and H aney were t w o o f 12

A ll-A merica select ions won by the t eam . Raising it s winni ng st reak t o 52, t he Falcons also won t heir f ourt h-straight regional t i tle, winning t he Cont inent al D ivide cham pionships at t h e A i r Force A cademy .

W REST L I N G — W it h a f i f t h-place showing in t he W est ern A thlet ic Conf erence cham pionships, t he w rest ling team f i n i sh ed t h e seaso n w i t h a 7- 10 d u al m eet r eco r d . I n t h e W A C cham pion ships, j unior Bret Johnson placed second in t he 179-pound c l a ss while j unior Chris M cElroy w as t hird in the heavyweight d i v i si o n .

F a l c o n s G a i n 2 1 A l l -A m er i ca n s D uring the winter sport s season , the A ir Force A cademy r e ceived a total of 20 A ll-A mericas, giving t he Falcons 24 f o r t h e year and raising t o 202 t he num ber of Falcon at hletes w h o h a v e

Strong received honor s in the 1-meter diving. Senior L i n d a T elkamp , another f our-year A ll-A merica, rounds out t h e sw i m m ing honors wit h cert i f icates in t he 1 and 3-meter diving event s.

T he women’s swimming team accounted f or a dozen w hile t h e pistol team had f our , f encing t wo and w omen ’s basketball a n d men ’s t rack one apiece.

L ed by f reshmen Barb Sm ith and Bet h H aney , t he women ’s swimm ing team closed t he season wit h 12 swim mers gaining A l l A merica honors at t he N CA A D ivision I I championships in L ong Beach , Cali f . T he t eam placed second in t he com pet it ion .

Smit h led the way with t wo nat ional t it les, winning t h e 10 0 a n d 200-yard but ter f ly events while H aney copped a national t i t l e i n t he 100-yard individual medley . Smit h and H aney teamed w i t h D iann Christ ianson and Judy H upp t o win A ll-A merica st at u s i n t he 200-yard and 400-yard medley relays.

Pat ty M art inez, a f our-year A ll-A merica vet eran , took h o n o r s in the 1,650-yard f reest yle, 50-yard back st roke and a n c h o r e d t h e 400 and 800-yard f reest yle relays. K aren Burt on received f i v e cer t if icates in three team event s and t he 400-yard individual medley and 1,650-yard f reestyle. Freshman C heryl M cCue earned h e r f irst A ll-A merica cert i f icate in t he 200-yard f reestyle relay .

T iina L andschulz copped A ll-A merica stat us f or t he t h i r d straight year in 3-meter diving w hile K aren Burton a n d D a n a

and j uniors Bradley Robert , Brian M eier and Eddie N or ris, al l repeaters f rom last year . Robert received honors in f r e e a n d a i r

w o n A l l -A m er i ca h o n o r s.

The pistol team A ll-A mericas included senior Tom Mahoney

pistol while Norris placed in standard and free competition.

M ahoney earned A ll-A merica in air pist ol while M eier r ecei v ed honors in air and standard pist ol .

Sophomore M ary M anning was named to t he A cadem ic A llA merica college division f ir st t eam wit h a 3.93 cum ulat ive a v e r a g e in an aeronaut ical engineering maj or . A lready an A ll-A merican i n outdoor t rack . M anning also was named t o t he K odak A l l D ist rict basket ball team as selected by t he W omen ’s B a sk et b al l

C o ach es A sso ci at i o n .

Men’s fencing, which placed sixth at the National Collegiate

A t hlet ic A ssociat ion championships in K enosha, W is., e a r n e d two A ll-A merica select ions. Senior Rich Stephenson placed sixt h in foil while senior Norm Rennspies had a ninth-place showing in

sa b r e .

Sen i o r A l o n zo B ab er s ea r n ed h i s f i r st A l l - A m er i ca cer t i f i cat e

by placing fifth in the 600-yard run in 1: 12.83 clocking a t t h e N a

tional Collegiate A t hlet ic A ssociation men ’s indoor champion ships in Pontiac, M ich .

H A T FIEL D H OPES GRID M OM EN T U M CON T IN U ES A lt hough t he 1982 A ir Force f ootball season ended only se v e r a l months ago , the 1983 season is already here as t he Falcons busily engaged in spring pract ice earlier t his year .

T he Falcons started springs drills on A pril 1 and wound u p A pril 30 wit h t he annual Blue-Silver game at Falcon St ad i u m . I n bet ween , head coach K en H at f ield was hoping t he Falcons w o u l d continue the moment um st arted last f all when they posted a n 8 - 5 record , including a vict ory in the H all o f Fame Bowl .

H at f ield has 51 retur ning let termen , including 15 start ers, b u t that doesn ’t mean spring pract ice was a ho-hum af f air .

W hile most of the o f f ensive f irepower ret urned f rom l a st season’s high-scor ing of f ense, several key replacement s h a d t o b e f ound on t he of f ensive line and t he hunt f or dept h at all positions is always a coaching proj ect . “ W e have good senior leadership wit h 27 seniors who enj oy f oot ball , ’ ’ said H at f ield in accessing t he spring. “ Our young players are good and spring pract ice will give us t he opport unit y to get ready to play varsity ball .’ ’ H owever , H at f ield , who was W estern A t hlet ic Conf erence Coach of t he Year last season , listed f ive areas of maj or em phasis this spring as f ollows:

D ef ensively , t he Falcons should be t ougher in 1983 w i t h m o r e experienced players and t wo o f t he top player s next f al l sh o u l d once again be senior lineback er Shaw n Sm it h , the leading t ac k i er f rom a season ago , and senior def ensive end Carl D ieudonne, t h e most valuable def ensive player in t he H all of Fame Bow l game.

T he Falcons’ k ick ing game should once again be strong h e a d e d

by A ll-A merica candidates Sean Pavlich and Jef f K ubiak , b o t h seniors. Pavlich , t he A ll-W A C place-k ick er , could be t h e F al co n s’ all-t ime leading scorer by t he end o f nex t season while K ubiak , who was all-league second team in 1982, set a school r eco r d w i t h 43.4 yards per punt last year .

— O f f en si v e l i n e

— Find best def ensive players — Find back up quar terback — Give everyone a chance to be a f irst teamer — I mprove deep passing game O f f ensively , one of the t op ret urnees is quar terback M arty L outhan, last season ’s total o f f ensive leader , who is the engineer of t he Falcons’ highly-product ive f lexbone att ack . A l so b ack i s senior f ullback John Kershner , t he leading rusher wit h 1,056 yards in 1982, while senior M ik e K irby , t he leading pass receiver and punt ret urner , also ret urns.

F a l co n s f o r ced i n d o o r s

Wi th the num er ous sno wf alls in ear ly sp r ing co ver ing their p ractice f ield, the F alcon f oo tbal l team was f or ced to m o ve their sp r ing dr ills op ener in side. P r actice con tin ued thr ough A p r il . ( U.S. A ir F or ce p ho to by SSgt. Guido L ocati) 27

C H A PT ER N EW S N or th Texas Chap ter:

Event s K eep M em ber shi p A cti ve T h e t h i r d an n u al N o r t h T ex as A sso ci a

t ion of A ir Force A cademy Graduates Founder ’s D ay D inner/ D ance cont inued in t he f est ive t radition est ablished during t he past two years. On A pril 9 more than 70 graduat es, wives, and special guest s spent t he evening enj oying cock t ails, din ner , dancing, and f ellowship as only A FA graduat es can .

Bill Reemt sma, ’63, once again organ ized t he event and was ably assi sted by his wi f e, Joy , and daughter , K rist i , t he of f icial phot ographer . T he cock tail hour provided an opportunity f or graduat es and wives to renew acquaint ances and pl an f ut u r e act iv it ies. “ A r gy l e t he Snake, ” master of insult , matched wit s, or f angs, wit h several guest s—A rgyle was generally conceded t o be t he winner .

T he dinner began wit h Bob Staib , ’62, t oasting t he men and memories we honor and leading us in the Cadet Prayer . D ur ing t be course of t he meal , several in

show , and t he annual A FA / A rmy/ N avy Sof t ball T ournament , by Ron H ale, ’ 71.

L ew Svitenk o , ’62, vice w ing com mander at Carswell A FB , discussed t he st at us of Car swell and it s f uture, and special guest Jim W heeler (you remember him) , in t he area f or F- 16 Program orient ation , im part ed words of wisdom concerning t he organizat ion and progress of t he A OG .

A f ter dinner , t he cur tains opened t o the dance f loor and a local t rio provided dancing and list ening music unt il well past midnight . From t he ice carving of t he Commander-I n-Chief ’ s T rophy t o t he last dance,” t he evening was a great suc < (

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by obj ect ives program f or t he liaison o f f icers which he paralleled t o a business m ar k et ing plan . T he conversat ion was

quite animated due to the strong interest of the group in providing support to the

general ’s goals.

Bill Reem t sm a, t he A ssoci at i on p resident ,

N ort h T exas out l i ned o ur

various activities as a graduate group and emphasized our willingness to provide posit ive resources t o suppor t t he recruiting ef forts of the A cademy. Bill

v o l u n t eer ed o u r asso ci at i o n t o assi st as a

pilot group in ef forts to unite graduates with other active recruiting groups in sup port of t he overall ef f ort . A three man

committee of those attending volunteered

O U TL I N E S P L A N

t o come up wit h speci f ic act ion sugges

On M arch 26, ten mem ber s of t he

I n at tendance at t he meeting were W alt H ert er , Jerry Smit h and Bob Staib f rom

t r o d u ct i o n s an d co m m en t s f r o m at t en d ees

N o r t h T ex as A sso ci at i o n m et at t h e D al l as Sh er at o n P ar k C en t r al H o t el f o r a l u n ch

were presented , including present at ion of a plaque t o B . J. Bj ork lund , ’70, im mediat e past president ; plans f or a j oint t rip wit h t he local W est Point Society t o A FA f or t he A rmy game t his f all by H .

Ownby , ’69; and announcement of our next two act ivities— t he f amily picnic at Carswell A FB during t he T hunderbirds

wit h General Robert K elley , U SA F A cademy superintendent . General K elley was in D allas t o speak t o t he A ir Force A ssociation t hat evening. T he general out li ned a number of act ion-oriented pro grams which will increase t he quality of candidates f or t he A cademy . H e discussed areas in which graduates could enhance

Comp ar ing no tes at the N or th Tex as A ssociation of A ir F or ce A cademy Grad uates F ounder ’s D ay D inner / D ance ar e, f r om lef t, C el l est e W eisel, Steve Weisel ( ’71), and Yu-L in Chao ( ’71) .

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the overall recruiting ef forts for top quali ty cadets. He also outlined a management

t i o n s.

the Class of ’62, Bill Reemtsma (63), Chuck Richardson (68), Rick Bj orklund

(70) , Ron H ale (71) , and D orian Smit h (78) . A ll are eit her current board member s or f ormer presidents of t he N ort h T exas

A sso ci at i o n .

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T om M cN iel , bot h U SM A graduat es and honorary members of t he N ort h T exas A ssociation , were also in at t endance.

Some 70 grad uates, wi ves and sp ecial guests at tended t h e N o r t h T ex as Chap ter ’s thir d ann ual d inner / dance. I n the f or egr o und, f r om lef t, ar e Shir ley Svi tenk o, L ew Svi tenk o ( ’62) and J oy R eem tsm a.

A RIZ ON A CH A PT ER T he A rizona Chapt er recently elect ed

a b o ar d o f d i r ect o r s a n d o f f i cer s f o r 1983 .

N am ed w er e :

Smokey Stover , ’61, president Bob A braham , ’ 81, vice president Bill M cKee, ’68, secret ary/ t reasurer Chris Campbell , ’ 74, inf ormat ion of f i cer

D oug Everet t , ’68, direct or Roy H endrick son , ’ 72, direct or W illiam Jenney , ’70, direct or Robert M azet , ’63, direct or

We recently met for a dinner meeting in conj unction with the A rizona liaison of f i cer s an d t h e A r i zo n a P ar en t s A sso ci a

tion . Brig. Gen (Ret) Bill W oodyard was our speaker . D id you k now he once pro

posed replacement of the M -1 by a spear?

On A pril 16th we will attend the Luke

COL ORA D O CH A PT ER W hen this issue hit s t he st reet s, the Col orado Chapt er (CCA O G) will have j ust complet ed it s T hird A nnual Spring D in ner . A s many of you k now , t he CCA OG has begun a t radit ion of out st anding din ners and speak er s wit h it s spring dinner .

I n o u r f i r st t w o ev en t s w e h ear d an d saw

the f irst f light of t he Space Shut t le and list ened t o t he f ascinating det ails about re

cen t r esear ch o n t h e Sh r o u d o f T u r i n .

T his year we heard f rom t he deputy ad minist rat or of N A SA , D r . H ans M ark . A s some of you k now . D r . M ar k was f orm er ly t he secretary and undersecret ary o f t he A ir Force. A ll t hose at tending hear d an engrossing discussion of A merica’ s space

plans and the threats caused by Soviet ac t i o n s.

T h e d i n n er st ar t ed o f f w i t h a w i n e

ing planned, possibly including a trip over

t ast ing part y at Bill M aywhort ’s (’68) house in Englewood (Bill is one of t he newest part ners in the D enver law f irm of H olland and H art) . A f t erwards we made our way up t o the Sout heast D enver M ar

856- 6538/ A V : 853- 6538 . W e l o o k f o r w ar d

delicious buf f et and dinner speech . For t hose who came t he evening was a t erri f ic t ime. For t hose who didn ’t , don ’t miss next year ’ s event . Y ou ’d be amazed how much f un you can have wit h f ellow grads

A FB open house at which we hope to get

some Academy information out and do some f und raising by tak ing “ hero ” pic

t u r es f o r t h e k i d s. F u t u r e act i v i t i es ar e b e

t o t he U SA FA - San D iego St ate f ootball game this f all .

G raduat es i nt er est ed i n becom i ng members of the A rizona Chapter should contact Colonel Smokey St over at (602)

to seeing you! (Capt . Chris Campbell, ’74, 4734 W . Purdue A ve., Glendale, A Z 85302) A R K -L A -T E X C H A P T E R T he grads at Bar k sdale and a f ew of t heir spouses had t he pleasure of seeing the 1982 A cademy f oot ball season in r ev i ew at t h e B ar k sd al e O f f i cer s’ C l u b o n M ar ch 25t h t h a n k s t o C o l . C l i at t an d t h e A t h l et i c A sso ci at i o n . O n e o f o u r l o cal

grads, Steve D ick man (79) , st ayed on at t he A cademy as a recruiter and coach f or a year af ter his graduation . H e gave us an excellent int roduct ion t o t he f ilm by shar ing some of his experiences while assigned to the coaching staf f .

G rads who at tended were: Bob D enny (68) , W arren (66) and M aria D ixon , John (77) and V icky H ar ris, H al (68) and Kat hi H igley , St eve (62) and Carol N ielson , T om (78) and M ary Bet h Owen , Greg (78) and Gail Peterson , St eve (79) and A nit a D ick man , L arry Smit h (64), M ike Spain (78) , Paul (75) and K athleen W illiams, Rich W irt h (71) , T ony Z danuk (74) , L arry (76) and Cindy W eaver , and M ik e Sydla (70) . A nita D ick man ’s mom (visit ing f rom Colorado Springs) also at tended .

W e all really enj oyed seeing t he ex cellent f oot ball action and are look ing f o r w ar d t o t h e 19 83 seaso n . A t o u r l ast

count there were 65 grads assigned t o B ar k sd al e an d w e k n o w t h er e ar e o t h er s i n

t he local area. W e expect growing par t icipat ion in A OG act ivit ies lik e t his in t he f ut ure. (H al H igley ’68)

r i o t t w h er e m em b er s w er e t r eat ed t o a

f r o m t h e o l d al m a m at er .

A nd you don ’t have t o wait unt il next year to part icipate. W e are now planning a summer weekend in Breck enridge— hik ing, riding, music, picnics, maybe even some airmanship ! T he det ails will be out in members’ newslet t ers in t he M ay/ June issues. M embership in t he CCA O G is sim ple. Just send $5 f or the year t o : CCA OG , P .O . Box 6, U SA FA Colo . 80840; along wit h your name, class, address, phone number , and spouse’ s name.

T he CCA OG holds mont hly meet ings t o w h i ch al l m em b er s ar e i n v i t ed . T h e

meet ings are on t he f irst T uesday of each mont h , 7 p .m . , at the Broiler Room in Cast le Rock . For Colorado Springs grads, a car pool leaves t he K ent uck y Fried Chicken par k ing lot at 6: 15 (Y or k and A cademy , j ust across f rom the M ission I nn) . Part icipation insures a bet t er , more active graduate associat ion . W e can all benef it t hrough our k nowledge of each o t h er .

I f you have quest ions about t he CCA OG , call eit her A 1 Blumberg ( ’68) at 634-8807, A llan Jensen (’74) at 599-5203 in Colorado Springs, or Gary Bone (’69) at 84 1-470 3 i n D en v er . C o m e o n o u t an d

help t he CCA OG . Y ou ’ re gonna love it !

CONTA CT S FOR OT H ER C H A PT ERS

A lamo A rea C hapter James W . Brown , ’ 59 626 Candleglow D rive San A ntonio , T X 78239 H ome (512) 654-6358 A V : 4 8 7 - 2 19 7 / 5 10 3

A rk -L a-T ex C hapter H al H igley , ’68 27 Echo Ridge Circle H aught on , L A 71037 H ome: (318) 949-9 144 A V : 7 8 1- 3 2 2 7 / 4 3 7 9

Black H ills C hapter W alter R . W ashbur n I I I , ’76 9994A Onge St reet Ellswort h A FB , SD 57706 A V : 74 7 -204 9 / 2 5 52

Capital C hapter Johnny W hitaker , ’73 U SA F A

A OG

P . O . B o x 2 7 12

Springf ield , V A 22 152 M cC hord A FB C hapter Richard C . M ilnes, ’61 3610 112t h St reet , S.W .

T acoma, W A 98499 H ome: (207) 582-7324 A V : 9 76 -2 6 2 1

N ort heast Regi onal C hapter Flash W iley ’ 65

2 9 F o r t A v en u e

Roxbury , M A 02119 H ome: (617) 427-50 12 W or k : (6 17) 542- 12 11 N ort her n Calif or nia C hapter K elly A lexander , ’73 130 K i o w a C o u r t

Vacaville, CA 95688

A V : 837-3727

N ort h T exas C hapter Bill Reemt sma, ’63 3226 L eahy D rive D allas, T X 75229 (214) 357-5502 San D iego C ount y Chapter D on Rushing, ’70 Gray , Cary , A mes and Frye 2 100 U nion Bank Building 52 5 “ B ” St r eet

San D iego , CA 92 10 1 O f f ice: (619) 699-2732

G ET I N V O L V ED !

FORM A CH A PT ER !

T H E A OG W IL L H EL P

Sout hwest O hio C hapter Pat L ynch , ’ 74 4049 Forest Ridge Blvd .

D ayt on , O H 45424 A V : 7 8 5-6 2 89

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

William F . George, I I , ’68

J ohn Br uce D odds, ’75

William F . George I I , ’68

H e is survived by his wi f e, Sheila and three daughters, Jenni f er , K atie, and M olly , of Ogden , U tah ; his parent s, Richard a n d R u t h George of A urora, Colo .; and two brot hers, Richard a n d D a v i d .

Cont ribut ions in his memory may be made to the W illiam F .

George I I M emorial Fund , A ssociat ion of Graduates, U . S . A i r Force A cademy , Colo . 80840. (M aj . Richard H . W hite, ’ 69)

A memorial service f or L t . Col . W illiam F . George I I , C l ass o f 1968, was held on January 28, 1983 at t he H ill A ir F o r c e B a se Chapel . Colonel George, assigned to the 388t h T act ical Fighter W ing, was declared dead January 24 af ter being missing si n c e a January 19 F- 16 accident over the Great Salt L ake in U t a h . H e was interred at t he A ir Force A cademy Cemetery on February 16 .

H e was born on June 25, 1946 in Bayside, N .Y ., and w a s c o m missioned in t he A ir Force af ter graduat ing f rom t he A cademy in 1968. H is f irst duty assignment was wit h t he 99t h A ir Ref ueling Squadron , W estover A FB , M ass. Subsequent assignment s t o o k him to H eadquarters, St rategic A ir Command , O f f ut t A FB , N eb .; t he 18t h T act ical Reconnaissance Squadron , Shaw A F B , S.C .; t he 14t h T actical Reconnaissance Squadron , U dorn Royal T hai A ir Base, T hailand ; t he 13th T actical Fighter T raining Squadron , M acD ill A FB , Fla.; and the 59t h T act ical Fighter Squadron at Eglin A FB, Fla. Colonel George att ended t he A ir Command and Staf f College at M axwell A FB , A la., during which he ear ned his master o f business adm inistration degree f rom A uburn U niversity . F o l l o w ing A ir Command and St af f College, he was assigned t o t h e 388t h T act ical Fight er W ing at H ill A FB , U tah in July 1980. W h i l e assigned to t he 388t h , he was a plans of f icer , an assistant o p e r a tions of f icer in the 34t h and 42 1st T actical Fighter Squadrons, and subsequent ly served as t he chief of t he 388t h T actical Fighter W ing Standardization and Evaluation D ivision .

H i s aw ar d s i n cl u d e t h e M er i t o r i o u s Ser v i ce M ed al w i t h o n e o a k

leaf cluster , t he A ir M edal wit h six devices, and t he A i r F o r ce C o m m en d at i o n M ed al .

W hile there are t hose of us who did not have the good f o r t u n e of k nowing Bill at t he A cademy , it did not take long t o k n o w a n d cherish his and his f amily ’s f riendship . W het her it was a f riend , a crew chief , a f light lead , or a wing commander , t hey w i l l a l l remember Bill f or his big smile and f irm handshake. H e w a s a leader , dedicated to improving our A ir Force. H e taught t h e young and inexperienced , counseled his peers, and always g a v e his best to his boss. Bill was the consumate prof essional a n d t h o se who served with him will be bet ter f or t he experience.

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J ohn Br uce D odds, ’75 Funeral services f or John Bruce D odds, Class of 1975, w e r e held at t he A cademy Cadet Protestant Chapel on M arch 31, 1983, with burial in the A cademy Cemetery . M r . D odds died o f can cer on M arch 28 in V acaville, Cali f .

W hile att ending t he A cademy , M r . D odds had one leg a m putated in A pril 1974, and A cademy of f icials said he co u l d n o t graduat e because his handicap would prevent him f rom being co m m i ssi o n ed as an o f f i cer . U .S . Sen . G al e M cG ee a n d Rep .

T eno Roncalio , bot h W yoming D emocrat s, int roduced legislat ion t o waive regulations so t hat M r . D odds could graduat e. B e f o r e debate on the legislat ion got underway . A ir Force Secretary J o h n L . M cL ucas ruled t hat M r . D odds could complete his senior year and graduat e wit h his class.

M r . D odds wor ked f or N ort hrop A viat ion in L os A ngeles f o r t wo years af ter he was graduated . H e was awarded a law degree f rom N ot re D ame L aw School in Sout h Bend , I nd . and t h e n wor ked as an at tor ney with t he H oust on law f irm o f Fulbr ight and Jaworsk i . T he late L eon Jaworsk i was t he W atergate special p r o secu t o r .

M r . D odds was a member of t he Cadet M ountain Club , t h e A cademy I ntramural T ennis T eam and the Cadet D rum and Bugle Corps.

A port ion of t he eulogy by Colonel M alham M . W ak in , p r o f essor and head of t he A cademy ’s D epart ment of Philosophy a n d Fine A rt s, ref lect s t he f eelings of M r . D odds’ f riends a n d c l a ssm a t e s t o w a r d h i m :

“ . . .Bruce was det erm ined to graduate f rom t he A cademy alt hough normal pr ocedures would have had him released a t t he end o f his j unior year because he was no longer physically quali f ied f or a commission . H owever , due t o his own display o f

R onald L . Gray , 7 9

Wilhelm R . Ster n, ’82

rugged persistence and the pet it ions o f his f ellow cad et s t o C o n gress and t he A ir Staf f , Bruce was per mit ted t o cont inue a t t h e A cademy and graduate wit h his class. H e adapted well t o a prost hesis, became a licensed pilot and f lew in his own plane, and was an ent husiast ic skier ! T he Graduating Class o f 197 5 presented Bruce wit h a special award o f a plaque and sa b r e an d at graduation when he received his diploma t he entire C ad et W ing gave him a standing ovat ion . . . .H ere was an ext raordinary human being who f ought best when a crisis was upon him — who responded wit h g r eat spirit to physical hardship and pain — conquering t hose obstacles to do t hings t hat many o f us only wish we co u l d d o .

