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President Challenges Class of ’ 84

N ew C o m m a n d a n t N a m ed

A ir Force A cademy Fund Passes G oal

F a l c o n B a sk et b a l l C o a c h C h o se n

N ew Gr aduat e Brigadier Generals Feat ured . .

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Commandant Pr ograms Enhance Cadet L i f e .

W hy D o Service A cademy G raduat es Resign .

11t h M ilitary H ist ory Symposium Planned . . .

H omecoming ’84 Regist ration I nf or mation . .

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O ur cover was shot by T Sgt M i ke Cart er , a phot ogr apher w i t h t h e A cademy ’s D irect orate o f A udiovisual Services. D uring t h e graduation ceremony . President Reagan shook t he hand o f every graduate during t he awarding of diplomas. Our special t h a n k s t o t h e st af f o f t h e D i r ect o r at e o f A u d i o v i su al Ser v i ces f o r t h ei r c o n

t inued support of t he many j oint ly sponsored A cademy association proj ect s.

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J F W h eel er ’ 64 R B G i f f en ’ 6 5 A W G r i esh a b er J r ’ 6 5

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R A J en sen J r ’ 74 W A Y u c u i s ’ 74 S J V r eel a n d ’ 7 5 R L Sm i t h ’ 7 7 B D Si l v er ’ 82 T o Ser v e U n t i l 1 J u n e 19 8 5

G C Z ol ni nger ’ 84 I n t er i m D i r ec t o r

C H EC K PO I N T S is publi shed quar ter ly by t he A ssociat i on o f G r aduat es, U SA F A cadem y , Co lo . 80840 (Phone: 303-472-2067) and pr i nted by G raphic Ser vices o f C ol orado Spr ings, C o lo . I t is pr ovided as part o f an annual mem ber ship pack age w hich cost s $25. Seco nd-class post age paid at t he U SA F A cadem y , C ol o . O pinions expressed i n t his m agazi ne are t hose o f t he aut hor s. T hey do not necessar i ly ref lect t he opinions, policy or at t it ude o f t he A ssociat ion o f G r aduates, i ts o f f icer s or t he edi to rial st af f . T he appear ance o f adver t i sement s in t his publicat io n does not con st it ute an endo r sement by t he A ssociat ion o f G raduates o f t he pr oduct s or ser vices adver t ised . C opyr ight © A ssociat ion o f G raduat es of t h e U n i t ed St a t es A i r F o r ce A cadem y , Sum m er 1984 . I SSN 0 2 74 - 7 3 9 1

PO ST M A ST E R : I f t hi s m agazi ne is add ressed to a m em ber of the Mititar, Service, no postage is necessary for f o rw ard i ng (see P ostai M anuai , Sec t i o n 158.4). I f no f orw ar d i ng add ress f o r t hi s m i i i tary m em ber is avai iabi e, send F o r m 3579 t o A ss o c i a t i o n o f G rad uates, U SA F A cadem y , C oi o . 80840 .

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V I EW FR O M T H E T O P ;

IN T ERIM H O N O R REPO RT 'W 'W M L u Gen. Winf ield W. Scott, Jr., Sup erintendent

I share your concern over recent event s involving cadet s w h o have violat ed t he honor code. A s most of you k now , w e i n vestigated 30 firstclassmen. Of the 30, 19 were found guilty at cadet honor boards. A ll were involved in cheat ing in a sen i o r - lev el core course. Physics 4 11. A t t he t ime t his edition of Checkp oints goes to press, t h e se cases are st ill in the review process, so I cannot discuss t hem f ully . L et me assure you t hat when t his process is over , I w i l l co m municate wit h t he alumni t o let you k now t he circumst ances s u r rounding t hese unf ort unat e event s and t he details of our handling of them. The process in these cases is both long and deliberate, as we seek to preserve individual right s and , at t he same t ime, t o pro t ect t he cadet honor code f rom addit ional inj ury .

Our goal is to maintain the highest standards of integrity w i t h i n the Cadet Wing while we exercise complete compassion a n d j ustice with those who are involved in potential violations. I ’ m sure you understand the need for both these qualities. I appreciate your understanding of these trying times. L et ’ s n o t forget over the A cademy’s existence, only four percent o f o u r

cadets have been f ound guilt y of honor code violat ions. T h i s means the code is healthy and is a vital part of the experience here. W e can be j ust if iably proud that we are one of a f ew unique institutions having such high standards of behavior expect ed of our graduates.

I look forward to communicating with you on this and o t h e r

m at t er s i n t h e n ear f u t u r e .

N E W A O G L I F E M E M B E R SH I P OF F E R E D A new A ssociation of Graduates Life Membership Program

has recent ly been approved and is well underway . T he a sso c i a t ion ’s board of directors recent ly voted t o of f er t his n e w p r o g r a m

to everyone eligible for annual or associate membership i m mediately. A program to of fer life membership at graduation t o

Life membership offers the advantage of guaranteed c o n

t inuous mem bership wit h all benef it s, lock s in t he t o t a l c o st regardless of f ut ure in f lat ion , and is hassle f ree. W e hope t hat

some of you will find the new life membership program at t r act i v e .

cadet s is present ly being negot iated . A s many members may remem ber , the associat ion f irst o f f er ed

a life membership program in 1970. Skyrocketing inflation f o r c e d

us to discoutinue o f f ering t he program in ear ly 1981 b eca u se t h e

life membership fund from this first of fering was severely underendowed. A fter much study, the board developed t h e n e w program which more accurately ref lects cur rent costs. T h e co st o f

the current of fering is $550. This figure is realistically b ased o n

our cur rent annual member cost ($25), li f e expectancy (54 years), and real rate of return (3.5 percent) . For $550, li f e m e m b e r s w i l l

be entitled to all those benefits received by an annual m e m b e r i n cluding Checkp oints and the Register of Graduates as published . We will review the cost of life membership annually; and , as our proj ections of annual member cost , life expectancy, an d r ea l rate of return change, we will reflect those changes i n t h e l i f e

mem bership cost f or t hat part icular year . But f or t he n ex t y ear (ending June 30, 1985) , $550 guarantees all benef it s f o r l i f e . W e are currently negotiating with the A cademy to of fer a similar pro gram to cadets, so that when they graduate they will be paid-up life members. A nnapolis instituted a similar program a f ew years ago and recent U .S. N aval A cademy classes have li f e membership levels exceeding 90 percent .

Two payment plans are available for the new life membership program: Either a one-time payment of $550 or an initial p ay m en t of $290 followed by payments amounting to another $290 by t he end of the calendar year following the initial payment . T h e a d d i tional $30 in total payments makes up for the income l o st f r o m not having received t he $550 up f ront . For t hose who have already paid for an annual membership, a portion of this fee (based on

the number of publications already received) will be cr ed i t ed t o the second $290 of the time-payment plan. A j oint life membership (a graduate married to a graduate) i s also available. I n this case, the graduate couple elects t o r ecei v e one set of publications, yet bot h graduat es are st ill act i v e l i f e

members. The cost for this j oint life membership is o n e an d a h al f times the cost of a single life membership. The full-pay m e m b e r must be identified in this j oint membership. I f two sets o f publica tions are desired, both may j oin at full price.

M ichael Goldf ein, second f r om lef t, recei ves his second l i eu ten a n t

shoulder boards f rom his brothers, Cap t. Stephen, lef t, a n d L t . D a v i d Goldf ein. H is f ather, retired Col. yVilliam Goldf ein, h as c o m m iss i o n ed al l thr ee of his sons in the A ir F or ce.

TH R E E O U T O F TH R E E 2nd L t . M ichael Gold f ein , son of C ol . (Ret) and M rs. W i l l i am Goldf ein of L as V egas, N ev ., made it t hree f or t hree w h e n h e graduated f rom the A cademy in t he Class of ’84. H e i s t h e t h i r d o f t h e G o l d f ei n ’ s t h r ee so n s t o d o so .

M i ke’ s brot hers, Capt . Stephen Goldf ein , ’78, and 2nd L t . D ave Goldf ein , w ho graduat ed last year , were at t he co m m i ssi o n ing ceremony where Col . Gold f ein administered t he oat h o f o f f i ce t o M i ch ael as h e b ecam e a seco n d l i eu t en an t an d en t er ed act i v e

duty in t he regular A ir Force.

Stephen, an A ir Force pilot , is assigned to the Pentagon i n t h e Of fice of Legislative L iaison while David is in T-38 pilot t raining

at t he EU RO-N A T O Flying School in W ichita Falls, T exas.

Michael continued a tradition by presenting his parents t h e i r third A ir Force A cademy cadet saber to hang proudly i n t h ei r home. Following a short assignment at the A cademy, M i ch ael w i l l

enter pilot t rai ning at L aughlin A ir Force Base, T exas.

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L ET T ER S T O T H E ED I T O R PR OJECT W A R RI O R D ear Edit or , Ref erence M ar k Ewig’s let t er on t he cerem onial dress unif orm , I can assure M a r k t h at t h er e i s n o co n n ect i o n b et w een

A ir Force unif orm decisions and Proj ect W ar r i o r .

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creating a United States A ir Force which t hink s about f orce applicat ion and about how t o f ight t he next war . T hus W arrior

operates at two levels. One is the level of

f ostering A ir Force esprit de corps. T he ot her is encouraging and helping prof es sional A i r Fo rce m em ber s pr epar e t hemselves intellect ually f or t he next war . T h ese t w o d i f f er en t a i m s m ean t h at t w o

audiences are being addressed . One is t he broad A ir Force. H elping members of t he A ir Force t o understand t heir past and t o

have pride in it is important . Recognition

of t he im port ance of unit esprit de corps r esu l t ed i n t h e ad d i t i o n o f “ co h esi o n ” as

a principle of war in the latest edition of

A ir Force M anual 1- 1, Basic A er osp ace D octr ine f or the U.S. A ir F orce. M any t hings must cont ribut e t o cohesion in our A ir Force, and W arrior helps by mak ing us aware of our past and k eeping us aware of our purpose. T hus, W arrior did publish t he book let “ W hy is t he Colonel Called Kernal?” But , W arrior did not move into the area of how t he K ernal , or anyone else, should dress. T here is an A ir F o r ce U n i f o r m B o a r d f o r t h at .

A ddressing att it udes and m ot ivat ion , however , is only a part o f W ar rior . Equal ly import ant , i f not m ore so , is t he ef f ort t o f ost er prof essional development wit hin t he A ir Force. W arrior reading guides and book st udies are designed t o acquaint t h o se w h o w i l l l ead o u r A i r F o r ce i n co m

bat wit h ideas t o help t hem mak e t he deci sions which will result in vict ory . W arrior is, and must be, f ocused on developing our underst anding o f war and how t o f ight and win i f necessary . W arrior is not a subst it ut e f or prof essional schooling, but it is a part o f our pro f essional educa t io n . A s ch i ef

the A ir

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responsible f or Proj ect W arrior , I am open t o any suggest ions t o mak e W arrior bet t er in any o f it s f acet s. T he of f icer responsible f or W ar rior , L t . Col . Bob Ehrhart , is no st ranger t o t he A cademy , having inst ruct ed in military hist ory f rom

197 1 t o 1972 an d f r o m 1975 t o 1979 . H e i s

also a person wit h broad operat ional ex per ience in t he A ir Force, having served not only in t he Cont inent al U nit ed St ates, but also in V iet nam , A lask a and Europe. W e are ready to hear about how t o make W arrior bet ter , so we can help mak e our A ir Force bet ter . H owever , we cannot ac cept praise or blam e f or any o f t he new u n i f o r m d eci si o n s.

Sincerely , Cli f f ord R . K rieger , Colonel , U SA F H q U SA F/ X O X I D W ashingt on , D C 20330 C l ass o f 1964

P R O B L E M SO L V I N G T o : U SA F A A O G

I ’ve heard some com ment s lat ely which were direct ed at A FI T , but which I t hink apply to several academic courses at U SA FA as well . I ’ll pass t hem along because I t hink t hey have merit . T here is a grow ing concern t hat some sch o o l s co n f u se a “ h ar d ” cu r r i cu l u m w i t h

a good , well-balanced curriculum . T he m o t i v at i o n seem s t o b e accr ed i t at i o n . A s a

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problem solvers. W it h t he computer revolut ion , t he A ir Force really doesn ’t need num ber cr unch er s. Consequent ly , courses which em phasize memorizing f ormulas and massive amount s o f “ cook book ” problem -solving are not really preparing st udent s properly . W hat we really need are of f icers w ho k now which equat ion or principle t o use, when t o use it , and w hat it ’s lim i ts are. I t ’ s not always necessary t o k now t he answer to six decimal places, but as w it h t he slide rule, it ’s crucial t o k now w here t he decimal point goes! I applaud t he Physics and A st ro D epart ment s, who always gave us f ormula sheet s and challenged us t o f igure out t he pr oper approach t o a problem . N umber crunching is only a very small part of solv ing an engineeri ng problem . Capt . Rodney L . W ilk inson , ’ 80

Sen a t o r T o w er W i n s T D . W h i te A w a r d Sen at o r J o h n G . T o w er r ecei v ed t h e T h o m as D . W h i t e N a

t ional D ef ense A ward in A pril during a cadet parade o n t h e T er razzo .

T he A cademy awards t he T .D . W hite award annually t o t h e U .S. cit izen who has cont ribut ed most signif icant ly t o t h e n a tional def ense and securit y of t he U nited St at es. T h e T ex as sen at o r w as n o m i n at ed f o r t h e aw ar d f o r h i s se r v i c e

as chairman of t he Senat e A rmed Services Commit tee, according t o t he A cademy Board of V isit ors and D epart ment of H ist ory . H is nominat ion brief st at es t hat during Senat or T ower ’ s 2 3 years of service in t he U .S. Senat e, he urged t he nat ion ’ s l e a d e r s and public t o recognize t he need f or a st rong military t o gu ar an t ee nat ional security and protect vit al world-wide interest s o f t h e U nited St ates. H is ef f ort s also included encouraging t h e So v i et U nion t o tak e part in import ant startegic arm s negot iat ions. Senat or T ower will ret ire af ter his present t er m . Senat or T ower aided t he A ir Force in m oder nizing it s st rategic det er rent f orces. H is w or k helped in t he approval of t h e B - 1 bomber . H e also advocated deployment of t he Peacek eeper l a n d based nuclear m issile system .

T he T .D . W hit e A ward was est ablished M arch 1, 1962 by t he A ir Force A cadmey . N amed in honor of Gen . T homas D . W hit e, t he award recognizes people in various f ields of endeavor , su ch as science, technology , leadership , management , national o r i n t er n at i o n al a f f ai r s.

General W hit e was t he A ir Force Chief of St af f during t h e f o r mat ive years of t he A cademy . H e urged t he developm ent o f supersonic j et f ight er s and spear headed t he m ixed f orce co n cep t of st rat egic bom bers and ballist ic missiles. H e ret ired June 30, 19 6 1 .

Past recipient s of t he award have been Curt is E . L eM ay , W o r l d W ar I I commander in Europe and t he Paci f ic, A ir Force C h i ef o f Staf f , and planner of t he Berlin A irli f t ; James E . D oolit t le, avia t i o n h er o an d f o r m er ch ai r m an o f t h e A i r F o r ce Sci en t i f i c A d

visory Board ; Carl Spaatz, f irst A ir Force Chief of Staf f ; Bob H ope, internat ional ent ert ainer and humanit arian ; Barry G oldwat er , A rizona senat or and chairman of the A cademy ’s Board of V isitors; M elvin L aird , f ormer Secretary of D ef ense; and Russell D ougherty , f ormer St rat egic A ir Command c o m mander in chief . ( The F alcon F ly er) 7

Super i ntendent ’ s T r ophy P resentat io n

L t. Gen Winf ield W. Scott, Jr., superintendent, presented the Sup er in ten

Per f or mance Recognized

Cap tain John C. I nglis, ’76, is presented with the W i l l i a m P . C l em en ts A ward by Rear A dmiral Charles R. L arson, superintendent of the N aval A cademy. The award is bestowed annually on the Naval A cademy ’s outstanding military f aculty member. Cap t. I nglis was selected f or the award based upon his overall contribution to the Naval A cademy and the

den t ’s Tr op hy to r ep r esen tat i ves of Cadet Squadr on 2 1. The tr op hy , sp onsor ed by the A ssociation of Gr ad uates, is gi ven ann ually to the sq uad r on wi th the m ost p ar ticip at ion in both the in ter col legiate a n d i n tr am ur al sp or ts p r ogr ams. F r om lef t ar e Gener al Scot t; C a d et F i r s t c l ass J ohn M . Siever l ing, Sp r ing Semester sq uad r on com mander, C 3 C C handler D . Whi te, guidon bear er; C I C Stanley D . Bates, F a l l Sem es t er guid on bear er; and M aj . D avid J . K lein, air of f icer com manding. f U .S. A ir F or ce p ho to by Sg t. D onna Walr ath)

B r igade of M idship men.

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President Challenges Class of "84 T he greatest privilege of my of f ice has been to lead t he people w ho def end our f reedom and whose dedication, valor an d sk i l l i n crease so much our chance t o live in a world of peace,’ ’ sai d P r esi dent Reagan during t he M ay 30 com mencement address t o t h e i i

C l ass o f 19 84 .

T his year ’s class is t he 26t h group of new of f icers co m m i ssi o n ed here beginning wit h t he f irst C lass of 1959. T he t ot al o f 997 graduates is the largest graduat ing class in t he A cademy ’ s 30-year hist ory and increases t he rank s of A cademy alumni t o m o r e t h a n 17,600 “ O nce again , young A mericans wear t heir uni f orms and s e r v e t heir f lag wit h pride. A nd our milit ary f orces are b ack o n t h ei r f eet and standing t all , ’ ’ said t he president . “ A f ter f our years of hard wor k and dedicat ion you ’ve ear ned t he right to b e sa l u t e d . I t will now be your responsibility t o guard t he f lame of peace and f reedom and t o keep t hat f lame burning brightly . “ Y our j obs will never be easy , but I believe you are ready t o meet t he challenges bef ore you and t o turn t hem int o o p p o r t u n i t ies f o r A m er i ca . ’ ’

Ref erring to their A cadem y experience, t he president t o l d t h e graduates, “ Y our experience at t his magnif icent institut ion , guid ed by honesty , int egr ity and abiding loyalt y t o our n at i o n w i l l serve you well . “ D edicat ed inst ruct ors have increased your k nowledge a n d understanding. Y ou ’ve been t rained t o deal in f act s, n o t w i s h f u l t hink ing, and in doing many t hings t oget her in classroom s, squadrons and on t he playi ng f ield . Y ou ’ ve learned t h e v al u e o f leadership and discipline and a need f or bot h .’ ’ A t one point in his speech t he president reminded t he sen i o r class of t he horrors of war and said , “ Y ou understand t h e h o r r o r s of war and you k now t hat peace wit h f reedom is t he highest aspiration of our time. A s a mat ter of f act t hese past f our years have prepared you to take your place in t he best darned A i r F o r ce in t he w o r ld .

“ Y ou should be conf ident t hat wit h wisdom , responsibility a n d care, you can har ness change t o shape your f uture. W e’ve only seen t he beginning of what a f ree and courageous people c a n d o . T he president t hen of f ered a challenge t o t he Class of 1984 by

saying, “ T he only limit s we have are t hose of your o w n c o u r a g e and imaginat ion . A nd our f reedom and wellbeing will b e t i ed t o new achievements in pushing back new f ront iers. I f I could leave you wit h one f inal t hought it would b e t o r e m ind you again t he measure o f A merica’s f uture, saf ety , p r o g r e ss and great ness depends on how well you hold f ast t o o u r m o st precious values — values t hat embodied a culminat ion o f 5,000 years o f western civilizat ion . L et your det erminat ion t o m ak e t h i s ( (

w o r l d b et t er an d sa f er o v er r i d e al l o t h er co n si d er at i o n s.

“ T his A cademy was not built j ust t o produce air warriors. I t was also built t o produce leaders who underst and t he great st ak es involved in the def ense of t his count ry . “ A s milit ary of f icers guard t he t radit ions of your service, built here in the f oot hills of t he Rock ies, and in t he air o v er a t h o u san d ot her places, t he t radit ion you hold will serve you w el l . Following his speech t he president presented t he M edal o f H onor t o Bill Craw f ord , an ex-PO W f rom W orld W ar I I an d a nat ive son of Colorado . I n July 1944 , M r . Craw f ord ’s f at h er ac cepted a post humous M edal of H onor f or his son who i t w a s believed had been k illed , but was actually a PO W in I taly . Bef ore sit t ing dow n t he president asked Cadet s Firstclass, n o w second lieut enants, M art y L out han , M ichael Ki rby and J o h n K ershner t o f ormally accept t he Com mander-in-Chief ’ s T rophy . T he trophy has been presented f or t he past 12 years f o r f o o t b al l supremacy among t he A ir Force A cademy , W est Point and A n napolis, wit h t he A ir Force w inning it t he past two s e a s o n s . Comment ing t hat is is supposed t o be a rotat ing t rophy . P r esi dent Reagan t hen said , “ From t he per f ormance of t he F a l c o n f oot ball team these last t wo years it look s lik e you h a v e o t h e r ideas. L ast year ’s scores weren’t even close.’ ’ T he t h r e e t h e n presented t he president wit h a Falcon f oot ball j ersey mak ing him an honorary member of t he 1983 Falcon f ootball t eam . I n a d d i t ion , Spring Cadet W ing C ommander D avid Johnson present ed t he president w it h a sabre and made him an honorary m em b er o f t he graduat ing class. T he president st ood t hroughout t he ent ire awarding o f diplomas and shook each graduat e’s hand during t he lengt hy ceremony . ( The F alcon F ly er) y »

Outstanding graduates recognized:

CS-30 N amed T op Cadet Squadron in ’ 84 Cadet Squadron 30 took t op squadron honors t his year a n d w a s hosted at a banquet sponsored by t he A ir Force A ssociat ion . A i r Force vice chief of staf f , Gen . L aw rence A . Sk antze, w a s t h e speaker f or t his year ’s Silver A nniversary out st anding squadron f est i v i t i es.

I n individual recognit ion , 2L t K eit h H eien was select ed t o receive t he Outstanding Cadet in O rder o f G raduat ion A w a r d a s well as being named t op academ ic per f ormer f or the C l ass o f 1984. H is accomplishment s in t he past f our years included eight semesters on t he Superint endent ’s L ist f or bot h milit ary a n d academic excellence. I n recognit ion of his scholast ic abilit ies, L t . H eien is t he recipient o f a H arvard U niversit y Scholarship a n d will att end the John F . Kennedy School of Gover nment f ollow ing graduat ion . H e has also been named “ W ho ’s W ho A mong Student s in A merican U niversit ies and Colleges 1983-84.’ ’ T he top military per f ormer was 2L t . Brent Brandon who w a s named t he Out standing Cadet in M ilitary Per f ormance. L t . B r a n do has been on t he Superi nt endent ’s L ist since his f irst year at t he A cademy . H e was also named t he Outst anding Cadet in P o l i t i ca l Science. Following graduat ion , L t . Brandon will at tend t h e J o h n F . K ennedy School of Government on a H arvard U niversity Scholarship .

O ne of t he top quart erback s in f alcon f oot ball hist ory , 2 L t . M art y L out han , was named t he M ost V aluable A t hlet e i n t h e A cademy ’s C lass of 1984. Selected t o t he A ll-W estern A t h l et i c Con f erence second team last year , L t . L out han had f ive t ouchdowns against N avy — an A cademy record . K nown a s t h e “ M agician , ” he was responsible f or 43 t ouchdow ns in h i s car eer and was also named t he A cademy ’s M ost V aluable Foot ball Player . L t . L out han will enter undergraduate pilot t raining at W illiams A ir Force Base, A riz. 2L t D avid C . Johnson w as named t he O ut standing Cadet W ing Com mander f or t he spring semester and 2L t . T imothy L . Sa f f o r d t o o k t h e sam e h o n o r f o r t h e f al l sem est er . B o t h r ecei v ed t h e

special recognit ion f or t heir exemplary leadership abilit ies during t he 1983-84 academ ic year . T he winner o f t he Civil A ir Pat rol 25-year H onor Roll A w a r d w as 2 L t . Sco t t L . F en st er m a k er . A m em b er o f t h e C A P f o r f o u r

years prior t o entering the A cademy , L t . Fenstermak er r o se t o t h e rank of squadron commander , served as administ rat ive o f f i c e r and was named t he out standing CA P cadet in western P e n n sylvania in 1980. N amed t he O ut standing Group Com mander f or the Class o f 1984 was 2L t . K erry P . Phelan . 9

Tea m w o r k i s t h e a n sw er t e a m w o r k a n d co n f i d e n c e .

— Col. George L Jones, USAF, Korea, M arch 29th, 1953

Although they didn’t think of it

that way, Col. George Jones and Maj . Wendel Brady were nearing the end of a test program in the skies over North Korea.

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well as commi ssioned and war rant off icers of all branches of the U.S.

cloud of debris, smoke, and oil from power in his engine, and dived to

break the compressor stall. At 20,000 feet he regained power and leveled off. Peering through the few clear spots on his oil-drenched canopy, he found Maj . Brady still with him. By radio he learned that the MiGwingman had made repeated passes at him before breaking off. If not for Maj . Brady’s protection, he would have been a sitting duck.

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For twoyears they and other pilots

had been proving the ability of the United States Air Force, in its first

wartime operation as a separate branch of service, to carry out its mis sion. Also they had been proving and perfecting the jet fighter, never before in action jet-to-jet, and new combat techniques to go with it.

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1-800-531-8040 (in Texas call 1-800292-8040) . Members call toll-free

1-800-531-8 plus your area code (in Texas call 1-800-292-8 plus your area code) . Or write USAA, USAA Building,

But on that day they were about

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to fall back on an old, tried-and-true technique, one that would make all

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the other tests prove positive.

With Maj. Brady aswingman. Col.

Jones had no trouble finding a target 43,000 feet up in “ MiGAlley,’’ and began to close for the kill. The MiG had a wingman, too, but each time he t ried to shoot Col . Jones off his leader’s tail he found hi mself i n

front of Maj . Brady’s guns, and

banked away.

Heading for home. Col. Jones

thought over and over: “ Teamwork i s the answer— teamw ork and conf idence.”

It still is. Today Air Force teamwork

and confidence are indispensable con tributors to the security of our nation and the ent i re Wester n World.

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Ser ving you best because w e k now you better.

B urshnick headed f or M A C:

A n d er so n Sel ect ed a s C o m m an d a n t Brig. Gen . A nthony J. Burshnick (’ 60) , commandant of cadet s, has been select ed f or reassignment as deput y chief o f st a f f f o r L ogist ics, M ilitary A irlif t Com mand , Scott A FB , 111. G eneral Burshnick will be replaced by Brig. Gen . M arcus A . A nderson (’61) . General A nderson ’s most recent assignment w a s deputy chief of staf f f or Plans, H eadquarters U .S. A i r F o r ces i n Europe, Ramstein A ir Base, Germany . H e is scheduled t o ar r i v e in early July . T he commandant of cadet s has t he operat ional , administ rat ive and logist ical responsibility f or t he Cadet W ing. A dditionally , h e organizes and supervises all cadet milit ary t rai ning p r o g r a m s . General Burshnick ’ s A ir Force assignment s have t ak en h i m t hroughout t he U nited St ates as well as Sout heast A sia a n d Japan . T he general has f lown a variety of air t ransport s including t he C-5. A s a pilot in V iet nam , he f lew more t han 800 c o m b a t h o u r s i n t h e C - 12 3 . G en er al B u r sh n i ck ’ s co m m a n d s h av e i n cl u d ed

Y ok ota A ir Base, Japan , and t he 60t h M ilitary A irli f t W ing, T ravis A FB , Cali f . D ur ing a previous assignment t o t he A cademy in 1967, he served as an air of f icer commanding, and ch i ef o f t h e scheduling division . General Burshnick received a master of science degree in public administat ion f rom A uburn U niversity and at tended Cornell U niversity . H e is a graduat e of Squadron O f f icer School , t h e A rmed Forces St af f College and t he A ir W ar College. Following pilot t raining at Spence A ir Base, Ga., and V a n c e A FB , O k la. , General Burshnick received his pilot w ings i n September 196 1. H e is a com mand pilot wit h more t han 5,000 f ly ing hours. General A nderson received an appoint ment to t he A cademy i n 1957 and graduated wit h a bachelor of science degree i n J u n e 1961. H e received a master of science degree f rom the U niversity o f So u t h er n C al i f o r n i a i n 1972 .

H e served a t our of dut y in t he Republic of V iet nam a t B i e n H oa A ir Base f lying 240 combat missions in F- l OOs including 2 1

o v er N o r t h V i et n a m .

Brig. Gen. A nderson, ’61 H e attended Fight er W eapons School , t he A r med Forces St a f f C ollege and t hen spent t hree years at t he Pent agon . T he general served a t our of duty at U bon Royal T hai A FB , T hailand . General A nderson moved t o Seymour Johnson A F B N .C . , and com pleted t he N at ional W ar College in July 19 7 7 . Ot her assignment s t ook him t o N aples, I taly , Bit burg A ir Base, Germany , and U SA FE headquarters. General A nderson is a command pilot and holds t he A rmy parachut ist rat ing. H is decorat ions include t he L egion of M erit , D istinguished Flying Cross, D ef ense M erit orious Service M edal , M erit orious Service M edal w it h tw o oak leaf clusters. A i r M e d a l wit h 13 oak leaf clust ers, and t he A ir Force Com mendat ion M ed al w i t h o n e o a k lea f cl u st er .

H e is married t o t he f ormer Ginger G raham of Graham , T e x a s . T hey have one daught er , Kat hy .

C ol . C oates, ’63, Ser ves as Vice C om m an d an t Col . Joseph L . Coates, ’63, assumed t he posit ion of v i ce co m mandant of cadet s in M arch of t his year . H e replaced C o l . Ja m es R . W oody , ’66, who served as vice com mandant since D ec . 19 82 . Colonel W oody retur ned t o his f aculty position of permanent prof essor and head . D epart ment of M anagement .

Colonel Coates spent much of his early career flying w i t h t h e

M ilitary A irli f t Command in C- 135 and C- 14 1 aircraf t . I n 197 1 h e was assigned as an A irlif t Command Post controller t o U tapao ,

C o l . C o a t es

Royal T hai A ir Base, T hailand . H is next t our was t o Randolph A ir Force Base, T exas, w here he served as a career development of f icer in t he A ir Force M ilitary Personnel Cent er . I n 19 7 5 h e became a resource manager f or t he A irli f t , Bomber , T ank er , and H elicopt er M anagement Sect ion and in 1976 became t he chief . T raining Pipeline M anagement D ivision . H e was assigned t o M cChord A ir Force Base, W ash ., in 19 7 7 a s a C- 14 1 pilot and in 1978 was appointed chief . Current Opera t ions. H e was t hen assigned as deputy com mandant f or o p e r a t ions at t he A cademy in 1979 and in 1981 became the ex ecu t i v e o f f icer t o t he deputy chief of staf f f or Plans and Operat ions a t Supreme H eadquart ers A llied Powers Europe, Belgium . I n 1983, he became vice commander of t he 438t h M ilitary A irli f t W ing at M cGuire bef ore assuming his present assignment at t he A cademy . Colonel Coat es earned a master ’ s degree in polit ical sci en ce an d international relat ions f rom George W ashingt on U niversit y a n d has completed A ir C ommand and Staf f College, t he I ndust rial College of t he A rmed Forces, and t he N at ional W ar College. H is decorat ions include t he D ef ense Superior Service M edal , t he L egion of M erit wit h one oak leaf clust er , t he Bronze St ar , t he M erit orious Service M edal wit h one oak leaf cluster , t h e A i r M edal wit h one oak leaf cluster , and t he A ir Force C o m m en d a t ion M edal . H e has m ore t han 4,700 f lying hours and i s m ar r i ed t o t he f ormer L inda Eiden of D enver , Colo . T hey have one child , N ico le .

19 83 -84 A F A F u n d

D onat ions Surpass $50,000 Goal By A 1 Blumberg ’68

Chairman , A cademy Fund The 1983-84 A ir Force A cademy Fund has gone over the top in its drive to collect $50,000 for A cademy use! A s of M ay 24, 1984, 1, 190 donors had contributed $52,389.48. Some $4,825 of this total came from corporate matching funds. Expenses for the fund totaled approx imately $18,000, with the bulk of those coming from the start-up of the new recognition program (see previous Checkp oints f or det ails o n t he pr ogram) and product ion cost s.

The outstanding support given the fund by graduates and friends of the A cademy were the primary reason f or t his year ’s success. T his was the second annual fund drive in the history of the A ssociation of Graduates and the trend is significantly posit ive. I t is obvious t hat support for the fund is growing by leaps and bounds. The proj ects to be funded by this year ’s donations are about finalized as of this writing. The superintendent ’s staf f has developed a prioritized list of A cademy and Cadet Wing enhancement proj ects that have little or no likelihood of obtaining f ederal f unding. T he f inal f unding list , af t er coordination wit h t he A ssociat ion of Graduates Board of Directors, will be highlighted in the next issue of Checkp oints. The A ssociation of Graduates and the A cademy sincerely thank all donors for their generous gifts. The proj ects endowed by t his year ’s fund will greatly improve the A cademy experience for all our cadets. The 1984-85 A ir Force A cademy Fund d r i v e w i l l b e l au n ch ed f o r m al ly at Homecoming this fall . We urge all graduates, graduat e and cadet parent s, and ot her f riends of t he A cadem y t o be as generous as possible. A ll donations to the fund are kept separate from the A ssociation’s operating accounts. None of t h e co n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e A i r Force A cademy Fund are used for association expenses, dues, or other A ssociation-related costs, except for t hose direct ly related t o ad

m inist ering t he f und drive.

T H E EX T RA M A RG I N OF EX CEL L EN CE I S U P T O U S! L ET ’ S K EEP U P T H E G O O D W O R K ! T O OU R M A N Y RECENT D O N ORS

The many requirements of the A OG staff generated by graduation, the Class of 1959 25-year reunion, and o t h e r events, has caused us to fall behind in mailing our r ecogni tion items to recent donors. We sincerely appreciate al l o f your donations and apologize for this delay. We will p r o vide the proper recognition of your generous donations a s

soon as possible.

U SA F A

Class P ar ticip ation

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A FA F und

D o n o r s/ C l a ss 6 - 59 : 1 1 - 60 : 13 - 6 1: 10 - 6 2 : 17 - 6 3 : 2 0 - 64 : 17 - 6 5 : 22 - 66 : 17 - 6 7 : 16 - 6 8 : 33 - 69 : 2 5 - 70 :

T o t al D ol l ar s $ 3 5 5 .0 0 $ 5 12 .00 $ 70 1.00 $ 3 7 5 .00 $ 9 2 0 .00 $ 6 70 .00

P er cen t o f C l a ss 3 . 14 % 5 . 34 % 6 . 50 % 3 .6 6 % 3 .70 % 4 .4 0 % 3 .5 8 % 4 .9 7 % 3 .4 8 % 2 .7 3 %

$ 1,042 .00 S

9 17 .0 0

$ 1,450 .00 $

8 30 .00

$ 1,500 .00 $

5 .0 6 % 3 .4 8 %

7 10 .00

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$2 . 9 7 $ 1.4 2 $ 2 .30 $ .9 9

20 - 7 1 20 - 72 27 - 73 2 7 - 74 2 1 - 75 32 - 7 6 35 - 77 18 - 7 8 2 3 - 79 2 9 - 80 30 - 8 1 2 1 - 82 2 5 - 83

$ 1,345.00 $

2 .9 8 % 2 .6 9 % 3 .2 8 % 3 .3 7 % 2 . 82 %

6 2 2 .00

$2,204 .73 $ 1,0 10 .00 $ $

74 9 .7 5 96 0 .00

3 .50 % 4 . 10 % 1. 86 % 2 .58 % 3 .2 5 % 3 .4 8 % 2 . 50 % 2 .6 5 %

$ 1,230 .00

$ $ $ $ $ $

56 0 .00 500 .00 870 .00 76 5 .00 90 5 .00 64 5 . 50

$ 2 .00 $ . 84 $ 2 .6 8 $ 1.2 6 $ 1.0 1 $ 1.0 5 $ 1.44 $ .58 $ . 56 $ .9 8 $ .89 $ 1.0 8 $ .6 8

T H E T O P F I V E C L A SSE S T OT A L D OL L A RS

73-$2,204 .73 69-$ 1,500 .00 67-$ l ,450.00 7 1-$ 1,345.00 77-$ 1,230.00

PERC ENT O F L IV IN G G RA D S 6 1- 6 . 50 % 60 - 5 .34 % 6 9 - 5 .0 6 % 6 6 -4 .9 7 % 64 -4 .4 0 %

A V E RA G E $ P ER L I V I N G G RA D 6 1- $ 3 . 5 1 6 7 - $ 2 .9 7 7 3 - $ 2 .6 8 60 - $2 .4 9 6 9 - $2 . 30

(N ote: The percent of donors is calculated by dividing the number of gif ts by the number of living alumni. To tals incl ude gif ts r ecei ved bet ween December 15, 1983 and M ay 24, 1984. Gif ts received af ter M ay 24 will be included in the next magazine.) 12

Recent F und D onors Recognized PA T R O N — $500 to $4,999 A nonym ous, Class o f 1973 M r Paul E M cK ay M r & M r s H ow ar d W ong S P O N SO R — $ 100 t o $4 9 9

Br ig Gen M arcus A A nder son L t C o l & M r s W J B ec k er M r s A n n B o u d r ea u x D r & M r s D an M B r ow n M r Jo h n R C l av i n

M aj Bruce E C r im i n M r & M r s Richard D C ur r y M r D a n i l e R D av i s M r D a n i el R D i et z

C apt T homas J E aves, Jr M r R ichar d H E ll is

Col (Ret) & M rs C D Fisher C o l R o b er t B G i f f en

D r W alter J G iller , Jr

Capt Walter N Heidmous, Jr M aj L ew is S H enderson , I I I M r & M r s L udw ig P H or n Dr &

M r s J o n a t h a n H u m m el

M r & M r s M alcol m J I ngalls L t C o l W C B J o n es C o l & M r s R o d d ie L K i le C o l A r t h u r D K er r

C apt Rober t C K nar r M r & M rs Raym ond K ol k meier C apt D avid H K ri stensen M r & M r s W i l l i a m M L ee M r & M r s V i ct o r L ei k a m

L t C ol (Ret) & M r s A M acE lhaney L t C o l Edw ar d A M aher , Jr M r T h o m as R M cG r ai n

I L t A nn E M oo re M r & M r s B r u ce M o si er

M r & M r s L ar r y L M ount s Mr &

M r s F r ed P a r r i sh

M r K a r l W P o u l sen M r & M r s H a n s R a u sc h en b a c h

D r & M r s Fancis Reidi nger C ol (Ret ) & M r s W T Ri ley , Jr M r & M r s Joseph Rossil lon M r & M r s H enry Schaef l er n M r &

M r s O t t o F Sc h i c k

M r & M r s R o b er t N B l u m M r & M r s W a r r en B r u c k m ei er

M r & M rs Rober t Burg C ol & M rs H ar ry T C er ha M aj C lyde S C her ry , Jr L t C o l M a n en O C l em en t s

L t C ol (Ret) C har les D C onover M rs A n nie E C oo k

Sgt M aj & M rs Raym ond

D a v i d so n 2L t E lto n D D avis

M r & M r s Benj am in D aw k ins M r & M r s K ennet h D egler M r & M r s P a u l D D et t m er M r & M r s St en i o D i eu d o n n e M r & M r s Jo h n J D o no hue

M aj Jer r y M D r ennan

M r H o w ar d M E d w ar d s

I L t H olly L E m r ick

M r s W i l l i e M ae F r an k l i n M r &

M rs C ar r o l L Fr itz

M r & M r s G Fuller , I I I M r & M r s Fred M Furches, Jr M r R i ch a r d E G a r d n er M r & M r s J a m es G a t es

M aj Richar d E Gausmann 2 L t E d w a r d C G el z i n i s

2L t D avid C Geut i ng

M r L ou is G r ant L t C o l A l f r ed W G r i esh a b er M r St ev en M H a a s

C apt D avid S H am ilt on I L t D a n i el D H a n co c k

C ol George L H ar w ick M r &

M r s J L H i n d er h o f er

M r & M r s Fr ank H ogan M r s A gnes H olsw ade M r & M rs Joe H uggler 2L t L i nda K H uggler M r A W H yatt M r & M r s H enr y O I ngr am L t C ol (Ret ) H ar old A Jacobs C apt D onald W Jam es L t C ol W i lliam C Jo nes, Jr M r Ronald E Joy M r &

M r s Sh i n i c k i K a n esh i r o

M r &

M r s H a n s F K en n el

C apt ( Ret) & M r s J B Scr uggs

L t C ol (Ret) & M r s H K i ll ingsw or t h

M r & M r s George M Shir asago M r & M r s R A Shum w ay , Sr

M aj W ill iam J K ozm a

M r & M r s C o n st a n t i n e Sem en o k

L t C o l R i c h a r d A Sl o w i k D r & M r s R J Sm el t z

Sout h East M ichigan A FA P a r en t s C l u b

M r & M rs T hom as F Spayd M r & M r s J R o b er t Sw ea t

C ol John C Sw onson , Jr

M r E d w ar d K V o r n b r o ck D r A l l a n D V r eel a n d

M r D ea n F K o c i a n

M r & M r s C l a r en c e R K r a m er M r & M r s H el m u t L a d e M r s W i l l i a m A L a m b er t M r J a m es M L i l l i s

M r & M r s D ouglas M acI nt yre M r Roger H M ahr er C apt Joseph M M ar chi no , I I C apt C lar ence T M ar sh , I I I

M r & M r s W il liam W agner

M r & M r s A l b er t J M a r sh a l l D r & M r s J a m es N M a t c h ef t s D r & M r s Pau l J M atr k a

2L t John C W r ight

L t C ol G ar ey T M at suyam a M r & M r s John J M auch , Jr C apt D enni s R M aust

M r «fe M r s O sw a l d W i l l i a m s M r Sa m u el H W i l so n

D O N O R — $ 50 t o $ 9 9

C o l & M r s T J M cA d a m

M r & M r s N ea l B a l k a n

C apt M ichael W M cC oy C apt James H K M cD er m ot t M r & M r s C hr i st opher M cG uir e M r M ar k P M eyer C apt D ale W M eyer r ose

L t C ol M ichael J Beezley M r & M r s W il liam D Bergst r om

C ol ( Ret ) & M r s M ichael M or oze

I L t T er r y R A dler

M r & M r s J a m es B A r m o r

C apt John A A usi nk C apt D onald R A very

M r & M rs Jo hn D M ills

I L t D onald N M yer s M r & M r s A lber t J N agie M r E ugene N euhar t h

I L t R o b er t G B o n n

C ol (Ret) & M r s E ar nie K B r eed en

D r W i lliam A Radasky

L t T her esa J Paquelet -Br ow n L t W ayne B Br ow n C apt A nt hony G B r ozena, Jr M r C ar l J Br uck ner , Jr D r & M r s A r t hur L B r undage 2L t N ancy A Bur dick M r Richard K Buschi ng M aj Joseph G Bu r k e

C ol (Ret) & M r s E T Reicher t Capt Rober t F Rei lm an , Jr M r & M r s C larence E Riggs

D r & M r s L er oy J Byer ly M r s Rosem ary Byr nes C ol D ouglas B C ai r ns

C ol A lan V Roger s I L t Richar d L Roger s

M Sgt (Ret ) & M r s Ger ar do C am pbell C apt D avi d R C haf f ee

Col (Ret) & M rs H S Norris

M r Fr ederi ck S O lmsted , Jr M r & M r s George A O lsen 2L t Cr aig S O lson M r & M r s James G P ayne, Jr M r T h o m a s J P i o n t ek M r & M r s R P oto k ar

M r C h a r l es D R a t h b u n

L t C o l P et er H R o e

L t C o l J o h n G R o u sh

M r & M r s M C B u ssel l e

C o l & M r s J a m es E C a l l a h a n

C apt T homas M Sapp

M r &

M Sgt (Ret ) & M r s W i lliam

M r s M i l d r ed M C l o v i s

2 L t V i n cen t M Sa r o n i M r & M r s H W Sc h i ev e A Sch o l l

C apt M ar k D Schuber t C apt C ar l P Schw ar t z

M r & M r s B er n a r d Sei d

M r & M r s D erek Sim pson M r . A ndr ew A Sk i lli ng M r Jer r y L Sm it h D r & M r s D onald F Specht M r & M r s Paul B Spencer M r & M r s L ouis R Stengel M r & M r s C M St u b b en M r & M r s J o h n J Su l l i v a n

M r s J a m es D C h a m b er s

M r & M r s Jam es S C lar k , Jr M aj D onald J C lement M r & M r s W ill iam P C oughli n M aj N eal D C oyle M r & M r s H ar ry L C r ow e, Jr I L t M i l es A C r o w el l I L t B r ian J C u llis

M r & M r s John R C um m ings C apt & M r s E ar l E D ai ly M r & M r s R o b er t S D a r t M r J o h n A D a v i d so n

C D R & M r s James E D avi s, Jr C apt St ephen M D ick son

M r & M r s A ugust C T or r eano

C o l & M r s P au l D im m ick 2L t Jo h n A D o r i an

L t C ol (Ret) & M r s R T U yehat a M aj Robert L V aughn

M r J o h n A E i sen h a r t M r & M r s V er n o n G E l l i o t t

M r R i c h a r d D T u r n er U SA F A P a r en t s C l u b o f So u t h C a r o l i n a

C o l D ea n F V i k a n

C apt Richar d T W aldbusser M aj M et thew B W aldr on C apt Rick C W al lace I L t Sandr a L W aples W allace C apt James V W al ter s M r John B W at son , Jr M r & M r s J o n W W eb b er

M r & M r s H o w a r d R W ed el l

M r G ar ey B W eibel

M r & M r s W W est h a u ser C o l & M rs W F W illiam s

C apt John T W olter

M r & M r s C h a r l es E W o o d a r d

M r & M r s Paul G Z aehr i nger C O N T R I B U T O R — U P T O $4 9 M r & M r s W illiam H A b b ott

L t C ol L ar r y M A l mand

2 L t A l a n K A n d er so n M r W i l l i a m E A n d r ew s M r & M r s A r t h u r G A sh

M r & M r s Roger E D oue C apt M at t hew C D unbar M r R oy C E ckar d C apt Jay S E lli s, Jr

I L t M a r k C E m er so n

L C D R (Ret) & M r s J J F ar b ar i k

C apt C har les R Fel low s L t C ol (Ret) C har les J Fer r ar i I L t M a r t i n E B F r an ce

M Sgt (Ret ) & M r s M

F r a n c esc h i n i I L t R an d al D F u l l h ar t

M r s A l bert G agliar di , Sr . M aj (Ret ) & M r s M B G ar low M r R i ch a r d S G a u l t

M r s T oshi k o M G aylor C apt C r aig S G helber

M Sgt (Ret) & M rs William

G o n z a l ez M r W i l l i am S G o o d h a n d M r & M r s R u ssel l E G o o d l i n M r & M r s T F G oo d m an

C apt Fr ank li n F Bal linger

M r & M r s D onald G ooley M aj W il liam J G or m an L t C ol W i llie W G r ay , Jr

C apt R ichar d J Bar t ell

M r W illiam E G r i f f is M r G eh l L H a m m o n d

C apt W illiam D Baxt er C apt Jam es D Beason

M r M el v i n L H a r m o n M r P a u l A H a r r el l

M r & M rs E dd ie E B alluch L t C o l & M r s J a m es L B a r k er M r & M r s R i ch J B a sa k

M r & M r s E d w a r d B ea u c h em i n

M aj (Ret ) & M r s Ger ald Boe C o l F r ed C B o l i

M r &

M r s W a l t er G r een

C apt Br ad f or d L H ar den C apt Richar d C H ar t

(Con ’t on next page.) 13

F al co n B ask et b al l C o ach C h o sen A cademy A thletic D irect or , Col . John Clune, has announced t hat Reggie M int on , f ormer head coach at D art mout h College and a f ormer A ir Force assist ant coach , is t he new A cademy head m en ’ s b ask et b al l co ach .

M int on , 42, suceeds H ank Egan , who lef t as head coach o n Feb . 28 af t er 13 year s on t he j ob . I am extremely happy t hat Reggie M int on can and will accep t t he head coaching position at t he A cademy , ” said Colonel C l u n e . “ I f eel it was a detailed and t horough search but in t h e f i n al analysis Reggie’ s k now ledge of t he A cademy , it s overall goals and mission , and t he t remendous esteem he is held in by at h l et i c depart ment personnel were t he deciding f act ors. i i

i t

His background and knowledge of the positive aspect o f o u r

basket ball program in the past , as well as t hose areas t hat require

improvement to have a competitive and respectable program' w i l l

enable him to st art out well ahead of any ot her candidate i n t u r n ing t he program around .” Reggi is his own man , ” said t he colonel . “ H is success a t D art mout h pr oved t hat . I n extensive conversations wit h Reggie in Seatt le, I became conf ident and com f ort able wit h his grasp of t he situation , and t he posit ive and dynam ic thought s he h ad i n m ak ing us compet itive while understanding f ully some of t h e c o n st raint s inherent t o a service academy .’ “ M y f irst goal is t o mak e t he A ir Force more compet it ive i n t h e W estern A thlet ic Conf erence, ” said M inton . “ T hen we’ll t r y t o i i

win it . It ’s a tough league and a big challenge. But I ’ m n o t a f r ai d

of t he challenge. M y style is t o win , but we’ll look at each game individually .” M int on guided D art mout h t o a 11- 15 record last wint er an d posted several key victories, including triumphs over I vy L eague power s Pennsylvania and Princet on . I n addition , D art mout h b ea t Cornell in the last game of the regular season to knock t he Big

Red out of a share of the Ivy League title.

