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Our cover was shot f r om t he t op of t he superintendent ’ s b o x a t Falcon Stadium at the beginning of the N ot re D ame game by M r .

Charles Elms, special pr oj ects of f icer f or the D irect orate o f A udiovisual Services (D FSEA ) at t he A cademy . O ur t hank s t o M r . Elms who photographed t he cadet f ormation wit h a 16 m m f isheye lens.

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A cademy A ccomp lishments R ecapp ed L t. Gen, Winf ield W, Scott, Jr ., Sup er intendent

L t . G en . Sco t t I missed t he last issue of Checkp oints so t hought af ter t w o

years as the superintendent I would give you a status report . T he past year was an exciting one f or your A ir Force A cademy.

Developments within several of our departments and p r o g r a m s have strengthened our ability t o produce mot ivated , t al en t ed A i r Force of f icers. A brief look at some of t his year ’ s a c

complishments will illustrate why the A cademy remains o n e o f t h e premier academic institut ions i n t he count ry whose primary mis sion is t he development of leadership .

T he most important phase of development f or the cadet at t h e

A cademy is living the honor system and growing in integrity s o

t h at h e o r sh e w i l l set t h e st a n d a r d s i n t h e A i r F o r ce . I ’ v e b e e n

very pleased with the way the new honor code administrative system implemented last January is working. By restructuring ad

minist rat ive procedures, we’ve improved the consistency o f st a n dards application and i ncreased cadet conf idence in t he system .

T his increased conf idence was illust rated by t he 1985 class presi dent , w ho said of t he new system , “ . . .it will create a b e t t e r e n vir onment f or cadet s t o learn and inter nalize t he importance o f h o n o r .”

M ot ivat ing cadet s t o internalize t he code is our primary obj ec t ive, and educat ion and traini ng are t he k ey to t he i n t er n al i zat i o n process. T he cornerstone of t hat education is a new f o u r t h cl ass course which will f amiliarize cadets with t he concept o f t h e h o n o r code and it s relat ionship t o bot h cadet li f e and t heir f u t u r e r o l e s as of f icers. T he course, being t aught f or t he f irst t i m e t h i s semester , will help cadet s understand the nat ure of the m ilitary prof ession and w hy cer tain values and virtues are essential t o o f f icership ; at t he same time, t hey will see how t he A cademy mis sion allows t hem t o develop and practice t hose values t hrough ac ceptance of and adherence t o t heir honor code. U pon complet ing t he course, cadet s should have a desire t o af f iliate w i t h t h e military prof ession and an appreciat ion of t he need f o r h o n o r a n d integrity in times of peace or war .

T hroughout t his educat ion process, we conti nue t o st ress discipline wit hin t he Cadet W ing. Over t he past tw o years, st rict er st andards of discipline and personal conduct have been i m plemented and applicable Cadet W ing regulat ions have b e e n revised t o more clear ly def ine t hese expected standards. A s a result , sanct ions f or violations have increased , cadet a w a r e n e s s has increased , and we’ve not ed an overall improvement i n t h e general state of discipline and understandi ng of the duty concept , which result s in morale and esprit being higher t han e v e r .

Contribut ing t o t his understanding has been our adoption o f the Positive M ot ivation M odel (PM M ) , t hrough which w e a t t empt t o mot ivate people t o per f orm out of respect f o r t h ei r leader , rat her t han f rom f ear of punishment . PM M does n o t equate to being “ sof t .” I nstead , it em ploys bot h posit ive an d negat ive reinf orcement t o produce desired behaviors — r ew ar d s f or per f ormance t hat meet s or exceeds standards, and discipline f or substandard perf ormance. PM M was successf ully test ed i n Basic Cadet T raining last year and has had a positive impact t hroughout t he Cadet W ing. W e have seen greater respect b e tween superior and subordinates, m ore relevant and meaningf ul t raini ng by cadets, and bet ter use of rew ards and punishment s by cadet s. T he Class of 1989, in particular , seems t o be doing bet ter because of t he PM M approach . PM M provides excellent pract ice of leadership techniques which have a direct carry-over t o c o m

m i ssi o n ed ser v i ce .

P M M h as al so co n t r i b u t ed t o l o w er a t t r i t i o n r at es. T h e 19 88

and 1989 BCT s had t he lowest att rit ion rates in 14 years: 3.2 and

3.7 percent respectively. A nd, over 87 percent of the C l a ss o f ’ 89

rated cadre behavior equal t o or m ore prof essional t han expect ed .

I at tr ibut e t his t o improved recruit ing and t raining by our people.

Couple lowered attrition with the improving quality of ent eri ng cadet s, as evidenced by ent rance t est scores, and you ca n see t h at t he f uture bodes well f or t he leaders we w ill graduate. L e t m e e m phasize that I am not concerned about at t rit ion per se; however , this lower att rit ion is a result of our doing our j ob bett er , w hile raising t he standards.

W e conti nue t o evaluate and adj ust t he academic f oundation w hich t hose f uture leader s require. T o cite one example, t h e

senior level physics core course has been divided into t w o sep ar at e t rack s: Physics 4 10 and 420. Physics 4 10, designed f o r t h e humanities and social science maj or s, places less em phasis o n t h e

quantitative aspects and greater emphasis on the evolution o f

scienti f ic ideas and t he impact of t hese ideas on society . Physics 420, designed f or t he engineeri ng and basic science maj ors, em phasizes problem solvi ng and t he t echnical aspect s o f m o d er n physics. T he courses have not been designed t o be easier o r m o r e dif f icult versions of t he same material . Rat her , t hey w i l l m e e t t h e needs of student s wit h di f f erent academic obj ect ives.

M ore than a year ago t he per manent prof essors, along w i t h a group of tenure of f icers selected f rom each academ ic division, began an in-dept h st udy of our curriculum . Each division i s e x amining it s ow n course of f erings according t o a set of organizing principles: the role of these courses in serving general educat ion ,

professional education, and the maj ors of fered within t h e d i v i

sion . W hile our present academ ic program is serving us very well and I do not expect maj or changes, we hope t o f ind ef f i ci en ci es w hich w ill f urt her st rengt hen our cadet s’ educat ion, and possibly d o i t w i t h f ew er co u r ses.

A long wit h a critical exam ination of t he curriculum f r o m t h e perspective of t he organizing pri nciples, t he prof essors a r e a d dressing t he issues of t he size of t he core and maj ors curriculum , t he dist ribut ion of courses wit hin t he core, and t he size o f t h e co r e relat ive t o t he maj or s curriculum . T his process has n o w r each ed t he point at w hich concret e proposals are being considered . O v e r t he next f ew m ont hs, t he merit of these proposals will be caref ully weighed against our present program . A f avorable decision t o i m plement any of t hese proposals could af f ect t he Class o f 1990 an d be in place in the f all of 1986.

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A cademy ’ s Oldest Gr aduate Retir es A cademy in July 1955 with the first class of cadets t hen quartered at Lowry A FB, Denver . He graduated from the A cademy o n J u n e 3, 1959.

I n 1958, when t he Cadet W ing was expanded t o 12 Cadet

Squadrons, Colonel Shumate became the first commander o f t h e 10th Cadet Squadron. It was about this time that noted car t o o n i st M ilt on Cani f f was doing a series on his “ Steve Canyon” strip at

the A cademy. Cadet A rt Shumate was one of several cadets w h o

posed f or t he art ist .

Colonel Shumate received his pilot t raining at Bartow A B , Fla. , and V ance A FB , O k la., w here he remained f or a t ime as a n i n

structor pilot in T-33 and T-39 aircraft .

I n 1965, t hen a capt ain . A rt Shumate went t o V iet nam w h er e h e

C o l . Shu m at e Col . A rt hur K . Shumate, Class of 1959, retired f rom act i v e d u t y w it h the A ir Force ef f ective 1 A ugust 1985. T he cer em o n y , at which Colonel Shumate received the L egion of M erit , w a s a t T h e Boeing Company in Seatt le w here he was t he com mander o f D etachment 9, A ir Force Cont ract M anagement D ivision (A FSC) .

M rs. Carole Shumat e was honored along wit h her husband .

Both received special commendat ion letters f rom M aj . G e n . B e r nard L . W eiss, commander . A ir Force Cont ract M anagement D i v i si o n .

A native of St . Cloud , Fla., Colonel Shumat e at tended t h e U niversity of Florida at Gainsville bef ore entering t h e A i r F o r ce V iew F rom T he T op: (Continued f r om p age 5.)

L ikewise, t o f urt her enhance t he cadet educat ional experience and improve t he quality of A cademy graduates, we plan t o i n st al l microcomputers in each cadet room . W e recent ly awarded a c o n t ract f or almost $7 million to design and install a l o cal ar ea n et w ork and networ k user services, and we expect t o award a microcomputer purchase cont ract next spring. I nstallation o f t h e system should be complete by next September . T he new sy st em will connect t he computer resources of t he f aculty , st a f f a n d cadet s, enhancing t he cadet lear ning experience. T hen , beginning with the Class of 1990, I w ill require incoming cadet s t o purchase a microcomputer , which they w ill use during their f our y ea r s at t he A cademy and retain w hen t hey graduate. Event ually , microcomputers will be f ully integrated int o academic cu r r i cu l u m and military t raini ng, and our graduates w ill be bet ter prepared to serve as of f icers in a high technology A ir Force.

O ut side t he classroom , we’ re improving our ability t o provide cadets the best airmanship t raining possible. I n t he su m m er o f 1984, we opened a new auxiliary runway f or motorgliders. T h e 2,000-f oot runway , located in t he nort heast area of t he A cademy , gives the entire t hird class t he opportunity t o soar w i t h o u t o v er sat urat ing t he main A cademy ai r f ield . So f ar t his year , 6 3 0 c a d e t s f rom t he Class of ’ 88 have completed t he program . O f t h a t number , 597 soloed — an out standing 98 percent success r a t e . W e had 85 t hree-degrees select ed f or t he soaring instruct or pilot (I P) program , and we expect at least 70 t o complete the grueling academic and f lying requirement s f or t heir FA A private, c o m m e r cial and f light inst ruct or rat ings. I n addit ion to teachi ng next year ’ s t hird class t he art of soaring, successf ul I Ps c a n a l so h o n e t heir f lying sk ills t hrough acrobat ic and cross-count ry o p p o r t unit ies. But t he greatest t ribute t o t he f lyi ng and leadership sk ills developed wit hin our soaring program is t he f act t hat n o n e o f o u r cadet inst ruct or pilot s have ever washed out of U PT .

T his A ugust , we opened a tem porary T -4 1 auxiliary air f ield 2 2 miles nort heast of t he A cademy w hich plays an integral r o l e i n o u r T -4 1 pilot indoct ri nat ion program . T his air f ield rest ored t h e quality and saf ety of T -4 1 pat tern work disrupted by expanding parachut ing and soaring programs. Speak ing of parachut ing.

flew an 0 - 1 single engine prop plane as a forward air co n t r o l l er .

H e f lew more t han 1,000 hours and complet ed 675 combat so r t i es during t he year he was in-country .

He attended the Royal A ir Force Staf f College in Bracknell, England, in 1969 and later graduated f rom Purdue University wit h a master of science degree in indust rial administ rat ion .

C olonel Shumate has over 5,000 hours as a pilot . H is d eco r a t ions include t he L egion of M erit , D ist inguished Flying Cross, M erit orious Service M edal w it h one Oak L eaf cluster , t h e B r o n z e Star M edal , and A ir M edal wit h 26 Oak L eaf clusters an d t h e Cross of Gallantry .

T h e co l o n el i s m ar r i ed t o t h e f o r m er C ar o l e H i er zer of D enver , Colo ., and t hey have t wo daughters, D arlene and D ebra, a n d o n e son, M ark .

more cadets can now enr oll in t he f ree-f all program si n c e w e a c quired new hoists f or use in t he new indoor parachute t rai ning building. T he new f acility provides year-round t raining despite f ast-changing weather condit ions w hich of ten disrupt sch ed u l es.

A nd t hat important weat her inf ormat ion is now provided by t hree f orecasters operat ing in a new weat her station w it hi n base opera tio n s.

Several ot her im provement s to t he physical plant are planned f or t he near f ut ure. A cademy programs w ill be enhanced by renovations to M it chell H all and t he Cadet Gym nasium , a d d i tions t o t he A ero L ab and com puter cent er , upgrade of t he Prep School f ields, const ruct ion of a new V isit or Center n e a r t h e c a d e t area, and purchase of land east of Colorado Spri ngs f or a per ma nent T -4 1 auxiliary f ield .

O n t he playing f ield , our at hletic teams cont inue to co n t r i b u t e t o t he A cademy t radit ion of excellence. L ast year . A cademy teams w on 65.6 percent of t heir contest s, and eight t e a m s w e r e n a tionally rank ed . A lt hough our f oot ball team was per haps o u r most visible success st ory wit h a t hird st raight wi n o v e r N o t r e D ame and a t hird consecut ive bow l vict ory , f our of o u r t e a m s went undef eated : men’ s and women ’s outdoor t rack and golf . I n dividually , 15 A cademy women received A ll-A merican honors, an d sev er al o t h er at h l et es r ecei v ed A l l - W A C sel ect i o n s. T his year promises t o bring m ore of t he same. Our f oot ball Falcons got of f t o a great start , prompt ing A BC t o nationally broadcast o u r g a m e wit h N ot re D ame. T his not only provided great exposure f o r t h e A cademy , but also gave grads the opport unity t o see t h e i r F a l c o n s in act ion . A s you can see, our at hlet ic teams mirror t h e e x c e l l e n c e evident wit hin our academic and military t raining programs.

I ndeed , t his com mit ment t o excellence can be f ound w i t h i n a l l f our pillars of cadet t raining: academ ic, military , a t h l e t i c a n d spirit ual development . A s we look back , we f ind many s u c c e s s e s — successes which become t he f oundat ion upon which w i l l b e molded t he A ir Force leadership of t he 2 1st Century .

I n conclusion , t hese past two years have been t he most r e w a r d ing in my career . M uch has been accomplished — much m o r e r e mains t o be done. I wish t o t hank each of you f or the t r e m e n d o u s support that I and t he t otal staf f have received .

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By B rig. Gen. M arcus A . A nderson, ’61 C o m m an d an t o f C ad et s

B rig. Gen. A nderson A s t his is written, t he Cadet W ing has completed it s f i r st f u l l semester under t he revised honor system and t he Class o f 19 89 h as j ust completed it s f irst lessons on honor and i ntegrity . B e f o r e I address the speci f ics of honor education, though , let me say t hat t he cadets have vigorously resumed stewardship of t he H o n o r Code and all of us involved are very pleased wit h t he operation of t he revised honor system .

O ne of our main concerns as we implemented t he revised h o n o r system was t he quality of i nst ruction given t o cadet s. A s a result , we made several adj ust ment s t his year . W e began wit h B asi c Cadet T raining (BCT ) honor educat ion t o impr ove t he b asi cs’ perception of t he H onor Code and t o increase t heir willingness t o accept t he code as t heir own . T he BCT honor lessons were taught t his summer by teams of 1985 graduate lieutenants and B C T ca d et cad r e m em b er s. W e d eci d ed n o t t o u se a B C T C ad et H o n o r C o m

mit tee which has been perceived in t he past as descendi ng o n t h e basics f rom “ on high ,’ ’ doling out a certain f ear of t h e H o n o r Code, and t hen leavi ng, only t o be heard f rom at t he n e x t h o n o r lesso n . T h i s su m m er ’ s cad et h o n o r i n st r u ct o r s w er e t he same upperclass cadre w ho work ed day in and day out wit h t he b asi cs i n t heir squadr on areas. T he lieutenants added , to some degree, an of f icer ’ s perspect ive w hile st ill being able t o speak o n t h e b asi c

cad et s’ lev el .

W e armed t his team of recent graduates and BCT cadre m e m bers wit h lessons t hat were w rit ten by highly motivated squadron honor representatives under t he guidance of t he H onor E d u c a t i o n W or k ing G r oup . T he number of BCT honor lessons were r ed u ced wit h t he idea of get ting back t o “ basics” wit h t he b asi cs. M u ch o f past BCT lesson content dealt wit h speci f ic honor sit uat ions a n d was eliminat ed because it tended t o f ocus on legalistic, t ech n i cal interpretations of speci f ic situations rat her t han t h e b r o ad co n cept of honor . W hile some of t his summer ’ s lessons d i d d el v e i n t o speci f ic def initions and t he mechanics of the honor sy st em , o p en discussi on of personal and prof essional honor and integrity w a s t he norm . I n addition, any implication t hat t he H onor C o d e i s somet hing t o be f eared was avoided , alt hough t here w e r e f r a n k discussions of t he potentially hard choice cadets might h a v e t o make between f riendship and personal integrity .

H an d i n h an d w i t h t h e B C T h o n o r sessi o n s w er e a ser i es o f

lessons on A dult Values Educat ion taught by t he Cadet W ing chaplains. T he f irst tw o of t hese lessons preceded any BCT honor educat ion and f ocused on t he many di f f erent personal a n d societal values br ought to t he A cademy by t he basics. T h e l ast t hree values discussions, w hich took place af ter t he b asi c cad et s

had a good under st anding of t he H onor Code and t he st an d ar d s of honesty and int egr it y expected of t hem , dealt wit h t h e r ela t i o n ship between personal and prof essional st andards of conduct , t he need f or integrity in t he mi litary , and how t o achieve f uture goals while adhering t o t hose ideals of i ntegrity embodied i n t h e A i r Force A cademy H onor C ode. A ll f ive values sessions w e r e c o n duct ed in an at m osphere of f ree part icipation and discussion w hich helped solidi f y t he basics’ underst anding of t h e n eed f o r good personal values and t he role of t he H onor Code in f ostering t heir development .

Spear headi ng t he honor education process f or t he f all s e m e s t e r is a new military studies course w hich deals specif ically w i t h honor and integrity and t heir import ance in t he military prof es sion . T his 2 1-lesson course. Prof essional M ilitary Studies (PM S) 110, will be taught t o every f ourt h class cadet during t h e f i r st h al f o f t h e f al l acad em i c sem est er . T h e co u r se w i l l f o cu s on developing a sense of t he prof essi onal values and virtues expected of m ilitary of f icers, st ress a w ork ing k now ledge of t he m ilitary as a prof es sion and w hy certain et hical standards are essent ial t o of f icership , and relate t his t o li f e as a cadet growing wit h t he H o n o r C o d e . W e will also continue speci f ic inst ruct ion on t he code a n d i t s a d minist ration t hr oughout t he academic year , using teaching t e a m s made up of squadr on honor representatives and Squadron P r o f essional Et hics A dvisors (SPEA s) , an additional duty position f illed by an A cademy of f icer .

L ik e every military t raining situat ion here at U SA FA , t h er e i s a need to create a balance between of f icership t rai ning a n d t h e t raining necessary t o f unct ion as a cadet . T his balance will be pr o vided by m ont hly H onor Reviews conducted by t he cadet h o n o r representat ives. T hey w ill deal w it h cur rent honor i ssu es w i t h i n t he Cadet W ing and any ot her t opics t hat t he Cadet H o n o r C o m mittee believes necessary . L ik e t he academic year honor lessons.

H onor Reviews w ill be conducted in small gr oups. W e t h i n k t h ese H onor Review s and t he guided discussion f ormat of the h o n o r / et hics lessons will k eep com municat ion about t he H onor C o d e open and allow us t o identi f y potent ial problems i n t he early st ages.

A s we were developi ng BCT honor t raining, t he program f o r the academic year , and t he concept of H onor Reviews, w e r eal ized t hat all of t his could be easily undermined i f t he cadet s per ceived t hat some members of t he f aculty and staf f did not f ully understand and support t he H onor Code and System . T heref ore, we developed a presentat ion covering t he philosophy b eh i n d t h e H onor Code, a short hist ory of t he code, how t he current ad minist rative system work s, and some suggestions f or handling com mon cadet-t o-st af f honor sit uat ions. T his brief ing was given t o all f aculty , m ilitary training, and at hlet ic staf f personnel . A t t he same time, it was incorporated int o init ial in-processing a n d i s now heard by all incoming A cademy personnel . I n addit ion t o t his f aculty/ staf f presentati on, every new f aculty m e m b e r a n d military t raini ng inst ruct or is required t o sit dow n w i t h a designated honor liaison of f icer and discuss t he H onor C ode, how t hey would personally handle a potential H onor C o d e v i o l a tion by a cadet , and their responsibilit ies in f ostering t he highest ideals of honor and int egrity in t he cadets.