H is goal was to make a meaningf ul cont ribution with h i s l i f e and he f ul f illed that goal even though he had many f ewer years t o d o so t h an t h o se o f u s w h o k n ew a n d l o v ed h i m . H i s example of t he virt uous li f e makes him one of our modern-day heroes, wort hy to serve as an inspirat ion t o coming generat ions o f A i r Force A cademy and N ot re D ame st udent s. H e stood t allest when he had only one leg t o st and on; perhaps his courage w i l l be shared by t hose of us who are blessed wit h two healt hy

Ron is survived by his wi f e, Y vonne, and son and daught er , Christopher and Erin , o f Colorado Springs, Colo .; and by his parent s, M r . and M rs. Conrad A . G ray , of Piedmont . S . C . C o n t r ibut ions in his mem ory m ay be made t o t he Ronald L . Gray M emorial Fund , A ssociation of Graduat es, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo . 80840. ( 1st L t . Guy J . W ills I I , Class of ’ 79) W i l h el m R . St er n , ’82

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o n es . ”

M r . D odds is survived by his parents, John and M rs. G r a c e D odds of Vacaville. Cont ributions in his memory may b e m ad e t o t he John Bruce D odds M emorial Fund , A ssociat ion o f G raduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo . 80840.

R onald L . Gray , 7 9 Captain Ronald L . Gray , Class of 1979, died while f lying a n F- 16 at L each L ake, Cali f , on February 10, 1983. H e was assigned t o t he 430t h T actical Fighter Squadron at N ellis A FB , N e v . a t t h e t i m e o f h i s d eat h . M em o r i al ser v i ces w er e h el d at N el l i s A F B o n

February 14 and he was buried at the A ir Force A cademy Cemet ery on February 17.

Ronzo ” was a member of t he 34t h Cadet Squadron while a t the A cademy and a proud mem ber of t he Class of ’ 79. H e m a j ored in engineering and graduat ed f rom U ndergraduate P i l o t T raining f rom V ance A FB , O k la. W hile at V ance, he ear ned t o p honors including a f lyi ng award , was one of 10 dist inguished graduates, and won t he Com mander ’s T rophy f or being f i r st i n his class. From V ance he was assigned t o t he F- 16 Flying F al co n with t he 430th T act ical Fight er Squadron .

T hose who k new Ron will remember him f or his posit ive c a n do att itude and his willingness to help t hose around h i m . R o n ’ s prof essionalism while at the A cademy and in the A ir F o r c e a r e proud standards f or all t hose who f ollow . Ron was an adoring f ather and a loving husband . W e will all miss him f or a f r i en d l i k e i i

h i m co m es sel d o m i n o n e’ s l i f et i m e .

O n January 31, 1983, Second L ieutenant W ilhelm R . Ster n , Class o f 1982, was k illed when his T -38 crashed near C o l u m b u s A FB , M iss. Funeral services were held at t he Protestant C ad et Chapel on February 7, 1983, wit h i nternment in the A cademy Cemetery .

W ill was a member of t he 31st Cadet Squadron and maj ored i n history while at t he A cademy . H e was an act ive individual , f r e quently seizing t he init iat ive, and he could be counted o n t o get t he j ob done. But more import antly . W ill had a sincere i n t er est i n his peers and subordinates. T his at t it ude is ref lected b est i n h i s ow n words: “ Remember your people, they are t he key t o success.” Even af ter graduat ion W ill remem bered his people by corresponding w it h his f or mer cadet squadron , so t hat he might share some of t he insight s he gained as a young of f icer .

W ill touched the lives o f many and was an inspiration t o u s all— a real f ighter . H e did not allow set back s t o stand in his way ; instead , he drew f rom great internal st rength and demonst rated an abilit y to bounce back even st ronger t han bef ore. W i t h h i s passing, the A ir Force lost a dedicated of f icer . For t h o se o f u s who k new W ill , his dependability , hard-wor k ing nat ure, an d cheer f ul disposition will be sorely m issed .

W ill is survived by his parent s. Senior M aster Sergeant (U SA F , Retired) and M rs. H arry T . St ern , and sister H eidi , al l o f B o ssi er C ity , L a. T he f amily t hank s all W ill ’s f riends who w e r e so s u p p o r tive in t hei r t ime of grief . Cont ribut ions in his memory may be made to t he W ilhelm R . Stern M em orial Fund , A ssociat ion o f Graduates, U SA F A cademy , Colo . 80840. (A ndy Gerner , ’ 81, and Steve Suddart h , ’ 82) W e regret t hat at presst ime we learned of t he deaths o f t hree more graduates. T heir f ull obit uaries will appear i n t he next edit ion of Checkp oin ts. K illed in an A - 10 cr ash o n A pril 7 at N el lis A FB , N ev ., was Capt . Edward L . T homas, C lass of 1977. Capt . D onald W . H iebert , Class o f 1976, and 1st L t . M att hew W . Cervenak , C lass of 1980, died i n a B-52 crash on A pril 11 in southern U tah . W e of f er our si n cer e co n d o l en ces t o t h e f am i l i es an d f r i en d s o f t h e se m en .

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C L A SS N EW S In keeping with standard A ir Force policy, it ’s now t i m e f o r m e t o b e

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San A nto nio , T X 78233 (5 12) 653-9869

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I f it weren’t for j unk mail and Wayne PITTMA N , my mail b o x w o u l d

have r usted shut t hi s w inter . E ven t he change-o f -addr ess ca r d s w er e sparse. I assume everyone was snuggled up close to the f ireplace, con

tentedly reading a book and waiting for spring. A s a r esu l t o f t h i s l a c k o f postal activity, most of the information in this edition co m es f r o m so m e randomly selected phone calls. I refuse to submit a negat ive repo r t .

A s m ent ioned , 1 did r eceive a car d f r om W ayne P I T T M A N , w h o h a s j ust changed stations but managed to stay in Europe. T o quote f r om Wayne: “ Karen and I reluctantly left Spain and a lot of good U .S. and Spanish friends to come up here to Kapaun A ir Station (G er many) to st ar t

reassigned t o ot her dut ies. I ’ve been ou r class secretar y a n d a u t h o r o f t h i s new slet ter f or over t w o year s now , and I f eel ver y st r ongly t hat it needs new blood . W hile w e ar e pr obably t he only class t o gr aduate t hat w il l be able to say that we knew each and every classmate, w e w er e obvi ously m or e closely associated w i t h som e t han w it h ot her s. I ’ve at tem pted t o mak e t his a w hole-class new slet ter , to paint a br oad st r i pe, but I k now that my personal friendships have tinted the result . T oo o f ten , t he same

names appear (perhaps because they’re the best correspondents). I f t h i s new slet t er can conti nue t he excellence o f

my pr edecessor s, Jer ry

GA RBER and Wayne PITTMA N , we should have a Change of C o m mand at appropriate intervals. I think that interval i s now , and so ask f or v o l u n t eer s t o a ssu m e t h e t a sk .

I ’ m not resigni ng . I ’ve enj oyed doi ng t his ver y m uch— but I honest ly f eel t hat it ’ s t i me f or someo ne else t o sor t o f spr ead t h e b u t t er f o r o u r w hole class. A w or d o f w ar ning— i f t her e are no volunt eer s, you ’ r e goi ng to be st uck w it h m e. T hen it w i ll be all your f ault .

Fly Saf e, good f r iends. Fly Saf e.

a new two years. I ’m now chief of the M anagement Inspection D i v i si o n o f

t he U SA FE I G . I ’l l be all over Eur ope seei ng how ot her b a se co m m a n d er s handle the problems I ’ve struggled with over the last t w o and a hal f year s.

K ar en w ill have a w hole new sect ion o f E ur ope t o explor e, so she’ s happy .

Also—they have an aero club here (which we didn’t at Z ar agoza) .’ ’ By t he time Wayne and Karen get reassigned, they’ll need an im migratio n vi sa t o en t er t h e U n i t ed St a t es .

A1GA GLIA RDl recently spent some time with us here i n San A ntonio , out at Randolph A FB. He finally learned how to fly dur ing his T -38 checkout , something I ’ve hoped and prayed for since our pilot t raining days together. “ Gag” will be returning to his old stompin’ gr ounds, D el Rio, TX , as the wing commander at Laughlin A FB. Having spent f our years there myself , I know that Laughlin is one of t he best kept secret s i n the A ir Force—an outstanding duty station. Gag even h a s t h e sa m e secretary who used to sympathize with him in the outer o f f i ce w h i l e h e was waiting f or his monthly chewing out by the wing comm ander dur i ng h i s f i r st t o u r t h er e .

One of my phone calls was to Roy I NNESS, who is now happily r et ir ed (who isn’t?) in Shalimar, FL , near Eglin A FB. Roy is about t o get his real estate license and begin to amass his second fortune. H e’s ver y happy

t here, and i s close enough to L ouisiana so t hat hi s d r a w l d o esn ’ t d r a w a t tention. He reports that Bob BLA KE, Dick LEE, C.V. M I L L E R , and L ee B A R N W E L L a r e a l l i n t h e l o ca l a r ea . W i t h a c r o w d li k e that , a T D Y

to Eglin might be cause enough for a mini-reunion.

I also t al k ed t o M i ke C A R N S, w ho i s t he D O f or t he Rapid D eploy ment Joi nt T ask For ce at M acD i ll A FB . H e report s t hat he is t he o nly ’ 59er i n the local ar ea t hat he k now s o f , but that h e h a s h ea r d f r o m so m e f r i en d s w h o a r e d ea r t o u s a l l . M r s. M cC O M A S h a s m o v ed t o a n a p a r t

ment after selling her home, and is well and happy in C -Spr i ngs. W it hout her assistance, I may never have even met Sherry, much l ess m a r r i ed h er .

(That’s a long story, involving a staid, old-fashioned gener al w ho has

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O ur annual R egister of Gr ad uates didn ’ t ar r ive soon enough t o i nst it ute m y grand scheme o f gleani ng i n f o f r o m yo u f ol k s, so t his (as t he one bef or e) w ill be shor t . T o get i nf o , Jim O ’ RO U R K E and 1 h a d t o ca l l so m e o f you , and it got too expensive to cont inue, nice as it w as t o gab , t hough .

I f you ’ re too shy to dr op a li ne, have your com pany P R m a n sen d m e a blur b on you . I f you r un int o a classm at e, dr op me a l i n e a b o u t h i m .

Johnnie T O W N SE N D chose t o ret ir e instead o f going to G u a m . H i s last assignment w as as a regular L C assigned t o t he A N G a t D a v i sMonthan, flying C-13D drones—f igure that one out , folks! H e now buys subcont r acted par t s f or H ughes A i rcr af t M issi le D ivi sio n in T ucso n , w her e t he Phoenix , M aver ick and ot her m issiles are bui lt . H e even buys com put er par t s to make dum b bombs smar t . T hree k ids— high sch o o l t o k i nder gart en ; 175 pounds o f dynam it e; hair has sl ipped f ro m t op o f head t o chin , mostl y grey .

A nother guy with young kids is Neal “ Bear” REA VELY, w hom yo u ’ ll

probably remember as our best lacrosse player . He and N i k i h a v e f i v e

k ids— son at M ont ana St ate, and f o ur daughter s, ages 20 , 7, 5, and 2.

N eal w ill be pr omot ed t o f ull bull in t he M ont ana A N G (F- 106s) on t he state st af f w hen he st ops pr ocr ast inat i ng and com pletes t h e A W C co r respondence cour se. H e teaches j unior high school mat h a n d c o a c h es

since become an out st andi ng f at her-i n-law .) M i ke also repor ted that he’ s hear d f r om M r . C har lie K A L B , w ho helped r un the mess h a l l so w el l a n d w ho f ashioned many a boodle basket f or starving f ir st cl a ssm en . C h a r l i e is ret ir ed i n L ynchbur g, V A , and says his kit chen is st ill open to Z oom ies.

M ik e also says t hat he’s hear d t hat D on M A D O N N A has r et i r ed a n d i s now t he chief test pilot f or L ear , t est ing t heir new pusher -type ai r plane,

and that Wayne JEFFERSON is now the A DO at SAC Headquarters.

W ay t o go . Roomie!

I al so t al ked t o Br ock ST RO M i n L os A ngeles, w her e h e i s t h e d i r ect o r

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of the Space Defense Program (which has received a l o t o f a t t en t i o n f r o m our President recently). Brock, understandably, could not go into det ail about what he’s doing, but says that his work is motivating and excit ing .

Brock reports that Craig SCHA UM is running the F-15 p r o g r a m a t Wright-Pat , and that A rt SHUMA TE was now working for t he Boei ng Corp. He also said that Larry T HOM SON was the Wing C O o f t h e T est Wing at Holloman A FB. Brock continues to be one of t hose people w ho is alw ays happy (thank f ully , becaue I ’ d hate to see him angry) . I n our conver sat ion , I f orgot to t hank hi m f or hel pi ng me get t hr ough T her mo . I st il l don ’t k now w hat a BT U r eally is, but I passed t h e ex a m . E x cel l en t t utor ing. Cooperat e and graduat e.

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wr est ling and f oot ball in Bozem an . I rem em ber t hat N eal r eally loved

kids, and obviously still does! Did you know that Jock SC H W A N K m a r ried Neal ’s sister after pilot training?

D id you k now t hat Johnnie T O W N SE N D and Reb G U I L L OT l i v e i n

the same town and didn’t even know it? Reb coaches yout h f oot ball and is president of the local recreation association, says he is lean and mean , with all his hair and no grey! He is the commander o f t h e co m m a n d a n d control center for the 335th TA G Training Wing at DM . Four k ids, 6t h

gr ade t o soph at U . o f A r izona.

Karl “ Mac” JONES’ oldest daughter j ust made SSgt (USA F) b el o w t h e zone at Wright-Patterson, where her Lt husband is assigned t o t h e F - 16 program. His other three kids are grown and gone, and he’s lef t dabbl ing in real estate and working as number two man in the D eput y C / S f or T est and Evaluation at A FSC (A ndrews), responsible for the space shut t le, etc .

He has daily telecons with BG Ron YATES, who has had a t l ea st f o u r j obs at Wright-Patterson, his latest being deputy for T act ical Syst em s i n A SD, A FSC (the chief of the of fice in charge of all t he SPO s not lar ge enough to warrant separate command structures).

While in Dallas recently, I called Jerry STACK, our onl y classm at e caught in the Branif f demise. Jerry was out selling real estate, according to his son, who had j ust come home on spring break f r o m t h e U . o f T ex a s at Austin. Jim O' ROURKE has successfully transferred f r o m N ew Y o r k to Houston as a 727 captain with Eastern, making his co m m u t e f r o m Sa l t Lake much easier. Jim will probably write a guest column next t i me, but send your cards, letters, and PICTURES to me and I ’ll gi ve t hem t o him .

Oh! One last note; Roy JOLLY has moved to Houston; no phone num ber l i st ed .

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

C ollinsville, I L 62234 H ome: (6 18) 632-6635 A V : 6 3 8-4 139

Congratulations to each of you for having overcome 23 year s o f w ar s, rumors of wars, and earthquakes in diverse places; yea, and even gr eat pollution upon the face of the earth. Yea behold, you have per severed with your eyes upon the stars. May the next 23 years b e ev en m o r e r ew a r d in g .

W ell C har lie, I had t o thi nk o f some ki nd o f att ent ion st ep ! I can ’ t say happy new year li ke I did in t he M arch issue. I w ould seem out o f step . I suppose I could get a j ump on Halloween, but I guess I ’ ll j ust relate som e n ew s.

John D. SULL IVA N is listed in the most recent Register of Gr ad uates as an air operations staf f of ficer at the Pentagon and r ight ly so as o f last July ; however , since t hen he has m oved to Scott A F B t o ser v e a s C I N C -

MA C’s assistant chief of staf f where he performed superbly f o r si x months. Then, this past February, he moved f rom Scott t o D over ,

Delaw are, to become t he vice comm ander o f t he 436t h M ilit ary A ir l i f t Wing. I imagine he’ll be there at least a year. I f you have the occasio n t o pass t hr ough D over , give him a call .

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Gathered at Wright-Pat, f rom lef t, are: Front row, L ar ry K ar no wsk i, M argy D ingle, J une L aP lan te, and Tom L aP lan te. Seated a r e R o n F u l l er ton, Peggy H owe, and Jeri Fullerton. Standing are H ank H o we, M ar lena Brectal, By Theurer, Bonnie Conover, Charlie Conover, B ob D ingle, P at

Karnowski, Trelma Coppack, and D ick Coppack.

Tom LA PLA NTE, our representative among the stars at W -P , is vice commander of A F Acquisition Logistics Division. Hank H O W E a n d B o b DINGLE work for him. However, Bob is moving to God’s count r y in t he spring to j oin Stu BOYD at H ill A FB, UT .

Ro n FU L L E RT O N com m ands t he D L A / D C A SM A w hich adm ini ster s

DoD contracts on all kinds of things. He has about 320 cont r act ing f olk s

under his super vision .

I descr ibed D ick C O PPA C K ’ s ROT C business i n t he last i ssu e . W i t h a l l

Dick’s traveling, I don’t know how he made the party, b u t t h er e h e i s i n the picture. Dick is seriously considering retirement i n t h e n ea r f u t u r e . I suppose many o f us are.

A ttending the W-P party were three successf ul ’61 retirees. Y o u c a n t el l by their cheery smiles and relaxed appearance. Larry K A R N O W SK I

w or k s at M onsant o C hem ical s in t he r esear ch busi ness. I t h i n k h e m i x es

dioxins and PCBs to put in opponent ’s golf balls. On t h e o t h er si d e o f t h e picture, Charlie CONOVER works at Vistatek, a DoD contractor. By THEURER is an engineer for Logicon Inc. and is doing t he sam e j ob now that he was doing for the A ir Force before he was medically r et i r ed . K i n d a mak es you w onder , don ’t it ?

Two other folks not at the party through no fault of t h ei r o w n w er e

C .G . C A RSO N and D ick GO D D A R D . C .G . w or ks i n A SD i n w h a t R o n thought was strategic systems, although there is some quest ion as t o

whether we are getting any of those in the future. D i c k i s i n A F L C maintenance facilities and production engineering. I f I ’m wrong on any of this guys, blame my informants.

Got a note from Gordon M . CLA RKE, US Army, and I quote: “ T o make a long story a bit shorter , after returning from K orea (76-77) , w e spent three years at Ft . Belvoir, VA (enginering school) and t hen pack ed up for Germany in the summer of ’80. We spent two delightful year s in Heidelberg where Charlie and Lynda NEEL were neighbors f o r a w h i l e .

We came home this past summer (’82) to attend National W ar Col lege.

Saw L ou H A BL A S on t he f acult y . ”

We enj oyed your note Gordon and hope you are enj oying t h e Washington area again. Gordon is a lot like the fabled phoenix — he r ises f r om t he dust ever y seven year s to w r ite us, but t hen some o f you do not

rise at all . Sorta reminds me that Easter is next week. (I guess t hat dat es

t his new s.)

Got a phone call from Ron FULLERTON the day he read t h e M a r ch issue. Figured I probably needed some help. He told m e a b o u t a n o t h er ’ 6 1 class party that most of us missed. It was at Wright-Pat w h er e a l o t o f ’61ers have homesteaded these many years.

When Ron told me that Hank HOWE had snapped a couple phot os t o send to ol’ Tom, I j ust dropped right to my knees and pleaded w i t h Ron right through the autovon line to prevail upon Hank t o sen d t h em . L o a n d behold, as quick as the U .S. mails can be expected t o oper ate, t here in m y mail box was a package from Hank containing the photos you see on t his

ver y page. I decided t o pr int bot h o f t hem because I w anted you t o see t he better halves as well as a close up of the preserved physiques of t he ’6 1er s

t h em sel v es.

A nother shot of Wright-Pat ’6I ers includes, seated, R o n F u l l er t o n a n d Charlie Conover; standing, L arry Karnowski, H ank H owe, T o m L aPlante, Bob Dingle, D ick Coppack, and By Theurer.

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I really appreciate getting reports and photos of ’61 m eet i ngs.

Remember — w here t w o or thr ee o f you ar e gat hered toget her , t h er e t h e r est o f us ar e in t he midst o f you , especially i f you sen d m e a f ew c h o i ce phot os.

Soon af ter our last issue was put t o bed , I r eceived a ca r d f r o m L ee a n d D or ene BU T L E R . L ee has had his j oys and hi s chal lenges a s co m m a n d er o f t he 320t h Bomb W ing at M at her A FB , CA , but he’ s doing ver y w ell staying on the enj oyment side. Dorene is, of course, the per f ect com m ander ’ s w i f e and enj oys par t icipat ing i n t he m any b a se a ct i v i t i es .

Fr ank W I L L I S has t r aded in hi s small C - 130 w ing at C lar k A B , P I , f or tact ical air li f t ’ s lar gest t ask : r unning Pope A FB , N C a n d t h e 3 14 T A W .

H e’ s j ust sett li ng in t her e now .

A nd now f or the r est o f t he new s.

T o w hom it may concer n : P l ea se m a k e a n o t e o f t h e n ew a d d r ess f o r M r . A l b er t J O H A N SE N .

T hank you ,

E l l en C r a w f o r d

Quant um E quit ies.

It says here, Pat BUCKLEY has retired and is j oining A V C O

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M assachuset ts as a pr ogr am manager . A nd on t he next car d , N eal W E ST B ROO K is t he new deputy com m ander f or operat ions a t t h e 4 3 8t h M A W at A lt us A FB , O K . and j ust f or t he recor d , his co m m a n d er i s n o n e ot her t han Jim mie JA Y , t he t enor guitar player f r om Sw eet wat er , T exas.

Having exhausted the change of address cards, I close w i t h t h e r esu l t s of a phone call I j ust made to Ken JOHNSON, commander o f t h e A i r L iai son D et achment at Ft . C am pbel l , K Y . K en says t hat a f t er h e co m

pleted his tour as a convict at the Hanoi Hilton, he spent sever al enj oyable years flying the F-104 at Luke A FB and even enj oyed bei ng a squadr on ops of ficer . Then after two rather unrewarding years i n t h e F -4 b u si n ess in Europe, he was assigned to the MAA G in Iran. Unfortunately (or f or tunately), it closed down before he got there. So he w a s r er o u t ed t o Tunisia and enj oyed flying F-5s as well as pushing masses o f paperw o r k .

A bout nine mont hs ago , he and L i nda ret ur ned t o t he st a t es o n a sl o w freighter. He assures me it was a very classy freighter but not quit e li ke t he love boat . K en has no ret i rement plans. H e’ s j ust enj oyi ng h i m sel f .

So in t he w or ds o f Jim m ie POO L E , “ Y a’ ll w r ite now — ya h ea h ? ”

John W . (Jack ) Jamba

Chief , Missile Systems Safety Div. (ESM C/ SEM) Pat ri ck A FB , FL 32925 H om e: (305) 784-6073

nedy Space C ent er . I t w as a pleasur e and a lot of f un escor t ing t hi s di sti nguished gr oup o f i ndividual s. I had a good t im e dur i ng t heir ent ir e v i si t .

Sever al days ago I w as in t he O f f icer ’ s C lub her e at P a t r i c k a n d sa w Ralph C ON L A N att endi ng a m eet ing in one of our r oom s. R alph and I had a shor t discussion and agr eed t o get t ogether agai n r ea l so o n .

H opef ully , I w il l have a chance t o show him and some o f h i s c a d et s w h a t happens dur i ng a m issile launch .

Recently got a good letter f rom Ron TA YLOR and this i s w h a t h e sa i d :

“ I have been meani ng t o w r it e f or a l ong t i me and never got i t ac complished. Sorry I have no news on any other “ Redtags,” but w il l u p

date you on myself . Having filled all o f my gates while i n B - 5 2 s a n d

C T -39s, I am a com puter syst em s m anager f or D I A . I n 1980, I becam e a single parent of two teenagers (son 16 and daughter 13) . T hen due t o an aut o accident , I becam e a w idow er . W ell , l ast M ay (at age 43) I r em ar r ied .