Colonel Clune said M int on was selected af t er an ext ensive

search process that included applications from more t h a n

coaches. T he list was narrowed t o eight names and Colonel C l u n e was able to interview several of the candidates, including M int on ,

at the NCAA basketball championships in Seattle earlier t h i s y ea r .

M int on ’s name as t he num ber one candidat e was f orwarded t o t he A ir Force A cademy A t hlet ic A ssociat ion select ion a n d a d

visory committee. That group gave its approval for C o l o n el C l u n e to contact M inton and of fer him the j ob.

A 1963 graduate of t he U niversit y of W ooster in Ohio , M i n t o n f irst came t o t he A cademy in 1969 and served as an assi st a n t basketball coach for Egan until 1983 except for a year of military duy in T hailand in 1975 and 1976. H e is a ret ired A ir Force maj or . Coming wit h M int on are his ow n D art mout h assist ant s — D a n

Kraft and Paul Drake. Kraft is a 1975 A cademy graduate w h o w a s also an assistant here before going to Dartmouth with M i n t o n . ( The F alcon F ly er)

A ir F or ce A cademy F und D onors (Cont inued f r om previous page.) M aj (Ret ) & M r s K A H ar t le

M r & M r s L C H a r v eso n

C apt D ean H H aylet t C apt C hr i st opher M H enry M r s A n n a L ee H i n d es

2L t Jef f rey C H in kle M r H enr y D H o f f m an , Jr C apt & M r s V C H onsinger M r & M r s Joseph G H opk ins M r & M r s St acy W H oy C apt & M r s John T H u f f m an , Jr C apt D ennis C H ughes M r & M r s E d m u n d o H u m m el

C apt G regor y F I nt occia M r & M r s Jer ry F Jack son I L t John C Jack son , I I I

M r & M r s W a l t er A J u r k o w sk i

M r & M r s H or st K aj ah M r & M r s C a r l A K ei l

M r & M r s E N eil K im sey Capt James G R olli ng M r D a v i d A K o t ec k i

C apt L eo D K ow at ch , Jr M r St anley V K oziar a

M r «fe M r s L eo n K r a i M r & M r s T h o m a s J K r a n er 2 L t T h o m a s W K r i se

C apt A ndr ew D K r ott L t C ol (Ret) & M r s Roger L aF o n d

2L t M ar ia R L am agna C apt Fr eder ick A L ank f o rd 14

L t G en & M r s R o b er t M L ee

M r W ayne H L eFor s

M r s L o r r a i n e C L en t z

C apt M ar c H L i ndsley

M r W i l l i am L o ck ar d M r & M r s J a m es B L o r en z 2 L t B r i an D M aas

M r & M r s D onald W M arg C apt Joseph C M at t usk i , Jr

M r & M r s J o h n A M cA l l i st er D r J o h n M cC r i l l i s M r & M r s J a ck M c D o w el l

C apt Jo hn M icalizzi M Sgt (Ret ) & M r s A B M i ller M r & M r s E d w a r d A M i l l er M r Em il M onda

2L t Paul J M ontgomer y M r T h o m as H M o r r i s

C ol (R et ) & M r s G eorge C M o rto n

M r D avid A M uck ley M r & M r s Jer r y J M ul let t M aj Robert J M ur ask i L t C ol (Ret ) & M r s A J N aigle M r Jack B N o r m an

M r & M r s L ow ell N ort hr up I L t C hest er T N ow ak , Jr M r L ar r y L N ow ick i M r & M r s M ichael E O ’ L ear y M r & M r s Roy J Ot t C apt D ale I Pangm an 2 L t A n d r ew L P a r r i sh

L t C ol (Ret) & M r s John A P en n et t

C apt Br uce W Penni ngt on M aj & M r s D aniel G Penny , Jr

C apt Paul E Pr ange I L t John I Pr ay , Jr

M r & M r s B ill J P u tm an 2 L t L eo n h a r d R a a b e

C apt Joseph P Racher , Jr C apt Robert E Rak it i s

2 L t D ea n n a J R eev es M r & M r s W i l l i a m L R em b er

C apt W il liam F Rit ter L t Col & M r s Fr an k R Rod r iguez M r & M r s D uane G Rol ing M r & M r s L yle A R or ick M r & M r s J a m es B R o t h w el l M r & M r s V i c t o r Sa l a v a M r T h o m a s J Sa l m o n

M aj Gen (Ret ) & M r s H J Sands, Jr C apt R ichar d Schal ler L t C ol Randall L Scham ber ger C apt C har les B Schm it z M r & M r s E a r l C Sc h o f i el d M r & M r s E J Sc h r ei b er 2 L t M i c h a el R Sh a n a h a n

M r St ephen J Shay

M r M a r k S Si ev er s M r L o u i s H Si m k i n s

C ol (Ret ) & M r s K ennet h S Sm i t h 2 L t L a n i M Sm i t h 2 L t L i sa D So m er so n

M r & M r s Geor ge Spear s M r & M r s D ennis L Spidel M r & M r s Fr ank R Spit znagel M r T homas P Sport e C apt Bil ly J St ant on , Jr M r & M r s D oug St ephens

C o l & M r s A W St o n e D r & M r s P a u l M St o n er M r C h a r l es E St u m b

M r & M rs T hom as D T aver ney M r s A nt oi net te T aylor 2L t Paul E T aylor M r J a m es A T er h u n e

M aj (Ret ) & M r s T ho mas T ighe Mr &

M r s C S T i l d en

M r & M r s H ar old W T r em ai n I L t R i c h a r d P T r en t m a n

M aj Jef f E T rent on C apt Rober t G T r ibolet L t C ol (Ret) & M r s L V T r oiano M r & M r s W a l t er E T u r n er

C apt Fr ank T V accar o

M r & M r s M J V al o v ci n M r P et er R V a n A l l en

L t C ol (Ret) & M r s J S V an E pps M r s B er t h a M V a n Sc h a a k M r R a n d a l l A V een st r a I L t B r i a n M W a ec h t er

C apt James R W elt er ot h M r M i c h a el G W h i t e

C ol (Ret) J C har les W hit m an , I I C ol & M r s T homas S W iley 2L t A m y L W i m mer M r & M r s Robert F W inegar D r & M r s. D o n a l d L W i se

M r & M r s E ugene D W ood M r & M r s T ho mas W W oo ley C apt Joseph W ysock i Col &

M r s Jo h n R Z ar t m an

T Sgt (Ret ) & M r s K ar l G Z ech

Graduate Brigadier Generals Selected A lso selected for brigadier general were Richard B. Goetze, Jr ., ’ 59; Frank E . W illis,

’61; Robert H . Baxt er , ’62; and H enry V iccellio , Jr ., ’62. T heir biographies will be

published in a future issue of Checkp oints.

4 10t h Bom bar dment W i ng, K .I . Saw yer A FB , M ich .

G ener al For t ner has a mast er ’s degree i n

systems management from the University of

Sout her n Cali f or nia, i s a mem ber o f t he Soci et y o f Exper i mental T est Pilot s and is a com m and pi lot w i t h m or e t han 4,600 f l yi ng hour s in m or e t han 30 d i f f erent ai rcr af t . H i s mil itar y decor at ions incl ude t he L egion o f M er it , D i s

tinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service M edal , A i r M edal w it h 15 oak leaf cluster s, a n d t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m en d a t i o n M ed a l . H e i s m a r r i ed t o t h e f o r m er M a r i a D el P i l a r

Salas-C or nej o o f M adr id , Spain .

Brig. Gen. Richard E. Carr

Brig. Gen. L arry D . Fort ner

Brig. Gen. Richard E. Carr, ’59, is the com

m ander of t he 83 1st A ir D ivision , G eorge A F B ,

Calif . He was formerly the commander of the 363d Tactical Fighter Wing, Shaw A FB, S.C. A fter graduation from the Academy he attend ed pilot training followed by an assignment in t he A ir D ef ense C om mand . H e t hen ser ved his f ir st t our i n Sout heast A sia as an advisor and

instructor pilot with the air force of the Republic of Vietnam. His next assignment was to Mather AFB, Calif ., as an instructor pilot . G ener al C ar r t hen at tended Stan f ord U niver

sity where he earned a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering and was then assigned as an associate professor of mathematics at the Academy from 1968 to 1971. He was a distin guished graduate of the A ir Command and Staf f col lege in 1972.

A fter completing RF-4C training. General

C ar r volunt eered f o r anot her t our in Sout heast

A sia, this time at Udorn Royal Thai A FB, Thailand. He completed more than 200 combat missions during the tour and served as flight commander , chief of safety and operations of f i cer .

His next assignment was to Kadena A B, Okinawa, serving as operations of ficer and squadron commander of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron. He also command ed a full-time forward operating location at Osan A B, Korea. In 1977, General Carr attend ed the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Ft . M cN air i n W ashi ngt on , D .C .

A fter serving as chief of the Tactical Systems

D ivi sionE A i r For ce Studies and A nalyses,

Headquarters, U .S. Air Force, from 1978 to 19 8 1

G en er a l

C ar r

w as

t r a n sf er r ed

Seymour-Johnson A FB, N .C. where he served as vice wing commander of the 4th Tactical

Fight er W i ng . Gener al Car r is a com mand pilot w it h m ore

than 6,200 hours of flying time of which 900 were logged while serving in Southeast Asia. H is decor at i ons include t he L egion o f M er it ,

Distinguished Flying Cross, M eritorious Ser

vice M edal , A i r M edal w it h 11 oak leaf clust ers a n d t h e C o m m en d a t i o n M ed a l .

H e i s m ar r ied t o t he f or m er Jean Shut e o f O t t aw a, 111. T hey have one daughter , K elly .

Brig. Gen. Larry D. Fortner , ’59, is com

m ander o f t he 42nd A ir D i vi sion (SA C ) ,

Blytheville A FB, A rk . He was formerly com

mander o f t he 2nd Bom bar dm ent W ing at Bar k sdale A F B , L a.

Following pilot training in the T-34, T-37

and T -33 ai rcr af t . Gener al For t ner t ook F- l OO

combat crew training and was assigned to the 10th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Hahn A B, Germany, as an F-l OO pilot in 1961. In 1965 he was assigned to the 615th Tactical Fighter Squad r on at E ngland A FB , L a .

Deploying with the 615th to Phan Rang A B, Republic of Vietnam, in 1966, General Fortner f l ew 2 64 co m b a t m i ssi o n s i n t h e F - 100 . I n 19 6 7

he at tended t he A er ospace Research Pi lot School at Edw ard s A F B , C ali f .

A fter graduation, he remained at the Air Force Flight Test Center in the fighter branch and participated in the testing program of the O V - l OA Br onco at t he N aval T est C ent er and t he C essna A -37B at t he com pany ’ s ai rcraf t f aci lit y . I n 1969, he w as assigned t o t he A -7D test

program and in 1970 he was the proj ect pilot for a series of spin tests of the T-37B and for the initial flight of the OV-10 PA VE NA I L air craf t .

G ener al For t ner w as t hen assigned t o t he

A -X Program where he became the operations o f f i cer f o r t h e A - X J o i n t T a sk F o r c e a n d o n e

o f t he pr im ar y test pi lot s. I n 1973 he becam e t he F- 104 advisor t o t he M il it ary A ssist ance

A dvisory Group, Taipei, Republic of China,

ret ur ni ng t o t he U ni ted St ates t o at tend A i r W ar C ol lege i n 1975. U pon gr aduat ion , he r epor ted to t he F- 15 pr ogr am at H eadquar ter s, A i r For ce Syst em s C o m m a n d a n d i n 19 7 7 b eca m e t h e d i r ect o r o f

Flight Management and Operational Plans at

Syst em s C om mand . H e w as assigned t o t he

Strategic A ir Command in 1978 as assistant

deput y com m ander f or oper at ions o f t he 96t h Bom bardment W i ng at D yess A F B , T exas, and t hen became t he deput y com m ander f or oper a t i o n s.

H e became t he vice w i ng com mander o f t he 93r d Bom bar dment W ing, C ast le A F B , C al i f ., i n 1980 and ser ved as w ing com mander o f t he

C o l . C h a r l es P . W i n t er s Col . (brigadier general selectee) Charles P. (Pete) Winters, ’59, is the inspector general . A ir Force Systems Command, A ndrews A FB, M d. Following graduation from the A cademy he completed pilot training and checked out in t he F- 100 . H e w as assigned t o t he Paci f ic A i r F or ces w it h dut ies i n t he 4 16t h T act ical Fighter Squadr on at M i saw a A B , Japan .

In 1963 he reported to the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at M yrtle Beach A FB, S.C. He was assigned to the 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron with operational NA TO duties at bot h I nci r li k A B , T u r k ey , and A viano A B , I t a ly . C o l o n el

W i n t er s

t h en

ea r n ed

m a st er ’ s

degree in aeronaut ical and mechanical engineering from the A ir Force Institute of Technology and rej oined the 352d Tactical Fighter Squadron at Phan Rang A B, Republic o f V i et n a m i n 19 6 8 w h er e h e f l ew 2 9 8 c o m b a t m i ssi o n s i n t h e F - 100 .

I n 1970, af t er a year o f t est pil ot t r ai ning at Edw ard s A FB , C al i f . , he w as aw ar ded t he L iet hen-T it t le T r ophy as t he out st andi ng

graduate of his class. He remained at Edwards A FB as a t est pil ot unt il 1975 w or k i ng w i t h t he F- 111, A X , St r i ke R P V and t he F- 15. I n 1972

he ej ected from an F-111 during out-of-control t est i ng.

A fter attending the I ndustrial College of the

A r med For ces, C olonel W i nt er s w as assigned as chief o f Pr ocedu res and T r ai ni ng f or C om m a n d a n d C o n t r o l o f t h e U .S . A i r F o r ces i n

Europe (USA FE) at Ramstein A B, Germany, i n 19 7 6 . I n 19 7 7 h e a ssu m ed c o m m a n d o f t h e

23r d T act ical Fight er Squadr o n at Spangdahlem A B , Ger m any . I n ear ly 1979, short ly af t er he became assist ant deput y com m ander

for Operations of the 52d Tactical Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem A B, the 23d Tactical 15

Fighter Squad r on w as aw ar ded the U SA FE C om m ander in C hief ’s t r o phy as t he best t ac tical f ighter squadr on i n E ur ope f or 1978.

C o l o n el W i n t er s r et u r n ed t o t h e A i r F o r ce

Flight T est Cent er in 1979 as vice com m ander

o f D et a c h m en t 3 a n d i n 19 8 3 b eca m e t h e co m

With formation of the new Space Command in 1982, General Van Inwegen was assigned to Colorado Springs, Colo, as the assistant depu ty chief of staf f , operations, for space and

t han 4 ,500 f l yi ng hour s i n f ight er and t rainer ai rcr af t . H e is also a rated navigat or .

Space Command. He assumed his present posi

cl uster s. A ir M edal w it h 11 cl uster s, and t he

m issile w ar ni ng. H eadquar ter s N O RA D and

mander of that unit . He assumed his present

t ion t hi s past Febr uar y .

foreign aircraft , mostly fighters. His military

decorat ions incl ude t he L egio n o f M er it , D is t i nguished Flyi ng C r oss, D ef ense M er it or ious

dut ies in July 1983. C olonel W i nt er s is a com mand pi lot w it h m o re t han 4,500 hour s i n 37 t ypes o f U .S. and

decor at ions i nclude t he L egi on o f M er it , D ist inguished Flying C r oss, M er it or ious Ser vice M edal w it h t w o oak leaf clust er s. A ir M edal w i th 14 cluster s, and t he C om bat Readiness M edal , among ot her s. H e is mar r ied t o t he f or m er L inda K . (K ay) T odd o f M yr t le Beach , S.C . T hey have t w o chi ldren , H elen and C har l ie.

General Van Inwegen is a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours. His military Service Medal, Meritorious Service M edal (A ir

General Boyd is a command pilot with more

H is decorations include the Legion of Merit , Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf

A i r F o r ce C o m m en d a t i o n M ed a l w i t h t w o c l u st er s. H e i s m a r r i ed t o t h e f o r m er M a r l en W o m er

o f P hoenix , A r iz . T hey have t w o chi ld ren , C hr i st opher and C at her ine.

For ce) w i th one oak leaf cluster . A ir M edal

w i t h 14 c l u st er s a n d t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m en d a

tion Medal . He also wears the master space

badge, mi ssile badge and t he excel lence-incompet it ion pi st ol shot badge. A 1983 gr aduat e o f t he N ort hw est er n U ni v er si t y K el l o g Scho o l o f A d vanced M anagement , Gener al V an I nwegen is m ar r ied t o t he f or mer Pat r icia M cFadden o f W hit t ier , Cali f . T hey have t w o children , C urt is and K r i st i n .

B rig. Gen. George L ee Butler Brig. Gen. Lee Butler, ’61, is the inspector

gener al (SA C ) , O f f ut t A F B , N eb . H e was f or mer ly com m ander o f t he 96t h Bom bar d

ment Wing, Dyess A FB, Texas. A fter gradua tion f rom the Academy he attended pilot train

ing and t hen f lew t he T -33 in 1963 and 1964 as

Brig. Gen. Earl S. V an I nwegen Br ig. Gen . Ear l S. V an I nwegen , ’ 60, is deput y chief o f st af f , i ntel ligence, f or t he U .S. A ir Force Space C om mand (SPA C EC O M ) and t he N or t h A m er ican A erospace D ef ense C om m and (N O RA D ) w it h consolidated head q uart er s at Peter son A FB , C olo . A f ter gr aduat ion f r om t he A cadem y , he at t ended pilot t r ai ning and w as assigned t o t he 13t h A er om edical T r anspor t Squadr on at T r avi s A F B , C ali f ., as a C - 13 1 ai rcr af t com m ander and inst ruct or pilot . I n 1965 Gener al V an I nw egen j oi ned t he 309t h A i r Com m ando Squadr on , T an Son N hut A B , Republ ic o f V iet nam , w here he ser v ed a s a i r c r a f t co m m a n d er a n d i n st r u ct o r

pil ot on t he C - 123. H e w as assigned to T ravi s A FB i n 1966 as a C - 14 1 instr uct or pi lot f or t he 86t h M ilit ar y A i r li f t Sq uad r on . I n 1967 he w as assigned t o H eadquar ter s, M i lit ar y A ir li f t C om mand . A f t er complet ing his m ast er ’ s degr ee in busi ness admi ni st r at ion f r om San D iego St ate U niver sity in 1972, he w as assigned t o t he Space and M issile Syst em s O rganizat ion , A d vanced Ball ist ic Reent r y System s, N or t on A F B and L os A ngeles A FS, C ali f , unt i l Januar y 1974 . A f t er graduat ion f r om t he A r med Forces St af f C ollege in 1974, he w as assigned as chief . A dvanced Requi rem ent s B ranch , in t he O f f ice o f Plans and Pr ograms, H eadquar t er s A er o space D ef ense C om m and , E nt A F B , C olo . U pon com plet i on o f t he A ir W ar C ollege in 1979, he became chief o f t he Space Oper at ions D ivi sion , O f f ice o f t he D eput y C hief o f Staf f f or O perat i ons, Plans, and Readi ness, H ead quar t er s, U .S. A ir For ce, W ashi ngt on D .C . I n 198 1 he was assigned as deput y di rect or of t he new ly-or ganized D ir ect or ate o f Space i n t he sam e deputate.

an instructor pilot at Craig A FB, A la., serving t h er e l a t er a s a n a ca d em i c i n st r u ct o r .

H e w as selected in 1965 f or st udy i n France

Brig. Gen. Stuart R . Boyd Br ig . Gen . St uart R . Boyd , ’ 6 1, is t he com m ander of t he I nter nat ional L ogist ics C ent er (A F L C ) , W r ight-Pat ter son A F B , O hio . H e w as f or m er ly syst em s pr ogr am m anager f or t he F- 16, H i ll A F B , U t ah . H e gr aduated f r om t he A cademy w it h a r at i ng as a navigat or . A f ter pil ot t r ai ning he w as assigned as an inst ruct or pilot at C r aig A FB , A la. , in 1962. I n 1966 he w as updated in t he F-4 and as signed t o U bon A B , T hai land , w here he fl ew 107 com bat m issions, 100 o f t hem over N or t h V iet nam . A f ter his t our he w as assigned as an F -4 inst r uct or pilot at H omestead A FB , Fla. I n 19 6 9 h e w a s sel ect ed t o a t t en d A i r St a f f

Pi lot School at Edw ar ds A FB , C ali f . , w her e he gr aduat ed f ir st in his class. Fr om t here he ser ved at t he Flight T est Br anch at Edw ar ds A F B w her e he was involved in t he f l ight t est o f t he F- 111, F- 104 , and t he Fl ight T est Pr ogr am w i t h N A SA . G ener al Boyd also com plet ed his m aster ’ s degree in business adm inist r at ion . Fol low ing com plet ion o f A i r For ce C om mand and Staf f C ol lege he r et ur ned t o t he F-4 and w as assigned t o C lar k A B , Phili ppi nes, w her e he ser ved as oper at ions o f f icer f or t he 90t h T act ical Fight er Squadr on . General Boyd w as t hen assigned t o t he Pent agon w her e he ser ved as t he F- 16 pr ogr am manager on t he A ir St a f f .

A f t er completi ng t he I ndust r ial C ol lege at t he N at ional D ef ense U niver sity in 1980, he w as assigned as di r ect or o f pr oj ect s in t he F- 16 Pr ogr am O f f ice at W r ight -Patt er son A F B , O hio . I n t hi s capacit y he m anaged t he F- 16 C / D development program s as w ell as t he devel opm ent o f t he F - 16X L .

a s a n O l m st ed Sc h o l a r a n d ea r n ed h i s m a st er ’ s

degree in international af fairs at the University o f Par i s in 1967. Fol low i ng com bat crew t r ain

ing school he was assigned in M arch 1968 as an F-4 pilot at Cam Ranh Bay, Republic of Viet n a m .

H e t h en ser v ed i n V i et n a m a s a i d e t o t h e co m m a n d er o f 7 t h A i r F o r c e i n 19 6 8 a n d 19 6 9

and then returned to the A cademy where he served as an instructor in the Department of Pol it ical Science and as an execut ive o f f icer

and air of ficer commanding in the Academy’s Department of M ilitary Training. In July 1971, General Butler was assigned as

special assist ant to t he dir ect or . O f f ice o f E mergency P repar edness, Execut ive O f f ice o f t he P resident , W ashi ngt on , D .C . H e r et ur ned

to the Academy in 1972 as an assistant pro fessor in the Political Science Department and that October was assigned as chief pilot for the 53r d M ilit ar y A i r li f t Squad r on , N or t on A F B , C ali f .

A f ter gr aduat ion f r om t he A r med For ces

Staf f College in 1974 he was assigned as action of ficer. Directorate of Plans, Strategic A rms Limitation Talks (SA LT) at the Pentagon and then served as executive of ficer for the special assistant for Strategic I nitiatives, Deputy Chief o f St af f Plans and O per at ions.

G en er a l B u t l er ser v ed i n v a r i o u s o t h er P en

tagon assignments and then completed B-52 combat crew training. In 1977 he was assigned to the 416th Bombardment Wing, Grif fiss A F B , N .Y . , f ir st as assistant deputy com

mander for Operations and later as the wing’s deputy commander for Operations. I n June 1979 he was reassigned to the Pentagon, this time to head a small policy analysis group serv i ng t he A ir Force C hief o f St af f .

H e became t he 320t h Bom bar dment W ing

v i ce co m m a n d er i n M a r c h 19 8 1 a n d w a s n a m ed

to t he w i ng com mander posit ion in M arch 19 82 .

Gener al But ler is a com m and pi lot w it h 3,000 hour s o f f lyi ng t im e. H e holds navigato r and par achut ist rat ings. H is decor at ions i n clude t he L egion o f M er i t w it h one oak leaf c l u st er . D i st i n g u i sh ed F l y i n g C r o ss, M er it or ious Service M edal w it h tw o cl ust er s. Bronze St ar , A ir M edal w it h t w o cluster s, and t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m en d a t i o n M ed a l .

D i st inguished Flyi ng C r oss w it h f our clust er s. Br onze Star , A ir M edal w it h 29 clusters. A i r Force C o mm endat ion M edal w it h tw o cluster s, and t he A r my C om mendat ion M edal , am ong ot her s. H e has a mast er ’s degree f r om t he U niver sit y o f So ut her n C al i f or nia and is a

have t hree chi ld ren : M elani e, K aleen , and K er r y .

graduate of the Stanford Executive Senior

M anagement P r ogram . G eneral C am pbell is mar r ied t o t he f or mer Bar bar a Pat to n o f C olor ado Spr i ngs, C ol o . T he couple has t hr ee children : Elaine, Julie, a n d St ev e .

H e is mar r ied t o t he f or m er D or ene N unley o f San A nt onio , T exas. T hei r chi ldren are Bret t

a n d L i sa .

B rig. Gen. D ale C . T abor Brig. Gen. Dale C. Tabor, ’61, is inspector general , U .S. A ir Forces in Europe, Ramstein A B , W est Ger many . G ener al T abor t oo k un

dergraduate pilot training at Webb A FB, T exas, and F- l OO t rai ni ng at L uk e A F B , A r iz., a n d t h en f l ew F - l OOs w i t h t h e 4 8 t h T a c t i c a l

Fighter Wing at RA F Lakenheath, England, u n t i l 19 6 7 .

B rig. Gen. Richard D . Smith Brig. Gen. H arold N . Campbell Br ig. Gen . H ar old N . Cam pbell , ’6 1, is

deputy director . International Programs, depu

t y chief o f staf f f or Pr ogr am s and Reso urces, H eadq uar ter s, U .S. A ir For ce. A f t er gr adua tio n f r om t he A cademy , General C am pbell at tended undergr aduat e pilot t rai ni ng at Reese A F B , T exas, w her e he remai ned as an inst ruc t or i n t he T -33, T -37 and T -38 ai rcr af t . I n 1966 he w as assigned t o L u ke A FB , A riz. , as an F- l OO pilot , f ollowed by a year as a f o r war d air cont r ol ler in t he Republic o f V iet nam w h er e h e f l ew t h e 0 - 1 a n d 0 - 2 a i r c r a f t o n 300

com bat mi ssions, 100 o f t hem over N or t h V iet nam . H is next assignment was as an air o f f icer com manding at t he A cademy . D ut y as an ex change o f f icer at t he U .S. M i lit ary A cadem y f ollowed i n 1969 and i n 1970, Gener al C am p bell w as assigned t o t he 388t h T act ical Fighter W ing at K orat Royal T hai A FB , T hailand , w h er e h e f l ew a n a d d i t i o n a l 150 co m b a t m i s si o n s i n t h e F -4 E .

H i s next assignm ent af t er T hai land w as as deput y chief o f st af f f or P rogram s and Resources, H eadquar ter s, U .S. A i r For ce, as a t act ical f orces pr ogram s o f f icer . Fol low i ng gr aduat ion f r om t he A i r W ar C ollege i n 1975, G eneral C am pbel l w as assigned to t he 50t h T act ical Fight er W i ng at H ahn A B , Ger many , as deputy com m ander f or m ai ntenance. I n 1976 he t ransf er red to t he 36t h T act ical Fighter W ing at Bit burg A B , Ger m any , w her e he w as deput y com m ander f or oper at ions, vice com m ander , and com m ander , f l yi ng t he F-4 and F - 15 a i r cr a f t .

H e w as t hen assigned t o t he Pent agon in 198 1 as assistant dir ect or o f Pr ogr am s f or B ases an d U n i t s, D C S/ P r o gr am s an d Resour ces, and i n 1982 became deputy di rect or o f Programs f or For ces. H e assumed his pr es ent dut ies last Jul y . Gener al C am pbell is a com mand pi lot w it h m ore t han 4,500 f l yi ng hour s and holds t he A r m y par achut ist r at i ng. H e has ear ned t he Silver St ar , L egi on o f M er it wi t h one oak leaf clust er .

Brig. Gen. Richard D. Smith, ’61, is deputy

chief o f st af f f or C o nt r act i ng and M anu f act ur

ing, Headquarters A ir Force Logistics Com

mand , W r ight-Pat ter son A FB , O hio . Fo llow ing gr aduat io n f r om t he A cadem y , G ener al Sm it h w as assigned as a pr ocurement o f f icer w it h A i r For ce System C om m and ’ s Bal list ics Syst em s D ivision and t hen served in a nu mber o f po sit ions w it h t he D ef ense C on

tracting A dministration Services District , Pasadena, C ali f , f r om 1966 t o 197 1. I n 197 1 he w as assigned to t he D ir ecto rat e o f Pr ocurement Policy at A ir Force headquart ers. C ont inuing his Pent agon assignm ent . Gener al Sm i t h ser v ed a s ex ec u t i v e o f f i c er t o t h e A i r

Fo rce’ s assi stant deput y chief o f st af f f or System s and L ogist ics f r om 1974 t hr ough 1975.

Gener al T abor t hen com pleted t he T act ical

Fighter Weapons School at Nellis A FB, Nev., and was assigned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Phan Rang A B, Republic of Vietnam, w h er e h e f l ew

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A fter earning a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the University o f C al i f or nia at L os A ngeles i n 1970, Gener al

Tabor served as an operations staf f of ficer for the Directorate of Requirements at Tactical A ir

C om m and headquart er s, L angley A F B , V a ., u n t i l 19 72 w h en h e en t er ed A i r C o m m a n d a n d

St af f C ollege. H e t hen t r ansf er red t o George A FB , C al i f ., w here he t r ansit ioned t o t he F-4 , ser ving as an i nst r ucto r pilot and assist ant oper at ions o f f icer f o r t he 434t h T act ical Fight er Squad ron . I n 1974 he w as one o f f our pi lot s chosen t o par

H e w a s n a m ed co m m a n d er o f D et a c h m en t

ticipate in the A- l O/ A -7 evaluation fly-of f and

19, A i r For ce C o nt r act M aint enance C enter (A FC M C) , Get af e, Spai n , i n 1976 w here he m anaged cont r act depot maintenance f or t he A i r Force’s E uropean f l eet o f F-4 aircr af t . H e w ent t o K i m hae, K or ea, i n 1979, ser vi ng as

operations for the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing,

co m m a n d er o f t h e A F C M C ’ s D et a c h m en t 2 8 .

General Sm i t h w as t hen reassigned to t he San A nt onio A i r L ogist ics C ent er in 1980 . H e ser ved as chief o f t he Resour ces M anagem ent D ivision i n t he D ir ect o rate o f M ai nt enance, and lat er , as chief o f t he Pr opulsio n M anage m en t D i v i si o n i n t h e D i r ec t o r a t e o f M a t er i el

M anagement . I n D ecem ber 1982 he became di rect or o f M ater iel M anagem ent . H e assumed hi s cur rent posit ion in Sept em ber 1983. Gener al Sm it h holds t he aer o naut ical r at i ng o f navigat or . H is m i lit ary decor at i ons i ncl ude t h e 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

leaf cluster , t he Joi nt Ser vice C om mendat i on M edal , and t he A i r Force C om m endat ion M ed a l .

T he gener al ho lds a master ’ s degr ee in in dust r ial engi neer ing f r om T exas T ech U niver si t y and a doct orate i n busi ness adm inist rat ion f r om t he U niver sit y o f O k lahom a. H e is a 1976 gr aduate of t he I ndust r ial C ol lege o f t he A r m ed F o r c es . G en er a l Sm i t h

i s m a r r i ed

t hen ret ur ned t o Geor ge A FB . I n 1975 he w as assigned t o t he A - 10 I ni t ial O per at ional T est and E val uat i on T eam at E dw ards A FB , C ali f . H e t hen ser ved as deputy com mander f or D avis-M ont han A FB , A ri z. , and as com m an d er o f t he 333r d T act ical F i ght er Sq uadr on . I n 1979 he ent er ed t he N at ional W ar C ol lege and w as assigned to U .S. A ir Force headq uar t er s as division chief . T act ical Fight er

Requirements Division in the Directorate of

Resear ch , D evelopment and A cq uisit io n . Gener al T abor w as t hen assigned t o the 8 1st T act ical Fight er W ing , RA F Bent w at er s, E ngland , in 1982 and assum ed com m and o f t he w ing in A ugust o f t hat year . H e w as assigned t o hi s pr esent dut ies t his past M ar ch . General T abor is a com m and pi lot w it h m or e t han 3,600 f l ying hour s. H is m il itar y decora t i ons i nclude t he D i st ingui shed Flyi ng C r oss, t he Br onze St ar , t he M er it or ious Ser vice M edal w it h t hree oak leaf cluster s, t he A i r M edal wit h 10 cluster s, and t he A i r For ce C om mendat io n M ed a l .

Gener al T abor is m ar r ied t o t he f or m er K ay Y or k o f C lyde, T exas. T hey have t w o childr en , R u ssel l a n d J i l l .

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5 9 D ed i c a t es F o u n d er s ’ M em o r i al T he f irst U .S. A i r Force A cademy 25t h Reunion celebrat ion was a resounding success as mem bers of t he Class of 19 59 an d t heir f amilies j oined wit h members of t he early A cademy st a f f f o r a week end of bot h ser ious and social act ivit y . A t t endees began gat her ing T hursday evening, June 22, at t h ei r hotel f or regist rat ion and a light evening of social act ivit y around t he pool . O n Friday morning, t he group t raveled t o L owry A ir Force Base f or a poolside brunch prior t o a ceremony dedicat ing t he A ir Force A cadem y Room at t he L owry H erit age M useum . T he museum is housed in building 880 which was the “ c o m mandant ’s shop ” when t he A cademy f irst opened at L ow ry . T h e f ir st f our classes donated a plaque and a collage made up of phot ographs o f t he early days at L owry . T he Class o f 19 59 al so donat ed a plaque w it h their class crest and an inscript ion saying: “ Our First H ome.” L arge f ramed phot os of t he f ir st f o u r cl asses were also present ed court esy of M ile H igh Phot o Com pany o f D en v er .

A f ter t he dedicat ion at L owry , at tendees ret urned t o t h e A cademy and were host ed at a recept ion by A cademy Superinten dent L t . Gen . W inf ield Scott . A f t er the recept ion , t he early A cademy st af f j oined t he ot hers f or a “ memorabilia night , which included cock tails and dinner at t he A cademy ’ s O f f i cer s’ Club . Brig. Gen . Benj amin B . Cassiday , Jr . (U SA F , Ret) , w h o was t he deput y commandant during the ear ly year s, highlight ed t he evening as speaker .

Som e of t he at tendees played golf Sat urday af t er noon , b u t t h e t o u r n am en t w as r ai n ed / h a i l ed o u t . A co ck t ai l / d i n n er d an ce at t h e B r o ad m o o r H o t el w a s t h e f eat ure f or Sat urday night . Gen . Jerome F . O ’ M alley , c o m m ander in chief o f Paci f ic A ir Forces, spoke on t he early days o f t he A cademy . General O ’ M alley was an air t raining of f icer f o r t h e early classes. T he A cademy ’s “ Falconnaires” supplied t h e m u si c f or dancing. O n Sunday mor ning, chapel services were conduct ed by Chaplain John Bennet t , who was t he f irst Prot est ant chaplain assigned t o t he A cademy , and Col . Chaplain Robert Br ow ning, ’ 59. Col . Jim mie Jay (U SA F , Ret) sang during t he worship s e r vices. A f ter t he service, att endees had brunch at M itchell H a l l . T he Class of 1959 sincerely t hank s t he st af f s of t he A cademy , L ow ry A ir Force Base, and t he A ssociat ion o f G raduat es f o r t h ei r wor k on behal f o f t he reunion . Plans are already underway f o r anot her f ut ure gat hering at t he A cademy ’ s “ new ” sit e. \ i

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f ilm , “ Pilgrimage,” was shown . T he f ilm depict s scenes of f light and t he A cademy in a dual media present at ion . A f t er t he f ilm , at t endees went t o t he ballroom to view A cademy memorabilia, a f t er which t he A cademy ’ s “ M oods in Blue” present ed a ’ 50s m u si cal t r ibu te.

Sat urday m orning f eat ured A cademy brief ings and t ours culminat ing wit h t he dedicat ion of t he class Founders’ Recogni t ion gi f t . T he memorial , locat ed j ust east of H armon H all , is a bronze sculpt ure bust of General H ar mon, t he A cademy ’s f i r st superint endent . T he bust was donated t o t he A cademy and pur

ch ased f r o m co n t r i b u t i o n s f r o m m em b er s o f t h e C l ass o f 1959 . D uring t he cerem ony it w as point ed out t hat while t he b u st i s o f

General H armon , it honors all of t he f ounders of t he A cademy . M aj . G en . H arold “ Pet e” T odd , ’ 59, spoke at t he dedicat ion .

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M aj . Gen. B ob Beck el, ’59. p r esents the dedicati on p laq ue to M aj . Gen. Wil l iam R . Usher, comm ander. L o wry Technical Tr aining Center . A gif t of the classes of 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962, the p laq ue will gr ace the “ USA F A cademy R oom ” in the L o wry H er i tage M useum — t h e o l d “ Com m Shop . ” 18

Eight y-seven member s of the Class of 1959 and some 150 o f t h e early A cademy st af f at t ended the f ir st 25-year reunion a t t h e A cademy during t he week end of July 22. T he f ocus of t he gat hering was t he dedicat ion of t he F o u n d er s’ Recognit ion M emorial . W it h so many of t he early staf f , w e remembered how quick ly and ef f icient ly t he inst it ut ion ach i ev ed t ot al excellence in every aspect of cadet training a n d e d u c a t i o n . I t seems now t hat by t he day of General H ar mon ’s ret irement parade, t he academy w as mat ure. Only af ter we, ourselves, h ad t ried t o mak e t hings happen , can we really appreciat e t h e magnit ude of t hat accomplishment . D uring the week end , generals O ’M alley , Cassiday , T odd and Bur shnick , eloquently r em i n d ed us of t hose f ormat ive days. W hat we really came back f or was sim ply t o be t oget her . I t w a s superb — t oo many classmat es and staf f t o visit wit h ev e r y o n e . M aybe next t im e. A nd t here will be a next t im e!

Starrett-look-alike physique that the slimmest and t r i m m est co n

t est had t o be cancelled . Greg Boyingt on remar k ed about h o w cert ain members have “ m ellowed ; ” t hose weren ’t put i n r an k

order . Dave Phillips was voted “ M ost Improved Cadet .”

T here were f ewer children present t han in previous y e a r s ; a g e

range was from two to 23 years. Most were recognizable w i t h o u t name tags. Fortunately for her , Larry Jolly’s daughter co u l d n o t have been picked out by aid of only a 25-year memory. M - l ’ s h a s m o r e h ai r an d f ew er t eet h t h an h i s l o o k - al i k e . A n d so i t w en t . Y o u ’ d a h ad t o ’ a b een t h er e t o u n d er st an d ! A t a n uncharacteristically-raucus class meeting, Joe Desantis r ai l r o ad ed

through (67-2 vote) a proposal about our next reunion. Since m y point of view seemed not to have gained a maj ority, I d o n ’ t f eel compelled to report the exact wording (if , indeed it co u l d h av e been underst ood) , but it was somet hing t o t he ef f ect t h a t t h e n e x t

gathering may possibly be held in conj unction with H omecoming F r om lef t, M aj . Gen. Todd, B r ig. Gen. B urshnick, and M rs. E ula H of f (Gen. H ar m on ’s daugh ter) view the C lass of ’59 ’s F ounders R ecogn i tion G if t. T h e “ r u sh f r o m t h e R o c k i es”

at t i t u d e h as b een r ev er sed ,

several remar k ed about how beaut i f ul t he place is — somehow , 25 years ago we weren’t able t o f ully appreciate t he sight . Bongie was t he oldest living grad . Pet e “ L azarus” T odd t r a v eled f art hest (having nosed out Jim Rhodes by mere yards) , and “ Sk i ” Z alesk i , t he youngest (dressed in his new $57 m ad r as sh i r t . . . I f you haven ’t seen a m adras shirt , you should h av e b een here.) , int roduced his new br ide, Pat . So many of us h ad t h e Sam

week end . A lso , t here was considerable int erest in a cruise-ship fling in ’88 with the Classes of ’60, ’61, and ’62. Speci f ic pr o posals will f ollow .

Finally, in response to universal concern for improving o u r class organization, we elected class of ficers. A fter 25 years o f muddling through, things are gonna shape up. President J o e D esant is was narrowly elect ed w it hout a dissent ing v o t e. J i m Brow n , heret o f ore having done not hing f or t he class — V .P . C r o

M agnon Man will continue to handle our meager funds ’ t i l l h e gets it straight . A nd the best-looking grad was chosen secr et ar y over a f ield of f ierce cont ender s. W e’ re all under st andably proud — t he wor k ’ s not t oo hard , and t he pay ’ s gener ous. R u l es f o r i m

peachment of of ficers have not yet been promulgated.

A t t en d ees F r o m t h e C l a ss o f 19 5 9 B o b B lak e

Bo b D w yer Jerr y Elsber nd Bo b Fay

L ei gh H u nt , Jr Bo b H u r ley Jim mie Jay

C h u c k F er r a r i

Greg “ Pappy” Boyington, Jr

J i m F l et c h er

D a v e A n d er so n T 1 A n d er so n B o b B ec k el

Ji m Brow n , 111 Bo b B ro w ni ng

L ar ry Fo rt ner A 1 G agliard i

M a r v B u ss

St ev e G a l i o s

“ H an k ” Cant er bu ry Ji m Car penter

Jo n G allo

Ji m C hapman

D ic k C a r r

T o ny Seizys

J o h n M a n t ei B ill M c L ain

J o n S h a f er

C h a r l i e M ei er

B o b Si t em a n

Wayne Jef ferson, Jr

C V M i l l er

K en Sm it h

Bo b Jenn ings

M ax M i l l er

P h i l S m o t h er m o n

H T J o h n so n

J o h n M i l t n er

B r o c k St r o m

L ar ry Jo lly Ed Jo sep hso n C o nr ad K ay

Jay M i tchel l

B i l l T el f o r d

P a t M u sm a k er

L ar ry T ho m so n

B o b O ak s

P et e T o d d

Jer ry G arber , Jr Jer ry G arvey

Lou Kingsland

R L P en n

B ill G illis

Ro b in K o zel ka L o ri n K rueger , I I

D ave Ph il l ips

G e n e V o si k a

J i m O ’ N ei l

D ick T racey D ick T rail

D o n C h a se

D av e G r o ar k

E d L a n k en a u

M el P o l l a r d

A 1 W a t er s

G eo rge C lar k

D i c k H i l b er t

R o n L an m an

M i k e R ea r d o n

J i m W est

C u rt C o o k

T o m H o use, Jr

D o n L ivi ngst o n

Jim Rhod es, Jr

B o b W i ll iam s

E d R o sa n e

Fred W yn n

E m i l C w ach

Joe D eSant is

J o h n H o u st o n

C l a r k L o v r i en

J a c k H u n d em er

Bob L owe

C raig Schau m

C h a r l i e Z a l esk i

Form er St af f A tt ending t h e R eu n i o n T o ny Bu rshnick L ar r y Cam p bel l Jo h n C arley

D i c k F ix o t t

A r t h u r J o n es

T o m M oo rm an

E v er et t St ev en so n

K en Flem i ng

J a c k B a k er

Jo h n G alt

B o b B a k k en

Ben C assi day

G eo rge G arey

D avid M u llaney T o m N ash , Jr V ir gi l O ’ C o n no r

J i m Si m o n s

B o b C ar lo n e

T o m K eesli ng Ru t h ( Ricks) K en ned y Rick K ing K ar l K i t t

B ea O l i v er

B o b L am b

Jerr y O ’ M al ley

H enr i T apie C hu ck T aylo r

T o m P ea r sa l l

S t a n c i l T o w n se n d

Paul V egna W arr en T ho m pso n

Scot t A lb right Ro y A nder so n L lo yd A ndes

A r t B a n i st er

L o u i s C h u r c h v i l le

K en B a r b er

B ill C lar k

B ill F u ch s

J esse G a t l i n

Eddy (Wheeler) Gibson

D o n B a r r et t

R o si e C l er

Jo h n B arr ick lo w

C h a r l es C o l e

J i m G laza

Bi ll C o p p

B i l l G l o v er

R O Bart o n , Jr K im b ro ugh Basset t W al ter (Buz) Bax ter C hap lai n Jo hn Ben net t K ent Berge B i ll B lac k

A r t B o u d r ea u J im B o w m an

N o rm an L u cia

Jo hn Pedj o e D ick P f rang

Jo h n L u d lo w

F r ed P o r t er

J B T o w n sen d

T o m C raw f o rd , Jr Jim C r ossey Jean D aughert y W alt er D o w n ing E vely n E hlers

A l l en H a l l

J i m M a r sh

R T R a m sa u r

M rs M ac

Ben o ni Reyno l d s 1 racy Ro bert s

H en ry W arr en V an V an I nwegen

T o m E l l er

L ew i s B r o w n e

V i c F er r a r i

N ancy Bu r ns

R u ssel l T h o b u r n

J i m G r a v et t e

C h u ck E m m o n s

E l f ie B u r n h am

E dgar L and ers W alter L o ng

K en T a l l m a n

C lau d e C o w art

Roger Bo yd J W Br ad bu ry D o n B r a d en

H er m a n G i l st er

B o b P ea k e

B o b St r ai n

B o b E n n is

G eo rge Fagan M i ke Fat iu k , Jr W an d a F ill

T o m H anley , I I I Ji m H ar gr ove Bil l H at ley H ar riso n H eiberg , Jr Jean H em p st ead A r t h u r H o lderness, Jr Joe H o ll ingsw o rt h Jesse H uggi ns G eo rge James, Jr A 1 J o h n so n

Roy Jol ly

M at t L o u f ek

B en M ar t in

Jo h n M ay

R o b er t W ea v er

B ill R o ch e

J a c k W eb b

N a o m i M c C r a c k en

G eo rgia Roen f eld t

B i ll M cG lo t h i n

E rv Ro k k e

M i k e M cN am ar a

Rand y W eek ley Scot t y W et zel

Jo h n R u t h

B o b W h i t a k er

C W M ea c h a m

B o b Sa d l er

E l m er W i eb e

A ndy M elvi l le

P h i l Sa f f o r d

A l f red M i ller , Jr S R M o ly neaux

N ed Sa n d er s

F r a n k M er r i t t

W i ll iam Sagm oen

Jo h n W i ll iam s, Jr A l a n W i l so n A r t h u r W i t t er s

E l d o n St ev en s

C o m m a n d a n t a i r s h is v i e w s :

N ew Pr ograms Enhance Cadet Experience By Brig. Gen. A nthony J . Burshnick , ’60 C o m m a n d a n t o f C a d et s

W e have also made leadership improvement s during the sch o o l year . W e held t he f ir st Cadet Com manders’ L eadership E n r i ch ment Sem inar last February t o help newly-select ed cadet c o m mander s more ef f ect ively accom plish t heir squadr on , g r o u p o r w ing m issions. O ne of t he highlight s of t he sem inar i n v o l v ed cad et squadr on com manders analyzing t heir squadrons t hrough t h e u se o f quest ionnaires previously com plet ed by t he ent ire Cadet W ing. T he quest ionnair es measured cadet at t it udes and percept ions t oward t he organizat ional climate wit hin t heir squadron . T h e commandant ’ s Prof essional M ilit ary T raining st af f and A O C s wor k ed closely t oget her f or mont hs t o design , coordinat e a n d co n d u ct t h e ev en t . T h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es’ H ed r i c k E n

Brig. Gen. Burshnick T here has been litt le, i f any , change over t he past 29 years t o t he commandant ’s prim ary m ission : “ T he preparation of young m e n

an d w o m en t o b eco m e t h e f u t u r e l ead er s o f t h e A i r F o r ce .

A chieving t his obj ect ive requires f lexibilit y in an ever-changing t echnological environment . T o creat e t his environment , w e h a v e t ak en several init iat ives designed t o improve mi ssion accom plish ment and t he qualit y of cadet li f e. Basic Cadet T raining (BCT ) prepares t he cadet candidate f o r m ilit ary li f e and revives “ f ond ” memories f or A cademy graduates. O f course, “ it was much t ou gher when I went t hr ough ” according t o upperclass cadet s and grads. A lt hough basically t he same, t here have been several changes i n o u r B C T p r o gram .

B C T i s sh o r t er — f i v e w eek s i n st ead o f six as m o st r em em b er .