A s you can see, many individuals, bot h of f icers and cadet s, have w ork ed very hard t o revamp t he honor educat ion cu r r i cu l u m int o a more st raight f orward pr ogram to bet ter i nstill t he highest sense of honor and integrity in every member of the Cadet W ing.

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By D ick C oppock , ’61, Executive D i rector , A O G

G en er a l — T h e B o a r d o f D i r ect o r s o f t h e A sso c i a t i o n o f G r a d u a t es

(A OG) of the U .S. A ir Force A cademy spent a busy year in f or mulat ing maj or poli cies w hich w il l dr amat ical ly alter t he f uture d i r ec t i o n a n d

growth of our alumni organization. Recognizing that gr ow t h and expan

sion o f ser vices ar e d irect ly l ink ed t o equipment and f aci lit ies, t he boar d voted to push forward with planning for a corporate headquar ter s

building/ alumni house to be financed through funds r a i sed f r o m graduates, friends, foundations, and other supportive gr oups. T he super i ntendent has appr oved a si te, a beaut i f ul locat ion im mediately west o f t he O f f icer s’ C lub ; and a D enver ar chit ect ur al f i r m , SL P , w i ll soo n com plete design dr aw i ngs and il lust r at i ons suit able f or f u nd rai si ng . C o n curr ent ly , t he associat ion decided t o add anot her f ull-t i me st a f f m em b er

to assume duties as director of development . Responsibilities o f t h i s f u n d raising position will include the A ir Force Academy (A FA ) Fund , planned

givi ng pr ogr am s, t he buildi ng f u nd dr ive, and f ut ure capi tal cam paigns.

M ember shi p — T he new li f e mem ber ship pr ogram has added o v er 50 li f e mem ber s, br i ngi ng t he t otal t o 3, 114 . T he cadet li f e member shi p at graduation program received A cademy approval, and 1,366 o f t he 1,384 member s o f t he C lass of 1989 opt ed t o becom e li f e mem ber s t hr ough cadet payroll deductions. Future plans call for making a si mi lar pr ogr am

a v a i l a b l e t o t h e C l a sses o f 19 87 a n d 19 8 8 . T h e C l a ss o f 19 8 5 a d d ed 6 0 5 t o

our annual mem ber r oll s. A nnual mem ber ship totals i nclude 5,073 gr aduates and 507 associates.

Fi nances — C onti nui ng gr ow t h is evidenced in t he annual f i n a n c i a l statement f ol low i ng t hi s r epor t . T otal f u nds adm i nister ed by t he associa

tion were up $219,000. Restricted funds, in particular, i n cr ea sed so m e $173,000. The association’s life membership funds also r o s e s o m e $50,000. Operating fund assets were down some $4,500, a d i r ec t r ef l ec tion of expenditures associated with of f ice automation, pr oposed st af f i n

cr eases, development ef f or t s, and adm inist r at ive costs a sso ci a t ed w i t h a d dit ional service pr ogr ams.

Staf f Personnel — M s. K aren K ipp j oi ned t he A OG st af f in ear ly July 1985 as execut ive secret ar y , replaci ng M s. C i ndy Bar sot ti . T h e a sso c i a t i o n also conducted a national search f or an exper ienced f u n d r a i ser t o t a k e over responsibilities as director of development . M r. C har les (C huck) Gaasch , Jr ., w ho spent some 24 years w it h t he N ati onal Jew ish H ospit al , w as hired and assum ed his dut ies on O ct ober 7, 1985.

P ublicat ions — N ovem ber 1984 mar ked t he publicati on o f t h e l a st ex panded R egister of Gr ad uates unti l t he 1989 edi ti on . C ost savi ngs realized f r om publicati on o f an abbr eviated ver si on over t his a n d t h e n ex t t h r ee

years will approach some $40,000. The predicted growth i n t h e si z e o f C heckp oin ts has come t o pass. T hree o f the last f our issues w ere ex pand

be made available for classes prior to 1985. The Keith Fer r is pr i nt , “ Here’s a Toast . . .’ ’ proved to be a popular item a s d i d t h e b o o k o f M edal of H onor recipient , Lance Sij an, I nto the M outh of the Cat. A i r F orce A cademy (A FA ) F und — C ont r i but ions t o t he A F A F u n d

approached $80,000 in the f und’s third year . Donations r ec ei v ed a f t er t h e 30 June termination date will be added to the 1985-’86 pr oceeds. T ot al donors reached 1,370, up some 100 from 1983-’84. Graduate par t ici pa tion rose to 820, representing a scant 4.7 percent o f t he t ot al livi ng graduate population. The 1985-’86 campaign will run t hr ough 30 September 1986, and future A FA Fund years will extend f r o m 1 O c t o b er t hr ough 30 Septem ber .

Endowments — Of the six maj or endowments currently a d m i n i st er ed

by the associat ion , t he Ear le A . and M ar i on N ut ter E nd ow m ent pr ovided

its first two postgraduate scholarships to prior-service a l u m n i o f t h e C l a ss of 1985. A n additional two scholarships went to 1985 gr aduates w it h funding provided by the General John K. Gerhart Endowment , a n d t h e Wolfe Fund sent yet another newly-commissioned second l i eu t en a n t t o graduate school. The Eaker Endowment , sponsored by M aj . Gen . R ober t J. Smith, USA FR (Ret), provided the necessary support f o r t h e sev en t h c o n secu t i v e I r a C . E a k er l ec t u r e . T h e F r a n k E . a n d M a r i o n E . H ed r i c k

fund supported Cadet Commanders Leadership Enrichment a n d A i r O f ficer Commanding Leadership Seminars. I n a late development , m em b er s of the 305th Bombardment Group (H) Memorial A ssociation sel ec t ed t h e AOG as administrator of an endowment to benefit leadership p r o g r a m s

at t he A cademy .

Chapters — Four new chapters were formed in 1984-’85: t h e F a r E a st at Yokota A B, Japan; the Red Baron in Ramstein, Germany; t h e F r en c h Exchange; and the Medical Chapter. The latter two function a d ministratively from the A cademy/ Colorado Springs area. A t o t a l o f 2 1

chapter s are cur r ent ly char tered .

Services — The association continues to provide a variety o f ser v i c es t o both alumni and the A cademy community. Reunion and homecom i ng planni ng/ coor dinat ion head t he list . W it h t he addi ti on o f 25-year r e unions, the AOG staf f now f unctions virtually year-round i n pr ovi ding

this necessary support . The establishment of a group t er m l i f e i n su r a n c e program for members reached f ruition late in the f iscal year . A ddi ti onal ly, a dental insurance of fering will soon be announced t o t he mem ber ship .

The two are evidence of the association’s continuing c o m m i t m en t t o i n creasing the benefits of A OG membership. A variety o f ot her cadet .

A cademy, and other alumni activities and programs derived suppor t f r om i n-house, mem orial , and endow ment f unds adm i nistered by t he associa tio n .

ed to 56 pages to accommodate more articles and expanding cl a ss n ew s .

This trend is expected to continue. I ncreased publication and mai li ng costs are expected to be of fset by advertising and added member shi ps.

Merchandising — Sales of the new A OG watches featuring t h e A ca d e my coat of arms proved brisk . A special of fering with t he class year on t he

1984 -85 A O G A U D I T R E P O R T

watch f ace w as well received also by par ents o f t he c l a sses o f 19 8 5 a n d 1986. The latter will be a continuing program, designed t o pr ovide an ap propriate gift to future A cademy graduates. Class year engr avi ng cannot

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D ental Program Readied A f ter several years of wor k and research , A merican L i f e an d Casualty I nsurance C om pany has been selected by t he A O G

Board of Directors to be the provider for our new group d en t a l

program which will be int roduced in January of 1986. T he plan designer and administ rat ive coordi nator f or t he program i s N a t ional T arget G roup A dmi nistrat ors, I nc. , P .O . Box 34(X), Pueblo , C olo . 81(X)5.

We have assisted in the plan design for our dental p r o g r a m

which will cover on a usual , reasonable and cust omary b asi s i n sureds only, insureds and spouse, dependents only or f amily

coverage. The added plus is that some orthodontia coverage w i l l

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T he Bo a r d o f Di r e c t o r s T HE ASSOC I AT I ON OF GRADUAT ES OF T HE UN I T ED STAT ES A I R FORCE ACADEMY

Col or ado Spr i ngs , Col or ado We have exami ned t he bal ance sheet of The Assoc i at i on o f Gr a d u a t e s o f t he Uni t ed St at es Ai r For ce Academy ( a non- pr of i t cor por at i on ) a s o f 30 J u n e 198 5 , and t he r el at ed st at ement s of r evenue and expenses , and changes i n f u n d

Ou r bal ances, and changes i n f i nanci al posi t i on f or t he y e a r t he n e n d e d , exami nat i on was made i n accordance wi t h gener al l y accept ed audi t i ng st andar ds and, accordi ngl y , i ncl uded such t est s of t he account i ng r e c o r d s a n d s u c h o t h e r

audi t i ng pr ocedur es as we cons i der ed necessar y i n t he c i r c ums t a n c e s ,

Ii our opi ni on, t he f i nanci al st at ement s ref er red t o above pr esent f ai r l y t he f i nanc i al pos i t i on of The Assoc i at i on of Gr aduat es o f t he Un i t e d St a t e s A i r For ce Academy as of 30 June 19B5 , and t he r esul t s of i t s oper at i ons and t he c hanges i n i t s f i nanc i al posi t i on f or t he year t hen ended , i n conf or mi t y wi t h gener al l y accept ed account i ng pr i nc i pl es appl i ed on a b a s i s c o n s i s t e n t wi t h t hat of t he pr ecedi ng year .

b e i n cl u d ed .

O ur dental program w ill be available t o bot h active dut y and

nonactive duty United States A ir Force A cademy graduates w h o

MOELLER^ T O YBEITRY Y & OSBORNE

Cer t i f i ed Publ i c Account ant s

ar e cu r r en t m em b er s o f t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es. Y o u w i l l b e receiving by mail a com plete of f ering t o enroll in t h i s v al u ab l e

program in January .

(Continued on p age 13.)

11

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1. Flying Leather, 7" high. Hydrocal bu st by M ichael C arm an . Sim u lated b r o n z e fi n i sh o r f u l l c o l o r .

B r o n z et o n e : $4 0 .00 .

C o lo r :

1

4. Sw eatshi rt , 50/ 50 . A d u lt S-M -L X L . C hild 2/ 4 , 6/ 8, 10/ 12, 14/ 16.

P ow der , r oyal or red .

A d u l t : $ 14 .9 5 .

C hi ld : $ 12 .95 .

$8 0 .00 .

2. Pewter M ug, Colonial design with

5. G o lf Shirt , 75% P ol y/ 25% C ot t o n blend . A d u lt S-M -L -X L . Ro yal , navy or w hit e. $27.95 .

3. V arsi ty M ug, ceram ic, 28 oz., 6 / 2" high . $9.95.

6 . B lazer P atch , richly em br oid ered .

3 '/ 4" x4 '/ 4" . $3 .50 .

A FA C rest . $27 .00 .

7A . T -Shi rt , 50/ 50 . A d u lt S-M -L -X L .

8 . B aseball H at , E m b r oid ed Falco n .

Royal and w hit e. $8 .50 .

9 . T am ,

100 %

acry lic .

Royal

and

w h i t e . $ 7 .9 5 .

10 . A t hletic Bag, ny lo n . Falco n d esign .

Royal b lue wi t h w hi te hand les. $10 .00 .

W h i t e $6 . 00

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7B . T -Shirt , C h ild 6/ 8, 10/ 12 , 14/ 16.

C ent er chest design . W hi te. $5 .00

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O ver $200 .00

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C o lo rad o resid ent s please ad d 3% sales tax o n t ot al merchand ise o nly .

Se n d M e r c h a n d i se t o :

P R I C E S SU B J E C T T O CH A N GE W IT H OU T N OT ICE .

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A OG A udit : (Continued f r om p age 11.)

T r a n s f e r s Ou t

OF THE UNI TED STATES AI R FORCE ACADEMY

Tot al Uses of Wor ki ng Capi t al

30 JUNE 1965~

I NCREASE ( DECREASE) I N WORKI NG

ASSOC I AT I ON OF GRADUAT ES BA LANCE SHEET

ASSET S Cu r r e n t

CAP I TAL

Un r e s t r i c t e d Fu n d s Ge n e r a l L i f e Me mbe r s h i p Fu n d IFu n d

Re s t r i c t e d Fun d s

$ 55 , 042

$376 , 310

Ac c o u n t Re c e i v a b l e - Ot h e r Du e f r o m o t h e r Fun d s

23 1 , 12 5 9 , 38 1

I nvent or y

To t a l Cu r r e n t As s e t s I n v e s t me n t i n Ma r ke t a b l e Se c u r i t i e s - a t Co s t : Commo n a n d Pr e f e r r e d St o c k s -

$

- 0- 0- 0- 0-

- 0- 0- 0-

431, 352 23 1 , 12 5 9 , 38 1

37FT3W

540 1 5T

( Mar ket Val ue $48 , 18 1) Cor por at e Bonds (Mar ket Val ue $628 , 446 )

- 0-

5 , 76 3

44 , 7 6 4

50 , 5 27

- 0-

4 2 2 , 2 38

2 58 , 6 9 6

6 8 0 , 9 34

( Mar ket Val ue $59 , 447)

- 0-

14 , 98 5

4 1 , 5 22

5 6 , 50 7

13 , 2 6 0

36 0 , 0 9 9

9 3 , 8 35

4 6 7 , 19 4

13, 260

803, 085

4 38 , 8 17

1 , 2 5 5 , 16 2

- 0-

- 0-

57 , 50 0

57 , 50 0

4 4 , 5 48

- 0- 0-

- 0- 0-

4 4 , 5 48

Go ve r nme n t Mu t u a l

Bo n d s -

Fu n d s -

(Mar ket Val ue $514 , 366 ) T o t a l I n v e s t me n t s i n Ma r ke t a b l e Se c u r i t i e s

I nvest ment i n Pr omi ssor y Not e Re c e i v a b l e

Fur ni t ur e , Fi xt ur es & Equi pment at

Co s t

( 16 , 649 )

Less Accumul at ed Depr ec i at i on Ne t

Fu r n i t u r e , F i x t u r e s

27 , 8 9 9

- 0-

- 0-

27 , 8 9 9

$106 , 730

$803, 085

$872 , 627

$1,A 782 i, 442

and Equi pment To t a l L I ABI L I T I ES AND FUND BALANCES Cu r r e n t L i a b i l i t i e s :

Wi t hhol di ng Taxes Payabl e A. F. Academy Assembl y Reser ve

$

Desi gnat ed AOG Endowment s Li f e Member shi p Re s t r i c t e d To t a l Fu n d Ba l a n c e s To t a l

3, 437 4 37 - 0-

0 74

$

- 0- 01 , 12 5 1 , 12 5

$

$

- 0- 0- 0-

3 , 437 4 37 1 , 12 5

•4T?gg 9 4 , 97 6 7 ,880 8 0 1 , 9 60 8 7 2 , 6 27

- 0- 0- 08 7 2 , 6 27

9 4 , 97 6 7 , 88 0 - 0- 0-

- 0- 08 0 1 , 96 0

102 ,656

8 0 1 , 960

87? ;^

1, 777 , 443

$106 , 730

$803, 085

$872i, 627

$1, 782,i 442

STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES, AND CHANGES I N FUND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1985 Un r e s t r i c t e d Fu n d s Ge n e r a l L i f e Me mbe r s h i p Fu n d Fu n d REVENUE :

$139 , 291

Member shi p Dues

Co n t r i b u t i o n s I n t e r e s t a n d Di v i d e n d s

Capi t al Gai ns ( Losses ) Fund Rai si ng/ Mer c handi si ng Publ i cat i on - Adver t i s i ng

C l a s s Ac t i v i t i e s Re i mbu r s e me n t f o r Admi n i s t r a

t i ve Suppor t

13 , 9 3 2 6 , 347 - 05 4 , 27 8 23 , 9 11 34 , 50 4 7 , 37 0 7 , 7 24

287 ; 367

Re v e n ue

Savi ngs Account s and Cer t i f i cat es of Depos i t

Ac c o u n t Re c e i v a b l e - Ot he r Due f r om Ot he r Fu n d s

130 , 4 7 0

2 2 5 , 4 13

$

;955)

$

2 , 765 ( 347 ) ( 3, 130 )

I nvent or y

i ( 1, 125)

$

127 , 329

$125 , 249

$

$

123, 074

$125 ,839 ( 347 ) ( 3, 130 )

123, 074

123 . 72'4

36 2

Cu r r e n t

Li abi l i t i es :

( 392)

Account s Pay abl e Wi t hho l di ng Taxes Pay abl e

Due t o Ot he r To t a l

- 0- 01 , 12 5 1 , 12 5

997 - 0605

Fun d s

I NCREASE ( DECREASE) I N WORKI NG

$

CAP I TA L

( 955)

- 0- 0- 0- 0-

T 350 )

To t a l

I nc r ease ( Dec r ease ) i

$ ( 1, 125)

- 0- 0- 0-

- 0- 0-

( 392) 99 7

( 4 , 255)

( 3, 130 )

127 , 329

$125, 249

(172557 $

36 2

ASSOC I AT I ON OF GRADUATES OF T HE UN I TED STAT ES A I R FORCE ACADEMY NOT ES T O F I NANC I A L STAT EMENT S 30 J UNE 198 5

NOT E 1 -

SUMMA RY OF S I GN I F I CANT ACCOUNT I NG POL I C I ES :

Basi s of Account i ng - These st at ement s ar e pr epar ed o n t he a c c r u a l basi s of account i ng .

I ncome i s r ecogni zed when ear ned , and expenses ar e r ecogni zed when i ncur r ed .

Member shi p dues ar e r ecor ded as i ncome i n t he gener al f u nd whe n

$ 22, 167

r ec e i ved .

A l l i n t e r e s t , d i v i d e n d s a n d o t he r i n ve s t me n t i n t he f u n d wh i c h o wn s t he r e l a t e d i n v e s t me n t s .

t he

Re s t r i c t e d Fu n d s

$

- 0-

- 06 1 , 66 7 8 ,86 1 - 0- 0- 0-

14 2 , 4 38 7 7 , 60 9 8 , 2 55 35 , 960 - 04 2 , 1 57

- 0- 092 , 695

- 0- 030 6 , 4 19

$

t c e s

Fund Rai si ng/ Mer chandi si ng

Co s t o f Pu b l i c a t i o n s Cl a s s A c t i v i t i e s

Tot al Pr ogr am Expenses a n d Ad mi n i s t r a t i ve

Depr ec i at i on Tot al Expenses EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER ( UNDER)

7 9 , 557 5 , 16 0 5 1 , 6 54 12 6 , 6 38 2 5 , 67 2 28 8 , 68 1 4 1, 665 5 , 47 2 3 3 5 , 8 18

- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0126 - 0-

Depr ec i at i on of f ur ni t ur e , f i xt ur es and equi pment i s r ecor ded usi ng st r ai ght - l i ne and accel er at ed met hods over est i mat ed u s e f u l l i v e s o f f i v e B.

C. Pr emi ums and di scount s on cor por at e and gover nment al bonds ar e bei ng amor t i zed us i ng t he st r ai ght - l i ne met hod over t he per i od f r o m t he d a t e o f pur c hase t o t he mat ur i t y dat e .

F.

126

a n d St a t e i n c ome t a x e s .