My wife’s name is Bobbie. She is a 5' 2" tornado, who happens t o also be

an E-7 in the A rmy. Being from Oklahoma, I c^n handle t h e t o r n a d o part , and remembering M Sgt Coltrin’s training, I think I ca n h a n d l e t h e E-7 part . Besides being the sharpest E-7 in the A rmy (m ade ever y pr om o

t ion bel ow the zone includi ng E -7 at eight and a hal f year s) she is al so t he best looking and a fantastic cook ! Can you imagine, ‘guy w i th hobby o f eating meets girl with hobby of cooking!’ M y 15-year-old daught er , w ho

is very close with both of us, appears to be compromising—she w a n t s t o

be an o f f icer in t he A r my via ROT C ! Bei ng passed over l a st su m m er w a s not al l bad , si nce it i s now easier t o k eep t he f am ily all t oget her . Ri ght now , w e bot h have or der s t o T aegu , K or ea (m e i n M ay , B o b b i e a n d daughter in June). I will be chief of the TAC Fighter Com m and Post , Taegu A B; and Bobbie will be NCOIC of the Special Security O f f i ce, Camp Walker . It has been a great year , but I will say t hi s, coor di nat ing

A F-A rmy, M PC-M I L PERCEN , of f icer-enlisted assignments i s exciting! ! ! Signed: Ron Taylor, Lt Col, USA F, Chief , A I S Pr oj ect and Red Tag. (P.S. My A utovon is 224-2681 (Pentagon)).”

Saw a not ice i n t he A ir For ce T i mes that “ Ri pp ” B L A I SD E L L h a s

received an assignment as the vice commander of the 8t h T A C Fight er W ing at K unsan A B , K orea .

Change of address cards show that Dave HOLT is now st a t i o n ed a t

Palo A lt o , C A ; A 1 W Y L I E has m oved to Sout h St r af f or d , V T ; Russ GOO D E N O U G H has moved t o V ent u ra, C A ; and D ick PE R L OT T O i s w it h t he 57t h Fighter W eapons W i ng at N el li s A F B , N V .

T her e w as an int erest ing art icle in t he A ir F or ce m agazi ne, Febr uar y

1983 issue, on George HA RRISON ’s Fighter Training Wing a t H o l l o m a n

A FB , N M .

T h at ’ s al l f o r n o w .

A V : 8 54 -4 340 / 70 7 7

Sk ip L ee

Talked to Don HA LLA GER right after the New Year . He i s n o w t h e

com mander o f t he 97t h Bomb W i ng at Blyt hevi lle. H e c o u l d n ’ t m a k e i t t o

the reunion in September because of preparations for a n O R I a t h i s former assignment at Loring as vice wing commander . A f t er t h e O R I h e was transferred to Blytheville with a change of command o n 2 9

N ovember . O n 1 D ecem ber his household goods ar r ived , toget her w it h another I G . A s soon as t hat w as over , he w as able t o r elax a bit and enj oy a whirlwind of base-community activities during the holidays. H is w i f e, Ginny, has become involved in base-community proj ects. D aughter , Kathy (17), is on the girls “ A ” basketball team while son , M i k e ( 15) , is on boys “ B” basketball team. Don says they’re both good st udent s and good at hletes. D on ment ioned t hat M ik e BU T L E R i s w it h t he T en n essee A N G

at Memphis and has visited with him.

K en SM IT H i s now at K elly w i t h t he Elect r onic Secur ity C o m m a n d . I

mentioned his j ob in my last column which Ken says is gr eat . L ot s o f good people working with him. His family was still in Omaha i n Januar y , st il l trying to sell his house. His wife is still teaching school . Son , T odd , i s now

18 and a f r eshman at t he U niver sit y o f N ebr aska. Son , M at t , i s now 16, a

j unior , and on the swim team. Ken passed along some n ew s i t em s . H e sa w Kent LAM MERS last year while Kent was stationed at L a k en h ea t h .

Seems he had j ust bought a house in the nearby village o f H o c k w a l d . D a n

D O N OV A N is now the T ransport at ion Squadr on com mander a t O f f u t t .

Having had a transportation squadron myself , I can appreciate D an ’s j ob. Lyle WI LSON is flying T-39s at Randolph. When K en w a s i n Washington last October for TDY, he got together with o t h er a r ea r ed tags for a mini-reunion. He mentioned that Chris BROWN a n d w i f e h a v e a n ew b o r n b a b e .

On 24 February, Chet GRIFFIN flew into Patrick A FB w i t h t h e civilian/ military group from his base at Columbus, M S . I v o l u n t eer ed t o

be t he escor t of f icer f or t he gr oup and t ook them on a t our o f C ape Canaver al A i r For ce St at ion and select ed Space Shutt le f a ci l i t i es o n K en 34

10 2 4 R o t a D r i v e A P O Sa n F r a n ci sco 9 6 3 34

H ome: C ount ry C ode (67 1) 362- 1111 A V : Paci f ic C ode (3 17) 366-725 1

But f or a br ok en ar m , t his edi t ion o f ‘ ‘ Y ell ow T ag T a l es ” w o u l d n ev er

have arrived in time for publication. Let me explain: T o begi n w it h , L i n da, son David, and your ’s truly were about to depart G u a m v i a M A C

air l i f t f or a short R and R in Japan— t oday w e call i t E M L o r E n vi ronment al M orale L eave— w hen D avid show s up f r om school w i t h h i s arm in a sling. The Docs subsequently X-rayed same and pr ono unced it br oken ; t hereby delayi ng our t r ip f or a f ew days. I n t h e m ea n t i m e— t h e dr am a cont inues— I received a m i ssi le f r om t he A OG advisi ng m e m y n ex t class new s ef f ort w as due to t hem im m ediately and N L T yester day . I quote’ ‘ ‘Sorry about the short fuze but as you know, thi ngs are a bi t hec t ic ar ound t he o f f ice t hese days.” T om , edit or o f Checkp oin ts, a l so a sk ed f o r a ca r d t o b e sen t t o i n f o r m h i m o f t h e sa f e a r r i v a l o f h i s d ea d l i n e . I

have f ound it easier t o m ail him t he com pleted ar t icle!

W h i l e T D Y t o K a d en a ea r l i er t h i s m o n t h I w a s a b l e t o h a v e l u n c h w i t h

G ene D O W N I N G and his lovely w i f e, L i C hi ng . A s repor ted ear l ier . Gene is chief of m ai ntenance f or the 603r d M A SS. A l t hough I w a s u n a b l e t o see

them, Joe Lee BURNS and DeVere HENDERSON are also at K a d en a .

Joe L ee com m ands t he 44t h T FS (F- 15s) and ‘ ‘ D ” is the asst deput y com mander for operations for the 18th TFW . Really enj oyed m ysel f at K adena; albeit , a sho rt st ay . T hat base has com e a long w ay t he past f ew

y ea r s .

H ank HOFFMA N stopped thru a couple of weeks age and w e h a d d i n

ner . H ank was gett i ng an air cr af t com m ander li ne check o n t h e 80 7 / 80 8

m i ssi o n o u t o f N o r t o n . T h e 80 7 i s o u r l i f el i n e o u t h er e i n t h e P a ci f i c c a r -

rying our NORS parts. We managed to restructure the A i r F o r ce a t l ea st twice over dinner . Henry is busy fl ying the C-141 f or A FRE S, fl ying DC-9s for A ir Cal and occasionally putting in a reserve st i n t a t t h e T est Pilot School at Edwards. We made a pact to make the 2 0 t h n ex t September . I f A 1A DA M S and J.T . HEA L also show up we might have to re-form the old Mile Relay Team for one more go.

While chatting with a C-5 crew at the club last Thursday—in t h e Mongolian Bar-B-Que line—I found out their squadron co m m a n d er w a s “ Press’ DA VI S—22nd MA S at Travis. The boys were behaving

A nd so in that spirit , I ’ll j ust summarize a few things f r o m t h e n ew sl et ter , edited very capably this year by Jim VERSTREATE. Right away, we see a photo of Steve CROKER, slaving away at a hot gr il l i n t he Blytheville A FB dining hall , doing the Thanksgiving D ay honor s as t he vice commander of the 97th Bomb Wg. Steve has good w o r d s a b o u t h i s j pb and location, and is staying very busy as the #2 guy .. . w or rying about energy, self-inspection, complaints, exercise evaluation, et c. , et c.; but seriously sounds like he’s having a great time!

W hy does m ai l f r om you guys alw ays seem t o ar r ive on my door step

pines and operations in Japan and Hong Kong). Cam COBERLY (w ho is

t h em sel v es.

after deadline. Same song, same verse this time. To add t o m y t r oubles the winter edition of the magazine has yet to arrive. E nough ! O n w i t h t he m a i l . N o r m SC H U L Z E ’ s n o t e h a d a so u v en i r t i c k et st u b f r o m t h e H a l l o f

Fame Bowl and a picture of some ’63 types enj oying a tailgat e par ty at t he Navy game. Boy! He gets around. Norm asked the photo n o t b e reproduced. I agree! However, the names can be printed: f r o m l ef t t o right we find Bret MEYER, pilot for National Air Lines; Jer r y A H MA NN, pilot for Delta Air Lines; Bill RITCH IE, employee o f U n i t ed A i r L i nes; and Jake O ’C O N N E L L , U SA FA di rect or o f inst it ut ional r esearch . N or m also put i n a plug f o r our 20t h reunion bei ng scheduled o n a w eekend ot her t han H omecom i ng W eekend .

That , of course, leads me to my next subj ect—the reunion. I f i l l ed o u t the questionnaire sent to me by the organizing committee, indicat ing I would be there duties permitting and I mean that ! Dates a r e 22 - 2 5 September ; game is USA FA vs BYU ; and activity (?) HQ i s t h e F o u r Seasons. Although Norm didn’t get his wish, the whole a f f a i r so u n d s l i k e fun and worth the ef fort to make plans and get there!

A n o t h er l et t er r ec ei v ed a f t er t h e d ea d l i n e w a s f r o m Jer ry D R I SC O L L ,

now commander of the 3614 CCTS (Survival !) at Fairchild. H o m e a d dress is 6020 S. Martin, Spokane 99203. Everytime I t h i n k o f t h e U SA F Survival School I get cold—even out here in the tropics. I al so caught

Jer ry ’s piece in t he M arch edit ion o f A ir F or ce N o w . T he f il m was very moving and m y squadr on comm ander ’s call ended on an unusual ly silent note. Jer ry r elayed t hat D oct or Geo f M C C A RT H T Y w as at M acD ill fl y i ng F- 16s. N ot bad .

A late Christmas card revealed Denny and Sue HA YCRA FT ar e doi ng well taking care of their new swimming pool and enj oying li f e in M erced , C ali f or nia. D enny ’ s o f f ice w as selected as t he best so ci a l a ct i o n s o f f i ce i n SA C . C ongr atulat io ns.

Ot her changes include M i ke C H R I ST Y f rom 69 10 E lect r onics Secur it y

Wing/ CC to asst director for Special Plans, HQ USA F/ XOX P; B o b HA LL to Burke, VA ; Larry MCLA UGH LI N to Peru, NY; A rt

W A L L A CE to M t . H ome, A R , and r et ir ement ; Joe C OA T E S t o v i ce

commander of the 438th MA W , McGuire A FB (Malfunction Junct io n) ,

N J; and old r oomie Jim W EA V E R has moved across tow n t o L a c k l a n d and assumed t he dut ies o f vice comm ander o f O f f icer T raini ng School .

That ’s it . Did get my new Register of Graduates. I l i k e t h e n ew f o r m a t .

Please all of you—call in and have the AOG folks update y o u r st a t u s before the next volume goes to print this fall . 1 noted t h a t o f 7 5 5 o f u s

w ho showed up at U SA FA on 26 June 1959, 236 ar e st ill on act ive dut y (31.3 percent). I ’m sure this summer will cause a significant change in t hat number, so please take a moment and let me know what your f ut ure plans are. I would appreciate your help. Cannot believe 20 year s have gone by

so fast . Guess time fl ies when you’re having fun. Next t i m e .

J i m G r ah am 12 2 18 O a k w o o d D r i v e

W oodbr idge, V A 22 192 H ome: (703) 494- 1848 O f f ice: (202) 693-8342

H ello one last ti me f rom W ashingt on D C . .. T his is t he J u n e W eek v er

sion of the quarterly “ where are they, what are they doing?”

sweepstakes. I have sever al sour ces o f i nf or mat ion t his ti me, not t he least o f w hich is t he T iger T en C hr ist mas new slett er . I ’ ve ment ioned it bef o re, but it ’s worth a repeat : for 17 consecutive years, t he guys i n ’64 w ho graduated from 10th Squadron have maintained a Christmas gr eet ing consi st i ng o f a f ull page let ter f r om each one, mai led a m o n t h o r so ea r l i er to a designated (and rotat i ng) per son , w ho in t ur n f orw ards t he com plete set t o ever yone, i ncluding t heir A OC s. I t ’s been a big hel p to me in k eep ing up with these particular people for the column, and I t hi nk it ’s a ver y

popular thing among them also. My compliments to Tiger T en f o r st a r t ing and hanging on to this great tradition!

A ng CA P P U C C I O i s st il l w it h A dvanced M icr o D evices in San M at eo ,

as the A sian area controller (with factories in M alaysia and the Philip

next year ’s Tiger Ten editor-apparent) and Judy are i n F t . W o r t h w h er e Cam continues working the Combat Crew Training School c u r r i c u l u m preparation for the B-I B, and continuation training f o r t h e o t h er SA C

bom ber and t ank er ai r cr af t . Gabe FA I M O N i s w it h t he H u m a n Resources Department of the state of Kansas, as asst f or policy . . . as has

been reported here before. Gabe’s j ob has undoubtedly t a k en o n m o r e and more complications as the economy has turned down and stayed

dow n , and his com ment s on how t he stat e o f K ansas has appr oached t he

delivery of services to clients were very interesting. G a b e m en t i o n ed a H S

Jr son w ho ’s also a dr iver , w i th t he i nsurance r ates t o go along wit h it ,

and I think he hit the nail on the head for a great many o f us t hese days, as we see our first (and even second) borns moving rapidly thr ough high school and into such things as automobiles, college and scholarship ap

plicat ions, etc.

A s I mentioned here last time, Rog HEA D and Jane and st i l l h er e i n t h e D.C. area, with Rog right in the middle of the A ir For ce acquisit i on

busi ness at A nd rew s A FB . Jane is a relocat i on execut ive f o r a r ea l est a t e firm in McLean, and they live in Alexandria. Terry and N ancy I SA A C

SON are still at Randolph A FB, but Terry is now in the very “ popular ” position of rated of ficer assignments... The word is that Terry will be go ing to A ir War College this summer .

Si nce C hr ist mas, N ick and Pat r icia L A C E Y have been i n England ,

where he’s assigned as a student at the Royal College o f D e f en se St u d i es in London. He’s very positive about the change, even t hough it did mean giving up the country life in Georgia. Nick did very well w it h t he f ar m , raising some “ great beef and a fairly good pecan crop,” but it w as a ver y time-consuming process. Good luck in school Nick ! (Their n ew a d d r ess i s A FELM Of ficer Exchange Program, Box 30, FPO New York 09510 .)

John LUKA SI K is finishing up his tour at 5A F/ Plans in Y ok ot a, and although an assignment wasn’t known as of December, J o h n w a s “ sweating out ” a possible ROTC assignment . They expect t o b e m o v ed t o wherever in A ugust of this year .

Kris M INEA U is still deep in F-15 maintenance as the co m m a n d er o f the 405th Component Repair Squadron at Luke, a very rew ar d ing and eye-opening experience according to Kris. Denny MONTGOM ERY i s st i l l in the Pentagon, but now is the exec to MGen Gorton, t h e d i r ect o r o f operational requirements. According to Denny, he’s loving every m inute of it ... but there are j ust so many minutes! ! ! Thanks t o A i r G u a r d st a b i l i ty, Jack PATERNO continues his love for the sky in t h e F - 106 a t A t l a n t i c City, and appears to be back in the airline pilot business a s w el l .

Jim VERSTREA TE noted that although he is in the same place in t he Pentagon, one big change was that he ran his first mar at hon t hi s past year, finishing and doing it under four hours, both of which are certainly worthy goals. Thad WOLFE has survived yet another PCS m o v e i n h i s rapid-fire bout of assignments. He and Jill are at 1406 L or r aine A ve,

Bellevue, N E 68 113, and T had is t he senior cont r oller at H Q SA C . T had had a lot o f good w or ds about his t i me w i th t he 1st C m bt Eval Gr p at

Barksdale, which he considers one of the best assignments h e ’ s h a d .

M oving on from Tiger Ten, I understand that Dick HA CKFORD, n o w at A ndrews, will be moving to the Pentagon this summer t o w o r k i n R D QA (A vionics and A rmaments Requirements). J.J. DA VI S h a s b een i n RDQT , (Tac Fighter Requirements) since last summer. A n d J i m E V A T T is headed for A ir War College at the end of the summer .

A f ew changes o f add ress: L ee C O N N E R is now at 94-203 P a i o n i a Place, M i lilani , H I 96789. John G RA V E S has lef t t he D .C . a r ea f o r B o x 358, A PO N ew Y or k 0902 1. N els RU N N I N G is at 16 15 H ancock A ve, A lexandria, VA 22301. Jim SUE is still a pilot with East er n A i r li nes, but as of January 83 lives at 4009 North Beltline Rd, A pt 82 1, I r vi ng, T X

75062. Gerry FEL IX can be reached at Box 993, A PO New Y o r k 09 7 5 5 .

Jim YOUNG made the move earlier this year to Okinawa, w h er e h e ’ s the commander of the 15th TRS. His address is PSC 2, Box 11769, A PO San Francisco 96367. And Bill FLOOD is on the opposite si d e o f t h e world in sunny Izmir , Turkey. He’s the asst chief of st a f f f o r E x er c i ses and Evaluations, 6A TAF, and his address is Box 2696, N A T O 6 A T A F ,

A P O N ew Y o r k 0 9 2 2 4 .

Talked with several guys in the area here, and found o u t so m e i n teresting news... Herb BEVEL H YM ER will be leaving the Pentagon by

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the end of June to become t he vice com mander o f t he 320t h Bom b W ing

at Mather . Herb says he recently saw Todd JA GERSON i n N ew Y or k , with his new wife and baby. They live on West 74th j ust of f Cent r al Par k .

Todd and all look j ust great , and he even walks to w or k ! ! ! ( . ..envy . . .)

H er b al so saw M i k e G REE C E , w ho said t hat he and T odd and Pi nk y

GA LBREATH get together from time to time. Tom BROWNING i s n o w a division chief in XOE (Electronic Combat) in the Pent agon . (M or e

about T om a l it tl e lat er ..)

Ji m M C I N T Y RE doesn ’ t have a f ir m assignment f r om N W C yet , but it look s almost cer t ai n he’ll be going back to a w i ng a t A T C . B i l l C I O F F I i s

still in the Pentagon in Manpower , but will be heading f o r I C A F t h i s su m

m er . Bil l and L inda live at 54 10 H elm C ourt , Fai r f ax , V A 2 2 0 3 2 . T i m K L I N E f i ni shed N W C i n June and heads sout h t o Quant ico M a r i n e Corps Base, where he’ll be the A ir Force representative t her e t o st r aight en out t he U SM C . H e and Bonnie and t he k ids w il l st ay r ight her e i n W ood-

bridge... Bob WOODS is going back to MAC after NWC, b u t a s o f t h i s writing has no idea where or in what j ob. Denny MA DE has or der s t o go from ICA F to HQ A FSC as the director of Cost A nalysis—but ev en w i t h orders, there seems to be a one percent chance of something else com i ng up... I heard from Denny that Dave O’BRIEN is now at P a t r i c k a t t h e Technical Applications Center (A FTA C). Come summer, T er r y D I L L O N will t)e making the move from NWC to A ir Force Studies and A nalysis in the Pentagon, and I ’ve also heard a strong rumor that D a v e M U E H w i l l be going from OSD(PA& E) to Studies and A nalysis also.

T he senior ser vi ce school li st s show a number o f other m o v es t h a t I haven’t already covered: Going to Air War College will be Gar y

GA NONG, Chuck H I L L , Jim (James) LEMON , Pete LOPREST I , a n d Dan TRIA L . Jim LEMON (R.J.) and Gay GREEN will be coming t o ICA F, and Jim BROWN and Bob CLA RK coming to NWC.

I ’d also li k e t o ment ion Ji m W H E E L E R , as he has now m o v ed f r o m h i s

outstanding work as director of the AOG to Wright-Patterson A F B . H e ’ s in Acquisition Logistics at the F-16 SPO. Jim’s vital st a t i st i cs t h er e a r e A UTOVON 785-5005, home (513) 439-3902, address 6138 M ar t ingale Lane, Centerville, OH 45459. On behalf of all our class, but al so m any ot her s I ’m sure. I ’d l ik e t o com mend and t hank Jim f or his l ong ser vice t o

the Academy, the association, and each one of us while h e w a s d i r ect o r .

It’s been a j ob well done, and one which has set a st a n d a r d f o r ex cel l en ce

and det er mi nati on that w e al l can aspire t o . T hank s J i m .

Now, that may or may not be all the news that ’s fit t o pri nt , but it ’s all I ’ve got ! ! ! So, then, one last personal note: I ’ve ver y m uch enj oyed t he last several years of reporting to you via this column, but my pleas f or relief have been heard and I am being allowed to go back t o my wor k on the Daily Planet ... Seriously, I guess we all bring a cer tain style (or lack o f it) to our creative writing, and I think it ’s in the best interest s of ever yone

to rotate such duties within a year or two, so you don’t get bored... Sandy and I will stay in the D .C. area after ICA F. I ’ll be going to H Q A FSC at Andrews, in the new DCS/ Acquisition Logistics, Concepts and A nalysi s.

Sandy will continue at ICAF! ! ! (She’s a “ WA NG specialist ’ ’ i n t h e school’s word processing center, so she gets to stay a n d w a t ch a n o t h er class struggle through.). Tom BROWNING has been kind enough to volunt eer to w r ite f ut ur e columns, at least f or a w hile, so please send hi m any info you have which would make good, spicy, interesting, t i mely news (any of the above). Tom’s address is 1117 Moorefield H ill C our t , Vienna, VA 22180. To reach him by phone, call home (703) 938-2 190 , o f

fice (202) 697-9390 or A UTOVON 227-9390.

So until our paths cross, as they almost certainly w i ll , t he very best t o each of you... and thanks for your help in these past eight or so colum ns.

Sco t t D u n ca n

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Thanks to the great work of Bruce GROSSETTA , now relaxing a t Clark, we have news of many of our classmates. (See phot o t o r ealize j ust how everyone else has aged over the years!) Bruce commands t h e 90 t h TFS, PACA F’s Wild Weasel unit . He says Jim KLEIN is w i t h t h e 1st T est Squardron, involved in the live fire missile test program. H is f am i ly lives at E dw ar ds, w hile Jim w or k s hi s w ay t hrough t he 18-mont h u n a c c o m panied tour .

Joe LeM IRE is in 13A F Ops and Steve DI NGM AN is the c h i ef o f t h e wing’s Stan eval shop. Darrell GIFFEN works out of t he 13A F ops shop and travels throughout theater in his C-12 giving checkrides. B o b K E M -

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Tak ing a br eak f r om d uties at Clar k A ir B ase are J im K lein, J oe L eM ir e, B r uce Gr osset ta, and Steve D ingm an.

M E RE R is in the 374t h T A W at C lar k , involved i n r unni ng t h e A er i a l

Port Squadron there and flying C- 130s in his “ of f ” h o u r s.

Dave COOPER was the ops of f icer for the 3rd TFS and t h en r ecei v ed an assignment to A ir War College. (This means he should be stand ing i n line to get a Pentagon parking pass in about another year !) Ger r y DeMOCKO, reports Bruce, is a “ Key figure in the 1st SO S . ” J u st w h a t h e does is something Bruce isn’t cleared to learn. Dick U M BA RGE R j oined the Clark contingent , also working with the MC- 130s. (D ick m ust have moved his operating base having run out of “ fish” on gol f cour ses throughout the CONUS!)

