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A OG M ember s Elect Pr esi dent , Boar d D ear F el l o w A O G M em b er :

Jock Schwank , ’60, has been elect ed president f or a t w o - y ear

term. The f ollowing members were elected to the association’s boar d of direct ors f or f our-year terms: Capt . A nt hony J A rt ez, ’ 80 L t . Col . Bar ry A Black man , ’65 C ol . M ichael P Blaisdell , ’62 C ol . Joseph L Coat es, ’63 L t . Col . (Ret) James F Glaza, ’60 Capt . James R H ogue, ’76 C apt . W R K nellinger , ’ 76 M aj . Robert B M anning, ’ 71 L t . Col . D rue L D eBerry , ’63 L t . Col . Ben G D unn , ’ 66 Capt . H olly L Emrick , ’ 80 M aj . W illiam E Richardson , ’7 1 C ol . Jef f rey E . Schof ield , ’67 M r . James E Spitt ler , Jr , ’65 L t . Col . C har les J Y oos I I , ’68 M aj . L oren A inswort h , ’ 70, was elect ed t o f ill t he remaining t w o year s of t he term vacat ed by Jock Schwank .

A f t er these members t ake of f ice on July 1, 1985, t he composi t i o n o f t h e b o ar d o f d i r ect o r s w i l l m eet o r ex ceed t he composit ion requirement s of t he bylaws as show n : Requirement

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15 / 2 3 O n act ive duty 15 / 24 L iving locally 10 / 18 W ork ing at U SA FA Y our board of direct ors cont inues t o look at our elect ion p r o cedures as def ined in t he bylaw s and w or k ing t o make t he process as st raight f orward as possible. T here were some obj ect ions w i t h regard t o t he num ber of candidat es who are on t he A cadem y st af f . T here were also comments on t he number of m ilit ary c a n d i d at es. W h i l e w e can u n d er st an d so m e o f t h e r at i o n al e b eh i n d

the complaints, experience shows that the highest level o f i n t er est and participation in A OG activities shown by active-duty graduates comes from those stationed at the A cademy. T h e

highest level of int erest and part icipat ion by civilian graduat es ob viously comes f rom t hose in t he local area. I n t heory , i t w o u l d b e great to have participation and input from the widest possible spect rum of grads t hroughout t he w orld . From a pragmat ic point of view , t o insure t he max imum part icipat ion in our w or k ing meet ings, it is necesssary t o get as much part icipat ion as possible f rom t he local grads. A s t he milit ary m embers PCS over t h ei r terms as direct ors, it get s m ore and m ore dif f icult t o assem b l e a represent at ive cross sect ion of grads. T hat is why t h er e i s an em phasis on local direct ors.

T he board and t he A O G st af f cert ainly look f orward t o t he day w hen we have a staf f t hat is large enough t o handle a good deal of t he work t hat is current ly handled by w or k ing committ ees o f t h e board . A t t hat point , we can elect pr om inent direct ors f r o m al l over , meet tw ice a year , and wat ch wit h delight as t h e st a f f r u n s t he whole show , wit h policy input f rom t he board . U nf ort unately , we’ re not t here yet , but D ick Coppock is w or k ing on i t .

W e do have a new representat ion on t he board . I t conf or ms w it h our bylaws and we’ re look ing f orward t o ext ract ing s o m e out st anding w or k f r om t hem over t he next f our year s. W e w a n t t o t hank those direct ors who j ust f inished t heir f our-year t e r m s . W e cert ainly had some ups and downs, but t he progress t h at w a s made by t he organizat ion was signi f icant . For t he new direct ors, t he challenge t o bring t he programs t o f ruit i on is signi f icant . For t hose quali f ied candidates who ran f or t he board and w er en ’ t select ed , thank you f or your ongoing int erest in t he a sso ci at i o n .

For t hose of you who were elect ed , r oll up your sleeves; w e h a v e a f ull agenda ahead of us!

Sincerely JA M ES E . SP I T T L E R , JR . ’65 President (unt il 1 June ’ 85)

Outgoing A OG P resident R ecap s P r ograms

By James E . Spit tler , Jr . ’65 A s you read this, Jock Schwank will be of f and running a s president of t he A OG . I t seem s appropriate, at t his time, t o ref lect on t he accomplishment s of your board of direct ors o v e r t he last two years.

T wo years ago in A ugust , we began a new direct ion in t h e associat ion w it h t he hiring of D ick Coppock , C lass of ’6 1, as our f irst civilian execut ive direct or . Short ly t hereaf ter , D rue D eBerry , C lass of ’63, was brought in as t he direct or of A lum ni Programs on the superi ntendent ’ s staf f . Previously , t hese positions h ad been combined and t he posit ion was f illed by Jim W heeler , C l ass of ‘64, who was on t he superintendent ’ s st af f . T his separat ion brought t he association t o a new plateau , and added t o o u r credibility , as well as givi ng an increased percepti on o f t h e associat ion as an independent body . W hile t his was f orced upon

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us, it was in m any respect s long overdue and w ill result i n a m u ch st ronger associat ion in t he long run .

T here were several ot her issues w hich w ere also of great im por t ance t o t he A OG . T he f irst of these was a li f e membership p r o gram . T he previous li f e mem ber ship program had been suspended because it was det erm ined t hat t he program was not act uarially sound , and we needed t o solve t hat problem bef ore we co u l d co n ti nue t he program .

A com mit t ee headed by Bob G i f f en , Class of ’65, analyzed t h e previous program , our annual dues st ruct ure, applied a c o n s e r vat ive, act uar ially sound f act or and cam e up w it h a l i f e m em b er ship program w hich should stand t he test of t ime. W ith a l i f e m embership program back in place, it seemed t o mak e a l o t o f sense t o pur sue a li f e mem ber ship at graduat ion program , si m i l ar t o t he one used at the U .S. N aval A cademy . T his program i s o n e in which ent ering cadet s have t he opport unity t o sign up f or t he li f e membership program and , wit hout any f urt her act ion o n t h ei r par t , become li f e mem bers t he day they graduat e. T he U .S . N av al A cademy is get ti ng 90 t o 98 percent part icipat ion t hrough t h ei r li f e membership at graduat ion program . T his program w a s presented by t he associat ion t hrough t he commandant ’ s staf f , and w as approved by t he superintendent . T he Class of 1989, (Con tinued on p age 7.)

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Exciting A OG Programs U nderway :

N ew P r esi d en t O u t l i n es t h e F u t u r e One of my goals will be to visit our A OG chapters and o t h e r

A cademy support gr oups as my t ime, f inances and j ob al l o w . O u r

chapters are critical to both the national organization a n d t o

meeting the needs of graduates living in t he chapter ar eas. I w i l l b e

pleased to do anything I can to help the chapters establish an d strengthen programs which respond to the needs of their m em b er

ship . I f ully expect t o see t he number and st rengt h of our chapters cont inue t o grow over t he years. Please let t he A OG o f f i ce k n o w

of any upcoming chapter events that you might like m e t o a t t en d .

T here are current ly several excit ing new A O G programs u n d er way . T hese are spelled out in Jim Spitt ler ’s accompanying ar t i cl e .

N eedless to say , wit hout Jim ’ s st rong leadership and w i t h o u t board members who were willing t o put in many long hours, t hese proj ect s would not have been possible.

W e are also cur rent ly in t he process of hiring a direct or o f development . T his individual will w ork direct ly f or D ick Cop-

C o l . J ock C .H . Schw an k (U SA F , R et ) D ear Fellow Graduates, I look f orward t o serving as your new president with a gr ea t deal of pleasure and anticipation. I n the last two years we have show n dramatic growt h as a service organizat ion . I t is my over riding goal to assist your board in building on t hat so l i d b a se a n d developing an even st ronger A ssociation of Graduates.

My retirement f rom active duty was ef fective on July 1, t he same date I became your president . I t is my desire (as yet unf ul f illed) t o f ind employment in t he local area so I can be a w ork i ng A OG president rat her t han a f igurehead living at some d i st a n t location . I n t he past I have served t he A OG a number of years as a board member , vice president and , f or a f ew m ont hs, act ing ex ecutive direct or . I hope my ex per ience will be valuable i n co n t i n u ing t o solidi f y and expand t he A OG ’ s role of service t o m em b er s and the A cademy .

pock , our executive director , and have responsibility f o r al l aspects of fund raising and deferred giving. Of obvious i m m ed i at e

concer n will be t he est ablishment of a capital campaign t o ex pedit iously raise t he money f or our new building. O f c o u r s e o u r annual f und will also be t he responsibility of t his d i r ect o r . W e f u l ly expect t he annual f und t o cont inue on the excellent growt h t rend which allows t he A O G t o provide ever increasing f u n d s t o enhance t he A cademy experience.

I assure you t hat as our capabilit ies allow , we w ill co n t i n u e t o of f er increasing benef its t o our members. T he president a n d board of direct ors f or t he last tw o years t ook us on the right pat h and have show n t he way . A ll of t he members of your c u r r e n t board of direct or s are look i ng f orward t o an exciting f u t u r e f o r your A OG . W e welcome your input s and look f orw ard t o servi ng you in t he best way possible.

Jock C .H . Schwank , ’60 P r esi d en t

Outgoi ng President : (Continued f r om p age 5.) w hich entered t his summer , is t he f irst class t o be a f f o r d ed t h i s opport unity .

A not her program w hich we have been consideri ng f or s o m e t ime is a li f e insurance program . T hank s t o Randy Cubero , C l a ss of ’6 1, and his com mit tee, you should have recent ly r ecei v ed i n f ormation on t he new group li f e insurance program w hich i s available exclusively t o members of t he association of graduates.

A not her item w it h t remendous long-t erm signif icance f o r t h e A OG is t he agreement , in principle, w hich has been r e a c h e d w i t h t he superintendent t o provide land on t he A cademy gr ounds f o r t he site of an A OG headquarters building. A s we have grow n and progressed , it has become more and more obvious t hat t h e association needs t o have its ow n f acilit ies, which are independent of ot her space requirements on t he A cademy or in t he c a d e t a r e a .

T hank s t o t he t remendous cooperat ion of General Scot t a n d C o l .

A ndy M elville, t he f ormer chief of st af f , t his is now m u c h c l o se r to reality . Y ou will be hearing a lot m ore about t his development in t he f u tu re.

T here are a num ber of ot her pr ograms of w hich you are already aware, or which are in t he incubat ion state and will b e d i sc u sse d in t he f uture. A s a dynamic organizat ion with a great f u t u r e ahead of it , t here w ill be plenty of challenges and opport uniteis f or your new president and his new board of direct ors.

I look f orward t o cont inuing t o serve the A OG as a b o a r d member and have appreciated t he opportunity of being i n v o l v e d these past f our years.

H o w a b o u t h er e?

J im Wheeler, ’64, f or mer long-time A OG ex ecuti ve d irector, discusses p ossible building sites on the A cademy gr ounds w i t h outgoing A OG p resident J im Sp i t tler, ’65, at r ight. D ick Cop p ock, ’61, p resent association ex ecuti ve director, l o o k s o n .

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By Bill Stealey , ’ 70

President , M icroPr ose Sof t war e A i r For ce A cademy graduates ar e m i ssi ng a real oppor t uni ty . W e h a v e a real chance t o m ak e a signi f icant im pact , bot h on our ow n per sonal careers, civili an and m i lit ary , and on managem ent and decisi on m ak i ng in nati onal issues. H ow ever , w e m ust get organized ; we a r e b eh i n d o u r si st er schools. A l l it tak es is a li t t le organizat ion , a li t t le bit o f ener gy and con t inui ng i nt er est in mak ing all o f us successf ul t oget her .

I had t he pr ivi lege of bei ng tak en i n recent ly as t he t o k en Z o o m i e o f t he N ew Y or k C it y W est Poi nt Society . T here 1 realized t h a t A i r F o r ce A cademy gr aduates have not r eached t he levels o f sophi st icat io n a n d penet r ati on o f the civilian w or k place t hat our com patr iots a t W est P o i n t

star ted on t his ef f or t . M y add ress is: M icr oP r ose So f t w ar e, 12 0 L a k ef r o n t D r ive, H unt V alley , M D 2 1030 . Phone: (30 1) 667- 115 1.

I n an ar t icle in t he Wal l Str eet J our nal on A pr i l 9, 1985, T om Bar r en , a 1965 gr aduat e o f W est Poi nt and a very successf ul m anagement co n su l tant w it h A yer s, W hit m or e & C o . i n N ew Y or k C i ty , i ndicates t h a t t h e W est Point Societ y has a gr oup o f W est Point er s, bot h ci v i l i a n a n d mi litary , w ho get t oget her on a regular basis to discuss i ssu es o f n a t i o n a l and school im por t ance, f r om f oot ball t o pr esidential el ect i o n s. W h a t T om does not emphasize (but w hat w as ver y appar ent to me) , i s t hat t he civi lian side o f t his organizat i on represented a gr eat netw or k o f contact s, em ployer s and cust omer s w ho had sim i lar backgr ounds a n d si m i l a r phil osophical view s on t he obj ect ive o f success in t h ei r l i f et i m e . W h et h er t hat success w as t o be a gr eat A r my general (t her e have been m any) , or president and chai r man o f one of t he largest vent ure capi tal f i r m s in N ew Y or k C it y , t hese gent lem en k new t hat hard w or k , good planning, i ntegr i ty and good sense w ere t he k ey i ngr edient s t o t he success t hat t hey al l

T he f ramew or k f or w hat Bi ll St ealey suggest s, o f cour se, alr eady exi st s in t he 18 A OG chapter s t hr oughout t he U nited States a n d o v er sea s.

Some, li k e t he N ew Y or k C i ty W est P oi nt Society , i nclude a n et w o r k w hich f unct io ns much as Bil l descr ibes i n ident i f yi ng m u t u a l i n t er est s am ong our civi lian gr aduat es. A s he cor r ect ly states, t h e A O G a n d associat ion chapt er s cannot and should not encour age gr aduat es t o leave t he ser vice. N ever t heless, our chapt er s can pr ovide an excellent suppor t system f or t hose w ho have made t he decision .

T he A O G ’ s guide f or t he f or m at i on o f chapt er s st at es, i n par t , t hat t he chapter is “ . . .a pr o f essi onal organizat ion w here you can ex per ience t i me ly t opics and com par e view s.” A ddi t ionally , ‘ ‘ . . .each chapter should devel op it s acti vit es (t o meet) t he need s o f it s mem ber s and pot ent ial

N E W A O G P R E SI D E N T R E SP O N D S T O ST E A L E Y

By J ock C . H . Schwank , ’ 60 A O G P r e si d e n t

h a v e r ea c h ed .

st r i v e f o r .

O ur A O G recognizes many o f t hese same at t r ibutes and d i sc u sses so m e of t he issues discussed i n t he W est Poi nt Societ y ; how ever , t he A O G i s f ocused inter nal ly on t he A i r For ce, t he A ir For ce A cademy and it s act i veduty member s. T he W est Poi nt Soci et y expands it f ocus, recognizi ng t hat t he same att r ibutes t hat mak e a great mi lit ary car eer can mak e a great civil ian car eer , and t he im pact t hat any one individual ca n m a k e o n t h e nati onal scene is as i mpor tant i n t he busi ness w or ld as it is in t he m ili tar y w or ld . A ir For ce A cadem y gr aduat es ar e m issi ng out on a real oppor t uni ty t o t ak e advant age not only o f t hei r ow n classmates a n d o t h er A i r F o r ce A cademy graduat es, but also t he alr eady accom plished w or k o f organiza t ions li k e t he W est P oi nt Societ y t o est ablish t he good nam e and r eput a t ion of m ili tary graduates w ho have gone o n to very su ccessf u l b u si n ess career s. O f cour se, t he N aval A cademy has pr od uced many great civilian leader s, f r om H . Ross Per ot o f E D S t o Jim m y C ar ter . I n t h e W est P o i n t Society i n N ew Y or k t here are many com pany president s, m a n a g em en t co nsultant s, i nvest ment bank er s, vent ur e capitali st s and ot her ver y suc cessf u l b u si n essm en .

T o date, in t he A OG m agazi ne and elsew her e, I have n o t h ea r d o f a signi f icant num ber of success st or ies f r om A i r F or ce A cademy gr aduates.

I k now t hey ar e t her e, b ut w e shou ld get t he w or d out t o o n e a n o t h er a n d hel p each o f us m ak e an even m or e signi f icant cont r i but ion t o n a t i o n a l po licy t hr ough our business and polit ical co ntact s a n d su cc esses.

M y suggesti on is t hat w e est abl ish t he A ir For ce A cadem y Society , speci f ically dedicat ed to t he enhancement o f i tem s o f n a t i o n a l i n t er est a n d im port ance am ong our A ir For ce A cadem y gr aduates. I d o n o t w i sh t o duplicate t he f i ne ef f or t s o f t he A O G i n suppo rt ing t h e A i r F o r ce a n d t h e A ir Force A cademy . H ow ever , t hat super set o f A O G mem ber s w h o a r e i nt er est ed i n bu si ness, nat io nal po li t ics and nat i onal m i l i t ar y preparedness, and ar e w il li ng to make ef f or t s t o im pact t h e d ec i si o n s made on the nati onal scene, should be gi ven t he oppor t unity t o leverage t heir t hought s and ideas w it h ot her A ir Force A cademy gr aduat es.

M y i nit ial obj ect ive w ould be t o est ablish a di r ect ory o f t h o se c i v i l i a n gr aduates and t heir respect ive i ndust r ies so t hat w hen ot her gr aduat es need contact s or hel p w it h a speci f ic quest ion or i ndust ry , t hey can have anot her A ir Force A cadem y graduate t o contact . W e w ould b e a b l e t o suppor t not only r et i r i ng A i r For ce A cademy gr aduat es b u t t h o se w h o a r e a li t t le con f used on t hei r ow n per sonal pot ent ial and opt ions should t hey m a k e t h e d ec i si o n t o en t er t h e ci v i l i a n w o r l d . T h e obj ect ive w ould not be t o encour age people t o leave t he m ili tar y , but t o encourage every A i r Force A cadem y gr aduate t o get involved in deci sion mak i ng and decisio n making procedures far above their individual assigned dut y stat ions in eit her t he ci vil ian or mi lit ary or ganizat i ons in w hich t hey oper ate.

I f you have comments or suggestions on how we could im pr ove t his

concept , or are willing to volunteer some of your own e f f o r t t o m a k e t h i s concept fly, please call or write me. I am looking f orw ar d t o get t i ng

m em b er s. ”

A m ong the m any suggested acti vi ties f or chapt er s are ‘ ‘ G r a d u a t e R el o cat ion/ Ref er r al Ser vices to help each ot her w i t h pr o f essi onal o r o t h er assistance and advice.” D ue to com puter and cost l im i tati ons, t h e A O G cannot at t hi s t im e pr ovide t he type of d ir ect ory Bi ll r ec o m m en d s . T h e f utu re, how ever , should see us expandi ng ou r capabil it ies t o i n c l u d e t h i s and ot her ser vices. I n t he m eant i me, chapter s can f i ll t he gap t hr ough pr o gram s w hi ch service local needs.

T he key , o f cour se, i s t o have a chapter i n t he cor rect geogr aphical ar ea. C hapter or iginat io n and vi abil it y r est on t he sh o u l d er s o f l o c a l gr aduates, suppor t ed by t he A O G , w ho are w i lli ng t o put t he organizat ion t oget her and mak e it w or k . W i t hi n r ecent w eek s, w e’ ve b een a d v i sed t h a t i nt er est is bei ng show n i n f or m i ng a N ew Y or k chapter . W i t h a l l t h e U SA FA gr ads in t hat ar ea, w e have high hopes t hat Bi ll a n d o t h er a l u m n i w ill soon have t he oppor tu ni ty t o put t hei r i deas t o w o r k .

A lum ni shou ld keep i n mi nd t hat t he relat ive yout h o f our gr ad uates, com bi ned w i t h t he high per centage st il l on acti ve duty , h a v e a d e f i n i t e i m pact on t he viabi lit y o f chapter s. A s our age level s a n d n u m b er s o f r et i r ees appr oach t hose of our sist er academ ies, t he added st abil ity o f t h e l essm obile populat ion w ill gr eat ly i ncr ease t he st r engt h and f lexibi lit y o f our chapt er s.

A st ronaut ’s aut ograph L t. Col. Gary E . P ay ton, ’71, p ay l oad sp ecialist aboard the Sp ace Shuttle D iscovery , signs a m ontage of mem orabilia of t h e sh u t t l e m ission which includes an A ssociation of Graduates p atch carr ied aboard the f light. P ay ton and shut tle p ilot Col. L oren P . Shr i ver, ’67, stopp ed by the A cademy to p resent items f l o wn a b o ar d t h e m ission to the association and to the A cademy .

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L ET T ER S T O T H E ED I T O R A N OPEN L ETT ER T O JOD Y POW EL L D ear M r . Powell , I was a cadet at t he A ir Force A cademy

during both of the cheating scandals of

t he mid-’60s, and I emerged f rom t hose

experiences with an intense pride in the

does not require my support , list ening t o General Scot t wit h an audience o f grad uates made me realize many of us out in

of t he leadership approach . Great er em phasis and ti me are required f or m ilit ary studies and t he “ whole man’ ’ (w oman)

message. H opef ully , t his let t er will help some of you f eel more com f ort able wit h what is t ak ing place at U SA FA .

T here is one ot her t hing I wanted t o

Force leaders is leading people. T he world and war f are may become more complex each day , but t he m ission is st ill ac complished by people.

T he A cademy has gone t oo f ar in privi

t h e t r en ch es w o u l d b e u n ab l e t o h ear h i s

Cadet H onor Code. I t was our code, we accepted it , we lived each day w it h it , and it work ed ! I t wor ked because it belonged t o t he cadets, not j ust t o t he inst itut ion

say. The long-term success of General

I never met you t hat I can recall . I think you were a class or t wo ahead of me, but i n t hose days t he ment ion of your name w ould have br ought a blank stare of nonrecognit ion t o my f ace. T hen about 1976 everyone k new w ho you were, and among grads the f act t hat you had lef t t he A cademy due t o an honor violat ion b ecam e co m m o n k n ow l ed ge. Su b consciously I associated your activity in

very high degree of motivation, maturity

w h er e w e l i v ed an d l ear n ed .

politics with the little I knew of your

back ground , and I developed an i ntense dislik e f or you .

A f ew days ago I opened my copy of Checkp oints and read your art icle “ Per sonal H onor V iewed I n Per spective.’ ’ I w ould have expected you t o blame t he system or evade responsibility f or your past actions, but you proved me wrong. I misj udged you ter ribly M r . Powell , and I apologize. A man w ho learns his lessons in honor t he hard way like you did , and emerges recognizing t he value of t he code and eloquent ly def ending it , is a man t o be

truly respected and admired. I am proud

t o have served wit h you . I hope your art i cle opens t he eyes of t hose charged wit h t he heavy responsibility of giving t he C ad et H o n o r C o d e b ac k t o t h e C ad et

W ing — because unless it is willingly ac cept ed and enf orced f r om w it hin , it will not w ork .

James O . I cenhour , Jr .

C l ass o f 1967

SU P P O R T S SU P T D ear E d i t o r :

1 recent ly had t he pleasure of at tending a present at ion by L t . Gen . Scot t on t he cu r r en t st at u s o f t h e C ad et H o n o r C o d e . I

imagine t he at t it ude tak en by many of us t o what we preceive is t ak ing place at U SA FA is at best sk ept ical and in some cases def init ely negat ive. A f ter hearing his account of t he event s last year and t he ac t ions tak en since, I support him bot h as a

graduate and as a former member of the co m m an d an t ’ s st a f f . W h i l e I r eal i ze h e

Scott ’ s initiat ives hinges on t he part

played by the A OCs. During this crucial period, the A cademy needs the absolute best in t hese posit ions. T he j ob requires a

and experience. K eeping t his in mind , it is essent ial an A O C be at least a maj or

selectee and represent the full spectrum of

commissioning sources. I encourage t hose

of you who fit the aforementioned criteria t o consider applying f or t he position of A OC f or your next assignment . I f you

d o n ’ t f i t t h e cr i t er i a b u t k n o w o f o f f i cer s

w ho do , encourage t hem t o consider t he assignment . H aving served as an associate A OC , I can assure you t hat w hile it is a demanding j ob t he rewards both personal ly and prof essionally are very great .

Sincerely , V incent J . L andry , Jr . , ’7 1 M aj or , U SA F

PROBL EM S A IRED Edit or , Checkp oin ts D ear T om , T he f all ’ 84 issue of Checkp oints had a select ion of let ters about t he H onor C ode, and as stated i n t he i nt roduct ory not e, t hey appeared t o cover a spectrum of opi nion . T he main emphasis, as could be ex pected , revolved ar ound t he honor syst em i t sel f .

I believe it necessary t o carry discussion

an d r ev i ew f u r t h er . I t m u st b e o b v i o u s

t hat t he crack s in t he honor syst em have n o t o ccu r r ed i n i so l at i o n . T h e i n f r ast r u c

t ure of t he ent ire Cadet W ing is i nvolved .

C hanging t he honor code will not f ix t he problem , at least not in t he long t erm . A review of t he Cadet W ing— it s st ructure, t h e cu r r i cu l u m , m i l i t a r y st u d i es, academics, and at hlet ics— is required . I ’ ll k eep my com ment s brief . Please do not dismiss my att empt at brevity as a sim plistic approach . M any pages could be f i l l ed w i t h d i scu ssi o n s o f r at i o n a l e .

M y primary concern deals w it h an item

w h i ch h a s b een a n i ssu e ev er si n ce t h e A i r

F or ce A cadem y w as f ou nded . T he A cademy has gone t oo f ar in it s pursuit of academic maj or s and degrees. I t has adopt ed t he “ Scholar ” appr oach in place

concept . The prime requirement for A ir

leges; e.g., early automobile ownership. It

has adopted t he college campus at mosphere instead of t he mili tary academy at m osphere. O nce granted , privileges are dif f icult t o limit ; nevert heless, t he trend sh o u l d b e r ev er sed .

T he A cademy has gone t oo f ar in num ber of extracurricular act ivies; e.g., soar ing, parachuting, f lying, scuba diving, etc., et c. A ll great f un , but no unity of

purpose. There is too much decentraliza

t ion . M embers of t he Cadet W ing are of f ered such a varied menu of act ivit ies, t raining, and education t hat t hey share f ew comm on experiences. Pick those core airmanship/ leadership act ivities and give t hem t o everybody .

T he Cadet W ing is t oo big. Public L aw 88-276 o f 1964 d o u b l ed t h e si zes o f t h e

military academies, yet t here has been no similar ef f ect of doubli ng t he number s of career academy-educated of f icers (“ W hy D o Service A cademy G raduates Resign?

Checkp oints, Sum mer 1984) . T he Cadet W ing is not a small , elite, hom ogeneous gr oup . I t has become a large college cam pus of heterogenous individuals who so m et i m es d r ess t h e sa m e .

B o t t o m l i n e— I d o n o t r eco m m en d a

return t o t he “ good old days,’ ’ but act ion must be t ak en t o achieve t w o result s— give t he Cadet W ing a bet ter sel f ident ity ; and , emphasize leadership rat her t han acade mic pr owess.

Sincerely , Jon A . Gallo , ’ 59 C olonel , U SA F (Ret)

COD E D EFEN D ED D ear A O G ;

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st and t he recent charges of “ unrealist ic, “ out of date, ” and “ pipe dreams” levied (Con tinued on p age 13.)

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L t . Gen. W i nf ield W . Scott , J r .

L t . Gen . W inf ield W . Scot t , Jr ., w ill cont inue as A ir F o r c e A cademy superint endent f or an addit ional year as a r esu l t o f a decision by Secretary of t he A ir Force V erne Orr .

N ormally , General Scot t w ould have ret ired t his sum mer w h e n he completed 35 years of act ive duty . H owever , Secretary O r r e x t ended his retirement date until A ugust 1986.

T he general is a 1950 graduate of t he U .S. M ilitary A cademy at W est Point and has a master ’ s degree in international l aw a n d relat ions f rom t he Cat holic U niversity of A merica, W ashingt on .

G eneral Scot t began his A cademy assignment in June 19 83 an d is t he A cademy ’s 10t h superintendent .

H e is a command pilot wit h more t han 5,300 f lyi ng hour s i n more t han 25 di f f erent types of aircraf t , includi ng t he F-4, F- 15 and F- 16 in his previous assignment s. H e is also j ump-quali f ied .

Bef ore coming t o t he A cademy , he was assigned t o Seoul , South K orea, as deputy com mander , U .S. Forces K orea; deputy commander in chief . U nited N at ions C ommand K orea; chief o f staf f . C ombined Forces Com mand ; and commander of t he A i r Component Com mand .

T w o of General Scott ’ s sons are graduat es of t he A ir F o r c e A cademy , and a t hird is a f irstclass cadet . A f ourt h s o n i s a l so a n A ir Force pilot . ( The F alcon F ly er) L et ters: (Continued f r om p age 11.) at the Code. M ost of us sym pat hize wit h t hose charges when you compare our mili tary et hics to t hose of large civilian cor porations.

H owever , t he president s and chairmen of t hose corporat ions do not order some one int o combat f or $7,800 a year . T hese companies lose dollars w hen t hey mak e a wr ong decision— t he A ir Force’s err one ous decisions cost lives. A lt hough t he senior leaders of our service may never at t ain it , t hey will always st rive f or per f ect d eci si o n s b ecau se o f t h ese l i v es. I su b m i t

t hat t hese per f ect decisi ons are only possi ble in a per f ect et hical environment . T he d eci si o n -m a k er s m u st h av e t h e t r u t h f r o m

t heir subordinates, and t hey must have t he courage t o pass t his t rut h on t o t heir superiors. T his envir onment is only created wit h gut s and sel f lessness t hr ough o u t t h e d eci si o n ch ai n o f co m m an d .

A nder son , M ichael G .

A w t rey , Rober t M .

Bal l , Jon R .

Benj am in , P hil ip G . I I Bergm an , C har les K .

Bock , K ur t F .

Brau n , G i lber t L .

Bu r k et t , D aniel L . I I C r aig, Rober t G .

D elo ney , John M .

D ichter , A ndr ew S. D i ll , James E .

D u f f y , Br ian D ur esk y , Step hen J .

H eald , James R .

H evey , Br uce G . P .

Jef f er son , M ar k L .

Josli n , Randall G .

K ovach , D avid J .

L am y , Per r y L .

L evesq ue, Jer r y L .

L ew is, O lis L . Jr .

M ar t i n , P hi lli p D .

M aster s, M ar k C .

M cFar land , C lar ence A .

M cV ay , M ichael G .

O st er held , D ouglas C .

Percival , W i lhelm F .

Remember , your quest ioni ng and ex ami ning of t he Code is good ! I t point s out t o everyone t he di f f erence bet w een U SA F A an d t h e i n st i t u t i o n s t h at f i l l o u r

corporat ions. I n t he event t hat t he w rong military decision is made because some one’ s ethical standards were high but nonet heless not per f ect , t he generals w ill answer f or it but t hey w ill not die. I t is you , my young f riend , in your F- 15 or missile silo , who w ill cease t o exist . Y ou deserve per f ect ion f rom us out here in t he real A ir Force, as do t he men and w omen w ho f ollow you af t er your graduation . I f you t hink it ’ s t oo early i n your military career t o practice t hese per f ect et hical standards, possibly it is y ou w ho are “ nar row minded , ’ ’ “ old f ashioned , ’ ’ and “ t radit ional .’ ’ W e are out here str iving f or per f ect et hical behavior— come j oin t he team and help us reach it !

Curt Johnson, C lass of ’72

Plott er , A li son L .

Risi , M ar k L .

Rosebush , M ichael A .

Ryal s, Sam uel K .

Saxm an , John B .

Shappell , Rober t L .

Shugar t , Gar y W .

W at er s, D ale C .

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Beaucham p , M ichael J .

Bri t ten , Sco tt M .

C at t on , John J . Jr .

C lar y , D avid E .

E isen , Stef an Jr .

E vans, D avid R .

K eane, M ichael J .

L ew is, G r egor y W .

M antz, M ichael R .

M organ , C har les A .

Shupe, Jam es D .

Sow ada, Paul M .

Spet m an , Randall W .

W haley , G r ego ry A .

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Johns, Raym ond E . Jr .

Page, K ennet h M .

Spannbauer , D avid M .

Z ahr obsky , Joseph R .

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O r in a generati on st ay T he f light of honor f ar away?

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Bef ore bright spires are hoisted high A t op glass walls t hat f rame t he sky ?

For such a f ate bef ell my heart ’s O ld f r iend af oot t he green rampart s W h er e ca m e H ar m o n ’ s f i r st b r o o d

O f Spart an br ot herhood .

T his r ing w ears heavy now — A nd i f I f ling it of f , j ust how Shall I explain w hat went aw ry W here once t he count ry ’ s best did t ry T o h o n o r o n e a n o t h er . . . ?

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T O T A L E N C L O SE D

2 7th Class B oosts A lumni to 18, 500 T he rank s of A cademy alum ni increased t o more t han 18,500

with the graduation of approximately 900 members of t h e C l ass of 1985 on M ay 29.

The new second lieutenants will be reporting to a variety o f

assignments, including 550 t o pilot t raining, 40 t o navigat or t rain

ing and 28 to helicopter training.

Twenty-one members of this year’s class received scholarships for graduate study, while another five will go to medical sch o o l .

Two graduates entered the U .S. M arine Corps, one took a c o m mission in the U .S. Navy, and one in the U .S. A rmy.

A nother 284 graduates w ill go t o various non-rated assignments

within the A ir Force immediately following graduation.

Since 1959 approximately 429 graduates have been recipients o f

Up date Requested on Class Of f icers T he listi ng w hich f oll ow s i ncludes al l class o f f icer s as k now n by t he

A ssociation of Graduates (AOG). A nyone having knowledge o f a d d i tional of ficers or changes to the list should contact t h e A O G .

N ear ly every class has a signed agreement on f ile w it h t h e A O G f o r management o f t he class t reasur y and w e m ust have a centr al poi nt of

contact with each class to carry out necessary business.

Classes without of ficers are strongly encouraged to hold an electi on by m ai l or d ur i ng t hei r next r eunio n . T he A O G w i ll assi st i n m aili ngs i f re quest ed .

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Jo sep h D esan t is, p resident James Br ow n , V / p resident RL Pen n , secretary C har les M eier , t reasurer

19 60 :

A n t ho ny Bu rsh nick , t reasu rer

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L aw rence K ar no wsk i , p resid ent D o nald M cC ar ter , V / p resident James W i lhel m , t reasu rer T ho mas E l ler , secretary Benj am i n W il lis, histo r ian

19 7 3 :

C har les St al lw o r t h , presid ent Ber nar d C allaway , V / p resid ent Francisco Sanchez, t reasur er

19 74 :

E d ward W halen , p resid en t Josep h T raf icant i , V / p resid en t W i lliam Si ms I I I , sec/ t reasu rer

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O FFIC E RS U N K N O W N

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E n riq u e Saa , p resid en t Russell L atenser I I , V / p resid en t Jam es D eaux , t reasu rer D aniel M cG i nley , secretary D aniel V analst i ne, presi den t D o nald M oo re, V / p resid en t Steven M u ngle, t reasu rer D o nald M cC u ne Jr , secret ary

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Richar d K lass, p resident

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James D i f f end o r f er , p residen t Fran k K i ng , V / p resid en t M arvi n O d ef ey , sec/ t reasu rer P rest o n D avis, class secretary

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D o nald H eide, secretar y

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Jero me W i l ko w sk i , hist o r ian G arey M at suyama , t reasurer

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James M u rp hy , p resid en t T i mo t hy Bro w n , V / p resident Jo h n O l li la , t reasu rer Joe Jarvis, secretary Jo hn M cFal ls, histo r ian

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C har les H ef f ro n Jr , presid en t Richard M cG i ll , V / p resid en t D avid P f ei f l e, secretary T hmas D ellaf io ra, t reasu rer T ho mas Boet tcher , h isto r ian

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P hi lip P ignatar o , p resid en t Ral p h Eber hart , V / p resid en t T erence G ru ter s, t reasu rer D u ncan Stew ar t , secretary D uane M ro sla, hi sto rian

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T ho mas K endal l , p resident

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C ar l U pso n , p resident H ar ry A r no ld , V / p resid en t Pau l Rosett i , t reasu rer T er rence P et rzel k a, secretar y M ar k Ew ig , h ist o rian

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Fran k li n M organ , p resid en t Richard N ash , V / presid ent Jo n T o rb laa, t reasu rer E ugene K raay , secretary

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Jo hn St u r man , p resident H ar r y Calcu t t Jr , t reasu rer Jef f rey C o n k li n

Steven D albey , p resid ent D avi d D al lago , V / p resid ent Richard D u n ham , t reasu rer Raym o nd Cap li nger , secretary

19 7 9 :

M ichael V an H o o m issen , p resid ent James Regan , v ice p resident Jo hn C o u rt ney , t reasu rer M ichael D o natell i , secretary

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O FF IC E R S U N K N O W N

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A n t ho ny L o ru sso , p residen t F ran k W o rr al l , V / p resid en t Su san (M alick ) B ren nan , secret ary D en nis P o lu m b o , t reasu rer

19 82 :

James D emarest , p resid en t Richard B urgess, V / p resid en t Peggy Sher man , secr etary G rego ry M ast ers, t reasu rer James Rat t i , histo r ian A nt ho ny L azarsk i , class new s

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Raym o nd Blu st , p resid ent D aniel H o rack , V / p resid en t A nd rew Sizem o re, secretar y Steven Sad ler , t reasu rer

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D avi d Jo h nso n , p resid en t T h om as D o yne, V / p resident Pamela A lexander , tr easur er Step hen M i s, secretary

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Scot t V ip o nd , p resid en t

scholarships and fellowships, including 26 Rhodes, 7 1 Gug genheim, 57 National Science Foundation, 25 Fulbright-Hays, 2 5 H er t z F o u n d at i o n a n d n i n e N a t i o n al F o o t b al l H al l o f F a m e

scholarships.

T hrough t he C lass of 1984, 10,891 graduates commissioned i n the A ir Force entered pilot training; 1,095 entered navigation

training, and 351 entered helicopter training.

Of the more than 17,600 graduates from the previous 2 6

classes, 12,300 are st ill on act ive dut y .

T here are 497 graduates listed as deceased and of t hat n u m b er 15 1 w er e k i l l ed i n So u t h east A si a .

A mong t he graduates w ho have earned military honors is Capt .

L ance P . Sij an , Class of 1965, w ho received t he M edal o f H o n o r f o r h i s act i o n s i n So u t h east A si a a n d f o r w h o m o n e o f t h e t w o

cadet dormitories is named. Fifteen graduates have

b een

presented t he A ir Force Cross, and tw o were declared “ aces” i n Sout heast A sia. A wards presented t o graduates also i n cl u d e 249

Silver Stars and 3,393 Distinguished Flying Crosses.

To date, 43 A cademy graduates have been promoted to o r

selected f or general of f icer rank . I ncluded is t he dean of f aculty .

Brig. Gen . Ervin J . Rok ke, Class of 1962, and t he commandant of cadet s. Br ig. Gen . M arcus A . A nderson , Class of 19 6 1 .

Thirteen graduates are members of the astronaut program. I n addition, William Clohan, Class of 1970, was an undersecretary f or t he D epart ment of Educat ion . John H ewit t , Class of 1965, was an assistant secretary of the A ir Force and Edward Jayne, C lass of 1966, was t he associat e direct or f or national secur it y and international affairs with the Of fice of M anagement and Budget .

O ne graduate, T errence O ’ D onnell , Class of 1966, is ch ai r m a n o f t he A cademy ’s Board of V isit or s, t he f irst to serve i n su ch a capacity . A dditionally , 10 graduat es have received W h i t e H o u se Fellowships. M aj . Felix Sanchez, C lass of 197 1, w as select ed by

the U .S. Jaycees as one of the 10 Outstanding Young M en o f

A merica and by Jaycees I nternat ional as one of t he Out st anding Y oung Persons of t he W orld .

A t present , t here are approximat ely 346 graduat es assigned t o

the A cademy’s faculty and staf f . (The Falcon Flyer)

A I R F O R C E SE C R E T A R Y A D D R E SSE S G R A D U A T E S A ir Force Secretary Verne Orr told the graduating Class o f 1985 that “ they will need open-mindedness to address the pr oblem s of huge weapons expenditures, questions of waste and inef f iciency and a seeming impotence of military might against terrorism.

A s some 22,000 spectators listened during a warm graduation m orni ng, O r r said t hat “ it is very possible t hat war f are m ay n o t

even exist in the traditional sense. Future war may n o t c o n si st o f

conventional tact ics, but terr orism on a mass scale. A s a nati on , we’ve got t o decide how t o combat t his t hreat , and t h e r o l e a n d t act ics our ar med f orces will play in it .”

O n increasing cost s of m ilitary equipment , O rr said , “ W e may be look ing toward f ighter planes t hat cost over $50 million each , f iri ng missiles t hat cost over $1 mi llion . A t t he rate cost s are going up, one critic said we’ll be able to buy only one plane by t he year 2020 .”

A ccording t o O rr , not only are costs rising but our equipment is

becoming increasingly complex which leads to a problem o f overspecializing our support troops, making them qualified t o

per f orm f ewer and f ew er task s. H e t old of an allied count ry t hat uses French and U .S. f ight er planes. “ W hen a French plane needs repair , t he French send t h em t hree or f our generalists. W hen one of our planes needs repair , we

send them nearly two dozen specialists: an expert on t i r es a n d

brak es, one on landing gear , one on of f ensive avi onics, o n e o n def ensive avionics, and so on ,” he said .

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ow n al l-pur pose vehicle. Em ployees w ere usi ng t heir pr ivate car s t o haul mer chandise, r euni on and H omecom i ng supplies, f ine ar t pr ints, and t he m yr iad of ot her item s t hat need t o be hauled by al um ni a sso ci a t i o n s.

N ot only t hat , but t he reim bu r sement expenses t o em ployees w er e g et t i ng pr et ty high , accordi ng t o D ick C oppock , A O G execut ive d i r ect o r . So he decided to do somet i ng about i t .

A f ter launching i nt o a telephone solicit ati on o f local car dealers, he r emem bered t hat D avid J . Phil lips, ’ 59, had one o f the largest Buick P ont iac-M azda dealer shi ps on t he W est C oast . D ick called t he agency i n L aguna H il ls, C al i f ., only t o f i nd t hat D ave w as out o f t he cou nt r y .

H ow ever , i t tur ned out t hat t he per son he w as tal k i ng t o w as al so a gr ad .

Bill M cC lai n , ’ 59, w ho is D ave’ s custo mer relati ons m a n a g e r .

C oppock said t hat he “ w anted t o pr ovi de Bi ll and D ave w i t h a w o n d er

f ul oppor t unit y t o be o f ser vice t o their A ssociatio n o f G rad uates by

allowing them to donate an all-purpose vehicle of their c h o i c e t o t h e A OG.’ ’ Bill responded promptly inf orming us that they w o u l d d o n a t e a 1984 M azda short-bed pickup which their agency had been usi ng as a par t s del iver y vehicle.

Within 30 days of the initial phone call, Coppock picked up t he vehicle and dr ove i t back t o t he A cadem y f r o m C ali f or nia. A t opper has been i n stalled , an associat ion sign pai nted on the door s, and t he license plate ap pr opr iately reads “ A OG .”

The association and staf f really appreciate Dave’s gi f t and t hank him and the agency for making it possible. I n the photos bel ow . Bil l M cC lai n

and Dick Coppock strike a pose at left, while newly-graduated 2 n d L t .