161, 458

NOTE 2 -

156 , 37 0 14 5 , 6 2 3 17 , 1 16 9 0 , 2 38 23, 911 76 , 66 1 7 , 370 7 , 7 24

128 , 953

7 9 , 557

62 , 093

7 8 , 30 0 12 6 , 6 38 50 , 4 3 5

1 9776 23 6 2 , 40 2 5 , 47 2

464 ,897

EXPENSES

( 48 , 461)

9 2 , 56 9

17 7 , 46 6

2 2 1 , 57 4

BEGI NN I NG FUND BA LANCES

108 , 034

752 , 674

6 9 5 , 16 1

1 , 55 5 , 8 6 9

TRANSFER BETWEEN FUNDS I N (OUT)

43, 283

( 43 , 283)

- 0-

- 0-

$102, 856

$801, 960

$872 , 627

$1,I 777i, 443

END I NG FUND BA LANCES

A SSOC I AT I ON OF GRADUATES OF THE UN I TED STAT ES A I R FORCE ACADEMY STAT EMENT OF CHANGES I N F I NANC I A L POS I T I ON

ORGA N I ZA T I ON :

The Assoc i at i on was f ormed t o pr omot e i nt er est i n , a n d d e d i c a t i o n t o , t he i deal s , obj ec t i ves , ac t i vi t i es and hi st or y of t he U. S. Ai r For ce Academy .

Of f i ce space and cer t ai n admi ni st r at i ve ser v i ces ar e pr ov i ded by t he Ai r For ce Academy at no char ge t o t he Assoc i at i on .

NOTE 3 -

FUND BA LANCES :

A. Fu n d s .

Un r e s t r i c t e d f u n d s c o n s i s t

De c r e a se i n Ma r ke t a b l e Se c u r i t i e s a n d No t e Re c e i v a b l e Tr an s f e r s In

Tot al Sour ces of Wor ki ng Capi t al

$ 92 , 569

$

To t a l

177 , 466

$221, 574

- 0-

- 0-

5 , 47 2

- 04 3 , 28 3

- 0- 0-

4 0 , 36 0 39 , 9 7 3

4 0 , 36 0 8 3 , 2 56

29 4

9 2 , 569

257 , 7 99

3 50 , 6 6 2

50 , 4 11

90 , 497

1 13 , 15 1

I nc r ease ( Dec r ease ) i n I nvest

t he Ge n e r a l

Fu n d a n d

t he Li f e Member shi p

1.

Unr est r i ct ed - Account s f or t he oper at i on of t he Unr est r i ct ed r evenue i s used t o pay cur r ent oper at i ng expenses .

2.

Des i gnat ed AOG Endowment s - Account s f or moni es d o n a t e d t o t he As s oc i a t i o n o f Gr a d u a t e s o f t h e Un i t e d St a t e s A i r For ce Academy f or its di scr et i onar y use .

b.

Li f e Member shi p Funds 1.

Or i gi nal Li f e Member shi p Fund - Thi s f und account s f o r a l l Th e Bo a r d of moni es r ece i ved f r om l i f e member shi p dues t hr ough 30 J u n e 198 4 . d i r ec t or s

ha s

d i r e c t e d t ha t

t he s e f u n d s be i n v e s t e d a n d t h a t

t he i n c o me

f r om

such i nvest ment s be avai l abl e t o pay cur r ent oper at i ng expenses . Thr ough June 30 , 1984 , none of t hese l i f e member shi p moni es had been used t o pay cur r ent oper at i ng expenses .

Ear ni ngs af t er June 30 , 1984 wi l l b e t r a n s f e r r e d t o t he gener al f und as r equi r ed t o of f set expenses f or consul t i ng ser vi ces , equi pment acqui si t i ons , and addi t i onal per sonnel .

I n f i scal year ended June 30 , 1985, $25, 000 was t r ansf er r ed t o cover t he Regi st er and $17, 158 wa s t r a n s f e r r e d t o cover comput er equi pment and sof t war e .

2. New Li f e Member shi p Fund - Thi s f und account s f or a l l mo n i e s r ecei ved f r om l i f e member shi p dues af t er 30 June 1984 .

Once eac h year t hi s f und wi l l t r ansf er moni es t o t he gener al f und . The a mo u n t o f t he t r a n s f e r w i l l equal t he number of new l i f e member s t i me s t he annual dues dur i ng t he pr ecedi ng The amount of t he t r ansf er due f or Fi scal year ended J u n e 30 , 198 5 i s y ear .

Re s t r i c t e d f u n d s c o n s i s t

of

mo n i e s c o n t r i b u t e d t o t he A s s o c i a t i o n w i t h

t he v a r i o u s r e s t r i c t e d f u n d s a r e :

The pur pose of

1.

Gr a d u a t e an d No n - Gr a d u a t e Me mo r i a l Fu n d s - Fu n d s are to be u t i l i z e d i n a c c o r d a n c e wi t h t he d o n o r ' s i n s t r u c t i o n s , subj ec t t o t he appr oval of t he U. S. Ai r For ce Academy Memor i 1i zat i on Boar d , t o me mo r i a l i z e d e c e a se d Academy gr aduat es or deceased non- gr aduat e member s o f t h e A i r Fo r c e .

2.

Memor i al Scho l ar shi p Fund - Funds ar e t o be used co ( a ) pr ov i de

schol ar shi ps t o el i gi bl e i ndi vi dual s i n at t endi ng a pr epar at or y school desi gned t o pr epar e t he i ndi v i dual s academi cal l y f or possi bl e f u t u r e a dmi s s i o n t o t he Academy , and ( b ) pr ovi de sc hol ar shi ps t o Academy gr aduat es wh o c o n t i n u e gr aduat e wor k .

3.

Ai r For ce Academy Fund - Funds ar e t o be used f or pr oj ect s wh i c h di r ec t l y suppor t t he Academy or Cadet Wi ng .

4. AOG Cl ass Funds - Funds ar e used t o pr ov i de gi f t s t o t he Academy , c l ass r euni ons , and t o memor i al i ze deceased gr aduat es .

5.

( 27 , 757 )

of

-

t he st i pul at i on t hat t hey must be used f or a spec i f i c p u r po s e ,

USE OF WORKI NG CAP I TA L :

me n t s i n Ma r ke t a b l e Se c u r i t e s a n d No t e Re c e i v a b l e

Fu n d

Assoc i at i on .

8.

Re s t r i c t e d Fu n d s

SOURCES OF WORK I NG CAP I TA L :

Excess of Revenues Over ( Under ) $( 48 , 46 1) Expenses Add : Depr ec i at i on whi c h does not r equi r e Cur r ent Out l ay 5 , 47 2 of Wor ki ng Capi t al

Ge n e r a l

$ 1 , 12 5 .

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 1985 Un r e s t r i c t e d Fu n d s Ge ne r a l L i f e Me mbe r s h i p Fu n d Fun^

l ower of cost ( f i r st i n , f i r st out ) or sal es i n t he pr ev i ous t we l ve mo n t h s a r e

The Assoc i at i on i s a non- pr of i t cor por at i on and i s exempt f r om Feder al

To t a l

686 , 471

- 056 , 9 3 3 26 , 6 46 - 024 , 7 6 3 10 8 , 34 2 20 , 6 11 - 0-

i n c ome a r e a c c o u n t e d f o r

t o t en y ear s .

a.

Pr ogr am Expenses :

Ge n e r a l

93 , 694

29 , 0 06

E. Pr ogr am Expenses - Func t i onal expenses such as sal ar i es , pay r ol l t axes and cer t ai n oper at i ng expenses ar e al l ocat ed t o pr ogr am expenses and gener al and admi ni st r at i ve expenses based on management est i mat i on .

EXPENSES :

Se

1 , 2 49

D. I nvent or y i s val ued at t he ma r ke t , I t ems whi ch have had mi ni mal wr i t t e n d own t o z e r o .

ASSOC I A T I ON OF GRADUATES OF T HE UN I T ED STA T ES A I R FORCE ACADEMY

Me mbe r Gi f t s

83, 256

A.

Du e t o o t he r Fu n d s To t a l Cu r r e n t L i a b i l i t i e s Fu n d Ba l a n c e s : Un r e s t r i c t e d

Ot he r To t a l

- 039 , 9 7 3

As s e t s :

To t a l

$

- 04 3 , 28 3

I nc r ease ( Decr ease ) i n Cur r ent

As s e t s :

Sav i ngs Account s and Cer t i f i cat es of Deposi t

29 , 0 06 - 0-

En d ovm e n t

Fu n d -

T h e e n d o wme n t

by t he donor s f or some spec i f i c pur pose .

f un d c on s i s t s o f

f und s r e s t r i c t ed

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1984- 1985 A FA Fund T otals $79,786 T he 1984- 1985 A ir Force A cademy Fund was closed out a t t h e end of June of t his year w it h a record $79,786 in cont ributions, u p by more t han $17,000 f rom t he previous year ’s annual f u n d d r i v e .

T his year ’s f und drive ( 1985- 1986) has an ambit ious goal of $100,000 wit h an additional thrust to double t he average graduate class part icipat ion .

A total of 1,372 donors recognized the A cademy ’s need f o r private cont ribut ions during 1984- 1985, and t he average d o n a t i o n was $48.35. M atching gif t s f rom companies and f oundat ions totaled $11,066.

Since t he f irst A ir Force A cademy Fund was launched m o r e than t hree years ago , more t han $174,(X)0 has been r ai sed t o enhance A cademy , cadet and graduate programs. T his year t here have been tw o signi f icant changes in administering t h e f u n d . T h e f irst is a change in t he f und ’ s f iscal year which t his year will run f rom July 1, 1985 t hr ough Sept . 30, 1986. Fut ure f und years will run f rom Oct . 1 t hrough Sept . 30. T he second change i n v o l v e s t h e D onor Recognit ion Program .

New Recognition Program T he original recognit ion program provided gi f ts or a plaque f or f our levels of giving: D onors ($50 - $99) , who last year received a leat her coaster set ; Sponsors ($100 - $499) , who received t h e coasters and a plaque w it h an appropriate year plate; P a t r o n s

($500 - $4,999) , who received t he coasters, t he donor plaque, and a gyr f alcon print ; and Benef actors ($5,(XX) or more) , w h o r e c e i v e d all lower-level gi f t s plus a special recognition gi f t .

T he new recognit ion program has added tw o categories o f givers: L eaders ($ 1,0{X) - $2,499) and Fellows ($2,500 - $4,999) .

T hese addit ions changed t he Pat ron category to gif t s f r o m $500 t o $999. A lso , t his will be t he last year t hat gi f t s will be given f or t hose in t he D onor category and t his year ’ s gi f t will be a handy clipboard set wit h embossed A cademy and associat ion sea l s.

U nder t he new program , we have created a series of plaques f or t he f ollowing giving categories: * Sponsors — $100 - $499 * P at r o n s — $ 500 - $999

* L eaders — $ 1,000 — $2,499 * Fellows — $2,500 — $4,999 * Benef act ors — $5,000 or more Begi nning wit h t his year donations w ill not be cumulatively a p plied t oward achieving a higher giving category . H owever , t h o se individuals w ho prior to t his year ’ s f und have est ablished a cumulat ive tw o-year giving t rack under t he original recognition program will be individually monitored and will receive the gi f t appropriate t o t heir cat egory as t hey reach t heir giving goal .

T he plaques f or t he upper f our levels of giving are in t he design phase and will be available in ear ly 1986 t o be sent t o i n d i v i d u al s in t hese categories.

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luminating article, “ W hen T hey Resign : W here D o A cademy Graduates Go?” One of t heir f i ndings on “ t he most im portant t hings learned ” at t he A ir Force and A rmy A cademies surprised me.

H onor was t he least ( !) import ant of ni ne categories. For U SA FA , only one of t he 26 graduates mentioned honor and t hat in a negative way .

W hy? Perhaps most of t he sampled academy graduates accorded them selves a high standard of personal honor bef ore entering t he academy . A not her reason might be that many graduates f ound lif e

as an of ficer, let alone ^ s-^a civilian ex

ecutive, di f f ers f rom the standard of honor claimed f or cadet li f e. I f so , an academy ’ s honor system , i f relevant at all , was j udged as less signi f icant t han sel f discipline, conf idence, teamw or k , et c.

A nother possible reason was of f ered by t he senior aut hor of t he art icle. H e sug gested t hat both academies have reduced honor to a great deal of academic inst ruc t io n .

H as acad em i c i n st r u ct i o n b eco m e t h e cen t r al f eat u r e o f t h e cad et s’ h o n o r

system? N ot i f t he Cadet H onor Commit tees are using t he recommendat ions I of f ered in Checkp oints. I n t he Spring issue, H o w an ‘ I d ea l ’ 1985, you repri nted .

H onor System I s Ruptured ,” f rom W est Point ’s A OG ’ s A ssembly . T hat art icle i i

and M aj . Cof f man w ho state t hat t he U SA F A cademy and U SM A do not t each leadership , honor , and et hics, but rat her self -discipline, conf idence, and need f or achievement (Page 17, Sum mer 1985 Checkp oints art icle, “ W hen t hey resign : W here D o A cademy Graduates Go?” ) . I f ir mly believe t hat their art icle begs at the def init ion of “ leadership” and t he traits of a t rue leader . I n additi on , I urge any

T he ult imate irony here is how so much is made of self -discipline w hen i n pract ice cadet lif e is so severely regimented f rom

ship concept s t o search out D r . A braham Z aleznik ’ s (Cahners-Rabb Prof essor of Social Psychology of M anagement at t he H arvard Busi ness School) M ay-June 1977 H ar var d B usi n ess R evi ew ar t i cl e, “ M anagers and L eaders: A re T hey D i f

KU D OS T O PRICE

A O G m em b er w h o i s i n t er est ed i n l ead er

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ship w it h the act ions (w hich speak louder t han words) of t he U SA FA and U SM A graduates st udied , I see a personi f icat ion o f h i s ar t i cl e . I n st a r k co n t r ast t o M al m st r o m a n d C o f f m an ’ s “ v i ct i m s o f

t heir own success” conclusion , I f ind t he t raits port rayed by service academy graduates st rongly underscore t he ability of

t h e ser v i ce acad em i es t o

i n st i l l t h e

“ leadership character ” in t heir graduates.

W hile t he A ir Force and A r my may ex perience some “ losses” due t o individual career choice, they cannot f ail t o continue t o inst ill t his character in t heir A cademy graduates, f or such f ailure can put t his na t ion in great peril .

L . John Cataldo , ’78 Captain , U SA F

sh o w s W est P o i n t ’ s an d U SF A ’ s h o n o r

systems rupture in an honor scandal f r om t ime t o time. T he dat a suggest t hat rup tures are due t o lack of f ocus on , and solution of , t he problem of non-tolerat ion of a good f riend ’ s possible violation of honor . T o help prevent f ut ure ruptures, t he recommendat ions in t he paper f ocus directly on t he problem of tolerat ion.

Per haps t his is a good time t o lear n i f t he Cadet H onor C ommitt ee is acting on any or all of t he f ive recommendations.

Clark H osmer , Ph .D .

Colonel U SA F (Ret) U SM A , 1936

D I SA G R E E S D ear Sirs, T his is j ust a f ast and undet ailed let ter in w hich I desire to express my st rong disagreement wit h L t . C ol . M almst rom

OFF ERS A L T E R N A T I V E D ea r E d i t o r :

A n alt er nat ive suggest i on t o Jon Gallo ’s lett er (Summer 1985 Checkp oints, page 11) about limiting cadet act ivit ies as a part ial solut ion t o t he honor syst em d i l em m a .

T rue honor and integr ity come f rom wit hin . T hey are exter nally i nduced only t o a very limited degree. W hat you can ac complish in t his regard is t o f oster and en courage t he gr ow th of t hose qualities beyond the level at w hich t hey already ex ist wit hin t he individual . A s an et hically nurt uring environment is obvi ously desir able over an ant agonistic one, t he f irst order of business here is t o st op usi ng t he H onor Code as a weapon.

A high sense of et hics is not t he k ind t hat is turned upon its ow ner as an ex peditious means of enf orcing regulat ions.

w i t h o u t . F ew i n d eed ar e t h o se cad et s w h o

see t he cont radiction w it hout having their sense of loyalty divided between t he A cademy as a w hole and t hemselves as i n d i v i d u a l s.

Richard J . G rasso , Jr . ’75

D ear A OG , Please f orw ard my grat it ude and com pliment s t o D or sey Price, ’66, t he aut hor of “ A V isit wit h a Classmat e” (Check p oints, Summer 1985) . I t hought t hat his beaut if ul piece was by f ar t he best ent ry of any t ype I ’ve seen in Checkp oints since I ’ve begun reading it (a good f ive year ’ s wort h) !

T he sensit ivity , poignancy , and deep impact of t he art icle he wr ot e had quite an ef f ect upon me.

T hank you . I hope many others get t o read it , as well .

Sincerely , Carol S. T ik ij ian , ’ 84

N EED S V OL U N T EERS D ear R i ch ar d : I w o u l d l i k e t o so l i ci t t h e assi st an ce o f

t he A OG i n recruit ing any graduat e who may live in t he San Fernando/ San Gabriel V alley areas of L os A ngeles w ho w ould be interested in wor k ing wit h t he N ort h L os A ngeles County liaison of f icer gr oup . A s one of the deputy com manders f or t he gr oup , we are always in search of m o t i v at ed i n d i v i d u al s w h o w o u l d l i k e t o

w ork w it h prospect ive A ir Force A cademy and ROT C candidat es, school counselors and parent s t o ensure t hat t hey t ruly underst and t he A ir Force st ory and t he A cdemy ’ s opportunit ies.

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Col Jock C . H . Schwank , U SA F (Ret) President , A ssociat ion of G raduat es U SA F A cademy C olorado Springs, CO 80840 D ear Colonel Schwank , I appreciated receiving M r . Spitt ler ’s letter concer ning t h e u se of the Eisenhower Gol f Course by non-retired , non-active duty graduates. T he A cademy is proud of t hese graduat es an d t h ei r i m pressive achievement s and desires to maintain a last ing a n d r e warding relationship with them , as it does wit h all its graduates.

A n environment of mut ual respect and cooperation will co n t i n u e to enhance t hat relationship .

Ef f ective immediately , civilian graduates wi ll be allowed t o u s e E i sen h o w er G o l f C o u r se . T h e a t t ac h ed let t er f r o m C o l R o b er t

L ee, D eputy Chief of Staf f f or M orale, W el f are, and Recreation, out lines t he new policy . A lt hough their use of t he golf course w ill not be unrest ricted , I hope t hat civilian graduates w i l l t a k e ad v an tage o f t he opport unity to retur n t o the A cademy and enj oy t his excellent f acility .

By maintai ning close ties, t he A cademy and its graduates c a n bet ter wor k toget her in areas of common interest .

Sincerely , W inf ield W . Scott , Jr ., L t Gen , U SA F Superintendent

ant icipate visit ing C olorado Springs on ot her t han t h e f i r st a n d t hird T hursdays of a m ont h should contact t he A OG in ad v an ce regarding gol f ing opportunities. T he A OG will not i f y golf course personnel w hen a graduate w ho desires t o play gol f w ill be visit ing t he A cademy . G ol f course personnel will place t he graduate’ s name on a waiting list f or t he desired day of play . W e w i l l t h en f i t these gol f ers into existing groups as best we can . I n t h e case o f ac t ive duty or ret ired graduates, it may be possible to provide a tee t ime using t he advance tee time reservat ion rules applicable t o non-A cademy m ilitary personnel and retirees.

4. N ormal green f ees will apply in t he above instances; i .e., $20 f or civilian golf ers; $5 f or act ive dut y and ret ired ; and reciprocal privileges f or act ive duty w ho have annual membership a t o t h e r A i r F o r c e c o u r se s .

5. On such occasions as class reunions and homecoming, w e

w i l l sch ed u l e a t o u r n a m en t t o acco m m o d at e a l l .