Br uce said he has seen f our ot her classm at es duri ng the past year . St eve E SZ E N Y I w as in t he intell igence business in Y ongsan . C r ai g M cK I N N E Y w as w it h t he tact ical ai r cont r ol gr oup at O san . Ji m B E A V E R S i s st i l l a t

Kadena in F-15s. He runs the wing’s inspection division. D a n F E T Z E R has been in ops plans at PA CA F. He likes it there and doesn ’ t appear w ill ing to move anytime soon. (Wouldn’t we all like Hawaii !)

T hat ’s t he end of the i n f o rm at ion f r om C l ar k ! Bruce is pr obably f acing

the tough decisions of command: what to wear to the pool ; w hen to go t o the club, etc. Others of you may want to share information i n f u t u r e ed i tions. Letters are always welcome. Thanks Bruce, for all the h'elp!

The change of address cards show classmates on the m o v e . C a r l L Y D A Y is back at Edw ar ds. H e not es T om M E SC H K O is the F - 16 C o m bi ned T est Force d irect or and L er oy SC H RO E D E R has t he sam e j ob f o r

the B- 1 contingent . Jerry KEYSER leads the VTOL operation w h i l e Whitey THOM PSON is deputy commandant of the Test Pilot Sc h o o l .

T hank s f or t he in f o , C ar l .

D on B RO W N m oved f r om Flor ida t o scenic A lexandr ia, L A . (A ssum e

that means something at England A FB.) Brian WA GES reports a n e w mailing address but still one involving the RA F Exchange Pr ogr am . B ruce H U N E K E m oves f r om Flor ida t o t he F- 16 T A FT in an exot ic l o c a t i o n .

Bob FOERSTER left Pope A FB and lists a Springfield, V A

a d d r ess.

G uess he’ s somew her e in thi s ar ea; pr obably lost i n t h e b a sem en t . B i l l G RO SV E N O R lef t t he w ar m t h o f A F/ SA and now li st s G oldsbor o , N C as his new locale. Joe K O EN I G has lef t Spri ngf ield , V A f or W r ight Patt er son A F B . John V I C K E RY now call s W il liams A F B hom e f ollowi ng a t our at H olloman A FB . Bob GO L L I N G i s t he chief o f t r anspor tat ion

operations division at Warner-Robins A LC, GA .

People on the move this summer include John GROSS, f r o m t h e P en tagon to Los A ngeles. (I told you to keep that house!) J o e B L E Y M A I E R leaves t he f ive-sided f unhouse f or A i r W ar C ollege. M i k e R Y A N i s l ea v

ing his desk in A F/ X OX for the world of academe at t h e N a t i o n a l W a r

C ollege.

A ddi ti ons: Just t al k ed w i t h T im M cC O N N E L L , late o f A F / P R b u t heading f or ICA F. He and Judy are expecting a baby any m inute. A c

cording to Tim this means he can attend PTA meetings u n t i l h e ’ s a t l ea st 62 ! T hi s could be a r ecor d . I t hought t hat si nce he married a nurse, tlj is problem could have been resolved early in married life. H e says t hat si nce she’s a physical therapist , her training was of little help . T i m ment ioned that Tom OWENS is moving from A F/ XO to attend “ the o t h er sc h o o l ” at For t M cN air , N at ional W ar C ollege. H e al so not ed t h a t o u r c l a ssm a t e C huck C O L EM A N i s the squadr on com m ander o f the f ir st F - 16 u n i t i n

Spain. According to Tim, his having thin forearms and a t h i c k n ec k m a d e him ideal for the j ob. Finally, Tim has attended several i nt er est ing meetings with Tom GEORGES, now in the construction b u si n ess w i t h A F/ LE. A ccording to Tim, Tom’s on an “ athletic scholarship” t o t h e

Pentagon , m anaging t o m ake w or k r equi r ement s f it i nto h i s ex t en si v e

w o r k o u t s at t h e P O A C .

L ate late ads via telephone: L ee A L T O N w r it es he is leaving t he N avy Y acht C lub at N ew por t , R I and is headed t ow ards a per sonnel assignment at H eadquar ters U SA FE . Pete FA Z I O i s now headi ng the j am m ing b u si n ess i n A F / R D w h er e h e l o o k s a f t er E F - 1 1 1 b u si n ess . A ct ual ly , he’ s hiding out on t he f i f t h f l oor of t he Pent agon hoping t he B-52 types w on ’ t f ind hi m . V ick GE N E Z is headed f or A i r W ar C ol lege w h i l e J i m V I C K i s going t o I CA F . D enny SCA R BO RO U G H leaves scenic Ft . M cN a i r a n d t he N at ional W ar C ollege f or an excit ing assignm ent as w ing D O at Osan , K o r ea .

T hat ’s about it f or t hi s edit ion . Rem em ber , we’r e only as good as our suppor t ing player s in t he “ f ield . ” I f you w ant to r ead it , send it i n ! A nd t o t hose w ho f ollow t hat advice, “ T hank s! ” Y ou m ake t h e co l u m n i n ter est ing. I k now your classm at es appr eciate t he ef f or t .

D a n C ec i l B o x 4 59 8 A P O N ew Y o r k 09 17 9 E r i sw el l 2 7 3 3

T ime to w rit e again . H ow m any guys get a chance t o w r i t e t h ei r classmates f our t i mes a year ? I consi der mysel f one o f t he f or t unat e f ew , but enough o f t hat . T here ar e too many t ings t o share t h i s t i m e .

I n January , Butch SC H REC K E R came T D Y t o RA F M ildenhall . H e ’ s t he com mander o f t he dedicated SR-7 1 tan ker suppo rt out f i t f lyi ng old cr eak y K C - 135s f r om Beale. H is t roops are T D Y to M ildenhall quit e o f ten so he pushed a j et over here him sel f , “ j ust check ing. ” B u t c h a n d M ary have a good loo k ing bunch o f kids, but it ’s hard t o believe young guys li ke us have such big chi ldr en . C onni T W A Y cal led to say D uane was i n t he L akenheath hospi tal get t ing an old A cademy inj ur y f ixed (f i nally) .

D uane likes doctor s as m uch as any f l yer can , I guess (no o f f ense Gary EG L I N T O N , et al) . H e and Conni collect procelai n hal f -dol ls a n d c o i n s o f Roman Br itai n . D uane also has a collect io n o f ant ique M G s. H e ’ s o u t o f hospi tal now and plot ti ng a long stay in Br i tai n .

I ’ve m eant t o open up t he subj ect o f hobbies. M y ser ious hobby is bible st udy and on t he f r ivolous side, I collect hat s (headgear i n m i lit ar ese) .

W hat ’ s your hobby?

John and L ynn M C FA L L S visit ed f r om RA F C r anw ell . T hey w e r e w or k ing on educat ion ar r angement s f or t heir so n . Johnie says it ’ s a l it t le m ore com plicat ed to sett le at C r anw ell t han at L ak enheat h b ec a u se t h er e ar en ’ t a bunch o f A mer icans t r ying t o sell t heir t ransf or mer s. N o mat t er , it w as nice to see John and meet his f am ily .

A 1 N A D E R w r ote saying his assignment w as changed f r om C r an w el l t o t he U . S. A r my W ar C ollege at Car lisle Bar rack s, PA . Speaking o f schools, Eddy SH I R L E Y , Joh n W O RM I N GT O N , Joe A L L E N , K en FU N K H O U SE R and Pat O ' B R I E N w ill at tend A i r W ar College; B i l l D U N N E and John M A RSH A L L w ill at tend N at io nal W ar C ollege; a n d Bil l H O H W I E SN E R and Gar y V A N V A L I N w ill go t o I C A F . C o n gr at ulat ions guys, your pr ogress and cont r ibut ions ar e gr eat !

Ed PET E RSO N pr epar es an annual new slet t er f or W ebb U P T c l a ss 68B . H ere are som e excer pt s f r om t he sixt eent h edit ion . M i k e B E R N ST E I N supervises East er n A i r li nes second o f f icer s i n H o u st o n a n d A t l a n ta w hile al so f l yi ng as f i r st o f f icer on the 727. M i k e BE V A C Q U A lef t C ol o r ado and has set tled in M ar yland . H e w or k s f or a smal l com pany called H M N P and is present ly involved i n subcont ract w or k f or I BM . A ndy BL U M BE RG has t r aded A F Blue f or N avy . H e w as M A C Fl ight Surgeon o f t he year f o r 1982 but is now a L C D R at Bet hesda, M D i n E N T / f ac i a l reconst ruct i on tr aining . T om and Gai l B RA N D O N ar e st ill at O san ( I w ould have sent i n a pict ur e o f t hem i f I could st il l f i nd it ) . John M C B RO O M E is chief o f st an eval at Seym our -Jo hnso n . H e ’ s r el a t ed t o t he B RA N D O N S— Gail and Pat sy are cousi ns. A ndy FO R N A L i s squad r on com mander at L uk e. M i ke CO N N O RS is i n the n u cl ea r negot iati ons division o f J-5 o f t he JC S, t he o f f ice t hat ’ s negot iat i ng t he I nter mediate N uclear Force (I N F) T reaty i n G eneva w it h t h e R u ssi a n s .

Ben D U N N is teaching in t he management depar t ment o f t h e N a v a l W a r Col lege. Rich H I L K E R moved t o Boulder C anyon , C O , w her e h e a n d Phyll is have bought a j ust -r ight hom e. H e cont i nues t o c o m m u t e t o A t lanta w her e he’ s based w it h Easter n A ir li nes. Rich ’ s paint ing car eer has been m ovi ng r ight along . H e did a cover f or A er osp ace H istor ian am o ng ot her t hings. Fr ank A N D RE W S is ops o f f icer o f t he K C - 135 u n i t a t Blyt hevi lle. M i ke RH Y N A R D is deput y dir ect or o f F- 16 t est f o r c e a t E d w ar ds. H e has been f lying t he Star W ar s ver sion w it h a “ dow nr ight cosm ic cock pit . ’ ’ A r t SU RO has been an RT U inst r uctor a n d c h i ef o f st a n eval i n t he F- 16 at M acD i ll . A r t and Pat ’ s oldest son , Roger , made Eagle Scout last year . PET E Y did a m ar velous j ob telli ng a b o u t t h o se classm ates, t heir w i ves and f am il ites. T hank s Ed , f or shar ing t he new slet ter , I w i sh t her e w as r oom to pr i nt t he w ho le copy .

Rust y G I D E O N is at Syst em s C om m and H Q , A ndr ew s. I recent ly s a w t he vi deotape o f Rusty ’s ej ect ion f r om an A - 10 (also look ed at som e pic t ur es o f a gr een-bot t omed F- l OO) . Bo b BO W E RS is in t h e I n t er n a t i o n a l

A f f a i r s B r a n c h o f t h e v i c e c h i e f ’ s o f f i ce . D o n H A U SA M i s i n A i r D ef en se

Plans; D ave FA L E S w or k s i n E ur opean Plans, bot h at H q U SA F . Jim H I G H A M i s c h i e f o f A T C st a n ev a l . J o h n M A R S H A L L i s t h e F - 15 A D O

at L uk e w here D ick BET H U R E M is a squadr on com mander . T o m L E I B is pr ogr am di rect or f or Space D ef ense O per at ions H qE SD H a n sco m .

F r ed A L B E R T SO N w o r k s a t t h e W h i t e H o u se i n co m m u n i c a t i o n s. Jer r y A L L E N has lef t Pease f or O f f ut t w here he is special a ssi st a n t f o r t h e B - 1 t o t h e co m m a n d er o f SA C .

B i l l D U N N E i s t h e ex ec t o C I N C SA C . M i k e M A R O N l e f t H o m est ea d and his old j ob as chief o f specialized t r ai ni ng f o r t h e 3 r d T F W a t C l a r k

A B , Philippines. H e mar r ied M art i , a m aj or in t he A F N ur se C or ps, on 1 M ay ’ 82. C ongr at ulat ions to M i k e and M ar t i . D ale FO W L E R l ea v es N el l i s a t l a st t o b eco m e c h i e f o f m a i n t en a n ce f o r t h e 3 18F I S, M cC hor d A F B , W A . C onnie T EET Z has t r ansf er red f r om L it t le Rock t o A n d r ew s.

H ugh GO M M E L is in pr ogr am s i n t he Pent agon , but goes t o H a h n t h i s sum mer t o f l y t he F- 16 .

K evi n M cE L V A I N i s t he chief o f t he F- 16 Fighter W eapons Sc h o o l a t N ell is. I get a li tt le envious o f you F- 16 types— t hat i s a n i c e l i t t l e m a c h i n e .

L ar ry A L M A N D i s in Pr ogr am s and Resources, Ron A N T H O N Y i n St r at egic O perat ions, Pr ice B I N G H A M i n D oct r i ne, and M a so n B O T T S is i n Research and D evelopment , al l at t he Pent agon . N o envy t her e, but I ’ ll bet t hose are so me r eal ly i nt er est ing j obs.

K enny BOO N E is out o f t he U SA F w o r k i ng f or M cD onnel l D o uglas in W ashi ngt on . Jer ry M RO Z E K lef t as com m ander o f t he 130 T a ct i c s Br anch U SA F A i rcr af t Cent er , Pope, f or Sant a M ar ia, C A . St ev e C R O SS

is retired and living in Redlands, CA . Walt L IONA moved f r o m

Scot t, B r ad and M at t Chr ist no w have a sister, A shley . N ei l a n d Sh a n n o n ar e celebr ating.

Br oo k lyn t o N ew Y or k , N Y . 1 guess I ’ ll have to w r i te h i m t o f i n d o u t w h a t he’ s doing.

A lt hough I enj oy every let ter you send , cert ain ones st a n d o u t . T h e l et ter o f t he quart er has t o be one f r om Bar bar a (B RU N N E R) V el o t a s . B a r b is maf r ied t o U SA FA ’ 72 gr ad M i k e V elotas and t hey h a v e t w o c h i l d r en : St eve (Bar b says he’ s a l ot li k e G ar y) and Rachel . T hey live i n H oust on ,

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TX , where Mike is manager of financial systems planning f o r a n o i l co m pany. They are a very active family in church and Scouts am ong ot her things. Steve’s goal is to attend USAFA . They send t h ei r l o v e . T h a n k s f o r

and admiring the foliage. It ’s now spring break and I ’ve had a few days of leave to spend with the kids. I t ’s awfully nice to have, som e quiet , one-onone time with your of fspring. Recently we were able t o see a m o v i e ser i es “ Focus on the Family,’ ’ featuring Dr . James Dobson, w h o h a s w r i t t en

winter issue was in. However, Eddy SH I RLEY sent a copy o f t h e o f f i c i a l

and/ or read his books. And please remember the family o f B i l l G E O R G E

think that simple comment from a MGEN portrays in some m ea su r e t h e

Letters: Bob SH UM WA Y has surfaced (his letter was actually “ A i r Mail’ ’) in my mail ox with good words about his family a n d t h e “ G r ea t ”

w r it ing Bar b .

I didn ’t hear about Rick N I C H O L S’ deat h in D ec ’ 82 u n t i l a f t er t h e

message and I w ant t o include some of it s content s h er e . “ T h e U SA F h a s lost one of its best . The Egyptian Air Force shares our sor r ow equal ly . ’ ’ I

excellent qual ity of Rick N I C H O L S’ li f e. O ur class cer tainly shar es t he

sting of his loss with Sandy and the children.

D an M organ

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L ot hian , M D 207 11 H ome: (30 1) 627-6964

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I got a call from Peyt COLE. When the last Checkp oints m a d e i t through the snow to their home, Kay asked him how come sh e h a d n ’ t been told that they were living in Texas? Oops! The paragr aph sho uld

have said : “ Peyt C O L E is the new asist ant D C O at W ur t sm ith . M i ch a el

GI LES is now a general services supervisor for General T elephone, based in San A ngelo, TX .” Yuk it up, folks! When Peyt called i n lat e M ar ch , they had two feet of fresh snow, and were leaving—TDY. T hey were headed for Castle A FB via relatives in El Paso, and then D isneyland .

A fter checkout in the KC-135, being already B-52 qualified, h e w i l l

several very good books on the familj^. Recommend you see t h e m o v i es

i n your prayer s. Bill died i n Jan in an F- 16 cr ash i n U t a h .

guys in the charming(?) Black Hills community of Rapid C it y ,

SD/ Ellsworth A FB. Bob left his USA FA A OC j ob in June ’ 8 1, r ight af t er gall bladder operation. (Wonder what it is about being an A O C t hat ag gravates that !) A fter two years of crew duty, he replaced 15A F - b o u n d Hartsell BECKETT as the wing cdr ’s exec. Bob now is a l so a n I P a n d pulls an occasional alert , where his letter was written. Bob i s pr oud o f a very active family, with M elissa busy as director of t h e c h u r c h c h o i r a n d the kids in everything, almost .

A lso at Ellsworth are Larry M ITCHEL L (ops of ficer , 77 Bom b Sqdn , “ best in the 15A F” ), Dick ENGLE (28 A ir Refueling Sqdn ops o f f icer ) , and Mike GI LCH RI ST (flt <cdr in the 28 A RS). Bob adds t hat he, M i k e, John LONGENECKER (with an “ E” , Bob), and Mike A RM ST RONG were all roomies in 1963—at Lackland during enlisted basic t r ai ni ng ! A nd all are still on active duty, so that ’s got to be some sor t o f unusual gr oup , to say the least . Thanks for the letter. Bob, but to set the record straight , I am a poly sci , not English, maj or who makes “ ATTEM PTS” a t h u m o r i n these columns. Let ’s at least keep the j ibes factual , OK? Just after writing this, I ran into Bob’s brother, Tom, Class of ’69, w h o i s h er e T D Y f r o m K adena A B , w her e he is w it h t he A W A C S unit .

assume hi s assist ant D C O j ob .

A OG Updates: Alex A RCH I BA LD completed his RA F Exchange t o u r ,

m ovi ng f r om Br am pt on , U .K . t o the Eur oN A T O Joint Jet Pilot Training

Program, 80th TFW , Sheppard A FB. Frank CHUBA now lives i n F a r m ington Hills, M L John FITE has moved to Charlotte, N C . Royce W OO D D E L L , back f r om K unsan , now f l ies w it h t he 6 1st T F T S a t M a c D ill .

I j ust discovered that Cy and Karen YOUNG moved near M t . V er non , VA in Sept . Cy works f or the A F IG and Karen works par t-t ime at t he Candlewick shop in Oldtown, Alex. They keep on the go w it h daught er Courtney (9) and son Eric (7) in soccer , T-ball and basket ball , w it h dad coaching. Recent dinner guests at Cy and Karen’s were C ur t , L inda, Sar ah ( 10) and Ben (6) L A ET Z . C ur t is a division chief f or C lar k Equi p .

Co., still based in St . Joseph, M L Did you know that C u r t ca m e o u t o n

t he 1974 maj or ’ s list , t hr ee year s BT Z — a f ew w eek s af ter he had become

a ci v i l i an ?

A lso in Cy’s of fice is Pete H UGDA H L , the OSI representative o n t h e IG. He’s given up basketball as “ a young man’s game.” (Foot st eps l im pingly familiar to a lot of us these days) Pete, with a lot o f help f r om

Paul ine, is t r avel team coor dinat or f or t he 25 soccer t ea m s i n P r i n ce William County. Jef f (14) prompted their enthusiasm; he is alr eady on t he high school varsity and the Northern Virginia Select T eam . T racy ( 11)

plays softball and is cheerleading at her middle school .

Speaking of retired basketball players, Fred BUDINGER h a s f i n i sh ed two of his three years as DCM for the “ Spittin’ Kittins” 5t h F I S a t M i n o t .

At the northern bases, these isolated A D TAC squadrons r u n o n a m i n i wing model . The C.O. has a DCO and DCM ; Fred commands 500 t r oops, which leaves little time for golf , even when the ball i sn ’ t t h e sa m e co l o r a s the course. His wife Barbara is very artistic, and m a r k et s v a r i o u s h a n d

cr af ted pr oduct s locally and out o f state.

Well, I can tell you’re all busy—no letters this quarter ! Oh w ell , I didn ’t

w r i te t o anyone eit her . W hat shall w e do ?

M a r k T o r r ea n o B o x 24 5 A P O Sa n F r a n c i sco 9 6 32 8 O f f i ce : A V 2 2 5-4 2 8 3 H o m e : A V 2 2 5- 5 37 1

Spring is rising slowly from the misty Japanese countryside (and smoggy cities), with the trees beginning to flower and a few early cherry blossoms braving the occasionally frosty morning. Most b l o sso m s w i l l b e fully out in a week when we have our 5 A F/ Japan A ir Sel f D ef en se F o r c e I ntelligence Cherry Blossom Picnic, a pleasant afternoon of dr i nki ng sak e 38

A ir Vice M arshal Richardson, RA F, presents the M eritorious Ser v i c e M edal to M aj or Pat Russell f or outstanding perf ormance d ur ing t wo tours in Ger many .

Pat RUSSEL L also inconvenienced my spider this quarter, sendi ng t his

photo of his RAF boss “ gonging” him for his outstanding per f or mance

during two tours in Germany. Pat is f inishing two years as an exchange of ficer at the RA F Support Command and highly recommends t h e e x change experience to all . In July, Pat , Nita, and the t h r ee k i d s t r a v el t o H om estead A p B , F L , w her e Pat w ill comm and t he 3 1 A i r cr af t G en er a

tion Sqdn, and generate furiously. He has seen John SW A N SO N , w ho i s stan/ eval at the new TR-1 (U-2 type acft) Wing at RA F A lconbur y ; and Roger WI LES, an exchange of ficer with RA F Strike Cmd. H ope your British accent clears up nicely, Pat , and after seven Eur opean sum m er s, the Flordia sun should give you back your colour .

Phone Calls: None, so give me a ring. For those of you w ho w onder

w hat t he ti me di f f er ence is, it ’ s now 2030 hour s her e.

A ddress Changes: Your new Register does not reflect t h ese m o v es .

Alan DUNKERLEY, Vienna, VA; Orvil HAUSE, Midwest City, O K , as

a fighter LO; John LA NGLEY to Richardson, TX ; M ike M U E L L E R h a s gone from Dyess A FB to Tacoma, WA ; Dick RUFFING to Ram st ei n ; and Jim SEEVERS now lives in Burke, VA .

Finale: I f you haven’t discovered this game yet , show your k ids w hat it was like to be a doolie, especially at a meal . The kids really enj oy seeing what Dad went through, and all the fun and excitement o f a m ea l a t

Mitch’s quickly comes flooding back—sitting up, gazing, bom bi ng

yourself , doolie terms of endearment , knowledge (“ Duty then . . ” ) . E n

j oy spring and have a good PCS/ move if that’s in your i m m ed i a t e f u t u r e .

(test pilot at Edwards), Chris JOY (attorney at Walnut C r eek n ea r t h e Sa n

M i c h a el R . T h i essen

80 16 E nsley L ane L eaw ood , K A 66206 (9 13) 642-7692

Fr ancisco Bay ar ea) , and D on GA B RE SK I (F-4s at Geor ge A F B) . L i ke here in C olor ado , I di dn ’t hear any com plai nt s about t he sk i ing condit o ns.

H er e i s t h e l i st o f r el o c a t i o n s si n ce t h e l a st i ssu e : Gar y BA X T E R ,

Phoenix, A Z ; Jef f A CURSO, Fountain Valley, CA ; Tom JO N E S, Bed

f or d , M A ; Bil l M C G U I RE , San A nt onio , T X ; John H A R V E Y , G r i sso m

A FB, IN ; Kurt SCH LA EFER, Littleton, CO; and Jim MORRI SON , M ontgomery, A L . A lso, Vic H OOPER, M andeville, LA ; Glenn (M er cy) Glen BE R RY sent some ver y inter est i ng in f or m ati on f r om K o r ea c o n

cerning the West Point Founder ’s Day Dinner, held M arch 5 . W o o P o o grads organize the dinner each year to which all service academ y graduates are invited. Glen reports that the evening w as not only very en j oyable, but also a moving experience. I f anyone is i n t er est ed i n c o n si d er ing an A FA Founder’s Dinner, either locally or nationally, I suggest you contact me or the AOG. You also might consider contacting G l en w h en h e r et u r n s t o L i t t l e R o ck f r o m K o r ea so m et i m e i n J u n e or July . I ap

preciate all the information Glen sent regarding this pr oposal . L et ’ s don ’t let this idea pass without some serious consideration o f it s applicabi lity to the A F A .