A s o f 1983, cadet candidat es ar rive af t er t he 4t h of July . T his short ened program has not decreased t raining, but rat her , m ad e i t m ore ef f icient . T he “ split valley ” is an example. Only o n e- h al f o f t he basic cadet populat ion is in t he valley at one t ime. T hey con cent rat e on t raining t hat must be accomplished in t he valley , while t he ot her hal f per f orm s t raining in t he cadet area. T h i s h as r ed u c ed valley time by 17 percent . W e have increased emphasis on BCT f lying experiences. B asi c cadet s receive orient ation rides in bot h t he T -4 1 f lying t raining aircraf t and T -43 navigat ion t raining aircraf t . I n addit ion , we give t hem a m otivat ional helicopt er ride, com pliment s of A er ospace Rescue and Recovery Service. T hese f light s provide a b r e a t h e r f rom t he BCT grind , and in some cases help keep basics i n t h e

dowment Fund provided t he f inancial back ing w hich allowed u s t o hold t he event o f f t he A cademy and away f rom t he cad et s’ d ai ly concerns. A ir manship remains one o f t he m ost posit ive mot ivat ional e x periences of f ered t o cadet s. M y responsibility f or f lying opera t ions increased signi f icant ly on 1 Oct ober 1982 when t h e 557t h Flying T raining Squadron t ransf erred t o t he A cademy f r o m A i r T rai ning Comm and . T he t ransf er af f ect ed neit her t he mission , nor t he inst ruct ional qualit y o f t he unit . A s a plus, t he f lying pro grams are now more responsive t o t he needs of t he A cademy . T h e unit consist ent ly exceeds it s f lying requirement s, pr oviding quality t raining f or cadet s. Soaring has also experienced changes. T his sum mer , t he newlyf orm ed 94t h A irmanship T raining Squadr on w ill init iate t h e f i n al phase of it s expansion . A s a result , all t hir d class cad et s w i l l h av e t he opport unit y t o solo in a glider . T his “ Soar-For-A ll ” p r o g r a m involves expanding t he num ber of solo-quali f ied cadet s f r o m 300 t o 1,200 a year . T his was made possible by our new int egrated m ot orglider / sailplane f leet , which does not require a t ow plane. T hese aircraf t can t axi , tak e o f f and clim b t o soaring a l t i t u d e under t heir ow n power , and f ly m ult iple approaches at t h e l an d ing sit e. W it h t his f oundat ion , cadet s are ready t o t r an si t i o n t o sailplanes and can solo in f ewer sort ies. T o accomm odate t h i s ex pansion , we increased t he assigned soaring staf f by over 100 per cent and t he number of aircraf t by 40 percent since 19 7 8 . A long wit h mot ivat ing cadet s, pr oviding quality f ood ser v i ce i s an increasing challenge. T he cadet dining f acilit y , M it chell H all , was const ruct ed t o accomm odate 2,400 hungry cadet s. I n 1968, w hen t he cadet populat ion almost doubled t o it s current si ze o f 4,400, problems developed . W hat has emerged is a f acility t h at i s not short on eat ing space, but su f f er s f r om lack of f ood st orage

p r o g r am .

Recognition f or a j ob well done provides f urt her m ot ivat ion . A t t he end of BCT , we place t he t op 10 percent on t he c o m m a n dant ’ s list f or t heir out st anding per f ormance. BCT changes also af f ect upperclass cadet s. A later st art ing dat e means t he upperclass cadre can now ret ur n f rom leave, o r an o t h er summer program , and st ill have t hree t o f ive days t o prepare f or t he incoming class. T his provides an opport unit y f or leadership preparat ion t im e, or “ cadre prep ” t hat was not available i n t h e past . Cadre prep includes ref resher courses on t opics su ch as f i r st aid , drill , room inspect ion and per sonal appearance st an d ar d s. W e also st ress counseling, nut rit ion , saf ety and document at ion . O ur overall aim is t o prepare t he cadr e t o mot ivat e t h ei r su b o r dinat es on a long-term basis wit h pride. 20

Cr o wded f ood p r ep ar ati on r oom in M i tchel l H al l.

capacity, inadequate food production flow, lack of space f or

special feeding and outdated kitchen equipment . A great a m o u n t of time, ef fort and thought has gone into developing a f u n ct i o n al solution to these problems. The current concept is t o b u i l d an ad dition to the south side, j ust west of the A erospace L ab . T h i s w i l l allow us to relocate many of the dining hall functions, an d co m bined with our renovat ion of t he interior , will creat e a m o r e ef f i cient , st ream lined operat ion .

The M itchell Hall expansion will also help us allocate m u ch needed space in the crowded dormitories. We plan to m o v e i ssu e and storage of cadet clothing to the M itchell Hall ad d i t i o n w h i ch will make available a considerable am ount of storage space f or t he cadet s. T he dor mit ories are also undergoing a much n eed ed

face-lift under the General Upgrade in Dormitory Environment Program (GUIDE). Upgrade of Vandenberg Hall is scheduled f o r completion this summer . GUI DE improvements include car p et and new furniture in each room. Design work for GUI DE in Sij an Hall is underway, and in A pril, work began on the Sij an H a l l M ilitary Construction Program. This proj ect will relocate t h e chaplain of fices from the west end of Vandenberg Hall , w h e r e they occupy 22 cadet rooms on the third floor, to new o f f i ces t o

be const ruct ed at t errazzo level on t he west end of Sij an H all . W e

will also convert 11 storage areas in Sij an to 32 cadet r o o m s. T h e end result will be an addit ional 54 cadet rooms which w i l l r ed u ce t he number of t hree-per son room s.

Cadet recreational opportunities continue to be high o n m y priority list . New entertainment ideas in A rnold Hall h av e i n

creased t he amount and variety of per f ormances f or cad et s. O n e series, “ Cat ch a Rising St ar ,” brings a new act t o A r n o l d H a l l each mont h . T he series st arted last Oct ober wit h T he Brass Band , a musical comedy act . Future billings include Oliver, Jasmine,

A n example of rehabilitation of aging cadet rooms under P r oj ect G UI D E . and Greg Russell . W e also of f er st age plays, musicals and maj or concert s t o cadet s f ree of charge. Plays such as D ick en ’ s A Chr istmas C a r o l and Shakespeare’ s Twelf th N ight were of f ered by t he T h eat er V ariet y Series, and concert s included such f avorit es as T hree D og N ight and t he N it ty Grit ty D irt Band . I t should be evident t hat many changes and innovat ions h av e taken place in the Cadet Wing in the recent past , but it ’s only t he begi nning. W e will cont inue t o pursue new init iat ives t h at w i l l help us accomplish the mission more ef fectively and, m ost im por t ant ly , help us improve t he qualit y of cadet li f e.

TH E SE CRE T L I FE OF WA L D O F . D UM BSQ UA T By D on H all , ’76 Standing at attention, Waldo F. Dumbsquat stared at t h e st a r s and eagle painted on his lunch plate. He breathed a sigh of relief as the upperclassmen chatted idly among themselves. T h e knowledge formation before the meal always made him n e r v o u s .

L uck ily , t oday W aldo had only been ask ed t he names o f t h e

U SA F A B r ea k d a n ce T ea m .

U nf ort unat ely , t he T able Commandant decided now was t h e t ime t o play w it h t he doolies. “ M r . D um bsquat ! ” “ Y es, sir ! ”

“ Have you seen I ndiana Jones and the Chapel of L ove?”

t ire chapt er was devot ed t o :

T H E G U I D E T O ST A R W A R S C H A R A C T E R S

L uk e T ourwalk er— young Redeye K night . D ouble-Ew ok s— cut e teddy bear elect r ical engineers. C BPO— L uk e’ s robot f r iend . O riginally a M ech proj ect t h at

go^ out of hand. Should have been a concrete canoe.

U 2-M E2— Robot designed by t he Psych D epart ment .

Imperial Form Troopers—dreaded admin specialists.

D art h V ator— L uk e’s f at her . Seduced by t he dark side o f t h e P o r sch e . R eal n am e i s O t i s.

“ N o , sir .” W hy not ? “ N o excuse, sir ! ”

Toy Yoda—Used car salesman who trains L uke in the ways o f

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t h e P o r sch e .

“ G i v e m e a r easo n . ”

“ Sir , it is rat ed ‘R ’ .” “ A h , yes, D um bsquat , you must be recognized t o get in , chort led t he f irst ie. “ W ell , it ’s about June W eek weddings. T h e alt ar scene is supposed t o be t oo int ense f or f reshmen .” Everyone laughed — except t he doolies. 9 9

“ Tell you what ; tonight we’ll have a Star Wars trivia

c o n t est a t

dinner . I f you answer all t he quest ions correct ly , t h e f r esh m en may sit at rest f or t he ent ire meal .” K

sect ion . I t

W aldo wandered t hrough t he library “ k nowledge” was his only f ree period t his af t ernoon . H e could st udy f o r h i s chemist ry quiz or t ry to sit at rest t onight . N o co n t est .

Waldo found Jane’s Book of Blockbuster M ovies. He scanned the pages for science fiction information. To his delight , o n e e n

H obie-won-k anobe— int ergalact ic sailor . Princess L ohigh— f un date at rebel part ies. Pizza-t he-H ut — alien gangst er w ho sm uggles anchovies i n t o t h e Gast ronomic Star Syst em . «

♦

Waldo posted to his table for the evening meal . His w o r l d began to crumble as he realized the Table Commandant h a d changed. The squadron academic of ficer was now standing a t t h e h ead o f t h e t ab l e .

“ L et ’s see i f you gent lemen deserve t o sit at rest t his evening,” announced t he f ir st classman . “ W ho here scored 70 percent o r bet t er on t oday ’s chem quiz?” W al d o ’ s cl assm at es ex t en d ed t h ei r ar m s.

W al do gr oaned . 21

Why D o Service A cademy Graduates Resign? By Frederi ck V . M almst rom (U SA FA ’64), B oeing A erospace Company/ U niversity of Southern Cali f orni a an d

Ri chard M . Cof f man, U niversi ty of South Caroli na The percentage of service academy graduates who have v o l u n tarily resigned their commissions has risen dramatically o v er t h e past 40 years. I n t he 1920s and 30s a predict able 10 t o 20 percent

of each graduating class could be expected to turn i n t h ei r

uni f or ms bef ore ret irement and try t heir sk ills in t h e ci v i l i an

world. Even though we all know that fortune-telling is risky business, if the trends continue, we may expect that f igure t o rise and hold at around 50 percent of each graduating class. I n t e r m s of retention, the U.S. M ilitary A cademy (USMA) Class o f 1969 and the U .S. A ir Force A cademy (USA FA) Class of 1970 w e r e disasters. I n terms of those eligible to resign (excluding deceased , medically discharged and retired, foreign cadets, and i n v o l u n t ar i ly discharged) . Figure 1 shows t he U SA FA Class of 1970 l o st 52 .3

percent and the USMA Class of 1969 a whopping 60. 1 p er cen t t o the civilian sector . A nd, these percentages are, of course, st ill in

creasing slowly . Figure 2 shows t he actual numbers of those U SM A and U SA FA graduat es f rom t he classes of 1905 to 1975 who a) re

mained on board voluntarily f or a full career, b) spent at l east 20 years on active duty, or c) are still on active duty. (For conve nience, the classes 1905 through 1945 are shown only every f ive years; all of our general data are carefully gleaned f r o m t h e 1983 USA FA and USMA Register of Graduates.) From our figures, w e have even excluded many who have voluntarily resigned an d w er e later recalled to active duty and subsequently retired — C o l . “ Red” Blaik , USMA ’20, is a good example of our painstaking bean-counting. What can be seen in this figure are t wo (perhaps) unexplained j umps in the voluntary resignation rate. T h e U SM A Class of 1946 had the dubious distinction of breaking t he magic

30 percent barrier , and the U SM A Class of 1962 t he 40 percent distinction. USA FA regularly lags USMA of ficer resignations by

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Public Law 88-276 of 1964 which, in ef fect , doubled t h e sizes o f both the A ir Force and M ilitary A cademies, has as yet h ad n o such ef fect on doubling the numbers of career academy-educated of f icers. (T he law increased t he maximum number of cad et s at

USA FA from 2529 to 4417.) For better or worse, the p er cen t age of service academy graduate of ficer resignations has risen nearly man-f or-man (and soon to be person-for-person) to of fset t h i s i n creased input . Even though the graduating class sizes have t ripled from the USMA classes of the 1930s (or doubled from t h e USA FA classes of the mid-1960s) the academy of ficer r et en t i o n has risen, even with a generous estimate, only about 20 percent . Figure 1 shows the short-term trend holding at least t o t h e USA FA and USMA classes of 1973. A lthough the trend s e e m s t o have peaked, it is too soon to say whether the long-term c o r n e r has been turned on voluntary resignations, as the typical o f f i cer we interviewed resigned between the 6 to 11-year point . By 1981, the two academies had reached, as our economist colleagues a r e fond of saying, the point of diminishing returns; they were paying more and more for proportionately less and less. By anyone’s calculations, a service academy education i s n o t cheap. The present annual budget of the A ir Force A cademy r u n s about $140 million. I f you divide this by a graduating cl ass o f 930 cadets, that comes out to about $151,000 per cadet f or a f our-year education. By anybody’s calculations, that ’s anywhere f r o m f i v e t o 10 times t he cost of a similar educat ion at a stat e university . I n terms of cash alone, our calculations point to the f act t hat , in

terms of undergraduate education, an annual and very r eal i st i c resignation rate of 1,000 service academy-educated o f f i cer s

am ount s to a loss t o t he D epart ment of D ef ense of about $ 150

million per year which flows unintentionally into the ci v i l i an l a b o r pool . So, that ’s only spare change to the Defense Department ,

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you say? The academy education is only the start ; a quali f ied A ir Force pilot can absorb well over one million dollars in tr aining cost s alone bef ore he or she is combat -quali f ied .

The f indings we are about to present in this and subsequent a r

t icles were not easy t o come by , alt hough some of t he i n -ser v i ce

graduates and other government of ficials have told u s m at t er - o f factly, “ That ’s common knowledge.” I f that is so, we have yet to

f ind it in print . I t is because t his inf ormation was not publicly documented t hat we f ound it necessary t o go dig up o u r o w n d at a . A f ter several f alse st art s, we decided it would be m u ch easi er t o

sidestep the federal government and collect our own d at a f r o m i n terviewing graduates directly via the USA FA and USMA R egister of Graduates. During several stages of this five-year st udy , we did , however , receive some encouragement and cooperat ion f r o m t h e U SM A

O f f i ce o f I n st i t u t i o n al R esear ch a n d t h e U SA F A

A ssociat ion of Graduates, and f or t his support we are grat ef ul .

W hat Prompted t he st udy? Cert ainly , we t hought , no one ever had a great er love-hate r e l a t ionship wit h t he syst em t han we experienced . Our own personal experiences and subsequent search f or a new career pr om pted us to f ind out w het her ot her graduates and , indeed , all depart ing of f icers had gone through t he same t hought processes. L et t er s o f resignat ion are not t o be t rusted ; they are of ten pure em o t i o n o r pure malark y . T heref ore, it seems t o us t hat i f we co u l d i n t er v i ew f ormer of f icer s in ret rospect , perhaps f ive t o 10 years a f t e r resignat ion , we could get a more sober and reasoned approach t o t heir problems wit h a military career . Furt hermore, i f w e w e r e t o look at t he civilian careers of t hese f ormer of f icers, we might f ind o u t w h at “ at t r act ed ” t h em t o t h e o u t si d e .

T here are no short ages of stereot ypes of f or mer and r et i r ed o f f icers, everyt hing f rom unet hical used-car salesmen t o D addy W arbucks. T he A ir F orce Times is very f ond of hint ing t hey are st anding in line t o become commercial airline pilot s (more on t hat one later) . Or do t hey f lock t o aerospace and def ense indust ry ? I s it mere chance t hat some people who rose t o the t op o f t h ei r respect ive prof essions — people lik e Jimmy Carter , H . R o ss Perot , and Roger Staubach — were also U .S. N aval A cademy (U SN A ) graduates who resigned t heir com missions? T he answers t o t hese (and ot her excit ing) quest ions, a s w e w e r e to f ind out , could not be answered in 10 words or less; hence, we had t o break t he st udy int o t hree part s. First , we w an t ed t o k n o w why t hey lef t t he services early . I n subsequent art icles w e w i l l ex amine bot h where t hese graduat es went and tak e a look a t t h o se who remained in service. For a cont rol gr oup , we used R O T C an d OCS ex-of f icers; t here are many ot her f ormer and active-duty o f f icer groups we could have look ed at — ret irees, U SN A graduat es, and N at ional Guard of f icers — and as t ime an d f u n d s permit , we will cert ainly do so .

W hat were t he hy pot heses? H ere, we present a number o f hypot heses. T he f irst i s t h at i t w as a posit ive lure or at t ractant in civil li f e which ent iced t h ese o f f i cer s t o l eav e t h e ser v i ce. T h e al t er n at i v e t o t h e “ l u r e” hypot hesis is t he “ irrit ant ” or “ dislik e” hypot hesis. T hat is, t hese of f icer s resigned not because t hey f ound t he civilian world appealing, b u t b e c a u se t hey dislik ed condit ions inside t he services. I n regar d t o t he “ lure” hypot hesis, it is well-k now n t h a t c o m mercial airli nes rely heavily on input f rom f ormer milit ary pilot s. I n t he long run , airlines pay subst ant ially higher wages and have more att ractive f lying schedules and home bases f or sen i o r ai r c r ew s.

T hen t here is t he possibilit y of a “ good ol ’ boy ” or W P P A n e t work . A re in-service of f icers continually being of f ered j obs by t heir now-civilian colleagues? L ik ewise, t here are n u m er o u s o f f icer s, especially t hose in research and development , w h o m a i n tain daily cont act wit h f ormer of f icer s employed by aerospace and def ense industry . N eedless t o say , t he legal problem s of hiring rest rictions on f ormer of f icer s apply only t o retirees an d n o t t o those who resign .

Furt hermore, it is also well-k now n t here are numerous n at i o n al “ headhunt ing” f ir ms which specialize in hiring j unior o f f i cer s f o r management t raining posit ions. Our research shows t hat so m e o f t hese companies have operat ed shamelessly wit hin t he w al l s o f t h e Pent agon , placing ads on bullet in boards and holding sem i n ar s o n gover nment property . T heref ore, i f t hese f irms ar e e v e n m oderately successf ul , we could expect a f air percent age o f academy graduates t o have obt ained t heir f irst civilian j obs t hrough such services. T he “ disli ke” hypot heses is somewhat m ore complicated . A spect s of t he “ dislik e” hypot hesis are normally measured by mult iple-choice j ob sat isf act ion surveys; it ems lik e pay , w ork ing condit ions, and f amily services. U nf ort unat ely , such quest ion naires have quite low validit ies; t hey usually cannot ex plain more t han 20 percent of t he variance. Pay , or rat her t he lack of it , is a j ob-sat isf act ion i t em d eb at ed by t he Congress ad nauseam. I t is hist orically assumed t h at o f f icer pay must rem ain com pet itive wit h t he civi lian ex ecu t i v e sec t or in order t o insure of f icer retent ion . I f t his pay hypot hesis were so , we might expect t o f ind a great deal of j ob-hopping a m o n g graduates on pay-related item s. L ik ewise, we would expect t hat of f icer resignat ions would speed up during economic good t imes. A not her possibility under t he “ dislik e” hypot hesis i s t h at academy graduates w ho volunt ar ily resigned were “ loser s. H ence, f or reasons probably wit hin t heir contr ol , t hey w er e ei t h er passed over f or prom otion or resigned one j ump ahead o f t h e pass-over . A n int erest ing corollary t o t his hypot hesis i s i f t h ese f ormer of f icers were m ilitary losers, t hen they would al so b e ci v i l i a n l o ser s. Y et an o t h er f o o t n o t e t o t h i s “ l o ser ” corollary is t he possibility that t hese persons were never really m o t i v at ed t owar ds t he idea of a milit ary career . T hat is, t hey cam e t o at t en d a service academy under an “ Eisenhower ” model — a poor f a r m boy w ho could not ot herwise af f ord t o att end college. I t has of t en been st ated t hat an academy educat ion i s an ex perience which was continuously dislik ed but never regret ted . Conti nuous griping and a cert ai n ir reverance f or t he academ y syst em seems t o be an integral part of cadet li f e. T heref ore, w e wondered i f t he sole uni f ying f act or am ong academy graduates who resigned might have been t heir dislik e of t he system , n o t unli k e t he bonds (no pun intended) bet ween prison inmat es. Finally , it must be considered t hat t he phenomenon of academy graduat e resignat ions could be an event in it s own right ; neit her “ lures” nor “ dislik es.” T here is present ly much academic c o n cern t he ar med f orces are becoming “ civilianized ” — t hat is t hey are f ollowing corporat e st ruct ure and ideals. I t would cert ainly be overly generous t o credit t he comm andant s themselves wit h f illing cadet minds wit h all t heir ideals; maybe t hese graduates h el d cer tain “ civilian ” values and ideals bef ore t hey ever got t o t he academ ies. I n all f airness t o t he academy superint endent s, i t m u st be noted t hat t he maj ority of cadet s are select ed t hrough t h e desires of t he members o f Congress. T he superintendent s a r e n o t near ly as f ree t o decide w ho shall att end t heir schools as, say , t he deans of civilian universit ies. So , perhaps t here is more diversit y in t he cadet populat ions t han we originally had t hought . I n any event , sooner or lat er we will all again become civilians, t he point f rom w hich we started . Even t hough you don ’t a g r e e wit h our f indings, t heories, and speculat ions which f ollow , we t hought you might li k e t o k now f rom whence you cam e an d t o whence you shall ret urn , and what went on in-bet ween . W h o d i d w e st u d y ? A ll f indings are based on personal interview s wit h 5 2 n o w civilian service academy graduates f rom t he Classes o f 1962 t hr ough 1970 (26 U SA FA and 26 U SM A ) who had voluntar ily resigned t heir comm issions. T he sample included t hree w h o h ad used medical/ har dship as a convenient excuse t o exit t h e ser v i ce ear ly . Subsequent ly , we interviewed 26 act ive-duty academyeducated of f icer s ( 13 U SA FA , 13 U SM A ) and 26 ot her m al e f ormer of f icers (all services) , all f r om t he sam e comm issioning year -gr oups. Our init ial reason f or including the U SM A o f f i cer s w as t o f ind a cont rol gr oup of f or mer of f icer s w ho co u l d n o t easi 23

ly have become airline pilots. M ost participants had b een est ab lished in civilian careers for about seven years. Participants w e r e interviewed in 13 states as well as Japan and Korea. N a m e s a n d addresses were taken from both the USA FA and USMA Register of Graduates on the basis of both military and civilian o c c u p a tions reflecting those of the total population. Four ad d i t i o n a l graduates (two USMA , two USA FA) declined to be interviewed, mostly for lack of a convenient time. Non-academy former o f ficers were located through grapevine networks of University o f

Sout hern Cali f ornia graduate st udent s, a much more d i f f i cu l t location process. A structured interview normally took place

either at the participant ’s home or place of work where w e discussed a wide variety of topics. Without exception, w e f o u n d the participants quite friendly and responsive. W h at d id w e f in d ?

T here are stati st ically signi f icant di f f erences between t h e reasons given f or leaving t he service by U SM A and U SA FA graduates, alt hough t hey are not nearly as great as t hose given by non-academy graduates. N on-academy of f icers were m ore li k ely t o give a single reason f or resigning, whereas academy graduates indicat ed several reasons. T able 1 gives a tabulat ion , by cat egory , of t he reasons ment ioned f or leaving the service. From t h e st an d point of t he academy graduates’ resignat ions, it is quit e signi f i cant t hat pay was only twice ment ioned as a consideration , a n d only t wo academy graduat es lef t t he service because t hey were of f ered a civilian j ob ; and bot h of t hese were f amily-ow ned businesses. A lt hough all graduates were aware of “ headhunt ing” f irms, it was evident such services were singular ly i n ef f ect i v e i n placing graduat es in civilian posit ions. Even t hough we read many ent husiast ic advert isement s f or academy-educated graduat es, w e

found only one (USMA) graduate who even tried and accepted

such an employment of f er . By all count s, t he m ost f requent ly mentioned reason f o r ex i t was lack of contr ol over career . M ost of f icers readily ad m i t t h e service doesn ’t always of f er a caf et eria-style career sel ect i o n m enu , but t he age of t he contr olled O f f icer E f f ectiveness Report (OE R) and t he legislat ed f lying gat es seemed only t o aggr av at e a n already r ocky road t o a career intent . A t any rate, w e f el t o u r sample showed a f air am ount of im pat ience wit h t he o b st acl es t h e syst em had placed in t he way of t heir desires t o get o n w i t h l i f e . T he “ m odeling ef f ect ” is a psychologist ’s way of saying t h at people lear n by observing ot her s. A s a monk ey observing a n o t h e r m onk ey sitt ing on a hot st ove doesn ’t have t o go t hrough t h e sam e painf ul process himsel f , so of f icer s are reputed to l ear n i n m u ch t he sam e way . W e observed tw o dif f erent k inds of m odeling ef fects. First , our group had often observed fellow of ficers gett ing undesirable t reat ment or assignment s and wanted t o resign bef ore it happened t o t hem . Second , and m ore f requently ment ioned , t he group of ten had observed ot her (usually senior) of f icers per f orming eit her obsequious or unet hical act s. One U SA FA

graduate remarked how he had seen a three-star general r u n ab o u t 100 yards t o humbly light the cigar of a f our-st ar general . I mpres sions count , especially w hen made by lieut enant colonels a n d T ab le 1 Reason s G iven f o r Resignat i o n

T i m es M en t i o n ed

U SA FA (n = 26)

U SM A (n = 26)

N o C o n t r o l O v er C a r eer

O t her (n = 26) 9

M odeli ng E f f ect

4 2

above. What ’s more, they show up unexpectedly in the r et en t i o n co l u m n s.

Lack of challenging work, the third most frequently m en t i o n ed

reason , seemed t o go hand-in-hand wit h reason one, l ack o f co n t r o l o v er car eer . “ A l l I co u l d see w as m o r e o f t h e same,” and “ The j ob j ust wasn’t leading anywhere,” were quite t ypical of t his cat egory . A lt hough it is im possible to recount all t he int rigu ing testimony in our limited space, we think we can capt ure t he

feeling of career frustration from one USMA graduate w h o t o l d

us, “ W e m ust have seen six or seven maj ors and lieut enant co l

onels sitting in the same of fice doing absolutely nothing c o n st r u c tive. The final insult was the colonel telling us we sh o u l d b e grateful because it all went for 20.” Similarly, a highly-decorat ed U SA FA -educat ed pilot remar k ed , “ A ll I want ed t o do was t o f ly and f ight ; I wasn ’t about t o let t hem send me t o t he Pentagon t o

write flying regulations. Promotions meant nothing t o m e . ” I n this regard, there was, again, much bitter feeling an d r esen t m en t about the perceived inflexibility of the congressionally-establi sh ed “ f lying gates” the periods of obligated flying service commitments. Those who wanted to fly more found themselves locked outside the gates, and those who wanted to quit f lying found themselves locked inside the cockpit . I n our opinion , we feel that the legislated flying gates may have caused as many prob lems as they have solved, particularly in terms of outright resigna t i o n s.

A s both the A rmy and the A ir Force Times have correctly noted, family-initiated considerations are a powerful i n cen t i v e t o leave the service; it ranks a respectible fourth here. I t is especially significant that 51 of our 52 academy-educated population w e r e currently married (although not necessarily for the f irst t ime) . T he 52nd participant , for religious reasons, had been monogamously co-habitating for the past five years — hardly a footloose p e r sonality. Overall, we could typify our graduate as a very st able married man whose family was second only to his desire f o r a challenging career . Which was more important , family o r c a r e e r ? W it hout going int o stat ist ics, we would conclude all o f o u r

graduates have done a masterful j ob of combining both opt ions. This is, as we shall subsequently see, in stark contrast t o so m e ot her f or mer of f icer gr oups.

The “ dislike” hypothesis is further strengthened by our f inding that of our target population, 29 of 52 graduates (56 percent ) had no firm plans for a civilian career at the time they lef t . (See T able 2.) One USA FA graduate seemed to typify the feelings o f o t h er s with the comment , “ I knew I wasn’t stupid, and I felt t h at I h ad somet hing more t o of f er t he wor ld t han what t he service w a s

allowing me. A t the time my main consideration was on get t ing out , not on what was ahead.” A great many graduates, a s w e

shall see, were in very shak y and t enuous f inancial ci r cu m st an ces

when they resigned, apparently armed only with the co n f i d en ce that “ something will t urn up .

The “ loser” hypothesis is not tenable; we found a statistically normal distribution in regard to perceived promotion o p p o r tunities, (See Table 3.). There were j ust as many superior p e r formers as substandard ones. Two were field-grade of ficers a n d one resigned the day he was to have pinned on his leaves. T w o others had received A rticle 15s (both for flying regulation v i o l a tions), an accomplishment which hardly ever impresses p r o m o tion boards. The services would, of course, prefer t h at su b st an dard performers resign one j ump ahead of a pass-over , but , un fortunately, it seems that voluntary resignations seem t o a c c o u n t f or as many fast burners as flame-outs. One very interesting

L ack o f C hal lengi ng W or k

Fam i ly Reaso ns

Po ssibi li ty o f RI F

O p po sed t o V iet nam W ar

N ev er I n t en d ed C a r eer

U SA FA (n = 26)

U SM A (n = 26)

O t her(n = 26)

C i v i l i a n J o b O f f er

Jo b

Pay I nsu f f icien t

Sc h o o l

D i sl i k e o f C o m b a t

N ot h i ng

T ab le 2 W hen Y ou L ef t t he Serv ice, W h at D id Y ou H ave L ined U p ?

sidelight of the resignation process was our observation t hat only about 51 percent of the academy group received any depart ure counseling or even inquiries as to why there were resigning. O n e USMA ex-of ficer who graduated f irst in his class noted t h e

highest ranking person to see him after he submitted h i s l et t er o f resignation was an E-4. As so often happens in large organiza

tions, once employees let known their intentions to resign , t hey become immediate non-persons; the services are no exception. W e

can easily demonstrate the reenlistment interview and subsequent

career counseling for enlisted persons is far more rigorous and structured than of ficer career counseling. A cademy-educated o f ficers who think they will gain anybody’s attention by resigning are probably mistak en .

In a subsequent article, we’d like to examine the civilian c a r e e r

patterns of those men who resigned, both academy and

n o n

academy. In case anybody doubts the civilian world i s a m al eoriented society, we will also compare those former o f f i cer s w i t h

f emale V iet nam-era of f icers. A s a preview of com ing att ract ions,

we suggest those academy-educated men were, and still a r e , a highly motivated group searching for a significant degree of con

trol over their futures. A lthough they were a loss in t he m ilit ary ’ s column, we have strong evidence they continue to make signi f i ca n t co n t r i b u t i o n s t o t h e ci v i l i a n sect o r .

M aj . M al mstr om

M aj . Cof f man

A BOU T T H E A U T H ORS Prior to j oining Boeing A erospace Company as a human per f o r mance analyst in January 1984, Fred Malmstrom (USA FA ’64) w a s a n a ssi st a n t

professor of human factors with the University of Southern C a l i f o r n i a . A s an A ir For ce reservi st , he has al so been a f req uent guest resear cher

with both the National Aeronautics and Space A dministration a n d A i r Force Systems Command. Since leaving active duty in 1975, he has published or presented more than 30 scientific articles and paper s. Fr ed i s

T ab le 3 W hat W ere Y o u r C hances o f P ro m ot io n ?

USA FA {n = 26) USMA (N = 26)

Other(n = 26)

A lready on Promotion List

A bo ve A verage

A long With Contemporaries

Below A verage

A l read y Passed O ver

presently a maj or assigned to the 252 Combat Communications G r oup , Washington Air National Guard, and serves both as commander o f t h e operation location and as a reserve A cademy liaison o f f i cer .

Richard C o f f m an ret ir ed f r om t he A i r Fo rce as a maj or af t er 20 year s o f ser vice i n 1982. H e has t aught at t he A ir For ce A cadem y and at Rut ger s

University. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from O h i o St a t e U n i v er si

ty, holds a master of arts degree in cultural anthropology f r o m t h e

University of Denver, and is presently in the final st ages of his doct or at e work at the University of South Carolina. Maj or Cof fman i s m a r r i ed w i t h four school-age children and resides in Columbia, S.C.

11th M ilitary H istory Symposium Planned By M aj . Bernard E. H arvey, ’72

T he A ssociat ion of Graduat es and t he D epart ment of H istory

University) will comment on papers presented by John C . C ai r n s

Symposium, Oct. 10-12, 1984, on “ Military Planning i n t h e 20 t h

A cademy, Sandhurst), and A lvin D . Coox (San Diego State

keynote address, will be presented on Wednesday evening by

Retired A ir Force Gen. Bryce Poe I I (A ir Force Historical A d visory Committee) will chair the Thursday afternoon sessi o n o n “ Technology and USA F Planning.’ ’ I . B. Holley (Duke U n i v er si

at the U .S. A ir Force A cademy will host the 11th M ilitary H ist ory Century.’ ’ The 27th Harmon Memorial lecture, the symposium Harold C. Deutsch (U .S. A rmy War College), who will speak on German Strategic Military Planning.’’ The symposium w i l l i n clude f our sessions; two on T hursday , O ct . 11, and t w o o n F r i day , Oct . 12.

Session I on Thursday morning, “ M ilitary Planning — B ef o r e and During World War Two,’ ’ will be chaired by Forrest C . Pogue of the Eisenhower I nstitute. Waldo H . Heinrichs (T emple

(University of Toronto), Peter H. Vigor (The Royal M ilit ary U niversity) .

ty) and Col. Alan L. Gropman (Hq USAFA/ Directorate o f

Plans), will present papers, and Richard H . Kohn (Of fice o f A i r Force H ist ory) will serve as com mentat or .

Under the chairmanship of Gen. A . J. Goodpaster , USA , Retired (I nstitute for Defense A nalyses), Friday morning’s sessi o n will focus on “ M ilitary Planning and the Cold War .’ ’ M elvyn P . Lef fler (Vanderbilt University) will comment on papers by Robert F. Futrell (A irpower Research Institute), Thomas H . Et zold (U .S. Naval War College), and Herbert Y . Schandler (H . & S . A ssociat es, I nc.) .

Session IV on Friday afternoon is entitled “ Planning an d L imited Conflict , 1945- 1976.’ ’ This final session will i n cl u d e co m ments by James R. Leutze (University of North Carolina) o n papers by Jack Child (The A merican University), and A l ex an d er S. Cochran (U .S. A rmy center of M ilitary History).

For f urt her inf ormat ion cont act M aj . Bernard E . H arvey ,

(Class of 1972) executive director , 11th M ilitary History Sym posium, Department of History, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, C o l o R i ch ar d H . K o h n

rado Springs, Colo. 80840 (AUTOVON 259-3230 or commercial t elephone (303) 472-3230) .

FA L C O N SP O RT S

A ir F or ce W in s I nt er ser vi ce T r ack M eet By SSgt . K en Guill ory

A cademy Public A f f air s

Air Force A cademy graduates A lonzo Babers (’83), Gail C o n way (’84), and Bret Hyde (’82) helped the A ir Force m en ’ s an d women’s track and field teams employ “ outstanding ground maneuvers’ ’ as the teams successfully defended their t i t l es i n t h e 1984 Interservice Track and Field Championships at t he A cademy in Ju ne.

The two-day event featured nearly 130 of the finest at h l et es i n the A ir Force, A rmy, Marine Corps and Navy. Several o f t h e competitors advanced to the 1984 Summer Olympic trials b a sed on either an earlier performance or their showing here. The A ir Force men, behind the strong ef forts of A lonzo B ab er s and M alcolm Grimes, easily outdistanced runner-up A rmy, 94.5-67. The M arines finished third at 28.5, followed by N avy ,

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w i t h 27 .

Gail Conway was virtually a one-person team for the w o m e n a s she scored 22 of A ir Force’s 46 total points. Second-place A rmy had 42, followed by the M arines (15) and Navy (6). Conway competed in f ive separate events with four first-place finishes and one third-place ef fort . She established n ew i n t er ser vice meet records in the 4(X)-meter dash (54.9) and 8(X)-m et er r u n (2:16.80), while her 4x 100-meter relay team set a new m e e t m a r k

with a47.69clocking. Her 24.81wasp od enough for f i r st i n t h e

200-met er dash and she f inished t hird in t he 100-met er d ash w i t h a

bot her me. I am j ust glad I was able t o cont ribute as m u ch as I d i d t o t he team ’s winning ef f ort .”

Babers turned in a personal best in the 400-meter dash w i t h a 44.8, which also is a new interservice record. (On M ay 26 he defeated world champion Bert Cameron in the Bruce Jenner Classic.)

Gail Conway, ’84, right, runs past A rmy ’s Karen Fitts i n t h e 4 0 0 - m e t er

dash. H er tim e of 54.9 surp assed the I n terser vice m eet r ecor d. F i tts f inish

ed third at 58.0 (U.S. A ir Force photo by Chris Tatro)

He also ran the second leg of the championship 4x 100-meter

relay team , and f inished t hir d in t he 200-met er dash .

“ I was pleased with my time in the 400,” said Babers.

H owever , I was hoping t o run f ast er in the 200.”

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“ I feel real good about my performance here,’’ she said , “ I ran in the Nationals three days ago, but the five events h er e d i d n ’ t

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Grimes claimed three second-place fi nishes and one f o u r t h -

place f inish in that same number of events. H is 26-0 ef f o r t i n t h e

long j ump enabled him to compete in the Olympic trials.

I n t he t riple j ump he soared 51-7 1/ 4 and in the 400-met er

hurdles he was clocked at 51.32. His fourth-place finish w as i n t h e 110-meter hurdles, where he ran a 14.3.

Bret Hyde, a 1982 A cademy graduate, won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time 9:48.7. He also qualified f or t he Olympic t r i al s.

For mer A cademy t rack coach Frank Gr oss also cont ribut ed

greatly to A ir Force’s winning ef fort . He finished f i r st i n t h e sh o t put (61-4) and discus ( 186-3). (The Falcon Flyer)

L andry pr aises Falcons U S. AIR FORCE ACAM ■“ “ I

“ Speaking as a f ormer A ir Force man, I admire the A cademy’s football program,” said Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Tom L a n dry, during the 1984 A thletic A wards Banquet in M itchell H a l l . The coach said the A ir Force is “ my favorite organization a s I

am a f ormer W orld W ar I I pilot .” H e f lew 30 B- 17 mi ssions d u r i ng t hat war . I was amazed at what t he A ir Force f oot ball team did t his past season . I t would have been expect ed of N ot re D ame or M ichigan « (

Bret Hyde, ’82, clears this obstacle during the 3, 000-meter steep lechase. H e f inished f irst at 9:48. 7. Team m ate Char les Sch warz w as seco n d a t

10:00.5 (U.S. A ir Force p hoto by TSgt. Joel Glener)

to do so . . . but you really did a good j ob,” he said. Coach Landry grew up in a small Texas town (M ission) n e a r t h e M exican border . Following high school graduation he en t er ed t h e military. Not long after that he was flying B-17s out of E ngland . I would have really enj oyed coming here if the A ir F o r c e A cademy had been in existence after I finished high school , ” said the coach. (The Falcon Flyer) i i

Eight T eams Place in N ationals With eight teams finishing in the top 15 nationally, A i r F o r c e A cademy athletic teams continued to excel against some o f t h e best competition in the nation. Over 800 athlet es on 4 1 intercollegiate t eams compet ed i n 5 8 6

ner , Scott Wachenheim, Sean Pavlich, Chris Funk and Greg Zolninger while Marty L outhan, Mike Brown, Don Oberdieck, Mark Melcher , M ike Kirby and Charlie Heath were named t o t h e second team. Dan Roj as won an indoor track title in t he SOO-yard

contests and came up with a winning average of 68.0 p er cen t . During the 1983-84 school year , Flacon varsity athletes c o m peted in 503 contests, winning 346, losing 151 and tying 7 f or a

I n its 28 years of varsity athletic competition. A ir F o r ce h as won 5,396 contests, lost 2,686 and tied 67, for an overall percen

The overall program that included j unior varsity teams c o m pleted the year with 395 wins, 184 losses and 7 ties.

69.4 percent age.

ru n .

t age of 66.6.

Four t eams were undef eat ed during t he season — women ’s

cross country, women’s indoor track and women’s and m en ’ s golf .

Several teams placed high nationally. Pistol was second i n b o t h air and standard pistol and was third in f ree competition at t h e nationals. Women’s volleyball was third in the nation a m o n g D ivision I I schools while t he women ’s gymnast ics team w as six t h in D ivision I I . W omen ’s cross count ry placed eighty nat ionally at t he D ivision I I level and women’ s swimm ing was 11t h at t h e D i v i sion I I championship meet .

Football brought national recognition to the A cademy f o r t h e second-straight year , winning the Independence Bowl an d w i n d ing up ranked 13th in the nation. Water polo was 14th i n t h e N a t i o n al C o ach es’ P o l l .

A lthough not a varsity sport , boxing won its fourth n at i o n al t i tle in the last five years. Seven boxers advanced to t h e f i n al s w i t h t wo winni ng nat ional t it les.

Regional or league titles were claimed by women’s cross c o u n try, soccer, men’s golf , rifle, women’s outdoor track , pist ol ,

lacrosse, women ’ s swimm ing and women ’s volleyball . Several at hlet es received honors f rom t he W est ern A t hlet ic Conf erence. Rob Eamon won the conf erence j avelin champion

ship in outdoor track while 11 athletes were named t o t h e A l l W A C f oot ball t eams. N amed to t he f irst team were John K er sh -

N a t i o n a l T i t l e W i n n er

A l A bangan ( ’85) throws Bill Delaney to thef loor during j udo p r actice in the Cadet Gymnasium. A bangan this spring became thef irst cadet to ever win a national title while competing in the 1984 National Collegiate Tour nament. H e d id so in the 142-p ound d i vision. ( U .S. A ir F or ce p hot o by TSgt. J oel Glener)

Seniors Recognized f or A thletic A chievements One of the top quarterbacks in Falcon football history, M art y L outhan, was honored as the A cademy’s Most Valuable A t h l e t e . L outhan, who hails from Eugene, Ore., led the Falcon f o o t b al l team to a 18-7 record over the past two years and victories i n t h e Hall of Fame and Independence Bowls. He scored 16 touchdowns rushing and was selected to the A ll Western A lthetic C o n f er en ce second team last year . In addition, L outhan won the m o st

outstanding leadership. This year ’s winner helped lead t h e women’s volley ball team to a third-place finish in t h e n at i o n a l championships. Named A ll-A merica on the coaches’ poll , D eV i t a

Senior Gail Conway of Tacoma, Wash., won four awards, t h e most by any cadet . She won the A thletic Excellence A ward , which goes to the cadet who has demonstrated athletic excellence i n o n e or more intercollegiate sports. Besides being selected f o r t h e

athletics was won by Jef f Kubiak from Green Bay, Wis. A s a member of our nationally ranked f ootball team, Kubiak h as b een

Valuable Women’s Cross Country A ward, the Most Valuable

cumulative grade point average (4.00 is perfect), he a l so w o n a

valuable f oot ball player aw ard .

A t hlet ic Excellence A ward , Conway was winner of t he M o st

W omen’ s T rack Runner A ward and t he General Physical F i t n ess A w ard .

A team captain, Conway was a Division I A ll-A merican dur ing

t he indoor t rack season and won t he N CA A D ivision I I n a t i o n a l t it le at 4(X) met er s last year . T his year , her t ime o f 1: 11.07 i n t h e 500-m eter dash was t he f ast est ever run by an A merican . I n c r o s s

country, she set a school record for the 5,0(X) meters t i m e i n 17 :44 and was the Falcons’ leading runner at the NCAA regionals a n d the NCAA championships where the A cademy placed eighth. The A thletic Leadership A ward was earned by senior Cheryl Devita of Kings Park, N .Y . This award goes to the athlete, w h o by his or her character in the sports arena, has exemplified

also earned A cadem ic A ll-A m erica honors t his year . D uring t he

season, she set seven school records and holds 19 A cademy r eco r d s.

The Scholar A thlete A ward that goes to a graduating varsity at hlet e who has shown excellence in bot h academics as w el l as

a key performer four years, earning Academic All-America honors for the past two years. He was a 1983 National F o o t b al l Fondation and H all of Fame Scholarship w inner . W it h a 3 . 7 7

postgraduate grant from the National Collegiate Athletic A sso ci a

tion. For the 1983-84 year , he was also named the winner o f t h e prestigious Stan Bates A ward, given to the top scholar at h l et e i n t h e W est er n A t h l et i c C o n f er en ce .

Two special awards were presented to seniors Sean Pavlich an d M ike Kirby of the football team. Pavlich, from Prescott , A r iz., f inished as t he Falcons’ all-t ime scoring leader . K irby , of M iam i ,

Fla., led the team in both pass receiving and punt r et u r n s f o r t h e past t hree year s.

The maj ority of the awards presented were to the most v al u ab l e

at hlet e in each of the 18 men ’ s and 10 women ’s varsit y i n t e r collegiate sport s.

The A OG and the Classes of 1964 and 1974 p resent:

H OM ECOM I N G ’ 27-30 September 1984

17 t h J A B A R A A W A R D I

U SA F A v s C SU

C L A SS R E U N I O N S 19 64 2 0 - Y E A R

1974 10 - Y E A R CL A SS OF 1964 A N D 1974 A T T EN D EES PL EA SE N OT E Functi ons sponsored by and restricted to t he Classes of ’64 and ’74 have been announced separately in class f lyers. Reservations and payments f or t hese events M U ST be made through the class representatives. Contact J.D . M a n

ning, Jr., ’64: of fice (303) 472-2874, home (303) 599-3466; or Bill Yucius, ’74: of f ice (303) 472-2503, home

(303) 472-1372 .

P r eli m i nar y Schedule T IM E

D A Y / EV E N T / L OCA T I O N

16 00 - 1900

T hur sday , 27 Septem ber 1984 ’ 64 Regist r at ion , H i lt on I nn ’ 74 Regist r at ion , H oliday I nn C ent ral

1900

’64 Hospitality Cocktail Party, H ilton I nn

’ 74 C lass Recept ion , Peter son A FB O f f icer s’ C lub

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F r iday , 28 Septem ber 1984 A ll-C lass Regi st rat ion , A r nold H all Gol f T our nament , Eisenhow er Gol f C our se H om ecom i ng Br ief ings, A rnold H al l O pen H ouse, C adet D or ms L unch w it h C adet s (grads only) , M it chell H all L uncheon (w ives and ot her s) , A r nold H all A f ter noon C lasses, Fai rchi ld H al l ’64 Regist r ati on , H il t on I nn ’ 74 Regist r ati on , H oliday I nn C ent r al A ll-C lass Par t y , A cademy O f f icer s’ C lub ’ 64 a n d ’ 74 C l a ss A ct i v i t i es a t H o t el s

Sat ur day , 29 Septem ber 1984 A l l-C lass Regist r at ion , A r nold H al l C of f ee and D oughnuts, A r nold H al l M em or ial Cerem ony on t he T er r azzo Pr e-Game T ai lgat e Par ty Foot bal l G am e, U SA FA vs C SU ♦Jabar a Recepti on/ Banquet , M it chell H all H omecom ing Bal l , A r nold H all Sunday , 30 Septem ber 1984

Chapel Services, Cadet Chapel

*The Jabara Recep tion is cosp onsored by the

H OM ECOM I N G EV EN T S FRID A Y :

Golf Tournament: Grads, wives, guests — come one, come al l t o test your skills on the A cademy’s Silver Course. Four-person Scotch best-ball scramble and prizes! Clubs and carts l i m i t ed . Golfers will miss other morning activities and lunch w i t h t h e

cad et s as w el l .

H omecoming Brief ings: Get the latest on A cademy programs through briefings by representatives of the superintendent , c o m mandant , dean, director of athletics, and registrar i n A r n o l d H al l t h eat er .

L u n c h at M i t ch el l H al l : J o i n t h e cad et s f o r o n e o f M i t ch ’ s f am o u s

lunches. L imited graduate-only seating available. Return y o u r reservation form early to insure you get a seat . (Wives a n d o t h er s may eat at A rnold H all .)

Open H ouse: Take your wife and family on a tour of t h e cad et area. The chapel and dormitories will be open, so drop by your old squadron and reminisce. Check out t he wat erless A i r Gardens, the casual f irstclass rooms, the new improved “ CQ

Shack,” and the newly-renovated rooms in Vandenberg H al l .

A f ternoon A ctivities: A ttend those classes you slept t hr ough when you were a cadet . Talk to the modern-day cadets an d co u n t how many times t hey put “ sir ” int o a sent ence.

A ll-Class Party: Join grads and guests f rom all classes f o r cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the A cademy Of ficers’ C l u b .

A ir A cademy N ati onal B ank .

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R E G I ST R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N R E G I ST R A T I O N : Send t he complet ed regi st rati on f orm and your check t o t h e A ssociat ion of Graduates. Remember t hat t his payment m u st i n clude t he regist rat ion f ee as well as charges f or all homecom ing events (nonclass) not included in the regist rat ion f ee . T he regist ration f ee is $28 f or each A OG member and each A O G member guest . For nonmembers and t heir guest s t he f ee i s $30 a person . T he regist ration f ee includes t he A ll-Class party , t he Sat urday morning cof f ee, t he pre-game tailgat e part y , h o r s d ’oeuvres at t he Jabar a cock tail hour , and t he Jabara banquet

can be made by writing the Hilton Inn, 505 Popes Bluf f T rail , Colorado Springs, Colo. 80907 or by calling (303) 598-7656. T h e charges are $42 a night for a single and $52 a night f o r a d o u b l e . The deposit is refundable with no penalty until 1800, 2 7 September . Be sure to tell them that you are with the C l ass o f ’ 64 to get these special rates. Reservations should be m a d e a s s o o n a s possible. Unbooked rooms will be released two weeks prior t o H omecoming.

