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CH ECK PO INTS

V OL U M E 14, NU M BER 1

A RT ICL ES

SP R I N G 19 8 5

PA GE

1964 G raduate Cited f or Out st anding Service . .

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Classmate Remembers L ance Sij an

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1984-85 A nnual Fund Still L aggi ng

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A FA Fund H elps Finance H andicapped Pr oj ect

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H ow A n “ I deal ” H onor System I s Ruptured . .

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Graduate H elps U nravel Com munications L aw

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Cadet Flying T eam Far es W ell

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Wings of Blue Claims National Championship .

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T -4 1 Flying Squadr on M otivates Cadets

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H omecoming ’ 85 Preview

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Board of Visitors Reviews A cademy Programs.

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Book U nveils City ’s A ir craf t Pr oduct ion

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M r s. L i n d a G l aza

T wo G rads O n D iscovery Shutt le Crew

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M r s. K athy M cCann M r s. Charlotte Boyd M rs. Fay L ewis M s. Cynt hia Barsott i

D EPA RT M EN T S

E x ecu t i v e D i r ect o r / T r easu r er

Richard M . Coppock , ’6 1

A ssoci at e D i r ect o r / E d i t o r T om K roboth A O G Staf f

A sso ci at i o n P r esi d en t an d C h ai r m an o f t h e B o ar d

James E . Spitt ler , Jr ., ’65 BOA RD OF D IRECT ORS T o Ser v e U n t i l 3 0 J u n e 19 8 5

E A Z ompa ’ 6 1

L C H ar m o n ’63

L R K ruczynsk i ’ 65 G T M at suyama ’ 65 W J W ei d a ’ 6 5 J R E a st ’ 6 7 J E Sc h o f i el d ’ 6 7

C J Y oos I I ’ 68 (Secr et ar y)

T J Sa l m o n ’ 6 9 M G So r en so n ’ 70 W P W i t t ’ 70 R A M cF a r l a n d ’ 7 1 R S F r a ser ’ 7 3 K S Sa m el so n ’ 7 3

J W Spencer ’ 75

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

PA GE 5

L et t er s t o t h e E d i t o r . . . ,

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Falcon Sports

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G one But N ot Forgotten C l a ss N ew s

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A BOU T OU R COVER

The coming of spring at the A cademy brings with it increased f ly ing activity. The air-to-air photograph of a T-41 was shot by M r .

Bill M adsen of the A cademy Public A ffairs staf f . A irmanshiprelated stories, including completion of a second A cademy r u n

way , appear on pages 20 t hr ough 22.

T o Ser v e U n t i l 30 J u n e 19 8 7 A W B i a n cu r ’ 60 J C H Sc h w a n k ’ 60

R A C uber o ’6 1 (V ice-C hair m an) M J Q ui nlan ’6 1

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

A E Bl um berg Jr ’68 R C Sc h u t t J r ’ 6 9 P A I r i sh I I I ’ 74 R A J en sen J r ’ 74 W A Y u cu 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 R A L ow e ’7 1

CHECKPOINTS is published in February, M ay, A ugust and N ovem ber by t he A ssociation of Graduates, USA F Academy, Colo. 80840 (P hone: 303-472-2067) and printed by Graphic Services of Colorado Springs, Colo. It is provided as part of an annual membership package which costs $25. Second-class post age paid at the USA F A cademy, Colo. Opinions expressed in this magazi ne are t hose of t he authors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, policy or at ti t ude of the

A ssociati on of Gr aduates, it s o f f icer s or t he edit orial st af f . T he appear ance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an end orsement by t he A ssociation of Graduates of the products or services adver t ised . C opyr ight © A ssociat ion o f G r aduates o f t he U ni ted States A i r F or ce A cademy , Spr i ng 1985.

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A T T EN T I O N I N T H E A R EA PU BL I CA T I O N M A I L I N G SC H ED U L E . W e have had ques t ions on Checkp oints and R egister mailing dates. T he magazine is mailed quarterly in early May, A ugust , November , and February .

The Register is mailed in November and is sent to all w h o ar e members as of t he N ovember magazine. T he magazine is m ai l ed second class and normally tak es tw o week s t o reach st at esi d e l o ca tions. Four t o six week s is the normal delivery t o A P O s an d

foreign addresses. The Register is mailed “ bound printed m a t t e r and usually takes longer to arrive. A first-class mailing program is 9 9

available t o members w it h A PO or f oreign addresses. F o r A P O addresses, t he f ee is $10 annually in addition t o normal a n n u al

membership fees. For foreign addresses, the fee depends o n t h e country in which the member resides.

M EMBERSHI P YEA R. Normally, a member’s membership year begins with the next magazine after the membership d u es ar e

received in t he A OG of f ice. W hile t he bulk of our memberships expire with the winter magazine, which is mailed in February

(because the first magazine received by the graduating cl ass i s t h e spring issued provided in M ay), other memberships expire throughout the year . The key to your membership expiration d at e is the four-digit number in the upper right of your mailing label .

The first two digits show the month and the last two t he year of expiration. For example, 0386 means that a membership expires in March, 1986, the month after receipt of the winter magazine.

T h e asso ci at i o n sen d s o u t r em i n d er car d s t o m em b er s t h e m o n t h

af ter expiration .

1984 REGI ST ER OF GRA D U A T ES. T he 1984 R egister of

G r ad u a tes w as m a i l ed t o al l w h o w er e m em b er s at t h e t i m e o f t h e mailing of the fall magazine in November. I f you were a m em b er

for the fall 1984 magazine, had a current address on f ile, and have not yet received the Register , please let us know and w e w i l l sen d a copy. The 1984 Register was the first expanded version (list ing f ull biographical sk etches) since 1981 and m il be the last exp anded version until 1989 . Registers f rom 1985 t hrough 1988 w i l l b e co n densed versions list ing only t he assignments since t h e l ast o n e l i st ed i n t h e 1984 b o o k . W h a t t h i s m ea n s i s t h at i n o r d er t o h av e a full biographical history on a graduate, members will n eed t h e 1984 Register plus the current year’s condensed version. T h e 1984

Register is available for a member price of $8 and graduate nonmembers may purchase it f or $12.

L I F E M EM B ERSH I P PROGRA M . I f you f eel you will continue t o be an annual member of t he A O G in years t o come an d d o n ’ t

want the hassle of renewing annually, you might look i n t o t h e associat ion’ s new li f e membership program . T he cost o f m em b er

ship for life is $550 in one payment or an initial payment of $290 followed by payments amounting to another $290 within o n e y e a r of the first payment . For those who have already paid f o r an a n

nual membership , a portion of t he f ee (based on t he n u m b er o f publicat ions already received) will be credited t o the f ull payment or t o t he second $290 of t he t ime-payment plan . T he f ee i s realist ically based on our current annual membership cost ($25) , li f e expectancy (54 years) , and real rate of ret urn (3.5 percent) .

W rite us f or more inf or mat ion concerning graduate, asso ci at e o r j oint li f e memberships.

N EX T OF K I N M EM BERSH I PS. I t has been a long-st anding

policy of the association to provide the next of kin o f d eceased graduates a complimentary annual membership in the a sso ci at i o n beginning with the magazine which carries the graduate’s obituary. Two complimentary copies of the magazine ar e al so provided to the next of kin and when the annual membership e x pires, they are eligible to j oin as associate members i f they so d esi r e.

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A N D C L A SS R I N G R E P A I R / R E P L A C E M E N T .

T he association has addresses of f irms w ho repair and replace class rings and diplomas. W rite or call us if you need t h e se se r v i ces.

A L U M N I O F T H E A M E R I C A N SC H O O L O F T H E H A G U E (f ormerly T he A merican School of T he I nternat ional Sch o o l s o f

t he H ague) are sought f or membership in the new ly-established alumni association established in honor of M r . Jerry F . D eW i t t ’ s 25 years of dist inguished service t o t he school . A cel eb r at i o n i s planned f or June 8, 1985 at t he T eddy Roosevelt T heater , D uinst raat 10, T he H ague. A ll alum ni are welcome. Send y o u r cur rent address and news t o : A lumni A ssociat ion, T he A m er i ca n School of t he H ague, Paulus Buysst raat 51, 2582 C H T he H ague, N et h er l a n d s.

L A W Y ER N EED ED . A ny nonact ive duty A ir Force A cademy graduat e w ho eit her current ly has a law degree or will b e graduating f rom law school in t he near f uture, please c o n t a c t T homas Pillari ’69, at 1144 W est Er ie A venue, L orain , O h i o 44052. A n associat e is needed t o f ill an estate planning/ probate posit ion . Y ou may call (216) 244-5268 f or more inf ormat ion .

CORRECT I ON OF ERROR . I t has come t o our att ention t hat t here was an err or in our descript ion of t he pilots w h o f l ew t h e

missing-man formation during the Memorial Ceremony at H o m e coming 1983. On both our advertising copy and in the au t h en t i ca

t ion cert if icates issued wit h each purchased K eit h Ferris print , we listed Capt . Peter A . Bonanni ’77 (lead); L t . Col . H enry R .

Kramer ’63 (#2); M aj . Geof frey W . M cCarthy ’63 (#3); and Capt .

Mark D. Shackelford ’77 (#4). We have been inf ormed that Capt .

Shackelford flew the #3 position and M aj . M cCarthy f l ew #4 .

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dedicated to meeting the insurance needs of military f am i l i es f o r more than 60 years and has been a st rong support er o f t h e A O G since its incept ion .

In conj unction with USAA L ife Insurance Company, we h av e developed a plan of insurance which is competitive, f lexible, ex pandable, and equipped with important options you look f o r i n a complete protection package. I n addition to providing c o v e r a g e f or you, the member, the plan also of fers flexible protecti on f or your spouse and children .

Our group coverage is designed with identical rates f o r act i v e duty and nonactive duty members. A nd, the coverage d o es n o t i n clude a war clause — t he policy pays i f you are k illed i n t h e l i n e o f

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Y ou will be receiving by mail , in late July , complet e d et ai l s o n t his valuable program which was chosen af ter extensive study of numer ous ot her plans. I n order t o quali f y f or t his c o v e r a g e y o u m u st b e a cu r r en t m em b er o f t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es.

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An d we o ffer a list o f am enities un m atc hed in co m fo rt a n d

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L ET T ER S T O T H E ED I T O R M E M O R I A L P R O P O SE D

19 60 .

L t Col Richard M . Coppock

E x ecu t i v e D i r ect o r

A ssociation of Graduates, U SA FA D ear D ick , A s w e h av e d i scu ssed i n o u r sev er al

phone conversations, I am writing to ask your support in an ef fort to memorialize V al Bourque. I have sent t he att ached let ter to t he A cademy mem orial Board

recommending the field house be named i n h o n o r o f V al b ecau se h e w as t h e f i r st

graduate killed in combat . I would ap preciate your publicizing this ef fort in the next issue of Checkp oints by printing my lett er t o M r . H anchey and by printing t he

gist of this letter to graduates in general .

V al was still a lieutenant w hen he died , so he did not enj oy a long and dist in

guished career . He was not highly deco

rated : no M edal of H onor , no A ir Force Cross, no D FC ; t he R egister records six A ir M edals, one Purple H eart and a post humous promot ion t o capt ain . H e was not in a supersonic f ighter or a nuclear bomber . N o ext remes or superlat ives are evident except one: he died in combat serving his count ry .

But I don ’t believe V al needs high decorations f rom his count ry . H e does deserve t he highest honor s f rom his A cademy because he was t he f irst t o f ul f ill t he promise to t he count ry made in t he A cademy ’ s mission st at ement and t he f irst t o f ully honor t he com mit ment we all have as graduates.

I hope you agree t hat t here could be no more persuasive reason f or t his honor t han that he was t he f ir st graduat e t o give h i s l i f e i n co m b at .

T h er e i s a m o r at o r i u m

USA F A cademy f ield house be named in honor of Valmore W. B ourque, Class of

t h at

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t hrough 1988 on naming buildings. I t ot al ly agree wit h t his policy , but I also believe t he time t o start t he approval process is now . T he 25t h anniversary of V al ’ s deat h w i l l b e i n O ct o b er 1989 .

A s a graduate of t he A cademy I believe your views will help t he board in it s deliberations, and I hope you will express your support t o t he Superint endent .

Sincerely ,

R o n al d T . L an m an ’ 59

Colonel , U SA F M r . William V. H anchey, Jr. Secretary, USA FA M em or ial B oard USA F A cademy Colorado Sp rings, CO 80840 D ear M r. H anchey I request the A cademy M em or ial B oard recommend to the sup er intendent that the

Cap tain B ourque is deser ving of this mem or ial, and his claim should p recede all others, because he was the f irst A cademy grad uate to die in com bat.

The mission of the A cademy — and I had to mem or ize i t near ly 30 y ears ago — was to p r ovide each graduate with the “ k no wledge and quali ties of leadership required of a j unior of f icer . . .and wi th the basis f or continued develop ment thr ough out a lif etime of ser vice. . . ” F or the A cademy to succeed in i ts m is sion each of us m ust gi ve his lif e in one of t wo ways. M ost of us gi ve our lif time of ser vice one day at a time f or many y ears.

Some gi ve m ore quick ly : Val climax ed his shor t lif etime of ser vice in an instant in October 1964. I t was no less a lif etime and as such rep resents the ul timate success of the A cademy and rep resents each grad uate’s dedication to the lif etime of ser vice the A cademy is supp osed to p rep are him f or.

I believe the f ield house is an ap p r op r iate honor because Val was a varsi ty a t h lete an d let t er ed i n b o t h b aseb al l a n d

soccer. E very cadet f or the nex t 200 y ears should k no w who Val B ourq ue is and that Val and the A cademy stand f or a lif etime of ser vice.

While Val did not seek this honor, those of us in the Class of 1959 remem ber he did seek the honor of being the f irst cadet in the new A ir F orce A cademy . H e rep or ted to the temp orary si te at L o wry very early on the m or ning of J uly 11, 1955; he was the f irst to enter when the doors op ened; and he was the very f irst cadet in the very f irst class.

Val ho wever rep resents m ore than the Class of 1959 with which he entered. H e rep resents m ore than the Class of 1960 with which he graduated. H e rep resents m ore than those graduates in all classes who have gi ven their “ last f ull measure of devotion. ” H e rep resents all the graduates who f reely gave, are giving, and will gi ve whatever duty requires thr oughout a lif e time of ser vice to our country .

Thank y ou f or y our consideration.

Yours very tr uly, R o n al d T . L an m an

Colonel, USA F

ON H ON OR D ear E d i t o r :

I assume t hat t he “ Eagle and Fledgl i ngs” st ill proclaim t hat “ man ’s f light t hr ough lif e is sust ained by t he power of

his k now ledge.” Over t he years, I have come t o doubt t his. I believe man’ s f light t hrough lif e is sust ained by t he power of his f ait h . T hat is t o say , his f ait h in his comrades, f ait h in his count ry , f ait h in himsel f , and most of all , f aith in G od .

Perhaps it has been t he emphasis of “ k now ledge” as t he sustaining power at t he A cademy t hat has led t o t he decay in t he cadet honor system over t he years.

I t ast ounds me t o t hink t hat t he Super intendent believes t hat he or any ot her of f i cer o r co u r t ca n ad m i n i st er t h e h o n o r

code, even on a temporary basis. W it hout t he code, t he Superintendent has am ple

legal and regulatory authority to punish

those guilty of lying, cheati ng, or st ealing.

I doubt seriously whet her t he Superint en dent even contemplat es an at tempt t o en f orce t he t olerati on clause. T he punish ment s he has available in theory supply t he deterrent which prevent s such inf rac t ions. W it hout t he code, t he A cademy ’ s

systems of rules and regulations will fail to

t h e sam e ex t en t as t h e co d e h as f ai l ed a n d

the system of “ us vs. t hem ” w ill prevail .

A n honor code, by it s very nature, must come f rom wit hin the W ing w it h t he sup port of t he A cademy . H owever , i f t he pursuit of k now ledge at the A cademy has become so im por tant t hat t he cadet s are willing t o comprom ise t heir principles t o eit her obtain t he required k now ledge or at least gain t he appearance of havi ng done so , t hen t here is not hing the A cademy staf f can do t o rest ore t he code except t o att em pt t o rebuild t he f ait h t hat has eroded .

Perhaps t he A cademy is now beginning

t o r ef l ect t h e “ r eal ”

A i r F o r ce w h er e

many , i f not m ost , no longer consider t he milit ary a “ calli ng” but rat her a career or j ob . A real “ soldier ” can never be ade quately compensat ed f or w hat he does; however , an employee can nor mally be re tained if t he rewards are set high enough and t he demands of t he j ob are not unrea sonable. Per haps t he cadet s have now decided on becoming student s in search of t he “ k nowledge” t hat they w ill need in t heir f uture j obs as doct ors, lawyers, airline pilots, or military of f icers.

W hen t he “ Eagle and Fledglings” change t heir credo , t hen I will believe that t he A cademy will see t he code rest ored by t h e ca d et s t h em sel v es t o w h a t i t w as i n t h e

early years.

Sincerely , D av i d J . N i el sen C l ass o f 1969

(Continued on p age 56.)

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Tradition has it that in 1870 a group of Maval Cadets sailed up the Hudson and challenged West Point Cadets to a boat race —which was changed to a game of marbles —which was changed to a game of baseball (sorry, no records exist to identify the winner). And it was from this 1870's challenge that the competition between these two great institutions was bo r n .

Well, fromJune 27, 1985 throughJuly 7, 1985, we're going to do that Boat Race...And, we're going to beat their pants off...And, I need you to be there to help us win!

It will be Army vs Havy for a ten nightj ourney from Hew Orleans, up the mighty Mississippi to St. Louis. It will be ten nights of fun, excitement and competition aboard the Legendary Delta Queen and Luxurious Mississippi Queen; America's only overnight passenger Steamboats.

Be there when the Air ForceAcademy and Coast Quard Academy Alumni who will be thej udges declare the winners.

Be there when we beat them in the fixed speed maneuvering r a c e .

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Be there when we beat them at golf and tennis.

Be there to help our Alumni Association beat them in the many competitions that are planned.

I know you'll want to be there for the great food, the nightly dancing and riverboat style entertainment, the historic shore tours at places like Vicksburg, Hatchez, Memphis, etc. and a host of on-board ac t iv i t ies. We've been waiting since 1870 ...so be there!

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sioning in 1964, he pursued a double master of science degree in electrical

T echnology , and publish important tech

“ T h e a t tach ed t r i b u t e t o P a u l K am insk i

f r o m M assach u set t s I n st i t u t e o f T ech n o l

ogy. A fter a tour as a guidance systems analyst at the A ir Force Missile Develop

co m m u n i t i es. H e h as b een d eco r at ed f o r

R ecord — Senate, and was sent to us by E . R . (Randy) Jay ne I I ’66, who wr ote,

’64, would seem to deser ve a p lace in nex t quar ter ’s magazine. Paul ’s accomp lish men ts ar e a sup er b ref lect i on on USA FA . ” We agree.)

M r . N unn. M r . President , f or many years, members of the Senate A rmed Ser vices Committee have been privi leged t o work wit h C ol . Paul G . K am insk i , U SA F ,

who is currently serving as a special assis

t ant t o t he U nder Secretary of D ef ense f or Research and Engineering and t he D eputy

Chief of Staf f , Research and Develop ment , H eadquarters, U .S. A ir Force. Col

o n el K am i n sk i i s o n e o f t h e r eal lead er s

and experts in the Defense Department in our high technology ef f ort s w hich are so

critical to our future. I believe it is ap

propriate f or t he Senat e t o recognize t he outstanding service rendered the N at ion

by Colonel K aminsk i on t he occasion of h i s r et i r m en t f r o m t h e A i r F o r ce l at er t h i s f al l .

From his early days as a st udent at t he A ir Force A cademy , C olonel K aminsk i

distinguished himself as an inquisitive and

engineering and aeronautics/ ast ronaut ics

ment Center , he was select ed as a N ational Sci en ce F o u n d at i o n F el l o w at St a n f o r d

U niver sity w here he received a Ph .D . in

aer o n au t i cs a n d ast r o n a u t i cs.

A t t his early point in his career , he began a long tenure of service as scient i f ic counsel t o the leadership of t he D ef ense D epar tment on technologies which have

nical papers. He is a recognized expert by his peers in the scientif ic and engineering his work with awards including the

D ef ense D ist inguished Service M edal and t he L egion of M erit , as well as t he A ir Force Systems Com mander ’ s Science

A ch i ev em en t A w ar d an d A w ar d f o r M er i t o r i o u s A ch i ev em en t .

H is reputation is well k now n t o t hose in C ongress who have w ork ed w it h him . H e is highly respected as an individual of in

formed the cutting edge of our defense

tegrity, vision, scientific brilliance, and that rare trait of obj ectivity about what he

duty at the Space and M issile Systems Or ganization in Los A ngeles. A fter a year as a student at the I ndustrial College of the

have a very positive impact upon our na tion’s security during the next generation.

The Nation owes a debt of gratitude to Colonel Kaminski . It has been my distinct pleasure to be associated with this excep tional of ficer in conj unction with my

capabilities. For 5 years he served as Chief of Special Proj ect s in t he O f f ice of t he Secretary of t he A ir Force w it h detached

A rmed Forces, he began an 8-year assoc

iation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering as

E x ecu t i v e A ssi st a n t .

I n t he midst of t his challenging career .

C o l o n el K am i n sk i f o u n d t h e t i m e t o co m

plete his prof essional military education , serve as an associate prof essor f or system s engi neering wit h Cali f or nia I nst itut e of

creative scient ist . Following his commis-

G R A D N A M E D T O P O ST Thomas F. Derieg, ’63, has been named vice president f o r maintenance and engineering of Florida Express A irlines a c c o r d ing to Gordon Linkon, president and chief executive o f f i cer o f Florida Express.

In his new position, Derieg will be responsible for t h e d i r ect i o n of the company’s maintenance and engineering division a t t h e

company ’ s headquarters in Orlando , Fla. Previously , he served as t he direct or of mai ntenance a n d

engineering for Frontier Commuter A irline of Denver, C o l o . H e

also served N at ional and Eastern A irlines as direct or o f l i n e

maintenance and director of maintenance, respectively.

H e is a 1963 graduat e of the U nited St ates A ir Force A cademy with a degree in engineeri ng science and holds a master ’s degree in

business administration from Harvard University.

Cadet Trivia Questions N eeded — How many spiral staircases are there at the A cademy?

— What was the last class to wear parkas with pointed h o o d s?

— H ow many star s sur round t he A cademy emblem on a M itchell H all plate?

— W ho was t he f irst A cademy A ll A merican?

T his is j ust a sample of t he unlimited amount of t rivia s u r rounding the A cademy experience. Presently, we are compiling a collection of “ Complete” Cadet Triva, and would like your help in reaching this goal . I f you have any contributions, please drop us a letter or give us a call : St ev e H en d er so n ’ 8 1 T om Ferguson ’81 60 20 15t h St r eet L u b b o ck T X 794 16

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I wish him well and anticipate that his coming years in the civilian community will further contribute to the security of this Nation. My best wishes to Paul, his lovely wi f e Julia, and his t wo children

Laura and Garrett , as they mark this

special milestone.

A S S O C I A T I O N SE E K S D IRECT OR OF D EV EL OPM EN T I n a maj or step towards st rengt hening t he viability o f t h e A ssociat ion of Graduat es (A OG) , t he board of direct ors h as r eso l v ed t o so l i ci t ca n d i d at es t o f i l l a n ew A O G m a n

agement posit ion . T he position , t o be tit led direct or o f development , will resemble t hose f ound at universit ies a n d in t he alumni organizat ions of our sist er service academies.

T he direct or of development , a civilian employee of t h e association, will have maj or responsibilit ies f or all f u n d raising, including capital campaigns, t he annual A ir F o r c e

A cademy fund, and planned and deferred giving programs.

T he chosen candidate w ill w or k direct ly f or and serve a t t h e pleasure of t he executive direct or o f t he association .

I nterested graduates and ot hers are invited t o submit l e t ters of applicat ion and resumes, including ref erences a n d salary requirements, direct ly t o : Execut ive D irect or (D evel opment Posit ion) , A ssociation o f G raduat es, U SA F A cademy , Colo . 80840 .

Candidates must have a proven record of successf ul f u n d

raising and experience in soliciting, implementing, an d managing planned and deferred-giving programs. Specific

experience in capit al f und-raising campaigns is desired , an d pref erence will be given t o applicant s with experience i n corporate and f oundation gif t s. A n associat ion wit h o r a p

preciation for the United States A ir Force A cademy w i l l b e

co n si d er ed a b en ef i ci al asset f o r t h e su ccessf u l ca n d i d at e.

W e hope t o f ill t he direct or of development position a s soon as possible, but not later than A ug. 1, 1985. A pplica

t i o n s m u st b e r ecei v ed i n t h e o f f i ce o f t h e asso ci at i o n n o t

lat er t han June 15, 1985.

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THE SECRE T LIFE OF WALDO F. D UMBSQUA T

By D on H all , ’76 “ Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. Y o u

should do your duty in all t hings. Y ou can never do m o r e . Y o u sh o u l d n ev er w i sh t o d o l ess. ” — G en er al R o b er t E . L e e

W aldo F . D umbsquat and his f riends sat in t he A rnold H a l l Smack bar . P uppy L ove played on t he j uk ebox . I r onman w o u l d b e o n n ex t .

W aldo pulled out his Contrails handbook and t humbed

through it . “ Let me quote from the passage on social l i f e . . .

‘Coming f rom a civilian world where weeknight dating and par ty

ing are frequent, the new cadet may feel the Academy’s r est r i c

tions inhibit his social growth. “ Wow, I must have come from the Other world.” sighed W a r 9 9 9

ren .

“ I hope a f irst ie walk s t hrough wit h his girlf riend , ” sighed

W ar r en H eel s.

“ Cheer up, guys,” exclaimed Waldo, “ Tomorrow we can r e a l

ly mak e a day of it ! “ D oing what ?” chorused t he f reshmen .

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“ I thought you were a rock ,” comment ed W aldo .

I ’ m actually an incurable romant ic. I keep hoping Pegasus will f ly away some day .

A nyone want anot her slice of pizza?” ask ed Regs Buch . “ N o t hank s, I ’ m t rying t o cut down on my cardboard-hydrate intak e,” replied W aldo .

Regs sipped his soda. “ I ’ m really beat t oday .” “ W hy? “ I buf f ed all t he f loors in t he squadron and washed al l t h e w i n dows. I hoped t o ear n a week end privilege.” “ D id you get a week end?”

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“ Well , we’ll serve a couple of WA CQs, scope out the n e w chapel guides, play some fussball, order a sandwich f r o m

Family ’s, and then go to the Slim Whitman Allied Arts per f or mance. W hat do you say ?

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Warren lifted his 3.2 beer and said: “ It doesn’t get any bett er

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Weber was honored recently at a luncheon at the A cademy ’s Of f icer ’s Club which included association of f icers, board mem bers, staf f , and her f amily. H er honorary membership certif icate r ead : “ M rs. Freida B. Weber, A OG secretary (1965-1984), is hereby awarded honorary lif e membership in the A ssociation of Graduates of the United States A ir Force A cademy f or h er outstanding and consp icuous ser vice to said A ssociation of Graduatesf or almost 20 years. H er dedication, loyalty and exp er tise contributed signif icantly to the association ’s successf ul gr o wth. H er self less ser vice to the association and i ts mem bership through these many years is sincerely app reciated by all p ast of

f icers, board members, the membership and staf f For h e r countless contributions to the A ssociation of Graduates, w e a r e deep ly gratef ul. ” M rs. Weber p resently serves as secretary t o t h e A cademy ’s D irectorate of A lumni Programs.

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Classmate R emem bers L ance Sij an

By Fletcher H . W iley ’65 L ance Sij an has never really been f ar f rom my t hought s over t he past 25 years.

T here were moment s — very special moment s — when my t hought s and mem ories of him were really quite intense, e.g. seeing t he V iet nam W ar M emorial in W ashingt on, D .C ., visiti ng t he cadet dor mit ory which bears his name and likeness, or pondering my upcoming 20t h class re union . I ndeed , whenever I responded t o the many inquiries I received over t he years as to what t he A cademy was lik e and w hat type of product it pr oduced , I in evitably recounted st ories of his li f e and deat h as examples. H owever , it was my re cen t ch an ce en co u n t er w i t h M al co l m M c C o n n el l ’ s b o o k en t i t led “ I n t o t h e M o u t h

of t he Cat ” about his ext raordinary her oism which evok ed my deepest , most vivid recollections, and engendered wit hin

I st ill presented somet hing of a problem t o t he persons responsible f or training us as f uture cadets and of f icers. I n t he buddysystem world of the military t raining system , having a roommate was essent ial , and t he t raining com mand at L ack land went t hrough great pains to select a room mate f or me who was “ compatible” .

L ance Sij an was t hat person , and as he later revealed , he had been asked pointblank whet her or not he had any pr oblems rooming wit h a N egro .

So t h er e w e w er e — t w o scar ed a n d co n f u sed k i d s d et er m i n ed t o m a k e o u r sel v es

and our f amilies proud . A lt hough , as we became bet ter acquainted , I grew t o like and admire him , it was only years later t hat I came t o realize how t ruly f ort unate I had really been t o k now t his man .

m e an i n t en se n eed t o sh a r e t h ese r ef l ec t i o n s w i t h o t h er s.

O ne might ask “ why bot her? H aven’ t his exploit s and exemplary character already been well-chr onicled? I ndeed , hasn’t he already become a legend ?

Perhaps so, but there are some aspects o f h i s ch ar act er t h at can n ev er b e o v er em

phasized . M oreover , t here are ot her f acet s of t he man which require mention in hopes of understanding and nurt uring the rich legacy he has lef t us.

L ance Sij an was the f irst of a long series of roommates I had as part of my U SA FA experience. H e, like I , had been selected with 118 ot her hopef uls t o at tend t he U .S. N aval A cademy Prep School (N A PS) in Bainbridge, M d . (t he A cademy didn ’ t have its ow n at t he time) — a vehicle f or obtaini ng one of t he coveted appoint ments t o U SA FA . L ik e many of t he ot hers in at tendance, we had been recruited by t he A cademy t o play f oot ball . T here were several high school f oot ball A ll-A mericans in at tendance; and most were all-state or all-city . L ance was all-everyt hing f rom M ilwaukee, W is. M y high school f ootball career , on t he ot her hand , was signi f icant ly less-distinguished , but , I was t he f irst black ever recruited by t he A cademy t o play f oot ball .

T o attend N A PS, one had t o be a mem b er o f t h e A i r F o r ce R eser v e o n act i v e d u

ty , and t hat meant j oining the A ir Force and undergoing basic t raining at L ack land A FB, San A nt onio, T exas. I n t oday ’s age of racial awareness and enlightenment , it is dif f icult , I suppose, t o imagine t he

misgivings I had as a 17-year-old black go

ing int o the D eep Sout h w it h 119 white guys f rom all over t he count ry . A lt hough t he A ir Force, as t he rest of t he military est ablishment , was f ar ahead of t he rest of t he country wit h respect to race relat ions.

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the girls back home, deluding ourselves (t hough mine was cert ainly t he greater delusion) t hat t hey couldn ’t wait t o hear f r o m u s.

Si was “ squared aw ay ” — by w hich I mean he was t he opposite of a “ screw up .” H e t ook t o t he t raining f ast , and was possessed of good com mon sense and in stinct s. T hen , having mastered t he system himself , he helped ot hers do t he same. H e was a team player wit h a capital “ T ” and a capital “ P ” ; and cont ributed his all (his all being 110 percent) t o whatever obj ec t ive he pursued . L argely t hrough his ef f orts, I was elected barrack s chief of our 120-man cont ingency ; and L ance was one of t he key individuals w ho taught me how to lead and manage w hile helping me do so along t he way .

Family was everyt hing to L ance, and af ter our f irst week t oget her , I f elt as t hough I had grow n up in his home. I n terest ingly enough, w hen I f inally met t hem , I learned t hat L ance’ s f avorable descriptions were, in f act , understated .

T hr ough t hem , I came t o understand t hat his ext raordinary character was merely part of a greater w hole.

D espite t he intensity and seriousness wit h w hich he approached his task s. Si had a great sense of hum or and perspec t ive on things. O ne m orning, f or example, we were up at 4:30 preparing f or an in spect ion lat er t hat day . (W e bot h lik ed gett ing a head start on t he 5 a.m . reveille.)

W e had spit -shined our shoes t he night bef ore, and were down on our hands and k n ees w i t h a sh o e b r u sh u n d er n ea t h o u r

L ance P . Sij an People were always mispronouncing his

e “ See-Jan ” being t he most cust omary m isapplicat ion . H e was f iercely n a m

proud of his Serbian heritage, and he made certain that no one mispronounced his name twice. “ Sigh-John” , he would say ; “ But you can call me ‘ Si ’ .” M ore of ten t han not , f olk s called him “ Big Si ” because of his broad-shouldered , six-tw o f rame, and t he proud way he carried him self . (From the waist up , his body was

superhuman; but I always teased him about his “ bird legs” w hich rested at op a

pair of very large feet . I also razzed him

over t he years about his nose w hich he was habit ually break ing; but he didn ’ t mind , because t here were usually suf f icient women around t o tell him how goodlook ing he was.) D uring t he f ew spare moment s t he t raining schedule allowed us, we t ook pict ures of each ot her t o send t o

bunk s sweeping t he non-existent dust we i m agi ned w as so i li ng ou r al r eady im maculat ely cleaned f loor . Basic t raining was almost over , and we were gett ing a lit t le tired of t he rout ine; but our ow n regimentation int o t he system was driving us onward . Suddenly , we each look ed at t he ot her and pondered t he ridiculous sight of a grow n man i n sk ivvies, on hands and k nees under neat h a bed sweeping at not hingness. W e burst int o laughter — each at t he ot her — and t hat insight int o w hat we could become i f we let t he system control us served us well t hroughout t he r em ai n d er o f o u r ca r eer s as cad et s a n d o f f i cer s.

A f ter cramming eight week s of basic t raining int o f our , we departed L ack land f or Bainbridge and f ootball .

O ur A ir Force contingency comprised approximately one-third of t he st udent body at t he N A PS, w it h t he rest coming f rom t he N avy , M arine Corps and A rmy .

A lt hough Si and 1 were assigned t o dif f erent barrack s, we were st ill roommates

on f ootball t rips — a custom we con t inued at the A cademy .

Our team was pret ty good ; and as I recall , t he only game we lost t hat year was to the A ir Force A cademy JV s. T here were, of course, extenuat ing circum

develop . I n an era when young men were weaned on John W ayne W orld W ar I I movies, L ance was characterized as t he “ k ind of a guy you ’d want wit h you in a f ox-hole’ ’ — a reputation w hich grew dur ing his f our years as a cadet .

a.m . f ollowing a 23-hour trip f rom M aryland ; but t he most debilitating f act or af f ect ing us was t he 7,250 f oot alt it ude.

Even Big Si (who prided himself on his ex cellent physical condit ion) became ex tremely winded as we underwent even minor physical exertion . But despite t he loss, we enj oyed t he t rip f or af f ording us t he opportunity t o see f irsthand t he goal we had all been striving f or . Si and I vowed t hat we’d get t here one day .

legendary t oughness and tenacity ; but he was certainly no robot or aut omat on . T o t he cont rary , L ance had t he soul and t he sk ills of an art ist . H e was a warm , t hink ing, caring and emotional individual w ho was as com f ortable singing in t he choir , painting pict ures, or sculpting, as he was t rouncing f ootball opponents.

H e was not a womanizer , but he lik ed t he ladies, and t hey lik ed him . D uring our senior year he was “ in between ’ ’ girl f riends; so I int roduced him to a very ex t raordinary young lady I new who was look ing t o meet someone very special .

U nlik e some of t he ladies f rom the region , she had a healthy disinterest in cadet s (her f at her was an A ir Force general and her brot her a 1963 U SA FA graduate) . H ow ever , L ance’ s sensit ivity , warm th and vulnerability , when combined wit h his ot her sterling qualities, capt ured her heart and created an enduring relationship .

I saw a lot of L ance during our last f ew m ont hs at t he A cademy ; but af ter we

st an ces. W e h ad ar r i v ed i n C o l o r ad o at 6

L an ce an d 1 w er e i n t h e sam e B asi c

Cadet Squadron during t he summer — Gut s Squadron . I n t he demanding t rain ing system t he A cademy of f ers (and t his holds t rue f or all f our year s) , one gets t o witness people per f orm under very tough physical and ment al pressures — t o look int o their very souls and see w hat t hey ’ re made of . From t he very f irst , L ance dist inguished himsel f among his class mates and upper classmen as someone who embodied t he qualit ies of leadership and st rengt h the A cademy str ove t o

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graduated , I never saw him again . W e k ept in t ouch t hrough mut ual f riends — part icularly t he young lady I int roduced him t o ; but af ter f ive years of warm and close shared exper iences at N A PS and t he A cademy , out lives took divergent paths.

Y et , he was never f ar f rom my t hought s, and t he M cConnell depict ion of his gallant ry has produced a w onder f ul f ont o f m em o r i es.

I f someone were t o ask me t o sum up t he essence of t he man and the implica t ions of his sacri f ice, I would sim ply reply t hat w hat made L ance so uniquely in teresting and special was that he was so “ nor mal ’ ’ . H is upb r i ngi ng, belief s, character , f amily , versat ility , j oy of li f e, and willingness t o mak e t he ultimate sacri f ice were typical A merican qualit ies of t he type so exquisitely captured and im m ortalized in N orman Rock well paint ings. L ance was t he best A merica and t he A ir Force A cademy pr oduced because he represented A merica at its idealist ic best .

O ne does not have t o live very long in t his count ry bef ore realizing t hat t here are ver y f ew A m er icans w ho are t hi s “ A merican” . A nd that , I suppose, is w hy I have always considered mysel f privileged t o have k nown him . (E di tors note: M r .

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G r ad u a t e D o n a t i o ns N eed ed :

1984-85 A nnual Fund Still L agging

meri t Sem inar is now of f ered semiannually t o cadet co m m a n d er s.

I t is a tw o-day intensive leadership laboratory t hat includes pr om

I f you were waiting for the right moment , now is the t i m e t o send your tax-deductible donation to the 1984-85 A ir F o r c e A cademy Fund. Contributions are still somewhat behind l ast year’s ef forts at this time of year and the current f u n d w i l l cl o se

cises. T he seminars are m odeled af ter execut ive work shops c o n

A t the beginning of A pril, donations totalled approximately

world . T hank s t o private contribut ions to t he annual f und , t he

inent guest speakers, workshops, and applied leadership e x e r

o u t o n 30 Ju n e.

ducted at top levels of the government , military and b u si n ess

$50,600, well of f t he mark of “ $85,000 in 1985’ ’ which i s t h e fund’s goal for this year . A ll donations to the fund, except those

co m m an d er s’ sem i n ar i s a r ecen t ad d i t i o n t o t h e C o m m an d a n t ’ s

directly related to annual fund expenses, go directly t o t h e A cademy to fund proj ects prioritized by the superintendent an d approved by t he associat ion ’s board of direct ors.

A ccording to Dick Coppock , executive director of the A OG , proj ects supported by the first and subsequent annual f u n d s ar e examples of A cademy needs which enhance the quality o f A cademy life and education but for which federal money i s n o t available due t o keen compet ition f or appropriated f u n d s.

D onors t o t he annual f und are people interest ed in assuring that we maintain t he quality pr ograms we’ve enj oyed here at t h e

A cademy in the past ,’ ’ Coppock said.

T he second annual f und ( 1983-84) exceeded $62,000 in d o n a t ions and was used primarily i n t he areas of cadet acad em i c a n d

leadership activities. In excess of $4,000 was approved f o r Engineering Course 430 proj ects which benefit handicapped i n

dividuals or groups. T he class j ust recently completed a vibrat ing d an ce f l o o r f o r t h e C o l o r ad o Sch o o l f o r t h e D ea f an d B l i n d w h i ch allows handicapped students to “ feel’ ’ the music through t h ei r feet (see related story elsewhere in the magazine). T h e seco n d a n

nual f und also helped def ray expenses f or cadet candidat es a t tending the Summer Scienti f ic Seminar and purchased a f i l m series f or t he Cadet Forum . T he f orum , titled “ T he A m er i ca n Elect oral Process, ’ ’ was a symposium designed t o expose cad et s and the A cademy community t o issues surrounding vot ing f o r a president .

Coppock said t hat a new program recommended by the c o m mandant of cadet s was also made possible by cont ribut ions t o l ast year ’ s annual f und . T he Cadet Commanders’ L eadership E n r i ch -

Prof essional M ilitary T raining Program .

O t her items approved f or f unding f rom last year ’s annual f u n d include $2,000 f or rest orat ion of valuable paintings an d o t h er

aerospace memorabilia at the A cademy, $2,500 to support t h e 27th A cademy A ssembly, $7,500 to upgrade and install en t er t a i n ment and recreation equipment at the Cadet L odge, and $8,000 t o

inst all a video cassett e system at t he A cademy ’ s Prep Sch o o l . T h e Prep School currently has no video capability and the system w ill allow parades and other drill and ceremonies to be taped and crit i qued, educational and speech classes to be taped f or use by student s, and school activities to be t aped and shown t o v i si t o r s and potent ial st udent s.

SU P P O R T Y O U R A C A D E M Y N O W !

N ow is t he time t o show your personal appreciation f o r t h e A cademy and it s excellent programs. U ntil June 30, co n t r i b u t o r s t o the annual f und are eligible f or t his year ’s donor recognit ion

program gifts. Currently, donors of $50 to $99 receive a set o f

f o u r l eat h er co ast er s em b o ssed w i t h t h e seal s o f t h e A cademy and t h e A O G . C o n t r i b u t i o n s o f $ 100 t o $499 r ecei v e t h e coast ers plus a walnut plaque with the A cademy and A OG seals and an A i r Force A cademy Fund D onor Plat e inscribed wit h t heir n am e an d

the year of donation. Patrons who give from $500 to $4,999

receive t he f irst tw o recognit ion gi f t s plus a f i ne-art gyr f alcon print . Benefactors who donate more than $5,000 receive special recognit ion . Y our tax -deduct ible donat ion should be sen t t o A i r Force A cademy Fund , A ssociat ion of G raduat es, U .S. A i r F o r ce A cademy , C olo . 80840.

USA FA Class Par ticip ati on A verage A m ou nt

T o t al D o l l ar s $ 3 15 .00

P er ce n t o f C l a ss

5 - 59 1 1 - 60

$2,505.00

5 . 34 % 4 .52 % 1.8 3 % 2 .8 3 %

$ 12 . 16

2 .2 1% 4 .6 3 % 3 . 84 % 3 .2 8 % 3 .4 2 % 3 .2 3 % 3 .7 6 % 3 .7 3 %

$

D o n o r s/ C l a ss

9 - 61 5 - 62 13 - 6 3

S

5 70 .00

$

2 10 .00

10 - 64 22 - 65 17 - 66 16 - 6 7 20 - 6 8 2 1 - 69 2 7 - 70 25 - 7 1

$

2 .6 2 %

$ 1,095.00 4 50 .00

$ 1,225.00 $ 1, 17 1.00 $ 1,475.00 $ 1,070 .00 $ 1, 145.00 $

7 32 .6 1

$ 1,605.00

$ 1.6 5

$ 2.87 $ .77 $ 2 .3 8 $ $ $ $ $ $ $

.99

2 . 57 2 .6 5 3 .0 3 1.8 3 1.7 6 1.0 2 2 . 39

D o n o r s/ C l a ss 20 - 72 14 - 7 3 12 - 74 11 - 7 5 20 - 7 6 24 - 77 11 - 78 2 2 - 79 2 2 - 80 2 1 - 81 13 - 82 15 - 8 3 4 - 84

1984-85 A F A F u n d T o t al D o l l ar s $ 8 10 .00 $ 9 6 6 .00 $ 600 .00 $ 39 5 .0 0 $ 560 .00

P er ce n t o f C l a ss

$ 765.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ $

3 10 .00 7 30 .00 6 7 5 .00 6 50 .0 0 370 .00 34 5 .00 8 5 .00

2 .6 9 % 1.70 % 1. 50 % 1.4 8 % 2 . 19 % 2 .82 % 1.36 % 2 .4 7 % 2 .4 7 % 2 .4 1% 1. 5 5 % 1. 57 % .4 0 %

A verage A m ou nt $ 1.0 9 $ 1. 18 $ .7 5 $ .53 $ .6 2 $ .90 $ .3 2 $ . 82 $ .7 6 $ .7 5 $ .44 $ . 36 $ .0 8

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

PERCENT OF L IV IN G G RA D S

60-$2,505.00 7 1-$ 1,605.00 67-$ 1,475.00 65-$ l ,225.00 66-$ l , 17 1.00

6 0 - 5 . 34 % 6 5 -4 .6 3 % 6 1-4 .5 2 % 6 6 - 3 .84 % 70 - 3 .7 6 %

A V E RA G E $ P ER L I V I N G G RA D 6 0 - $ 12 . 16 6 7 - $ 3 .0 3 6 1- $ 2 .8 7 6 6 - $ 2 .6 5 6 5 - $ 2 . 57

(N ote: The percent of donors is calculated by dividing the number of gif ts by the number of living alumni. To tals i ncl ude gif ts r ecei ved bet ween D ec. 5.

1984 and M ar ch 19, 1985. Gif ts r ecei ved af ter M ar ch 19 will be incl uded in the nex t magazine.)

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A FA F und H elp s F inance H andicapp ed P r oj ect

By Capt . Bill H umphreys (Editor 's note: Cap tain H ump hreys, assistant p rof essor, D ep ar t

cadets must integrate knowledge from previous core

W hat are cadets doing designing and building a dance fl o o r ?