Shirley GA L LI sent an announcement about their arrival D ecem ber 29, 1982. On that date, Paul and Shir ley becam e t he par ent s o f D a v i d A n thony Galli . Shirley reports it is almost as much fun w at ching Paul w atch

O A K E SH OT T , Fai r f ield , C A

(K C - 135 air cr af t com m ander , T r a v i s

A FB); and Steve BA NG, KI Sawyer A FB, M L Please write o r c a l l m e i f you would like to have the mailing addresses of anyone w h o h a s m o v ed recently. Thanks to this issue’s contributing scribes f or hel pi ng us k eep in t o u ch w i t h ea ch o t h er .

Ralph Get chell

Quarters 4506 C, USA F A cademy C olor ado Spri ngs, CO 80840 H ome: (303) 472-6958 A V : 2 5 9 -4 54 8

David as it is watching David. Is that clear? Well, a t l ea st I u n d er st a n d !

P a u l i s c h i ef o f st a n ev a l a t M c C h o r d .

Sue PERSONETT reports that she and Joe are in Honolulu w h i c h i s Joe’s base for flying 727s for Continental on the “ milk r un ’ ’ t hr ough M icronesia, Guam, M anila, Tokyo and return. Joe and Su e w er e m a r r i ed January 23rd. Congratulations to the Gallis and the Per sonett s. By t he way, why don’t more of you wives drop me a note from t i m e t o t i m e .

There is no cheaper (should I say “ less expensive’ ’) p r ess co v er a g e available anyw here.

The change of address cards provided information concerning onl y f ive of our classmates. T here m ust not be m uch moving going on t hese days.

According to these f orms, John RICHA RDS is at Luke A F B . J a c k a n d Pamela HORA CEK are at Randolph A FB. Bill MA GI LL is i n M o n t gomery, Alabama. George FUL LER is at Grand Forks. Don M cSW A l N , now a L t . C ol . , is i n T am pa, Flor ida.

Hopefully, by the time you read this article, spring w i ll have f i nal ly sprung at the Blue Zoo. The winter of 82/ 83 has made f o r o n e o f t h e darkest Dark Ages ever recorded at USA FA . Unfortunately, a l l t h i s adversity must have gotten to the snow, sleet or dead-of -night guys at t he post of fice, because I don’t have much news to report .

VIA DOGSL ED: Paul M CKA Y (Deborah), who’s still flying f o r

A mer ican out o f O ’ H ar e, w r ot e a let ter dem andi ng an expl anat io n w hy he couldn ’ t f i nd me at t he H all o f Fame game. (A ct ual ly , h e i n si n u a t ed t h a t

the cadets had locked me in my BOQ room at Maxwell .) N o so , m o o se breath. 1 was the guy on the forty-yard line desperately t ryi ng t o pul l t hat piece of adhesive tape of f the astroturf before the V a n d er b i l t t ea m r a n m e over ! A nyway, Paul did run into Tom M CKIERNA N (Colleen) w h o i s a cardiologist at Keesler . Hal SA UER has left his j ob a s a l o a n o f f i c er i n Chicago, is working on his master ’s in econ and hopes t o t ea c h a f t er graduation. Keith BA RRETT is still a flight engineer w it h A mer ican , but has t ransf er red t o t he w ar m er cli mes o f D -FW , T X .

M i c h a el L . R o se 10 1 1 V en u s D r i v e

Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Home: (303) 634-3050 Of f ice: (303) 576-6314

Please excuse t he brevit y o f my col um n t hi s quar t er ; t he closer w e get t o

A pril 15th, the more hectic life becomes for me and t h e L ew i st o n C o r

por at ion .

T uck er FL A H E RT Y , in addi tio n to m ent ioni ng t he loss o f o u r classmate Wayne Scott HA GA N in an aircraft accident (see W i nt er 1982-1983 issue, page 29), said that he is currently t he deputy st af f j udge advocat e at Shaw A F B . H e al so ment ioned t hat Russ C A RPA RE L L I i s a

military j udge at Norton A FB. Thanks for the info. T u c k er . T h e r ea so n your letter missed the last issue is because it went t o t h e A O G f i r st i n st ea d

o f di rect ly t o me.

Rick SI N E m oved to L oui svi lle, K Y , last f all and i s t h e a i r c r a f t

maintenance manager for United Parcel Service. In December, h e r a n i n

to C huck and Bar bar a W E I R in D enver ; t he W E I Rs w ere expect i ng t w ins due in A pril . Rick and Edie (CWC ’71) have two children, Bobby (8) and A bby (6). It sure must be nice to be able to choose f r om amo ng 24 727s

and 4 DC-8s whenever you need to take a trip.

C har lie W A R D sent a very co m pli mentar y let ter w hich I appreciate as

much as receiving expensive presents on my birthday. C har lie and K at hy are both receiving degrees from the University of Kentucky on M ay 8, 1983. Kathy will graduate with a master’s in computer sc i en ce a n d C h a r l i e will receive his M .D. degree. He has been accepted f or t r aini ng i n anesthesiology at the Yale New Haven Medical Center . Please give yourselves a pat on the back f rom all of us.

A w h i l e b a c k I r a n i n t o Si d L I M O G E S i n t h e h a l l h er e at the Spr ings O f

f ice Park where my of fice is located. Sid is stationed a t P et er so n A F B (Space Command) with a SA M SO unit and had been working o n a p r o j ect with my neighbors, the Boeing Aerospace Co.

Bob D RA BA N T called t o let me k now t hat w hi le ski ing at Squaw

H O T O F F T H E W I R E : I n w h a t a m o u n t ed t o a r a r e a u t o v o n check ,

Larry BA I LEY (Kris) gave me a shout the other day from L A A i r St a t i o n where he is currently SA C systems of ficer for the west c o a s t .

Howsomever , he plans to rotate in June to Of futt to w or k in t he Space Systems Requirements business. He’ll leave behind Bob BO RE N (A nne) , w ho ’ s at w or k w it h t he G lobal Posit io ni ng Sat ell ite a n d o t h er S t a r T r ek type stuf f . Larry also passed along that Paul NI PKO (A ni ta) has m oved to Ft . Ritchie, M D as a weather of ficer working with t he A r my . A not her

head out of the clouds type, Parker TEM PLE (Betty), h a s m o v ed t o A n drews as chief . Space Launch Vehicle Working Group.

RETRACTION: In my continuing ef fort to keep you abreast o f t h e a b

solute latest i n r umo r s, it has been repo r ted t hat St ev e SM I T H E R M A N WI L L be coming to USA FA after all . Contrary to my last r epor t , it ap pears that , instead of asking for Steve SM ITHERMA N, T A C t hought U SA FA wanted to hi r e t hat f amous f lyi ng ace, Bar on O t t o V o n Sm i t h er -

man. Don’t hold your breath or sell your house on this o n e f o l k s.

SI G H T ER B U R ST S: John L A D D has moved t o A lconbur y , U K , a s a n

aggressor; Tom VRA NISH to M inot , ND; Gary BA RNGROVER t o Tallahassee, FL ; Ron HERRE to HQ USEUCOM ; and globe t r ot t i ng Lindsay FENWICK, from Saudi A rabia to Edina, M N. D I D Y OU H EA R T H E O N E A BO U T ? Finally , no colum n w ould b e

complete without including the latest anecdote about U SA F A ’ s o w n Thundergib, Steve DEHA VEN . It seems that Steve was schedul ed t o pin on his maj or ’s leaves on A pril Fools day. So... he dut i f ully got up in t he morning, put on his newly-adorned blues and sallied f o r t h t o t h e a r ea t o enj oy his first day as a field grader . Unf ortunately, he managed t o gr eet a f ew cadet s bef or e a f ellow gr ad pulled Steve aside a n d r em i n d ed h i m t h a t

he had forgotten (you guessed it !)... to change the r ank on hi s cap ! Bet ter luck next ti me, T -G ib !

H O M E C O M I N G ’ 83

22-25 Sept .

BE TH ERE !

Valley over Presidents’ Weekend, he and the family sa w C h a n M O R R I S 39

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Those of us who were lucky enough to call Pete JONES a f r i en d w er e

six-month, blue suit notice, and he and his wife, Laurie, and li tt le C assie, are looking for a good old all-A merican East Texas j ob . I f anyone k now s of a helicopter or dual-rated employment opportunity j ust N or t h o f t he Rio Grande, drop a line down to Ed at Laughlin.

The best “ how I got my flying j ob” story comes from P a t R O O N E Y i n Temple, TX . It seems his wife. Melody, was heavily recruited for a j ob teaching special ed down in Temple. When they asked h er w h a t i t w o u l d t ake to get her dow n ther e, she t old t hem t o f ind a flying j ob for the big ugly guy she would have to bring with her . So they f o u n d a r ea l est a t e m agnate in t ow n w ho needed a pil ot . V oila ! P at w as in D enver f lying in a

saddened by hi s deat h in an F- 16 cr ash at N ell is, as w as r epor ted in t he last Checkp oints. Pete loved the Academy, and the Air For ce, but m ost o f all he l oved f l yi ng . W e ar e gl ad we got to see Pete at t he r euni on , and glad t o get t o k now V ick ie dur ing t heir st ay her e. Pet e had the “ right stu f f , ”

group of Texans who were on their way up to A spen to sk i f o r a w eek .

(How do they get their skis to stay on those pointy boot s?) H e passed

There was some second guessing at his funeral as to t h e ca u se o f t h e

1977 air cr af t accident — i n such good heal th t hat the A i r F o r ce d ec l i n ed t o give him any medical disabi lit y .

a n d t h e A i r F o r ce n eed ed m o r e l i k e h i m .

cr ash . A ppar ent ly , he was on a t w o-shi p t r aini ng exerci se. T he planes passed nose-t o-nose at 18,(X)0 f eet , and Pete’s F- 16 r o l l ed d o w n . T h e other ship rolled up, and as it came out of the top o f it s cl imb , t he pi lot looked over his shoulder to see Pete go in. There was not hi ng on t he t a p es.

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D i d you catch this quote in the last issue o f ’P oin ts: “ Being f ully pilot

qualified will soon be a prerequisite for all entering ca d et s. ” I t h i n k t h a t ’ s great , and I am advising my children right now to quit studyi ng so har d , lest they threaten their 20/ 20 vision. This new approach w i l l h a v e t h e a d ditional benefit of eliminating a lot of those “ eggheads” a n d “ f our-eyed” types who tend to finish near the top of each class, t her eby making more “ room at the top” for other graduates. T h a t o f c o u r se w i l l mean room for even more “ fully qualified” cadet pilots. I a l so t h i n k a l l

gr aduat es should be at least six f eet t all , t o assure a moder n global det er r en t .

A nd you thought A irborne was j ust a great way to give t h i r d c l a ssm en

the opport unit y t o f or ego sum m er leave! W ell , t hose 12-year -old j um p

wings got Ed RA NSFORD’s name to the top of the non-volunteer l i st o f j umpers for an A LO j ob in A laska. They told him that 12 year s i nex perience was no problem. They have got a great little t w o - h o u r -t en minute A rmy A irborne Refresher Course, which Ed thought w as f unny , “ until I realized it was my pink body we were talking about .” I t ’s pr oba bly tw o hour s of har ness and P L F , and t en mi nut es o f “ scr aping your sel f

of f the tundra.” Ed’s leaving a Ft . Lee assignment , w h i ch “ t u r n ed i n t o

t he inf am ous sl iding ET I C ; but w er e br inging the SE ROC C at T yndle on line.” (H uh?)

T he f unniest par t o f Ed ’ s let ter ? “ I haven ’t heard o n e b a d w o r d a b o u t an assignment to A laska.” W el l , E d , I k now how har d I f i nd it to k eep r em ar k s about my .a ssignment i n A l ask a t o one w or d .

The only other letter this quarter was a “ Howdy and H elp ” f r om C r aig MA RTIN down in East by-gosh Texas. He gave his present em ployer a

w or d t hat “ C i r cle J ” JO H N SO N w as out in G reenvi lle, SC f lying pr ivat e

aircraft for somebody. (Sometimes I don’t take such g r ea t n o t es o n a

telephone call.) It was good to hear that Pat is in good heal t h si nce hi s Other than that , there is j ust the usual news of the l o c a l s. W e w er e o u t with Doug and Robin H IL L a couple of weeks ago. Doug r ecent ly star t ed work back in “ the industry” with a black-box systems m anagem ent j ob at TRW in the Springs. The drive every day from A urora ai n ’ t so bad , but it ’s the hard-nosed supervisor, Mike ROM ITO, who’s mak ing D oug gr ay (peripherally, of course). Grover FRECKLETON is another T R W type.

Jay and Tammy CAM ELI CK were recently vacationing in H aw ai i . (I remember those days B.C.—before children.) Jay flies Republic out o f Chicago, and not the Twin Cities as I incorrectly reported last quar t er .

I f Park HA NEY keeps up his good work with the EPA here in D enver , he may j ust get a plush assignment tike mayor of Times Beach , M O .

(A lthough I have heard some Denver lawyers have a little t r ouble f it t i ng in with that agency.) Park and M ary recently parented a daughter , t heir f i r st .

I talked with A1SELLERS recently. He is complaining t h a t h i s w o r k a s a flight surgeon down in the Springs at Peterson is doi ng ir repar able damage to his golf fame. Dr . SEL LERS was looking for a little free legal advice, which made me regret I was feeling healthy a t t h e t i m e .

Did everybody get a letter indicating March 1 is the d ea d l i n e f o r A O G Board nominating petitions? Did everybody get that let t er M ar ch 15, l i k e I d id ?

For w ar ding let t er s t o Pat M OO N ? Just addr ess them to the For eign

Service Lounge in Washington. Now that ’s my idea of a change o f ad dress. Maybe my mail should be f orwarded to the Trinity B a r a n d G r i l l .

In other moves, David GRA CEY is now in Clovis, CA . G r eg A N D E R

SO N i s now in H ales C or ner , W I . Rich FA R RA I O L I is i n L ancaster , C A .

M rs. Horace ORR writes to say that the good captain is now in Sumpter, SC. Dave M cLA UGH L IN has moved to A PO NY 09057. Ray W I L L SO N is now finding out j ust how O.K . Oklahoma City is. M i k e BORYSEWI CZ is in one of A merica’s garden spots—Jacksonville, A R .

Eric WI NBORN has A PO’d to NY 09X 16. A nd Scott LEE has g o n e t o Vandenburg as an HQ SAC missile evaluator .

I talked with Gloria DENNEN the other day. She and R i c k l i v e n ea r t h e ocean in Redondo Beach, CA . In fact , they live a little n ea r er t o t h e o cea n every day, after the weather they had along the coast . T he w or st par t o f all that rain is that it dumped on Denver two days l a t er i n t h e f o r m o f t h e w h i t e st u f f .

H ow about some news? What ’sthematter with you guys? D id you r ead the other class news columns in the last Checkp oints! I mean , last i ssue, we were talking astronauts, and meeting Prince Charles, and being on na tional TV, and doing maj or scientific and medical research, a n d c o m manding squadrons, and airshows and upgrading. I f guys t h i n k o u r c l a ss news is interesting, then you probably think that croissants a t J a c k - I n -

T h e- B o x i s F r en c h c u i si n e .

From a personal note, I found that working in a large law f ir m is gr eat !

They even let you dress casually when you have to work all day Sat ur day and Sunday . W hat a br eak !

That ’s about all she wrote for this quarter . We are going over t o C huck and Shelley W I N T E RS f or di nner this w eekend . C huck w il l have j ust returned from a sortie to exotic El Paso, TX . Gee, I hope he has sl ides o f t he t r ip !

Chuck and Shelley had a big New Year ’s Eve party planned, b u t a l l t h e snow in town led to cancellation. Well, there’s always one i n t w ent y w ho don’t get the word, and somehow Mark OI NESS managed t o b l az e a snowy trail through their cul-de-sac j ust before midnight o n N ew Y ea r ’ s Eve. So Chuck , being the sociable guy he is, downed a f ew w i t h M a r k t o w el c o m e i n 19 8 3 .

Some of Denver ’s beautif ul people include in f oreground, f r om lef t, Ky le

M ancuso and L indsay Winter . Stand ing at lef t is L esley M a n c u so a n d a t r ight. B rad Winter .

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Quote of the Month: “ M y father went to the A ir Force A cadem y . H e i s a fighter pilot .” (M iss April : From a Playboy magazine per used at m y bar ber s.)

Sa m G r i er

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Boy, has spring been a bear here in Colorado. We still h a v e si x i n c h es

o f snow on base, and t he w eat her is st aying cool . M y w i f e a n d I a r e si c k o f t he w i nter — w e got spr i ng f ever , but w e ai n ’ t got t he w eat her t o go w it h i t !

Bob FRA SE R is headi ng up our H om ecom i ng ef f ort . H e a n d h i s motley crew have already gotten everything well into t he planning st ages.

See Bob ’ s art icle elsew her e her e i n Checkp oin ts f or d et a i l s .

CA LLS: I got a call f rom Vic TH UOTTE. He’s currently a D E C i n -

house consultant i n C oncor d , M A . H e r eall y loves t he N ew E ngland ar ea

and his j ob. He works with Bob CUL BERTSON (’71) who w a s a n i n

st r uctor here w it h me at the Z oo . V ic passes on t he f ollow i ng : K evin M C H U G H f l ies F- 106s at K I Sawyer . Scot t ST I N E is cur r ent ly a f am i ly

physician at Fairchild AFB—he has a summer assignment t o E l m en d o r f .

Bil l C A RPE N T E R f l ies F- 15s i n Ger many . D oug D I C K is at W right -Pat

on the AFIT staf f—he works on the management side validating sc h o o l s for A FIT programs on campus. Gordie BENDICK is now supposedly i n W ash , D C — V ic con f ir m ed t hat no one r eal ly k now s w hat G o r d i e i s d o

ing. A1 DUNLA P is a B-52 nav instructor at Castle. T h r ee o f o u r

classm ates ar e docto rs at W il f o r d H all : Ed PA R RY , D ave L E SSE R , and A rnie P E N I X .

C ar l D O FE L M I E R cal led and t hen w r ote m e a lett er , t oo . H e f l i es f o r D el ta out of D -FW , and w hen he doesn ’t f ly he runs a r ea l est a t e brokerage, serves as an Academy LO, and flies A -l Os. D o f and Bar b j ust had a second child in Feb (you w onder w here he got the t ime) . D o f passes on all o f t he f ollow ing : O ur class D el ta cont ingent is huge. O ut o f D -FW :

Bryan “ Smoke’ ’ CLA RK, Craig “ Cleve’ ’ CLEVELA ND, Tony

D E RO SA , Paul “ O k ie” M OT L E Y (w ho com m ut es out o f O K C ity) , Joe W A L K E R , and D ale W I L L I A M S. O ut o f A t lanta : Ral ph B RO D E R I C K , Pat JO R D A N , T om K RO ESSI G , and D ave L U T Z (our t oken ex - M a r i n e type). Out of BOS: Stu DUERSON , Pat SHEPPA RD, Chris BL A C K , W il lie T H OM PSO N , and K en BO N N . I n C hicago : Gor don PU RC E Y a n d St ev e M U L L V A I N . I n H o u st o n : B i l l C O H N a n d E r i c H E A R N SB E R G E R . I n M i am i : R o n M O R A N .

Other commercial pilot types: Bernie “ Sullie’ SULLENBERGER f l i es

f or PSA out o f L as V egas. D uncan K E I RN E S f l ies w it h N W O r i en t o u t of Minneapolis. John ROSSER flies for Eastern out of N ew Y or k . Gar y ‘ N ic’ N I C H O L S com mutes f r om G oldsbor o , N C , t o f l y f or U P S o u t o f L oui sville, K Y . M i ke Y O U N G f l ies f or A m er ican out o f D - F W .

A n d o t h er s: M a r k a n d M a r ci e H A M A N a r e i n D a l l a s w h er e M a r k a t

tends med school— they ’ve j ust had t heir f ir st chi ld . Roy and Rick i H A RT ar e in Richar dson , T X , w her e Roy w or k s f o r E D S. E d d i e “ Z ” ZWI RKO is a fighter weapons IP at Nellis. Bill ROTH WEL is on hi s w ay t o Edw ards t o become a fl ight t est engineer at t he T est P i l o t Sch o o l . P a t R O O N E Y fl i es B - 5 2 s a t B a r k sd a l e . St ev e M C D A V I D i s i n C hicago going t o m ed sc h o o l . St ev e D R E T A R i s a n A T - 3 8 I P a t H o l l o m a n . Finally , (and t his is old new s, D o f ) , W ayne H O L U M is a T hunder bi rd . D o f c l o ses w it h , “ FL Y D E L T A ’ S B I G JET S.” Gee, D o f , I did n ’t k now t h a t D el t a fl ew lit t le j et s.

D o f also gives a pitch f o r t he A cadem y L O j ob . H e says U SA F A i s

homesteading at McGuire, but now is heading to M ather t o b e a n a v i n structor . Doug RICHA RDSON is an F-4 I P at Nellis in t he Fight er Weapons School . He and Jenise are expecting their f irst ch i l d .

“ Rich and T eresa FA Z I O ar e al so at N el li s. Johnny W H I T A K E R i s a

public af fairs of ficer for the Secretary of the A F. D o n SU T U L A i s w i t h a

sat elli te SPO at Space D ivi sion and w as at C -Spgs t hi s past f al l t o give a briefing at the new Space Command. Ken VOLKM A N is an F- 16 pilot at H il l . John N O SS is an F- 15 pi lot at H ollom an . W ill ie C U L B E R T SO N i s in F- 11I s in E ngl and . Gene O G I L V I E is out o f t he A F and livi ng in A n

chorage. Bill GI LL IN is still flying helos at Kirtland. M i k e K O SE R i s i n contracting-at HQ TA C. John LA UTEN is at Elmendorf f l ying A - 100s.

Steve PA LA DINI is in Europe flying F-15s. Steve took t he long r oute t o the pilot ’s seat by way of a WSO slot in the RF-4. “ Finally, Tom M A YBERRY is at Keesler , Wayne M A RICLE i s i n

Flor ida, and C har l ie ST A L L W O RT H i s in Sacr ament o f lyi ng t he T -43, selling real estate, and attending law school .’ ’ Thanks f or all t he good in f o , G r eg !

Bet h N A I G L E w r ot e a nice let t er . (Bil l appar ent ly l ost t h e sk i l l a f t er h e lef t U SA FA .) T hey now live i n Saudi A r abia w her e Bil l w or k s at K i ng A b dul A ziz A i r Base at D hahar an t eaching t he Saudis t o oper at e t he F- 15.

Bet h says t hat all A rab w omen w ear black veils and w o m en a r e n o t a l l o w ed to dri ve (her included) .

She also says that Terry and M artha GRA YBEA L are in A l buquer que, and she’ s inter est ed in f i ndi ng L ar r y and C at hy RA D O V . T h a n k s f o r w r iti ng, Bet h .

Fred KNOWLES dropped a card from A laska. He says the f l yi ng i s

great and Alaska is beautiful , even at 50 degrees below zer o . Y o u b et t er check your anti-freeze, Fred—I don’t think any place i s b ea u t i f u l a t 50

degr ees below zer o ! Fr ed w ant s t o st art an A OG C hapt er up i n Fai r ban k s, and I need t o send him t he necessar y st u f f — sor r y , Fr ed , I ’ ll get it t o you so o n .

T hat about w r aps up call s, car ds, and let t er s. L et ’ s see w hat t he good

o l e A O G h a s f o r u s : D a v e R O B E R T S h a s m o v ed f r o m E n i d t o a n A P O

address. Greg GONYEA has moved from Tabb to Yorktown, V A . L ar r y FA BE R has m oved f r om Fol som , C A , t o an A PO addr ess. Ray

WA LLA CE has moved from Ft Lauderdale to M t H ol ly, NJ. V i n ce

N OT O has moved f r om Sunnym ead t o M erced , CA . B .J . ST A N T O N i s alive and w el l at U SA FA . Bi ll RO T H W E L L li ves at Fair bor n , O H . L ar r y W I L L I A M S has gone f r om San A nt oni o t o Ocean Spr i ngs, M S . M i k e H U B is now at C annon . M i ke A N D E R SO N now lives i n E mer y , SD , but he’s stat ioned at K unsan A B , K or ea, as t he w i ng weapons o f f i cer . M i k e W E N G E R is an A F I T st udent at Ox f or d U niver si ty . M i k e passes on t hat J ef f K O H L E R f l i es F - 16 s a t Sh a w .