Robin P. Vanderberry, who is working with the association w h i l e awaiting pilot training, gets ready f or some heavy hau li ng at r ight .

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When they resign:

W here D o A cademy Gr aduates Go? By F rederick V . M almstr om (U SA FA ’64) , B oei ng A erospace Com pany an d

Richard M . Cof f man, U niversi ty of Sout h Caroli na D uring t he 20-year reunion f or t he Class of 1964 t here w a s a j oke circulat ing am ong t he graduates t hat special meet ings w e r e called f or all t he at t or neys and airline pilot s t o assem b l e i n t h e nort heast corner of t he dining hall and t he ot her man w a s t o assemble in t he nort hwest cor ner . Our response t o t his b i t o f i n sight is t hat t here is a f air amount of t rut h about the st am pede t o careers in law and airlines; in f act , we had noted t his t rend among service academy graduates w hen we were w rit ing lect ures f o r behavioral sciences cour ses at U SA FA . A t t hat time, w e n o t ed f o r the classes of 1963, 1964, and 1965, of t hose who had voluntarily resigned , nine percent were air line pilot s and nine p er cen t w er e at t orneys. I n 1981 we presented an expanded version of t he f indings t o t he annual convent ion of t he A merican Psychological A sso ci a t ion at which t ime we not ed t hat t he percent ages had i n cr eased t o 10 percent airline pilot s and 11 percent at t or neys.

Our new set of more reliable stat ist ics immediat ely brought t o mind t wo quest ions. First , was t he t rend t oward careers i n a i r l i n es and law increasing, and second (a much m ore dif f icult quest ion) , why ? T he move t owar d careers in airlines might seem “ obvious;” in f act , i he A ir F or ce Times regularly publishes columns at t em p t ing t o relate airline hiring policies t o pilot resignat ions. H owever , t he reasons f or t he m ove t oward legal careers cannot b e as o b vious as one of a ready-made civilian sk ill . L aw is a sk i l l f o r w h i ch t he services obviously did not t rain t hese graduates. O n t h e co n t rary , it would seem “ reasonable” that graduat es w ould aspire eit her t o a t echnical number-crunching or t o a managerial c a r e e r , including mass hirings in aerospace and def ense indust ry .

Bef ore you begin thumbing t hrough eit her t he U SM A or t h e U SA FA R egister t o f ind out w here your “ next ” career lies, please keep in mind t his is a st udy of graduates w ho resigned , not a st udy of ret irees. W e have st rong reason t o believe t hat r et i r ed graduates aspire t o dif f erent k inds of careers t han resignees.

Career pat terns of ret irees are well-review ed by several o t h er f i n e publicat ions, including t he Fi f t h Quadrennial Review on M ilitary Compensat ion ( 1984) and an excellent if dated art icle by Richar d But ler in t he U SM A ’ s A pril 197 1 A ssem bly .

W e h av e r easo n ed t h at i f w e co u l d l o o k at t h e ci v i l i an car eer s o f

graduates w ho resigned , t hen we could also f ind comm only shared experiences and at t it udes t hese graduates learned b o t h as cadets and as of f icers. I n using t his f ollow-up approach t o t h e li f estyles of graduate who resigned , we m odest ly admit t o a r o u s ing success; at least f r om our viewpoint it seems t o h av e b een a success. Even during t he f ir st year of t his study , t h e d at a seem ed

t o mak e sense bot h f rom t he t heoretical and applied viewpoint s.

W e believe our data t o be reliable, alt hough you may n o t agr ee wit h our interpretat ion of it .

W h o D i d W e St u dy ?

A s indicated in our Summer 1984 Checkp oin ts art icle, w e i n t er viewed f our separate gr oups of 26 f ormer of f icers f rom t h e co m m issioning year gr oups 1962 t hr ough 1970 (U SA FA , U SM A , ROT C / OCS, and women) . T he U SM A group was chosen specif ically as a cont rol group which could not easily h av e b eco m e airline pilot s. Except f or t hree women ex-of f icers w h o w er e i n t er viewed by telephone, all int erviews were conduct ed in person eit her by ourselves or by our graduate st udent s. I n e v e r y c a se w e f ound all part icipant s quite f riendly and responsive. (W e have never f ound an academy graduate unwilling t o t alk about himsel f .)

I n addit ion t o t he interview group , we were able t o painstak ing ly const ruct a random sample of 281 U SM A and 188 U SA FA graduates wit h bigraphical data supplied eit her t hr ough t h e 19 83 U SM A R egister or direct ly f rom t he U SA FA A ssociat ion o f Graduates. T he sam ple represent ed about 10 percent o f al l graduat es f rom t he t arget year gr oups w ho voluntarily resigned f r o m ser v i ce .

D uri ng our f ive-year f ollow-up st udy we addressed several quest ions w hich related t o t he graduat es’ civilian careers. Fir st , w hat were t heir speci f ic occupat ions (lawyer , engineer , et c.) and second , what were t heir occupat ional categories (prof essions, ad m inist rat ive, ent repreneurial , et c.) . W e reasoned t hat i f w e co u l d relat e comm on civilian exper iences am ong t hese f ormer of f icers, we could also f ind comm on experiences in t heir lives as cadet s, of f icer candidates, and of f icers.

W h at D id W e F i n d ?

Per haps t he m ost st ri k ing f inding of t he entire st udy w er e t h e sim ilar ities of t he speci f ic civilian occupational pat terns of bot h U SA FA and U SM A graduates. A s Figures 1 and 2 show , ex cep t f or t he career of airline pilot , t here is an uncanny r esem b l an ce bet ween t he t wo groups. A s we f irst not ed in 1981, t h e t w o ser v i ce academies mirror each ot her closely in percentages of at t orneys, physicians, and t he sel f -em ployed/ part nership categories. B o t h report s now indicat e t he t rend t o airlines and law h a s i n cr eased signi f icant ly . T he f igures plainly indicat e t hat one out of every six academy graduates who resigns becomes a lawy er , an o c c u p a By Speci f i c Occupat i on: USriA ( N - 28 1 )

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Figure 2. Specific occupations of USM A Graduates (Classes of ’ 62-70)

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w ho r esigned t hei r com m issi ons (n = 28 1) . Sour ce: 1983 USM A R egister of Grad uates.

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t ional choice which has recent ly moved ahead of the U SA F A career of airline pilot . W e k now of no ot her undergraduat e i n st it ution which can boast such a high percent age of b ar r i st er s.

A s Figures 3 and 4 indicate, when t he speci f ic occupat ions a r e part it ioned int o occupat ional cat egories, about one-quart er o f each group are ident ifi ed as members of t he “ t rue’ ’ prof essions (medicine, law , teaching, and minist ry) . T he t rend t o w ar d t h e prof essions is so pronounced t hat some year s ago we u n co v er ed t he exist ence of an A ssociati on of W est Point A tt orneys, c o m plete wit h mailing list and newslet t er . Y ou also may h av e n o t ed anot her — t he recent establishment of t he M edical Chapt er o f t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es.

F igure 3. O ccupat ional categor ies o f U SA FA gr aduates (C lasses o f ’ 62-’ 70) w ho resigned t hei r com m issions (n = 188) . L arge c o m p a n y categor y i ncludes pi lot , pr o f essional , ad m i ni st r at ive a n d t ec h n i c a l specialist , and scienti f ic and engineeri ng. P r of essions category includes only sol o or small f i r m pr of essionals. Sou rce: U SA FA A sso c i a t i o n o f G r a d u a t es.

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F igu re 4. O ccupat i onal categor ies of U SM A gr aduates (C lasses of ’62- ’ 70) w ho resigned t heir com m issions (n = 28 1) . L ar ge com pany category i ncludes pil ot , pr o f essi onal , ad m i nistr ative a n d t ec h n i ca l specialist , and scient i f ic and engi neer i ng. P r of essions cat egory i ncludes only solo or smal l f i r m pr o f essionals. Source: 1983 USM A R egister of G r a d u a t es.

I n f act , t he only signi f icant di f f erences seem t o be i n t h e w i l l ingness of U SM A graduates t o w ork f or large (5,000 -1- ) c o m panies. A comparison of t he t wo gr oups would suggest t h at t h e 14.9 percent f igure of U SA FA graduat es who are airline pilot s could easily be m oved t o t he category of corporate specialist and administ rat ive cat egory , mak ing t he tw o U SA FA and U SM A groups virtually indist inguishable. I ndeed , one could argue t hat airline pilot s are not hing m ore t han technical expert s w h o w o r k f or large companies.

A not her observat ion is in order . T he combined cat egories o f prof essional and small company (under 500 em ployees) b u si n ess part ner s, execut ives, and president s indicat e t hat b et w een 40 t o 4 5 percent of bot h U SM A and U SA FA graduat es w ho resign a r e now eit her sel f -employed or work f or sm all f ir ms or companies in which they have a cont rolling int erest . T his f indi ng is quit e in order wit h t he primary reason f or graduates’ resigning t h ei r co m m i ssi o n s — l ack o f co n t r o l o v er car eer .

I ncom e I s Seco nd ar y A bout 14 percent of all U SA FA graduat es who resigned are, in deed , airline pilot s. W e interviewed f ive commercial pilot s who 18

also seemed t o enj oy envious li f estyles complete w it h ex pensive homes and m ost gracious and beaut if ul w ives. Every co m m er ci al pilot we interviewed also had a secondary occupat ion su ch as r eal est ate i nvest ment , CPA or even law pract ice. T he idea o f a se c o n dary occupat ion is, we understand , quite com mon practice f o r a l l com mercial pilot s, presum ably a hedge against unplanned layof f s. A ll of our discussions wit h t hese graduat es seem ed t o i n dicate a st rong f eeling t hat 1) I n t he long run , f lying co m m er ci al t ransport s is dull w ork , and 2) W ere it not f or t he m oney , none of t hem would have again chosen t hat line of wor k . T he pilot s w ho had remained as Reservist s considered Reserve f lying m u c h m o r e excit ing and challenging.

T h e f act t h at m o st f o r m er o f f i cer s w e st u d i ed h av e surpassed t heir original and of t en very generous military incomes i s misleading; graduates alm ost never resign f or pay-related r e a s o n s .

D espite some substant ial initial cut s in income af t er discharge, m ost graduat es m ade up t he income di f f erence wit hin t w o y ea r s af ter becom ing civilians. W e were most im pressed by at l east a dozen H orat io A lger tales. T hese graduates, wit h no f o r eseeab l e j ob and only a small savings account , a second-hand car a n d perhaps several children , were yet somehow able to set up a small business or consult ing service which wit hin t wo year s was t ur ning a prof it and was, it sel f , em ploying f r om f ive t o 10 people. W e w ould est imate t hat hal f t hose w ho resigned had , in t rut h , not hing t o sell but t hem selves.

Salesmanship also applied t o t hose who got adm it ted t o graduate school . T op-notch gr aduate schools seem especially i n clined t o admit academy graduates. O ne need only t o t h u m b t hrough t he regist er s t o f ind graduates, regar dless o f cl ass st an d ing, who somehow or ot her gained admission t o a W hart on Business School or a U niver sity of M ichigan L aw School . T h i s i s int ended as no indict ment of anyone w ho ever received a n e x t e n sion night school master ’ s degree (ourselves included) , b u t i t d o es indicate t hat f or one t o get accepted t o a H arvar d B u si n ess School , one must f irst apply . Since we have empirical ev i d en ce t hat service academy graduat es are neit her smart er n o r d u m b er t han any ot her graduate student s, we must conclude t h e m a i n d i f f erence bet ween t he tw o gr oups is t hat academ y graduates, e v e n t hose i n t he tail ends of t heir classes, were simply not f rightened of f f rom applying f or a t op-rat ed school by t he t hought “ T h a t school is t oo good f or me.’ ’ A s one H arvard-educated at t o r n ey t old us, “ I only applied f or t he t op law schools. T hey w o u l d n ’ t have dared t o tur n me dow n .’ ’ I n all candor , we f eel m o st st r o n g ly t he sharpest dividing line bet ween academy and non-academy o f f i cer s i s i n t h ei r co n f i d en ce an d sel f - assu r an ce . I f we had t o pick out a single personality t rait w hich typi f ies an academy graduate, it would be a f ailure t o exhibit an excess of hum ility . Si n ce w e began t his st udy , we sim ply have never met a humble academy graduate. W e hast en t o add t hat t his lack of hum ility d o es n o t necessarily im ply arrogance; it does imply inordinat e co n f i d en ce .

T able I indicates t he mean est im ated annual incomes, r ead j usted t o 1984 dollars, f or t he f our groups of f ormer o f f i cer s w e st udied : U SA FA , U SM A , O CS/ ROT C , and f emale. T he table i n -

T ab le I M ean annual adj usted 1984 inco me (and st andard deviat io ns) o f U SA FA , U SM A , OC S/ RO T C , and f emale f or m er o f f icer s

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dicates the academy graduate have fared well in comparison t o their fellow non-academy former of ficers. In addition, t h e i n come figure for OCS/ ROTC former of ficers is probably inf lated , as the maj ority of that sample were drawn from the Sa n F r a n ci sco (Silicon Valley) region. The competitive incomes of academ y graduates are especially notable when one considers t hat academy graduates spent more time on active duty and, hence, h ad l ess t ime t o become est ablished in civilian careers. I ncome-wise,

academy graduates caught up with their civilian contemporaries in short order . O n t he ot her hand , t he most sobering n o t e i s t h at f em al e f o r m er o f f i cer s h ad ci v i l i an i n co m es l ess t h a n h al f t h at o f

their male colleagues, despite similar in-service supervisory e x perience and responsibilities. The civilian j ob market h a s n o t

t reated V iet nam-era women veterans well . U nf ort unately , t h er e i s neit her t ime nor space here t o go int o t he subj ect o f f em al e o f f i cer veterans, but we will conclude t he paragraph on t he upbeat note t h at al l w o m en o f f i cer v et er an s co n si d er ed t h e U .S . A r m ed F o r ces

t o be by f ar the best equal opport unit y employer of w o m e n .

W e were also impressed by t he modest backgrounds of t h e academy f ormer of f icers. Parent al occupat ions lik e bus driver ,

j anitor , rural postman, seamstress, electrician, salesman, bartender (3!), and small business owner kept recurring o n o u r

list . C onsideri ng t he mark ed degree of success of t hese graduates i n t he business world , t hese are clearly cases of second generat ion social mobility in act ion . W e also noted t hat t he t wo b l ack academy graduates we interviewed, except for their sk in color , were indistinguishable in income and li f estyles f rom t h ei r w h i t e colleagues. To the best of our knowledge, they had adopt ed all t he benchmar k s of upper middle class A merican society , i n cluding private schools f or t heir children and t he Episcopal religion. I f ever one could make a pitch for an equal opport unit y and H ead St art system which brings last ing result s, t h e ser v i ce academy education w ould surely be t he count ry ’ s st ar exam ple.

(H erein lies t he seed f or somebody ’ s doctoral dissertat ion , t oo .)

W hy A ll T hose L awyers?

T able I I of f ers, we hope, some insight int o w hy academy

gradutes chose their particular careers. A s you can j udge, t he graduates themselves do not regard the academies as purely

academic inst itut ions. (Responses f rom OCS/ ROT C graduates and w omen were eit her t rivial or else def ied easy categorizat ion .)

Rat her , the academy educat ion seemed t o be remembered a s a

total experience never totally recovered from. Judging f r o m t h e number of t imes mentioned , t he senses of sel f -discipline an d sel f pr i de/ con f i dence ar e i nt er t w i ned , i ndi st i ngui shabl e, a n d st at istically conf ounded . Conspicuous by t heir low r a n k s a r e f o u r cur ricula items in w hich t he academies pride t hemselves, essen t i a l

ly their self-professed missions of

academics, athletics, l ead er

ship , and honor . I f our sample is any gauge of t he r e st o f t h e

population, we might well ask what is it (pray tell) t h e t w o academies really teach?

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small f irms and businesses over w hich t hey have a cont rolling i n t erest . Since t he usual st at ist ic given in economics c o u r se s sa y s t hat t oday less t han f ive percent of t he civilian wor k f o r ce i s sel f em ployed , our sample of graduates point s t o a f igure much higher t han t han , especially w hen we include att orneys and physicians.

I n T able I I , the concept of “ teamwor k / dealing with o t h er s” i n cludes not only wor k ing wit h ot her s but also wor k ing against ot hers. Cooperat ion and compet it ion are, unf ort unately , c o n f ounded . T he it em does rank a bit higher f or U SM A t han U SA FA graduates, ref lect ing, perhaps, t he willingness o f t h e U SM A graduat e t o wor k f or a large (5,000 + ) company . Per haps al so t h i s i s a r ef l ect i o n o f t h e so ci al st r u ct u r e o f t he A r my .

Overall , however , we were lef t wit h t he f irm conclusion t h at t h e maj ority of academy graduat es w ho resigned did not again w ant t o work f or a large bureaucracy . Such an observation may not be t rue f or ret irees. A gain , we suspect t hat t he bulk of graduat es w ho are employed by aerospace and def ense indust ry are ret irees, not resignees. A f inal note is t hat many resignees w ho w o r k ed f o r large companies expressed a desire t o become sel f -em ployed within 10 year s.

To return to the question, “ Why all those lawyers?” d i scu s sions with our sample of seven attorneys indicate several appeal ing features of a law practice. First , it does not require a speci f ic undergraduate degree. Furthermore, hearsay evidence f r o m t w o law-school deans indicated a willingness to admit academy graduates to their programs sight unseen. Second, it i s a r at h er mobile profession which also allows one the f reedom t o ex er ci se

cont rol over his career . I ndeed , 25 of our 31 lawyer s in t he large sample were small-firm partners. Third, and equally im portant , we f eel it ’ s an occupat ion f or a f eist y and combat ive per sonality .

T he academies rate t hemselves highly on t he spirit of com petit ion

they spark in cadets. Law is a career which seems tailor-made t o

t he sel f -assured and com pet it ive per sonalit y . W e cannot r esi st a quotation from one USMA -educated lawyer which sums up all : I like the flexibility of law. I ’m my own boss—it’s al l f i nanci al ly mot ivated , but w e can w or k m uch m or e t han w e need t o . I t ’ s ver y

competitive and combative; it’s a one-on-one situation. O nly t r ial and litigation is a contest , and there’s a winner and a l o ser . I ca n get some type of high working up to a climax at the t i m e t h e v er d i c t

comes i n . I ’ ve got ten t he same inter est w hile w i nni ng a ball game.

T hen , af ter it ’ s over , you can go back and regr oup .

L eaders Or Entrepreneurs?

I n conclusion t o t his segment of t he discussion , we have opened

up many more doors than we have sealed. Our overall co n cl u si o n

is that f or t he civilian port ion of our sample we f ind l i t t l e ev i d en ce t he t wo service academies are remembered well f or t eaching leadership , honor , or et hics. I f t hey are, perhaps such concept s are remembered best by t hose w ho remain in service. W h a t w e have f ound , as evidenced by graduates’ ow n test imony an d su b se quent careers, is that the academies, unwittingly or not , teach a

great deal of the virtues of self-reliance, hard work , an d t h e co m

W hat was (w ere) t he m ost im por tant t hing(s) you lear ned at t he academy ? (n = 26)

Sel f -disci pli ne

In returning to Figures 3 and 4, there seems to be a b o n a f i d e penchant f or academy-educated civilians to choose careers w i t h

pet it ive spirit . T his is t he st u f f of w hich ent repreneur s are made, virt ues which w ould be classi f ied by most psychology t ex t b o o k s as something akin to the A chievement M otive or, a term coined by M ax W eber , “ T he Protest ant Et hic.” Such values distill t o a philosophy of wor k hard , i nvest hard , and f ollow your calling.

W e have, ourselves, w ant ed t o t urn a prof it on our research by start ing up a hiring service f or academy graduat es, b u t h o w can you hire someone who wants to work for himself? This is w hy we feel head-hunting firms are so unsuccessful in hiring academy

graduates. A firm which of fers venture capital to academy graduates would bef ar more ef fective in luring academy-educated

j unior of f icers t o the civilian side.

W omen f ormer of f icers have been not ably unsuccessf ul i n t h e present civilian j ob mark et , but we have hope f or t he n e w g e n e r a t ion of women academ y graduat es. G iven t hey have t he equal (Con tinued on nex t p age.)

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tended Squadron Of ficer School in 1972, the Naval College o f Command and Staf f in 1976, and the National War College i n 19 8 0 .

C o l o n el F o er st er i s m a r r i ed t o t h e f o r m er Sh ei la P o r t of K ent , E ngland . T hey have f our children : Janet , L eslie, K atrina a n d M ar k .

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G en . M i l t o n G a r n er s T .D W h i t e A w a r d Gen. Theodore R. M ilton, U .S. representative to the N A T O

M ili tary Commit tee bef ore his retirement i n 1974, received t h e

T h o m a s D . W h i t e N at i o n al D ef en se A w ar d f r o m L t . G en . W i n

Col . Robert Y . Foerster replaced Col . M ilt on A . M elville as t h e chief of staf f of t he A ir Force A cademy in late June of t his year .

C o l o n el M el v i l l e r et i r ed f r o m t h e A i r F o r ce a f t er m o r e t h a n 2 9

years of active duty service.

Colonel Foerst er graduated f rom t he A cademy in 1965. H e a l so served here as a group air of f icer commanding f rom 1977 t hrough 1980. H e was t he commander of Basic Cadet T raining i n 1979 .

Bef ore his present A cademy assignment . Colonel Foerst er served as the chief . O f f ice of I nspect ion, A ir Force I nspect or General , H eadquarters U .S. A ir Force, Pentagon , W ashingt on , D .C .

H is ot her assignment s have tak en him t hroughout t he U n i t ed Stat es as well as Puert o Rico , t he Philippines and V i et n am . W h i l e in t he Philippines, he f lew C- 130s in support of military o p e r a t ions in Sout heast A sia, accumulat ing more t han 500 co m b at hours. H e is a com mand pilot wit h more t han 4,400 f lying h o u r s .

T h e co l o n el h as al so ser v ed as a n ai r t r a f f i c co n t r o l of f icer , air

Graduates: (Continued f rom p revious page.) t raining and back ground o f men , we predict t hese women w i l l also be spectacularly successf ul in t he civilian pr of essi ons a n d t h e small business w orld . W e have every reason t o believe t h a t academy-educat ed w omen have learned t o be j ust as f eisty a n d competitive as men , qualit ies which have served ent repreneurs

f ield W . Scott , Jr ., A cademy superintendent , during t h e T .D .

W hite Parade on M ay 4.

General M ilt on also served as vice direct or and deputy c h ai r man t o t he N A T O com mit t ee. T oday he is a colum nist a n d co n t ribut ing edit or t o A ir F or ce M agazine and several maj or newspapers f r om across t he country . T he general is al so a n ex ecu t i v e co m m i t t ee m em b er o f t h e F a l co n F o u n d at i o n a n d s e r v e s

as vice president of t he U .S. St rat egic I nst it ute.

T he award , established M arch 1, 1962 by t he A cademy , i s co n f erred each year on “ t he U nited States cit izen w ho is j udged t o have cont ributed m ost signi f icantly t o t he nat ional d ef en se a n d

security of the United States during the years preceding t h e aw ar d . ” T h e aw ar d i s n am ed i n h o n o r o f G en . T h o m as D . W hite,

A ir Force chief of staf f from 1957 to 1961. L ast year’s recipient w a s Sen at o r J o h n T o w er o f T ex as.

A n F- 15 eagle aerial demonstration, performed by Maj . B r o n

Bur ke f rom H olloman A FB , N .M ., was also part of t he cer em o n y .

self -direction , conf idence, and compet ition conti nue t o b e st ressed at t he academ ies, we predict t he academies w i l l co n t i n u e t o b e v i ct i m s o f t h ei r o w n su ccess.

w el l .

A f eat ure art icle i n t he M ay 5, 1985 N ew Yor k Times M agazine states t he init ial group of f emale academy graduates are already get t ing subst ant ial (and unsolicit ed) j ob of f er s f rom ex ecu t i v e recruiters. H owever t empting such civilian of f ers m ight be, we predict these women w ill be no happier work ing f or large com panies t han t heir male academy classmat es have been .

W e believe we have gat hered st raight f orward dat a; t he i n t er pret ation of t hat dat a is, of cour se, open t o debat e. O u r i n t er pret at ion of t he data suggest s t he academies’ t ot al system of t rai n ing is geared not so much at developing leader ship s k i l l s a s se l f reliance. T he f our-year experience is hardly ever remembered by t h o se f o r m er o f f i cer s as ei t h er a l esso n i n acad em i cs o r et h i c s.

Rat her , t he time is pr oudly recalled as a period of competit ion , conf idence building, and a lesson in sel f -direction . T hese are, t o be sure, honorable virtues, but we doubt such virt ues l en d t hemselves easily t o a career of milit ary service. B o t h U SA F A a n d U SM A have succeeded in encouraging t hat spirit which b l e n d s smoot hly wit h t he civilian business sect or . A s long as t h e v al u es o f 20

L t . C o l . M a l m st r o m

M aj . C of f man

A BOU T T H E A U T H ORS Fred M almstrom (USA FA ’64) is a human perf ormance analyst w i t h

B oei ng A er ospace C om pany and i s a lieutenant col onel in t he W ashi ngt on N atio nal G uar d .

R ichard ( “ Buck ” ) C o f f m an is a doct o ral candi date at t he U niver si ty of Sout h C ar ol i na and a r et i red maj or i n t he U .S. A i r F o r ce .

T hei r f indi ngs on f em ale o f f i cer veter ans w er e also r epor ted i n t he M arch 1985 Psy chol ogy Today .

By D orsey Price ’66 Well, I guess 15-p lus y ears is l ong enough ! R ight, L ee? B oy, the

time j ust slips away when y ou are not looking! I have m e a n t t o

visit y ou every time that F ve been back here, but I j ust couldn ‘t seem to summ on up the courage. You k no w, L ee, some things j ust don ’t seem to go away, no matter how many years p ass. I can

still remember the last time that we talked. The things I r em em b er

about y ou back at school were the good things. I still r em em b er y ou p atien tly exp laining that math p r oblem to me, or exp ounding on the vir tues of the rural N ebrask a lif e. B ut, m ost of all, I remem ber y ou as a f r iend.

Why has i t tak en me all of these y ears to come and s e e y o u then ? I esp ecially remem ber that A ugust day in 1969! T h e A cademy seemed a l ong way away as I was scram bled f r om “ B OX ER ” aler t at Cam R anh Bay . M y f light was loaded w i t h Snak e and N ape so I was cer tain of an easy in-country s t r i k e . Y o u can imagine ho w surp r ised I was when I was told to r en d ez vo us wi th M I ST Y or, the YEL L O W A N CH OR track . I t seemed f unny to be tak ing sof t ordnance up N or th. M y chagr in tur ned to p leas ant surp r ise when I recognized the drawl of the Fast-FA C gi ving me the brief ing. I think y ou were a li ttle surp r ised a lso w h en I t o l d y ou to sp eak slo wly as y ou were talk ing to an old squadr on m a t e who al ways needed math help .

That was really qui te a target that y ou had p ick ed out f or us, L ee! The r oads m ust have been really dry f or the am ount of A A A coming up when we r olled in ! I was really happy as I made my last p ass and headed south f or the hooch. I remember y ou d oing a sp lit-S of f of the tank er and telling me that y ou would cal l m e t h a t night af ter y our m ission. You never called, L ee!

When I f ound out that y ou were M I A , I really didn ’t k n o w what to think ! Things were so screwed up at that time that I really did not want to think about i t ! I was really up set L ee! You see, I had mix ed em otions about the whole thing. I was very sorry that y ou didn ’t R TB that day , but I was also glad that I d id ! Y o u m ight say that / was f eeling guil ty about still being al i ve! A s t h e y ears p assed, I really did manage to p ut y ou out of my m ind ! Only once since that A ugust day did I ever really consider the ir ony of the whole si tuation ! That was when the maj or ’s list ca m e o u t a n d y ou were on it and I was not. Talk about being bit ter ! I actually blamed y ou f or my shor tcom ings. Af ter all, I went over an d d i d my p ar t but, because I came home, I was p assed over ! I guess a p erson can j ustif y any f eeling that consoles the inner self , so I adop ted y ou as my scap egoat. A s the y ears p assed, I f ound it easier to blame y ou f or every li ttle block in my p ath! I k n o w t h a t sounds stup id L ee but i t was my rel ief val ve thr ough many hard t i m es .

Things al way s have a way of wor k ing themsel ves out a n d I think that is happ ening no w. I have byp assed The Wall o n a l l b u t my last tr ip to the D . C. area. I think it was my way of f eeling guil ty f or blam ing y ou f or my f ail ures. A ny way, L ee, this t i m e I k n e w that I had to come and see y ou. You see, I no w f eel b et t er a b o u t my self than ever bef ore and I have f inally real ized that p revious shor tcom ings were my f ault and not any one else ’s. I t ’s co l d a n d windy here today ! N ot even the j oggers are out so it gi ves me time to do what I have f ought doing f or the last 15 y ears. I cr ied !

Drawing created by M s. Juanita A yala of Pomona, Calif .

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A FA F und D onor s E nhance C adet Ex per i ence D onations t o t he 1984-85 A ir Force A cademy A nnual Fund a t

presstime totaled approximately $79,(XX), only $6,(XX) sh o r t o f t h e fund’s goal of “ $85,000 in 1985,” but some $17,000 m o r e t h an w as d o n at ed t o t h e 1983- 84 an n u al f u n d . T h e 1984- 85 an n u al fund officially closed with checks dated June 30 or b ef o r e an d

those donat ions dated July 1 or later will be credited t o

the

A ccording t o D ick Coppock , A OG executive direct or ,

“ It

19 85- 86 an n u al f u n d .

seems that our graduates and friends of the A cademy a r e recognizing the importance the annual fund plays in enhancing A cademy programs. I think they are beginning to realize t h at t h e A cademy also takes it ’ s share of f ederal budget cut s t hat can only

be made up with private donations to the institution.”

T h e n u m b er o f d o n o r s t o each o f t h e f i r st t h r ee f u n d s co n f i r m s

Coppock ’ s st at ement . I n t he f irst annual f und which en d ed i n June 1983, there were some 750 donat ions. T he second f u n d h ad 1,275 donors and t he 1984-85 f und donations came t o 1,400 . T he amount of donations also increased f rom $31,379 during t h e f i r st annual f und drive, t o $62,350 during t he second f und a n d so m e $79,000 f or t he third . T he f ourt h A ir Force A cademy F u n d d r i v e will be of f icially launched in a f ew week s alt hough d o n at i o n s ar e welcome at any time.

A ll of t he money donated to the A ir Force A cademy Fund , e x cept for those expenses directly related to the fund (such as donor recognition gifts, mailing and printing costs, and t he li k e) , goes direct ly t o t he A ir Force A cademy in support of proj ect s w h i ch eit her enhance t he A cademy or t he cadet experience.

USA FA Class P ar ticip ation C l a ss/ D o n o r s 12 - 59 15 - 60 18 - 6 1

T o tal D ollar s $ 9 7 5 .00

16 - 62 25 - 63 2 0 - 64 32 - 65 34 - 6 6 22 - 67 28 - 68 33 - 69 44 - 70 47 - 7 1

$2,690 .00 $ 1,085.00 $ 1,270 .00 $ 1,805.00 $

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P er ce n t o f C l a ss 6 .2 8 <>7o 7 . 32 %

$ 5 . 10 $ 13 . 12 $ 5 .4 5 $ 4 .6 5

9 .0 5 % 5 . 86 %

9 59 .60

$2,393.00 $2, 154 .00 $2, 150 .00 $ 1,530 .00 $2,025.00 $ 1,520 .6 1 $2,760 .00

C l a ss/ D o n o r s 40 - 7 2 ; 37 - 73 : 2 6 - 74 : 22 - 75 :

2 . 12 5 .04 4 .8 6 4 .4 1

37 - 7 6 : 35 - 77 : 37 - 7 8 : 36 - 7 9 : 3 7 - 80 :

$ 2 .6 1 $ 3 . 11 $ 2 . 12

4 2 - 8 1: 39 - 82 : 37 - 83 :

$ 4 . 11

19 - 84 :

$ 3 .9 2

5 .4 3 % 4 .4 2 % 6 .74 % 7 .6 7 % 4 . 5 1% 4 .78 % 5 .0 7 % 6 . 13 % 7 .00 %

19 84 - 85 A F A F u n d

$ $ $ $

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$ 1,640 .00 $2,844 .02 $ 1,050 .00 $

P er ce n t o f C l a ss 5 .3 8 % 4 . 50 %

8 12 .00

$ 1,425.00 $ 1, 140 .00 $ 1, 127.50 $ 1,4 15.00 $ 1,245.50 $ 1,257.50 $ 1,2 17.50 $ 1,040 .00 $

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3 .2 5 % 2 .9 6 % 4 .0 6 % 4 . 10 % 3 . 82 % 4 .0 4 % 4 . 15 % 4 . 82 % 4 .6 7 % 3 .88 %

4 9 5 .00

1. 8 7 %

$ 2 .2 0 $ 3 .4 6 $ 1. 3 1 $ $ $ $ $ $

1.0 9 1. 5 6 1. 34 1. 16 1. 59 1.4 0

$ 1.4 4 $ 1.4 6 $ 1.0 9 $ .4 9

T he T op Five Classes TOTA L D OL LA RS

PERC EN T OF L IV IN G G RA D S 6 1- 9 .0 5 % 6 6 - 7 .6 7 % 60 - 7 .3 2 % 7 1- 7 .00 % 6 5- 6 .74 %

73-$2,844 .02 7 1-$2,760 .00 60-$2,690 .00 65-$2,393.00 66-$2, 154 .00

A V ERA G E $ PER L IV IN G G RA D 6 0 - $ 13 . 12 6 1- $ 5 .4 5 59 - $ 5 . 10 6 5- $ 5 .0 4 6 6 - $ 4 . 86

(N ote: The p er cen t of d onors is calculated by di vid ing the n um ber of gif ts by the n um ber of li ving al um ni. To tals incl ude gif ts r ecei ved bet ween M ar ch 20 and J une 14. G if ts r ecei ved af ter J une 14 will be incl uded in the nex t magazine as will a r ecap of the en tir e 1984-85 A ir F or ce A cademy F und which cl osed ou t on J une 30. D onati ons af ter J une 30 have been cr edi ted to the 1985- 1986 A ir F or ce A cademy F und .)

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C o l ( Ret) & M rs R C H ess I L t L ud w ig S H i ll I L t Sco t t E H o l li nger I L t B lan e A H o o k

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M r s W a l t er E T u r n er

M r M i c h a el W V er z o l a M r W i lli am D W ad e

C apt Richard T W ald bu sser B r u ce W W al tz L t C o l D o n a l d R W a l k er

C ap t L ar ry A W eav er N o r m a n E W el l s

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2L t Step hen J W ich man n M aj Ray m ond A W il lso n M r D e n z i l l B W i l so n

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2L t P h il ip B O glesby

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M s K ar en A O ’ H air C o l N ils B O h m an

2L t M ichael E O ’ L ear y M r M ichael J O pat ow sk y

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Rev & M rs Jo h n Z iegl er , Jr

M r J o h n F P eeb l es M r D o n a l d O P et t i t

M aj P h il ip J Pegnat ar o P i k es P eak U n it ed W ay C ap t Jo h n M Pi ri bek C ap t Pau l E P ir og C W 4 (Ret) & M rs H en ry P leh n C apt D avid A P od o lny C ap t P hi li p T P o po vich M r & M rs W ald emar P o p pe M aj W i lli am G P ort er M r &

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FA L C O N SP O R T S

V arsity T eams Enj oy Out standing Y ear

By George N . Fox

A sst . Spor ts I nf ormation D ir ect or The A cademy athletic teams continued to excel against t he t op athletes in the nation, ending the 1984-85 season with eight

Women’s basketball—Boasting a strong 20-8 overall record,

t h e F al co n s w o n t h e C o n t i n en t al D i v i d e C o n f er en ce w i t h a n 11- 3

nati onally-rank ed t eams.

M ore than 800 at hletes on 4 1 int ercollegiat e teams competed i n 571 contests this year and came up on the winning end 65.6 per

conf erence record . T his is only t he second t ime in A cademy women’ s bask etball hist ory t hat a squad reached t he 20- w i n

During the 1984-85 school year . Falcon varsity teams t ook part in 492 contests, winning 314, losing 171 and seven t i es.

t hird and f ourt h players t o reach 1,000 poi nts f or t heir careers, while Blad became t he all-t ime leading rebounder f or t he Falcons,

cen t o f t h e t i m e .

Four teams were undef eat ed during t he season — men ’s a n d w omen ’s out door track and men ’ s and w omen’ s gol f .

plateau. The 1977-78 team had a 20-2 record.

Junior Stacy Goss and senior T heresa Blad became only t h e

passing Pat Swanke’s career total of 721 rebounds. H ead co ac h

M art i Gasser was named A ll-A merica C oach by t he A merican

Several teams earned high national rankings. The pistol t e a m placed f ourth in standard pistol , fifth in air pistol an d sev en t h i n f ree pistol. Women’s indoor track was sixth in the n at i o n i n D i v i

Women’s Sports Federation while Goss was an honorable A l l -

country placed eighth nationally while women’s swimming w a s also eighth at its championship meet . The women’s basketball

second place in the Cornhusker I nvitational at L incoln, N eb ., and

Football again brought national attention to the A cademy f o r the third-straight year, winning the I ndependence Bowl a n d en d ing the season ranked 24th in the nation. Water polo w as r a n k ed

sophomore M ick y T esta.

W omen’ s cr oss country— W it h no dual meet s scheduled during

W est A ll-A merican selectee by the same organizat ion .

M en’s cross country—The men’s cross country team f inished

sion I I w hile women ’ s gol f was rank ed sevent h . W omen’ s c r o s s

sev en t h i n t h e W est er n A t h l et i c C o n f er en ce. T h e F al co n s t o o k

t eam was rank ed 15t h and w omen ’s volleyball 18t h in D i v i si o n I I .

during the year were senior John Wright , j unior Joe M ar t i n a n d

14t h nationally .

A lthough not a varsity sport , the boxing team won its f i f t h n a

t ional tit le in the last six years.

Several at hlet es received honors f r om the W estern A t hlet ic Conf erence. M ik e Prof it won t he conf erence t rack cham pionship

in the 60-yard hurdles while Ed Byrd took the 6(X)-yard d a sh t i t l e.

f i n i sh ed f o u r t h at A u st i n i n t h e T ex as I n v i t a t i o n a l . T op runners

the year, the women’s cross country team finished third i n t h e

N CA A D ivision I I Cent ral D ivision Regionals. A ir Force t o o k t hird in its ow n invitat ional t ournament bef ore tak ing f o u r t h i n the T exas I nvitat ional . Senior L aureli M azik and j unior P r i n c e ss H ar rison quali f ied f or t he nat ionals.

M en’s fencing—Sporting a 15- 1 record, the men’s fencing t e a m placed second in the Western Regionals and f inished 24 t h i n t h e

N amed t he W A C co-def ensive player of t he year and f ir st t e a m was Chris Funk , while Jody Simm ons, D on Oberdieck , M a r k

N CA A f i nals. T hree f encers quali f ied f or nationals— senior I r v Sheet s made t he N CA A in f oil f or t he t hird-st raight year wit h a 66-7 record ; senior C hris Ferry quali f ied i n epee wit h a 5 0 - 19

an d M ar k Si m o n w er e n a m ed t o seco n d t eam s.

52- 19 sl at e .

N i n e at h l et es w er e sel ect ed t o t h e A l l -W A C f o o t b al l t e a m s .

M elcher , Fred Butrell, L arry Nicklas, Terri M aki, Scott T h o m a s

r eco r d a n d f r esh m a n T o m G u er r a m ad e t h e cu t o f f i n f o i l w i t h a

Seni or Judd M cGlohn won t he individual W A C championship and was named W A C Gol f er of t he Y ear w hile t he Pharris brot hers, T im and Eric, were named t o t he N ort hern D i v i si o n A l l -

w omen f encers advanced t o t he N CA A nat ionals. Sophomore

W A C b aseb a l l t eam .

In its 29 years of varsity athletic competition. A ir F o r ce h as

w on 5,710 contest s, lost 2,857 and tied 74, f or an overall winning percent age of 66.5.

Season w r ap-u ps Baseball— Finished wit h an 18-27 overall record and 9- 15 i n t h e

WA C, good for a fourth-place f inish in the Northern D i v i si o n .

T he Falcons were in t he race f or t he W A C-playof f s unt il t h e f i n al

w eek o f t h e seaso n . A i r F o r ce h i t . 34 6 a s a t ea m an d sen i o r T o m C o l em an r eco r d ed t h e m o st h i t s i n t h e seaso n w i t h 69 . Ju n i o r E r i c

Pharris was the team’s leading batter with a .434 average i n cluding 53 hits, 14 doubles, two triples and seven h o m e r u n s. T h e w ork horse on t he m ound was j uni or Roch Rhinehart w ho t h r e w

88. 1 innings and had a team-high 55 strikeouts.

Women’s f encing—This was the f irst year that A cademy

Carolyn M oore and j unior Sally A nschuetz were those f i r st

cadet s. M oore, w ho has been f encing only tw o years, h ad a seaso n

r eco r d o f 59-20 i n f o i l w h i l e A n sc h u et z h ad a 6 5- 15 r eco r d . T h e t eam ’ s seaso n r eco r d w as 13- 1.

F ootball— T he Falcons cont inued t heir power f ul gr ound at t ack

and def eated V irginia T ech 23-7 i n t he I ndependence Bow l , giving A ir Force it s third-straight bow l vict ory and an 8-4 r eco r d . T h e Falcons were the second-best team in the nat ion in rushing,

averaging 326.5 yards-per-game. A ir Force was also r a n k ed among the nation’s leaders in total of fense (426.5 yards-pergame) and points (31.5 points-per-game). The Falcons d ef eat ed Navy f or the third-straight year and also recorded i t s t h i r d straight victory over Notre Dame. Defensive tackle C h r i s F u n k w as select ed W A C co-player of t he year .

M en’s golf —The men’s golf team won its f irst four dual m e e t s

of t he season and f inished t he season 9-0- 1. Judd M cG lohn an d

M en’ s bask et ball— U nder new head coach Reggie M int on , t h e

Craig Hall f inished in 11th place in the two-man team ev en t i n t h e

and a W A C-tour nament win over Brigham Y oung. L eading t h e

behind Colorado College.

M cGlohn t ook individual honors in t he W A C championships and was named W A C Player of t he Y ear . H e also t ook part in t he N CA A playof f s in Florida.

Falcons posted an overall 8-20 record and a 2-14 WA C sl at e . T h e season highlights included victories over Wyoming and H a w a i i Falcons in scoring was j unior M aurice McDonald with 12 . 6 points-per-game. He was second on the team in rebounding w i t h

4.8 boards a game.

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Bluebonnet Bow l . T he Falcons f inished in second place i n t h e

Rocky M ountain I ntercollegiate Golf A ssociation, one st r o k e

W omen’s golf — T he lady Falcons def eated Colorado St ate i n their only dual meet of t he season , and w on t he Falcon I n v i t a tional , t he f irst maj or college tour nament vict ory f o r t h e w o m en ’ s golf team . O t her highlights included an eight h-place f i n i sh i n t h e

17th and 18t h places, respect ively , in air pist ol wit h i d en t i cal 54 3 scores. H ighlighti ng t he season were f irst-place team f i n i sh es i n standard , air and f ree pist ol at t he intercollegiate sect i o n al s h el d at t he A cademy .

sevent h in N CA A D ivision I I play .