W hat is going on at t he A ir Force A cademy? D on’t worry , t h e cadet s were involved in a senior-level pr oj ect class cal l ed Engineering 430, t he dance fl oor is a community service proj ect f or t he Colorado School f or t he D eaf and Blind , and i t w as al l made possible because of f unds donated by t he A ssociat ion o f Graduates f rom your donat ions t o t he A ir Force A cademy F u n d .

acquisition cycle used to acquire new weapon and space

ment of A er onautics, was the instr uctor f or this E ngineer ing 43 0 p r oj ect)

courses in engineering, basic sciences, communicat ion a n d management . T his process models t he A ir Force systems sy st em s.

Proj ect s are selected by t he inst ruct ors and have included Space Shut t le experiment s, classroom teachi ng aids, ai d s

for the handicapped, aerospace, automotive, biological an d

environmental research proj ect s. I nst ruct ors of t en sel ect

handicapped proj ects because they provide community i n volvement for the cadets. The proj ects also provide t h em an

W H A T I S E N G I N E E R I N G 430 ?

In case you aren’t familiar with a course called Engineering 4 3 0

opport unity t o build a syst em t hey k now will be used an d not put on a shel f af ter it is com pleted .

students in this course, here’s a brief description i n t h e w o r d s o f course director , Maj . Ken Wernle of the Department o f

First of all , t his was not j ust any dance fl oor . T his w a s a

or haven ’t read about some of the many other proj ect s done by

W H Y A D A N CE FL OOR ?

vibrating dance fl oor with a light show for use by m u l t i handicapped students, most of whom are deaf . The suggestion for the vibrating dance fl oor came from Christine Curtis, d i r ect o r

A st r o n au t i cs.

Engineering 430 is a capstone to the core engineering s e

quence taken by every senior at t he A cademy . Each class o f 14- 16 cadet s is given a proj ect idea w hich m ust be so l v ed u s ing the engineering systems design process. T his course gives t he st udent s an opport unity t o design , analyze, b u i l d

of t he m ult i-handicapped program at t he D eaf and Blind Sch o o l .

This was not a new concept as several handicapped schools h av e a vibrating platform, but so few exist that there was plenty of room for innovation and engineering analysis in the design an d co n -

and test a system prototype, as well as practice organiza

tion, management and leadership sk ills. T o succeed , t h e

st r u ct i o n o f t h e fl o o r .

(Continued on nex t p age.)

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Dance Floor: (Continued f rom p revious page.)

The vibrating dance fl oor serves several purposes for t h e d ea f

and blind school programs: educational , physical exercise, a n d so ci al . T h e ed u cat i o n al b en ef i t o f t h e fl o o r co m es in helping deaf

st u d en t s t o f eel b o t h t h e v i b r at i o n s an d t h e b eat o f t h e m u si c .

Feeling these vibrat ions and t he beat will act ually help in their speech development through t he associat ion between speech , sounds, and m usic. I n addition t o speech development , dancing on t he fl oor provides a good means of exercise f or t h e st u d en t s.

Since t hese st udent s have mult ipl e handicaps they need special ex ercise programs, but since t hey can ’t hear , t hey also n eed t o b e able t o f eel t he beat t hrough t he fl oor in order t o dance. Finally , t he new raised fl oor provides a maj or improvement over t h ei r previous concrete fl oor for social functions in the evening and on w eek en d s.

H OW D ID T H EY D O IT ?

I n all Engineering 430 class proj ect s, st udent s start w i t h a R e quest for Proposal (RFP) with a Statement of Work (SOW) j ust l i k e a co n t r act o r . T h e SO W i s w r i t t en t o d ef i n e t h e b asi c n eed b u t

is lef t relat ively fl exible t o leave as much room as possible f or creativity and innovat ion in t he design process. T he R F P d e f i n e s what steps t he cadet s must go t hrough in t he design process, what report s they must prepare, and t he schedule t hey must meet , but f rom t here it is up t o t hem j ust where t hey go wit h t heir proj ect .

rived at a design using plyw ood as t he basic fl oor sur f ace, each had unique f eat ures regarding fl oor thick ness, support st r u ct u r e , and t he t ype of speak er s needed t o vibrat e t he fl oor . O ne very f ine f eat ure developed by C I C D ave St ock well (26t h Squadron) w a s t o clamp t he plywood t o the support st ruct ure using fl ush s c r e w s t hrough aluminum st rips t hat were t he same t hick ness as t he vinyl t ile t hat was then inlaid bet ween the strips. T his w i l t en ab l e t h e deaf and Blind School t o access a speak er i f repairs are required wit hout having t o t ear apart t he ent ire fl oor .

W A S I T SU C C E SSF U L ?

T he design pr ocess culminated wit h bot h companies successf ul ly demonst rat ing t he per f orm ance of their own prot otype fl o o r s.

Christ ine Curtis was invited up t o t he A cademy f rom t h e D ea f and Blind School t o give t he f inal approval of each system ’s per f ormance. I n her own words, she was quite “ tick led ” t h at t h e fl oor sur f ace of each prot otype vibrat ed so well wit hout t h e so u n d level in the room being unbearably loud . T echnically , t h e co u r se could have been over at t his point . I t was near t he en d o f t h e sem est er an d t h e cad et s co u l d h av e u sed so m e ex t r a t ime, but each class wanted to provide t he D eaf and Blind School wit h t h e f u l l fl oor t hat t hey actually wanted . (T hey also had negot iat ed i n t o t heir cont ract some bonus grade points i f t hey were a b l e t o c o m plete t he entire fl oor .)

Since bot h companies were successf ul in demonst rat ing t h ei r prot otypes, t he gover nment exercised one opt ion it h ad negot iat ed— to direct t he t wo companies t o work t oget her i n co n

st r u ct i o n o f t h e f u l l d a n ce fl o o r . St u d en t s f r o m t h e t w o cl asses spent t he week end of D ec. 1 test ing t he t wo prot otype fl o o r s si d e by side t o identi f y t he best f eat ure of each design . I n ad d i t i o n t o qualitat ive testing, t he test s involved f requency generat ors t o i n

Cadets f r om " B eat F eet, I nc. ” lay the f loor supp or t s t r u c t u r e w h i l e i n t h e m ir r or ’s r ef lection, cadets f r om " Vibr ations Unlim i ted ” begin to r un the sp eak er wires f r om the ster eo. I n the f or egr ound, f r om lef t ar e Cadets F irst Class Jer ry Vaughan, B r uce Gibson, J on Vanderpy l, J im H ir d, and E ugene M cGrath. I n the m ir r or ’s r ef lecti on ar e Stan Chung, E d By rd and

D a ve F ed o r s.

I n t his part icular case, tw o separat e class sections w o r k ed o n t he same proj ect . Each class acted as a separate company i n co m petition t hrough t he prototype phase of development . T h e act u al course requirement was t o demonst rat e an operable 8 ' x 8 ' pr o t otype dance plat f orm . Early in t he semester , bot h “ companies” noted t hat t he real need by the school was f or a f ull dance fl oor , so each company separately negot iated an option wit h t he govern ment (t he instruct or) t o build a f ull fl oor i f t hey w er e su ccessf u l wit h t heir pr ot otype fl oor . I n so doing, t hey k new t h at m ean t o f lot of labor at t he very end of the semester , but both cl asses w er e highly mot ivat ed to give t he deaf k ids a dance fl oor they could really use. T hey also realized that t hey would need t he help of the A ssociat ion of Graduates f or f unds t o pay f or a proj ect t h e si ze o f a n en t i r e d an ce fl o o r .

Early in t he semester , each class w or k s out a personnel st r u c ture and select s a program manager . One class select ed C I C B r i an Reno (26t h Squadron) as program manager and named t heir c o m pany “ V ibrat ions U nlim ited ” . T he ot her class select ed C I C A l an L ee (37t h Squadron) as program manager and chose “ Beat Feet , I nc.” as t heir corporate name. From t here t hey divided up t he many task s t o be done and set out t o come up wit h t he b e st design .

A s both companies went t hrough t he design process, t hey each look ed at many variat ions of fl ooring sur f aces, support st r u c t ures, and methods of vibrat ing t he fl oor . W hite bot h cl asses ar -

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put signals t hrough t he speakers, and an acceleromet er w i t h oscilloscope t o quant i f y t he response of t he fl oor . C o n st r u ct i o n of t he ent ire dance fl oor was planned f or D ec. 8 (f our days bef ore t he st art of f inals and one week bef ore t he I ndependence B o w l game) . “ Beat Feet , I nc.” was selected t o arrive f irst t o c o n st r u c t t he fl oor support struct ure and t o run t he wire f or t he speak ers. “ V ibrat ions U nlimit ed ” was t hen to come in to lay t he plywood fl ooring and inlay t he vinyl tile.

T he f ollowing week each com pany w or k ed out the f inal d et ai l s f or t he materials t hey would require, but one small problem re m ai n ed — t h e co st o f m at er i a l s w o u l d b e ab o u t $975 w h i ch w a s

well above t he $1(K3 budgeted f or each Engineering 4 30 cl ass.

T hank s t o the A ssociation of Graduates and it s generous su p p o r t of Engineering 430 proj ect s li ke t his f rom t he A ir Force A cademy Fund , t he $975 was available and the cadet s were able t o purchase t he materials in time f or a work party on Sat urday , t h e 8 t h .

T he f inal const ruction phase start ed f or the cadet s wit h a busy week end . First t here was t he Superintendent ’ s Chr ist mas B a l l o n Friday evening, t hen t here was a SA M I and mandat ory brief ing t o start of f Saturday morning. Even w it h a late st art , t h e cad et s w er e determined t o get t he j ob done. A ct ual wor k began about n o o n wit h f raming t he support st ruct ure and t he last t ile w as l ai d at about 11:50 p .m . T hrough t he day , st udent s and teacher s f r o m t he D eaf and Blind School st opped in and were int rigued a n d ex cit ed t o see the progress being made. I n addition , t he pr oj ect was covered by t hree television stat ions and t hree newspapers. A l l i n all , 31 cadet s learned a lot about the engineering design process, t he Colorado School f or t he D eaf and Blind gained a very usable vibrating dance fl oor , and Colorado Springs and D enver r esi d en t s saw U .S. A ir Force A cademy cadet s doing a real service f o r t h e comm unity and st ate.

Once agai n , t hank s t o all you support ers of t he A ir F o r c e A cademy Fund and t he A ssociat ion of G raduates w ho made t h e f inancial requirements of t his proj ect possible!

M OVING? SE N D U S Y O U R N E W A D D R E SS N O W

Two facts verify that the honor system does rupture a n d c o n t i n u es t o b e vulnerable to future eruptions of group dishonesty. Fi r st , W est Poi nt has suf fered cheating scandals six times in the last 32 year s. A lso , t he U nit ed States A ir Force Academy has had cheating scandals a t a b o u t t h e sa m e overall rate in its short history, having adopted West Point ’ s system at i ts inception. (USA FA , 1983). This first fact—recurrent gr oup cheat i ng episodes—suggests that something in the honor system is f undament al ly at fault . Genuine guards against group dishonesty are v i t a l t o t h e h o n o r system ’ s good healt h !

Second, a survey taken two years before West Point ’s 1976 cheat i ng scandal revealed t hat m ore t han tw o-t hir ds o f t he cadet s had sai d t hey would not report a good frined for & possible honor violat ion . (Bor man , p. 14). Also, the United States Comptroller General r epor ted t hat non toleration of suspected dishonesty by other cadets is “ one of the biggest problems for cadets.’ ’ His most alarming finding is t hat , “ Gener al ly , toleration increases as a cadet progresses through his f our year s.’ ’ (G A O , p . 50) .

What is going on? The upperclassmen and the comprehensive p r o g r a m of the Cadet Honor Committee succeed in inspiring new ca d et s t o n o t

t oler ate each ot her ’ s possi ble honor violati ons. T he n ew ca d et s— m er e-

acquaintances—put loyalty to the Corps bef ore the usual youngst er l oyal ty to “ never rat on a buddy.’ ’ A s f riendships strengthen duri ng t he f our years of sharing challenges, however, the priorities a l l o t t ed t o t h e c o n flicting loyalties narrow and then are reversed: good f riends com e f ir st , bef ore Corps loyalty, and the gap widens. The upperclassman seem s t o b e saying, “ Do as I say! (Not as you don’t know that I do) .’ ’ The Corps is rigorous in handling reported cases of h o n o r v i o l a t i o n s .

The unreported cases are the hidden explosive problem. Each invest iga tion of an honor violation naturally should examine w h i c h o t h er c a d et s

m ay have t oler ated t he o f f ense. T he r elat ive absence o f ca ses o f t o l er a t i o n seem s an anom aly .

In sum of how the honor system is ruptured, the data suggest t hat gr ave

gaps exist between the real and the ideal of the system.

H ow t he H onor System W ork s E ar ly in t he A cademy ’s hist or y a cadet “ vigilance com m it tee, ” l a t er

called the H onor Committee, handled honor cases independent o f o f f i c er

st af f and f aculty . T he decisions o f t he H onor C om mi tt ee were accept ed

by the Corps of Cadets as f inal . The Corps would not t oler at e nor accept

a cadet w hen t he A cademy aut hori t ies r et ur ned him t o duty af ter t he

Honor Committee had j udged him to be guilty of an honor v i o l a t i o n .

(Staf f , p . 7) . T he cadet w ould be physically f or ced t o pack his bags and leave, or he w as “ cut ” f r om inter act ions w it h ot her cadet s, later called “ silencing.” T he silenced cadet w as shunned as an outcast . H e w a s n o t spok en t o except on o f f icial busi ness. H e ate al one, h a d n o r o o m m a t e and, in general, existed as an invisible man. (Hills, 1983) .

N on-toler ance of a cadet by silenci ng and a rar e case of inj ust ice is i l

lustrated by what happend to Cadet O. B. Boyd, a veteran co m m a n d er o f

a company in t he C ivi l W ar , w ho later entered W est P o i n t . T h e H o n o r Committee found Boyd guilty of stealing money. The C orps planned t o

code were ever considered by the Corps, a big step w ou ld be t o adapt and personalize the original code as, “ I am f undamentally h o n est a n d t heref or e accepted at m y w or d .’ ’ Such a code w ould have one compelling strength; the code would apply for life, as a cadet a n d a s a n o f f i cer .

The underlying problem is that the idealized honor system di f f er s f r om

t he real and t he cadet s k now about t he di f f erence. I n t he survey cited

above, nearly half of the Corps, 45 percent , said that t hey w anted t oler a tion of another cadet ’s possible honor violation removed a s t h e o b ser v er ’ s violation of honor (Borman, p.l 4). That finding suggests t hat m ak i ng non-toleration a matter of duty, already described a s su c h i n t h e C a d et Corps publication (USM A , p. 15), would be ef fective. T o change t he honor code would not be necessary, but to make clear t h a t t o l er a t i o n i s a dereliction of duty—a grave charge indeed—would be n ec essa r y .

I n any case, t he C or ps has a pr oblem t hat is bot h di f f icul t and pi votal

to the health of the honor system. The Corps will be t he pr im ary pr oblem solving and enf orcing power if future eruptions of cheat ing scandals ar e to be prevented. A s Superintendent Berry said, “ No outside gr oup can run the honor system—only the Corps of Cadets themselves c a n d o so . ” (Borman, p. 18). With the support of the Academy authorities, t h e ca d et s feel directly “ in charge” of the honor system, its im pact on new cadet s, and its insistence on integrity as central to life’s r ich rew ard o f bei ng ac cept ed at one’s w or d .

R ec o m m e n d a t i o n s

1. Teach cadets how to conf ront a good f riend suspected of dishonesty .

To do so with tact and ef fectiveness on a subj ect as touchy as hi s or her possible dishonesty is a challenging responsibility. “ T hey w ant t o u nder st a n d t h ei r o w n et h i ca l b el i ef s i n t h e c o n t ex t o f t h e special demands of

m il itary li f e, and di scuss pr oblem s o f m ut ual interest w i t h o t h er c o n

cerned men and women.” (Stromberg, p. 72). Free-for-all d i sc u ssi o n among peer groups and role-playing may be necessary t o sh o w c a d et s h o w to stay the course of clearing the air and drawing so u n d c o n c l u si o n s .

2. I n vestigate, in every honor case, whether o ther ca d e ts h a d ca u se t o susp ect the violation(s) . D espite t he t w o-t hir ds o f t he cadet s w ho said t hey

would tolerate a good friend’s possible honor violation, t h e d u m b f o u n d

i ng f act is t hat cases o f t oler at ion alo ne ar e f ew er t han one per cent o f honor cases. Has the severity of dismissal for toleration, li k e capit al

punishment in the old days for non-capital crime, driven t h e o f f en se underground? Nobody knows how many cases of dishonesty a r e

suspect ed but not acted on . T hose unk now n cases are a b o m b w i t h a n unk now n t ime t o explode.

3. Collect more inf ormation on cadets’ willingness to act on a good f r iend ’s p ossible honor violati on. D at a now are collected by su rveys o f the Corps every two or three years. A single item, “ W ould you r epor t a good f riend for violation?” asked of every cadet twice a year f o r t he next several years, would establish trend lines, by class and by com pany , t o show im por tant im plicat ions o f t he ef f ect iveness o f t h e C a d et H o n o r Committee’s programs. Survey findings are subj ect to er r or , of cour se,

but are superior to subj ective speculation about dif ferences b et w een

gr oups and w hat changes i n at t it ude occur i n t ime.

drum him out of the A cademy. Superintendent Cullum r ev i ew ed t h e evidence, however, and j udged Boyd to be innocent , r et ur ning him t o du ty. The Corps silenced Boyd for the entire two years r em ai ning bef or e his graduation. The truth of Boyd’s innocence came out f our year s lat er in a

4. Furnish the data, by class and by company, to the ent ir e C orp s of Cadets. I f certain parts of the Corps show a high willingness t o t o l er a t e a good friend’s possible honor violation, would Corps k now ledge pr oduce

for the cold-blooded inj ustice they had done to him.

I n 1973, after 19 months of silencing was endured by C adet J . J . Pelosi , the Corps of Cadets of ficially discontinued the policy o f silenci ng cadets.

pond to lectures and warnings without knowledge of t h ei r d ef i n i t e st a n d ing among other classes or companies. Whatever the f acts, t hey alr eady are subj ectively guessed about . To put the obj ective est i m a t es o n t h e t a b l e is the first step toward the entire Corps solving the pr oblem . A s Superintendent Berry said, in the long run openness, as w ell as honest y , is

sick bed con f ession o f t he act ual of f ender and anot her m an w ho k ept quiet about t he ident it y of t he o f f ender u nt il hi s o w n d ea t h b ed co n f es sion. Boyd refused the of fer of a public apology from his f el low graduates

(St af f , p . 26) . D espit e t hat o f f icial act ion , i n 1976, or t hr ee year s lat er .

Cadet S. Verr found himself shunned by fellow cadets a f t er t h e superintendent returned him to duty following conviction by t he C adet H o n o r C o m m i t t ee .

The upshot? Non-toleration exists in two ways. First , t he C or ps w ould not tolerate a cadet found guilty by the Honor Committee, T hen , af ter 1900 , non-t olerat ion began t o be appl ied , as a f or m o f gu ilt by associa

tion, to any cadet who failed to report his knowledge o f a n o t h er c a d et ’ s honor violation. When the honor code was formally extended w i t h t h e non-toleration clause, the supreme principle—personal integr ity— w as brought to bear as a vehicle to reinforce the policy o f secondary , or associat ed , non-t oler at ion .

w holesale t olerat ion? N ot li k ely . Rat her t han w holesale t oler at ion , t hose cadets in the company and the class shown as most likely to toler at e, probably would tighten up to catch up. They would be least li k ely t o r es

t he best policy .

5. Collect cadets’ nominations of the key strength and the k ey l im i ta tion of the honor sy stem . A tal ly o f t he top nom inees w ould give each year ’ s C adet H onor C om m it tee an updated list of i nher ited a c

complishments and current key needs for its annual p r o g r a m s t o strengthen the honor system. Examples of topics not t o u c h ed o n i n t h i s

paper f ollow . A ny o f t hese item s and ot her s, o f cour se, could be a key st r engt h or li m itat i on , dependi ng on how cadet s view t h e m a n n er i n w h i c h the topic is handled: use of the honor system to enf orce regulations; w het her an o f f ense is a violat ion o f honor or only a regulati on ; w het her

W hat to d o ?

honesty is an all-or-none proposition; whether non-toleration i s a m a t t er of honor or “ an awesome duty” ; whether the Corps of C a d et s “ o w n s”

Some gr aduat es have said , “ D r op t he non-t oler at i on clause.” A lt hough that action would make a clean break from using impugned per sonal

whether the present honor code is optimum; the superintendent’s u se o f his discretionary authority to levy punishment less t h a n d i sm i ssa l a f t er a

honor to reinforce non-toleration of another’s dishonesty, w h et h er t h e Corps today would consider changing the honor code t h a t m o st ca d et s and graduates consider sacrosanct is problematic. I f changing t he honor 18

t he honor system ; consi stency o f punishm ent f or si mi lar o f f enses;

C adet H onor C om mi tt ee has r ecom m ended dism issal , etc. I n sum , t he

(Continued on nex t p age.)

H ow A n “ I deal ” H onor System I s Ruptured

By Col . Clark L . H osmer , U SA F (Ret) (Reprinted with permission of the author f rom the June 1984 issue of A ssembly, the quarterly magazine of the A ssociation of Gr ad uates, U. S.

M il i tary A cademy .)

Y es, cadet aw ar eness of each ot her ’ s dut y t o r epor t suspect ed dishones ty surely is a f act or but , no , f ear is f ar f r om bei ng cent ral . T he dr iving f or ce i n t he honor syst em i s not f ear but t he shar ed pr em ise t hat cadet s ar e h o n o r a b l e m en a n d w o m en . A

I n t r o d u cti o n

On 7 February 1984, 25 members of the West Point Society o f C en t r a l Florida, and a graduate of the Naval Academy, discussed this paper and answered three questions; 1. Do you agree with the non-t oler at ion pol icy?

90% Yes. 2. Do you think that toleration should be puni shed t he same as an honor violati on? 62% N o . 3. D o you t hink t hat t he h o n o r c o d e sh o u l d be modi f ied? 55% N o . Reader s are i nvited t o send t hei r o w n y es o i n o

answers to Clark H osmer, 39 Longwood Dr., Shalimar, F l a . 3 2 57 9 .

P u r p o se

My purposes are to show how an idealized honor system a m o n g students can be ruptured and to recommend actions that w ould prevent future eruptions of group dishonesty.

Development of West Point’s Idealized H onor System

W est Poi nt ’ s honor system is ideal ized by graduates a n d ca d et s a s t h e

most nearly perfect , highest-standards system of honorable b eh a v i o r i n any educational institution. The honor system “ serves a s t h e co r n er st o n e of development of integrity in future soldier leaders.’’ (Staf f , p . 29) .

During its 181 years, the honor system has undergone many changes.

Soon af t er W est Point ’ s establishment in 1802, t he o f f i cer s’ c o d e o f

honor was adapted as, “ A cadet is fundamentally honest a n d t h er ef o r e accepted at his word.’ ’ (Staf f , p. 6). That code reflects t h e f a c t t h a t h o n es ty is a matter of degree. For example, honesty varies f r om telli ng t he truth, to telling part of the truth, to quibbling, to exagger at ing, to k eepi ng a silence t hat is k now n t o deceive, to t elli ng one’s b el o v ed a “ w h i t e l i e ’ ’ o f flattery, to telling an outright lie. M oreover, that code of f er s a com pelli ng

reward f or telling the truth: to be accepted at one’s w o r d .

Early in the 1800s, Superintendent Thayer cited tracing, i n st ea d o f f reehand copying, an engineering drawing as an honor v i o l a t i o n . L a t er i n the 1800s, however, cheating was not usually dealt w i t h a s a n h o n o r v i o l a tion. (Staf f , p. 6). That left once more the focus o f t he honor system on telling the truth. During that time of development , st eal ing w as nor mally

dealt w it h as a violat ion o f regulat i ons rat her t han a s a m a t t er o f h o n o r .

In 1907, Superintendent Scott directed that cheating agai n be added t o lying as an honor violation. The cadets did not soon accept t he idea, and various interpretations confused the situation. Then i n 1926, Super i nten dent Stewar t annou nced a “ w ar ning r ule” t hat f i r st o f f ender s in cheat i ng would be given a second chance. The cadets and faculty obj ect ed . T he

ca d et w h o sees o r h ea r s ev i d en c e o f

anot her cadet ’ s possible di shonest y m ay be shock ed but “ he i s char ged w ith an awesome duty .’ ’ (U SM A , p . 15) . N o matt er how w r enching, t he honor system r equi res t he observer “ t o con f r ont t he cadet suspected o f t h e h o n o r v i o l a t i o n a n d d eci d e w h et h er t h e i n c i d en t w a s a m i su n d er st a n d

ing or actually a possible violation of the honor code.’ ’ (U SM A , p . 16) . I f

t he evidence suggest s a possible violat ion , t he event must be repo rt ed .

A re t he means consi stent w it h t he ends? Y es, i n m y opi ni on . T he end is ser vice w i th i ntegr i ty . T he means are, f i r st , i ncreased ef f ec t i v en ess i n h o w t o challenge a f r iend t o m easur e up to i ntegr it y and , second , on f aili ng t o measure up , possi ble di sm issal f r om t he C or ps. I n ef f ect , t h e ca d et s set t hemselves apart and above t he outsi de w or ld as men a n d w o m en o f c o m manding loyal ty t o W est Poi nt ’ s m ot t o : D ut y , H onor , C ount r y . T hey ar e imbued w it h t he k now ledge t hat “ T r ust and integr it y ar e precious resour ces, easily squandered , har d to r egai n . T hey can t hr ive only on a f oundat ion of respect f or veracity .’ ’ (Bok , p . 263) . N evert heless, t he idealized honor system is subj ect t o per i odic ruptu re by gr oups o f cadet s w ho ar e f ound t o be dishonest and somet i mes t hi s er upt s int o a public sc a n d a l .

H ow t he H onor System is Rupt ured T he cadet s r ealize t hat t hei r honor system is f ar rem oved f r om t he pr o f usio n o f rascalit ies i n t he out side w or ld . D espite highest level em phasis on the cri t icality o f int egr i ty , as i llust r at ed by the D epar t ment o f D ef ense C ouncil on I ntegr it y and M anagement I mpr ovement , t hey k n o w t h a t spur iously i nf l at ed r at ings, f or exam ple, ar e a big pr oblem . T hey hear , of f t he recor d , t hat w it h severe shor t ages o f m anpower and equipment , f or a commander to cer t i f y his unit is at an accept able level o f read iness, he m ust , “ eit her per f or m a mi r acle or st r etch t he t r uth .” (T aylor , p . 8) .

I n t he C or ps o f C adet s it sel f , each year about one per cent of t he cadet s are f ound guilt y o f i ndividual di sho nesty . C onsider i ng t hat a maj or it y o f high school and college st udent s adm it havi ng cheated a t o n e t i m e o r ot her , a one percent f ailure rate i s sm al l . I ndeed , so f ew cadet s f ou nd guil t y suggests t hat t he honor syst em is i n excellent shape. T hen w hy t he r ef erence to “ r upt ur e” ?

faculty requested clarification. In 1935, the “ warning r u l e ” w a s r esc i n d

ed . (St af f , p . 17) .

From the early 1900s up to 1969, refinement of the honor system result ed i n an honor code that i temized t hree o f f enses, “ A c a d et d o es n o t

lie, cheat , or steal .” (Staf f , p. 7). The premise became t h a t h o n o r i s a n a b solute, an all or none proposition. The Honor Committee had , ” . . . t he solemn duty of administering j ustice to all of fenders, f o r w h o m t h er e i s no sympathy, no mercy, no second chance.” (Staf f , p. 28) . A s w as made clear i n t he “ C adet Bible,” “ I t is not par t of t he f u n c t i o n o f W est P o i n t t o become a ref or mat ory of m orals.” (Staf f , p . 7) .

I n 1970, in conf ir mat ion o f decades of pr actice, t he h o n o r c o d e w a s formally extended to include a non-toleration clause i n f ive f atef ul w or ds, “ A cadet w ill not lie, cheat , or st eal nor tolerate t h o se w h o d o . ” L et ’ s see w h a t t h o se f i v e w o r d s m ea n : I f I h a v e co m m i t t ed a n h o n o r v i o l a t i o n which you have seen or heard, suddenly your personal h o n o r i s a t st a k e .

T he non-t olerat i on clause, now r ivet ed i nt o t he honor code, st ipulates t hat not only must you your sel f be honest , your honor also depends on what you do about my behavior. Should you tolerate w hat you suspect may be dishonorable in my behavior , your own honor is im pugned .

Because your punishment could be dismissal , j ust as f or me, i f you are a

good friend, you may decide to go for broke and j oin m e . P o t en t i a l

r esult : a small conspir acy that could grow int o an episode o f gr oup dishonesty and an ult im ate scandal .

To some people, the non-toleration clause created a su r v ei l l a n c e o f mutual spies. A former commandant said that the system f o r ces ca d et s t o “ spy on each other like a ‘Gestapo.’ ” (Borman, p. 16). Ot her s say t hat forcing cadets to tell on each other shows the individual c a d et t o b e u n trustworthy, that he and she require the fear of being repor ted on t o stay

honest . H . L . M enck en i s alleged t o have said , “ C onscience is the f eeli ng t hat somebody m ay be l ook ing. ”

A BOUT T H E A UT H OR C ol . Clar k L . H osmer, U .S. M il i tary A cademy C lass of 1936, is the f ather of M aj . Gen. B rad ley C. H osmer, U .S. A ir F or ce A cademy Class of 1959.

Col onel H osmer com manded the A r my A ir F or ces ’ f irst w ea t h er r ec o n naissance organizati on. H e had detachmen ts stationed in N ewf oundland, L abrad or, Greenland, I celand, Sco tland, The A zor es, Tr inidad, and B elem, B r azil. A f ter W Wl l , he com manded the A ir F or ce H u m a n R esour ces R esear ch Cen ter, the f irst p eacetime organizational a t t a ck o n the p r oblems of matching tr ainable sk ills wi th m il i tary j ob sp ecif ications.

B ef or e the war, he ear ned an M S in meteor ol ogy at Cal Tech; af ter the war, he ear ned an M A and P hD in p ersonnel p sy chol ogy at the U ni versi ty of M inneso ta.

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A irp lane donated by A FA F und:

Cadet Flying T eam Fares W ell

By Capt George L . Cox J r . , OI C 94th A ir manship T raining Squadr on

Opposite t he t ouchdown poin t . Carburet or heat on ; t hrott le t o idle; fl aps 20 degrees;

T he 1984-85 t eam has 13 members headed by team capt ain , K evin Frisbie ’ 85. Each team member has a private pilot ’s license and a minimum of 80 hours powered aircraf t t ime and is expected t o compete in bot h fl ying and ground event s. T he year 1984 was a banner season f or t he fl ying t eam , f or t he f irst t ime t hey had t heir own airplane. A Cessna 150, donated by t he A ssociat ion of Graduates, w as out f itted wit h a 150 hp engine (normally 100 hp) and new inst ruments.

airspeed 70. A ltitude looks good. Spacing f rom the lead aircraft looks good, too. Hope he doesn ’t fl y a bomber pat t ern lik e last t ime.

H e sure screwed up my approach . ” “ T ime t o turn base leg. Check airspeed and

altitude. Doin’ good Skip. Keep it up. Clear

t he engine bef ore f inal . A h , purrs lik e a k itt en .

D on ’t k eep t he power in t oo long t hough ; don ’t need the penalty point s.”

Check f inal appr oach f or t raf f ic. A ll clear . i i

Si n ce t h e t eam i s u n d er t h e d i r ect i o n o f t h e

T u r n f i n al an d r o l l o u t o n t h e cen t er l i n e .

P er f ect ! ”

94t h A irmanship T raining Squadron , it was appropriate that t he FA A allowed t he new air

“ A little high now. Skip. Flaps to 30

cr a f t t o b ea r t h e t ai l n u m b er “ 94 t h . y y

degrees, and slow t he airspeed t o 65. T hat ’ s better . D arn ! A im point ’ s dropping — St ill a litt le high . Full fl aps; airspeed t o 60 and that ’s i t . ” “ L ook s good ; look s real good . O k Sk ip , look s lik e ya got t he glideslope nailed. L ook at all the j udges watching t his per f ect ap proach . H ey guys, you ’ re watching a f uture f ight er pilot in ac

L ast Oct ober t he team t raveled to St illwater , O k la. f or regional compet it ion hosted by O k lahoma State U niversity . Ot her compet ing teams included W estern O k lahoma Stat e, O k lahoma U niversity , Sout heaster n O k lahoma State, Cent ral M issouri St ate, and W ichita St at e .

A ssistant O I C , M aj . Randy Brook s and t hree t eam member s

“ T here’ s t he line — hold it of f , hold it , hold it . . . t o u ch d o w n .

M easure t hat one f or U SA FA . A nd j udges, bett er use t h e calipers.”

Skip Robertson probably had similar thoughts as he piloted his way t o 5th place in t he power-of f landing event at regional com petition this past fall . Not a bad score considering t he 30 pilot s he beat rout inely fl y at t he lower elevations of O k lahoma. Skip is a

ple days early f or some pract ice at t he lower alt itudes. T h e r est o f t he t eam f ollowed in t he U V - 18 arr iving j ust in time f o r t h e f i r st gr ound compet it ion event — aircraf t identi f ication .

D uring the aircraf t I D event , a 35 mm slide of an aircraf t ,

tion .y y

member of the Cadet Competition Flying Team (CCFT). D i d n ’ t

k n o w U SA F A h ad o n e? I n f act t h t e C C F T h as b een ar o u n d si n ce

1969 and represents the A cademy at regional and national i n t er collegiate Saf ely and Flight Evaluat ion Conf erences

(SA FECON ) .

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The team and others ar r i ves at the St ill water, Ok la. A irp or t, si te of the 1984 R egional VI air meet.

Under the auspices of the National Intercollegiate Flying A ssociation, cadets match their aviation skills against st u d en t s from other colleges and universities. Competition consists of fl y ing and ground events. Flying competition includes power-on and power-of f accuracy landings, instrument competency fl ight s, V FR cr oss-count ry navigation and message drop events. G r o u n d

events include aircraft identification, cross-country planning, fl ight simulator and aircraft pre-fl ight .

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fl ew t h e t eam ’ s C - 150 a n d an aer o cl u b C - 172 t o O k l ah o m a a c o u

sometimes j ust a view of a window or wingtip, is proj ected o n a

scr een f o r fi v e seco n d s. T h e co n t est an t s t h en h av e 15 seco n d s t o

identi f y t he manuf act urer , m odel and nick name of t he ai r cr a f t .

A nyt hing is f air gam e: U .S. or f oreign , new or obsolete, airplane

or helicopter or glider , etc. The answer sheet is usually l i k e a multiple guess exam but Oklahoma State pulled a fast o n e a n d

handed out blank sheet s of paper — a 100 percent f ill-in-t heblank s exam . U SA FA did bet t er t han any of t he seven t e a m s entered by hmving placed f our of f ive cadet s in t he t o p t en .

T he next event was t he Simulated Com prehensive A ircraf t N avigat ion or SCA N event . For t he SCA N event , cont est ants a r e expected to plan a cross-country fl ight based on data provided .

T hey need t o int erpret weat her report s, regulat ions an d ai r cr a f t

performance charts to calculate fl ight routes, groundspeeds, f u el usage and a few other items. The test was written by an F A A ai r

t raf f ic cont roller and fl ight inst ruct or . Fr om t he sighs and groans it wasn ’t li k e a “ Fuzzy Studies” exam .

Once again U SA FA came t hr ough on t op wit h all f ive cad et s w inning honors. L eading t he pack was M ike M asucci ’ 85, f o l l o w ed by Pete Bampt on ’ 86, Guy N eddo ’ 85, Brian Rour ke ’ 8 5 a n d P et e W ei d n er ’ 87 .

T hroughout t he next day t here were t wo more ground e v e n t s , ai rcraf t prefl ight and t he fl ight sim ulat or . I n t he prefl ight event an aircraf t is ‘bugged ’ wit h mal f unct ions t hat w ould m ak e i t unairwort hy . Cont est ant s are given 15 minutes t o f ind a s m a n y

malfunctions as they can. Problems may include anything f r o m a

missing screw t o t he fl ight cont rols operat ing in reverse. U n f o r t unat ely t he aircraf t used was one we were not very f am i l i ar w i t h and only C I C Rour ke placed . W ho would ever t hink t o ch ec k f o r a livingroom lamp in t he f uselage?

Frisbie and M ar k L a Fond ’ 87 placed second and t hird r e sp e c t ively in t he fl ight simulat or event even t hough t hey each had only 10 minut es pract ice t ime earlier that day . I n f act , they hadn ’t seen t hat type simulat or since nat ional compet it ion was h el d at (Continued on nex t p age.)

Graduate H elp s Unravel Communications L aw Academy grads have accomplished many amazing feats, b u t

one alumnus has gone from the A cademy to the White H o u se i n

j ust seven years. He’s Capt. Michael L. Weinstein, a 1977 graduate who is assigned to the White House Office of M anage ment and Budget (OM B) .

Captain Weinstein, serving as OMB attorney-advisor f o r t el e

communications, is studying the impact of the recent deregulation in the telecommunications industry on the military an d f ed er al

government. Working in the OMB’s Office of Information an d Regulatory Affairs, he is helping to form the policies t h at w i l l a f

fect every military installation and all military members w h o u se a

government phone.

“ The Department of Defense is the largest user of telecom

munications in the free world,’’ Weinstein said. “ The way t he government gets these contracts is through the procurement

Capt . M ichael W ei nstei n

system. The biggest effect of deregulation is that i t h as cr eat ed a

storm of competition, and the government needs to know h o w t o get the most for its money.’ ’ Because of the large sums of money involved in telecom munications contracts, government lawyers need to understand the complex policies involved. A mong other assignments, W ei n stein recently proposed, developed and presented a t el eco m munications procurement law seminar for federal attorneys f r o m

all parts of the government — a first of its kind for ei t h er t h e public or private sector. The proj ect took six months t o p r ep ar e

and during this time Weinstein also served as lead w r i t er an d editing coordinator for a telecommunications law textbook w h i ch was used to support the seminar’s oral presentations. “ T h e seminar was very well attended and received,’’ the captain com mented, “ and I hope it will serve as a valuable legal t raining aid for government attorneys, as our government ’s budget out lays f or information systems continue to reflect greater expenditures for increasingly complex equipment and services.’’

They are going to have to know that there is a huge m ar k et n

place in telecommunications,’’ he said. “ With the advent o f deregulated telecommunications industry, there are a t h o u sa n d competitors where there used to be one monopoly. The g o v e r n

ment must understand how important it is to shop around f o r t h e best prices and service.

Weinstein is also working on a proposal to have competitive bidding for pay telephones on military bases, since t hat could pro vide f or some of t he revenue t o be returned t o t he bases. “ Right now, the way the laws are written, the money from pay phones H onor System : (Continued f r om p revious p age.) cadets know best how well the honor system is working. T hey may never cite one of the topics above. What topics they have in mi nd as k ey strengths and key limitations of the honor system, how ever , w ould serve as a m ost ef f ect ive base f or H onor C om m itt ee plans f or it s annual pr o g r a m s.

I n behal f o f comm issi oned service w it h i ntegr it y , m or e pow er t o t he

(U.S. A ir Force photo by Joe Callaso)

would go back to the general funds of the U .S. Treasury. T h er e i s a possibility that we could get it all back into non-appropriated f und act ivit ies such as base exchanges and com missaries. I t i s ev en

possible that some of these revenues could be channeled i n t o morale, welfare and recreation functions,’ ’ Weinstein ad d ed .

W einstein received his law degree in July 1981 f rom t h e U n i v er

sity of the Pacific, McGeorge School of L aw (Sacramento, Cali f .) and passed the Calif ornia bar exam shortly thereafter . H e b e c a m e

an assistant staf f j udge advocate at H olloman A FB , N .M . , where he was a military prosecutor, a labor lawyer and a legal assistance at t o r n ey .

With the approaching deregulation of the telecommunications industry in 1982, the A ir Force Communications Command n eed ed a lawyer who had communications experience and selected W einstein f or an assignment t o Scott A FB , 111., as t h e co m m an d ’ s ch i ef o f co m m u n i cat i o n s l aw .

Since communications law is a new f ield f or government a t

torneys, the captain became a recognized expert and gave brief ings throughout the country on the impact of A merican Telephone and Telegraph’s breakup on telecommunications s e r

vices. I n M arch 1984, af ter hearing his brief i ng, OM B o f f i ci al s ask ed the A ir Force t o assign W einstein t o W ashingt on a s a n OMB attorney advisor . He moved to the capitol last M ay . Cap t ai n W ei n st ei n i s m ar r i ed t o t h e f o r m er B o n n i e P at t er so n o f C o l o rado Springs, Colo. They have two sons, Casey {l Yi ) an d C u r t i s

(7 mont hs) .

paster , Jack and Linda Heflin, David Hiester, Bill H osmer , Br ad Hosmer, A rt Jacoby, Grant Jacoby, Harold Johnson, Edith K evan , T ed Klock, Larry Laurion, L . J. Lincoln, Peter Lucas, Dan M cEl heny , T om M oorman, Charles Otstott , David Phillips, Robert Priest , F r a n k Quinlan, Jack Rudolph, Bill Sibert , Brett Sortor, Waino Suoj anen , V an Sutherland, Kenneth Tallman, Clint True, Teresa Ward, W est y W estm or eland , and H ow ar d W ilcox .

honor system in West Point , in the other four Lfnited States A cademies, in the ROTC programs, and in the direct commissioning pr ogr am s of t he A r m ed F o r ces !

Su m m ar y The idealized honor system at West Point began with an assum pt ion of fundamental honesty and acceptance at one’s word. A fter many changes in its 181 years, the honor system has evolved into an assum pt ion t hat honor is an operational absolute. Guilt of a cadet convict ed by t he Cadet H onor Committee has spread by association until the t o l er a t i o n o f suspected dishonesty is treated as an of fense as gross as lyi ng. A lt hough t he cadet s have set t hemselves apar t and above the o u t si d e w o r l d i n t h ei r

loyalty to West Point’s motto—Duty, Honor , Country—the h o n o r system has been subj ect to periodic ruptures when a gr oup of cadet s con spire to be dishonest and their actions erupt into a cheat i ng scandal .

For t hei r cr it icism s and recom mendat ions, I t hank Jack A r nold , Sidney Berry, Martin and Vera Brown, John Carley, A . P. Clark , L ar ry C ot t on ,

Rod Cron, Leo Dahl, Patricia Dawes, H oward Dimmig, A n d r ew G o o d -

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Borman, F., Johnson, H . K., Pye, A . K ., Tate, W . M ., W al k er , J . T ., & W i lco x , H .

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H ills, E. G., Call to Quarters: USMA 1864-1865, in M anu scri pt , 1983.

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Stromberg, P. L ., Wakin, M . M ., Callahan, D ., The Teachings of E th ics in t he M ilitary, Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings Center , 1982.

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United States Military A cademy, The H onor Code and the H onor System, USCC Pam phlet 632- 1, Ju ne 1983.

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T -41 Flying Squadr on M otivates Cadets

By Capt . T om English ’79

557t h FT S Flight T r aining I nst ruct or T he mission of t he 557t h Flying T raining Squadr on Pilot I n doct rination Program (PI P) is t o m otivat e all physically quali f ied U .S. A ir Force A cademy cadet s t oward a rat ed career i n t h e A i r Force and t o serve as a fl ight screening program t o ident i f y t hose

cadets who have the aptitude to become A ir Force pilots. T h e training prepares cadets for Undergraduate Pilot Training an d gives them a chance to apply in a practical aerospace en v i r o n

ment , what t hey were taught in the academ ic and military t raining curriculum about pilot dut ies. Completion of the Pilot I n d o c

trination Program fulfills a cadet ’s fl ight core requirements f o r graduat ion .

A f ter it s incept ion in 1967, t he 557 FT S supported b o t h t h e A i r

Training Command (ATC) and USA F A cademy missions. Over the years, a concensus developed that ownership of t he squadron

should be t ransf er red t o t he command it primar ily supported .

T ransf er of t he unit , all support f unct ions, and personnel t o t h e Commandant of Cadet s t ook place ef f ect ive Oct . 1, 1982.

T he 557 FT S conduct s t he Pilot I ndoct rinat ion Program w i t h t he T -4 1C M escalero , a f uel-inj ect ed milit ary version o f t h e C essn a 172 . M ai n t en a n ce i s d o n e u n d er ci v i l i an co n t r act w i t h

D oss A viat ion , I ncorporated . T he A ir Force A cademy current ly has 50 M escaler os in it s invent ory , all st at ioned at t he A cademy A i r f i el d . T h e i n st r u ct o r f o r ce co n si st s o f 49 f u l l -t i m e assigned in st ruct ors and 80 att ached pilot s w ho fl y st udent s as an ad d i t i o n al duty. The squadron trains an average of 709 cadets each year (2 18 in the summer , 259 in the f all , and 232 in t he spring) . A cad et n o r

mally receives 15 fl ights (21.2 fl ying hours) including o n e so l o r i d e an d a ch eck r i d e. T h e st u d en t s l ea r n b asi c a i r cr a f t co n t r o l a n d

maneuvers t hat are applicable t o all aircraf t , wit h t he highlight be

ing the solo ride. End-of-course critiques show that at t h e en d o f PIP, 97 percent of the cadets have increased motivation t o w ar d s an A ir Force fl ying career . A lso , graduates who per f orm e x c e p -

tionally well are considered for Euro-NA TO Joint Jet P i l o t T r ai n ing (ENJJPT), a prestigious and more intense pilot t raining pro

gram at Sheppard A FB , T exas.

I n addition t o PI P sort ies, t he 557 FT S f lies many ot her types of missions. I n the past two summers, the 557th flew over 2,800

Basic Cadet Training orientation and motivational sorties f o r first-year cadets. Briefings and flights were also given t o visit ing dignitaries including U .S. Senator Barry Goldwater ; t h e H o n o r

able V erne Orr , secret ary of t he A ir Force; General C h ar l es

Gabriel, chief of staf f , USA F; the commander and vice c o m mander of A TC; the superintendent and commandant of cad et s (USA FA); and allied of fi cers and cadets from Japan, t h e U n i t ed K ingdom , France, Germany , and Spain .