Class of ’74: Headquarters is the Holiday Inn Central, l o cat ed

about 14 miles sout h of t he A cadem y on H ighway 24 (Exit 14 1 o f f

an d d an ce .

1-25). Reservations can be made by writing the Holiday I n n C e n tral, 8th and Cimarron, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80905 or by call ing (303) 473-5530. The charges are $28 a night for a k ing-size and

Regist ration Pack ets, T ick ets, and N ame T ags: For t he Class of 1964 , may be picked up at the H ilt on I nn on T hursday f r om 1600 t o 1900 .

ty if you cancel not later than two weeks in advance. B e su r e t o tell them that you are with the Class of ’74 to get t hese special

For t he Class of 1974, may be pick ed up at the H oliday I n n Cent ral on T hursday f rom 1600 t o 1900 . T hose who have not picked up t heir regist ration pack et o n T hursday may do so Friday at t he registrat ion desk i n t he lobby of A r nold H all f rom 0800 t o 1500 or at t he H ilt on or H oliday I nn , as appropriate, f rom 1600 t o 1900. Regist rat ion packet s will not be mailed t o you . Regist rat ion pack et s may also be picked up f rom 0800 t o 1130 in A rnold H all on Sat urday morning. Foot ball tick et s not picked up at regist rat ion will be given t o t h e main t ick et of f ice near t he f lagpole at Falcon St adium where t hey may be pick ed up on Sat urday .

A C C O M M O D A T I O N S: Class of ’64: H eadquarters is t he H ilt on I nn , located ab o u t 10 m iles sout h of t he A cademy at Exit 146 j ust of f 1-25. R eser v at i o n s

H O M E C O M I N G E V E N T S (Continued) SA T U R D A Y

W ak e U p ! St art t he day wit h co f f ee and doughnut s at A r n o l d H all ; a chance t o greet late ar rivals and t ell tall t al es. M em orial Ceremony : The mem orable H omecoming event . S h a r e

with the Cadet Wing and A cademy community in this moving t ribute t o our f allen classmat es, f riends, f ellow graduates, a n d cad et s.

Pre-Game Brunch/ Tailgate: A ll registrants are invited t o sh ar e i n a giant tailgate in the stadium parking lot . Food and beverages are included in the regist rat ion f ee. T he exact locat ion w i l l b e a n nounced at H omecoming.

U SA F A v s C SU F o o t b al l G am e: C h eer t h e F al co n s o n i n t h ei r

drive t oward a t hird consecut ive bow l game. Great seat s o n t h e

w est si d e !

J abara Reception/ Banquet / Ball : End t he day w it h a ret urn t o M it chell H all f or a cock tail part y and a lavish meal . H o n o r t h e Jabara A ward winner as t he superint endent mak es t he f o r m al

presentation. A fter the banquet , repair to A rnold Hall f o r d a n c ing to the A cademy’s own “ M oods in Blue.” (Our sp ecial t h a n k s

to the A ir A cademy N ational Bank f or cosp onsor ing hors d ’oeu vres f or the recep tion.)

$36 f or t wo double beds. T he deposit is ref undable wit h no penal

r at es. R eser v at i o n s sh o u l d b e m ad e n o t l at er t h an 27 A ugust t o

ensure availability .

For both classes, one night ’s deposit or a maj or credit ca r d number is required t o guarant ee reservat ions.

For those people not f rom the reunion classes, a limited n u m b er

of rooms are available at t he H oliday I nn Cent ral (see above) .

When making reservations, identify yourself as being w i t h t h e A cademy Homecoming to get the special rates. First come, f irst ser v ed .

R E N T A L C A R S: Rental car arrangements will be left up to the individual . However, Thrifty Rent-A -Car of Colorado Springs and D e n v e r has agreed to of fer special rates for Homecoming attendees. Please make your own reservations as early as possible by contact ing either : Thrifty Rent-A -Car , 421 E. Pikes Peak, Colorado Spr ings, Colo. 80903, (303) 633-7707; for those flying i n t o D en v er : Thrifty Rent-A -Car , 6900 Smith Rd., Denver , Colo. 80207, (303)

388-4634. A s t he D enver com pany is under new management , t h e rates below might not apply . Please tell them t hat you are wit h t he

USA FA Homecoming group to get special rates. A small car w i l l run $23 a day with a 150 mile-a-day limit and a medium car w i l l run $29 a day with a 150 mile-a-day limit . Full-size c a r s , w a g o n s , and vans are also available at special rat es, and t here ar e al so

special rates for unlimited mileage.

C A N C E L L A T I O N S: T o ensure a ref und f or regist ration f ees paid in advance, ca n cel l a t ions must be received by t he A OG of f ice bef ore 1500, M onday ,

24 September . Refunds will not normally be made for can cel l a

t ions received af t er t hat deadli ne. Cancellat ions may be made by

mail or phone: autovon 259-2067, or commercial (303) 4 7 2 - 2 0 6 7 .

C an cel l at i o n s f o r r o o m r eser v at i o n s o r car r en t al sh o u l d b e ac complished directly through the agency with which you m ad e

t hem . R egistration f ee ref unds will nor mally be made af ter H omecoming is over .

D R E SS : T hur sday night act ivit ies: Casual !

Friday night : Suit or sport coat and tie for men; cocktail d r ess f o r l ad i es.

SU N D A Y :

Sat urday night : Suit or sport coat and t ie f or men ; st r eet o r f l o o r lengt h dress f or ladies. A ll ot her act ivit ies: (Friday-Sunday) : Service D ress (wheel hat) recommended f or act ive dut y . C om parable at tire f or ci v i l i an s.

C hapel Service: Join t oget her f or t he services in t he inspirational Cadet Chapel at 0900 .

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P L E A SE N O T E : G R A D U A T E S F R O M T H E C L A SSE S O F 1964 A N D 1 9 7 4 W I L L R E C E I V E A SE P A R A T E M A I L I N G W I T H C L A SS A C T I V I T Y R E G I ST R A T I O N F O R M S .

H O M E C O M I N G R E G I ST R A T I O N F O R M COM PL ET E A ND M A I L T O : A SSOCI A T I ON OF GRA D U A T ES, U SA FA , C O 80 8 4 0 T O A R R I V E N O T L A T E R T H A N 2 4 SE P T . 19 8 4

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Fee is $28 f or each A OG member and each AOG member guest ; and $30 f or each nonmem ber and each nonmem ber g u est . .

E nt ry f ee onl y . D oes not i nclude cl ub rental . L im i ted seati ng available. G raduates only .

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1. A ll att endees must regist er and pay t he regist ration f ee . G u est s of A OG mem ber s may pay t he A OG member f ee. N onm em ber s and each of t heir guest s must pay t he nonmem ber f ee. 2. Room ar rangement s must be made direct ly w it h t he hot el/ m otel of your choice. 3. Car rent al arrangement s must be made direct ly wit h t h e r en t al

T he base nursery will be made available on T hursday , Friday , and Sat urday f or children bet ween t he ages of six week s and 11 year s. I ndicat e your requirement s and remember , y ou m ust br ing y o u r I will be bringing (#) children , ages and will need nur sery/ babysit ter services: (Check appropriat e spaces) T hur sday night Friday Friday night . Saturday Sat urday night I N T E R E ST C O U N T :

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4 . F o o t b al l t i ck et s w i l l b e i n a b l o ck i n t h e w est st a n d s. T i ck et s

will be in registr at ion pack et s. N onregistered at tendees m u st p u r chase t ick et s t hr ough t he U SA FA A t hlet ic A ssociat ion t i ck et o f f i ce .

5. Regist rat ion packet s will not be mailed . 6. Cancellat ions must be m ade t o t he A OG by 24 Sept em ber t o guarantee a ref und . Cancellati on of hotel/ m ot el accomm odat ions or rent al car must be made direct ly w it h t hose agencies.

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G ERM A N Y CH A PT ER Planning is now underway t o launch an A OG chapt er f or graduates st at ioned in t he Federal Republic of Germany . Plans include an organizat ional meet ing in mid-

FREN C H EX CH A N G E CH A PT ER USA F A - A O G P. O . Box 4 18 -

Rando lph A .F .B., T ex as 78 148

A L A M O CH A PT ER T he A lamo A rea Chapt er will host a picnic on Sept em ber 9 f rom noon unt il evening on t he grounds of U SA A . A c t ivit ies will include t enni s, so f t ball , basket ball and volleyball . D inner will be cat ered by one of t he many f ine barbecue houses in San A nt onio . A ll grads in t he San A n t o n i o ar ea a r e i n v i t ed t o co m e o u t

f or t he sport ing act ivit ies, or t o j ust relax

i n U SA A ’ s b eau t i f u l r ecr eat i o n ar ea an d

enj oy some great f ood wit h old f riends. Reservat ions can be made wit h M ick ey Rot h , ’63, or Jim Brown , ’ 59, at U SAA . M ickey ’s phone number is (512) 690-5920 and Jim ’s home phone is (512) 654-6358. I n A pril we sponsored an event which we hope will grow into t radition . T his was an A OG group of t ables at San A ntonio ’s f abulous River Parade. T his parade is a t ruly unique event , and one t hat we hope t o make an annual act ivit y . A nyone int erested in j oini ng t he chapter or at tending chapt er event s can al so w r it e M ick ey Rot h at 139 10 Sugar berry W oods, San A nt onio , T exas 72249 .

COL ORA D O CH A PT ER T he Colorado Chapter celebrat ed it s ret urn t o act ivit y wit h a picnic on June

2 n d at B i l l an d K at i e W o o d ’ s h o u se i n D en v er .

A bout 35 graduat es, spouses and/ or f riends at tended , and a lot of discussion was held concerning t he f ut ure cour se o f chapt er act ivit ies. By t he t ime t his reaches you , several planning meet ings based on t he ideas brought up at t he picnic will have been held ; and hopef ully a f ull calen d ar o f ev en t s w i l l h av e b een o u t l i n ed . T h e

ent husiasm of t hose at tending was very high and a t erri f ic t ime was had by alt . W e st ill need mem bers very badly t hough , and W E U R G E A L L C O L O R A D O - B A SE D

G RA D S T O CON T A CT A 1 Blum berg, ’68, (633-8299) in Colorado Springs or Bill M ayw hort , ’68, (74 1- 1226) in D enver f or mem bership inf ormation . L et ’s make it a good year f or the chapt er !

A f t er seven years o f ef f ort , support and ent husiams on t he part of many people at t he A cademy , t he U .S. A ir For ce A cademy-French Ecole de Fair Exchange Program has it s own chapt er o f t he A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es. T h e i d ea w as

f irst proposed in a meet ing bet ween General St Cricq , chief of st af f of t he French A ir Force, and General T allman , superintendent o f t he A ir Force A cademy , i n D ecem b er o f 1977 .

Finally , on t his past M ay 17, Capt . Bruce M cL ane, Exchange ’ 73, and Com mandant H ubert de Quat rebarbes, Frence f oreign exchange of f icer assigned t o t he A cademy , met w it h t he A OG Execut ive Board of D irect ors and present ed a pro posal f or t he new chapt er . T hank s t o t he help of D ick Coppock , execut ive direct or of t he A OG , and t he members of t he board o f direct ors, it was unanimously agreed to support t he f ormat ion of t he chapter and t o include t he names of t he F r en ch cad et s w h o h ad at t en d ed U SA F A

in t he Register of Grad uates. T he purpose of t he chapt er is t o f urt her t he aims o f t he exchange program it sel f , f acilit at ing and encouraging cont inued cont act s bet ween o f f i cer s o f t h e F r en ch an d A m er i can A i r

Forces. I ndividuals having part icipated in t he exchange will be receiving a lett er of invitat ion t o j oin t he chapt er short ly . T o let you k now what is happening wit h t oday ’s exchange, t his upcoming f all sem est er

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women part icipat e in Exchange ’ 84 which will st art on A ug. 17. T hey are C l Cs George Pope, Barbara M ahon (C I C) , Gri f f V int on , D ebbie Char ron , D an Bridges, and D an Bader . A lso , L t . Evelyn Scanlon (Exchange ’ 83 and recipient o f t he newly-inst it ut ed Ger hart Scholarship) is already cont inuing her st udy in t he French language. T his sum mer , she at t ended M iddlebury College and will begin st udy t his f all at t he U niversity of Paris (I’ I nst it ut de Sciences Polit iques) t o earn a cert i f icat e in polit ical science. A f t er com plet ing her cert i f icat e, she will earn a mast er ’s degree in French , in Paris. T ough dut y ! G ood luck t o one and all . For f urt her inf orm at ion , contact Capt . Bruce M cL ane, PO L / SH A PE , A PO N ew Y or k , 09055.

O ct o b er w i t h a b u f f et at t h e R am st ei n A i r B ase O f f i cer s C l u b . T h e asso ci at i o n ’ s

m ain o f f ice is providing mailing labels f or all graduat es in Germany w hich will be mailed dur ing t he summ er . H owever , anyone interested in t he chapt er may con t act eit her Capt . L . Sue Slavec, ’ 80, P .O . Box 1024, A PO N ew Y or k 0902 1 (A V : 489-6208/ 6209, or T om Rausch , ’62, H Q , U SA FE/ A D I X L , A PO N ew Y or k 090 12 (A V : 480-6544) . Capt . Slavec is at K apaun A i r St at i o n an d M r . R au sch i s at R am st ei n A i r B ase .

N O R T H E A ST A R K A N SA S C H A PT ER Congrat ulat ions t o t he graduat ing class of 1984. W e at Blyt heville A FB w ill be await ing your ar rival in D ecem ber of 1985 i n t i m e f o r C h r i st m as a l er t . T o cel eb r at e

June W eek , t he “ H ooterville” Chapt er held a M ongolian bar becue on June 7. V isit ing cadet s present ed a brief ing on current A cademy act ivit ies. Everyone ex cept t he M ongolians enj oyed t he barbecue and present at ion . For

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Chapt er cont act Barb Chapman , ’ 81, A V 637-760 1, D . K . F r eem an , ’ 76, A V 637-7763, or w rit e t o P . O . Box 6025, Blyt heville A FB , A r k . 72317.

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C H A PT ER S EL ECT IN G O F F I C E R S P L E A SE PROVID E T H E A OG W IT H A COPY OF T H E N E W SL A T E A N D

T H EI R T ERM S OF OFFI CE , PH ON E NU M BERS A N D A D D R E SSE S .

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N or man Gregory F air hurst, *63

Randy G. Van Scoy k. ‘74

N orman Gregory F airhurst, *63

Greg’s passing has lef t us all wit h a greater sense o f pride in t he service and wit h a great er per sonal acceptance and capacity f or sacri f ice. H e is one of t hose w ho daily give so much b ecau se o f ideals t hat run so quiet and so deep . Few will ever ach i ev e i n t ac t i ca l r eco n n a i ssan ce w h at h e d i d . F ew w i l l ev er l ear n t o f ly as he f lew . Few will ever f orget his smile and t he warmt h he generat ed . H e is survived by his wi f e, Cheryl ; sons Shawn , Brian , a n d K evin , all of 10329 Com monwealt h Blvd . , Fair f ax , V a. 22032; his parent s, M r . and M rs. W illiam S. Fairhurst , o f L ehigh A cres, Fla.; and tw o brot hers, L t . Col . W . St ephen Fair hurst o f C o l o rado Springs, Colo ., and M r . D avid B . Fairhurst of St . George,

M aj or N orman Gregory Fairhurst , Class of 1963, died u n e x pect edly in his Fair f ax , V a., home on 1 June 1984. G reg was a command pilot wit h over 3,000 f lying hour s. I n h i s primary role as a t act ical reconnaissance pilot , he completed six operat ional f lying assignment s in T actical A i r Command (T A C) , U .S. A ir Forces in Europe (U SA FE) and Paci f ic A ir Forces (PA CA F) , including a combat t our in Sout heast A sia. H e al so com plet ed st af f assignment s as a computer syst ems manager i n t he D ef ense M eterological Sat ellite Program (SA C) , as ch i ef o f W ing M aintenance Qualit y A ssurance (T A C) , and as A ir Support Operations Cent er reconnaissance duty of f icer in K orea (PA CA F) . H is last assignment was wit h t he 9t h I nf ant ry D ivision , Ft . L ewis, W ash ., where he served as t he t act ical reconnaissance liaison of f icer . H e ret ired f rom act ive dut y in June 19 8 3 . A t t h e t ime of his deat h , he was t he senior administ rative engineer f or M elpar D ivision , E-Syst em s, in Falls Church , V a. Greg was a graduat e of t he A ir Command and St af f College and t he I ndust rial College of t he A rmed Forces. H e w a s a dist inguished graduat e of t he A ir Force I nst itute of T echnology w it h a mast er ’s degree in indust rial and syst ems engineering f r o m t he U niversit y of Florida. H is milit ary decorat ions include t he D ist inguished Flying Cross, M erit orious Service M edal wit h one oak leaf cluster . A ir M edal wit h 11 oak leaf clust ers, and t he A ir Force C o m m e n d a t i o n M ed al w i t h o n e o a k l ea f cl u st er .

Greg’ s remar k s at his ret ir ment f rom act ive dut y capsulize h i m f ar bet t er t han any eulogy could . H e spok e sincerely of the many who had not “ t he opport unit y t o complet e t heir t our of dut y ’ ’ as had he. H is concluding rem ar k s could have been t o and f o r al l o f us: “ T o t hem , t o you , I say t hat I am pr oud t o have ser v ed . . . t hat I am ret iring f r om act ive dut y with t he sure k nowledge t h at t he benef it s of service, f or me, have f ar out weighed t h e d em a n d s and set back s. For all t hese year s I ’ve had t he good f o r t u n e t o w ork , cry , and play wit h t he f inest men and women in t h i s co u n t ry . A nd t hroughout t he good t imes and bad . I ’ve had t h e courage, underst anding, com panionship and st rong support o f t he m ost beaut i f ul per son in t he world , my wi f e, Cheryl . W h o co u l d ask f o r m o r e? G o d b l ess t h e U n i t ed St at es o f A m e r i c a . . .

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Funeral services where held at t he A ir Force A cademy o n J u n e 8, 1984 wit h burial in t he A cadem y Cemet ery . A memorial f u n d has been est ablished in his name and donat ions may b e sen t t o t h e N orman Gregory Fair hurst M em orial Fund , A ssociat ion o f Graduat es, U . S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo . 80840. (L t . C o l . W . Stephen Fairhurst , ’64)

R andy G. Van Scoy k, *74 Capt ain Randy G . V an Scoyk , Class of 1974, died M ay 1, 1984 in Port land , Ore. H e f ought a courageous and heroic b at t l e against t he cancer t hat f inally t ook his li f e. Randy was a member of t he 22nd Squadron . H e enj oyed body building, scuba diving, sk iing and most of all f lying. H e f l e w F - 4 s during his f our-year assignm ent t o H ahn A ir Force Base, G e r many , where he was a mem ber o f t he 496t h T act ical Fighter Squadron . O ne of t he warmest remem brances of Randy was his annual f light f rom t he N ort h Pole as Santa f or t he 496t h Children ’ s Christm as Party . T he delight in t he children ’s eyes, seeing Sant a climb out of t he same airplane t heir daddies f lew , w i t h a sack f u l l of goodies, was a t ouching sight t o behold . Randy— it seems “ only t he good die young.’ ’ W e who love y o u will always remember your goodness, k indness, gent leness, y o u r honor , int elligence, and your sense of hum or . W e’ll m iss hearing t hat wonder f ul t hrow back your head and laugh t hat inspired us all . (Carolyn V an Scoyk )

A lan L om bardi, ’76

M ichael B . B or ish, ’78

A lan L om bar di, ’76

Captain A lan Lombardi, Class of 1976, died in a TG-7A motorglider crash while on temporary duty to the U .S. A i r F o r c e Flight Test Center , Edwards A ir Force Base, Calif ., on A pril 11, 19 8 4 .

A 1 was a member of 40t h Squadron while at t he A cademy . A behavioral sciences maj or , A 1 was always look ing f or so m e o n e t o

take part in one of his experiments. Remember Luigi? A fter graduation, A 1 attended undergraduate pilot training a t

V ance A FB, O k la., and was assigned t o B-52s at Bar k sdale A FB ,

La. While at Barksdale, A 1 completed his master ’s degree i n systems management from the Lfniversity of Southern C al i f o r n i a .

D avid K . Peth, ’78

easygoing, M ike could always lessen the anxiety of cad et l i f e w i t h a witty ancedote. We all laughed with M ike during many t ough

m oment s. T hrough his sense of hum or , M i ke gave t hose w h o k new him a f ocus f or t he t ruly im port ant t hings in l i f e . W e w i l l al l miss him great ly . M em orial services were held at St . Joseph ’s Cat holic Church , Fort W alt on Beach , Fla. Following t he services, a burial

ceremony with military honors took place at Barrancas N at i o n al Cemetery, Pensacola. M ike was interred near his father, a f o r m e r

A ir Force vet eran . M i ke is survived by his loving wi f e, D iana, and a f ort hcoming prodigy ; his m ot her , El f riede; brot her Paul (Class o f 1981); and sist er s I lona and Car ol . (St ephen S. L isi , ’78)

I n 1983, A 1was select ed f or assignment t o t he A cademy , 94 t h A i r

manship Training Squadron, as a soaring instructor pilot . H e was part of the initial cadre for the Motorglider Program an d ch ief o f the Motorglider Pilot Instructor Training Program. A 1 excelled in all aspect s o f li f e: his marriage, his career , his

friendships. He had a zest for life that few people ever experience

D avid K . Peth, ’78

Captain David K. Peth, Class of 1978, was killed on M arch 13, 1984 in t he crash o f an F- l l l A aircraf t near t he Owhyee M o u n

and he shared t hat wit h all w ho k new him . Big A 1had a n u n c a n n y way of always getting things done when they seemed im possible. H e t urned away f rom no challenge and would conf ront each w i t h unbounded det erminat ion and per f ect ion . H e was always t h e r e when you needed a hand to help, an ear to listen or a j ok e t o cheer

tain Range in Idaho. He was assigned to the 552nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cannon A FB, N .M ., at the time of h i s d eat h . He was on temporary duty with the 389t h Tactical Fighting T r a i n ing Squadron at M t . Home A ir Force Base, Idaho, when t h e c r a sh

others. Sel f ish was not in his vocabulary . A 1gave a part of himsel f

earned t wo let ter s w rest ling w hile at t he A ir Force A cademy . H e was initially assigned to Cannon A ir Force Base in February of

you up. A 1 knew how to be a friend. He always had time f o r t o al l o f u s.

A 1 is survived by his wi f e, D ebbie; son , T ony ; his parent s, L t .

Col . (Ret) and Mrs. A lexander L ombardi of A ustin, Texas;

brot her M ichael ; and sist er L orraine. A memorial f und has been est ablished in his name and d o n a tions may be sent t o t he A lan L ombardi M emorial Fund , A sso c i a tion of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo . 80840. A 1 has t ouched t oo many of us w it h his love and f riendship t o ever be f orgot ten . W e miss you . Big A l . (Capt . T im T aylor , ’78)

o ccu r r ed .

Capt . Peth was assigned to the 12th Cadet Squadron a n d

19 8 0 .

He is survived by his parents, M r . Richard D. and M rs. L i n d a

L . P et h .

A t presstime, we had learned of the death of two other A cademy graduates. First L ieutenant Kurt D . Schwindt , ’ 81, was k illed on June 7, 1984, in a 0-2A aircraf t acci d en t near Fort St ewar t Gunnery Range, Ga., and M r . Bruce F ,

Stewart , ’73, died on June 9, 1984, in the crash of a C i v i l

M i ch ael B . B o r ish , ’ 78

Captain M ichael B. Borish, Class of 1978, died on Feb. 17, 1984, from inj uries received in a motorcycle accident i n M o n t gomery A la. A t the time of his death. Captain Borish was serving

A ir Pat r ol aircraf t on Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colo . T heir obituaries will be publ ished in the next i ssu e o f

the magazine. Our sincere condolences to their family an d f r i en d s.

as a co m m u n i cat i o n s st a f f o f f i cer at G u n t er A i r F o r ce St at ion ,

A la .

Everyone who knew M ike best remembers his easygoing n a t u r e

and sense of humor . A lt hough some may have t hought h e w a s t o o

C L A SS N EW S three local community colleges and conducting seminars f o r t h e S B A . (One of my recent students was Bob Taylor, who taught us chem istr y as a captain back in 1956.)

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We were saddened to learn that Karen and Joe M organ’s son , Joe, died af t er a long i llness. I got som e anonym ous hat e mail , post mar ked V aldost a. B et t er h a t e

m a i l t h a n n o m a i l a t a l l . A l l t h a t t el l s u s i s t h a t t h e U .S . P o st a l Ser v i ce h a s

extended their lightning-like courier system to South Geor gia — I can ’t imagine any of our cosmopolitan classmates hanging out in Pogoland . E ven M i ke BE N D E R posted t o Y ank eeland .

Jon GA L LO is now base commander at M oody. Dick and J ea n C A R R to 831A D , George, CA , with an enroute delay for the f est i v e 2 5t h r eu nion. A fter many years, Dick got to fly fighters; apparently h e l i k ed i t

bet ter t han headquar t er s dut y . W hen he star ted on t hi s new car eer pat h , I explained in some brief detail how the best fighter pi lot s got good r esult s in strafing. Now he regularly hits around 85'’7o — not bad f or an old guy . Dick and Liisa H I LBERT are now in San Diego in the em pl oy o f C onvair as an aerospace engineer . Ole Dick, he don’t say ver y m uch , but when he does say something, he don’t say very much. T he poop on t he change-of-address card was as expansive as required by the C ode o f C on duct , except t hat i n t he block m ar k ed “ class, ” he w r ot e “ F i r st . ” G o o d engineering practice: concise, accurate, and completely descr ipt ive.

“ D o you live alone? Come here of ten? You ’re a Scorp io? (I k new i t) . . ./ r eally l ik e y ou a l ot, I chabod. M ay I call y ou 'I K K Y ?’ L e t ’s h a ve o n e more slow dance, then go to your place f or some hot-tubbing.

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Brad HOSM ER is finally back to the Pentagon as vice d i r ect o r o f t h e Joint Staf f . M .P.C. CA RNS posted to PA CA F to straighten o u t t h e

A1JOH NSON returned to Denver in A ugust ’83 as vice (w hat a great t i tle for him) commander of the Technical Training Center at L ow r y A F B reporting to Maj . Gen. Usher . He’s also brought his w i f e. Gale, w hile hi s 21-year-old son M ike tackles Yale, maj oring in business and recent ly returning from several weeks touring Italy. Daughter D a n a ’ s 2 2 a n d m a j ors in something-or-other at George M ason University (t hey don ’ t have a

Jack HOWEL L invites all ’59ers to the 13th annual Christmas p a r t y a t his place in Connecticut . This is perhaps a way to get a t r adit ional m i ni reunion established for the Northeast . Last year , Jon SH A FE R and Jer r y FI NNERA N deported themselves well enough to be invited b a c k . I f A rgentina doesn’t service its debt to Citi , Jerry may be i n t he penalt y box

as the personnel staf fing director for H UD , and was or igi nal ly f r om A l ’ s hometown of Hammond, I N . A 1recently returned from a t r ip back t o see his parents, who now live in Demotte, IN , and went right by my parents without stopping to even say hi . His hobbies are pretty m u c h l i m i t ed t o “ mowing the grass around Quarters 1-B,” and admiring h i s N a t i o n a l

Jim and M issie BLA CKWEL L didn’t make it to the reunion, being in the final stage of increasing the ’59er progeny. When w i l l i t ev er en d ? Perhaps we need a contest . I ’m not eligible to compete, but I might l i ke t o

A l , Gale, Karen and I recently went to a Denver Gold game (t he ‘ G old ’ is a parvenu cadre that plays USFL football). I t was f u n , but A l and I su f fered from some minor form of stomach malady and dyspepsia a f t er wards—don’t know it if was the bottle of hot red wine, quar t o f vod k a, bloody M ary’s, case of beer, hotdogs, liter of cold w hi te w ine, l / 5t h o f peppermint schnapps, pickles, martinis, pizza at Carbone’s o r t h e a f t er -

plans shop .

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ent er a guess as t o D T G . Jet -set t er L ar r y JO L L Y m ade a special t r ip t o D C A t o buy me some beer . H e has an al most -f r ont -seat f o r l a u n c h o f D iscover or 11. K ar ol w i ll be even f art her f orw ar d .

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It was only natural that my exemplary academic performance w h i l e a t the A cademy—a record which has still remained virtually unequal led throughout all these long years—would ultimately lead t o my pr esent r ole as the so-called “ scribe” for this most prestigious of all alumni publica tions. A fter all, I was in the top 98% of the class. I ’m back in Denver, having sold my company in Lansing, M I , sever al years ago. M arried to Karen (Conant) of Grand I sland, N E , f or 23 year s, a n d w e h a v e t w o c h i l d r en : Sc o t t ’ s 2 2 a n d w a s b o r n i n Pensacola; Br andy ’ s

21 (her passport reads: A za Kuwae Chatan-Son, Okinawa-Gunto, Ryukyu Islands)—both are at the University of Colorado, a n d r i d e b u f faloes to class. Brandy’s in the School of Journalism (she want s t o be “ rich and famous” ); Scott’s a high-i-q-er” (must have got t en t hat f r om Karen), somewhere between a freshman and receiving his doct orate, and

appr oachi ng an academ ic car eer w it h all t he zest and zea l o f h i s st u d i o u s

father . I own a management consulting firm which performs b u si n ess a n d

mar ket planni ng f or emer ging ent er pr ises and small busi nesses, assist w it h

financing for new companies, while also teaching management cl a sses f o r

f oot ball team) . G ale w or k s in dow ntow n D enver and has an excellent j ob

D ef ense Ri bbon (w i t h clust er s) .

d inner br andy ’ s. (O ur cal ls f or t hat next w eek wer e being f or w ar ded t o t he “ det ox ” cent er at Raleigh H il ls A lcoholic T reat ment C enter ) . T he

month following our recovery, A l and I revisited the o l d Sc o t c h a n d Sirloin at 12th and Grant near downtown Denver , subsequently b u r n t some burgers at his house, and he then capped of f a super b eveni ng by taking me to the Lowry O-Club (which was closed—on a Fr iday night !) . The new intelligence DCS for the Space Command and N o r t h

A mer ican A er ospace D ef ense C om m and at Peter son Fiel d i s o u r o w n new l y-pr om oted br igadier gener al , Ear l S. V A N I N W EG E N . V a n m a r r i ed the former Pat M cFadden of Whittier , CA , in 1960 (she’s a gr aduat e o f C W C) , and t hey have t w o child ren . K r isti n ’s 19 and a f r esh m a n a t Sa n t a Clara University, 1st team soccer and a business student ; C ur t ’s 23, graduated f rom Loyola-Baltimore in 1983, and is now w or k i ng as a business analyst for TRW in the Springs while living w i t h his par ent s. Pat ’s an outside sales agent for a travel agency, works her ow n schedule, and she and Earl j ust returned from nine days in Puerto V allar t a. (T hey w er e t her e about t he same t im e as my son , Scot t ie, w h o r et u r n ed w i t h 2 n d degree burns f rom too much “ sun-time.” Van looks j ust li ke he alw ays

did when he was bruising our opponents in A FA football . I received some interesting mail by way of an article en t i t l ed “ T h e Predictive Power in Relative Strength & CA PM ,” and w a s so t a n t a l i z ed that I called the author, who holds an M .S. from M .I .T . (it ’ s a new

east er n school w it hout accr edit at i on) and a doctor ate f r om U C L A (t hat ’ s

a small school on the West Coast which has hippies a n d a b a sk et b a l l team). A fter wallowing thru standard deviations, decile a n n u a l i z ed ex c ess returns, beta corrections, and delay weights, I learned t hat John Stanley (Jack) BRUSH is President of Columbine Capital in Colorado Spr ings.

CC sell s “ data t hat dollar manager s seem t o need t o m anage equit y por t folios” , deals with 35 banks and insurance companies f r om San D iego t o Z ur ich , and t r avels i n his ow n A er oSt ar . Jack ’ s w i f e, Jeanne, is di rect or o f nur ses cl ose t o A lt us, is home o ne w eek out of f our (t hat ’ s t he w ay t o k eep a m ar r iage)— t hey ’ve got a com mut ing ar rangem ent . J ac k ’ s h o b b i es ar e lim it ed t o t r yi ng t o m ake a m i llion dollar s so t hat he can pay f o r t he airplane and perhaps get another, plus a little light j oggi ng. H is f urt her ambit ion is “ havi ng a hear t t ransplant f r om a Sam oan w h en h e ’ s 9 1. ”

A D P hardw ar e f or C / C& I at t his site. ” (N ote; I ’ m cert ai n t h a t so m e o f you m ilit ar y t ypes k now w hat t hose anagr am s and m i litar y scr a b b l e m eans, as I su re don ’t ) . ‘ ‘ H ave w al ked over 5500 k m s in t he past t hr ee year s, includi ng doi ng t he N ij megen M ar ch in H olland t w ice (2(X) k ms at a cr ack ) and w al k ing D enmar k last sum mer (305 k m s i n seven days) . ” G eorge has a seven-m ont h old daught er and is now loo k ing f o r w a r d t o a second car eer upon hi s ret ir em ent as an L C . (K eep on t ruck ing, G JC .)

Interrupting a visit by his grandsons of I Vi and I Vi , R i ch C A R T E R

f i l led me i n on his li f e by t elepho ne. W i f e A nnet t e j ust had her pict ure in all t he local tabloids f or sel ling over $2 m il lion in r eal est at e up in Genesee

(j ust west of Denver). Whilst consuming his vodka, h e t o l d m e a b o u t retiring from Continental as a captain, and has for many year s been engaging in buying/ selling companies and manipulating st o c k s. H e d ea l s with penny stocks, venture capital , has recently made some ver y nice buys i n bot h t he aut om ot ive lubr icat ion and elect r onic bur glar alar m syst ems, and seem s t o be on hi s w ay t o t he land o f t he w ealt hy . D aught er Car lyn ’ s

23 and got married in June at St . Paul ’s Church, and i s a m ed st u d en t with a 4.0 at Regis College (where’d she get her brains. Rich?) . Son ‘ ‘ Rock ” i s 22 and w as recent ly pr om ot ed t o vice pr esident a t M o u n t a i n

St a t es St o ck T r a n sf er .

POT PO U R RI : D ave RE E D is eit her mar r ied ? A hear t special ist ? A n

anesthesiologist at Rose M edical Center? In New Zealand? O r , none o f the above. Doug M I L LER is back in Washington, DC, having b een transferred by Martin-Marietta to a position af filiated w i i h t h e F A A . But , w here is Bil l Z E R SE N ? D enny H A N E Y ’ s daught er ’ s a t U SA F A a n d an all -A mer ican sw im mer . W alt FU T C H ’ s w it h M / M at V ick sbu rg . V i c

bo u q u et ’s in Santa M aria, tax consulting. Fred Howard P O R T E R I I I

is a syst em s designer and co nsultant w it h hi s ow n com pany i n C o l o r a d o

Springs, and his wife Mary Lou helps him. Dean BRISTOW i s a d o ct o r o f urology in Utah, got out of the service in 1967, and he and wi f e Sandy “ Guess I am a l i t tle sleepy . Being on the D ean ’s L ist, I was up all nigh t

studying f or an E.E. exam. / don ’t normally go to parties.

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C lem D O U G L A SS called Gor dy F L Y GA RE at T inker w hile o n a n O K C layover , t o f i nd out t hat he had depart ed t he day b e f o r e t o Sa u d i A r a b i a o n h i s l a st m i ssi o n w i t h A W A C S b e f o r e h e r et i r es. Gor dy and his w i f e A nn were mar r ied i n 1962 at T i nker , and have spent t he last 10 year s t here. (W asn ’ t t hat w her e his f at her f inished up his car eer , also ?) T hey have t w o gir ls, and ar e sponsor i ng a young E t hiopian man w hom t hey m et d ur i ng a tw o-year tour i n A f r ica dur i ng H aile Salassie’ s r eign . (St il l got all t hose old Bix Beider beck e album s, G ordy?)

A very nice letter from my old f riend on the dance co m m i t t ee— L es

H O BG OO D , f or mer ly o f A ust i n , T exas . . .“ M ar ilyn and I ca m e h er e f r om D enver last July t o t ak e over t he 86t h C om bat Support Gr oup (also base commander and deputy community commander) at Ramstein A B , Germany. . .saw Dale TH OM PSON last fall when Upper H ey f or d lost t o Ram st ein in t he U SA FE f oot ball super bow l . T oday , M i k e L O H cr a w l ed out o f a C -5 f or a t hree-day stay here loo k i ng at U SA FE operat ions. O ne

of my first duties as Ramp Meeter & Greeter was sending L eo n G O O D SON of f on a trip. Standing around the bar one night last f all I bum ped

into D ick H EA D . . . .t he biggest show i n U SA FE t his year w a s t h e N o t r e Dame-A ir Force game. We were riveted to the set ’til t he f i nal play . A t r u ly great season for a great team. Marilyn and I are beat ing up t he aut obahns and byw ays i n our li tt le red Por sche. W e sk ied I taly i n

January—saw the tulips in H olland, skied Garmisch in D ecem b er —

suck ed suds last October i n M unich— gener al ly having one hell o f a good tim e.”

Formerly of Smyrna, DE, is our child-genius Gordon St anley SA V A GE , Jr ., w ho now w o r k s f or H ughes A ir cr af t as a co m p u t er p r o grammer since getting out of Uncle Sam back in 1980, w her e he designs computer systems from the “ ground up.” H is wife Carol w o r k s f o r

V icor p E ngi neer ing, and t hey have t hree o f f spr i ng. K ei t h i s 2 3 a n d a c o m puter operator working for Stone & Webster in Denver, w hile tak ing a “ C om put er Shar ing Ser vices I nst r ument s” cour se. Shannon ’ s 13 a n d i n j unior high school and som ew hat o f a gym nast . A nd f r om M cC lel lan A F B : “ I j ust r eceived t he W i nter i ssu e o f C h eck p oints and I sure enj oyed the column, especially the pict ur es. I had n ’t heard anything about ‘Rick’ Kingman in a long time. I ’ m leaving her e t he end o f t his mont h , w her e I ’ ve been t he 4 1st Rescue a n d W eat h er R ec o n naissance w i ng com mander , to go t o H ulburt Field as co m m a n d er o f t h e 2nd A i r D i vision .” T his, f r om Bil l (C or ny) K O RN I T Z E R , or igi nal ly o f Benni ngt on , V T .

George FRIES gave us all a little update on his life f o r t h e l a st sev er a l years: “ A fter one year of climbing mountains in Korea (80-81) , it ’ s t i me

to ret ur n t o C O N U S and L angley A F B . L ef t L angley and t h e O f f i ce o f D ata A ut omat ion in M ay 80 t o r un W W M C C S A D P i n t he Republic f or a year . T hen I came over her e t o St ut tgar t and t he D ata Ser v i ces C en t er (HQ USEUCOM) to set up a theater intelligence network and m anage the

have f our children . C hr i sty ’ s 20 and at U SC ; C at her ine’s 18 a n d gr aduat ing f r om high schoo l ; D ana’ s 14 and M ichael ’s 10 . QUESTI ON: who’s been with United A ir Lines for 18 years, i ncludi ng 16 year s “ side-saddle” , and is pr esent ly a f ir st o f f icer l ivi ng up in Boulder ? W ent t o t he U ni ver sit y o f M aryland bef o re t he academ y , and played tennis at A FA ? Wife is Roberta f rom A lbuquerque, w ho ’ s a pr o f essional concer t pianist , baller i na, and yoga i nst r uct or ? T hey have f i ve childr en . W ho else? O f cour se, i t ’s St eve B I SH O P .

I f you were to call (303-388-8159), you’d probably end up tal k i ng w it h Pete BU RT O N , f or m er D ar t m out h st alw ar t and a leadi ng m em b er o f U SA FA ’ s sk i t eam f r om days and remem br ances o f t hi ngs long past . Pet e got out of the military in 1969, performed consulting in manager ial t rai n ing, and is now executive director for Campfire’s 6(X) six-year -old gi r ls h er e i n D en v er . H i s w i f e B ev w a s a f r esh m a n a t U SA F A ’ s high school i n 1960, and is now a manager at the University of Colorado’s h ea l t h

sciences cent er hospit al . H e has no hobbies, leads a bor i ng li f e, and w hen ask ed i f he had child ren , r eplied : “ N one; no , not really . ” A f ter 20 year s i n t he ser vice, C res SH I E L D S got out b a ck i n 19 80 a s a n LC, and now owns and operates a real estate company in t he Spr i ngs— “ Shields and H unt on ” (his w i f e M ar y ’ s m aiden name) , w h i c h i s a l so a f

filiated with a national r .e. organization. 21-year-old C r est o n i s a Nautilus manager in the Springs, and his daughter Nicole (20) is a st ock br ok er f or E .F . H ut t on i n Jack son , W Y , w hen not chasing t he boys. C res sees Bil l H O D SO N f r equent ly , gol f s, sk is, plays squash , and st ated t hat his r ecent contact s w i t h numer ous ’ 6 1 gr ads i ndicated t hat t hey wi shed not t o be excluded f r om any f ut ure RO SA L pr oduct ions. O ur only li vi ng act i ve dut y mem ber o f t he U .S. N avy , M r . RO BE RT S, was r ecent ly back in D enver but didn ’ t cont act me. A ca d em i c “ w h i z ” t hat he w as w hi le at A FA , Phil ’ s daught er L eslie is only 14 and w il l graduate from high school next year after skipping a couple o f gr ades and

going to summer school f or “ advanced-mathers” in Santa B a r b a r a . H er

sist er L aur a’ s 18 and w il l enr o ll in C al Poly T ech t h i s f a l l . P h i l ’ s st i l l J A G o n T reasur e I sland and a capt ai n , been m ar r ied t o Susie f or 2 1 year s, and “ doesn ’t f eel good unless he j ogs.” W e w er e all quit e sor ry t o hear about H ar dy L E BE L ’ s son , T om , w ho was 15 and declar ed m issi ng f r om t he yacht r ace i n w hich he w as par t icipat i ng f r om Ber m uda t o N ova Scot ia. A nice note f r om my f i r st r oo m ie, John M A C A RT N E Y , w ho l en t m e t he use of his hom e at our 20t h , and is t r ansf er r i ng f r o m H a w a i i t o

Washington, DC, where he’ll be commandant of DIA ’s D e f en se I n

tell igence C ollege (congr at ulat i ons, M ac. T hat sou nds li k e a responsi ble position). Roy and Barbara JOL LY visited him in December o f last year ,

and they had dinner at Chris WA RA CK’s house, with Chris’s w i f e P a t

coo k ing up a super gour m et m eal . Roy is chair man and pr esident o f t he “ Big T r ee G r oup ” i n H oust on w hich deals i n invest ment s, a n d C h r i s i s com m ander o f t he 6 19t h M il itar y A ir li f t Suppor t Squadr on , a n d h a s a so n a t U SA F A .

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‘ ‘D eer tr ail K id, ” Sundance Warack, and C OM / D I A -D I C sm il ing abou t

f ormer robberies committed at L owry I I .

T he postcar d f r om San Salvador w as signed by K en A L N W I C K a n d Dick KNOLL (’65) and contained this cryptic message: “ Gr eet i ngs f r om t he gar den spot o f C ent ral A meri ca. E l Pr esidente is loo k ing f or a f ew good men. A ny takers? Flak vests provided free of charge.” A nd , m oving dow n j ust t o t he nort h and over t he bor der i s Bi ll GOO D Y E A R , w ho r et i red t he 1st o f M ay t o oper at e a gold m ine (?) in A r izona (previous m aili ng address w as Bellevue, N E) . He’s alive! We’ve found M ike BUCH EN ! I f you don’t believe i t , cal l him at (213) 640-8909. M ike dropped through Denver last m ont h , and w e

got together for a drink . (Nobody has j ust one drink !) H i s w i f e B eb e ’ s a

f o r m er sc h o o l t ea c h er a n d h a s st a r t ed a n ew ca r eer in C ivi l Service,

2 1-year -old C hr is w il l get his M .E . f r om Stanf or d i n ’ 85, and t heir daught er G retchen ( 18) w i ll go t o U C L A as a business maj or , and busies

herself giving trumpet lessons and playing for the L .A . J u n i o r P h i l h a r monic Orchestra. It ’s obvious that M ike is proud of hi s f am ily , and

r ight f u lly so . M i k e sees a lot o f H er b E C K W E I L E R and T ony L O N G , and occasionally sees D ick Pet r osk i (r em em ber him ? f o r m er A / 2 c i n t h e

cadet mailroom?). M ike’s a senior staf f engineer with M a r t i n - M a r i et t a i n

E l Segundo , C A , and visi ts D enver alm ost tw ice a mont h . Several of us attended an exploratory meeting for the pur pose o f plan ning our 25t h r eu ni on in t he f all o f ’ 85 on t he 9t h o f J u n e a t A F A ’ s O ’ C lub , and t he f ollow ing w er e in at tendance: G L A Z A s, BU R SH N I C K s,

Dateline: 17 Jun 58, Ft. Benning, Ga. “ OK, let ’s say that we do get this thing back to L owry. A re y ou sure that p ushing this o n e b u t t o n w i l l b l o w up the whole base?”

1959 Miss A merica contest? Who won the “ Ghoul-pool?” (9) N am e t he location of Rosal’s first production. (10) What unusual and gr oss event is transpiring on page 161 of our 1960 yearbook? (11) W h o i n o u r cl a ss holds the record for the most “ turnouts” while still gr aduat ing? ( 12) I s i t possible to have a good party after life in the military? ( 13) W hatever hap pened to our classm at e w ho w on t he “ D r . Jo hn O li ver L a G o r c e A w a r d ? ” W ho cares? ( 14) W ho w as t he only per so n in our class w ho could sleep w i t h his eyes open? ( 15) W ho ar e t he t w o cadet s in t he Ft . Benni ng pict ur e

above? ( 16) Can you name all three ROSA L parties? Note: A n sw er s w i l l be in t he next issue, w i t h t he w i nner t o r eceive an autogr aphed phot om o n

tage of Casimir Myzlinski and A rchie H igdon hot-tubbing a t t h e “ F r i en d s and Lovers” motel . 2nd prize: one week in Ponca City. 3rd pr ize: t w o weeks in Ponca City. (I n the event that nobody wins it , t he w hole class has

t o go t o Ponca C i ty .)

T h e sc r i b e f o r o u r n ex t c o l u m n w i l l b e t h e en t i r e R O SA L t eam , w hich

of course includes that known literary talent , colonel-extraordi nai r e, holder of numerous combat decorations, and my beloved f r iend and par t ner in various nefarious enterprises—John A llen (A l) JO H N SO N , and his helpers: Snoopie, Dozie, Rudolph, Esmerelda, Grumpy, T hum per , and Rumpel st ilt sk i n .

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P O RT E RS, M A Y BE R R Y s, V A N I N W E G EN s, and C L E R . T he next m eet ing is schedu led f or A ugust 26. T her e have been some r equest s f or A l and I to conduct a R O SA L ex t r avaganza f or our 25t h . I nit ial pr oj ect ions ar e t hat a real ly good par t y could cost a f ew buck s, so w e’d l i ke each o f you to send us a copy o f your

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m o st r ecen t a n d a u d i t ed f i n a n ci a l st a t em en t i n o r d er t h a t w e ca n d et er

mine j ust what you can af ford. Nothing “ heavy,” but a f ew o f t h e i n i t i a l ideas we’ve come up with include blowing up Lowry A FB, char t er i ng six 707’s (make that nine) and crashing them into Vandenberg H all , relocating Pikes Peak to Tucumcari , and stealing a space cm psule w i t h t he

help o f K ar l BO BK O and f lying it t o T ananar ive, w it h a cock tail par t y enr out e. I m ight also add t hat any blast conducted w ould possi bly include alcoholic beverages, even though A l and I have very st r ong religious co n victions about and against “ demon-rum,” we’d propose includi ng t he

classes of ’59-’62, and profits would go to either t h e A O G f u n d o r t o o u r ow n class co f f er . F or t hose of you w ho ar e concer ned a b o u t t h e deleterious impact of excessive alcoholic consumption, A l a n d I a r e negotiating a blanket purchase order with “ Rent-A -Drunk,” w h i c h w i l l provide surrogates to drink while you pay and watch t h em st u m b l e t ow ar ds t heir hangover .

H ell o agai n good people! I ’m f inal ly get t i ng used t o t he “ t ime w ar p ” i n w r it ing t hi s new slet t er . For exam ple, her e it i s t he begi nning o f June (I ’ m flooded with June Week activities) and I ’m having to w i sh ever yone a h a l l o w ed H a l l o w een .