Robert E . L ee, Jr ., Colonel , U SA F D C S/ M orale, W elf are, and Recreation

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tacted by civilian organizations regarding employment o p p o r t unit ies f or A cademy graduates w ho are no longer on act ive duty .

W hile t he associat ion does not of f er a com plete em ployment s e r vice at t his time, we will place alum ni in touch wit h speci f ic em ployers or agencies specializing in placement of A cademy graduates. Contact t he A OG of f ice (T om K robot h) at (303) 472-2067 f or inf ormat ion on current employment opportunities f or nonact ive duty graduates.

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SU BJECT : A cademy Graduate Gol f D ay 1. A cademy G rads’ D ay at t he U SA FA Eisenhower G olf Course will be established on t he f irst and t hird T hursdays o f each mont h . N on-ret ired graduates who are no longer i n the se r v i c e may play on t hese special days.

2. T he gol f course will make available to t he A ssociat ion o f Graduates (A OG) f our tee t imes beginning at 09(X) on t h e f i r st T hursday of each mont h and f our tee t imes beginning a t 13 0 0 o n t he t hird T hursday of each m ont h f or use by graduates.

Graduates wishing t o use t hese tee t imes must make r eser v at i o n s through t he A OG who will provide t he gol f course wit h t h e n a m es of the players and t heir t ee t imes. We emp hasize that t h e graduates must go thr ough the A OG of f ice f or reser vations. T e e t ime reservations not scheduled by 1000 on t he M onday prior to each Grads’ D ay will be made available t o act ive-duty golf ers f or t he T hursday reservation period , w hich begins at 1200 o n M o n day .

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G r a d i n U . S . S en a t e R a c e H enry S. Jordan , Jr ., Class of 1967, has announced h i s candidacy f or t he U .S. Senate f rom t he State of South Carolina. I n t he 1986 campaign, he will be running against Sen. Fritz H ollings, incumbent . Jordan is a surgeon i n A nderson, S.C . and has numerous business and f arming i n terests. H e is chairman of t he A nderson County Republican Party , is on t he Sout h Carolina Republican Party L eader ship ’ 86 Commit tee, and is state chairman of C it izens f o r

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Space Shuttle Flight Carries 3 Graduates

T he f irst Space Shutt le t o carry t hree A cademy Graduat es blasted skyw ard at 11: 15 Eastern D aylight T ime on Oct . 3 . T h e graduates on t he crew of t he f irst f light of Space Sh u t t l e A t l a n t is were Col . K arol Bobk o , ’ 59, mission commander ; Col . R o n Grabe, ’66, pilot ; and L t . Col . W illiam Pailes, ’74, o n e o f t h e A i r Force M anned Space Flight engineer s. T he rest of the cr ew i n cl u d ed Col . Robert Stewart (U .S. A rmy) , and L t . Col . D avid H i l m er s (U .S. M arine Corps) , who were mission specialist s.

Bobk o was the f irst A ir Force A cademy graduate t o fl y in space as pilot on ST S-6, t he maiden voyage of the Space Shutt le O r b i t er Challenger in A pril of 1984, f or which he won t he Jabara A w ar d f or A irmanship f or t hat year . Bobk o is also t he only a st r o n a u t t o h av e f l o w n o n t h r ee d i f f er en t sh u t t l e o r b i t er s.

T he pilot on A tlantis, Grabe, was on his f irst shutt le f light and is scheduled f or anot her in t he spring of 1986 w hich w i l l l au n ch Galileo , t he interplanet ary Jupiter probe.

T he landing of A tlantis at Edwards A ir Force Base in a b r i sk wind was smoot h . Six A cademy graduates have f low n in t h e Space Shutt le Program thr ough t he A tlan tis f light . #7 %

Col. F ain, '63, H onored A ir Force Col . James A . Fain , Jr ., Class of 1963, received t h e A i r F o r ce A sso ci at i o n ’ s co v et ed C i t at i o n o f H o n o r at t h e asso ci a t ion ’s annual convent ion in W ashingt on recent ly .

T he award , present ed by M art in H . H arris, A FA nati onal president , cit ed Col onel Fain “ f or brilliant managerial a c complishment s’ ’ in direct ing development of t he L ow A l t i t u d e N av i gat i on and T ar get i ng I n f r ar ed Sy st em f o r N i gh t (L A N T I RN ) , t he U .S. A ir Force’ s number one priority t act i cal p r o gr am .

The crew of the maiden voy age of A t lant is, at top lef t, L t . C o l .

D ave H ilmers; top right, L t. Col. B ill Pailes; at bot tom f r om lef t.

Col. B ob Stewar t, Col. K ar ol B obk o, and Col. R on Grabe.

Colonel Fain is direct or of t he St rik e Systems Program O f f i ce in A eronautical Systems D ivision’ s D eputy f or Reconnaissance/ St rik e and Elect ronic W arf are at W right Pat terson A ir F o r c e Base, Ohio .

L A N T I RN consist s of a navigat ion pod , a target ing pod , a n d a head-up-display (H U D ) f or t he cock pit . T his syt em s will give U .S. t actical pilots an under-t he-weather , aut onomous day/ night navigation and precision weapon delivery capability against ground t arget s. I t will deny an enemy f orce t he cover o f d a r k n ess and bad weather f or t roop m ovement and resupply operat ions.

U sing the system , pilot s of single-seat aircraf t can acquire, t rack , and dest roy ground targets wit h guided and f ree-f all w e a p o n s .

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19 8 1 G r a d a P a n el is t o n T el ev is i o n S h o w Capt . M ichelle D . Johnson , ’ 81, a C- 14 1B copilot assigned t o t he 4 1st M ilitary A irli f t at Charleston A FB , N .C ., f i n i sh ed i n sec ond place as a guest on t he nat ionally televised “ N ational Sci en ce T est ” , a Public Br oadcast ing System show . T he “ N ational Science T est ” is a segment of t he “ N ova” television ser i es a n d ai r ed O ct o b er 8t h .

Ot her guests f or t he PBS program induded D avid A t ten borough (f irst place f inisher) , a j our nalist/ naturalist ; E d w i n N ew man , a j ournalist ; and D r . A lvin Poussaint , a physicist .

Capt . Johnson said she was selected because of her acad em i c achievement and t he f act t hat she is a copilot .

Captain Johnson served as one of f our panelists who responded t o quest ions on science and t echnology . She said scores were k ept on t he panelists, but t he compet it ion was in f un . Captain J o h n so n is a 1981 graduate of t he A ir Force A cademy and served as i t s f i r st f emale wing commander .

U pon graduat ion , she was selected as a Rhodes Scholar an d completed requirements f or a master of art s degree at O x f o r d U niversity , England . She has been st ationed at Charleston A F B since completing undergraduate pilot t rai ning at W illiam s A FB ,

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H er undergraduate A cademy work included maj or concentra tion in operat ions research . She graduated wit h the out st anding mili tary per f ormance award and out standing operations r esear ch award . T he C- 14 1 copilot has f lown missions to Panama, G er many , England , Spain and A lask a and has more t han 500 c a r e e r f lying hours.

Capt . Johnson said she had enj oyed t he “ N ova” experience.

T here’ s so much to be learned in t he world ,” she explained , “ and it ’ s good t o be able t o pok e one’ s head int o anot her e n a

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L i f e M em ber shi p Pr ogram Revised

Since t he reopening of t he A ssociation of Graduates’ L i f e M embership Program in 1984, some 60 alumni and f riends h av e j oined t he rank s of our original 3, 142 lif e members. T h e r at e f o r a regular li f e membership is current ly $550 in one payment o r a n i n it ial payment of $290 f ollowed by payment s amount ing t o an o t h er $290 within one year . H owever , t he board of direct ors i n r ecen t reviews of the program has established new rates f or t w o categories of li f e membership which will be particularly appealing t o our older members and t o t hose graduates married t o grad

Cap t. M ichelle J ohnson, ’81, meets a boa constrictor, the subj ect of question six on the PBS “ N ational Science Test I I ” b r o ad cas t in October of this y ear. A r t F lem ing, r ight, hosts the sho w, f eatur ing f r om lef t, E d win N ewman, D r. A l vin P oussaint, Cap tain J ohnson and D avid A t tenbor ough. (Cour tesy p hoto)

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E f f ect ive immediately , graduat es and f riends of t he A cademy , age 50 and older , may become li f e members at t he reduced single payment rate of $420, or $450 in m ultiple payment s o v e r a o n e year period . I n t he lat ter case, an init ial payment o f $225 i s r e quired wit h payment s t ot aling an addit ional $225 due w i t h i n o n e y ea r .

Rates have been reduced f or j oi nt lif e memberships (graduates married t o graduates) as well . T he revised cost of a j oint li f e membership will hencef ort h be $600 in a lump sum or $630 i n t h e f orm of a $315 initial payment and t he balance of $315 w i t h i n o n e year . A j oint li f e membership will include right of survivorship f or t he original spouse only . A primary member must b e designated f or a j oint mem bership . I n t he event of a divorce, membership benef its will remain wit h the primary member u n l ess a co u r t o r d er d i ct a t es o t h er w i se .

Joint membership ent it les t he tw o graduates t o only a single set of association publicat ions each year , mailed t o t he primary member ’ s address. I n t he event of geographical separation, t h e A OG will provide, up on request , publicat ions to the nonprimary member f or t he additional current cost of t he publicat ions plus mailing charges.

Graduates and f riends interested in either of t he above p r o grams are invited to contact t he A ssociat ion of Graduates at (303) 472-2067, if you have any quest ions.

Charles Gaasch, J r .

T he A ssociation of Graduat es has recently hired a di rect or o f development . C harles “ C huck ” F . Gaasch, Jr ., 49 accept ed t h e f undraising posit ion w hich w ill include responsibilities f o r t h e A i r Force A cademy (A FA ) Fund , planned giving programs, t h e A O G Building Fund drive, and f uture capital campaigns.

Gaasch spent 24 years wit h the N at ional Jewish Center f o r I m munology and Respiratory M edicine in D enver , C olo ., w h er e h e provided direct ion on all programs wit hin a 17-state region . I n t hat position , he had a maj or responsibility f or raising a su b s t a n t ial port ion of t he inst itut ion’ s annual multimillion d o l l a r f u n d raising budget .

W hile at t he N at ional Jewish Center , Gaasch developed an d successf ully mar k eted development innovat ions including t h e community leader let ter of appeal , a maj or gi f ts program . H e a l s o established a highly successf ul inst itut ional advert isi ng co n cep t and pioneered t he ef f ective use of testimonial dinners w h i c h substantially i ncreased cont ribut ions.

I n 1980, he received the dist inguished service award f or excep tional mar k eting per f or mance. Gaasch is married and h as t w o grow n children . A f ter accept ing t he position, he said t h at h e look ed f orward t o a long and f ruit f ul relat ionship w i t h t h e asso ci at i o n .

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Camaraderie and N ostalgia:

C l a ss o f ’ 6 5 R et u r n s f o r 2 0 t h R eu n i o n

By Jerry W ilk owsk i , ’65 I t was a happeni ng! For many , t hat may be a t rite and o v er u sed st atement , but f or t he 170-plus members of t he Class o f ’ 65 w h o were able t o mak e it to t he 20th Reunion , it was a H A P P E N I N G !

From the initial gathering in t he hospitality suite t o t he optional chapel services on Sunday , t he planned activities were superbly balanced , well-attended and ent husiast ically received . C o l o r ad o tur ned out some of its f inest weat her , and t he f ootball t eam p u t on a display of scoring power that lef t many of us w ondering w het her we were at t he right st adium . T he only complaint w a s t hat t he team only scored 59 point s; we were cheering loudly f or a n o t h er t o u ch d o w n .

T he hospitality suite at t he H ilton I nn was arranged by Bill Bowers and his wif e Sue. Regardless of anyone’ s trepidations about what t o expect at the 20t h , t heir f ears were quick ly erased and replaced by a wellspri ng of camaraderie t hat surpassed t h e f ondest hopes of all w ho attended . T he glad-handing, b ack slapping, hugging, st ory-telling and laughter exchanged t h a t e v e n ing and int o t he wee hours of the morning set t he stage f o r t h e f u l l schedule t hat f ollowed . I t rapidly became obvious, however , t hat paci ng was going t o be ext remely important ; many who charged t he hill with vigor t hat eveni ng were ill-prepared f or t he challenges t he next day . A f ew complained about t he alt itude; t he sympat hy t hey received came in the f orm of a suggestion t hat t hey wear a nametag wit h “ bubbler ” im printed on it . Ot hers complai ned t h a t Bill Bowers had f ed t hem drink s wit h dir ty ice cubes! A lt hough Bill vehement ly denied t he accusation, t he complaint may have been valid . Regardless, t he State of t he W ing brief ings and golf t o u r n a m en t w er e w el l - at t en d ed .

T he visits to the cadet dorms were f ull of nostalgia. T h e presence of f emales in t hose hallowed halls — despite t h e f orek nowledge that t hey would be t here — was st ill a sh o ck .

W alk ing on f loors in V andenberg covered wit h indoor-outdoor carpeting was anot her . Buf f ers replaced by vacuums — h o w outrageous! Cadets being able t o spend t heir Friday nights in A -H all drink ing 3.2 beer and eating pizza at t he disco i n st ead o f rem oving scuf f mar k s and old wax — how t otally unmilitary b u t how totally sensible! H owever , evidence of extensive “ digger and f iller ” act ivity was pronounced ; some t hings w ill probably n e v e r change.

L unch at M it ch’s with the wing? Spirit was high, t he d o o l i es were ent husiastic, and t he noise level was typical of a pre-f oot ball game Friday . T he addition of cok es, potat o chips and sal ad d r ess ing in tin f oil containers elicited mixed comments. T h e f o o d a n average 0-96.

Colonel Joe C oates, vice commandant . Class of ’63, presented an honor code update brief ing. I n his comprehensive remark s.

C o l o n el C o a t es ca m e t o t h e co n cl u si o n t h at t h e b est thing had been done, t hat t he result s to date have been positive, a n d t h a t a great comm it ment t o t he concept of personal et hics a n d h o n o r had enhanced the overall morale of t he w ing. T he only question asked at t he conclusion was one t o request clar if ication of a point made during t he brief ing — not hing substant ive.

The evening cocktails and dinner at the Hilton provided

anot her excellent opport unity f or t he renewal of old f riendships.

I ncluded in our midsts as guest s of t he class were t he parents of

Lance Sij an, and CM Sgt (Ret) Bill Coltrin, now residing i n San t a

M aria, Cali f , (near Santa Barbara) . T he post-f unction part ies held at t he homes of local grads helped f urt her t o solidi f y longestablished relationships.

T he memorial service Sat urday morning was a magni f icent a n d moving ceremony despite t he low clouds which precluded t h e scheduled f ly-by of A - 10s. A s the service progressed , t h e su n 24

burned of f t he mist as i f t o signal a symbolic welcome by t hose honored f or our f eeble attempts to honor t heir memory . D espit e t he natural reluctance to par ticipate in such an act ivity , t h o se i n attendance lef t ref reshed by t he ef f orts of all .

T he superint endent invit ed t he class t o be his guests at a p r e game brunch at t he “ O ” C lub . A gai n, t he spirit of camaraderie t hat f illed t he room along w it h a delicious buf f et prepared us all f or the vict ory t hat was to f ollow . D uring half time, Roy Bridges, along wit h Barry W at t s and Jerry W ilk owsk i , presented t h e cl ass f lag to t he Class of ’ 89 (represented by C hris Short , J o h n W ar d en I V , Stacey W at ts, and T odd W il k ow sk i) f or use by t he new “ gray tags” unt il they design and manuf acture t heir ow n . Roy had car ried t he f lag wit h him during his f irst space shut t le r i d e .

R oy Br idges, Barry Wat ts and Jerry Wilk o wsk i p resent t h e 1965 class f lag to the class of ’89, rep resented by Stacey Wat ts, Chr is Shor t, J ohn Warden I V, and Todd Wilk o wsk i — all children of ’65 grads.

Picture-tak ing at t he Jabara Banquet — well , t he result s ar e o b vious. H ave you ever viewed a m ore well-preserved and distinguished group of men in your lif e? T heir wives a n d f r i en d s could not t hink of anot her . I n scanning t he pict ure you might note a f ew f aces whose names do not appear i n the register . W e were privileged t o have H ow ie A ik en , H owie Burk hardt , C h u c k Ciccet ti , D ick Czarnota, T om Gussell , T im M urphy and J o e O ’Gorman j oin us f or t he f est ivit ies. T he presence was certainly w el co m ed .

T he concluding f unction , a dance at t he A -H all Ballroom ,

w o r k ed a f l o w o f m em o r i es f r o m “ d o o l i e” d a n ce l esso n s t o t h e graduation ball . T he addit ion of a temporary bar certai nly ad d ed

t o t he at mosphere of sentimentality that pervaded t he couplef i l l ed d an ce f l o o r .

I t was a special weekend f or all — one which excit ed c a l l s f o r greater part icipat ion in t he 25th . W e have a great cl ass w i t h a f eel ing of camaraderie that surpassed t he expectations of everyone in attendance. T he bonds established during t hose f our y e a r s a r e st ronger t han ever , despit e t he passing of t wo decades.

A ward wi nners at t he f est ivit ies were L arry and A nn St one, who at tended f rom D enmark ; L ee A lton, now assigned i n t h e N et herlands; T om and Jennie K oss f rom Germany ; and Roger M cA ni f f f rom A lask a who debated about t he long distances t hey t raveled . W e t hi nk t hey ’ re super f or mak ing t he f ant astic t r ek t o at t en d o u r r eu n i o n .

Special t hank s t o Frank M cCann , Scot t D uncan , John W hit e, Jim Spit t ler , Barry Black man, Errol and D onna Reimer , B i l l Bowers, and all t he wives w ho helped plan and produce o n e o f t h e great week ends in mem ory . A ll of t he above ask t hat t hey not be included in t he planning task f orce f or t he 25t h reunion !

R eunion 1985: A H omecoming Travelog

By Jef f H ack ett , ’75

A t t he t ime of t his w rit ing it isn’t completely clear how many members of our class made it out f or t he ten-year reunion; i t ’ s so m ew h er e b et w een 250 an d 290 ! W h at is cl ear i s t h at by any stan dard , every one of t hose people had a remark able, memorable, f antast ic. . .yes, we’ ll have t o say “ M A H V EL OU S” t ime.

N one of t he real pictures came out and/ or we were t oo busy having f un t o pick up t he camera so sit down , turn on your im agination and I ’ ll “ show ” you t he mental slides we t o o k . “ C l i ck click .” H ere’s T im O ’ Connell , his wi f e Roni and his co h o r t s t h e morning bef ore we arrived ; t hat ’s A 1 Piot ter t he “ unof f icial # 1” A ssist ant ; “ M r . Ent husiasm , ” K en Finn ; and “ K ing of t h e Jabara Banquet / Ball ,” M itch M cV ay up f r ont . I n t he b a c k r o w you ’ll recognize D oug M iller , Jerry L evesque, Bob A k er s, D a v e L af ave, M ik e Reese, D uane Jones, Scot t Smit h, M ar k W ells, Jim H eald , Scot t Sk inner , and Bill D avis. N ot ice t he bags u n d er t h ei r eyes, t he pensive look s of concern , but t he conf ident sm i l es o f sat isf action in a j ob well done on every f ace. W e really o w e t h e se guys f or duty above and beyond . I ’ll pause f or a unanimous standing ovat ion . “ Click -click .” T his is a t ime-lapse shot overlook ing C o l o r ad o Springs. I t really conveys t he sense of ant icipat ion and f lurry of act ivity t hat st ret ched f rom t he airport t o the Sherat on an d b ack down t o t he Pete O ’Club on T hursday af ternoon and early e v e n ing. “ Click -click .” H ere’ s a couple of shot s of t he class party at Pete. N o t hey weren’t taken wit h a trick lens; t here really were t hat many people t here. N otice t hat about a third of t he guys are look ing at other people’ s name tags because t hey can ’t r e m e m b e r t he name that goes wit h t hat f ace. A not her t hird have a st o n i sh e d look s on t heir f aces as t hey realize t hat alt hough t h e f ace i s t h e same, t he hair and body shape have undergone considerable change on t his person . A nd j ust t o pr ove some t hi ngs n e v e r change, t he ot her t hird are look ing at all t hose good look ing wives and girlf riends; t he class of ’75 has remained inordinately luck y ! “ Click-click .” I included t hese next shot s as a personal e x a m ple of t he craziness t hat grew out of t he party . M ysel f an d t h e r est of t he “ niners” can be seen driving t hrough D ouglas V alley at 11:30 p .m . t o t he t hen-maj or-A O C , now-colonel-deputy c o m mandant L onny A lexander ’ s house. “ Click -click .” H ere w e a r e k nocking on t he door f or a no-not ice hospitality check a n d “ click-click ,” here we are craw ling out t he door t hree h o u r s l a t e r .