T he 557t h received t he prest igious W right Brot hers M em o r i al Foundation A ward in 1984 f or excellence in t he f urt herance o f

aviation. A dditionally, the squadron has been nominated f o r i t s eighth A ir Force Outstanding Unit A ward.

O n D ec. 18, 1984, L t . C ol . Edw in D . Gunter , Jr ., f or merly

chief of the Operations and Safety Branch at HQ ATC/ IGIO, Randolph A FB, Texas, assumed command of the 557th from Col . M onroe S. Sams, Jr .

The 557th has j ust completed its largest flight training cl ass

since t he t ransf er of ownership t o t he A cademy . T he C l ass o f

1984 exceeded the A cademy’s goal that 70 percent of t h e graduating class enter Undergraduate Pilot Training. Our super

visors and inst ruct ors cont inually w ork t oget her t o provide quali ty training and flight screening of our cadets. This is ref lected by the att rit ion rate f or U ndergraduate Pilot T raining o v er t h e l a st 10 years. The most recent statistics clearly show PI P graduates

average nearly nine percent lower attrition than any o t h e r Undergraduate Pilot Training source except rated navigators.

Second A cademy A irf ield in Op eration

By Capt . K en Fi nn ’ 75

94th A ir manship T raining Squadr on A critical part of the soaring expansion program is in operat ion and proving quite successful . In an “ all sailplane’ ’ t raining pro gram, constraints of time and facilities limited involvement i n t h e soaring program to approximately 850 cadets each year . T o fl y all third class cadet s in our newly-implement ed “ Soar f or A H’ ’ pro

gram, the 94th A irmanship Training Squadron became t h e f i r st large-scale operation to convert to a motorgilder lead-in f o r a soaring program. Where to fl y these powered sailplanes w a s a m a

f oot runway located between Highway 1-25 and M onument

Creek , east of Jack ’s V alley , was t he answer f or t he syllabus

directed pattern training to ensure a successful AM -451 B asi c Soaring Course (Soar-f or-A ll) .

(Con tinued on nex t p age.)

j or problem .

The USA FA airspace was already approaching saturation

w it hout a new aircraf t . T he T -4 1 runway operat ion was o v e r task ed and i n need of an auxiliary f ield of it s own . T he glider run

way operation was busy with sailplanes and towplanes, b u t w i t h careful planning could handle the added activity of t he powered sailplanes on an initial takeof f and return for f inal landi ng.

The powered sailplane syllabus was designed to provide t h e basics of fl ight by introducing the student to ef fective u se o f co n trols, stalls, slow fl ight , turns, glides, and control co o r d i n at i o n .

A lso, an introduction to the traf fic pattern was included t o f amiliarize t he st udent wit h a runway environment . A n average of

seven traf fic patterns for each student was planned. T his pre glider training was designed to reduce the number of glider sort ies t o solo f rom 22 t o 12. A t seven pat terns per st udent , and a pro

j ected 1,200 students each year , serious consideration of runway facilities was required. The north auxiliary airfield, a 2, 100 by 75 22

The new nor th aux il iary airf ield .

Wings of Blue Claims N ational Champ ionship

By Sgt . M ichael L eighow P u b lic A f f air s

T he A cadem y ’ s W i ngs o f B l u e parachute team cont inued it s dominat ion of t he N ational Collegiate Parachuting Championships recently , earni ng its 18th t it le in t he last 20 years.

Cadet First Class Paul G . Schmidt , of L ynnwood , W a., led the team to t he vic t ory , while earning the t it le of A bsolute Cham pion . H e placed f irst in t he accuracy event and in the overall competititon , while tak ing second in the st yle event .

T he championships were held at M arana A irport , near T ucson , A z. T hey are broken down into t hree events, ac curacy , style and relat ive work . Each event has f our categories, master , ad vanced , intermediate and novice. T he A cademy cont ingent consist ed of 19 com pet it ors, only f our of whom were in t he novice category .

Proper preparation , an intense desire to win, and an excellent at t it ude are what make us so st rong,” said W ings of Blue coach Bob V on D erau . “ Our program here is unique, as the primary goal of t he A cademy program is not j ust parachut ing, but teaching and learning leadership as well . T hat gives us an advantage over

m ost of our competition , as t hey concen t rate on j umping. Our cadet s don’ t j ust compete, their primary goal is to become advanced enough in t he aspect s of parachuting t o be able to teach ot hers how t o parachute saf ely . I t ’s t heir drive and d et er m i n at i o n t h a t t ak es t h em ab o v e an d

beyond j ust competing and teaching. I t t a k es t h em

i n t o t h e r eal m

o f n at i o n al

champions.

T he A cademy team t ook 27 out of a possible 47 medals during t he compet i tion . Eleven medals came in t he style com petition , f ive in the accuracy and 11 in y y

r el at iv e w o r k .

T he accuracy event entails exiting t he j ump aircraf t at 3,000 f eet and f lying t he canopy to a t arget measuring f ive cen t imeters (about t w o i nches) . Cadet Schmidt won the f our-j ump event wit h a t o t al sco r e o f six cen t i m et er s. H i s n ear est

compet itor came in wit h a 25 cent imeter sc o r e .

Style is an event where a compet it or has a set of pre-determined maneuvers he must complete in a set am ount of t ime while f ree-f alling. Relat ive work is brok en int o two or f our-man teams, which must

Flying T eam : (Continued f r om p revious p age.)

U SA FA in 1984. T he simulator compet it ion is computer sc o r e d and even t he smallest parameter deviat ion is recorded .

T he team didn’ t f air so well in t he f lying event s, b u t h av e always been at a disadvantage during regional compet ition .

Regionals are held during t he f all . Competition lines are painted on t he U SA FA east runway but pract ice during t he week i s a l m o st im possible due to classes and T -4 1s. Pract ice on the w eek en d s i s hampered due t o f ootball and military f ormat ions and , of course, mot her nature. One big adj ustment f or t he pilot s is get ting used t o t he competition sites, all of which are less t han 1,000 f eet ab o v e sea level and have a t remendous ef f ect on aircraf t per f ormance.

complet e several f ormat ions while f ree-

falling. The A cademy set the collegiate

record last year wit h 22 f orm ations.

“ I n the absolute champion competi tion, Cadet Schmidt took top honors,

y y

sai d C o ach V o n D er au . “ B u t t o sh o w h o w

well our program is set up , the next f our places were all A cademy members. T he

j udging is done on an individual basis, the cl asses ar e n o t u sed . W e’ r e w el l set f o r t h e

f uture, not j ust on t he collegiate level , but

o n a n at i o n al l ev el as w el l . ”

Coach V an D erau , of D ayt on , O hio ,

has coached Wings of Blue for the past

t wo years. H e came to t he A cademy f rom

the A rmy’s Golden Knights parachute

team , where he earned t he 1978 individual nat ional championship . “ Eighteen out of 20 national t it les is an out standing accomplishment , ” he said .

It really shows the level of competence and commitment the team has. Wings of Blue will be a team that people will hear a lot of good things about in the future, as well as backing up their previous ac complishments. They are well deserving of the title of national champions.” (The i (

Falcon F ly er)

cooperat ive (somet imes) , so t here’s more time to f ly .

H ow did t he team f ly at regionals? Robert son and N eddo

placed in the landing events and Rourke did well throughout t h e navigation flight . One highlight was the bombing crew o f B o b St .

M arie ’85 and Pete Whelan. A ctually, the message drop e v e n t consists of flying at an altitude of 200 feet cruise power , and releasing a 2.5 ounce balsa wood message container t o w a r d s a “ waiting vict im ” in a li f e raf t . T he vict im in t he r a f t w as a

55-gallon drum in a field and the team was using a t op secret balsa wood container developed by Guy Neddo. Guy weighed e a c h block in the chem lab and added necessary weight in a st retegic location , t o bring each container to j ust under t he legal limit .

That ’s all the information I can give on the classified proj ect but

it sure was great to see his container bounce of f t he target when placed int o t he care of t he sk illed crew .

W hat would a SA FECO N be wit hout a saf ety award? I n a d d i

tion to the flying and ground events there is a safety e v e n t . A t e a m does not compete, but is observed during the entire airmeet by t he safety j udge who watches their flying and ground practices.

Sev er al t eam m em b er s ar e al so i n t er v iew ed as t o t h ei r f light t rai n

ing programs. U SA FA won hands down .

First place in the ground events, first in safety and t hird place overall . The team’s ef forts will be rewarded in May w h en i t w i l l

A USA FA F ly ing Team mem ber nails the line at R egional comp eti tion hosted by Ok lahoma State U ni versi ty . The Cessna 150 air cr af t was

donated to the team through the A ir Force A cademy Fund w h i c h is a d m inister ed by the A ssociation of Gr ad uates.

N onetheless, t he team pulled toget her to place in t he top t hree at regionals and earn an invitat ion t o nat ional compet it ion .

N ationals are held during t he spring when the CCFT enj oys limited on-season st atus, which allows team members m o r e p r a c tice time. T he days are longer , t he weat her a lit t le m o r e

t ravel to Ohio State U niversity f or t he 1985 N ational A i r m eet .

(E ditor ’s note: The team is al way s interested in what has hap p ened to their predecessors. If you were a member of the f ly ing team and would like to help comp lete the team history, p lease call

Cap t. George Cox at A V: 259-2620. Or you may write t o t h e Cadet Fly ing Team, 94A TS/ D OA , U.S. A ir Force A cademy,

Colo. 80840-55 76. A ny p ersonal inf or mation such as t h e d a tes

y ou were on the team, events in which you participated, y our A ir F orce assignments, etc. would be of interest. The team is esp ecial

ly interested in its beginnings if any of you originators a r e o u t there.)

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Gr ad uate N am ed Chair m an:

Board of Visitors Reviews A cademy Programs T he A ir Force A cademy Board of V isit ors (BOV) came t o t h e

A cademy for their annual review of A cademy morale, i n st r u c

tion , discipline, physical f acilities, f iscal af f airs, and ot her ap propriate subj ect s in M arch . T errence O ’D onnell , a 1966 A cademy graduate, was elected chairman of t he board , replacing

Sen. Barry Goldwater, who chaired the board from 1982 u n t i l t h i s

y ea r .

T wo new board members. H olly Coors and Charles “ Bud ” W ilk inson, and two reappointed members, O ’D onnell and H enry Saylor , were sworn in and t he board received updates o n v ar i o u s programs at t he A cademy including t he Regist rar ’s, t h e microcomputers-in-t he-dorms proj ect , sum mer program s, a n d a number of military const ruct ion and maintenance program s. T h e board held press conf erences, met wit h cadet panels, an d d i s cussed A cademy programs wit h t he A cademy administ rat ion a n d st a f f .

Rep. Kenneth B. Kramer, Colorado Springs, Colo., who i s a member of the Subcommittee on M ilitary Installations an d

F aci l i t i es an d t h e Su b co m m i t t ee o n P r o cu r em en t an d M ilitary

N uclear Syst ems.

Rep. J erry L ew is, H ighland , Cali f ., who is a member o f t h e Subcommittee on Foreign A id and M ilitary Sales, and t he A p propriations Commit tee.

J ulian M . N iemczyk , K ansas City , M o ., who is execut ive v i ce president of People t o People I nter national , a ret ired A i r F o r ce colonel, and has served with the Central Intelligence A gency and as A i r A t t ach e i n P o l an d .

H enry B . Sayler , J r . , St . Petersburg, Fla., who is ch ai r m an o f

the Republican Party of Florida, a 1943 graduate of t h e U .S .

M ilitary A cademy , W est Poi nt , and who served in t he A i r F o r ce f r o m 194 3 t o 19 55 .

L ynda H . Smit h, Colorado Springs, Colo ., who is a member o f t he board of t rust ees f or t he Rock y M ount ain Rehabilitat ion Cent er and a member of the U niversit y of Colorado M edical Cent er A dvisory Com mitt ee.

Sen. T ed F . Stevens, A nchorage, A laska, who is chairman o f t he Senate Subcommit tee on D ef ense, and is chairman o f t h e Su b co m m i t t ee o n t h e M er ch an t M a r i n e.

C harles B . “ B ud ” W ilk inson, St . L ouis, M o ., a new member w ho is current ly chairman of t he board of T he Public Employees Benef it Services Corporation and is also a sports announcer f o r t he Entert ainment Sport s Program N etwork (E SPN ) .

T he 15t h member is in t he process of bei ng select ed .

Board members are appointed by t he president , vice president , speak er of t he H ouse of Representatives, or t he chairmen o f t h e Sen at e o r H o u se A r m ed Ser v i ces C o m m i t t ees.

O n t he f i nal day of t heir meet ing, t he board held a p r e ss c o n f erence on subj ects including t he H onor Code, f acilit ies, cad et pay , admissions, w omen cadet s and microcomputers in t h e d o r m i t o r i es.

Just in summary , we’ve had two excellent days of meet ings and have reviewed all t he maj or pr ograms of t he A cadem y , ” sa i d T errence O ’ D onnell , new BO V chairman . “ W e’ re particularly pleased at t he cadet retent ion and at t rit ion f igures w h i ch sh o w mark ed improvement . W e’ re also pleased wit h t he development of t he summer programs at t he A cademy . ” Concerning microcomputers in t he dormitories, “ T he b o ar d ent husiastically endorses t hat networ k of microcomputer s w h i ch is f unded and going t o be installed during t he next t w o y ear s, continued O ’ D onnell . “ W e also spent a good deal of time talk ing about the m ilitary const ruct ion , repair and maintenance p r o grams w hich , given t he age of t he A cademy , are absolutely necessary . T here are a num ber of additions, t o t he gymnasium t o accom modate women , t o t he dining hall and ot her f acilit ies w h i ch are necessary . W e’ve also spent a good deal of t ime talk i ng about t he honor system . T he board passed a very st rong resolut ion i n support of t he superint endent and t he staf f at t he A cademy f or t he improvements in t he w ork t hat it ’s done on the honor system during t he last year .”

T he f ollow ing are quest ions and answers w hich t ook place at t he press conf erence. ( (

N ewly -app oi nted A cademy B oar d of Visitors chair man, T er r en ce O ’D o n nel l ’66, second f r om lef t, l istens to Sup er in tenden t L t. Gen. Wi nf ield W. Scot t, J r ., d iscuss A cademy issues. B oar d m em ber R ep . B ever ly B . By r on is at lef t and Sen. B ar ry M . Gold water is at r igh t. ( U. S. A ir F or ce p hot o) M em b er s o f t h e b o ar d ar e :

T errence O ’D onnell , Bet hesda, M d ., appointed chairman a t t he meet ing and a part ner in t he W ashingt on , D .C . law f i r m o f W illiams and Connolly .

Rep. Beverly B . Byron , Frederick , M d ., a member of t h e H o u se A r m ed Ser v i ces C o m m i t t ee w h o al so ser v es o n t h e Su b

committ ee on Procurement and M ilitary N uclear Systems a n d t h e Subcommit tee on I nvestigat ions, among ot hers.

H olly H . C oors, Golden, Colo . , a new member , is edit or o f t h e Saturday E vening P ost ’s “ People Page.” She is also a m em b er o f t he A merican D ef ense Foundation and Peace Corps A dvisory C o u n ci l .

Sen. J ohn J . Exon, J r . , L incoln , N eb . , who is a member o f t h e A rmed Services Commit tee, t he Subcommit tee on M ilitary C o n st ruction , and t he Subcom mit e on St rategic and T heater N u c l e a r Forces, among ot hers.

Rep. T homas S. Foley , Spok ane, W ash ., who is t he vice ch ai r man of t he A gricult ure Committ ee, and a member of t he H o u se A d m i n i st r at i o n C o m m i t t ee an d ch ai r m an o f t h e D em o cr at i c C au cu s.

Sen. Barry M . G oldwater , Phoenix , A riz., who is chairman o f t he Senat e A rmed Services C om mit tee, chairman of t he S e l e c t Committee on I ndian A f f airs, and a mem ber of t he Com merce, Science and T ransportati on C ommit tee, am ong others.

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Q M r . O ’ D onnell , as a gr aduate, w hat d o you t hi nk o f t he change in

t h e a d m i n i st r a t i o n o f t h e h o n o r c o d e a n d w h a t f eed b a c k have you got ten f r o m t h e c a d et s a b o u t t h e n ew a d m i n i st r a t i o n o f t h e c o d e ?

A “ I t ’s my opinion t hat t he code at t he A cademy is h ea l t h i er t h a n i t ’ s ever been . W e met w i t h cadet panels. T he one I met w i t h w a s a l l f o u r t h classmen and t he f eedback I got w as ver y encouragi ng. I t h i n k t h e co d e i s

w or k i ng, it ’ s heal t hy . I t hink i t ’ s absolutely i nstr um ental to t he A cademy — t he center piece o f our system . I am ver y encour aged w i t h t he pr ogr ess t h a t ’ s b een m a d e . ” M r . O ’ D o n n el l

— “ I agr ee w it h w hat t he chai r man has said . A nd I ’d l i k e t o a d d t h a t a

(Continued on nex t p age.)

G R A D U A T E S SE L E C T E D F O R

L I EUT ENA N T COL ON EL (RegA F) 1984 0 -5 P r om ot i on s (U SA F A G rad u at es)

19 64 19 6 5 19 6 6 19 6 7 19 6 8 19 6 9 19 70 19 7 1 19 7 2 19 7 3 TOTA LS

Secondary Z one

Pr imar y Z one

C l a ss

Sel ect

N o n - Sel ec t

2 8 15 16 3

11 40 36 34 35 50 1 1

11 5 3

Sel ec t

20 8

20 7

H O M E C O M I N G 1985 Homecoming 1985 is fast approaching and planning is w el l underway. The tentative schedule of events is listed b el o w . T h e basic Homecoming registration form will be included i n t h e n ex t (A ugust) issue of Checkp oints. A L L returning graduates m u st complete and return this form. Members of the 20 and 10-year reunion classes, ’65 and ’75, must complete BOT H the b asi c f o r m

from the magazine and a separate registration for class-related a c

t ivities. T he lat ter f orm w ill be mailed direct ly t o i n d i v i d u al s.

R E P E A T — ’ 6 5 a n d ’ 75 M U ST R E G I ST E R T W I C E . T h e ’ 6 5

15 8 3 2 28

and ’75 reunion chairmen have already completed initial mailings to their classes. I f you haven’ t received one, contact t he ap plicable chairman : ’ 65 : Sco t t D u n can

— A V 2 59- 2990

(303) 472-2990 (303) 472- 1224 (H ome)

F r an k M cC an n — A V 259- 34 50

(303) 472-3450 (303) 528-8869 (H ome)

Secondary Z one Selectees 19 70

19 7 1

Bean , R ichar d M .

Bow ers, D onald S. Jr .

A ut ry , L ar ry D .

D or dal , Paul R .

Evans, W ill iam E .

M cC lu re, D avid C .

M cGann , Edward J . J . Jr .

M cK elvy , D olan M .

N agy , D avid A .

T ur ner , L onnie D .

Carpenter, Gerald C.

C ar r , L ar ry A .

Ew ig, M ar k G .

Ferguson , James G .

K ni ola, D aniel G .

K now les, D avid P .

L yga, M ichael J .

M arston , M or r ill E .

M iddlet on , G ordon R .

Pet ty , John J .

Rauschk olb , R ichar d S. Saunders, Ralph S. Jr .

Schepens, W il liam E .

19 7 2

Buchanan , W alter E . L . I l l O r ior dan , T homas A .

W i nter berger , Gary A .

19 7 3

’ 7 5 : T i m O ’ C o n n el l — A V 2 59-4 104

(303) 472-4 104 (303) 593- 1544 (H ome) Rooms have been block ed at t he f ollowing hotels. I f calling or w riti ng f or reservat ions, be sure t o ment ion that you are a part o f t he 1985 H omecoming group t o get t he special rat e: ’65 — H ilt on I nn ($46/ 57) ; (303) 598-7656 ’75/ Ot hers — Sherat on I nn ($54/ 54) ; (303) 598-5770 For f urt her inf ormation on class-relat ed reunion event s, c o n tact your reunion chairman . T hose having quest ions o r c o m m e n t s on t he overall H omecoming schedule, please call t he A sso ci at i o n of Graduates at A V 259-4513/ 2067 or (303) 472-4513/ 2067.

M eyer s, Rober t H .

Rietsem a, K ees W .

A irf ield : (Continued f r om p revious p age.)

For the construct ion of t he runway , an A rmy construction b at t alion at Fort Carson was contacted in hopes of reducing c o st s .

The red tape associated with such dealings was expeditiously c o m

pleted and const ruct ion dat es set . U nf ortunat ely , j ust prior t o t he proj ected start date the unit was deployed on a high priority mis si o n . A d d i t i o n al f u n d s h ad t o b e l o cat ed a n d a co n t r act l et t o h av e

T E N T A T I V E SC H E D U L E O F E V E N T S 1600 - 1900 1900

’ 75 C l ass D i n n er

a civilian cont ract or build the runway . A s soil preparation p r o

gressed and the landing area started to take shape, a so i l co n d i t i o n

(excess moisture) was noted that prevented using a so i l cem en t stabilized mix f or t he runway .

T he contract or proposed a change t o t he speci f icat ions f o r t h e runway allowing a tw o-inch asphalt surf ace in lieu o f t h e so i l ce ment mix . A lso , he proposed short ening t he runway length 10 0 f eet t o prevent delays associated wit h f illing a large d i t ch . B o t h proposals were accepted by U SA FA and const ruct ion was quick ly

completed. The pattern was used for the first time i n Ju n e 19 84

and a temporary runway supervisory unit was completed by our local civil engineers in late autumn .

T he A ir Force’ s newest airplane, t he T G-7A powered sailplane is now f lying at the A ir Force’ s newest runway . T he airspace over U SA FA is busier wit h f lying programs t han it has ever b e e n .

T hat ’ s the way it should be.

TH E A OG

G o l f T o u r n am en t

E i sen h o w er G o l f

0 8 3 0 - 15 3 0

A ll-C lass Regist rat ion U SA FA Brief ings Open H ouse

G r ad L u n ch w i t h C ad et s

A r no ld H all A r n old H all C ad et D o r m s M i t ch el l H al l

C o u r se

0 830- 10 30 104 5- 1130 1200 - 124 5

Spouses/ O t hers L unch

A r n o ld H a ll

1300 - 1550

C l assr o o m V i si t s

F ai r ch i l d H al l

17 0 0 - 19 0 0

A ll-Class Cock tail Party

O f f icers’ O pen M ess

12 3 0 - 13 15

19 0 0

’ 6 5 a n d ’ 75 C l ass A ct i v i t i es

Saturday , Sept . 21, 1985

T o b e D et er m i n ed

0 8 30 - 0 9 30

C o f f ee/ R o l l s

A r n o l d H al l

10 0 0 - 10 3 0

M emorial Cerem ony Superintendent ’s Brunch (’65) T ailgate (’ 75/ O t hers) Foot ball Game,

T er r azz o

2200 -2 400

Jabara Banquet H omecom ing Ball

M i t ch el l H al l A r n o l d H al l

0 9 0 0 - 10 0 0

1 10 0 - 12 0 0

18 0 0 - 19 0 0

Chapel Services

1 10 0 - 12 3 0 13 3 0 - 16 3 0

O f f icers’ O pen M ess F al co n St ad i u m F al co n St ad i u m

U SA F A v s R i ce

1830- 2 130

A N N U A L M E M B E R SH I P : $25 L I F E M E M B E R SH I P S A V A I L A B L E

F ri day, Sept . 20, 1985

P et e r so n A F B

0 800

1 10 0 - 12 3 0

G ET A FRIEN D T O JOIN

T hursday , Sept . 19, 1985 H ilt o n I n n ’65 Regist ration Sh er at o n I n n ’ 75 Regist rat ion H ilt o n I n n ’65 H ospitality Suite

Sunday , Sept . 22, 1985 Cadet C hapel 23

FA L C O N SP O R T S

Str om , ’59, N am ed t o H all of F am e B y J o n M asso n (R ep r inted with p erm ission f r om the Colorado Springs Su n newsp ap er .)

Brock St r om , t he A ir Force A cademy ’ s f ir st consensus A l l A merican f ootball player , was named in February t o t h e N at i o n al Foot ball Foundat ion ’s C ollege H all of Fame. T he of f ensive an d def ensive tack le is t he f irst A ir Force A cademy graduate i n d u ct ed

into the college hall, according to A cademy athletic d i r ect o r J o h n C lu ne.

St rom , a team captain in 1955, 1957 and 1958, played o n t h e

F al co n ’ s u n d ef eat ed t ea m t h at b at t l ed T ex as C h r i st i an t o a 0-0 t i e in t he 1959 C ott on Bowl . “ I ’ m very pleased ,’ ’ Str om sa i d i n a telephone interview from his Palos Verdes, Calif ., h o m e . “ I t h i n k it ’s a real honor . I didn ’t think I had a chance, because I d i d n ’ t

play pr o ball .’ ’

The 50-year-old Strom was among 11 players named to t h e co l

lege hall .

A lso selected f or induction were H eisman T rophy winner P au l

H ornung, the “ Golden Boy’ ’ of Notre Dame; Southern C al i f o r nia running back M ike Garrett , another Heisman winner; T e n

nessee lineman D oug A t k ins; and guard George Br ow n of N avy and San D iego State.

Ot her s chosen were Baylor guard Bill Glass; O k lahoma half back T ommy M cD onald ; hal f back Sk ip M inisi of Penn a n d N avy ; A rmy tack le Robin O lds; guard Steve Reid of N ort h western ; and A labama quart erback Riley Smi t h .

I ’ m in good company , ’ ’ said St rom , work ing in space r el at ed proj ect s as a space def ense program manager . “ I ’ m very happy .

W hen inf ormed of his select ion , St rom said , “ T his came o n a real dow n day . I j ust got rear-ended in an aut omobile accid en t .

M y beautiful car (a Datsun 200) got banged up. This is going to mak e my day .

A ir Force of f icials remembered t he 6-0 St rom , a member o f t h e A cademy’s first graduating class, who played at 217 pounds.

H e was a great young man ,’ ’ said Jim C onboy , A FA ’ s h ea d t rainer and a close f riend of St rom . “ H e was very dedicated a n d a quiet leader . H e j ust played hard all the time. H e always w ork ed hard . H e was quiet and unassuming — a terri f ic young m an . I k now he will be t hrilled dow n deep . I k now I am .’ ’ Clune said , “ W e’ re j ust delighted he got t he honor . H e’ s t h e f ir st of several I hope. T his is an all-ti me f irst f o r u s. N o t t o o many are selected . T hat ’ s a pretty prestigious honor .

Str om has k ept tabs on t he Falcon f ootball f ortunes. H e sa i d h e « (

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b el i ev ed A i r F o r ce’ s r ecen t b o w l su ccess ai d ed h i m .

T hat probably helped my select ion ,’ ’ he said . “ T hey ’ve b een a su p er t eam .

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T he C ot t on Bowl t eam also was a super team — and the highlight of his career . “ I ’d say t he whole senior year (was t he highlight) , w h en w e w ent undef eated , ’ ’ he said . “ I t ‘ s hard t o f orget t hat . W e c a m e f rom nowhere and ended up sevent h-rank ed . M ak ing A llA merican was t he f rost ing on t he cak e. “ T his culminates my sport s career . But the real t hrill w as sen i o r

year and going undefeated. That can never be replaced.

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St rom , who has a master ’ s degree f rom M I T and his doct orate f rom A rizona St ate, said he has t hought about w hat prof essional

B r ock Str om ’59, second f r om lef t, looks over a p lay being ex

p lained by “ Buck Shaw, ’ ’ the A cademy ’s f irst f ootball co a ch . A t lef t is Thomas Jozwiak ’59, and at right is Christian W ar ack ’60.

f o o t b al l w o u l d h av e b een l i k e .

“ I missed t hat ,’ ’ he said , “ but by t he t ime I would have gotten out f ive years af ter graduat ion I was happy wi th what I w a s doing.’ ’

W o m en 's B ask et b a l l C o ach E ar ns H o n o r M art i Gasser , women ’ s bask etball coach at t he A cademy , h a s been named N ational Collegiate A t hletic A ssociat ion D i v i si o n I I

District VI I Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball C o ach es A sso ci at i o n . i i

It ’s a great honor to be chosen as coach of the year ,” G a sse r

said , “ Especially when you are selected by your peers.

D istrict V I I covers colleges and universities in A rizona, C o l o rado, I daho , U tah , M ontana and W yomi ng.

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In only her second year as coach of the Falcons, Coach G a sse r guided her team to a 20-8 record, tying the A cademy m a r k f o r

m o st w i n s i n a seaso n . A i r F o r ce al so w o n t h e C o n t i n en t al D i v i d e

N C A A t o u r n a m en t . ”

Coach Gasser says her ultimate dream in coaching is t o w i n t h e N CA A t it le. But she f eels being successf ul in coaching m e a n s t o do more t han j ust win ball games. “ T o me, success is seei ng players learn and grow wit h e a c h other . When I see players developing and maturing into responsi ble adults; t hat , t o me, is success,” she said .

N ow that t he women have experienced one o f t he best s e a s o n s in their hist ory , “ I t hink our players now have t hat same f eeling

for winning that the A cademy football team has,” said t h e L ogan, Ohio native. “ They learned to develop a winning at t i t u d e .

Conference regular-season title for the second consecutive y e a r .

T hat will change our goals f or next season .” Coach G asser l i st s

plained. “ We did everything we set out to do. We wanted t o b eat (service academy rival) A rmy, win the CDC and make i t t o t h e

t ournament , advancing past t he f irst round of the t ourney , and , most of all, growing together as people. (The Falcon F ly er)

“ T his season def initely was a successf ul one f or us, ”

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next year’s goals as winning the CDC, getting into t h e N C A A

B ook Unveils Ci ty 's A ircraf t P r oduction B oom

By J ohn H all I t w as wel l bef ore our ti me, of cour se. C ol or ado Spr i ngs, i n 1928, w as a

sleepy town of only 20,(KX) souls. The heyday of Cripple C r eek millionaires was drawing to a close, ski resorts in the nearby m ount ai ns were 20 years in the future and those few tourists passing t hrough w er e at tracted by the mineral baths in M anitou Springs. But, i n late A pr il o f t hat year, everything was to change. The ’Springs was to become t he epicenter of commercial aircraf t production for the United States!

Beginning on Tuesday, A pril 24, 1928, moving vans began arr iving f rom Englewood, Colo. A nd, there were not j ust a few o f t h em — t h er e were hundreds! Practically every f ree van, truck and h o r se ca r t i n C o l o rado j oined in the seemingly endless stream of traf fic w ending i i s w ay southward. They contained the material assets of A lexander I ndust r ies, a m i ni-conglomerate t hat had been operat ing i n E nglew ood si n ce 19 2 3 . T h e A lexander br ot hers, J . D on and D on M . , had t w o pri mary i n t er est s: t h e

production of “ commercials” that were shown in many m o v i e t h ea t er s o f

t he day and t he m anuf act ure o f airp lanes.

T her e was a gr eat degree o f ur gency i n the m ove o f A l ex a n d er I n dust r ies f r om E nglew ood t o C olorado Spr i ngs. A lt hough a m or e order ly displacement had been planned f or July o f ’28, a disaster ous explosio n and f i re in t he w i ng d oping f acil ity i n w hich 11 employees had been k illed , f or ced t he ear ly m ove decision . Some of t he planned ’ Spri ngs f acili ties w ere ready t o accept t he com panies, but m ost o f t he A lexander people were spr ead out al l over t he t ow n . T he 1928 summer was well under w ay bef or e all of t he companies’ act ivit ies w ere consol idated i n t h e A l ex a n d er compound on N ort h N evada A venue.

D o you remem ber t he A M I buildi ngs as you t ravelled N ev a d a A v en u e t owar d dow nt ow n C olorado Spr ings? D id you realize t hat b et w een 19 2 8 and 1932, over 500 A lexander E agler ock bi planes wer e b u i l t w i t h i n t h ei r w alls? W er e you aware that all t he land east of N evada A v en u e a n d n o r t h of Fillm ore St reet w as once the C olorado Spr i ngs A ir por t ? I t w a s f i r st k n o w n a s A l ex a n d er F i el d a n d l a t er a s N i ch o l s F i el d . But , bef ore t he dog raci ng t r ack and t he M ar t in D rak e P ow er Plant w ere erected , 264 acr es w er e devoted to ai rcraf t operat ions. I t was oper ati onal unt il 1955, t he year t hat t he A cademy w as f ou nded at L ow ry .

T he A lexander A i rcr af t C ompany began in 1925. I ts f ir st pr oduct , t he OX 5-pow ered L ong-W ing A lexander Eagler ock , was designed by A 1 M ooney , an aer onaut ical genius. A 1 w as only 19 at t he t i m e ! A s c h i ef engineer f or t he com pany , he w as also responsible f or the design of t he A lexander Bullet (i n 1928/ 29) . T he Bullet w as a f our-place, low-w i ng

monoplane with a retractable landing gear — an airplane t hat w as, l iteral ly, 15 years ahead of its time. With a Wright J6-5 engine, the Bullet was faster than the A rmy’s contemporary Curtiss “ pursuits” ! O nly t he di f ficulties getting the Bullet to spin properly and the G reat D epr ession k ept the A lexander low-winger from dominating the personal a i r c r a f t m a r k et in the ’30s. It did receive an A pproved Type Certificate f r o m t h e C A A .

In addition to the 900-plus Eaglerocks and the 11 Bullets, t h e A l ex ander

A ircr af t

C om pany

built

t hr ee ot her

ai rcraf t

t ypes.

T h ei r

“ Transport ” , an eight-place high-wing monoplane with a radial engi ne, was built in only a single example. It proved to be severely unpow er ed as an ai r liner . Baggage all ow ance w as only 14 pou nds per passenger ! A p proximately 350 A lexander Primary Gliders, dubbed “ The T rai ner ” , were built by t he company i n 1930 and 1931. V ery danger ous craf t , the Pr i mar ies pr ovided only 45 seconds of f l ight per lau nch . A nd , the f i r st f l ight w as alw ays a f ir st solo ! T he f inal A lexander pr oducti on design w as t he “ Flyabout ” , built in tw o models. T he D - 1 A lexander (f our exam ples) w as pow er ed w i th t he C ont i nental A -40 (H p) engi ne; t h e D - 2 h a d a t h r eecy linder Szek ely pow er plant o f 37 hor sepower . Bot h D - m o d el s w er e high-w i ng, tw o-place t r ainer s and w eren ’ t k now n as high-cli mber s. I n f act , t hey had to be tested at t he L aJu nta, C olo ., ai r por t . T hey couldn ’ t cli m b high enough above C olorado Spr ings to be spun saf ely !

A i rcraf t manu f acture i n C ol orado Spr i ngs came to an abrupt halt i n A ugust o f 1932. T he A lexander A i rcraf t C ompany w as squeezed out o f busi ness and declared bank ru pt because of t he D epression . I n t h e sev en years of i ts existence (t hr ee i n E nglew ood , f our i n t he ’Spr ings) t he A lex anders had bui lt a t otal o f 1,276-plus air f rames. For br ief per iods, dur i ng t hat t i me, t hey claim ed t o be t he lar gest com m ercial aircraf t manu f act ory in the wor ld l T hey w er e suppor ted by 40 dist r i butor s and 140 dealerships and w er e the f i r st com pany t o sell ai r planes “ on t im e” !

Few o f us, w ho have li ved i n C olorado Spr i ngs si nce 1955, or w ho have spent f our year s at t he A cademy , r ealized t his hi st or ic im por t ance of C ol o rado Spri ngs as a center o f ai rcr af t pr oduct io n . I t ’ s not sur pr isi ng, since m ost vestiges of t he A lexander A i r cr af t C om pany have disappear ed f r om view . T hat , plus t he f act t hat less t han 25 A lexander a i r c r a f t su r v i v e t o day , tends t o obscure t he com pany ’ s aer onautical im pact .

I f you ’ re i nterest ed i n t he detailed hi st or y of t he A l ex a n d er A i r c r a f t C om pany , C ol . John A . de V r ies has published , “ A lexander Eagler ock , T he H ist ory of t he A lexander A ir cr af t C ompany ” . H is b o o k i s a d v er t i sed i n t his issue by C entur y O ne P ress.

B oard of V isit ors: (Continued f r om p revious p age.) m ili tary insti tuti on w it hout an honor code is absolutely w o r t h l ess. T h e honor code t hat has been developed here under t he supervision o f t h e cadet s, t he f acul ty and t he commandi ng general is the best approach to an ho nor system t hat I have ever seen .” Sen. B ar ry M . G o l d w a t er — “ T he A cademy is a m i li tar y insti tut ion . I t ’s not an O k lahoma, an A ubur n or Y ale. Y ou must have an ho nor code syst em i n a n ed u c a t i o n a l inst it uti on such as t he A cademy .” J ulian M . N iemczyk

B oar d of Visi tors mem bers Sen. B ar ry M . Gold water, lef t, and H enry B .

Say l or, Jr . d iscuss A cademy issues. ( U. S. A ir F or ce p ho to by C hr is Tatr o)

— “ I w as t he one w ho ex pr essed some sk ept icism about so m e o f t h e r ef or m s t hat w ere bei ng made and t he di rect ion I t hought w e m ight be h ea d ed . B u t I t h i n k t h e e n d r esu l t i s a n ex cel l en t o n e a n d i t ’ s a m o d el w e

can al l be ver y pr oud of .” Rep , K ennet h B . K ramer Q W e’ve j ust lear ned t hat a congressi onal com m it tee i s invest igat ing t he A cademy as f ar as disci pli ne/ vi olat ions o f t he h o n o r co d e a n d t h e mi li tar y j ustice system .

A “ A s a member o f t he subcom m it tee, up unt il Febr uar y , t hat is sup posed t o be i nvest igat i ng t hi s issue, I w as not at a l l a n d a m n o t a w a r e o f any invest igat ion up unti l t he February t i me f r ame. A nyt ime we receive a let ter w it h som e al legat ions, i t i s our responsibi lity t o put it i nt o t he pr o per hands. I t hink t hose answ er s w il l be f or t hcom ing t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l s t hat w r ote. But t o my k now ledge. I am unaw ar e of any i nvest igat ion , so t o speak , by a com mi tt ee of t he ar med ser vices.” R ep. Beverly B . B yr on Q I sn ’t i t m ore o f an inquiry i nst ead of an i nvest igation?

A “ I t hi nk people are very l oose w i t h the ter m i nvest igat ion . I si t o n t he i nvest igat ive subcom m it tee o f t he A r med Ser vices C o m m i t t ee . T h a t com m it tee has no i nvest igat ion goi ng on . T he personnel and com pensa t ion subcomm it tee w hich I sat on unt il Febr uar y has had up unt il t hat t i me no invest igat ion .” Byr on — “ A s ch a i r m a n o f t h e A r m ed Ser v i ces C o m m i t t ee i n t h e Senate, we have never been ask ed to do an invest igat ion . I don ’ t t h i n k t h e co m m i t t ee w ould because I t hink t he honor code is somet hi ng t hat i s t he pr opert y and the business o f t he m ilitary academies. ” G oldw ater — “ 1 w ould add that as f ar as congressional i nterest and over sight s o f t he honor code and t he adm inist r at ion of t he code her e, w e have plent y o f it . I am very pleased at t he am ount o f co ngr essional inter est and i nquir y t hat w e have and 1 t hi nk it ’ s very healt hy . I don ’t t hink t her e’ s any need f or any i nqui ry or i nvest igati on i n W ashi ngt on , D .C . I t w o u l d b e c o u n t er pr oductive. ” M r . O ’D onnell

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BOX ERS QUA L IFY FOR NA T ION A L S

By SSgt . K en Guill ory P u b l i c A f f ai r s

Seven members of t he A ir Force A cademy boxing t eam

qualified f or the 1985 national championships after wi nni ng t itles in the M idwestern Regional Championships. A ir Force w o n i t s sbcth-straight team title in the regionals, held at T he Citadel , C har lest on , S.C ., in M arch .

class. H e lost a unanimous decision , but received the Sport sman ship A ward for his ef forts. “ He fought a heck of a fi ght , and it is a heart break er t o see him end his career af t er coming so f ar ,” said C o ach W ei ch er s.

A ir Force took the team championship with 75 points, w h i l e

“ Seven teams took part in the regionals and the competition was really strong,” said Head Coach Ed Weichers. “ A t f i r st I f el t we could sweep the tournament , but our guys faced some st i f f challenges, with our losses being by close decisions.”

T he Cit adel t ook second wit h 16. O hio U niversity and t h e U n iv er

Steadman ( 180). “ Steadman won the silver medal in the 19 8 4 n a tionals and he really looked strong over the weekend,” t h e co ach

Weichers said, “ The nationals are not going to be easy. A t e a m will probably have to win at least three bouts to claim t h e t i t l e .

Everyone is always after the defending champion, and t h a t ’ s u s .

We are going to have to train extra hard if we expect t o w i n

Regional winners for the Academy are j uniors Jim Holley (132-pounds), Randy Gibb (147), Joe Wiggens (172) and St ev e sai d .

Sean A muan (119), Tom Geoghan (125) and Dave Thompson

(heavyweight) each won by walkover in the final round. A m u a n was a 1983 national champion .

The biggest disappointment for Air Force was the defeat o f

Cregg Christmas, defending national champion in the 156-pound

P r o f esso r N am ed

t o N C A A C o u n ci l

sity of M iami (Ohio) were tied for third with 14 each.

The Falcons are now preparing to defend the national t i t l e i t

has won f our of t he last f ive year s. A ir Force won t h e N at i o n al Collegiate Boxing A ssociation’s national crown in 1980, ’ 81, ’ 83 and ’ 84. I n 1982 t he Falcons f inished second nat ionally . C o ach

again .

This year’s national championships were scheduled f or A pril

12- 13 in A t lant ic City , N . J . ( The F alcon F ly er)

A cademy Sp or ts Fare Well

Numerous A cademy sports teams and individuals excelled t h i s past fall and winter seasons.

W omen’ s Bask et ball . T he team tied t he A cademy mar k f o r most w ins in a season w it h a record of 20-8, winning t h e C o n

tinental Divide Conference regular-season title for t h e seco n d

consecutive year and ranked nationally between 12th an d 15t h t hr ough t he season .

For her ef f orts, women’s basketball coach M arti Gasser w a s named National Collegiate A thletic A ssociation Division I I District VI I Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball

C oaches A ssociat ion . T wo members of t he team , St acey G o ss a n d

Mary Manning, were two of five collegiate players named t o t h e K odak A ll-D ist rict W omen ’ s Bask etball T eam f or D ist rict V I I f o r

Col . H arvey Schiller Col. Harvey Schiller, faculty athletics representative at t h e Academy, has been appointed to the National Collegiate A t h l et i c A ssociat ion Execut ive C omm it tee.

The appointment was made by the NCAA Council following

t he 79th annual Convent ion in N ashville, T enn . ( (

I’m very pleased and honored,” the colonel said. “ This i s t h e

kind of reward that makes all the long hours more enj oyable.”

Colonel Schiller is a professor and head of the A cademy’s

Chemistry Department. He has been assigned to the Academy si n ce 1978 .

The NCAA Council , responsible for the selection of n i n e o f t h e Executive Committee’s 14 members, is made up of representatives f rom all divisions of t he N CA A . T he commit tee is responsible f o r

the championships and financial af fairs of the NCAA .

The colonel earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry f r o m

t he Citadel . H is master ’s and doct orat e came f rom t he U niversity of Michigan. His term on the committee will end in January ,

1989. (The Falcon Flyer)

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National Collegiate A thletic A ssociation Division schools.

The team is selected by the Women’s Basketball Coaches A ssociation. District VI I covers schools and universities i n A rizona, Colorado, Idaho, M ontana and Wyoming.

Women’s Volleyball. Following a 33-16 record, the women’s volleyball team won the Continental Divide Conference an d w as ranked 18th nationally in the NCA A Division I I poll. J u n i o r B ar b M artin and sophomores Stacy Schlange and L isa Garraway w e r e select ed t o the 12-member all-conf erence t eam .

Water Polo. Despite its 10-12 mark , the water polo t ea m f i n

ished t he season rank ed 14t h nati onally . H ighlight ing t h e se a so n

was winning the Falcon Invitational and finishing second at t h e

M idwestern Championships in I ndianapolis, Ind. Women’s Gymnastics. Two female gymnasts, M arci McGlinn

and Cynthia Tallmadge, were to represent the Academy i n t h e

National Collegiate A thletic A ssociation Division I I W o m e n ’ s Gymnastics Championships at Springfield College, M ass.

McGlinn, a senior, is after the vault title while Tallmadge, a l so a senior, is shooting f or the title in all-around competition. B o t h

gymnasts qualified for the nationals by winning their respective event s at the N CA A D ivision I I South Central Region Champion

ships held at Gustavus A dolphus College in M innesota.

M en’s and Women’s Fencing. Both the men’s and women’s

fencing teams finished their respective seasons recently i n t h e Western Regional Championships. The women ended their season in third place in the region, while the men en d ed t h ei r seaso n i s seco n d .

SP R I N G F O O T B A L L D R I L L S P R O M I SI N G

By SSgt . K en Guill ory P u b l i c A f f ai r s

Spring was around the corner and j ust when you t hought bask et ball was over and baseball was beginning t here came a sound of bodies slamming t o t he ground and balls being throw n and k ick ed . Y es,

it ’s football time. . .spring training style at t he A cademy as t he Falcons donned t heir pads and hit t he pract ice f ield in mid

maj or goals for 1985 — first , beat Army

defensive front line. Senior right tackle

W est er n A t h l et i c C o n f er en ce t i t l e .

starter and he’ll captain a line that figures to have j uniors Steve Spewock and Pat

and N avy to regain t he Commander-inChief ’s tr ophy , and second , w in t he

The quest for those two goals will begin with the season opener, Aug. 31, when the Falcons host Texas-El Paso at 1:30 p.m. i n F al co n St ad i u m .