M en’ s gym nastics— T he Falcon men gymnast s ended t heir season wit h an 8-6 record . T hey were third in t he W A C I n v i t a tional , scoring a season-high of 260 .85. Junior T im M i l l s t u r n ed in t he best per f ormance of t he meet w it h a 9.4 score on t he vault , good f or a second-place t ie.

W omen’s gy mnastics— Ending t he season w it h an 11-8 record , the w omen’ s gymnast ics team again had an out standing year wit h

wins w it h a 34-4 record . For t he second-st raight season , t h e Falcons won t he C olorado-W yoming league and t ook f irst place in smallbore and second i n air ri f le at t he Collegiate R i f l e Sec t ionals. Falcons Joe Parris and T om my A rt hur quali f ied f o r t h e

W eb er St at e I n v i t a t i o n al . T h e F al co n s f i n i sh ed t h e seaso n r an k ed

t w o A l l -A m er i ca select i o n s. Sen i o r M ar ci M cG l i n n d ef en d ed h er t i t l e i n t h e v au l t w i t h a 9 .3 sco r e at t h e D i v i si o n I I nationals, w hile senior Cynt hia T allmadge f inished second in t he uneven b a r s w i t h a 9.05 mark and placed f i f t h in t he all-around compet ition w i t h a 35.0, j ust .8 of f f irst place. O t her season highlights i n cl u d ed t h i r d -

place showings in the Rock y M ountain Open and t he D ivision I I Regionals.

I ce hock ey—T he Falcons f inished t he season with eight -st raight

w i n s t o en d w i t h a .500 m ar k a n d a 14- 14 r eco r d . J u n i o r F r an k Daldine was the top scorer with 28 goals and 16 assists f o r 44 points. This marks the third-straight season he has l ed t h e F a l co n s

in scoring.

M en’s i ndoor track — E nding t he season w it h a f ourt h-place

finish in the WA C championships, the Falcons posted a 5- 3 d u a l

record . I n the W A C meet , t he Falcons t ook tw o f irst places. M ik e Profit took the 60-yard hurdles with a 7.45 mark while Ed Byrd won t he 600-yard run wit h a t ime of 1: 11.3.

W o m en ’ s i n d o o r

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f inished the season wit h a 3-3 record and placed a st rong six t h i n the N CA A D ivsiion I I nat ional championships at Fargo , N . D .

T he Falcons also came away wit h f ive A ll-A mericans: Cat hy Roberts in the triple j ump; Renee Toliver in the 55-meter hurdles; L aureli M azik in t he 800-meter ru n and Barb Fogel and Shelly C inder teamed up as half of the 1,600-meter relay team . R o b er t s and M azik made up t he ot her hal f .

L acrosse— W it h a 12-4 record , t he lacrosse team capt ured t h e

Rocky Mountain I ntercollegiate Lacrosse League championship.

Of fensively, the team was led by Joe Vasta, scoring l ead er f o r t h e third-straight year . He finished with 97 points and w as r an k ed f i f t h nationally in assist s wit h 39. Goaltender K en W essel s f i n ished t he season rank ed f i f th nat ionally i n save percentage.

N a m ed t o t h e A l l - R M I L L t ea m w er e B r i a n Z em b r ask i a n d V a s t a on t he attack unit , while M ik e Blouin and Brent Frerichs l ed t h e midfielder’s group. Dan Shea and Jim Tillie were selected t o t h e

def ensive team w hile W essles was the league’ s top goalie.

M en’s outdoor t rack — T he men’ s outdoor t rack t eam f inished wit h a dual record of 2-0 t his season, def eat ing C olorado S t a t e

and Hastings in the Ram Invitational and finished sixth i n t h e WA C championships. I n the Ram Invitational, the Falcons w o n

12 of 19 event s in t he non-scoring meet . A not her f i ne show ing was i n t he Boulder Relays, w here t he Falcons brok e t w o m e e t records. Shannon Sullivan broke t he pole vault record a t 17 a n d one half f eet and t he 4 x 400 relay team of Jef f L amb , Bill Shedd , T odd Scot t and Ed Byrd were t imed in 3: 12.67, f our seco n d s b et

R i f l e— T h e F a l co n r i f l e t eam en d ed t h e seaso n w i t h t h e m o s t

n at i o n a l s.

Soccer— W it h a 10-5-4 record , t he soccer team f inished t h e season with a t hird-place f inish i n t he Rock y M ountain I n t e r collegiate Soccer league wit h a 5-2 mar k . Seniors L arry Friend ,

R o n G r av es a n d D a le B en n en t w er e sel ect ed t o t h e a l l - co n f er en ce f irst team . M ak ing t he second team were senior Jef f J aco b s an d

j unior Steve Jaszai .

M en’s swimming—The A cademy men’s team completed its

season wit h a 13-5 record . O n t he way to f inishing si x t h i n t h e W A C cham pionships, t he Falcons set tw o school records. J u n i o r Rich Sum rall placed f ourth in t he l OO-yard breast wit h 57:38 t ime, w hile t he Falcons were timed in 3:05.83 in t he 400-yard f reestyle relay , bot h school records.

W omen’ s sw im mi ng— Finishing in eight h place at t he N CA A D ivsiion I I championships, t he w omen ’s swimm ing t eam e n d e d i t s season wit h a 20-3 record . Earning A ll-A merica f or t h e t h i r d straight year, j unior Beth Haney finished second in t he l OO-yard breast stroke, second in t he 200-yard back st rok e and si x t h i n t h e

200-yard individual medley. A ir Force also finished f o u r t h i n t h e 200-yard medley relay and fourth in the 400-yard medley relay .

Highlighting the season was winning the Continental D i v i d e C o n

f erence cham pionship f or t he t hird-st raight year .

M en’ s tennis— Behind t he st rong play of number tw o singles

player John Steimle (25-3) and number two doubles player Sc o t t Vipond ( 16-4), the men’s tennis team ended the season w i t h a 2 5- 7 mar k and f inished t he W A C cham pionships i n sixt h place. A i r Force had a st ri ng of 13-st raight w ins during t he season a n d sh u t out 17 of it s 32 opponent s t his season .

W o m en ’ s t en n i s— T h e w o m en ’ s t en n i s t eam r eb o u n d ed i n t h e

spring season with a 14-6 record, putting their overall r eco r d at 15-9. Finishing third in the Continental Divide Conference, t h e Falcons had t hree A ll-C D C select ions in Sherry Currin , T a m a r o n

Sharp and Tricia Heller . Sharp, at number one singles, f i n i sh ed

w i t h a 14- 12 r eco r d .

W omen’ s volleyball— W it h a 33- 16 record , t he w omen ’ s

volleyball team won the Continental Divide Conference a n d w as ranked 18th nationally in the NCA A Division I I poll. J u n i o r B a r b M art in and sophomores Stacy Schlange and L isa Gar raway w e r e sel ect ed t o t h e 12- m em b er a l l - co n f er en ce t ea m .

Water polo—Despite its 10- 12 mark , the water polo team

f i nished t he season rank ed 14t h nat ionally . H ighlighti ng

the

season was winning the Falcon Invitational and finishing seco n d at the M idwestern Championships in I ndianapolis, I nd.

Wrestling—A fter finishing the season with a 9-7- 1 record, t h e falcon wrestling team finished fourth in the WA C champion ships, with heavyweight Terry M aki winning the WA C t i t l e i n h i s category and advancing to the NCA A nationals. M aki w as a l so selected out st anding w rest ler of t he meet . ( The F alcon F ly er)

t er t h a n t h e o l d r eco r d .

W omen’ s outdoor t rack — T he Falcon women completed t he season 2-0, def eat ing Colorado State and H ast ings at t h e R a m I n vitiat ional . I n t he non-scori ng Colorado Relays, t he l ad i es h ad a f ine show ing, winning f ive f irst places. I n t he Falcon I nvitat ional , A ir Force dominated t he meet wit h f ive f irsts, led by M ary M an

ning, winner in the discus and shot put . The women’s qualified for the NCA A Division I I championships.

tea m

FEEL T H E T H UN D ER

Pist ol— Sport ing a 13-4 record , t he Falcon pistol team e n d e d t he season wit h a f ourt h-place f inish i n standard pistol , a f i f t h -

place f inish in air pistol and seventh in free pistol at t h e N at i o n al

C ollegiate cham pionships. I ndividually , John M asse placed f if t h in st andard pist ol w hile Gary Burg and A ngel Gonzalez ear n ed

1 9 8 5 A I R FO R C E FA L CO N S

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T w o Gr ads A m ong W hit e H ouse Fell ow s T w o A ir Force A cademy graduat es were am ong 14 W hite H ouse Fellows appointed f or 1985- 1986. T he select ion o f t h e 2 1st class of f ellows since t he program began in 1964 was a n n o u n ced

by President Reagan in M ay .

T he graduates selected were Jerrold T . L undquist (U SA FA ’7 1) , 35, of St am f ord , Conn ., and M aj . John L . Barry (U SA FA ’73) , 33, of N or f olk , V a. L undquist was a consultant w i t h M cK insey and Com pany and Barry was a st udent at t he A r m e d Forces Staf f College at t he t ime of t heir appoint ments.

A distinguished graduate f rom t he A cademy , L undquist h o l d s a master ’s degree in I nternational A f f airs f rom t he F l et ch er School of L aw and Diplomacy and a master’s in public policy

f rom the Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.

A s an A ir Force of f icer , he was decorated f or his service i n t h e

1973 M ideast War and humanitarian flight operations. A s t h e

special assist ant to t he comm ander in chief of t he M ilit ary A irli f t Command , he represented over 11,000 aircrew mem ber s i n w o r l d

wide airlift operations. He has been recognized as o n e o f D el a ware’s Ten Outstanding Young M en and as the Military A i r l i f t

C o m m a n d J u n i o r O f f i cer o f t h e Y ear .

Prior to j oining McKinsey and Company, Lundquist was v i ce president for administration of Emery A ir Freight Corporation directing the departments of pricing, planning and analysis, and f aci l i t i es. H e h as b een ch ai r m a n o f t h e b o ar d o f t r u st ees o f h i s

local church , is a mem ber of t he board of direct ors o f t h e

Daycroft School and served as campaign coordinator i n t h e St am ford, Conn., mayoral primary.

Barry is a maj or in the A ir Force and an honor graduate o f t h e A cademy. He received his M .P.A . degree from the University o f

O k lahoma. T he maj or is a f ighter pilot w ho has been a w inni ng pilot in t he W illiam T ell W orldw ide W eapons M eet , graduated f rom t he U SA F Fight er W eapons School , f low n as a test pilot at N ellis A FB , N ev ., and w or ked as aide t o t he com mandi ng general o f 12t h A i r F o r ce .

H e has test i f ied bef ore Congress regarding some of his f light test s. M aj or Barry has t aught at t he comm unity college level , has been a Big Brot her , served on t he board of direct ors f or Big Br ot hers, and has t ut ored violent j uvenile of f enders. H e i s a graduate of t he A r med Forces Staf f College and t he au t h o r o f several publications on leadership , f ighter aviation and aer ospace saf et y .

The 14 White House Fellows were chosen from among 1, 139

applicant s and screened by 11 regional panels. T he P r esi d en t ’ s C om mission on W hit e H ouse Fellow ships, chaired by V ice A d miral James B . St ockdale, U SN (Ret) , int erviewed t he 34 n a t i o n a l finalists before recommending the 14 persons to the president .

Their year of government service will begin in September .

Fellows serve f or one year as special assist ant s t o t he vice presi

dent , members of the cabinet and the president ’s principal st a f f .

The program is open to U .S. citizens in the early stages o f t h ei r careers and from all occupations and professions. Federal g o v e r n ment employees are not eligible, with the exception o f car eer armed f orces personnel . L eadership , charact er , intellect ual a n d

professional ability and commitment to community and n a t i o n are the principal criteria in the selection. A pplicants f o r t h e 1986- 1987 pr ogram are available f rom t he President ’s C o m m i s

sion on White House Fellowship, 712 Jackson Place, N . W ., W ashingt on , D . C . 20503.

THE SECRE T L IFE OF WA L D O F. D UM BSQUA T

By D on H all , ’76 “ C L A N K (v .) to f reeze up ; t o goof .” — Contrails 1972-73 *

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C/ 4C “ Regs” Buch dripped heated paste wax on the f loor a s W aldo F . D umbsquat wrest led wit h t he mad buf f er . ( (

I h at e SA M I s! ” sh o u t ed W al d o ab o v e t h e r o ar o f t h e b u f f er .

“ I can ’t ever get my bed t ight enough .”

“ You can bounce a quarter of f my blanket ,” smiled Regs

proudly .

“ Cadet A rea always drops his CRC tables on my bed,

groaned W aldo .

L ate t hat night , t he f reshmen t ossed and turned in t heir sleep .

T hey slept on t op of t heir desk s w hile t heir beds, collar and all , awaited inspect ion .

Warren Heels crept into the room and awoke Waldo quietly

w it h a “ f igure f our ” chok e hold . “ T ap out or pass out ,” chort led W arren .

Waldo, in an oxygen deprived stupor,

managed to tap o u t .

W arren released his grip on W aldo ’s t rachea.

L et ’ s go up t o t he Flat I r on t onight !

“ What for?” mumbled Waldo as he rubbed the sleep out o f h i s

ey es .

“ W ell , f or spirit , of course. “ Couldn’ t we j ust moon Command Post instead?”

“ C’mon, Waldo, we’ve got to show more spirit than that .

T hat ’s showing a lot , ” t hought t he cadet out l oud . “ W hat ?” said W ar ren sm artly .

N ever mind ,” sighed W aldo .

W aldo pulled on some f at igues, combat boot s, and an i i

A -j acket . (He should have put on a watch cap and gloves also .)

T h e t w o d o o l i es l ef t t h e d o r m an d st u m b l ed sev er al miles uphill

t hrough cactus and rock s t o t he Flat I r on . “ I should have put on a wat ch cap and gloves,” said W al d o a s h e sh i v er ed i n t h e co l d d a r k n ess.

“ I t sure has gott en cold , ” chatt ered W ar ren . “ M ust b e so m e weat her coming in .” “ Yeah, it must be cold. Did you see all those cars par k ed at t he o v er l o o k ? A l l t h e f i r st i es w er e u n d er b la n k et s i n t h e b ac k sea t s.

“ Let’s get to work ,” directed Warren. “ How about spelling

out t he A ir F orce SongV ' “ I don ’t t hink we have enough sheet s f or t hat , ” calculat ed W aldo . “ M aybe we should j ust do our squadron num ber . T h a t way we’ll be heroes and won’ t get dum ped on so much .” “ Ok ay , I can ’t wait t ill everyone sees t his t om orrow m or ning ! ” T h e d o o l i es t r ek k ed b ack t o t h e d o r m a n d f el l ex h au st ed o n t o

t heir desk s. T hey got only an hour of rest bef ore First C a l l f o r break f ast sounded . I t was a groggy W aldo and W ar ren w h o prepared t o trudge t o M itchell H all . “ I wish t hey ’ d plow t he ter razzo as soon as it snow s, ” c o m plained W ar ren . “ Snow ?” squeak ed W aldo .

H e gazed out t he w indow at t he snow-covered Flat I ron . H e h ear d C ad et A r ea ’ s v o i ce i n t h e al co v e. i i

Why don’t you smacks ever do anything for spirit around

h er e?

W aldo sighed .

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The A OG and the Classes of 1965 and 1975 p resent:

H OM ECOM I N G 19-22 September 1985

18 t h J A B A R A A W A R D U SA F A v s R i ce C L A SS R E U N I O N S 196 5 20 - Y E A R 19 7 5 10 - Y E A R CL A SS OF 1965 A N D 1975 A T T EN D EES PL EA SE N OT E Funct ions sponsored by and rest ri cted t o t he Classes of ’65 and ’75 have been announced separ ately in class f lyers.

Reservations and payments f or t hese events M U ST be m ade t hr ough t he class represent atives, Scot t D uncan, ’ 6 5 : of fice (303) 472-2990, home (303) 472-1224; Frank M cCann, ’65: of f ice (303) 472-3450, home (303) 528-8869; or

Tim O’Connell , ’75: of fice (303) 472-4104, home (303) 5 9 3 - 15 4 4 .

P r eli m i nar y Schedul e TIM E

D A Y / EV ENT / L OCA T IO N

16 00 - 1900

T hursday , 19 Septem ber 1985 ’65 Regist ration , H i lt on I nn ’ 75 Regist rat ion , Sher at on I nn

190 0

0 800 - 15 30 0 800 - 1200 0 8 30 - 10 30 104 5- 1 130 12 00 - 124 5 12 30 - 13 15 1300 - 15 50 1700 - 1900 19 00

0 800 - 1 130 0 8 30 -0 9 30 10 0 0 - 10 30 1 10 0 - 12 30 1 100 - 1300 13 30 - 16 30 18 30 - 2 150 2 2 00 -2 4 00

0 9 00 - 100 0 1 100 - 1200 1800 - 1900

’ 65 H ospi talit y Suit e, H il t on I nn ’ 75 C lass Par t y , Peter son A F B O f f icer s’ C lub F riday , 20 Septem ber 1985 A ll-C lass Regist rat i on , A r nold H all G ol f T our nament , E isenhow er G ol f C our se H omecom i ng Br ief i ngs, A r nold H al l O pen H ouse, C adet D or m s L unch w it h C adet s (gr ads only) , M i tchell H all L uncheo n (spouses and o t her s) , A r nold H all A f ter noo n C lasses, Fair chi ld H all

A ll-Class Party, A cademy Of f icers’ Club ’ 6 5 a n d ’ 7 5 C l a ss A c t i v i t i es

Satu rday , 21 Septem ber 1985 A ll-C lass Regist rat io n , A r nold H al l C o f f ee and Rolls, A r nold H al l M em or i al C erem ony o n t he T er r azzo Pr e-Game T ailgate Par t y ( ’ 75 and ot her s)

Superintendent ’s Brunch (’65), Of ficers’ Club Foot bal l G ame, U SA FA vs Rice

♦Jabara Reception/ Banquet, M itchell H all

H om eco mi ng Ball , A r no ld H all Sunday , 22 Septem ber 1985 C hapel Ser vices, C adet C hapel C hapel Services, C adet C hapel

Chapel Services, Cadet Chapel

*The Jabara Recep tion is cosp onsored by the A ir A cademy N at ional B ank .

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

G olf T ournament : G rads, w ives, guest s — come one, come al l t o

relive those magic days on the A cademy’s Blue Course. F o u r -

person T exas Scramble (rules pr ovided prior t o t ee of f ) and prizes! C lub rental rest ricted t o 30 available set s. Part icipant s w ill miss ot her m orning act ivit ies and lunch wit h cadet s.

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

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

lunches. Graduates only — limited seating available. Ret urn your reservation form early to insure you get a seat . (Spouses an d ot hers may eat at A rnold H all .)

O pen H ouse: T ak e your f amily on a t our of t he cadet a r e a . T h e

chapel and dormitories will be open, so drop by your o l d

squadr on and rem inisce. Check out t he wat erless A ir Gardens,

the casual firstclass rooms, the new improved “ CQ Shack,” an d

t he new ly-renovated rooms in V andenberg H all .

A f ternoon A ctivities: A ttend those classes you slept t hrough when you were a cadet . T al k t o t he modern-day cadet s a n d co u n t how many t imes t hey put “ sir ” int o a sent ence.

A ll-Class Party : Join grads and guest s f r om all classes f o r

cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at the A cademy Of ficers’ C l u b .

SA T U R D A Y :

W ak e U p ! St ar t t he day w it h ref reshment s at A rnold H all ; a chance t o greet late arr ivals and tell tall t ales.

(Continued on next p age.)

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R E G I ST R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N R E G I ST R A T I O N : Send the completed registration f orm and your check t o t h e

A ssociation of Graduat es. Remember t hat t his payment m u st i n clude the registration fee as well as charges f or all homecoming

events (nonclass) not included in the registration f e e .

The registration fee is $28 for each A OG member and each A O G member guest . For nonmembers and their guests the fee i s $30 a person. The registration fee includes the A ll-Class part y , t he Saturday morning cof fee, the pre-game tailgate party, h o r s d ’ oeuvres at t he Jabara cock tail hour , t he Jabara banquet a n d t h e H omecoming Ball .

Registration Packets, Tickets, and Name Tags: For the Class of 1965, may be picked up at the Hilton I nn on T hur sday f rom 1600 t o 1900 .

For the Class of 1975, may be picked up at the Sheraton I n n on T hursday f rom 1600 t o 19(X).

T hose who have not pick ed up t heir regist rat ion pack et o n

Thursday may do so Friday at the registration desk i n the lobby of A rnold Hall from 0800 to 1530. Registra tion packets will not be mailed to you. Registration packets may also be picked up f rom 0800 to 1130 in A r nold H all on Sat urday morning. Football t ick et s not

picked up at registration will be given to the main t i ck et

of f ice near t he f lagpole at Falcon St adium where t hey may be picked up on Sat urday .

A C C O M M O D A T I O N S: Class of ’65: Headquarters is the Hilton Inn, located ab o u t 10

m iles sout h o f t he A cademy at Exit 146 j ust of f 1-25. R eser v at i o n s can be made by writing the Hilton Inn, 505 Popes Bluf f T rail ,

Colorado Springs, Colo. 80907, or by calling (303) 59 8- 76 56 . T h e charges are $46 a night f or a single and $57 for a d o u b l e . T h e deposit is refundable with no penalty until 1800 of sch ed u l ed ar

are wit h t he Class of ’75 t o get t hese special rat es. R eser v at i o n s should be made not lat er t han 20 A ugust t o ensure availabilit y .

For both classes, one night ’s deposit or a maj or credit ca r d number is required to guarantee reservations.

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

of rooms are available at t he D rury I nn , 8155 N ort h A cademy ,

Colorado Springs, Colo. 80919, (303) 598-2500. When mak ing reservations, identify yourself as being with the A cademy Homecoming to get the special rates. First come, first ser v ed .

R E N T A L C A R S: Rental car arrangements will be left up to the individual . A m ong the many agencies of fering special weekend rates are: T hri f ty Rent-A -Car, (800) 367-2277 or Budget Rent-A -Car , (800) 527-0700. Specify where you would like to pick up and drop of f the car (Denver/ Colorado Springs). A minimum two-day r en t al i s required and both of these companies allow unlimited mileage.

W eek end rates in bot h cases, include prices varying b et w een

$16.00 to $22.95 plus tax per day, depending on car

si ze d esi r ed / av ai l ab l e . C O N F I R M Y O U R R A T E I N A D V A N C E .

C A N C E L L A T I O N S: T o ensure a ref und f or regist rat ion f ees, cancellati ons m u st b e received by the A OG of fice before 1500, M onday, 16 Sept ember .

Ref unds will not nor mally be made f or cancellat ions r ecei v ed af ter t hat deadline. Cancellat ions may be made by mail or phone: aut ovon 259-2067, or commercial (303) 472-2067. Cancellations f or room reservat ions or car rental should be accomplished d i r ect

ly through the agency with which you made them. Registration f ee ref unds will normally be made af ter H omecoming i s o v e r .

D R E SS :

rival dat e. Be sure t o t ell t hem t hat you are wit h t h e C l ass o f ’ 6 5 t o

T hur sday night act ivit ies: Casual !

H omecoming.

ner — coat and t ie f or men , cock t ail dress f or ladies.

Sat urday night : Suit or sport coat and t ie f or men ; st r eet o r f l o o r lengt h dress f or ladies.

A ll ot her act ivities: (Friday-Sunday) : Service D ress r eco m m en d ed f or act ive dut y . Com parable at t ire f or civilians.

get these special rates. Reservations should be made a s s o o n a s possible. Unbooked rooms will be released two weeks prior t o Class of ’75: Headquarters is the Sheraton I nn, located at 1- 2 5 and North A cademy. Reservations can be made by writing t h e Sheraton at 8110 N . A cademy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 809 19, or by calling (303) 598-5770. The charges are $54 a night , single or double. The deposit is refundable with no penalty if you cancel not later than 48 hour s in advance. Be sure t o t ell t hem t hat you

Friday A ll-Class Party: A ppropriate attire for Of ficers’ C l u b .

Friday night : ’75: A ctivities by squadron — as required. ’ 6 5 : D i n

D O N ’T FO RG E T W H A T C O L O RA D O W E A T H E R C A N B E L I K E — I T SN O W E D I N ’ 84 !

H omecomi ng Events: (Continued f r om p revious p age.)

M emorial Cerem ony : The mem orable H omecoming event . Sh ar e

with the Cadet Wing and A cademy community in this moving t ribut e t o our f allen classmat es, f riends, f ellow graduat es, an d cad et s.

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

U SA FA vs Rice F ootball Game: Cheer t he Falcons on in t h ei r drive t oward a f ourt h consecutive bowl game. Great seat s o n t h e w est si d e !

J abara Reception/ B anquet / Ball : End t he day wit h a ret urn t o M it chell H all f or a cock t ail part y and a lavish meal . H o n o r t h e

Jabara A ward winner as the superintendent makes the f o r m al presentation. A fter the banquet , repair to A rnold Hall f o r d an c ing to the A cademy’s own “ Falconaires.” (Our sp ecial t h an k s t o the A ir A cademy National Bank f or cosp onsoring hors d ’o eu vr es

f or the recep tion.)

SU N D A Y :

Chapel Service: Join together for the services in the inspirat ional Cadet Chapel at 0900, I KK), or 1800 .

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P L E A SE N O T E : G R A D U A T E S F R O M T H E C L A SSE S O F 1965 A N D 19 7 5 W I L L R E C E I V E A SE P A R A T E M A I L I N G W I T H C L A SS A C T I V I T Y R E G I ST R A T I O N F O R M S .

H O M E C O M I N G R E G I ST R A T I O N F O R M COM PL ET E A ND M A I L T O : A SSOCI A T I ON OF GRA DU A T ES, U SA FA , C O 8 0 8 4 0 T O A R R I V E N O T L A T E R T H A N 16 SE P T . 19 8 5

NA M E L a st

A O G M E M BE R

C L A SS

F i r st

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M A I L I N G A D D R E SS

(State)

H OM E PH ON E

O FF I CE PH O N E (A U T O V O N ) □

YES

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NO

CA D ET SQ

(C i t y )

N E W A D D R E SS:

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(Z i p C od e)

NO

EV ENT

N U M BER

IN D IV ID U A L

(D oes not i ncl ude char ges f or class activi ties.)

A TT EN D IN G

FEE

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REG I ST RA T I O N FEE (per person)

A M T D U E

2 8/ 30

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

* * $ 12 .00

L unch wit h Cadet W ing (G raduates O nly) L unch at A r nold H all (Spouses/ O t hers) A ll-Class Party

* * * $4 .00 $5 .00 R

SA T U R D A Y

C o f f ee/ R o l l s a t A r n o l d H al l

R

T ailgate Part y Football T ick et s (Registered A t tendees O nly) Jabara Banquet (Cash Bar) H omecoming Ball

R

$9 .00 R R

TOTA L DUE R * * * * *

Events i ncluded i n regist r at i on f ee.

Fee is $28 f or each A O G mem ber and each A OG member guest ; and $30 f or each nonmember and each no nmem ber g u est . , i ncludes green f ee, car t , and pri ze mo ney . C l ub rent al n o t i n c l u d ed .

L i mi ted seat i ng available. G r ad uates o nly .

P L E A SE D O N O T W R I T E I N T H I S B O X N umber Registered

A m o u n t P ai d $

N U R SE R Y SE R V I C E S :

T he A cademy base nursery w ill be made available on T hursday , Friday , and Saturday f or children bet ween t he ages o f six m o n t hs and 11 y ears. O nly 25 children between t he ages of 6 m o n t h s a n d two years can be handled . I ndicate your requirement s a n d remember , y ou m ust br ing y our child ’s shot records.

I will be bringing (#) children , ages , and will need nursery services: (Check appropriate spaces) T hurs ., Fr iday ., Friday night ., Sat urday day night Sat urday night If suf f icient interest is show n , t he Peterson A FB nursery w i l l b e made available T hursday evening t o accom modat e t hose a t t e n d ing t he Class of ’75 part y at t he Pet erson O f f icers’ C l u b . T h e nursery w ill accept children ages 6 mont hs t hrough 10 years — shot records required . I ndicate your requirement below .

I will require nursery services at Pet erson A FB , T hur sday night • for (#) children , ages .

T he above f or planning purposes only and does not guarantee space— f irst come, f irst served .

O w ed $.

R ef u n d $.

R E G I ST R A T I O N R E M I N D E R S . . .

1. A ll at tendees must regist er and pay t he regist ration f ee . G u est s of A O G members may pay t he A O G mem ber f ee. N onmembers and each of t heir guest s must pay t he nonmember f ee.

2. Room arrangements must be made directly with the hot el/ m ot el of your choice.

3. Car rent al ar rangement s m ust be m ade direct ly wit h t h e r e n t a l ag en cy .

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

will be in regist ration pack et s. N onregist ered att endees m u st p u r chase t ick et s t hrough t he U SA FA A t hlet ic A ssociati on t i ck et o f f ice .

5. Regist rat ion pack et s w ill not be mailed .

6. Cancellat ions must be made t o t he A OG by 16 Sept em ber t o

guarantee a refund. Cancellation of hotel/ motel accommodations or rent al car m ust be m ade direct ly wit h t hose agencies.

I N T E R E ST C O U N T :

NO

YES

A OG Cof f ee, Sat urday M or ning M emorial Ceremony , Sat urday

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J ab ar a A w ar d W i n n er N am ed only a few seconds to analyze the situa tion, apply controls, and recover the air

Col . James N . A llburn , ’63, has been

n am ed t h e w i n n er o f t h e 19 85 Jab ar a

craf t at only 300 f eet f rom t he ground by using a rolling pull-t hrough maneuver re

A ward f or A irmanship in a recent an nouncement by L t . Gen . W inf ield W .

Scot t , Jr . , su per i nt endent . C ol onel

quiring 7.2 Gs — 2.4 Gs greater than operat ional design st rengt h .

A l l b u r n ear n ed t h e aw ar d f o r h i s l ead er

L t.

ship ef forts as program manager of the

Col.

L A W REN CE

E.

ST E L L -

Proj ect s

M O N , ’69, of T act ical A ir Com mand ,

nology D emonst rat or .

I n his let ter t o General Scott , Robert S. Cooper , direct or of D A RPA , wrote: “ I t ’s not of ten t hat I f eel compelled t o mak e such a nomination, but t his out st anding A ir Force of f icer and A ir Force A cademy graduate has made a brilliant cont ribut ion t o t he nation . . . T he X -29, wit h its f or ward swept-w ing design, is t he f irst mann ed X -series aircraf t to be developed and f light tested in over a decade. Colonel A llbur n has provided t he superior mana gerial and technical leadership t hat has en sured t he program ’ s success.

A ccording to t he award nominat ion.

Colonel A llburn’ s leadership led t o t he f irst f light of t he X -29, providing t he im portant design and development lessons t hat w ill be applied to our nation ’s f uture f ighter aircraf t . H e encouraged bot h t he services and t he bidding cont ract ors t o in clude t he w idest range of new technologies int o t he X -29, including it s distinct ive f or ward swept w ing, it s canard and f lap con t rol sur f aces, digit al f light control system , and its advanced com posite wing con

A ir Force A ir D emonst rat ion Squadron (T hunderbirds) . W it h t he right com bina t ion o f leadership ability and f lying sk ills, he precisely directed an operat ion of 12 aircraf t , 155 personnel , and a logist ics capability to bring t he A ir Force T hunder-

D ef ense A dvanced

Research

w h o i s t h e co m m a n d er / l ead er o f t h e U .S .

A gency (DA RPA) X-29 A dvanced Tech

st r u ct i o n .

C olonel A llburn wor k ed incessantly t o get many government organizat ions in volved in t he program : T he A ir Force pro viding it s A dvanced D evelopment Pr o gram O f f ice and procurement act ivity , t he N at ional A eronaut ics and Space A d minist ration providing f light test support and w ind t unnel testi ng, and t he N avy providing analyses of t he f light cont rol system . A ccording t o t he nom inat ion, t he high-risk , high-payof f X -29 pr ogram w ould not have happened wit hout C ol onel A llburn ’s leadership .

T he award will be presented during H omecoming ’ 85, at t he Jabara A ward Recept ion and Banquet on Saturday , Sept . 2 1.

T he ot her dist inguished Jabara A ward n o m i n ees f o r 1985 ar e :

M aj . L A RRY D . A U T RY , ’7 1, of Stra tegic A ir Command , f or recognizing and successf ully advocat ing tw o k ey design changes which will mak e the B- I B aircraf t successf ul in f ul f illing it ’ s r ole as a “ longrange i ntercont inental weapons system .

T h e m o d i f i cat i o n s —

a St al l I n h i b i t o r

System (SI S) and a Stability E nhancement Function (SEF) — will allow t he B- I B t o per f orm low alt itude f light at heavier gr oss weight s, yet provide an adequate 30

birds

D em o n st r a t i o n

T ea m

to

the

A merican and f oreign public in their most success dem onst rat ion season ( 1984) to d ate.

C o l . J a m es A l l b u r n saf ety margin, and are crit ical to t he viability of t he B- I B as a st rategic deter r en t f o r ce.

M aj . JO H N D . W . CO RL EY , ’ 73, of Paci f ic A ir Forces, w ho as chief . A g gressor Operat ions, 6200 T act ical Fight er T rai ni ng Squadr on , dram at ically en

h an ced t h e t act i ca l aw a r en ess o f m o r e

t han 1,000 aircrews in t he U .S. A ir Force, N avy , M arine C orps and t he Royal T hai l a n d A i r F o r ce .

Capt . A L L EN J . D I CK I N SO N , ’76, o f t he A ir Force M anpower and Personnel Center , who as t he U .S. A ir Force/ Royal D anish A ir Force Exchange O f f icer , RD A F Sk yrdst rup , D enmar k , produced dram at ic improvement s in Royal D anish A ir Force combat capabilities.

Capt . D EN N I S M . JO N ES, ’ 80, of M ilitary A irli f t Command , w ho dist in guished himsel f t hrough superior leader ship and f lying per f ormance as the U H I N aircraf t com mander in direct support of t he vice president ’ s Sout h Flor ida T ask Force’ s operation Bahamas and T ur k s.

T he j oint t ask f orce combat s drug t raf f ic f l o w i n t o t h e U n i t ed St at es.

Col . D OM I N I CK R . M A RT I N EL L I , ’63, of A ir Force Systems Command , who as chief of t he A tlas Sat ellite Program s D ivision , directed t he f ield m anagement of f ive nationally important space pr o gram s. H e also managed t he f ield process ing of the A t las booster as well as t he operat ion of t he launch sites and t he A tlas guidance system .

Capt . ST EV EN E . SA GU E , ’79, of A ir T raining Command , who exhibited out st anding j udgment , courage and f lying sk ill in recovering a T -37 aircraf t af ter t he pilot in t he lef t seat who was f lying t he air craf t suf f ered a seizure. Capt . Sague had

C ol . SA M W . W EST BRO O K I I I , ’ 63, of U .S. A ir Forces in E urope, w ho demonst rated excellent leadership as com mander of t he 48t h T act ical Fighter W ing at RA F L akenheat h, England , U nder his com mand , the wing’s “ people pr ogram s’ ’ w ere great ly improved , and t he w ing con sistent ly earned oustanding results in com petit ions, inspect ions and evaluations.

T h e J ab ar a A w a r d w i n n er s ar e sel ect ed

annually by t he A cademy and t he A ssoc iatio n

of

G r ad u a t es o n

b eh al f

of

the

Jabara f am ily t o honor a “ U SA FA graduate w hose cont ributions are of such signi f icance as to set t hem apart f rom t heir contem poraries.’ ’ N om inees’ act ions must be direct ly associated w it h an aerospace vehicle or component .

A ward winners generally f all int o tw o categories, receiving recognit ion eit her f or an individual heroic act , or f or a sustained superior per f ormance over a period o f t im e.

T he award was est ablished in January

o f 1967 an d f i r st aw a r d ed i n 196 8 .

T h e aw ar d i s n a m ed f o r C o l o n el Ja m es

Jabara, A merica’ s f irst j et ace and second leadi ng ace in t he K orean W ar . C olonel Jabara’ s dist inguished milit ary career end

ed i n N o v em b er 1966 w h en h e d i ed w h i l e

serving as com mander of t he 3 1st T actical Fighter W ing at H omestead A FB , Fla. A combat sort ie he f lew in July of t hat year made him a combat pilot of t hree wars.

The nominees are screened by a Jabara

A ward Select ion C om m it tee comprised of graduate members of t he A ssociat ion of

G r a d u a t es. T h ei r f i n al r eco m m en d a t i o n i s

f orwarded t o t he superintendent f or ap pr oval .

T h e m em b er s o f t h e sel ect i o n co m m i t

t e e f o r t h e 19 8 5 J a b a r a A w a r d

f o r A ir

manship were C ol . Johnnie H . H all , ’63, chair man; Col . Fred Port er (U SA F , Ret) , ’60; M aj . D ick Swanson , ’70; M aj . T om M ahr , ’ 71; Capt . A 1 Plot t er , ’75; and Capt . T anya Regan, ’ 80.

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

R ober t J. N ewson, Jr., ’60

William H amp ton H ar r is, ’65

R ober t J . N ewson, J r., ’60 Robert J . N ewson, Jr . , C lass of 1960 , died on M arch 23, 1984, at El Camino H ospital i n M ountain V iew , Cali f ., af ter an i l l n ess

w i t h ca n cer . H e w as 4 5 .

M r . N ew so n w as a n a t i v e o f L o u i si a n a an d r ecei v ed a m a st e r ’ s

degree in business administration from Stanford University i n

1970. A t t he t ime of his deat h, he was a self -employed r ea l est a t e syndicat or in Redw ood C it y , Cali f .

H e is survived by two sons, Eri k and Christian N ewson; h i s wif e, Bonnie; t hree half -brot hers, Jim Edwards, Bruce E d w a r d s

and Glenn Edwards; and two half-sisters, Bonnie Hight a n d L en o r e M u n cie .

William H amp ton H arr is, ’65 W illiam H ampton H ar ris, Class of 1965, was f ound dead o f natural causes on A pril 13, 1985 in his apartment in Joliet , 111.

He was born an “ A rmy brat ’ ’ in Freeport , 111., on July 18, 1942 while his father was on active duty and he grew up in a military

environment . A s a youth. Bill spent many years in Europe w i t h his family and was very interested in science and history. A f t er

returning t o t he U nited States he was involved in his high school

N o t r e D a m e i n t h e f al l o f 1984 .

A memorial service was held in Jol iet on A pril 17. O n A pril 22,

Bill’s ashes were interred in the A cademy cemetery. H i s en t i r e family accompanied the cremains to Colorado Springs.

He is survived by his parents, M aj . (USA , Ret) and M r s .

W illiam G . H arris of Elwood , 111; a brot her , Jerald D . H arris; a

sister, Carolyn (A nthony) Costa; and nieces Cynthia an d Su za n n e C o st a .

A sof t snow f ell during t he military graveside services. A pril is a

time of transition; Bill was in a period of transition. T h e sn o w seemed appropriate for the solemn peaceful ceremony. L ovely baskets of flowers were placed by the grave. One was f r o m t h e

C lass of 1965. T he ot her f rom t he superintendent , staf f a n d f acu l ty, and the Cadet Wing. These flowers were a surprise and great ly appreciated by Bill ’ s f am ily .

H is parent s have had a t ree planted in t he M em orial T r ee G r o v e

near the chapel in Bill’s honor . A t last Bill has rej oined so m e o f his peers and comrades in the peaceful serenity of t he A cademy cemetery. May he rest in peace. We miss him. (H is parents) R ay m ond J ohn Bsher o, ’70

years and graduated w it h high honors in bot h academics a n d

Bill began his college career in 1960 at the University of I llinois, Champaign-Urbana and was designated the outstanding f r esh man cadet of the ROTC infantry unit . In A pril 1961, h e r ecei v ed appointments to both West Point and the A ir Force A cademy, choosing the lat ter and graduat ing in 1965.

A fter graduation he entered pilot training and was assigned t he

F-4 Phant om . H e served t wo t ours in Sout heast A sia, t h e f i r st at

Danang from 1967 to 1968. He flew 215 missions during t h i s t o u r .

H e volunteered f or a second tour to f ly t he missions f o r

cl assm at es w h o w er e sh o t d o w n a n d k i l l ed . T h i s t o u r

w as

h is at

Ray m ond J ohn Bsher o, ’70

Bill spent much of his t ime in V eterans A dminist ration hospitals during t he 15 years bef ore his deat h . H e enj oyed f am ily gat herings and was ecstat ic w hen t he Falcon f oot ball t ea m b eat

ROTC program and was a company commander in his j unior year. He was a member of the National Honor Society f o r t w o ROT C .

Wb

Raymond J . Bshero , C lass o f 1970, died of cancer in N e w C a s t le, Pa., on A pril 14, 1985. Ray is survived by his wi f e, K at ie, and his 11-mont h-old son , Sam uel John , who reside at 127 H azel cr o f t A venue, N ew Cast le, Pa. 16 105. H e is also survived by his brot h ers (M ichael and Joseph) and his sisters (M aryanne and D iana) .

Raymond’s parents, Samuel and Emmalene, predeceased h i m .

I first got to know Ray when we were stationed together a t t h e

U .S. A ir Force Special O perat ions School at H ulburt Field (Eglin

A ir Force Base), Fla. I t was Ray’s first assignment . A ssigned as a n i n st r u ct o r i n t h e So u t h east A si a a n d M i d d l e E ast a r ea st u d i es programs of t he school , Ray t ack led his inst ruct or d u t i es w i t h t h e

U dorn, T hailand in 1969. A f ter f lying 54 m issions, h e b e c a m e crit ically ill .

zest , vigor and vit alit y t hat always mar k ed him , w het her a t t h e

L ist and was subsequent ly permanently retired with 100 percent disability . H is military decorations included t he Silver Star , t he

what he was about get t o him — and , even m ore t han t hat , wit h t he ability , t hrough his inf ect ious hum or and relaxed demeanor , to mak e t hings easier f or everyone ar ound him when t he pressure

In 1970, Bill was placed on the Temporary Disability R et i r ed

Distinguished Flying Cross with one oak leaf cluster, t h e B r o n ze Star, and the A ir Medal with 17 clusters, among others.

podium, the handball court , or (later) in the cockpit . H e w a s o n e of those rare individuals who seemed never to let the pressures of

w as o n .

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James N . Spendley, ’76

Stanley G. H inok i, ’71

R onald R . B or th wick, ’77

A t the time of his death Raymond was a DC-9 copilot f o r U .S .

A ir and a fighter pilot (A -7) with the rank of maj or i n t h e P e n n sylvania A ir National Guard.

It was only much after we had been stationed together t h a t I

A fter graduation f rom the 12th Squadron, Ron had gone o n t o Undergraduate Pilot Training at Williams A ir Force Base, and

appear . There was the bout with a very serious illness t h a t c a m e close to ending his life while he was a cadet . There was his persis tent and ultimately successful drive to overcome the m ed i cal

f in d o u t .

f ound out t hat it had not been as easy f or Ray as he h ad m ad e i t

problems he had encountered in order to achieve his am b i t i o n o f

pinning on a set of U .S. A ir Force wings. A nd finally t h er e w as his last illness, an illness t hat he bore wit h grace, courage, dignity and calm resolve t o beat it i f he could .

While Raymond wasn’t able to beat the last illness, as h e h ad

conquered so many obstacles beforehand, his spirit w a s n o t crushed in the fight . On the contrary, j ust as he has always done, he made it look (almost) easy and simply persevered and per se vered and persevered, until there was nothing else l ef t i n h i m t o f ight wit h .