I ’d like to depart from my normal editorial listing o f classm at es, and explain what ’s going on now at the A cademy. It might be of gener al i n

t er est , especial ly t o t hose o f you w ho only read t he C l a ss N ew s i n C h eck p oints. O n t he academ ic side, t he dean is havi ng ser ious t hought s abo ut reducing the core requirements for graduation. The q uest i on r em ai ns w hich cour ses, l i ke f or eign languages, o f cour se, ar e absolutely essent ial , w hich ones ar e ni ce t o k now , and w hich cour ses should be t ot ally op

tional . Look f or some minor battles between departments u n t i l t h e f i n a l select ions ar e made. General Rok k e is l oo k i ng t ow ar d t h e W est P o i n t

m o d el w h i c h h a s a sm a l l er c o r e t h a n U SA F A w i t h a t w o -t r a c k f l ex i b l e

A nd now , a li tt le nost algic t r ivi a quiz t hat w i ll hopef ully t ak e you dow n m em ory lane. (W ri t ten responses r equi r ed by Januar y 1, 1985.) ( 1) N am e t he t w o pr aet or i an guar d s at t he Rom an Blast ; (2) W hich o f o u r c l a ssm a t es w h o r esi d es o n t h e E a st C o a st st i l l v i si t s Blackw ell , O K ? (3) R iddle: w ho w as f i r st and last in our cl ass? (at t he same t ime?) (4) W as it t r ue t hat ent rance t o U SA FA r equi r ed candidat es t o be of “ high mor al f i ber ?” I f so , i n w hat m anner did D eke JO H N SO N obt ai n a w aiver ? (5) W hat color / m anu f actur e/ body style w as D ick H EA D ’Scar , upon leaving

cor e dependi ng on w het her t he cadet tak es a hu manit ies or science maj or . W e ar e def i ni tely leani ng t ow ar d t hat appr oach . N eedless t o say , t he dean has al so been gr eat ly di st ur bed by t he r ecent scandal t hat i m pli cat ed 19 f ir st cl assm en f or cheat ing on a physics exam . A f t er one of t hose incident s, t her e i s alw ays a l ot o f soul-sear chi ng about the honor code. For what it ’s worth, many of us “ older gr ads” bel ieve t hat t he code should st ay intact and t hat t he A cadem y sh o u l d r ea f f i r m i t s

(6) W hat was t he f ir st nam e o f t he f at her o f our f am ed a n d a t h l et i c cl assm at e f r om St . M ary ’ s, O H ? W hat gr aduate aw ar d did he wi n ? (7) A t w hat hal l did w e stay w hen we w ere i n W ashi ngt on t o m a r ch i n I k e ’ s i n

ack now ledgem ent also t hat t he code is an ideal and n o t l i v ea b l e f o r a l l . I n t he com mandant ’ s ar ea, t here has been a steady m ovem ent t o w a r d mo re r eal ist ic t r ai ni ng and less “ M ick ey M ouse” har assm ent o f t h e doolies. General Burshnick and Col A lexander are doing a gr eat j ob i n

U SA F A ? A l J O H N SO N ’ S? P h i l R O B E R T ’ S? F l o r i a n M E I N H A R D T ’ s?

auguration in 1957? (8) Who did Dale THOM PSON accompany a t t h e 36

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bringing about these changes ef fectively and smoothly. “ H el l W eek ” h a s

practically been eliminated with more motivational type activities substituted in its place. I had to laugh though when a high-ranking of ficial mentioned that they were doing away with “ Hell W eek ’ ’ b ec a u se earlier classes didn’t have it . I thought back to our doolie exper ience and said to myself , “ Sure, we didn’t have a ‘Hell Week’ b eca u se w e h a d ‘ H el l Y ea r ’ i n st ea d . ’ ’ Su c h i s l i f e !

In the sports arena, all thoughts are directed toward t h e ’ 84 f o o t b a l l team. I n this transitional year, many questions remain u n a n sw er ed . J u st some top-of-the-head prognostications — there can be n o d o u b t t h a t Coach Deberry has amassed a very capable coaching staf f i n t er m s o f qualifications, but some of the Hatfield intangibles w il l be sor ely m issed in the early part of the season. Deberry, however , has t he potent ial o f car rying on the Hatfield tradition to even greater heights. A l so t h e l o ss o f L out han ’s excellent f ield gener alship w i ll be apparent a n d i t w i l l b e i n

teresting to see how the team reacts when adversity st r i k es. T h a t ’ s w h a t will ultimately determine the inner strength of the team and w het her t hey develop into winners and possibly bowl contenders. O n now t o class new s. A s I sit her e w i th pen in hand , t h er e i s a t r em en

dous euphoria at the Academy associated with the graduation o f t h e C l a ss of 1984. Bef ore I get to the main event of the article, l et m e m en t i o n t h a t T om and June L A P L A N T E came in f or t he aw ar ds cerem ony on M ay 28. T om has been in t he L G busi ness f or a num ber o f year s and is cur r ent ly at

Wright-Patterson A FB. Hopefully, Tom will have a shot a t a sec o n d st a r

i f he becomes L G / PA C A F . H is st ock i s st i ll on t he r ise, so buy i n now . Sam HA RDAGE was nice enough to drop me a line. He is t r yi ng t o set

up an endowment f und to allow the “ Winos and Derelicts” w eek en d t o sustain itself in perpetuity. In addition to running H ardage E nt er pr ises,

Sam has been selected as one o f 28 com m issioner s f or t h e P r esi d en t ’ s

Commission on Industrial Competitiveness. A report i s d u e a t t h e en d o f the year on how our country can become more competitive w i t h o t h er n a tions. No problem Sam, j ust raise the tarrif f s! (For every big pr oblem

Systems Association in Dayton. On the active duty side, R o n F U L L E R

T O N is in t he D C RO-G D B , w hich H an k explai ns is t he D ef en se C o n t r a c t A dministration at the DESC, Dayton; Dick SM ITH is at H qA F L C / P M at Wright-Patterson; and as I already mentioned, Tom L A P L A N T E , t he A F L C L OC / C C , is also at W r ight -Pat ter son . O ut side o f O hio , E d Z O M PA is m ovi ng t o M acD i ll A FB w h er e h e w i l l be t he comm ander o f t he 56t h C m bt Spt G p ; Steve H O r el o c a t ed w i t h General Dynamics Convair in Southern Calif ornia as a pr oj ect manager engineer for the next generation of small ICBM development . By t he w ay , Steve’s son w i l l be at tendi ng U C L A t hi s f all . Fr ank W I L L I S w ill be going

to Randolph A FB soon, and Doug CA I RNS will be stationed a t K i r t l a n d A FB. Finally, Charlie TH OM A S will become the vice commander o f t h e 375th Aeromedical Wing at Scott A FB. A mong his many dut ies, he w i ll be flying the C-9, C-12, and C-21. I must be losing touch w it h oper at i ons because I haven ’t t he f oggiest idea w hat a C - 12 or a C - 2 1 l o o k l i k e . B u t i f C har lie f l ies t hem as an 0 -6 , t hey ’ ve got t o be easy . C har l ie also passed

along that John SUL LI VA N is in XO at the A ir Staf f , a n d t h a t J a c k WOLCOTT is flying for Tom Brown Industries in M idland, T ex a s . Strange as it may seem, right before going to the press, I r ecei v ed a l et ter from Jack WOLCOTT . Jack got out after 20, primarily t o k eep on flying. A fter landing a j ob in corporate aviation, he moved t hr ough t he ranks f rom captain, chief pilot to an aviation department manager posi tion. One daughter, Suzy, is in A FROTC in San A ngelo, a n d t h e o t h er daughter, Katie, is headed toward Texas Tech, and Musa, Jack ’ s lovely wife, is busy doing charity work in the local community. J a c k a l so w a n t ed me to pass the word to any classmate who needs his t hir st quenched , he’ s got the brew. Just look him up in M idland. Finally, I got w or d t hat G ene DA VI S is moving f rom Travis A FB to the staf f of the I n t er - A m er i ca n D ef ense C ollege i n W ashi ngt on , D .C .

t her e is alw ays a sol ut ion t hat is si m ple, di rect , and invar iably W RO N G !) D ick H O W E L L , a name f r om t he di stant past , w r ote a n ea t l et t er ex

plaining that he is now working toward becoming an associate pr o f essor in the College of Recreation and Resources at Clemson U niver si ty . D ick is in t he m idst o f his di sser tat ion , and w e cer t ainly don ’t envy hi m t hat . T o my specific question as to where our class motto, “ For us t he star s, ” came from, Dick’s reply was that he was the culprit w ho f ir st dr af ted up

our now famous saying, but only in French, “ Pour nous l es et o i l es. ” U n fortunately, the committee thought it looked too much l i k e “ F o r u s t h e toilets” and so changed it to the English version and appr oved i t f or t he

class. T hank s D ick , and best o f luck on your PhD .

-ffmmm ui T h e m a i n ev en t f o r t h i s a r t i c l e i s t h a t T h o m a s R eu b en W il son , son o f

Thomas and Judy WI LSON , graduated with the Class of 19 84 . T h a t ’ s a n

a l l -t i m e f i r st f o r t h e C l a ss o f 19 6 1 — t h e f i r st so n o f a m em b er o f t h e c l a ss to graduate f rom the A cademy. The picture shows the ex a c t m o m en t o f the swearing in when young Tommy j ust finished repeating t h e o a t h a n d

hP '' O n t he local f r ont , C har lie and L i nda N EE L had a house-w ar m i ng p a r

ty for ’61ers in their new home j ust south of the Academy. A t t h a t

m oment ous af f ai r , C har l ie w as elect ed by acclam at ion (t hat means he w as

protesting all the way) as chairman of the 25th-year r eu n i o n o f t h e C l a ss of 1961. The picture shows Charlie right after the elect ion t ell ing L i nda, “ I don’t believe they j ust did that to me.” I f you have any good ideas, o r j ust any ideas period, please pass them on to me and I ’ ll be sur e t o get t h em t o o u r ch a i r m a n .

Hank HOWE updated the 1961 roster in the state of Ohio, a n d w e h a v e eight individuals there. Hank himself works in HqA FLC/ M ME-2 (D o n ’ t ask , because I don’t know). On the civilian side, Charlie C O N O V E R works for Vista Tek in Dayton, Larry KA RNOWSKI is with t h e M o n sa n to Corporation, Terry NORRI S is teaching in Columbus’ W est land H igh School , and By THEURER, another one of my old roomies, i s at Suppor t

is saluting his father as an of ficer. What a great m oment ! Bei ng t her e and sharing in that experience, I can well imagine what o u r f o l k s f el t l i k e so m e 23 years ago. On the weekend before graduation, M rs. M c C o m a s t r ea t ed

t he W I L SO N S and t he C U BE RO s t o a delight f ul b runch a t t h e B r o a d m oor H ot el . For t hose o f you w ho don ’ t k now , M r s. M A C r et i r ed i n 19 7 7 and has been li vi ng near t he Br oadm oor f or t he last year and a hal f . L i k e al l o f us, she has f elt t he ef f ect s of f at her ti m e, b u t t h e f i r e st i l l b u r n s

brightly in those eyes, the indomitable spirit is always i n ev i d en c e w h en she speaks, and the passionate love she feels for the A cadem y and her

cadet s has never dim inished . For t he last f ou r year s, I sa t o n t h e si d el i n es and w at ched a very special love develop bet w een M r s. M A C and you ng

Tommy Wilson. It was beautiful to behold and somehow t h a t l o v e

r adiates t o al l ’6 1er s and t heir f am ilies. A s a rem i nder , M r s. M A C w a s made an honorary member of the Class of 1961 at our 20-year r eunion . We presented her a beautiful picture of the USA FA mascot , t he G yr f alcon . U nder t he pict ur e, t he i nscr ipt i on sim ply r eads, “ W e c a r e n o w , because you cared then.” M rs. MA C would appreciate hear i ng f r om you so why don’t you drop her a line (c/ o me). Well good people, as usual I ram bled on a lit t le t oo l ong. I su re w oul d l ik e t o hear f r om m ore o f you out t her e. I ’ ll t al k t o you agai n at C hr i st m as and t il l t hen , k eep saf e and don ’ t f orget t o hug a teacher . 37

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Hi Redtags! On 22 March, I got a call from Tom KEA NEY. H e i s n o w stationed in the Pentagon in USA F/ XOX . His j ob is chief o f t he St r at egic

D ivision . T om gave me a r undow n on his act i vit ies si nce leavi ng Car sw el l . He went to Guam as a B-52 sq cmdr f or 1'A years. Then he becam e depu t y base cm dr f or a year . I n t he sum mer o f 1982 he went t o t h e N a t l W a r College for a year , reporting to XOX in June 1983. (A V 227-7326) H i s

wife, Mary Beth, is working three days a week as the l i b r a r i a n i n a l o c a l Catholic school. She’s very happy because she’s finally usi ng her educa tion. A nna, 4 yrs old, spends her busy day at nursery school . D aught er , M aura (11 yrs) is in the 5th grade and stays active i n soccer , baseball and basketball . Katie, (15 yrs old) is a high school sophomore who par ticipates in school plays. Son Tom is a sophomore at t h e U n i v . o f M ichigan, maj oring in history and sports j ournalism. H e plays int r amur al

basket ball , hock ey , and soccer . T her e ar e som e ot her Redt ags i n T om ’ s

deputate. Scott FISH ER is down the hall from Tom, assigned a s t h e a ssi s tant to the deputy dir for Regional Plans. “ Bo” OHMA N i s a n o t h er X OX division chief . Thanks for the update, Tom.

Got a call f r om K en SM I T H in ear l y M arch . H e answered m y r eq u est f o r in f o on t he I ndependence Bow l . H e and his w i f e w en t t o see i t . H i s

wife turned thumbs down on her sitting in the rain a t t h e st a d i u m a n d opted f or t he coziness o f t hei r m ot el r oom t o w atch i t i n c o m f o r t a n d

write Christmas cards during commercials. Ken ran into J o h n F E R a n d Chet GRI FFIN at the game. He passed along some recent new s. F ir st , Roy STA FFORD is now at National War College. Second, T o m M O O R E has retired in Virginia and third, Lyle WI LSON has r et i r ed i n Sa n A n

to n io .

Back in the middle of March, I got a call from Dan D O N O V A N . H e was coming to Patrick on a TDY . I j oined him at the V O Q and m ade din

ner ar rangement s f or us and W ill ie G RA Y . D an and a N avy capt ai n friend traveling with Dan j oined Caroline and me, and W ill ie and N ancy . We had a great evening f illed with reminiscing and laughi ng . D an passed along some Redt ag new s. H e sai d t hat Jack H A U SE R is assigned t o H q

SAC/ X P and “ Lefty” A DA M S is the 3902 A BW chief of safety. D o n HA L LA GER is on the JCS/ J-5 staf f . Dan’s wife, Caroline, enj oys t he Omaha area as does Kelly (11 yrs old) who is in the 6t h gr ade. I got a follow-up letter from Dan which I will reprint but f irst I should explain some details. Dan’s trip was to support a ride on one o f o u r E a st er n T est

w o n . D a ed a l i a n M a i n t en a n c e w i l l b e a w a r d ed n ex t w ee k and t he H ughes

T r ophy w i ll be present ed f or t he t hi rd year i n a row to one o f t he w ing ’ s sqdns (67TFS) during a June ceremony. It ’s great to be on a w i nni ng t eam . I w as f or t unate t o m ove up f r om D O t o vice last m o n t h — a m o v e

which I viewed with mixed emotions. I liked being DO. “ Lots of Redtags around PA CA F and we seem to see a good deal o f each other . Never seems to be time to party but it ’s alw ays great t o have an opportunity to visit . Tom H I GH , who is the wing civi l engi neer at Clark helped us out a couple of weeks ago when Peggy and t he gir ls (3) w er e t r yi ng t o get t o Baggio t o j oi n D ad . . . I t all w o r k ed t h a n k s t o T o m ’ s help . L anny L A N C A ST E R j ust lef t C lar k w here he w as 13 A F / A D O — headed f or A F SC at A ndr ew s. M y good f r iend O t is D I N N I N G i s t h e t h i r d Redtag at Clark . H e and his family were through Kadena r ecent ly on an

EM L . Ran into them at Baskin & Robins Ice Cream j oint . H e ’ s h ea d ed for Langley—2nd A ir Delivery Gp, this summer. Here at K adena, Randy H ERTZOG and I are across-the-street neighbors. Randy is ru nning t he

SR-7 1 operat ion out here. M i k e M A JO R is t he vice at K u n so n a n d h e beams through now and then in his “ electric” j et . Of cour se R ip

BLA I SDEL L was at the Kun until last fall. Rip’s the I G I a t P A C A F n o w

and w e’ re dr eading hi s next visit . Ron T A Y L O R is st ill at T aegu— r an in t o hi m last w eek . W ell , t hat ’ s it f o r now . O h , it could har dly be called r e cent new s, but I enj oyed w or k ing w it h D uk e G RE E N and K en SM I T H a t

ESC in San A ntonio in Dec. They were doing well . Hopefully t h e i n t er v a l

bet w een m y let ter s w il l shor t en— i f it doesn ’ t , be car ef ul w hat you pr i nt b eca u se t h e P ec k s a r e f a i t h f u l r ea d er s o f t h e co l u m n — i f in f r eq uent con

tributors. We’ll be here another year—at least I hope w e w i l l . W h en i t ’ s time to go it ’ll be hard to give up flying the RF-4 and t he F- 15. 30 per cent of all MA C Space A comes through Kadena—so the MA C guys tell m e. So if any Redtags are traveling through our territory, b e i n t o u c h . ” Thanks for the letter and the good updates Gail. A nd since Gail mentioned Rip BLA ISDEL L in his letter. I ’ l l m en t i o n that I have a change-of-address showing Rip in Woodland Par k , C O . M oving right along . . . I got a call from “ Reb” DA NIEL in M ay say ing that he would be leaving Shaw f or Seymour-Johnson t o b e t h e 4 T F W commander. Change of command was scheduled for 29 May. H e h a d been stationed at Seymour as a captain from ’67 to ’69. H e says his w i f e, Jackie, is a hard worker , staying very busy with OWC a n d o t h er a c

t ivit ies. Son Jer r y w i ll be a f i r stclassm an at t he “ Z oo ” t hi s year . Scot t w i ll be a j unior t hi s year at t he U niv . of Sout h C ar oli na. A n d C h r i s w i l l b e a j unior i n high school .

Range support shi ps. W hile a submar ine cr uises of f t h e sh o r e a b o u t 30 - 50 miles out and launches an instrumented SLBM , a support shi p cr uises nearby for tracking, telemetry downlink, and safety obj ect ives. T he group that Dan was a part of rode the support ship, t he Range Sent inel . N o w f o r D a n ’ s l et t er :

“ Our ride on the Range Sentinel went extremely well . T h e w ea t h er stayed beautiful, the launch was flawless, and we had a cl o ser l o o k t h a n I

expect ed at one o f t he tw o Soviet A G I s t hat were w it h u s . W e a l so h a d a little more adventure as we were coming into port . Because it w as get t ing late, we asked the captain of the Range Sentinel if w e could r ide t he pi lot ’ s boat into port . Five minutes later , we were going down a 35-f oot r ope lad der into t he pilot ’s boat . W e t al k ed it over lat er and w er e j ust t hank f ul we

didn’t have time to think about what we were doing. “ We would have probably stayed on the ship and caught a n o t h er flight . A s it was, our flight was two hours late leaving O r l a n d o b eca u se o f the weather in the M idwest . The reality of our trip t o F l o r i d a f a d ed a s I finally returned to Base Ops at Of futt and had to dig my car our o f six i n

c h es o f sn o w .

“ I did get t he chance t o see St eve N I E L SO N and C har lie H A L E t h i s

week as they were attending a three-day conference h er e . St ev e a n d w i f e

L ogan Babin rules as K ing H oumas XX X VI I I, King of Carnival i n

our Of futt A lumni A ssociation initial meeting. A lso, P h i l M E R K E L

Finally, I got a letter from Logan BA BIN j ust before I went t o pr ess. “ Dear Jack, ’59 may have had the first general and t he f ir st ast r onaut , but possibly ’72 had the first king. I enclose a photo t ak en M ar ch 6, 1984 ,

C ar ol dr ove dow n f r om W ur t sm it h and C har lie w as i n f r o m C a st l e . I think I mentioned to you that Brig Gen Irv ROKKE was t he speak er at

cam e in w it h t he Force St r uct ur e C om m i tt ee last mont h a n d w e h a d d i n

ner together . Phil is assigned to Studies and A nalyses i n t h e A i r St a f f . “ Well Jack & Caroline, I have told you everything I k now . Jack , it w as great seeing you f or the first time in over 21 years and to f inally meet Caroline. With her name, I knew she would be as great a s sh e i s .

“ A gai n , t hank you . D an D onovan . ” G ot a let ter f r om Gai l PEC K i n M ay . “ I ’ m year s overdue i n wr it i ng t o you. Like most of us I really enj oy the column in Checkp oints. So , it ’ s f i nal ly t i me t o cont r i bute. A l l ’ s w ell her e at K adena. T h e h ea l t h o f t h e 18

H oum a, L A . The unidentif ied gir l is his q ueen.

Mardi Gras Day, when I ruled as Houmas XXXVIII, King of C ar nival , Houma, LA . This has been an unusual year f or the Babins. B esi d es t h e

K i ng o f C ar nival f un , I w as el ect ed t o t he boar d o f d i r ect o r s o f T er

rebonne Bank & Trust Co., the largest bank in Houma, a n d a t t a i n ed t h e CRE designation as a member of the A merican Society o f R ea l E st a t e C o u n sel o r s.

“ Spoke to Chet GRIFFI N twice last month. He is enj oying h i s c o m

mand at C ol um bus, M S.

f r om a daughter beginning her t hir d year at T u lane t o a t w o-year -old . C huck passed on t hat Jo hnnie H E I M BU RG E R , st ill w it h Fr ont ier , i s or ganizing a clim bi ng expedi t ion t o t he H im alayas. C h u c k a l so a d d ed t hat Bob W A R D is back i n t he A ir For ce as an eye sur geon and pr esent ly ¥

st a t i o n ed a t W ei sb a d en .

T om F RY E R sent a note att ached t o a new s release announcing h i s a sso c i a t i o n w i t h t h e U n i o n N a t i o n a l B a n k a n d T r u st C om pany . I presume t he ban k is in M anhat tan , K A , si nce neit her T om nor t h e n ew s r el ea se said anyt hi ng d i f f er ent . A ccor di ng t o t he r elease, T o m w i l l a ssu m e d u t i es

L ogan B abin and f r iend on d uck -hun ting tr ip near H ouma, L a . “ A ll of t he Redtags should come t o N ew O r leans f or t h e W o r l d ’ s F a i r i f possible. I t is an amazing exposit i on ; even im pressed t his local C aj un . D uck hunt i ng season ru ns f r om N ovem ber t hr u Febr uary i n So u t h L o u i siana . A nyone desi r i ng t o mak e a hunt , give m e a cal l at (504) 876-7433. O ur hunt ing cam p is on a barge and has all t he com f or t s o f h o m e (almost ) . I enclose a pict u re taken by a f r iend o f m i ne. D elt a A i r L i ner captain Ralph Oalmann . A s you can see, we have f un ev en i f w e d o n ’ t k i l l duck s. L ogan .’ ’ T hat is it f or now . T hank s f or t he phone cal ls and lett er s. H ope t o hear f r om one or t w o m or e Redt ags who have been silent f or 22 year s. Sk ip L ee

2 2 12 2 2 n d D r i v e

K ir t land A F B , N M 87 116 H ome: (505) 268-3 18 1 A V : 244 -94 0 8

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Fir st , let me t hank L ar r y T H A C K E R f or st andi ng in last t i m e . M ea n ti me, we successf ul ly com plet ed our m ove f r om Guam t o A lbuquerq ue and K ir t land A FB , N M . T al k about cult ure shock ! Guam is green , and A lbuquer que is br ow n ! Real br ow n . Fort unately , t he A O G d i d n ’ t m ess

up my change of address and the Post Of fice didn’t l o se o u r m a i l . T h e

end result ? I have a l ot o f good i n f or m at ion to pass on to you . T o begi n w it h . I ’ ll give you a shor t updat e o f my act ivit ies. O u r n ew a d d r ess c a n b e f ound above, and L ar ry passed on phone num ber s in t he last issue. M y new j ob is deput y comm ander f or oper at ions, 1550t h C o m b a t C r ew

Training Wing — please note the change; we are no longer a n a i r c r ew training and test wing. The neat part of this operation is hel icopt er s. H av ing never flown a “ fling wing’ ’ machine before, I find t he exper ience

chal lengi ng and exhi lar at ing . W e have f our di f f er ent t ypes o f helicopt er s — f r om H ueys t o t he H -53. O f cour se, I also log t ime — a n d b a si c c u r r en

cy — in the HC-130. For the last three weeks, we hosted N ei l SO R E N SE N

f o r h i s r esu ce c h ec k o u t . N ei l i s v i ce co m m a n d er o f t h e 39 t h A R R W a t

Eglin A FB FL . Helicopters are also new to Neil ; however, he is goi ng one up on me by getting to try out the H-60 there at Eglin.

I n ear ly M ay I at t ended t he M A C Seni or O f f icer ’s C our se a t Sc o t t A FB . I n t he class w it h m e w ere Ji m m ie SC H U M A N , Pr es D A V I S, George FREDRICK and Denny SCOTT . We all had dinner toget her one eveni ng — a m i ni-reuni on — and t old w ar st or ies, catchi ng up on t he year s. Sor r y , no pict ures — w e were T D Y . Ji m m ie is t he deputy com m ander f or mai ntenance f or t he 435t h T A W at Rhein M ai n ; P r es i s A D O f or t he 443d M A W at A lt us; G eor ge i s “ chief w eat her guesser ’ ’ f or t he A ir For ce G lobal W eat her Cent r al at O f f ut t A F B ; and D enny is moneybags (com pt r oller ) at M cG uir e A FB . N eedless t o say , a great ti me was had by al l ; only Pres em bar r assed ever yo ne by developing a gol f er ’ s t an dur i ng t he week ’ s T D Y . G ot a t elephone call one eveni ng f r om J . T . H E A L — t he phone does w or k . Jef f has t hr ee col lege t ypes in t he f am ily : tw o a t N o r t h w est er n a n d one at M arym ount . I do not f eel bad w it h only one in school . A ct ual ly , t her e ar e r eal ly f our H eals in co llege — Sandy is w or k i ng o n a m a st er ’ s i n guidance and counseling. C an you believe it ? T w o at N o r t h w est er n a t t h e sa m e t i m e . O u ch ! I c a l l ed C h u c k D O N A H U E t h e o t h er a f t er n o o n t o g et

an update and let him k now I w as in t ow n . C huck is a captain f or Fr ont ier

A i r l i n es b a sed o u t o f D en v er . H e a n d A n n h a v e f o u r child ren rangi ng

t hat i nclude counseli ng o n invest ment oppo rt unit ies a n d d eci si o n s i n volved i n evaluat i ng i nvest ment per f or m ance and t ax planning. I t al so said t hat w hile T om w as t he K ansas St at e U ni ver sity PA S, t he num ber o f f r eshm en ent er i ng t he RO T C pr ogr am w it h scholar ships i ncreased by 200 per cent . T he new j ob begins 1 July 1984 . Ralph BA C U E m ailed a xer ox copy o f t he A O G biographical f o r m — unique and ef f ect ive. Ral ph i s a pr oud new papa or , as he puts it , Pat rick l am es Bacue, bor n 19 M ar ch 1984 , w i ll be a m em ber o f t h e C l a ss o f 2 00 6 . T he Bacues are enr out e f r om t he A mer ican E m bassy in T o kyo t o A er onaut ical System s D ivison , W r ight -Pat ter son . A not her unique f or m o f cor r espo ndence ar r i ved in t he m a i l b o x f r o m Pete OG N I BE N E — a w eddi ng annou ncement . C ongr at ulat ions t o P et e and co ndolences t o Br igi d . A ccor di ng t o Pet e, m any o f you w er e pr iv ileged to meet B r igid last Sept em ber at t he reunion . T he nupt uals t ook place 7 A pr il . A tt endi ng as guest s wer e Steve D OT O SO N a n d h i s n ew b r ide — since Oct ober 1983 — A nne. Pete’ s ot her excit ing n ew s w a s t h e publishing of hi s novel ent it led The B ig By te. T he st ory sounds f u n : a t echnol ogical t hr il ler incl ud ing computer s, sabot eur s and a plot t o dest r oy t he f eder al bank i ng syst em . O ne o f t he her oes is a dashing A ir Force col o nel . T he pr ice of t his Bal lant i ne paper back is $2.95. O h yes, Pet e and Br igi d live in Silver Spr i ng, M D . O t her changes include Bob M U R P H Y t o Blyt hevi lle A FB , A R ; C al N A Y t o H ar r isville, W V ; W ayne W A R N E R f r om Ft W alt on t o Shali mar , F L ; and E d BO SW E L L t o W ill iam s A F B as t he 425t h T FT S co m m a n d er . T h e r u m o r m i l l h a s J a c k M C T A SN E Y en r o u t e t o M c C l el l a n in July , D oug H A R D G RA Y E r et i r ing in L as V egas, and A ndy W A RD m ovi ng up f r o m D C M t o v i ce c o m m a n d er o f t h e 3 74 t h T A W a t C l a r k A B , P L T o close, please gi ve me a cal l or dr op a l ine. I f you ar e passi ng t hr ough A lbuquerque, do cal l and let ’ s t ry t o get t oget her . T h er e a r e a f ew o f u s yellow t ags i n t he shadow o f Sandia Peak — I ’ve tal k ed t o C h u c k a n d B i l l B RO W N I N G , and plan to t ouch base w it h t he ot her s soon . W ho k now s, t his place cou ld become a maj or st oppi ng of f place f o r a l o t o f u s . C h ec k you lat er .

M ik e R ob bins

3422 Bar k ley D r i ve Fair f ax , V A 2203 1 H ome: (703) 280- 117 1 O f f ice: (202) 697-930 1 A V : 2 2 7 -9 30 1

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H ell o again f r om D izzy land and S/ 1 WA D E E . I ’ll leave t h e C l ass N e w s to my successor, M ik e R obbins, and Just tak e a f ew l i n es t o c l o se o u t

so m e b u si n ess .

R euni on— bel ieve me, there is a l ot of interest. We an ticip ate at least 150 classmates wil l be ther e. R ich BE D A RF is wor k ing on tr ansp or tation (imp or tan t— if i t can be ar r anged, the R OE will be str ict; i. e. m il i tary only — no sp ouses) . If i t wor ks ou t, sp end the $$ y ou set aside and f ly y our wif e. J oe RED D EN , Thad WOL F and B ret t D UL A have the s t i ck o n t h e sl ide sho w. We ’ll see y ou ther e. I ’ve sincer ely enj oy ed being the class scr ibe f or a y ear — many thanks f or the car ds, let ters and esp ecial ly the p hotos. The P en tagon is a gr eat l ocat ion f or any one who tak es th is on because y ou see so many p eop le. D ur i ng those m on ths that the mailbag was sp arse, i t was gr eat to have so m uch m ater ial f r om seeing guy s in the halls. I understand that p r evio us secr etar ies, stationed in o ther l ocations have no t been so f or tunate: I ’ve shak en the st ick to M ik e R OB B I N S. I ’m on my way to b e t h e v i ce a t L u k e in the F -I 6! N o t too shabby . I t has been gr eat being in the f l o w of class in f o, but I no l onger think I can d o i t j ustice. Thanks again. See y ou in Sep tem ber ! Tom . I guess it ’ s m y t ur n . Fi r st I ’d l i ke t o t hank T om f or a super j ob on the colum n t his past year . E very now and t hen t he system rewar ds good peo ple w it h an out standi ng assignm ent , and t he vice at L uk e f lying t he elec t r ic j et couldn ’ t have gone t o a m or e deservi ng guy . I n t he panic t o out -pr ocess, w r ite O E Rs, etc., T om and I didn ’ t get t oget her unt il last T hur sday . I t w as t hen t hat I discovered t h a t t h e

dead li ne f or t he colum n was t his w eek . T he t im i ng gives me yet anot her oppor t unit y t o pr ove t hat “ w or k expands or cont r act s t o f i l l t i m e available.” I sur vived t he f our year s at t he zoo on t hat basis, and not hi ng seem s t o have changed i n t he i nter im . T o m d i d l ea v e m e a f ew ca r d s a n d l et t er s f r o m so m e of our mor e pr o li f ic m em ber s. T om M A H A N has w rapped up his t our at Bit burg as an F- 15 squadr on com m ander and i s headed f or N ellis. T om r a n i n t o V a n SA N D E RS, A lconbur y A ggr essor com m ander (now of ’65) , everyw here f r om D enmar k t o Sar dinia. Ji m SEA RS w r ote f r om Sheppard w h er e h e ’ s c h i e f o f t h e C o n t r a ct s D i v i si o n . J i m ’ s d i v i si o n w a s r ecent ly named t he A T C O ut standi ng Base C ont ract ing O f f ice. T om

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G RE E N U P in Seat t le, A 1 W O RK M A N in L ake C ity , FL , G eor ge G A T E S i n A nchor age and D on SPO O N at Br oo k s A FB . Speak i ng o f det ect ive wor k . . . K ur t PA U E R ’ s Easter n f l ight had a short layover at N at ional a m ont h or so ago , and w e got toget her f or a couple of hou r s. W e have bot h been t ryi ng t o l ocat e D a n K E A R N S si n c e D an di sappear ed f r om t he A i r Force and w as last r um ored t o be w or k i ng on a hippie com m une in O regon . K ur t t rack ed dow n D an ’ s d a d i n F l o r i d a and f i nal ly f ound t he “ Bullet ” as an upst andi ng mem ber o f society i n E ugene. I hope D an and t he ot her ex-lost souls w il l j oin us at t he reunion in September . Bret t D U L A w i ll soon be enr oute to t he W ar C ollege h er e i n W ashi ngt on . Joe RE D D E N and t he rest o f t he pr ogr am co m m i t t ee h er e are anxi ous to put hi m t o w or k . For t hose of us t raveli ng Space-A , w e now have f r iends o n b o t h co a st s. Jack C O L E recent ly lef t t he hal ls of JC S f or M cG ui re w here he’ s t he vice, a n d C u r t B A Y E R h o l d s d o w n t h e sa m e sl o t a t N o r t o n .

H eading west , N el s R U N N I N G lef t hi s plush o f f ice on C apital H i ll f or t he I G j ob at H Q PA CA F . Even f ar t her w est , H ar l H A W L E Y h a s t h e 18t h T FW at K adena. I t loo k s li k e our cam paign t o t ake o v er t h e w o r l d i s succeeding. G i l A C H T E R gave me a cal l at t he o f f ice a f ew w eek s ago . H e w as br ingi ng his R F-4 up f r om M er idian w here he’ s t he G uard a d v i so r . W e got t oget her at t he house f or M exican f ood and a f ew b eer s. I w as sur pr ised t o see t hat Joe G R I FF I T H is now a m ist er a n d h ea d ed f or A r k ansas. H e moved to t he t op ahead of t he pack b u t h a s d eci d ed t o hang it up af ter 20 . Fr om now t hr ough Septem ber , t hi ngs w i ll be m oving quick ly . By t he t im e w e all meet i n Sept em ber some o f our rank s w il l h a v e r et i r ed a n d t h e 0 -6 boar d w i ll have met . For t hose of you al ready w eari ng eagles, t he un w ashed masses ar e cl osi ng in . T hat about w raps it up f or my f ir st shot as t he scr i be. I ’ d l i k e t o ec h o T om Br ow ni ng’ s obser vat ion t hat bei ng i n t he D .C . ar ea does put one in co ntact w it h a lot o f our classmates. T hey ’ re everyw here. B u t d o n ’ t l et t hat st op you f r om dr opping me a l ine t o get us caught up on w hat ’ s goi ng on in your par t o f t he w or ld .

I Pict ur es are especially appreciat ed . T om lef t m e t he o n e f r o m J . J . D A V I S’ ret ir em ent . T he F-86E shot is f r om my recent t o u r i n H o n d u r a s. Flying t he ’ 86 w as t he highlight of m y aviat i on car eer , a n d L esl i e a n d I r eal ly enj oyed t he tw o year s we spent t here. I f any o f you have t he chance t o get dow n t her e as par t o f t he ongoi ng exer cises, don ’t pass it up . See you in Sept em ber and r em em ber , “ L et ’ s be car ef ul o u t t h er e ! ”

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(Sco tt D UN CA N dep ar ted the gr ay hal ls of the P entagon f or the scen ic wonders of the R ock ies and lef t the f ol lo wing ex cerp ts to be f iled by the incom ing class scr ibe.) L ast T hought s Bef ore H eadi ng out t he D oor ! A sincer e apol ogy t o t he John SI D O R clan . A s I w as cleani ng out t he hom e o f f ice pri or t o PC S, w hat should I f ind but a C hr ist mas car d . O f cour se, f i ndi ng it about f ive m ont hs lat e i sn ’t t oo sw i f t , but I ’ m happy t o pass on t hat John , Shir ley and childr en , St acy , Johnny and G reg, are doi ng gr eat in E ur ope. I t seem s John f lew t he last o f t he F-4s f r om T or r ej on b a c k t o H o m est ea d a n d t h en l ef t t o b ec o m e t h e c o m m a n d er o f t h e 60 1st A SO C coor di nat ing ai r suppor t f or t he A r m y . Best o f luck in t hat cont i nui ng ef f or t , John ! L a t e n ew s f r o m a c r o ss t h e P o t o m a c h a s i t t h a t M i k e R Y A N i s m oving f r om N at ional W ar C ol lege t o Japan w here he’ ll assume co m m a n d o f t h e f ir st F- 16 out f it w hich is slat ed t o oper at e f r om M isaw a. T o m O W E N S i s headed f or t he Paci f ic and an assignm ent at K adena a s t h e A D O f o r t h e 18t h T FW . Bot h ar e del ight ed t o f i nd t hem selves back in t he f lyi ng gam e af t er t hei r t our s i n t he Pentagon and in academ e. A s f or your s t r uly , w e’ r e headi ng out to t he A cademy and a gr eat assignm ent as t he publ ic af f air s di rect or . I t ’ s somet hing I ’ v e w a n t ed t o d o f or a l ong t i me. I do w ant t o i nt r oduce ou r new r epor ter , J i m P A G E . Ji m ’s now gai n f ul ly em ployed i n t he basem ent i n A F/ X OOT A , w h er e am ong other t hings, he coor dinat es A ir For ce suppor t r equi rements f or t he 1984 O lym pic Games. A nyone w ant ing t ick et s or havi ng d i f f i cu l t i es w it h housing can cal l him . I n closing, I w ant t o t han k al l o f you f or your out st andi ng suppor t over t he past tw o year s. I t ’ s been f un t rying t o k eep up w it h all t he changes and t he car eer m oves. I k now you ’ ll help Ji m in hi s ef f or t s t o m aint ai n close and cont i nui ng cont act w i t h o u r c l a ssm a t es . L ate A ddi ti on : Just had a call f r om Rich SI N E R , now a highly r espect ed f acul ty m em ber at t he highly respect ed N at ional W ar C ollege. Seem s Rich , i n his old age, can ’t m ove it ar ound as f ast as he once could , and he t ook a di r ect hit . H e’ s t ak en on t he j ob o f secr et ar y f or t he C lass o f 1965 f or t he C apit al C hapt er o f t he A ssociat ion o f G r a d u a t es . N o w h e h a s o n e sm a l l f a v o r t o a sk . I t seem s t h er e m u st b e many o f our classm at es li vi ng in or near W ashi ngt on w ho don ’t belong t o the C apital C hapter . O ne w ay o f f ixi ng t his sit uat i on is t o get in touch w i t h R i ch a t N W C . H i s o f f ice num ber is (202) 693-8 115. H e w ant s t o hear f r om y o u s o w e c a n begin t o i ncr ease par t ici pat ion in chapter act ivi t ies. G i v e h i m a ca l l . H e ’ l l appr eci at e f inding out w here you are and w hat you ’ve been d oi ng . N otes F r om J im : M any t hank s t o Scot t f or an out st anding j ob as t he c l a ss sc r i b e . H er e I a m i n t h e b a sem en t o f t h e m u l t i f a cet ed buildi ng, hom e o f w here it ’ s r eal ly at . I saw John T A I T get t ing his intr oduct or y st r oll ar ound t he F-R ing o f the basem ent . John is w o r k ing f or A F / X O O in an o f f ice called P r ogr am s and I nit iat ives. H e’ ll k now everyt hing he ever w ant ed t o k n o w a b o u t t h e Big Pict ure and t hen some i n deali ng w it h all t he new i n i t i a t i v es . T h er e ’ s a lot of visibi lit y t hat comes w i t h t he j ob . Bi ll W E I D A h a s o n e w i t h a l o t o f vi si bi lit y — he m anaged t o get a r oom w it h a w indow . Bill is o f f er i ng ad v i ce o n i n t er n a t i o n a l ec o n o m i cs a s t h e a ssi st a n t f o r Econom ic P oli cy and A nalysis i n O A SD / I SA . H e even get s t o w ear civi lian cl o t h es.

A new s release cr ossed m y desk t he ot her day . Fletcher H . W I L E Y , ESQ , m anaging par t ner of Budd , W iley & Richli n , N ew E ngland ’s lar gest m inor it y law f ir m , has been selected as one o f t he eleven I naugur al F el l o w s f o r t h e M a ssa ch u set t s I n t er n a t i o n a l F el l o w s Pr ogr am . T he pr o gram i s co-sponsor ed by t he U ni ver sit y o f M assachuset t s a n d t h e L o n d o n Business School and i s designed t o st im ulate t he st at e’ s econom ic develop m ent . L oo ki ng good !

T he C asper s f orces o f evi l i n new com m and or st af f assignment s. T he W ashi ngt on-

a r ea f o l k s o n t h e m o v e i n c l u d e J o h n M A R SH A L L f r o m N W C t o b a se

The Sidor childr en, f r om lef t, ar e Gr eg, Stacy (C lass of ’88) and J ohnny . A n update f r om John SI D O R . John repor t s t hat C huck C O L E M A N depar ted T or rej on f or a second t our in T A C H eadquar ter s so m ew h er e t his t ime i n X P . C huck put i n his t ime at T or rej on as an ops o f f icer , squadr on com mander and A D O . John also r epor t ed t hat his oldest , St acy , accepted an appoi nt m ent to t he Z oo as a mem ber o f t h e C l a ss o f ’ 88 .

I i ntend t o keep Scot t ’ s t rad it ion o f m ak i ng t he class n ew sl et t er i n terest i ng. Besides t hat I need t he pr act ice typing. W e’ ve got our 20t h not t oo f ar i n the f ut ure. L et ’s k eep each ot her i n f o rm ed on w hat ’ s happen ing . D on ’t w ait f or a PC S t o w r ite. K eep t hose car ds and let ter s f l ow i ng m .

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com mander at Bergst r om A F B , T X . I C A F ’ s Gary V A N V A L I N m o v e s acr oss t he Pot omac to t he Pent agon ’ s pr ogr am m ing w or ld , A F / P R P . B i l l H O H W I ESN E R leaves I C A F f or H Q U SA F/ SD at A ndr ew s A F B , M D , and Bil l D U N N goes f r om N W C to H Q U SA F / RD . M any m or e h a v e l ef t t he halls of A ir W ar C ollege; I ’ l l updat e you next i ssu e . U SA F E M I N I -R EU N I O N : L ast M ar ch many o f U SA FE ’ s f am ed C l a ss o f 1966 gat hered at Ram stei n A F B , Ger many , to t r ade w a r st o r i es a n d com pare wai st li nes. T he gala event w as planned by D ale E L L I OT T , Rick PA RSO N S and D ave O A K E S and w as an unqual i f ied success. J o h n G R O Z I E R a n d D a n C E C I L w er e t h er e f r o m R A F L a k en h ea t h . D a v e a n d

Pat FA L ES passed t hr ough on a sk i holiday f r om t he Pent agon . Paul and D et t a Z O M N I R w er e t her e f r om B r ussel s, Belgium . Some sen t t h ei r r egrets f or being unable t o at t end , but t he aw ar d f or t h e m o st a r t f u l w ea k

ex c u se w en t t o P a r k er J o h n A N D E R SO N . P J i s t h e c u l t u r a l a m b a ssa d o r

t o Ber li n and w as escor t i ng t he U SI A dir ect or and 50 f or eign ser vice o f f icer s t hat w eekend (w eak , P J) . Bob D U N H A M and Bill B L I T T co u l d n ’ t mak e it f r om Sembach and sent t heir regr et s, as did H o m er L I C H T E N W A L T E R . Bi ll and Judy H U D SPET H w er e also t her e f r om R h ei n M a i n . Speaking o f reunions, it ’s not too early to begin thinking about the 20-year reunion at U SA FA in t he f all of 1986. (H as it really been t hat long?)

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G reeti ngs ’66er s. A s D an C EC I L w r ote i n t he Spr i ng i ssu e o f C h ec k p oin ts, we have “ t r ansf er r ed t he qui ll ’ ’ and I w ill be w r it i ng our C lass N ew s beginning w it h t his issue. D an , on behal f of all t he class, t han ks f o r a di f f icult and som et imes t hank less j ob done well . A ll o f us appr eciat ed your t im e and ef f ort over t he year s i n get t i ng t he new s, r umor s and pic t ures i nto pr int in su per lat i ve f ashion . W e w ish you a n d D i a n a t h e b est o f luck in your new assignm ent at t he Pentagon . D ear J o hn: Redtags, m y f ir st plea is f or N E W S! C all me, w r i te me or st op by and see me, but let ’ s hear f rom you about w hat ’ s happeni ng . I k now t here’ s a lot o f inter est ing new s out t here, and w e ’ d a l l l i k e t o k n o w w here you are and w hat you ’ r e doing. G ive me a call or dr op m e a li ne; I ’d enj oy tal k ing w i t h you and your class new s w il l b e b et t er f o r i t . O ne sure w ay to get your f am i ly pict ur e in C heckp oints i s t o w r i t e t h e class new s, so I ’ m i ncludi ng one o f my w i f e, C hr is, and our one-year -old , Robbie (an easier w ay to see your pict ur e i n pr int is t o send me one) . C hr is t eaches gi f ted and t alent ed childr en w hile Robbie, al ias “ M r . D est r uct o , ’ ’ races ar ound and t r ies t o t ake apar t or eat everyt hi ng w i t h i n r ea ch . T he big new s f or t he C A SPE R clan is t hat w e have moved t o H oust o n , T X , w here I am in ast r onaut t r ai ni ng along w it h L acy V EA C H , also selected in the most recent ast r onaut gr oup . W e j oin c l a ssm a t e R o n G RA BE , also st at ioned at N A SA ’ s Johnson Space Center a n d n a m ed t o t he standby crew f or t he next ser ies o f space shut t le l a u n ch es. L ET T ERS: D on ST E W A R D w r ote t hat he ran i nt o A ndy FO R N A L and D ick BET H U RE M last spr ing, w hile A ndy and D ick w ere playi ng hook ey f r om L uke A FB . D on is f l yi ng 737s w it h Easter n A i r l i n es o u t o f M iami . A ndy is an F- 15 squadr on com m ander , w hile D ick j ust lef t his squad r on com mander j ob t o f i ll in as F- 15 A D O bef ore going on t o A ir W ar C ollege. SE N I O R SER V I C E SC H OO L S: C ongrat ulat ions to t he many ’ 6 6 er s w ho r ecently gr aduated f r om school , w ell -rested and eager t o bat tl e t he

F r om lef t ar e D on, “ Wheels ” and “ B athr oom . ” W H O ’S W H ER E : I hear t hr ough t he grapevi ne t hat T ony a n d C h er BO V E ar e li vi ng i n M ar i on , I N , w here T ony is V P o f t he f am ily t r uck i ng f i r m . A lso had a repo rt on Elect r ic Jet (F- 16) dr iver s G r egg SW A N SO N and Jam ie GO U G H at T or r ej on A B , Spain . Jam ie is com mander o f t h e 6 14 T FW “ L ucky D evi ls’ ’ and quali f ies as one hi m sel f . W a l t K I N G c o n t r ols t he air bat t le f lying E-3A s out o f T i nker A F B , O K , but i f you read t he paper s, t hat means m ost of his ti m e i s i n Saudi A r abia. W alt ’ s w i f e, Fr an , teaches school and somehow f i nds t i me t o r ai se t h r ee c h i l d r en . D i c k M cC O N N ’ s “ M I nt er nat ional ” busi ness i n W ashi ngt on is gr ow ing, as is his and M ili ’ s one-year -old daughter , A shley . Sid W I SE a n d Sa n d r a m oved f r om H aw aii t o Japan , w here Sid is now vice comm ander o f t h e 3 13 t h A i r D i v i si o n a t K a d en a A B .

T ough B reak : T his issue’ s “ som eone’ s got t o do it ” sym pat hy aw ar d goes t o Ron and Jend H A T C H ET T f or t hei r har d ship t our l a st f a l l . L et ’ s 41

see i f I ’ve got t his r ight , now . . .Ron w as chosen a s a m em b er o f t h e M ut ual and Balanced Force Reduct ion T eam negot iat ing ar m s/ t r oop r ed ucti ons i n E ur ope, see, so he “ had ” to live i n V ienna, A ust r ia, whi le t hat w as going on . But t hat w as only a par t -ti me j ob . T he r est o f t he year he w as t o w or k i n St ock holm , Sw eden , t o negot iate t he C o n f er en c e o n D isar mament in Eur ope. A ct ual ly , it really is sad , b ec a u se R o n a n d J en ^ onl y got t o do t he V ienna par t bef ore t he Russians w a l k ed o u t . W h en l a st seen , t he H A T C H ET T s w er e cooli ng t heir heels in W ashingto n hopi ng f o r so m e so r t o f d et en t e . R o n st i l l sh u t t l es t o V i en n a and Stock holm , but only on a T D Y basi s now . T ough break , Ron . SE N D P H OT OS, N OT M O N EY : I ’ m look ing f o rw ard to w r it i ng y o u r class new s and mak i ng t his col um n t he f ir st place you loo k w hen you pick up Checkp oin ts. But 1 need your help ! I ’ m som ew hat o f f t h e b ea t en t r a c k her e in H oust on , so I ’ m count i ng on your inputs. So long f or now .