M ar ch .

Of f ensive prof ile

I was pleased with the way things went

at practice, ”

said Falcon H ead Coach

Fisher DeBerry. " Some of the players

were hit ting j ust as though last season didn ’t end . T he players were anxious and

excited about getting back into the pads and going at it again. I really expect some

go od t hi ngs practices.

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t hese

Coach DeBerry said the most important thing he wants to do this spring is “ im prove fundamental skills, blocking and tackling.” Judging from the scrimmage conf r ont at i ons dur i ng pract ice, i t shouldn’t take them long to hone those particular skills. “ We want to get our best 22 players on the field at any one time, h e ad d ed .

A sign in the team dressing room reads:

T his is 1985, shut the door on ’ 84.” L ast

seaso n saw t h e F al co n s co n t i n u e t h ei r t o r

rid attack on the A cademy’s of fensive record books, finishing second nationally in rushing and in the Top 10 in scoring

an d t o t al o f f en se.

T he 1984 Falcons posted t he t hird con

secutive bowl win for the A cdemy with a

23-7 vict ory over V irginia T ech in t he I n

dependence Bowl. A lso, Air Force scored its third straight win over Notre Dame.

N ow A ir Force is hot on t he t rail of tw o

T h e o f f en si v e l i n e r et u r n s b o t h t ack l es

— seniors K raig Evenson and D ave Sut

t o n . T h e t h r ee m i d d l e m en en d ed t h ei r ca r eer s last seaso n .

A t hal f back , seniors K elly Pit tman and

Greg Pshsniak should get the early nod.

Junior Pat Evans returns at f ullback where he gained 1,015 yards in 1984. H e

John Z eigler ret urns af ter two seasons as a St oll batt ling f or t he ot her tack le slot and

seniors Matt Rathsack and Dick Clark, moved from linebacker , fi ghting for the nose guard posit ion .

The defensive backs appear to be the

st rongest posit ion on the A ir Force rost er as all f our starters ret urn . T he corners will be covered by senior D wan W ilson and j unior T om Rotello wit h senior A . J . Scot t at Falcon and preseason A ll-A merican

candidate Scott Thomas as safety.

A l l b u t o n e l i n eb ack er r et u r n s. Sen i o r

M ike Chandler and j unior Terry Maki will

Johnny Smit h and Chris V ellanti .

L ast year ’s top receiver , senior K en

handle t he inside chores wit h senior Pat M alack ow sk i ret urning at end .

L ast year ’s back up placek ick er , T om Ruby , will be look ed at as t he team ’ s

P h ar r i s an d St ev e A l l en .

punter . L ast year he averaged 42. 1 yards

should expect a stif f challenge from

Carpenter, returns along with seniors Eric A ll t hree t ight ends ret urn f rom the

1984 team. Seniors Hugh Brennan and Roger Teague, along with sophomore

Chad H ennings, should leave the team

with little to worry about at this position.

Seniors Bart W eiss and Brian K norr will

again head the quarterback charges.

Knorr was the starter last year until an in j ury in the fourth game sidelined him.

Weiss stepped in and accounted for 1,208 t otal yards and rushed f or 10 touchdow ns.

H e was also selected as t he M V P of the I n dependence Bowl .

D ef en si v e o u t l o o k Some changes will be evident on t he

st ar t er . J u n i o r M ar k Si m o n i s b ack as t h e p er p u n t .

A ir Force will pay 12 games in 1985, sbc

at home and sbc on t he road . T he Falcons will get their f irst taste of a f ull W A C slat e

playing eight conference games.

The Falcons have three preseason A ll-

A merican candidates — Evans, M ak i and

T h o m as.

I n addition t o t hose t hree, who are also

considered for all-conference honors,

other players who may earn all-conf erence

honors include Wilson, Rotello, A .J.

Scot t ,

W ei ss.

Z iegler ,

Evenson ,

Sut t on

and

Spring training consisted of 20 practice sessions as allowed by the NCA A .

Grid Opener Date Changed

The opening Air Force Academy football game originally

scheduled for Sept . 7 against Texas-El Paso has been m o v ed t o

A ug. 31, L abor D ay week end .

Col . John Clune, A cademy athletic director, in making t h e an nouncement stated, “ UTEP requested the change in order to play Southern Methodist University on Sept . 7. I felt that , if possible,

we should accommodate a W ester n A t hlet ic Conf erence sc h o o l with this schedule change. It will also work well for the A cademy

because A ug. 31 is parents’ weekend at the A cademy, as w el l as L abor D ay weekend .”

Clune also stated, “ It will also give us two weeks t o get ready for our game Sept . 14 against Wyoming in Laramie. Coach DeBerry has indicated to me that a team makes the most p r o g r e ss between the first and second games of the year and t he open date will hopefully be another advantage f or the Falcons.

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I n all , t he 1985 Falcon f oot ball schedule will have six h o m e games including UTEP, A ug. 31; Rice, Sept . 21; Notre D ame, Oct . 5: Utah, Oct . 26; San Diego State, Nov. 2; and A rmy , N ov .

9. Rounding out the 12 game schedule on t he road are W yomi ng, Sept . 14; New M exico, Sept . 28; Navy, Oct . 12; Colorado State,

Sophomore linebacker Butch Cavello tries to stop senior l i n eb a ck er Sc o t t Curtis during a spring f ootball practice session. L ooking on at r igh t is

H ead C oach F isher D eB er ry .

Oct . 19; Brigham Young, Nov. 16; and Hawaii, Nov. 23.

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Two Grads On D iscovery Shuttle Crew

T wo A ir Force A cademy Graduates made t heir way int o sp a c e f or t he f irst time aboard the Space Shut t le D iscovery , w h i ch w as launched f rom t he K ennedy Space Center in January .

1967 graduate, L t . C ol . L oren J . Shriver , piloted t he D i sco v ery , while M aj . Gary E . Payt on, a 197 1 graduate, served a s a payload specialist f or the mission . T he mission was cl assi f i ed .

Colonel Shr iver , w ho is assigned t o N A SA , graduted f r o m t h e

A cademy with a bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering, and had several A merican Flags with him ab o ar d t h e

D iscovery which will be presented t o the A cademy A er onautics D epart ment at a f ut ure date, according t o L t . C ol . T h o m as Y echout , deputy head of t he A eronaut ics D epartment . “ C o l o n el

Shriver had been in contact with us and expressed interest i n t a k ing a few mementos into space with him that could later b e presented to our department . Due to the space and weight l i m i t a tions, the flags seemed to be the most appropriate,” C o l o n el

Y echout said . “ W e plan on mak ing a display wit hin t he depart ment t o honor t he f irst A cademy graduate wit h an aeronautics maj or t o f ly in space. » »

A s a payload specialist for the flight . M aj or Payton m o n i t o r ed

t he placement of a satellite int o the specif ied orbit . M aj or Payt on

is assigned to Space Division, L os A ngeles A S, Calif ., a s a

manned spacef light engineer . H e and several ot her A ir F o r ce o f ficers have attended a course in manned spaceflight engineeri ng taught by A cademy A stronautics I nstructor Capt . Jack A nt hony .

Previous courses have been taught at various test pilot schools,

while future courses are slated to be held at the A cademy.

Thirteen A cademy graduates are involved in the astronaut p r o gram. The graduates aboard the current shuttle flight brings t he number of A cademy alumni that have flown in space to t h r ee .

Col. Karol Bobko, a 1959 graduate, was the first A cademy alumni to fly in space, piloting the Space Shuttle Challenger in A pril 1983. A pproximately 55 graduates work as engineers a n d mission support specialists f or NA SA . In addition. C o l . J o h n F a bian, a former tenured associate professor in the A eronautical

The f i ve mem bers of the Sp ace Shut tle Sl -C aboar d the D isco very ar e:

(standing f rom lef t) pay load specialist and 1971 A cademy gr ad uate Gary

E . P ay ton, m ission sp ecialist James F . B uchl i, and m issi on sp ecial ist E llison S. Onizuk a; (k neel ing f r om lef t) p il ot and 1967 A cademy gr ad uate

Engi neering D epart ment , f lew on a shutt le mission i n J u n e 19 83 . ( The F alcon F ly er)

L oren P. Shriver and commander Thomas K . M attingly I I .

Sp ace Seen as N ex t A ir F or ce F r on tier

T he D epart ment of D ef ense’ s recent classif ied shutt le mission heralded signi f i

can t m i l est o n es f o r t h e A i r F o r ce an d t h e

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A ir Force A cademy .

L t . Col . L oren J . Shriver , ’67, became t he second A cademy graduate t o pilot a shutt le, f ollowing t he f oot steps of C ol .

K arol J . Bobk o , ’ 59, who pilot ed a shut t le mission in A pril 1983.

T he classi f ied mission, launched lat e in January , also signaled t he increasing use of t he space shut tle f or A ir Force obj ec t i v es.

Colonel Shriver , a member of the A sso ciat ion of Graduat es, t ook an A OG em b l em

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which will be presented t o t he A cademy at a lat er dat e. H e also f lew several patches and a banner f rom his f ormer squadron .

Cadet Squadron 17. T he pat ches and ban ner will be present ed t o Squadron 17,

w h i l e sev er al

m i n i at u r e U .S . a n d

A ir

Force f lags t hat f lew wit h him will be presented t o the A eronautical Engineering D epart ment .

I n a recent t elephone interview . Colonel Sh r i v er d i scu ssed h i s i n v o l v em en t i n t h e

astronaut program and how his A cademy education , combined w it h lat er test pilot experience, helped him achieve shut tle pilot st atus.

T he A cademy was a very essent ial step ,” Colonel Shriver said . “ W hile at t he a

A cademy I was interested in aeronaut ical engineering speci f ically , and I st uck wit h that . L ater , I was a T -38 inst ruct or pilot , and t hat experience helped — it was good backgr ound f or what I ’m doing now , ” t h e co l o n el sai d .

C o l o n el Sh r i v er f l ew F -4 s i n T h ai l an d i n

1974 and t hen was assigned t o Edwards A FB , Cali f ., w here he at tended t est pilot school . “ T hose assignments gave me t he k ind of operational and f lying experience t hey were look ing f or at N A SA ,” Colonel Sh r i v er sai d . “ I d o n ’ t t h i n k I co u l d h av e

got that k ind of experience anywhere be si d es t h e A i r F o r ce.

I t seems t hat one of t he requirements — at least f or t he shutt le pilot applicant s — is completion of t est pilot school in one h e sai d . o f t he m ilit ary services, “ A lt hough it ’ s not a documented require ment t o be a test pilot , t he compet ition is such t hat t hose select ed have test pilot ex perience.

T he colonel said while assigned t o N A SA he has been involved wit h a variet y of proj ect s, in addit ion t o preparing f or t he recent f light . “ T he last six mont hs prior t o t he mission was very much dedi cated t o t raining speci f ically f or that par t icular f light . W e work ed wit h simulat ors, shut tle t raining aircraf t t hat are m odi f ied t o f ly lik e t he shutt le and spent many h e sai d . “ W h en hours in brief ings. ( (

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you ’re not t raining speci f ically f or a f light , t here are all k inds of pr oj ect s — such as new engineering tests and new equipment being developed — t o get in volved in . T he program look s f or inputs f rom the ast ronauts and we get very much i nvolved at t he program level .”

C o l o n el Sh r i v er sai d h e f el t t h e f u t u r e

of military space operat ions should in clude active leadership by t he A ir Force.

I t h i n k t h e A i r F o r ce i s h ead ed t o w ar d a

maj or role in space operations, and in t he f ut ure of t he U ni f ied Space Command — it should play a maj or role. T he A ir Force has t he expert ise to undertake such a role,” he said . “ I n the past , f ol k s came t o N A SA , got involved wit h t he mission, and t hen ret ired . I t hink t hat ' s about t o change.

T he intent now is t o start cycling people back int o ot her j obs. T hat is why I t hink t he f ut ure of t he A ir Force i n space opera t ions is somet hing t hat can use t he t alent and experience t hat get s developed at N A SA . 9 9

T he colonel ’s f uture plans may include commanding a f ut ure shutt le mission . “ I haven ’t been of f icially assigned t o another

mission yet , but I think it won’t be long

bef ore t here will be anot her one, and hopef ully I ’ ll be t he commander on t hat f light , ” Colonel Shriver said . ( The F alcon F ly er)

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C H A PT ER N EW S A L A M O A REA CH A PT ER T he A lamo A rea Chapter started 1985 with an enj oyable membership night at t h e B r o o k s A F B O f f i cer ’ s C l u b . M o r e

t han 60 members, t heir spouses and f riends gat hered to reestablish old bonds and elect t he chapter of f icers f or 1985.

T he new of f icer s are: president , M ick ey Rot h ’63; 1st vice president . Sk ip Cox ’65; 2nd vice president , Pete H ugdahl ’67; secretary , Jim W heeler ’64; and treasurer , N iel St one ’65. I n addition , t he chapt er select ed base representatives who also serve on the chapter board of direct ors.

T he area base reps are Bill A rdern ’63 f or Randolph A FB , L arry Rom o ’78 f or L ack land A FB , K en K aylor ’78 f or W ilf ord

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K aylor ’79 f or K elly A FB .

T wo chapter of f icers, Jim Brown ’ 59 and L arry Freeman ’61 deserved and re ceived special recognit ion . Each of them served t he chapter f or six years and nur t ured it s growth t hr ough t he t ough times.

M cD ermott and Brig. Gen . Ervin J .

Rok ke ’62. General Rok k e, our guest speak er , gave an interest ing and inf or mat ive talk which f ocused on changes t o t he A cademy ’s curriculum in response t o advanci ng t echnol ogy and em ergi ng societ al t rends. H is comment s generated a sense of opt imism about t he f ut ure of our academy and the excellent academic preparat ion t he gr aduates receive.

Coming up in t he chapter program f or A ugust will be a f loat t rip down t he Guad alupe River near San A ntonio . T he day long f loat trip in innert ubes is planned as a f amily event and should prove t o be great fun .

A s a f inal not e, any grad want ing t o j oin t he A lamo Chapter needs t o contact N eil St one, 13903 Blazing T ree, San A n t onio , T exas 78247. Chapter dues are $10 a year . Grads who are not chapt er member s are cordially invit ed t o par

ticipate in our activities for a slight addi t i o n al f ee.

T h an k s t o t h em b o t h . T h e b o ar d o f d i r ec

C O L O RA D O C H A PT ER

t ors is committ ed t o pr oviding an excit ing array of programs f or 1985 and increasing chapter membership t o include more j unior rank ing graduates was well as the older grads. Glen N ordin , one of t he A lamo Chapter associate member s, pro vided another highlight of M embership N ight when he int roduced t he recently published book , ‘ ‘ I nt o the M out h of t he Cat .” T he book is an inspiring account of M edal of H onor winner L ance Sij an ’65.

From A pril 12th t o 14t h t he chapter helped host t he Cadet Chorale ( 120 cadets) who per f ormed on t hree di f f erent occasions t hat week end . T he premier per f ormance was Saturday evening at T rinity U niversity ’ s f am ous L aurie A udit orium .

T he chorale was superb ! T heir program , a per f ect blend of pop , t radit ional and pat riotic selections, t horoughly enter tained everyone and rek i ndled a deep f eel ing of pride toward the ‘ ‘A mbassadors in Cadet Blue.” For many , it was t he f irst

T he Colorado Chapter has had an ex t remely excit ing and rewarding year . A f ter

t i m e t o h ear t h e ch o r al e si n ce i t ad d ed w o m en cad et s — a n ew d i m en si o n i n so u n d . T h o se w h o h o st ed ch o r al e m em

bers enj oyed sharing t heir homes wit h the cadet s Friday and Saturday night s which spark ed t he sense of community between t hose who share a unique f our-year regimen .

On A pril 19, t he chapter celebrated Founder ’s D ay wit h a banquet at the Brook s A FB O ’ Club att ended by more t han 100. W e were honored by the presence of two of t he A cademy ’s deans of academics. Brig. Gen . (Ret) Robert F .

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a period of inactivity and questioning our existence, t he chapt er board , spearheaded

by Bill Maywhort ’68, Bill Wood ’68, Bill Sasz ’ 68, Gary Bone ’69, A llan Jensen ’74, and A 1Blumberg ’68, t hrew it sel f into

a d ed i cat ed ef f o r t t o b eco m e an act i v e

group . T hat ef f ort , support ed by t he na tional A OG , has result ed in a gr owing and exciting list of activities f or an expanding group of members.

A n organizat ional picnic was held last su m m er at B i l l W o o d ’ s h o u se . T h e at

tendees f ormed t he nucleus of t he 59-plus members now on board . A very successf ul picnic was held t he morning of the A ir Force - N avy game with our counterpart s in t he N aval A cademy A lumni A ssocia t ion . (T he game was even more suc cessf ul !) W e f ollowed that f unct ion wit h a very wort hwhile brief ing by General

Scott , superintendent , on the changes in

t he H onor Code. T he brief ing was at tend ed by over 50 graduates, and General Scott ’ s ideas were most interest ing.

T he new year brought an excellent hap py hour f unct ion in D enver t hat will be t he patt ern f or more such gatherings in the f ut ure. T he highlight of 1985 so f ar , however , was our f irst-ever D ark A ges D inner . T he st rict ly casual af f air was held at a D enver hotel with dancing af terward .

M r . D ick Schlosberg ’65, publisher of the D enver P ost , was t he f eatured speak er .

T hose grads who did not at tend missed a tr uly interesting and f ascinat ing presenta-

tion by D ick on t he media and how it work s. T hank s t o D ick , t he D ark A ges D i n n er w as o n e o f t h e f i n est f u n ct i o n s

t hat t he chapter has ever staged .

T he f ut ure f or t he chapt er look s ex t remely bright ! N ot only is our member ship back on t he upsw ing, but we have a f u l l sl at e o f f u n ev en t s f o r t h e su m m er . A cel eb r at i o n ” o f t h e en d o f t h e T ax

Season will be held on A pril 17t h at happy h o u r i n D en v er . W e w i l l ei t h er d r o w n o u r

sorr ows or celebrate our ref und . (Re f undees buy !) I n June, we will support t he

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D enver , and in July have a repeat of t he summer picnic f or chapter members.

Plans are also in t he w or k s f or a mor ning picnic at t he A ir Force - N ot re D ame game in Oct ober , along wit h additional happy hour get t ogether s as desired . T hat should k eep us all out of t rouble, or in it , depend ing on your viewpoint .

T w o maj or goals of t he chapt er in t he coming mont hs are t o build up our Colo rado Springs member ship and t o f orm f riendly netw or k s of graduat es w it h li k e int erests. W e are planning t o publish and distribut e t o our membership a list of all chapter members, includi ng t heir prof es sions and phone numbers. W e hope t hat the members will use t his f requent ly up d at ed l i st t o co n t act o t h er m em b er s f o r ei t h er so ci al o r b u si n ess r ea so n s. T h e f o r

mat should mak e this a very valuable t ool f or our membership .

W e also w ould lik e t o appeal t o all Col orado located graduat es, part icularly i n Colorado Springs and D enver , t o contact eit her A 1 Blumberg ’68, (633-8299) in C ol orado Springs, or Bill M ayw hort ’68, (74 1- 1226) in D enver f or member ship in f ormation . W e are only as good as our membership — and we want t o meet you !

FREN CH EX C H A N G E CH A PT ER T he U SA F A cademy — Ecole de I’A ir Exchange A ssociati on cont inues t o grow , now

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t husiasm f or t he chapt er and it s goals has encouraged us t o plan our f ir st reunion at t he Paris A ir Show in M ay and June. T he Paris A ir Show is t he largest display of aircraf t and aeronautical equipment in t he world and att ract s, am ong it s many t housands of vi sit ors, milit ary aviat ors f rom around t he globe, particularly F r en ch an d A m er i ca n A i r F o r ce o f f i cer s.

F o r t h i s r ea so n w e b el i ev e t h e A i r Sh o w

of f ers t he per f ect chance f or f ormer Ex changers t o renew old f riendships. A great

n u m b er o f F r en ch A i r F o r ce o f f i cer s at -

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tend t he show and this year a “ Grand

Gala” celebrating the 50th anniversary of t h e E co l e d e I ’ A i r co i n ci d es w i t h t h e ai r

show . Chapter mem bers have received

more detailed information in their chapter mailings. Of course we hope to see many o f o u r o t h er U SA F A f r i en d s t h er e t o o .

A mong our chapter ’ s many obj ect ives, we hope t o collect and pass on inf orma tion t o our members about assignment s where t heir unique language talent s and experience with t he French A ir Force can b e u sed t o t h e b en ef i t o f t h e m em b er an d t h e U .S . A i r F o r ce . T o d o t h i s w e n eed

your help . I f you k now of , or have served in such a posit ion , let us k now so t hat we can pass on such inf ormat ion t o ot hers. I n t his way we can help each ot her and our service. I n t his regard one item of good n ew s i s t h at D av e R o b er t s h as b een ac

cepted f or an A FI T -sponsored master ’s

degree in French at the University of

Oregon, wit h a f ollow-on assignment t o t he D epart ment of Foreign L anguages at U SA FA . Grads on t he f aculty add a very posit ive dimension to cadet s’ inst ruct ion and f ormer Exchangers in the French sec t ion to help t rain Exchange candidates are of great benef it t o all . A nyone interested

in instructor duty should contact Captain Chuck Robert son , H Q U SA FA / D FF , U SA F A cademy , Colo ., 80840, A T V N :

2 59- 3820 .

T h at i s al l t h e n ew s I h av e t h i s t i m e .

Please k eep me inf ormed of what ’s hap

pening to you and I hope to see you all at the air show. (Bruce M cL ane, Exchange ’73, POL / SHA PE, A PO N Y 09055) N O RT H T EX A S C H A PT ER

A s t his issue goes t o press plans are in f ull swing f or t he annual gala event , our Founder ’ s N ight D inner and D ance. I t is t o be held again at t he Sum mit H otel in N o r t h w est

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Reemt sma ’63, is once again doing t he doggie work mak ing t he ar rangement s.

H e has again promised us the so-f ar never-

made-it caricature artist . A s Denny King

’63, apt ly put it , “ T his t ime we drew her a pict ure.

T h e N o r t h T ex as A sso ci at i o n o f A i r

Force A cademy graduates st art ed of f t he year wit h a visit t o Carswell A FB , where we hosted an open-keg invitat ion t o

graduates based at Carswell or living in t h e ar ea . W e r eal i ze t h at so m e F o r t W o r t h

resident s f eel t hey have t o pack a lunch t o d r i v e t o D al l as.

For those of you that have yet to j oin

t he N ort h T exas Chapt er , our local con tact at Carswell is L t . Randy Sutt kus ’ 81,

(817) 294-3882 (home) or of fice (817)

735-7567. I n the mid-cit ies area you can r each chapt er vice pr esi dent Jer ry A hmann ’63, at (817) 275-7597.

Y early dues of st ill only $10 can be mailed direct ly , along with personal inf or mation t o our t reasurer , Ron Schilleref f ’66, at 6825 T opsf ield D rive, D allas, T X 7 52 3 1.

The annual business meeting and mem

b er s so ci a l w as h el d J an . 24 at t h e A d

dison Roadway I nn. The meeting got of f

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college graduates to figure out how to tap

a new style k eg. T he att endance at t he

business meeting was rather disappointing

at under 40, which lef t us wit h t he un precedented problem of w hat t o do wit h almost hal f a keg of beer lef t over . T hose att ending t he meet ing were t reated t o f ine I n the hors d ’ouvres, prepared by C l assi c M anner ” ow ned by E l l en i i

A h m an n .

Ron H ale ’71, outgoing president , pre sent ed t he new chapt er banner w hich was

inaugurated at the 1984 Independence Bowl . T he membership elect ed t he new board consisting of M anny P . Cardenas, ’64, president ; Jerry A hmann , vice presi

dent ; George Kusmiak ’66, vice president ; John D ef ili ppo ’ 70, secret ary ; Ron Schilleref f ’66, t reasurer ; and Rick Bart on ’71, member of t he board .

In addition to the Founders Banquet , other coming events scheduled this year

include our picnic June 16, and t he t ri

service softball game scheduled for May 19, at which t ime we hope t o reclaim “ our ” t rophy f rom A rmy .

I n order t o do t hat , and t o make a con

tinued success of all our activities, we

need your support . So call any one listed above and bring your spouse or best f riend to our next act ivit y .

Red Baron Chap ter Forms in Germany

T he ef f ort s of T om Rausch ’62, Sue Slavec ’ 80, and other graduates st ationed

in Germany paid of f during the first meeting of the new Red Baron Chapter at

t h e R am st ei n A i r B ase O f f i cer s C l u b i n O ct o b er .

Fi f ty-f ive graduates at tended t he dinner at which M aj . Gen . H arold W . T odd ’ 59, was t he guest speaker . H is remark s were

well received. While primarily a social event , the dinner generated the support

needed f or creation of t he Red Bar on

early spring.

’67 and ’72 each had six graduates attend.

Graduates came from as far away as

planning a St ate of t he W ing dinner later

and ’73 were represent ed . T he Classes of

Berlin wit h some visit ors f rom Omaha and t he U nited K ingdom .

The chapter is now in the process of formally organizing and developing an

up-t o-date membership roster . T he con

M aj . Gen. H arold W. Todd ’59, speaks to the Red Baron Chap ter .

stitution and bylaws should be adopted by

Chapter . A ll classes except ’60, ’63, ’64

For the immediate future the chapter is

this year and hopes to have the superin

t en d en t o r co m m a n d a n t at t en d . F o r m o r e

information on the Red Baron Chapter ,

please contact John T . Rausch at Box 8868, A PO N ew Y ork 090 12, or Sue Slavec, Box 1024, A PO N ew Y or k 09021.

The Class of ’67 enj oyed the initial meeting of the R e d B a r o n Chap ter. Standing f rom lef t are Gerry Cor win, Fred Williams, Gary Scheimer, D ouglas H awkins, and Gene L up ia. Seated a r e Toodie Cor win, L en M orris, Jan Scheimer and Diane L up ia.

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R ichard C. Gray, '64

D avid D ean M ason, ' 77

M r . Richard Curtis Gray, Class of 1964, suf fered an u n e x pected heart attack while at work in Chatsworth, Calif ., o n F eb .

28, 1985. He died later that day at Canoga Park Hospital.

It was my special privilege to have been a close friend o f R i ch f or the past 25 years. We were roommates at Lackland A F B

Captain David Dean M ason, Class of 1977, died in the cr ash o f an H-53 helicopter on Jan. 15, 1985. Dave and his crew w e r e a t tempting to rescue a seriously ill British seaman from t h e d eck o f a freighter 600 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii, when st r u ct u r al

where we underwent basic t raini ng prior t o entering t h e A i r F o r ce A cademy Preparatory School at Bainbridge, M d., where we again w er e r o o m m at es.

While at the A cademy Rich was a member of the 8th Squadron,

where he will be remembered f or his t remendous physical co n d i tion, athlet ic ability and leadership qualit ies — but m o st f o r h i s easy-going manner and unique peal of laughter . A fter graduat ion Rich was assigned to pilot t raining at L aredo A FB . R i ch l ef t t h e A ir Force in 1969 as a captain and pilot of a B-52. H e f lew many m i ssi o n s o v er V i et n am .

A fter receiving his M BA degree from Pepperdine University,

he work ed f or FM C as a sales representat ive. From t here he j oin

ed L ear Siegler Instrument Division, Grand Rapids, M ich ., as a marketing representative; then on to Bomar Corporation a s c o r porate marketing director and most recently with Guidance Technology Inc. of Chatsworth, Calif ., an aerospace f irm , as direct or of mar keting.

Except for his time in the A ir Force, Rich and I were c o n st a n t companions as we lived in the same states throughout o u r

business careers. For t hose of you who had not seen R i ch f o r

some years, I can attest to his many fine accomplishments an d sterling character . Rich was a model husband and father . H i s primary concerns were always his family, f riends, church an d

career . H is memorial service, w hich was held at Pierce B r o t h e r s

Valley Oaks Memorial Chapel, Westlake Village, Calif ., w a s a t

tended by so many people t hat t here was standing r oom only wit h

many more outside the chapel. Rich was a unique individual w h o

was admired and respected by all who k new him . H e w ill b e remembered f or his dedicated f riendship , his uncondit ional l o v e f or his f amily and his uncommon good nature.

R i ch w as b u r i ed i n t h e v et er an s sect i o n o f P i er ce B r o t h er s

Valley Oaks M emorial Park . He is survived by his lovely an d

devoted wi f e Rosa, t hree enviable children , Claudia, R i ch ar d Curtis I I and Bryan; his parents, Russel and Evelyn Gray of Fre mont ; a sister , D olores Pearson of Fremont , and two brot hers, Russel and Gary , bot h of San L eandro , Cali f .

I t is hard t o believe and accept t hat Rich is gone, b u t i t i s co m f orti ng t o k now t hat he did it all wit h class and goodness an d t h at surely he is one of God ’s chosen people. W e miss you R i ch .

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f ai l u r e d i sab l ed t h e ai r cr af t .

D ave, better k nown t o some as “ M ace” , was a nat ive o f

Springfield, M o. He was a member of 35th Squadron as a ca d et

w here both he and his pick up t ruck ear ned a reputat ion f o r t h ei r of f -r oad ant ics. A f ter graduat ing wit h a degree in psychology , D ave entered pilot t raining.

Mace graduated from pilot training at Vance A FB in O ct o b er

1978 and received an assignment t o C olumbus A FB as a T - 37 i n

structor pilot . With a deep love for flying and a sincere d ed i cat i o n to duty, M ace spent tireless hours training students. A s a n i n

st ruct or , f ew t ook more pride in t heir w or k t han M ace, a n d n o one did it bet ter . H e applied t his same dedicat ion t o h i s n ex t assignment f lying H -53 helicopters wit h t he 6594t h T est Group at H ick am A FB . W hile there, M ace part icipated in t he longest o v e r water , nonst op rescue m ission on Feb . 3, 1983.

M ace’ s aviation art was anot her w ay he expressed his l o v e o f f lying. Everyw here he went he lef t remi nders of w hat slipping t he surlies meant t o him . A long wit h numerous individual pen-andink s, watercolors, and acrylics, M ace lef t murals in F r a n ’ s C o f f ee Shop in Fairchild H all , “ A ” and “ N ” f light r ooms at V a n c e A FB , and in t he 6594th T est G roup building at H ick am A F B . H i s

art , including numerous cartoons left in discrete locations, d i d

much f or t he morale of his f ellow f lyers.

D ave was a lot of t hings to a lot of people. H e was m o r e t h a n j ust husband , son, and brot her ; sk illed pilot , artist , philosopher , and bar-time bud . H is quick and of ten point ed w it could b r ea k even the most solemn brief ing room int o laughter . H e sh ar ed h i s sense of humor wit h all t hose around him , mak ing li f e m o r e e n

j oyable f or those that knew him. He was our friend.

M ace was buried at t he A cademy Cemetery . A memorial f u n d has been established in his name and donations may b e se n t t o t h e D avid M ason M emorial Fund , A ssociation of Graduates, U . S .

A ir Force A cademy , Colo . 80840.

D ave is survived by his wi f e K at hleen ; his f at her and mot her , M r . and M rs. Robert W . M ason ; and his brot her s and sist ers, L arry W . M ason, M aj or W illiam R . M ason (U SA ) , Richard L .

M ason, Jeanne A . Brow n, K aren M . See, and D arrell G . M a so n .

(A l, B ill, D arrell, D oug, and Pete, ’78)

L ong-Time A cademy Coach D ies M r . A rne U . A rnesen, 63, died on M arch 27, 1985, in a C o l orado Springs hospit al . H e was head coach f or t rack a n d f i el d at the A ir Force A cademy f rom 1962 t o 1975 and head coach f o r cross count ry at t he A cademy f rom 1962 to 1977. M r . A r n e se n

most recently was associate professor of physical education at t h e

A cademy .

H e was born Oct . 24, 192 1, in Springf ield , V t . , and h ad b een a C olorado Springs resident since 1957. Bef ore t hat he l i v ed i n L ex

ington, Mass. He received a bachelor of science degree f r o m t h e University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from Springf ield College in M assachuset ts.

M r . A rnesen married Miss Marguerite Manley on July 24, 1943 in Greenville, Miss. He served in the A ir Force during W o r l d W ar I I . M r . A r n esen w as a ch ar t er m em b er o f t h e I n t er n a t i o n a l T r a c k

D ale A . Wal ters, ’82

First Lieutenant Dale A . Walters, Class of 1982, was k i l l ed i n a T-38 aircraft accident on Jan. 4, 1985 near Sheppard A FB , T exas, where he was assigned as a Euro-Nato instructor pilot .

A s a cadet . Dale was a true example of the “ whole man” c o n cept achieving a 3.74 grade point average as an operations research maj or, making the Dean’s L ist eight semesters a n d t h e Commandant ’s and Superintendent ’s L ist s seven t imes.

A s a member of t he varsity wrest ling team . D ale became t h e

first A ir Force Academy athlete in any sport to win a W e st e r n Athletic Conference Championship. A dditionally, he w as t h e Academy’s only four-time NCAA qualifier in wrestling, w a s a two-time M ountain Intercollegiate Wrestling A ssociation c h a m pion, holds the A cademy record for single season victories (42) and total career victories ( 116), and accomplished a c a r e e r r e c o r d

and Field Coaches Congress. H e was a member of the 32 5t h C h eck er t ai l C la n .

Surviving are his wife; his father and stepmother, M r . O t t o H ,

A rnesen and M rs. W ini f red A rnesen , of D eer I sland , N ew B r u n s

wick, Canada; two daughters, Kay A rnesen and A nn A rnesen,

both of Colorado Springs; t hree sons, M r . A r ne E . A rnesen a n d M r . Guy S. A r nesen, bot h of Fort Collins, and M r . Gene S .

A rnesen of Oak ridge, O re.; a brot her , M r . John E . A rnesen o f H art f ord , Conn .; t hree sisters, M rs. Frances A nt oniew ich o f Springfield, Vt ., M rs. Genevieve Carpenter of Rutland, V t ., and

M rs. Charlette M orrow of Windsor , Vt .; and five grandchildren, Elissa and Branden A rnesen, both of Colorado Springs, A n d r e w and Shannon A rnesen, both of Oakridge, and Timothy A r n e se n o f F o r t C o l l i n s.

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of 116 wins, 24 losses, and t wo t ies.

I n his j unior year he received t he M ost V aluable W rest ler

A ward and during his senior season served as team captain a n d

received the A t hlet ic Excellence A ward at t he annual A t h l et i c A wards Banquet .

Dale was also active with the Of ficers Christian Fellowship a n d the Fellowship of Christian A thletes. His enthusiastic, energet ic nature was contagious to all who were associat ed wit h h i m .

Dale is survived by his wife, Sheila; his parents, M r . a n d M r s.

Bruce W alters of W heeling, 111.; his sisters, Carol W al t er s an d L i z Paden ; and his grandparent s, N orris and V ivah W alters a n d D al l as an d N i n a A u b l e .

A memorial fund has been established in his memory. C o n

t ribut ions may be made t o the D ale A . W alters M emorial Fund ,

A ssociation of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, Colo. 80 840 . ( Way ne Baughman)

A t presstime we learned of the deaths of two graduates

f r o m t h e C l ass o f 1977 .

M r . Ronald R. Borthwick was killed in a hang-gliding a c cident on Jan. 25, 1985. He had completed his A ir Force commitment in Jan. 1984 and had recently moved to Ranco Cordova, Cali f ., w it h his wi f e, L aurie.

Stanley G. Hinoki was killed on M arch 12, 1985 in a C-130 military aircraft accident near Fort Hood, Texas. H e was serving as an instructor navigator with the 62nd T ac tical A irlift Squadron at L ittle Rock A ir Force Base, A r k an sa s.

T he obituaries will be published in the nex t edit ion o f t h e magazine. O ur sincere condolences t o their f amilies a n d f r i en d s.

M emorial ceremony

The missing-man f ormation begins its pass at one of the p ast H omecom ing M em or ial Cerem onies as cadets stand watch a t t h e War M em orial af ter lay ing the wreath.

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Hello from Valdosta, Georgia. For those of you who don ’ t k now , that’s halfway between A tlanta and Orlando, and one of t he bet ter kept

secret s in the A ir Force. R . L . PE N N is on a sabbat ical a n d h a s a sk ed t h a t I pick up the reins for him. A ctually, taking advantage o f his ri se t o pow er as a class of ficer , he “ suggested” I do it — or else. I received very speci f ic instructions from R. L . plus several items which I must shar e. Fir st , t he r ules: I ’ m not allow ed t o w r it e about mysel f (nor my granddaughter in

Vicenza, Italy). I must set a good example for the younger classes. (I?) I should be careful what I write about general of f icers. 1 sh o u l d n ’ t w r i t e

about H ank CA N T E RBU RY al l t he t ime. N ot only do I have R . L . ’ s r ules but I also r eceived i nst r uct ions f r om t he edit or . H e t o l d m e h o w t o use the apostrophe, capitalization, and then he finished up w it h t he

f ollowing: “ For married females use the graduation n a m e b et w een t h e first and married name and capitalize both the married and gr aduat ion name. Put the graduation name in parentheses.”

OK R. L . and editor, here goes. First the directed i n f o r m a t i o n . “ R . L . says,” the LA group should get organized like the DC group and have a kangaroo election to elect a daddy rabbit (like Freddie W Y N N i n Washington). Keep a social roster and “ have at least one par ty a year .” “ R. L . says,” he may come out and help if he can get I k e’ s m ilit aryindustrial complex to hire him as a consultant , or you can pay his way and he’ ll t hr ow in a f ree speech .

N ow f or the new s. Br ock ST RO M has been named t o t he N a t i o n a l

Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame. Y o u ’ l l r em em b er that Brock , a three-year letterman playing tackle, w a s a n a c ad em i c a n d consensus all-A mer ica select ion as a senior in 1958. A bel ated congr at ula

tions to Generals DA VEY, DEL LIGATT I , GA GLIA RDl , and RHODES. D . W . M I LLER, GROA RK, REA RDON , and wives were scheduled in late January f or skiing in Colorado. R. L . a n d 1 a r e b o t h mighty upset that we weren’t invited.

Speaking of Davie GROA RK, amid all the kids growing up and doi ng the college trick, Dave, it appears, has taken up hang gliding, in Hawaii no less. Margaretta had her doubts about the whole t hing and conf esses she has some ill feelings toward “ Batman” — something about shoot ing him. Their report also said something about cats. They ei t h er h a v e o n e 16-year-old cat or 16 one-year-old cats. 1agree, he should be shot . W ayne

and K ar en P I T T M A N ar e stil i in E ur ope. H e w as w it h t he I G w hi le t hey criss-crossed Europe many times doing the continental . N ow he is t ak ing up the j ob of A ir Base Group commander at RA F Fairford. I say , W ayne, you are a lucky old chap. I received a very short note f rom L ar r y and A nn JOL LY . Ann is moving up the teaching ladder . Soon she’ll be able t o sup

port the old man when he retires from A merican Airlines.

D. W . M I L LER takes credit for finding a lost soul . John R . (G at or) H A Y E S can be f ound at 11338 G arden V iew L ane, A pt . 4, St . A nn , M O 63074 . For t hose o f you w ho w ant to borr ow money you ca n c a l l h i m a t (314) 291-8731. Congrats to both D. W . and Gator. No D . W ., w e do not

want to hear about the ski trip! A nother change of a d d r ess f o r t h o se w h o want to update their register . Don BROOKS has formally a d m i t t ed t o l i v ing in A lamogordo, NM . He’s at 3111 10th St . The zip i s 8 8 3 10 . I n f o r warding inf o to me, R. L . scribbled something on the b a c k o f t h e envelope. It appears that former Buf f j ock, Jim WELCH , i s n o w a n SE S6 and working on the Space Telescope for NASA . Come on Ji m , m ore details please. Jim and wife Brenda live in A rlington, V A . F o r m er superintendent and class chaperone. General Tallman, h a s b een sel ec t ed to be president of Embrey-Riddle University at Daytona, FL . T hey ’ r e in good hands.

This summer, many of us are coming up on the 26-year m a r k . H o w w i l l that change the ’59er active duty ranks? For those o f you w ho ar e con templating the big step and didn’t marry into money o r d o n ’ t h a v e ex ecutive wives who can support you, let me recommend T R O A . T h e 34

Retired Of ficers A ssociation (this is an unsolicited adver t isem ent) has a great program called TOPS — T ROA ’s Of ficer Placement Ser vice. T hey provide resume critiques, j ob referrals, counseling and a ver y help f ul booklet “ M arketing Yourself for a Second Career .” T ROA d o es em phasize one point — most j obs are obtained through f r iends and acquai n tances — networking it is called.

A h yes. . .retirement . Leigh H UNT says he has put in the paper s f or a 1 August retirement date — that gets him past his 11 July 55 30t h anniver sary. Leigh and Cealie are still in Brandon, FL . Close enough to M acDill w here he w or k s on t he land def ense o f the cont inent al U . S. (?) , and not

too far from the beach where he practices being a beach b u m o n weekends. Leigh is now in a j ob search and is speeding r esu m es a r o u n d the country. One of our earlier retirees, Tony SEIZEYS, has changed ad

dr esses. H e and Pat have m oved out t o t he count r y nor t h o f O m aha. T hey have a nice chalet on 10 acr es and as t r ue gentleman f ar mer s t hey ar e thinking “ horse.” Their new address is RRl , Box 3, C alhoun , N E 68023.

They invite anybody in the Omaha area to come relax f or a spel l .

N ow someone t oo old t o r et ir e is R obi n (K ozi) K O Z E L K A . H e v i si t ed Valdosta 1 Feb while acting as mission director for a deployment o f F-4s to Panama. Kozi hasn’t changed a bit . 1 don’t know i f he has st ayed young or if he was j ust old when he graduated. He played gol f bef o re coming to dinner — said he shot a 93. He would have done bet t er , but he had a bad back . Said he hur t it f alli ng out o f bed . K ozi came back , he loves Valdosta, on 14 Feb and Jacquie set him up with a special V alent i ne’ s date. T hat w as bef o re he t ol d us about t h e t i m e h e ca m e h o m e w it h his shir t on inside-out . I t w as a great visit and w e are look ing f o r

ward to having him back . General Larry FORTNER, division c o m mander at Blytheville, A R also dropped into Valdosta and M oody A F B for a short time in February. Larry was driving a great big K C - 10 .

Reports are that he is both a great commander and a great pilot in the five aircraft he flys, but a little birdy did tell me he n eed s t o w o r k o n h i s “ b r a k e ch ec k s. ”

It appears the honor code flap has settled down somewhat , f o r b et t er o r f or worse, only time can tell . Jerry GA RBER, yours w as a gr eat let t er o n the subj ect in the Fall ’84 issue of Checkpoints. 1 hope t he rest of you ’59ers have also made your views known. A pparently, i t i s w el l r eso l v ed

as t her e were no let ter s in t he W inter C heckp oin ts. T he ar t icles pr i nted were very good. Perhaps the best article I ’ve seen w as t he su per b colu m n

by Jody Powell. I f you didn’t read it , find your Winter i ssu e a n d d o so n o w .

Later breaking news. Ron LA NM A N called j ust bef ore a r t i c l e

dead line. Ron w anted us t o k now t hat Gener al Jim RH O D E S h a s b een select ed as com mand di rect or , N O RA D C ombat O ps, J-3 1, N O RA D ,

Space Command, Cheyenne Mountain Complex. Jim, it ’s a l l w a st ed i f you don’t ski . Ron also said that R. L . PENN did get a j ob w it h t he military-industrial complex in the D.C. area. Ron, w h o h a s b een i n t h e D .C. area f or two years on this tour, is the director f or St r at egic For ce A nalysis in the A ir Force Studies and A nalysis. He has a gr ound f l oor o f

f ice w it h a w i ndow l ook ing out on Sout h Par k i ng. N ote: A nybody at t he

Pentagon who has a window looking out “ has arrived.”

Ron added some i nf or m at ion on a pr oj ect he has under t aken , a n d h e

would like your help. He has drafted a letter to the A cademy M emor i al Board recommending that the A cademy Field House be n a m ed i n h o n o r of Valmore Bourque who was the first A cademy graduate k i l l ed i n a c t i o n against an enemy of the United States. Val, as you may r em em ber , w as an accomplished athlete who was on both the soccer and b a seb a l l t ea m s .

Naming the field house in his honor would be most fitting. A lt hough t he Academy has a moratorium on naming buildings until 1988, Ron is ask ing members of ’59 and ’60 to write the Academy Memorial B o a r d r e quest ing quick act ion .

Questions. R. A . MA SON, where are you!? Did anybody el se n o t receive the ’84 Register! Who is going on the A ir Force, A r my , N avy ,

C oast G uar d steam boat t r ip? Br ian PA R K E R , w hy haven ’ t you w r i t ten?

Jim CHA PMA N, is your condo in Dillon, CO, still for r en t ? E d M O N T GOMERY, have you beaten that guy from the Class of ’60 in tenni s yet ?

D ennie SEE and Pet e W I N T E RS, is it t r ue w hat t hey say a b o u t I G s? W h o w ore a hair piece at t he 25t h Reunion?

P . S. D on ’ t f orget the A FA f und .

A .J . (Rosie) C ler , Jr .

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T he loser in our f i rst t r ivia quiz w as Gary G U L B RA N SEN , w h o m u st

spend a month in Ponca City: “ Dick HEA D’Scar was a light blue T R-2.

T he m aj or design f eatur e w as it s tendency to t ur n t urt le at the f i r st oppor t unity . R .H . did not mak e use o f t his f eat ur e.’ ’ (Scr ibe: I t w as act ually a T R3-A .) Gar y countered w it h his ow n t r ivia — “ W hich cl a ssm a t e

distinguished himself by crashing through a plate glass d o o r a t o n e o f t h e

RosA l part ies, obt ai ni ng as a m emento a nice scar o n his chin , visible t o t hi s day? E nclosed is an al m ost m int condit ion (except f or w hat appear s t o be a f ew phone num ber s) Rosie C L E R car d . I ’m sur e t h a t t h i s a n d t h e one i n t he Sm it hsonian are t he only genuine ar t icles ar ound .’ ’ (N o , Goose, I r ecent ly f ound sever al dozen . T hank s.)