W ell done, Raymond , so very well done.

A memorial f und has been established in Raymond ’ s name an d

donations may be sent to the Raymond J. Bshero M emorial Fund, A ssociation of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, C o l o .

80840. (R ichard L . Guido, ’66)

James N . Sp endley, ’76

Capt . James N. Spendley, Class of 1976, died on A pril 16, 1985, in the Veteran’s A dministration Hospital at White R i v er Junction, Vt ., after a long illness. He was a flight co m m a n d er .

Capt . Spendley was born Feb. 7, 1954 in Newport , Vt . H i s parents were Frank and Rosemary (O’Neil) Spendley of S t .

A lbans. H e was married t o Janet W end

of Colorado Springs i n

19 7 7 .

A t the A cademy he was a member of Cadet Squadron 35 an d upon graduation attended pilot training at L aughlin A i r F o r ce Base, Texas. A ssignments as a KC-135 pilot and aircraft c o m

mander f ollowed at Platt sburgh A ir Force Base, N .Y ., an d M i n o t A ir Force Base, S.D .

He is survived by his wife, Janet ; two sons, Daniel a n d Christopher; three brothers, Paul, Frank and Kevin; an d t h r ee sisters, Mary Ellen, Kathleen and Ginger.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made t o t h e Vermont Cancer Society, Drawer C, M ontpelier, Vt . 05602.

R onald R . B or th wick, ’77 Ronald R . Bort hwick , Class of 1977, died on Jan . 25, 19 8 5

from inj uries suf fered in a hang-gliding accident near C oloma,

Cali f . A t t he t ime, Ron was w ork ing t oward advanced hang-glider rat ings.

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t h en o n t o A l t u s A i r F o r ce B ase w h er e h e f l ew K C - 135s. R o n

separated from the A ir Force in Jan. 1984, being not quit e sure where in li f e he wanted t o go , but cont ent t o t ak e so m e t i m e t o

T he next several mont hs o f his li f e w ould be spent doing t hings

many of us only dream of doing. With his wife, Laurie, R o n toured in Japan, Thailand, India, and Nepal during t he spri ng of 1984, and in t he sum mer , hik ed f rom San Francisco t o N ew Y o r k City .

Having accumulated a sackfull of memories, and with t h e t i m e to plan, Ron and Laurie then settled in Rancho Cordova, Cali f . , where she would begin nurse practitioner training in f am ily prac tice, while Ron would ready for completion of work o n a n M .B.A . degree at the University of California at Sacramento.

During the years after graduation I ’d had primarily only long

distance contact w it h Ron , but lett er and phone com municat ions seemed t o conf irm t hat Ron was litt le changed . H is outward easy

going manner and pleasantness disguised an inner concern a n d constant awareness of sel f and j ob — always examining, quest ion

ing, and trying to understand. What at times was mislabeled a n attitude problem” at the A cademy was really an honest a t t em p t to be obj ective about a problem, or about the value o f a given planned activity. A nd no one was harder to face if t h e r at i o n al e o r purpose of some phase of training was weak . His honesty ev o k ed ( t

t he sam e honest y f rom t hose he w ork ed w it h . A nd unlik e m a n y ot hers w ho only ident i f y and com plain about problems, R o n o f f ered alt er nat ives and solut ions w it h ref reshing initiat ive a n d

imagination. This carried over into his personal life as w el l a n d

allowed Ron to st ep back out of t he mainst ream of li f e t o enj oy it f o r a w h ile.

A few paragraphs cannot sum up life, nor a person, but per haps can stir up memories. We will miss Ron’s friendship, a n d regret his life was stopped short — his inventiveness and energy lost f or us all . I ’ m t hank f ul t hough , t hat he and L aurie sh ar ed some of t he “ dream s” t hat li f e has t o of f er . (Cap t. D a v id P . K iss inger, ’77) Stanley G. H inok i, ’77

Capt . Stanley G. Hinoki, Class of 1977, was killed i n t h e c r a s h

of a C- 130 ai rcraf t near Fort H ood , T exas on M arch 12, 1985. H e was a member of t he 62nd T act ical A irli f t Squadron , L i t t l e R o c k A ir Force Base, A rk ., at t he t ime of his deat h and w as ab o ar d t h e aircraf t as an inst ruct or navigat or .

A t the A cademy he was a member of Cadet Squadron 4. Early in his career he served as a C- 130 navigat or wit h t he 34 5t h T act i cal

A irlift Squadron at Yokota A ir Base, Japan, after attending navigator training at M ather A ir Force Base, Calif .

He is survived by his parents M r . and M rs. Hiroyuki A . H i n o k i of Santa C lara, Calif .

pre™ stune^ TiaTE r^

graduat es. T hey are: L t . Col . C harles D . Conover (U SA F , Ret) , Class of 196 1, who died on July 1 in O hio .

M r . W alter P . H arveson , Class of 1973, w ho died af ter a prolonged illness at t he V eteran’ s A dm i nistration H ospital in Buf falo , N .Y . on July 20.

Capt . M ichael E . Cox , Class o f 1975, who died in an F-4D aircraf t accident approxi matel y 50 miles south/ sout heast o f T yndall A ir Force Base, Fla. on M ay 22.

Capt . L aw rence J . Shunk , C lass of 1979, w ho died f rom inj uries suf f ered in an aut o accident in A rizona o n M ay 18.

Capt . D aniel S. Sullivan, C lass o f 1982, who died in a n D onn K . M cCork indale, ’82 First L ieutenant D onn K ent M cCork indale, C lass of 1982, d i ed in an 0 -2A aircraf t crash w hile operat ing at Peason Range, L a. (near England A ir Force Base) , on M ay 14, 1985. H e w a s deployed on temporary dut y f rom t he 2 1st T actical A ir Support Squadron (T A SS) at Shaw A ir Force Base, S.C .

L ieutenant M cCork indale graduated f rom Randolph A ir F o r c e Base H igh School in 1978 and at t he A cademy served as t h e f al l

squadron commander of Cadet Squadron 28. He also played

f ootball and was a member of t he 1981- 1982 squadron i n t r am u r al champion boxing t eam .

Following graduat ion f rom t he A cademy , he at tended U n d er graduate Pilot T raining at L aughlin A ir Force Base, T exas, wit h Class 83-06. H e was subsequent ly assigned as a f orward a i r co n t roller with t he 2 1st T A SS, 507t h T act ical A ir Cont r ol W ing. H e also served w it h t he 1-75 Ranger Batt alion and made m o r e t h a n 4 0 tact ical parachute j um ps. H e was an experienced 0 -2 pilot and f light lead at t he t ime of his deat h .

H e was buried wit h f ull military honors at Ft . Sam H o u st o n N ational Cemetery in San A nt onio , T exas. L ieutenant M cC o r k i n dale is survived by his parent s, D onald K . and Geraldine, a n d t w o sisters, M arcia and M ichelle, all of U niversal City , T e x a s .

A m em o r i al f u n d h as b een est ab l i sh ed i n h i s n am e at t h e A i r

Force A cademy . Cont ribut ions may be sent t o t he D onn K . M c Cor k indale M emorial Fund , A ssociat ion of G raduates, U .S . A i r Force A cademy , C olo . 80840. (1st L t. M ik e F r itz, ’82)

F - 15 a i r cr a f t acci d en t i n A l ask a o n J u n e 24 .

O u r co n d o l en ces t o t h e f a m i l i es a n d f r i en d s o f t h ese

graduates. T heir magazine.

obit uaries will

appear

in a f ut ure

T wo Cadets K il led;

T h r ee H u r t i n C r ash T wo cadet s were k illed and t hree inj ured in a one-car acci d en t on t he A cademy Boulevard exit ramp f rom I nterstat e 25 on A pril

20 .

T h o se k i l l ed i n t h e cr ash w er e C ad et Seco n d C l ass F r an k T .

V eldhuizen Jr . , 2 1, of Sunnyvale, Cali f ., and Cadet T h i r d C l ass Conrad D . K ipp , 2 1, o f D ayt on O hio . C2C V eldhuizen w a s m a

j oring in behavioral science, while C3C Kipp was maj oring i n basic academics. Bot h cadet s were in Cadet Squadron 2 3 .

Inj ured were Cadet First Class Ralph T . M cKinney, Cadet

T h i r d C l ass M ar k W . Sh a f er an d C ad et F o u r t h C l ass D av i d G .

Ball , also in C S-23.

A ccording t o of f icials, t he 1978 T oyot a L andcruiser driven by C I C M cK inney ran of f t he road , went int o a broadside sk id , rolled t hree t imes and ej ect ed t he f ive cadet s.

A memorial service f or Cadet K ipp was held in t he Cadet C hapel , and he w as buried in his homet ow n of D ayt on . F u n er a l services f or Cadet V eldhuizen were i n t he Cadet Chapel f o l l o w e d

by interment at the A cademy cemetery. (The Falcon Flyer)

O 'M alleys and Crew: a ' 'tremendous loss T he death of Gen . Jerome F . O ’M alley , his wi f e and t h r e e crewmembers is “ . . .an ext remely sad t ime f or all of u s a n d a t remendous loss t o our count ry and t he A ir Force, ’ ’ sa i d Secretary of t he A ir Force V er ne O rr in a statement r el eased a f t er t h e f at al ai r cr a f t cr ash .

General O ’ M alley , commander o f T actical A ir Command , h i s wif e D iane and all t hree crew mem bers died on A pril 20, in t he crash of a CT -39 Saberliner . T he plane was at tempting t o l a n d at Scrant on/ W ilk es Barre, Pa., A irport w hen it overshot t h e r u n way , sk idded dow n a clif f and burned , T A C of f icials sa i d . “ I k now I speak f or everyone in t he A ir Force when I express our prof ound grief f or t he tragic loss of General and M r s .

O ’ M alley and t he competent crew of his aircr f t , ” said t h e secr et a r y .

“ W e extended our deepest sympat hy to the O ’ M alley f amily

a n d t h e f am i l i es o f t h e o t h er v i ct i m s i n t h ei r t i m e of grief ,’ ’ t he

secret ary cont inued . “ W e shall miss t hem all .’ ’ T he twin-engine j et lef t L angley at about 5 p .m . T he c r a sh o c curred about an hour later near t he general ’ s homet own o f C a r bondale. Pa. General O ’M alley was scheduled t o speak a t a b a n quet sponsored by the Boy Scout s of A merica.

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General O ’M alley , one of 13 A ir Force f our-stars, took c o m mand of T A C seven mont hs ago . C om mand of f icials said t h e

general was known for the importance he placed on A ir F o r c e

f amilies. H e of t en said one o f his t op priorit ies was A i r F o r c e f amilies, a T A C spok esman said .

I n t he mid- 1960s. General O ’ M alley f lew the f irst operat ional

m i ssi o n o f t h e SR - 7 1. H e ser v ed a s t h e A i r F o r ce v i ce ch i ef o f st af f in 1982, bef ore t ak ing command of t he Paci f ic A i r F o r ces.

I n January 1955, he was assigned as an air t raining o f f i cer at

t he A ir Force A cademy , t hen locat ed at L owry A FB , C olo .

Just last year in June, General O ’ M alley returned t o t h e A cademy as t he guest and f eat ured speak er f or t he Class o f 1959 ’ s 25t h reunion . H is speech was reprinted in t he wi nter 19 8 4 - ’ 8 5 issue of the magazine.

Funeral services were held at A rlingt on N ational Cemetery , V a .

M emorial services t ook place at L angley f or all f ive v i c t i m s .

A memorial f und is being established by t he A cademy A sso ci a t ion of Graduates in memory of G eneral O ’ M alley . T hose wishi ng t o d o n at e sh o u l d m ai l co n t r i b u t i o n s t o : T h e G en . a n d M r s .

Jerome F . O ’ M alley M emorial Fund , T he A ssociat ion of G raduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colorado Springs, C o l o .

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C L A SS N EW S Leigh HUNT did stay for dinner . He and wife Cealie passed by on t hei r way to see Leigh’s son, Jim, graduate from high school i n V ir gi nia. Sub j ects of mutual interest of course were cats and retirement . L eigh w i ll stay

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in Brandon , F L f or ret ir em ent . O ne T OY t o t he Pentago n w a s a l l i t t o o k to r em i nd hi m t hat Flor i da is ver y , very nice.

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My last column goaded Jim CHA PMA N into action. Jim a n d K a r e n are coming for a visit (after column deadline) and w e ar e loo k i ng f o rw ar d to seeing them as we had a great time together last year at t he reunio n .

P ercent mem bers: 75

Hello from somewhere. By the time this is printed, I w i ll have j oi ned many of you in retirement — address unknown. Because I sh a m ed h i m i n to it , and because he does have an address, and because I d i d n ’ t m en t i o n his name enough last time, R.L . PENN will again write t h e cl a ss c o l u m n .

His address is: 7968 Hiddenbridge Drive, Springfield, V A 2 2 15 3 . H i s phone number is (703) 455-5620. Call him collect . R.L . i s now w or k ing f or C om puter Science C or porat ion , as an aer ospace system s analyst , but

he says he could be enticed to greener pastures.

R .L . did f or war d t o me t w o let ter s, a lo ng f ol k sy one f r o m C l a r k LOVRIEN and a short newsy one f rom C. Checkmark — I f inally f igur ed o u t t h a t w a s C .V . M I L L E R .

C lar k L O V R I E N is st i ll i n A lbuq uer que w here he and R eb a h a v e a

cleaning company and fabric protection company. They a l so o w n a f a b r i c

protection company in Denver. Clark wrote much news a b o u t h i s children, but I ’ll mention only his oldest son, Clark I I I , w ho is a sai lor on the fast attack nuclear powered sub, USS A lbuquerque. C lar k says he oc casionally sees Dave A RCH I NG who changes j obs as required t o st a y a t Kirtland A FB. Clark further reports that Floyd HESTER is f lyi ng f or an unnam ed air l ine t hat does tw o r ou nd t r ips a day betw een L .A . a n d N ew a r k .

C.V. M I L LER says he also is retiring at “ 26” , something h e ’ s b een planning for the last year . He says Bob and Jeanne BL A K E ar e doi ng super . Bob is working for industry plus doing construction w o r k . A 1 a n d Janet WATERS are also in the Eglin area. A 1 still commands t h e 3 9 t h

A RR W and f l ys t he C - 130 and helicopter s.

O t her t han t hose tw o let ter s, w r it t en i nf o has been somew hat palt r y , but I have been blessed w it h m any visi ts by d i f f erent f olk s. I t i s am azi ng the number of people who can find their way to M oody Field i n V aldosta, GA . Just checking up on the best base in the A ir Force I guess. Gener al D ick C A R R w as here i n M ay f or an o f f icial vi sit and som e f l ying in a JC S

exercise. He was in from George A FB where he is the d i v i si o n c o m mander . He is hale and hearty, but was looking forward t o r etu r ni ng t o George and seeing his daughter graduate f rom high school . T h er e w a s a little problem while he was at M oody. We had him in t he ver y best suite,

but somehow a water leak i n t he ceili ng blew out t he bat hr oom l ight w hen D ick t ur ned t he sw itch on . Gener al CA R R w as ver y nice a b o u t i t . T h a n k s D i ck .

N o so o n er d i d D i c k l ea v e i n h i s F -4 G t h a n G en er a l J o h n D A V E Y a r r ived . John , t he division com mander at L u ke A FB , w as a l so h er e

monitoring the JCS exercise. John, however , arrived via C - 12, all dandied up in starched fatigues. A nother hale and hearty fellow w hose yout hf ul appearance belies his age and position. The visit was t o o sh o r t J o h n ; please stay for dinner next time.

Jim is a D elta A i r li nes captai n based i n D all as. H e says he f l ys “ r eser ve” a lot i n t he 727. I hope you ai r l i ne types u nder stand w h a t t h a t m ea n s . J i m mentioned a get-together in Dallas with himself , R.L . PE N N , D avey G RO A R K , Jo n B L A C K and ot her s, but t hat is al l t he det ail I h a v e .

NOTE: I f you see this column as somewhat disj ointed, it is par t ial ly because I am writing it poolside at the H ilton Inn, Jek yll I sland , G A and t he bat hing suit s k eeps i nt er r upt i ng .

M o re visi tor s to V aldosta and M oody Field w ere Joe a n d J o D E SA N

T IS. They were on their way to Flordia for a family r eu n i o n . G o d f a t h er

D E SA N T I S has amassed , as near as I can t el l , somew here b et w een 2 3 a n d 47 childr en , gr andchildr en , nephew s, nieces, et c. I t hi nk he’ s rent i ng

Disney World for the weekend. Joe is still with Lockheed i n A t l a n t a . W e

had d inner t oget her and he passed o n lot s o f i nf o r e ’ 59er s. I ho pe I w r ote it dow n cor rect ly .

Joe M O RG A N has i nterview ed w i t h L ock heed . Joe is planning r et i r e ment and hopes t o st ay i n t he east . C raig SC H A U M , at W r ight Pat ter son , is ret ir i ng but plans aren ’ t def i nit e at t hi s w r it i ng . Flak W I L L I A M S h a s a b a n d o n ed h i s ci v i l ser v a n t st a t u s i n t h e F - 15 S P O a n d

has gone to work for LOGICON . Joe DESA NT IS has Flak’s pho ne number if anybody needs money. Ed JOSEPHSON is working i n B o st o n but living in New Hampshire. Ed, the New Hampshire St a t e A v i a t i o n Department is advertising for inspectors. A t last report D a v e S H E A R I N was still at HQ MA C in DOS — whatever DOS is. The only n ew s J o e could give me on Jimmie JA Y was that he is retired and st il l laughi ng, st i ll giggling, still singing. D.D . A NDERSON is still in C ast le Rock , C O sel l ing real estate. Hey D .D ., I have land in Russellville, but I ’ m goi ng t o keep it — I t hink . Br ock ST RO M is st il l at t he Space D ivision i n L .A . ,

so m ew h er e n ea r t h e Sa n A n d r ea s f a u l t .

N ow the W ashi ngt on scene — St eve H A M E R has ret ur ned t o D .C . H e h a d a n o f f er h e c o u l d n ’ t r ef u se ! ? K en t M O N T A V O N i s st i l l t h er e . H e tal k s o f r et ir ement but no act ion yet . D ennie SEE has n o t r et i r ed b u t m u st be thinking about it . A s I understand it, Trudi SEE h a s b ec o m e a n

out st anding success as a buyer f or a D .C . depar t ment st ore and is mak i ng m i llio ns. D ennie, let her su ppor t you t he next 26.

News of the Pentagon generals. H .T . JOHNSON is def initely n o t

ret ired . H e is w or k i ng har der t han ever as chair man o f t h e A i r St a f f Boar d w hich I am t old is becom ing m or e and m or e i m po rt ant i n t h e schem e o f t hi ngs. Bob D E L L I G A T T I is i n P R l , I nter nat ional P r ogr am s.

I t hink t hat eq uates t o ar m s salesm an . A 1 GA G L I A R D I i s i n t h e C A PST O N E pr ogram . I k now it sou nds si nister , but he only t r ai ns ot her

generals. H mmm, that is sinister. Charlie MA Y plays w i t h I C B M s —

somet hi ng t o do w i t h moder nizat ion . Bef ore I leave t he W ashi ngt on scene, I m ust ment i on Pet e W I N T E RS. Pete w as st il l a t A n d r ew s a s t h e

System Command IG. One of his maj or programs, however,

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gr aduat ing seniors f r om high school .

Joe D E SA N T I S ment ioned an i n f or m al pol l he conducted a m o n g ’ 59er s. T he subj ect w as Ron L A N M A N ’ s ef f o rt to have t he A cadem y F ield H ouse named i n honor o f V al BO U RQ U E . I nd icat io ns a r e t h a t t h e A ssociat ion o f G r aduat es is not suppo r t i ng Ron ’ s ef f or t . I f you have any st r ong f eeli ngs one w ay o r t he ot her , w ri te t o Joe a n d t o t h e A sso c i a t i o n o f G r aduates. Please not e: I t ’ s your A cadem y ; you should ca r e . W r i t e !

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the cur r en t m or ator i um in order to al l o w suf f icien t tim e to p ass to p er m i t gr aduates t o " mak e their mar k . ” Only this p r ocess w i l l i n s u r e t h a t

graduate memorializations stand the test of time.)

Speaking of writing f olks, we can only brag about you i f you k eep us

in f or med . O t her t han t he let t er s f rom C .V . and C lar k , w e ’ v e r ecei v ed a let ter f r om t he edit or about “ i m plied ver bs” and t hr ee change-o f -add r ess car ds. W e had al r eady to ld you abou t General Ji m R H O D E S w h o i s locked int o C heyenne M ount ai n each day as t he com mander d i rect o r .

NORA D/ SPA CECOM M A N D . I ’ l l tel l you what Ji m, t hat “ SPACECOMM A ND” really has a ring to it ! Wayne PITTMA N (already reported) sent a change-of-address card noting only an A PO

change. W hat can you expect f r om a base com mander ? W ay ne, you send a letter, before Christmas, and tell us about England. Brevi ty , t hy nam e is W alter E . SC H M I D T , E sq . W alt ’ s change-o f -addr ess card says, “ M y o ld add ress is on t he stam ped side ret ur n . M y new add ress f o r a l l co r respondence is now : W al ter E . Schm id t , 8 100 Balcones D r ive, Sui te 143,

A ustin, TX 78759, (512) 345- 1960. What Walt is saying i s t h a t h e m o v ed

f rom N ew Y or k t o T exas. I ’ m not sur e I li k e t hat telepho ne num ber , W alt . Y ou m ight consider havi ng i t changed .

I have seen L ar ry JO L L Y . H e w as k i nd enough to respond to my son ’ s i nvitat io n t o gr aduat ion f r om C o lorad o School o f M ines. W e met L ar r y in D enver . H e f l ew i n “ Space-A ” and w as delayed in deplani ng as he visi ted t he cock pit t o give t he U ni ted pilot a debr ief on t he appr oach to D enver and a f ew poi nt er s on t he 767. L ar r y is now a check pi lot / st an ev a l f o r A m er i ca n A i r l i n es i n b o t h t h e 7 6 7 a n d 7 2 7 . Says he’s w or k i ng har der t han ever — and don ’ t let hi m k id you , he loves i t !

R e A ir Force/ N avy game i n Oct ober . Freddy W Y N N is host i ng b r u n c h at his home bef or e t he game. Y ’ all co me! A lso , Pr esident D E SA N T I S i s co ncer ned about our poor response to t he boat cr uise sc h ed u l ed i n 19 8 8 .

Joe says it is t he oppor t uni ty o f a li f et i me — t he pr ice is r ight — and t he com pany w il l be except ional ! I ’ ve never met anybody w h o h a s b een o n a cr uise t hat d id n ’ t t hr oughly enj oy it . Joe is very inter est ed in yo ur t houghts on t he cr uise. W r it e o r cal l t o tel l hi m i f you believe it is t oo long, t oo expensive, t oo m any people, or bad t im i ng . Bet ter yet , m ak e r eser v a t i o n s. Y ’ a l l c o m e .

I f you did not read t he A cademy Boar d o f V isit ors br ief r ep o r t o n pages 24-25 o f t he Spr i ng Checkp oin ts, please do so . C o m m en t s o n r et en tion and com ment s on t he H ono r C ode were int er est i ng . T h e ed i t o r o f Checkp oints has written that he will continue printing t he many let ter s he h a s r ec ei v ed o n t h e H o n o r C o d e .

Q U EST I O N S: D id t he L A gr oup get organized? R .S.F . JE N N I N G S, are you ret i ri ng? D id you sel l your house yet ? I s t he mor ali ty/ honest y o f t he present gener at io n enter i ng t he A cademy really d i f f er en t f r o m o u r s a t t hat same st age? T ed JO H N SO N , do you recom mend Si lsbee, T X f o r a r et irement hom e? John G U L L E G E and D an H A RD A G E , w hen a r e y o u going to update your graduate Register information? W here is W iley C O Y OT E ? D id anyone read t he f i ne pr i nt in t he R egister not i ng t hat “ by regulat ion ’ ’ order o f mer it may not be publ ished f or c l a sses a f t er 19 7 9 ?

R .R . RO BE RT S, w hat ar e you doing in G eor gia? T .I . A N D E R SO N , w hy? L A ST Q U E ST I O N S: W hy is it you never see a W est Point gr aduat e w it hout class r i ng and never see an A F A cademy grad w i t h o n e?

Remember , send all i n f o , quest ions, and comp lain ts t o R . L . P E N N .

A .J . ( Rosie) C ler , Jr .

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‘mother’s helper’ in Scarsdale, NY, and Dana (14) is a s t a l l a s h er

m ot her . . .appar ent ly set aside her am bi t ion t o be an N F L quar ter back in f avor o f mo re at tenti on t o t he cur ling i r on . . .M ichael ( 10) j ust signed up f or Payson ’ s yout h bask et ball league, and st ar t ed piano l esso n s . . .w i f e Sandy r et ir ed f r om bei ng high school PT A pr esident af t er a ver y pr od uc ti ve year . . .I ’ m st i ll t he local ‘ pl um ber ’ and once a m o nt h put o n m y blue suit and serve as t he A i r For ce Reserve ur ologist at H i l l A i r F o r c e B a se . ’ ’ T ed H O P K I N S d r opped m e a nice let ter : “ I ’ve m issed a f ew f o r m a ti ons. . .com i ng out w it h my w i f e D aw n f o r t he r euni on i n O ct o b er w i t h Jer ry and M ar sha D A I L Y . Jer r y is a par t ner (C PA ) w i t h T o u c h e R o ss i n C hicago . . .got a not e f r o m D ick H I L L M A N (he and M idge are al so plan ni ng to at tend) . D ick is chief pi lot f o r C ont inent al . . .I ’ m m a r r i ed w i t h t hree child ren . D aw n comes f r om M oli ne, I L , w ent t o sc h o o l a t t h e U . o f N ew M exico and w e w er e mar r ied in G er m any in 1964 . . .t w o boys, a gir l and 437 var ious st r ange pet anim als. . .D aw n i s a cal igr apher and t he hap piest per son I ’ ve ever k now n . . .boys 18 and 16, and D addy ’ s dar l ing at 12 .

A s a f am ily , w e have been : sail i ng, soar i ng, scubai ng , sk ii ng, and bal ooni ng. I w as t he f ir st A mer ican to at t end t he O ut w ar d B o u n d M o u n t a i n School i n E ngland . . .loo k i ng f or w ar d t o t he r eunion . ’ ’ A nd , it ’ s alw ays good t o k now t hat a t al l gener al can st i l l w r i t e h i s o w n let t er s: “ I ’ ll have t he f il m (Scr ibe: he’ s tal k i ng about cl ips f r om t he ’ R oar i n 20’ s) in t he mail j ust as soo n as I can f i nd t hem (Scr ibe: leave it t o a gener al not t o be able t o f ind so met hi ng unless hi s ‘aide-de-dam p ’ or ‘ bat man ’ is st andi ng by) . G lad t o hear t he reunion plans are com i ng alo ng f i ne. K aren and I hope t o be able t o j oi n all o f you . H ave you t old M ar c A N D E RSO N w hy you need t he t ank ?’ ’ A nt hony BU RSH N I C K , o f cour se. (P .S. A s f ar as t he tank is concer ned , T ony , w e n eed s ix .

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L et ter and long phonecon f r om / w it h V ic BO U Q U ET ( ’6 1) w h o st a r t ed wi t h our class. “ D iane and I ar e i n Santa M ar ia, C A . . .r et ir ed t w o y ea r s ago as an 0 -6, af t er ref using a st af f planni ng j ob i n t he A F . . .got involved i n a com pany w it h D i ane m ak i ng w omen ’ s apparel . . .daught er V ick i (23) gr aduated f r om col lege and i s at Secur i ty Paci f ic Bank . . .Son M i k e ’ s 2 1 and a j uni or at C al P oly maj or i ng i n busi ness, w hile M a t t ’ s 18 a n d a f r eshman in engi neer i ng technology .’ ’ (G ood t o hear f ro m you , V ic, af t er 25 year s.)

A n enj oyable telecon w i t h t he C .T . and Brenda D O U G L A SS I I I f am ily r evealed t hat C .T .’ s st il l w it h W ester n , recent ly pr om oted t o f i r st o f f i cer on a D C - 10, t r aveli ng t o H aw aii and M ex ico . T he f am ily (includi ng six-

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r eunion , FOG (Fr ater nit y o f G r ads) com m issioned Pr ice-W ater house t o conduct a sur vey o f al l 1960 gr aduat es, and t he f ol low i ng is a pr eci s o f t heir r esult s: 4 1 have gr ey hai r ; 13 have no hai r . 12 don ’t chew gum ; six don ’ t have t he teeth t o chew gum ; 26 coul dn ’ t sp el l gum . 63 adm it t o drinking martinis; 38 do, but won’t admit it . 74 subscribe t o P lay boy , o ne get s a compli ment ary copy o f t he P lain Tr uth ’, t hr ee now can ’ t r ead ; / never could r ead . 96% possess t he t r ait o f no n-par ei l intellect ; t he ot her 4% got lost i m medi at ely f ollow ing graduat ion . A l m ost a l l w er e f o u n d t o be ei ther incr edibly or m oder ately f u nny (one w asn ’t ) . A t rait not iceably absent am ongst t hose sur veyed w as: H U M I L I T Y .

M issives F r om M ates: H eard by let ter f r om Russ M A C D O N A L D : “ I w il l be leavi ng t he Joint St af f (J-5) af t er t hree year s as br anch chief .

Regional Negotiations. . .had lots of T DY in good places. . .complet ing my 7t h year in D C . . .sett led in a nice house, and w e w ere able t o get al l t hr ee k ids t hr ough t he same high school . . .goi ng t o become t h e A F R O T C D et achment com m ander at V P I in Black sbur g, V A . . .Bar bar a a n d I l o o k f orw ar d to t he change o f pace, and our oldest gi r l is engaged t o a M ar i ne 2nd L t , and t hey plan to get m ar r ied next M ay af t er she gr aduates. . .our a v o c a t i o n i s a 19 57 T h u n d er b i r d . ’ ’

A car d f r om D ean B R I ST O W : “ W e have been i n Payson (U t ah) f o r seven and a hal f year s. . .C hr ist ! is a 20-year -old j unior maj or i ng i n m usic educati on at U tah St at e U niver si ty , pr i nci pal inst r u ment s a r e t h e c el l o and piano. . .Catherine, our bagpipe player , is 18 and w or k ing as a

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Seri ous N otes: A s not ed i n t he last co lum n , Ron L A N M A N ( ’ 59) has r ec o m m en d ed t h a t o u r f i el d h o u se b e n a m ed i n h o n o r o f V al BO U RQ U E .

I f you suppo r t t hat m easur e, w r ite to : M r . W .V . H anchey , Secr et ar y , U SA FA M em or ial B oar d , U SA FA 80840 .

Gener al Jer ry O ’ M alley (f or m er A T O , and speak er at t h e ’ 59 2 5 t h r e u nio n banquet ) and hi s w i f e D iane w ere k il led i n an a i r c r a f t a cc i d en t i n A pr i l . A memor ial f u nd has been est abli shed , and donati ons m ay be f or w ar ded t o t he A O G (d isposi t io n o f t he f u nds w il l be decided by t he O ’ M alley f am i ly) . *

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T r i vial C adet ’60 : The game of absol utely obscur e and t otally mean ingless cadet k no wledge. Everyt hi ng you ’ve f orgot ten a b o u t t h e C l a ss o f 1960 , and som e t hi ngs you never even wan ted t o k now . * 500 puzzli ng q uest ions, baf f i ngly ar r anged on 100 ca r d s . * Five t antal izi ng cat egor ies— T & A , S& M , B«& D , U FO , N & N . ♦ H er met ical ly-sealed i n a handsom e box , f or use i n r et i r em en t . * Y ou ’ ll be an ex per t o n our class, pr ior t o t he 25t h r eu n i o n ! ♦ Just im agi ne your sel f ast ou ndi ng a classm ate. W ow !

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Congr essi onal Appoi nt ee f r om Lyons , Ohi o?

Compl et e l i st of 1960 Rhodes ' schol ar s? embe r s of our Cl ass who be l onged t o t he (S ) MFenc i ng Team?

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This game is not of fered in stores. You’ll become a f unny per son and t he hit o f any par t y . People w il l li ke you and you ’ ll become at t r act ive i n only 24 hour s. Y our f riends w il l be amazed . For only $9.95, t his game w il l cure w ar t s, acne, achi ng j oi nt s, and podiat r ic ailm ents. Sen d c o n t r i b u t i o n s t o A OG , A T T N ; T C -60, U SA FA 80840 . This is a lim i ted of f er .

B ullet i n ; A s a ser vi ce t o t he U .S. Post al Service, w e are seek i ng i n f o r m ati on on t he f oll ow ing “ W anted ” i nd ividuals:

I den tical t wins R C and R C (at R C ’s house) .

Potpourri: Ted STUM M ’s moved to Pope a FB, NC as a colonel,

f or mer add ress w as i n V A . . .T ony JO N E S m oves f r om A ndr ew s t o 4 6 6 4

Rockvale Drive, Las Vegas (close to H owie BRONSON?). . .Barbara a n d Gary CREW saw George FRIES in H onolulu in June. George’s goi ng t o

K orea as an 0 -6, W W M C C S t o Seou l(?) . Said to ask t he R O A C H i f h e

was still trawling in the Blue Onion. . .Col . William R . (F renchy) OUEL LETTE has been appointed the new assistant adj utant gener al f o r Such men are danger ous. (P ho to by I n terp ol) 2 5 t h R eu n i o n : A n o t e f r o m J o h n D en v er : “ D ea r R o si e : T hank you f or t he let ter and i nvit at ion to per f or m at your r eunion . A s m u c h a s I w o u l d love t o be t her e, my schedule has me w or k i ng in N ew Y o r k o n a B r o a d way play at that time.” Darn. Drats. A lso turning us dow n was Johnny C ar son , w hose secr etary cal led me and said : “ T hank s, but , no t hank s.”

W e haven ’t yet hear d f r om I zzy , C ur ly , and M oe. E ven W i l l i e N el so n hasn ’t r esponded . But , w e’ re st il l hop ef ul .

Fest ivit ies st ar t at 3 p .m . on T hur sday , Oct ober 3rd , w i t h regist rat ion , and close Sunday , Oct ober 6t h , w it h a br unch at M itchell H all . (V ar i ous enj oyments are in between, and the party may be held on Fr iday eveni ng , si nce t he game m ight be nat i onally t elevi sed on Sat ur day evening) .

T o dat e, w e have 120 classm ates w ho ’ ve conf ir med at tendance, pl us about 90% o f t heir w ives or f r iends, f or a t ot al of 220-230 . By now , you should have r eceived anot her quest i onnai re—i f you haven ’ t r et u r n ed t hat , do it T O D A Y ! O r , cal l Ji m G L A Z A at 1-800-525-2223 or (303) 598-7534 . D ick SC H E H R sti ll needs phot os o f t hose “ good old days,” so mai l any pict ures you have t o him c/ o t he A O G o f f ice.

W e’ d sure li ke t o hear f r om ; A D A M SO N , A L N W I C K , A M E S, BA K E R , BU JA L SK I , C A N T E R BU RY , CO O K E , C RO FT , C U R R I E R , D A Y , D E E P , E C K W E I L E R , E L SE A , F O L K A R T , F U T C H , G O R H A M , G U T Z W E I L E R , H A L E S, H A L L E R , H A RD I SO N , H A RT , H E I G E S, H I N E S, H O L L Y , H O L T , K A R SH N I C K , K A SPA R , L A L I M E , L E N T S, L E W I S, L U C E , M C C A L L , M O L I N E L L I , M O SI E R , M RO SL A , O ’ K E E FE , REA V E L Y , RO E , SA N D S, SE X T O N , SH I E R , SI N G E R , ST E V E N S, SW E EN EY , T O W N SEN D , W A L SH , W E I N A U G , W E R RE L L , W H A L EY , W E I ST , W O L FSW I N K E L , A N D Y OA K U M . (W on ’t you guys call ?)

W e all m ight have our r easons or lack o f r easons f or at tending or not att endi ng t he reunion . I t hi nk it ’ s best st at ed by a very ser i ous D ek e JO H N SO N , w ho gave me per m issi on t o quot e hi s f eeli ngs a n d c o m m en t s : “ Just saw N el s D E L I SA N T I , and he’ ll be com ing. A t our 20t h , I r oo med w it h t he “ Seal ” (John H enry H U H N ) . H adn ’t k now n him very w ell w hen w e w ere at school . D u r i ng t he r euni on , I got to k now him bet ter , and t o discover w hat a f ant ast ic guy he r eal ly w as. N ow he’ s dead , and w e’ ll never see him at anot her r eunion . I f t hat ’ s not a good reason f or seei ng our classmat es no w , w hile we st il l can , I don ’t k now a b et t er o n e . ” (Scr ibe: T hank s, D ek e. A s Seal ’ s ver y close f r iend , I can t ell you w it hout embar r assment t hat I got o f f t hat phone f r om tal k i ng w i t h you , and r ef lect ed f or a l ong t i me.)

A i r f or M ai ne by t he gover no r . Pr i or t o t hat he ser ved a s t h e c h i e f o f st a f f f or A i r . . .M i ke BU C H E N ’ s in/ out , in/ out o f D enver , recent ly sa w H er b EC K W E I L E R , w ho ’ s st il l at H ar r is C o r p . . .G regor y BO Y I N GT O N , J r (wasn’t he the tall guy with the famous father?) is at P .O . Box 1309 (m ust be a tight squeeze), A lameda, CA 94501. . .Gen. VA NI NWEGEN ’s r eal ly i n Sw i t zer l a n d . . . B i l l T A Y L O R ’ s m o v ed t o W P A F B a s a sso c i a t e d ea n o f

their engineering school, and has a son who graduated w i t h t h e C l a ss o f ’85 (class standing: 34). . .Rich CA RTER spent a month i n H o u st o n f o r Continental updating himself in the DC-10 (he also k n o w s St ev en Speil ber g and A nn M argr et) .

A 1 JO H N SO N ’ S son M i k e j ust grad uated f r om Y ale (a sm al l e a s t e r n

school)

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Paris. . . J o c k

SC H W A N K ’ s r et i rement cerem ony i n June i ncluded M rs. M a c i n a t t en dance, and a Legion of M erit for Jock (congratulations). N umer ous gr ad s w ere t here, and Gen . Scot t per f or med t he ho nor s. Jock w as also r ecent ly

elected president of the A OG. . .Jim GLA ZA was elected t o t h e A O G

boar d . . .my daughter Br andy j ust gr aduated f r om C .U . (w her e t he bu f f aloes r oam) in j our nali sm . . .Ji m A L E X A N D E R moved f r om L as V egas to 2733 Pow hatan D r ive, Sumt er , SC 29 150 . . .Joe D E SA N T I S ( ’ 59) saw

Tony BILEL LO someplace. . .thanks for the 30-minute phonecall . W h a l e (GONSKY). The charge (to me) was $32. . .Loretto Heights a n d C W C a r e

t ryi ng t o ident i f y/ locate t heir grads w ho mar r ied cadet s. I f you w i f e w ent , tell t hem t o contact t hei r schools, since t he A O G can ’ t give out t hat i n f o r m atio n .

Wayne KENDA L L ’S retiring, and going out into the “ real w o r l d . ” . . .

P et e B U R T O N o w n s a h o r se c a l l ed “ Su n k i st ”

in L A . . .F r an k a n d E v e

M A Y BE R RY w ent t o Jam aica i n M arch , bot h got recent pr om ot io ns at

Hughes and M ission Viej o, daughter Kari’s now at U .C.D. i n E E . . . J i m

O ’ RO U RK E ’ S i n SL C (and com i ng t o t he r eunion) and a captai n w i t h East er n . Jim and w i f e Bev have f our o f f spr i ng (as w el l as f our chi ld ren) : L eslie (2 1) is a chem ical engi neer w it h A m oco , D ebbie’ s ( 19) at t he U . o f U tah , and t hei r 16-year -old f rat er nal tw i ns Ji m and Jeani ne ar e i n high sc h o o l .

Q uotes of t he Q uar ter : “ T he man w ho says ‘ no ’ t o cham pagne s a y s ‘ no ’ t o li f e.” ( The D eer H un ter ) . “ T he man w ho says ‘ n o ’ t o o u r 2 5 t h reunion is a w ant on chu r l .” (Sam m y E mer it us) .

Randy C uber o 7 163 W i nt er y L oop C olor ad o Spr ings, C O 809 19 H om e: (303) 598-7 155 A V ; 2 5 9 - 3 82 0

P e r c en t m em b e r s : 7 4

C L A SS O F ’60 25 t h R E U N I O N 3 - 6 O c t o b er 19 8 5

Sen d y our r eser vati on in N O W!

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W el l good people, anot her year has come and go ne at U SA F A . T h i s year ’ s graduat ion w as one o f t he m ost enj oyable t hat I ev er a t t en d ed . I t w a s t h e f i r st t i m e t h a t I sh a r ed a l l t h e a c t i v i t i es w i t h a c l a ssm a t e a n d i t

r eal ly m ade i t k i nd o f special . R ich M A Y O , our class psychiat ri st , cam e i n f r o m H oust on i n or der t o pr esent t he For ensic A w ar d given i n ho no r o f Roger ST R I N G E R . R ich and I had a lot o f t im e t oget her t o t a l k a n d r ef lect on t he many year s t hat have passed since our ow n gr aduat io n . T his f ir st shot is o f R ich M A Y O , Gene ST R I N G E R (R og’ s br ot her ) and R oger

STRINGER (Gene’s son) at the Class Wall right after t h e a w a r d s

ceremony. We all had a ball talking about the good old days. I nstead o f Aggie j okes we told ‘psychiatry” j okes. Rich’s favorite: ‘ ‘ Rose are red , violet s are blue I ’ m schizophrenic, and

hey! so am I !” (You had to be there.)

The same crew showed up this year . They locked me out init ially i n ‘ ‘ Bob Eucker ” fashion but they finally let me in at 6 a.m. — w h a t k i d d er s . T h e only new one to arrive this year was Bob BEST . Bob i s a n o v i ce sk i er a n d the group showed a lot of compassion and consideration by di r ect i ng Bob to the beginner ’s slope and leaving him there for three days. T his next shot is proof positive that the winos and derelicts do some skiing, but notice the pale color of the skin, the redness of the eyes, and t he pu f f i ness of the cheeks. (Next year Sam promised that I ’ll be a b l e t o u se sk i i s w h en we go down the slopes.)

C ongr at ulati ons are al so in or der to t he G ene D A V I S f am ily . T hei r

son, Christopher Gerald, graduated this summer and added anot her page to our class history. What a thrill and I know I speak f o r t h e en t i r e c l a ss

w hen I say ‘ ‘ w ell do ne! ” I did see Gene a f ew m ont hs ago w hen he came

out with the I nteramerican Defense College. He watched h i s so n parachute out of our UV- 18 and you guessed it — it w a s C h r i s ’ f i r st m al f unction . I tal ked to Gene about i t later i n t he day and as a caring parent his only comment was — ‘ ‘Hey, that ’s why they h a v e r eser v e chutes.” He didn’t even blink an eye.

The Winos and Derelicts: Buchner, M ay o, H ardage, Jones, C u b er o a n d Best (two miles downslope).

Some quick editorial notes, Clyde ONeal WEST BROOK called up and has left A ltus on his way to being DCS Ops, H Q Civil A P a t M a x w el l . H e also reported that Jerry GI L L will be j oining him at M axw ell , assigned t o t he D ata D esign C enter . H anson SC OT T and L or r ai ne ar e at D yess A F B ,

TX where Hanson will be the Wg CO. Reb JONES is still f l ying f o r D elt a and is based in Birmingham, A L . Reb, in case he didn’t t el l you , ‘ ‘C lyde O” paid for your A OG membership for the next year . J o h n CA UGHMA N is living in Stone M ountain, GA also flying f o r D el t a .