A s I said it s j ust a sample of t he ’ 75 spirits t hat were in rare repair T hursday night .

T his next series of slides, “ click -click ,” shows t he v ar i o u s dignitaries brief ing us on what ’ s new at U SA FA . . .believe m e t here are a lot of new things! “ Click -click .” A s you can see o n e o f t he t hings t hat remains as it was is cadet creat ivity f or a Friday noon-meal car/ pep rally . A nd later on t hat af ternoon , “ cl i ck click ,” you can see us t rudging of f t o Fairchild f or a second try at some of t hose aero classes. (I was pursuaded t o leave out t he pic t ures of cert ain classmat es “ stack ing Z ’ s” in t he back row !)

Click-click .” H ere we are t rying to f it all of the ’ 7 5 e r s i n t o t h e A cademy O ’Club wit h all t he old men f rom ’ 65 and a f ew d r i f t er s f rom ot her classes. I f you look closely you might recognize s o m e of t he hors d ’ oeuvres f rom t he night bef ore at t he P e t e O ’ C l u b .

T ypical of t he f reelancing good t imes t hat t ook place l a t e r t h a t night is this, “ click -click ,” shot of t he T iger T en guys invading t he Golden Bee, one of many bars t o experience a return t o t h o se glorious days of yesteryear . “ Click-click .” T here was of course a j ob t o do and I t h i n k al l of us did it inside our hearts on Sat urday morning. T h e M e m o r i a l Service started wit h lif e inside t he proverbial milk bott le (f og) but as t he last of t he names were read and T aps were played , “ cl i ck click ,” t he f og complet ely li f ted t o t his brilliant blue sky ! A f it ti ng backdrop as we remembered our t welve f allen com rades; B r u n dige, Cox , D odds, H ossler , Johnson , Jones, L ogan , M ar k , Put t , i (

Ridge, Simonitch , and Simpson . T here’ s not a pict ure h er e . . . I guess all of us got somet hing in our eyes and couldn’ t f o cu s.

1985 H omecomi ng M emorial Ceremony “ Cl ick -click .” A s you can see, t he per f ect f all weat her c o n tinued f or t he tailgate part y as we all prepared t o let out some very non-mandat ory spirit ! Slides w ould not do j ust ice t o t h e F al co n f oot ball team . Y ou need high-speed movies t o k eep up w i t h t h a t action ! A s K ent T raylor said , we saw m ore of f ense in t h e f i r st t w o U SA FA possessions than we did in our f our years wit h “ B e n a n d t he boys.” (N o of f ense t o t he ’ 75 gridders since I n o t i ced al l o f you are as big and mean as ever !) By t he second hal f t h e b est ac tion was watchi ng t hese men , “ click -click ,” lead a very row dy group of grads in some cheer , I mean cheers. Recognize R u ss T rinter and Ollie L orenz? T hey haven ’ t lost it . I wish you could have heard t he bridgi ng of a generat ion gap as t he grads yelled , “ T A ST ES GREA T ! ” and t he Cadet W ing responded wit h , L ESS FI L L I N G ! ” A nd here, “ click -click ,” is Russ and C I C K im (f emale) L ewis doing t heir 52 push-ups af t er U SA FA sco r ed t he sevent h touchdown ; Russ is t he one w it h ugly legs and swayed back ! O f course no cheerleader saga would be complet e w i t h o u t a “ Pass ’em up ! ” and “ click -click ,” here we are passi ng b o t h o f t hem up and over . “ Click-click .” H ere’ s a close-up of t he hors d ’ oeuvres t hey had at t he Jabara Banquet , I swear t hey ’ re t he same ones! A t any rat e t he class really raced t o t he many gold draped tables f o r a n o t h er chance at A r nie’s cuisine and to see this man , “ click -click ,” C o l onel James A llburn (ex-aero inst ruct or ext raordinaire) r ecei v e t h e Jabara A ward . “ Click -click . ” T hey even let t he ex-chorale a n d choir guys get up and sing w it h t he Cadet Chorale w hich n o w f eatures real sopranos! T hen it was of f t o A rnold H all f or , “ click click , ” a litt le danci ng and a w hole lot of exchanging o f ad dresses/ goodbyes.

T h e Sh er at o n m ad e a b r i l l i a n t b u si n ess d eci si o n w h en t hey , “ click -click ,” had t he gala opening of t heir new disco t hat night .

N ote t hat t he place is 90 percent grads and 10 percent st r an geagent s (you ’ ll have t o decide f or yoursel f w het her t here’s any overlap in t hose cat egories) . Jim Burling supplied a per f ect way t o wind-down t he eveni ng and t he weekend as “ click-click ,” h e t o o k over t he piano bar in t he Sherat on lobby . W e sang, we drank , and

w e r ef l ect ed . “ C l i ck -cl i c k . ” T h i s sh o t o f t h e ch eck o u t d esk at t h e Sh er a t o n i s a lot lik e the one t hat many of us have of t he N ort h/ Sout h G at e i n

the rearview mirr or t he day of graduation : t his experience w a s a real milest one in our lives. Just t o match our m oods (and t he con dition of our bodies at t his point) , “ click -click ,” i t r ai n ed o n Su n day .

So t here it is. Reunion 1985. W hat a t ime! T here was e v e n a l o t

o f t a l k ab o u t a R eu n i o n 1990 ! W h o w an t s t o w ai t an o t h er 10

years? W henever it is, be sure t o grab your “ camera” an d I ’ l l see you t here!

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Col. James N . A llburn, Class of 1963, accep ts the 1985 J a b a r a A ward f or A irmanship f r om Sup erintendent L t. Gen. Winf ield W. Scot t, Jr., at the Jabara B anquet dur ing H omecoming 1 9 8 5 .

Colonel A llburn earned the award f or his sup er ior leadership a s p r ogram manager of the D ef ense A d vanced Research P r oj ects A gency (D A RPA ) X -29 A d vanced Technology D em onstrator.

Colonel A llburn ’s leadership led to the f irst f light of the X -29, which is the f irst manned X -ser ies aircraf t to be develop ed a n d

f light tested in over a decade. The high-risk, high-pay of f X -2 9 p rogram would not have happened without Colonel A lburn ’s leadership .

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A s it has in the p ast, the A ir A cademy N ational Bank c o sp o n sored and p r ovided f unds f or the recep tion p r ior to t h e J a b a r a Banquet. Sho wn at the banquet are Col. J ock C. H . Sch wank, USA F (R et), p resident of the A ssociation of Graduates; M s. Su e H einig, bank loan sup er visor; M s. D ottie E ndsley, bank v i c e p resident; M rs. Webb, and M r. Jack Webb, p resident of the bank .

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FA L C O N SP O R T S

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F o o t b al l T ea m B r ea k s Sch o o l R eco r d s Scout s f rom 13 bow ls in t he count ry were on hand in early

N o v em b er t o w i t n ess t h e F al co n ’ s 4 5- 7 r o u t o v er an A rmy team which came into the game with a 7-1 record. The win sh a t t er ed n u m er o u s A i r F o r ce r eco r d s t o i n cl u d e t h e f i r st 10-0 r eco r d i n

school history (the best previous start was 8-0 accomplished by the 1970 team), 13 wins in a row (beating the previous sch o o l

T he Falcons survived a scare a week earlier w hen t hey played t he Colorado St ate U niversity Ram s at Fort C ollins. I n t hat game t h e R am s h ad a 10- 0 l ead b ef o r e A i r F o r ce ev er h ad a ch a n ce t o run an of f ensive play due t o a Ram f ield goal and an A i r F o r ce f umble on t heir own 22-yard line on w hich the Rams sco r ed a

record of 12 in a row set t he week bef ore) , and capturing t h e Commander I n C hief ’ s T rophy f or t he t hird ti me in f our y e a r s .

The win over A rmy also boosted the Falcons’ national rating t o

t ouchdow n two plays later . A f ter A ir Force t ook a slim 14 - 13 hal f t ime lead , bot h teams scored t ouchdow ns ear ly in t h e f o u r t h quarter. But the Falcons iced the game with a three-play 80-yard t ouchdow n march and an intercept ion by saf ety Scott T h o m a s

f lexbone, led by quarterback Bart W eiss, rack ed up 50 1 t o t a l

q u ar t er .

fourth by both the A ssociation Press (A P) and United P r e s s I n t e r national (UPI). The Falcons’ defense played flawlessly against t he Golden Knights giving up only 186 yards. The A ir Force o f f en si v e yards to include 105 through the air . The game also set a r eco r d

f or total season attendance at Falcon Stadium of 245,396.

A nother record f ell t he week bef ore t he A rmy game as t h e Falcons beat San D iego St ate 30- 10. T his was t he f irst t i m e a n A i r Force team beat eight W estern A t hlet ic Conf erence (W A C) t e a m s i n a r o w . T h e F a lco n d ef en se f o r ced six t u r n o v er s i n t he game,

four on pass interceptions. Cornerback Tom Rotello n ai l ed t w o

pass t hef t s, returning one 30 yards f or a t ouchdow n .

A i r F o r ce’ s w i n o v er U t ah i n l at e O ct o b er est ab l i sh ed t h e sch o o l r eco r d s o f 11 v i ct o r i es i n a r o w a n d sev en i n su ccessi o n i n

side the W A C . T hat week end also saw Brigham Y oung U niver sity def eated by T exas-El Paso to put t he Falcons at t he top of t he W A C ladder at 5-0 f or the year at t hat time.

Scot t T homas, Falcon senior f ree saf ety , played great f o o t b a l l

against Utah returning five punts for 61 yards, including a

32-yarder ear ly in t he second quarter , and t ook t he opening k ickof f of t he second half 2 yards deep in his ow n en d zo n e en route to scoring his t hird t ouchdow n of t he year . W it h t hat run, he became the f ourt h player ever in N CA A hist ory t o s c o r e t ouchdowns by k ick of f retur n , punt return and interception i n t h e same season. T he def ense held U tah’ s high-scoring of f ense t o o n ly two touchdowns, with a final score of A ir Force 37, U t ah 15.

Back up f ullback Johnny Smit h, hal f back Kelly Pitt man , a n d quarterback Bart W eiss all had more t han 100 yards, t h e f i r st t i m e in Falcon history t hat t hree back s cracked the 100-yard b a r r i e r i n t he same game.

w h o r aced u n t o u ch ed i n t o t h e en d zo n e f o r t h e f i n al 35- 19 sco r e.

Cornerback D wan W ilson built on his A cademy record f o r car eer pass interceptions when he picked of f his 13th during t h e seco n d

Patience las t he key f or t he Falcons’ 24-7 win over N avy at

A nnapolis as the M idshipmen held the high-powered A ir F o r c e

f lexbone of f ense t o j ust 10 yards and no f irst dow ns t hrough t he

first quarter . But the Falcons didn’t panic, scoring t w i ce i n t h e second quarter and finishing of f with a Tom Ruby field goal and

anot her t ouchdow n in the second hal f . H eisman T rophy c a n didate N apoleon M cCallum became well-acquaint ed wit h t h e A i r Force def ense, gaining only 67 yards on 15 carries, w el l b el o w h i s 122 yards-per-game average. ( (

FOU R IN A ROW

“ F o u r i n a r o w ’ ’ w as t h e ch eer i n F al co n St ad i u m as A i r F o r ce linebacker Terry Maki shot through a gap in the of fensive l i n e o f

N ot re D ame and got his right hand i n f ront of a John Carney f ield goal at tempt . T he bat ted ball set t led in the hands o f F al co n b ac k A . J . Scott w ho raced past t he N ot re D ame bench f or a 77-yard t o u ch d o w n . T h e F al co n 2 1- 15 w i n o v er t h e I r i sh w as a ser i es o f Maki plays. He was in on 30 tackles ( 19 unassisted), h ad a

quarterback sack and the blocked kick . For his ef forts h e w a s named the Sp orts I llustrated national defensive player o f t h e w eek in college football and the WA C defensive player of t h e w eek .

T he last time t he Falcons block ed a k ick was also against N o t r e D ame in 1983 when C hris Funk blocked a f ield goal att empt a t Sout h Bend , I nd . , giving t he Falcons a 23-22 win over t h e I r i s h t hat year .

A t t he U niversity of N ew M exico t he Falcons hit t he L o b o s wit h a sneak bom bi ng attack t o notch a 49- 12 W A C vict ory . T h e

A cademy’s powerful running attack with a few long-yardage passes garnered 580 yards of of fense. The Falcon defense t o o k t h e ball away f rom t he L obos three times and st opped t hem o n t h r e e f o u r t h - d o w n co n v er si o n s.

T he Falcons capped their t hird st raight 42-point win against Rice in late Sept ember w it h a 59- 17 romp over t he Ow ls. F al co n

quarterback Bart Weiss led A ir Force to the win with t h r e e

I n the Falcon ’s season op ener against U TEP, this swar ming tack le invol ved all 11 men on the f ield. A ir F or ce won, 48 to 6. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by Sgt. M ichael L eigho w)

touchdow ns and 172 yards rushing on 14 carries. H e com pleted f ive of seven pass attem pts f or 97 yards and was named W A C O f f ensive Player of t he W eek .

A f ter losing t o W yoming tw o years in a row and f umbling a w a y t hree possessions early in t his year ’ s Falcon-W yomi ng game. A ir Force f inally broke t he “ hex ’ ’ and got t heir act t oget her . F r o m t he two-minute mar k of t he second quar ter , the game w as a l l A i r Force. T he Falcons rushed f or 310 yards and added anot her 16 7 t hrough the air , recording a 49-7 victory over t he Cowboys.

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M en ’s B ask etball C oach O pti mi stic T he new k id in t ow n is back f or his second year and w i t h a smile on his f ace. A f ter his f irst year as head coach o f A i r F o r ce A cademy , Reggie M int on returns t o continue where he l e f t o f f . . .winning. “ I ’ m look ing f orward t o t his year more than last ,’ ’ M i n t o n said . “ T he retur ning players are f amiliar wit h my style. I t ’ s n o t lik e start ing over f resh . I t t ook a w hile to incorporate t h e n ew o f f en se l ast seaso n . I n t h e f i r st h al f o f last seaso n the players were lik e robot s. T hey did w hat t hey were told but they h a d t o t h i n k about it . T he second hal f was di f f erent . T he plays came nat urally , no thinking, no hesitat ion . T hat ’ s w here we will be starti ng t his year ,’ ’ explained M int on .

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M int on isn ’t the only one w it h a smile on his f ace. T he players are look ing f orward to t he 1985-’ 86 campaign j ust as m u ch . “ T h e start of last season was tough on all of us,’ ’ said t w o - y ear st ar t er T odd Beer . “ W e were learning something new and it took t i m e t o adj ust , but t hings started coming around at t he end o f t h e seaso n .

I f we pick up where we lef t of f , we will be able t o r u n w i t h anybody .

A lt hough his f irst season produced an 8-20 record , by season ’ s end , t he improvement was evident , i .e. a f irst -round W e s t e r n A t hlet ic Conf erence T our nament vict ory over Br igham Y oung.

H eading int o t he 1985- ’ 86 season , M inton is optimist ic t h at h i s second go-around will be m uch improved . W hy? H e has f o u r starters back , including the team ’ s leading scorer M au r i ce M cD onald , a two-year starter .

M cD onald is t he only ret urnee w ho averaged in double f igures last season . T he 6-4 f orward had a 12.6 point s per g a m e a v e r a g e w hile hitt ing a team-high 48 percent f rom t he f ield . H e i s al so t h e t op ret urning rebounder wit h a 4.8 rebounds per game a v e r a g e .

Joining M cD onald are guards T odd Beer and M ike Edwards a n d f orward Jim Gulsvig.

Beer was third on the team in scoring, net ting 8.4 point s per game. A craf ty playmak er . Beer led t he Falcons in assist s w i t h 3 .5 per game. O ne o f t he most improved players last season w a s M i k e Edwards. A steady per f ormer who averaged seven points a g a m e , Edwards proved his is a good rebounding guard by yank ing b et t er t han three boards a contest . Gulsvig, t he f ourt h leading s c o r e r f rom last season , averaged 7.5 tallies per contest . T he 6-5, 2 10 pounder is a st rong rebounder w it h good inside moves w h o i sn ’ t af raid t o m ix it up inside. G ulsvig grabbed nearly f o u r r eb o u n d s per game despite playing only 20 minutes per game.

T he only real question mar k is at center . A lt hough a priority of

the A cademy is to prepare career of ficers for flying, n o t al l en

t rants have to be pilot quali f ied . But w here can you f i n d a talented big man who doesn ’t have prof essional aspirations?

Perhaps M inton may f ind an answer t o t hat question w h en t h e

cad et s r et u r n t h i s f al l .

F oot ball : (Continued f rom p revious p age.)

Cornerback D wan W ilson etched his name in t he A cdemy record book s in t he Falcons’ season-openi ng 48-6 win o v e r t h e U niversity of T exas at El Paso , as he dove in f ront of t he f irst pass t hrow n his way in t he game becoming t he A cademy ’ s career i n tercept ion leader wit h 10. T he win belonged t o the d ef en se w h i ch recovered f our f umbles, pick ed of f two passes, and h el d t h e M iners t o 293 total yards. T he Falcons lost f our f umbles b u t st i l l managed t o pick up 375 total yards, 150 in t he air .

W hile the number of bowl scout s were increasing at each game up t o A rmy , t he t hen 10-0 Falcons were st ill f aci ng co n si d er ab le compet ition wit h games comi ng up against Brigham Y oung U niversity and H awaii , bot h potential t hreats t o winning t h e W A G and one of t he t op ten national rank ings.

Brock Strom, Class of 1959, is inducted into the Collegiate F o o t

M em bers of the ’59 F alcon Cotton B o wl team were recognized a t half time of the A ir F orce-R ice f ootball game. The team w o n 9 games lost none and tied t wo, including Texas Chr istian U n i v e r s i ty in the bo wl game.

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ball H all of F ame at the A ir F orce-R ice f ootball game. S t r o m w a s the A ir Force A cademy ’s f irst consensus A ll-A merican f ootball p lay er and the f irst A cademy graduate to be inducted i n t o t h e c o l lege hall. A team cap tain in 1955, 1957 and 1958, Strom p lay ed on the f alcon ’s undef eated team that bat tled Tex as Chr istian t o a 0 - 0 tie in the 1959 Cot ton B o wl. Str om has k ep t tabs on t h e F a l c o n

f ootball f ortunes. When inf ormed of his selection he sa id t h a t h e b el ieved A i r F o r ce ’s r ecen t b o w l su ccesses a id ed h i m .

“ That

p r obably help ed my selection, ” he said. “ They ’ve been a s u p e r t ea m . ’ ’

W O M E N ’S B A SK E T B A L L O U T L O O K G O O D T h e 1985- 86 A i r F o r ce w o m en ’ s b ask et b al l seaso n i s being an ticipated wit h great expectat ions. L ast year , the Falcons, u n d er t hird-year coach M arti Gasser , ended the season wit h a r e c o r d o f 20-8 and rank ed 15t h in t he nation among all N CA A D ivision I I colleges. T he Falcons also won t he Continental D ivide C o n f erence f or t he second-st raight year .