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A dm in/ academ ic building at P hil ipp ine M ili tary A cademy .

Pete BET T I N GE R w as medical ly ret ired 11 June 84 . H i s m ult i ple scler osi s stays pret ty w el l cont r olled as long as he doesn ’t get t oo f atigued o r st r essed . H e and Fr ancelle, M ichel le ( 16) , Scott ( 14) , and L auren (7 m o) w i ll set t le in A ust in T X . Best w ishes, Pete! T he r emai nder o f m y spar se new s is PC S r epor t s. L en V E R N A M O N T I is now at N or t on A F B as com pt r ol ler f or t he Balli stics M i ssi l e O f f i ce . George F RU SH O U R is t he new chief o f secur it y police i n t h e A zo r es . (W asn ’ t he t he guy w ho said , “ Give m e a command , anyw here.” ) Gary

KOLDYKE is in northern Virginia with Mobile Oil Corp. R i c k RETEL LE is in A rlington, VA , as a program manager (DA RPA ). J o h n HOL LSTEIN is now in suburban D .C. as a corporate financial planner

f or M ar t i n M ar iet ta. M ost amazi ng, it i s ru mored t hat t he qui nt essent i al O k lahom an , T om BOE T T C H E R , has m oved to D .C . (report u n c o n f i r med) ! M a r k T o r r ea n o &

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A m catching r ays in t he m idday sun at op m y apar t ment w atchi ng F- 16s f r om K orea do touch-and-gos and si ppi ng a br ew . T he t hi ngs I ’ l l put m ysel f t hr ough t he w r it e t his col um n ar e real ly hor r i ble. Spr ing seem s t o have ar r ived j ust as I t oo k a week of leave t o spend some anniver sar y t i me w it h M im i . W e planned a t r i p t o H ong K ong, but M im i ca m e d o w n w i t h an ear in f ect ion , so w e spent a f ew days in dow ntow n T ok yo at t he N ew Sanno H otel (m il itar o) . I t s real ly plush and w ell l ocated b u t m a k e r eser v a t ions ear ly as i t is al so popular . T hi s w eek was our class “ sw eet sixt een ” graduat ion anniver sar y , w it h a nice f ogey pay increase f or t he act ive-dut y types. O nly f our m or e year s t o t he ret i rement zone, except f or t he pr i or -ser vice guys. I t h i n k t h e “ O l d M an , ” C ar l M cP H E R SO N , w as eligible in M ay , 1968! Just k idding, sir . H ad a gr eat t r ip t o t he Phili ppines in M ar ch , despit e M ar cy ’ s br ok en w r ist . Rode M A C bot h w ays f or $80 . Spent 10 days relaxi ng and shoppi ng at C lar k A B , Subic Bay/ G r ande I sland r ec ar ea (U S N avy) , and at C am p John H ay rec ar ea in t he m ount ains nor t h o f C lar k i n Bagui o C i ty . John H ay i s beauti f ul , w it h a gol f cour se, sw i mm i ng, tenni s, clean air , good eat i ng, and shopping and t our s in Baguio . W e spent a day w it h A r m ando CA ST RO , a L t C ol/ per manent p r o f essor at t he t r i-ser vice P hi li ppi ne M ili tar y A cadem y . T h e P M A i s a t 5,000 f eet on a m ount ai n t op w it h a back dr op of higher m ount ains, so it rem inded me a lot of U SA FA and is a beaut i f ul cam pus. W e m et A b e E ST A V I L L O , ’67, w ho is head o f t he com puter divisi on and also a per m anent pr o f . T he f ut ure Phili ppi ne m i litary leader s ar e bound t o be good w it h t hese t w o t r aining t hem . L ater , w e w ent t o A rm ando ’ s house w her e C eci lle had pr epar ed a f east f or us, w hich we w ashed dow n w it h lots of San M iguel b eer . T h e f i v e C A ST RO k ids took our s i n t ow and w e had a very special ti me t oget her , rem inisci ng and catchi ng up . I encour age anyone w ho get s t o t he P I to go t o Baguio and give A r mando a call ; he’ ll give you a r eal Fil ipi no welcom e.

F r om lef t, standing ar e A be Estavill o, ’67, M ar k Tor r eano, a n d A r m a n d o Castr o. Seated f r om lef t ar e M im i Tor r eano and Cecille C as t r o . W hile at C lar k , w e w ere t he benef iciar ies o f m or e gr eat hospit al it y , t his t i me f r om N ancy H O L L A N D . C har lie w as T D Y to K or ea (he i s t h e c o m m ander o f t he C - 130 sqdn at C lar k ) , but N ancy too k us “ st r anger s” i n and hauled us all over , m aili ng packages and check ing out hops. She w as a li f esaf er and m ade us f eel r ight at hom e. C an ’t t han k you enough , N an cy . C har lie, br i ng t he f am ily t o T ok yo and stay w i t h u s a w h i l e . L o c a l N ew s: D r . K a r l SM I T H i s h er e T D Y f r o m T r a v i s f o r t h r ee w eek s .

K ar l has become t he leading A F surgeon in gynocological o ncology (cancer ) and is a dedicat ed pr o f essional w ho t he A F is lucky t o have ar ound m ak i ng people f eel bet ter . O ur 5A F vice cdr , BG Beyer (A O C in C S-02 1964-65) , h a s m o v ed t o R E D C O M / J 3 at M acD i l l .

L ar ry M A A H S w ill com e t o Y ok ot a i n Jan 85 as w i ng chief o f saf ety anc C -2 1 pi lot . L ar r y , Jan and t hree k ids ar e now at V a n ce . G l a d t o h a v e you i nbound , w i ll send som e in f o soon . L ett er s: A 1 B L U M BE RG clai m s he did not pay f or t he cover p hot o o f t he last Checkp oin ts, so let ’ s pr et end w e believe him . H e did say t he ’ 68 response f or t he A O G f und dr i ve has been li ght , so see i f you can dr op a f ew doll ar s in t he m ai l . A 1 has r ecent ly opened his ow n f i nancial planni ng f ir m in t he Sp ri ngs, acr oss t he hall f r om w i f e Sue’s advert isi ng agency . H e h a s a l so h a d a h a n d i n t h e r ec en t r eb i r t h o f t h e C o l o r a d o A OG C hapt er , along w it h Bill M A Y W H O RT , Bil l W OO D , and D enny BU SC H . ’ 6 8 leads t he w ay agai n ! Pat PA T T E RSO N m oved in June f r om Scott A FB (C h , Elec C o m b a t D iv at A F C omm unicat i ons C m d) t o becom e cdr o f t he 2 0 6 3 r d C o m m Sqdn at L i ndsey A S, G er . T hat put s A nt oi nett e back n ea r h er h o m e i n H olland and Pat has a chance t o lead men . A nyone else o u t t h er e a co m m sq dn cdr ! A not her Pat (RU SSE L L ) w r ot e tw o lett er s, one t o say he w as going t o K ing K alid A FB i n Saudi A r abia, and t he next t o say “ n ev er m i n d Sa u d i A r abia, ” it s o f f t o E dw ar ds in June. Pat had alr eady enter ed t r ai ni ng at H ulbur t , so he w as di sappointed , but w ho can seco nd guess M PC ?

H ad a not e f r om G r eg SH U E Y in Seoul , w her e he made a l ivi ng as over all manager of T eam Spi r it , t he f r ee w or ld ’ s lar gest j oint / com bi ned exer cise. Gr eg lef t t hat headache behind in June and w en t t o H o u st o n a s dpty div ch o f Space Shut t le engineer ing. G r eg is sur e h i s m ec h i n st r u c t o r w ill die laughi ng . H e also added t hat Seoul is a real hidden gem as rem ot es go , t he eight h w onder o f t he w or ld . A short not e f r om Randy JO H N SO N reveals he has a new j ob t hat is very cr i tical t o our U SA FE -assigned bret her n — chief . Scheduli ng and C ont r ol D iv , U SA FE / I G at Ram st ei n . H e i s comi ng f r om t h e 4 0 1 T F W a t T or rej on A B , Spai n , w her e he w as w it h F- 16 pilot s John C H A P M A N a n d St ev e P O L K .

C or por at ion ’s E ngi neer i ng D epar t ment . H e is i nvolved i n t h e i n t r o d u c t io n o f a new r adi al t ir e concept t o t he ai rcraf t i ndust r y in t he U .S. D u r ing his t r avels he has r un acr oss B uzz D Y RE w ho is a physical t her apist i n E ver et t , W A . Ron al so r epor t s t hat Bil l E L L I S is a law yer i n Seat t le, A 1

VREELA ND is a psychologist in Dallas, Steve H UNTLEY i s i n t h e b a n k

ing busi ness i n C har lot te, N C , and Rich O RT M E I E R is w i t h t h e M i c h el i n T i re C or po rat ion in K ansas C it y . Ron ment ioned t hat he is w or k i ng as an ad mi ssi ons l iaison o f f icer and is f indi ng t he j ob m ost rew ar ding. I j o in w i t h R on i n recom mendi ng t he A L O progr am f or any classmates i n t er est ed i n i nsur i ng t he A i r For ce cont inues t o get q ualit y young people. For t hose w ho are not aw are t he A L O pr ogr am now involves r ec r u i t m en t o f individuals f or bot h t he A cadem y and A F ROT C .

J im P ar k er, boy F B I agen t. Final ly , heard f r om F BI man Jim PA RK E R , w ho has been assigned t o t he Big A pple o f f ice o f t he bur eau o f t he past three year s. Jim sent some eyeopeni ng cli ppings about a C osa N ost r a dr ug case h e w o r k ed o n f o r a year . T he 10 A pr 84 N Y P ost ar t icle says “ I n t he biggest sw oop on cr i me leaders in mob hi st ory , f ederal o f f icials yest er day sm a sh ed a m u l t i b i l l i o n dollar C osa N ost r a her oi n r i ng t hat st ret ched f r om Sicily t o Q ueens.’ ’ Ji m was on t he sur vei llance squad t hat obt ai ned t he “ pr obable ca u se ’ ’ f o r many o f t he 40 ar r ests. H e spent a lot o f mi ser able hours but said t hey w er e a l l w o r t h i t f o r t h e r esu l t s . W e a l l k n o w w h a t a t hreat d rugs pose t o our w ay of li f e, probably j ust as big a t hreat as a deter m i ned adver sary such as t he Soviet U ni on . W e have t he gr eatest r espect a n d a d m i r a t i o n f o r Jim and our many ot her F B I classmates and t heir f am ilies w h o ser v e u s i n t his im po rt ant and danger ous j ob . Jim says a N Y C assignment is t he F B I ’ s equivalent o f G r a n d F o r k s o r E llsw o rt h — ver y im por t ant but unpleasant . H e, Janice, A nne (7) , and Jenni f er (5) have adj ust ed t o subur bia in M assapequa, N Y , but l oo k f or ward to a m ove soon . Jim saw Rich A B RA M SO N and Ralph R O SS a t a f all 1982 Beat A r m y l unch i n N Y C , and he look s f orw ar d to t he gam e at W est Poi nt t hi s f all . Since you are an “ intel ligence’ ’ type Jim , I expect some good sur veil lance phot os o f you and al l t he ’ 68er s at t he game. T hank s f or the new s and k eep o n doi ng it r ight ! A dd resses: Bill BE E K M A N and Ji m BET T C H E R t o t he D ayt on , O H area; D ale O D E R M A N to C - 14 1s at C har lest on A FB , SC : J i m R E E SE t o Bur k e, V A ; and Roger W I L E S to U pper H ey f or d , U K . A ir F o r ce T i m es: John V A N D E K A M P and G reg V A R H A L L have been selected a s resear ch associat es f or t he com i ng year . John w il l d o r esea r ch a t t h e A mer ican E nt er pr i se I nst i tute f or Public Pol icy Research in W ash D C , while John w i ll go to t he U niv o f Ed inburgh in Scot land f or a year . C on gr at s t o bot h of you . I n anot her A FT i ssue, I not ed t h a t F r a n k B I R K w a s cit ed as t he copilot o n t he f ir st B- I B t est f l ight w i t h a n a l l - A F c r ew . T oo long. Shor t endi ng . Bye. M i c h a el R . T h i essen

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Fi r st let me catch up on som e old busi ness. R on O L D S f o r w a r d ed a very nice let t er last Oct ober . T he Postal Ser vice t ook a l ong t im e to deliver it . Ron repor t s t hat hi s f am ily is living in L ocust V al ley on t he N or t h shor e o f L ong I sland about 35 m i les E ast o f M anhat tan . H e, N ancy and hi s gi r l s, K r ist en (8) and M ichelle (5) al so are enj oyi ng t h ei r sch o o l a n d t h e sight s of N ew Y or k C it y . Ron is w or k i ng w it h M icheli n T i r e

Janis and B ob Gemignani Fel low D oolie N i ner Bob G E M I G N A N I is V P oper at i ons f o r V a l l en

Corporation in H ouston. Bob’s main involvement is with purchasing, warehousing and inventory control. Bob and Janis M iller w er e m a r r i ed i n Washington, DC. A nother Doolie Niner J.P. BOYER attended t h e ceremony. Bob reports that he and Janis maintained a c o m m u t e r m a r riage between H ouston and D.C. until Janis could relocate t o H o u st o n . Bob has been act i ve i n t he planni ng and i m plement i ng o f t h e N a t i o n a l

Computer Conference in ’82 and ’84 and the ICCA National C o n v en t i o n i n ’ 84 . Bob w ould li k e t o host any ’69er passi ng t hr ough H o u st o n .

Tom BA UMGA RDNER has j ust arrived at Of futt A FB and i s t h e plans and programs of ficer at HQ SA C/ XP. Tom has two boys. T o m my

Jr . and St even , ages 10 and seven , r espect ivel y , w ho a r e a ct i v e i n so c c er and baseball . N ancy has a bask et -m aki ng business w it h B o n n i e C OO L I D GE (C har lie’ s w i f e, class o f ’68) . T om lef t Seym our J o h n so n A F B in M arch w her e he w as t he gr oup exec and H Q SQ c o m m a n d er . T hank s t o yet anot her D ool ie N i ner H ar r y L A W S (L t . C ol .) I have received a copy of the A lumni Rugby Football Club newsletter . H ar r y i s st i ll at E gl i n A FB . H ar ry is t he publi sher , edit or , et c . o f t h e n ew sl et t er . O nly having played int r am ural Rugby at t he A cadem y , I a m n o t t h a t f am i liar w it h act ivit ies o f t he A lu m ni Rugby Foot ball C lub ; but f or t hose o f you w ho ar e int erest ed it is an enj oyable gr oup t o f o l l o w . Y o u ca n c o n

tact Harry at Box 7241, Eglin A FB, Florida 32542 and su b sc r i b e t o t h e

new slett er . H ar ry is seek i ng any and al l in f or m at ion anyone f r om t he A cadem y can pr ovide on past Rugby C lub act ivit ies. B ec a u se t h e c l u b h a s not been a var sity spor t , reco rd k eeping has not been pur sued i n any organized fashion. A nyone having any information about past Rugby C lub act ivit ies at t he A cademy should f orw ar d t his i n f or mat ion t o H ar ry . I n H ar ry ’ s r ecent new slett er he r epor t s t hat T er ry B RA D Y is f lyi ng C - 130S agai n . T er r y has ret ir ed f r om act ive r ugby com bat .

Bill MA RVEL reports two recent “ Walter M itty” experiences. O n

M ar ch 4 he depar t ed San F rancisco f or H onolulu on a 4 5 - f o o t sa i l b o a t w i t h f ou r ot her cr ew m em ber s f or a t ot al crew o f t w o gi r ls, t hr ee guys. H aving read a book o n celest ial navigat ion . Bil l w as t he navigat or . D u r i ng t he t hr ee-w eek t r i p t o H onolu lu , Bil l w as able t o t al k t o his w i f e, M ar t i , t w ice as she f l ew over t hei r posit i ons on her Pan A m f l ight s. D ur i ng one o f the conver sat i ons Bi ll w as able t o see t he l ight s o f t h e a r i l i n er a b o v e a n d M a r t i w a s a b l e t o see t h ei r v essel b el o w w h en B i l l di rect ed a spot light t ow ar d s t he plane w hich w as t hen at 39,000 f eet . W hen Bil l ar r ived at H onol ulu , M ar t i in f or m ed hi m t hat a f r i en d w h o f er r ies light ai rcr af t had a seat available on a f light t o T aipei . Bil l ended up f lyi ng 63 hour s on a B r it tai n N or m an I slander begi nni ng A pr i l 12 at t he N ut T r ee A i r por t near T ravi s A F B and land ing at T a i w a n . T h e I slander never f lew higher t han 7,0(X) f eet and on t w o d i f f er en t o c c a si o n s bot h engines quit si m ult aneously each t i me due t o tank b u r n o u t o f t h e f er r y f uel syst em w hich d id not cause any m aj or pr oblem s, b u t d i d c a u se 43

some serious blood pressure changes. Bill did most of the flying, trading of f quite a bit between that and navigating, which w as by a com bi nat i on of dead reckoning, Loran, and A DF. Bill says they were never r eally lost , but they never knew exactly where they were, either. (D oesn ’ t that sound like our f our years at USA FA ?)

Bi ll r epor t s t hat St an RO SE N and St eve K A Y cont inue t h ei r a c t i v i t i es i n t he L A ar ea. Bi ll al so ran int o Bob C O RN E L L A recent ly . L et m e k n o w i f anyone can t op Bill ’ s act ivit ies in t he last f ew m o n t h s. I have enj oyed seei ng C hr is H O PE several t imes this year . Chr i s i s in volved w it h const ruct ion and engineer i ng w it h H all mar k h er e i n K a n sa s C it y t hr ough one o f t hei r subsidiar ies. C hr i s’ w i f e, Stephanie, has agreed t o guest w r i te a f utur e ’69 colum n . I f anyone else i s i n t er est ed i n t h i s please let me k now . Recent ly I w as contact ed by Steve C H E R RY . Steve has b een a t F t . L eavenwor t h f or t he past year going t o school w it h t he W oops. Steve sug gested that w e get t oget her so t hat he could help i ncrease t h e i n f o r m a t i o n f l ow i nt o t he class col um n . W e gat her ed one evening w i t h o t h er F t .

M i c h a el L . R o se 10 1 1 V en u s D r i v e

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It isn’t every issue that I get to do a follow-up story i n my never -endi ng pur suit of t he w hereabout s of our illust r ious and elusive c l a ssm a t es . B u t thanks to Joe BOYLES, we have some mug shots and assignments f o r

so m e o f t h e m em b er s o f t h e A C SC C l a ss o f 19 84 a t M a x w el l A F B .

Thanks for your ef forts and for keeping your promise, J o e .

L ea v en w o r t h ’ 6 9 er s D i z D E Z O N I A a n d D a r r el W H I T C O M B . W e h a d a

m ost enj oyable r aid on A r t hur Br yant ’ s bar becue and t hen got dow n t o the serious business of discussing gossip of ’69ers. O ut of t his meet i ng I

l ea r n ed t h a t E d w a r d s A F B i s f o r t u n a t e t o h a v e D a v e SP E N C E R a s t h e

deput y dir ect or o f F- 15 C om b ined T est F or ce and D an V A N D E R H O R ST as T est Pil ot School inst r uct or (al t hough D an is now st a t i o n ed a t N el l i s A FB) . E dw ar ds is equally f or t unate t o have St eve ST O W E as T est P i l o t School i nst r uct or and Jef f PO SN E R as a f l ight test engi neer . D iz pr ovid ed us all w it h a copy of T om Flem i ng’ s ar t icle i n t he A ir F or ce M agazine concer ni ng t he T ur k ish A ir For ce. For t hose w ho m issed it , l oo k at t he M ay 1984 issue. I t hi nk you w il l al l f i nd it i nterest ing. D i z a l so m en t i o n ed t hat Jef f T RE N T O N w r ote an aw ar d-w i nning essay , but w e w e r e u n s u r e of t he publicat i on sour ce, per haps t he A ir Uni versi ty R eview. A nyone w ho can f i ll i n t he det ai ls on Jef f ’s art icle please c o n t a c t m e . O ut o f our gr oup discussion I lear ned t hat G uy G A R D N E R hopes t o f l y t he space shutt le in ’ 85. Jim ST O RE Y is at A ndr ew s A F B a n d l o v es i t . Jim has six chi ld ren . D iz is god f at her t o Gar y M at t hew St or ey . D iz and t he St oreys vi sit ed w hen D iz w as at L angley , Edw ards a n d N el l i s . D i z i s on t he w ay t o t he 6586t h T est Squadr on at H ol loman A F B t o f ly t he F- 16 and F-4 or T -38 and is get ti ng mar r ied on June 15 to C andi . T hey met in L as V egas t hr ough Special O lym pics. D iz spends hi s spar e t im e playi ng so f t ball and coachi ng Special O lym pics kids. For t hose w ho f orget , D iz w as a maj or w inner on H ollyw ood Squar es in 1980 . H e t o o k h o m e a d i n i ng r oom set and a home com puter . C an anyone beat t hat i n t er m s o f game show w inni ngs? I f so , let us k now . A ccor di ng t o D iz, Rick O L A F SO N is w i th H ughes A i rcraf t Co mpany and t hei r A M RA A M Pr oj ect i n C anago Par k , CA . T om H A K E M A N i s w it h Boei ng A ir cr af t C om pany in t hei r B-52 o f f ensive avionics upgr ade in W ichita. Jim T E RH U N E is w it h Boei ng A ir cr af t C om pany i n t heir Flight T est D i v i si o n i n Sea t t l e . D i z h a s a l so r u n i n t o R o n H I N D M A R SH w h o com pleted a t our as A O C , and now is at Beale A FB . Jim A N D E R SO N i s an F-4 pil ot at M oody A F B in G eor gia. C r it C R I T T E N D E N i s a n F - 16 ops of f icer at N el lis A FB . D ar r el W H I T C O M B is f l ying w i t h D el t a . D a r r el lives in K ansas C it y w it h hi s f am i ly and f lys f or D el t a o u t o f T ex a s .

D ar r el is also f lying H ogs w it h an A - 10 gr oup at Richar ds-Gebauer A F B out side K ansas C it y . T here ar e sever al ’ 69er s also f l yi ng w it h D elta . D ar r el is goi ng t o hunt f or i n f o r mati on f rom t hem f or o u r n ew sl et t er . St eve C H E R RY i s headed f or t he f ar t hest nor t her n gol f co u r se o n t h e N or t h A mer ican C ont inent . I t j ust happens t o be locat ed i n cl ose pr oxim i ty to the Canadian Air Force test base. Steve is leaving i n ear l y June f or t his assignment . I cannot vo uch f or St eve’ s abi lit ies as a pil ot , al t hough I am sure t hey are consi der able, but I can say w i th aut hor ity t h a t St ev e i s one o f t he bett er gol f er s I have ever met . I realize i t d o esn ’ t t a k e m u c h t o im pr ess a 22 handicapper lik e m ysel f , but I w it nessed St ev e f i r e t h e l o w scr at ch r ound o f t he day in a m i ni t our nament on a very tough cour se on ly thr ee days af t er he had w on t he Ft . L eavenw or t h Post cham pi onship . I ncl uded in his r ound t hat I w it nessed w ere t hree no-put t gr eens f or Steve m eani ng sim ply t hat his o f f -t he-green shot s f ound t hei r w ay i nt o t he cup . I w ar n any f el low ’69er s t o be aw ar e o f t hi s m an i f he t ries t o ent ice you i nt o a “ f r iendly ” N assau or ot herw ise. I w as f or t unate t o b e o n h i s t ea m t his day . Steve r epor t s t hat D enni s M C GU I RK is f lyi ng B-52s at E l l sw o r t h a n d i s a squadr on com mander . A lso at E llsw or t h is St eve K O L ET . St ev e i s a K C - 135 pil ot and is also a physiological t r ai ni ng o f f icer . Final ly St eve repor t s t hat Ron M A RC O T T E is a L t . C ol . and is i n charge o f pr ot ocol at SA C H D QT RS. Please keep the letters and information flowing in my di rect ion . I f writing is too dif ficult don’t hesitate to give me a call in K ansas Cit y .

M embers of the A ir Command and Staf f College Class of ’84, f r om lef t, are Jim Watters, Joe Boy les, Bob M cKinney, Terry Sil vester, Ger ry Shaw, Jim Smith (f aculty), Rick Bereit, Craig N orthrup, George Cato, Bill Gorman, L oren A insworth, Brian M aher, Willie Schepens, B ar ry Thompson, Fran Buchan, and Jim Ferguson. Not p ictured ar e Sk ip B en net t and H ar ry Steck .

The assignments are: Harold STECK - HQ A FSC, A ndrews A F B , M D ; Skip BENNETT - F-15, 53 TFS, Bitburg A B, Germany; Loren A I N SW O RT H - A O C , U SA FA , C O ; Ji m FE RG U SO N - F- 16, 474 T FW , Nellis A FB, NV ; Rick BEREIT - H Q USA FE, Ramstein A B, G er many ;

Craig NORTH RUP - MA C DETCO, Osan A B, South Korea; Terry SI L V E ST E R - Special O per ati ons, H ulburt Field , FL ; B i l l G O R M A N

-HQ TA C, Langley A FB, VA ; Gerry SHA W - language school e n r o u t e t o

asst ai r at tache, I sr ael ; and Fr ank BU C H A N - 1 C om bat E v a l u a t i o n Sq uad r on , Bar k sdale A F B . L A . A lso, Brian M A H ER - M C-130, 8 Spec Ops Sq., Hulburt Field , F L ; Bob M CKI NNEY - C-130 Compass Call , Davis-M onthan A FB, A Z ; G eor ge C A T O - st af f j udge advocate, M inot A F B , N D ; W i l l i e SC H E PE N S - H Q M A C , Scot t A F B , I L ; Jim SM I T H - A C SC f acult y/ f oreign af f ai r s. M axw el l A FB , A L ; Jim W A T T E R S - 4 9 52 T est Sq ., W r ight -Patt er son A F B , O H ; Bar ry T H O M PSO N - 4 A T A F , B o er f ink , Germany; and Joe BOYLES - 3246 Test Wing, Eglin A F B , F L .

Congratulations to Les HA M BL I N for making LC recently. L es i s c u r rently Brig. Gen. Leon GOODSON ’s (Class of 1960) exec i n Studies/ A nalysis at the Pentagon. Thanks for the photo, Sh a r o n .

Brig. Gen. L eon Goodson, ’60, p ins lieutenant colonel l ea ves o n L es H am b lin .

W e a l so r ec ei v ed a n o f f i ci a l n ew s r el ea se f r o m P u b l i c A f f a i r s a t F o u r t h

A ir For ce. I t announced t hat John L I PP , now an A ir For ce Reservist , had received t he M SM and had com pleted t he A C SC 1983 A sso ci a t e Semi nar Pr ogr am . John i s supply m anagem ent o f f icer w i t h F o u r t h A i r Force and is i n mar ket i ng w it h t he I BM C or por at ion a n d l i v es i n Sa n J o se . B r i a n M C C O L L O U G H sen t a b r i e f n o t e w i t h b u si n ess ca r d a t t a ch ed

let t ing us k now t hat he has moved f rom Sacr ament o t o Staf f or d , V A , and t hat he is a senior syst em engineer in t he A pplied T echnology D ivisio n o f C om puter Sciences C o r por at i on . W e also got a card f r om B o b SC H U M A C H E R w ho is chief . O per at ions Suppor t , A FA L C E N T , Po pe A F B , and lives i n Spr i ng L ake, N C . W e also hear d f r om E r i c M Y E R S w ho sent a quick note w i t h a change o f r esidence and em ployer . H e is liv ing in Seat t le and is f l yi ng f or A laska A ir l ines. E r ic sa i d t h a t h e h ea r s f r om D ana D E M A N D and G ary F I N L E Y now and t hen . Bot h are f lyi ng f or Easter n and livi ng i n C onnect icut . G ood l uck i n 727s, E r ic, and t hank s f or t he com pliment . A nd last but not least , I have to ment ion a lit t le get-t oget her t hat too k

place at Old Chicago in downtown Colorado Springs recently. T h o se

present were: M i ke T O R REA N O - N or t hw ester n M utual L i f e; T o ny M A R I ET T A - M ar iet ta & C o . , Real t or s; Sam L A M BE RT - C om put er Sciences C or por at ion ; D enni s T H O M A S - Spurgeon , H aney & H ow bert , A t tys. ; D enny H A L L - E .F . H ut to n ; and your s t ru ly . A good t i me was had by all , i ncludi ng T o ny w ho show ed some of us how to real ly enj oy a good pasta bar . A l l t hose present agreed not t o w ait anot her 14 year s bef ore get t ing t oget her again . Ever yone have a saf e and enj oyable sum mer and let me k n o w w h a t ’ s been happening i n your lives. T hanks. . .

Ralph Getchell

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Spr i ng is absolutely t he best t ime to be in C olor ado . Snow no longer t hreatens, t he mor nings are coo l and quiet , and t he ear ly eveni ngs j ust beg you to stay outside and w at ch t he m ou nt ai ns. O h yes, and t he sk y i s unbel ievably blue. Fort unately t his year , spr ing happened j ust i n t i me f o r J u n e W eek . Bef ore I came back , 1 f igured o ne o f t he r eal bennies o f an assignment here at t he Z oo would be t he vicar ious t hr i ll o f watching t his, t he grandest ri te o f all . Since our June W eek seems li ke a blur (alt hough I do remem ber L t C ol H ar t im poundi ng my car , and w hat St eve D E H A V E N l o o k ed l i k e wit h hai r) , I t hought it w ould be gr at i f yi ng to observe, f r o m a m o r e detached per spect ive, yet anot her class j oi n t he ever lengt heni ng blue li ne. I t ’s still a t hr il l and , yes, t he A lum inum W om b is st il l pr od uci ng som e really talent ed o f f icer s, but June W eek is as hect ic a s e v e r . F L A SH ! M A I L B O X SP I D ER D I ES! June W eek not only br ought great weat her , it al so brought let ter s. Fustest w it h t h e m o st est h o n o r s t h i s issue goes to L ar ry B L A M E U SE R w ho evident ly penned h i s n o t e w h i l e cooli ng his heels in a H Q T A C br ief ing r oom . W it hout chidi ng me f or m y incom plete list o f ’ 7 1er s at L angley (yea, I k now , ever body ’s a cr it ic) , he ment ioned t hat D anny A L L E N , M i k e FU H S, and K en G I N G R I C H a r e also stat ioned t her e. L ar r y must really get ar ound a l o t . H e ’ s r u n i n t o John G RU E SE R (727 sim ulat or inst r uct o r w it h U nited i n D enver) , stayed w i t h John (L iz) RA G A N in W hit ef ield , U K (John is f lying ’ V ar k s at U p per H ey f or d) , hear d f rom D it o (D oras) L A D D (A ggr essor s a t A lconbury) , list ened to Jo hn ST U B BL E FI E L D cont rol r ange t r a f f i c a t D echiamano , and visited Ber nie (Shar r i) PO L I K O W SK Y in Spo kane. M ak es you wonder w hen he has t ime to vi sit w it h Bet sy a n d t h e k i d s . O L D ROO M I ES N E V E R D I E , t hey j ust w r it e let ter s about h o w m u ch f lying t ime t hey ’r e get t i ng . Per haps one o f t he f ew t o pick up a P hD and st il l m ak e it back t o t he cock pit , Steve D Z I U BA N , is cur r ent ly hur t l ing hi s lit t le pink one over O k i naw a in R F-4s. St eve w as a r ea l st a n d o u t a s a f ir st ie in 32. W hile t he r est o f us w ere out buying sexy , litt le belch-f i re gof ast machi nes t o d r ive t o t he A ur or a cut o f f , Steve bought a D odge D art (he k ept talk i ng about payload or somet hi ng) . Believe it or not , he’ s st ill dr ivi ng it . H ow many o f us can say t hat ? H U RR Y , O R W E L L M I SS O U R T E E T I M E . Over t he past year . I ’ v e quoted quite a f ew change-o f -add ress car ds f r om t he ’ 7 1 cr o w d a t A C SC . N ow t hat t he paper s ar e all in , t hey ar e spreading t o t he f our w i nds agai n . H ow ever , Rick W I RT H has t hought f ully f orw ar ded , f or al l o f us t o see, a phot o o f some o f t hese har d-w or k ing st udent s and t heir classmates play-

ing a f avor ite st rategy game: “ hide t he civi lian .” C an you guess? . . . T I M E S U P ? Fr om lef t k neeli ng/ squat t i ng ar e R ick W I RT H (tank s t o G r issom ) , Jon T O R B L A A (C -5s to D over) and John C L A Y (System s at L A ) . Standi ng are Bob RO G E R S (doct or at Egl in) , D anny (Rabbit ) H I SL I P (som ew her e i n Bost on) , R ich C OT E (W r ight -Pat) , B i l l E V A N S (B-52 t o G uam ) , A 1 M C L E L L A N (R Fs t o K adena) and D ar r el SI N G L ET O N (C - 130s t o Rhein M ain) . W hat a sw el l bunch ! 1STA ND CORRECTED . In a futile ef fort to make a silk pur se out o f a change-o f -add ress car d , I hypot hesized i n m y last colum n t h a t M a r k W H I T M A N w as st il l f l yi ng f or C ont i nent al , but out o f L .A . W r ongo , m oose br eat h ! M ar k w ould li k e his many f ans t o k now t h a t h e h a s c h o sen a new li ne o f w or k (r esear ch engineer w it h G ener al D ynam ics i n Pom ona) r at her t han f l y u nder t he new m anagement at C ont i nental . Sor r y abou t t he er r or , M ar k , and good luck w i t h your new car eer . O N C E M O R E I N T O T H E B R E A C H , D EA R FR I E N D S. Si nce I d idn ’ t lear n m y lesson w i t h M ar k , it ’ s t i me o nce agai n to w hi p out m y

Ouij a board and peruse the current stack of change-of-address ca r d s . Card of the month honors go to John WA H LQUIST who managed t o

note t hat he is now at A nder sen A F B , G uam , as a B-52G r a d a r n a v w i t h t he 60t h BM S. M ore crypt ic w ere T om C H R I ST I A N SE N (to Scott ) , Bi ll (Claudia) COLEM A N (to Saratoga, CA ), and Bob CUTL I P (t o C ulver C it y , C A ) . O h yes, by t he t i me you read t hi s, I should have com plet ed m y PC S t o t he 474t h T F W at N el lis and be on my w ay to M a c D i l l f o r R T U . A m I anx ious t o leave t he Z oo ? W el l , t o par ap hrase L ar r y

BLA M EUSER’s description of staf f work “ . . .it ’s interesting a n d

challengi ng— but it ai n ’t f lyi ng ! ” I hope to r un i nt o som e o f ya’ ll dur i ng m y t r avels, but in t he meant i me, k eep t hose car ds and let ter s com ing t o the A O G .

T . J . M a n c u so

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D id any of you guys catch grad uati on? T he Pr esident shoo k ever y gr ad uate’ s hand (got a f ew squeezes f rom t he ladies, t oo) . L ot t a class! C over story : R ocky M oun tain N ews real est ate sect i on . O ne gr eat w ay t o su cc ess i n t h e co m m er c i a l r ea l est a t e a r ea : b e a f or m er j ock . C ase i n poi nt , Pat ST U C K E R (no ment ion o f f oot ball , j ust t he boxing stu f f . A

lot of us still feel Utah won the Wing Open Heavyweight D i v i si o n t h a t year , despite w hat t he j udges said) . A nd I q uot e: “ H e’ s com pet it ive, i n

telligent , personable and has the spirit of an entrepreneur—trai t s n eed ed

to suceed in busi ness. ” A nd w hat a punch ! Br uce H O SE A dr opped a line on his w ay t o K i r t land and H H / C H - 3E s . I n his f ive year s at Sheppar d he’d been j et -t rai ned , m ar r ied , widow ed and remar r ied (Jan) to an i nst ant f am ily . O n his last t r ip t o U SA FA , he r an i n t o T er r y SC H I E SSL E R , Pat G A RV E Y and Steve BL A C K — at happy hour , appr opr iat ely . Pat poi nted out t hat t her e’ ll pr obably be at least f o u r o f o u r k i n d a s A O C s t hi s f al l— pr obably a b reak f or t he k ids. H ere’ s anot her st ory f r om t he R ocky M oun tain N ews. (I quit r eadi ng t he D en ver P ost w hen t hey m ade a gr ad ed it or .) D id you k now t hat t he

Academy has discovered that an uncomfortably high number o f m a l e

cadet s ar e not happy because t her e are w omen at t he A cadem y? (Com pared t o w hat ?) Seem s som e o f t he guys f eel t hat i f t he ladies can ’t f ight . 45

they shouldn’t be in the school . (Of course, I was no pil ot , si nce I ’ m al most t oo bli nd t o go w it hout a dog.) Steve and Jack ie O ’ N E I L L tal ked us i nt o goi ng to the C o l o r a d o Chapter of the AOG spring barbecue. There were a lot o f Old gr ads t here —problem was that Steve and I were two of them. John B U C H A N A N also showed up, back in Denver after a tour of duty w i t h A u t o t r o l c o m puters in H ouston. A nother “ Auto-troll ,” Chuck WINTER, w a s i n t o w n visiting recently and stopped in for a beer and pizza. I nt erest ingly , another Auto-troll employee is my former BCT element leader , w ho I recently saw in a local hardware store (a place I seldom see anyone.) For t unately , he didn ’t see me.

The Colorado Chapter is trying to revive its activity. Rum or has it t hey somet im es meet in f or mal r esistance because o f t he lar ge n u m b er o f

civilians in the organization. With the number of grads a t t h a t sc h o o l i n the Springs, you’d think a local alumni association w ould be w ell r epre sented—but you may not think that for long. I also got a phone call f rom Chip JENSEN the other day , on his w ay f r om A labama t o For t Fu mb le (r ead Pent agon) . H e’ ll be w or k ing on con

gressional complaints with Tom CA SDORPH . Other than that things are pretty slow. Tammy CA MA L ICK h a d h er child, as predicted in the last episode of this column. A n d I sa w R o b i n H I LL j ogging down the street the other morning. Fortunately, t he legal profession gives me a few things to do between my j obs o f w r it ing t his col umn. (A t my desk , a “ light ” work day is about 10 hours long, and a “ light ” work week is made up of seven light work days.) F r om t he bot tom of my bar r el , here are t he change-of -addr ess ca r d s:

Jim HERMA NN apparently knows the way to San Jose, CA ; Gr eg JONES is in Hampton, VA ; Daryl EMERSON is in Sparta, N J ; E r nest

and Jane B REE S are i n O sk aloosa, l A ; L ouis D ESC OT E A U X i s i n M er ced, CA ; and Craig GHEL BER is in beautiful downtown C lovis, N M .

Keep in contact folks. We’ll try to impose a little i n f o r m a t i o n ea c h quarter, but don’t anticipate any humor. People do not associate law yer s with humor, which is to be expected, since we’re more li k ely t o be in volved in an occasion of cr i me or taxes. Send pix , and w e’ l l see you all i n the parking lot at Falcon Stadium (where every seat is on t op o f t he ac t ion) .

“ Forty Thieves.” This summer he becomes the executive o f f i cer f o r t h e deputy commandant for the Cadet Wing. Now he gets to h ea r a b o u t

pr oblem s f or all 40 squad r ons. G ood luck , D ave. I f you need any hel p , don ’t cal l me. Jim SC U L L Y (C ar i) j ust gr ad uat ed his f i r st b u n ch a s A O G f or C S-28. H e says he’ s cat chi ng hi s br eat h bef or e t h e C l a ss o f ’ 8 8 en t er s . A nd , I agree w it h him : t he sound o f ’ 88 m ak es us bot h f eel o l d . (Remem ber w hen w e alw ays tal k ed about “ t hey ” ? W el l , now “ t hey ” is “ us” !) Pat ROO N E Y (Joyce) is C I N C BCT . Bet you didn ’t k n o w B C T i s a oear -r ound af f ai r . I t i s at least f or Pat w ho put s it all t oget her . OT H E R N OT ES. Ji m M A T EO S (N atalie) sur pr ised me w it h a c a l l . H e w as passing t hr ough CO S i n a K C - 10 he f lies w it h t he A i r F o r c e R eser v e out o f Bar k sdale A F B , L A . H e w as pr oud t o i n f or m me o f t h e b i r t h o f a new daughter , Jaclyn D iane. Jim is st il l w it h A mer ican A i r l i n es o n t h e 727. H e somet imes sees Br yan C L A RK w ho is w it h D elt a A ir li nes, also f l yi ng out o f D al las-Ft . W o rt h . I al so lear ned t hat F red M C N E I L w as j ust mar r ied t o a char m ing lady nam ed L eigh . H e is at H ick am a n d w i l l so o n be going t o T or rej on A B , Spai n . W hat st r ings do you pul l , F red ? W ayne H O L U M (C arol) f i nished F- 16 Fight er W eapons School and is doi ng hi s t hing at N elli s. C H A N G E O F A D D R ESS. Bi ll W I L SO N m oved f r om Bellevil le, I L , t o A lexand r ia, V A ; D ennis C L A R K lef t O hio f or A lbuquer que, N M ; D ave M I T C H E L L lef t O m aha, N E f or C ul ver C it y , C A . H e’ s at L os A ngeles A FS i n t he Space D ivisi on . D ave BU RN ET T ret ur ned f r om Sem bach A B , Ger m any , and set up housekeeping at Geo rge A FB , C A . J o h n B E A R D pitched all his woolies when he left M inot and is now in su nny Guam at A n d er so n A F B .

O L D T I M ES. Sher r y and I lear ned t hat sever al people w h o w er e i n C lass 75-0 1/ 02 (it ’ s called O i l E m bar go and no gas) o f U PT at C raig A FB, A L were in the local area. Most are also ’73 grads. W e planned a party and had one heck of a good time sharing stories o f t hose days and si nce. T hose at tending i ncluded : B .J . and D onna ST A N T O N , B r u ce a n d K r is ST E W A RT , V ince and Peggy PA R I SI , and our selves r epr esent ing t he gr ads. (St eve and M ar i G U L A SE Y are in t he D enver a r ea b u t co u l d not attend.) Tom Wynn, non-grad fellow flyer, and Wayne W il liam son , beloved T -37 I P , also m ade t he par ty w it h respect ive w ives, D ebbie and Sandie. W e ar e happy t hat al l o f us could get t oget her a n d c r ea t e a memory as a tragedy soon struck one of our group. It is w it h gr eat sor r ow

that I report the death of Bruce STEWA RT . Bruce died i n a n a i r c r a f t a c

W a d e K ea r n s

Q uar t er s 6408D U SA F A cademy , C O 80840 H ome: (303) 472-0640 A V : 2 59 - 3 6 9 9

P er c en t m em b er s : 4 1

A big “ HELLO” again from Colorado. We’re j ust breathing a sigh o f r elief af t er anot her G r aduat ion W eek . T hi s one w as par t icular ly hect ic

with preparations for President Reagan’s visit . The w h o l e a f f a i r w a s ex citing, but it was a lot of work as well . A s a cadet , I never appreciated t he am ou nt o f ef f ort it t ak es t o m ak e t he many act ivit ies her e act ual ly tak e place and look good. I certainly know now! I suppose it w as poet ic j ust ice f or m e t o be assigned back here. A fter j umping from the AOC j ob to Plans and Policies Branch , I am now i n Pr o f essional M il it ary St udies. (T her ef ore, not e t he new duty

phone number above and give me a call !) I ’m still working f o r t h e co m

m andant , but I lost my sixt h f l oo r w i ndow over t he ter r azzo . But , ho nest ! I didn ’ t keep a set of binocular s t o get cadet nam e tags and w r ite t hem up

the way we always conj ectured it was done. Oh well, I m u st a d m i t I

somet i mes put on my glasses t o get a bet t er l ook or send a comm and post

messenger out on an intercept mission to stop a walking-without-a - h a t t er

or a hands-in-a-pocket er . Real new s is sk im py t his t ime, but as t he noted detect ive put s it ,

“ gimme the facts, j ust the facts.” So here it is.

N OT ES F RO M U SA FA . A 1 H O W E Y is leaving in July t o ret ur n t o C - 14 1S, f lying out o f Char leston w it h t he 76t h M A S. A 1 gai ned som e

distinction by receiving the “ Outstanding M ilitary E d u c a t o r A w a r d ” i n

the Department of H istory. This means a lot to him as he put in a lot o f

har d w or k w hile her e. G ood luck , A 1 and Pat t i ! N ext ti me w e meet , A l , w i ll probably be in t he bow li ng alley snack bar at L aj es. A . J . B R I D I N G is leaving USA FA in December f or A rmed Forces Staf f C ollege. P hysics here w il l never be t he same. “ Ro ” RO GA C K I says he sur vived h i s f i r st year here. Ro is being modest as he was selected for post -gr aduat e st udies

in engineering mechanics. He will leave summer of ’85 w i t h a f o l l o w - o n assignment back to USA FA . Ro and Wanda also have “ one i n t h e hanger ” with delivery due sometime near year’s end. D a v e SH A N A H A N (Elaine) j ust f inished two years as an AOC trying to keep up w it h t he 46

cident 9 June 84 w hile conduct i ng a C ivil A ir Pat r o l t r ai ni ng f l ight near Pi k es Peak . Bruce w or ked f or D igit al here i n C olor ado Spr i ngs and w as t he A rea T hr ee oper at ions o f f icer f or t he C .A .P . H e is sur vived by w i f e, K r i s, and t w o sons, Jef f (7) and Br ian (4) . A f t er ou r sm all reunion j ust a couple of weeks ago, we will always remember Bruce laughi ng. H is sense o f hum or and love o f f lying ar e appr opr iat ely sum med up i n a poem t hat appeared on t he back o f our U PT year boo k : Because I f ly I laugh m or e t han ot her men . I l oo k up A nd see mor e t han t hey . I k n o w h o w c l o u d s f eel W h at i t ’ s l i k e t o h av e t h e B l u e

i n m y lap

T o loo k d ow n O n b ird s

T o f eel Fr eedom i n a t hing cal led t h e st i c k

W ho but I

C an sl ice bet w een God ’ s bi llow -legs A nd f eel t hem laugh and cr ash w it h hi s step? W ho else has seen t he uncli m bed peak s? T h e r a i n b o w ’ s sec r et ?

T he r eal reason bi r ds si ng? Because I Fly I envy no man on ear t h .

I t ’s not “ goodbye,” Bruce, but “ so long for now.” You’ll b e b a c k ea c h

t i me f ri ends and f am i ly shar e a m em or y . Y ou ’l l be laughi ng w it h us, I k now .

D O N ’ T M I SS Y O U R M A G A Z I N E SE N D Y O U R N E W A D D R E SS N OW ! IF Y OU A RE N OT A M EM BER W E IN V IT E Y OU T O JO IN Y OU R A O G .

M i k e C a r t er

2263 Pt ar migan L ane. C ol or ado Spr i ngs, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 593- 1480 A V : 2 59 - 3 5 30

P e r c e n t m em b er s: 40

ST A RT E RS: L et me st ar t of f by t hank ing al l o f you w ho responded t o my request from the last issue for letters, pictures, etc. A s you ar e about t o see, t he response w as over w hel m ing. I f I don ’t get t o you t his issue. I ’ m prioritizing things by date received and you will see you r input in a f ut ur e issue. I guess it ’s the old “ feast-or-famine” idea com ing int o play o nce

again. Don’t infer from this that I have enough for t h e n ex t sev er a l i ssu es. Please keep those cards and letters coming.

M A I L : I r eceived t w o gr eat let t er s since t he last issue. T h e f i r st ca m e f r om K ent H A N C OC K . D r . H A N C O C K is f inishi ng a f ellow ship a t M . D . A nder son I nst i tut e i n H oust o n . H e w il l be leaving shor t ly f or W il f or d H al l i n San A nto nio . A lso f i ni shi ng a f el low ship is J o h n W H E E L O C K w ho w i ll be relocat i ng t o K eesler A F B . Ji m BA G N E L L a n d h i s w i f e D eb bie, also an M D i n t he A F , ar e at W il f ord H all M ed ical C en t er . O t h er

cl a ssm a t es t h er e i n cl u d e St ev e H O R N a n d T o m W E I SS . T h e sec o n d l et t er ca m e f r o m D a v e H O G L U N D . D a v e i s a n A L O k il li ng

tank s at Ft . Ri ley , K S. I n t he accom panyi ng pict ure, you can see D ave har d at w or k vect or i ng A - l Os f or air st r i k es on t he advancing pr air ie dog col um n . A ct ual ly D ave says t hat he is o rder i ng a hot b r ea k f a st f o r h e a n d t he t r oops. H is ult i mate com m ent about Ft . R iley is, and I quote, “ I t ’ s not t he end o f t he w or ld , but you can see it f r o m here.’ ’ D ave br i ngs new s o f ot her ’ 74 w ar r ior s. H e says t hat he r an int o Ed M C I L H E N N Y w h o i s a f u l l - t i m e I P w i t h t h e K a n sa s A N G a t M cC o n n el l A F B . H e a l so sa w J i m T I E T JE N at H u r l b u r t .