Finally, Frank WI L L IS will be moving from M PC to become t h e c o m mandant of the A CSC. Thanks to the questionnaires, people w er e nice

eno ugh t o include a shor t note to m ak e li f e a li tt le easier f or your class sc r i b e .

T o conti nue. . . T om and June L A P L A N T E ar e in love w i t h H a w a i i .

A Co d e # S a l e CA LM A R, IO W A — Seven A ir Force A cad emy ca dets visited N eil Rausch, Rausch M otors, Co l ma r, la ., a nd returned to the A cad emy d riving seven new 196 1 Plymo uths. Ra usch cla imed that t h is his largest order, and gave thanks to his son John, a 2nd Cla ssma n at t he A ir Fo rce A cademy . Pictured a re the seven cadets ta ki ng delivery a nd N eil Rausch, f ourth f ro m the lef t .

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Tom said he had his name, SSN & position number removed f r o m M P C f iles to see if he can hide away there for as long as possi ble. St u BO Y D is at Kettering, OH and wrote that he and Dick SM ITH really enj oyed visit i ng w it h General Scot t and also i n t he f or m o f a w ar ning sai d he and

Hector are both now on the IM ODD Squad, International M er c h a n t s o f Death & Destruction. (What in heaven’s name is he talking about ?) Jim

and Pat ty H O U R I N celebr ated our 24t h w i t h Bob and A nnie G R A C E i n Washington DC. The guys played a round of golf — no scor es j ust t hat it

ended in a tie with two birdies on the 18th. Sure, I b el i ev e t h a t ! J i m a l so told me that the LA Guard is receiving the first F-15s by m id June. Ji m ’s only comment , ‘ ‘What a great way to finish up a career !”

For the nostalgia shot this article, Tom EL LER gave m e t h i s b ea u t .

Here we have the original ‘ ‘magnificent seven” from the C lass o f ’ 6 1 buy ing their cars before graduation. These madcap warriors j um ped on a C-47 to Waterloo, Iowa, to buy six Plymouth Valiants. N ot C or vett es,

not M G s, you hear d it r ight — V aliant s. A car t hat many f eel r ivals t he

Edsel in beauty and resale value. Trying now to name t hese vi nt age f aces may be dif ficult but they are, from left : Larry VACI RCA , L ee V I QUESNEY, Bob BRICKEY, M r . RA USCH (I thought he looked a l i t t l e

old to be our classmate) w ho is t he f at her o f John RA U SC H ( ’62) , P .B .

O ’C O N N O R , T er r y W O E L FE L , D ick H O W E L L , and T om E L L E R . T o

complete the story, Tom thinks VIQUESNEY was the only o n e w h o didn’t buy a Valiant , but opted for a Chrysler New Y or k er (t he one in t he background with the big fins). A lso, Iowa issued metal tem porar y plates and all seven came back to C-Springs with the numbers 2, 3, 4 , 5, 6, 7, and 8, always in formation and always in numerical order . I didn ’ t get t o go because Jan, my fiance, had purchased a 1957 Fairlane F o r d w i t h d u a l a n t en n a s a n d a c o n t i n en t a l w h eel i n t h e b a c k . Sh e sa i d i f I m a r r i ed h er I ’ d

get a car f ree and clear as part of the dowry. What a sh a m — a f t er w e were married I f ound out she only made one miserable m ont hly payment for the entire year we were engaged.

The ‘‘Derelicts and Winos” weekend was another great a f f a i r . O n ce again the Geratol group congregated at Sam HA RDA GE’s c o n d o i n Snowmass, CO for three days of hot tubbing and drinking. I n t rut h , t her e w as also a l itt le sk ii ng do ne, and , 1 m ight add , some eat i ng and sleepi ng.

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A ddison Thompson and why he’s al ways smiling.

Addison THOM PSON sent a recent photo j ust to prove t hat old pil ots can still have fun. Whatever he does he’s enj oying it i m mensely . D ar rell KOERNER is another who rates a ‘ ‘that ’s unusual ” j ob. H e’ s cu r r ent ly

assistant super i nt endent — A i r B rak es f or t he C hessie System Rail r oads in Huntington, WV. Doug CA I RNES was sweating out new neighbor s 37

when lo and behold Gina and Charlie THOMA S showed up i n

a

Mayflower van at Kirtland AFB, NM. Charlie will be t he 1606 W g C O what a plum! Roomie TWC WILSON passed on that they su r v i v ed

another Minnesota winter and that Tamalyn graduated f r o m U o f Wisconsin, is now employed as an asst director for adver t i sing, and has

her own apartment and car with accompanying loan payment. E ver yone else doi ng j ust gr eat .

My other roomie. By THEURER, responded with a much appr eci at ed long letter. A quick recap. By is happily unremarried, a f ull -t i me daddy t o Bill (17), and working full time at the China Lake N aval W eapons C enter helping the government acquire defense material from industr y . By also

has his own consulting firm going on the side. Finally, B o b K E L L O C K will be retiring as of 1 June 1985.

Concerning the class gift , I ’d like to thank all of you for taking the time to fill out the questionnaire. Now, if only you’d mail it back we can get an accurate picture of what the class wants. As of this writing, with 25 per cent of the vote in, and unfortunately our forecast br anch out t o lunch , I can’t make any predictions, but we do know that of t hose w ho r ep lied :

On question 1, 87<7o approve, 11% are undecided, and 2% disap prove of a class gift idea.

On question 2, everyone who was either undecided or disappr oved

will , however, support the idea of a class gift , with t h e exception of one individual .

On question 3, 15% feel the gift should be something t he A cademy w a n t s o r d esi r es.

30% feel the gift should be something the class wants t o give.

43% feel either A or B, or A & B are both valid.

Now for other news. Saw two items in A ir Force Times: P et e R O B I N

SO N i s t he new co mm ander o f t he 36t h T FW at Bit burg a n d “ B u t c h ” V I C C E L L I O i s t he vice com mander o f t he San A nt onio A i r L ogi st ics Center at Kelly. H aving spent S'A years at SA A LC in bl dg . 17 1, 1 can say

that Butch is getting a very nice assignment in a nice city. H is family will enj oy it .

I received two change-of -address cards: One from A 1 H A R W I C K shows a move from Winter Haven, FL to H omestead, and t h e o t h er f r o m Bob BA XTER shows a move f rom A lexandria, VA to Greenwich, C T .

Gerry DANIEL flew into Patrick a couple of months ago. O n e o f h i s

aircrews f rom Seymour-Johnson flew down to practice a t t h e m i d - F l o r i d a

gunnery range at Avon Park. So the “ Reb” decided to see how w el l t hey

were doing. He got a chance to stop by my of f ice and w e c h a t t ed f o r a half hour. Besides telling me all the good and exciting things that a wing commander and fighter j ock do, we talked about the usual pr oblem s t hat we’re both trying to solve in the world. He said that E d M A R T I N E L L I i s his director of M aintenance and plans to retire soon. George HA RRISON is still at the Pentagon. Reb’s son, Gerry, was due t o gr aduate f r om USA FA on 29 M ay. The “ Reb” was going to attend and sw ea r h i m i n .

A fter graduation, Gerry was heading for pilot training a t C o l u m b u s . A l so due for graduation was Dino LORENZINI ’s son.

Ron Lanman (’59) wrote a letter asking me to publicize a n e f f o r t t o memorialize Val Bourque (’60), the first USA FA grad k i lled i n co m bat , by naming the field house after him. Ron’s letter appeared i n t h e l a st i ssu e of the magazine in the “ Letters” feature. I f you support t hi s idea you can write to M r. William H anchey, Secretary, USA FA M emorial Boar d , USA F Academy CO, 80840, supporting the idea.

12% had ot her cr it er ia such as somet hing per manent ,

prestigious, or lasting beauty.

On question 4, 37% feel the gift should have a monetary v a l u e o f $1-$10,000 ($100 max per classmate).

59% feel the gift should have a monetary value of S10,000-S25,000 ($250 max per classmate).

4% feel the gift should be over $25,000.

On question 5, the first choice resulted in a tie between a V i et n a m

memorial (28%) and the Roger Stringer endowment (28%). The other choices compiled percentages less t h an 28 % .

The second choice was for a sculpture or art work (35%), and the Endowment for Roger Stringer (15%).

Finally, for third choice, the leaders were for the display wall in the Visitor’s Center (24%) and a sculpture or art work ( 13%).

O ne i ndi vidual said he did n ’ t car e w hat w e chose, but suggested that if we had any money left over we might consider buying C h a r l i e ST E B B I N S some hair . T hat ’ s sw eet — d on ’ t you t hi nk ? A nyw ay , t his is a good star t

to our class gift idea. A f ter all the ballots are in I ’ l l w r i t e a n o t h er l et t er t o

let you know where we’re headed. Thanks again for your quick response and generous support . It’s little things like this t h a t m a k e m e r ea l i ze w h a t a truly superb class ’61 is. When there’s something t o be done, w e’ ll do it — plain and simple.

I t grieves me to end this column on a sad note, but 1 must repor t t hat the AOG was informed at press time that Charlie CONOVER passed from our midst on 1 July. Our hearts go out to his w i f e, Bonnie, and sons,

M ichael and Shaun . A mem or ial f und w i ll be est abli shed w i t h t h e A O G .

Contributions should be mailed to the A ssociation of G raduates, C har les

D. Conover Memorial Fund, USA F A cademy, CO 80840-5000.

John W . (Jack) Jam ba

si t ion and str uggle. ”

A lso r ecei ved a let ter sent t o t he A O G f r o m Br adl ey V A N SA N T , w ho

j ust received his master ’s of divinity degree. He sent along an article and

photo published in Chimes, a San Francisco Theological Sem i nar y

quarterly. A ccording to the article. Brad’s decision t o b ec o m e a theological seminary student was no spur-of-the-moment deci si on , b ut rather a culmination of f ive years of planning. He f o u n d h i m sel f d r a w n t o the ministry after working in a A ir Force program to help ser vicem en hooked on drugs or alcohol .

That ’s it for now. Without the ready access to an autovon l ine, not es and let ter s w i ll become an even m or e i m po rt ant means o f c o m m u n i c a t i o n f o r m e . P l ea se w r i t e .

Manager , Safety Engineering (LSO-142)

Sk ip L ee

Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

O ’ Fallo n , I L 62269 H ome: (6 18) 632-8599

L ock heed Space O perati ons C om pany H om e: (305) 784-7077 W or k : (303) 867-7758 P er c e n t m em b er s : 66

H i Redtags!

W el l t his w i ll be a short colum n . A s you can tell by t h e h ea d er t o t h i s column, I have retired and gone to work with Lockheed at K ennedy Space

Center . Lockheed is the Shuttle Processing contractor . T h a t m ea n s Lockheed is responsible f or the turnaround and launching o f t he Space Shuttles at KSC. I ’m currently on terminal leave and w i ll be movi ng t o a new house i n Satellit e Beach . O ur new hom e w ill be w it hi n w alk i ng distance of t he schools, so my w i f e w i ll not have t o m a k e t w o 14 - m i l e

round trips daily by car to deliver and pick up our k i d s a t t h e sc h o o l s. T h e trips tend to eliminate her cof fee breaks and lunch period on the j ob.

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Former A ir Force p ilot. Brad Van Sant, f ound entry to sem inary a ’ ’tr an

8 1 1 R ei ss R o a d

A V : 6 3 8-4 8 86

P er c e n t m em b er s : 6 9

I n the 15 years of putting this column together I have n ev er h a d l ess i n f ormation to pass on to you f olks. Don’t know the reasons or “ w hy f o r s” although our PCS move may have been a f actor . Obviously, P C Ss a r e a t a

premium this summer. This has been the longest and m ost f r ust r at i ng

PCS move of my career. This move should have been relatively si m ple: Kirtland to Scott , already own the house, familiar ter r i t ory , et c. N ot so !

Everything worked against us from the beginning: took me near ly a w eek to find my computer. Despite all, we’re here and our new hom e phone ap pear s above.

I f you recall the Spring ’85 issue had a letter to t h e ed i t o r f r o m R o n LA NM A N, ’59, requesting A OG support for naming the ca d et f i el d house in honor of Valmore W . Bourque, Class of 1960. R o n w r o t e m e and — I assume — the other class scribes requesting w e publicize t he ef fort in the Class News columns. According to the letter, t he A cademy Memorial Board is working under a moratorium on naming bui ldi ngs that runs out through 1988; however, Ron feels now i s t h e t i m e t o st a r t the approval process. Val Bourque was the first A ir For ce A cademy graduate killed in combat and as Ron put it “ . . . he w a s t h e f i r st t o f u l f i l l the promise to the country made in the Academy’s mission st a t em en t a n d the f ir st to f ully honor t he com mi t ment w e al l have as graduates.” I f you

Som e change-o f -addr ess not i ces show John H O FFM A N f r om E d w a r d s t o A ndr ew s; L es BA E R r et i red i n K ent , W A ; St evie B . C R O K E R f r o m

Blytheville back to JCS; Jim H INKEL from M ontgomery t o N o r t h H ighlands, CA ; and Skip H UL L f rom Oklahoma to the D.C. a r ea . St ev e R I T C H I E and new w i f e ar e also i n t he D .C . ar ea, and Steve is making headlines in the Washington Post . He heads H EW’s division r esponsib le for collection of unpaid child support .

I understand that Chuck HA NLEY is working to establish a n A O G Chapter in Central Florida. Those of you in the area keep l oo k ing f or up d a t es.

are interested in adding your support to this proj ect , sen d a l et t er t o M r .

William V. Hanchey, Secretary, USA FA Memorial Board, U SA F

A cademy , C olorado Spr i ngs, C O 80840.

M y only com ment concer ns t he need t o honor t hose men w h o c o n tributed so signif icantly to the development of airpower and t he very foundations of the A ir Force. The likes of Spaatz, L eM ay and D oo lit d e

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still need to be recognized. Still Ron Lanman’s proposition h a s m er i t a n d

d eser v es ser i o u s c o n si d er a t i o n .

Bum ped i nt o D ick and D iane SU L A a li t t le w hi le back . T hey ar e head ed f or M cG uire A F B (my cr ew s used t o ref er t o M cG ui re a s ‘ ‘ M a l f u n c t i o n

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Junction” ) where Dick will be the deputy base commander . W h i l e D i c k and Diane are at M cGuire, both their sons (Rich and Scot t) w ill be at t he U niver sity o f N ebrask a at L incoln .

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The new vice commander of the 1st Special Operations W i ng at Hurlburt is Bob BRENCI . Bob will be leaving the Pentagon w h er e h e worked special operations issues in XO. Speaking of t h e f i v e- si d ed building, as I was putting pen to paper Gary PFEIFER called to say hel lo .

He began working in OSD in October moving over f rom t he JC S having labored there since 1980. Gary says he is a research analyst and w or k s

Barbara Gregory (with corsage) at Sunday ’s p re-launch p a r ty .

Gary was either speaking a foreign language or my vocabulary o f ‘ ‘ P en tagonese” is very limited. A nyway, we had a nice, albeit br ief , conver sa tion about living with our eldest of fspring. I f I am not mistaken , t his is a first-time-appearance for Gary in this column.

Other bits of information have M ike TOM M E (H oward M .) movi ng t o Redwood City, CA and Ralph ROHATSCH at 13 M ilitary Plaza, Ran

space shut t le w it h pil ot F r ed G RE GO R Y . T he launch w as convenient ly scheduled for noon on M onday, 29 A pril . The late launch (m ost ar e at 6 a.m.) gave all of us who came for the show an opportunity t o sober up from the Sunday night party and mini reunion put on by F red and hosted by his wife, Barbara. A bout 30 grads and at least an eq ual num ber o f

a i r l i f t / sea l i f t si m u l a t i o n . H e a l so l i st ed a n u m b er o f o t h er en d ea v o r s b u t

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One of the highlights of the past few months was the l a u n ch o f t h e

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family members gathered at the M ouse Trap in Cocoa B ea c h f o r d r i n k s and snacks. From there several groups descended upon t h e l o c a l

quar ter s. Ron look s super and has easi ly assumed t he sw agger o f a gener al of ficer although he didn’t have much time to practice as he w as al ready wearing the star. I think the only thing in MA C that im presses f ighter

which terrorized them well into the morning. Tequila t o a st s w er e t h e

In closing, I spoke momentarily with Brig. Gen. Ron F O G L E M A N while he was attending new general of ficer orientation a t M A C H ea d

pilot general of f icers is the new C-21 (Lear Jet).

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I t ’ s been a crazy f ew m ont hs si nce t he lasts colum n ; a t i m e f i l l ed w i t h many changes, several excit i ng event s, and even som e m a i l . F i r st f r o m t h e mailbag, Gary GA NONG is enj oying civilian life in A lbuquerque i n spite of t he t i me spent o n t he r oad between N or t on , W hi te Sands, and A lbu querque. W hen home, he and Susan k eep t he local A Y SO soccer league r unni ng smoot hly . Fr om Seat t le, Fr ed M A L M ST RO M sent a n a r t i c l e f rom the March 85 issue of Psychology Today describing his r ecent study

r est a u r a n t s. I d o u b t t h a t B er n a r d ’ s Su r f h a s r ec o v er ed f r o m t h e m o b

or der o f t he evening t han k s to Fr ed O L M ST EA D and hi s d a d . W h en R o n

BL I SS started throwing the empty tequila glasses through t h e d o o r o f t h e dining area he was higher than Fred Gregory would be t he f oll ow i ng day .

Several who remained at the M ouse Trap are reported t o h a v e m o v ed t o the parking lot where they were of fering to buy the d r esses o f f t h e a t t r a c tive females who were arriving for dinner . COBEA GA and H U L T I N G , was that you? You can’t blame the rest of the lawyers. Bliss, B L OO D WORT H , or LUCHTEL as they were at Bernard’s Surf trying t o k eep up

w i t h t he ai r li ne pi lot s, O l m st ead , G L E N N , K EA T I N G and B A D E N E L L as w ell as T o ny M E L L O S, Jim P I E R C E , and Paul BE L M O N T .

I t was dif ficult to recognize anyone at the viewing ar ea on M onday because they were all hiding behind sunglasses to reduce t he pr obabi lit y o f hem or r hage.

The launch itself was spectacular ! I f you’ve never seen one, it ’ s a m ust .

It ’s hard to believe that something that big can accelerate so quick ly . I spoke with Fred after the flight , and he said that dur i ng t he launch he could see the pad, followed by the Carolinas, Washington D C , N ew Y or k

and Cape Cod about as fast as you j ust read through t h e l i st . W h a t a th r ill !

o n m a l e a n d f em a l e V i et n a m v et s. F r ed a l so i n c l u d ed a n a r t i cl e h e w r o t e

entitled Computer-Generated Of fspring. You don’t really w a n t t o k n o w

w hat it ’ s about , but I ’ m sure Senat or Pr oxm i re w ould l ove to get his hands on it . T om M cN I SH w r ote f r om M yr t le Beach w here he has j ust become the hospital commander . I f that ’s not enough, he st il l get s to f l y t he A - 10 . T om , any t rut h t o t he ru mo r t hat li mes ar e i ssu ed t o a l l A - 10 pilots bef or e depl oyment s?

Rog H E A D passed o n some new s f r om E lgi n w her e he’ s a b o u t t o b ec o m e t h e D O f o r T i m O ’ K E E F E . T h r ee o t h er s f r o m ’ 64 also at E gli n

are Ron GROWDEN ,

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CA L D A RE L L I , l iaison of f icer f or t he T yndall A ir D ef ense T est C enter ; and A 1FREATH Y, proj ect manager on guided weapons at T A W C . R og j ust returned from MacDill and a checkout in the electric j et . O t hers i n the class were Nels RUNNI NG, on his way to Kunsan as t he em per or

(John LORBER will be Nels’ DO), and Wayne McKINNEY, a l so h ea d ed f o r K o r ea a s t h e A i r D i v i si o n A D O .

A bl ue tag in or bi t. F r ed m odels the latest in T-shir ts.

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Fred sent me a copy of the controversial picture in w hich he i s w ear i ng t he class shi rt . I t seem s t hat he w as aut hor ized by N A SA t o w ea r i f f o r o n ly a few hours. The hours turned into an entire day, i ncluding some live TV coverage. Thanks for the exposure. By the way, that ’s a b r o w n i e Fred’s eating, not what you think !

O ne f i nal i tem — t his w i ll be my last colum n . I r et ir ed o n 1 J u n e a n d a c

cepted a position with Bell Helicopter in Fort Worth as a r egional marketing manager for Latin A merica. Bob HOVDE has agr eed t o pick up the slack . There’s an advantage in writing the column f r o m t h e D .C . area, and Bob’s new position as military assistant t o t h e ch i ef sci en t i st o f the A ir Force should give him a few spare moments. Y o u ca n f i n d B o b a t 8500 Camden St ., A lexander, VA 22308. His phone numbers a r e (autovon) 227-7842 and (home) (703) 780-6714. 1 want t o t hank all o f you for your support this past year . It was fun, and you m ade it easy f or m e.

I f you’re ever in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area please give us a call .

H ea r d f r o m a m u t u a l f r i en d t h a t L i o n el L U X I C H w i l l be passi ng t hr ough D .C . on his w ay t o M ax w ell thi s sum mer . L ux w il l be at tend ing A W C , a consider able rel ief af t er bei ng a “ gr ip and gr i nner *’ as t he deput y base com m ander at N ell is. W as vi sit ed by Ji m SW A L L O W ’ S w i f e Sh a r o n in A pril . Jim is busy as a management consultant in t he W i ndy C it y w h ile Shar on excel s as a com merci al real estate devel oper ; and t hey bot h w o r k

hard at raising two very lovely teenage girls. Read in the HQ USA F Staf f D igest that Bob FOERSTER is moving f rom the A F/ IG to b ec o m e U SA FA / C S. A nd , f inal ly , F red BO L I and your s t r uly w i ll b eco m e A F

R esea r ch A sso c i a t es t h i s su m m er . F r ed i s o f f t o D e f en se St u d i es a t t h e

U niver sit y o f E dinburgh , Scot land , t o r esearch Soviet a f f a i r s w h i l e I w i l l

be working a South A merican proj ect at A merican Enterprise I n st i t u t e f or P ublic Policy Research her e i n D .C .

Best o f luck t o t hose o f us t r yi ng t o br i ng t he ’65 year gr oup 0 -6 p r o m ot ion r ate up t o f or ecast aver ages. I ’ ll close w it h a new guy plea f or let ters, postcards, pictures, phonecons, etc. Sue and I ar e l ook ing f or w ar d to seei ng as m any o f you as possible at t he r eunion .

Jer ry “ Sk i ” W il k ow ski 14 15 D esa l e St .

V ienna, V A 22 180 H ome: (703) 593-6965

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A s a r esult o f a second , chance meet i ng i n t he POA C (t his ti me i n t he

chow line), I inherited the Class News portf olio f rom J i m P A G E . T h e o f f icial transfer took place at a farewell gathering i n t h e b o w el s o f t h e P en tagon (near the “ Purple Water Fountain” ) but only after I w a s t r ea t ed t o some impressive comments laid on Jim by the XOO, M G H am m , and was handed a cold BU D , not necessar ily i n t hat or der . (T he f o l k s i n O P S a n d T N G ar e st i ll t rying t o f igur e out how Jim escaped “ T he Bui ldi ng” in j ust three years!) Well anyway, in typical A O fashion, Jim handed m e a lar ge m anila f older ; in f or med me i t cont ai ned everyt hing I needed ; advised t hat if I had any questions, he’d eventually be at Holloman f l yi ng “ W hir lybi rds;” and post ed .

Jim w as cor rect , everyt hi ng w as t her e, and r eading t h e C l a ss N ew s c o l

umns from the past five years proved enj oyable. Unfortunately, i n transferring the stick, Jim’s last article was “ misplaced.” Si n cer est

M ini-Bash A Smash! Gary PA LM ER and Dan CECI L were prime movers in making the ’66 Practice Reunion in Washington, D C a huge succss. H eld on M ar ch 30 near t he Pent agon , some 90-plus f ol k s gat her ed t o renew old f r iendshi ps. T o star t t hi ngs o f f . Butch Z E N T gave t he i n v o c a t i o n a n d R o n H A T C H E T T l ed a m o m en t o f r em em b r a n c e f o r f a l l en

classm at es. D an t hen revealed t he “ myst er y act ivi ty ” o f t he evening : O ne

person at each of the nine tables was designated Table C o m m a n d a n t t o later report to all on a topic of dinner conversation o r w hatever . Johnny

M C FA L L S led t he gr oup in a cheer ; o ne table sang “ W e g o t t a g et o u t a

this place,” and another recalled how each had met t h ei r w i v es.

t hank s ar e due t o Scot t D U N C A N f o r a qu ick , pi nch-hit c o l u m n w i t h t h e

timely news about the 20th reunion in September . Scott a n d F r a n k M C

C A N N appear t o have t he planni ng aspect s under cont r ol . K u d o s i n a d vance f or w hat I am cer tai n w il l be a gr eat t ime f or a l l w h o a r e a b l e t o a t t en d .

On a personal note, M ike SH ORT and I are doubly pleased o v er t h e reunion timing as his son, Chris, and my son, Todd, w i l l b e m em b er s o f

t he C lass o f ’ 89. M i k e j ust com p let ed I C A F and is on his way t o N el lis t o w or k w it h H ow ie E ST E S as his vice w it h t he f lyi ng out f i t t h a t k n o w s n o airspace control restrictions at Red Flag. M ike indicated, how ever , t hat he m ight not make it t o t he reuni on in def er ence t o at tendi ng Par ent ’ s W eek end . O ur chi ldren w il l be j oi ni ng t hose of H ank B O N D U R A K a n d John SI D O R , alr eady pr esent in t he C lass o f ’ 88. I a m cer t a i n m o r e ’65er s’ child ren have accepted an appoint m ent , but , unf or t unately , t he A cadem y com put er w ill not reveal t heir nam es unt il A ugust . P lease wr i te i f your child is am ong t hose com puter capt ures.

From lef t are M ike Seibel, M ike Connors, Bruce Sharer, J ohn M ay bee and Jer ry A l len.

M y source. Bob LA M BERT , also informed that Denny SCA R

BO RO U G H ’ S son w il l be ent er i ng t he U SA FA Pr ep School t h i s su m m er .

Denny is an exceptional young man whose accomplishments, I a m su r e , will complement the memory of a respected and missed cl assm at e. By the way. Bob, as chief . A ir Force A cademy Activities Group, h a n d l es A cademy matters for the A ir Staf f . He has some invaluable insight s regarding the selection process and has indicated a w i lli ngness t o share t hem w i t h t hose i nt er ested (A V : 225-4005; C om mer cial : 695-4005) .

H O M E C O M I N G 19 8 5 FA L CO N S V S RICE 19 - 2 2 SE P T E M B E R

Send y our reser vati ons in TOD A Y!

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F r om lef t ar e C huck R ed man and D an Cecil .

I know there are a lot of new assignments out there. How about drop

ping me a line on what you’re doing? Until next time, C h eer s .

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I n case you m issed t hem , see t he t w o ’ 67 f eatur es in t h e l a st C h eck

p oints. Six ’67ers and spouses are pictured at the first Red Baron Chapter meeting on page 31. On page 29, Loren SH RIVER and his c r ew f r o m t h e January 1985 Space Shuttle Discovery mission are pictured, a n d L o r en i s i n t er v i ew ed . B R A V O !

From lef t are Pat O ’L eary and L arry A lmand.

Larry A LMA ND had called f olks to bring various items o f c a d et

clot hing and his m em orabil ia table w as a hit . W alt SC H R E C K E R a n d

Mike CONNORS brought slide proj ectors and showed shots o f ca d et days gone by .

Special recognition was given to Dan RA DTKE for holding a n d “ m u f f ing’’ the extra point during an A cademy football game, m ak i ng t he scor e 69-0 (“ block that kick” ). Ed PETERSEN came the longest d i st a n ce (from SA C HQ) and took the pictures you see here.

A “ W ho ’ s W ho i n ’66” quiz w as handed out w i t h a shor t descr ipt io n t o

be identified by name. Sample description: Probably t he only man her e

w ho can tell you w hat a “ Foo-C ou nter ”

is. A nswer : L ou F I N C H .

A nother description: Famous as an innovator of strange sounds, a lover of swinging music, and j ust a plain old Georgia hillbilly. A n sw er : A 1

Ken SPROUL ’s comments in the last issue really resonated w i t h J o h n M cCRI L LI S’ feelings. John has been in the Kentucky A N G f o r t w o years, “ and almost signed up again after last year’s act ive dut y , t oo . ’ ’ Nor did the beaches at Tyndall hurt his enthusiasm a t a l l . H e h a d h a d a n

11-year break in ser vice and f ound m uch o f t he A F t he sam e, but som e

subtle changes, “ . . .like when I showed up f rom small ar m s t r ai ni ng w i t h blousing bands and shiny belt buckle on my fatigues. . .and f o u n d o u t I was impersonating an A ir Cop.’ ’ He’s been in Louisville, K Y ev er si n c e ’72. U of L in ’76, two years of associate practice, t hen pr act ice on hi s own, and now expanding. What he would really like to d o i s c o n v i n ce t h e Guard to create a dental flight surgeon spot ! He wonders if he is the only dentist in our class (or in the A OG?).

N A D E R . O r t his one: H e may have pulled t he w ildest st u n t a s a ca d et f o r

serving Scotch and water as the beverage for the evening m ea l . A n sw er : V ic A N D R E W S.

Other in attendance (with apologies to anyone overlooked) w er e T er r y O’DONNELL , Gary VA N VA L I N, Fred A LBERTSON, Bob BOWERS, Charlie ROSE, Carl BA KER, Dave FA LES, Dan HA USA M , Jim H IGHA M , Dan HEITZ , Connie TEETZ , M ike POWELL , Bill HUDSPETH , Paul STEI N, Ken FUNKHOUSER, Mason BOTTS, a n d Jim ROBERTS. Sounds like it was a great warm-up for t he biggi e in ’ 86 !

Thesisbusters Break Out: Redtags in A ir War College’s ’ 8 5 cl a ss h a v e left the hallowed halls of M axwell f or many choice assignm ent s. For mer class president Dave OA KES is vice commander of Eglin’s 3 3 T F W (F-15s). Recognized as distinguished graduates were Phil GA RD N E R , now commander of the 7450th Tactical Intelligence Sq. at R am stei n ; Mike HEENA N , assigned to HQ TA C/ DRO; and Bob WA LKER, n o w a

pr ogr am m anager i n SEC A F ’ s Special P r oj ects O f f ice. T he new deputy

chief . Strategic Division, HQ USA F/ XOO is Ken HA CKER. D a v e M A R CRA NDER is director of Plans and Policy, Joint Special O ps C om mand , Ft . Bragg, NC; and Joe NA RSA VA GE is the F-111 systems p r o g r a m

manager at M cC lellan . W i nner o f t he covet ed St udent A ct i v i t i es A w a r d — a leadershi p aw ar d gi ven by t he st udents — w as D ick BET H U RE M , now at the Pentagon as chief . Overseas Bases Division (P RP) . C on gr at ulat ions, guys, f r om all of us.

C l a ss o f ’ 6 6 ? R u ss M O R R I SO N l i k ed i t so w el l t h e f i r st t i m e h e i s

repeating the Class of ’66 — NATO Defense College Class 66 i n Rome, Italy. Russ and Joann are holding up well trying to endur e t hi s har dshi p tour , but sometimes a little PM E is not an easy thing. R u ss ’ c u r r i c u l u m

i n cl u d ed a t h r ee- w eek c l a ss t o u r o f N A T O co u n t r i es dur i ng June j ust bef ore gr aduat ion . N ow t hat is m y k i nd o f f i nal exam ! A ugust w ill f i nd the Morrisons assigned to Brussels, Belgium, where Russ w il l be a policy planner on t he N A T O I nt er nat io nal M il itar y Staf f . Sounds only f ai r f or a guy who spent the spring of ’85 in Honduras with j ungle f at igues, Revi lle, mess halls, dirt and “ C-huts.” Russ was commander . A ir Forces (C O M A FFO R)/ D ep C om m Joi nt T ask For ce Br avo and lived “ A r m y Style,”

bef ore relinquishing his canteen for pen and paper i n R o m e . G o o d l u c k i n Br ussels, Russ and Joann .

Grapevine: M orrie TA NNER is the JA G at I ncirlik, Turkey. P h i l a n d

Pat ty B RU C E had t hei r t hir d child and f ir st boy i n M arch . P hi l r ecent ly left his j ob as exec to the A SD commander for the Washington ar ea . Jer r y BEC KER

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M CDOUGA LL is not in Savannah, GA , as I had reported, b u t w r o t e t h a t he and family are doing well in Colorado Springs. Now at t endi ng A i r W ar

C ollege’ s cur r ent class ar e Bob R H A M E , Bill R Y A N , Paul ST E I N , E d

CANNON, and Don HA USA M . National War College claimed A r n i e WEINMA N while M ike WHEELER begins a one-year tour of duty o n the faculty of NDU . Clay OLSCHNER will enter the Royal C ollege o f D ef en se St u d i es i n J a n ’ 86 .

Shar o n , J o h n a nd Sh an i M cC r i l l i s Speaking of records, Roy M I L LER claims the youngest c h i l d r ec o r d from Larry WI L SON . Roy and Mary’s daughter, A llison, w a s b o r n 3 Nov 84. Their other daughter, Rachel, is three years old . Roy al so pr oba

bly has the “ geogr aphic stabil it y ” record : he has been i n P h o en i x si n ce gr aduat ion ! Pil ot t r ai ni ng, T -37 I .P ., “ ci vil ian I .P ., f inancial planner ,

A rizona State bureaucrat , director of a trade association, a n d f o r t h e l a st three years, a banker” (trust pension and profit sharing). H is wi f e, M ar y , is also a banker (commercial lending). They married i n 1977, and bot h got M BA s from A rizona State. Roy j oined the USA FA Liaison O f f icer pr o gram in 1974, was the Outstanding L .O. in the nation in 198 1, and became L .O. commander of A rizona in 1983. He is very a c t i v e i n l o ca l politics, “ knee-j erk, right-wing, libertarian, conservative. Republican , ” has held several dif ferent positions in the Republican Par t y , and is act ive in civic af fairs. Since his civilian instructing, his f l yi ng has been l im i ted “ t o one t r ip t o Puer t o V al lart a in a C essna 182, one test r ide i n a gl ider ,

one course in hang gliders (including a bad crash), o n e c o u r se i n ultralights (2 crashes, one bad) and, lately, a few successf ul f light s in an ultralight owned by a friend. I enj oy life here in A r i z o n a b u t m i ss so m e o f t h e ex c i t em en t o f A i r F o r ce l i f e . F el l o w 19 6 7 c l a ssm a t es ar e encour aged t o

drop in anytime and exchange war stores for A rizona polit ics st or ies. ”

M any o f you r emem ber D ick K oet eeuw , w ho st ar ted w it h u s i n F i r st Squadr on , and f i nished a f ew days ahead of us at U . o f D en v er . H e i s a life associate member of the A OG and was a USA FA psychology pr o f un til a few years ago. Then he went back to flying, including blow ing up t w o t r uck s f r om his A C - 130 i n G r anada . H e, N oni e, Ri k , a n d K en a r e st i l l i n F t . W al t on Beach . I f t hey can be i ncluded i n our r ecords co ntest s, t hey ’ ll

claim widest age spread in kids: 3 Sep 69 and 22 Feb 8 3 .

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D ick and N onie bar ely edge out C on and Gl or ia H O U SE R , w h o se k i d s age f r om thr ee to 15. See t he p hot o f or this clan o f eight lovelies! D o t hey have t he most k ids, not only i n our class, but possibly i n t h e w h o l e A O G ?

T hey also i nvit e classmates t o vi sit t hem j ust t w o m i les of f 1-76, about 25 m iles nor t heast o f D enver . T hey say t hey have plenty o f r o o m — b u t i s t hr ee acr es enough f or eight k ids, a couple o f hor ses, numer ous duck s, and (natur al ly) uncountable rabbi t s? C on w as reassigned t here by M obi l O i l af ter some excit i ng advent ur es in C ent ral A f r ica a n d A u st r a l i a . O n e of t he m ar velous t hi ngs about the H O U SE Rs is t he f am ily en r i c h m en t progr am t hey have f ounded . Fam i ly Success I nst it ute’ s pur poses “ ar e t o incr ease aw ar eness by t he gener al public t hat f ami lies can be great f u n and a sour ce o f m uch success, and t o hel p educate ot her s on how t his might bett er be done.’ ’ I don ’ t see how t hey have t i me f or this, but I ’m sur ely glad t hey do . “ W hat t he w or ld needs now . . ., ’ ’ as t he song says. H ow can w e f i nd out m ore about t his. C on and G lor ia?

wedding anniversary, so who can quibble over a few d o l l a r s h er e a n d

t her e? Best w ishes t o all you ot her C adet C hapel June a n n i v er sa r i es o u t

t h er e .

B i t s a n d P i ec es; I t r i ed t o r ea c h E d L E O N A R D w h o i s h er e i n Seo u l

wi t h t he w eat her detachment , but he had j ust depar t ed o n l ea v e t o t h e States. I saw Bobby BEA NBLOSSOM at the Yokota O’Club, passi ng t hr ough i n a K C - 10 on Reser ve duty . Bobby is a st r i k ing U nited pilo t liv

ing in A pple Valley, CA who thinks he may be doing a l o t o f R eser v e

w or k in t he near f ut ur e. H ope t hi ngs w or k out well f or Bo bby and o t her classmates f lying f or U nit ed .

L ar ry M A A H S i s i n t he pr ocess o f star t ing a Y o k ot a chapt er o f t he A O G . Call hi m i f you ar e goi ng t o be i n t he area and w a n t t o b e i n v o l v ed .

A ir F or ce Tim es: Jim T E R R Y has been select ed t o spend a year at t he

Rand Corp in Santa M onica as a Rand Fellow doing research o n

somet hi ng o r anot her . Ji m leaves E iel son A F B t his sum mer . L et u s h ea r f r om you , Ji m .

T he 11 M ar issue had a pict ure o f T ed W I E R Z BA N O W SK I t al k ing w it h his hands at E dw ar ds A F B about t he X -29 (not F-29 a s I sa i d i n a n ear lier colum n) f or w ar d swept -w i ng exper im ent al ai rcr af t he f lys f o r N A SA . T ed is quot ed as sayi ng t he X -29 pr ovides “ t he capabi li ty o f l oo k ing at a lot of aerodynamics . . . a lot of technology f o r a very i ntensive pr ogr am . . . T he X -29 isn ’ t a f ighter . . . I t s a “ research vehicle’ ’ f o r ex plo r i ng technologies f o r bot h m il it ar y and civi lian vehicles.

Meanwhile, Frank BI RK’s handsome profile graced the f r o nt page o f t he 18 M ar issue as di r ect or o f B- 1 oper at ions at E dw ard s. T he st or y i n

side explained some of the steps being taken to avoid a cc i d en t s su ch a s t h e

B- 1 cr ash last A ugust . I so met i m es over l oo k t he ver y real danger s t hese guys and ot her t est pilot s r outi nely f ace. W e ar e f or t unat e t o h a v e t h ei r d ed i ca t ed ser v i ce a n d w i sh b o t h T ed a n d F r a n k t h e b est .

L et ter s: A shor t not e f r om anot her test pil ot , ast r onaut D ick C O V E Y , t hat his space shut t le m i ssion ST S 5 1-G sched uled in M ay w as post poned .

D ick est im ated a m id-A ugust m i ssion , and he cont i nues t o o f f er t o a r r ange launch passes f or classm ates. C ontact D ick at N A SA / JC S/ C B , H oust o n , T X 77058; pho ne (7 13) 483-242 1 (o f f ice) .

T h e H o u se r C l a n A OG U P D A T E S: A r t and L ynn L EA C H m oved i nto t hei r new h o m e i n M ount ain H ome, I D f r om Fai r f ax , V A i n Feb . M onr oe “ Buddy ’ ’ SA M S moved f r om U SA FA t o Fair f ax , V A in Jan . Br uce F R E E M A N moved t o St rat f or d , C T in M ay f r om A PO N Y . John F L ET C H E R moved t o U SA FA f r om D ayt on , O H i n A pr il . D an “ St ump ’ ’ SO W A D A is t he new A D O at Pope A FB , N C f r om M ontgomery , A L . J o h n H O L L ST E I N m oved w it hi n C ol lege Par k , M D . John BA R H A U G H is living on the economy i n T ok yo , Japan . Ralph PA L M E R m oved his law pract ice f r om H oust on t o River side, C A i n M arch . Ji m PET E R SO N l i v es i n Rock f or d , I L .

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W hen you f inally get t his, w e w ill pr obably be in W ash D C f or my new assignm ent at t he Br ook i ngs I nst it ut ion (note new address above) , gr um bli ng about t he heat , t r af f ic, ex pensive sushi , cr im e, dri vi ng on t he r ight side o f t he r oad agai n , etc .; all t hose “ cult ur e shock ’ ’ t hi ngs t hat ex pat r iot A mer icans retur ni ng f r om over seas exper ience. W e ’ l l a l so b e en j oying T V , signs in E ngl ish , seei ng f r iends and r elat ives, m ovies, t alk ing w it hout our hands, and 120V / 60 cycle elect r icit y . A l l in all , w e w ould have happily stayed longer in Japan , but f our year s is really long enough in one place and it is ti m e t o come home. I ’d r ecom m end a t our in Japan or K or ea t o anyone w ho enj oys t r aveling, shoppi ng, cour t eous people, advent ure, and saf et y . A nd don ’ t over loo k t he O lym pic G a m es i n Seo u l i n 19 8 8 .

I am , i n f act , w r it i ng t his in t he gar den o f t he U SA F Seo u l H o u se i n dow nt ow n Seoul on 7 Jun . I br ought M i m i and t he k ids o v er f o r o n e l a st shoppi ng t r ip bef or e w e PC S on 30 Jun . So f ar w e have m a d e t h e m er chants very happy . L ot s o f school cl ot hes f or t he k ids, so m e ci v i l i a n clot hes f or m e f or next year , var iou s eel sk in item s. M im i i s bei ng pret ty good here af t er havi ng a w onder f ul t i me in H ong K ong i n M ar ch , w her e sh e f o u n d sev er a l i t em s i n h er si ze a n d f a v o r i t e co l o r s. T oday i s our 17t h 42

Chuck and Janice R ichardson as newly weds in J une 1983.

G ot a bunch o f good i n f o f r om C huck R I C H A R D SO N d ow n D a l l a s w ay . C huck is present ly pr oj ect m anager f or t he F isher I nsti t ute, a no n profit research organization whose primary goal is t o dir ect govt ,

business, and public attention toward the use of competitive m a r k et s a s

t he best means t o solve A mer ica’ s long-range econom ic pr oblem s. C huck , how ever , is not putt i ng al l his t i m e i nt o t he F isher I nst it ut e, but is also a U SA FA liaiso n of f icer , and w as nam ed t he out st andi ng L O i n t h e n a t i o n f or 1984 ! T hat com es as no sur pr ise t o us w ho k now C huck and his gr eat ent husiasm f or ever yt hi ng he does. I n addit i on t o basic L O dut ies. C huck also w or k s w it h t he par ent s club and assist s t he A t hletic D ept i n counsel i ng q ual i f ied scholar -at hlet es. T w o year s ago . C huck r em a r r i ed a n d I ’ m su re a l ot o f his success i s d ue t o his w i f e, Jani ce, w h o i s a n a c h i ev er her sel f and ow ns t he Janice Jack son T w ir li ng and D ance St u d i o i n G ar land , T X . I hope you t w o get t o see each ot her once o r t w i c e a w ee k .