W it h the loss of tw o senior starters t o graduat ion, t his year ’s squad hopes to be able t o compensate t hrough t he addit ion o f f i v e strong f reshmen recruit s. T he Falcons have t heir ent ire b a c k c o u r t t rio of guards returning in last year ’s leading scorer St acey Goss, j unior A my H art f ield and sophomore A manda W illiams.

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A nother st rong ret ur ning guard is j unior M argaret D uf f y .

T here are t hree excellent f reshmen guards who will be pushing f or starting roles in A shley T horpe, f rom M adras, O re.; P h o en ix standout Stephanie Gass; and H eather K night f r om C harlot tesville, V a.

D ow n low , t he Falcons have a st rong f ield t o choose f r o m i n ret urning players as well as recruited f reshmen . T wo st r o n g ret urnees are 5- 11 sophomore Cindy W illims and 6-0 sophom ore A ndrea Caddy . Since t his is t he area vacated by last year ’s seniors, there are no returni ng starters at this position . C ompet ing wit h t he two sophomores are 6-0 f reshman t ransf er Joan Boyer , f rom Oral Roberts U niversity , and 5- 11 M ilwauk ee area st a n d o u t M elissa Byrne.

A ll in all , t he Falcons hope t o be a contender once again in na t ional com pet ition. D ue to the lack of height , the F a lco n s w i l l again run a f ast break oriented t hree guard of f ense.

T his team will not only be one of t he youngest teams ever , w it h only one senior and two j uniors, but will have m ore dept h t han any ot her women ’s team ever t o play here.

T he Falcons will play a 14-game CD C schedule agai nst M e t r o State, D enver , N ort hern C olorado , Regis, Easter n M ontana, A lask a-A nchorage and A laska-Fairbank s. A lso on the sch ed u l e are in-state rivals W estern St ate, M esa, A dams St ate an d cr o ss t ow n rival Colorado College. A ir Force has one t our nament scheduled over t he T hank sgiving H olidays at O range, C al i f .

T h i s seaso n w i l l m a r k t h e seco n d t i m e t h e C D C t o u r n a m en t

w inner will get an aut omatic bid t o the N CA A t ournament .

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Pr ep School to M ark 25th A nni versary

A t t en t i o n i n t h e a r ea !

T he current 1985- 1986 school year is a very important o n e f o r t he A cademy ’s Preparatory School . 1986 mar k s t he graduation o f t he 25t h class f rom t he Prep School int o t he Cadet W ing and beyond . H ow many grads k now t hat t he Prep School has graduated f rom it s rank s an ast ronaut and a W hite H ouse Fellow , among many ot her dist inguished and talented cadets, o f f i c e r s a n d ci v i l i an s?

T o mark t he 25t h anniversary , we Prep School graduates w o r k ing here at t he Prep School announce a very special “ bir thday ” celebrat ion f or t he Class of 1986. A ll past Prep Schoolers a r e i n

vited back f or a Silver A nniversary reunion . Our reunion c o m m i t tee has set aside a f ew special event s t o welcome you b a c k t o t h e “ h o m e o f t h e H u sk ies. y y

M ark your calendars f or t he week end of M ay 14- 16, 1986, w hen we’ ll celebrat e w it h a dinner-dance, a banquet w i t h t h e graduating class, and an all-ar ound great t ime. M ore i n f o r m at i o n w ill be f ort hcoming but i f you have any questions, please writ e Capt . T om V era, Prep School Reunion Com mit tee chairman, U SA FA Prep School/ PL D M , U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo .

80840-5671, or call commercial (303) 472-2574 or autovon 2 59 - 2 574 .

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N O RT H T EX A S CH A PT ER A s you are busy get ting ready f or t he holidays, t he N ort h T exas Chapter is get ting ready t o tak e a busload or two t o cheer on the Falcons at a bow l game. T his w i l l b e t h e t h i r d t i m e i n a r o w t h at 40 t o 90

N ort h T exas Chapter members and their f amilies have brought a strong cheering section t o spur on the Falcon team .

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I t has been a busy year . A f ter t he an nual busi ness meet i ng, t he annual Founders N ight dinner and banquet was at tended by more t han 70 graduates and t heir dates. I n t he phot o above, Ron and D onna Schilleref f ’66, take some ref resh ment behind our chapter banner at t he Spring Picnic. T he photo below shows H .

Ow nby ’69, D onna Schilleref f (Ron ’66) , Ron H ale ’7 1, Joy Reemtsma (Bill ’63) , and Jerry A hmman ’63 giving t heir rendi t ion of ‘ ‘C oming For t o Carry M e H o m e.>1

GRADUATES

T he competitive edge once highly honed at t he A cademy st ill remains inst illed af ter many years. A t the recent T ri-Service A cademy sof t ball t ournament we were st i l l f ar above A nnapolis and W est Point .” Both M ik e G ibbons ’63, and Bill Reemtsma ’63, ran f or t he f irst t ime since graduation . B . J . Bj ork lund ’70, L ee Rausch ’65, Rod Jones ’ 71, Steve Sacone ’76, K uta M akuta ’77, John D orian ’ 83 (one of our new Carswell arrivals) , and Carl Jansen ’68, among ot hers, helped return the trophy t o the A ir Force f or t he FI FT H (out of six) years.

W e did not f are quite as well in t he gol f t ournament . W e were edged out by A rmy despite L ance A mmon’ s ’70, hole in one, and Bill Reemtsma’s eagle. D ave K app ’68 and Pete L ane ’ 61, bot h acccomplished gol f ers, tried t o take up t he slack . Bob H older ’65, Rick W right ’74, Rich C ree, B .J . Bj ork lund and Rick Bart on were among t he ot hers who also swung a club .

D ave Brigman ’71, says we’ ll have some ringers of our ow n next time.

T h e A n n u al F al l B ash w as sc h ed u l ed f o r O ct . 26 at t h e h o m e o f I m el d a a n d

D enny K ing ’63. A pologies t o Rick Rossa ’7 1, and Bob D aley ’68. W e j ust could not

w o r k t h e d at e ar o u n d b o t h A m er i ca n a n d

T he Spring Picnic held on Father ’ s D ay gave many of us an opport unity t o display volleyball sk ills learned at t he Z oo . I n t he next photo , Jim and C han K uhn ’63 cheer o n t h o se w h o d a r ed b r av e t h e T ex as su n .

A mong many ot hers attendi ng were Jim and Cindy St ruble ’ 74, Ron and D onna Schilleref f , and Rick and Jeri Bart on ’7 1.

Rick did the hard wor k t his year on t he picnic.

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Sout hwest ’s f lying schedules.

A ny grad in t he D allas area on A pr . 5, 1986, is invited t o our A nnual Founders N ight gala. I f you are i nt erested in j oining t he N ort h T exas C hapter , send your $10 annual m em ber shi p check t o R o n Schilleref f , 6825 T opsf ield D rive, D allas, T ex a s 7 5 2 3 1.

RED BA RO N C H A PT ER T he Red Baron Chapter is alive and

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meet ing on 27 A pril . C I N CU SA FE , Gen .

D onnelly, was t he guest speaker . O n 29 June we held a State of the W ing dinner .

L t . Gen . Scot t , A cademy super intendent , was t he guest speaker . H e also gave a special talk j ust t o grads on t he H onor Code. A ny grad w ho has heard him speak on t hat subj ect must come away deeply impressed wit h t he pr oblems he f aced and his courage in mak ing t he decisions he has made, even i f t hey still disagreed wit h t hose decisions. T he European graduates were most appreciative of his visit .

A permanent board of di rectors f or t he chapter was elected at t he A pr il business meet ing. Board members are as f ollows: Capt Ray H . Bart let t I I I (Bart) ’77 M aj C harles H . H ammond (Chazz) ’69 Capt T heresa A . (M eyer) Jack son (T erri) ’80 Programs Col Jef f rey A . L evy (Jef f ) ’64 M ember ship M aj George M . M onroe ’70, T reasurer Col D ennis W . M ontgomery (D enny) ’64 L t Col (Ret) John T . Rausch (T om) ’62 P r e si d e n t

L t Col D ar rell W . Si nglet on ’7 1 B/ G D ale C . T abor ’ 61, V ice-President M aj M arc V an Ells ’ 73, Com municat ions Capt M ark W halen ’76 L t Col Freder ick M . W illiams (Fred) ’67 Secretary For f ut ure inputs t o Checkp oints our n ew C o m m u n i cat i o n s C o m m i t t ee ch ai r

man , M aj . M arc V an Ells, is t he man t o cont act . H is address is Box 10569, A PO N e w Y o r k 0 9 0 12 .

O ur next planned event is a Wine Pr obe and review of t he A ir Force-A rmy game f ilm at Spangdahlem A B on 23 N ovem ber . G raduates new in Europe can contact Capt . T erri Jack son, ’ 80, at Ramstein 69 13 (aut ovon or European T elephone System (ET S) 480-69 13) f or det ails. Cur rent chapter mem bers w ill receive direct n o t ice . W e w o u l d h av e l i k ed t o w a t ch t h e

game live, but t he A rmed Forces N etwor k does not program f ar enough in advance f or us t o set up t he af f air . ( Tom R ausch) F A R E A ST C H A P T E R T he Far East C hapter ’s elect ion f or board of direct ors has been completed an d t h e i n st al la t i o n o f t h e o f f i cer s w i l l

soon f ollow . T he Far East C hapter board m em b er s a r e :

C ol T homas L . Sut t on, ’ 61 Col M errill Eastcot t , ’63 M aj L awrence D . M aahs, ’68 M aj D arryl V . L undgren , ’ 70 M aj Ear l V . T aylor , ’72 Capt M ichael Fricano , ’ 76 I L t D arryl W . Blan, ’ 82 I L t Frank Sant iago , ’ 82

W e held our f irst meeting in July which coincided with a visit by General Beck el who j oined us f or lunch . T he meet ing was benef icial f or all and provided even more incentive to get t he organizat ion estab lished . A ny graduates in t he Far East in terest ed in j oining t he chapter should con tact M aj . L arry D . M aahs (SE) , C hief of Saf et y , H q . 475t h A i r Base W i ng ( P A C A F ) , A P O Sa n F r a n c i sc o 96328-5000. (L arry M aahs) COL ORA D O CH A PT ER T he Colorado Chapter has had a solid summer of act ivity , wit h some exciting events lined up f or t he f all and w inter .

T he summer was highlighted by a chapter picnic at t he home of Jim and Julie G on zalez ’69. Bot h t he commandant . Brig.

Gen . M arcus A nderson ’6 1, and the dean .

Brig. Gen Erv Rok ke ’ 62, were in at ten dance. T he init ial architect ural concept s f or t he new A OG H eadquarters Building w er e u n v ei l ed t o t h o se i n at t en d a n ce a n d

the architect in charge gave a short ex planat ion. T he building will be an excit ing proj ect and all t he chapter s should be prepared t o get involved .

I n addit ion t o t he picnic, a team of CCA OG gol f ers (A 1 Jensen ’74, M ik e Quinlan ’6 1, D ick Coppock ’6 1, and Jim Glaza ’60) took top honors i n t he f irst A n

n u al C o l o r ad o T r i - Ser v i ce A l u m n i G o l f T o u r n a m en t h el d i n D en v er . T ea m s f r o m

t he W est Point and A nnapolis A lum ni Chapters participated , and t he CCA OG hopes t o host next year ’ s t ourney at t he E i sen h o w er G o l f C o u r se.

T he f all schedule is highlighted by a tailgate part y f or t he N otre D ame game.

By t he t ime you see t his, a successf ul Falcon f oot ball season will hopef ully be close t o completion and many tailgate parties will be history . A f ter t he chapter

has successf ully cheered t he Falcons t hrough their f ourt h consecut ive bowl game, we plan t o host t he second annual D ark A ges D inner i n D enver . Stay tuned f or more on t hat . A s always, anyone in terested in membership can contact eit her Bill M ayw hort ’68, in D enver (74 1- 1226) or A 1 Jensen ’ 74, in Colorado Springs (590-8918) .

FREN CH EX CH A N G E C H A PT ER Su m m er i s a t i m e f o r t r av el a n d E x

changers have been doi ng m ore t han t heir f air share. For st arters Jacques A dnet is now w ork ing at t he U nited States Olympic T raini ng Center as direct or of pr otocol f or t he W orld Cycling C hampionships t o b e h el d i n C o l o r ad o i n 19 87 . M o st r ecen t

ly he has been spending a lot of t ime watching Greg L emond and Ber nard H inault wi n t he Coors Classic right at home in t he Rock y M ount ains. N ow he’ s of f t o I t aly f or a couple of week s. Sounds lik e a t ough j ob ! I ’ d be remiss not t o add a word of t hank s here t o Jacques f or all t he h a r d w o r k h e d i d t o m a k e o u r A i r Sh o w

Reunion a success. M erci , Jacques.

Speak ing of t ough duty , I had a chance to spend t hree week s in sout hern France on leave t his summer , including a f ew days in Salon wit h my f or mer responsable. M art ial I mbert i . M art ial will be f inishing up a tw o-year tour wit h t he P at r o u i l l e d e F r an ce t o t r a n si t i o n t o F - 1 a t

Reims t his f all . W hile in Salon, M artial told me he had run int o Joe D eon , (Ex ’81) w hile T D Y t o V ichy . Joe was down

w i t h an A - 10 f r o m B en t w at er s. B o t h w i t h

ties to the Exchange, they had much t o talk about . T his is anot her small example of how t he Exchange benef its us in unex pected ways.

Enj oy ing the Colorado Chap ter ’s summer p icnic, f rom lef t, ar e Com

mandan t B r ig. Gen. M ar cus A nderson ’61, L t. C ol. J im M cG or ry ’65,

and Colorado Chap ter President A I Blumberg ’68.

FORM A CH A PT ER N OW .

C A L L T H E A O G F O R D E T A I L S.

K ar l Boswort h (Ex ’ 82) j ust f inished a two-year tour wit h H Q U SA FE in A ugust . H e’ ll now spend a year w it h t he Red H orse T eam in O san , K orea, af ter w hich he hopes t o ret ur n t o Bentwaters, England . H e think s he may make it back t o t he States one of t hese days.

T om Johnson (Ex ’ 81) and his w i f e

N i n a m ad e i t o v er t o F r an ce t h i s su m m er .

T om , w ho is an inst ruct or pilot w it h t he Euro-N A T O program at Sheppard A FB , also got t o show N ina a bit of Belgium and Germany . W hile in t he Bavarian A lps t hey were hosted by A 1 D uhon (U SA FA D FF 1977-81) .

Evelyn Scanlon (Ex ’ 83) is back in Paris n o w a f t er a su m m er o f f u n i n t h e su n i n

C orsica on vacation , and st udy in N ancy , France, where she part icipated in a “ Stage Pedagogique.’ ’ She’ ll now by busy not only preparing to go back t o school but will also be helping George Pope (Ex ’ 84) and Gri f f V int on (Ex ’ 84) , our most re cent Gerhart Scholarship winners, get set t l ed i n . B est o f l u c k t o t h em al l .

A s su m m er i s a t i m e o f r o t a t i o n f o r

many of us we’d appreciate hearing f rom you so that we can updat e our records and let ot hers k now w here you are and what you ’ ve been up t o . W e hope to see som e of you land one of t he assignments i n F r en ce m en t i o n ed i n o u r l at est n ew sl et t er .

I f you want more inf ormat ion on t hese and ot her Fr ench language relat ed assignments please contact us. M ore in f ormation , t o supplement w hat you received in t his summer ’ s new slet ter , will be published t his winter .

T h a t ’ s al l t h e n ew s at t h i s t i m e . A s I

look back t o last summer w hen I was pre paring our f irst mailing I never dreamed

w e w o u l d h av e co m e t h i s f ar i n o n e sh o r t

year . T hank s f or your cont inued support and I look f orward to an even bet ter year t o come. (B r uce M cL ane)

Sever al of the F rench E x changers, USA FA instr uctors, and sp ouses p ar ticip ated in the f esti vi ties mar k ing the 50th anni versary of the F rench A ir F or ce A cademy . F r om lef t are F r ench L iaison Of f icer G i l b er t L e G u en (Ex ’76) , E vely n Scanl on (Ex ’83) , C hr is M aa ve (Ex ’81) , E r ic M ar tin (E x ’81) , J oe D eon (Ex ’81), A my Wim mer (Ex ’82), M ik e B ush (D FF tenur e instr uctor), M ik e ’s wif e A nn ie, K ar l B oswor th (Ex ’82) , a n d T er i M cL ane, wif e of B r uce M cL ane (Ex ’73) .

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

Charles D . Conover, ’61

Walter ? . H ar veson, ’73

Charles D . Conover, ’61 T he passing of L ieutenant Colonel (Ret) Charles D . C onover , Class of 1961, on July 1, 1985, near X enia, Ohio , lef t a deep void in t he lives of all who k new him . C harlie, or “ Canopener ” t o h i s f riends f rom t he cadet years, had a ready wit and indomitable

spirit which made easy work of the A cademy experience a n d

served him well t hroughout his A ir Force Career .

A t rue pr of essional in t he f inest sense of t he word , h e w a s equally at home penet rat ing typhoons in a W C- 130, horsing a Caribou to a short-f ield landing in V iet nam , or per f orming t h e endless task s of a systems program of f ice manager — an d h e ac complished t hem all wit h t he same sk ill and dedication w h i ch characterized his every endeavor .

Charlie entered t he A cademy f rom Pennsylvania, where he cap tained t he Carlisle H igh School baseball t eam . A f ierce c o m petit or on t he int ramural at hletic f ields, he also spent f our years as manager of t he Falcon baseball t eam . H e partipat ed widely in ext racurricular af f airs, servi ng on t he f irst A cademy et h i cs co m mit tee, t he dance and entert ainment com mittees, and h e w as a m em b er o f t h e P r o t est a n t C h o i r a n d Sk i C l u b .

Charlie’s acquaintances soon became f ast f riends and he deeply t ouched t he lives of all who k new his ready smile and i n t en se loyalty . H is deepest love he reserved f or his f amily , an d h e w i l l b e sorely missed by his wi f e, Bonnie; sons, M ichael and Shaun; his parent s, H elen and H arry ; and his brot her , Bruce.

Burial wit h f ull military honors was on July 9 in Cumber land V alley M emorial Gardens, Carlisle, Pa. A memorial f und h a s been established in his name at the A cademy he revered so deeply .

Contribut ions may be sent t o t he C harles D . Conover M e m o r i a l Fund , A ssociation of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , C o l o .

80 840- 5000 .

L ord , he’s gone we k now A nd it grieves us so Y et we do not w onder why .

For it ’s clear you called For an airman proud T o f ly f or you on high .

Wal ter P . H ar veson, ’73 W alter Preston H arveson, Class of 1973, died at t he V e t e r a n s A dminist rat ion H ospital in Buf f alo, N .Y ., on July 20, 19 85 a f t er a long illness.

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M ichael E . Cox, ’75

H e was born on A ug. 9, 1951 in H ouston, T exas, and g r e w u p w it h a great love f or music. H e played viola with t he H o u st o n A l l City Symphony O rchest ra f or f ive years and t oured E ngland , France, Germany and L uxembourg as well as M exico C ity a n d o t h er ci t i es i n t h e U n i t ed St a t es w i t h co n cer t s. H e w as co n d u ct o r

of t he sym phonic band in his high school , M ilby Senior H igh , playing t he f lute and t he piccolo . H e was also a member o f t h e N ational H onor Society and graduated wit h a 4.0 grade point a v er a ge .

H e received his appoint ment t o t he A ir Force A cademy i n 1969 was a member of Cadet Squadron 29, and graduated on t h e Superintendent ’s L ist in 1973.

A f ter graduation he entered pilot training at W illiam s A FB , A riz., where he received his wings and was assigned t o W i l l i a m s A FB as a T -38 pilot inst ruct or in t he 97t h Flying T raining Squadr on . H e t hen became a f light examiner in t he 82nd Flying T raining Squadron at W illiams A FB w here he remained f o r t h e balance of his military career .