Who bought our class beermugs? Paul VA L LERIE who writes: “ T h er e

w as a bar out side t he gat e w hich we used t o f requent (L ow ry ?) w here I lef t m y black m ug w it h ‘ V al ’ on it w it h t he under st and ing t h a t t h e f i r st b eer w as on t hem w henever I ret ur ned . U n f ort unat ely , t hey cl o sed b e f o r e I could ret ur n and get my f r ee beer , or m y m ug ! D oes anyone r ecall t he j oi nt ? I mar r ied K at hr yn K nut son f r om W i nd ham , M T , b a ck i n 19 6 7 a n d we have t wo k ids: Paul Jr . and T onya ( 16 and 14) . K ay is an elementary school teacher , and picked up a mast er ’ s i n A lbuq uerque. I r et i r ed l a st A ugust and wor k f or Boeing in Seat t le. . .f ound t he encl osed phot o o f me, Phil M E I N H A RD T , and D enny W A L SH , t ak en j ust bef or e t h e R o a r i n 20’ s Blast . I do plan to at tend t he 25t h .’ ’ (P .S. f r om scr ibe — my ow n mug st ill sit s at op t his w r it er ’ s desk .)

Colonel N ewcom b assumes com m and of the I nter -A mer ican A i r F o r c e A cademy at A l br ook A F S, P anama.

Som e am usi ng not es f r om Salt y A ble: “ I w ill be at t he r eu n i o n . C a n ’ t t hink o f a bet ter w eek end t hen t he per i odic d r ubbi ng o f N o t r e D a m e . . . spent last w i nter f l ying t he over night f reight as a capt ai n on T -29D s, w hich had been ret r o f it t ed into ‘ C onvai r 240 Fr eight ai rs;’ t he sum mer f ly i ng t our i st s ar ound sout her n N ew E ngland i n BN I slander s, a n d t h i s w int er r est or ing an 1870’ s V ict o r ian i n Pr ovidence. L ivi ng adj acent t o t he Br ow n U niver sit y cam pus is li k e an O scar W ilde play . T he pr ogeny o f t he pr ivileged ar e bit chi ng about t he w ick ed U .S. abusing ‘poor dow nt r odden w homever s,’ w hile in t he salo ns o f t he East Side, par ent s w ho ar e shell i ng out $20 grand i n t ui t ion are cock taili ng on sher r y a n d b r i e . . .m a k es a n o l d A ir C omm ando w ant to put on a t oga and t er r or ize t he B l u e O n i o n . ’ ’ (H ar dy L E BE L ) .

T he manager o f Pr ogr am D evelopment at L T V A er ospace i n D a l l a s i s none ot her t han t he quar ter back f r om St . M ary ’ s, O H , w h o w r i t es: “ I ret ir ed 7/ 80 f rom Eglin on a Fr iday and start ed to w o r k h er e i n t h e D / F W ar ea t he f ollow ing M onday . D r ove cr oss count ry w it h 3 car s, 3 k ids, 1 w i f e, 3 animals and num er ous (censored) plant s, dur ing t h e h ea t w a v e o f ’ 80 . I n m y curr ent i ncar nat i on as an i nt er nat ional ar ms mer chant , I occa si onally see a classmate, includi ng t he f ollow i ng: W ayne PET E RSO N , w it h I T T ; Ji m C L A RK , w it h G D ; D err y A D A M SO N , w it h O R I ; a n d M i ke C L A RK E (t he sk inny one) , w it h L ock heed . W e are al l planni ng t o a t t en d t h e r eu n i o n f o r su r e . N ei t h er P U P I C H n o r I w i l l ever see 46 agai n .

But , w e can st i ll f umble w it h t he best o f t hem .’ ’ W ho el se, but Johnnie K U EN ZEL .

K ip l ing ’s “ Sold iers Thr ee ” em bar k ing on an evening of p illage and p l under (cir ca I 960) .

Gor dy FL Y G A RE w r it es: “ Ret ired A ugust 1st af t er bei ng t h r ea t en ed w it h K orea. A W A C S r epresent s nice w oolens (I celand) and f ine car pet s (Saudi A r abia) . I had t o get out bef ore t hey st art t raining t he Saudis. I ’ m w or k i ng f or a H al i f ax E ngineer i ng i n O K C , and hope o u r co n t r a c t w i l l b e r enewed . . .present t ask has been edit ing F- 16 st r uct ural dat a. . .enj oyed your column .”

C or respondi ng f r om Panam a was Sid N E W C OM B : “ Our biggest n e w s is H olly ’ s engagem ent . I n Septem ber , Scott Richie f r om D ew it t , M I f l ew down to bring her a diamond ring. The wedding will be in A pr il . M ar vann’s playing tennis after a three-year break. Danelle is i n the 7t h gr ade, and has put her music on t he ‘ back -bur ner ’ t o take up Spanish . Sid Paul is com plet ing hi s 1st semest er at M ichigan St at e, and N ancy is at Easter n M ichigan U niver sit y i n social w or k .”

C L A SS O F ’ 6 0 25 t h R E U N I O N 3 - 6 O c t o b er 19 8 5

Star t p lanning N O W to attend!

O ur N avy captain — t he r eal M r . RO BE RT S (he’ s t he JA G a t T r ea su r e I sland) — gave us t his m assive t ypew r i tt en naval m issive: “ St i ll j udgi ng co ur t -mar t ials in San Fr anci sco . Been doing t hat f or nearl y f ive year s, and am sched uled t o keep it up unt il at least 1986. I could ret ir e now , but I ’ m sor t o f in r et ir em ent w it h t hi s j ob , so it w ould j ust be l i ke lower i ng m y pay . By next f al l , bot h k i ds w il l be i n college. A s f o r a R o sA l ? I ‘ m n o t c er tai n I could live thr ough o ne, anym or e. I ’ ll gi ve anyt hi ng a t ry , however , so count m e in .’ ’ (T hank s, Phi l .)

Fr om John (t he W hale) GO N SK Y : “ A ll f our childr en cont i nue t o d o well . Jack i s going f or his mast er ’ s at t he U . o f Flor ida and expect i ng his f i r st child . Susan i s an EE at E-Syst em s i n t he D .C . area. L inda is a j u nior at E m ory U . in A t lanta and has been accepted t o med sc h o o l . K a r en i s a sophomor e at Seabreeze H igh School in D ayt ona Beach , and w i f e N ancy is f eel ing and look ing w onder f ul . . .! r un a bunch o f d ef en se pr ogram s. . .W e’ ve been i n Fl or ida f or seven year s and hope t o m ove n o r t h w it h G E . ’ ’

T he car d f r om H oyt and D iana P R I N D L E i ncl uded t he f ollow ing: “ I n t he m idst o f j ob , social , and com m unit y act ivi ties, D i a n a a n n o u n ced sh e w as pregnant ! O n D ecem ber 10t h , H oyt L . Pr indle I I I (aka “ St um per ’) en t er ed t h i s w o r l d . W e w en t t h e n a t u r a l c h i l d b i r t h route, mak ing t he event even more unique, and are now undergoing a sever e l i f e style and envir onmental adj ust ment . D i is w or k ing on her master ’ s in cr i mi nol ogy , and may f i nd mai nt ai ni ng her 3.5 G PA r at her di f f icult . I ’ m c o m mander o f t he A F ROT C D et achm ent at Flor ida St at e, and daughter C i n dy is st ill r esidi ng in V acavi lle, C A . Saw Bi lly D E L O N Y a f ew m o n t h s ago . H e has a daughter her e at FSU . . .See you i n O ctober .’ ’ A lso hear d f rom Russ C U R RE Y , w ho ’ s l ivi ng i n T equesta, F L : “ I h a v e been i n t ouch w i t h Sid G U R L E Y . Sid has a son (’ 84 gr aduat e) w h o ’ s n o w in pi lot t rai ning, and a daughter beaut i f ul as all 17 year olds. W e bot h spend our spar e t im e cr uising t he L oxahatchee. I ’ve been wo r k i ng f or Pratt & W hit ney , w or k i ng mater ials i n our A dvanced Pr oj ect s gr oup . M y tw o k ids ( 14 and 13) live i n V i rgi nia Beach . . .I st il l cor respond w i t h O ’ K E E FE and D E L A C R U Z . T hey have m ent i oned t he 25t h , so t h e w or d ’ s get t ing around . See you in O ct ober .” (N ote: a n en c l o sed new spaper cli pping pict ured Sid G U R L E Y at t he cont r ols o f a t est helicopter .)

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John M A C A RT N E Y ’ S Chri st m as car d : “ I t ook t hi s phot o o n a T D Y

to A rizona. Red (GUIL LOT) is retired in Tucson working f or H ughes. . .

I ’ m comm andant o f t he D I C in D .C . and l ovi ng it . . .son St eve’ s (22) a senior at C ol or ado St ate. A n A r m y ROT C scholar shi p student , he ex pect s act ive duty i n late 1985.”

Howie WH ITFIELD’Sliving in Mission Viej o, CA , and w r ote; “ L yn n (21) fijiished Saddleback Junior College and is now a t C a l i f o r n i a St a t e t o become a school teacher . Dawn (22‘/ 2) and her husband m oved t o Oj ai , and she has a j ob with a bank . I ’m still assistant chief o f st af f (G -3) f or 3rd Marine A ircraft Wing at El Toro, faced with another u naccom panied t our on O k i naw a or ret i rement . . .I ’ ll m ake every ef f or t t o a t t en d o u r r e

union (the used clothing store on Larimer Street will b e el a t ed t o h ea r o f anot her RosA l pr oduct ion) .’ ’

Phil MEINHA RDT is working days for Dale THOMPSON in E ngland as chief o f C om mand Post , but f ound t i me t o w r it e: “ So n Br ad is get t i ng married in A pril . . .I have signed up for the reunion. . .going t o M o sco w and Leningrad in March. Gave up skiing for the Russian t r ip — alw ays on zero leave balance. I live in W oodst ock , f ive m iles n o r t h w est o f O x f o r d .

I ’ ll r et ir e in 18 mont hs w it h 30 f or pay . Plan t o live i n Sw i t zer l a n d f o r si x m onths, t hen lack t o L a Jol la, C A . See you i n Oct ober .’ ’

“ Triple-Threat ” PUPICH let us know he was coming back t o t he 25t h , and f il led us in on his li f e: “ M y br ot her and I st ill have t he plat ing business, a pistachio grove, and other real estate i nt erest s. T his, plus f l y ing with Western keeps me occupied. Have a small oil l ea se i n t h e Sa n Joaquin Valley, and became involved in a computer data b a n k w h i c h

A thos, P or thos, and Susanos.

A let ter f r om Boul der , C O : “ I saw my old t ennis part ner , Jer r y ST A C K , in Santa Fe. L ook s mor e lik e he did than w hen h e w a s a ca d et !

Bill GOODYEA R, my old roomie at Lowry I I , stopped by f o r d r i n k s a n d dinner. . .! was finally able to be in a position to t ake my w indow seat i n

t he 767! W hat an air plane! I j ust gr in f r om coast t o coast .” (Fr om Steve B I SH O P , o f cour se.)

Fuller A T K I N SO N is V P / G M o f A ll ied A mphenol in D anbury , CT , and t ells w hat it ’ s li ke t o be a gr and f at her — “ Residi ng i n t h e C o n n ec t i cu t

countryside j ust a mile from Brian KA LEY. Son David i s m a r r i ed a n d a n engineer for the Aeronautics and Space Division of E m er so n i n St . L o u i s .

We are grandparents of a two-year-old, another expected i n M ay . (I st ill have trouble sleeping with a grandmother .) Daughter D ebbie is living at

home, f ini shi ng her st udies in inter ior design . D ef i nitely planning on t he

reunion (especially the RosA l production), though I m u st co n f ess co n

cer ns about abilit y t o sur vive our advanced state o f senilit y . I r ecom mend some ‘ walk -ar ound bott les’ f or t he next mor ni ng .”

ident i f ies dr il l sit es f or oil and gas. Recent ly acqui red a publicly-ow ned company called Geon. . .I truly enj oy time with my two sons. N icky ( 13) t oler ates school , loves gi r ls, and t hink s I ’ m ver y old f ashioned .” (Y ou ar e old , G eor ge, but not f ashioned) . “ A lex ( 11) is going t o b e a st u d a t h l et e .

I ’ ve coached him f or f our year s i n f l ag f oot ball , and because o f his size, speed, and love of the game, he’s made dad look like a f oot ball genius. . .1 look f orw ard t o t he colum n — it r eall y f i ll s a void .” (P .S. f r om scr ibe — at our reunion , George w il l dem onst r ate his f am ous “ f umbli ng f ieldgoal ” foible, assisted by acolytes Deke JOHNSON and Dolphin K E R R .)

POTPOURRI : Tony BURSH NICK, M ike LOH , and Ron YA TES g o t

t hei r second st ar s. . .Jack BR U SH bought A 1 and m e d inner , i n r et u r n f o r our promise not to publish his picture, which is published herei n (you

can’t trust anybody . Jack). . .Rich CA RTER and I attended a N o v em b er meeting in Denver to hear Gen. Scott explain the recent h o n o r

vi olat ions. . .E ar l V A N I N W EG E N ’ s t r ansf er r ed t o t he Pentagon . . .Ji m G L A Z A hosted a C hr i st mas par ty (G er ry GA M M I L L did not at tend) . . .

Pet e BU RT O N show ed up at our last reunion planni ng meet i ng . . . Fr ank

M A YBERRY’S daughter Kari bought a Toyota Corolla JR-5 sp o r t s coupe. . .Jock SCHWA NK’s retiring from USA F and his j ob at t he p rep

L owry Classes and Staf f :

1988 Joint Cruise Sl owly Sinking

Our not ice in t he last issue of Checkp oints concer ning a s u m mer 1988 cruise f or members of U SA FA Classes ’ 59, ’60, ’61, ’62 and the A cademy staf f that served at the interim site at L ow ry A ir

Force Base has drawn very few responses. Because scheduling, planning, and reservations require a substantial lead time t o put this trip together , this will be the last call for responses unless we

This opportunity to spend time leisurely with so many o l d friends may never come again. Please consider this r eu n i o n cr u i se as a once-in-a-lifetime occasion and plan to j oin us i n 19 8 8 . S o that we might have a better idea as to the extent of i n t er est i n t h i s j oint reunion, please complete the short f orm below a n d r et u r n i t to :

receive a substant ial interest count by t he end of J u n e 19 85 .

A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es

The plan would be for a week ’s cruise of the blue waters o f t h e

Caribbean aboard a f l oat ing luxury hotel , wit h plenty o f t i m e t o

relax and enj oy the company of classmates and other f r i en d s f r o m

t he L ow ry days.

Former members of t he A cademy staf f — superint endent ’ s staf f , commandant ’s shop, faculty, athletic department , and sup port staf f — would also be invited to j oin in this nostalgia-f illed week . Consider t hat if even only 25 members f rom each cl ass an d t he st af f were to at tend , t here w ould be some 250 people f o r t h e

cruise. Double that (about 25 percent of each class) an d t h er e would be 500 folks, nearly the entire ship filled with reunion par

t icipant s.

W e have cost and ot her inf ormation f rom several cruise l i n e s

including Carnival , Royal Caribbean, Commodore and C o st a .

Prices run roughly from $1,225 to $1,575 a person. M o st i n cl u d e air fare from maj or cities to M iami . We will also get a gr o u p r at e discount , probably 10 percent . Keep in mind these prices co u l d b e higher in 1988.

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M ont h(s)

W ould you enj oy a cruise?

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T H IS W IL L BE T H E FI NA L N OT ICE IF SU F F I C I E N T I N T E R E ST I S N O T SH O W N

school . . .Lew PRICE is in Sacramento. . .Walt SWEENEY’s a m i n i st er i n

Cortez, CO... Dave REED’s planning a sailboat trip f r o m N ew Z ea l a n d

to California. . . Mike BUCHEN doesn’t know his home a d d r ess . , . c o m ment on our previous column: “ You’ll be hearing from m y law yer ’ . ’ ’ . . .

George COLLIER retired in June ’84, and is a design specialist w i t h McDonnell-Douglas in St . Louis. . .Howie BRONSON transferred f r o m

George to Nellis AFB, 57th FWW/ CS...“ Tailgating” after beat i ng a

valiant Naval Academy team in October were: GLAZA ’s A l , JOHNSON’S, Leon GOODSON, and others; thence to the K E N D A L L ’S,

O-C lub , and Sundance. . .

loves the logistics business and is trying to get Ron F U L L E R T O N o u t there with him. Tom also said that Johnny MOORE came t hr ough redesigning bases for a 10-year study. In the second let t er , John KOHOUT at Offutt AFB wrote me a greatly appreciated l et t er o n t h e ’ 6 1

SA C HQ contingent . In John’s own words: SA C Sup 1

“ With the arrival of Lee BUTLER as our new IG, the C l a ss o f ’61 presence at SAC Headquarters is cresting. Lee and D o r en e a r e our first on Generals’ Row and a dynamic presence it i s .

Alan BLAISDELL (SAC/ DOT) is still the only ‘gray tag’ a t

SA C who can claim tenure; his origins here are lost in pre-history.

He and Skeeter are founding members of the ’61 community, a n d with Skeeter’s ‘Dos Amigos’ restaurant downtown, that i n c l u d es

the commercial community as well .

Chris CA RSON, a director in DCS/ Plans, and Nelson O’REA R

(no job mentioned) are professional roommates, sharing t h e

Aeronautical Systems Directorate front office. They’re a l so sh a r ing the distinction of being next to embark upon their sec o n d

careers. Chris and Janell will be heading back to the f a r m i n N o r t h

Central Iowa in June. Nels and Terri haven’t picked t h ei r n ex t destination, but Nels is working on an MBA at Creighton, s o wherever they go it will be a business related decision.

Jeanne Brush, Al/ Rosie/ Karen of RosAl, and Dr. Stanley ( who p aid f or the sack lunches), we presume.

25th REUNI ON: With 206 living graduates from our class, w e’ r e hop

ing for 80% attendance. ’59, ’61, and ’62 grads are i n v i t ed t o a t t en d Saturday night’s production, for which we are hopef ul o f havi ng a maj or indignitary in attendance (no costume required). Suggestion t o a l l : “ D i a l

a-roomie,” which means each of us merely contact our f o r m er r o o m mates, urging them to attend. Responses to the first mailer were excellent , and we now have 115 who have indicated that they’ll attend (not counting

about 90 wives). All activities are “ go,” including t h e t o r t u r o u s r en ew a l

of nuptials at the chapel . A s only one indication of o v er a l l en t h u si a sm f o r the reunion, I recently got a telecon from a East Coast tw o-st ar gener al

(guess who), asking whether or not he’d have to bring h i s R o a r i n ’ 20 ’ s a t

tire. A nother little surprise will be our “ Trivial Cadet 60” game, which of fers 500 questions to tantalize, tickle, and tintillate: selling for only

$14.95. All proceeds go to our class fund and it may b e o r d er ed f r o m t h e

AOG (Dept . TC-60). (Not sold in stores.) Dick SCHEH R needs pict ur es of USA FA days for our memorabilia book — send them to t he A O G , identifying each photo with your name. A rea coordinators a r e n o w

designated, and the event will be a winner. See you i n O ct o b er .

QUOTE OF TH E QUA RTER: “ Yes, Virginia, there can be a good party after life in the military.”

SERI OUS NOTE: I received a letter from Col . Ronald T . L A N M A N (’59) recommending that our fieldhouse be named in h o n o r o f V a l

BOURQUE, who started with the class of ’59 and graduated w i t h o u r class in 1960. I would personally — and strongly — support t hat act i on .

Val was our first Academy grad to die in combat, and, a r em em b er ed classmate. Please write with your support of this proposal t o : M r . W .V .

Hanchey, Sec’y, USA FA Memorial Board, USAFA , 80840.

Randy C uber o 7 163 W int ery L oop C ol or ado Spr i ngs, C O 809 19 H ome: (303) 598-7 155

A V : 2 59 - 38 20

P er c en t m e m b e r s : 66

I ’m out of the Plans Directorate frying pan into the Pr ogram s

f ire, so I ’m never at a loss for things to do. Joan is volunteering a t the Creighton University Law Library.”

I might also add that Nels and Teri O’REAR’s son, Brian, i s a 3'’ at USAFA, while Brett BUTLER has graduated from Ber keley

Business School and is finishing up his ROTC commissioning

re-

quirements. Also, Elaine BLAISDELL is a freshman, or f r eshper son, at U of T and might be coming to the Academy this com ing

su m m er .

Thanks John. Now, if some other brave soul will write a n d l et m e k n o w

what’s happening at their location I promise to publish w h a t I ca n r ea d .

On the local front, Dick COPPOCK, Mark ANDERSON, John M A Y , Charlie NEEL , M ike QUI NLA N , Tom EL LER, and I will form u p o u r

25th reunion committee. The 20-year was great but the 2 5t h sh o u l d b e even better. We would like to suggest the following a s a sk el et o n f o r m a t .

We‘ll meet here for the Navy-USAFA football game on Oct . 11, 1986, staying clear of the official “ homecoming” weekend. W e’ ll plan out a n informal evening, a formal evening (coat and tie), a tailgat e bef or e t he game, interaction with cadets/ administrators, a Sunday br unch , and some rest , free time and recreation. Of course, there m u st a l so b e a r a c -

quetball championship scheduled so that I can prove t o t h e c l a ss w h a t a “ fluke” it was that Rich MAYO beat me at the 20-year r eu n i o n . I ’ v e h a d

to hang my head in shame for five years but thank the Lord I have the op portunity to vindicate myself — other entrants are encour aged (at t he 20th we had two). This time. Rich, it ’s all over ! ! No more head games in

making me believe I was a turnip with an inferiority com plex . W e all w ant our 25th to be a special event .

I might also mention that the Class of ’59 and ’60 (con f i r med f or t his

year) started the tradition of giving the Academy a special gift during

their silver anniversary reunion. The gift represents t heir appr eciat ion t o

the A cademy for its continued service to our nation. Y our planning c o m mittee thought it would be appropriate for our class t o c o n t i n u e t h a t

tradition. There are a number of significant gifts t h a t ca n b e m a d e b u t f o r

deeply felt reasons we liked the idea of some kind o f V i et n a m m em o r i a l a t the cemetery, in the same area as the World War I I m em o r i a l w a l l . I d o n ’ t have any cost figures yet because we haven’t decided on exact ly w hat w e

should do, or how we should do it. For your info though, t h e C l a ss o f ’ 59 presented the Academy with a Harmon memorial bust placed i n t h e Honor Court at an estimated cost of $20,000 and the Class of ’60 will pre

sent the Academy with a series of three trophy cases t o be placed i n t he Well good people. I ’m writing this newsletter the day b e f o r e

Valentine’s day, so for all you wives and lovers out t her e, w e love ya, and may you never meet (an old j oke). By the time this ar t icle comes out ,

though, it will be June, and the end of another academic year her e at t he

Academy, the start of new assignments/ retirements for som e, and , hopefully, j ust a good ol ’ time to relax and enj oy f or everyone. T hi s ar t i cle will be a breeze, although somewhat long because t h er e i s so m u c h i n formation to pass along.

Tom SUTTON finally wrote me, two years, mind you, after h e sel ect ed

me as his heir. I never knew where to send him an appropriate “ t h a n k you” for the honor — I now find out that Tom and family a r e i n t h e Phil ippi nes w her e he’s t he D O at C lar k A B . T om also m en t i o n ed t h a t

Tom WILL IA M S became a special assistant to the 13th A F com m ander ,

and that R.D. SMITH was out there on a Christmas shopping t r i p . R .D .

ballroom of A -Hall for approximately $6,000. Those are f ai r ly wide

limits, I know, but if we are going to do something it ’ s goi ng to cost some

money and we’ve got to get an early start . We will be m aili ng an i n f or m a tion/ pledge card to you soon to “ test the waters.” O nce again , i f you have any comments, or suggestions on the 25th reunion, and especially

the gift idea, drop me a line or call (AV-259-3820) and I ’l l publ ish bot h minority and maj ority opinions. And, now, for WILHELM’s A ggie col lection. Someone saw a car sticker that read, “ Honk, if I ’m an Aggie.”

(Don’t feel bad — I had to read it twice, also.)

I might also mention that on Oct. 5, 1985, this year a t t h e A F A / N o t r e Dame game at USAFA, the Class of “ Nulli Secundus” (’60), a f t er a

25-year lapse, will be organizing another of those sem i - f a m o u s R O SA L

productions. Similar to the forgettable “ Roman Blast,” t he “ W i ng Ding,” and the equally tasteless “ Roaring 20’s” party, A l J O H N SO N (’60), and Rosie CLER (’60) are getting together again (after being threatened by the rest of the class not to do so). They are planning to pre37

sent , as yet , a nameless “ Blast ” for the first four cl a sses. I n R o si e ’ s n o t e he categorically stated this would not be a wild evening. Some t houghts, however , were being given to launching a SAM from the Supt ’ s quar ter s, launching the SUPT f rom SA M ’s quarters, or a possible sa c r i f i c i a l o f f er ing, if a vestal virgin can be found in these next eight months, and if no virgin can be found we’ll j ust have to do with a vestal . Sounds l ik e f un ,

H Q A FOTEC at Kirtland. Doug came to USAFA specifically t o p r esen t

his unit color s t o C adet 1C St eve Butler of the 36t h C adet Squad r on . Just another symbolic tradition that sends a little flutter t hr ough the old bod .

d o esn ’ t i t ?

Some quick and dirty editorial notes — Bob and Winnie W A G N E R a r e into their second year at Eglin. Bob is the commander o f t h e 3 3 r d T a c t i ca l Fighter Wing (F-15s). Phil and Nancy LA NE are still i n San A ngelo . T hat beaut i f ul shot i s o f D avi d (2) and Br ian (4 ‘/ 2) L A N E peek ing over w hat Phil has taught his kids to be a Chrt stmas Bush (no expense f or tr ees or ornaments that way). A nd if I read Phil’s letter correctly, N ancy is expect

ing number three. Sorry Nancy, there are no secrets i n o u r cl a ss .

It ’s really gratifying to see this particular tradition l i v e o n a t t h e Academy — experienced grads sharing with cadets. Walter L ippm an

observed t hat “ w hat enables men t o k now m or e t han t hei r a n cest o r s i s that they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors have al ready lear ned .” So it w ould be w it h our al ma m ater . U SA FA can be pr ogr essive only if we preserve our traditions and ensure that ou r w isdom is passed

along to the cadets as their rightf ul legacy. See you a l l i n t h e su m m er a n d G o d b l ess.

O n t he “ that ’ s i ncredible” si de, G r andf at her / Fat her A r t K E R R i s t h e

commander of the 11th TA G Control Group, Elmendorf A F B , A K . I understand A rt broke his leg either j umping or being pushed out of an airplane. H ow many times have we heard about not leaving a per f ect ly good aircraft? Larry KA RNOWSKI passed through USAFA a b o u t a week ago. Karno is still working for Monsanto in Ohio, and came by t o put up some Colorado land for sale. He must have bought l a n d i n t h e W est cli f f e ar ea f r om the sam e “ huck ster ”

we did . A f ter 10 year s, Kamo’s land appreciated a total of two percent . During that sam e per iod ,

there were only 8,000 investment opportunities which b et t er ed t h a t r ec o r d

of growth, including saving aluminum cans. I also bought i n W est cl i f f e —

a side of a mountain which my kids af fectionally call “ C u b er o ’ s r o c k . ” Of 23 acres, 1.2 is usable — don’t even dare ask how much ! Jan says I bought that when she hadn’t learned to speak up and c a l l m e a l u n a t i c (that ’s also when I had control of the money). “ Whisky” WHA LEN is retired, and is working for Skadden, A r ps, Slate, Meagher, and Flom in Chicago (try saying that f i v e t i m es w i t h o u t a mistake). That ’s great , but what ’s he doing and who ar e t hose guys? D ick GODDA RD also retired and according to wife Colette is w or k i ng f or t he Loral Corp in Pasadena as a program manager. Darrell K O E R N E R i s now in Huntington, WV, and By THEURER has moved to his ol d st omp ing grounds in Ventura, CA . A nd, yes, Sam HA RDAGE has r eser v ed t h e

w eekend of 15- 17 M ar ch f or t he “ D er elict s and W i nos” sk i w eek en d . I t must have been an oversight but I didn’t get my invitation yet . D on ’ t worry. I ’ll be sure to take my camera to bring you some exci ti ng pict ures agai n t his year .

Here in Colorado Peggy and Jim H I NKLE had a gorgeous baby gi r l ,

Christina, on Feb. 22. She was 6 lb, 10 oz, and thank t h e L o r d sh e l o o k s li k e her mot her . A lso , by t he t i me t his new slet ter reaches you , T om and

Susan CONLEY, and Wayne and Erna HA RING will have traded t h ei r military careers for civilian ones. Both couples will stay in the C olor ado Spr i ngs area.

I n a personal exclusive on a classmate who I haven’t h ea r d f r o m i n 20 years, I found out that Robert E. SM ITH now resides in C ali f or nia C ity ,

C A — 7 m iles nor t h o f Edw ar ds A F B . Bob has long si nce l ef t t h e ser v i ce and would qualify as having one of the more exciting pr o f essions in civi lian li f e. Bob i s t he act ing f ir e chief of t he t o w n a n d h a s a n ex c el l en t

chance of being selected permanent chief this coming su m m er . I w o u l d imagine that his fire chief j ob is a lot like flying f or M A C , “ hou rs upon hours of boredom, interrupted by moments of stark terror .” Bef ore go ing into the fire fighting business Bob was hired on a s a n e w s p a p e r reporter for the town’s only weekly edition. Bob has not r un int o many people f rom the class but if you’re out his way and w o u l d l i k e a r i d e o n a big red truck with a silver bell in the f ront , all you have to do is ask .

I saved this last picture because is has some great meaning and most of us grads can relate. Doug CA I RNS is the commander of T A C Sys D iv ,

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Here in Florida during the first week in M arch the tem per at ure is cli m b

ing into the 70s and 80s regularly now. Summer isj ust a r o u n d t h e c o r n er .

I f any of you are anywhere in the local area (Patrick A F B , C ape Canaveral A FS, Kennedy Space Center) please call me so w e c a n g et t ogether .

Just last week I got a call from Tom MOORE. He was at a meet i ng at Kennedy Space Center . It was a bidders’ conference o n a N A SA c o n t r a c t

for operations analysis on the Space Station. Tom works f or V it r o C o r p

out of Wash. DC. We got together for a few hours and had a ver y lively conversation about retirement , j ob resumes, j ob interviews, and em pl oy

ment i n t he civilian w or ld . T om enj oys hi s j ob and his com pany . H is wi f e,

Virginia, teaches piano and is a substitute teacher i n t h e l o c a l sc h o o l system in McLean, VA . A daughter , Elizabeth ( 19) is a sophom or e at C ol umbia. Son James (17) is a senior in high school . A nd daughter K ate ( 14) is a freshman in high school . Tom told me that Russ E A ST E R w o r k s a s a test pilot for Calspan. Russ has his own airplane and l i v es n ea r R o c h est er , NY. Russ firmly believes he has the best j ob in the w o r l d b ec a u se h e d o es engineering work and works with computers.

1 called D ave H O L T to f i nd out how he and L i nda m ade o u t o n t h ei r

expected birth. A lthough Dave was out playing a tough r ound o f gol f , I learned that on 23 February, a son named David Wilson H olt w as bor n , weighing in at 6 lbs, 6 oz. The boy has two very proud p a r en t s.

I also got a call from Geof f ENGLES a few weeks ago. G eo f f h a d w o n litigation within the past two years that reinstated hi m t o acti ve duty wi t h entitlement to back pay and allowances. He remained on act i ve duty f or a while and retired this past January. He has gone back t o w o r k f o r A i r

For ce C ivil Service at W ar ner Robins as an engineer . A n o t e a b o u t o t h er Redtags in the Macon area: Edd WHEELER has moved his law pr act i ce to Atlanta and Ralph SPORY is chief of the Acquisitions M anagem ent D ivi sion at W ar ner -Robi ns. I called Ral ph t o see how t hi ngs w ere goi ng.

He works primarily with the deputy program managers f or L ogi st ics

(DPM Ls) in Systems Command. He looks at supportability o f n ew systems. For instance, to support the Global Positioning System (G PS) he has to look at the mods required in all USA F aircraft . T he f am ily i s doi ng fine. His wife, Karen, is a substitute teacher in high sc h o o l a n d h a s a 2 6

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handicap in golf . Son David will graduate from USC i n M ay as a n a e r o

engineer. Second son Eric is at Cornell pursuing a degr ee i n chem ical engineering. And third son Chris is a sophomore in high school, maj oring in having fun. Ralph also passed along that Joe HINES h a s r et i r ed i n Florida as a teacher. The grad’s Register shows Joe a s a sch o o l t ea ch er i n Seminole County. That’s not too far away. Maybe we can get t oget her

so m e t i m e so o n .

I saw a t r ansf er not ice i n A F Times t hat said “ Fish ” N I C H O L S i s n o w

at Grif fiss. Saw Jim D’ENT REM ONT ’s picture in A F TY/nej announcing his assignment as dir, Avionics Engineering, Deputy for Engineering, A SD, Wright-Pat . I saw A 1 HA RWICK’s name on the retirement l i st i n AF Times. Got a change of address from Dick MA NGOL D show ing n e w residence in Belmont , CA . A nd Chuck CHEESMA N has moved f r o m

Sunnyvale to GE’s Aerospace Group in Philadelphia.

Everyone please note that RosAl Productions will be presenting a party for the first four USA FA classes on Oct 5, 1985 after t h e A F A / N o t r e

Dame game. Anyone within 1,000 miles should plan to b e t h er e .

As anyone who reads AF Times and Checkpoints knows, the Redtags

have two new general of ficers. George LA RSON is comdr o f t h e 3 80 t h

BMW at Plattsburg and Dave ROE, space asst to the dir, J t St f f o r J t Matters, Org JCS. Congratulations to both of you. I a l so h ea r d t h a t B o b BAXTER retired recently and is staying in the Wash, D C a r ea .

get me interested in using a computer. Also, my son (D avid , 16) has been

bugging me to get us(?) a computer and Apple was what he uses in school .

Thus, a long story made short. I have grand plans for my com put er and the 1963 Class News including putting all my data stuffed in 15 year s o f

f iles into a data base. With that information and selected d a t a f r o m t h e Register I should be in business. A t least a copy of a l l t h e c o l u m n s w i l l b e on a disk and easily reproduced for all those who care.

My second bit of information includes our address change. I f you didn’t notice in the header, we are moving back to O ’ Fallon , I L — t he same house too. I will be reassigned in March to HQ 2 3 r d A i r F o r c e a s t h e chief of Standardization and Evaluation. A super j ob f o r a n i n v et er a t e

aviator like me! We supervise Stan/ Eval functions for o v er 19 d i f f er en t

aircraft and nearly as many missions. The best part — a sk L i n d a — i s t h e

worldwide scope of our mission. There are units from Ger many t o t he Philippines and I get to visit every outfit and fly with them. So, for all you

folks visiting the St. Louis or Scott AFB area please give us a cal l . O ur new phone num ber w ill be in t he next issue o f t hi s m agazi ne so i n t he

meantime give information or 23 AF DOV a ring at the n u m b er a b o v e .

Will start this issue with some letters received since l a st t i m e — d i d n ’ t get much else. Pete OGNI BENE is working on a new novel about pol it ical and technological intrigue. This story takes place i n A u st r i a a n d i n v o l v es A mer ican and Russian brai n scient ist s. Pete clai ms a w ell k now n , cr it ical

review he received for The Big By te has had an ef fect on his forthcoming ef fort . All I can say is I wish I had Pete’s skills and im agi nat ion . Pet e’ s letter contained some super good news: the Class of 1963 has two, I repeat

two, BGs. Of course everyone saw the “ FOG’s” (Ron FOGLEMAN) name in the news; however, Steve DOTSON was also promoted t o o n e

star. Steve’s name appeared in the Congressional Record of 31 January.

A n A ir Force Reserve of ficer, Steve works in the Of fice o f M anagement and Budget (OM B) but does not write David Stockman’s speeches o n m ilit ary ret i rement .

Gene M USSELWH ITE wrote a nice long letter dated Dec 2 4 a n d I

would love to print the whole thing; however, space pr event s me f r om do ing so. Gene and Joan are stationed at Incirlik, Turkey w h er e h e i s t h e 39th TA CG/ DO. Gene quietly added he is forced to maintain cur rency in

the F-16. The assignment is two years — with family — and t hey ex pect t o

be in Turkey until July 86. Gene’s boss, as of this w r it ing, is Bi ll H E N T -

Ted, Marcy, Chris and Tammy Dykes posef or a f amily p hotogr ap h.

GES who should have moved on by the time the magazine h i t s t h e st r eet s.

Bill logs time in the F-111. Accompanying the letter w as a phot o o f Gene, Bill, and two other “ heavies” in the USAFE fighter w or ld : Joe C A BU K , vice commander of the 20th TFW (F-11Is at Upper Heyford) a n d F r ed d i e FROSTIC, DO of the 50th TFW (F-16s at Hahn). Both wings w er e a t I n cirlik last autumn for weapons training deployments.

My last item will be a letter f rom Ted DYKES’ wife, Marcy. “ Greetings to the warm country. Oh you lucky people! A s in our past hist or y , w e are once again moving. This will be #15 coming up. Ted is doing the one thing

he has always wanted to do — build a home from thegr ound up . O ur new address will be in Great Falls, VA. He had been commuting 70 m iles ever y

day and his bod was getting tired. With the kids gone a n d t h e St . B er n a r d s dead, I wanted something small but my vote was vetoed. H is pr oj ect w i ll

be a huge undertaking. Tammy will graduate in May with h er R N a n d

plans to go i nt o neo-natal i nt ensive car e. She has a j ob weekends doing

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private nursing duty. Chris after 2Vi years in engineering h a s d eci d ed t o

pursue his love and go into advertising and commercial a r t . H e i s a t t h e Philadelphia College of A rt . We enj oy hearing about t he Redtags s o much. Even run into some of them periodically.” Thanks M ar cy . A nd

good luck to T ed on t he new house.

That’s it f or now. Keep the calls and letters coming. I t ’ s nice hear i ng

f r om you .

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8 1 1 R ei ss R o a d

O ’ Fallon , I L 62269

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Some of the ’63 USAFE f ighter world managers are, f rom lef t, J oe Cabuk, Gene Musselwhite, Fred Frostic, and Bill Hentges.

Gene w ri tes that R ob PO L L OC K is t he vice com mander a t Sh a w a n d A 1 A D A M S i s chief of Standar dizat ion f or 12t h A F at Bergst r om . A ddi

tionally, Jim BUTT is director of Requirements and Readiness for H Q

USAFE. On the personal side. Gene and Joan are loving t heir assignment

at I ncirlik . The country is peaceful and the people are ver y nice. A lso , t he base has changed significantly over the years and 2,300 f ol k s ar e assigned there on accompanied tours; a number that is growing all the time. They

hope to stay in USAFE (Europe) when the Turkey tour is up . I don ’ t

Before we get into this too far I have two things to discuss. First, you

are reading the inaugural computerized version of the Y ell ow T ag C lass

News. That’s because I got a computer for Christmas (A pple I I C) and I have been having the time of my life. We have had personal com put er s i n the Air Force for a few years now and as soon as Zenith, I B M a n d t h e A i r

Force get their stuf f together we will have more. A ll t his has done m uch t o

blam e you one bit .

Responding to my plea for more inf ormation Pat CA RUA NA se n t a short letter filling me in on his activities. The Caruana clan — Pat ,

Lauraine, Hillary (15) and Joshua (7) — are enj oying O k i n a w a w h er e P a t is vice commander for the 376th Strategic Wing (SAC). T he w ing f lies t he KC-135 and RC-135 aircraft. Also at Kadena, reports Pat , i s “ D ” H E N D E RSO N w ho is t he 18t h T FW D O .

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Our usual and very welcome Christmas letters included an update o f

Megan’s family. Bob, Ann and Quinn DONOVAN. Bob is obvi ously en j oying his new status of civilian working in the corporate w o r l d — a c t u a l ly the military industrial complex — as an editor and t ech n i ca l d o cu m en t

writer for TRW in Colorado Springs. He says TRW j ust ca l l ed h i m o n e

sunny day in Sacramento asking if he would be available t o be a par t o f their proj ect managing the Space Operations Center in t he Spr i ngs. T hr ee

weeks later he was out hauling down a military retirement pay check . H is of fice is one block from Colorado Springs Municipal A i rport and t he

family home is on Cambria Drive. Bob ran into Ted and

Su si e

SCH ROEDER in the Pete Field BX — coincidently, Linda also spoke t o Susie at the Kirtland Of ficer’s Club. Ted is on sabbatical f r o m t h e

training and will be replacing Denny STILES as air att ache in C ai r o , Egypt. Lin BOTHWELL provided the photo of the 24th squad r on con tingent at the reunion. Jim SUE noted it was ironic t h a t t h e t w o w o r st

students in the group, Larry BA LL and Lin, have PhDs w hile he (t he best student) was driving airplanes for Eastern. One of li f e’ s int er est i ng t w ist s.

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Weapons Lab and is doing research at the center for I n t er n a t i o n a l St u d i es

at M IT . Please note Ted was promoted to colonel below t h e zo n e . I t h i n k that deserves the comeback of the century award! Bob also reported Bill GABEL on the faculty of Air War College and Larry SEVERSON w o r k ing for Hughes Aircraft in California.

A nother Christmas letter has Dennis HA YCRAFT selling c a r s . I ’ m n o t kidding. Dennis, according to Sue, tried working at a private medical center after he retired and then took up “ house husbanding’ ’ u n t i l sh e tossed him out to earn a living. Now he is moving them — V olk swagons,

Peugots and Subarus — off the lot at Isenberg Motors i n M er ced , CA . I envy Dennis a great deal; being around new cars is somet hing I l ove. W e

have three cars now and I am already prowling the lots f o r a c a r f o r o u r daughter and a four-wheel drive f or myself . Sue says she’ s w or k ing as

program director for the Merced County Drinking Driver P r ogr am .

A letter was received in the AOG of fice f rom Ralph W ET T E R H A H N , who wrote: “ Normally I shy from notoriety but had to pass t his on . M y eldest is in the Class of ’88 and last Christmas during his leave (Y es, doolies have it easy now!) I introduced him to Jim A L L B U R N a t t h e P en

tagon. Jim was briefing the first flight results on t h e X - 2 9 a n d w h en i ii -

troduced to my son Scott , he immediately noticed the Supt ’s pin on his unif orm and without a moment ’s hesitation came back w it h ‘ Gee Ralph ,

he’s doing a lot better than you did!’ Thanks a lot J i m ! ’ ’ Short Notes: Ralph ROHATSCH is commander of the 12th F T W a t Randolph; Ray FULLER is retired and living in Mesa, A Z w or k i ng as a systems engineer for Singer/ Link at Williams AFB: George B A R N E S i s

on the move again leaving Nashville, TN for Witchita, K A ; Pr es D A V I S

changed j obs moving from deputy dog at Altusto viceco m m a n d er f o r t h e 1776th A BW at A ndrews; and Jerry SA I LORS reports all i s w el l n o w t h a t

the REFORGER airdrop came of f as planned — Jerry is D O f o r t h e 4 37 t h M AW at Charleston. John RECTOR called on a quick layover i n A l b u querque— he is still employed by Western Air Lines (B-737). John retains his residence in Las Vegas but , if you want to find him , check Salt L ak e

City. He has j ust finished building a new home near L i t t l e C o t t o n w o o d Canyon. He relayed that Jim BODNAR and Dave MULLEN are also f l y i ng w it h W ester n .

To close, Henry CONA NT returned to the 1550th j ust recent ly as our

expert on helicopter academics. This time Henry is w ear ing civil ian

clothes holding down one of our GS positions. It is n i ce t o h a v e h i m b a ck .

The wing will only gain from the arrangement .

Well , by the time you read this we will be back at Scott . H ope everyone has a safe and prosperous spring and the I RS didn’t get too much of your money. Until next time, let me hear f rom you.

M ik e Ro bb in s

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It seems like I j ust wrote one of these last week. I ca n ’ t b el i ev e h o w f a st the time has gone by. Things around our house have been j ust a li t tle

24th Squadron members at the reunion, f rom lef t clockwise, a r e B i l l a n d

M arta Flood, L arry Ball, A ngie DiBergardino, Ray L ongo, L in B oth well, Jim Sue, Bob Wood, A lana and Tom Jobin.

From the change-of-address notices: Hugh SM ITH to San A nt o nio , Dick WA LSH to Santa M aria, CA ; Dave SA MUEL to M axwell a n d A 1

C A M P BE L L to Blyt heville.

On a sad note, Raleigh GA RCIA (now Myhren) called to i n f o r m m e o f the death of Rich GRA Y. Raleigh of fered to write the piece f or t he “ Gone but not Forgotten’ ’ column. It ’s not a pleasant j ob, and I thank Raleigh for the of fer .

Louise Brown, the new Cadet Wing Hostess and widow o f J . D .