C huck (and Janice) , w e ar e all pr oud o f you and t hank s f o r k eepi ng ’ 68 l ook i ng good . C huck added t hat he f r equent ly sees Steve M C P H A I L a n d Bob D A L E Y at A O G act i vi t ies, and Steve i s now a har d w or k ing L O t oo .

B r ig. Gen. M ar cus A nderson ( ’61) , com m andan t, p r esen ts t h e O u ts ta n d

ing L iaison Of f icer A ward f or 1984 to Chuck Richardson.

T im D A V I D SO N apparent ly w as t he last dr unk out t he d o o r a t t h e mi ni class r eunion at Ed E BE R H A RT ’ s in M ay , since he got t he j ob o f w r iti ng me about i t . T hi r ty-t hr ee classmates (show n i n phot os plus D ick H A L L , T ony RO BE RT SO N , and Jod i SM I T H ) and w ives w ere i n a t t en dance, r ounded up by Bob JO H N ST O N , w ho event ually f ound 59 classmates i n the area ! T i m sent along t he phot os, obviously taken tow ar d the end of a raucous evening after consuming food (including q uiche!) and libat ions. L oo ks li ke it was a gr eat evening.

I n the f r on t r o w f r om lef t are M i tch D orger, D ick F ast, Tom M cD an iel, and Stu Th omp son. I n back ar e J oe H oer ter, M ik e B ed nar z, R u ss Walker, Bob L ushbaugh, Denny Flynn, Brooke Baily, Tom O ’B eir ne, J im Seevers, and B ob F aul t. f or i t on t he last page, a phot o o f an A r m y C H -47 helo hauli ng a how itzer beneat h and capt ioned “ A r m y A nnou nces N ew H elicopter G unship . ” T i m st ill has hi s sense o f hum or (he t r ied t o give it aw ay but no t ak er s) and apparent ly so does his boss, N oel K och , w ho I t hin k w a s i n t er v i ew ed i n t hat sam e issue on t he Special O ps m i ssion and f or ces. I appr eciate you r hel p i n get t i ng t he phot os and new s t o me, T i m . See y o u s o o n .

A f inal note bef or e cl osi ng. C ol L A N M A N , C lass o f ’ 59 h a s w r i t t en m e ask i ng t hat I publi cize an ef f or t t o have t he f ield h o u se n a m ed a f t er V a l Bourque, t he f i r st cadet and f ir st gr ad to die i n combat . M o st o f u s r ec a l l t hat day in M itchell H all in O ct 64 w hen V al ’ s deat h w a s a n n o u n ced a n d t he star k reali ty o f our pr o f ession w as appar ent t o u s. T h er e i s n o d o u b t t hat V al and w hat he st ands f or deser ves mem or ial izat ion , eit her as pr o posed or i n anot her appr opr iat e manner . G ive i t so me t hought and send your ideas t o t he A O G . M eanw hile, how about a t oast t o V a l f r o m t h e oldest gr ad pr esent at f ut ur e A O G f u nct ions?

T hat w r aps up my last colum n on l ocat ion in t he Far E ast . Be com i ng at you next f r om f r om C apit o l T ow n . E nj oy sum mer , vacat ions, P C S m o v es (send a change of addr ess t o t he A O G) and st ay heal t hy . Sayonar a.

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F r om lef t ar e B il l Gr egory , H . T. J ohnson, Tim D avidson, B o b J o h n s o n a n d B o b J o h nst o n .

A small let ter bag t his quar ter has yielded a rat her b r i e f ’ 6 9 c o l u m n .

B ob O G G w r i tes f r om W hitef i sh , M T t hat he i s enj oyi ng t he sk ii ng and gol f w i t h his w i f e and tw o so ns. W hitef i sh is near G l a c i er P a r k i n N o r t h w est M ontana . Bob notes t hat K en JA R V I is an at t or ney w i t h Sh el l O i l C om pany in Bak er sf ield , C A .

Steve HUNTLEY is a vice president in the Funds M anagement G r oup at N C N B N at io nal Bank and is involved i n f u ndi ng and sh o r t - t er m i n v est m en t s f o r t h e b a n k . St ev e i s a C - 130 B A / C

I n the f r ont r o w ar e R ob L insmay er, R oger Sor ensen a n d B o b J o h n s t o n .

I n the cen ter r o w ar e J im R eese, B uck M cCan ts, B enny Veteto, and J im N eu. I n back are E d E ber har t, B ob R ey ling, B ob P auli, Vince R usinak , M ik e Gilchr ist, D ick P er ry and L ar ry M i tchell .

T i m also u pdated me on his act ivit ies. L ast year w as a rough one, as he lost his w i f e, D ebbie, t o H odgk i ns D isease on 5 Jun . C om i ng t hr ough t hat shock , he w as f inally upr ooted f r om Flo r ida af ter W Vi year s and is now t he asst f or special ops. I nter nati onal Secur i ty A f f ai r s i n t h e Sec D e f ’ s o f f ice (OA SD / I SA ) . T im has al ready br ief ed t he Sec D ef (on his f ir st day on t he j ob) and had an item published i n t he A r m ed F orces J o u r n a l . L o o k

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C har lot te, N C . Steve is m ar r ied to T er r i (U lachia-L or et t o-H eight s 1969) and t hey have tw o chi ld r en , Scot t ( 12) and K r isten (4) . Steve highly recom m ends t he boo k about L ance Sij an .

Paul FA R RE L L has a pr ivate car di ology pr act ice i n Jack sonvil le, F L .

H e has t hree chi ld ren , C hr ist i na ( 10) , Paul (7) and Scot t (4) . Randy W A L T I is associate general counsel w i t h E lect r onic D ata System s i n Detroit , M L He is involved in EDS-General M otors Proj ect co nt r act i ng m att ers. Randy is m ar r ied and has a f our -year -old son . Randy rep or ts t hat R oger BA I L E Y is vice pr esident and general cou nsel f o r t h e E D SA T & T P r oj ect i n M or r ist ow n , N .J .

A 1 V RE E L A N D is chief psychologi st at Par k land H ospit al a n d i s a n assistant pr o f essor at t he U niver si ty o f T exas H ealt h Sc i en ce C e n t er . A l ’ s w i f e, A nn , is also a cli nical psychologist and they have a so n , N icho las (4) . Bi ll K I E FFE R is w it h M er r i ll L ynch at H il to n H ead , SC . Bi ll , daughter L esley (9) , son W i ll (9 m ont hs) , and w i f e C at her i ne enj oy t he b ea c h .

Bi ll H E A D is his ow n m anager i n t he f i nancial system s d i v i si o n o f N C R

in Denver. He manages seven systems analysts who support N C R so f t

ware system s i n f i nancial i nst it ut i ons. Bi ll and w i f e D o r i s J ea n h a d t h ei r f i r st child , a gi r l , A shley Rachelle, on 3-3 1-85. D or is Jean manages sales suppor t i n t he r egi onal o f f ice f or A T & T . Bi ll r epor t s t h e l a st ’ 6 9 er h e sa w

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w as “ H ” O W N BY . Bi ll and “ H ” r an acr oss each ot her w hile givi ng b lo o d a t t h e b l o o d b a n k i n D a l las.

From the change-of-address cards supplied by the AOG, B r a d DEA USTIN is at Davis-M onthan; Chris PA ULSON is in Englewood, CO; Denny MCGUI RK is in Burke, VA ; Don MCSWA I N is at a n ew a d dress i n Jack sonvi lle, A R ; Bob RU T H i s i n G oldsbor o , N C a n d i s a L t .

Col.; Joe HA SEK is in Memphis, TN ; Phil CORBETT is i n A iea, H I ; and

T o m B O O N i s i n Sa u d i A r a b i a .

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BSHERO who passed away since we last communicated. M any t han ks t o

D ick O ’C O N N O R f or cont act ing m e and f or f o llow i ng up o n m a t t er s p er taining to the A ssociation of Graduates. Our collective condolences go out t o Ray ’ s f am ily and f r iends.

I t ’ s su mm er t im e again and t hat means t hat some of our cl a ssm a t es a r e on the m ove, as f ol low s: Gar y BA G L I E BT E R — E ast W indsor , N J Gar y BA X T E R — G lendale, A Z John G U N Y O U — M i nnesapoli s, M N (f i nance di r ector f or t he ci t y o f M i nneapol is) P hil li p M E I L I N GE R — C olor ado Spr ings, C O D ennis N E W H O U SE — Glendale, A Z Bob SC H U L E R — Bellevue, N E (com puter f l ight planner a t O f f u t t A FB) Bob ST O V E R — L it t let on , C O T er r ence T A BO R — A r li ngt on , V A

From lef t are Ross and M arty Johnson and Julie and F r ed V esel .

I also r eceived a long let ter f ro m K en W H I T E , our classm at e w h o

designed our class ring. Ken has a sporting goods business i n E l k har t , I N .

H e is an avi d col lect or o f aviat io n w i ngs and col lar i nsigni a and is i n terested i n establishing a display at t he A cadem y o f t h e ev o l u t i o n o f A i r Ser vice-A i r C or ps and A ir For ce w i ngs and aviat ion o f f icer col lar i nsignia goi ng back t o t he ear liest i nsigni a o f t he A viat ion Sect i on o f t he A r m y Signal Cor ps in 19 17 . K en , t o answ er your quest io n , I t h i n k t h a t t h e i d ea is a great one but one that will create a f ull-time j ob f o r som eone. M y sug gest i on t o you i s t hat you co nt act t he A ssociat io n o f G r aduat e di r ect ly t o deter m i ne i f it is a l i kely sponsor f or t he exhibit . A nyone else w i t h ideas or suggest ions is request ed t o contact me and I ’ ll pass t h em o n t o K en .

T h a n k s!

W e got a lit t le b it behind t he pow er curve on t he 15t h R eu n i o n m a i l er but hopef ully everyone has recei ved one by now . I f you haven ' t ret ur ned it yet , please do so as soon as possible. W e’ l l be set t ing up com m it t ees soon (D ave GA W has alr eady volunt eer ed , as w el l as M i k e T O R RE A N O) , so i f you ar e a local , be expect ing t o hear f r o m m e . A s alw ays, play saf e and have an enj oyable sum mer .

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B ill Str ick land, at lef t, wi th J ohn B al lar d.

John BA L L A RD w r ot e a long let t er about w hat ’ s happening i n Sa n A nt oni o . Bil l ST R I C K L A N D i s t he chief . A ccessi ons T est ing Policy and as such i s chai r man . Joi nt Select ion and C lassi f icat ion W or ki ng G r oup .

John is chief . Resear ch and M easur ement D ivi sion at A FM PC , but moves t o W r ight-Pat t er son t his sum m er t o be on t he A F I T f acult y i n t he D ept , o f O r ganizat i onal Sciences, School o f Systems and L ogist ics. L ast year John had a sur pr ise visit f r om M i k e H A N Z E L w ho w as i n Sa n A n t o n i o o n a w eekend A i r Guar d f l ight f r om P itt sbur gh . M i k e w as w or k i ng i n a highr i se i n Pit t sburgh f or Pit t sburgh P lat e and Glass. G r ea t t o h ea r f r o m you , John , and t hank s f or t he phot o .

M i ke T O R REA N O r eceived a visit f r om Bob C H A D W I C K , w ho i s a lawyer in Rochelle, I L . Bob , Bett e and t hr ee sons w ere i n C o l o r a d o Spr i ngs vi sit i ng ; t hey also r epor tedly st opped i n t o see B i l l P O R T E R w h o i s an A O C .

Pet e and D ebi FO X ar e now living i n L as V egas af t er si x sh o r t m o n t h s at M acD il l A F B . T hey ar e assigned t o N elli s w here Pete t o o k co m m a n d o f t he 64t h A ggr essor Squadr on .

R oss JO H N ST O N (M ar t y) and Fr ed V E SE L (Julie) w ere st at ioned t ogether at C lar k A B , Phili ppi nes som e t i me ago . Ross w i l l b e a t C l a r k unti l July 1986 and F red m oved o n t o T ravis last year . T he capt ion on t he phot o should be: R oss and M ar t y and Fred and Julie sit t i ng ar ound a l ow li f e bar i n A ngeles C it y , Phil ippines, dr i nk ing San M iguel beer . Ross is chief o f O r t hoped ics at t he M edical C ent er at C lar k and he and M ar t y have t hr ee chi ldr en : T odd ( 11) , Jenni f er (9) , and Rachel (3) . T hey al so have a f our t h on t he w ay due i n Sept em ber .

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O N T H E RO A D A G A I N . H avi ng m il k ed t he N el lis ’ 7 1er s f or ever y last shred o f in f or m at ion I could coax f r om t hem , I d eci d ed w h a t t h i s co l um n needed w as a good T D Y , so it w as o f f t o L u ke t o f l y adver sar y ai r i n su ppor t o f the F- 15 RT U . A s a w elcom e diver sio n f r om t h e st a n d a r d st u dent pr o f i les, w e w er e al so scheduled t o play r ed ai r in a W i ng T u r k ey Shoot . I w as st ill t ryi ng t o get t he m ost out o f my f i rst cup o f co f f ee w hen my f l ight w ent in t o br ief w it h ou r opponent s. W hat a sight ! Joh n G REE N L A W ( ’ 72) seemed t o occupy an ent ir e end o f t he r oo m by hi m sel f , t here w as r aw m eat on t he t ab le, and one o f t h e l ea d s w a s d ec k ed out in w ar paint and w ear i ng a head band . I have t o a d m i t i t w a s a c l ev er disguise, but I f i nally recognized t he Roadr u nner ’ s G ood H um or M an , M i k e L A C K E Y . G i ven t he snar l on hi s f ace, I decided t o w a i t u n t i l l a t er t o play 20 quest i ons. G ood t hing , t oo . H is disposit io n did n ' t i m pr ove u n t i l M U C H later . A t any r ate, L t C ol M i k e i s ser vi ng as oper at i ons o f f i cer f or t he 426t h T FT S. H e and D ebbie have t w o boys.

E ven m ore elusive w as C ar l ST E G M A N . I n pr evious co lum ns, I haven ’t alw ays been accur at e about C ar l ’ s w her eabout s, pr i m ar ily because I usually r ely on bar t al k as my pr im ar y sour ce. H ow ever , I have conver sed w i t h t he ot her end o f t he hor se and am pleased t o repor t t hat Car l is w i ng w eapons o f f icer i n t he F- 16 W i ng at L uk e. H e a n d C a r l a w er e m ar r ied ni ne mo nt hs ago and ex pect t o m ove t o Ram st ei n in July f o r a st af f t our . C ongr at ulat ions, C ar l .

EX T RA ! G O L F P R OS E SC A P E . V ince L A N D RY w as k i nd enough t o send t hese w or ds on t he latest bat ch o f ’ 7 1er s t o gr aduat e f r o m A C SC .

T om C A L L E N (H Q E U C O M i n Stut t gar t ) , A ndy C E RO N I (A FO SI , Randolph) , H oni G A R V I N (Spacecom , C -Spr i ngs) , Jim H O G A N (PA CO M / I PA C , H ick am) , V er n K I N G (SJA , M axw ell) , Randy L A U T E R BA C H (49 A Ref Sq , K .I , Saw yer ) , D an M A T T I Z A (A C SC St af O, E d N O L T E (SA C / X P P , O f f ut t ) , M ik e SP A T O L A (H A F/ SA G F , Bolli ng) , Phil SP I K E R (86 M A S, T r avis) , N i ck ST O O K E (H A F/ I N E G , Bolli ng) and Gar y T I B BET T S (A FO SI , M axw el l) . M i k e G E G H A RT a n d

Danny ULMER also graduated with this group, new assignment

unknown. Oh yes, Vince will be working in JCS/ JA D .

M ORE FROM TEXA S. Judging from the postmarks, a lion’s sh a r e o f the class have taken up residence in the Lone Star st a t e . T h e l a t est n ew s came courtesy of Paul KNOTT . Paul has been on a one-year h i a t u s f r o m the A ir Force due to a promotion board foul-up and w i l l r e-en t er t h e ser vice shortly — no word yet on where. I n addition to t h o se f o l k s m en tioned earlier, Paul reports that Ron HA LE has j ust com pleted a very

successf ul year as president o f t he N or t h T exas A FA A sso c i a t i o n o f G raduates. C ongr at ulati ons, Ron . O t her mem ber s o f t his chapter i nclude Steve BE RGE R , Bill M I N O and Steve W E I SE L . I n ot her new s, Y u-L i n CHAO has been granted permanent resident status and i s applyi ng f or ci tizenship . W elcome back !

CHA NGES, CHA NGES. Not too many change-of-address cards t o

r epor t on this ti me. Bo b C U T L I P has m oved f r om C ulver C ity , C A t o Richardson, TX and Brax GI LM ORE now lives in San A ntonio (you guys

better give Ron Hale a call). George SCH ULTZ now lives i n

L ake

C har les, L A and Bob SE L T Z E R has m oved d ow n t he r oad f r o m N o r t h -

ridge to Encino, CA . Last , but not least , John SELF n o w r esi d es i n

Gainesvi lle, FL .

I ’M EXITI NG WEST . Mike Lackey taught me last week that t h e b est thing to do when your clue bag is empty is to keep t he smash up and get the hell out of Dodge. See you next issue.

T . J . M a n c u so

480 Sout h K i ngsto n C i r cle A ur or a, CO 800 12 H om e: (303) 343-423 1 W or k : (303) 86 1-7000 P e r c en t m e m b er s : 4 3

been in D .C. f or about six months going to a DOD school w i t h M a r t i n -

Marietta, and is due back in Denver by press time. H e sa w B r i a n McGA RRY who was wed last fall and is flying with the G u a r d a t A n

d r ew s .

Dick WITTERS, P.E., also dropped a note from D.C., w h er e h e w a s with Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, I nc. He’s on his w ay t o W heat on , I L where he’ll be proj ect manager on a $75 million rehab o f t h e M er c h a n d i se Mart in Chicago. That ’s his sixth move in five years, w h i c h sh o w s t h a t i t ’ s not only blue-suiters who’ve got to move a bit .

Dick’s wife, an ex-United stew, wanted to know if Doug H I L L got o n

with United, and if he did, did he cross the picket line. Well, yes, and no,

but I haven’t talked to Doug in about a week, so it’s pr obably old new s.

A note came that Phil NORT H is now at Langley out of t he U K , ex pect i ng a chi ld t hi s sum m er . H e saw Bi ll W A L K E R at M ildenhal l , but

couldn’t remember what type of plane he flies. Clif f W H I T E sa i d h e ’ s l i v ing in Rocklin, CA and flying out of M cClellan. He w as i n Sabr eliner s, but is transitioning into C-21A s. That ’s 11 years in C ali f or nia, w hich

sounds li ke a di f f er ent A ir Force t han I remem ber .

Speaking of lawyer j okes, Sam THOMA SSON called the ot her day from area code 713. (M y info is only as good as the n o t es m y secr et a r y leaves me.) Sam is in oil and gas law with Litton Industries.

From the A OG mailbag, 1 got a letter f rom Chip JENSEN i n D .C . T h e AOG says they ran the letter in the spring Checkp oints, b u t si n c e I n ev er

got m y copy . I ’ ll t ak e t hei r w o r d t hey ran i t and all t h e st u f f i n i t . T h e change-o f -addr ess car ds show “ Jo hn ” T H U R M A N at H i ll A F B , U T , and “ David” STOVER at M t . Laurel, NJ (I ’m trying to get used t o given names) . C har les G RE E R is i n M t . G reen , U T ; Jer ome M A RT I N i s li vi ng i n a Post O f f ice Box at U SA FA ; and M ichael K I RC H N E R i s a t G r a n d

Forks, which we all know is in grand North Dakota.

In the extraneous news department , the Colorado chapter o f t h e A O G

sent m e a list o f mem ber s, but despi te all t he bl ue-sui t types here i n God ’ s

country, the only other person listed as a ’72 grad i s C hi p T O W N SL E Y (Phyllis) in Riverton, WY . A nybody interested in info o n chapt er st u f f I n the tradition of the Chicago Cubs; of the little engi ne w ho k ept say ing “ I think I can;” and of all the little guys f rom sea to shining sea w ho don’t let nobody push ’em around — Denny GREEN has passed t he C a l i f o r n i a b a r ex a m i n a t i o n . H e n o w h a s a l i cen se t o l ie, cheat and steal ,

should give me a buzz.

T o t hose o f you lucky enough to have been i n t he same B C T el em en t a s

I , you might be interested to know I tipped a few with J o h n L O V E J O Y

( ’69) , our f i r st BC T elem ent leader . N ot once d id he m ak e me put m y chi n

and t o t olerate t hose w ho can pay his f ee.

in, and the only knowledge he asked me for was legal i n n a t u r e . I t h i n k I

Jay C A M A L I C K told m e how Pete P ET E RSO N has moved t o B l o o m

Pat ROONEY called f rom Temple, TX where he’s signed o n w i t h T ex a s- b a sed J et E a st I n t er n a t i o n a l A i r l i n es. J et E a st f l ies 727s haul i ng

That bit of trivia comes via Doug H I LL at a recent H i l l h o u se f i est a .

ington, M N (or some such Twin City burg near the airport) a n d t a l k ed Jay into cutting his grass without proper protection f r o m M i n n eso t a i n

sect s w ho , li ke Jay in his yo unger days, are k now n to hit on any living f l esh t h a t ca n w a l k .

The news on Denny’s success was repeated in lovely Redondo Beach , CA over dinner with Willy KA SSON . Willy waxes the surf r o u t e ev er y a.m. from Redondo to LA X where he’s doing something in Space Com mand with people who sound like they’ve spent some t im e cleani ng t heir ears with laser pistols, if you catch my drift . A fter di nner w i t h t he great K asso n , w e called V an SH I E L D S, w ho w as due in Sout her n C a l i f o r n i a

the day we departed. Van is about to parent for the f i r st t ime, i f he doesn’t munchie his way through all the profits from h i s r est a u r a n t i n McKinleyville, CA . He‘s j ust lucky he opened a restaurant , a n d n o t a dr ug st ore.

A nother Redondo Beach bozo with whom we supped in California w a s my former Bulldog roommate Rick DENNEN (Gloria), who a l so repeated the “ Denny has done it ” story. Rick noted t hat D enny ’ s r oom mate in California, Dave BULL , was in China. (You got i t — a B u l l i n a China shoppe.) M ost people are surprised that Dave t r aveled any f ur t her than his surfboard would carry him (fer shure, j est a n a w eso m e c o u n t r y ,

t hat C hina) .

G lor ia D ennen det ai led a st or y how Rick star t ed t o f i x a t o i l et t h a t wouldn’t stop running, and ended by adding a second st ory t o t hei r home.

O t her new s f r om t he f oggy coast o f C ali f o r nia came i n a post car d f r om A 1 P A R M E T . D o c t o r A 1 i s m ed i ca l d i r ect o r o n Sh u t t l e operat io ns at Vandenburg. He quipped that if all the lawyers were laid end t o end , it would be a good idea. I get this f rom a doctor whose pat ient s never get closer than 200 miles straight up. The fact that any doct or could get laid

f a k ed i t a b o u t a s w el l a s I d i d i n f i r st B C T .

freight . They are also looking for pilots in an organization o f w hich P at , f or one, thinks highly. Pat ’s wife. M elody, is getting m o r e c o m m a n d ex perience than probably anyone in our class, as a j unior high pr i ncipal .

In closing, I received a letter from Col. Ron LA NMA N ( ’ 59) w ho has

begun a d r ive t o have t he f ield house nam ed f o r V an BO U RQ U E ( ’60) , t he f i rst gr ad ki lled i n com bat . I t ’ s k i nd o f a bot t om -l ine t hi ng, and i f you car e one w ay or t he ot her , and w e pr obably should , I ur ge each o f you t o spend 22 cent s and let t he U SA FA M em or ial Boar d k now how you f eel .

T hat ’ s all I got .

W a d e K ea r n s

Q uar ter s 6408D U SA F A cadem y , C O 80840 H ome: (303) 472-0640 A V : 2 59 - 3 2 57

P er c e n t m em b e r s : 3 8

A nother Graduation Week has come and gone with all t he usual pom p and excitement . The traditional toss of the hats was pr eceeded by a not so - t r a d i t i o n a l t o ss o f c h eese sl i ces i n a l a st a c t o f cadet def iance, explai ned

as a last “ way of getting back at the system.” One m i n u t e l a t er ’ 8 5 became a part of the system. A f ter the dust settled, I w en t t o w o r k w i t h SE RE f or a su m mer past i me. Y es, t he P D R is st il l alive and w ell ; t hey j ust

changed their uniforms and location. I n fact , my bum k nee made a good “ war wound” for working in the compound. The program h a s ev o l v ed for the better , emphasizing more of the mental challenges and hard shi ps of captivity than the physical you might recall . Still , it is by no means

end-to-end, or in any other direction, would surprise m o st o f u s.

A1 did get a cash award for a paper he submitted to t he U SA F Fl ight Surgeon. (It was probably a paper airplane.) A 1 recently sa w H o w a r d

co m f o r t a b le .

polluting is being done at Vandy-land, and spoke with M a r sh a l M O O R

m er . John P RET Z (Joanne) is leavi ng his j o b as A O C f o r C S- 3 8 f o r m o r e

BA L E N T I N E , w ho w as out f r om A ust i n f or Radian t o see h o w m u c h

M A N , T D Y lear ni ng t o push t he C -5B i n San A nt onio . M ar shal r ecent ly

made 0 -4 in the Reserves, as did Doug H I L L , but I f orgot t o m en t i o n i t

ea r l i er i n t h e co l u m n .

I n ot her car ds and let ters, w e r ecei ved an announcem ent t h a t J a c k i e

and Steve O’NEI LL had a second daughter, Rebecca Katherine. St ev e h a s

What’s new at the Blue U? A lot of classmates are moving o n t h i s su m

of the same at West Point as TA C of ficer f or Company E - 3 . T h ei r t h i r d child is due in July, and, hopefully, the A rmy won’t h a v e t o o m u c h e f f ec t on the poor kid. Roy PENCE is giving up the air superiority T -4 1 f o r C-141Sat Charleston. Steve CH RIST IA NI is on his way t o A C SC a t M a x well and is looking for a follow-on assignment . (Doesn’t everyone hope t o 45

leave Montgomery sometimes?) A1 MAURER is departing poli sci f or

A rmed Forces Staf f College at Norfolk, VA from A ugust unt i l Januar y .

Tom SA UNDERS did his time as A OC of CS-29 and is headed f o r

Osan AB, Korea to be chief of the Airlift Control Center f o r t h e 6 1 1 MASS. Also, Kevin POWERS is going to call Korea home f o r a w h i l e a s he puts down the beakers in chemistry and goes back t o FA C ing in t he OA -37. Kevin and M ichelle were j ust blessed with their f i r st child , a so n

named Christopher. John ROGACKI (Wanda) is off to Coring A FB , M E to fly the beloved B-52 BUFF for two yeras and then back t o gr aduat e school f or his PhD. Like Ro, Jack GLA VAN is saying goodbye to the CE

department for now and is hitting the trail for Texas t o get his PhD .

Finally, Joe MITCHELL is going across the terrazzo f r om his j ob in t he commandant’s plans shop to the helm of CS-15. Good l u c k a n d

Godspeed to all and keep in touch!

News f rom out of town. Jim SCUL LY, who’s moving over t o M il itary Training, sent me some tidbits on a few folks he’s seen recent ly . Bruce

and Nancy BENNETT dropped by USAFA on the way to Ft. L ea v en

worth for the A rmy Command and General Staf f School. E v er si n ce RECONDO I ’ve thought Bruce was in the wrong service. M r . J i m YA NIGLOS is in Denver and will soon be marrying a local gi r l . M ar lene missed him on the f irst pass when he was a cadet , but her pipper w as locked on t his time. Good luck to you both! Mike ROBERTS a n d G r a n t GI L L IG work in Denver also. Reports are that they’ve st a r t ed a b u si n ess

together in veterinary sonagrams. (You’ve got me!?) M eanw hi le, out i n Pennsylvania, Craig and Linda LADY are expecting their f i r st baby July

4t h . I f it all w or k s out t he k id should have quite a celebrati on ! Finally ,

Dale BI RCH showed up at John Pretz’s PCS garage sale, a n d h e i s w o r k ing with Data Management in the Springs.

Unravelling change-of-address mysteries. There’s limited i n f o r m a t i o n

f rom this source, so if you know any more, let me know. B o b M U N SO N

There is currently underway an ef fort to memorialize V al BO U RQ U E , USA FA Class of ‘60, as the f irst A cademy graduate to b e k i l l ed i n c o m bat . The memorial which is being sought is the naming o f t h e f i el d h o u se

in his memory. Capt Bourque was a lieutenant when he d i ed i n SE A a n d w a s posthumously promoted to captain. He is remembered by his classmates as the first at many things. Perhaps his m ost mem or able q uali

ty was his willingness to always be the first to help o t h er s w h en n eed ed . I n my mind this is a most fitting memorial to a man who gave his life for his country. This memorial will be another remembrance o f al l graduat es who have given their lives in service to others.

Although there is a moratorium through 1988 on the nam i ng o f

buildings at the A cademy, it is never too early to let t he A cademy k now o f

your interest in this matter. If you support this effort t h en sen d a ca r d o r

letter to M r. William V . H anchey, Secretary USA FA M emorial B oar d , USA FA Academy, CO 80840. The 25th anniversary of Capt Bou rq ue’ s death will be in October 1989 and this would be a perfect t i m e t o est a b l i sh t he mem or ial . C ol L A N M A N also suggest s that at any graduate f unction, the oldest graduate should propose a toast in memory o f C apt Bou rque as one o f t he f i r st agenda it em s.

Now with the important business completed, let’s get o n t o o t h er things. First of all, I am currently the leader in t he m ost i nt er est i ng j ob contest since I am the only entry so far . So to make t h i s a b i t m o r e i n teresting I am of fering a real prize. To the Class of ’74 graduate with the most interesting j ob, I will present one lithograph o f R i c k B r o o m e ’ s “ t alon T ake-o f f .’ ’ T he deadl ine f or ent r y is 1 N ov 8 5 . T h e w i n n er w i l l b e

decided by some method yet to be determined. Note that t h i s i n c l u d es civilian, military, and underworld employment . Jobs may not even have to be factual . So let ’s get some thought going and get some descriptions in so o n

. L et ’ s m ove on t o t he li m it ed am ount o f in f or mat ion co ncer ni ng

cl a ssm a t es .

(Pam) is leaving Forest Park, IL for Wilford Hall Medical C en t er a t

Lackland A FB, TX . M ike T I LLMA N came back across the o c e a n t o make Valdosta, GA home. Barry SCHEINOST left Grand I sland , N E f or Omaha, NE. (You can do better than that !) Ric CUA DROS m o v ed t o

Naples, Italy and works as chief . Information Systems Sect i o n . D a v e

ROODHOUSE gave up Dayton, OH for Woodbridge, VA . Mike SM I T H is now at Beale A FB, CA as an SR-71 aircraf t commander . O r i s it space cadet? He let Call to Glory get to him. Bill NA IGLE i s i n N icevil le, F L .

M r. Richard COLL INS calls A nn A rbor, M I home. Fred A SH L E R

departed Hamburg, lA for Tucson, AZ. Bob HOOTEN is r eal ly at M inot , ND. Roy BASS left Tacoma and found sunshine a t M c G u i r e A F B

by t he Jer sey shor e.

F i nal notes. T here is a m ove t o event ually name t he C a d et F i el d H o u se after the first USAFA graduate to die in combat : Val BO U RQU E . H e en

j oyed no long or distinguished career, but he was the f i r st t o f u l f i l l t h e promise to the country he made as a graduate. I f you w o u l d l i k e t o ex press your feelings on the matter or suggest anyone else, w r ite t he U SA FA M em o r i a l B o a r d .

That’s all f or now and for quite a while for me. 1 w il l be goi ng back t o M AC soon and could find myself anywhere in the world w h en t h e

new slet ter deadl ine is due. T heref ore, I ’ m passi ng t he pen t o R ic K A R VOSKY at Wright-Patterson A FB, OH . Ric teaches in the C ivil E ngi neer ing School and plans to be a bit closer to home and the phone t han I can hope to be. You can reach him at the following address and pho ne: P .O .

Box 24412, Dayton, OH 45424, A V : 785-4552.

That ’s it . No long speech, parting shots, or wisecracks t h i s t i m e . I t ’ s been a lot o f f un t o do t he new slett er . H elp Ric out by taking the time to drop a line or call . God bless you all and thanks for doi ng your par t t o make our country stronger and a better place to live.

M i k e C a r t er

2263 Ptar m igan L ane C olor ado Spr ings, C O 809 18 H om e: (303) 593- 1480 A V : 2 5 9 - 24 0 1

P er c en t m e m b er s; 3 7

STA RTERS: A t this writing summer has finally arrived h er e a t t h e Academy. Low last night was 38 and the high today is expected t o reach all the way up to 68. I guess that it ’s j ust another w eat her anom aly f or t he

good old Front Range. I don’t know what has been going o n b u t o n ce

again little or no new mail has arrived so I will j ust pass along some old in formation which has been waiting in the queue. But bef or e I get to t ri via let me pass along some important inf ormation which co m es f r o m C o l R .

T . L A N M A N , U SA FA C lass o f ’ 59.

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I received this photo and a note from Bill VA N HORN a n d w i l l l et h i m explain it : “ You ask what I was doing on top of the hi ll , in uni f o r m , w it h a flag? Getting commissioned in the A F Reserves ( 10-plus year s o f act ive duty). The good looking one is Elizabeth, my wife. Sh e sw o r e m e i n . T h e little guy who isn’t overly impressed is our son. H unter , w h o w a s b o r n this February. Elizabeth and I are both in the 302nd T act ical A i r li f t W i ng

at Peter son A F B as Reser vist s. She’ s a m obil ity o f f icer a n d I ’ m a c r ew dog in the 731st Tactical A irlift Squadron. The last magazi ne had m e moving f rom Colorado to M arch A FB but it was the other w ay ar ou nd .

Sis is a tanker AC at Dyess A FB and sis (the other) is m ar r ied t o a budget of f icer at Lowry. Brother-in-law flys Weasels at Spangdahlem A B , G er many. A nd we were a nice farm family f rom Iowa!’ ’ Thanks f o r t he i nput B ill .

FO L K S: Ji m T I ET JE N is t he f i r st change-o f -addr ess car d on m y desk .

H e has m oved f r om N iceville, F L to som e place i n t he Paci f ic area yet t o

G ET A F R I E N D T O J O I N TH E A OG

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

bedetermined. Let usknow whereyou end up Jim. Anthony Z D A N U K i s

now known to be in Merced, CA where he has completed a l o ca l m o v e .

Scott HOKE has assumed a new j ob in the Washington a r ea . H i s m o v e

was from Scott A FB to Springfield, VA . Paul LA NE has also ended up in

the D.C. area with a move to Alexandria, VA. A cross-country m o v e h a s

been completed by John LA NSFORD . John moved from Edwards A F B ,

H O M E C O M I N G 1985 19-22 September

CA to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and is living in Huber H eight s. Jim

“ Smuf fy” SM ITH has completed A CSC in residence and is now residing

F A L C O N S vs R I C E

little closer to the homeland with a move to Boulder, C O . St ev e

Chuck LEE has moved to Seabrook, TX . Jim JUDKI NS has m o v ed a

Get T ogether W ith Y our Classmates

MA LUT ICH has moved to Herndon, VA . For all the folks w h o h a v e moved and for which no j ob description is given, we a l l w o u l d l i k e t o

know, so drop me a line and I’ll pass along the information. N o w o n e o f

Send your registration f or m in TOD A Y!

in Alamagordo, NM. Jim is returning to F-15s in the 4 9 t h T F W .

our more industrious classmates has a prepared statement w h i ch h e w o u l d like included in the column so from “ M ac” M cI NTI RE here goes. “ I n December 1984, I with my pregnant wife Patricia and tw o-year -old s o n

Aaron made the arduous j ourney from Mountain Home AFB, I D t o USAFA. Lots of things immediately started to happen. N ew j ob ; I nst r uc tor of Behavioral Science and Leadership. New home: Q t r s 4503G , U SA F

Academy, CO 80840. New baby: 0802L , 21 Dec 84, USA FA H ospital ,

Samuel William.” Lots of luck Mac with your assignment and your f am i ly addit ion .

One last bit of information, Dino SCH WEITZER and Mike T E R R Y

ar e also r ecent addi ti ons t o t he U SA FA staf f . M ore i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h em

to follow next column. Again, please give me something t o w r i t e b ec a u se it really is tough making up all this stuff on my own. I n act ual ity it all

comes from you in the mail so drop me a line now and agai n and i nclude a picture or tw o .

CLOSING: That’s all for now. I hope that all of you a r e set t l ed f r o m vacation, PCS, or whatever has been keeping you busy. A gai n , do n ’ t forget to let me in on what’s happening with you and your s so I can

spread t he new s ar ound t he A O G . I need some new ideas about w hat you

would like to read in the column so pass those along as well . M ay G od

bless you all in the upcoming busy months and I hope t o be back r epor t

ing again in the next issue. Don’t forget that Falcon f o o t b a l l st a r t s so o n .

r

J o e St ei n

820 W ar Eagle D r ive

Colorado Springs, CO 80919 H ome: (303) 594-620 1

A V : 2 59 -4 5 52

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Percent mem bers: 37

Our top story for this quarter is the following; FLASH! C l a ss o f ’ 7 5

keeps rolling along with the announcement of 36 new maj or s-to-be. A s I

scanned the list at the CBPO I picked off the following n a m es; M i k e ANDERSON, Bob AWTREY, Jon BALL, Phil BENJAMIN, Charlie BERGMAN, Kurt BOCK, Gil BRAUN, Dan BURKETT, Bob CRAIG, Mike DELONEY, Andy DICHTER, Jim DILL, Brian DUFFY, St ev e

DURESKY, Jim HEALD, Bruce HEVEY, Mark JEFFERSON, Randy

JOSLIN, Dave KOVACH, Perry LAMY, Jerry LEVESQUE, Lamar LEWIS, Phil MARTIN, Buzz MASTERS, Clarence MCFARLAND, Mitch MCVAY, Curt OSTERHELD, Wilhelm PERCIVAL, A1 PIOTTER, Mark RISI, Mike ROSEBUSH, Sam RYALS, John SAXMAN, Bob SHAPPELL, Gary SHUGART, and Dale WATERS. By the

numbers I ’ve seen the past few years, it looks like ’75 is getting a much greater number of early promotions than most classes. C ongrat ulat i ons to

all !

HOMECOMING. By the time this reaches you, there will pr obably be

less than one month to the big event . Before you do anyt hi ng else, pull out a pencil, turn to the center pages in this issue of Checkp oints, and f ill out t he r egist r at io n f or m f or t he r euni on . T hi s one is t h e o n e u sed f o r r eser v a

tions to the main events. Tim O’CONNEL L and the reunion co m m i t t ee will be mailing out another f orm for ’75-only events and souveni r s. Y es, you do need to fill out both. Don’t put this one of f , though, because you m ay show up and f ind t here ar e no “ last m i nut e” seat s a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e Jabar a Banquet or some o f t he ot her m ai n att ract ions. F o r t h o se w h o

might be thinking of passing up this gala affair (surely n o o n e i n ’ 7 5 would be so foolish), please reconsider. From the planning I ’ ve seen , i t ’ s

definitely something you won't want to miss. Who knows? Y ou m ight be

this year’s winner of the “ Who has the most gray hair (or least o f any col

or hair)?” , or other equally prestigous awards.

The spring season brought forth several visitors to t he A cademy t hi s year . The most impressive, as is usually the case, w er e t h e T h u n d er b i r d s perf orming at graduation. Only this year , we had two high f lyer s f r om ’75

in the show, Dave COM M ONS and Buzz M A STERS. I think I c a n sa y (with absolutely no prej udice) that it was the best show I ’ve seen t hem d o .

Dave stopped in while he was out here. He says he’s having a great time,

and let me tell you — the blue Thunderbird flight suit seem ed t o b e m a d e for him. I think we’ve got good representatives there f o r t h e c l a ss .

My other distinguished visitor is a man the A ir Force h a s b een a f t er f o r

a long time — Bentley RAYBURN. Well, they finally caught h i m a n d (remember, you heard it here first) they’re sending him t o L eavenw or t h .

What’s that? Oh, it’s the school, not the big house. W ell , deali ng w it h t he

A rmy for nearly a year in Command and General Staf f College might feel

like prison anyway. The good part about that tour, t hough , i s that it ’s not too far to drive to the reunion. By the way, Bentley did pass on w or d o f

an ef fort to get all of the old sergeant maj ors out f o r t h e r eu n i o n . So i f

you live by any of them, how about passing on the word?

To start of f the list of movers. I ’ll give some credit t o a f ew o f t h e g u y s here at USA FA I don’t think I ’ve mentioned before. K en F I N N , B il l DA VIS, and Doug M I LLER have all been around for a little bit , and they are becoming integral members of the reunion committee. C o l t M E F FORD is also a new arrival in the Springs, but I don’t k n o w w h er e h e ’ s working yet . M ike ROSEBUSH (who I have talked about before), on the other hand, is leaving USA FA for a while. He’s of f t o get smar t and pick up his PhD. Jon TURNER is also leaving USAFA, only he’s venturing

out i nt o t he civil ian w or k f or ce i n A r izona.

A late-breaking item concerns Dave LA FA VE, who was of f t o a high-

powered j ob at SAC headquarters, but decided to stay for another year a s an AOC. According to Dave, some of his cadets already b u r n ed t h ei r bridges when they heard he was leaving — won’t they be pleasantly sur prised? Other guys on the move include Walt SCHELL, w ho has ap

parently made it to SA C H Q; Jack STORER, who moved w i t h i n t h e limits of Burnsville, M N ; Tom SUM M ERS who now calls Ful ler t on , C A

home; Steve POWERS, a new resident of (brrrr) Grand For k s; John SCHERER in Altus; and Mark VOLCHEFF living it up in M t P leasant ,

SC. I also received a card f rom A 1KRUKOWSKI who I think i s h ea d ed t o Chicago for med school , and f rom Otto DIEFFENBACH who i s n o w a regional manager for Martin Marietta. He’s now living in Huntington

Beach, CA with his wife Susan and two children (Otto I V and C lair e) .

Some bad news that came in j ust before press time involved t h e d ea t h

o f M i k e CO X i n an air cr af t accident . I d on ’ t have a lot o f t he det ai ls, but

I think he was flying backseat in an F-4 from H omestead. O u r c o n dolences to all his loved ones — we’ll all miss him.

Finally, I’m about to answer the prayers of many of you out t her e. I

think the time has come f or me to pass on the reins a s C l a ss Sc r i b e t o

someone else. M ont hs back Jef f H A C K E T T called and said h e ’ d l i k e t o

take over the column when I left, and I’m going to t ak e him up on t hat (actually, he made me an offer I couldn’t refuse). A s f or me. I ’l l be heading on to ACSC with my wife, Patty, and two kids, Joey (7) and Jackie (4). I’ve listed Jeff’s address below, and seriously, I ca n ’ t t h i n k o f

anyone better for the j ob. M y sincere thanks go to all of you w ho t oo k

time to write, and I look forward to seeing everyone a t t h e r eu n i o n a n d i n

years to come. See ya! Send your Class News information t o : J e f f HA CKETT , 1825 E. Jeanine Dr ., Tempe, A Z 85284. His t elepho ne

numbers are home: (602) 831-9439; and office: (602) 34 5- 6 50 4 .