H O M EC O M I N G : H ere’ s a quick update on t he plans f or h o m ec o m

ing. Our class party has been moved from the Holiday I n n C en t r a l t o t h e

Pet er son A F B O -C lub . T hi s w as mot ivated by cost as much as anyt hi ng. Buck L O W E RY , Rick BA RC L A Y , and several o f t heir contempor ar ies a t Space Command have taken over planning for the party and ar e doing a great j ob. A ll other plans are moving along well . We have procured so me T -shir t s w i t h our class cr est t o be sold at homecom ing. T hey really loo k

good and will be available in both adult and children’s si zes. A l so w e w i l l have available some wine glasses and carafes to match i f you ar e so i n

clined . T hese w i ll also be engr aved w it h our class c r e s t . I don ’ t mean to k eep har ping on t his but her e goes o n ce m o r e . I n t h i s

issue you will find a registration form. This form i s f o r A N Y O N E A T

T E N D I N G H OM EC OM I N G F R OM A N Y C L A SS, not j ust t he t w o

Homecoming classes. You DO need to send this one in. Y o u w i l l a l so b e mailed another registration form for our class functions. Y o u n eed t o

send t his one in A L SO t o ensure t hat you are regist er ed f o r cl a ss f u n ct i o n s as well . I f you k now a gr ad w ho does not receive Checkp oin ts please tell hi m about t he dual regi st r at ion . N o n-A OG mem ber s can get a gener ic

Homecoming form through the AOG of fice by calling (303) 4 7 2 - 20 6 7 o r

A u t o v o n 2 59 -20 6 7 .

O ne last w or d about H omecom i ng . Follow i ng t he A ll-C lass Part y o n Fr iday , t he com m it tee has lef t t he evening f ree af t er 1900 f or squadr ono r i en t ed f u n c t i o n s. W e h a v e l ea r n ed f r o m o t h er cl a sses t hat i f you w ait until registration to plan squadron activities for t he f ollow i ng eveni ng, that they often will not occur. In order to avoid this sit uat io n w e are t r y

ing to find a coordinator f rom each squadron, who will c o n t a ct h i s classmates coming to Homecoming and do some planning f or a squadr on get-together. I f you are interested in coordinating f or your squadr on , j ust give me a call or write at the above address and I w il l ensur e t hat you are put in touch with your classmates. I don’t think that t h i s w i l l t a k e a l o t o f w or k and w il l r esult i n a w el l-planned , enj oyable evening f o r a l l . FO L K S: W e have st ar t ed t o get some i nf or m at ion on som e o f t h o se “ lost souls” ment io ned i n t he H omecom ing survey . W e h ea r d t h a t J i m G A R R I T Y h a s m o v ed t o C a st l e A F B . J o e K A R N E R i s n o w l o ca t ed i n

Wisconsin. Greg DYKES has returned to the homeland and is living in

L itt let on , CO . D o n PA PA R E L L A is alive and livi ng i n O ak L aw n , I L . Jack L EO N A R D now resides in Spr ingf ield , V A . St eve G R E SS h a s relocated f r om O hio t o Bur k e, V A . K evin C A SE Y has m oved b a ck w est

to A lamogordo, NM . Chris CA M PBELL and Ken KL IM ES have b o t h departed the good ole CONUS for A POs unknown. Larry ST A N T O N r e

m a i n s a t Sc o t t A F B . G o r d o n D U E Y h a s r et u r n ed t o t h e st a t es a n d i s n o w i n Goldsbor o , N C . Chopper pilot C. R. LONDON has been forced to leave H i c k a m a n d relocate in Beaver C reek , O H . Ji m JU D K I N S has also r et u r n ed f r o m

over seas and is w or k ing i n t he A F ROT C det achment at t he U niver sity o f

D ave al so repor t s t hat w hile he w as T D Y i n Flor ida t h a t h e m a d e a seaf ood pilgr im age w i t h E li C O L OT T A and Jim SM I T H . E l i i s o n h i s w ay t o C - 130s at Rhein-M ai n and Ji m m y w or k s as an aide i n U SA F E . St andby “ F r at Fiver s” f or some squad r on new s. D enny H E I N L E , U SM C , his w i f e and t hree k ids ar e on t heir w ay t o D .C . t o f l y pr esident ial suppor t . D enny j ust spent sever al year s in H aw aii , m o st o f w h i c h w er e spent f l yi ng chopper s f r om a car r ier i n t he I nd ian O cea n . C h u c k R A T H B U N i s a seco n d -o f f i cer f o r D el t a o n 7 2 7 s. D ave repor t s t hat he even w as able t o m ove hi m up t o f i r st -class a n d t h a t C h u c k m a k es t he best “ t hank -you f or f l yi ng D el ta” speech t hat he h a s ev er h ea r d . O n hi s annual T exas pilgr i mage, D ave visited D an and G i nny I K E N a t A l t u s. T hey are k ept busy f lyi ng K C s, r ai sing t hr ee k ids (sounds l i k e t h e st a n dar d issue) and visit ing hi s f ol k s w ho live six m iles n o r t h o f t h e b a se . D ave’ s f i nal shot s repor t t hat he saw Row dy B I SH O P af ter last year ’ s loss to BY U . H is w i f e w asn ’t at t he gam e; she had a baby t hat night ! I t ’s good t o see t hat Row dy hasn ’ t lost his ent husiasm f o r t he old gr idir on . CL OSI N G : T hat ’ s all f or now . Remem ber all o f t he H omecom i ng i n f o and come i f you can . T he response so f ar loo k s as i f w e ar e going t o have a lot o f r etur nees. A gai n , dr op m e a l ine so t hat I can pass it along . L ot s o f f ol k s have indicat ed inter est in hear ing m or e about our f am ilies so keep t he in f or mat ion com ing. W ho has t he m ost k id s out t here? T h r ee seem s t o be t he st andar d , but i f you have m or e let me k now and I ’ ll publ ish it . N ot e t hat a pictur e w il l be r eq uir ed f o r ver i f icat ion . M y best t o you all f r om C olorado and m ay G od bless each o f you and you r f a m i l i es.

C o l o r a d o a t B o u l d er . M a r k H Y A T T i s i n b o u n d t o U SA F A w h er e r u m o r

has it t hat he is to be t he next com m andant but highly placed sour ces deny t he ru mor . D ave BU N K E R is being allow ed t o def r ost i n h i s m o v e f r o m Anchorage to Seymour-Johnson. Bob BYA N , unheard of si nce U PT , has sur f aced as a senior engi neer f or W est inghouse i n Balt i mor e, M D . F i n a l

ly, Boyd CH RI STENSEN is now flying for A merican West A i r l i n e i n

T em pe, A Z . T ed ROT H i s living(?) i n G r and For k s. T he sour ce o f t he above i n f or m at ion w as t he change-o f -addr ess c a r d s sent int o the A O G . So i f you at least send t hose in , w e ca n r ep o r t o n w here you ar e and how you ar e doi ng. One last item com es f r om Spi k e M U R P H RE E . H e ask s t hat any old “ chickenhaw k s” f rom C S- 16 w ho might be com ing f or H omecom i ng dr op hi m a l ine at 152 10 Sun H il ls D r . , C olo . Spgs., C O 80908. H is phone num ber is (303) 488-3397. T his next li ne comes r ight f r om Spi k e and t he managem ent claim s no responsibil ity . “ T he G olden Bee st i ll pounds out the old piano t unes at t he B r oadm oor , so com e one, come all , and si ng ‘ H eart o f M y H ear t ’ once agai n . ”

J o e St ei n

820 W ar Eagle D r ive C olorado Spr i ngs, C O 809 19 H om e: (303) 594-620 1 A V : 2 59 -4 5 52

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O nce agai n it ’ s t im e t o t ak e pen in hand in t he t hunder st or m capit al o f C olor ado . T his i ssue’ s colum n is being dedicat ed t o t h o se b r a v e m em b er s o f our class w ho ar e r isk i ng t hei r l ives daily t o expand o u r ser v i c e ’ s k now ledge of advanced f l ight char acter ist ics. Y es, you ’ ve guessed i t ! I ’ m tal k ing about our her oes i n T est Pi lot School . W hy j ust t he ot her day I r eceived a visit f r om tw o o f t hose i nt r epid w ar r ior s — T om (M r N o O per at ional E xper ience) D A R N E R and Per r y (L ot s o f exper ience, b u t 47

. . .) L A M Y . T hey and a f ew ot her guys in t hei r class w er e r oughing it up i n D enver on a T D Y t o f ly t he U nited A ir li nes si m ulator s and t hey man aged t o sl ip aw ay f or a day dow n to t he Z oo . Fr om w hat t hey tell me, Ed w ards is becom i ng a home aw ay f r om home f or a lot o f o l d ’ 7 5er s. J o h n H OW A R D , E r ic H O GA N SO N , and C r aig C H R I ST E N ar e al so i n t h ei r class; and Sam RY A L S w il l be leaving t he U -2 at Beale t o j oin t he gr ou p in January . For t hose i nt er est ed in contact i ng any o f t hese f ol k s, don ’ t w or ry . I under stand t hey ’ ll be st aying at Edw ar ds f or a w h i l e — m o st o f t hem w il l move over t o T est O ps af ter t hei r class is com plet ed . Ser i ously , bot h T om and Per ry r eally look ed good , and t hey seemed to really be en j oyi ng and maxi ng out t he pr ogr am . T om also passed o n t h e w h er ea b o u t s o f Ron D O E P PN E R . H e’ s now at I P at W ill y . M A I L B O X ; T hi s t ime t her e’ s ver y li tt le new s o f t hose act ually on t he m ove. M ar k ROG E RS has j ust m oved t o M ilw au kee and has pr obably had mo re t han enough t im e t o star t sam pl ing t he w ide var iet y o f r ef reshing d r in k s in t hat ar ea. M i ke H E I L i s not t oo f ar aw ay . H e’ s m oved w it hin t he city l im it s o f D ayt on (pr obably st il l at A F I T or j ust get t i ng int o a f ol low -on at W r ight -Pat) . D on E L L I S has also j oi ned the A F I T r ank s, but f or the t im e bei ng he is living in P ot t st ow n , PA . Br ent H A L L is anot her one o f our num ber w ho ’ s had a change i n li f est yle lat e ly . H e’ s lef t t he scene at T em pe t o j oin t he night cr ow d in L as V egas. A nd M ik e D E H A RT made t he m ove to El Segundo , C A , t o set up shop wi t h H ughes A ir cr af t (as U SA F li ai son , I t hi nk ) . But t his i ssu e ’ s a w a r d f o r m ost int r igui ng m ove goes t o C r aig M A T T . H e sent a car d list i ng his new addr ess as an A PO Box i n t he Sout h Paci f ic somew here, b u t w h en I c h ec k ed w i t h t h e P o st O f f i ce t o f i n d w h er e t h a t “ so m ew h er e ” act ual ly w as I got a sur pr ise. T hey said t hat num ber w asn ’ t l isted in t he boo k s, but t her e w er e a f ew hush-hush oper at ions in t hat ar ea t hat are unl isted . So , i f you j ust happen t o be w ander ing t hr ough t he j ungles o f So u t h ea st A si a and you st um ble upon a secr et U .S. li steni ng post or w hat ever , ask i f C r aig’ s ar ound . I ’ ve r eceived a f ew let t er s in t he past t hree m ont hs, but undoubtedly t he pr oudest one came f r om D an BU RK ET T — he becam e a pr oud p a p a o n A pr il 28. D an and L iz reall y pushed cr eat ively to t he l im it w hen t hey decided on a name f or t he new Baby Bucket t . H ow does D anny L ee I I I sound ? For t hose o f you t hat don ’t rem ember , D an is st ill pound ing t he hal ls o f the Pent agon . H e’ s o f t en seen in t he com pany o f r ogues such as D ave T I L L O T SO N , John JE N SO N , and D ale M E Y E R RO SE ; and h e ’ s been k now n t o ar r ange clandest i ne m eet ings w it h Scot t A RN OT T , w ho ’ s an occasional vi si t or f r om H q T A C . D an al so passed o n so m e w o r d s

a b o u t M a r k V O L C H E F F . M a r k i s t h e ex ec f o r t h e M A C D P a n d h e m oonl ight s as an advance agent f or pr esi dential m issions. F o r t h o se t h a t k now him w el l , he’s st il l a con f ir med bachelor . O bviously t h a t ’ s a n h o n o r

M y last lett er cam e f r om T im M U R P H Y w ho had t he ner ve t o d o u b t m y close blood t ies t o Sher lock H olmes. I t seem s he has some k now ledge about a f ew o f our “ w hat ever happened t o ” f ol k s. D ale H A N N E R l e f t t h e F - 10 6 a t M c C h o r d t o b ec o m e a n F - 16 I P a t M a c D i l l . T i m says his pulse went over 40 for the f irst time in 10 years when he got new s o f t he

new assignment . Tim also located two other lost sheep: C h r i s SO T O

w ho ’ s f lyi ng w easels at C lar k , and D uk e D U H A C H E K w ho ’ s i n t o t h e F- 16 at H il l . T im , hi msel f , is an F- 106 det achm ent c o m m a n d er a t D a v i sM ont han , and he had an i nt er esti ng st or y about Bob T U R N E R w h o w a s recently TDY there from M inot . It seems that an early m or ning scr am ble rudely awakened Bob from his sleep and caused an amazing regr essio n . One of the maintenance supervisors found him in the hal l ru nni ng i n place in his skivvies with his chin neatly tucked in. What d o you t hink ? W el l , un f or t unately t his col um n m ust now come t o an en d f o r t w o reasons. O ne, I ’ ve r un out o f i nf or m at ion . A nd tw o , t he Checkp oin ts editor has j ust put out a contract on me because I ’m past m y deadl ine. So ,

if I can avoid the bloodhounds j ust salivating to collecting t h e $ 1.9 8 o n my head. I ’ll see you in a few months. By then I might a l so h a v e t h e T est Pilot School mass photo Perry LA M Y promised me (hint , hi nt ) ! 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

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A not her ’ 76er has f al len . K eep t he f am ily o f A 1 L O M BA R D I i n you r t hought s and pr ayer s.

Well , gang, how’s it going? Ed GA L LA GHER dropped a l i n e f r o m

Ber li n w here he’ s w o r k i ng as liaison o f f icer t o t he Soviet A r m y — O K , Ed . H e says anyone passing t hr ough Ber l in can cal l him at t he U S M il itar y L iaison M ission , A U T O V O N 332-6292, f or some t ravel t ips. Ed t el ls us

that Geof f JUM PER and John HA ZEN are at Little Rock; C h a r l i e I SA A C S is at V ance. T han k s, Ed — and do n ’ t ment i on o u r n a m e s a t work , O K ? Bob and A nn L I V I N G ST O N w r ote f r om D elm ar , N Y — in A F I T a s a n or t ho pedic surger y resident . Rober t D ale L I V I N G ST O N I I I w a s b o r n 2 9 N o v 8 3 . B o b sa w C h u c k P R I B Y L a n d B i l l D U N N a t B i l o x i a t t h e A F

Clinical Surgeon’s Conference not too long ago. Ray TYC wrote — he and Lenice are getting ready to gr aduate f r om

best owed upo n hi m by alt o f t he w omen o f t he w or ldV Br ian BA RN E S also t oo k pen in hand to let us k now w hat ’s been hap pening to hi m i n t im es past . H e m ar r ied hi s lovely w i f e, T eri , i n June o f ’ 80, and put t i me in as a 135 dr iver at T r avis unt il D ec em b er o f ’ 8 1. A t t hat t im e he separ ated f r om t he service, and he’s now locat ed at R iyadh , Saudi A rabia . H e’s in char ge o f t rai ni ng Saudis i n t he L earj et 35 (M edEvac) . T hey ar e on one-hour aler t f or w or ldw ide m i ssi o n s. F o r t h o se

A F I T at W r ight-Pat . H e w as honored recent ly by t he D ayto n sect ion o f IEEE as the outstanding EE student of A FIT . They’re on t heir w ay t o Grif fiss. Ray says that Lyn RI LEY is in Spain; Ron BA RA N , Ray ’ s brother-in-law, is at KI Sawyer . At A FIT , Dave and L i nda T A T E j ust

477-8474 — he’ll give you a good t our o f t he ar ea.

wrote f rom Vandenberg, where they ended up after A FIT — t h a t ’ s w h er e

j ust passing by the area, you can reach him through t h ei r r a d i o r o o m a t

C h u c k a n d D o n n a M O L Z O N w er e o u r n ex t w r i t er s. C h u c k i s a T - 3 7

f l ight com m ander in t he E ur o-N A T O pr ogr am at Sheppar d . H i s f o u r year t our t her e is com ing to a cl ose soon , and t he f am i ly w ill be m ovi ng on t o gr eener past ures at Plat t sbugh (w here C huck w il l t r a n si t i o n i n t o t h e FB- 111) . Y ou not iced I said “ f am i ly ” in t he last sent ence. C h u c k a n d D onna have been mar r i ed f or ei ght year s, and t hey ’ re expect ing t hei r f i r st son/ daught er (pick one) about a m ont h bef ore t he m ove. O f cou rse, t hey al ready have a f am i ly o f Per sian cat s. T hey also keep up very w ell on t he w hereabout s o f t hose in ’75. T he next plet hor a of in f or mat i on c o m e s f r o m t h em .

Steve and D iane T I B BI T T S ar e now r esidi ng in San A nt oni o . St ev e i s w or k ing on his r esidency i n r adi ol ogy , and D iane has l ef t t h e ser v i ce t o become a civil ian nur se. T hey have no chi ldren , but are i nt o A f ghan dogs bigt i me. A rt and W endy B I L L I N G SL E A are t he ones w it h k ids (tw o lit t le gi r l s) . T hey are also at Sheppar d . A r t is a T -38 I P w ho ’ s j ust m oved over t o physiological t raini ng . Bef or e Sheppar d , A r t w as i n B - 52 s a t C a r sw el l . Bil l and C i ndy K U RE Y ar e also at Sheppard (he’ s a T w eet St an/ E val I P) , but t hey ’ ll be headi ng f or A laska and E aglej et s t his f a l l . B u d a n d V a l er i e C R I ST r ound out t he Sheppar d crow d . H e’s a T -37 assist ant f light com m a n d er a n d sh e ’ s a r ea l t o r . T h e M O L Z O N s a l so sen t so m e w o r d s o n

other folks. Steve and Barbara PA LMER spent a tour i n H a w a i i w i t h t h e M arines before leaving the service. They are now living so m ew h er e i n t h e wilds of Virginia. Dale and Sharon SM ITH are enj oying t h e l i f e a t C o l

um bus. H e lef t his j ob as a 135 dr iver at Pease to b eco m e a T - 3 8 I P . F i n a l ly , Stan and K ar en GO RE N C (plus k ids) lef t Sheppard last year f or t he A T C St an/ E val team at Randolph .

had a baby; and Dan CUDA , Tom M UCKENTHA LER, and John D U N ST A N ar e t her e. Ray w ant s to tell M i ke K E L L Y t hat t hey go t

volleyball uniforms this year, and that they look as good as t hey played . D ave BE RG ’ S w i f e C hr i s (w ho dou bles as M i k e F RI C A N O ’ s si st er )

everybody m ust be, at A F I T ! D ave w or k s at Balli st ic M issile E val (BM E ) , but C hr i s says t hat t he w hole o f f ice, f ur ni tur e and all , is bei ng m oved t o

Of futt in A ugust ! Chris says that the FRICA NOs had t w i n so n s l a st September (Michael and Matthew) — they’re at Yokota in C- 130s. Rand y JO H N SO N gr aduated w it h D ave, but C hr i s i sn ’ t sur e w her e h e w en t . B i l l

JOH NSON is at A FIT now, and his wife is expecting their seco n d c h i l d . D ave t oo k Paul A U C L A I R ’ s place at BM E — Paul is now o n t h e r o a d f o r

the Pentagon. Brad BUCHA NA N is still flying at Mather . C hr is says t hat nobody knows where A aron GOLD is — oh. I ’ll bet somebody d o es .

T han k s f or tak ing t he t i me t o w r i te, C hri s!

Ex-roomie Rich GOSEN wrote. He j ust finished his OB/ GYN r esi d en cy at Wilford Hall (which was my suggestion to name t h e N ew D o r m —

oh , w ell) , and is on his w ay t o O f f ut t , w her e he’ ll be j oi ned by his w i f e,

Joan, an OB/ GYN nurse practitioner, and daughter Christine, 9 m o n t h s . Rich says he has delivered the next generation of several o f our pr ol i f ic classmates — and he expects to keep busy doing the same at O f f ut t , t oo ! Rob C RO M BI E w r ot e f r om T est Pil ot Schoo l w her e he and D i c k

SCH ROEDER graduated 9 June. Dick is staying at Edwards a s a t e s t pilot . Rob is going to Hill as a flight test engineer , helpi ng t o test updat es to the F-4 fleet . Rob says that Kyle ST . GEORGE graduated last June, and stayed at Edwards as a test pilot . Kevin CH I LTON w i l l b ec o m e o u r class’s third test pilot in December . Rob mentioned t h a t h e sa w A 1 L O M BA RD I pr i or t o t his deat h .

John A NDREW wrote — he’s in his third year at Harvard get t i ng hi s PhD in operations research. Wife Sandi was an A F nurse, but got ou t t o keep the family together — she’s finishing a bachelor’s pr ogr am at t he U

of N ew H am pshi re. A f t er D ecem ber gr aduat ion , Joh n w ill go back t o t he m at h depar t ment at ever ybody ’ s f avor i te school . John w a s b a c k a t o u r alma mater in January and saw D oug JA M ES (i n t he mat h dept) w ho ’ ll be going back t o a cock pi t , t hen get his PhD , t hen back to t he A cadem y , and A 1 JA N I SZ E W SK I (A l ’ s i n t he ast ro depar t m ent , and w i l l st a r t h i s P h D a t t h e U o f I l l i n o i s t h i s su m m er — h i s w i f e G r a ce w as get t ing r eady t o have t heir second chi ld) . Jim B U C K w as t he T -39 pi lot w ho f lew John f r om A nd rews to Pete A F B . T om and V ick i M A L L O RY , w it h k i d s Sea n and Stacy (6 and 4) , st ayed w it h t he A N D RE W S o n t hei r w ay t o A F I T f r om L ak enheat h . D r s L uck ey and W endy D U N N are at L itt le R o c k — he’ s in f am i ly pract ice. T hey had A dam on January 27. C h a se a n d P a m JO H N SO N ar e at T or rej on , w here C hase claim s t o be t he w or ld ’ s greatest F- 16 pi lot . M i k e and Bonnie K I D D ar e in D C — he’ s w it h t h e N a t i o n a l Secur i ty C ounci l and his o f f ice is r ight dow n t he hall f r o m V P B u sh . B i l l and L i nda ROE GE ar e at A lbuquerque — he f i nished his m a st er ’ s a t M I T last year and now w o r k s at A FT EC . Byr on H E PB U RN is i n m ed sc h o o l a t t h e U n i f o r m ed Ser v i ces Sc h o o l i n B et h esd a . W h ew ! J o h n sa i d h e ’ d

w r ite agai n in 1992. A nit a A lana L O T T w as bor n on 16 A pr il — Buddy and K at hy a r e t h e pr oud parent s. T hey ’ r e at Z weibr ucken i n RF-4s — Buddy w i ll separ ate in September . H er e a r e t h e r esu l t s o f t h e C a d et C a r C o n t est :

85,000 m i les 113,72 1 mi les Ron BA RA N 138,000 mi les (ru st ing) Ray T Y C D od ge V an 110 ,0(X) mi les (goo d shape) F i r eb i r d M e 87,000 mi les (repai nted ) W ell , I got a f ew respo nses — l oo k s l i ke Ron BA RA N i s t h e w i n n er f o r Jo h n A N D R E W Rob C RO M BIE

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m ileage, unless t here are any ot her taker s. So , Ron , here’s a big Y I P PE E ! T hings are slow here i n T ucso n . A rt G EO RG E recent ly com plet ed A - 10 FW I C — he and K at hy and t he gi r ls vacat ioned f or a w eek i n a h o u seb o a t on L ake Powell . Steve L O E RA K K E R cal led r ecent ly — he h a d a n F -4 here at D -M and w as look ing f or A nit a so he could get some good M ex ican f ood . W i llie ST RE L L was here not t oo lo ng ago — he’ s an F-5 A g gr essor pi lot out o f N ellis. T hat ’ s about all I can t h i n k o f . W ent cr oss-count r y in t he H og aw hile back — sto pped i n t o see J o e a n d N ancy W Y SO C K I i n C -Spr i ngs. Y ou remem ber Joe — captai n o f t h e Parachute T eam ; hund reds o f j um ps? G uess w ho br ok e his leg, do ing you-k now -w hat ? Y up . For tunat ely t hat ’s al l t hat happened — a n d J o e said t hat he w as luck y it happened on his last j um p , t oo . M ak es sense, huh? A nyw ay , t he ’76 W ant A ds list s a slight ly-used par achute f or sale t o a guy somew here in t he neighbo r hood o f 130 pounds — you can pr obably tal k a good deal . Just call Joe. T hank you all f or w r it ing — hope your sum m er has been a good o ne.

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H i f r om W r ight-Pat . H o pe al l o f you had a t er r i f ic su m m er t h u s f a r . I f ind mysel f st i ll d oing odds and ends ar ound t he house t h a t h a v e b een w ai t ing ar ound since we ar r ived here. But , I ’ m sur e w e’ ll be t otally set t led i n t i m e f o r o u r n ex t P C S .

O n t he P hone A gain : Bob G A ST O N cal led f r om Sheppar d . H e h a d been in T itans at L it t le Rock , w here he com pleted his master ’s in opera t i ons management f r om U . o f A r k ansas. H e m oved t o Sheppar d i n ’ 8 2 t o i n st r u c t t h e T i t a n m i ssi l e t ec h c o u r se f o r o f f i cer s. Si nce N ovember ’ 83, he’s been t he sl ick -sleeve student squadr on com m ander at Sheppard , but lef t i n M ay to teach RO T C at U . o f M issi ssi ppi . I al so t al ked to St eve M U N G L E (Sal lie) at M inot . H e’s been T D Y quit e a bit fl yi ng t he 106 , but ant icipates check ing out i n t h e F - 15 w h en h i s u n i t conver t s in t he f al l . H is br ot her-i n-law , C har lie P REC O U RT , m et St ev e ’ s sister , L ynn , back i n U PT . T hey now have t w o gir l s. C har lie’s been fl ying F- 15s at Bit burg, but w as selected f o r T est Pilot School a n d w i l l b e m o v i ng t o Edw ards. T he W r i t ten W ord : M at t C OA T SW O RT H ’ s w i f e, L iz, w r ote t o f i l l m e in on w hat t hey ’ re doi ng and peop le t hey ’ ve heard f ro m . T hey ’ r e livi ng in Bet hesda, M D , w her e M att is st ar t ing his f our t h and f inal year o f med school . T hey hope t o go over seas w hen M at t gr aduates in M ay ’ 85. T hey w ere recently vi sit ed by M i ke, Bonnie, and C asey W E I N ST E I N , w h o l i v e i n I l li nois. M i k e is a law yer w or k ing near St . L ouis. M a t t a n d L i z a l so r a n i nt o Steve and L ibby H A G G E RT Y , w ho live in L a G range, N C . V i c Z I R I L L l visited t hem a couple o f t imes bef o re leaving A n d r ew s f o r

D avis-M ont han w her e he’ l l be a f l ight surgeon . Bef or e M at t got int o m ed schoo l , he w as assigned t o t he 390t h M i ssi le C om bat C rew Sq uadr o n at D M , so t hey w ere able t o give V ic t he low dow n o n t he a r ea b e f o r e h e l ef t . T he C O A T SW O RT H s also keep i n t ouch w it h Jim and Sue D A R T . T hey ’ re st at io ned at V andenbu rg and have tw o child ren , Em i ly M ar ie and K evi n . M att and L iz al so w r it e to Ric, K aor u , and C har lott e T U RN E R , previously i n G uam but now st at ioned at W r ight -Pat w h er e R i c k ’ s a t t en d i ng A F I T . L iz em phasi zed t hat t hey alw ays have a welcome m a t o u t f o r t h e C l a ss o f ’ 7 7 .

D on M OO RE w r ote f r om Bergst ro m . H e’ s been a f l ight co m m a n d er and I P i n RF-4s, but lef t his recce j ob in M ay t o j oin J o h n R E E D a t L anguage School . A f t er six m ont hs o f Spanish st udy , he, Shar o n , and k ids Jerem y and Sar ah w i ll go t o C aracus, V enezuela, f or tw o year s. D on w i ll be st udyi ng f or a livi ng agai n , under an O l msted Scholar ship . H e lef t a f ew classmat es behi nd in his squadr on at Ber gst r om . T er r y C O X j ust check ed out as an I P , and w i f e C her i j ust had t heir second daughter . D ave K I SH i s requali ng r ight now ; he spent six m ont hs T D Y as a gr oundpounder i n C ent ral A m er ica. D o n w as r ecent ly on a st at ic display at L angley and pick ed up som e ot her new s. G i l O P P (Jane) i s i n F - 15 A D T A C t her e, but w il l leave soo n f o r an A ggresso r slot at A lconbury . M ar k M E A K I N S w as also in t he st at ic d isplay . H e f l ies t he F - l Ob a t M i n o t a n d w il l be t r ansit io ni ng to F- 15s. D on has also heard D oug M O W E R Y (K at hy) f l ies t he r ight sea t f o r U S A i r out o f Pit t sbur gh . Joe BU L M E R is an A - 10 f l ight co m m a n d er a t Bentw ater s, but he and C indy are due to move soo n . Jim ST A V A (H ol ly) moved f rom T -33s at H ick m an to F- 15s at E gli n ; he’s n o w i n R T U a t L u ke. Scot t SC H O F I E L D (Bev) and Steve H O RT O N ar e in R F -4 s a t A lco nbury . Bil l BRA N D T j ust lef t R F-4s at Bergst r om t o cr o ssf l o w i n t o F- 15s. Jon BU R K E (K at hy) is an A - 10 I P at D M . Jef f D O E R R i s i n K C- 135S at C ar sw ell . Russ F I N N E Y (K at hy) is in t he o t h er R F -4 squad r on at Bergst r om . Stan PET E RSO N and R uben SI L V A a r e R T U I Ps at Bergst r om . M ar k H A N SO N f l ies F-4G s at G eo rge. M i t c h D O D D i s i n F - 16 s a t H a h n . A r t W A C H D O R F fl i es F - 15 s a t H o l l o m a n .

Steve C A R E Y pr ovided an update on sever al people. Scot t J A C K SO N separated i n t he sum mer o f ’ 83. H e accept ed a ver y good j ob o f f er f r om T exas I nst ru ment s i n D al las. H e w as r ecent ly o f f er ed a n A - 10 G u a r d sl o t i n Syr acuse, N Y , and a j ob w i t h General E lect r ic. I f he accept s, he’ ll at tend f ighter lead-i n t r ai ning in t he f al l . Rob SH A W also separ ated last su m mer and is w or k i ng f or T I i n D allas. H e w as previously w or k ing i n t he A C E detachment at O f f ut t . Jef f M A Y E R had been at Randolph f o r t h e last t hree year s, w or k i ng as sq uad r on and w i ng scheduler a n d n o w t h e w i ng exec. A s f or St eve, he j ust f i nished f ighter lead-i n t rai ni ng and is head ing f or F- 16 RT U at L uk e. H e pr evi ously spent t w o year s at Ran d olph as a P I T inst r uct or and sched uler in t he 560 FT S . W h i l e a t H o lloman he saw Stan H I L L and T ony BE N E V E N T O , bot h fl yi ng F- I 5s i n t he 49T FW . Steve also recent ly went t o A ust r al ia t o “ c h ec k o u t t h e w om en dow n under . ” O n his r et ur n fl ight t he C - 14 1 A / C w a s St ev e O SBO RN E , now a L t in t he Reser ves. T om JO N ES ( L iz) clai m s t hat li f e on t he civilian side “ i s a b i t m o r e sedate,” and t hat “ t hi ngs are easier t o plan in advance.” H e c l a i m s h e doesn ’ t m iss SA C aler t too m uch ( f unny , I f eel t he same w ay) . H e’ s at t he L unar and Planet ar y L ab in T uscon , w here he’ s on t he long r oad t o , hopef ul ly , a P hD . T om i s w o r k i ng on a m ineral at t r act ion pr ocess f or ast er oid m i ni ng, plus plow ing t hr ough t hr ee physics classes. H i s gr oup o f gr ad st udent s w on a $50 ,000 N A SA gr ant t o bui ld and t est a new t ype o f M art ian r oving vehicle. T om says t hat Pau l and M ary P I ROG recent ly had daughter num ber t hr ee, A my L ynn . Paul ’ s at tend ing l a w sc h o o l a t U . o f M ichigan . T y and C ar o lyn RO BB I N S had t hei r f ir st daught er , K i r a E lizabet h . T hey ’ re st at ioned at K i r t land . T im and M ar y H A G A N h a d t heir num ber t w o , T yler St even . T i m ’s an RO T C inst r uct or a t U . o f K a n sas. N o r m T H O M P SO N is pur suing t he space ops cur r icul um a t A F I T . K en H A SE N BE I N ’ s w i f e, June, w r ote t o say K en has com plet ed F B- 111 C CT S. T hey ’ re stati oned at Plat t sbur g, and have a son , Jim m y , w ho is go ing o n t w o . K en r eally enj oys t he change f r om t he t anker , but f i n d s h i m sel f 10 t i m es b u si er . J u n e a sk s t h a t N o r m and Shi r ley R E I G SE C K E R w r i t e so m et i m e so o n . 1 a l so h ea r d f r o m J a k e a n d C a r o l

SI M O N S, w ho annou nced t he bi r t h o f t hei r f ir st child , J a c o b Si m o n s I I I (T r ey) , on 1 A pr i l . Jake is stat io ned at G u nter , A FS. L ee M O N SO N w r ot e w hile on t he r oad in N ew ar k , N J . H e w o r k s f o r G lobal System s i n sout her n C ali f or nia. G lobal makes long-r ange naviga t i on equipment f o r ai rcraf t . M ost o f G l obal ’ s syst em s a r e i n st a l l ed i n co r po rate ai rcraf t , alt hough t hey are al so i n t he new ly-acqui red A i r F o r c e K i ng A ir s. L ee t ravel s ar ound t he count ry teaching pil ot s how t o use t he equi pment . H e’ s seen sever al classm at es dur i ng his t ravels, incudi ng John C H R I ST head ing f or A ST RA , Pat D U F FY fl yi ng C -9s at Scot t , and St ev e W I T T M A N i n I 4 I s a t M c G u i r e . L ee w o u l d l o v e t o see anyone w ho m a k es i t o u t t o L A .

I r an int o D ave BO Y A R SK I i n t he A F I T School o f E ngineer i ng o n e

day and , as pr om ised , he sent me a li st o f ’77er s att endi ng t h e sc h o o l . T hose in st r at egic and tact ical sciences i nclude Joe A L FA N O , Joe N I E M E Y E R , John O ’N E I L L and M i k e SE L V A . I n operat ions r esea r c h ar e Bob BA T C H E L O R , T om K I N G . R ic R I N G , Ji m SH E D D EN , a n d D ave L A W T O N . Roy N I C I and C huck SP I T L E R are al so in A F I T pr o gr am s, and D ave hi msel f i s in space oper at ions. H e and Jane ar e also hap py t o announce t he bir t h o f t heir f ir st , D aniel Paul , o n 20 F eb . H or st RO E H L E R gave me t he latest on t he RA F L ak enheat h ’ 1 1 1 dr iver s. D an JO H N ST O N is i n st an/ eval ; P .J . L A N D W E H R L E i s i n w ing saf ety ; D ave M U R RA Y is in t he 494t h w it h H O RST ; M i k e L E V EN H A GE N , A r t B I E R SBA C H , and Bar t H I BBA R D are in t h e 493r d ; and C huck M C GE E i s in t he 492nd . H O RST is m oving t o L ee B a r rack s, G onsenheim , Ger m any , t o be an air liaison o f f icer . H is w i f e. M ay , and t hr ee k ids ar e look i ng f or w ar d to t heir m ove. A let ter showed up at t he A O G of f ices f r om M ichael W E I N ST E I N w h o is li ving i n Bur ke, V A . H e tel ls us t hat Bil l L O RD (C indy) w as recent ly c h o sen a s t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m u n i c a t i o n s- E l ec t r o n i c s O f f icer o f t he Y ear , a ver y pr esit i ous aw ard . Bi ll is headed t o G r i f f iss A F B a n d h a d b een t h e com m sq com m ander at G r eenham C om m on , U K , bef ore goi ng t o G r i f f iss. W hile t her e, his squadr on w as selected as t he O ut standing D etach ment i n t he E ur opean C om m unicat ions D ivisi on . M ovi n: R ick C O RA I N E j ust r et ur ned f r om a rem ote i n K o r ea a n d i s now i n T or r ej on f or a t hree-year tour . H e and his w i f e have a tw o-year old boy . M i ke K RE BSBA C H and Bob V EA L E ar e i n W ashingt on . J i m M C A N U L T Y is at t he U .S. E m bassy i n Car acas. T er r y PO SL U SZ N Y i s in K enner , L A . Jim SEA T is i n F- 106s at M i not . G ar ry SH E P P A R D i s a C - 14 1 pilot at M cG uire. Fi nal ly : M y t hank s t o t he classmate w ho subm it ted t he phot o o f t he 557FT S par ty in t he last issue. A nyt i me you have a class phot o(s) you can spar e please send it t o me or di rect t o t he A O G along w it h a capti on ex plai ni ng w ho , w hat , w her e, etc. I ’ d al so l ik e t o t hank t he many people w ho w r ote this ti me ar ound (hope I have m or e o f you t o t hank next t i me) . I f you need a subj ect t o w r ite about , here is one. T h e A O G n eed s t o k n o w w ho our cur rent class o f f icers are (same as senior year ) t o update t hei r f iles. T he president is D an V A N A L ST I N E , t he vice is D on M O O RE , t he t r easurer is Steve M U N G L E , and t he secr etar y is .? H el p me out on t he last one i f you can . A nd i f you can ’ t , w r it e anyw ay . T ake care, and keep i n touch .

Jim A r nold

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many and Jon M A C H I N A i s back i n t he Spr ings. Fi nally , J o h n D O R SE Y is on hi s w ay t o Bi t bur g (F- 15) .

T he f oot ball pict ure f it s r ight in since o ur Sum m er n ew s c o m es i n t h e F all (and usually occur r ed last Sp r ing) . T he f ace glar i ng ac r o ss t h e l i n e i s no ne ot her t han Geo rge K A I L I W A I usi ng up his rem ai ning eligi bil it y . H e played f or C A L T EC H (yes, t hey have a f oo t ball t eam and no t hey do n ’ t use t he cubic opt ion) at st ro ng saf ety , had l O int er cept ions (t hir d in t he N at ional C ol legiat e Foot ball C lub A ssociat ion , C al T ech ’s league) and w as nom inated f o r A ll-A m er ican ! G ood j o b , Geo rge. A f ter get t i ng his M S i n E E , (w it h a m ino r i n sail ing, f r om t he sound o f Geo rge’ s let ter ) , he’s on t o Edw ar ds (H e li kes it ! H e li kes it !) f o r test pi lot schoo l . I f yo u see him maybe he’ ll t each you t o back pedal ! T he ot her pict ur e is o f Steve K N O T T and his prett y w i f e o f o ne year (as o f July) Julie. I made ref er ence t o t hei r mar r iage ear lier , but f or al l you w ho didn ’t believe or w o uld n ’ t tak e m y w or d f or it , I pr esent pr oo f . ( I j ust love t hat , it so unds so . . . so . . . law yer ly !) C ongr at s on yo ur f i r st an niver sary , Steve, m y f r iend .

A s m ost o f you k now by now , K i r k PET H w as k i lled 13 M a r c h i n a n F- l 11 cr ash i n I daho . K i r k w as a cadet squadr onmate a n d f r i en d . H e w a s

kind, generous and I , along with many others, will m i ss h i m .

T here is no good t ransit ion out o f sad t id ings, so d i r ect i s t h e b est I ca n do . Jef f W A L D O cal led m e j ust as I w as sit t ing dow n t o w r i t e t h i s so h e get s t o be ment ioned f ir st . Jef f is out o f t he A ir For ce and on his w ay t o K ent uck y t o be a law cler k f or a f eder al D ist r ict C our t j udge. Jef f w as pleased t o get t he j ob and w as loo ki ng f orw ar d t o t he m o v e . Rob V A N H A A ST E RT (C indy , pl us 3 daught er s!) w r ot e t o pr ove t hat at least 20 ’ 78er s are crazy (or b rave) enough to f l y W i l d W ea sel s a t Geor ge. I n addi t ion t o Rob t hey ar e: Paul M E I N H O L D , M a r k SC H U L E R , A .J . K E V O RK (al l si ngle, ab, comp any ) and St ev e P U L S (Peggy) , al l are 362 T FT S i nst r uct or s; M ar k B RU GG EM E Y E R (com i ng soon : M ar ilyn) , St eve H A M PT O N (com i ng soon : K at e) , C h r i s F L O O D (single) . C huck C A RPE N T E R (M ichelle and so n N icholas) a n d D a v e G A L L A G H E R (K at hy) , all 563 T FT S; V ic L I N (si ngle?) , M i k e M cM I L L I E (Pamela) , Blak e L I N D E R (si ngle?) , D ar r ell H E R R I G E S (single?) , Pet er Z I M O W SK I (single?) , all in t he 56 1 T F S . W i l d W ea sel RT U : Bil l B RESL E Y (K im) , and M at t L A C O U RSE , on t o C lar k ! Finishi ng up RT U is D enny D A N SE R (Sue and daught er N icole) . Out in t hat mess, in some st at us I can ’t f at hom is John A L BE RT (M ichel le) . Rob al so says t hat bot h D an P H I L L I P S (C heryl , son H eat h) a n d A r t H A R R I SO N (Po lly) are at D -M f l yi ng O A -37s! I n case al l t he com ment s about singles give you t he w rong im pression . I ’ m not agai nst m ar r iage, I ’ m j eal ous. I can ’ t get a gir l to mar r y me. Some people say t hey can under st and t hat , many o f t hem gir ls I dat e. H ar r y and G retchen L A D E w r ote t o t ell me t hat H arr y got an F- l 5 t o M cC hor d . I ncluded i n t heir let ter w as: D ean H A B RU N (K at hy plus 2 chi ldr en) is at D yess i n C - I 30s. Paul PA T R I D GE , soon t o t a k e a w i f e named K at e, is/ w as at H ollom an . Phil SC H W A RT Z (T er r i) a r e i n G er -

A nd now (d r um r ol l , please) i nt o t he cent er r ing (I sa w t h e c i r c u s t h i s spr ing !) comes t he A m azi ng . . . A OG M A I L BA G (cr owd r o a r s w i t h ex cit ement and ant ici pat i on) : Jo hn M O O RE A PO SF , 96367 t o Poq uoson , V A ; Russ BRO W N , Fayet t evi lle, N C ; Jam es PE N N E K A M P f r om P ea se to A ust i n ( Randolph ?) ; Bil l M A JO R f r om A PO N Y 09 123 t o Beale;

Thomas SH INN, Wright-Pat to Lawndale, CA ; Pat QUIGLEY f r o m

Bossier C it y , L A , t o A r li ngt on , V A ; and Jo hn SY K E S f r o m B i l o x i t o Sa n Gabr iel , CA . T hank s all o f you w ho w rot e o r cal led or came out (G uy M A R T E L L E agai n but not hing new t o r eport ) or even t hought about doi ng any o f t he above. P lease cont inue t o w r it e, and remem ber : t he m o r e i n f o I h a v e t o put out , t he f ew er bad j o kes and f unny (?) com m ent s I c a n a f f o r d t o a d d in ! M ay G od bless.

A USAFA First: John “ Nips” NICHOLS married the lovely D en i se Tankersley in a bizarre break dancing sabre ceremony. Fo ur st alw ar t (or is it stodgy) ’79ers answered Nips’ plea for bearers: J i m “ A x e ” M A N D ZIA RA , Chuck BEA VER, Bill “ Pappy” BOYINGTON and Larry

John C ourt ney 948 V i nt age D r ive K enner , L A 70065

W H I T E . N i ps not o nl y get s t o t r ade his T -38 f or an F- 16 but he get s t o

honeymoon in the Bahamas. Some guys have all the luck. People Populating: Jim RODGERS (Lisa) added daughter N i c o l e Adele to his brood (Kirk) during his present tour at W r ight -Pat (A F I T ) . He’s in the Space Operations Graduate Program and heading t o w o r k i n

P er c e n t m em b er s : 3 3

Greetings Falcon Brothers. This letter is being composed deep w it hi n

t h e r ec esses o f o u r n a t i o n ’ s t w el v e b i l l i o n d o l l a r St rategic Pet roleum

Reser ve by one w ho is being Educated w it h I ndust ry (A FI T ) . I t ’ s hard du ty here in New Orleans. A t the recent Jazz and Heritage Fest ival (t hat ’ s t he one w hich proceeds t he St r aw ber r y Fest ival but f ollow s t he C aj un Br eak D ancing Sym posium) , t he locals had t o pr y my j aw s open t o f eed m e bar -b-qued shr im p , t r out alm ondi ne and j am balaya. J i m “ A x e ” MA NDZIA RA , who’s also with the Department of Energy (A F I T ) , is helpi ng t o aut hor t his issue. I recent ly ran i nt o Bi ll “ Pappy ” BO Y I N GT O N (Sue) at B a r k sd a l e A FB. He took time out from his attempt to capture the C r oss C o unt r y W or ld L and Speed Recor d (in t he sub-com pact T oyota class) betw een Reese A FB , T X , and H om estead A F B , F L (PC S-F4) . W hile w enching in t he French Q uar ter t he f ollow ing day . Pappy , Ji m and m ysel f appl ied t he basic tenet s o f Eco nom ics 30 1 and exchanged $90 w it h t he cit y o f N ew O r leans f o r my car , w hich due to pi lot er r or , w as st r at egical ly par ked i n a genuinely below -aver age par k i ng slot . T he f ol ks f r om U SA FA ’s A ero D epar t ment W est (Sunnyvale A F S , C A ) D ave SE N EC H EC K , K laus SC H U G , Reggie H O L M E S, C urt is JO H N SO N , Br ian D E M M I N G , Jim BO H A C K , Paul SC H U BE RT , D a v e SA PPE R , and N eil SC H OO N send t hei r regar ds. Special t h a n k s t o M a r k P I M E N T E L (Bet sy) w hose dog “ Poop ” (C S- 13 “ Bulldogs” new slet ter) provided excellent so ur ce gossi p . M ar k , w ho is j ust f inishi ng up his mast er s in com puter science, is heading o f f t o Bo lli ng A F B (W ashi ngt on , D .C .) to buy com puter s f or t he A i r Fo rce I ntelligence Ser v i ce . Guess Who M arried the Commander’s Daughter, M ike GEE did . Y up , he w ed t he f o r mer L eslie Beck . T hey (and son , Joshua) l i v e i n cosmopoli tan Per u , I N (home o f G r issom A F B ’ s t r end iest f lyer s) . W ho ’ s D oi ng W hat , W here: Bo b D ESM O N D is hold ing dow n a sl i c k

j ob with SA FSPLAA FS which comes complete with on-duty c i v i l i a n clothes. (Bob, what ’s SA FSPLAA FS?) Dale BURTON j ust r et u r n ed

f r om SO S and is back i n t he seat o f his F- 15 ( I P) at L angley . D ale BRA D L E Y highly r ecom mends t he civi lian f l avo r o f A F I T (U niver sit y o f Florida). He’s now spending 12 months in the exciting, exot ic. Republic o f K orea as o ne o f O san ’s civi l engineer s. Scott M cL A U G H L I N

(Michele) is trading in his well-maintained, mechanically-sound, e x t r a

clean Buf f f or a pr e-ow ned A ardvar k (FB- I I l — Pease A F B) . M i k e

THOMA S (A ngie) is j ust back f rom the lush playing fields o f M a x w el l

(SO S) and repor t s t hat he, Jo hn T A L BO T , Bob SI EG R I ST a n d C h a s RUTH learned everything has three main points. I ’m pleased to anno unce t hat C has not only t ur ned i n a D G per f or m ance, but is also engaged to a n o t h er I P . B est w i sh es C h a s . B o b K L U T Z a n d W a l t P A T E have j ust ar r ived at Bar k sdale t o begin K C - 10 t r aining. A lso at B a r k sd a l e a r e B r u c e H O L B RO O K (B-52) (A nna) , Ro bi n SA N D E RS (K C - 135) (T resia) , St ev e

DICKMA N (B-52) and Ed PEA RSON (B-52). Don’t be surprised t o se e

Br uce’s lovel y act ress w i f e, A nna, o n T V . Paul V A N C E and Randy

GRICI US are attending A FIT Logistics School at Wright-Pat .

N ew s F r om A cross t he P ond : T he steely-eyed f ighter j ock s in t he 493r d T FS, RA F L ak enheat h , say t hey had t he most ’ 79er s in a si ngle sq uad ro n . They were Bill GREGORY (Mary Beth), Mark “ Cut ” CUTKOM P (N an cy) , D o n “ D J ” JU RE W I C Z (Bet h) , T om Y A N I (Jan) , Ed “ Z ano ” ZA N O W ICZ

and

E r n i e “ H a n d sh a k e ”

H A E N D SC H K E . A 1 b eca m e

I P / I W SO dur i ng t heir f i r st to ur . Sounds l i ke a r eco rd ; any chal lenger s? W hat happens w hen you m ix Jim “ Phant ” O ’ N E I L w it h Bor neo B i l l G REGO RY at a f or m al 3r d A F d ini ng-i n? I don ’t k now , b u t I h ea r d i t ’ s five minutes late. So much for all that time-budgeting pr act ice dooley y ea r .