BROWN, was kind enough to send along the latest annual T iger T en Newsletter . Some of the highlights follow. Kris M INEAU i s a ssi st a n t DCM for the 37th TFW at George. Kris traded A rizona a n d t h e F - 15 f o r California and the F-4G. Denny MONTGOMERY is the DO a t Zweibruecken and one of those fortunate 0 -6s who still fl y . Jim V E R STREATE remains at the Pentagon where he keeps the T A F suppl ied w it h m issiles and dr ones. Ji m r an t he M ar i ne C or ps M a r a t h o n h er e l a st

November , f inishing with a very respectable 3:05. Gabe F A I M O N r ec en t

ly accepted a position with the Menninger Foundation a s d i r ect o r o f t h ei r

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Preventing D isabi li ty

Dependence. That’s a mouthful! John LUKASIK retired last year and

took a position as logistics coordinator in the Navy Support Test Equip ment Division of Sanders A ssociates. Rog HEA D’S career has gone f u ll circle. He’s back at Eglin, this time as the A DO of t he test w i ng . T had WOLFE is enj oying his year at the War College. Nick L A CE Y m anaged

to get some time off from his j ob as the base commander a t R A F

Lakenheath to do some traveling. The highlight was a t r i p t o C ai r o w her e the Laceys and the Stiles got together . Jack PATERNO f l ies right seat o f a 747 for People Express. He also flies the F-106 and T - 3 3 f o r t h e 17 7 t h FIG out of Atlantic City. Stevie B. CROKER has been playing “ you bet

your career’’ as wing commander of the 97th Bomb Wing (B lyt hevil le) .

Having successfully maneuvered the wing through a series o f conver sions, inspections, bomb competitions, etc., Stevie B. may be on her w ay t o even

bigger and better things.

That does it for this go around. Thanks for your inputs and keep t hose cards and letters coming in! There is only a three-week per iod bet w een when the Checkpoints hits the streets and when the next colum n is due, so don ’ t delay .

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crazy. My wife, Leslie, is visiting friends and charging h er so l a r b a t t er i es in Honduras, and I ’m here alone with the six kids for t w o w eek s.

Lots of goodies in the mailbag this month. Wally WOLNIEWICZ o f

t he r eunion com m itt ee inf or m s me t hat 10 pr int s of t h e c l a ss cr est a r e st i l l

available for sale. They come matted for $20 plus postage. T h e r eu n i o n

committee reports that all outstanding orders for shirts, crest s, etc. have

been filled. If you’re still missing something, it ’s n o t t h ei r f au l t .

Lee CONNER reports f rom Hickam, where he’s A DO of the 8 34 t h A irlift Division, that Nels RUNNING and Tony COVA IS a r e a l i v e a n d well , Nels as PACAF IG and Tony flying the T-33. Ron G R O W D E N i s finishing up his tour at Eglin. H e’s of f to attache school and language 40

Planning for the 20th class reunion is well along. O u r f i r st m a i l o u t resulted in more than 125 positive responses. This show s ent husiast ic sup port among our classmates.

We will communicate with you in the near future through d i r ec t m a i l t o give you the details of hotel arrangements, costs, a n d so u v en i r i t em s available for purchase. This information will arrive w el l i n a d v a n ce so y o u c a n make firm plans for a fantastic reunion weekend September 19-22 as we watch the Falcons reduce Rice to rubble.

H O M E C O M I N G 1985 FA L C O N S V S RI CE 19 - 2 2 SE P T E M B E R

The McCA NNs and the DUNCA Ns hosted a get-together at o u r h o m e recently which was attended by more than 10 other couples w h o o f f er ed their gracious services in planning the many activities a n d ev en t s w h i ch

sur r ound a r eunion . G iven t he level o f i nterest , w e w il l pr obably m ake ad ditional hotel arrangements for any overflow showing up in t he area dur ing reuni on weekend .

During the evening we discussed many of the f inancial a n d so c i a l

aspects o f our act ivites, and w e’ r e convinced t his w ill be an event you ’ ll

long remember. Since Colorado Springs is one of the l o w -co st c o n v en t i o n cities in A merica, I ’m sure you’ll agree the 20th reunion w a s w el l w o r t h

you t ime, t r avel and money af t er it ’s over .

W e appreciate all t he car ds and let ter s t hat have sent t o us so f ar . K eep them coming! Contact other classmates in your area to make sure t hey

know about the reunion. Encourage everyone to come t o C o l o r a d o f o r a wonderful weekend. Call me at the above phone numbers o r F r a n k M c -

CA N N at (303) 472-3450 or A V 259-3450 i f you need addi t ional i n f o r m a tion . W e’ re eager t o mak e sure t his w eek end is t he highl ight o f your year .

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A RA BI C SCHOLA R: What ’66 grad is trading in his A- 10 f o r a c a m el and head turban? You guessed it : “ Wayne of A rabia’’ SK O RA , now at the Presidio of Monterey language school, but soon t o b e i n A b u D h a b i a s the senior A F rep to the United A rab Emirates. Wayne a n d w i f e D ee w i l l have to reside in a 3500 sq. ft ., three-bedroom villa com plete w it h maid .

(Someone’s got to do it .) Wayne also reports that Gary RO D R I G U E S, godfather for their daughter Tanya, owns a car dealership in V an N uys, CA , and Buzz McLEA N is a hospital administrator in San D iego .

PACA F PA LA VER: Kent CA RLSON, chief of Contracting Policies and Procedures at Hickam, relayed several j uicy tidbits f r o m H a w a i i .

Kent , Jean, Paige ( 1), Steven (2) and Rick (10) recently m oved t o t he big island f rom Okinawa and say Honolulu is very expensive t hese days. A lso at HQ PACA F are Johnny McBROOME, director of STA N/ EVA L , a n d Ron BOATRIGHT , chief of Flight Safety. Kent reports t h a t B o b HOWA RD left Kadena’s 376th Strat Wing, where he was a n F M S c o m

m ander , f or “ Gr uesome G r issom ’ ’ t o t ake over a K C - 135 squadr o n . M ar t y A N D RA D E o f C - 130 f ame w or k s in t he K adena C om mand P o st . M i k e BEVAQUA , formerly a math professor at the U . of New M exico , now

works for an engineering consulting firm in the Washington, D C a r ea .

Joe HURST commands the 22 TA S Sq (OV-l Os) flying out o f W heeler , and Tom MA RKHA M is an oil tycoon in Denver . Thanks f or t he good wor ds, K ent .

L ET T ERS & C A L L S D E PT : Rich and Bonnie GA R D N E R sent sev er a l intersting letters about the busy events in their lives, al ong w it h t he ac

companying photo. Rick is a j unior in high school and a ct i v e i n f o o t b a l l and wrestling. Gretchen is a sophomore, plays softball and volleyball and likes to ride her horse, A pache. Jamie, a 5th grader, a l so r i d es h o r ses a n d likes soccer and dancing. Bonnie says with alt the act ivit ies, t hey have a hard time meeting for dinner.

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PA RENTHOOD REVISITED: Chris and I had gotten pretty com pla cent , thinking we were successfully keeping up with o u r 2 1- m o n t h -o l d so n when, ready or not , Stephanie Elizabeth (8 lb, 3 oz) a r r i v ed o n sc en e t h e first of February. I was okay at math at the Zoo, but n ev er k n ew t h a t o n e child plus one more child equals pandemonium. “ How does anyone ever manage with two (never mind higher multiples)?’’ we lament , loo k i ng at each other bleary-eyed over a cup of cof fee, trying t o co ax ex h a u st ed b o d i es t o a ct i o n w i t h a n o t h er sh o t o f ca f f ei n e . “ R em em b er w h en t h er e

were j ust the two of us?’ ’ I ask in a nostalgic reverie. “ N o , ” says C hr is. “ I can’t remember anything right now. I ’m j ust trying t o su r v i v e . ” T h i s i s going to be really wonderful, I ’m thinking, if only I live t hr ough it . . .

SPACE CA DET : You’ll find Redtags in many places around t h e world, but soon we’ll have one of our own in space! A st r o n a u t R o n GRA BE will be space shuttle pilot for a mission scheduled, a s o f t h i s writing, in September of this year . Wife Marij o, no st r anger to t he un predictabilities of flying schedules, says she’ll believe it only w hen she sees the solid rocket boosters lightof f .

G retchen, Rick and Jamie Gardner Rich operates his own construction company and was recentl y elected president o f t he I ndiana A ssociated Gener al C o nt r actor s. R i c h ’ s f a t h er swore him in, almost 22 years to the day he himself w as made pr esident .

O ur congrats. Rich .

Jef f A YKROYD writes from San Antonio, where he owns h i s o w n

home buildi ng com pany and i s a par t ner in a real est ate developi ng f ir m .

Wife Janie is an of ficer in the company and handles the f i nances, w hile

sons Geof frey ( 17) and John (14) are active in high sc h o o l a t h l et i c s . D a n CECI L , former class news scribe extraordinaire, says he’s lovi ng t he mushrooms in the basement of the Pentagon and the Exercise B r a n c h o f A F Operations. Dan’s division is the focal point for w ar gami ng f or t he A F, runs exercises for the JCS and operates the command post o f H Q USA F. I was in the basement too, Dan; you’ll get used t o i t a f t er t w o o r t hr ee year s.

R on Gr abe in his “’of f ice. ”

Gary PA LM ER called from DOE in Washington, where he i s t h e ex ec for an Army two-star in the Of fice of Military A pplications. Bot h Gar y and Dan passed on a wealth of information they gathered put t i ng together a Redtag M ini-Reunion in Washington on 3 Mar , w h i c h I w i l l i n clude in this and subsequent issues. Would you believe t h er e a r e 5 8 ’ 6 6 grads in the Washington area? Thanks for the info, g u y s .

I spoke with Dick THOM PSON, formerly base commander a t Laughlin, now commander of A F ROTC at Central Washington U n i v er sity. Dick is overseeing an expansion of A F ROTC at C W U and says he’s extremely impressed with the high quality of students br ought about by new standards for the program. Barb and the kids, who a r e v er y sp o r t sminded, love the area. Tudor ( 15) and Tye (14) are in high school , w hile

T er i (7) is a second grader .

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Fr om H omestead A F B , M i k e and M ar t i M A RON repor t t hat t h e t r a n

sition from life in the Philippines to CONUS has not been w it hout t ravail ; they were amazed to discover that in M iami you are expected t o cut your own grass and clean your own house. M ike is chief of E x er c i ses a n d

E val ut ions f or t he 31st T T W and f lies F4s i n his spare t i m e . M a r t i w a s

recently promoted to Lt Col and is the nursing education co o r d i n a t o r a t H o m est ea d .

D ick W ET Z E L is at C hanute as t he dep com mander f or R eso u r c es .

Dick says that his last j ob as commander of a transportation squadron at Wurtsmith A FB gave him a new appreciation for the support si d e o f t h e f orce, af ter m any year s as an aviat qr .

WH O’S WHERE: Pete NA SH practices internal medicine i n T u cso n

and i s act ive in the A FRE S at D avi s-M ont han . K even M cE L V A I N m o v es from A rmy War College to the Pentagon’s Programs and Requir ement s.

Billy WH ITE is a lawyer in Denver , specializing in av i a t i o n l a w . J i m FEGA N j ust finished a residency at the Mayo Clinic i n r eh a b i l i t a t i o n

medicine. Ji m H E R N A N D E Z is at t he Pensacola regi onal hospit al

specializing in family and abusive problems. Tom BRA NDON h a d a short stop at Reese (15 months) before moving on to L aughli n , w here he is commander of the 47th Student Squadron. Andy BLUM BERG i s a n ENT specialist at Bethesda Naval Medical Center . M ason B O T T S m o v ed from the Pentagon to Fort Belvoir, to be an instructor f o r t h e D ef en se Systems Management Course. Chuck REDMA N, recently returned f r o m Europe as a foreign service of ficer, now works at State D epar t ment head quarters. Walt SCH RECKER is attempting to cross-pollinate t he A r my as a HQ USA F team rep for the j oint A F: A rmy 31 issues i n i t i a t i v e . B i l l HOGA N is a professor at the JFK School of Government a t H a r v a r d .

Once again, guys, many thanks to those who called or w r ote. I t r eally makes my j ob easier as well as gives people a better idea o f w hat ’ s goi ng o n i n t h e cl a ss . U n t i l n ex t t i m e .

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90 9 F i o r en za D r i v e

L ot hi an , M D 207 11 H ome: (30 1) 627-6964 A V : 8 5 8- 7 186

P er c en t m em b er s : 5 7

Trust a former column writer to help out with a lot o f new s! L ar r y WILSON wrote while becoming a flight suregon on TDY a t t h e Sc h o o l o f Aerospace Medicine, Brooks A FB. While in San A ntonio he bum ped i nt o Roger ‘ ‘Stubby” CA RLSON , who is based at Randolph as t h e D i st r i ct

A r ea D ef ense C ouncil f or sever al sout hw est stat es. T hey hadn ’t seen one

another in 10 years! A fter summarizing history as a t r a n si t i o n f r o m t w o Corvettes to two kids, they fell to reminiscing of gl or i ous bat t les f r om t he past , ‘ ‘Like those we once waged against cheap booze a n d Sca n d i n a v i a n lovel ies i n M aj orca in ’ 67.”

On a TDY to Langley, Larry saw Lloyd DUNCAN , TDY from h i s o w n

j ob as a plans of ficer at HQ USA FE. This is Lloyd’s f ir st nonf lying j ob , and he really misses his A -10. While passing through U SA FA , L ar r y saw Jim SHA W, who is in charge of the A irmanship Program: par achut ing, gliders, and light aircraft .

Larry recently accepted a ‘ ‘good career move,” even t hough it involved breaking a semi-sacred oath. (Many of you remember si milar ly sw ear i ng never t o r et ur n t o thi s alleged oasi s af t er the Z I Field Trip!) He and Pat packed up kids and dog and have acclimated well to t h e sm a l l t o w n a n d homey atmosphere. Of course, Larry does occasionally ca t ch h i m sel f glancing nervously over his shoulder, in case his blind d a t e i s st i l l w a n d er ing around the ENMU campus. Yes, even after 21 years, C l o v i s a n d P o r tales have changed very little, except in the degree o f appr eciat ion t hey evoke in Larry. Twenty-one years. . . !

By the way, Larry is curious: his youngest son is 18 m ont hs old , bor n Sep 83. Is he the youngest child of the ’67 grads?

While still in Las Vegas, Larry saw Paul and Pam TACKA BURY a n d their kids frequently. Pam had completed her PhD and w as launching a career writing children’s books. A lso in Las Vegas, J i m G E O R G E i s a n F-16 squadron commander, and Jim ‘ ‘Toad” BA NNWA RT is an 0 -6 , civil engineer commander . Not any longer in Las Vegas i s A b n er HA YNES. Poor Abner — the Treasury Department transferred h i m t o San Diego — another hardship tour ! He is coordinating a mult i-agency

Wurtsmith-by-the-sea and 65 inches of snow this year , t hey w oul dn ’ t t ur n down Hawaii or a southern tour . Jerry is the OM S squadron com m ander , quite a dif ferent challenge f rom being ops of f icer f or t he A ir Ref ueli ng Sq. He is the only ’67er there at present . Peyt COLE w a s t h e D .O . b e f o r e heading f or A WC with family, golf clubs, and new van. J o h n W R I G H T was there heading the Command Post , but has moved on t o SA C H Q .

Ken SPROUL j ust finished two weeks active duty at Luke A F B : “ . . .M y first contact with the ‘real A ir Force’ in 10 year s . . . alm ost si gned up again!” He is looking forward to our 20th reunion. H e f eel s l i k e h e h a s ‘ ‘ t he best of both w or lds, a ter r i f ic pr ivat e pr act ice, and sti ll an im p or t ant

part of the USA F.” He resigned in 1975, went back home t o m ed i c a l

school in I lli noi s, t hen a f am ily p ract ice r esidency i n T er r e H aute, I N , and now is i n his f our t h year o f pr act ice i n Br azi l , I N . He j oined the I ndiana A i r N ati onal Guar d in 198 1, i s cli nic com m ander and f l ight sur geon f or the 181st TA C Fighter Group (F-4Cs), and will soon pi n on m aj or ’ s l ea v es.

T om BO ET T C H E R ’ S new book , Vietnam : The Val or and the Sor r o w , is a 5(X)-page hist ory of t he w ar (about 15 percent on t he ai r w ar) and t he problems at home. I t should be in maj or book stores acr oss the count r y by the time you read this — released on A pril 30, the 10t h anniver sary of t he f all of Saigon . Y ou may r em em ber t hat T om w as a press o f f icer i n V iet nam f r om Oct 1968-69, and af t er t hat at V andenbu rg . H i s w i f e, Pam

Olson, covers Congress for Turner Broadcasting (CNN).

AOG Updates: Ed GUNTER is the new commander of the 5 5 7 t h F T S at U SA FA . C huck D E N H A M t r ansf er r ed t o Ft . G eorge M eade, M D i n February. Last December, Sohio Petroleum Company transferred G ary G RE E N f r om San F r anci sco t o A nchor age.

M a r k T o r r ea n o B o x 24 5 A P O Sa n F r a n ci sc o 9 6 3 2 8

O f f ice: A V : 248- 110 1, x4282 H ome: A V : 248- 110 1, x 537 1 P er c en t m em b e r s: 54

T im e t o caress t he old bal lpoi nt agai n and coax out a f ew ent er t ai ni ng

words. Spring is popping out here, the plum trees are bl ossom i ng and t he snow is melting on Mt . Fuj i . M imi and I are leaving t o m o r r o w f o r a f i v eday shopping and sightseeing trip to Hong Kong. Maybe sh e w o n ’ t f i n d anything in her color or size? In February, I took M ar k Jr . and M arcy sk i ing for the first time. A Japanese friend went with us and t aught t hem t o ski in no time, so they j umped in the chairlift yelling ‘ ‘ Come on . D ad .”

They did swell but I looked more like I was sledding t han sk ii ng . L ar r y and Jan M A A H S ar r ived her e in January and ar e set t led i n w i t h t h ei r so n (14) and twin girls (10). Larry and I are working on st ar ti ng an A O G

chapter here and are planning a spring dinner , so give o n e o f u s a c a l l i f

i nt erested in A OG act ivit ies i n Japan .

Saw Bob D E N N Y on a recent T D Y t o K adena A B . Bob is c o m m a n d er

of the 38 Strat Recon Sq at Of futt A FB and was over h er e f o r a l i t t l e f i el d

w or k . I n a r ecent conver sat ion w i t h John G RA H A M , I l ea r n ed h e w i l l leave SPA C E C M D I ntel this sum mer t o tak e com m and of t he 16 Sur v Sq

(Cobra Dane) at Shemya A B. Bring a rock back , John. L o ca l n ew s i n cluded this photo of John GONDA braving the Tokyo train system w it h his t r ibe. H e m ade i t all i n one piece, smi li ng yet .

t a sk f o r ce f o r ? ? ?

Jerry WENNER took occasion to write f rom the North W o o d s o f M ichigan while the base was closed for another winter st o r m — s n o w piled to the rooftops again. He, Julie, Kim, and J.T . have enj oyed t hei r stay: ‘ ‘small town, very little crime, good hunting and f ishing, and i n teresting weather .” But he also admitted that after si x w i n t er s a t 42

John Gonda and f riends are happy to be on the right t r a i n t o Y o k o t a A i r Base af ter a long day in Toky o.

My assignment finally arrived. We leave in July to W a sh D C w h er e I will spend a year at the Brookings I nstitution as a research associat e, looking into U.S. space doctrine and its implications f o r i ntelligence r e quirements. We are all looking forward to returning to D .C . and hope t o see many o f you t here.

Letters/ cards: A stronaut Dick COVEY will finally earn his keep w hen he serves as pilot for the 30 M ay flight of the space shut t le D iscover y . A t

least w hen D ick w r ote t he let ter he w as scheduled . W i t h t h e r ecen t cancellat ion of the shutt le mission , t hat may have changed . A t any r at e, D ick i nvites any classmate w ho w ants to come see t he li f to f f to dr op a l i ne or call him and he will arrange passes. Contact at : N A SA / JSC / C B ,

Houston, TX 77058, phone (713) 483-2421 (of fice). Dick a l so t el l s u s t h a t Chuck “ The Rock” KA VCSA K has f inally f ound the right w o m a n . D i c k attended Chuck’s Jan. 26 wedding to Lynn A shpole in L e Seuer , M N and

helped C huck celebr ate his last hou rs o f batchelor hood . T h e K A V C SA K s w i l l l i v e i n So u t h er n C a l i f o r n i a w h er e C h u c k i s a n A i r Cal i f or nia captai n .

Thanks for the news, Dick , and have a great ride!

M ar ty and C laudia CO L E w il l leave Brasi lia, Br azi l , w here M ar ty is asst air attache, for an assignment flying C-141s at M cG uir e A FB , N J .

M ar ty leaves i n M arch t o A lt us f or some ref er esher t raini ng, and C laudia and kids will j oin in June after school is over . See you guys t his sum mer , I hope.

M i c h a el R . T h i essen

Br ow n & T hiessen , P .C .

Suite 2121, City Center Square

K ansas C it y , M O 64 105 H ome: (9 13) 642-7692 O f f ice: (8 16) 474-4 114 P e r c en t m e m b e r s : 5 5

From the mail bag: M ike GOODE is a regional sales manager f o r Simuflite Training International (business j et pilot t r ai ni ng using li nk simulators). M ike is also flying F-4s with the Carswell R eser v e u n i t . H e reports on the following ’69ers: Jef f M EECE is living i n C i n c i n n a t i a n d flying for Federated Department Stores. Butch HENKELM AN is f l yi ng

w i t h t he Ber gstr om F-4 uni t and is w i t h Sout hw est A i rl ines along w i t h C r aig C O L L I N S. Bill M cG RA T H i s in t he C ar sw ell Reser ve uni t , and H .

OWNBY is a district attorney for M cKinney, TX and is a s o r n e r y a s e v e r .

M ike also confirms that Tommy LOVE did in fact tie t h e k n o t i n F o r t Worth in January with Becky Brooks. Tommy should be retur ni ng f r om Osan soon where he is chief of Aerospace M edicine. Fr om T om my w e hear that Jim FOSTER is in Seoul with the A rmy, M alcom W A R D i s a t Osan, and Rusty SPRA DL ING is flying F- 15s out of Kadena.

Denny and Barb FLYNN will also be moving, from D.C. t o E i n -

siedler hof , Ger many w here D enny w il l be t he base civil engi neer . T he F L Y N N s spent tw o w eek s i n E ngland t his past sum mer and love it , so t hey ar e anx ious to move t o E ur ope and see m ore. C had a n d L i n d a SW E D BE RG r emain i n T ucson , A Z w here C had is now asst ch i ef o f

maintenance at Davis-M onthan. Linda is also doing well i n h er w o r k w i t h

t he county w it h a recent pr om ot i on t o ad mi n asst to t he county manager .

Bill and K aty W OO D cont i nue to scandalize sout h subur ban D en v er .

Bill SA SZ has now moved in nearby and is head of the regional def ense o f f i c e o f t h e J A G . T h ei r so n s w er e i n t h e sa m e so ccer league t his year .

Bot h Bi lls agree t hat their present r oom mates are m uch better look i ng

than the ones they had at USA FA when they roomed together. T h e WOODSwent to the Olympics and to Bill’s 20 year high sch o o l r eu n i o n i n

M assachusett s t his year .

A lso received cards from the LUSH BA UGHs, VA I Ls, and

E BE R H A RT s. G r eat look ing gr oup t here, Ed . T hank s t o all o f you f or t h e c a r d s a n d n o t es.

F r om lef t ar e Cindy , M ik e and B eth Goode.

F ur t her u pdates f r om M i ke G OO D E : Jack O V E RST REET is a t t h e

Pentagon, Charlie WEI NERT is working at General Dynamics a n d i s st i l l commuting to the I ndiana Guard from Fort Worth, and J o h n YOUNGHA NSE is working at Shaw in the 9th A FH Q. For a n y o n e p a s s ing through Dallas/ Fort Worth, give M ike a call . H is of f ice is only f ive minutes from any gate at the airport .

From Doug FITZPA TRICK we hear that Doug has a 5' 8" tw elve-year old daughter who is called the “ franchise” by her basketball t ea m . H i s ten-year-old son (like all ten-year-olds) divides his time between not doing his homework and not cleaning up his room. Doug and his L o-H igh love ly ar e in T ulsa.

K ar en and E d E ber har t wi th Jessica (f r on t) and E r ik a in f r on t of their F t.

M y ers q uar ters, scene of the 18 M ay 85 class m ini-reunion.

P r om oti ons: L t C ol selectees t hi s year include P hil A BO L D , L loyd BE L W OO D , T ad D RA PE R , M ik e F I T Z G E RA L D , D ick FO RST E R , T om JE N SE N , Randal l JO H N SO N , M ik e M U E L L E R , V an PE R RO Y , Bar ry P R I N S, A nt hony RO GET , Roger SI N D L E , John V . SU L L I V A N , W ayne W I L SO N , and G lenn Z A U BE R . C ongr ats t o you al l , but especial ly t o T ad D RA PE R , w ho not only w as pick ed up above t he zone, but selected f or senior ser vice school ! W ay to land on your f eet . T ad .

M oves: D enny M cL A I N f r om M ai ne t o O ’ Fallon , I L ; M i k e M O SS f r om C al i f or nia t o K annapolis, N C ; G r eg PA Q U I N f r om Georgia t o H oust on T X ; and D ick RU FF I N G t o W oodb ridge, V A .

O ne f inal not ice: E ast C oast ’ 68er s mar k 18 M ay on your calendar as t h e d a t e f o r t h e m i n i r eu n i o n a t E d E B E R H A R T ’ s . C a l l E d f o r m o r e i n f o

i f you can mak e it .

Les DYER is with the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance flying t h e S R - 7 1 a t Beale. Les is not looking f orward to flying a desk as he has j ust m ade L t .

Col. Les is “ still” married to Connie after 13 years, has one son , T odd , eight , and is active in volleyball, softball , tennis and w eight l i f t ing but has not played rugby i n f our year s.

Les reports that rugger Roy COPPI NGER, his wife Lindsay, a n d t h r ee children live in Portland, OR where Roy is a civilian com puter w hiz, and that fellow rugby players, Drs. H arry LAWS and M ike B E E Z L E Y a r e

r espect f ully back at t he A cademy and i n K ansas. M ik e and w i f e N ancy have j ust left the A ir Force and both have set up practices i n K ansas C i ty .

M i k e is act ive playi ng soccer as are hi s tw o childr en .

Fellow D oolie N i ner Stu JO H N SO N i s a L t . C ol . and is wor k ing at t he A ir Command and Staf f College as the chief of the Budget and M anage

ment Division. Stu will soon be moving on to the deputy c o m m a n d er position at A eroj et Corporation, Sacramento, CA and n o t es t h a t C h a r l i e MA BRY and Don CA I N are faculty instructors at ACSC. C h a r l i e w i l l b e

goi ng to Y ak ota, Japan t hi s sum m er as dir ect or of t he P A C A F C o n t r a c t i ng C ent er .

Steve EDELMA N writes that he is working at HQ A ir Force System s Command with Starwars. Steve and his family have had a very di f f icu lt

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experience the last 18 months as their seven-year-daughter w as diagnosed as having a rare f orm of cancer. She passed away in Januar y of 1984 .

Steve has asked me to pass this inf ormation along in hopes t hat any ot her grads who may have lost a child may get in touch with St ev e f o r m u t u a l su p p o r t .

G lenn SC H L A BS i s at the San A nt onio A ir L ogi st ics Center at K elly

A FB. Glenn will be going to Kunsan where he will be t he st af f j udge ad vocate. According to Glenn, Bob VA N METER flies C-5s out o f D over , DE, and Roger HA RTMA N is at Kirtland.

Dennis FLETCHER is at the Boeing Test Center at Edwards A F B . H e is a program engineering supervisor responsible for conduct ing B-52 f light testing. Dennis is active iiT the A ir Force Reserves teachi ng aerolasticity at the USA F Test Pilot School . Dennis w r i t es t h a t T o m H A K EM A N is in W ichi ta w it h B oeing f or f l ight and gr ound t est planni ng f or B-52 programs and that Pat SISSON is with the 4950th at W r ight-Pat a n d i s a t t ach ed t o t h e T - 39 d et a ch m en t .

D ick L O B R I T Z is involved in cutt i ng up bodies as a pat hologi st at St .

Elizabeth H ospital Medical Center in Youngstown, OH . D i ck a n d t h e M r s. have t hree children . H e r epor t s t hat he is al so a ch i ck en co l o n el i n t he Reserves at W r ight-Pat .

Daniel COOK is an owner/ manager of Safeway Loans and C o o k Realtors. His wife is a bilingual/ cross cultural teacher i n B a k er sf i el d where they live. “ Beau” (his academy accolade) thinks t h a t D i c k D O Y L E is a professor of political science at I owa State University b u t t h a t i s a n unconfirmed report . Dick please confirm or deny.

Ken MA CA LUSO is responsible for doing “ very little” a s a B F i t C d r with the 917 A REF SQ at Dyess AFB. Ken reports that h i s U .S .- b o r n daughter is starting school and his English-born daughter i s st ar ti ng t o talk . Ken sees Larry LOUDEN at Dyess on the MA C side w her e L ar r y is chief of Training, but Ken asks the rhetorical question: A re C - 130 pi lots

Paul , Shirley and D avid G alli From Shirley GA LL I we hear that Paul returned f rom K u n sa n a n d i s now working in the CVI of fice at McChord as well as being at t ached t o

t he 8M A S and occasional ly doi ng some f l yi ng f or t hem . T hey love t he Puget Sound area and are enj oying their two-year-old son , D avid .

t r a i n ed o r i n f a ct t r a i n a b l e?

Frank COUNTRYMA N is a pilot with Eastern A irlines flying o u t o f A tlanta while living in I ndianapolis with Libby, their tw o sons, M ar k ( 15) and Kevin (9). Frank is back in the Reserves after f ive year s f lying A - l Os at G r issom . Fr ank sees M i k e K L I N D T and M ar ty C A V A T O w i t h D el t a i n A tlanta and N or m K N O X w i t h Easter n i n t he same city . Fi nal ly , and

most importantly, Frank reports that he j ust returned f r o m t h e d en t i st a n d h a s n o ca v i t i es.

Frank CROFT is a manger of Remote Sensing A pplications f o r I n t er national Imaging Systems, I nc. and is looking f or a Reser ve assignm ent doing image processing. Contact Frank in Los Gatos, C A a t 7 1 M i l es A venue. Fr ank inf or m s us that T om H U BE R i s a pro f essor a t t h e U n i v er

sity of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Glen BE R RY is t he execut ive o f f icer o f the O f f ice of Special A dvisor t o C I N C U N C . H e and his w i f e o f 14 year s have tw o sons, Jer emy ( 12) and Brian (10). Both are active in sports. Glen has been coachi ng k ids bask et

ball f or the last two years and passed the bar exam i n A r k a n sa s i n 19 8 1.

Ji m C A M P BE L L is t he chief o f D er mat ology at N elli s A FB H ospital .

He is looking f orward to possibly being assigned to L ak enheat h , England, in 1986. Jim, wife Maria, and the children, Jason ( 10) and Jackie (9), are enj oying skiing and all the other recreational a c t i v i t i es i n the Las Vegas area. Jim has stated that he would like t o see a n o t h er cl a ss reu nion . I echo t hose sent iment s and her eby nomi nate Ji m as class pr oj ect o f f i cer f o r o u r 20 t h .

T om SH U M W A Y w r ites f r om T ink er A FB that he i s a Fl ight C r ew

T h e B r ad y s

Training Boeing Contract M onitor, that M ike LA CEY (LC select) is w it h

t he 960 A W A C S/ D O I celand aw ait ing or der s, T om T OO P S (L C select) is soon t o be 966 A W A CT S/ D O T i nk er and D ave H A RT M A N is a t

Langley HQ TA C/ E3 Stan Eval .

N ow f or some new s t hat ar r ived j ust af ter the deadli ne f o r t h e l a st new slett er . Jim GO N Z A L E S is a t r ial at tor ney f or Federal L a b o r R el a tions Authority at Denver. He is also doing Reserve j udge advocate w or k

at Lowry, is hosting a foreign exchange high school st u d en t f r o m Sw ed en and is involved in pro bono work within the A rchdiocese o f D en v er . J i m has recently tried cases with or against Wade MORRISON a n d G l en

SC H L A BS. (W ho w on?)

Fr om Steve C H E R RY we hear t hat t he w eat her is very co l d i n h i s G r ea t Canadian Experience. Chuck EA RLY is practicing law in D eL and , F L .

He and his wife of 12 years, Nancy Ellen, love the f ishi ng, hu nt ing and

water sports available to them in profusion.

Terry BRA DY sent a nice update on his activities for 19 84 a s w el l a s a rather comprehensive review of many of our classmates: D on D E SSE RT , HQ USA F, D .C.; Ken FRESHWATER and M ike GRENA RD are a t L i t tle Rock , C-130; John SKORUPA , Steve HA RRINGTON and J o h n REDDY, HQ MA C, Scott ; Lindsey PA RRI S and Terry SCH WA L IER, M PC, Randolph; and B.Y . STEPHENSON , Dallas, TX , professor; Terry would like to know where Greg TA YLOR, Tom LYKINS, a n d Hans WAGNER are. Let us know guys! By the time this n ew sl et t er i s o u t Terry and Karen should have their second child due Febr uar y . T er ry t oo k over as operations of ficer of the 39th Tactical A irlift Squadr on i n A ugust o f 19 8 3 .

O ne f i nal note, one o f our classmates has r equested t hat I inqui re abo ut

anyone who may have knowledge about of ficers who have been passed over for promotion possibly due to Control 3 OERs received w h i l e i n school or A FIT which was given with the promise that “ t hey w on ’ t hur t promotions.” A nyone with info should send it to me and I w i ll relay t he i n f o r m at i o n .

D O N ’ T M I SS A M A G A Z I N E !

SE N D U S Y O U R N E W A D D R E SS N O W .

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(Editor ’s note: Colorado Springs writer, D avid M cCasland, is r esear ching the lif e of Gary Combs, who died in ’78. A ny one wishing t o s h a r e t h ei r

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party! Rod wrote that part of the “ payload” included Gary’s class ring and some very special party shorts. Rumor has it that , w hile in or bi t , Gary took the time out from his busy mission schedule t o say ‘ hi ’ t o our depart ed classmates; a nice touch .

R o d a l so i n cl u d ed a sh o r t l i st o f W h o ’ s W h o i n D a l l a s t hese days. W it h

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H ere I go agai n , already t w o days lat e on t he A O G deadline, t r yi ng t o f orget t he pressures o f t ax season and a new subdivision long enough to br ing you your quart er ly dose o f B I G RE D new s. A s usual . I ’ l l b e b r i ef

and informative and wait until the end to drop the b o m b .

For st ar ter s, here’ s a r undow n on t he w hereabout s o f so m e o f o u r classmates: Ji m A N D RE W S f r om A PO N Y t o G r i ssom A F B , I N ; Jef f H U M PT O N f r om N or f ol k to A nnandale, V A ; T om (Jean) JO N E S f r o m Bedford, MA to Tacoma, WA ; Tim KINNA N f rom Langley A FB , V A t o Spanaw ay , W A (becom ing squad ron com mander o f 3 18t h F I S a t M c C hord A FB) ; Steve M A C I SA A C t o M iddletow n , RI ; and D on SH A F E R to Sant a Fe, N M .

Pet e (Shiela) PET E RSO N w r ote t o br i ng us up t o date o n so m e o f t h e

folks from 17th Squadron. He saw Skip (Ellen) BENNETT a n d t h ei r t w o kids and dog on their way back to Bitburg after a short , one-year school in A labama. Pete also sees Darrel MA SSEY on his frequent t r i ps t o D .C .

D ar rell is st il l livi ng t he bachelor li f e and f l yi ng w i t h t h e 89 t h . O r v S L E T T EN is st ill f l yi ng f or Co nt i nent al . Bil l RA T H BU N i s on st ri ke agai nst Continental but has his own contracting company to keep hi m busy .

T hank s f or t he new s, Pete!

D ave (Ev) L O V E and childr en (Jul ie- 11, M at t-9) are a l i v e a n d w el l i n San D iego . D ave said t hat sever al small event s have occur red in t he past several mont hs w hich pr om pt him t o w r ite. A f ter f our year s of t r ying t o

j oin the California A ir Guard F-4 unit , he got word f r o m B o b BEA NBLOSSOM (’68) that the KC-10 unit was looking for pilot s. T o

make a long st ory shor t , D ave is w i t h t he 79t h A RE FS a t M a r ch a n d en j oying the heck out of it . When not driving a truck f or t he Reser ves, he dr ives a tr uck f or P SA , a BA e 146, nick named t he “ K iller B ee . ” So o n D ave and f am i ly w il l move f r om E l C aj on t o Car lsbad t o a h o m e a b o u t

1.5 miles from the beach, and invite everyone to come v i si t t h em whenever possible Oust kidding!). Thanks for the long letter , D ave, and

glad to hear everyt hi ng is goi ng so well f or you .

Rick SI N E , Bob H I L B , Ji m RE E L , Bob BA SK ET and Jack N O R M A N (and spouses) went to the U SA FA -A r my f iasco in N ovem ber 19 84 a n d saw D ana D EM A N D w hile t hey were t here. T hey discussed havi ng a 15t h Reunion (t he bom b) as a “ pract ice” f or our 20t h . By now you should have received my quest io nnaire (i f you haven ’t ret ur ned it , please do so) and t he idea should be in t he im plem entat io n stages. T o date, posit ive responses have been given by Bill ST E A L E Y , Pet e PET E RSO N , O r v SL ET T E N , Bob C A RE Y and Bill RA T H BU N , as w ell as t hose n a m ed above. I am w il ling to act as t he poi nt o f co ntact a n d co o r d i n a t e a ct i v i t i es

with the AOG, and will accept assistance from anyone w h o w i sh es t o

help . L et ’s all get toget her and t r y to pul l this o f f and maybe have some f un in t he pr ocess. G oodbye f or now .

Southwest A irlines: Charlie BROWN and Dave PATTON (captains), Smokey DOLL , Sonny CH I LDERS, and Rod JONES (F/ Os). R i c k

BA RT O N , D ave BR I G M A N , Rick RO SSA , Bi ll PU RC E L L , Sean R I L E Y , and Joe K RE I M BO RG ar e f l yi ng w it h A m erican and R o n H A L E is w it h D elt a. T hank s f or t he let ter . Rod . I t ’ s alw ays nice t o hear f r om you . Speak ing o f T exans, K ei th BA R RET T al so sent a n o t e t o r e m i nd us t hat he, Roy BA N N O N , and Bob M ET C A L F ar e al so f l yi ng w i t h A m er i c a n o u t o f t h e N o r t h T ex a s a r ea . T h e l o ca l A O G chapt er m ust be boom i ng !

The last letter for this issue answers a question that I ’ m su r e h a s b een keeping you awake at night : Where is Bob PETERS and w hy hasn ’ t he taken the time out to update his Register entry? Well, pace t he f l oor no more because my sources finally uncovered Bob (not lit er ally) at H ow ar d A FB in Panama where he is enj oying his maj ority (no, h e ’ s n o t a L t anymore) with wife M argaret and two boys. Now if we can only get him to t ell us w hat he’ s doing dow n ther e our cur iosit ies w i ll be collect ively sat isf ied . W haddyasay Bob?

M EA NWH I L E, BA CK AT TH E RA NCH . As always, Nellis is a b u st l

i ng k i nd of place and it seems li ke I r un i nt o a classmat e a t ev er y t u r n .

John D O BBS and M ar k M cK E N Z I E are new ar r i vals at t he Fight er W eapons School w hile C huck SY L L I N G is in t he t est and ev a l b u si n ess here. Paul DORDA L was recently selected for Lt Col af ter doi ng a gr eat

j ob at the Weapons School and is on his way to Langley. T r a n si en t o f t h e month was M ark HEI LM A NN who is flying Buf fs out of E l l sw o r t h .

M ar k was her e at tendi ng t he SA C T act ics C our se and w as duti f ully k eep

ing up with his PM E at night . With M ark in the snowy n o r t h i s C h r i s M O O RE .

It was also nice to see Lance M I L LER again. I f you’ll r em em ber , L ance is a computer programming supervisor with Honeywell i n P h o en i x . L a n c e and Trish took time out from a local boys soccer tournament t o st op by and tip a few. Life seems to be treating him well and he’ s in t he pr ocess o f forming another bluegrass band “ j ust for the fun of i t . ” LI KE A ROLL I NG STONE! The latest batch of change-of-address cards included a short note from Jerry O’SUL L IVA N who lef t his Special Activities j ob in the A ir Staf f for F-4s at Spangdahlem. A l so o n t h e m o v e were Bob BRODEL (Osan A B, Korea), Rich M I LLER (Palantine, I L ) , A ndy GA RRISON (Irving, TX), Jay VA N PELT (Los A lamitos, C A ) , John RA GA N (Ramstein A B, Germany), M ark ZA BLOTNY (A n napolis, Md) and George FA RSCHM A N (Littleton, CO). P lease dr op me a note when you get settled. We’re looking forward t o hear i ng ‘ t he latest .’

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U nbel ievable bum per stick er . “ I l ove my cadet .” Except it didn ’t say “ love” — it w as one o f t hose st icker s w it h a “ hear t ” pi ctur e. Shoulda

slapped that sucker on the back of a Pinto and hoped i t b a c k ed i n t o som ebody .

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A LL FOR THI S FOR M E?While the mailman hasn’t yet complained

o f a her nia, I received several gr eat lett er s f r om ’ 7 1er s t h i s t i m e . B er n i e G L A Z E , w ho appar ent ly w as shocked t o see his name in pr i nt last i ssue, conf i rm ed t hat he has indeed m oved t o W r ight-Pat ter son w h er e h e h a s b eco m e a t ec h n o cr a t a s ch i ef o f t h e R eso u r c es a n d P l a n s D i v i si o n o f t h e

I nf or mat ion System s and T echnology C enter f or t he A er onaut ical Syst em s D ivi sion . Ber nie repor t s t hat , af ter a t our at L angley , D ave N A G Y has r ecent ly j oined t he sw ell ing r ank s o f classmates at W r ight-Pat .

By now most o f you ar e pr obably aw ar e t hat Gar y PA Y T O N b ec a m e the first ’71er in space last January when he took par t i n Shut t le M ission 5 1-C as t he payload specialist . W ell , it t ur ned out t o be a real ‘ classy ’ af fair when Rod (Pam) JONES, Tom (Brenda) CA L LEN , Ned (Roxy) SHELGREN , and Sonny (Cathy) CH I LDERS (all from Tuf f T w o) showed up to send Gary of f in style. Unfortunately, Gary w as in isolat i on most o f the t ime, but I ’ ve been assur ed he m issed one hell o f a t hree-day

Y our A cademy N eeds Y our H el p!

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Dave KERBER and I dropped into a Colorado AOG meeting a t a l o ca l

sout heast D enver bar . O ne o f t he secr etar ies i n my o f f i ce n o t ed t h a t i t w a s

a nice place, but that all the people there were too young. Considering how much younger she is than I , I knew that would keep u s i n a co r n er .

Funny, how the Academy’s home chapter of the AOG has a l m o st n o military members. Dave passed on word that Pete HA RRY h a s

di scover ed t he cr ock at t he end of t he rainbow , and is a par t ner in his D al l as l aw f i r m .

The Kerbers’ (Rachel , Laura, Sheila and Dave) Christmas phot o is i n

Q uote of t he quar ter : “ M om my , don ’ t let go o f t he sled , b ec a u se I ’ l l f all dow n t he hil l , bum p my head , m uss up my cl ot hes, b l eed a l l o v er t h e place and die.’ ’ W it h t hat k ind o f opt i m ism , best t hat D addy does neur osurgery . T he quote comes f r om t hree-year -old L auren K R A U T H .

L ee’ s w i f e Joneen dr opped us t he new sy K rau th f am ily C h r i st m a s l et t er f r om E vergreen , C O . L ee pract ices her e i n D enver , and I ’ v e f o r w a r d ed t hei r f amily C hr ist mas phot o , since w e all need a lit t le holiday j oy ar ou nd M em or ial D ay . I t ’ s alw ays nice t o get a let ter f r om a spouse, si nce t hey ’ r e m ore li kely not t o be w ri tt en in crayon .

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J oneen and L ee K r auth wi th E r nie, K evin and L aur en.

We got another physician’s Christmas greeting f rom P h i l N O R T H a t

“ We haven ’t got ten used to the neat wester n cl othes they wear ou t her e. ’ ’ (D ave K er ber) I ran int o ex-classmate Bill D eeley at break f ast i n V ai l a couple o f

weeks ago. The weather was perfect in Colorado, until J . R . ST O N E a n d Willy KA SSON came out f or a week of skiing in Winter P a r k .

W hen Bill had a pr om ot ion par ty , he i nvited t he usual c l a ssm a t e

C a l i f o r n i a n s — w h i ch i s a n i n v i t a t i o n t o ca r eer i ci d e . V a n SH E I L D S showed up in a beard — and fatigues — and black beret — a n d co m b a t

boots. (I f you think the L .A . A ir Station O-Club was amused , you can imagine how the folks on the flight from San Francisco f elt about si t ti ng

w it h an er satz Che.) V an is up in H umbolt C ounty , eat ing his w ay t o suc cess as a r estauranteur , w here he and his br i de ar e expect ing a lit t le hor s d ’ o eu v r e o f t h ei r o w n .

J . R . is a D elta pil ot out of D allas via his hom e i n A ust i n , and has given

up chewing tobacco. Special congrats are in order for A ust in ’ s W yat t

D I ET R I C H , w ho has am azed us al l and mar r ied a young O regonian .

J. R. likes a good party, but he knew there’d be trouble keepi ng up at

Wyatt ’s wedding — what with five priests. Dr . Dan “ Osteoscro”

SK OT T E w as also a guest . On his ret ur n t o A usti n , W yat t w as f eted by Benny T A T E . Ben j ust f inished building his ow n house — w it h t he help of J . R . and W yat t . W hich is l ik e bui lding your chi ld ’ s charact er by hav ing her w atch reru ns of Scoobie-D oo .

J . R . t hi nk s he saw Bobby JO H N SO N comi ng out o f some h o t el i n A t lanta. M aybe there’ s a st or y t here. A l so J . R . noted t h a t r u m o r ’ s o u t t hat t hey ’l l start a 737 Reserve unit at Buck ley . Pr obably be t he only U SA FR uni t requir i ng A L PA m em ber ship .