One last footnote (I couldn’t resist). Jef f is now working for H ughes

H elicopt er . Bye.

Yearbooks available. Dean Mills, ’82, has one copy ea c h o f t h e

Class of 1974, 1975, and 1976 Polaris. I f you have lost your copy or need one of these books write Dean at Box 6301, A P O N ew Y o r k 0 9 17 9 -5 4 2 1.

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the beautif ul mural; and I wondered what exactly the a u t h o r w a s t h i n k ing. Tom painted a beautiful picture of his idea.

I j ust returned from a 20-day 5,000-mile trek back ea st . I r o d e Washington DC’s Metro and groped through the Pentagon “ r i ngs” t o see 10 o f our classmates t her e on A ST RA t our s. L ater t hat day . Sue and I

spent a pleasant evening with M ike and Bonnie WEI NSTEIN w h o h a v e a lovely home and family in Burke, VA (which M ike af fectionately c a l l s “ YUPPIEville” ). Their two boys haven’t been around long enough t o en dure al l seven moves or t o k now t hat M i ke has dr iven t h e sa m e T r a n s A m

Greetings from hot , hot Las Vegas. Looks like they j ust skip spring around here. A nyway, as we continue to get settled i n , I ’ ve r un int o some more of the guys. I saw Tim CA NTWEL L one night at Pizza H u t — h e ’ s an F- 16 driver with the 474 TFW . Larry A USTI N and I h a d a n ea r - m i ss/ hi t i n t he st air w el l at C B PO — he f l ies F-5s w it h one o f t he A ggressor

squadrons here. Sue and I saw M arty HOL LA ND at the O f f i cer s’ C l u b one day at lunch — he flies A -7s f or the A lbuquerque A ir G uar d , and i s f inishing up law school at the U of NM . I finally saw L ar r y N E W , al so at lunch one day — he’s an instructor at the F-15 FWS. H aven ’ t seen T er r y yet — he’s also in F-16s here. Carl and Mary REBA RCHA K greet ed

for the past nine years. We regretted missing Matt a n d L i z COATSWORT H who were touring Europe af ter Matt graduated f r o m med school on A rmed Forces Day. Weldon and Betty WA L KER, w h o w e

vi sited at O f f ut t A FB o n t he r et ur n leg, al so st ill r u n a r o u n d i n t h ei r “ cadet car .” Bot h John BET T S (Pam) and L ar ry SH A FE R (C assie) w er e T D Y w hen I t r ied t o visit t hem at t heir H Q SA C po st s.

Pat r ick C . i nt o t hei r household on 13 June — he’ s t hei r t h i r d .

G ot a not e f r om A nn L I V I N G ST O N . Bob j ust f i nished up at A lbany

(NY) Medical College — they’re on their way to Pease. B o b ’ s a n o r thopedic surgeon. Bobby Jr . is 18 months old. You can r ea c h t h e L i v ingstons at 17 Birnum Woods, Stratham, NH 03885. Phone: (603) 7 7 2 - 8 54 0 .

While persuing the Fall ’84 issue of the Fighter Weap ons R eview , I not iced t hat sever al of our cl assmates w er e f eat ur ed . C a r l R E B A R -

CHA K’s picture is in the article about the F- 16 (close) F W I C . T h er e ’ s a good article by A 1 GRA NGER about his experience going t hr ough t he F-16 course. Some grads of recent courses had their pictures: Chuck McHENRY (M rytle Beach) and Craig KI NNEY (422 TES, Nellis), A - 10; and H ow ie T H O M PSO N , F- 15.

In A pril I called Duke PORRITT (I ’ve gotta get the new s somehow) , who’s new in the F-16 at Hill . A nyway, Duke and Laura w el c o m ed J a r r ed into their family back in November , and I f orgot to tel l you all about it . I

di dn ’ t w ant L aur a t o be m ad at me! N ow G lenn has a playm ate. T hese guys are in Duke’s squadron: Ray FORTNER, TJ KOCH , G r eg J .

M ik e and B onn ie Weinstein r elax in their nor ther n Virginia t o w n h o u se.

They know how to mingle with 1,200 White H ouse staf f ers.

M I L LER, Craig MOSER, and Duke. There are more guys i n t h e o t h er

Rick NEWTON (Kathy) set up the Pentagon gathering after call i ng i n the biggest news to date on a few dozen “ Just Passin’ T hr ough ” t he D .C .

I r eceived a let ter f r om C ol R .T . L A N M A N , ’ 59 . H e’ s spear headi ng a campaign to have the cadet field house named for Val BO U RQ U E , ’60 .

V al w as t he f i r st cadet t o ent er U SA FA on 11 July 1955, a n d w h a t i s m o r e significant , he was the f irst graduate to be killed i n act i on , i n October 1964. A ccording to the A OG’s 25th A nniversary Pictorial R eview , V al

bound f or F-15s at Camp New A msterdam, Holland; and R o d SH RA DER (Jo), also P& O and outbound to RA F Bentwaters t o b e a n

squadrons, but he couldn’t remember them all .

graduated a year later because of a “ skirmish with t h e d ea n . ” So u n d s l i k e my kind of guy. This sounds like a worthwhile proj ect , and i f you agr ee.

Col Lanman would like you to take a moment to write t o M r . W i l l i a m V .

Hanchey, Secretary, USA FA M emorial Board, USA FA , CO 80 84 0 .

Naming the field house after Capt Bourque is appropriate, a s h e w a s a l et t er m a n i n b a seb a l l a n d so ccer . T h i s r em i n d s m e o f h o w I u sed t o t h i n k Si -

j an Hall had been named f or Terry and Larry NEW .

H er e at t he 44 50 T G , T im SI M S i s back f r om A -7 RT U , a n d M i k e SA C K L E Y w il l be ar r i vi ng i n t he f all f r om F- 16s at Sh a w — h e w a s a r e cent vi sit or at t he gr oup her e.

I didn’t get much of a response from anybody this time, so w e’ ll t ry something new. I f your last name ends in a consonant , dr op me a qui ck

one-line telling me your name, where you are, what you do, and who is in your family. Then, as long as you’re taking the trouble, t el l so m e i n teresting facts about some classmates you know about . I ’ m su r e so m e o f you guys are tired of reading about fighter pilots, so help me out !

Congrats to all the new maj ors — we had a whole slew! O ne o f them ,

area. Rick , w ho u nf or t u nat ely m issed t he pict ur e below because o f a dut y conflict , is in the A ST RA “ Checkmate” program (Plans & O ps) , leavi ng soon for fixed-wing conversion at Reese. Keeping him com pany ar e Steve M I L LER (Teresa) a special assistant to the deputy chief f or P& O , and A - 10 w eapons of f icer .

Ot her A ST RA s include Ro n L A D N I E R (headed f or C - 14 1s at A lt u s)

and Jet WA LES (going to acquisiton management at Hanscom), b o t h i n Logistics and Engineering; George EA RNH A RT (Susan) i n R & D b u t

out bound f or B-52 t ransit ion at C ar sw ell ; C har l ie H A L E (K at hleen)

heading of f to be a nav instructor at M ather ; Joe A LFA NO i n P er so n n el A nalysis; Tim HOPPER (MaryA nn) who is indeed headed h er e i n September; Steve CA M ERON and Ray JOH NS (Diana) who m u st h a v e “ the right stuf f ” to attend test pilot school at Edwards; M i k e M A H A R (Beth) going to FB-11I s at Plattsburgh; and Rob VEA LE (C hr i s) now f l y ing the KC-10 at Seymour-Johnson. John MA ZUROWSKI will l ea v e t h e

vi ce chief o f st af f ’ s o f f ice t o i nst r uct at Sheppar d . T hose A ST RA guys can ’ t hold dow n a j ob !

D ave C L A R Y , w as her e aw hi le back j ob-hunt ing.

U nt i l next t i me, G od bless you all , and be caref ul .

Jim D ar t

Q uart er s 4402B U SA F A cademy , C O 80840 H ome: (303) 472-6706 A V : 2 59 -4 10 4 / 4 190 P er c e n t m em b er s: 3 1

“ I t w as but yesterday w e m et i n a dr eam . Y ou have su ng to me i n m y al oneness. I f i n t he tw i light o f my mem or y w e should m e e t o n c e m o r e w e shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song.” I saw

this poem by Kahlil Gibran inscribed on a mural in A r n o l d H a l l w h i l e making my OIC rounds late one evening. Tom H EA NEY took c r ed i t f o r 48

I n the “ uncovered ” Pentagon courtyard are, standing f r om lef t, Tim H opper, Tom Toole, Charlie H ale, Jet Wales, and Joe A lf ano. K neel ing ar e R od L adnier, Steve M iller, George E ar nhar t, and R o d S h r a d er .

Precisely 1,800 miles f rom the marble strips to the r ings.

A lit t le sout heast at A ndr ew s A F B is new lyw ed John C H R I ST i n t h e C -20. A ppar ent ly , he w as not i n f l uenced by T om “ f or ever si ngle”

T O O L E i n m a i n t en a n ce . Sh a n n o n K I N G S L E Y

f l i es t h e L IH - I N a n d

C H -3, also at A ndrew s.

Rich also reported that Trooper SNYDER (Beth) is coming t o U SA F A from Osan to be a flight surgeon. Bob WESOLOWSKI (Connie) i s w o r k ing out with an A-7 at Nellis. Larry WEA VER is flying t h e H H - 3 E a t Keflavik, Iceland. Rocky VI LLA FA NE (Janet) is in F-15s at Bit burg

(I sn ’ t t here a W or ld W ar I I cemet er y near by?) . St u W I L L I A M S (Julie) is leavi ng his RF-4 at Z w ei br ucken , G er many to at tend A F I T (Space O ps) .

One of the A ST RA s, Ray JOH NS, made maj or three years ear ly . K en

PAGE, Joe ZA H ROBSKY, and Dave SPA NNBA UER j oined Ray i n t h i s remarkable achievement . CONGRATULAT IONS! They were a m o n g o n ly 148 of 9,093 of ficers (1.6%) eligible for promotion to maj or in t he

secondary zone. K en is a hel o inst r uct or at K i rt land a n d J o e i s i n B u f f s.

Before spending an hour on the phone to Rick, I bumped i nt o D o ug L E I BB RA N D ’s sister K at hy at G od f at her ’ s Pizza and she a n n o u n c ed h er brother’s recent wedding to Lonna. The pair is at Langley w her e D o ug

w o r k s i n co m u n i ca t i o n s .

I a l so w i t n essed a 30 - m i n u t e a i r - t o - a i r d u a l o v er b r ea k f a st b et w een

M cGuire; Rick A ULICI NO, H Q A FSOUTH , Naples, Italy; Gary

John BU C K L E Y , pr oud A N G pilot and new A O C f or 8t h Squad r on , v e r sus an A rmy maj or with self-proclaimed fixed-wing experience. John put the maj or in a spiral with shots to the maj or’s Aggie back gr ound .

KI NG F-16, Hill; Greg MCCRA W , T-38 class comm, Laughlin; a n d J a n

L et ters: Gar ry and Janice SH E P PA R D got t he gi r l t hey wanted , A nna

Christine, on 9 A pril. Garry also mentioned seeing D anny W A D E (Dinah) at Torrej on, TDY f rom Dover . Congratulations a r e a l so i n o r d er for Mark WEBSTER who was named Junior Of ficer of the Quar ter her e.

H e went on to become r unner -up f or 1984 Junior O f f icer o f t h e Y ea r .

M arc L I N D SL E Y lef t t he F- 111 Fighter W eapons School a t M o u n t a i n

Home, I D for Langley A FB, VA where he’s on the HQ TAC C o m m a n d

Br ief ing T eam . M arc and Pat have tw o youngster s. H e w a n t ed t h i s

pri nted i n t he “ Z oom bag Gazet te.”

L ost and F ound : W eldo n W A L K E R suggested t his sect io n f or anyone w ant ing to hear f r om speci f ic classmates. H e w ould appreciate a call (A V 27 1-384 1) f r om A ll Star alum ni and B ill W I T H E RS w ho t o o k o v er h i s f at her ’s business i n N or t h C ar oli na af ter teachi ng E mergency W ar O rder s a t W h i t em a n .

A OG I npu ts: N at ural ly t he A O G passed alo ng many change-o f -addr ess cards dur ing t he sum mer . Steve PET E RSE N moved over t o A lbuquer que, N M ; Bruce BU R D A ret ur ned f r om over seas t o mor e cent ral ly located L it t le Rock , A R ; C har les P RE C O U RT is also back st a t esi d e a t Edw ar ds A F B , C A ; E r ic L I N H O F lef t T ucson , A Z f or an o v er sea s t o u r ; Bill SE I FFE RT m oved f r om M erced t o O rangevale, C A ; G l en n E V A N S is now up in Par k Ridge, I L ; Joe N I E M E Y E R i sn’ t f ar f r om G lenn , m ov ing w est tw o states to Bellevi lle, I L ; D ave G RA GA N is over in Q uantico , V A ; Pat ( D eni se) BU RK E is d ow n i n C or i nt h , T X ; Richard o T U R N E R ru ns a pr ogram mi ng branch i n t he 9t h SRW at Beale A FB , C A ; D ave N I E L SE N is back her e i n t he P i kes Peak regio n; and R o n K E N N E D Y changed residence t o N ew Braun f els, T X , not f ar f r om t h e A l a m o .

T he C lass o f ’ 89 began 5 July , 1,4(X) st r ong, 12 year s and t hree days behi nd us. A tt r i ti on is dow n; j ust 17.3% so f ar f or ’ 8 8 . T h e C l a ss o f ’ 8 5 gr aduated w it hout 37.3% o f t heir o r igi nal num ber s com par ed t o t h e 40.7% we lost . H ow many of our so ns and daughters I h ea r so m u c h about are headed f or f ut ure classes? W e’ re f orecast i ng anot her w i nni ng f oot ball season ; suppor t i f you can .

Jim A r nold

1140 A lder T r ee W ay , #348 Sacramento , C A 9583 1 H ome: (9 16) 424-2420 P er c e n t m em b er s : 3 1

L ik e w ow . H i f ol k s! Y es, I m ade it to C ali f o r nia ! P lease n o t e m y n ew address. Ot her t han a cou ple o f speed ing t ick et s i n m y new RX -7, t he t r i p w as unevent f ul . I am tak ing t i me out f r om studyi ng f o r t h e B a r t o w r i t e t his. M y o nly ot her act ivi ty i s planning f or m y A ugust w eddi ng . (W ell , ac tually , I am only a consultant , but m or e on t hat lat er , maybe!) T his is a busy ar ticle, so let ’ s get on w i t h i t !

T he phot o t hi s t i me comes f r om T ed OT E RO . T he pict ur e w as t he j oi nt idea o f T ed and Jo hn PA T E R SO N . T he pict ur e pu r po rt s t o sh o w a l m o st all ’ 78er s (t w o didn ’t mak e t he pict ur e, but t heir n a m es a r e i n cl u d ed below ) w ho at tended SO S C lass 85-B , 26 in al l ! D oug R A A B E R G w a s t h e # 1 grad and his w i f e t ook t he pict ur e. T he f ol low i ng is a list o f ever yone in C lass 85-B , t hei r assignm ent and base (phew !) : M i ke D A V I D , C - 14 1,

C OO PE R , K C - 135, A lt us; Scot t SN I V E L Y , T -38 I P , R andolph ; Ray SC H A EU BL E , C - 130 eval nav . L it t le R ock .

A lso , John G RI M E S, U H - I N , Scot t ; G ary K O PA C K A , C -2 1, O f f ut t ; Jay K E N D A L L , E C - 135, T in ker ; Bil l C H A M BE R S, F B- 111, Pease; Steve H A M M O N D , RC - 135 nav , O f f ut t ; Jim K EA T O N , C - 130, K adena; D oug RA A BE RG ; John PA T E R SO N , T -38 I P , Reese; T ed O T E RO , F- 111 I P , RA F L ak enheat h ; Joe BO N I N (not pict ur ed) , helos, K orea; Bi ll H A D A W A Y , F- 111 I P/ FE , M t . H o me; and M i k e M C D O N A L D , C - 14 1, C h a r l est o n .

A l so , T odd C I E N SK I , C - 130 I P , L it t le R ock ; Rick L E H M A N , T - 3 7 I P , C olum bus; K oli n L E ST E R , C - 14 1, N or t on ; Scot t SM I T H , en g r , A FO T E C , K i r t land ; W ayne D A V I D SO N , C - 130 I N , Rhei n M ai n ; J o se B RA V O , C -9, Scot t ; and V ic L I N , F-4G E W O , G eorge. W ell , t h a t w a s quite a typew r it er f ull ! T hank s, T ed !

O t her L et ters & N otes: G reg PO ST U L K A w r i tes t hat he is leavi ng Space D ivision at L .A . A F S and head ing to L ouisiana St a t e U n i v a s a RO T C inst r uct or ! G reg w ants t o k now i f w e have bought L o u i si a n a o r a r e w e j ust r ent ing f r om t he F rench? So , f o r $200 and w hat ’ s b eh i n d D o o r # 2 . . .does anyone have an answ er ? G r eg al so says he r an i nt o L ar r y O RT EG A w ho is a N A SA oper ati ons engr w i t h t he X -29 at Edw ar ds (o h , lovely Edw ar ds. . .) . G r eg had di nner w it h L on L O W E , w h o i s n o w a f l ight engineer ( I did n ’ t k now t rai ns cou ld f ly !) w it h A l a sk a A i r l i n es .

G reg, w ho m ust be t he social coo rdi nat or f or t he W est C oast , went on a w i ne-tast i ng t our w it h K yle BA RT E L S. K yle is at T r avis (C-5s) and he and his w i f e D iane have t w o daught er s (E r i n & M egan) . G reg i nf o r m s us t hat T om C Z A C H O R is now f lyi ng w i t h E aster n . Jef f B RA K E i s a t N o r ton in C - 14 1s. G reg w ent t o W ashi ngt on , D C (pr obably t o see i f t h er e w a s an openi ng f or an East C oast social di r ect or ) and ran i n t o R i c k R E A SE R .

Rick is in t he Pent agon and w or k ing “ 100 hr s a w eek ” accor ding t o G r eg .

G reg, w ho seem s t o have not hi ng bet ter t o d o t han keep t r a c k o f classm ates, t al ked t o D on SL E E on t he phone. D o n is i n m anagement w i t h a glassw or k s i n Flor ida and has a house w it h a pool ! D on sai d t hat F rank V O RW A L D is st i ll w o r k i ng f o r G E i n M i lw au kee and i s new ly m ar r ied . Fi nal ly , G reg w ent t o L as V egas w i t h w i f e Br idget o n business (sur e, G reg) and t alk ed t o Sam T H E R R I E N , w ho is w i t h t he A ggr esso r Sq at N ellis. T hank s G r eg f o r t he input , and you k now I ’ m only k i ddi ng about t he w ay you spend your t i me! D on ’ t you G reg? G r eg?

I got a note f r om T om FA R R I E R so met ime (anot her o f t h o se el u si v e notes w hich pop up f r om ti me t o t i me, or igi n unk now n and date eq ual ly obscure) . T om is i n I celand i n helos. H e says D ave W E T L E SE N a n d w i f e

E l l a h a v e t w o so n s . D a v e i s a t P a t r i c k . K i r k P O R T E R i s a t A F I T o n h i s

way to USA FA as an instructor. John GRIM ES (see opening pho to) and wife Pat have a young son. Rick BERRY (Vickie) is an H -3 stan-eval type

at Eglin . D er ek W H E E L E R is on t hi s thir d consecuti ve O / S T o u r ! H i s cur r ent assignment is an H H -3 at C lar k . D ave M I L L E R , K i p SE L F and M i ke W H Y T E ar e A ST RA types now . T om says t hat t her e is an i nt ercep tor bunch at K ef lavi k also and t hought he m ight t hr ow i n t h a t R o n T A I T (Francis) , G r eg K A I SE R , and St eve N E L SO N ar e all i n I c el a n d a l so .

Finally, Tom says that Bart WOH L is going back to Seymour-Johnson

and t here he w ill r ej oin his w i f e, K ali sta . T hank s, T om , and my apologi es f o r not includi ng t his stu f f ear lier .

D ave M A H E R sent m e a bi r t h annou ncem ent on hi s daught er R en ee Eileen Maher . Dave is at M inot , but is on his way to Palm dale, t o be chief o f Flight O per at ions at P alm dale Fl ight T est C enter . T hose of you w ho do n ’ t k now w her e Palm dale is. . . j ust t hi nk o f E dw ar ds and go about 20 m i l es so u t h !

T he f i nal let ter t his t i me ar ou nd is f r om R oger BU RG . Roger and w i f e

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Christina are at Of futt . (I have typed that so many t imes t hi s ar t icle, I w il l be typing it in my sleep!) Roger is f resh (?) f rom a n A ST R A t o u r a n d sends the following on other ’78ers who were with him. B o b M C A D A M S w as t her e. So w as G lenn SPEA RS, but “ you ’ d never k now f r o m h i s a t

tendance at A ST RA meetings,” says Roger . Steve GOLDFEIN w a s “ o n the Hill” and always dressed “ like a pin-striped pantywaist ,” so h e w o u l d

f it in . Br uce C U R RY made all t he gener al ’ s assignments a n d T a n k er

SNYDER got to pour cof fee for some assistant secretary. E d R I C E

w or ked so har d alm ost no one saw hi m ! Roger w as sor ry t o l ea v e D .C . even though he left with his wife and new daughter (E lizabet h) .

Roger went skiing in February (j ust try skiing in Nebraska, ev en i n February!) and ran into Joe REHEI SER and Brad CA RLSON . R oger says that Joe isn’t any taller in skis and that Brad is sti ll tak i ng pict ur es of anything that moves! Joe starts his A ST RA tour in May a n d B r a d w i l l b e flying A-7s at Nellis. I t seems that Taco GIL BERT is a st u d en t i n C h i n a !

Roger opines that “ a six-f oot-four red-haired Texan m u st f i t i n r ea l w el l

over t her e.” W it h t hat co m ment , Roger bids us ad ieu . T hank you R og, f or an informative and funny letter. (Remember my j okes, and ever yt hi ng else is f unny !)

Finally we come to the AOG Mailbag, that short accounting o f t h e comings and goings of our class. A s we gaze into the open envelo pe, w hat do w e see? W hy it is M i k e A D A M S goi ng f r om C onverse, T X

to

A rapahoe, NE; and there is Dana BRIGGS on his way f rom B i l o x i t o C-Springs; and over there is M ike BROWN leaving A bilene f o r A P O Sa n

F ran , 96328. M ar k e G I BSO N has tr aded San A nt one f or H olloman ; and then turned right around and traded Holloman for Davis-M onthan (sor t o f out of t he f ryi ng pan into t he f i re) . R ichar d G L I T Z w en t f r o m N o r t o n to N ellis (his address change is ef f ect ive: “ N O W ” ) . M i k e M I T C H E L L i s on his way f rom Garden Grove (California, don’t you k now ) t o Bur k e, V A and J. M O RGA N has lef t A t lant a f or T am pa. (Sor t o f so u n d s l i k e a

soap opera, doesn’t it?) Thomas OWEN is bound for Niceville, F L a f t er leaving Roswell, NM . A llan RA NDA L L made a local move f r o m O d en ton, M D to Columbia, M D; Mark T HOM PSON took up stakes a t T i n k er and moved to Wetumpka, A L (where?); and Don TUROS lef t t h e L o n e

Star Stat e (San A nt one) and too k o f f f or A PO N Y 096 11. D ea n Y a m a n nak a took his leave o f M i lpitas, C A and w ent to G lendale, A Z . (T hink i ng of retiring soon. Dean?) A nd look, over there it’s Fred Z E I T Z leaving beau ti f ul M t . H ome, f or t he w i ld s(?) of A PO N Y 09 194 .

W el l , t hat ’ s about all . ( I t ’ s enough ain ’ t it ?) T hank s t o all o f you w ho w r ote. ’T i l next t ime. M ay G od Bless, and K EE P ’ E M F L Y I N G !

John C our t ney 360 1 D ee St ., A pt . 302 Shr evepor t , L A 7 1105 A V : 7 8 1-4 86 7

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Greetings Falcon Brothers. Here I sit in one of the T w i n C i t i es o f Friendship, yup, the center of culture and intellectualism f o r t h e w h o l e A rk-La-Tex. Pause. . .Bossier City, Louisiana. The steady d i et o f r i c h food complimented by amaretto cof fee, Moet Chandon W h i t e St a r a n d Grape Tang that I endure as one of the Young Upwardly-M obile P r o f es sionals (Yuppies) of 8A F has not yet dulled senses sharpened by years of consuming Cafe M itch’s Strawberry M ung. Since I do st a f f a ssi st a n ce a t

all t he at t ract ive SA C bases east o f t he M i ssi ssippi , be pr epar ed t o see m e regular ly enj oyi ng t rendy O ’ C lub f are.

T he D C connect ion : T he f olk s at t he Pent agon send t hei r regar ds. Pet e B U N C E has decided t o t r ade i n hi s D odge A st ra f or a previously ow ned , but low mileage, F-15 at Bitburg A B, Germany. Bev BA RGE (M andy) i s

also leaving A stra f or a chance to excel in KC- l Os. B est w i sh es . So m e

’ 79er s w ho ar e A ST RA bound are Randy FU L L H A RT and Steve

D I C K SO N .

Who’s doing what, where: Tim FYDA is presently the st eely-eyed T A C dem onst rat i on pi lot f or t he F- 15 (L angley) . H e’ s a real cr ow d pleaser and the spectators unif ormly look up and say “ fast , neat , average, f r iend ly ,

good, good.” A lso at Langley is Dale BURTON . Dale recently m a r r i ed Sheila Mayberry and invited many ’79ers to the drunken b a sh w h i c h followed the wedding. By all accounts it was a tasteful n ew l o w . D a v e ROEDER (F-15, Langley) also says hello. M ike DONATELL I (Julie) has landed an i nst r uct or slot at t he Fight er W eapons School at N ell is. I f you

send him money, he has graciously of fered to lay blackj ack b et s a n d subsequently “ let you know” if you won. Thanks Mike. A l so a t N el l i s i s ladykiller, Chris KI NG. Irv LESSEE (A STRA) is going t o t r y a C - I 4 I at N or t on A FB , C A on f or size.

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Still M ore: Jim REGA N (Tanya) is shaping young minds a t t h e z o o while serving as the of ficial A ir University T-41 Stunt P i l o t a n d A m

bassador in Blue. Joe D E N T has been selected f or t he Funded L egal

Education Program and will attend a notoriously easy a n d l i t t l e h ea r d o f school called William and Mary. Mario BUDA (Jan), who i s a T - 37 I P a t Vance had a new baby girl (Megan A pril). Congrats! H e’ ll head t o su nny Las Loring, Maine in December (shrewd timing M ario). Guy W A L SH (M im) left RF-4s, steak and kidney pie, and bitter beer behi nd (R A F A lconbury) and is now a courageous-right-stuf f test pilot at Edwards.

Guy said to tell everyone he drives a very expensive P o r c h e 9 44 . M a r k NIECE is steering, NKC- 135s at Wright-Pat . Regis HA NCOCK i s a l i v e and well and flying at Holloman A FB. Steve CHA BOL LA (C i ndy) recently called from Blytheville and asked me “ who i nvented so f t soap and why?’ ’ Strange. Jim “ Axe” MA NDZIA RA is smoking C a r t i er cigarettes, wearing Polo shirts and living the good-life i n Seou l , K o r ea .

Jim is assigned to the 3MA D and is the resident fuel ex per t f or t hat par t o f the w o rld .

M arriages: Tim McCURDY, who keeps the Pentagon’s computers i n tune, will marry Jill, July 14 in D .C. Tim reminds us t hat i ncr edi bly ex pensive wedding gifts are the vogue.

J ust i n: Bob M cG REA L (D ebbie) called f r om L or i ng t o c h ew m e o u t f or not ment i oni ng ear l ier in t his ar t icle t hat he t o o w a s sel ec t ed f o r A ST RA in Sep. Bob tells me that he “ made captain on t i me, l ik es his family real well and hopes to drive an expensive car li ke G uy W A L SH . ” I t is w it h deep r egr et I in f o r m you t hat our classm ate L a w r en c e J a m es

SHUNK passed away as a result of inj uries sustained i n a ca r a c c i d en t i n A r i z o n a . O u r c o n d o l en c es t o t h o se h e l ef t b eh i n d .

F r om t he ot her side: M ack FU D G E is now an A ggie w or k i ng o n

a

veterinary degree. He notes there are good-looking w o m en i n T ex a s . P a u l DIA MOND is working f or M artin-M arietta and living at C ast le Rock , CO (yes, cadets still get tickets there). Paul is celebrating t h e r ec en t c o m pletion of the 8-inch Coors pipeline extending from G olden , C O di rect ly t o his ref r iger at or . Bot t om s up !

Congratulations to our hard-working, slick-talking class pr esident , M i k e “ H ooch ” V A N H O O M I SSE N . N ot o nly is he st il l wo r k i ng C o n

gressional A ctivities at the Pentagon, but he’s f ound t i m e t o l a u n c h a su c

cessf ul char t er boat ser vice called “ H ooch on t he C hesapeake.” T h e counselor r ounds out his sched ule giving sail plane inst r uct io n and havi ng

many tete-a-tete conferences with the lovely Jan Knocke.

Hot nights: I ran into Rick A LQUIST (orange ‘Vette) recent ly . H e w as tripping the light fantastic with a sorta girl mom j ust wouldn’t understand at a popular local night spot , “ the A ction Guaranteed L ou nge.” L ater i n t he w eek as he got ready f o r hi s t hir d at tem pt t o capt ure t h e B a r k sd a l e t o Blytheville land speed record, he modestly told me he’ s get t i ng r eady t o

swap his B-52 stan eval slot for a glamorous stint a t A ST R A .

C l a ss F i n a n c e N ew s: W e ’ r e st i l l t h e r i ch est c l a ss a n d our m oney i s

regularly being rolled over in U .S. T-Bills. I told t h e o t h er c l a ss o f f i c er s we’d get a much better return on Bolivian T-Bills but w ou ld t hey list en ?

No. W el l t h a t ’ s a l l ’ t i l l n ex t t i m e . G o d B l ess . P l ea se f or war d new s updates t o M i ke V an H oomi ssen , 33 16S, W ak ef ield St r eet , A r li ngt on , V A 2 2 2 0 6 .

Peggy D ennis 2870 W ood land H il ls, A pt . 204 C olor ado Spr i ngs, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 548-9572 A V : 2 59 - 36 5 5

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Sor ry f o lk s, but no tales o f dom est ic bl iss t hi s issue. T h e n o m a d i c N E U E N SW A N D E R s have begun t heir vent ur e t o RT U and beaut i f ul E ngland A F B . U nt il t hey get set t led , I w il l be ut il izi ng w hat li tt le li ter ar y sk il ls I have t o com pose t his ar t icle. T her e is a lot o f new s t o get out , so I have made ver y f ew at tem pt s at bei ng w it t y (it ’ s too m uch w or k anyhow ) .

Special t hank s t o t he f olk s stat io ned her e f or a l ot o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n a n d t o M ar gie (C L A RK ) V A RU SK A , A nne M A RT I N , and K ei t h and K at hy (JO H N SO N ) O D E GA R D f or t hei r help .

T H E ROC K C R U M B L ES: T o quote N ancy BE RG E R anou ncing h er Ju ne w eddi ng t o G ar y Snyder . T hey w i ll be headi ng f or a new assignm ent i n C ali f or nia shor t ly . I n ot her June w eddi ngs. Br ad D U T Y (V andenber g A FB) m ar r ied Julie, and L ar r y W A L L A C E t oo k t he plunge. H ol ly E M R I C K (U SA FA -I- m ar r ied D ave Svet z, a physics inst r uct o r . L ar r y W O L FE (T -38 I P at W il liam s) has a new w i f e as o f A ugust . Z en G O C h a s r ecover ed f r om br eak i ng his f oot at SO S t o al so get mar r ied i n A ugu st .

D oug H A G E R sent a ver y i nf or m at i ve let ter detail ing his M ar ch w edd i ng i n P hiladel phia t o t he f or mer K at hleen C lar k . E r nie M U L L E R (A F I T at W r ight -Pat ter son) , Ron N I E L SE N , and Byr on W I N N helped w i t h t h e celebr at ion . D oug is f i ni shi ng hi s M S i n ops r esear ch at W r ight -Pat i n D ecem ber . Byr on , f lyi ng F-4s at Seym ou r-Johnson , plans t o u p st a g e D oug’ s wedding w it h his ow n i n A ugust at U SA FA t o L aura Ger m any .

Ron , his w i f e Bet sy , and t heir t w o chi ld ren ar e busy at Egli n ut i lizi ng his A F I T degree.

F r om lef t, By r on Wi n, B onn N ielsen, D oug H ager and E r n i e M u l l er celebr ate at D oug ‘s bachelor p ar ty .

L I T T L E C O N SEQ U E N C ES: For t hose w ho abando n t he f r eedom o f

bachelorhood. M other Nature often gets even by giving t hese couples children. A nd our class is busy replenishing the earth’s populat ion . Pat

CA M PBE L L (F-4G W SO at G eorge) and K im ber ly , D an and R en e BOO N E (T -37, Randol ph) , A ndy and D enise H A M I L T O N (H C - 130 , K adena) , T om and N ancy A RA T A (T -4 1, U SA FA ) , Jer ry and W endy C O R BET T (leavi ng Reese f or an RF-4) , D ave and D ebor ah V O T I P K A (H olloman) , and D iana (G RE E N ) and Fr an k F RA N C O I S (also a t H olloman) all are pr oud parents o f dar li ng daughter s. Sco t t a n d K a t h l een K I R BY now have a daughter num ber f our or f ive at K eesler , delivered by

Gwen KNUCKLES. Bob and Susan A L LA RDICE (C- 141, Travis) h a v e

double t rouble: tw i n gi r ls (w hen t hey tu r n 16, do n ’ t b e st a t i o n ed n ea r a U PT base) . Sue (T I M M O N S) and Br uce BU SL E R have t hei r sec o n d so n at M cG ui re. T he K ent FO N SEC A s i ncr eased t he popu lat ion o f Charleston by one. A lso expecting this summer are M argie (C L A RK ) and BJ V A RU SK A in June, and G r eg and R obbi n A U G ST i n July . M argie is a C-141 AC, working in the Charleston command post , and G r eg is a

T -4 1 I P .

W H O ’S W H E R E : H ere goes — t her e’ s a lot o f t hem . Bar t J A C K SO N

flies the F-15 at Elmendorf . M arianne (OWENS) and Dave L A R I V E E

m oved t o U SA FA . M ar ianne i s i n t he legal o f f ice and D a v e t o t h e E co n D epar t ment . JC D OT SO N , an upgrade nav at G r and For ks, a n d M i k e

SKINNER, a T-38 at Laughlin, will be heading to A ST RA . R o n M cC U R -

D Y , C - 130, Y o kot a. D ave F RE E M A N and L uk e H O W A R D , C - 14 1, C har lest on . Jim E I L E R and M ar k PET E RSO N , F- 15s t o somew her e.

John D O D G E , C - 130 . L eno ra (W O N G ) BE R N I N G , Br oo k s A FB . M a r k M EACHEM , B-52. Ed NEVES, FB- 111. Chris KUPKO, Larry (C i nd ie) D E PA T I S, R F-4, Bergst r om . T ed L A U E R , Jim E L BE RT , A r t SM I T H ,

Dave ZIEBA RT , Derek H ESS, Rob SCOTT , and Tom (Deb)

H EE M ST RA , F- 16s. C r aig SC H L A T T M A N , A - 10. A nd rea H A R R I S, PIT at Randolph. A 1(Candace) HA M M , T-38, Vance (have f un !) . M i ke SM E L L I E , Bi ll BEC K E R , and G reg M I N EA R , H o lloman I P S.

A lso, Deke (A my) WINTERS, F-15, Holloman. Dave H UDSON ,

C - 14 1, N o rt on . Scot t PA P P , Educat io n W it h I ndust ry , Som eplace

Wonderful (Matt has a bad memory). Linda GA RCIA , Langley. R i c k

(A nn) BO RN M A N N , F-4 . Bruce (Peggy) T H O M A S and Jef f W I L SO N , A - 10, E ielso n . Bob (Peggy) E V E R D I N G , K C - 135, G r and F o r k s. C h r i s

(Cindy) GOLOB, C- 141, McChord. Kevin SM ITH , JD KENNEDY, o p s research, Wright-Pat . Rich (Penny) HA RWOOD, (expecting chi ld #2) , RF-4, Shaw. Rudy BLAZICKO, Wright-Pat . M ike (Barb) EA ST M A N ,

John is going t o make big buck s on his patented co m puter pr ogr am f r om t his degree. G uy R I C H A R D SO N , F- 111, G r eat Br it ain . Ray (C ar ol) L aPO RT E , K C - 135, L or i ng. Bil l (St acy) A N D R E W S, E E- 111, M o u n t a i n H ome, expect i ng an add it ion to t he f am i ly . Sue H E L M S, A er o D epar t ment , U SA FA .

K ei t h T R A ST E R ex t en d ed a s a n H C - 130 A C a t H u r l b u r t . K ar l (Jul ie) G REE N H I L L , V andenberg . K ur t (Shar on) G RE E N , D oug (T er esa) O W E N S, and B r ian (st i ll si ngle) T I G H E , T -4 1s, U SA FA . K at hy (B I SH O P) C A M P BE L L , H anscom . D eanne (BA RN ET T ) M A H O N E Y and Peggy D A V I S, L .A . A FS. St eve W A T E R S, T -37, H Q A T C . Jer r y SI RO T E , T -37, M at her (Jer r y is also a new lyw ed) . T im and Sue (D E S JA R D I N S) H A RT I G A N ar e at Seym our -Johnson w here Sue w i l l b e i n K C - l Os and T i m f l ies F-4s. St eve T RO V E R , A - 10, K or ea. K ev i n BU T L ET T , RF-4 , Ger m any . K ent M U R P H Y , f l ight sur geon , L angley .

K ar en O ’ H A I R , f l ight surgeo n , K or ea. E r ic RU SSI A N , C - 130 , C lar k .

Bi ll C A M P BE L L , Jolly G reen I P , M yr t le Beach .

A lso , Scot t W I E BE (st il l single) , T -38 I P , W illiam s (sor ry Scott — I w as f orced t o w r i te t hat ) . C hr is C A ST RO , r adar nav , M a t h er . C a t h er i n e (M A C K E N Z I E) SPU R I O ear ned an A FC C Byli ne A w ar d f or h er w o r k a t T em pleho f . Rob RE N N E R is at L .A . A F S w or k i ng secr et ary o f t h e A F Special Pr oj ects. Ro b ’ s boss, an anonym ous L t C ol , sen t a n ex cel l en t a r t i cle o n Rob ’ s accom pl ishm ent s i n t he ham m er t hrow com pet it i ons, m o s t notably t he O lym pic t r ials. I n hi s spar e t im e, R ob ea r n ed a n M B A a n d a n M S i n EE , and becam e t he L .A . C ounci l slalom sk i cham pion . W h en d o yo u f i nd t im e t o w or k ?

A OG I N PU T S: Robert O RN E L A Y t o FE W ar ren . P hyl lis L O V I N G t o E l Segu ndo , C A . Jef f C RO Y t o A PO SF (sounds li k e an exci t ing assign m ent) . Br uce F R I T Z t o A lbuquer que. Steve GA M BO A , M erced , C A .

Gene M I T C H E L L , D over . H enr y W I L E Y t o O r lando . T om JEE t o Redo ndo Beach , C A . A nd D o n (K at hy) M Y E RS have w o n t hem selve a tour at beaut i f u l Ft . H ood , T X .

N ow t hat D ynast y is over and m y co f f ee t able has been dest r oyed by t his t ypew r it er , guess I ’ ll end t his ar t icle and go f eed m y cat s. I f anyo ne has som e tid bi t o f new s, please d r op a l ine t o m e, t he A OG , o r anyone

here at USA FA . (M ary DA LEY , please contact Tom A rata.) O r u t i l i z e

aut ovon . A ny hel p w il l be great ly appr eci at ed . T ake c a r e .

M ar t y Fr ance 5240 M eadow green D r ive C olorado Spr i ngs, C O 809 19 H ome: (303) 528-7 127 A V : 2 5 9 -44 3 1

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H i agai n f r om U SA FA . T he sum m er is her e, so is the capt ai n ’ s pay and I ’ m sure m ost of you have f inal ly begun answ er i ng t he p hone cor r ect ly by now . I t sure is nice t o f i nal ly be a “ r eal ” o f f icer . W e at U SA FA are t ryi ng to stay busy through the summer months, mostly prepping f or t he com i ng semester or , as is t he case o f Pat SW A N K E and T i m H A R R I S, mak i ng su re all o f t he new bask et ball recr uit s show u p as expected . I ’ m cer t ai nly a little embarrassed about the little AOG membership push I made last issue. I t seems every grad in my department had received his sp ri ng edi tion of Checkp oints except me. Suddenly, I realized t hat I ’d let m y m ember shi p sl ip and f or a f ew sham ef ul w eek s t he class sc r i b e w a sn ’ t a m em b er . T h a t si t u a t i o n h a s si n ce b een c o r r ec t ed .

L ar ry RU G G I E RO gave me t o ns o f i n f o t hat he gat her ed w h i l e a t A ca d em i c I n st r u c t o r Sc h o o l l a st M a r c h a t M a x w el l . H e r a n i n t o sev er a l o f our classmat es enj oyi ng t hem selves at SO S, and Jim SC H W I N D T a n d K at hy D U R ST w er e also at A I S f or t he I P ’ s short cour se. T he SO S t r oops i ncluded Joe Z E I SS w ho r ecent ly ex tended his t our at R A F L a k en h ea t h w her e he is an F B- 111 W SO and r eally enj oyi ng i t . B ill B R I D G E S i s a t Wright-Pat working in a Susbsystems/ Support Equipment SPO , and should be com ing u p f or reassignm ent soon . Bi ll and w i f e T i n a a l so h a v e

a little girl . Bill says that Jim A GEE is now upgrading f r o m F -4 s t o F - 16 s at M acD il l . D anny C RE W S w as at SO S t oo , t ak ing a vacat i on f r o m I P

duties at Columbus. He reports from Columbus that Larry C H I N G i s now mar r ied and t he f at her o f t hr ee li tt le ones. L ar ry hear d t hat R igo SA N T I A GO is now a Field T raini ng D etachm ent com mander a t G r i f f i s A F B af t er com plet ing his last assignm ent as an ai r cr af t m a i n t en a n c e o f f icer at Bergst r om .

C -5, D over . C ary (Susan) D A V I D SO N , C - 14 1, M cG ui re.