I n 1979, he resigned and lef t t he A ir Force t o become a pilot wit h A merican A irlines. A f ter complet ing t raining he w a s a s signed t o Buf f alo , N .Y ., where he stayed w it h his f amily . H e j oined the A ir N ational Guard at N iagara Falls A FB, N .Y ., and f l ew F - 10 1 ai r cr a f t u n t i l 19 84 w h en h i s i l l n ess ca m e o n h i m .

W alter is survived by his w i f e, T erry ; two daughters, K elly A nn and Pat ricia L ee, of C larence, N .Y .; his parents, L loyd C . a n d Frances L . H arveson; two brot hers, L loyd C . H arveson, J r .

(C lass of 1970) and L auren C . H arveson ; and one sister , Sh er i M .

J o h n so n .

H e was born red headed and passed away red headed but w i t h a k ind and gent le temperment always. H e was buried in H oust on ,

T ex 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 a m e a n d c o n

t ributions may be sent t o t he W alter P . H arveson M em orial Fund , A ssociat ion of G raduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , C o l o .

80840-5000. (L loy d C. H ar veson, Sr ., his f ather) M ichael E . Cox, ’75 Capt . M ichael E . Cox , Class of 1975, was declared dead o n M ay 28, 1985. H e had been missing at sea f or six days a s t h e r e su l t of an F-4D aircraf t accident in t he Gul f of M exico , w h i ch o c curred during a C opper Flag exercise at T yndall A FB , F l a . A t t h e t ime, M ichael was an i nst ruct or weapons system of f icer (W SO) w it h t he 308t h T act ical Fighter T raini ng Squadron f rom

L awrence J. Shunk, ’79

Char les D . l ot t, ’79 H omestead A FB, Fla.

Captain Cox was born Feb. 3, 1953 in Orlando, Fla. H e w a s

married to D eanna K ater of C olorado Springs in 1975.

A t the Academy he was a member of Cadet Squadron “ Tiger

M rs. Cynt hia G . A bbat iello of L awrence, K an .

Chuck and Craig are buried at t he A ir Force A cademy C e m e

tery. A memorial fund has been established in his name, a n d donations may be sent to the Charles D . l ott Memorial Fund ,

Training (UNT) at Mather A FB, Calif . A fter UNT , M ichael

A ssociation of Graduates, U . S. A ir Force A cademy , C o l o .

80840-5000. (Cur tis l ot t ’82, and F rank M cK innon ’79)

Okinawa; Taegu A B, Korea; M oody A FB, Ga.; and Homestead

L awrence J. Shunk, ’79

Captain Cox had recently graduated from the Flying Saf ety O f f icer C ourse at N orton A FB , Cali f . H e had also served a s a

Capt . L awrence J . Shunk , C lass of 1979, died on M ay 18, 1985, as a result of i nj uries received in an aut omobile accident i n A rizona. M emorial services were held at W illiams A FB, A riz., on M ay 20t h wit h cremation at t he A ir Force A cademy . H e w a s 2 8 .

Capt . Shunk was born in San D iego and was a 1975 graduate o f M ount M iguel H igh School . H e and his tw in brot her , Gary , started f lying when t hey were 14 years old and bot h so l o ed w h en t hey were 16. I n addition to a vice president ial appoint ment t o t h e A ir Force A cademy , Capt . Shunk also had appoint ments t o t h e U .S. N aval A cademy , t he U .S. C oast G uard A cademy and w a s chosen f or t he N avy ROT C program at N ot re D ame U niversity .

H e chose t he A ir Force A cademy because he f elt it would b e t h e biggest challenge and he wanted t o be a f lyer .

W hile at the A cademy , he was a member of Cadet Squadron 40. H e was ext remely proud of bot h his squadron and t h e A i r Force A cademy .

A f ter graduati ng f rom t he academy he entered pilot t raini ng at W illiams A ir Force Base and received his w ings on July 17, 1980.

H e t hen served as a K C- 135 pilot wit h t he 97t h A ir Ref ueling Squadron wit h the St rategic A ir Command at Blyt hville A F B i n

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and af ter graduat ion at tended U ndergraduat e N avigat or

served as an F-4 W SO at N ellis A FB , N ev .; K adena A B ,

A FB .

squadron flying safety of ficer at both Moody A FB and H omestead A FB . M ichael was wor k ing t oward , and lacked only one course, to at tain a M aster of Science degree in sy st em s m a n agem en t .

M ichael t ouched many lives and impressed his f ellow o f f i cer s wit h his easy-going yet hard-work ing personality . For t h o se o f u s who k new M ike, his loss has created a void w hich will b e h a r d t o f ill , but t he memory of his smile and quick wit helps t o e a se t h e pain .

M ichael is survived by his wi f e, D eanna; daughter , M ichele;

parents, A rthur and L ois Cox; brothers, Duane, Phillip, a n d D avid ; and sister M erri Cox Burgess. (Cap t. Perry H ubbard) Char les D . l ot t, ’79

Capt . Charles Duane l ott , Class of 1979, was killed i n a n a u t o accident on July 9, 1985. H is f our-year-old son, Craig N at han,

died a f ew hours later f r om inj uries received in t he sam e acci d en t near Panama City , Fla. Chuck grew up in New England, and was an Eagle Scout by t he

age of 15. While at the A cademy he was a member of t h e 3 9 t h Squadron, and a Dean’s List student in aeronautical engineering.

H e won numerous awards w hile mak ing over 800 j umps w i t h t h e “ Wings of Blue” parachute team. Chuck attended pilot t rai ning

at Vance A FB, Okla., where he was selected an Outstanding G raduate and assigned to t he F- 16 program .

A fter attaining the Top Gun award in F- 16 training. C h u c k w a s assigned an operational tour with the 430 Tactical Fighter Squadron at Nellis A FB, Nev. Subsequent assignment w a s t o t h e 4484 Test Squadron at Tyndall A FB, Fla., where he was servi ng at t he time of his deat h . Chuck was awarded T he M eritorious S e r vice Medal (posthumous) f or his perf ormance as F- 16 proj ect m a n a ger .

T hose who k new Chuck best will remember his loyalty , his ag

gressive pursuit of the better way, a low tolerance l e v e l f o r mediocrity, and above all his love for his family. C h u c k i s su r vived by his wife, Karrie; daughter, Sarah; his parents, M r . a n d

M rs. Charles M . l ott of T rumbull , C onn ., his brot her , L t . C u r t i s B. l ott (Class of ’82) of M yrtle Beach A FB, S.C.; and a sister .

A r k a n sa s .

I n D ecember 1982 Capt . Shunk entered pilot instruct or t raini ng at Randolph A FB in T exas. H e graduated at t he t op of h i s c l a ss i n M ay 1983. H e then served as a T -37 instructor pilot w i t h t h e 96 t h Flying T rai ni ng Squadron at W illiams A FB . I n July of last year he completed Squadron O f f icer ’ s School at M axwell A FB i n A lab am a .

D ue t o his exem plary of f icership and prof essionalism Capt .

Sh u n k w as selec t ed as a T - 37 cl ass co m m a n d er . H e b eca m e ch i ef of t he T -37 class commander sect ion where he supervised f o u r

ot her class com manders and more t han 400 student pilots. T h e se achievements resulted in his select ion t o t he W ing St a n d a r d iza t i o n a n d E v al u a t i o n D i v i si o n .

H e had 1,325 f lying hours in t he K C- 135, T -37 and T -38. H i s military decorat ions and awards include t he A ir Force C o m m e n dation M edal and the Small A r ms Expert M ark smanship Ribbon, among ot hers.

Survisors include his wi f e, Jeanne; a son, N icholas; a daughter , Cassandra; his parent s, Fred and Cissy Shunk of L emon G rove, Cali f .; his sister , Jenni f er Shunk of L emon G rove; a n d h i s t w i n brot her , Gary .

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also climbed Mount M cKinley, and served as the squadron l i a i so n

of f icer with a local Boy Scout T roop .

D an was buried in Fayetteville, N .Y . , wit h f ull military h o n o r s on July 6, 1985. H e is survived by his parents, T homas Su l l i v a n (Syracuse, N .Y .) and Barbara Sullivan (A k ron , O hio) ; h i s t w o sisters, D eborah M . and Stephanie; his girl f riend , L isa L add , and his close f riends, t he C hase’ s.

W e all miss D an im mensely and t hink about him each day— every t ime we hear L ynard Sk ynard , see a lacrosse stick , or play

with a child. Dan lived life to the fullest , and continually c h a l lenged nature by rock climbing, rapelling, and hunting, a n d h e sh ar ed t h ese o u t d o o r ad v en t u r es w i t h h i s f r i en d s. D a n w as an i n

credible athlete, scholar , and pilot , but , above all , h e w as o n e o f t h e f i n est f r i en d s t h at w e h av e ev er h a d t h e h o n o r of k nowing.

Keep climbing those mountains, Dan, because someday you and D aniel s . Sulli van, ’82 1st L t . D aniel S. Sullivan , Class of 1982, died in an F - 15 ai r craf t accident w hile f lying at Galena A irport , A lask a, on June 24, 1985. H e was assigned t o the 43rd T act ical Fighter Squadron w hich was based on Elmendor f A FB in A nchorage, A lask a.

D an grew up in Baldwinsville, N .Y . (near Syracuse) , a n d graduated f rom D eer f ield A cademy , M ass, in 1978. H e w a s a “ renegade” f rom 2nd Squadron during his f irst tw o years a t U SA FA , and graduated wit h academic honors f rom 24t h Squadron in June, 1982. He was one of the finest lacrosse players

who ever played at the A cademy. He was the team’s captain.

M ost V aluable Player , recipient of t he H oover A ward , a n d w as selected t o play in t he N ort h-Sout h A ll-Star Game in 19 8 2 .

D an was also an active participant in t he Cadet Big B r o t h er s Club , and he organized and directed t heir 1981 Christmas Party during which over 50 underprivileged children were able t o enj oy t heir happiest Christmas ever . A f ter graduation f rom t h e A cademy , D an entered U ndergraduate Pilot T raining at R eese A FB , T exas, and was assigned an F- 15 Eagle based at E l m en d o r f A FB . D an was a superb F- 15 pilot who was chosen t o part icipate in t he Red Flag and T eam Spirit Exercises, duri ng which h e f l ew combat missions” against Japanese and K orean Fighters. D a n ( (

your friends will be climbing together again.

A memorial f und in memory of D an has been established w h i ch

will provide funds to purchase gifts for the yearly C adet Big

Br ot hers-Big Sisters Christ mas Par ty . Cont ribut ions can b e m ad e t o t he D aniel S. Sullivan M emorial Fund , A ssociation o f Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, Colo. 80840-5000. (J osep h A . Brennan, ’82)

Ijn Sr^pressHm^ ^r TtaTTeaTnec^ oi' the deaths ol“ tour graduates. They are:

m o n

M aj . Michael G. M cVay, Class of 1975, who died in a m o t o r zed glider crash on Oct . 31, near M onument , Colo. (See r el at ec tory below.)

Capt . Glen E . D upuis, Class of 1978, who died in an F - 16A ai r

Taft accident on Oct . 22, in the Bay of I srederun, approxi mate!j \5 m iles southeast of T urkey .

Capt . Richard S. Ryan (U .S. M arine Corps), Class of 1979 vho died in an A H-I T helicoptor accident in September o f f t h ( oast of I taly .

2nd Lt . John D. Pfaf f , Jr . (USA F Reserve), Class of 1985, w hc

lied on Sep . 15, in Bethesda, M d .

I Our condolences to the familiesand friendsof these graduates

^ heir obituarieswill appear in a futureissueof themagazine.

Graduate, Cadet K illed in M otorglider Crash

M aj . M ichael G . M cVay , ’ 75, an A cademy economics instruc tor , and Cadet T hird Class Bradley W . H ushaw , Cadet Squadron 22, were k illed on Oct . 31 in a mot orglider accident so u t h w est o f M onument , Colo .

T he 32-year-old maj or f rom Cant on, S.D ., had been selected f or promotion to maj or and was postumously awarded t he pro motion on t he same day as t he accident . A memorial f u n d h as been established f or t he f amily of M aj or M cV ay by t he A sso c i a tion of Graduates. Cont ributions may be sent t o T he M aj or M ichael G . M cVay M emorial Fund , A ssociation of G raduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , C olo . 80840-5000 .

Cadet H ushaw was 19 years old and f rom Salem , M o . H e w a s involved wit h A cademy Protestant Chapel activities, t h e squadron Bible Study group and was a member of t he D r u m an d Bugle Corps. H e is survived by one brot her , Eric M ., o f Sal em .

A m em o r i al f u n d h as b een est a b l i sh ed t o co n st r u ct a f lagpole at Cadet H ushaw ’ s high school , Salem H igh School , Salem , M o .

D onations can be sent t o t he Bradley H ushaw M emorial F u n d i n care of A ndy M oody , P .O . Box 511, Salem , M o . 65560.

I n high school . Cadet H ushaw was t he president of his j unior and senior class and was also t he president of t he sch o o l ’ s sci en ce cl u b . H e w as al so a n act i v e m em b er o f t h e N ew H av en Bapt ist

purchased eight of the motorgliders in 1983 as it expanded i t s a i r manship facilities to incorporate the Soar-For-All pr ogram of providing every cadet at the Academy the opportunity t o so l o a glider. For more information on the Soar-For-All program, s e e the Fall, 1983 issue of the magazine, pages 16 to 18.

(Editor ’s note: A n obituary on Maj or McVay will appear i n a

f uture issue of the magazine.)

C hurch .

T he motorglider accident was t he second f atal crash o f a n A cademy T G-7A mot orglider . T he f irst , near Edwards A i r F o r c e Base, Cali f ., in A pril of 1984, claimed t he lives of Capt . A lan L ombardi , ’76, and M aj . Rober t L . W ennings. T he A cademy 34

M aj . Chr is F ly nn, ’73 (r ight) and Cap t. D oug H aged or n, ’78, check ed out one of the TG- 7A m otorgliders when they a r r i v e d a t the A cademy in 1983. The m otorglider p r ogram enables c a d e ts t o solo a glider in signif icantly f ewer sor ties than bef ore.

C L A SS N EW S R . L . P en n

7968 H iddenbr idge D r ive Spri ngf ield , V A 22 153 (703) 455-5620 P er c en t m e m b er s : 75

H ow many ret i red t hi s year ? I f you ’ r e not here, sou nd o f f . M - 1 M I L L E R , w izzard of space and elect r onics, has so many l u c r a t i v e d ea l s chasing him he can ’ t decide. Jon GA L L O is look i ng f or w o r k i n C o l u m bus, O H or D enver — he w ould li k e t o get i nt o m unici pal g o v er n m en t o r air port management . Ji m C O N N A L L Y is w or k i ng f or Bur deshaw (co n sultants to our mi litary-indust r ial com plex) i n D .C . ( 12% of the class is in the D.C. area now.) Joe MORGA N is a honcho at Carnegie G r oup in Pit tsbur gh — t hey do basic R& D on com put er so f tw are, a r t i f i ci a l i n telligence, and such int ellectual pr oj ect s (I k now sev er a l ca n d i d a t es f o r a n A I implant w hen J D get s it on t he mar ket) . K ent M O N T A V O N i s cu r r ent ly m ilk i ng t he largess of his clasmates i n t he D .C . area, and may or may not have a j ob by press ti me. A lso here i n D .C . i s T . I . A N D E R SO N as a bagman f or Boei ng. (I mean , lik e, bigti me t hi nk er and st r ategist — remember his class standi ng? somew her e betw een me and Brad .)

Bet ter ’ n or di nary r eti r ement , T om H O U SE is i n L ondon a s d en m o t h er to the U SA F exchange of f icer s i n E ur ope. Real hardship t o u r . H e a n d C hr is got ta t r avel al l over t he cont inent t o ensure t hat t hose guys got t hei r sock s r olled , sk ivvies f olded and f ield pack squared a n d st o w ed o n t h e bott om shel f . A l GA G L I A RD I is i n Br ussels as D epu ty M ili tary Representative to N A T O — W ow ! G ag has a nose f or t he b ig t im e!

W ayne and K ar en P I T T M A N ar e i n E ngland now — t hey may n e v e r come back . Base comm ander , I hear d (even f or mer scr ibes don ’ t w ri te!) .

Pet e and W endy T O D D ar e at A i r W ar C ollege (she claim s she’ s lovi n ’ it) .

Pete hasn’ t yet managed t o get an advanced degree so maybe he can w or k on t hat w hi le he has not hing much else to do . A l W A T E RS i s t h e n ew compet it ion advocate at Sacrament o . (W hat is t hat ? W e b a n d i t s d o n ’ t need nobody t o k eep us honest ?) T om BO W E N f i ni shed h i s t o u r a s 487T W M / CC (w here he and Sheliah lived i n a post o f f ice box) and i s now in T ucson . T he G L C M t r ai ni ng center is t here. M aybe T o m ’ s a n I P — clear s his student s solo f ir st day out . (D on’ t w r i te, T om , let everybody guess.)

I f a St rategic A i r C om mand air m an is a SA C w eenie, and an old geezer assigned t o a high-level staf f is a headquar ter s w eenie, and an old w or k ing dog banished t o a com mu nicat i ons cent er is a comm and post w eenie, t hen D ick GOET Z E must be a W eenie C ubed . I r on Jaw M A Y gets t o stay in t he Pentagon w here he’ s now H ead-G uy-i n-C harge o f I C BM M o d er n i z a ti on . H e has t he m ost clut tered of f ice of any m ilitar y type I ’ ve ever seen .

M aybe he’ s pract ici ng f or ret i rement . Recalled f r om r et ired st atu s, D ave GOO D RI C H depar ts D ef ense M appi ng A gency t o be 24A D / C C a t G r i f f is A FB . H e also vacates t he ti t le o f w or st gol f er i n t h e D .C . a r ea . St ev e H A M E R shot a blazi ng 69 (f or t he f r ont ni ne) aw hile b a c k — h e ’ l l b e a cinch f or t he honor i f (mer ci f u lly) Ji mm y J and Ed M O N T G O M E R Y w i l l ever give up the gam e.

By t he t ime you read t hi s. Bil l T E L FO R D should have new plu mbi ng i n a n d a r o u n d h i s h ea r t m u sc l e . H e w r i t es;

I t goes w it hout sayi ng t hat our class has alw ays been a very closek nit gr oup and has show n great concer n f or each ot her i n good ti mes, as well as bad . T hat closeness and concer n w as n e v e r m o r e evident t han dur i ng my recent recovery f r om a hear t a t t a c k . A s I am sure Pete T odd can tel l you , w hi le t he physical ef f ect s a r e — t o say t he least — dramat ic, t he pyschol ogical ef f ects and depression t hat sets i n can be even w orse. T hr ough it all , how ever , t he suppor t I received f r om so many of you by visits, calls, car ds and gi f t s m ea n t m o r e t o m e t h a n w o r d s c o u l d ev er t el l . A m er e t hank you does not appr oach t he very si ncere appr eciat ion I have f o r a l l o f your support , but I ’ m sur e you w il l u nder stand how I f eel .

G od bless you all , and once agai n , t hank s f or your gener osit y dur ing a very di f f icult ti me.

Some ’ 59ers have expressed concer n t hat t he A cademy w ill never get ar ound t he nami ng t he f ield house f or t he f ir st gr aduate t o b e k i l l ed i n combat . T he bureaucr acy may r equi re m ore push t han w e seem t o have.

but Ron may yet pr evail . V al BO RQU E gave a li f et i me o f ser v i ce t o h i s count ry . I t may help f ut ur e gener ati ons remem ber t hat c o m b a t i s c en t r a l t o t he m ission of t he A cademy . T o par aphrase a f amous f ighter pil ot , “ Everyt hing else is r ubbi sh .”

Jack H O W E L L came t o t ow n t o buy lu nch f or Ji m W E L C H a n d m e .

H e plans t o have a par ty o/ a H OOE ST 15 D ecember , in Sout hpor t , CT .