I t ’ s of f icial . Jay C A M A L I C K i s now closer t o t his 40t h bir t hday t han his 30t h . Jay and T am my celebr at ed t he auspiciousness w it h a par t y at t heir new digs nort h of t ow n . A m ong t hose in at tendance were, o f cour se, Doug H IL L . I n the continuing saga of “ How I tried to f ly w it h ever y ai r lines i n t he f r ee w orl d ,’ ’ D oug is now undergoi ng tr ai ning at U nit ed A i r li nes f l ight cent er here i n D enver , hopi ng t hat cont ract negot iat ions w il l give him a chance t o w ear out a uni f or m .

O t her s at t he Jay f est i ncluded M ar k and C at hy O I N E SS. M a r k i s n o w vice president o f a real estat e devel opment f ir m here i n t o w n . C a l l t h e cr ew f r om “ T hat ’ s I ncr edible.’ ’ M ar k , as pr esident o f D enver ’ s lar gest A ir Force A ssociat ion chapter , w as busy mak ing plans f o r t h e l o c a l mil it ary ball . M ar k noted t hat O k ie H A R D G RA V E st opped on hi s way f r o m P a n am a t o C al i f o r n i a .

T ammy passed on w ord t hat Pet e PET E RSO N , a man w hose h ea d w a s ahead o f it s t i me, is mar r ied , parent i ng and f l yi ng w i t h N o r t h w est O r i en t out o f sun-f illed M i nneapol is.

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RA F L ak enheat h . M r s.-C apt . N or t h is expect ing an addit i on t o t h e f a m i ly compass in A ugust . Phil short-stopped a Christmas greet i ng f r om

George POLLA RD, who couldn’t land an honest j ob so h e ’ s a sc o u t master as 12t h Squadr on A OC .

Occasionally, even in the legal profession, there are i ndices of pur e boondoggle. George ASH is at the University of London pick ing up an L LM in space law — the final frontier . It’s comf orting t o t h i n k t h a t a s A mer ica boldly goes w here no man has ever gone bef or e, so m eo n e w i l l b e her e t o handle t he im por t ant det ails. I ’ ll rem em ber t h a t i f I ’ m ev er l o o k i ng f or a change o f venue.

A mong those across whom George has run in Thatcherland i s R o n WA L LACE, “ talking incoherently in a bar at M ildenhall .’ ’ B i l l C O L

W E L L is a JA G t her e at T hir d A F . Geor ge not ed t hat he saw M ar t y JA Y N E at U SA FA , “ r aving because af ter spendi ng t hree s u m m e r s a s a n

associate AOC during BCT , they were finally going to l et h i m b e a r ea l AOC during BCT .’ ’ Marty should now be at Virginia picking up an L L M i n cr i m i n al l aw .

St eve and Jack ie O ’ N E I L L shou ld be back in C oni f er , C O i n J u n e w i t h t he new est O ’ N ei ll af ter spendi ng t he w i nter in D .C . a t a p r o g r a m

management course. We also got a Christmas card f rom C h u c k a n d Sh el ly WI NTER in Barrington, IL , where Chuck is with A utotrol c o m p u t er s.

Chip JENSEN dropped a line to the AOG apologizing that hi s I Vi year old daughter, Kelly, tore his biographical data form. C hip ’ s j ob al low s him to catch some Congressional hearings in D.C. According t o C hip , Rick K O SK E L L A and G r et el had t hei r second chi ld , T hom as, a n d G r et el

got her PhD (in German literature, he thinks). They’ve m oved t o C hevy C h a se a n d R i ck n o w w o r k s f o r Sea r s W o r l d T r a d e i n i n t er n a t i o n a l f i n a n ce .

Ed L A FO N T A I N E is also w or k ing in a C ongr essional A cti ons o f f i c e but he’ s i n t he D C S f or resear ch and development . T om C A SD O R P H i s

with Chip in manpower and looks f orward to going anywhere el se . U n fortunately for him, he’s probably the most knowledgeable per son i n t he A ir Force concerning Tactical A ir Command’s manpower requi rements so t hey ’ r e not li k ely t o let hi m go .

Chip ran into his A OC during his second class year i n 15t h Squadr on , Ed Montgomery, who is now a colonel in the Pentagon. C hi p t hink s E d ’ s f a i t h i n t h e A i r F o r c e w a s sh a k en a b i t w h en h e sa w C hip was a m aj o r . A r t

M URHY stopped in while visiting his folks at Christmas. A r t i s a pr of es sional photographer in New York . Chip added that his guest r oom is ready for classmate visiting the D .C./ Fairfax, VA area.

P ost car d of t he year (A pict ur e o f a Piedm ont 727: “ T he 164 passenger t r i-j et is t he largest ai r cr af t i n P ied m ont ’ s all-j et f leet .’ ’) com es f r om D rew R I O L O , w hose a “ B-727 F/ O ’ ’ i n C har lot te, N C . Shar i ng t he sam e t it le w it h P iedm ont are B r uce B RA N D O N and Ron R I FE N BE RG , b o t h in G reensbor o , N C .

have any more specific information about his whereabouts, l et m e k n o w .

A n easterly move has recently been made by Stan FUL LER. H i s m o v e

f r om E dw ar ds A FB t o Beaver C r eek , O H w as completed in D ecem ber , but didn ’t mak e it int o t he last m agazi ne. T he Far E ast has gai ned anot her

o n e o f o u r c l a ssm a t es. I t l o o k s l i k e D a v e F U N D A R E K h a s m o v ed f r o m Montgomery, A L to Kadena AFS. Bart HENWOOD has j oined t h e r a n k s

of the test pilots, seemingly he must have the right st u f f , and is now wor k ing at Wright-Patterson A FB, OH in the 4952 TESTS.

m ander f or t he 45 1st FT S. H is big new s cent er ed on t he recent w edding of Rudy ROTH to his new bride Virginia. Rudy gave up the f l ight su rgeon

business at Langley to settle down with Virginia as a n ew m em b er o f t h e W alter Reed M edical C ent er . For t hose w ho didn ’ t get t h e c h a n c e t o see

the wedding, we’ve included (at no extra charge) a photo. Notice the four familiar mugs, three beautiful ladies, and one little angel .

J i m H O R A C E K h a s m a d e a m o v e t o w a r m er c l i m es. H i s m o v e f r o m

Plattsburg to San A ntonio will obviously bring better w ea t h er a n d perhaps more time at home. Dave* HOVRUD has decided t o b ec o m e a southerner by changing addresses from Illinois to Roswell, GA . L ar ry

K A M PA made a m ove i n t he opposit e di rect ion f r om A r k ansas t o O r l a n d Par k , I L . M i k e M U C K has moved f art her sout h f r om M ont gom er y t o Pat r ick A F B , F L . W e send a hear t y “ W elcom e H om e” t o L i n n W I L D E .

L i n n h a s r et u r n ed f r o m o v er sea s a n d i s n o w i n r esi d en ce i n Phoenix , A Z .

A nd t he f inal change-of -addr ess car d comes f r om M o V E R L I N G . I t seems t hat he has saf ely ar r ived i n E agle River , A K . I ’ m su r e w e w er e a l l w o r r i ed a b o u t t h a t o n e .

A s I ment ioned bef or e, t he sour ce o f all t his gr eat i n f o r m a t i o n i s t h e

change-of-address cards sent to the A OG. So if you at least send those i n , we can report on where you are and how you are doing.

C L OSI N G : T hat ’ s all f or now . I hope t hat all of you h a v e a sa f e a n d

enj oyable summer . My family and I are looking foward t o a busy one, so I hope that each of you enj oy yours every bit as well . R em em b er t h a t su m mer is the PC S season . I f you get t r aded or put on w aiver s, let us k now

where you end up. A gain, don’t forget to let me in on w hat ’ s happeni ng with you and yours so I can spread the news around t h e A O G . I f t h er e i s

anyt hing t hat I am mi ssing in t he colum n let m e k now so I ca n i n c l u d e i t .

A lso give me some ideas about what you would like to see. M ay God bless you all in the sum mer m ont hs and I hope to be back report i ng agai n w hen t h e f a l l a r r i v es.

Enj oy ing the Roth wedding are, f rom lef t, Elizabeth, A l i c e a n d R i c L ewallen, Virginia and R udy R o th, D on and G ina By ers, a n d M a r v C o x .

M ORE.. . I flashed back to the past j ust a few days ago w hen I ran i nt o Randy DA VIS (nice moustache, Randy!) at a conference h er e a t t h e A cademy. He’s in the C-5 business now at Travis, and his w i f e, Pat , is also a blue-suiter, one each A F nurse. Randy may be j oi ni ng our many w ho ’ve r et ur ned t o t he nest , as he’ s t r yi ng to get an A O C j ob out here.

He’s kept some contact with USA FA as an Operation A ir F o r c e (translated as Third Lieutenant for we older types) pr oj ect of f icer . For

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t hose i nterested , i t ’ s a great w ay t o pass on a f ew o f t he lessons you ’ ve learned to today’s cadets. Remember, it hasn’t been t hat long si nce you ’ ve been t her e.

Moving on, the top of our list of recent movers is ow ned by G lenn and L isa W A L T M A N . G lenn lef t t he P ol icy D ivi sio n o f SA C H Q f or t he Pen

A V : 2 59 -4 5 52

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M A N N A FR OM H EA V E N . For t hose o f us w r i ti ng t hese colum ns, l et ters are priceless treasures. I ’ve been very lucky t his mont h i n t hat area, and I ’ll share my wealth with you. The first gem came f r om C indy and

Mark NOBLES. They’ve j ust arrived at Kelly in San A ntonio a f t er c o m pleting a grueling A FIT tour at Wright-Pat . In case you haven ’ t hear d f r om t hem i n a w hile, t hey also spent t hr ee year s at K . 1. (br r r r r) Saw yer

prior to that . Mark is starting on a tour with ESC, and he and C indy have h ea r d f r o m sev er a l f o l k s I h a d n ’ t h ea r d a b o u t i n a w h i l e .

First , John OSSIFF is going through law school in Van N uys, C A . I ’ ve got to believe that ’s an ideal area for him. Others they ’ve been keepi ng i n touch with include M ike MA RRO who’s j ust left San A ntonio f o r A labama; D ave and Belle W A L L A C E w ho had t he r ot t en luck o f bei ng assigned to England on an exchange tour (please disregard my obvi ous en

vy); and Colt MEFFORD who was also at A FIT , but recently r et u r n ed here to the Springs to j oin many others in the bowels o f Space C o m mand .

G i na BY E R S also t oo k ti me t o w r it e recent ly . She and D o n a r e c u r r e n t

ly stationed at Ramstein with a host of other f olks. D on is w or k i ng as t he 86TFW safety of ficer and spends his spare time driving a r o u n d i n a n

tagon fast life. He’s now working in the USA F A rms C o n t r o l a n d I n t er national Negotiations Division. Bill O’KEEFE also changed j obs recent ly. When he’s not flying F-4s with the A NG at Ellington, h e a ct s a s a t ech specialist for McDonnell Douglas in Friendswood, TX .

O t her s w ho ’ ve m oved on i nclude Bob L Y O N S t o Beaver cr eek , O H ; T om F I N N t o Suit land , M D ; P hi l G RO N SET H t o t he Physics D epar t ment here at Camp USA FA ; Gary and Beth JEWEL L to Guam (in t he medical busi ness, I t hi nk) ; and Bi l l K U RE Y t o A nchorage, A K . R o u n d ing out that list were Rick DOUGLA S returning to the Spr ings, Joe C A RROLL heading on to MacDill , Brian BA RNES moving to G olden , T X , Chuck MOLZON flying high at Plattsburg, Jamie BL ISSIT j oi ni ng t he intellect uals at M I T , and Jim C A R L SO N w ho ’ s now w or k i ng a s a

management consultant f or Price Waterhouse in Los A ngeles.

O N E FI N A L N OT E . T hi s w ill pr obably be t he last colum n you get in t i me f or t he r euni on i n Sept em ber . P lease spread t he w o r d t o a l l t h e o l d t i mer s f r om ’75. I f you ar e debat ing about w het her t o c o m e o r n o t , believe me, it ’ s w or t h it . A nd as a last appeal , please give T i m O ’ CO N NELL a call at A V 259-4104 if you can lend a hand with t he planni ng f or the weekend. I ’m looking forward to seeing you all t his Sept em ber .

F-4E . G ina and D on have been blessed w it h t w o lovely daught er s, Jen

nifer Lee (5) and Lindsey A nn (3). Those they rub elbows w i t h a t R a m s

t ei n i n cl u d e C h u c k “ F a st E d d i e ” H O L L A N D w h o w o r k s a t t h e 7 t h A i r D ivision ; Rick SA RV E R , t he legal beagle o f t he bunch , w h o a l so a c t s a s t he A r ea D ef ense C ounsel ; A r t L E I K E R at U SA FE Saf ety ; a n d R i c k

RO SBU RG w ho ’ s i n t he m ar k et f or a Pentagon slot .

Y ou might w onder w hy Rick w oul d w ant t o do such a crazy t hing. I t hi nk it has som et hi ng t o do wit h his w i f e, M ary L ynn , max ing out t he dental school pr ogram at Georget ow n (let ’ s hear it f or t he H oyas!) .

Sounds lik e pret ty good m ot ivati on t o me. G i na and D on also passed on new s o f Randy and C her yl JA M ES w ho gave up F- 15s at L angley f or a two-year exchange tour at the French A ir Force Academy (dit t o on t he en vy). Randy and Cheryl also have a daughter, Jessica, w ho ’ s t hr ee year s old . Fi nally , Ric and A l ice L EW A L L E N ar e par t of t he T - 3 7 cr o w d a t C olum bus, and w or d has i t t hey ’ve j ust had a new addit i on , C layt on , to

j oin their daughter, Elizabeth. You can see for yourself

how

cu t e

E lizabet h is j ust a lit t le f ur t her al ong i n t he col um n .

My last letter came f rom M arv COX who’s cruising along o u t a t

M at her . M ar v l ik ed t he area so m uch at U N T , he r et ur ned as a f l ight com48

H O M E C O M I N G 19 8 5 19-22 Sept em b er FA L C O N S vs R ICE

Get T ogether W ith Y our Classmates M ark y our calendar now!

N ow t he i mpor t ant new s: t he change-of -addr ess cards. B i l l L E E C H i s an Easter n pi lot i n A t lant a. L es SH R U M had m oved f r om R i v er t o n t o Springfield, I L . John SHA FER is an H H-3E Jolly Green pi lot / f light com mander at K adena. “ W i f e and tw o sons goi ng, t oo .” D a v e W A G I E is at W r ight -Pat and Rich W I T T E RS i s at H er ndon , V A , w it h Joseph P .

Enter pr ises, I nc.

T hat ’ s about all t he new s I ’ve got , f ol k s. O h , I did r u n i n t o R o n GO L L E H ON at t he at hlet ic club t o w hich I belong . O f cour se, I r an i nt o h i m at t h e b ar .

Y ou all slap a “ D ” st am p on a note and k eep us post ed . A d i o s.

W a d e K ea r n s

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W ell , I t hought m y old body w as r at her dur able af t er parachut ing last summ er and wal k ing aw ay r elat ively undamaged ; however , a s I w r i t e t h i s lett er I sit w it h lef t leg in cast and pr opped up on t he baby ’ s high chair .

M y W alter M it t ian ef f or t s t o be “ Jean C laude” K ear ns on t he sl opes f inal ly r esult ed in a nast y f al l , tw o im mediate H ail M ar ys and some very ser ious k nee dam age. W hen I r epor ted t o t he or t hopedic sect i o n a t t h e U SA FA H ospital , “ O ” M I T C H E L L t ook my case. H e’ s got a g r ea t reputat ion f or put ti ng k nees back t oget her , and by now he’ s pr obably healed m or e inj ur ies t han he in f l icted year s ago on t he U SA FA gr idi r on .

Speak i ng o f tak i ng car e o f your classm at es, “ O ” r epai red M i k e ST O L L I N G S’ k nee a couple mont hs pr i or t o mi ne. M ik e recent ly m o v ed f r o m t he D epar t ment o f Behavioral Science t o H ar m on H al l w here he’ s servi ng as t he super intendent ’ s aide.

leavi ng T acoma f or A C SC . D on FO R RE ST E R i s back i n t he a i r f o r United A irlines and is living in Yuccipa, CA with his w i f e, Jul ie, and t heir

t h r ee ch i l d r en .

Tim LONG (Cindy) called me on a stopover at Pete Field. H e i s f u l l time active Guard & Reserve serving with Det 1, HQDC A N G , bet t er k n o w s a s t h e “ D C G u a r d . ” N o w h e f l i es T - 3 3s a n d T - 39 s a s a n i n st r u c t o r

pi lot . H e w i ll soon qual i f y in t he C -22, t he A ir For ce a n sw er f o r w h a t some air l ines w il l do w it h old B-727s. H e saw D on OT T I N GE R a t Langley coordinating generals for a ceremony. Also, he bum ped i nt o

Gene CUOMO at Eglin who was j uggling a test proj ect . G en e w o r k s o u t o f W r ight -Pat .

BITS & PI ECES: Kirk SA M ELSON is out and in private law pr act ice in Colorado Springs. Skip SM ITH has his L LM in space l a w a n d w o r k s for Space Command at the Chidlaw Building. Rich FAZIO i s h ea d ed f o r Korea with an F-16 assignment while the wife is expecting. D oug R I C H A RD SO N is t r ai ni ng i n t he F- 16 and is t o ret ur n t o N ellis. Johnny

W H I T A K E R i s i n P u b l i c A f f a i r s a t R a m st ei n . R u m er h a s J ef f K O H L E R

in Hawaii and Bill GIL L IN out and working for an aerospace f i r m i n t h e

Spr i ngs?? C raig and Jan C L E V E L A N D w er e blessed w it h t h ei r sec o n d gi r l N ov . 18, 1984 and nam ed her A m elia C lai re. T hei r ot her daughter , Paige, is three. Craig is still with Delta. Bill RITTER plans t o sk i V ail bef ore cat chi ng t he plane f or Spangdahlem A B , F RG . H e get s back i nt o

F-4Es, and Becky and daughter , Amber, get to learn G er m a n .

CHA NGES OF A DDRESS: Dave BURNETT moved from A pple

V al ley , CA t o George A F B , C A . N oel JO H N SO N lef t O maha f o r Sc o t t .

Bob V O I GT depar ted Ft . W alt on Beach f or Redlands, C A . Ray

WA LLA CE changed climates with a move from Eagan, NM t o Enumclaw, WA . Dave THOMA S said goodbye to Colorado Spr i ngs and hung his hat in Converse, TX . Ric CUA DROS left sunny Sa n A n t o n i o f o r u n k n o w n F P O N ew Y o r k .

H A P PY T RA I L S: A s t he sun si nk s slow ly int o t he w ester n sk y behind E agle Peak and t he w eat her guar antees ret r eat w on ’ t be cancelled , w e bid

the traditional fond farewell . Let us hear f rom you; s o m e o n e w a n t s t o

k now w her e t he heck you ar e now . K eep t hose car ds and let t er s r olli ng i n and keep f ill ing t hose squares!

M i k e C a r t er

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Y o u r c l ass scr i b e a t w o r k o n t h e n e wsl e t t er .

OT H ER U SA FA N EW S: B . J . ST A N T O N (D onna) w il l leave t h i s sum mer f or school again . H e w il l be w or k i ng t oward a P h D i n el ect r i c a l engineer ing w ith research on voice recogni ti on technology . M aybe he can get m y comput er t o respond to t he f our-lett er w ords I ’ ve been hur li ng at it . D ave SH A N A H A N is heading out f or K C - 10 tr ai ni ng a n d o n t o C a st l e A F B . T hree classmat es in t he D epar t ment of L aw ar e moving out as wel l .

G r eg RE I N E C K E w i ll go t o t he 3r d A F L egal O f f ice at RA F M i ldenhall , U K . M i ke M CG RA T H w il l w or k on his master o f law degree (L L M ) , speci alizing in gover nment cont r act s (m aybe he can s a v e u s so m e m o n e y on f ut ure cof f ee pot s and t oilet seat s) . M ic SC H L A BS w i ll go f or hi s L L M i n I nt enat ional L aw . W e can expect quite an exodus by m any o f us f r om U SA FA t his summer , but at pr ess t i me a lot of f inger s are st il l cr ossed on assignm ent s.

SU R PRI SE C A L L S: T om REA M ’ S bett er hal f , N ancy , got t h e i d ea t o give me a call after a recent update of her address book . T om is cur rent ly an analyst w it h M PC Y , Per sonnel Pr ogr am m ing & A nalysis a t R a n dolph . T he Ream s have t w o daughter s: M eggen , 4 , and Julie A nn , j ust bor n July 6, 1984 . T hey ant icipat e goi ng back to Big M A C t h i s su m m er .

Nancy mentioned A rnie PENIX (Bonnie) who is an orthopedic su r g eo n a t

W il f or d H al l . T hey have tw o gi r ls as well . A l so , John PA C E (A nne) is

ST A RT ERS: W ell , it l ook s li k e spr ing has f i nally com e t o t h e F r o n t Range and some grass i s st art i ng t o pok e t hr ough t he sn o w . I t h i n k t h a t t he snow how ever st i ll has t he mailm an st ym ied because t h er e h a sn ’ t b een any mail com i ng in f r om t he class. Please m ak e it easy f or me by sendi ng som e m ail . I have t r ouble m ak i ng up gossip so pr ovi de as m uch as you can and I ’ ll j ust pass it alo ng . N ow w it h t hat t ongue lashi ng out o f t he w ay , let ’ s get to some m ore i nt er est ing st u f f .

A t t his w r i t ing, t he m aj or ’ s boar d has j ust met and many o f us are aw ait ing t he r esult s. I t hi nk t hat it w ould be com plet ely sa f e t o co n gratulat e most o f you on your sure select i on . T his o f c o u r se ex cl u d es t hose w ho al ready are m aj or s or w ho no longer w or r y about pr om ot ions since t hey ’ re no longer in t he A F . Be car ef ul in spending a l l t h a t n ew f ound wealt h . I f you need any help in expending al l t hese new f unds, you can send check s or m oney or der s t o t he address above a n d i t w i l l b e h a n dled w i sely i f not expedi t iously . T hese donat ions ar e o f co u r se n o t t ax d ed u ct i b l e .

W hen I w as complet ing t he last ar t icle, I st ar ted to real ize t hat m any o f us have moved out int o som e r at her inter est ing j obs. W e ar e represent ed in al most ever y occupat i on f r om sem i nary st udent t o oi l f iel d engi neer s.

W ouldn ’ t it be int erest ing to get some input f r om t hose w ho f eel t hey have unusual j obs in t he A F and t he civi lian w or ld? (I have to spice up t he col um n somehow !) So her e’ s a chal lenge. For al l of you o u t t h er e w h o t h i n k t hey have an unusual j ob , send me a j ob descr ipt i on and I w ill publish i t in the next Checkp oin ts. T he per son w it h t he m ost unusual occupat ion w ill receive, absolut ely f ree, t hei r name pr inted i n t hi s c o l u m n i n b o l d f a ce pr i nt . I f you send a pict ur e w it h your j ob descr i pt ion , I w i l l a l so en su r e you t hat it w il l be publi shed as t he w inner o f t he “ M o st U n u su a l J o b i n ’ 74 ” c o n t est .

W it h all t his good st u f f out o f t he w ay , let ’ s get o n t o t h e m o r e i n t erest ing dat a, t he change-of -addr ess car ds.

F O L K S: B o b B O O T H

i s o u r f i r st c l a ssm a t e o n t h e m o v e . H e h a s

recent ly r elocated in Cali f or nia f r om San Ramon t o R o sev i l l e . C h r i s C A M P BE L L is now living in an A PO i n N ew Y or k som ew her e, so i f you 47

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elude Doug and Judy KUPERSMITH, with two daughters, a n d H a l a n d Marina GETZELMAN, with their daughter. Sleep tight tonight . T hank s f or the letter, Gary.

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H i, again! Here we are at the Home of the Fighter Pilot — N el l i s A F B .

There are quite a few of our classmates here, and I ’ve seen a f ew .

I spent my f i r st w eek here w it h t he RE BA RC H A K s. Car l and M ar y ar e

IPs in the A -10 Fighter Weapons School. Kevin HENA BRA Y i s a n F - 16 FWIC I P. I ran into Dan JORDA N one day. He was here f r o m H i l l i n F-16s f or a Leading Edge exercise. Dave and Becky MERRI LL a r e h er e flying C-12s. Tim SIM S is a new A -7 pilot in the 4450TG. I sa w St ev e KRIKORIA N out running the other day. He was here for G reen Flag and he f l ies OA -37s at D avis-M ont han . T her e’ s lot s m or e h er e — a s I see t h em

I ’ll tell you all what they’re doing.

Def enders of the Great Northwest: Gary M ontgomery, D oug K up ersm i th a n d H a l G et z el m a n .

I received a let ter f r om R ich M I N T Z . H e and D iane have a daughter ,

The Roege f amily: Bill, Ly nda and Katie.

Sue and I received several Christmas cards from classmates, b u t I l o st

m ost o f t hem in our m ove. O ne car d w as f r om M iss K at ie ROE GE , w ho

was born on 12 Oct last year. She fills us in on what M o m a n d D a d d i d

last year . She is a sm ar t k id ! T he ROE G Es did some t ravelli ng. W hile Bi ll

was TDY to Edwards from A lbuquerque, Lynda went out t o visi t . T hey saw the BYERLYs, the TROTTIERs, and Charley A L LA N . A t N el lis, they was the NEWs (all of them?), and “ lots of other f ighter pilots. ’ ’ T he

ROEGEs hope to get another F-15 assignment soon, hopefully t o B i t bur g.

Christine (almost two now), and live in Seattle, where R i c h w o r k s f o r Boeing as a systems engineer on the Peace Shield (Saudi C^) Program.

T hey live i n a 1905 V ict or ian house w it h a nice view o f Puget Sou nd and

the Olympic M ountains. When he’s not working. Rich keeps busy f ixing up the house, running in local l OK races, and flying with the Boeing flying club. Rich sometimes sees Chris CURRY, who is at the U o f W ashi ngt on in the econ graduate program. Chris sings with a local church choir , and does economic computer consulting work . Rich got Christmas c a r d s f r o m Bill MUSICK , who’s getting his M BA at Stanf ord Business School , and

Bill BRUNDAGE, who flies C-130s at Dyess, and is considering get i ng his PhD and returning to teach at USA FA . Thanks, Rich.

Say, have you noticed the dif ferent AOG chapters that h a v e b een springing up? I ’ve noticed that in addition to geographic chapt er s w e’ r e now getting into specialty chapters, such as the M edical C hapter , and t he French Exchange Chapter . Well , I ’m here to propose t he (a lit t le r oll on the drum, please) Dean’s (Other) List Chapter — open t o all us over- (or under- as the case may be) achievers who were once a) on A C P RO , b) served WA CQs, or c) had i o pull at least one all-nighter. H ey , I gr aduated in the top 75 percent of the class. Or , as Stoney BURKE, ’ 77, put s i t , i n the top half of all those who were appointed to the cl a ss. I h a v en ’ t thought of an agenda for the meetings, though. Half t he guys w ould n ’ t show up because they have to stay late at work, and t h e o t h er h a l f wouldn’t show up because they aren’t interested! A ny v o l u n t eer s t o b e

c h a r t er m em b er s?

Back t o some ser ious stu f f . L aur ie GO U G H w r ote. She’ s o v e r a t Y ongsan A r my Post i n Seoul , w here Scot t is t he aide t o an A r my f our st ar . T he GO U G H s have or der s to F- 16 RT U at M acD il l t his sum m er ,

then on to Homestead. Some of the people they’ve seen a r e M i k e a n d Michelle ELY, F-4s at Osan, enroute to F-16s at M isawa (t hey ’ re expect ing their f irst child soon); Steve and A lora WEA VER, w h o w er e a t Su w o n in A-l Os, now at Osan in OA -37s (they have a boy and a gir l) ; Jef f and Cookie FORD (one boy and one girl); A .D. and Gayle RA Y , all at O san in OA -37s; and newlywed Greg LEWI S who is at Kunsan i n F - 16 s. T h e GOUGHs expect their first child in July. Thanks f or t ak i ng t he t i me t o

w r ite, L aur ie.

Gary MONTGOMERY wrote f rom M cChord. He and Shelley a n d so n Troy are up there in F-15s. Other defenders of the great N or t hw est in-

The Sr ul o wi tz boy s: M ichael, M at thew and N athan.

Dave SRULOWITZ sent a novel from Elmendorf , A K. He a n d w i f e Susan have three boys, M ichael (6), Matthew (5), and N at han (2) and ar e expecting a girl in M ay. Dave left HQ SA C in A ug 82, and spent som e time at Beale in the PA VE PA WS program. They arrived a t A l a sk a i n J a n 84, and Dave wears several hats in his j ob there. He’s t he chief . C om mand and Control Systems Branch f or the AA C, and is r esponsible to a 49

whole bunch of dif ferent people since he’s an A FCC I nf o System s guy .

He’s also a LO in charge of A FA and ROTC recruiting i n A l a sk a . I n h i s

spare time Dave teaches some classes at Anchorage Community C ollege,

and Sue teaches baton twirling at the local youth center. D ave says t he weather at A nchorage isn’t bad — usually warmer in t h e w i n t er t h a n i n Colorado. Dave’s neighbors include M ike and Nancy BYERS, a n d t h ei r kids, Jennifer and M atthew. M ike flies C-130s f or the 17 T A S . H e’ s a l so seen H arrison FREER, in T-33s at the 21 TFW . Dave says i f you ’ re up

north you should look him up (907-753-1303, or AV 317-552-5460).

T hank s f or your lett er , D ave.

CORRECTI ON FROM LA ST I SSUE: See the picture of the g u y s a t SOS? Carl NORDGREN , of course, is not a member of ’77, but t he guy on his immediate left is an imposter who wishes he w er e f r o m o u r c l a ss.

Sor ry , C ar l !

A nother guy I saw here is Ralph GETCHELL , ’71. He swears t h a t h e

has t o be at t he N elli s O f f icer s’ C lub every Fr iday night , j ust in case one

of his classmates walks in, and then he can write about i t i n h i s cl a ss n ew s.

W h a t d ed i ca t i o n !

Thank you all for writing. Thanks especially to all t h e l a d i es w h o h a v e

t ak en t he t i me t o f ill us in on w hat their husbands a n d o t h er c l a ssm a t es

of M anagement and Budget . A few weeks later, I saw M i k e’ s pict u r e i n the Falcon Flyer (page 17 to boot) next to the headline, “ G r a d i n Washington Working to Establish Communications Law.” A ccor di ng t o the article, “ OM B of ficials asked the A ir Force to assign Captain Wein stein to Washington as an OM B attorney advisor .”

Other Letters: Tom CONLON (Lauren) is in Dayton where his j ob as an acquisition manager naturally involves a lot of t r aveling, especial ly v ia St . L ouis. A not her sweet hear t , L iz BA T T O N , w r ote about M i k e ’ s n ew

employment with Texas Instruments as a software quality co n t r o l engineer . They have two beautif ul daughters, Nicki and K at ie. Speak i ng of proud parents. M ouse NEUM EISTER (M artha) kept his pr om ise and w r ot e about t he ar r ival of Jaclyn A nn on 17 D ecem ber (appr opr iat e f or someone at W-P). Jef f rey (5) will help take care of her w hile daddy is f ly

ing ’ 135s as a new I P. M ouse also reported bumping i n t o K a r l SCH RICKER (Karen and son) who left F-16s for Texas I n st r u m en t ’ s comp sci lab in Dallas. Greg H IGHT also upgraded to I P a n d h a s r e turned to A ltus. Emmett TUL L IA (Dyan) sent a postcard f r o m t h e U o f TX where he’s pursuing an A FIT master’s in aero engineering. Back up at W-P, we have some other A FIT scholars shown in the phot o .

are doing. Until next time, God bless you all !

Ji m D ar t

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I begin this column with a dedication — to our wives. T h e d ed i c a t i o n i s prompted by comments in a letter f rom Garry SHEPPA RD, a C - 14 1 pi lot at M cGuire, who was a close running partner in doolie days and ser ved as my best man three days after graduation. Sue and I v i si t ed J a n i ce a n d Garry in Vance soon after their marriage in 1978. They have a son , K yle, and were hoping for a daughter in early A pril . Gary says, “ No more!”

But w e’ ve all heard t hat bef ore. A s a m issile guy , m y T D Y s have been

limited, but I can sure sympathize with those of you w ho endur e lengt hy and frequent separations. To all you loved ones who “ k eep t he f lam e burning” while your husbands are away, in whatever t r ade, I dedicate t hi s

A F I T scholars incl ude B il l and Vik k i R hoden, Chuck and Ter r i Sp i tler

Lake of the Ozarks, MO entitled Sweetheart: “ I thought that you would like to know. That someone’s thoughts go where you go ; T hat som eone never can forget The hours we spent since first we met ; T hat li f e i s ri cher

Tom JONES (Liz) is also getting smarter . H e’s at UofA Z wor k i ng on chemistry “ in the atmosphere of Titan.” Meanwhile, he helps N A SA

poem (author unknown) which I picked up years ago in a gi f t shop at

sw eeter f ar F or such a sw eet heart as you ar e. A nd now m y c o n st a n t

prayer will be. That God may keep you safe for me.”

Garry had more to say. Chris (Debbie) SEAT is of f to Japan, trading in

F- 106S at M inot f or F- 16s. Ron M O RGA N is com pleti ng l a w sc h o o l a n d

looking for his first JA G assignment . Terry (Deena) SM I T H w en t t o AFIT with a one-year-old son, Caleb. John (Theresa) G O R M A N i s a t McGuire with Garry. Some who have separated include St eve “ H eavy ” WITTMAN , working f or Proctor and Gamble; Bruce M cDERM OTT and Pete MA RTINEZ are seeking employment with the airlines.

John VISSER sent me a color pix of ’38s in f ormation over L aughli n and new s o f hi s w or ld t r avels. John is chief . O ps System s M anagement

which has made him a computer whiz. (I thought you b eca m e o n e i n comp sci !) He reports on classmates at Del Rio including Bob (Jer r i) HA M ILTON who expected the f irst of fspring in M arch. B o b i s t h e b a se commander’s exec but also gets to exercise I P duty occasional ly . John (Kay) HURDLE is a T-37 class commander . Ron KENNEDY (K ar en) is

(USA FA A ero Dep t), Jim Collins ( ’78), and Jim and Rita M ask o w i tz .

M ike Strevell Joined them in M ay.

buil d a M ars r over test vehicle. Send us a pict u re! H e r epor t s T i m

HA GA N (Mary) is coming to D-M for GLCM training. Paul P I R O G (M ary), a new JA G, is finishing up at the UofM I and head ing f o r Ellsworth. Norm THOM PSON will marry another Mary in J u n e w h i l e getting a space ops degree. Ty ROBBINS (Carolyn, thank good ness!) i s at Kirtland. Larry LUCKETT (H ope) is in the UK flying A - 10 s . J o h n BURKE (Kathy) is an A -10 IP at D-M .

C alls and V isit s: W hen I cal led M ar k C L O D FE L T E R look ing f o r boar d of dir ect or s nom i nees, I l ear ned he recent ly began a tw o-year

search for a military history PhD at Chapel H ill , NC. K en W O O D (Kathy), one of our football standouts (tailback), didn ’ t exact ly vi si t , b ut he did t ell m e af t er chur ch one day t hat he’ s a pr ocess engineer for a local computer disc firm that specializes in home computers. T h e W o o d s h a v e two boys and also pledge to “ call it quits” after a t h i r d ch i l d t h i s su m m er .

in T -37 stan/ eval . Bri an W H I T I N G (L or r i) , a ’ 38 I P , a n d d o u b l es a s t h e disaster prep of ficer. M ark DA LY (Lisa) is a T-37 IP, also w ork i ng in t he wing safety of fice. A 1 MA RTIN is a functional check pilot .

Matt COATSWORTH ’s sweetheart , Liz, wrote from Bethesda, M D about her aspiring doctor and other classmates. Matt graduat es f r om medical school in M ay and moves down the road to A ndrews f o r a o n e-

year internship before heading west, hopefully to Alaska.

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September, they adopted a Korean boy named Benj amin and hope t o reenter the adoption loop for a Korean girl later this year . T hey socialize occasionally with 33rd Squadron alumni. Tim HOPPER (M aryA nn) is at the Pentagon, another A ST RA achiever, and is rumored t o be headed m y way in the fall . Lee BA UER (Joanne) is in the Reserves a n d w o r k s f o r I n trametrics, I nc., a Bethesda software company. He landed in my of f ice unannounced in late February and authenticated Liz’s new s af ter sayi ng something about a boondoggle.

Steve HA GGERTY (L ibby) lives in La Grange, NC and Vic Z I R I L L I i s supposed to turn up at Wilford H all . Liz temporarily so l v ed t h e M i k e WEI NSTEIN (Bonnie) mystery, placing him with the White H o u se O f f i c e 50

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The Fernands: “ Frenchy, ” Karen, Bryan ( “ terrible two ” ), a n d D a v i d (soccer star). “ 149 days on the road in 1984. ”

Keith HA INES (Jane) rang up from Tinker where he‘s in his third year with A W ACS. Don JONES (an instructur nav) and Dave W R I G H T (now teaching at SOS) helped him comprise an all-’77 crew for a mission up to Iceland. “ Frenchy” FERNA ND (Karen), Brian SUDDY (recent h u s band), Mark STEGELMA N, and Earl ENIX (division staf O ar e also at Tinker as E-3 commanders. Frenchy (see photo) reports seei ng Ji m A N -

but he is looking for a new assignment real soon. He says t hat hi s w i f e and tw o k ids ar e doing well .

A OG I nputs: M any began ’ 85 in new hom es — Bob RU SSE L m o v ed

Now, that is all the news I have for you. I got no letters, and no phone calls so that is it , except the A OG M ailbag otherwise k n o w n a s t h e change-of-address litany. But before we get to that let me tell you M Y news! ! First , I graduated f rom law school on 18 Feb, 19 8 5 . I w i l l b e m o v ing to California (Sacramento) soon so I can take the bar (no . I ’ m not lay ing seige to a saloon!) in July. H owever, most important (m ay I have a drumroll please), is that I am getting married. H er n a m e i s J u l i e a n d I m et

at C har leston ; and M i ke K RE BSBA C H i s also in Sout h C ar olina vacati ng Fairfax, VA . Joe SMUTKO changed overseas addresses (W est Ger many , I believe) ; Joe FE R RA RA also made a short m ove dow n at Egli n ; and

probably bad phrasing on my part) a long distance relationshp f o r t h r ee years. The wedding is 24 A ug in Lancaster, CA (near Edw ar ds A F B) so i f you’re in the area, let me know and come on down! A nyway, a f t er a l l t h a t hassle I have been giving all you married types out ther e, I ’ m about t he

T I SD E L in ’ 130s at Fr ank f ur t , Geno RE D M O N as a K C - 135 I P a t

Mather, and Ken VA NTREUREN flying KC-l Os at Barksdale.

instrastate to Dayton, OH ; Randy MA RT INEZ is in O’Fallon, I L (st a tioned at Scott); Bill PA LA NICA relocated to the Reserves, f l yi ng C - 14 1s

Charles BUCKINGHA M changed climates from New Mexico t o M o u n

t ain H om e, I D . D ave M I C K E L SO N also lef t N ew M exico f or Fai r bor n , OH ; Bob SOUCY finished A STRA and headed for Special Ops at H ur lber t Field , FL ; Paul H U D G E N S moved f r om D enver t o L it t let on ,

CO; Kevin KENKEL is down in Tampa; and Steve KEITH ca n b e f o u n d

at t he “ Cal l t o Gl or y ” base. (W hen is t hat t w o-hour speci al ?) Fi nal ly , V ic E V A N S moved nor t h t o Ft L ee, V A .

Most of you have heard about the tragic helicopter crash on 15 January

t h a t c l a i m ed t h e l i f e o f D a v e M A SO N . D a v e w a s o n a r escu e m i ssi o n t o sa v e a st r i ck en sea m a n n o r t h o f H i c k a m . D a v e E P P L E Y a n d t h e A O G

responded quickly enough to ensure a large turnout a n d f l o w er s a t h i s memorial service in the Cadet Chapel eight days later. I saw m any o f our classmates here on permissive TDY to pay respects. D a v e w a s m a r r i ed

j ust 15 days bef or e t he accident .

Class Of f icers: Yes, we do have some. Our president , D a n VANA LST INE, is a financial consultant for an accounting f i r m i n

her w hen I w as stat ioned at Edw ar ds and w e have been car rying on (t hat is

j oi n t he r ank s.

Now to the part you have all been waiting for, the change-of -addr ess cards (in alphabetical order nonetheless): Bob BA RTON f r o m A P O Sea t tle 98723 to Belleville, I L (must be Scott A FB); George F L I N K f r o m M inot to M inot (this is a short article so I ’ll even publish the local change of address); Richard GLITZ from M t . H ome to Norton; M a r k H E F F E R LY from Del Valle, TX (where?) to A PO NY 09860 (where?); L ar r y LA FRENIERE from Lubbock to Garland, TX ; Gary M A RTI N f r o m A lexandria, VA to Rapid City, SD ; David McLERA N from V acaville, C A t o T ravis A FB (l ocal ?) ; D ale PA N G M A N f r om Presido M ont er ey t o

Pope A FB; Richard SCOTT-JOH NSON f rom Chatham, MA to P a t t er son, NJ; Bill SENN , another local (M yrtle Beach); and B en T R O E M E L f r om St . A ugust ine t o A PO San Fr an 96328-0006 .

Well that about does it , please empty your ashtrays and put your glasses in the sink . I ’ll see you here next quarter. B E T H E R E !

Br ist ol , RI . I guess he has credent ial s t o cont r ol our class pur se st r i ngs,

currently latched to $607. Normally, only interest d i st u r b s t h i s b a l a n c e ex cept around reunion time. Don MOORE, the vice president , j ust m oved

James C . Regan I I I 7643 St am pede D r ive C olor ado Spr ings, C O 809 18

to A ust in , T X where he is a RT U I P in t he RF4-C at Bergst r om . U nf or tunately, he had to pass up an Olmsted Scholarship t our in C ar acas,

Venezuela after learning his daughter could not go

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m ed i c a l / ed u ca t i o n a l r ea so n s. D o n c o n f i r m ed a n ea r l i er r epor t t hat our

treasurer, Steve M UNGLE, flies the F-15 in an interceptor squadr on at Minot . Our class secretary, Don McCUNE, has also separated a n d w a s last reported living in Rome, NY . These guys will serve f or li f e, i f desi red .

I f anybody wants to step down or in, let me know so D a n a n d I ca n d et er

m ine a pr ocedur e. O t her w ise, w e’ ll discuss it at t he r eu n i o n .

What Reunion? Our 10-year reunion is approaching and I hope all o f

you will start thinking about attending. We should k n o w t h e ex a ct d a t es by this time next year. Somebody will wear two hats as hom ecom i ng and reunion chairman. I ’ve compared about a dozen area m o t el s f o r c a d et leadership seminars and have some pretty good leads. A s f o r memorabilia, class-crested ballcaps and terrazzo paper w eight s ar e popular . L ook f or updates i n later issues, but f or now j ust start planning t o a t t en d .

With the reunion fresh in your mind. I ’ll close so you can tal k it over

wit h your “ sweet hear t .”

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Gr eet ings f r om t he “ R ock ies” t o al l ’79er s i n all cor ner s o f t h e w o r l d .

The Academy hasn’t changed a bit . The perennial “ they” are st i ll t r ying t o get t hat square w heel r olli ng !

Cadets haven’t changed a bit either . They can’t wait t o get out in t he real A ir Force and are close to developing a round w heel in E ngi neeri ng

4 30 !

T-41s haven’t changed either, but ’79ers are beginning t o i n f i l t r a t e t h e

sq uadr on . A ll ar r ive ext olli ng pr ai se on t he A ir For ce A cademy and an

A ir Force career, but their sunburned faces from Copper a n d W i n t er P a r k r ev ea l t h e t r u t h .

N ew ar r ival s her e i n sunny C ol or ado ar e T om E N G L I SH a n d D a v e BO W L I N G . O ld hat s i nclude K en W E A V E R , D ave FA L L O N , and K er ry SC H M I D T .

Here in Colorado also is one not-so-military type. Paul (Bonnie) D I A M OND is here disguised with full beard and working f o r M a r t i n M a r i et ta. Paul hasn’t changed any — he still hates everything b u t C o o r s a n d

Jim A rno ld

dr eam s o f being r ich .

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Well , here we are again for our quarterly meeting. P l ea se m a k e

your selves com f or table. Sm ok e ’em i f you got ’em . (O f cour se, I quit t w o and a hal f year s aog, but i f you w ant t o r ui n your lu ngs. . .) Pour your sel f a dr ink , but a shor t one as t hi s is a shor t ar t icle.

F ir st , I f ound a not e on a t elephone conver sat i on I h a d w i t h M i k e SK O L A U T . I ’ m not sur e w hen t his w as, as I tal k t o M i ke r at her f r equent ly , but her e goes. M ik e w as dow n in O k lahoma C i ty and h ea r d t h a t B i l l SI L V E ST RI , w ho f lies F- 106s out o f G r i f f i ss had made a “ n o o i l landing.” I guess that ’s a big deal , but I thought al l landi ngs w ere m ade on dr y ru nw ays? A l l k iddi ng aside, good j ob Bil l . Bil l h a s a w i f e a n d t w o daught er s. M ik e also f ound out t hat bot h Scott ROG E R S a n d Sa m T H E R R I EN ar e A ggressor s at N el li s. Some o f you may h a v e r u n i n t o t hem , say at a Red F lag ! I f al l of t his i s ol d new s to you , sor ry , l ik e I said I d o n ’ t k n o w t h e d a t e o f t h e c o n v er sa t i o n .