D ave JO N E S m ar r ied a nur se, and got bot h an F- 16 and a P o r sc h e (alm ost mak es m ar r iage sound li k e a good deal !) . Ben SH A L Z , nav I P at M at her , look ing f or a r ich w oman (ok — so w e do a lit t le f r ee adver t ising

ar ea, and A ll iso n L I N D E R w il l be her m aid o f honor . D a v e M A SO N f l ew t hr ough t ow n on a long cr oss-count ry . H e and w i f e V ick ie are expect ing a

i ng in Ger many som ew here. D iane M O Y E R , K C - 10, Bar k sdale. J o h n L EA C H is at U niv . of W ashi ngt on f o r m ast er ’ s #2 . R um or h a s i t t h a t

K unsan A B t his su m mer . D ave repor t s t hat C har lie RA PP a n d J o e A I M O ar e f l ying F- 16s w it h hi m cur r ent ly at H ill . Bil l SC H O E N E M A N i s n o w

in this column). Jerry PUYEA R, C-130, Pope. Glen TA YLOR, c o n t r a c t

C a r o l H O D G E w i l l so o n b e m a r r i ed t o a c i v i l i a n f r i en d f r o m t h e D .C .

new addition in December, and Dave is planning to depart f o r b ea u t i f u l

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assigned to the Prep School, teaching math. He and B a r b a r a n o w h a v e

tw o k ids. D on FO R D is st ill alive and w ell at D avis-M ont han , w h er e h e i s an E C - 130 ai rcraf t com mander . Rum or has i t t hat Randy D A V E N P O R T and Tim McKI BBEN are hiding out at Pete Field, where t hey are cur rent

ly suf fering through transition into the C-21. M ike O D E R N H E I M E R i s an RC-135 pilot at Of futt . He and wife Susan are doing w el l a n d M i k e i s awaiting a slot at Castle for AC School .

Jim R atti B o x 4 0 14

Blyt hevi lle A F B , A R 723 17 H ome; (50 1) 762- 1009

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Br uce A C K E R was in t ow n last w eek on a house-hunt ing tr ip . H e’ ll be

j oining Nancy RHOA DES and me in the A stro Dept in December. B r u c e reports from Wright-Pat that Dan STECK and his wife Ber nie are expect ing in October . Dan is currently in the EE master’s pr ogr am at A F I T , as i s Mark LORENZ (Patty), and Blaise HORBA N is in the aero p r o g r a m .

M ark is spending the summer doing his thesis research i n t h e U SA F A A stro Lab, and will also be teaching here in December.

Joe L E PA N T O w r ot e f r om H ootervil le (Blyt hevil le A FB , A R) t o i n

form us of his marriage to Vicki , a local school teacher . Joe passed his

A C check r ide f or ’ 135s w ell bef ore mak ing capt and i s r eal ly bur ning t he

place up. Joe said that Gary KONIGSM A RK was so despondent o v er l o s ing Joe as a roommate that he too went out and married a school teacher , Judy, who he met during UPT . M ust be the water or something! W a r d JOHNSON and Greg H I LL are both B-52 copilots at Blytheville. T hey spend most of their time fighting over T-37 sorties f r om w hat I hear . G reg

is mar r ied t o C hr i st i ne, an ’ 83 gr ad w ho is now t he navigat or on Joe’ s

c rew .

John BR U N D E RM A N ’ s w i f e C indy w r ote t o tell me of t he goings on at Willy. John is currently splitting time between t he T -38 f l ight li ne, t he H uman Resour ces L ab and t hei r new f am ily mem ber , E r ic A lexander ,

born 17 May. Cindy also reports that Dee HORNBOSTEL a n d C a r l

JA G ST A D t ied t he k not back in A pr i l . Bet w een all t he T D Y s t h a t A T C had in st ore f o r t hem f oll ow i ng t he occasi on , t hey may have gone on t heir

honeymoon by the time you read this, though I ’ve no co n f i r m a t i o n o n that yet . Tom and Roxann PA RKER have been reassigned to Space C om mand. They’ll be heading for Otis A FB in the fall . T he big new s f r om Willy was the promotion party put on by the ’81ers. C i ndy assur es me

t hat it w as f i r st -class al l t he w ay — open bar , m usic, danci ng and t he

obligatory wife hero shots in T-38s.

Nancy RHOA DES wrote me to say how relieved she was to f i nal ly be f i nished w it h her master ’ s out at Stanf or d . She‘ 11 begin her teaching this summer after attending Carolyn MA DDEN and Greg VERSER’s w ed ding in L .A . this July. Nancy says that Barb CHA PMA N , w h o ’ s n o w a t Castle for A C upgrade school , j ust got picked to fly K C - l Os. I t l o o k s l i k e Barb may have to resign her position as president of t h e N o r t h ea st A r k a n sas C hapter of t he A OG .

I also received a bu nch of press releases announci ng t he grad uati on o f several f olk s f r om med school at t he U ni f or m ed Services U niver sity o f t he

Health Sciences (USUHS) in M aryland. Topping the list

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H er e I sit , am idst al l t he r um or s o f t he im pend ing d o o m a b o u t t o d es cend upon good o ld H ootervil le. T hat is, t hey say t he base is goi ng t o close. T he tow n is i n a panic, as m ost o f t he local r evenue com es d ir ect ly or i ndir ect ly f r om t he base. Right now you can ’t gi ve a house aw ay her e.

Makes me glad to be a renter ! The j unk mail f rom the local pol it ical t ypes says they are doing all they can to keep the base open, despit e t he G ram m am endm ent . A h w ell , l i f e goes o n . I ’ ll bel ieve t he base is closi ng w hen 1 see it . I figure the world is in pretty good shape i f t he biggest pr oblem

some 7,000 people have to write to A nn Landers about i s w h et h er o r n o t t o put t he to ilet seat dow n .

Just finished up with my f irst of four groups of cadets t o

v i si t

Blyt hevi lle as part o f t he C O N U S Field T r i p pr ogr am . T he j ob as pr oj ect

of ficer keeps me pretty busy, but I sure do enj oy showing t h em so m e o f what we do. A fter talking to them. I ’m convinced that t he m o re t hi ngs change, t he mor e t hey r em ai n t he sam e.

My f irst letter this time comes from Col Ronald LA NM A N , a ’ 59 gr ad .

He wrote requesting that I help publicize the ef fort t o n a m e t h e U SA F A

f ield house i n honor o f V al Bour que, t he f ir st o f our gr ad s k il led i n com bat . V al mo re W . Bou rque w as t he ver y f ir st mem ber o f t h e cl a ss o f ’ 59 t o report for basic training at Lowrey A FB in June of ’ 55. H e u lt i m ately

graduated with the class of ’60, and he lettered in b o t h b a seb a l l a n d so c cer . He gave his life in combat northeast of Saigon i n O c t o f 19 64 . T h e support of the graduate community is a prime consideration in decid ing w h et h er o r n o t t o n a m e t h e f i el d h o u se i n V a l ’ s h o n o r . So , please w r it e t o the A cademy Memorial Board secretary at the following a d d r ess a n d a d d

t o the m oment um : M r . W il liam V . H anchey , Secr et ary , U SA F A M em or ial Boar d , U SA F A cadem y , C O 80840 .

Next out of the mailbag is a short note from John and C h r i s T U R A C K .

Their son Johnny (see photo) was a year old in March, a n d h e a n d h i s mother j oined John for a T DY to San Diego last Feb. Jo hn is st i ll b usy as an acquisition of ficer in the Ground Launched Cruise M issi le (G L C M ) SPO. His unit will be moving to Wright-Pat this summer. J o h n sa i d t h a t he recently completed his M BA and enj oys that extra f r ee t i m e . H e r a n i n to D ale SO N N E N BE RG at a d ini ng out ear lier t his year . D a l e i s i n l a w school in N . C ar ol i na and lovi ng it .

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N I EZ GO D A w ho w as aw ar ded t he A i r For ce’ s Surgeon G ener al ’ s A w a r d for his outstanding work. Jef f is now at Travis in a sur ger y i nt er nshi p .

Bryan FUNKE, Shirley (H I LSGEN) LOCKIE and Dave VA NDER

BU RG H al so r eceived t hei r M .D . Bryan w i ll be j oi ni ng Jef f at T r avis,

while Shirley and Dave will be assigned to The Malcolm G r o w

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M edical C enter at A ndrew s A F B . I ’ m su re t her e are ot her s w h o sh o u l d b e coming to the end of med school, so I ’ll try to get a m or e com plete l ist i n t h e n ex t i ssu e .

Pat SW A N K E t old me t hat af ter a t r uly t r yi ng assignment t o M yr t le

Beach flying A -l Os, it seems John MA HONEY has drawn a n o t h er h a r d ship tour. Mahones is heading for H ickam soon, presumably f l yi ng OV-l Os though I ’m not sure. I f he ever gets out of the A F (why should he with assignments like these?), he can always open a t ravel agency . C hr i s M A U RE R w i ll soo n be at Edw ar ds f lyi ng chase planes. Eugene O N A L E and his wife recently had a baby boy. It shouldn’t be t oo long bef ore t he poor kid is learning his father’s pathetic repertoire of puns and j ok es. A s

of this writing Steve and Jordy BURNS were expecting t h ei r l i t t l e o n e a t any moment . Again, I ’ll have the name and details in t h e n ex t i ssu e .

T hat ’ s about it f or t hi s i ssue. K eep t he cards and let ter s com ing and

remember to look me up if you’re in the area this fall . T he place i s real ly buzzing about Falcon football after a very successf ul spr i ng pract ice, so try to make it out for a game if you can!

John, Johnny and Chris Turack during a TD Y to San D iego this p ast F ebr uary .

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Heard from Godfred (Demo) DEM A NDA NTE via a letter and l a t er on, a phone call. He’s still a 130 E-Dub in Germany, a n d h e l i k es i t so much he extended another year. H is parents now live i n E ngland , so he’ s n o t ev en f a r f r o m “ h o m e . ”

Got a nice-looking word-processed thing f rom Jay VIERNES. (K now why they call ’em word processors? Did you ever see w hat a f ood pr o cessor does to food?!) Jay is having a “ totally awesome” t im e at Space Division and enj oys the southern Cal lifestyle and t he “ H ollyw ood A ir

Force.” T ell me. Jay , is it t rue t hat ‘ ‘ f er sher ” has replaced “ amen ” i n t he churches t here? Jay is shar i ng an apar t ment t w o b l o c k s f r o m t h e ocean (t oo expensive t o live alone t here, he says) and has obser ved f il m i ng t here f or t he “ Ript ide” T V show . H e has been w or k ing w i t h t h e N A V ST A R G lobal Posit io ni ng Syst em (G PS) pr oj ect si nce graduat io n .

T he big new s, how ever , is t hat Jay w il l be star t i ng med schoo l i n A ug. H e was accepted at t he U ni f or med Ser vices U niver sit y (U SU H S) in Bet hesda, and w i ll j oi n M aggie PE L SY N SK I , Steve T O P PE R , Joyce (ROT H L E D E R) G RI SSO M , T om G R I SSO M and T ed PA RSO N S w ho all a r e i n t hei r f our t h year t here.

O ther new s Jay sent along; L i sa T Y M A N j ust lef t Space D i v i si o n f o r a PC S to L uke. By t he t ime you read t his she’ ll have m ar r ied T roy M I L L E R , a T -37 I P at W i lly . T he w eddi ng w ill be at t he C adet C hapel .

K ur t ST O N E RO C K (also w it h t he G P S pr oj ect ) w i ll go P C S t o t a k e a t our i n t he Educat ion w it h I nd ust r y P rogram i n June. St ev e P L U N T Z E (agai n , w it h G PS) w i ll start an M S in ast r o at M I T . K u r t H E P P A R D m a r r ied a t hir d year U SC med st udent f r om H aw aii in June, a n d V i k i L Y N has her eye on a med school sl ot . Phi l PA RK E R and A 1 J A R R E L L a r e o n their way to A FIT , and Bill HA RDING uses f ree time playing d r ums f o r a l o c a l r o c k b a n d . K a t e SM I T H w o r k s i n t h e T R W A F P R O i n R ed o n d o .

Fir st I w ou ld l ik e t o t hank ever yo ne w ho cont r ibuted t o t h i s i ssu e . I t real ly mak es ou r j ob a lot easier w hen w e have a lot o f m a t er i a l t o w o r k w i t h . I have yet to ed it an ar t icle because o f excessive lengt h , so k eep t hose let ter s com i ng !

I have spent a good deal of the past few months traveling t h e w o r l d a n d have stumbled into grads every step of the way. Last M arch 1 spent f our

days at D avis-M ont han A F B f or an air show w here 1 f ou nd G reg

DZOBA , Clif f LATTA , Brian M AA S, and Eric SM IT H entertaining patrons at the casual bar while they were recovering f r om a hard day at the of fice. I believe they were all passing through f or A - 10 upgr ade t r ai n i ng bef ore cont i nui ng on t o K o rea. A lso at the air show w ere Ed SA N D ,

Chris HA BIG, Mavis (THORP) COM PAGNO, and Doug WA LTERS, D oug is f l yi ng O A -37s at D -M (and t old us t hat Foster SI N C L A I R is get

ting married to Debbie Reavis in A ugust and that Foster m u st h a v e f o u n d the only tree at Laughlin). Mavis brought her T-43 f r o m M a t h er . E d a n d

C hr is w ere j ust playi ng t our ist .

A pr il f ound me in Japan w here I r eceived t he Far E ast r epor t f r om P hi l

(RA DINZEL) A UST IN . Phil is flying C- 12s out of Kadena. A l so a t Kadena are Patty SCH IM M EL (KC-135), Rick RA GA L LER, a n d L o u

CA RBA UGH , Gail COOPER, Roger DOUE, Dunning I DLE, Gayle

C A PO R I C C I (C H -3s) . I di dn ’ t see L ou , but I hear he i s f a t a n d m a r r i ed now . M ar k A B BO T is f lyi ng C - 12s out o f O san w hi le a w hole cont ingent of grads are flying C- 130s out of Yokota: Roger WITT , Fr ank C U R R Y , T om SO L O M A N , R ick SC H U L T Z , and Jack PO L O . I also r an i n t o

Now for the people Jay has seen who DON’T work at Space D i v i si o n !

(He gets around more than the MA C weenies!) Margaret (B R Y A N T )

occasionally j oi ns up w it h Bob ROC H E f or beer s w hen “ t h e R o a c h ” dr ops by in hi s C - 14 1.

O t her f ol k Jay has seen at Space D i vision include D elane A G U I L A R , K en

POO RT , Joe RU G E , Steve SU D D A RT H , Z an V A U T R I N OT , St eve B RA G A D O , M arc A BSH I RE , D ave K RU E G E R and Paul SC H A T T L E .

PA RA M O RE is f l yi ng C - 14 1s at N or t on . She st opped in a t M a r c h a n d

Dennis DINGLEY who is terrorizing the eastern skies i n h i s F - I 5 . D en n i s

bumped into Jay. Steve HERZIG is a test engineer in t he B- 1 pr ogr am at Edwards. Beth L LEWEL LYN is a biologist at Wright-Pat a n d i s st i l l

wor k ing on med school . M ar t ha (ST E V E N SO N ) JO N E S is a 135 nav up

at M inot , and her hubby Daryl JONES is flying the Tweet t h er e . B o b

SA L L I S is done w it h his t hi rd year o f m ed school at T ex a s A & M w h i l e Bob SM I T H is i n t he sam e posit io n at U o f M ich , A nn A r b o r . J i m ROMA N is doing something at Hanscom, A ngie BA LUYUT is a f l ight test engi neer at W r ight -Pat , and Jam es BA L D W I N and M a t t E R I C H SE N ar e bot h T -37 I Ps at L aughli n . M aur ice SA L C E D O m a r r i ed a girl from San A ntonio (Betsy), and was j ust back i n T or r ance, C A o n

leave. Finally, M ike HONSINGER (helicopters at M inot) a n d h i s w i f e (Valerie) recently had a daughter .

T he last let t er I have is f r om K ay G RO SI N SK E . She’ s over in Ger m any

at Rhein-Main, and says she is thoroughly enj oying it . K ay has been doi ng a lot of skiing, and won herself a spot on the all-USA FE t ea m . Sh e ’ s working on an extension so that she can compete next y ea r t o o .

I r a n i n t o St ev e M A Z Z O L A w h i l e I w a s o n a n A C E c r o ss count ry , and

he was full of news. Steve married his academy sweetheart (K ar ena) tw o years ago, and all they have to show for it is a 9-month-old golden ret r iever . Steve is a T -37 I P at C o lum bus, and ot her T weet t ypes t her e i n

clude Donell SM IT H , Joe ROM A NKO, Don SCH I LPP, A rt H YATT , Bob BA R K O W , Jim OT T O SO N , Rick I N G A L SBE , M ar k H A RD C A S-

TLE and Bob DIONNE. The ’38 side has Bruce H ENDRICKSON, T ony

ROA T H , C r is ST I C K L A N D , Jo hn D U RA N T , J .J . JO H N SO N and P r est o n T H O M P SO N . St ev e sen d s w o r l d t h a t T ed B R E W E R is f lyi ng F-4G s at C lar k , and w i ll soon be w ed . O t her s f r om Steve’ s U P T er a i n

clude Rocky DURHA M , F-4 to Germany, a^d Bill MA NNING, D ev i n BOW E R and Jack F R I E D M A N , all in t he F- 16.

Steve VOGT called a couple weeks ago to tell me all is w ell at M oody .

H e recent ly w ent o n a no-f r ills T D Y to A laska and came back t out ing t he

simple pleasures of life: Warm bed, good food, etc. St ev e ’ s st i l l n o t m a r r ied , but he’ s w or k i ng on i t .

M e? Well, I keep myself busy with my computer, motorcycles, and get ting ready for this year’s SA C Bombing and Navigation C om pet it io n .

Our wing is going for the gold, so all you other SA C w eenies, l oo k out .

I ’ m not mar r ied yet eit her .

U nt i l next t ime, do good w or k and be saf e.

A ndy Sizem ore

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My don’t those silver bars feel fine! I hope everyone is enj oyi ng t hei r new status (and paycheck) since our class’ promotion in mass. O f cour se, it would have taken the commission of a maj or felony o f f en se t o a v o i d the honor, but the money spends the same. . .

Shortly after returning from Kadena, I got a call f rom C ou r t ney C O L L IER. A pparently he and wife M ichele are enj oying the sunny w eat her down in Florida in between his F-4 flights at H omestead. H e sen t m e t h i s picture of the grads at H omestead standing in frotit o f St ev e R i c h i e ’ s a n d Chuck DeBellvue’s F-4. From lef t are Wade LUJA N , Courtney C O L L IER, Tony HUDSON , Dave YEL KEN, Steve SA DLER, Gary HOOPER, John HESTERMA N , Pat PENCE, and Tim KEH LER. A n d if Danny Williamson is out there, Courtney says “ H i .” T h a n k s f o r t h e

poop C our t ney !

Cheryl NEWHOUSE, a tanker nav here at Beale, was kind enough t o give me the following report . Cheryl , Karol WEL L I NG, and Pat ty M A R T INEZ got together down at Travis to compare notes a n d so ci a l c a l en dars. Karol had j ust gotten back from Kenya. Bebe CRONI N d r opped i n with her T-38 on a cross country from Willy, so they al l hopped over t o the Mather O’Club for some socializing. There they r a n i n t o P h i l L A N MA N (KC-135, M cConnell), Steve BROWN (B-52 nav), and K ay SM I T H (KC- 135, Beale). Cheryl was also recently T DY to M ildenhall A B w h er e she saw Todd BOESDORFER, Jim KOEHN , and Vince COM PA GNO.

C hery l says she can ’ t w ai l ’t i l her nex t T D Y t o K adena w h er e sh e i n t en d s t o par t y w it h all t he gr ads over t her e.

Brian DOOLEY, also a Beale nav, reports on the following gr ads: Henry SH I N is an F-4 backseater in Korea; Vern WRIGHT i s f l yi ng U H - l s at E dw ard s; K ur t SC H A K E i s m ar r i ed t o Jul ie E l ler o f C . Spr i ngs

and is flying T-37s at Willy. On his last TDY Brian r a n i n t o P a u l NA DEA U and wife Diane on a stopover at Pease. He also sa w J i m CA RLEN (C-130, Dyess) and Jim MA RDI S (C-23, Zweibrucken) o v er i n M i l d en h a l l .

L ast but cer t ainly not least I r eceived a let ter f r om Ray B L U ST , our

leader in exile. He wanted me to mention that M argaret W A SZ K I E W I C Z is M argaret Sampson as of last summer , and that M ark M E L V I L L E i s 53

alive and wel l in D el Ri o f lyi ngT -38s. H e also sent t his pict ur e of R uss and N or m a C L I N E w it h t hei r lit t le gir l w hi le on a vi sit f r o m M c C o n n el l A F B .

M ather : Glyslaine ORNDOFF, KC- 135, Loring; Rick

PI PER,

B-52E W O , Bar ksdale; T ony SE N C I , EC - 130, D avis-M ont han ; M a r t i n

TA NN , B-52, Grand Forks; Dereck A BEL , C-130, Dyess; C h r i s BOWM A N, F-111, Upper-Heyford, M ike BRENNA N , C- 130, C lar k ; Troy CA RLYLE, C- 130, Pope; Tom EA NNA RINO, RF-4, Bergstrom; Wally FA JA RDO, B-52, M inot ; Doug GA L I PEA U , C-130, Rhein-M ain; and C ar ol H A L L , K C - 135, Beale.

A lso, Justo HERRERA , C-130, M cChord; Chris KOSZEGH Y , E-3A , Tinker; M ike MA GEE, B-52, Carswell; Mark M ETZ , F-4, H om est ead ;

Bob M O N D Y , K C - 135, G r issom ; C hr is M Y E R S, B-52 E W O , C ar sw el l ;

I ’d like to thank everyone once again for all the letters. T h e n ex t i ssu e i s being written by Kevin CA RRENO. His address is 19848 So u t h Su m merset Lane, Parker, CO 80134. His deadline is September 10t h , so t ry t o get any new info to him promptly. I ’ll close this report w i t h a pict ur e o f one of our classmates caught in a rare moment of professional d em ea n o r .

T a k e ca r e !

Gordon NEFF, B-52, Barksdale; James ROSS, F- 111, Upper-Heyford; Charles SM ITH , F-4; Dan SWEENEY, RF-4, Bergstrom; Steve WAGONER, F-4, H omestead; Eden A LT , KC-135, Ellsworth; K ev i n CA RL SON, RC- 135, Of futt ; A ndrea CLA RK , KC-135, K.I . SA W Y E R ; Dave DELGA DO, F-4, Fort Wayne; Tom FLA NA GA N , C-130, M c Chord; Jim KESTERMA N , C-130, Rhein-M ain; Joe MORTA RI , F-4 , George; and David NORTON , KC-135, Wurtsmith.

A lso, Phil OGLESBY, C-141, Norton; Ken ROZELSKY , F-4, Geor ge; M ike RUSSETT , RF-4, Bergstrom; Scott SA LM ONS, B-52, W u r t sm it h ; M ike SCH ETTERER, RC-135, Of futt ; Dan SHERMA N , B-52, F a i r child, A 1 REVELS, KC-135, K .I . Sawyer ; A nn FOLEY , KC-135, Carswell ; Mary Beth PETERSON , KC- 135, Beale; Sharon R U C K E R , JC-130, H ickam; Britta (T ROST) RUDMA N , KC- 135, M ather ; K ev i n HOPKINS, B-52, M inot ; Tony T RIA S, C-130, M cChord; Peggy BERA RD, KC- 135, Plattsburg; and Chris FROM DA H L , KC-135, M ino t .

Of course, all work and no play usually makes Jack a n d J i l l f i l e f o r divorce. To break up the routine, the “ young navs” a t C a st l e d ec i d ed t o celebrate the birthday of Dr . A lbert Einstein. Unfortunately t he guest o f

ho nor could not at t end . Pict ur ed are: C edr ic W I L L I S, Go rd y N E F F ,

Pete H ERRERA , Brent CA RTENGA , M arybeth PETERSON , Chris KOZSEGH Y, Eden A LT , Vic CUL P, M ike BRENNA N, and Troy CA RL YL E.

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Greetings, Class of ’84. To the Class of ’85 from ’84: W el c o m e t o a c tive duty. Boy, are we glad to see you. It is certainly a l o a d o f f o u r shoulder s t o ret i re our t it le as “ t he Rook ies o f t he F o r ce . ’ ’ T h e C l a ss o f

’84 has had a very successful f irst year and we’re looking forward to many

m o r e. G o o d L u ck ’ 85 .

N A V s f ir st “ rated of f icer s. ’ ’ M at her A FB became t he f i r st base t o give

out wings to members of ’84. Since early May, new Air Force navigat o r s

have been streaming from M ather to various parts of the globe to guide o u r

planes to parts unknown to mortal men. Chris ROWZEE a n d M i k e

BRENNA N were kind enough to send me a listing of the assignment s.

The list is long so try to stay awake. Brent CA RTENGA , B-52, C ar sw ell ; Mark CHA NCE, F-4, Homestead; Nicole DESI LETS, KC-135, L ow r y ;

Cory EDWARDS, C-141, Norton; Maurice GUTIERREZ, RF-4, Bergstrom; Bill HARRIS, HC-130, Eglin; Stewart HOLMES, C - 14 1, McGuire; Hillebrand JERONIMUS, F-4, George; Steve JOHNSON, B-52, M inot ; and Scott JOHNSTON , F-4, H omestead.

Also, Mike MILTEER, C-130, Dyess; Richard NEFZGER, B-52,

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Super Special Cops in ’84. I received a letter from N i c k P SA L T A K I S

j ust after the last issue deadline. Nick and Maureen M O S L O W h a v e graduated from OSI Basic Investigations and are now O SI special agent s.

M aureen will be working at Patrick and Nick is at Bolling. K ei t h MONA HA N graduated after M aureen and will j oin Nick at Bol li ng . N ick mentioned that Bob FI LER and Jay HORN are homeowners i n O h i o .

Even though work at Wright-Pat is tough, they still f i n d t i m e t o t r a v el t o Utah with Sherrie NORTON and Liz ESTES for some good sk i i ng. L i f e must really be rough at Wright-Pat .

The Calif ornia Connection. I can always depend on news f r om sun ny California since ’84 basically owns the place. Doug and Susie (W Y N N ) DUTY seem to be enj oying the sunny weather out there. D oug is w o r k i ng M I LSTA R at Space Division and Susie is at Cal State, D om inguez H il l s,

working on her master’s in humanities. Melody BELL i s w or k i ng

NA VSTA R while Carlos BERNA L is hashing out CSOC Operations.

Fred VA LENT INE, Steve FLA CH , M aria WA LSH and Robin B O Y D can also be seen on any given day at Space Division. C h r i s R O W Z E E keeps me well informed on news from her hotline. Judy G R A F F I S i s st i l l working on her master’s and plans to be at the Pentagon t h i s su m m er .

Lots of marriages and soon-to-be knot tiers on the R o w zee h o t l i st .

Rich CORDELL and John CURRA N have j oined the ranks o f m a r r i ed

l i f e w h i l e C a r o l W A R D i s a so o n - t o - b e b r i d e/ w i f e . D a v e W I L L I A M S a n d

wife Margret have a son named Joshua, and Ray SIM PSON w i l l h ea d

dow n t o t he altar in t he near f ut ur e. O f cour se, t he big new s out o f D el Rio is t he upcom i ng mar r iage o f M ar k BA U K N I G H T and L esl i e C H R I ST E N SE N . G o o d L u c k K i d s.

Cricket returns to the US. Jimmy QUI ROS, ’84 grad from Panama, r etur ned to t he U .S. to apply f or U .S. Resident A l ien Status in hopes o f receiving his USA F commissioning. We’re glad to have you back Jim m y and good luck. 1 have also been informed by M r . Roland Sw ett , f at her o f A my SW ET T , that Ji m my and A m y w ere m ar r ied in D ecem ber . A my is present ly at W i lliam s i n U PT and Ji m my is also t here await i ng his paper

work. Congratulations Jimmy and A my.

H ow about some UPT assignments. Unfortunately, 1don’t have a lar ge number of assignments to report . Robin HA M L IN and wife K i m sen t m e

a list o f t he assignment s f or 85-06 at Reese A F B . Robi n H A M E L I N , F-15, Langley; Gary SEIFRIED, T-38; Reese; Rick PUES, T -38, Reese;

Mark MA ESTA S, T-37, Reese; Pete EDGA R, T-38, Reese; B r i a n SI LSON, EC-135, Of futt ; Pat STERL I NG, RC- 135, Of futt ; M a r k FEDOR, A-10, Eielson; Cathy GOTCH , C-23, Zweibruken; G r eg KA UFFMA N, KC-135, Blytheville; Scott KOH LER, RF-4, Ber gst r om ; Scott OBERM A YER, C-130, Little Rock; A ngie HA RMON, K C - 135, Reese; Charles GUITTEREZ , T-37, Reese; Vic BORTKA , C -23, Zweibruken; Scott SHA NKLA ND, T-37, Reese, and Jef f W E ST L E Y ,

they are you can write me or the A OG and we’ll try t o get it into t he next issue. Jackie is going to write for the fall issue, so she i s act ually t he m ost

appr opr iate po int o f cont act unt il t he next deadl ine o f Sept . 10 .

As I write this most of you are spread to the four c o n er s o n l ea v e b u t

t here are a f ew f am i liar f aces ar ound her e i n C olor ado Spr i ngs. Rich K L U M PP and I are w or k i ng in D F PS on t he next edit ion o f A m er i ca n

Def ense Policy (watch out ’87 and ’88). Poli sci in the summertime, you say? A ctually it ’s not bad. The dean’s staf f is really l a i d b a c k a t t h i s t i m e of the year — most are preparing to PCS, are on leave, o r a r e T D Y o n taxing assignments to places like London or Brussels. I guess som ebody ’s got to do it . Some of you may know Lt Col Latham, who is on his way t o Hong Kong to be an A ir A ttache this A ugust . He was in my o f f ice t hi s morning (imagine a lieutenant with her own of fice!) t o give m e som e books he felt would be helpful to me in my later studies {m uch later , please) . I t m ade me r em em ber all t he unw anted text book s a n d u n i f o r m items I sloughed of f on doolies and three degrees as I was pack i ng up d ur ing May. I guess some things don’t change, even after U SA FA . A nyw ay ,

back to Rich who is hanging out here until the fall sem est er st a r t s a t H a r vard, where he’ll take advantage of a scholarship to t h e J F K Sc h o o l o f Government . He assures me that after two years of that h e ’ l l set a c o u r se f or UPT . I ’ll be working here until A ugust when I ’ll head t o L aughl i n t o learn basic flight and water skiing skills. Special n o t e t o 2 L t L A M A G N A :

T -38, Reese.

A ny new s on t he w omen ’ s sho rt s or sk ir t ver sion o f t he f l ight suit yet , Joey ?

r yi ng D eA nne Bennet t also f r om T ech .

V A N D E RBE R RY , busy at w or k w it h t he A O G unt i l he heads f or pi lot t r ai ning . H e’s got about t w o w eek s o f 2L t m oustache on his upper lip , as does Garland S. HENDERSON . Scott ’s here for sports cam p , but assur es

Lots of marriage plans for many of the Reese graduates. Sco t t SHA NKLA ND plans to marry Susie CA VA L IERE ’85. Brian ST I L SO N plans to wed A ngela Brand from Texas Tech and Gary SE I F R I E D i s m a r Up at Vance A FB, Pete HA RGROVE gave me the scoop on h i s U P T class assignments. Pete HA RGROVE, T-38, Vance; Chris PO W E RS, C-23, Germany; Irving REEVES, KC-135, A ltus; Doug ROM IG, C - 130, Keesler; Dean SOL LM A NN, JC- 130, H awaii ; Bob THOMA S, C - 14 1, Norton; Jamie USSERY, KC-135, base unknown; Brian WA TT , T -38, Vance; Frank ZA BBO, T-37, Vance; Doug FA RNHA M , C-21, C O S; Glenn EWTON, KC-135, McConnell; Keith DULA NEY, C-141, McGuire; Brian COPLA ND, T-37, Vance; Ron BECK, OV-10, K o rea; Sean BA YS, A -10, England; Greg BOLE, T-38, Vance; and M i k e A R CIERO, T-37, Vance. By the way, Pete is getting married t o D a n i el l e H A T C H ET T ’ 85, bef ore t he end o f t he summ er . G ood luck P et e .

I received a call from one of my many former roommates. T hat ’ s r ight

ladies, Steve GI L LEN is alive and well at Laughlin. St ev e ca l l ed t o t el l m e of his assignment to A ndrews flying C-21s. We talked so m u ch a b o u t t h e past year, 1 forgot to ask him about the other assignments o u t o f L A F B .

W e’ ll get t hem next issue.

T he H ouston W r ap-U p. L i f e i n H oust on cont inues to be a j oy . Jer ry

SEL LERS and I celebrated the anniversary of our departure f r o m t h e “ Blue Womb” by catching some “ P & New C” (pizza and new cok e) at the local P-H ut . Doug WREATH and Greg PETRICK were OT F to par t s unknown so we wrote them up upon their return. 1traveled to O pelousas, LA last weekend for John “ J.T .” TA YLOR’s wedding to A ngie L emel le.

Of course, yours truly was in the wedding along with J o e C A U L D E R O N and Mark MA SON. Bob A M ENT , and Rob PUCKETT and his w i f e a l so attended the ceremony. A nother great A merican bachelor bites t he big one. Just li ke t he bu f f alo , t he A m er ican bachelor and b a c h el o r et t e co n tinue to face the possibility of extinction. Oh well, li f e goes on .

To anyone mentioned in this article, WA RNI NG. The Surgeon 2 n d L t has found that former cadet wing commanders are mere m o r t a l s a n d a r e capable of committing gross errors in names and assignments. I f you f eel that your name has been misspelled or your assignment is pr i nt ed wr ong ,

j ust dr op me a li ne and I ’ ll f ix it i n t he next ar t icle.

It ’s been a fun first year gang and I ’m real glad to see ’ 84 doi ng so w ell .

K eep your chi ns i n and your sho ulder s back and dow n . ’ 8 4 W I N G S T O SO A R .

On a trip over to Sij an Hall the other day, I ran into

Rob

me he doesn’t have duty for more than two hours a day, a n d i f I k n o w Scott he probably doesn’t have any actual work at all . Y u - en C H A N G and Pete WHELA N are taking data for the F.J. Seiler R esea r c h L a b . Y u en will be going to Laughlin later this summer for U P T a n d P et e i s st a r t ing at Sheppard with the A ugust class. It might not b e a m o v e h e ’ l l m a k e enthusiastically though — right now he’s living in a n a p a r t m en t downtown with four women. He says its great , they do all the cooking and stuf f like that . I sort of doubt he really gets aw ay w it hout doi ng som e dishes or lawnwork but it does make a better story.

Terry A RM STRONG is working with the Engineering Mechanics Department , biding time until he, too, goes to Sheppard. H e j oined an i n tramural softball team but says that even that may be too much activity for him. He j ust wants to “ laze around” he says. Wes O L SO N i s a l so here at USA FA . You may remember f rom Grad Week that W es ea r n ed a n

awar d f o r being t he t op behavi oral science st udent . O f cour se, t hose o f you who know him have probably always known he was tops w hen i t came to B .S. and did n ’ t have to hear it at an aw ar ds cer em o ny . W es is on

his way to University of I llinois for grad work, to r ef i n e t h a t o l e B . S .

technique, I suppose.

I saw Jim MORGAN on his way over to DFSEA. He was preparing a

presentation for the A FA National Convention in Washington D C i n September . Jim will be unable to attend due to pilot t r ai ni ng at Reese, but he said he j ust might have to arrange a TDY out there so m e t i m e t h i s su m mer to set up for the presentation. He is also the pr oj ect o f f icer f or t he bed race downtown at “ Springspree” this weekend. USA FA t ea m s h a v e won it for the last three years, with the ’84 team including passenger Y uL i n G REE N E and r unner E d BY R D . Ji m said t hat Paul V A N C E i s

working with CW this summer (rather than being worked on by C W f or a

change) .

Dewey PA RKER was launching rockets with the astro department t h i s

week but said he’ s get t ing ready to launch r ide 0 10 1 i n a T -4 1 n ex t w eek .

He finally received pilot qualification after the latest ser i es o f b r a i n sca n s showed nothing. Er, let me clarify that — they showed not hi ng w hich would disqualify him f rom slipping surlies in Tweets a n d T a l o n s n ex t y ea r .

M ar i lyn Garcia 1438 Fu lbr ight Redlands, C A 92373 P er c e n t m e m b er s ; 6 7

Hello and welcome to the first issue of Checkp oints in which we get to participate. I f you have news and/ or photos (especially black and whites) that you feel are “ f it to print ,” send them to me, Jack ie C H A R SA G U A ,

Jim MIRABELLA or Jim VOGT, as we’ll be sharing the c l a ss

newswriting. I can’t give you any of their addresses because t hey t oo k o f f into the wild blue yonder after graduation, but if you don ’t k now wher e

These pictures come from Hundredth Night back in February. T h a t ’ s

L inda SVERDRUP with the wine, Ron BA BSKI with the mouth, a n d (Continued on next page.)

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will be of interest to graduates in all f ields

A L A M O A REA C H A PT ER

o f m ed i ci n e. A n ad d i t i o n al f eat u r e o f t h e

A s the pleasant spring weather in south Texas gives way to the hot , humid days of

meeting will be a presentation on the

started planning for our next events. In A ugust — the exact date will be an

its allied f ields are invited t o at tend t his

float trip’ ’ down the Guadalupe will of fer everyone a chance to “ cool of f ’ ’ , get

chapter is to provide a pool of graduates

summer , t he A lam o A rea Chapter has

healt h of t he Cadet W ing.

A ll graduates involved in medicine and

meeting or to j oin the chapter even if they

nounced by f lyer t o chapt er members — a

cannot at tend . One of t he goals of t he

some exercise, and enj oy t he t hrills of t ub

involved in medicine t hat can act as ad visors on healt h mat ters af f ecting t he

ing. It will be a family event , will last most of the day, and will culminate in a

A cademy, the A ir Force, and the defense

Chapter of f icers are also planning a gathering in early fall to welcome all new

medicine f or whom we do not have ad

“ social ” f or all participant s.

st r u ct u r e o f t h e U n i t ed St a t es.

There are many graduates involved in

map out the schedule of events for the

dresses. I f you have not been contacted about becoming a member of the Medical Chapter , please write to us care of the

terested grads should contact Neil Stone, ’65, chapter treasurer, for details about j oining the A lamo A rea Chapter (13903 Blazing Tree, San A ntonio, Texas 78247).

The area base representatives are Bill

chapter will be available until the charter is approved at our September ’85 meeting (include $20 for dues). I nquiries can be addressed to Wayne Kendall, M edical Chapter , A ssociation of Graduates,

ar r i v al s i n t h e Sa n A n t o n i o ar ea an d t o m onths

ah ead .

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A ndern , ’63, f or Randolph A FB ; L arry Romo , ’ 78, f or L ack land A FB ; K en

Kaylor, ’78, for Wilford Hall M edical

Cent er ; and K aren K aylor , ’ 80 f or K elly A FB .

A OG of f ice. C hart er membership in t he

U SA F A cademy , C olo . 80840. (D ean L .

Br istow, M .D ., W ) FREN CH EX CH A NGE CH A PT ER

M ED ICA L CH A PT ER T he second meet ing of t he M edical

Chapter of the A ssociation of Graduates, USA FA , will be held in conj unction with H omecoming 1985. A combination

W it hout a doubt t he chapter ’ s f irst re

u n i o n at t h e P ar i s A i r Sh o w w as a n o v er

whelming success. To start the week of f , and with the help of the Ecole de Fair and t h e A sso ci at i o n d es A n ci en s d e F E co l e d e

luncheon-business meet ing will be held on

Fair , 11 f or mer exchangers and associate members at tended L e Gala du Ci nquante-

f icers’ Club starting at 12:30 p .m . T his

annually to celebrate the founding of the

chart er f or t he chapt er . I mmediately af ter t he luncheon , a scient i f ic session will be held f or which conti nuing medical educa t ion credit will be available t hrough t he A ir Force A cademy H ospital . T he subj ect

was special in that it was the 50th A nniver sary. The group was met by Captain

Friday, Sept . 20, at the A cademy Of

meeting will include the approval of the

n ai r e d e F E co l e d e F ai r . T h i s ev en t i s h el d

French A cademy in 1935, but this year

Gilbert L e Guen, EA Prom otion ’ 75, and

Exchange ’76, who made all the ar

rangements f or our at t endance. W e were

1985 C lass N ew s: (C ontin ued f r om p r evi ous p age.)

Steve (Kansas) DEPA L MER on the end. I n the second photo w e h a v e B ob PI C K RE L L , i deali st ical ly contem plat ing his near i ng m o v e t o o f f i cer ship, I think . Next to him are Brian DEM UNNIK and his date M ar y

t hen escorted to t he E i f f el T ower , passi ng

by Captain Guynemer’s famous SPA D and listening to music played by the French A ir Force band . T he Ei f f el T ow er , which was open f or a cock tail party t o more t han 3,000 people, pr oved t o be t he ideal set t ing t o meet old f r iends and mak e new acquai ntances. A t 11 p .m . we were tak en by bus t o a huge t ent set up on t he

Champs de Mars for dinner, entertain

ment , and dancing.

T he A mericans at tending were M ik e D ow nie, Exchange ’70, and w i f e A lek sa; Bruce M cL ane, ’ 73, and wi f e T er i ; D oug Crouch , ’ 75, and wi f e A nne M arie; Joe D eo , ’ 81, (his w i f e Sarah was t here but he lef t her in t he hotel w it h the k ids) ; C hris H aave, ’ 81; E ric M ar tin , ’ 81; K arl Bosw ort h , ’ 82; A my W im m er , ’ 82;

Evelyn Scanlon, ’83; Jacques A dnet , ex ecutive secretary; and Clif f Borofsky, vice president . A lso attending was M ike Bush, associate prof essor

of

French at

t he

A cademy, and wife A nnie. Our special t h a n k s t o G i l b er t L eG u en w h o l eav es n ex t m o n t h t o b eco m e t h e n ew F r en ch E x

change O f f icer t o U SA FA .

A t otal of 2 1 exchangers, and present a n d f o r m er F r en ch i n st r u ct o r s at t en d ed

t he air show . Ecole de Fair generously

prepared and displayed an exchange poster in the Pavilion de la Defense.

I n ot her new s T om H arw ood , Ex

change ’79, has taken over f or Charlie Precourt , ’78, in cont inui ng Bit burg’ s close relationship wit h t he French A ir Force. U pon arrivi ng his f irst assignment was t o host t he aspirants f rom Ecole de Fair w ho are candidates f or t he exchange t his f all . H e even succeeded in get t ing tw o

of them up for an F- 15 ride. M ore on this i n t h e n ex t T r ai t d ’ U n i o n .

M y t hank s t o everyone f or your en t husiasm and support . I look f orward t o a n ev en b et t er “ Y ear T w o ! ’ ’

Lague. Their assignments, respectively, are to Brooks A FB , T X , Shep pard A FB, TX , Laughlin A FB, TX , Laughlin A FB, TX , and V a n ce A F B ,

OK.

For those of you who left town as quickly as possible on M ay 29t h , you probably missed the news stories about graduation on T V a n d i n t h e papers. They included a few words mentioning the “ spirit cheese,” and som e int er view s. J .D . V A N H A V E L sum m ed it up f or one n e w s p a p e r reporter by saying, “ I still can’t believe we’re getting out of her e.” Sall y

KA UPA NGA R said she’d been waiting “ f our years f or this,” a n d m en tioned that she was high. Well , actually, not to ruin Sal ly ’ s buddi ng career , what she said was that she’d never felt so “ nat ur all y high i n m y li f e.” Bil l T I M M and Paul SK O W RO N E K w ere m ost concer ned w i t h b e ing able to catch a white parade cap. I j ust hope they didn ’t get t ack led by

any of those fierce looking eight year olds.

Paul JA N SSO N t old t he televi si on crew t hat it w as j ust i n c r ed i b l e t o

finally be a second lieutenant , “ nothing like it in t he w o r ld ! ” So f ar ,

Paul , w e’ r e pr obab ly al l i n agr eem ent .

P ax !

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