St ill M ore: Bil l T RA V N I C K j ust r eceived hi s m ast er o f public ad m inist rat ion degr ee f r om D r ake U niver si ty . G ood j ob . B i l l . J o e H A C K -

BA RTH (Dana), Joe MA RQUA RDT and Rich WA L LACE (Sandy) sen d their regards from lovely KI Sawyer (land of Buf f Darters). H ack , Joe

and Rick w er e t he f ir st ’ 79er s t o f l y t he D el ta D ar t and not only do t hey love it but even say it ’s fast , neat , average, friendly, good , good . A l so en

j oying the scenic Upper Peninsula of M ichigan (albeit o n t h e SA C si d e o f the

r u nw ay)

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RO B E R T SO N ,

H o r se

NEICE,

M ike

M URA HA M I and Gerry SM ITH . Joe MA RQUA RDT also asks that a l l

C S-30 ’ 79er s call or w r ite him (he’s updat ing a sq uadr on l ist ing) at : Joe M ar quar dt , 87 F I S/ D O , K I Saw yer A F B , M I 49843. A ut o : 4 7 2 - 13 70 . H ome: (906) 228-5345.

C heyenne (or was it M it ch ’ s) M ount ain . C l ass F i nance N ew s: Y up , i t ’s o f f icial . W e’ re t he r ichest c l a ss i n t h e

AOG with a little over $10,000 (presently on short t er m l o a n t o U n c l e Sa m in the form of a 10 percent interest bearing T-bill). I t appear s t hat m y sug gestion for pyramiding our money with fabulous time-sharing c o n d o s a t the Temple of Doom, Grenada, was voted down by the o t h er c l a ss o f ficers (bloody lot of fiscal ingrates). Congratulations to our hard working, slick talking, class president , Mike “ Hooch” VA N HOOM ISSEN . He’s passed the bar in P en n sylvania and W ashingt on , D . C . T he co unselor was also sel ect ed f o r t h e

Defense Systems Management College with a return assignment t o t h e Congressional Activities Division at the Pentagon. H o o c h h a d b et t er t a l k to M PC, it sure sounds like he could use a glamorous assignm ent . W ell , t hat ’ s al l t ill next t ime. G od Bless. Please forward news updates to; M ike Van Hoomissen, 3316 S. Wakef ield Street , A rlington V A 2 2 20 6 .

M a t t N eu en sw a n d er

5909 C edar Ridge E nid , O K 7370 1 A V : 9 6 2 - 76 6 5

P er c en t m em b e r s : 44

A las, this could be m y last ar t icle f r om V ance A FB . H ow w ill I f i ll m y ar t icles i f my next PC S t ak es m e so mew her e beaut i f ul t h a t I c a n n o t so easily slander . A s t he sum mer moves i n w it h it ’ s heat and w heat beat les, I , t he slum lor d , am at t em pt i ng t o sell m y rent al house. W e are moving back i nt o it , and I w o uld ask t hat ever yo ne please not e t he addr ess change. O w ning a r ental pr oper ty has been one o f t hose ex per iences t h a t w e u sed to say “ built char act er . ” M y f avo r ite mem or ies w il l n o t i n c l u d e t h e t i m es w hen t he rent er s call and say , “ W elp , ya ai n ’ t gong t o be t oo happy but W i lbur got laid o f f dr i vi n ’ t he oil t r uck and inst id o f payi ng our r ent w e ai m t o m ove out .” P .S. W e’ r e real so r r y abo ut t he lease, but you can ’ t get blood out o f a t ur ni p . A h , t he li f e o f a slum lor d . I have a message f o r t hose o f you w er e in 8 1-07- 1 at V ance. I st il l have your year boo k m oney , but have been unable t o get money t o some o f you f o r l a c k o f a n a d d r ess . Some o f t he people I k now have not been paid are D ave PH RA ST (So r r y 1 lost you r add r ess) . Bill RO Y , M i ke SM OT H E RM O N , M i ke ST E FA N I A K , etc. I f you guys o r anyone else have not clai med your ref unds, please w r it e and I w i ll send bucks. O n t he new s f r o nt . I did n ’ t get many let ter s t his t i me. D a v e G R U N T E R w rot e f r om t he Paci f ic and is get t i ng m ar r ied . D ave, I am t he class pr esi dent , and I ’ m not sure exact ly w hat w eight 1 pul led w h en I c a l l ed b u t I ho pe you got ever yt hing you needed . Br ad B RO W N (Bonehead) i s c o m ing t o V ance as a U PT st udent t his f al l . Br ad has been a r a d a r n a v o n a B-52 at C ar sw ell . Gw en K N U C K L E S is now D r . K N U C K L E S, a n d w i l l be del iver ing babies at K eesler soo n . L ar r y D E PT A T I S had a pict ure o f hi m and hi s k id nak ed i n t he bat h t ub pr inted in t he M omence, I L , ho met ow n paper . L ar r y alw ays did li ke t o play w it h t he soap . I saw hi m at a U PT br ief back at U SA FA in M ar ch and he is cur rent l y a n a ca d em i c i n st r u c t o r a t R eese .

I also saw T im G U L L I V E R , Bo b BU C H L E R , D ebbie W I L C O X , C lay C O X , L uke H O W A R D , and H ol ly E M R I C K w hi le at t he A lum i num W om b . H ol ly is teaching at U SA FA and al l t he ot her s w er e a t U SA F A f or U PT day . T im , Bob , and D ebbie ar e at W il ly , and C lay and L uk e are T -37 asistant f l ight co m mander s at L aughli n . O t her new s f rom L aughl in is t hat all t he new captai ns had a big blow out and ca l l ed i t “ B r o k en A r r ow .” Ji m E L BE RT , M i k e T A R L ET O N , and M i ke SK I N N E R ar e i n St an eval . A ndr e H A R R I S, Ed N E V E S, Jim E I E L E R , and M a r k P E T E R SO N are i n check sect ion , and John PO SN I E R is an assi stant f l ight com mander . N ot m uch new s on t he T -38 d r iver s at L aughli n , b u t n o n e w a s

o f f er ed .

I saw C r aig SC H L A T T M A N w hi le at Randolph f or A T C Super visor s School . C r aig i s a class co m m ander at W ill y . W hile at Randol ph I saw Gar y H E C K E R w ho w ent f r om C - 130s t o P I T and t hen t o C o l u m b u s a s an I P . D an BO O N E i s a P I T I P at Randol ph f lyi ng T -37s. R u m o r h a s i t

t h a t B i l l B E C K E R i s a n A T - 3 8 I P a t H o l l o m a n n o w . Sco t t C A R ROTHERS j ust got back to Yokota from Nepal . Scott attempted t o c l i m b M t . Everest but got w eat her ed out . C r aig C A RT E R got m a r r i ed a n d i s

D U BE L A , C - 14 1, M cGu ir e; Bob M A SK , F-4 ; D arcy F L O RE A N I , F- 16, M acD ill ; Paul A C K E RM A N , O V - 10, Sem bach ; M i ke SI PO S, C - 14 1, M cG uire; and D an M O K R I S, K C - 135, O k inaw a. P hil has a l so h ea r d

Jack BA RK E R r ecent ly got m ar r ied and graduated f r om U PT at W illy .

t ures engi neer ing. Fi nal ly , Phil sends w or d t hat he is engaged t o a “ T exas T ech L ady ” , but he neglect ed t o f ur nish her name.

n o w a t G u n t er A F S .

Jack got a C-141 to Travis. Jim HA NLEY, Frank KI SNER a n d J i m STURCH have all upgraded to A / C in the C-130. I understand t h a t

from John BRI DGE who is at Wright-Pat working on a m a st er ’ s i n st r u c

Fr ank j ust mar r ied and w ish him good luck . John M O RGA D O a n d J ef f

R I C H A R D h a v e co m e t o V a n ce t o b e i n st r u ct o r s. J o h n w a s i n C - 14 1s a n d J e f f ca m e f r o m K C - 13 5 s. T h a t i s a b o u t a l l t h e n ew s f or t hi s m ont h . I f you

w ant t o see your name in here send me a let t er . O h yea, Jer ry D E V I L L E

became a proud father several months ago and it missed l a st i ssu e . C o n gr at s! G od bless.

McDonald 's T ony L or usso

B o x 30 3 2 A P O N ew Y o r k 0 9 130

P er c e n t m e m b er s : 3 6

We d id not r ecei ve Tony ’s inp u t by p r esst ime. D r op h i m a l i n e s o h e ’l l have lo ts of inf or m ation f or the nex t issue. P lease no te Tony ’s new ad

d r ess a b o ve.

Ji m R at t i B o x 4 0 14

Blyt heville A FB , A R 723 17 H ome: (50 1) 762- 1009 A V : 6 3 7 - 76 0 1

P er c en t M em b er s: 3 8

Fir st o f f , let me i ssue a belat ed congr at ulat ions t o a l l o f t h e m em b er s o f t he class on t heir pr omot ion t o I L t . I n addit i on t o t he ext r a money , it w i ll be nice t o not have everybody assume yi u came on act ive dut y yest er day ! T he big new s f or t his quar t er seem s t o be w eddi ngs. I a t t en d ed o n e o f t h em a n d h ea r d a b o u t sev er a l o t h er s. M o r e o n t h a t l a t er . A lso , 1 have ver y f ew change of address car ds. T hat , com bi ned w it h t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s i s t he f ir st colum n I ’ve w r it ten wi thout a list o f assignment s f r o m so m e c l a ss or anot her , leads me t o believe t hat t he maj or it y o f t h e cl a ss i s n o w i n volved i n some sor t o f gai nf ul em ploym ent . H er e are t he six people w ho have sent car ds t o t he A OG : G len D O W N E Y and Roger A N D E RSO N sent A PO addr esses w hich I ’ m pr et ty sur e indicate assignment s t o G u a m . D ave SI L V I A is now locat ed at M oody , and K eit h Z U EG E L i s a t H omest ead . T ony K L U CK I N G now lives i n D elvalle, T X , b u t I h a v e n o i d ea w h a t t h a t i s n ea r . H e m o v ed t h er e f r o m M a t h er . Finally , Rober t a E W A RT is at Ox f or d on a M ar shal l Scholar ship . I got a lett er f r om T o m L I N D G RE N w ho is now f lyi ng F - 14 s f o r t h e N avy . By t he t one o f his let ter . I ’d say he enj oys it . H e wear s his “ W ings o f Gold ” at N A S Oceana, V A , as a m em ber o f V F- 10 1, a n d h e h a s a f ew logboo k ent r ies he’ d li k e to shar e: T r aps (shi pboar d ar rest ed landings) , C A T S (catapult shot s) , and Bolter s (shipboar d touch and gos) . H e look s f orw ar d t o seei ng us boys i n blue at Red Flag . H e says to “ check six , ” ‘cause he’ ll be t here event ual ly . Ray P H I L L I PS says hel lo f r om D yess. H e’ s i n t he C - 130 dow n t her e, and j ust got back f r om a st i nt i n E ur ope. O ver t here, h e r a n i n t o E r i c BO W E N w ho is a K C - 135Q copilot f r om Beale. A not her f a m i l i a r f a c e w as t hat o f M i ke RY A N , an A - 10 pilot . Ray says M i k e is “ st il l ” chasing G lo ria M O N T O Y A .

A not her lett er cam e f r om T im C O L L I N S, f l ogging me f or t ak ing so long w it h hi s E N JJPT class assignm ent s. T he new st u f f he had t o say con cer ned t he f act t hat he and D r enda w il l be parent s come Sept em ber . H ow ’s t his, T i m ? Finally somet hing on t ime! C ongrat ulat ions t o b o t h o f you .

Phil BO SSE RT dr opped a lot o f nam es in hi s let t er t o me. H e’ s f l ying t he T -39 at L angley , and r ecent ly had Sally D U GGA N as a passenger . She says t hat M it ch M I L L E R i s st at ioned w it h her dow n at Ber gst rom , and t hat M it ch ’ s w i f e is pregnant . O t her T -39 types t hat Phil spoke o f include A 1 M A SSI N GA L E , Randol ph ; Randy OA K L E Y , Bar k sdale; M i k e A L L E N , Bergst r om ; N or m G L O W I C Z , L angley ; and A bel BA RR I E N T E S, Pet e Field . P hil went t o Reese, and some o f h i s c l a ssm a t es t here incl uded : T om PFE I FFE R and Jim my D an N A PO L EO N , T -37; M i k e H E P L E R , Rick T U RN E R , and D ar yl RA N D A L L , T -38; J i m 52

T he above phot o co mes co m pl i ment s o f Steve A T K I N S, a Scr eec h I P a t L ubbock . T he assem b ly yo u see her e consist s o f Steve (t he A t kee) A T K I N S, Br endan (Big G uy) C L A RE (up f ro m Pat rick ) , M i ke (D am iac) D A M A L , C hi p ( Rapst er ) L I N D E N L A U B (i n f r om T r avis) , D r . D en n i s (D oo m) D E L A N E Y (T w eet s at V ance) , T ony (W ildm an) RO A T H ( I P at C ol um bus) , and Bob (M r . W o nder f ul) W A T E R S (T -38 at Reese) . T he oc casion f o r t he phot o w as t he social event o f t he year in SW T exas, t he 1984 “ Stalag T ight s” Reunion . O f cour se, t he r eunion j ust happened t o coi ncide w it h G r eg “ L i k es” L E I K E R ’ s w eddi ng , so t hese f i n e b l a d e sw i nger s w ere k ind enough to f or m a set o f “ Sil ver A r ches” f or G reg and hi s br ide. By t he w ay , bot h M i ke D A M A L and Bob W A T E RS w er e m a d e “ H onor ar y Stalag T ight s” f o r t he w eekend . A bsent f r om t h e r eu n i o n w ere “ General ” Jef f BE E N E (K eepi ng SA C saf e f r om dem ocr acy i n M inot ) and D on “ Sw oo p ” P I K E (asleep so mew her e i n t he vici nit y o f G eorge A F B) . M ar k M I L L E R and Scot t L A R D N E R ser ved as gr oom smen f or t he w eddi ng , and “ a good t im e w as had by all .” T he next “ St alag T ight Reunion ” is scheduled f or C hip L I N D E N L A U B ’ s w ed di ng, w hich i n f or m ed sour ces say should be w it hi n a year and a hal f . D elores SM I T H says “ H i ” f r om M arch A F B , w here she enj oys t h e locat ion but not t he sm og . L i ke me at H oot er vil le, she’ s t he lone rep o f t h e C l a ss o f ’ 82 a t h er b a se . T h e w ea t h er t h er e i s agreeable, she says, and t he f lying l i kew i se. She’ s a nav i n t he K C - 135, and l i kes most aspect s o f her j ob , save f o r t he sat ellit e alert at G r and Fo r k s. H ow ever , even t hat has it s good poi nt s, as she’s r u n acr oss M i k e EA Y RS, M elaney (PA T T O N ) U E H L I N , and Ray T U RE K up t her e.

Speak i ng o f Ray (how ’s t hat f or a t ransit ion !) , I w as up in D et r oit a f ew weeks ago t o t ake par t in t he w eddi ng o f Ray ’s sister Peg ( ’ 83) to Steve T O L D Y . H ere’s a pict ur e o f Steve and Peg as t hey lef t t h e c h u r c h . W e a l l had quite a time up there. Steve VOGT (still single and look ing f o rw ar d to an assignment t o M oody i n A ugust) came up f r om H o mestead . “ V ote” , along w it h a couple o f T O L D Y ’s chi ld hood f riends and mysel f w ent o ut and had a “ Bachelor Par ty ’ ’ . N ext t i me yo u r un i nto T o ldy , slap a do llar

bill on your forehead and shake your head vigorously f r o m si d e t o si d e . 1

pr om ise he’ ll bl ush ! T he f ollow ing i s a snapshot o f t he ’ 82 com ponent o f t he weddi ng par ty , f r om lef t t o r ight ; me, Ray T U R E K , St ev e T O L D Y a n d St ev e V O G T .

F r a n k a n d B r en d a M a r r er o T he next luck y f ellow is Jef f BA RN SO N , w ho mar r ied K el ly T hr i f t f r om Sacr ament o , C A , w here Jef f w as going t hr ough nav t rai ni ng. Jef f has a special w ay t o do ever yt hi ng, even to get engaged . I t seem s t h a t J e f f and K elly w ent at op t he C apit ol Plaza I nn in Sacr ament o t o h a v e a n o r m a l m ea l n ex t t o a n o v er l o o k w i n d o w . J e f f h a d m o r e o n h i s m i n d t h a n

j ust f ood . H e hir ed A ir Sent i nel/ Sk y G ram t o pop t he q uest ion f o r hi m i n a C essna 150 . T hey were m ar r ied on June 9 in Sacr amento , a n d a r e present ly at H omest ead A F B w her e Jef f is receivi ng upgr ade t rai ning . C O N G RA T S JE FF , G O O D L U C K .

T he w eddi ng was very nice, and Steve and Peg made a great couple. A f ter a cr uise-t ype ho neymoo n , t hey ’ ll bot h be stat ioned a t D a v i sM o nt han .

A not her weddi ng too k place in M ay , t hat o f N ancy RO BI N SO N a n d John D U RA N T . H e is a T -38 I P at C o lum bus, and she wi ll be PC Sing to M axwel l soon f or a slight ly smaller pho ne bi ll . She’ s cur r ent ly stat ioned at A nd rew s, w here she’s seen Rick M RA Z (chi n deep in com puters at t he puzzle palace) and Ken ROBI NSON (HQ A FSC, A ndrews). Rick j ust got mar r ied too . Finally , N ancy heard f ro m Jan (G RO N E RT ) Rosko , w ho is w i t h h er h u sb a n d i n O k i n a w a . J a n i s a K C - 13 5 n a v .

M y last let ter is f r om Bob W E L L E R at W r ight-Pat . H e f inally passed a f l ight physical (af t er m uch red t ape and hassle) and w il l be on hi s w ay t o W illy f or a D ec 17 star t date! Co ngrat ulat ions, Bob ! H e a l so t o l d m e t h a t C hr is W A SH E R mar r ied an ’ 83 gr ad , but I can ’ t read his w r it i ng wel l enough t o f igur e out w ho . Bob said t hat D ar lene A V E RY m a r r i ed D a v e SO BOT A ’s o lder brot her , and Jef f V A N C E mar r ied a nur se f r o m W right -Pat ’ s M ed C ent er . A nd, that about wraps it up. For my part . I ’m j ust about ready t o

depart for 45 days in England with the European Tanker T a sk F o r ce . While I ’m there. I ’ll try to look up as many people a s 1 ca n . I ’ l l a l so b e scrounging for parts for my latest toy, a 1969 Triumph 6 50 B o n n ev i l l e . M y neighbor s al l t hink I ’ m crazy . Y o u all k now t he t r u t h .

Ray Blust 4 12 Enchanted W ay D el Rio , T X 78840 P e r c en t M em b e r s : 2 1

H i f ol k s, t his is anot her let t er f r o m Ray , t her e’ s lot s o f good poop about almost ever yo ne f rom Ger many to G uam , t hank s f o r a l l t h e l et t er s. T he next let ter w ill be w r itt en by K evin C ar r eno . Please send you r let ter s to 19848 S. Summ er set L ane, Par k er , C O 80 134 . I guess I can st ar t t his lett er by i n f or m i ng yo u al l o n t he r ecent wedd ings and engagement s. T he f i rst cou ple I ’ d li ke t o m ent ion is t he mar r iage o f Frank MA RRERO to Brenda LeBrecht formerly f rom, you guessed it , C o lo rado Spr ings. T hey were m ar r ied at t he chapel on 16 M ay and believe me it w as w or t h t he 26-hour d r ive f r om D el Rio , T X . So m e o f t h e o t h er ’ 83er s w ho weat her ed t he t r ip w ere Geo rge C ESPE D E S, C raig E I D M A N ,

Dan SM IT H , Jim POST and Tim WA RD. The wedding pictures w e r e n o t

avai lable at t he present , how ever Fr ank gave m e one o f t hei r engagement photos.

Bef o re I get any f ur t her I need to m ake a f or m al apology t o L esl ee FO RSBE RG (W A SH E R) . D ear L es, I am t r uly sor r y f or incor rect ly n a m i ng your spouse. W ill you please f o rgive me? T hanx . L es w a s m a r r i ed t o C hr is W A SH E R ( ’ 82) i n M ay and is pr esent ly l ivi ng at W r ight -Pat ter son A F B i n O hio . GO O D L U C K to you bot h ; ho pe t o see you t h i s su m m er . I also received a let ter f r om t he K O RC H N A K f am i ly . T hey w rot e to in f o r m us o f t he mar r iage o f t hei r daughter M ary Bet h to t he w ild W all y B L E Y L o n D ec. 3 1. A s we all k now , W ally w as a mem ber o f t he W ings o f Bl ue, so bef ore t he w edd ing C li f f L A T T A and K eit h BE RG E RO N parachut ed i nt o t he church gr o und s. C li f f f lew i n t he cham pagne w hile K eit h bro ught in t he ever -i m po r tant gart er . Fo l low ing t he j um p C li f f and K ei t h w ere j oined by C o lby A B BOT , St eve W A L L E N D E R , D a v e JE N K I N S, Jim RO Y and M ar k M U RP H Y w ho livened up t he w edd i ng w it h some f ancy saber m anual . A lso pr esent at t he weddi ng w a s D i a n e E L W E R w ho w as o ne o f t he br idesm aid s. G OO D L U C K you t w o ; ho pe t he rest o f you r li f e is as m uch f un as yo ur w edding m u st h a v e b een . L inda L Y O N S (H U G G L E R) is now m ar r ied t o Ji m L yons, a n ex ’ 8 3er w ho grad uat ed f r om A ubur n U ni ver sit y . T hey were m ar r ied o n N o v . 2 6 in Shar psvi lle, I N . Some o f t he ’ 83er s w ho part icipated wer e Bet sy N O E L (K A L M E Y E R) , t he i n f am ous “ BE BE ’ ’ C RO N I N (remem ber T -4 1 Bebe?), and T er r y SU L L I V A N w ere br idesmaids w hi le K ay SM I T H w a s t he ho stess. L inda and Jim are present ly stat io ned a t R eese w h er e h e i s a U PT st udent i n 85-02 . Good L uck Ji m . Bet sy N O E L is st a t i o n ed a t Su n nyvale w it h her husband M i k e ( ’ 8 1) , Bebe is in U PT at W il lie w hile T er r y and K ay ar e U PT room mates at C ol um bus. T hank s f or t he let ter , L inda. 1 also received a let ter f r om K at hy D A M SC H RO D E R w ho is t o mar r y I nocensio O RT A -FA RG A S on July 2 1 i n t he C at ho lic chapel . K at hy also said w it hout t he ’ 83 crew w or k ing on t he shut t le, N A SA m ight as w el l j ust can t he w hole pr oj ect . Just loo k at t he im pressive list o f ’ 83er s on t he j ob . Bi ll “ H uge” RU JE V C A N w or k s i n t he Space Shutt le E nvi ro nm ental C ont ro l and L i f e Suppor t Syst em s Engi neer i ng. Ruj , I t h i n k I ’ l l w a i t t o apply as an ast r onaut unt il you cr osst r ain . Rem em ber , w e r o o m ed t oget her and t he “ A I R ” envi r onm ent , especial ly Sunday night s, w asn ’t good . A lso st at io ned at V andenberg A FB is T o m D I P P w h o w o r k s i n W SM C / Plans, Pr ogram s and Requir ement s, and M ar k T O R RES w h o w o r k s at t he 6595 A er ospace T est G r oup w here t hey are i nt o managing t he met eor ological satellit es. Francis C H U N w o r ks w it h M a r k w h i l e M ar k , Fr ancis and T om shar e a house. G reg EG A N is a site manager f or t h e sh u t t l e ex t er n a l t a n k w h i l e h i s r o o m m a t e R o n G A U L T O N i s a sh u t t l e

q ualit y engi neer . Ron m ay soo n be leaving f or U PT at W i l l i e . G o o d l u c k dude. Scot t RO BE RT S is a shut t le suppo rt o f f icer w hile h i s r o o m m a t e D an Z I E G L E R w o r k s on t he guidance f or T I T A N rockets. Su sa n FE RK A U is living w it h L ynn D O N A L D SO N . Sue is a system s engi neer f or i nst r ument at ion w hi le L ynn is a system s saf et y o f f i c er . T o d H A R M O N is a shutt le t her mal pr ot ect ion system engi neer , Randy RO BE RT S is a shutt le suppo r t o f f icer and recent ly got mar r ied t o J u l i e . T h a t ’ s a l l I k now abo ut her , sor r y . D ave M A N L E Y , a payload mechanical t e s t c o n t r o ller , mar r ied Rachel soon af ter gr ad uat ion and t hey are t he pr o ud parent s of a new baby gi r l . C o ngr at s. 53

Pete PU H E K is SA M T O com m ander Gener al H enderso n ’ s aide.

Sounds like you may have to do some work at that j ob Pete, sor ry t o hear

it . N ext on t he list is t he sm all but m ight y V ince RE N A U D w ho is a design civil engineer working with the main propulsion system i n Space Shutt le Main Engines. Finally, and thanks to Kathy I have all t his i nf or m at ion ,

Kathy is a systems engineer working with the main engines a l so . G o o d luck Kathy and everyone else and thanks for the informative l et t er . P l ea se keep in t ouch .

T h e n ex t l et t er c o m es f r o m o n e o f o u r cr o ss-co m m i ssi o n ed classm at es, K eit h D A N E L . K ei t h is now a L t i n t he M ar i nes and spent his f i r st eight m ont hs as an o f f icer lear ning how t o be a gr unt — he said it , not me. K eit h i s now at N aval A ir St at ion i n Pensaco la, FL , and is surely look i ng f or w ar d t o car r ier landings on t he U SS L exingt on , H onest ly K eit h , t he only car rier land ings t he A F does ar e i n t he O ’ C lub . K ei t h sa i d h e r a n i n t o Scot t M OO RE w ho also cr oss-com m issioned , but i nt o t he N avy . Scot t has completed SEA L training and spent a few weeks enj oying Ft . Benni ng (A F appreciation month) before he goes on to bigger and bet ter t hings. K ei t h a l so r a n i n t o E l i P O W E L L w h o i s en r o l l ed i n m ed i ca l sch o o l a t t h e

U o f Flor dia. Eli is doing j ust great but also having a good t im e. G ood

d id not get pr int ed , please send it t o K evi n as soo n as you can . I guess I have t o star t w it h m y class 84-06 at L aughlin : M e (Ray BL U ST ) T -38, Jer i N E L SO N T -38, K evin M cM l L L I N T -38, A ndy L aG RO N E T -38, P et e M acC A FF RE Y T -37, Rob E N G L E H A RT T -37, Bi ll C H E ST N U T T -37, D an BO U G H T O N T -37 M at her , C raig E I D M A N O A -37 D avi sM ont han , Fost er SI N C L A I R O A -37 D avis-M ont han , T im D U FFY T - 3 3 M cC hor d , Rod R I C H E L I E U F- 16 M acD i ll , Jim PO ST F-4 H om estead , Ji m RY N I A K K C - 10 M ar ch , M i k e H O B BS K C - 135 G rand For k s, L i sa L I N D E N K C - 135Q Beale, Rick N A Z A R I O -V EG A K C - 135, M i ke

SHA NA HA N CT-39 Kirtland, Frank MA RRERO KC-135 Loring,

George C E SP E D ES K C - 135 K l -Saw yer , Jef f H I N K L E O V - 10 , R i c h D E PA O L O C - 14 1 M cG ui re, Bo b BA R N ET T C - 130 D yess, T o ny C I L E A C - 130 , T o m my SO L O M O N C - 130 Y o kot a, T ony M acD A N I E L C - 14 1 M cC ho rd , T im H I GA C - 130 D yess, G eo f f W E L L S C - 130 L it t le Rock , Jack FU SSE L L C - 14 1 C har lest on , T i m M cC O RM I C K C - 14 1 C har lest on , M ar k V A H A L A C - 14 1 C har lesto n , and Rod ney SPA H N C - 14 1 T r a v i s. Show n below is a pict ure o f my U PT class in r are f o r m . W e w i l l b e gr aduat ing on June 28.

l u c k E l i . T h a n k s f o r t h e l et t er K ei t h a n d r em em b er w her e your r oot s are.

1 also got a letter from Tricia RI LEY who is loving li f e i n W est Ber li n , Germany, where she works for the Electronic Security C om mand , Signals Intelligence. She says it ’s quite an experience to live sur r ounded by C om m unism , but her j o b also requi res a f ew int er act ions w i t h t h e So v i et s. T r i c i a seem s t o b e t h e so ci a l i n f o r m er o f t h e W est . She says t hat Ed P H I L L I PS w il l soon be j oi ni ng her . T r icia also m et so m e ’ 8 3er s a t a L t s

workshop at Ramstein: Steve MORITZ from Sembach, and

B rad

FE L D M A N , and M ar i na C A RSW E L L . She also said t hat poor D a w n B I Z U B is i n A t hens and lovi ng it . I hope so ! T hank s f or t he let ter , T r icia . Finally I have to get t o a let ter I r eceived abo ut t w o m ont hs ago f r om M i k e “ M i c h el o b ” B R Y A N T . M i c h st a r t ed h i s l et t er o f f l ik e t his, “ H ere’ s some poop from the nonrated, non-Keesler tech school t ypes. I t seem s l ik e w e’ r e not get t i ng m uch pr i nt .’ ’ W el l how ’s t hat , M i c h ? M i ch t a l k ed t o Pat “ K il ler ’ ’ K I L BR I D E who is up at El lsw or t h A FB pr etending t o t r ouble-shoot M inuteman m issiles. K i ller bo ught a bi ke, com plete w it h

the “ leather” pants, boots etc. Dave KLA UDT is skating t o t h e m ax o u t at Hughes A ircraft in LA . Dave takes three-hour lunch break s, has st art ed on his M BA and is t ak i ng SO S by cor r espondence

n o t t h e sa m e

D ave w e k no w . R i c k G O D D A R D w a s st a t i o n ed h er e i n n o r t h er n M ex i co b u t t h e d o cs

said he had a bad heart (w hat do t hey k now ) . Rick is now at L os A ngeles A FS w here he’ s t he only m il it ar y o f f icer w or k ing f or a co lonel , so o f course Rick gets the best j obs like A FA F, emptying asht r ays and t rashcans, dr ivi ng people w here t hey need t o go . George F I E D L E R “ Y O RK O ” and his w i f e Sam are (w er e) i n t he boomi ng met r opo lis o f Enterprise, A L , or as we know it . Ft . Rucker, where George i s get t ing ready to graduate. A s for M ich, he’s an Air Force Automated Syst em s proj ect of ficer at Gunter A FS, A L . Right now M ich is r esponsi ble f or screwing up (replacing) the computers at every A F base. H ope to see ya

here in good ole Del Rio (translated: “ of the river” ).

I guess t he last bit o f i n f or mat ion I have to best ow on you is about o ne o f our f el low classmates yet t o w ear a uni f or m . I ’ m t al ki ng about A lonzo BA BE RS. T her e’ s a good ar t icle in t he recent Of f D uty m agazine about

him if you get a chance. A lonzo is now running with t h e T r a c k A m er i c a

cl ub and is j ust k ick ing but t . I n t he recent Jesse O w ens C lassic, A lonzo t o o k f i r st i n t h e 4 0 0 d a sh a n d w a s a m em b er o f t h e w inni ng r elays i n bot h t he 400 relay and t he 1600 relay . I f anyone get s a chance t o go t o t he

Olympics, be sure to look Alonzo up because he‘11 be t h er e . G o o d l u c k A l o n zo !

I suppose it ’s t i me t o t ell you all w hat k ind o f ai rcraf t t h e C l a ss o f ’ 8 3

grads are going to be flying. I ’m going to start with t he f i r st guys i n our class to get t hei r w i ngs, and t hat ’ s 84-06 f r om Ft . R u c k er : K ev i n E W I N G

(CH-53), Woodbridge A B, England); Pat

HA NFORD (UH-I N ,

H om estead A F B , FL ) ; D ave H A R D E N (U H -60, Egli n A F B , F L ) ; M at t BO D D I C K E R (U H - I N , I ndian Spr i ngs A F B , N V ) ; T r acy C O L BU RN (U H - I N , Fai rchi ld A FB , W A ) ; K eit h K O L E K O FSK I (U H - I P , M a c D i l l A FB , F L ) ; and Rick RA G A L L E R (H H -3, K adena A B , Japan) . T h a n k s f or t he let ter , T r acy , and C ongr at s. T he next ’ 83 aviat ors t o get t heir w i ngs comes f rom U N T C l a ss o f 84-08: Scot t SM I T H F-4, Bo b K E L L I H E R F-4, T o m M A H O N E Y F- 111, C hr is “ Sw i ss” C I C E RE A C - 130 (H ul ber t Field , F L ) , Joe B A N N A C - 14 1, Ron PO L O M O SCA N I K B-52, H enr y SH I N F-4, C r aig C O X T O N F-4 EW O , Bob D RE N SE K B-52, A 1 G A RC I A B-52, D aryl W I L SO N B-52 E W O , Jef f BA RN SO N R F-4, and D ar ren D U RK E E RC - 135. T han ks f or t he lett er , Jef f ! I also got a lett er f r om D an ST O N E w ho received hi s nav w i ngs and w il l be goi ng t o M cC hor d in a C - 130 . T he f ollow i ng U PT assignment s ar e not com plete. I f your assignment

N ow f or t he poop f ro m Reese’ s 84-06. Ro b O ’ N E A L F- 111 U pper H ey f o rd A B E ngland , C hi p K O Z A K K C - 135 M at her , G r eg D Z O B A A - 10 Suw on A B , Sout h K o rea, Scot t A SH C - 130 Po pe, Renee L O V Y K C - 13 5 G r i f f is, M i ke O ’ L EA RY W C - 130 A nder sen A B , G uam , Evan SM I T H E C - 130 D avis-M ont han , Ber t BA RT L E Y O V - 10 W heeler , Rich B U R K E T -39 Randolph . Br ian G E R R I T Y T -38 Reese, Bo b U L I C H T -39 N o rt o n , Pat F RO ST EC - 130 K eesler , Br ad G U T I E R RE Z T -37 Reese, M ickey M E L L E RSK l RF-4 Bergst rom , Reuben A T K I N SO N T -37 Co lum bus, John Z A Z W O RSK Y C - 14 1 M cC hor d , and Rick H U E RT A T -43 M a t h e r . 1 called W il lie t o f i nd some o f t hei r assignment s f r om A 1 G A I L E Y w h o l ik e ever yone is going t hr ough t he m id-38 blues. G ood l u c k i n t h e r est o f t he progr am A l . F rom W il lie: W i llie W A D D E L L K C - 10 , M i k e PA D I L L A C - 130 Po pe, M i ke G A R V E R C -9 Scot t , Phil “ C ho pper ” K O P PA K C - 135, T om my L A W H E A D and K evi n K RI N E R T -37 W il lie, A ndy A CC A R D O T -38 W i llie, Br ad K N A P P K C - 135 C ar swell , Sc o t t BO SW E L L F- 16, K enny G U E V A RA K C - 135 E llsw or t h , A ndy H O W E S C - 130 Pope, Scot t K E N Z I E W C - 130 G uam , T .G . K Y RA Z I S F- 15 Egl in , Pete PE N N I N GT O N K C - 135, Jef f W I L K E RSO N O V - 10 Geo rge, P a u l SH E P PA R D T -38 W il lie, St eve C O X C - 130 L it t le Rock , Roger Y ESH N I K O V - 10 G eor ge, A my H E R M ES C - 12 W r ight -Patt er so n , St u BI L L I E K C - 135 K 1 Saw yer , C ody C A R R B-52 M i not , C r aig N O W I C K l K C - 135 M inot , D an “ I r ish ” FL A N A G A N F- 16, and E r ic A N D E RSO N

T - 37 W i l l i e.

I ’ve also got some ot her s w hich I heard about : Jef f “ JD Q ” F I E B I G F-4, Br ian H A R R I ET T “ Sleepi ng M an ” C - 12, C hr i s H A E RT E R F - 15 , John W E I SN E W SK I F- 15, D ave “ Scum mer ” W R I G H T T -37 C olum bus, M ar k D I ET E R T -37 W il lie, Bill W I G N A L L T -38 W i llie, R o b er t G RE GO R C - 130 Pope, H ow ar d W A SSN E R K C - 135 M i not , Joe ST R O B 0 -2 Shaw , and Gene M A P L E S C - 130 D yess. Some m ore good new s f r om L aughl in . H ugh FU N K and N o r m R E N N ESP I ES f i nally decided t o leave t he A cadem y and ear n t hei r living . Bot h are present ly m ast er i ng t he f ear f ul tw eet i n 85-04 . I t ’ s n i c e t o see so m e f r esh ’ 8 3 f a ces . B ef o r e I c l o se I ’ d l i k e t o m en t i o n t h a t M i k e SH A N A H A N m a r r i ed t h e f o r mer G iesla Baer , show n above. M i ke is also i n m y U P T c l a ss a n d w i l l be headi ng o f f t o K ir t land A FB t o f l y t he CT -39. G OO D L U C K a n d

r em em ber t o w r it e us un f or t unat es st il l at L aughlin . I n closi ng I ’ d li ke t o t hank som e f ol k s f o r a j ob w i ll do ne over t he past year . N umber o ne on t he l ist has t o go t o A ndy SI Z E M O RE a n d K ev i n C A R RE N O f o r doi ng a f ant ast ic j ob on t he past Checkp oin ts a r t i cl es .

D . J . J o h n so n

c/ o C heck poi nt s Ed it or

A sso ci a t i o n o f G r a d u a t es

U SA F A cadem y , C O 80840

C l a ss o f 19 8 4 A r t P r i n t s . F o r t h o se m em b er s o f t h e c l a ss w h o d i d n o t

have t i me to pick up t hei r ar t pr i nt s at t he A O G o f f ice, t he pr i nt s have been sent t o t he add ress pr ovided o n t he biographical d a t a sh eet ea c h gr aduate f illed out . I n m ost casesE t his is t he parents’ add ress, so please check w it h your par ent s t o see i f t hey have received it . I n add it ion , t he magazi ne i s also sent t o t his same addr ess unless mem ber s sen d i n a change-o f -add ress car d f or t heir cur r ent address. Please n o t e t h a t publicat ions t o m em ber s ar e sent seco nd class and are n o t f o r w a r d a b l e . T her ef o re, i f you pr ovided us w it h an addr ess f or yoursel f (ot her t han parents’ add ress) , and it is not cur rent , you w ill not r eceive your magazi ne a n d t h e P o st a l Ser v i c e w i l l i n f o r m u s t h a t i t w a s n o t d el i v er a b l e . A t t h a t

M i k e a n d G i esl a S h a n a h a n N ext on t he l ist , t he A OG edit o r “ K ro ” and t he A O G secret ar y M r s.

Frieda Weber. Thanks for being patient with us. Finally I ’ d l i k e t o t h a n k

all o f you w ho w rote in , it makes our j o b t hat m uch easier . G eorge, thanks for letting me use your typewriter. Craig, Billy and Boog t han ks

for putting up with me this year and everyone remember t h a t ’ 8 3 i s

alw ays, T H E BEST T O BE ” .

t ime, our policy is t o aut om at ically r evert back to yo ur par ent s’ addr ess f o r f ut ur e mail ings unt il w e recei ve anot her cur rent addr ess f r om you . C lass N ew s I tems. I n t he r ush o f gr aduat io n act ivit ies, a C l a ss N ew s co lum n f or ’ 84 w as not subm it ted pr io r t o publicat ion d ea d l i n e f o r t h i s issue. Class members wishing to submit inputs to the C lass C ol um n m ay send t hem to t he C heckp oints ed it or . A ssociat ion o f G raduates, U .S. A ir Fo rce A cademy C O 80840 . C ongr at ulat ions. O n behal f o f t he o f f icers, board o f di rect or s, and st af f o f t he A O G , congr at ulat io ns and best w ishes to a l l m em b er s o f t h e C l a ss o f 19 84 .

T W O G R A D S N A M E D P E R M A N E N T P R O F E SS O R S Col . Robert A G if f en , ’65, and Col . Ruben A . Cubero , ’6 1, have been named permanent prof essors at t he A cademy . B o t h ser v e o n t h e A sso ci a t i o n o f G r ad u at es B o ar d o f D i r ect o r s.

A cademy permanent prof essors are appointed by t he President

o f t h e U n i t ed St at es w i t h t h e ad v i ce an d co n sen t o f t h e U .S .

Senate. Following appoint ment , a permanent prof essor normally spends a f ull career assigned t o t he A cademy unt il age 64 or earlier ret irement . Symbolic of t he promot ion is a dist inct ive badge wor n o n t h ei r A i r F o r ce u n i f o r m .

A ccording t o Brig. Gen . Ervin J . Rok ke ( ’62) , dean o f f acult y , “ T o be named one o f t he 22 aut horized permanent prof essors i s an honor , f or only t he most out standing A ir Force of f icers a r e considered f or t he posit ion which has come t o represent t h e b e st in military educat ors.” Col . Gi f f en is current ly head of t he D epart ment o f

A st r o n au t i cs an d ser v es as t h e d i v i si o n ch i ef f o r r eso u r ces o n t h e

A OG Board of D irect ors. H ighlights of his career include: deputy direct or . Space O perat ions D irect orate, H eadquarters, N O RA D , 1980-81; chief . Space A nalysis and Data D ivision , H eadquarters, N O RA D , 1980; and chief engineering test pilot . A erospace Rescue and Recovery Service, K irt land A F B, N .M . H e w a s a n associat e prof essor , deputy head f or A st ronaut ics at t he A cademy f rom 1977-80, and ret urned in 1982 as a prof essor of A st r o n a u t i c s and head of t he depart ment . Col . Gi f f in graduated f rom t he A cademy in 1965 as a dist inguished graduat e w it h a B .S. degree in ast ronuatical engineering. H e received a doct orate in celest ial mechanics f r o m the U niversity of H eidelberg in 1972. T he colonel is a 19 8 2 graduate o f t he N ational W ar College. H e has 220 combat f lying hour s among his 2,400 t ot al f lying

Col . Cuber o is current ly head of t he D epart ment o f Foreign L anguages and serves as t he division chief f or services o n t h e A OG Board of D irect ors. H e is serving his t hird assignment a t t h e A cademy and was a Spanish inst ruct or here f rom 1972-75; act ing head . D epart ment of Foreign L anguages, 1978-81; and prof essor and head . D epart ment of Foreign L anguages, 1983-present . H e i s also a quali f ied inst ruct or pilot at t he A cademy ’ s motorized glider p rogram .

T he colonel graduat ed f rom t he A cademy in 196 1 and e a r n e d a mast er ’s degree in L at in A mer ican st udies f rom t he U niversity of N ew M ex i co i n 1972 . C o l . C u b er o r ecei v ed a d o ct o r at e i n ed u ca

t ion f rom t he U niversity o f D enver in 1983. Col . Cubero has 240 com bat hours among his 5,600 tot al f lying hours in 10 di f f erent aircraf t . H is milit ary decorat ions i n cl u d e t h e D ist inguished Flyi ng C ross, M erit orious Service M edal (t hree oak leaf clusters). A ir M edal ( 14 oak leaf clust ers) and t h e A i r F o r ce C ommendat ion M edal (tw o oak leaf clusters) . H e and his wi f e, Janet , have f our children : D avid , D aniel , Julie an d D in a .

h o u r s i n 2 8 d i f f er en t a i r c r a f t .

H is milit ary decorat ions include t he D ist inguished Flying Cross, D ef ense M erit orious Service M edal , M erit orious S e r v i c e M edal (one oak leaf cluster) . A ir M edal (t hree oak leaf clust ers) an d t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m en d at i o n M ed al .

H e and his wi f e, Pat ricia, have t hree children : Christ ina, E r i k a and Robert , Jr .

C o l . G i f f en

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A O G & U SA F A G i f t M er ch a n d i se Qty .

FI N E A RT PRI N T S F-16 “ Fighting Falcon: ” Edition of 300 signed & numbered by artist , M . Casad. 18x24 " pr i nt .

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’83 “ To Conquer the A ir: ” Limited edition M U GS & CU PS

Large mugs (blue or white)

$ 6 .00

Smal l m ugs (blue)

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A C C E SSO R I E S U SA FA sil k t ie (new )

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$2 2 .00

A O G ch a r m

$2 6 .0 0

A O G t i e t ack

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C A D E T SA B E R (Sold to graduate A O G m ember s only .)

signed by ar t ist , T om D u nningt on . 17x23" pr int .

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” Phot ogr aphic P r int : Full -color double-matt ed & f r amed in bro nze by ar t ist , W illiam Plante. 24x28" f inished phot o pr int .

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$ 10 5 .00

C A R A F E SE T S (One caraf e & two glasses in each set.) A O G ca r a f e set

$2 2 .00

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please add 20% H om e:

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“ 1982 Gyrf alcon: ” Limited edition of 950

postage. Non-A OG members please add 20<^'o in appropriate column below.

J E W E L R Y {W sterling silver by Jostens)

25T H A N N I V E R SA R Y B O O K (260 pages, 9x 12" hardbound pictorial history of Academy)

o f an F- 15 over t he A cadem y signed by art i st , R ick Br oom e. 20x25" pr i nt .

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F I N A L T R I B U T E P R ESER V ED B Y F E R R I S * Limited edit ion of 850 f ine art prints signed and numbered by t he art ist .

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(Co lo rado resident s please add 3% sales t ax) * V I SA & M A ST ERC A R D A C C EPT ED

(Send card # and expirat ion dat e). A B O U T T H E A R T I ST Noted art ist Keit h Ferris has dedicated more t han 36 y e a rs t o

c reat ing av iat io n art . He has been very act ive in t he A i r Fo r c e A rt Program and has had his “ o ne m an show s" exhibit ed a t t h e

Smit hsonian Inst it ut ion in Washington, D.C., The Society o f I l lust rators in New York City, t he George Mason University i n

Fairf ax, V a., t he U .S. A ir Fo rce M useum in D ay t o n, O hio, and

t he Air Force Academy. Ferris spent many hours researching t h e exact pat h of t he missing-man f ormat ion during t he H o m e c o m ing 1983 M emo rial Ceremo ny t o inc lude t he prec ise m o ment

and viewing posit ion when t he #3 aircraf t and t he ceremony 'H e r e 's a T o a s t . .

part ic ipant s co uld be seen sim u lt aneo usly w it h t he o t h e r t h re e f o rm at io n airc raf t in t he paint ing.

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Homecoming 1983 M emorial Ceremony Remembered f o r t he Cadet W ing and grad uat e co m m u nit y t o ho no r a n d re m e m b e r

T he co ncept o f t his pa int ing, by w e l l-k now n av iat io n a rt i st K e it h Fe r r is, w as suggest ed by t he A ssoc iat io n o f G rad uat es o f t h e U .S. A i r Fo rc e A cademy . It dep ict s t he Sept . 24 M emo rial Ceremo ny d u ring H o meco m ing 1983 w here 21 deceased grad uat es w ere ho no red . Fo u r F-16 a irc raf t o f t he 56t h Tact ica l T rain ing W ing at M a c D i l l A i r Fo rc e Base, Fla., are p ict ured in t he f inal t rib ut e. The a irc raf t , al l p ilot ed by A c ademy grad uat es, are caught in a so ut h-t o-no rt h f lyover a s t h e " m issing-m an" is in his b reak up and aw ay f ro m t he f o r m a t io n . Fo r m a t io n mem bers w ere Capt . Pet er A . Bo nann i, ' 77 (lead); Lt . Co l. Henry R. K ramer, '63 (#2); M aj . Geo f f rey W . M cCart hy, '63 (#3); and Capt . M ark D . Shackelf o rd , ' 77 (#4). T he 56t h Tact ica l T rain ing W ing at t he t ime o f t his ceremo ny w as co m m anded by Co l. Ro nald R. Foglem an, ' 6 3 T he Cadet W ing/C rad uat e M emo rial Ceremo ny is co nd uct ed e a c h year d u ring Ho meco m ing at t he A cademy and p ro v ides an o ppo rt un it y

t hose cadets and graduates who have died during t he p rev io us year.

T he f irst ceremo ny of t his t y pe o cc urred in 1964 w it h a m e m o r i a l se r v ice in t he cadet c hapel . In 1965, t he cerem o ny w as m o v e d o u t s id e t o a format ion on t he terrazzo. Against t he background of t he c hapel and t he class wall, t he Cadet W ing and civilian and military grad uat es, t he

latter commanded by a senior military graduate, f orm o n t h e t e r ra z z o

f o r t he ceremo ny highl ight ed by a ro l l ca l l o f deceased c a d e t s a n d grad uat es. O ver t he so u nd o f a m uf f led d rum ro l l, t he n a m e a n d c a d e t squadron of each departed comrade is called out; and a cadet cu rrent ly wit hin t he squadron responds, " ABSENT, SIR!" Following t he ro l l ca l l, t he ceremony is closed wit h a prayer, rif le volley, a irc raf t m issing-m an f lyover, and taps. This impressive, touching ceremony sy m bo l izes t he co nt inu ing bo nd bet w een t he c adet s and grad uat es and t heir d epart ed c o m r a d e s- i n-a r m s .

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