I r a n i n t o M i k e A U SSE R E R i n B a se F i n a n ce a t A n d r ew s. H e f l i es h el o s

with the 1st Helicopter Squadron. He seems to be doing w el l . I a l so h a d

my quar t er ly visi t f r om Guy M A RT E L L E . H e is st ill w it h M X t ar get ing.

In the “ below the belt ” (I mean Zone) category Pete (Paulet te) BU N C E , M i k e (Sar a) R H O D E S, and Bob (D ebbie) M cG REA L w i l l b e congr egati ng at the Pent agon f or an A ST RA t our . Bob a n d D eb b i e a r e very pr oud of t heir “ li tt le I r i shman ,” Robert . A f t er t he D .C . t our , t he McGreals are still anticipating a KC-10 assignment . T o o b a d B o b h a s t o make maj or before he can PCS from Loring!

Speak ing o f D .C . , M i k e (H ooch) V A N H O O M I SSE N i s st il l w or k ing

in Congressional A ctivities and rubbing elbows with t h e “ b est a n d t h e brightest .” Congrats to M ike for passing the Oregon bar r ecent ly . Jan and Mike are still speaking (on occasion) which again i s a r ec o r d f o r t h e m a n t h at d e f i n ed f i c k l e .

New arrivals to the D.C. area are M ark and Betsy PIM ENTEL . T h ese two rolled through Colorado Springs on their way East and st opped f or a visit . M ark has his master’s in computer science but f a n t a si es h i m sel f a s a millionaire artist producing licentious videos. M ust b e t h e C a l i f o r n i a su n !

Fred and Nancy JA COBSEN also stopped through town on t hei r w ay

t o R F -4 s a t Sh a w . T h e t w o a r e ec st a t i c a b o u t t h ei r n ew so n B i l l i e . B i l l i e i s

lucky because he looks like his M om! For some reason, o l d F r ed d o esn ’ t want Billie to do all the things he has done. Funny w hat a li tt le par ent al responsibility does for one’s outlook !

Passing through C-Springs a few months ago were Dave a n d G l o r i a RHODES. Dave was f resh out of language school and speaking f l u en t German. He is on a hardship Olmsted Scholarship to A u st r i a .

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Still in Germay are Rex and Gabe KEESE. Rex is flying C - 130 s i n

special ops and j ealously guarding his little sweetheart daughter . Gabe is a n independent travel agent for those of you who are interested i n E u r o

expecting their first . Dave JONES got an F-15 to Langley, a n d B i l l

ERENSON and Deb LA FROM BOI S are still at Reese awaiting assign ment . M arge GLAZIER called and she is at L owry A FB and goi ng t o

pean tours!

Space Command. She will be getting out soon and marrying a ’ 7 5 G r a d

ried 3 Aug 85 for those of you vacationing in Iota, L A ! I a m t h e b est m a n and responsible for the debauchery involved in a bachelor par ty . I ’ ve been out of touch with that scene since DONATELL I ’s and B A R G E ’ S i n n o

Bonnie H O U C H E N PC Sed t o H oll om an t o w or k w it h Space C o m m a n d down there. Peggy DENNI S wrote from USA FA where she i s f l yi ng T -4 1s

Finally in “ TAC ATTACK” news. Dale A. BURTON is getting m a r

named Jay SCHEL L . Jerry DEVI LLE went from Of futt to Space C om mand and his wife and little boy are sure to like the change in climate.

I will say farewell and good luck to all ’79ers and a sso c i a t es u n t i l n ex t

with Tom A RATA and Craig SEEBER. Tanya (SENZ) REGA N i s a t USA FA in contracting and her hubby is flying T-41s. Holly EM RI CK is teaching up in Fairchild hall and loving it .

God bless. John Courtney will author the next article. W r i t e h i m a t : 3601-D Street , A pt 302, Shreveport , LA 71105.

Lou claims he is the only member of our class in the ’ 106 , and I believe him. He j ust got a new assignment and will be flying F -4 s i n K o r ea . A l so

cent bachel or part y !

year. Pete HAYS and I will be. at Breckenridge over spr ing break representing those ’79ers that couldn’t make the trip. St ay in t ouch and

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Again it is springtime and all young zoomies hearts t u r n t o t h ei r n ex t

My buddy Lou BORELLI wrote from Minot where he is flying F - 10 6 s.

at M inot is Pete B RO W N w ho is t he st an eval chief i n t he F- 15 squad r on .

Bill L E N N H A RT w ho i s a K C - 135 A C , K eith OT SU K A w ho i s a B - 52

A C, and Jerry IBA RA is working at Minot in CE. M ark C L E E R M A N S i s a m issi leman at M i not w ho w il l be a civi lian in about si x w eek s .

T hat is about al l t he new s I have. I have been w r it i ng t h i s a r t i c l e f o r

almost five years, and not that I ’m getting tired of doing it , but you could say that . Since I will be T DY for the next 10 months, Peggy D E N N I S has been kind enough to volunteer to write the next several a r t i cl es . L et t er s should be sent to: Peggy Dennis, 2870 Woodland H ills, A pt . 204, Col orado Springs, CO 80918. I will pick the article back up once I get settled in at England AFB. For now take care and God bless.

Checkp oints article. For the first time in several years, there is rio promo tion or pay raise in May. The Class of ’81 will soon be captains, and I

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guess that makes us senior captains. Right? Today, a s I sa t i n t h e d en t i st s chair bringing back fond memories of thedental hobby shop at USA FA , I w a s

shocked to realize that the A ir Force has owned my body (and m y

molars) for almost nine years. I am even starting to gray around the

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temples ever so slightly (prematurely I ’m sure).

Well, the news you have all been waiting for arrived last m ont h , and yes

I am leaving Enid by the Sea. I will fly an A-10 and w e w i l l b e st a t i o n ed a t England AFB, LA. After five years am I finally leaving? W h a t w i l l i t b e

like to fly an airplane where the guy who is trying to kill you is in another

airplane? Do people actually eat crawdads in Louisiana? W h a t i s a

crawdad? These questions and many more will be answered i n t h e n ea r future, along with others such as will my ’72 Ford pickup make it to H o l l o m a n a n d b ack ?

The cards and letters did not arrive at my house in dr oves t his quar ter .

As a matter of fact , were it not for bills 1 would think t hat no one had my address. I did move again and you will please note t he above addr ess and send mass quantities of letters. What news 1 do have st a r t s h er e a t V a n c e .

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A big ‘‘Hello” to all ’81ers from USAFA. I’ll be writing t h e c l a ss a r t i

cle f or a while now that Tony has relinquished his post enroute to grad school in Monterey. I ’m sure you all realize what a hardship it must be for him t o m ove t o such an undesi r able l ocat i on ! I didn ’ t get a great deal of info in the transition, so I ’ll put out a call now f o r c l a ss n ew s . T h e deadli ne f or t he next issue w il l be 10 June, and you c a n w r i t e t o m e a t t h e

above address, or if you’d prefer, relay info to me v i a T i m H A R R I S a n d

Larry RUGGIERO at the P-School or Pat SWANKE in the A t h l et i c

Department . 1 say this because j ust as some of you m ay not have k now n

Chrys LEMON and Jerry SIEGEL both got ASTRA assignments t o t h e Pentagon. Tom HEEMSTRA got an F-16, and Jim FIRTH went t o R a n dolph as a member of the ATC Stan Eval team. Brad DUTY a n d J o n

Tony too well, you may need to look in Polaris to remember me, but be

Eval . Jon and w i f e K im have a litt le gi rl . A l so at V andenberg i s K ar l

to get together and sort all the news out. In addition, N ancy R H O A D E S (June 85 from Stanford) and Bruce ACKER (Dec 85 from A F I T ) w il l

HEDBLOM are both at Vandenberg A FB in the 1st M issile W i ng Stan GREENH IL L and wife Julie. Karl is teaching basic missile C C T S . F r o m

up north at Malmstrom, Pete MICALE and wife Diane are PC Si ng t o F .E . W ar ren w her e Pet e w il l lear n t o be a sky cop . M i t c h H A I L ST O N E

and wife Teri are expecting a baby soon. And George R Y A N a n d w i f e Roxanne are taking their two kids to D .C. where George w i l l l ea r n t o b e an O SI agent .

From F.E. Warren, Ed ZEHNER and wife Cherri j ust had a baby , and Ed j ust got an A FIT assignment to study space ops. B i l l L Y O N S i s a l so a t F.E. and rumor has it that he is getting out of the b l u e su i t t o b e i n a r o c k band on the East Coast and get his picture on the ‘ ‘Cover of t he Rolli ng

tween the four of us we should pretty much be able t o c o v er t h e en t i r e class. Pat , Tim and Larry will in turn relay all printable in f o t o me, so i f you write to them try not to push the deadline too m u c h so w e h a v e t i m e soon be j oining me in the A stro Dept .

T he f i r st bit o f new s I have i s a cor r ect ion t o a r at her regr ett able er r or

made in the last edition. Pam McGINTY and Chuck EVA NCEVICH are not , and never have been married. Pam wrote to say she is doing well down in the Armament Division at Eglin A FB doing R a n d D co st estimate work , but is definitely not married! I f any of you do hear second hand info concerning classmates getting married, having babies, bei ng i n dicted, etc., please try to confirm it first hand or send m e t he new scl i ppi ng w e

with your letter so we can avoid such unfortunate mixups i n t h e f u t u r e .

St o n e . ”

‘ N u f sa i d .

the Rock where both are instructing in the RTU . Curt L A N Z E L w a s h er e at Vance getting checked out as a flight examiner, and he j ust m oved f r om

way of Squadron Sponsor trips people have made out h er e i n t h e l a st f ew months. M ost notably, at a recent Falcon hockey game, my w i f e Beck y thought she recognized Mike PA VLOFF in the crowd. I said , ‘ ‘ N o , t hat

Greg HARSTAD j ust passed through here after attending C - 130 t r a i n ing at Little Rock, and he saw Jim STURCH and Steve H E N N E B U R G a t

M at her w here he w as a T -37 I P t o K .I . Sawyer . C ur t w i ll f ly w it h t he A C E D et a t K . I .

Down at Laughlin AFB, Mike TARLETON and Mike SKINNER j ust got back from SOS. Mikey T. got an F-15, and Mike S. got an A ST RA assignment. John POSNER got an F-15 and Jim ELBERT is meet i ng hi s board today. At Columbus A FB, Art SM ITH got an F-15. W i lly A F B had sever al o f our classmat es get assignm ent s. Joe A C C A R D O a n d D er ek HESS both got F-15s. Mark FA ROA NE got a C-141 and Rob SC OT T got

M ost o f t he cont act s I ’ve had w it h our classmat es lately have co me by

can’ t be him . H e’ s not t hat bald ! ” W ell , I w as w r ong. Pav i s doing w el l and is currently at PIT loving every minute of it , and li k e t oo m any of us

(yours truly included) is not asking the barber to give him a little trim in t he f r ont as o f ten as in our cadet days. P av t old m e t h a t Sco t t D E R I N G i s

now at Of futt working for SAC in some bizarre EE j ob r el a t ed t o t h e M S he recently completed from A FIT . He also said that B en SW I N F O R D i s

driving 141s at McChord and was recently married, George and Joyce

a n

HERR had a baby boy and that Scott SCH ROEDER is spending h i s f r ee time on the A F trap and Skeet Team when he’s not flying o u t o f C o l u m

an d D an B O O N E .

of the A F basketball team. Reggie is currently working a t E d w a r d s A F B

F-16. Dave ANDERSON got a KC- 135 and Howard RATCLI FFE went to Randolph to teach PIT . Also at Randolph are C h r i s SE A V E R News from Reese is that C.D . MOORE got an A STRA assignment , J i m BUT LER got a C-5, Steve DI LLA RD got a KC-10, Chris K U P K O a n d

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bus. Speaking of AF sports, Reggie JONES was in town in M ar ch as par t

as a Fl ight T est E ngi neer .

John M A H O N E Y and Steve BU R N S w ere also in t own on a s p o n s o r trip. Mahones ranted and raved about the Myrtle Beach social scene.

where he spends his free time flying A -10s. He couldn’t believe how many of his classmates are now married, and vowed to remain a b a ch el o r a s long as humanly possible. Steve on the other hand is mar r ied , and he and his wife, Jordy, are expecting a new additon this spring. St ev e i s a T w eet IP at Vance. Both of them had a lot more information, b u t I w a sn ’ t sm a r t enough to write it all down, so if you two would please drop me a li ne. I ’ ll include it all in the next issue. Continuing in the baby depar t ment . . . Bi ll and Danielle McLENDON had a baby boy, William Daniel (ver y im aginative!), in January. By the time you read this, t h e M c L en d o n s sh o u l d be settled at Langley where Bill is flying 15s. Pam McGinty said that Ray and Leona (FLORES) CA NNON are expecting soon. A t last check t hey were both at Wright-Pat . Bruce and Cyndi BROWN are expect i ng t hei r fourth (that ’s right fourth) kid soon. They got of f to a quick start w it h twins in ’82 and show no signs of slowing down.

I ’ve got news f rom a few people via Tony. Chuck KI M SEY w r o t e t o say that he is getting married 23 June. He didn’t say i n h i s l et t er w h o t h e br ide w as, but did ment ion t hat D ave H U FF w ould be h i s b est m a n . H e

also said that he ran into Maureen (O’CONNOR) DA VIS, w ho is f lyi ng KC-135Sat Dyess and that M ike SA XTON is on his way to K I Sawyer f or Buf f duty. Nick CHA NDO wrote from Sunnyvale to get us up t o dat e on everyone there. Besides Nick, Keith M I SSA R, Erwin YUEN , E d PH I LL IPS, M ike NOEL (Betsy), John CA SSERI NO, Sheldon D E N N I S, T im L O PEZ , Bar r y T H O M A , Jo hn FO X and V ick i B I L E K are t h er e c u r

rently, though many are expecting to PCS soon. John C A SSE R I N O h a s an A FIT slot and is trying to go up the road to Stanford. A ll in all , N ick said that life in the Silicon Valley is a hardship he hopes everyone gets the

chance t o endur e somet im e in t heir car eer s.

cess for many years to come. Tim HA RRIS is busy laying t h e f o u n d a t i o n for future men’s basketball success at the prep school . H e t el l s m e t h a t he’s got a few that may be starting as doolies next year , and is busy recruiting a few more that may give us some much needed height . T i m

al so said t hat he r an int o Blane H O O K a w hile back w h en B l a n e w a s m

town for an exercise with the A rmy at Ft . Carson. Blane’s cur r ent ly

assigned t o N or t on as a 14 1 N av .

I know that Tony mentioned A OG membership in the last issue, and I don’t want to nag (especially since I discovered that my ow n br ot her , ’ 82, isn’t a current member), but a few new facts came to light in d iscussions

w i t h som e o f our unnam ed nonm em ber classm ates. I was t o l d t h a t m o st of you aren’t members because there is always someone in your o f f ice o r squadron who is, so you can j ust borrow Checkp oints every quar t er and

save the membership fee. This is confirmed when you c h ec k t h e n a m es o f the people who write, or give info for the column and com pare it w it h t he membership list . Well , for those of you reading this t h a t f a l l i n t o t h i s i n famous category, please consider a membership. It ’s t ax d ed u c t i b l e (check with your tax person), as are all contributions to t he A cadem y Fund, assures you an uninterrupted supply of Academy n ew s a n d cl a ss gossip, helps expand the benefits available to you, provides funds for pro j ects around the Academy (yes, the AOG even helps fund some Engr 430 proj ects), guarantees you a copy of the annual Register of Gr ad uates so you can keep track of each other and helps serve a rapidly growing com munity of Academy grads. There were over 17,000 of u s a t l a st co u n t !

Finally, if you plan on being in the area, let me know so w e c a n g et together and talk old times and new. Yes, this place is still standing, and to borrow an old cliche’ , the more things change, the m ore t hey stay t he same. So, let me know if you can make it out for a f oot ball gam e i n t he fall. They should be truly awesome this season! Enj oy t hat new captain ’ s pay. I know my wife, Becky, will, and keep those cards a n d l et t er s co m m g.

J i m R at t i B o x 4 0 14

B lyt heville A FB , A R 723 17 H om e; (50 1) 762- 1009

A V ; 6 3 7 -7 60 1

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Greetings once more f rom Blytheville. We somehow survived t h e winter of ’84-85 and are now anxiously awaiting the spr i ng . H ope it

doesn ’t tak e t oo long to get here!

Looks like I have to start things of f with an apology. Seem s so m eo n e a t

t he A O G of f ice got cr eat ive w it h t he last issue and decided t o add a cap t ion t o t he pictur e o f Shaw n W H I T SO N and her new husband J a m i e Evans. A s I ’m sure you noticed, the names were, well, r ever sed . M any

J ack and D olly Berk ebile Darren McKNIGHT is currently at CU in Boulder working o n h i s P h D in aerospace engineering. He wrote to say all is going w el l a n d t o a d d a n o t h er n a m e t o t h e l i st o f f o r m er ’ 8 1 b a c h el o r s . D a r r en had t he oppo r

tunity to witness Jack BERKEBI LE marry Dolly in Chicago. Sh e ’ s a n I P at Willie also. Marvin FISHER married a girl named P a m el a l a st su m m er and after finishing his M S in engineering management i s on his way t o a tour in Ger many . Scott SC H RE C K w as in t ow n last week . H e’ s look i ng

for a j ob at Seiler Lab and anticipating a PhD slot i n t h e n o t -t o o - d i st a n t future. Steve and Kim HENSON wrote us a few weeks ago t o say t hat

they have set t led dow n at Scot t A F B w her e St eve is a C -2 1 (L earj et ) I P

when he isn’t looking for thin ice to fall through or squir r els to shoot from a pickup truck window. Their baby, Jessica, is n o w a b o u t 18 months old and doing really well in spite of her father ’s i n f l u en ce . P a t DUFFY should be at Kadena now flying F-15s. With any l uck hi s w i f e,

D iana ( ’ 83) should be t her e, t oo . W r it e me and let me k now . D u f f !

N ew s f r om Pat SW A N K E is t hat Jam ie K L EM M E is now at P I T a f t er a tour a McGuire flying 141s. She’s on her way to an I P j ob at L aughli n .

Sh e a l so sa i d t h a t M a u r a B U R K E a n d J o a n C U N N I N G H A M a r e a l so a t PIT following IP j obs at Willie and Reese, respectively, a n d t h a t J i m SCHOENEMA N is PCSing to Wright-Pat from Eglin. Pat a n d h ea d

coach M ar t i Gasser have done a gr eat j ob w it h t he w omen ’s b a sk et b a l l team this year . They finished the regular season at 2 1-6, w i nning t heir con f er ence cham pionship , r ank ed 15t h in t he nat ion and quali f ying f or a bert h i n t he N CA A D iv I I N at ional T our nament . T hei r f i r st round gam e is tomorrow night , so 1 expect you’ll already know t he result s by t he t i me you read this. With a good recruiting year , they should enj oy great suc-

sorrows for the screwup, Shawn, and rest assured, the ed i t o r o w es u s b o t h a beer for this one. 1 hope you get a good laugh out o f it (som ewhere around your 50th anniversary, probably).

I ’m j ust really skosh on letters this month. Only got t hr ee, and one o f t hem isn ’ t even signed ! M ore on t hat lat er . . . Fi r st out of t he mai lbag is a

fancy typewritten thing from Kristine (I NGRA M ) BLESSI NG. S h e finished up her tour in Germany and is now at George A F B w i t h h er h u s band Bart (’81). They had a nice little German-style w edding in a local village, and should be all settled in Victorville, C A by now . W or d i s t hei r house is right by a lake and country club, and has t w o ex t r a f u r n i sh ed bedrooms and a hot tub. Kristine welcomes any visitors t h r u t h e a r ea .

L ate last year , K r ist i ne w as in Ber lin f or a bit and sa w J u l i e H U G H E S

who’s doing intel-type stuf f . A trip to the eastern sect or w as enough t o make Kristine glad to be an A merican and to emphasize t he im por t ance of her daily j ob. Speaking of j obs, now that she’s at George, and w i ll be t he chief of maintenance in the Comm Squadron there (now k n o w n a s t h e I n formation Systems Squadron).

My next letter came from Gail COOPER. Her big news i s t h a t sh e a n d M ike A L LEN are engaged. She didn’t say when the wedding w o u l d t a k e place, but for now she’s at Los A ngeles A FS and he’s at Bergst r om (f lyi ng the T-39), so their first priority will be working on com pat ible assignments. Gail finished up her master’s in engineering (D ec ’ 83) and spent a good deal of time since then playing tennis f o r t h e U SA F . Sh e w o n at the base level and was subsequently selected for t h e A F t ea m . T h en sh e went on t o t he inter service t our ney and w on t he W omen ’ s Si ngles C ham

pionship. Just think , I knew her when. . . Good j ob, G a i l !

W hile in sunny C ali f or nia, Gai l ran i nt o M ik e GO R D O N a n d h i s w i f e

Patti. M ike’s in med school in Pasadena. Gail says t h a t L i sa T Y M A N a n d Troy M I LLER should soon be married, likewise for Sharon G R E I M A N and Doug DUNBA R. Last A ugust , Sandy MA LONEY tied the k n o t w i t h an aviator for the boat people. Other people Gail’s seen at Space D ivision

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include (but

are not

limited to)

Dave KRUEGER, Suzanne

V A U T R I N OT , Gayle PO O RT , Jay V I E RN E S and Bi ll H A R D I N G .

Ray and Julie Blust B r endan Clar e and his " P lu tonic ” f r iend.

N ow f or my anonym ous ent ry . I quote: “ Flash ! T his j ust i n ! C ont r ar y

to popular belief , the Brendan CLA RE ‘I want to have your baby club ’ is

N OT accept i ng applicat ions f r om dogs. T he ’ 82 r ovi ng eye captu red t his candid shot o f Brendan and an est ranged com panion . W hen quest ioned , B rendan descr ibed t he r elat ionship as ‘ st r ict ly Plut onic’ .” T h e l et t er ca m e f r om A PO 96274, so your guess i s as good as m ine. H ey , I only r eport t he new s. I don ’t mak e it up . U sual ly . . .

N ow f or t he addr ess changes. D ave C H R I ST E N SO N is l ivi ng i n Jack sonvi lle, A R and w or k ing at L i tt le Rock A FB . Judgi ng f r om his unit .

I ’d guess he’s involved with C-130s. Tom GA RIN is now show i ng a L as V egas addr ess, but I have no idea w hat he does t her e. C h r i s A L L E N B Y check ed i n f r om Gr and F or k s w here he’ s a Bu f f copil ot . D o c K I M M I N A U says hello f r om T em plehof , w her e, he advises, he’ s “ f inally o f f t o a r eal j ob .” H e’d been i n gr ad school at H arvar d si nce graduat ion .

Cy nthia W I L L I S is at Sunnyvale, and Scot t SC H L A P K O H L i s a C - 130 copil ot at E lmend or f . Fi nally , D eb (M U L L E N ) K I RK H U FF w i n s t h e “ longest j ob t i tle aw ar d ” w i t h “ Seni or C rew I nst r uct or D eputy M issi le C ombat C r ew C omm ander .” I guess t hat ’ s an SC I D M C C C . . . I a l so assume f r om t he name change t hat she i s now m ar r ied .

For my par t . I ’ve been t r avel ling all ar ou nd t he count ry i n m y T w eet , and I get t o see Steve V O GT at M oody back in February . T r ied to look up L yn SOU T H at V ance in M arch (I st opped i n f or JP-4) , but she was gone cr oss count ry . H aven ’ t hear d any good st or ies lately , so you f ol k s cr ank up t he r umor mi ll and send me some poop , okay? L ater .

N ow f or t he gossip . . . I ’ve f i nally enclosed a pict ur e of my w i f e, Juli e, and me. W e w er e m ar r ied o n July 7, 1984 in W heeli ng W V . B ill “ H uge” R U JEV C A N w as m y best m an and he m ade t he t r ip all t he w ay f r o m V andenber g A FB , C A w her e he is cur r ent ly a pr oj ect o f f icer f or t he Space Shut t le. C r aig E I D M A N , one o f m y r oom ies at U PT , made t he t r i p al so .

T hank s, C raig. C r aig is now at D avis-M ont han f lyi ng t h e i n f a m o u s O A -37, and hi s r oom m at e t her e is Fost er SI N C L A I R .

Bel ieve it or not , L aughli n is no t t he hub o f A F f lyi ng; however , w e do

get a few stragglers in now and then. A few weeks ago T i m ST R A U T H E R

and Pete BA RT O S f l ew t hei r T -33s i n f r om T yndall — t ough j ob . Since Pet e t ook car e of a bunch o f us guys w hen w e got st uck up at Reese, I f igured it w ould only be f air t hat I not let him go hom e t il l 3 a.m . But you k now t hose T A C guys, t hey can handle it . T i m and Pete also gave m e a list o f assignment s f r om Reese’ s 84-07 class. Bob B U O N G I O R N O a n d T er r y F R I E N D , T -37 Reese; Bob M A RT I N and K elly SC OT T , C - 130 D yess; Gar y V RA BE L , T ony SM I T H , and M i k e G U T H A L S, B-52 C o r ing; Sean PA L A C I O S, B-52 C ar sw el l (FA Red) ; Jef f G I L E S, K C - 13 5 D yess; Joe BA RK A T E , A - 10 Bent w at er s; T am m y RA N K , T -38 Reese; Stu N I C H O L S, 0 -2 Shaw ; Phil N I C H O L S, F- 15 M inot ; Steve ST E C H , F- I 5 L angley ; D ave Y E L K E N , F-4 H omest ead ; and Br ian M A A S, A - 10 K o r ea .

Ray Blust

90 12 B A r a n t z St .

L aughl in A F B , T X 78840 H ome: (512) 298-3602

A V : 7 32 - 52 2 3

P er c en t m em b er s : 3 3

H o w d ee ! ! Seem s l i k e i t ’ s b een a w h i l e si n ce I sa t d o w n a n d w r o t e t h e a r

t icle. T hank s, K evin , f or cover i ng f or me. T he reason I d i d n ’ t w r i t e t h e w inter issue w as because I w as enj oying m ysel f at P I T , b u t n o w I a m set t l ed i n here at L aughlin wit h t hr ee ’ 84 gr ads t o t r ai n — good t imes. I t hought it w as goi ng t o be a good t im e or at least easier t han bef ore bei ng an I P — H a H a. I ’ve only been an I P f or t w o m ont hs, a n d I ’ v e h a d t w o check r i des alr eady . So I don ’ t w ant t o hear you guys bit chi n ’ about get t i ng a t ank er t o L or i ng or G r and For k s — A L G .

E nough o f t hi s. N ow f or busi ness. A lot of f ol k s ar e aski ng about w hen your dues ar e due or w hen your m ember ship r uns out . L oo k in t he upper r ight cor ner o f your mai ling label on t he magazine. T hi s dat e i s t he expi r a t i on dat e, i .e., 0785 m eans your mem ber ship runs out in July o f ’ 85.

H opef ully ever yone, mem ber or nonmem ber , r eceived an applicat i on i n Febr uary or M ar ch . I f not , w r it e t he A OG . L et me explai n again how t o w r i t e l et t er s t o t h e t h r ee cl a ss sc r i b es. O u r d u e d a t es ar e appr oxi mat ely t w o t o f our w eek s af t er you receive a magazi ne. I f you ’ d li k e t o w r ite a not e, please w r it e it t o t he per son l ist ed as t he next w r i t er w i t h i n t w o w eek s o f receiving t he m agazi ne. T hank s.

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J on, B renda, and son, Jef f r ey P ar is, 10 m on ths old .

I r eceived a let ter f r om A ndy SI Z E M O RE w ho , by t he w ay , w i ll be w r it ing t he next let ter . H i s cur r ent m ai li ng address is 1170 E . 22nd St # 19 , M ar ysvil le, C A 9590 1. P lease send al l lett er s f or t he next ar t icle t o A ndy .

A ndy is f l ying K C- 135Q s at Beale w it h L i sa L I N D E N , St ev e K N O B L OC K , Jer r y V A R N E R , D iane REY N O L D S, Bil l BO W E RS, a n d Br yan D OO L E Y . Steve (K nobs) j ust got m ar r ied , and A ndy got m ar r ied last Oct ober t o an old C -Spr i ngs gir l f r i end , K at hy . A ndy ’ s U PT r oom m at e, T om W E B ST E R , has announced hi s i nt ent ions o f givi ng u p bachelor li f e t his A pr il w hen he w eds Jodi E ck er m an . A ndy w as T D Y at RA F M ildenhall w her e he ran i nt o C hr i st ine (O R Z A D A ) H I L L . Sh e i s a nav at Blyt hevi lle A F B w her e her husband , Gr eg H I L L ( ’ 81) is a B-52

copilot . A lso at Blyt heville is Paul C L A R K E w ho mar r ied M ar y A nn , T im E I C H O L T Z , G ar y H A RE N C A K , and G r aham H A M I L T O N . T om

my and Gaye SOLOMON are alive and well and expecting a t Y o k o t o A B

Japan . C ongr at s.

I ow e a huge apol ogy t o John and Brenda D U RE SK Y . I ’ m so r r y y o u r pict ur e hasn ’t been in t he magazi ne yet . L i ke I explained ear l ier , I w as T D Y si nce A ugust and didn ’t w r it e t he last ar t icle. W ell , here it is. John , Brenda, and Jef f rey Par is D U RE SK Y . G ood t hi ng he look s l i ke Brenda, huh John? John is now enj oyi ng his C - 130 somew her e!

M ike KEI ROD’s wedding in A pril . It ’s going to be a double wedding.

Cecil GRA NT is making the trip. Congrats, Mike and C ec i l .

Well, that about does it . H ope you all enj oy the article. Shal om , my f r i en d s . ’ 8 3 B est T o B e !

D a v i d “ D J ” J o h n so n

2323 W . Bay A r ea Blvd . , # 1604 W ebster , T X 77598 P er c en t m em b er s : 64

Greetings, classmates. 1985 has arrived and many members o f t h e C l a ss

o f ’ 84 are t r aveli ng t o new assignment s. T his new slet t er w ill br i ng you up

to date on many of the moves and other inf o that pertains t o o u r c l a ss .

Fir st up i s a repor t f r om I van RA N D A L L and K r i s D OT T E R W A Y a t

comm school, Biloxi , M S. The first class of ’84 grads com pleted com m school on Jan. 18. Congrats and good luck . Here’s a l i st o f t h o se graduates and their assignments: Carol TIKI JIA N, Yokota A B , Japan ; Fred TATE, Hellenikon A B, Greece; Eric WA LLA CE, Aviano A B , I ta ly; Paul SUA REZ , Eglin A FB, FL ; Tony WI L L IA M S, A F Crypto Sup por t C enter , K elly A FB , T X ; D ave Y O R K , H essisch-O ldendor f A S, G er

J ohn and B renda D uresk y Tom and Laura Lee KI NG are anxiously awaiting the stork . W h en I wrote this article Laura Lee was due in 12 days. Tom is enj oyi ng t he T -37 down here at Laughlin. The next picture is of two ’83ers w h o d eci d ed t o hang ar ound at school f or a f ew m ont hs. N or m RE N N E SP I E S and H ugh

FUNK. Norm j ust got his assignment last night . He should h a v e h a d a

T -37, but l uck ed out and is headed t o K orea i n an A - 10 . C ongr at s N or m .

Good luck , H ugh !

many; and Kristen DOTTERWA Y, Ramstein A B, Germany.

The next class graduated on Feb. 4: Karen BURTON, Scott A F B , I L ; Kara STOKESBERRY, Spangdahlem, Germany; Jackie H IGGI NS, Su n nyvale, CA ; Heidi CROEBER, Eglin A FB, FL ; Edmund M ITCHEL L , Tinker A FB, OK; Delise M cFA RLA NE, Clark A B, Philippines; E l l en (NELSON) FIEBIG, Ramstein, A B; Julia PH I FER, Sunnyvale, C A ; Chris DORCHA K, Hellenikon, Greece; Buck M A I LLE, Nellis A F B , N V ; and Kathleen HA RRINGTON , Kapone, Germany.

The next class graduated on 3 M arch: Cheryl A L LEN, M cG ui re A F B , NJ; Chuck A I KEN , Kelly A FB, TX ; M arvin JONES, A ndrews A F B , M D; Tina LA NDSHULZ, Seymour-Johnson A FB, NC; Scott H A R RISON , Of f utt A FB, NE; Gay (WEA VER) HA RRISON, Of futt A F B , NE; Ruth (DENI STON) HESSERT , Shaw A FB, SC; Terri KATEI N, M almstrom A FB, MT ; Karen H IM ES, March A FB, CA ; Cameron HURST ; Pentagon, DC; Phillip KI LGORE, Langley A FB, V A ; and I van RA N D A L L , Sunnyvale, C A .

Congratulations to all of the comm school graduates and w e w i sh you

l o t s o f l u ck i n t h e f u t u r e .

A ndy also r an into C r aig SM Y SE R in E ngland . H e is a t ank er copil ot out o f Bar k sdale w her e his wi f e, Jam ie (T REE CE) , w or k s i n co m m a n d post . A lso , D on W I L L I A M S i s f lying t he EC - 135s in E llsw or t h , a n d B i l l and M ichelle (M I L L E R) H A R R I S ar e f inal ly get t i ng t oget her af t er bei ng separated by assignm ent s since gr aduat ion . A ndy also r an int o A ndy H OW E S w ho f l ew hi s C - 130 f r om Pope over t o t he RA F . O t her s at Pope ar e M ar k BOGO SI A N , Scot t A SH , E r ic H U PPE RT , A ndy W I SE , R i ch N E E L , Steve M U L L A H E Y and M ik e “ T aco ” PA D I L L A . A ndy , t h a n k s f or t he great let ter .

N o art icle w ould be com plete w it hout a com ment ar y f r om o u r v e r y ow n A r t “ K evin C A R RE N O ” Rooney . K evin says, “ I decided t o st op in and see some o f my cadet buddies. T im es ar e ext r em ely har d r ight now .

T h e w o r d h a s i t t h a t t h e b a ck l a sh f r o m t h i s h o n o r st a f f has not been plea sant . T he ‘ C W st or m-t rooper s’ have t ak en it upon t hem sel ves t o rei nst it ute t he ‘ discipl ine w hich m ak es t he soldier s o f a f r ee count ry . . .’ A s I sit and ponder ed some o f t he t hings t hat w ent on at t hat place it ’ s k ind of har d to bel ieve t he am ount o f cont r ol t hat capt ains h a d . ” K ev i n a l so ment ioned t hat K evi n M cG L A U T H L I N is get t ing m ar r ied in A ugust , and Jack PO L O w as mar r ied in H oust on in D ecem ber . R .E . (that st ands f or Real Est ate) SM I T H cal led and said C hr i s A U ST I N ’S w eddi ng w as qui te t he blow out i n Ohio . K evi n is planni ng a r oad t r ip t o Philadelphi a f or

C ol um bus A F B can ’ t w ai t t o get r id o f it ’s U PT studs. J ef f R A I N E S sent t he pict ur e above t o show t he secret m i ssi ons t hat t he st udent s per f o r m at CA F B . T he pict ur e f eat ur es Per C O R BE I L , John T A Y L O R , Rob PU C K E T T , Jef f , D on T I M PSO N , A 1 M I L T O N , and Bob P E L L .

T hese f ear less gent s w er e par tici pat ing i n a “ night vi si on ” dem onst r at ion , hence t he r ed glasses. O t her new s f r om C A F B : Rob and h i s w i f e sh o u l d be pr oud parent s i n M ar ch , M i k e N E W M A N is t he class her o f or br i ngi ng back a w ounded T w eet af ter an engine had t o be shut dow n (ok ay . I ’ ll give t he I P some credit — he helped) and ru mor has it t hat G en e P E C K i s a husband . T ony SU BE R sent me some m or e i nterest ing in f o on C A F B per

sonnel. Tom KOLKMEIER is now at

Wright-Pat

and Todd

T EGT M E I E R is at T yndall A F B . I w as sur pr ised t o f i nd o u t t h a t b o t h J o h n T A Y L O R s a r e a t C A F B . J o h n f r o m C S- 24 a n d J o h n f r o m C S- 2 7 . I k n o w t h a t o n e o f t h em i s t h e r ea l o n e a n d t h e o t h er i s a X er o x b u t I c a n ’ t

tel l . Jef f , John , and T ony — t hank s f or t he new s.

Of f we go to Vance A FB and my old squadronmate, Scott DICKM EYER. Scott is in UPT Class 85-07 and he reports that t hey take their flying seriously. So seriously that they hold t he dist i nct i on o f bei ng the only class that volunteered to wear their flight scarves even t hough they don’t have to. (What strivers!) Greg QUA NDT is t h ei r r esi d en t h er o .

H e (and his I P o f cour se) bought back a bir d on one engi ne af ter t he ot her

engine went down on initial take of f . The other “ Birdmen” (and w omen)

o f 85-07 ar e: T im P RA T T , St eve C A L L I C H , Jef f C RO SB Y , D a v e

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D A V I E S, Car ol PU G H , Jean JO H N SO N , M itch B I GG S, Br ian M cA l l i st e r , M i k e L uA L L E N , Shaw n SM I T H , L ee M E H A N , Jim H O W A R D , Jer r y GO O D I N , Jer ry D A V I D SO N , Steve A D A M S, a n d C hr is BO L E . Jef f , Shaw n , L ee and Jim ar e m ar r ied t o K at hy , Jodi , D awn and M ar y , r espect ively . L or r ie H A Y W A RD is in 85-06 a n d J ef f F I N C H is in 86-0 1. A lt hough t he w eat her at V ance has not been great , t he grads at V A FB are st il l alive and k ick i ng . G ood luck gang, hang i n t h er e .

N ext w e go to D el Ri o and m y f i r st A cademy r oom mat es, Sc o t t H E N N .

Scott is in class 85-07 and he cal ls L aughli n A FB t he b est U P T b a se i n A T C . U nf or t unately , t her e is a pr ice t hat you must pay f or goi ng t o such a great base — no w omen . Sor ry ScQtt . T hey t hought o f everyt hing w hen t hey built L A F B , except . . . T o dat e, 85-07 has lost t hree gr ads but t he ma j or it y are st ill doi ng well . M ik e H A R V E Y and M ik e RE I D E N BA C H can ’ t seem to hold on t o t hei r dw elli ngs w hile Jack FO R SY T H E is hit t ing outstandings on his f inal contact check s i n ’ 37s. L eslie C H R I ST E N SE N has been seen spor t i ng a diam ond r ock on her f i nger , com pliment s of M ar k BA U K N I G H T . N o date f or t he ensui ng union has been r el ea sed t o t he press. T hank s f or t he i nf o , Scot t .

T he f i r st ’ 84 gr ads out o f U H T t o get t heir w ings ar e: J o h n C A N N A FA X , H - I H , G rand For k s; K evin C H U RC H I L L , H H -3, El mend or f ; A lvi n D REW , H H -3E , M yrt le Beach ; D avid GO RD O N , H - I F ,

L etters: (Continued f r om p age 7.)

M ORE ON H ON OR Editor , Checkp oints D ear E d i t o r :

T his past week I received my f all Checkp oints, wit h its numerous graduate comment s regarding recent development s in the operat ion and administ ration of t he Cadet H onor Code. Coincidentally , af ter 21 years of avoiding the task of OE Rwrit ing, I j ust completed my f irst OER on a su b o r d i n at e o f f i cer .

T he j uxtaposition of t hese two events prompts a quest ion which is probably as

i r r ev er en t as i t i s r el ev a n t . T o w i t : “ W h a t a r e t h e m o r al a n d et h i cal d i f f er en ces b e

tween ( 1) advancing your classmate’s class standing wit h illicit test inf ormat ion, and (2) advancing your f ellow of f icer ’ s career wit h gr ossly exaggerated rating state m en t s? y 9

I wish now t hat I ’d applied myself m ore diligent ly w hen tak ing M ai W ak in’ s classes in et hics and philosophy . A t any rate. I ’m st ill unable t o resolve t he dilem ma between cadet t raining in honor and et hics and what it really tak es t o be “ suc cessf ul ” (bot h in and out of t he service) f ollowing graduation.

Sincerely , John A . N ehring, ’63 L t Col , U SA FR

E llsw or t h ; T ed H A RT E N ST E I N , H - I N , Ramstei n ; D oyle H A Y E S, H - I N , I nd ian Spr i ngs; M ar k K N O FC Z Y N SK I , H - I F , M al mst r om ; St ev e SH E P RO , H - I F , F .E . W ar r en ; Jay SU M M E RS, H - I P , L angley ; a n d Bob T aylor , H H -3E , K ef lavi k . C ongrat ulat io ns Rot or heads. G o o d l u c k o n your assignments.

N OT ES OF I N T E R EST : W e have w ine glasses lef t over f r om ou r glor y days at t he Z oo and I need to unl oad t hem . A t no cost t o m e b u t a sm a l l cost t o you . I ’ m w ill ing t o part w it h t hem . Send $ 10 t o t h e A O G i n c a r e o f t he C lass of ’ 84 G lasses and t hey ’ ll send you eight , t hat r ight f ol k s, eight wine glasses and we’ll pay the handling cost . (What a Bar gain !) Please give me a hand f olk s, w e need t he br ead (and t he A OG needs t he st or age space!) . A not her i tem of i nter est : annual m em bership d u es n o t i c es h a v e been sent out . Be prepared to send your AOG dues in pr om pt l y .

W el l , I guess t hat ’ s all I ’ve got . I must close by saying t hat m y t i me i n t he A i r Force, t hus f ar , has been very enj oyable f or I , f or o ne, am ver y pleased w it h t he w or k t hat I am i nvolved in . I realize t hat som e o f you m ight not be as happy as I am w it h you r posit ions and I send you m y deepest sympat hy and suppo rt . Just remember — t her e’ s a lot o f peo ple who wish they could do what you do. Be Proud and Enj oy your sel f ! ’ 84 , W I N G S T O SO A R .

W inf ield W . Scot t , Jr ., had let t he system handle it . I nstead , General Scot t chose t o grant suspension t o 19 cadet s who admit ted cheati ng, temporarily move t he ad minist rat ion of t he honor system f rom cadets t o t he of f icer chain of command , and grant a one-t ime am nesty t o cadet s w ho ack nowledged previously undetected violations. T he new honor code system is in place and so f ar I have read six let ters t o t h e ed i t o r i n A i r F o r ce T i m es t h at ar e

against the changes. I am f or t he changes, yet I f eel there is a k ey ingredient f or suc cess missing.

A ll six letters express concerns t hat I am sure were wrest led wit h f or many hours.

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system . . .” indicate t hat t here are people who honestly f eel t hat concerns were over look ed or ignored . Sentiment s such as: “ . . .t he enf orcement of t he A cademy honor code has changed because t he su perintendent changed it and t hat doesn’ t mak e it bet ter ” appear in all six let t ers im plying t hat L t . G en . W inf ield Scot t , Jr has eit her dest royed or diluted the honor system , and/ or is leading t he A cademy down t he road of mediocrity , and/ or f osters a “ do as I say , not as I do” en v i r o n m en t . G en er al Sco t t i s a n h o n o r ab l e

do as I say , do as I do” man and I will

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U SA FA , CO 80840 On Jan . 7t h , 1985, t he U nited States A ir Force A cademy Cadet W ing began operating under a new honor code syst em .

H onor scandals at any of t he service acad em i es ca t ch

w o u l d h av e b een t h e case at t h e U SA F

A cademy in t he spring of 1984 i f L t . Gen .

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U n i t ed St at es t h at sen d s i t s cr o ss- sect i o n

to t he A cademy ; a cross-sect ion t hat I f eel is less concerned about honor ; but , a cross-sect ion t hat is quite capable of learning t o be honorable. A n honor viola t ion during a cadet ’s f irst tw o years w ill af f ord him many week s of conf inement and many hours on t he t our pad t o con template if an honorable li f e is t he lif e he want s; it will show t hat an honorable li f e is usually not t he easy li f e.

Y et t here is st ill a m issing ingredient f or t he success of t he new honor code system .

I n my f our years at t he A i r Force A cademy my f ait h in t he code was shak en ; t he lying I observed in t he of f icer corps was signi f icant . A s a cadet it became obvious t o me t hat lying was t olerated in t he real A ir Force. I f elt t hat cheat ing and stealing was not t olerated unt il I was out i n t h e r ea l A i r F o r ce a n d d i sco v er ed t h a t

only stealing was not t olerated . O f f icers must be bound by an honor code f or t he

cad et h o n o r co d e t o w o r k .

“ W e will not lie, steal , or cheat , nor t olerate among us anyone w ho does,” should become the code of all m ilitary of f icers. I t should be enf orced by of f icers in a syst em separate f rom t he U C M J . I do

not hold much hope of this happening

D oD wide or even A ir Force w ide; but I f eel General Scot t could mak e t his happen at t he U nited States A ir Force A cademy .

Sincerely yours, Capt . K arl E . Schrick er , U SA F Res

t h e n at i o n ’ s a t t en t i o n

since t he t axpayer f oot s t he bill and ex pect s “ more” f or his m oney . I n past scan dals public opinion and i nterest seems t o rise and then f all wit h no real long-term af f ect on t he i nstitutions; I imagine t his

not say t hat about all t he senior A ir Force people I have w ork ed wit h . I am conf ident t he changes t o the honor system were based on t he realit ies of change in our society .

T he U nited St ates has changed . M any say we lost our innocence in V iet nam , W atergate showed dishonor at t he highest levels of our government . T his is t he

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

K eep I nf ormed Support A OG Programs

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(E di tor ’s note: O ther let ters concer ning the honor code m il be p ublished in the nex t magazine.)

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

Although they didn’t think of it

that way, Col. George Jones and Maj .

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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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But on that day they were about

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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

Heading for home. Col. Jones

thought over and over: “ Teamwork

had a wingman, too, but each time

i s the answer— teamwork and confi dence.”

front of Maj . Brady’s guns, and

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he tried to shoot Col . Jones off hi s leader’s tail he found himself in

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