F RO M T H E L OC A L SC E N E : T al k ed to E ri c and C indy A N D E R SO N — t hey ’ ll be going to D .C . t hi s sum m er . D on and Pam RA M M (Bot h o f D on ’ s br ot her s m ar r ied gi r ls nam ed Pam , too— can you believe it ?) ar e st i l l i n D en v er . P a m n o w t ea ch es i n C a st l e R o c k . A .J . B R I D I N G i s busy coaching the U SA FA boxi ng team t o the nat ionals. John E L L E R w i l l b e goi ng f or a U SA FA -sponsored PhD t his sum mer . Rich CO M E R r u n s m iles and mi les every day and he’ s st i ll pudgy . Spencer W A Y alw ays says “ hi ’ ’ t o me, but I st il l don ’t t hi nk he k now s w ho I a m . B o b F R A SE R c o n t i n u es t o l o se h a i r .

looking for LOs. It ’s a good way to earn points toward r et i r em en t f o r

t hose w ho ar e resigned f r om act ive duty , and it ’ s a good addit io nal d ut y f or t hose st ill in . H e says t o cont act t he Regist rar ’ s O f f i ce a t U SA F A f o r d et a i l s .

C A RD S A N D L ET T ER S: V i nce and Peggy PA R I SI sent m e a ca r d f r om A FI T wher e V ince cont i nues t o be busy i n school . H e enclosed a pic t ure of t hei r daught er (see phot o) . T he boo k in t he pict ure is a “ L eader ship Reaction C our se” pr i mer . V i nce i s star t i ng her t r ai ni ng ear ly .

G r eg RE I N EC K E f i nal ly came t hr ough w it h a C S- 16 new slet t er , s o here goes: “ M ost o f t he f ollow ing com es f r om C ol (r et ) M ar y A nn

Toniie’s ‘Grandma Letters.’ A s some of you might recall . C o l T o n n e w a s t he chief nur se at t he A FA H ospit al w hi le we w er e cadet s her e. M ar y A nn n o w l i v es i n P h o en i x .

“ C ont r ary t o w hat w as repor t ed in a r ecent C lass C olum n , C r aig L A D Y i s no longer at W est inghouse; he now fl i es out o f B o st o n w i t h U S A ir . T o celebrat e t he com plet ion o f his pr obat ionar y year , C raig and L in da fl ew out to U SA FA f or t he N ot r e D ame gam e; they al so a t t en d ed t h e H all o f Fame gam e. C r aig also fl i es C - 130s w it h t he PA A N G , Br uce M EY E R fl ies t he f r iendly sk ies w it h N or thw est out o f M i nneapoli s. H e and Janet r ecent ly had their t hi r d son , D aniel . Pet e P E N T A h a s b een

J u l i e A n n P a r is i

St eve C R I ST I A N I i s having a “ t oga” par ty at his house thi s com i ng w eek end— Steve w at ches “ A ni m al H ouse” on his V C R every w eek end , and he’s lost his sense o f r ealit y . Frank K L OT Z w as b a c k f o r t h e

Academy A ssembly. Wayne MA RI CLE dropped in at the Zoo—he l o o k s m ore l ik e Br uce D er n every tim e 1 see him . L ee Z I M M E RM A N i s b ec o m

ing gray in record time—the JA G mutt be getting him d o w n . P i t P I T -

C O V I C H i s st i l l sh o r t . D en n i s H A U G H i s b ac k i n t h e Spr i ngs w or k i ng

for a local computer company—he’s finishing his M S f r om the U o f C O , Boulder , t oo .

W el l , t hat about w r aps it up . For any o f you D O D O f ans, y o u ca n g et a har dcover copy o f al l the old D O D O s f or $20 at : A ssociat ion o f G r aduat es, A t t n : C apt T racey , U SA FA C O 80840.

H ave a gr eat Spr ing. Remember : 24 Sep , U SA FA —BE TH E R E !

Pat L ynch 4049 Forest Ri dge Blvd .

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W el l , ’ 74, spr ing i s here but t he weat her doesn ’t w ant t o c o o p er a t e .

D ayt on has had bet ter w eat her all w int er t han w e’ ve h a d si n c e E a st er .

L i f e hasn ’t changed much f or m e si nce I shed t he blue su i t . I ’ m st i l l w o r k ing in t he sam e of f ice at A F I T and I ’ m busier t han ever w it h m y classes. 1 w ill be T D Y six out of the next eight w eek s putt i ng o n cl a sses a l l o v er t h e count ry . But it i s a good j ob and I li k e it so f ar .

I ’ ve had sever al let ter s since my l ast colum n . T he f i r st w a s f r o m J i m L U N T Z E L . H e and Colleen and t heir t hr ee chi ldren , Jenel le, A nne, and D avi d , are at K adena w her e t hey ar r ived last A ugu st . J i m l ef t a t o u r a s a “ R a v en ” o n a n R C - 13 5 a t O f f u t t a n d i s n o w i n t h e E L I N T B r a n c h o f t h e

376t h St r at W i ng. T hey seem t o li k e t he t our in O k inaw a and t he oppor t uni ti es f or t r avel t hat it o f f er s. Ji m passed along so m e i n f o o n so m e o f o u r cl a ssm a t es . J i m K E A T O N i s a l so a t K a d en a i n R eco n Ops but is leav i ng f or Y ok ota soon . Ji m M A SSA RO is a Raven cr ew com mander a t O f f ut t . T om H A L L i s at D I A . H e and Jana have a new son , Pat r ick , bor n last summ er . J .J . SI E N I C K I i s in his t hir d year o f l a w sch o o l a t t h e U niver si ty o f K ansas. H e has a j ob set f or Phoenix w hen he get s out . H is son , Ben , w as f i f t h in t he st ate w r est li ng f or k ids under eight , and Becky f inished her degr ee i n educat ion .

M y next lett er cam e f r om C r aig A N D E R SO N w i th his per iodic updat e on t he D i rt y D ozen . Fi r st of f , 12t h Squadr on has it s f ir st m aj or . T ed M A C E Y w as pr om ot ed last July . I n addit ion , T ed and V ick i have a son , Jef f r ey T heodor e, bor n N ov 2. T he w hole f am ily i s now at Egl in . T her e ar e a lot of new of f spr i ng f r om 12t h . K r i s and Gail B U D I N G E R h a v e t hei r f our t h , L indsay , w ho i s a year old now . Rick a n d E l l en R O SSE R have a second daughter , K aci , bor n last Oct ober . T here a r e sev er a l set s o f expect ant par ent s f r om 12t h . C r aig r epor t ed t hat he and Rit e ar e expect ing t heir f ir st in M ay . St eve and C i ndy L U N SFO RD ar e expect ing t heir f ir st i n June. Finally , D enny and Pam L Y ON S w ill have t h ei r sec o n d chi ld i n A ugust . C hanges o f addr ess f or t he D i rt y D ozen : J o e BRE Z OV I C i s in t he M T D epar t m ent at U SA FA , D ave D A L E Y i s a t Scott , Rich BOW M A N is headed f or V andenburg, and Cr aig is going t o L angley .

M y l ast let ter w as f r om T om K A N E ’ s w i f e, Renee. Renee w r o t e t h a t t hey moved last A ugust f r om N ort on t o Scot t . T om w as select ed by M A C f or the V O L A N T Spot light Pr ogr am . H e i s w or k ing at H Q M A C i n pr o t ocol . T he K A N E s have t hr ee childr en now , John w ho is 5, K elly w ho is 2, and L auren w ho i s 3 m ont hs old . Renee says that t he k i ds sure k eep t hem busy . A lso at Scot t i n M A C / X P is Scot t H O K E .

T hat i s all my new s f or now . W ith t he PC S season rapidly appr oaching, be sure t o k eep me and the A O G posted as t o your wher eabout s.

E ver yone have a gr eat sum m er .

J o e St ei n

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Spr i ng st ar ted on a sad note t hi s year w it h t he new s o f B r u ce D O D D S ’

death. For those who lost track of him af ter graduation, Bruce spent a 42

f ew year s w or k i ng f or N or th rup A viat ion bef or e pick i ng up his l aw degr ee f r om N ot re D ame. H e then w or k ed f or L eon Jaw or sk i ’ s H o u st o n law f ir m . W e’ ll all m iss him , and t he memor y o f hi s cour age i n t he f ace o f adver sit y w ill li ve on f or all o f us.

O N T H E R OA D A G A I N . T he change o f address box at t he A O G w a s under f low ing t hi s t im e. O nly f ou r ’ 75er s sent w or d o f t h ei r b l o o d cur dl ing advent ures w it h t he m ovi ng indust r y . D an BU RK ET T w a s l ea st af f ect ed— he only m oved dow n t he st r eet a f ew door s i n A r l ingto n . I sup pose he’ s prepar i ng f or a hom est eading act at t he Pentagon . L uck y him !?? D ave and M elanie H I C K M A N al so packed up t hei r tent r ecent ly .

I f you remember back t o last i ssue, hi s negot iat i ng sk i l l s sa v ed U n c l e $4 3 m ill ion last year . A nd , by t he w ay , he did w in t he A F SC O f f i c er o f t h e Y ear aw ar d . H ow ever , oppor t unit y st ar t ed k nock i ng louder and louder , and D ave decided t o put hi s m any t alent s to w or k f or him and his f ami ly .

H e’s j ust lef t the service and accept ed a vice pr esi dent ’ s j ob w it h M RM , I nc., a Peor ia com m er cial i nsur ance com pany . I ’ m sur e he’ll do ver y w ell at it . I n f act , I w ouldn ’ t be sur pr i sed i f he w as one o f t h e f i r st o f o u r classm ates t o r each “ hi gh r oller ” stat us! I ncident all y , D a v e h a sn ’ t c o m plet ely abandoned t he blue sui t . H e sti ll plans to w o r k i n t h e R eser v es a s a l i a i so n o f f i cer f o r U SA F A .

O ur ot her t w o tr aveler s became part o f t he i nt er nat ional cr ow d . L ar ry M C G I RR is now calli ng t he P hi li ppines home, and C hri s a n d K a r en G L A E SE R ar e set t i ng up house in mer r y old E ngland . A lthough t hese last f ew mont hs w er e a r at her stable per iod (in t er m s o f m oves) f or ou r class. I ’ m sur e t he summ er r ush w i l l f i ll t he A O G box w it h car ds (and pr obably the JA G box w it h household goods dam age claim s) by t he t i me t h e n ex t i ssu es c o m es o u t .

T H E M A I L B OX . O h , t he sham e! I r eceived a let ter f r om C u r t O ST E R H E L D j ust bef ore press t im e. I t seem s I inadver tant ly o v er l o o k ed t he guys at M PC w hen I did m y piece on ’ 75 A ST RA s last issue. Sor r y guys! Cur t and Bar ry A BBOT T w er e w or k ing har d as resour ce m a n a g e r s w hi le t he rest o f us clow ns w ere eat ing quiche in t he PO A C (Pentagon O f f icer ’ s A thlet ic C lub) . Si nce t hat t im e, Bar ry has m o v ed o n t o L i t t l e R o c k and t he C - 130, and C ur t is playing C l int E ast w ood (o f F ir ef ox f am e) in t he SR-7 1 at Beale. C urt did rem ind m e, t oo , that per sonnel g u y s n e v e r get m ad . I f I r emem ber right , t he last t i me I got him m a d a t m e w a s a t M at her in 1976. 1 spent t he next f our and a hal f year s at L or i ng, M ai ne.

H m m m m m ??

G il BRA U N al so t oo k t ime t o take pen in hand . H e’ s now bask i ng i n t he Fl or ida sun at M acD i ll , and f lyi ng t he F- 16 i n his spar e ti me. G i l says t he elect r ic j et i s the closest t hing t o heaven yet ! F o r t h o se w h o r em em b er tales o f his j ogging exploit s, G il t r ied t o go a li tt le t o o f a r t o o f a st . H e h u r t hi m sel f and is gr adually bui ldi ng back up t o Olym pic f or m . H e says he’l l be a “ j oggi ng par ti cipant ” i n the G aspar il la classic, a m i nor r unni ng event w it h such lightw eights as Salazar and W ai te. I n bet w een r unni ng and f lying, G il also f i nds t i me t o do a li tt le gol f i ng— he’s l o w er ed h i s handicap t o 8.

A nd fi nal ly , I r eceived a let t er f r om t w o ver y dear f r iends, Jim and N aom i M A R SH A L L . Si nce last cont act , t hey ’ve been w or k i ng o n t h e si z e o f t hei r f am il y . T hey have one beaut i f ul daught er , Sarah (w ho ’l l be 2 1 m ont hs w hen this i s published) , and anot her is on the w ay . I alw ays k new Ji m had som e gr eat spir it ual pow er s w or k ing f or him . H e’ s t he only one I k now who ’ s been able to sli p out o f an A L O assignment . I t l o o k s l i k e t hey ’ ll be st aying i n E ngland f or a li tt le w hi le longer .

W H A T EV ER H A P P E N ED T O . .. D id you ever sit back and t hi nk o f t he old days, and say t o your sel f , “ I w onder w hat ever happened t o old . . . ! !? W ell , I have. I n t he interest s o f pr ovidi ng a n sw er s t o a l l o f t h o se quest ions I decided to st ar t a locator sect ion i n t he colum n . A nyo ne w ho lost t rack of som eone (and w ants to f ind him ) can w r it e in , and I ’ ll i n clude t he name in t he colum n . H opef ully , one o f our cl a ssm a t es w i t h t i m e to w r ite w il l br i ng us up t o speed on the m yst er y people. I n f act . I ’l l even o f f er a rew ar d t o t he f i r st ones t o respo nd . T hey ’ ll r ecei ve a f r ee pit cher o f beer and al l t he t acos t hey can eat t he next t im e t hey pass t hr ough t he Spr ings. H ow can you beat t hat ?

Since t his idea has been not hi ng mor e t han a seed i n t he ar id soi l o f m y mi nd bef or e t hi s point , I suppo se I ought t o com e up w i t h t h e f i r st l i st o f nam es. So here t hey ar e: Randy C A RA W A Y , Br uce E D ST RO M , C h r i s GO ET SC H , Felix G R I E D E R , A r t L E I K E R , M ik e (Fig) M C C L E N D O N , Rich R U T H , Joe SI N I SCA L C H I , and Geor ge W A L RO N D . I ’ ll a n nounce t heir w hereabout s, and t he w i nner s o f t he gas a n d b eer i n a l a t er i ssu e .

O ne m ore point bef or e I leave. I f w e have any shutt er bugs i n t he cl ass, please keep a st eady st r eam of pict ures f l ow ing in . T hey mak e t he issue look a lot nicer , and t hey ’ re pr obably a lot m or e i nt er est ing t han m y col umn . I f w e don ’t get som e soon , K r o (t he edit or ) w i ll m a k e m e t h r o w i n some o f my ol d baby pict ur es. Y uk ! U nt il next i ssue, her e’s ho ping f or good luck and a gr eat sum m er f or all of ’ 75.

W a d e E . M c R o b er t s 89 2 1 E a st L i n d en St r eet

T ucson , A r izo na 857 15 H ome; (602) 886- 197 1 A V : 3 6 1-4 7 2 1

H i ! H ow ’ s everybody doi ng?

I w ar t ed on over t o V ance i n January to help T A C out a t t h ei r C a r eer D ay . Scott A N D E RSO N , F-4 I P at H omest ead , and C ar l N O R D G RE N , RF-4 at Bergst r om , were t her e al so . I saw D on H A L L , w ho had not quit e PC Sed to Randolph , and w e got t o do som e cat chi ng up . A l so sa w B er n i e GO L D BA C H (T -38) w ho w or k s i n saf ety ther e.

K at hy L OT T w r ot e. She and Buddy ar e in RF-4s at Z w eibr uck en . Sh e does some t eaching at t he D oD high school t her e w hile Buddy i s i nt o aer ial photogr aphy . T hey ’ve t r aveled t o places l i ke M u n i ch a n d A u st r i a .

(I t oo k Sue t o Gila Bend one night w hen I had t o go t o the range!) A l so over t here is D ave SU N , at St ut tgar t in T -39s. D ave m a r r i ed t h e f o r m er Beck y W inslow r ecent ly . Joe and Johanna SH I RE Y ar e expect ing t heir second child at T or r ej on , w hi le Joe i s expect ing an F- 16 . A lso at T or r ej on

is Pete KLUCK. Terry TA UBERT is at Sousta...Shoester ...Camp N ew

A m sterdam in F- 15s. A not her F- 15 dr iver is H ow ie T H OM P SO N , a t B i t burg . T er r y N E W is at H ahn in Falcons (saw L ar ry ’s ar t icle i n F igh ter Weap ons R eview) . Buddy saw aggr essor s Jim m ie D EA U X a n d C a r l N U Z Z O (F-5s) dur i ng t hei r deployment t o Z w eibr ucken . T h a n k s f o r w r iti ng, K at hy !

N ancy W Y SO C K I (Joe) w r ot e t o ret r ansm it t he li st of Space A cadem y grads t hat I lost . W e hear ther e is anot her W Y SOC K I d u e i n O c t ober — congr at ulati ons! Joe li kes hi s new j ob . A nyw ay , at Sunnyvale, GA , ar e Brian , L isa, and Paul D I E FFE N BA C H , and T om a n d R i t a K E L SO . C raig PU Z is a m anned space f light engineer i n L .A . L eo n BA E R , and C hri s and Suzanne H O L L E Y ar e in C heyenne M o u n t a i n .

N ancy also says t hat M i ke and George K E L L E Y ar e at SA C H Q .

Ben D I L L A sent a postcar d— I guess he l i ked seeing hi s name i n pr int .

N o , act ually he w ants to r eit er at e t hat i f you ar e goi ng t o D ayt on and need some hel p , you can call on hi m . T hank s, Ben .

K i r k BE L L cal led on 16 M ar ch . H e, Bever ly , and son Jet f are at Ran dolph i n P I T . K i r k says t hat D on B ROC K is at M oody in F-4s; he w i ll mar r y a nur se he met at K ef l avi k i n A ugust . Roger Y A U C H Z Y i s a t Spangdahlem in F-4E s. Roger , D on , and K i r k w er e rem ot e a t K ef l a v i k t ogether . John H I L D E B RA N D T is in T -43s at M at her ; Bob , Pat t i , and son Br andon W OO D S ar e at A F I T ; Bo b A SH E N FE L T E R is in R F -4 s somew here; W es ST O W E RS i s i n F-4Es, f r om T or r ej on t o Spangdahlem ; Car los GA RZ A is w or k ing at H Q A T C ; K i r k t hi nk s t hat T i m B A L L i s out of C - 14 1S, but t o w hat ?; D oug K U PE R SM I T H is at G r i f f i ss i n F- 106s; and K eit h FE I G H i s i n C - 130s at K eesler . T hank s f or t he cal l , K i r k — hope I got it all r ight , but I had t o read my n o t e s .

I got a let ter f r om D oug FR Y . Sue sai d , “ W ho ’ s D oug F RY ?” I said , “ W ho cares, j ust anot her ’76 gr ad that w r ote a lett er .” So I opened t he lett er . I t reads: “ W ade, Say ‘ H i ’ t o Sue, and af t er she ask s you ‘ W ho i s D oug F RY ?’ tell her , ‘ W ho car es, j ust anot her ’76 gr ad t h a t w r o t e a l et t er .’ ” I t ’ s am azing, gang, r eal ly ! A nyw ay , D oug i s in Belgi um , and c l a i m s t h a t t h i s w a s t h e f i r st l et t er h e h a s w r i t t en si n ce h e r ecei v ed t h e

“ D ear John ” let ter f r om hi s par ent s in July o f ’ 72 ! D oug says t hat M ar k and Roxanne FA U V E R had a lit t le gir l . Bo b , E llen , and A m a n d a C O R R I E ar e at H Q U SA FE . D oug and Cendy have t hr ee k ids: K asey (4) , K yle (3), and Matthew (2 months as of February). Doug gets to play r ugby , and coach some too. His detachment of 135 has only eight of f icer s, and D oug says he’ s “ a.. .unique k i nda guy , and the only gr ad o f t he. . .t he. ..school f or t he.. .di f f erent .” W ho is t his guy ? T hank s f or t he lett er , D oug !

I also got a let ter f r om M i k e H O Y E S. H e w onder s i f I r em em b er h i m .

W hy , of cour se! M i ke w as our A ll -A mer ican place k icker a n d o n e- t i m e N CA A all-t ime k ick -scor ing leader . ..no , w ait , he w as t he w ing com m ander . A ct ually , M i ke and I wer e D oolies t oget her in Redeye— t han k s to him the Eagle and Fledglings had shiny beaks that* year . M i k e i s an I W SO i n F I 1I Fs at L ak enheat h . H e and Y ar dley (f or m er A T O N el son , at Edwards) have two kids, Stephanie (2), and M ichael , Jr . (7 m ont hs) .

M ik e says t hat C alvin A L L E N i s at M cG ui r e i n 14 1s; St a n C O R R E I A i s bound f or U SA FA t o be a T -4 1 I P ; M ik e and T er r ye (w it h St ephanie and K yle) M I L L E R are at W ar ner -Robins i n K C - 135s; Jim and K it ty W I T H ar e leavi ng L ak enheat h f or W il lie and F-5s; D an N O RM A N “ t hum ped M i k e i n t h e c h est a t t h e b a r a t M i l d en h a l l ” — h e f l i es 14 1s f r om M cC hor d ; Bob G RA Y and W in M A C K L I N ar e nav i nst r uct or s at M at her ; B i l l J O N E S n o w f l i es 14 1s f o r t h e R eser v es f r o m M c G u i r e . H ang i n t her e, M ik e, and t hank s f or t he lett er !

K ur k K L I N GE N BE RGE R w r ot e agai n f r om chi ll y Plat t sbur gh . A t R ed Flag recent ly P latt sburgh w as r epresent ed by ’ 76er s J i m F A G A N (K C - 135) , Jim M A RG (maint enance) , M i k e BEA U C H A M P (FBs) , a n d K ur t . K ur t also saw Rust y L A T E N SE R (F- 16s, N el lis) , K evin C H I L T O N , and Roger T U RC OT T E , w ho is at A ST RA . Br ad M O FFE T T i s a l so a t A ST RA , but should get or der s soon . N ewcom er s at Platt sbur gh a r e M i k e FA U V E R , 135 A C , and Bill ST A R N E S, w ho is check i ng out i n t h e l ef t seat o f t he F B- 111. T hose w ho have depar ted Platt sburgh a r e N o r m SPE N D L E Y , t o M inot ; K evi n K O Z L O W SK I , t o K I Sawyer ; Jon SU B I K , t o Cor i ng; and D ave JA C K SO N to K adena. A l l t hose guys f l y 135s.

Roger C L E M E N T S i s a K C - 135 A C at Pease. K .C . and L iz ST E I N BA U G H ar e i n N ashua, N H , but he w or k s at Sander s, not T I , as I sai d l a st t i m e . K a r en K L I N G E N B E R G E R h a s c h ec k ed o u t i n t h e l ef t sea t o f t he 135, and expect s an A ST RA assignm ent in t he summ er o f ’ 84 . T i m

and D ebbie M A RT I N ar e at Sacr ament o St at e f or an A FA -sponsor ed A F I T tour . A s alw ays, thank s f or w r it i ng, K ur t .

W hat else is going on ? W hi le f l ying one day i n M arch , I w as i nt r a-f light comm unicat i ng on V H F w hen som eone called f or “ T i nm an , ” w h i c h w a s m y ol d cal lsign at A lex . I t w as Budd JO N E S, w ho w as f lyi ng out o f L uk e on a cr oss-count ry f light . Jack and Jan C A T T O N lef t f or K adena i n ear ly M ar ch— t hey ar e expect ing anot her C at t on t hi s sum mer . Sa w B i l l N A S H r ecent ly . H e w as at W ill ie f or an A T C saf et y con f er ence, a n d ca m e d o w n her e t o visit C ar l and M ar y RE BA RC H A K .

W ell , t hat ’ s about it . T ak e car e, and have a saf e summ er !

J i m “ M o u se ” N eu m ei st er

2304 Galaxy D r .

A l tus, O K 7352 1 H ome: (405) 482- 1607 A V : 866-6300 (A lert : 73 11)

G reet ings f r om t he gr eat Sout hw est — Sout hw est O k lahom a, t h a t i s .

A f ter f our year s here I ’ ve come to r eal ize w e have t w o seasons: nor t her ly w i nds and sout her ly w i nds. W e could save a lot o f f uel her e by t yi ng st r ings o nt o our T ank s, 14 1s, and C -5s and f l ying t hem a s k i t es . A n d I ’ l l b et some of you t hought U SA FA w as t he only nat ur al w i nd t u n n el w i t h b i d i r ec t i o n a l f l o w .

L ine 1: A f t er r et ur ni ng each ot her s’ phone calls several t imes, I f i nally got back w it h D an V A N A L ST I N E w ho called f r om El lswor t h . H e i n f or med me t hat Joey C A RW I L E has lef t behind t he dest r oyer s a n d cr ui ser s o f the N avy f or gr ad school in P hiladelphia . H ow ever , his b a ch el o r st a t u s r em a i n s i n t a c t . J i m F R A SE R ex t en d ed at Bit burg, Ger many . H e and D o nna have a li tt le boy . Ron H A R R I S i s an engi neer at H anscom f or ced t o accept a $ 12,000 bonus f or his ef f or t s.

Gary H A C K ET T (D onna) has gone f r om FA C to A -37s t o F -4 s a t George. Chr i s M O N T A L T O is in B-52s at W ur t sm it h . St eve ST O K E S (K ar en) and Rick C O SBY (Sheila) r ecent ly upgr aded t o B - 5 2 A / C a t E llsw or t h . A l so ther e ar e Bruce JE FF RE Y (Bobbie) , M ax D ’ L A R O T T A (Sue) , Scot t SA M PSO N , D oyle G A G E (D ebi) , and L B . M alt z (C laudia) .

A s f or “ D an t he V an , ” he and Paula have t hree gir l s, t w o o f w h o m a r e tw ins and all o f w hom ar e less t han t w o year s old . I k n ew I sh o u l d h a v e invested in Pam per s.

I also ret ur ned a cal l f r o m Gar y M I T T E L ST A D T (K r is) w h o w o r k s i n t he E lect r onic System s D ivision at H anscom . H e said t h a t P et e B O N A N N I is in Flor ida, but w as unsur e w here. T im e f or you t o dr op us a l ine, Pete. D ave V A N O RSO W is a B-52 A / C at Blyt hevi lle. Gar y W E T T E RA U w as a recr uit er on L ong I sl and and i s now at N el l i s . St ev e a n d M ar ie C L A RK E are in H oust on and r ecent ly had a baby boy . A s f o r Gary , he plays r ugby in hi s o f f t im e and look s f or w ar d t o seei ng anyone passi ng t hr ough or signi ng on at H anscom .

M a i l B o x : E m m et t T U L L I A w r o t e f r o m N o r t o n w h er e h e w a s a t t en d

ing saf et y school al ong w it h Steve BA U M G A RT N E R . Byr on M I L L S i n f or m ed me t hrough t he A O G t hat he m ar r ied M ary E llen last A pr il and is st i ll at Pope. H e also saw D ave E D G I N GT O N at M at her , w h er e D a v e ’ s teachi ng nav st udent s and w as inst r uct or o f t he quar t er . G r eg H O U ST O N sent a car d sayi ng he’ s at St anf or d on an A t lant ic Rich f ield Fel low ship in pet r oleum engineer i ng . A nd you gave up al l t his, G r eg? W e’ll be t hink i ng o f you at t he gas pum ps; j ust keep t hose pr ices com i ng d o w n .

PC S: Ri ck RA SM U SSE N is at M acD i ll . T ony D RO N K E RS moved acr oss t he po nd t o Sem bach A B , G er m any . Br ian SU D D Y i s a n E - 3A copi lot at T i nker . D ave C H A FFE E has com plet ed hi s m ast er ’ s i n aer o a t A F I T and is now i n t he A er o D epar t m ent at U SA FA . Ron A L F O R D i s i n A ust i n , T X . Fr ed and K i k i JA K L I T SC H have moved t o Platt sburgh . M r .

Rex W I L L I A M S is pur sui ng change-o f -car eer goals in L i ndenw old , N J .

A . T . E V A N S is at A ndr ew s. N or m R I E G SE C K E R is at Egli n .

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L ocal : M ar k CA ST E L L A N I , w ho is now upgr adi ng t o T an k A / C a t C ast le, saw Steve W H I T M A N her e f or one of t hose never -endi ng C - 14 1 schools. M ar k al so said t hat D w ight H A RT M A N w il l be headi ng f or i n st r uct or upgrade at C F I C f r om M i not soon . A nd John C H R I ST gets t he “ Skat e o f t he Quar t er ” aw ar d . H e w as r eally look ing f o r w a r d t o h i s assignm ent here at A l tus, but w as f orced to give it up , against his w il l , w it h ar m -tw ist i ng pr essure, and w i ll i nstead be made t o accept an A ST RA tour at t he Pentagon . W e’ r e t r uly sor r y f or you , John . T ry not t o tak e i t

t o o h ar d .

T hat ’s all the new s f or now , guys. O bviously , some of you need t o st ar t w r it ing. A nd that includes t hose depar t i ng f or j obs above and beyond t he cal l o f dut y (li ke unem pl oym ent , f or inst ance) . I accept let ter s, telegr am s, even PostaCar d . I ’ll be at RA F Fair f or d all o f July and hope to see any o f you t here. T ake car e. T al k t o you i n t he sum mer .

Ji m A r nold

10708 H oll aw ay D r ive

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W elcom e t o m y second colum n , al m ost as sk i m py as t he f i r st ! C o m e o n guys, I know som e o f you m ust have st r ayed int o Soviet ai r space or som et hing exci t ing f or m e t o w r ite about ! Even I had t o r ea d a b o u t T ed W A L T H A M in Checkp oin ts!

I did get a let t er f r om M ar k R I C H A U D SO N , w ho f il led m e i n o n everyone leaving E nid , A m er i ca (M ar k ’ s t er m ) . M ar k is going t o H ur lbur t Field (A C- 130) , D ave RA D A R m ar r ied Shaw n SL OA N ’ S sist er and is go ing to Fairchild in KC-135s. Shawn himself got married t o a C - 14 1 pil ot (H eidi) and is looki ng f or a j oint -spouse to C har lest on . E d “ D o u b l e E ” K I RK H A M i s a T -38/ I P at Randolph and a r ecent (?) gr oom (M ar k is unclear as t o how r ecent) . Ot her names dr opped by M ar k : R o b H I C K E Y (A - 10, M yr t le Beach) , Pete W H E B L E (T -37 A C E , Pem se) , M a r k C L I N T O N (C -5, T r avis) , Jack SW A RSB RO O K (F- 111, L ak enheat h) , C u r t CO OK (F- 16, M acD i ll) , D ave M I N T Z (F- 15, H olloman) , W ayne FO R D (C -5, T r avi s) , K eit h W I L K I N SO N (C -9, Clar k ) , and Bob H E R RI S (F-4 , H omestead) .

A lso , M at t L aC OU RSE (F-4, H om est ead) , G lenn BA I L E Y (C -5, T r avi s) , Bob PA PK A (C - 140, Rhein-M ai n) , T ed OT E RO (F- 111, somewher e i n t he U .K .) , M ar k RE N E L T (See T ed OT E RO) , M a r k FU L K S (T -38 P I T i nst r uct or ) , K en SC H O P PE R (T -37 A C E , L or ing) , M it ch B RO W N (C -5, T ravis) , D enny “ D i sco ” D A N SE R (F-4G , W i l d W easel , Geor ge) , John K RU K (T -37 P I T i nst r uct or) , Bar ry J A M E S (F- 111, U pper H ey f or d) and P unch M O L T ON (F- 15, Egli n) . T hank s, M ar k , i f you mi ssed anyone m aybe I ’ ll hear f r om them .

D anny H A L PE RN pr om ised m e a let ter f r om his new house o u t si d e Sheppard, but , so far no show! Jef f CUKR was out here i n Febr uar y and I saw t he plans f or hi s house and it sur e look s nice. I guess m ost o f t he cl ass ar e get t ing m ar r ied and buying houses (I did t he lat ter ) so m aybe w e should list people w ho have done neit her !

C H A N G E OF A D D R ESS C A RD S: M i ke P H E L P S, L aughlin t o G ainsville; Ray C A P L I N G E R , f r om w ho k now s w here t o M at her ; D on SEW E L L , Eielson t o Gr i ssom ; Bob M A SO N , L ubbock t o A PO 09 179; M ik e M A N C U SI , L i tt le Rock t o Br ent w ood , N Y ; Jef f G RE C H A N I K , A PO N Y 09 194 t o C annon ; and D oug BE N JA M I N , W ill iam s t o L a C r o ss .

A l so , Bogi e BOGA T SC H OW , A PO N Y 19405 to A PO SF 96311; Jason BA I R D , D ayt on t o Egli n ; Bob K A Y , A PO N Y 09283 t o Reseda, C A ; Jose B RA V O , L ubbock t o Scott ; L ar r y O RT EGA , Redondo B ea c h t o Edw ar ds (enj oy L ar r y , I spent a decade t here one year ) ; and D ean G L O V E R f r o m w h o k n o w s w h er e t o E i el so n .

I hope al l is w ell out i n t he f ield . Pl ease st ar t t hose ca r d s a n d l et t er s comi ng .

M OVING? P L E A SE N O T I F Y T H E A O G

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H ell o agai n f r om w onder f ul W ichit a Fall s, T ex as. T anya a n d I a r e a n x

iously awaiting our departure from “ the best kept secret i n T ex a s”

but

w e’ll al w ays have tw o li tt le T exans t o help rem i nd us o f our st ay .

Fir st let me begi n by o f f er ing pr ayer s and condolences f r o m t h e C l a ss o f ’ 79 t o Y vonne G RA Y and her son and daught er . W e regr et t he passi ng o f anot her f ellow ’ 79er , Ron G RA Y .

For t hose o f you w ho r ead the last ar t icle and believed all W O P ’s lies, let me set the r ecor d st r aight . M ik e w ould have us believi ng t hat he’ s a Sier r a H otel j et j ock , w hen act ual ly he is t ask sat ur ated t rying t o recal l t he A - l O’ s negat ive G s!

Speak ing o f j et j ocks. D ale BU RT O N r olled t hr ough tow n on his w ay t o L angley A FB and anot her Eagle assignment . B U RT O N h a d t o l ea v e a l l hi s unr equit ed loves i n t he O r ient but should be hear ing f r o m h i s o f f spr i ng as soon as t hey m ast er Engli sh . BU RT O N can sti ll em pt y a can o f Budw ei ser thr ough osm osis, but he says t hat is j ust par t o f bei ng a f ight er pilot ! A l so at L angley w it h D al e i s Bob (A nn) E D M O N D S. Bobby w r ote me a lett er f il led w it h ’79er new s. Bob , maybe you c a n w r i t e t h e n ex t a r t i cle. Bob says t hat L angley has i t s shar e o f ’79er s w i t h t h e l i k es o f F r a n k M CK I N N O N , John O ’ N E I L , G ar y B O E D E R and G ar t h A N D E R SO N .

F r a n k M E N D O Z A a n d W a r r en SN O W a r e b o t h t h er e a l so a s non f lyer s.

T hank s Bobby f or t he new s.

O ver t he past f ew m ont hs, I ’ve had t he oppor t unit y t o b l a st o u t a n d vi sit Fr ed and N ancy JA C O BSE N at W ill iam s A F B . T hey ’ r e doi ng super and ole Fred i s j ust about over t he D T s f r om June W eek o f ’ 7 9 . D a v e (Gl or ia) RH O D E S and Robi n (K i m) RA N D ar e ther e al so . T h e R A N D S ar e m ak ing f ast and f ur ious at tem pt s to overpopulate t h e w o r l d w i t h t h ei r tw o lit t le ones. Fr ed and N ancy ar e going t o j oi n t he cl u b a s so o n a s h e can buy back t he house and t w o car s he l ost on a bi nge i n L as V egas!

M i ke V A N H O OM I SSE N i s not hidi ng up at H anscom A F B but i s a t M ax w el l f o r SO S . M i k e w r o t e a n d SO S c l a ss 8 3 -C i s a s f o l l o w s : Sev en

(M ichelle) RA K E L , Geor ge M O RGA N , John C A L V I N , N azzar eno SPU R I O , Pat P H I L L I PS, John W A G N E R , Jim (C ar la) CA L L A H A N , L enue G I L C H R I ST , D on (L isa) CO H I C K and Jim (L i sa) RO D G E R S. G ood L uck t o all of you at char m school .

Speak ing of schools, A lt us A FB and heavy t r ai ni ng is j ust up t he r oad and my hom e has been invaded lat ely by M A C dr iver s. C huck T O D A R , Pete H A Y S, and D on (E r ica) M C C H E SN E Y have all been t hr ough A l t us upgr ading t o air cr af t com m ander . T hey t al k ed o f near -deat h exper iences involved in f lying the C - 14 1 but i t seem s t hey al l occur ed w hi le t hey w ere supposedly cr ew resti ng .

A not her C - 14 1 A C , T ony H A N E Y , st ayed w it h us dur ing t he Sheppar d A FB air show . T ony w as pr oud o f his t r ash hauler and ver y pat ient now t hat he i s an A C . H e didn ’ t even get ri led w hen my l it t le boy w al ked all over t he plane’ s r adios and I N S! I n new s f r om up nort h . Bi ll L U U K O N N E N has j ust r ecent ly m a r r i ed .

C ongr ats t o him and hi s w i f e, C i ndy . Bill st ays in shape playi ng hock ey w it h t he Gr and For k s A FB Eagles. A l so on t he t eam is M i l t K OC H A N IU K .

U p G ri f f i ss w ay , I hear d f r om M i k e “ A ngel f ace” GE E . H e ’ s a st a n eval copi lot on his K C - 135 and l oves it . A not her per son I ’ v e h ea r d l o v es SA C and his j ob i s ole Bob (D ebbie) M C G RE A L . Bob i s a l so a st a n ev a l copi lot up at L or ing A F B . C an you i magine Bob M C G RE A L being m ot ivat ed by anyt hi ng but t he C elt ics, Brui ns or Red So x ? W el l r u m o r has i t t hat Bob is a gung-ho SA C resour ce and r eady f or w ar . Bob , I didn ’ t realize L or i ng’ s w eat her w as conducive t o t he cu l t i v a t i o n o f m u sh r o o m s.

D ow n t he coast f r om t he M C G REA L s i s Paul (Bonnie) D I A M O N D , Steve (Pam ) H A L V O R SE N and M i ke (Sar a) RH O D E S. Paul i s r eady t o check out of t he nat ion ’ s capit al and head f or W r ight -Patt er son . St ev e i s on his w ay t o T r avi s A F B i n a C -5. Paul is st i ll t he m odel o f congeniali t y but w i ll alw ays hat e BU RT O N !

Paul t old me Rex and Gabe K E E SE ar e expect i ng a new addit ion . C on gr at ul ati ons to them . Rex , af ter I saw w hat t hat bull di d t o your back si de a f ew year s back , I t hought you w er e done f or !

W ell , t hat ’ s about al l I have t o r epor t f or this quar t er , so t h a n k s t o Bobby E D M ON D S and M ik e V A N H OO M I SSEN f or t he let t er s. A s f o r t he r est o f you ’ 79er s w her ever you ar e, t ak e car e and G od bless you , your w ives, and any li tt le ones.

John CO U RT N E Y w il l be w r it i ng t he next art icle. Forw ar d any in f or m at ion t o : 300 W . 15th S., A pt C , M t H om e, I D 83647.

Change one—news j ust got in that the four aforementioned P h a n t o m

M a t t N eu en sw a n d er 12 9 2 H u r st

E ni d , O K 7370 1 A V : 9 6 2 - 766 5

dr iver s are stat ioned in K or ea, and on exercise in t he Phili ppi nes.

T ed K RE SGE and L or r ie M or r is w er e f inally mar r ied on 2 3 D ec . T ed i s flying F-15s at Kadena and Lorrie is at Wright-Pat w or k i ng on an ops research mast er ’ s degree. I do n ’ t envy t hei r phone bi lls and I pray t hat M PC w ill see t o stat ion t hem t oget her som et i me soon . T ed a n d L o r r i e

were married in the Fairchild A FB Chapel and Tony WOLUSKY f l ew i n f r om M al mst r om t o be t he best man . M o (T r itt le) V A C C A R RO c a m e

from Wright-Pat and Steve (Stormy) NA CHTWEY also attended t h a t

M y j o ke low -level light is on . I honest ly can ’ t t hink of anyt hing f unny t o put in this let ter . T he w eat her her e at Enid by t he sea cert ai nly i sn ’t a laughi ng matt er . M y student s have m issed so many days o f f l yi ng t hat t hey w ill be able t o r et ir e t w o w eek s af t er t hey gr aduate f rom pilot t r ain ing. I put a pict ur e o f blue sky o n my bedr oom w indow t o r em i n d m e w hat it look s li ke. Spri ng i n O k lahom a came in li ke a lion and pr esent ly is m u c h l i k e a h er d o f w a t er b u f f a l o i n h ea t . T h e w i n d b l o w s t h e r a i n so

har d her e t hat it comes dow n sidew ays and blow s up your nose. I n cases l i k e t h i s w e sn o r k el t o w o r k . I t w i l l b e d i f f i c u l t to det er m i ne w hen spr i ng act ually does ar rive as t he C E people have cut all t h e t r ees d o w n t o t h e st umps to al low t hem f i ll out agai n . I magi ne that , cut ti ng dow n t rees in O klahoma; t hat ’s li ke shoot i ng a bald eagle or a w hooping c r a n e . I t h i n k t hey ought t o put t r ees in t his st ate on t he endangered species list , f o r i f t hey k eep cut t ing t he t rees back at t he present rate t hey w ill have to make t he st ate t ree t he telephone pole. E nough about Enid .

U s Falcon Buddies have been out o f t he Z oo f or nigh on thr ee year s now and w it h that ti me com es incr eased r esponsibili ty , SO S, babies and m o r e p a y . Sp ea k i n g o f b a b i es, t h e G O L A B s a n d t h e N E U E N SW A N D E Rs j ust had addit ions to t heir f am ilies. C h r i s a n d C i n dy had a baby boy and M arcia and I had a baby gir l . O ur baby came af ter a pr ot r acted w ait in t he hospit al dur i ng w hich one f r ust rated f at her kept ask ing “ W hen is it goi ng to happen ?” I w as prom pt ly in f or med by t w o large nur ses in A r my boot s t hat 1 w at ched t oo much T V . A f t er 24 h o u r s o f wait ing t hey i nduced labor and t hings happened so f a st t h a t o n e f r a n t i c f at her and one doct or in cow boy boot s deliver ed t he baby i n t he hallw ay .

T hat is much m or e li k e M arcus W elbey w ould have wanted i t .

N ancy BE RG E R came dow n f r om M cC onnell t o visit some o f u s I P s and says that t hings are going w ell in missiles. A lso a t M A F B a r e P et e W I L SO N / K C - 135S, Pete T I N E B RA / T i tans, Bonnie SC H A E FE R/ T itans, and Rick F RE E B U RN and M i ke M cG L O U G H L I N in K C - 135s.

Pete and N ancy are both i nst r uctor s and Bo nnie is going t o r ep r esen t M A F B as t heir cr ew com mander dur i ng t he upcom ing m i ssile com pet i tio n .

gala af f ai r .

Finally , 1 got a lett er f r o m t he last per so n in t he w o r l d t o k n o w w h en i t r ains, my buddy Jer r y SI ROT E . Jer ry said he w as recent ly f lyi ng his bad 14 1 over L aj es one day and as t hey w er e tak ing gas f r om a tanker (1 never k new Jer r y t o do anyt hing but give gas) one o f t he t anker pi lot s asked i f t hey k new Jer ry SI ROT E . T o t his Jer ry answ ered i n the af f ir mat ive, and he f ound out t hat our classmate, Jef f R I C H A RD , w as on the t an k . Jer r y and W alt C A R L SO N t oo k t he mo nt h o f Febr uar y o f f and w en t t o H a w a i i and A ust ralia w here Jer r y f el l in love w it h an A ussie lady . O n t he way out , Jer ry and W alt stayed w it h Scot t SOT O at M cC hor d w h er e Sc o t t i s f l yi ng T -33s and w hi le i n H aw ai i t hey st ayed w it h Jim K E N N E D Y w h o i s f l ying T -33s t her e. W el l , that ’ s i t f or t hi s let t er . I hope it f inds you al l wel l and t hat our weat her clear s up . K eep t hose car ds, let ter s and boxt ops com i ng . T ake car e and God bless.

T ony L or usso

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Greetings again from chilly Germany. I ’ve j ust decided t h a t w i t h o u t a doubt my next assignment is going to be someplace warm. I need sun ,

sand , and t he beach . A per son can only t ake so m uch r a i n a n d co l d .

W ell , unli k e t he l ast t im e I w r ote t he Checkp oin ts ar t icle, I have a gr eat deal o f input t o w or k w i t h . I t r uly app reciat e all t h e l et t er s I r ec ei v ed . I was certainly surprised to hear from the likes of Reggie JON E S, D on FO RD , and D ar ren M C K N I G H T . Reggie is st at ioned at Edw ar ds A F B a s a f l ight test engineer . A lt hough he’ s havi ng a gr eat t im e w or ki ng on pr o j ect s li ke t he B- 1, he st il l has aspi r at ions o f goi ng t o U PT . G ood l uck Reg

gie. Don FORD is flying EC-130s at Davis-M onthan and so u n d s a s m ot ivat ed as ever . D ar ren M C K N I G H T is r eal ly k ick ing b u t t a t t h e A F Weapons Lab at Kirtland. He was recently selected as t he O ut st anding

Company Grade Of ficer of the Year for the A FWL and w en t o n t o t a k e third place f or all of AF Systems Command. While he and his w i f e,

A l ison , w ere being w ined and dined in W ashi ngt on D C , h e r a n i n t o Si l v i (KI ISK) STEIGERWA L D. Silvi and Bob STEIGERWA LD are doing w ell at R om e, N Y .

Do you know what the best kept secret in the Air Force i s? A ccor di ng t o Jim V I L L E RS, it ’ s M t H ome A FB , I daho . I f you ’ve ever been t her e (I have) , you w ould be quest ioni ng Jim ’ s sanit y . H owever , M i k e G I R O N E and Jef f “ N ooch ” N U C C I O agr ee w it h Jim . M ik e and Jef f have yo ung

nurses practically banging down their doors. Jim told m e t h a t M i k e h a s t o fight of f the women. But Nooch says that “ marriage” w o n ’ t en t er h i s

vocabulary .

Marriage has, however, become a reality for some more ’ 8 1er s . B i l l

K at hy JO H N SO N sent me a nice let t er and t he above pict ur e o f so m e ’ 80 grads. K at hy is a copi lot in t ank s at G rand For k s and plans to mar r y K eit h O D EGA R D o n 9 O ct 83. K eit h i s a thir d-year m ed st u d en t i n M i n neapolis, M N . A ll ison H I L SM A N and Rob ST R I C K L A N D are a l so a t Gr and For ks. A l liso n is a t an ker copi lot and Rob is a t a n k er n a v . J .C .

D O D SO N and his w i f e, N ancy , also hail f r om G r and For k s w h er e J . C . i s a B-52 nav . I got a lett er f r om Joe CO RSO w ho says he is r oughing it at W heeler A FB , H aw aii . H e and w i f e j ust had a baby gir l in Febr uary and t hey named her M ar ia. A l so at W heeler is Bob M A SE K but Joe di dn ’ t say w hat Bob w as doing. I assume t hat Bob is f lyi ng 0 -2s w i t h J o e .

M ik ey CA RL SO N w r ot e f r om som ew her e in t he Paci f ic w her e h e w a s f lying F-4s in PA C A F ’ s C ape T hunder exercise. M i k ey i s st a t i o n ed a t C lar k w it h H enri BI GO , W alt K I K U G A W A , and D an A M I CA RE L L I .

T hey ar e in an air t o ai r squadr on and M i ke JA C K SO N i s at C lar k f l yi ng F-4G s. T hose guys ar e get ting t he grand t our of t he Paci f ic, includi ng K or ea and Japan , and M i key says t hat t hey are goi ng br oke savi ng m oney on al l o f t he good deals.

BR I D G E S m ar r ied a gi r l f r om C ol um bus af t er a long engagem ent o f t hree w eek s. D uane D I C K , John “ Roscoe” A D A M S, and G r eg B E A V E S also took the plunge. By the way, Greg is in the Marine C or ps st at ioned at O k i naw a. Bel ieve i t or not , even the C asanova, L ar r y C H I N G , set t l ed d o w n . K en SM I T H r ea l i zed t h e v a l u e o f h i s l i f e so h e m a r r i ed h i s c r ew

chief . T he matchm ak er , D on FO R D , i nt r oduced hi s si ster , Pat t y , t o Larry RUGGIERO (maintenance of ficer at Dover) during June W eek , and they got married in Nov. Tom WA GNER married a lovely lady n a m ed L esl i e . Y o u b et t er si t d o w n f o r t h e n ex t a n n o u n cem en t . N o , I di dn ’ t get mar r ied ; it ’ s even bet t er t han t hat . Rum or h a s i t t h a t o u r f ear less leader , M ichelle JO H N SO N , is going t o get m a r r i ed . I w o n d er i f he can play basketball or handle a sabre. Just kidding, M ichelle. C ongr at s t o al l o f you .

C ont r at ulat ions ar e al so i n or der f or some new par ent s. J i m a n d W a n da (BA BB) VI LLERS gave birth to a little boy they named Bryn . D enni s and C ar r i l PEA RM A N ar e pr oud parent s o f a lit t le boy (Benj am i n) . E r ic an d A nna G A R V I N

an d

R ick

a n d Sh er r i D U C H E N E a l so b eca m e

parents, but I don’t know specifics. Who will the stork v i si t n ex t ?

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While I ’m on a roll of congratulating people, congrats t o Y v o n n e

(W I L H E L M ) SC H I L Z f or gr aduat i ng f r om A i r T r af f ic C ont r oller ’s School as a distinguished grad. She was one of only t w o D C s al l year .

M arvin FI SHER deserves a kudo for being selected the Outstanding C om pany Gr ade O f f icer o f the Quart er at Car sw el l .

I ’m going to shi f t gear s f or a second to give you som e m o r e a i r c r a f t a n d

duty assignments. M ike COMNICK, Joe A I MO, Arnie CLA RK, T o m

SC H U L T E R , Buck L E E , Paul SU L L I V A N , and John M OO N E Y a l l received F-16s to M cDill . Craig FRA NKL IN , who was originally assigned to F-4s, was given an F-16 instead. KC-135 assignments ar e Beck y K U T A (M ather), Joe LEPA NTO (Blytheville), Maureen O’CONNOR (L or ing) , and J.D . RODRI GUEZ (M inot). Oh well J.D., somebody had t o get M inot . M ar k L E Y BA is f lyi ng T -43s at M ather . I n T -37s a r e St ev e H A RT M A N (C olumbus) , M i k e PA RK E R (W ill iam s) , Gene ST I T T (M at her) , and Robert W I L L I A M S (M ather) .

Ot her ai rcr af t assignment s ar e John K RZ E W I N SK I (B-52 a t W u r t sm it h) . Bob G RA BE SK I (C- 130 at D yess) , D an L E Y (H C - 130 a t W o o d br idge, U K ) , C het N O W A K (F- 15 at L angley) , Jason PRO K O PO W I C Z (A - 10 at M yr t le Beach) , Bob Y A T E S (A - 10 at England A F B) , Bob A RBA C H (RF-4 Bergst r om) , D ave SM I T H (RF-4 Bergst r om ) , B r i a n D O M I N G U EZ (T -39 W r ight -Pat) , and Randy D A V EN PO RT (T -39 Pet er son) .

Jim and W anda (BA B B) V I L L E RS are goi ng t o U pper H eyf or d . J i m w i ll f l y F- 11I s and W anda w i ll be a supply of f icer . T o m H A R W O O D a n d D oug G RE GO R Y w il l star t U PT at W il lie this June af ter f ini shi ng t heir m aster ’s at t he K ennedy School of Gover nm ent . W hen Boby A L V A RE Z com pletes his studies at M I T and M i k e M U RPH Y f inishes at Pr i ncet on , they ’l l bot h be on t heir way t o W i llie f or U PT . Gabe H O F F M A N a n d B i l l M CC L U RE ar e also f inishing t hei r mast er ’ s at Pr inceton and w il l be go ing t o W r ight-Pat .

I f you haven ’ t alr eady real ized it by now , let me tell you t hat t his i s a small w or ld , especial ly f or grads. I n t he last t hr ee mont hs, I ’ve r un i nt o th ree o f our classm ates at some o f t he st r angest places. I a t t en d ed a speci al survi val school at Fair chi ld w it h M i ke O D E RN H E I M E R ; I r a n i n to Gar y C RO W D E R at t he JFK ai r por t ; and I met A lex B A G G E T T a t t h e caf eter i a at Rhein-M ai n A B , Ger many . For us non-f lyer s, i t ’ s a r ea l novelt y and t hr i ll t o r un int o f ell ow cl assmat es.

Good old rel iable M i ke “ Jake” JA K O B I came thr ough on sc h ed u l e w it h anot her i nf or mat ive let ter f or me. A ct ual ly , hal f h i s l et t er w a s not hi ng but of f -t he-w al l hi lar ious statem ent s t hat didn ’ t have anything t o do wi t h anyt hing . I t ’s good t o see t hat Jake hasn ’ t changed . Jak e in f or m ed me t hat Chuck E V A N CE V I C H is playing sem i-pr o hockey and that i t ’s r um or ed the N H L scout s ar e check ing him out . B est o f l u c k t o you . C huck . Jake also added t hat N eal BA U M GA RT N E R i s doi ng an out st anding j ob as t he at hlet ic o f f icer f or t he A F W eapons L ab . A p par ent ly , N eal is hel ping t he A FW L w i n t he C omm ander ’s T r ophy agai n .

Jak e, t hanks f or your input and w e’ re all r oot ing f o r you on your bid t o get int o U PT . W it h a cr azy guy li k e you in t he cock pit , t h e So v i et s w o u l d n ’ t st a n d a c h a n ce .

I ’m going t o t ry somet hing cr eat ive in t he next couple o f m o n t h s t o solicit i nput f r om m ore people and f r om people we haven ’ t h ea r d f r o m .

I ’m goi ng t o i ni ti ate a chain let ter of sort s. I ’ ll sen d o u t l et t er s t o a h a n d f ul o f people inst r uct i ng them to add a f ew it ems o f n ew s a n d t o m a i l i t o n t o someone else. T he let ter w ill be passed on to anot her per son and

a n o t h er a n d a n o t h er u n t i l a cer t a i n c u t - o f f t i m e . T h e l et t er w i l l t h en b e

sent back to me. W e’ ll give it a t r y t o see how it w o r k s.

I ’ m act ually r unni ng out of i nf o and space so I ’ ll sign o f f now . Bef or e closi ng , I w ant t o be the f ir st t o congr at ul ate t he en t i r e cl a ss o n i t s so o n to-be pr om ot ion to f ir st l ieutenant . I t has been a long tw o year s. Just t hi nk , no more 2nd L t j o kes. A r e t her e such t hi ngs as 1st L t j ok es? T ak e care and God Bless. ’ 8 1, Second t o N one.

Ji m R at t i

Chat eaux H olly H ill s #F -4 Colum bus, M S 3970 1 H ome: (60 1) 328-3512 W or k : (60 1) 434-7 106

Greetings! My mailbag is j ust bursting with cards and let ter s (no pic t ur es though . ..) . I suppose I ’ll st ar t w it h the change-of -addr ess ca r d s.

Rat her t han att em pt any k i nd o f or der . I ’ ll j ust list t hem as I got t hem : D eb M U L L E N , M cC onnell A FB ; Joe REY N O L D S, Pat r ick A F B ; T o m K A RM O N D Y , W r ight-P att er son A FB ; L ynn V E RG I S, M exico Beach , F L ; K eit h T RO X L E R , V ance A FB ; D on POW E L L , Ber gst r om A F B ; M i ke GEC Z Y , Sheppar d A FB ; Fait h I N T E R RA N T E , A PO N Y 09238; 46

Greg M cKEE, RA F Bentwaters; Tony KLUCKI NG, Vance A FB; M i k e SINI SI , Langley A FB; A 1JA RREL L , Los A ngeles A FS; John C O N N E L L Y , L aughli n A F B ; A ndy L A M A R , Fai r O ak s, C A ; and Steve M A Z Z O L A (now mar r i ed) , C ol um bus A F B .

A lso Ron MATTSON , Reese A FB; Jim BYROM , Sheppard A FB; P a u l DOLA N , Pentagon; Daryl RA NDA LL , Reese A FB; Nora FA NGON,

A PO N Y (Ger m any) ; C ar l Z I M M E RM A N , M at her A FB ; K at e SM I T H ,

Redondo Beach, CA ; Dan LEVIN , Columbus A FB; Steve OSBURN , Malmstrom A FB; Jonnie JOHNSON , Vance A FB; John CONNOLLY , Fair Oaks, CA ; Phil BOSSERT , Reese A FA B; Dave WEST , H ahn A B ,

Ger m any ; and Jef f W I SH , W i lli am s A F B .

A l so , Er ic BO W E N , C olum bus A F B ; Steve JA R V I S, V ance A FB ; Sal ly D U G GA N , Ber gst r om A F B ; Rober t BR I G G S; O f f ut t A F B ; C h r i s RE Y M A N N , Reese A F B ; Bar nar d G H I M , M alm st r om A F B ; John A I K E N , O f f ut t A F B ; M i k e R I Z Z O , L ow ry A F B ; Rober ta E W A RT , Johnson Space C ent er ; L or i FU L T O N , K i r t land A FB ; Rich T U RN E R , Reese A FB ; G r eg M A ST E RS, C olum bus A F B ; Randy T U R N E R , Su n nyvale, C A ; D ave I G E L M A N , H oust on , T X ; Rives D U N C A N

Malmstrom A FB; Chris A LLENBY, Sheppard A FB; and Sandy

M A L O N EY , Sunnyvale, C A .

A s you can see, I did get quite a load of them . I ’ m sur e t hough t hat t here ar e st il l qui te a bunch o f you w ho haven ’ t not i f ied t he A OG o f your new addresses yet , in which case you probably aren’t gett i ng Checkp oin ts,

in which case you probably aren’t reading this! Oh w el l . . .

We graduated a small class, and now that number is gett i ng sm al ler still . A s you may already know, we’ve lost two redtags i n u n f o r t u n a t e mishaps. Rod LA M BERT was killed at Willy in a parachuting accident ,

a n d W i l l ST E R N d i ed h er e a t C o l u m b u s i n a T - 3 8 cr a sh . I ’ m su r e t h a t t h e

t hought s and pr ayer s o f our ent i re cl ass are w it h t he f a m i l i es a n d f r i en d s

of these fine young men. Let “ Gone, but not forgotten” b e m o r e t h a n

j ust a phrase. W i ll ’s f am i ly w r ot e to t hank all hi s f r iends f or t hei r supp or t dur ing t his t ryi ng ti me.

On a lighter note. I ’ve received a group of letters t o w r i t e a b o u t . F i r st i s o n e f r o m T h er esa ST E V E N S w h o i s i n H o u st o n w i t h A 1 Z E L E N A K , Roberta EWA RT and Mary Kay McCONNA N . She says that A 1 m a r r i ed

D ebbie BU R D EN at C hr ist m as in D el Rio , w her e D eb i s in U PT . A l so ,

she passes on that Carter PI LCH ER is busy at NORA D b a c k i n C-Springs. Theresa told me that the four grads in H ouston got a f r ee t r i p t o Flori da to w at ch t he space shut t le launch i n N ovem ber . O n a n ex c u r

sion to Randolph later in the year , she saw Tammy SENZ a n d P a u l a

D O RE M U S, w ho ar e em ployed in t he Behavior ial Science L eader shi p L a b t h er e .

I got about five letters from various people in class 8 3 -0 7 a t M a t h er .

A fter compiling all the notes, I think I have a complete l i st o f t h e assignments: Jan GRONERT (KC-135), Julie (ROSBERG) K E C K (KC-135), Jane M ENGA L (E-3A), Dolores SM ITH (KC-135), T ony

GA RT ON , (F-4 E W O) , D ave ST A H L , (F-4 nav m ar r ied t o Car olyn C U RT I S, U PT at L aughli n) , M i ke E Y RE S (B-52 E W O) , D ave B RE I D EN BA C H (C - 130) , and Bill E A D E S (B-52H E W O) .

A lso, Craig OLSEN (F-4 EWO), A rt SH I RA I (C-141), Jim D I N E E N (C-5), Brian BRA NBY (B-52H), Dustin JOH NSTON (F-111), Gar y A M BA RIA N (C-5), Ray TUREK (B-52G), Bob BUERKLE (C-130), a n d

Steve W E RN E R (F- 111) . I also lear ned t hat Bi ll EA D E S and Ray

TUREK will soon be fathers. M arianne (CA FIERO) YOUNG i s a l so st a

ti oned at M at her , but not in U N T , si nce she lost her eye w aiver at t he last

minute. Congrats to the first group of winged warriors f r o m t h e C l a ss o f ’ 82 !

F r om t he “ H ow ’ s t his f or an acr onym ” dept : T i m W I L L v i si t ed u s r epr esent i ng the BA SH team (Bi rd A i r St r i k e H azar d) f r om T yndall . H e says t hat he and C hr i s BRE C H I N , E d K H O U R I , L ynn V E R G I S a n d T om T E D M O N ar e all busy at T yndall surviving t heir a d d i t i o n a l d u t i es .

Y ou m ight be int er est ed in k now ing t hat C hr i s w as t he adj ut ant f or a par ade t her e, and yes, he D I D say , “ By com m and o f . .. ” ! A l so , Ed is engaged t o Jenni f er L A V E RT Y , and t he r umor i s t hat the cerem ony w i ll b e i n Ju n e.

M ar k M I L L E R sends w or d f r om Sheppar d t hat T ony M A H O N E Y ’ S w i f e, M elissa, is expect i ng. M ar k is now m ar r ied t o a C-Spr i ngs gir l nam ed Eve. Joe RE H M i s mar r ied to K ar la M eyer s, al so o f t he Spr i ngs.

L i f e, it seem s, i s not w it hout excit ement at Sheppar d , as M ar k got t o l and a T w eet (solo , no less) w it h zer o hydr aulic pr essur e, a n d R o b P E T E R SO N w as also solo w hen he had an engi ne seize up dur i ng a touch and go !

I got w hat could l oosely be ter med a “ subj ect -t o ” f r om T o m SY L V E ST E R , who is busy at N or t on w it h t he M X pr ogr am . A l ong wi t h him ar e Jack M O H N E Y and Bil l PA RA M O RE . Syl is dat ing a “ H a r v a r d W eeni e’ (his w or ds, not m i ne) and i s engaged t o be ser iously dat i ng . Fur t her new s i s that M i k e SO B Y (G unt er A FS) bought a house com plet e w it h i ndoor plum bing, and t hat A lex A BU Y U A N (Sunnyvale) h a s a n ew R X - 7 t o m a t ch h i s G u cc i t i es .

Gayle POORT wrote from Space Division, where she usually i sn ’t , due to frequent TDY. From all she told me about sunning, sw im m ing, t enni s, etc, SD sounds like the best-kept secret in the A F! Sh e sa w V i v VA NUSKA and Ramona LYDEN at Keesler, and they are now i n G er many and Spain, respectively. A lso in SD are Jay VIERNES, L i sa TYMA N, Kurt STONEROCK, Sharon GREIMA N , Sandy M A LONEY, Dunning I DLE, Steve PL UNTZE, Kate SM IT H , Delane A GUI LA R, B i l l H A R D I N G , Suzanne V A U T RI N OT , D an ST R U B and A 1 JA R RE L L .

Dunn is being a striver, working on his master’s and comm andi ng t he L A A FS Color Guard. Steve is hard at work helping get t h e F - 16 f i t t ed w i t h Global Positioning System (GPS) hardware. Sharon GREIMA N a n d L i sa TYMA N are already at work putting together a 1st anniversary b a sh o n 2 June 83 in Redondo Beach. RSVP to 611 S, Prospect #102, R ed o n d o

Beach , CA 90277 (2 13) 316-3959.

I got a note f r om K ash JO H N SO N and K evi n PE R RY w ho ar e at Shep pard. A ll’s well in the Texoma region, ’cept of course f or t he dust , f l oods, tor nadoes and ot her mi nor diver sions. C lass 83-08 t here is anxiously

awaiting graduation (as is the same class here, Kash). O n e r o o m m a t e combination is Craig SWA BY, Tom JOH NSON, Ted SCH NEI DER a n d Ted HOLMES. Tom and Ted HOLMES will be getting married soon (no t

to each ot her , I hope.. .) . M i ke GE C Z Y low ered his st andar ds a n d i s

rooming with a ROTC type, as is Rob PETERSON . Jud KNA PLUND and Mark SM ITH share living space, and Paul FRA NZ and Sc o t t PH ILL I PS live on base with their new brides. Floy PONDER (w ho is t he class “ SRO” ) also moved in with the other married types i n base housing .

George H IGNEY and Jef f ROCHELLE both got married too, b u t d ec i d ed to settle in the booming metropolis of Wichita Falls.

Fi nally , I got a L O N G lett er f r om H eat her W I L SO N w ho i s a t O x f o r d .

She put toget her a list of st u f f she’ s hear d i n her t r avels (w hich I t hink she does more of than study...). Joe M ERTON said he’s still hangi ng in t her e

at Reese. Jim GA L BRA ITH wrote to say he made ’82 and a hal f along with 17 others who are listed in the last Checkpoints ed i t i o n . J i m t o l d h er that Physics 411 almost got him, but he pulled it out o n t h e f i n a l . J o h n PRENT ICE says Hello from Lowry, where he’s involved i n com p sci

w or k and r eview ing parades. T i m CO L L I N S w r ote f r om Sheppar d and said that UPT assignments looked real good, as so far t hey have no FA IPS, transports or bombers. I think they’re j ust savi ng t hem f or lat er , T im ! Bob OT T O said t hat w hen he went t o t he C hr i st mas bash at W il ly , there was no one there but the bigwigs. Bob and his w i f e, and the w ait er s.

H eat her hear d f r om Shaw n W H I T SO N , w ho is on a real boondoggle in

Hawaii . Supposedly, she is so busy enj oying the weather sh e h a s n o t i m e

lef t t o st udy . Finally , T eddy BU R R wr ot e and said t hat sh e i s set t l ed i n a s an intel t ype at U pper H eyf ord .

I ’m not so sure about the “ rigors” of the master’s pr ogr am at Ox f or d .

H ea t h er t o l d m e t h a t C h r i st m a s a n d E a st er b r ea k s w er e six week s long , and that they get 12 w eek s i n t he sum mer . She does l ot s o f t r avel ing on t he time of f to include Israel , Egypt , Rome, Greece, Moscow and L eningr ad .

Her comment on the USSR was, “ The country was beautiful, b u t t h e regime left much to be desired. So, when you’re struggling thr ough U PT

and w onder ing i f i t ’s all po int less, tak e hear t . T her e ar e things i n t hi s

world worth defending against .”

Dave and Heather both row crew for their college teams, a n d D a v e h a s

become k now n as t he “ A m er ican C heer leader ” si nce he i s dow n by t he

river at 0700 cracking j okes while everyone else is st i ll st umbli ng in a foggy stupor . Some things never change!

I ’d l i ke t o t hank everyone w ho w r ot e t his ti m e. L ot s o f good new s and

trivia! Please keep it up, and try to send some pictures!

O ne last note; St eve V O GT w ant ed me t o ment ion his name. Y ou got it ,

St ev e !

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By M aj . M ark G. Ewig, ’70 A ssistant Professor of Political Science, USA FA T he U nit ed States is dealing wit h a “ new breed o f Soviet i n telligence of f icer s” and needs bett er k nowledge of h o w t h e So v i et system operates if it is to ef f ect ively count er t heir t h r e a t .

D r . Vladimir Sak harov , a f ormer Soviet f oreign ministry o f

scholarship to study in the USSR. The goodwill generated by t his act ion ult imat ely led t he general t o become a Soviet agen t .

double agent who def ect ed in 1971, made these comment s t o a f u l l house in F- 1, Fairchild H all , earlier t his year . H is v i si t t o t h e A cademy was sponsored by t he Cadet Forum on Public A f f ai r s. “ W e are dealing wit h an arsenal of Soviet int elligence agen t s Dr. t rained in H uman I ntelligence (H U M I N T ) collect ion ,

U nited States, ef f ort s f ocused on Saudi A rabia and B r azi l . H e

ficial KGB (Committee on State Security) operative, an d C I A

y y

Sak h ar o v sai d .

M any of t hese agent s are members of t he Soviet elite an d t h u s are not t hrowback s to the “ cloak and dagger ” agent s o f t h e i m mediate post war era. T he new cosmopolit an , sophisticat ed agen t is an area specialist who has spent perhaps as long as f ive year s ref ining his English sk ills while st udying t he language, religion ,

culture and economics of his assigned area. The agent ar r i v es o n

st ation with a t horough k nowledge of t he U .S. and his h o st co u n t ry , and wit h a desire t o creat e a f avorable impression w i t h h i s hosts. While some figures suggest that approximately 40 percent of all Soviet diplomat s are intelligence agent s. D r . S a k h a r o v st ated that “ every diplomat is at least part t ime operat ive.

T he Soviet intelligence agencies, t he K GB and t he GRU (milit ary int elligence) have several advant ages over U .S . co u n t er part s. Rigid adherence t o long-t erm planning obj ect ives, coupled wit h a cultural sophi st icat ion , allow s an agent t o penet rate all levels of society . W hile t he U .S. t ends t o cult ivat e f oreign leader s, the Soviet s believe in developing long-t erm agent s f rom any level of society who may one day yield int elligence dividends. N ot hing is spared in “ get t ing t heir man ,” D r . Sak harov said .

H e relat ed how he, while assigned t o t he Soviet Counselat e i n y y

A lexandria, Egypt , forced an obstinate Egyptian counter

int elligence chief t o cooperat e by giving t he general ’s b r o t h er a

When asked what areas were targeted as the principal ar eas o f Soviet intelligence operations. Dr . Sakharov suggested t h at i n a d dition to Western Europe, especially West Germany, an d t h e stated that over 2,400 Russian intelligence agents ar e n o w A r ab experts and increased emphasis is being placed on recruiting i n t elligence of f icers f rom t he larger Soviet M uslim minorit ies.

Under the leadership of Yuri A ndropov, who, as head o f t h e

K G B ( 1965- 1982) , ref ined Soviet agent behavior , the So v i et s can be expect ed t o pur sue “ increasingly sophist icat ed , aggressive, of f ensive intelligence operat ions abroad ,” D r . Sak harov sai d . A d

ditionally, through the International Information Department o f the Central Committee, the Soviets have developed a sophisticated international media organization designed t o help

shape f avorable worldwide opinion of t he Soviet U nion . S u c h e f f ort s, when combined wit h “ act ive measures” such as d i si n f o r mation, propaganda, and forgeries, give the Soviets a power f ul weapon in t he bat t le f or t he “ mind of the W orld .”

D r . Sak harov suggest ed t hat t he U nited Stat es needs a b e t t e r underst anding of how t he Soviet syst em operates. “ W e m u st match t heir sophist ication wit h sophist icat ion of our own , ” he said . “ W e must be able t o capitalize on our at t ract iveness t o t h e

world. This means developing human sources, mainly a r e a

specialist s who can ef f ect ively relat e t o t he various cult ures, especially in t he developing world .

T he Soviet elite know t heir opponent s well , ” D r . Sak harov concluded. “ It then must be the task of every U .S. milit ary m ember t o not only k now their j ob well , but t o k now an d u n d er stand the nature of the new, sophisticated Soviet system.” ( The F alcon F ly er) i (

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— Col. George L. Jones, USAF, Korea, March 29th, 1953

Although they didn’t think of it

that way. Col. George Jones and Maj .

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Heading for home. Col. Jones

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