H e pr omises a veri table ci rcus of comedy by one Jer ry F I N N E R A N . A l l classmates except D on L I V I N G ST O N ar e i nvi ted . Br ad a n d Z i t a H O SM E R i nvit ed L / C and M r s. R L Penn t o a chili part y f o r D .C . a r ea ’ 59er s — do t hey k now somet hi ng I d on ’ t ? T he f ood w as too m i ld , and t he beer supply w as i nsu f f icient — ot herw ise, i t w as not a r eal bad par t y .

Recent ly vi sited Bob & D onna BEC K E L . T hey f ed me t he specialty o f t he house, bak ed st eak , w hich older people seem t o pref er t o ol ive stew .

T hey live i n a big house w i t h a plaque on t he door pr oclaim i ng a N at ional H i st o r i c L a n d m a r k . I d i d n ’ t k n o w t h e r est o f t h e n a t i o n appr eciated Bob li k e w e do ! H ow ’ bout E L SE R ’ s Beak as a N at i onal T reasu re, a n d M - l ’ s w a l k a s t h e 8 t h W o n d er ?

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J i m a n d S h ei l a R eed i n C h i n a n ea r t h e N o r t h K o r ea n B o r d er .

Jim REE D w r ites f r om C hi na and clai ms t he pr ize f or f a r t h est - d i st a n c e l et t er . I f K a r o l B O B K O ca n sen d a l et t er f r o m h i s n ex t t r i p , he can lay a

better clai m . Jim scr atched ou t sever al pages, some i n C hi nese, but his handw r i ti ng i s so bad I cou ld n ’ t r ead hal f t he stu f f — it w as most ly G r eek t o me. A s H ead C heese o f “ T he C hi na Foru m ” i n H awai i , Jim ar ranged t he visit of a delegat ion f r om t he “ C hi na I nst itute o f C ontem porary I n ter nati onal Relati ons” to H aw aii . H is hair ’ s r eally not get t i ng t hi n — he shaved some of f to appear older because t he nat ives vener at e age. H is f ace isn ’ t blue f r om t he cold , it ’ s f r om holdi ng hi s b reat h w hile suck ing i n t hat ponder ous gut .

T he class vice pr esident w i ll soo n be sendi ng out quest ionnai res f o r f i l es to populate a database. “ FY I , i t ’ s set up on a C ondor 3 D BM S usi ng an H / Z - l OO w i t h M S-D O X .” (H e added t hat par t t o conf use t h e a i r l i n e pi lot s.) T he i nf or mati on is st r ict ly f or i nter nal use. T his w il l give us basic data on f am ily , busi ness, etc. I t w il l be a gr eat help to t his scr i be, a help f or t he pyr am id not i f icat ion system , and per haps help f o r c l a ssm a t es seek ing employment .

C adet cham pi on br idge player , G . B . M C D O N A L D spent h i s n i c k el and called last week . H e had vi si ted t he D al las gr oup . Seems t hey ar e alw ays ready to enter tai n out-o f -tow ner s. Son K ent i s a m em b er o f a r o c k gr oup . (H e’ ll soo n have t he hear i ng of an old C - 130 pil ot I k now . “ O ld ” ?

C hange that t o read “ f or mer . ” ) C lai r & Br ock ST RO M have been ru nni ng mar at hons. C adet L ar r y JO L L Y t r ied t o w r i te a m at hemat ical expression f or t h e c u r v e o f t h e Schli tz shield ; can he com pute t he w or k rep resented by Slim ru nning 26 + m iles? A s of thi s w r it i ng. Sli m is O I C o f A SA T . I f h e a n d L . J . T H O M SO N had ar ranged f or me t o f l y t he F- 15 and D K R I C H A RT to pr ovide ter m i nal guidance t o the r ock et , t he pr oj ect w ould h a v e b een a sm a sh h i t !

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D ale M ayo R te. 2, Box 85, Sunset D r ive O t tsville, PA 18942 P er c en t m e m b er s : 77

T his quar ter ’ s new s is bei ng w r i tten by a “ ghost w r i ter ’ ’ ; how ever , t his w i ll be my one and only ef f or t at t his task . Send your class new s inputs N O W t o D ale M A Y O , our new scr ibe, at his address above.

By t he ti me you r ead this, t he 25t h w il l be hist ory . P i ct u r es a n d n ew s w ill be in t he next magazi ne. A t t his t i me, over 100 cl a ssm a t es a r e r et u r n i ng. T hat ’ s a great r esponse and w e hope some w i ll b e a b l e t o a t t en d t h e r eunion at t he last mi nute. T he class pr oj ect is i n some j eopardy— not every one has cont ri buted t o t he class f u nd . I f you haven’ t , please d o so T O D A Y ! ! T he pr oj ect i s a f lag case, museum qualit y , t o d isplay t he class f lags and year book s. I t w i ll i nit ial ly be installed o n t h e w est w a l l o f A r nold H all Ball r oom , and moved to t he A OG building w hen t he build ing is com pleted . Remember , your donati on is tax deduct ible, and every li t t le bit helps.

W ayne K E N D A L L ret i red in September and is now doct or i ng i n D enver ; he and Bar bara are buildi ng a new home i n W oodm oor . A 1 JO H N SON al so r et ired , and he and Gail m oved back t o W ashi ngt on , D C , w here A 1 i s now w i t h Bur r oughs.

T he C lass of 1989 enter ed w it h m or e ’ 60 second gener ation c a d et s: G r eg, son o f Reb G U I L L OT , and M ik e, son of John PE E BL ES. H aving met and spoken w i th t hese tw o , I can r epor t t hat they ar e r epresenti ng t he C lass of ’ 60 and t he w i ng adm ir ably .

C hange of A ddress: D ick SE X T O N has r etur ned f r om E ur ope t o 12 7 24 Par k ton St , F or t W ashi ngt on , M D 20744 ; D on W O L FSW I N K E L i s n o w at ROT C , R oute 6, Box 55, L exingt on , V A 24450; Jim W A D D L E i s n o w at 111 F reeman D r , W ar ner R obi ns, G A 3 1088; Roy JO L L Y i s b a c k i n D enver at PO Box 3 19, L i tt let on , CO 80 160-0319; D er ry A D A M SO N i s at 5 17 A W il liam Reuben D r , E ndicot t , N Y 13760; Phi l C O O K E a t PO Box 14 1, C ook st ow n , N J 085 11; John M A CA RT N EY at 1 12 8 N P i t t St , A l ex a nd r i a , V A 223 14 ; a n d M i k e L O H ( n o w m aj o r general— congr atulat ions, “ Roach ’ ’) at 29 W estover A ve, Bolli ng A F B , W ashingt on, D C 20336.

Gary V A N SI N G L E made a video tape o f t he reu nion . I t ca n b e or dered f rom Gary at V an ’s V entures, 9275 C at alpa D r ., N ew aygo , M I 49337. Speci f iy Beta or V H S. K eep t hose car ds and letter s com ing, f olk s.

Randy C uber o 7 163 W i ntery L oop C olorado Spr ings, C O 809 19 H ome: (303) 598-7 155 A V : 2 59 - 3 8 20

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W ell good people, m y f avor it e season is here so let me take t his oppor t unity to wi sh you all a j oyous C hr ist m as and a pr osper ous new year , and m ay t he G ood L or d alw ays watch over you and your s. I w o u l d l i k e t o a l so t hank you all f or your ent husiast ic suppor t o f our C l a ss G i f t i d ea . So f a r we have col lected $7,000 i n t he f ir st t hr ee week s o f t h e d r i v e . W e a r e

shoot i ng f or ar ou nd $20,000 f or t he mem or ial si te so please, i f you haven ’ t sent i n your check yet , w e w il l cer tai nly need i t . T h e $ 2 50 i s t ax deduct ible and can be paid i n one, t w o , or f i ve inst al lm ents. I t a l k ed t o bui lder s and i n lat e O ct ober or ear ly N ovem ber we w il l h a v e a m u c h b et t er idea of w hat w e can buy f or our money as t hey (t he bui lder s) w il l be f ur t her along i n t hei r f i nal pr epar at i ons f or t he V isit or ’ s C en t er . T h e f i r st pict ur e i s a gr ou nd view , tak en at gr eat r isk t o l i f e and li m b as I t r ai psed t hr ough t he br ush tr ying t o f i nd t he pai nted mar ker s out l ining t he pr o posed pat h . T he pict ure w as tak en f r om t he exact site locat ion on t he pat h w her e t he f ir st panor am ic view o f t he A cademy is seen .

T he A cadem y f oot ball team is once agai n o f f t o a gr eat st a r t . W e blasted U T E P i n t he opener 48-6 and W yom i ng 49-7 . I ’ m pr ayi ng t hat by t he ti me you get t hi s i ssue o f Checkp oints w e’ l l be on our w ay to ano t her bow l game. W ouldn ’t t hat be gr eat — f our year s i n a r ow i s cer tainly not t oo much to ask . I st ill have my j ob as o f f icer r epr esentat ive t o t h e f o o t ball team and watchi ng t hem pr act ice f ull contact , t h er e i s n o d o u b t i n m i nd t hat 1 w ould never play in a var si ty-al um ni scr im m age. T hese guys ar e big, mean and tal k about st r ong ! T hey have a m andat or y w eight pr o gr am , t hank s t o Jack Braley , t hat I ho nest ly believe mak es us com pet it ive on a nati onal scale. T he only w eight s I remem ber li f t i ng w er e t h e st ei n a n d t he pit cher , and I usual ly needed help w it h t he pi tcher .

Get t ing i nt o t he C lass N ew s, t he Puer to Rican f lag w as f l yi ng slight l y t ipped on 8 Sept em ber — t he day H ect or N E G RO N I r et ir ed f r o m t h e A i r Force. T hat makes m e t he oldest living Puer t o Rican gr ad on act ive dut y .

(T hank s H ector .) H ect or w i ll be w or k i ng f or M cD onnel l D ouglas’ A st r o D ivision as a m anager f or t he H arpoon m issile. A gr eat j ob f or a guy w ho r ecei v ed a “ D ” i n a st r o a t U SA F A . T h e R u ssi a n s a r e toast i ng his assign m ent . A s you can see i n t he next phot o . Br ig. Gen . ST E B B I N S o f f i c i a t ed over the r et ir ement cer em ony . W ell H ector , Joann and k ids, w e w ish you a l l t h e b est .

F r om t he W ashi ngt on scene. C ar l W ayne C RA N BE R RY w as m a d e t h e vice com mander o f t he A i r D ist rict W ashingto n and L owel l J O N E S r et i r ed t h i s su m m er . L o w el l w r o t e t h a t t h e St a c k h o u ses a n d G r a c es a t

tended his r et i rement di nner . L ow el l and Sandy are loo k ing t o stay i n t he Fair f ax , V A area. T hey w ill t r y t o make t he 25t h and ev en en t er t h e r a c quet bal l cham pionshi p . W ell , Rich M A Y O , t hat makes t h r ee ! L o w el l a l so comm ented t hat maybe t he inscr ipt ion o n t he plaque f o r t h e C l a ss G i f t should r ead , “ T his site is presented by t he U SA FA class o f 19 6 1 i n f o n d r emembrance of our f allen classmates.” Say , I li ke t h a t . B i l l ST A C K H O U SE is w or k i ng i n t he B D M “ t hi nk tank .” C har l ie ST E B BI N S and H ugh BA I N T E R ar e w or k i ng on P r oj ect Forecast I I and t ry i ng t o f igure out w hat w onder s w e’ ll have t o contend w i t h f o r t h e n ex t 2 0 years i n t he A ir For ce. Fi nal ly , John and E llen SU L L I V A N had a baby gi r l . H ect or com mented t hat t hank G od it w asn ’ t a boy b ec a u se n o w t h er e ’ s l ess c h a n ce t h a t J o h n w i l l t h r o w h i s b a c k o u t at age 65 w hi le play i ng ball .

O t h er n ew s a r o u n d t h e w o r l d . B o b a n d W i n n i e W A G N E R m o v ed f r o m

L ocation of the ’61 M em or ial si te.

Egli n to T am pa, w here Bob w i ll be t he deputy f or P lans and Pr ogram s i n C ent ral C ommand . A nd t alk about a name ou t of t he past — J i m W I L D w r ote a shor t note f r om San A nt oni o w here he’ s an M .D ., special izi ng in r heu mat ology . Jim r et ir ed i n 198 1 and says t he only cl a ssm a t e h e ’ s r u n i n t o has been L ar ry F REE M A N , w ho is selli ng compu ter recor ds st orage.

L ee BU T L E R is t he SA C I G at O f f ut t . B ret t , his son , i s n o w a 2 L t i n t h e Randolph C BPO and his daughter , L isa, has j ust entered U C L A , maj or i ng i n t heater ar ts. L ee t ells me t hat A 1 B L A I SD E L L a n d N el so n O ’ RE A R bot h hu ng up t hei r blue suit s t his su m mer . K en J O H N SO N a l so r et ir ed i n Feb 85 and is now w or k i ng f or Boei ng/ V er t ol i n upper Penn sylvania w here he is t he manager f or inter nati onal sa l es. R o n F U L L E R T O N is at H i ll A FB . H e over lapped w i t h N or m C A M P BE L L b u t f a i l ed t o get t oget her f or a grey tag par ty bef ore N or m PC Sd t o R a m st ei n

(USA FE/ LG). Ron mentioned he occasionally gets to see

Bob

B R I C K EY , Bob D I N G L E and C lai r C A R L I N G , al l of w hom ar e doi ng well . A rt K E R R is at E l mend or f A FB and called speci f ically t o r e c o m mend that the inscription f or the memorial overlook sim ply read , “ T o t he memory of our classmates.” I like that also. We have three suggest i ons now so let me k now w hat you all t hi nk . A s pr omised . B i l l SA N Z E N BA C H E R sent me t his l ovely pict ure o f him and Bud U T E N D FO R F walk i ng t he U nited pick et li nes last M ay . Since many o f us may not relate t o t heir exper iences. Bi ll said w al k i ng a m ont h on t he pick et li ne w as t he

equivalent of a class 3 with 150 tours. Happily, everything w o r k ed o u t

and Bill pr oudly r epor ted t hat t he ’ 6 1ers at U nited (Bud , C hess M I Z E L L , T om SK I L L I N G , and D enny D I L L O N ) all hung i n t here tough .

On a final note, I j ust finished a wonderful T OY to W ashi ngt on D C and on the last day r ight bef ore I w as t o catch my plane back t o Co lorado Springs, something inside of me wanted to visit the V i et n a m M em o r i a l . I t was like wanting to make a pilgrimage. I didn’t even k n o w t h e V i et n a m

M emor ial w as beside t he L incol n M emo r ial . W hen I f inally got t her e, 1 was struck by two things. First , it ’s not a rectangular w al l above gr ou nd , b u t r a t h er a w a l l ca r v ed i n t o t h e si d e o f a m o u n d o r small hil l , and sec ond, as you proceed down the reviewing path, the memorial wal l gr ows larger as each slab is taller than the preceding one. I t hought the names w er e all i n alphabet ical or der but t hey ar e not , or at least not ent i rely . T he names are listed alphabet ically but by each day t hat so m eo n e d i ed . T h e days are in chronological order with sometimes many days list ed on one sl a b . T h er e w a s a r ef er en ce b o o k so I w a s a b l e t o l o o k up and locat e t he

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our classmates die i n the w ar but f or t hat m oment , I sw ear , I could o nly t hi nk o f t hei r f our names. W hen I f i nally locat ed each n a m e o n t h a t b l a c k m ar ble slab it w as as i f a light had il lum i nated it so t h a t i t st u c k o u t amo ng al l t he ot her names sur r ou ndi ng i t . T w o names w ere w ay up on t he slab far from any outstretched hand, but two were close by so t hat I could n ’ t resi st t he t emptat ion o f r unni ng my f inger so f t ly acr oss t hei r let t er s and as 1 did I t hought t o mysel f ,

“ Hello dear pal . I ’m so sorry you didn’t make it . M y l o v e r ea c h es out blindly to you and to everyone you left behind. G od w il li ng, someday we will have that first reunion in eternal j oy and peace, and make up for all the others that you missed. Take ca r e a n d n o w t hat I k now w her e you are. I ’ ll come by agai n w hen I ’ m i n t o w n — I pr omise.”

God bless you all and don’t forget to count your blessings.

“ U n - U N I T E D w e s ta n d ! ”

Got a nice letter also f rom Ro n W E E D E N , w hich I unf or t unat ely p u t

in my “ Old Class News” folder, where it was lost for m o n t h s. R o n a n d

Susie ar e at D over , N H w her e af t er ret i rement i n D ec ’ 84 Ron f ou nd a j ob in a neighboring city’s engineering of fice and Susie is w or k ing as a teacher ’ s aide. James (22) w or k s f or t he U niv o f H ar t f ord , Sheer yl (20) is mar ried and has a 6-m ont h-old daughter , and young K i m ber ly ( 13) w ill start high school next year . I t ’ s nice to k now t he W eed en s a r e n o t o u t o f the woods yet — one teenager to go! The last one is somet hi ng else! H ear d through the grapevine that John GOODLEY underwent a double bypass in July. Hope you’re up and around, John. Don McCA RTER and f ami ly are at W iesbaden , Ger many . D on (A K A Slippery) is t he co m m a n d er o f

the European Technical Operations for A FTAC. This is t h ei r f i r st overseas assignment together . Finally, I thought you’d enj oy t his nostalgic shot of Brad VA N SA NT . I f you didn’t see i t i n t h e l a st C h eck points, the ’62 column reported on Brad’s receiving h i s M a st er ’ s o f Divinity degree. Thanks to Tom ELLER’s prodigious supply o f memorabi lia, how ever , w e f ound a pict ur e o f Brad i n t h i s r a t h er u n d i v i n e

pose. What would the seminary rector say? Sorry Brad, t h i s c l a ss h o l d s not hing sacred !

John W . (Jack) Jam ba 4 Judy C our t Satell ite Beach , FL 32937 H ome: (305) 777-5520 O f f ice: (305) 867-7758 P e r c en t m e m b er s : 66

H i Redtags! Well, here it is another beautiful day i n F l o r d i a a n d I ’ m o n a break during test preparations f or the flight readiness f ir i ng of t he new space shuttle, A tlantis. Everything is going well here a t t h e L o c k h eed Space Operations Company. Thought I would start of f w i t h a l et t er f r o m P et e R O B I N SO N .

“ I thought it was about time to drop a note from the E ur opean br anch of t he RT Bs. W e’ ve been back i n E ur ope si nce t he end o f 19 80 — f i r st i n London, then Ramstein and f or nearly two and a half year s at Bit bu rg.

A ll together this makes about nine years in Europe o n t h r ee d i f f er en t to u rs.

“ Bitburg has been a great assignment — first as vice c o m m a n d er a n d then since January as commander. The wing is the 36TFW w i t h t h r ee squadrons of F-15s. Shortly after taking over, the W h i t e H o u se st a f f er s

descended on us w i t h preparat i ons f or t he P r esident ’ s visi t of 5 M ay . I n

spite of all the controversy generated by the media, t h e a c t u a l v i si t t u r n ed out t o be qui te a success. T he ent ir e af f ai r w as an ed u c a t i o n i n m ed i a r el a

tions, working with the White H ouse staf f and domestic/ internati o n a l a f fairs. We were all pleased to see the visit end positively.

“ W e h a v e n u m er o u s c l a ssm a t es a l i v e a n d w el l o v er h er e . G a i l P E C K i s

t he 26T RW / C C at Z wei br tl ken , G ord on B I L L I N GT O N t he 52 T F W / D O at Spangdahlem, Charlie PRICE the 5ATA F DCOS Plans and O ps at V icenza, K ent L A M M E RS and John RA U SC H at U SA FE H Q , R a m stei n , and C huck L A R SO N t he V I I C or ps A L O . “ I t is sti ll inter esti ng t o keep up w i t h everyone’ s act ivi ties t hr ough t he

articles in Checkp oints. Thanks f or keeping the lines o f co m m u n i ca t i o n s

open .”

T hank s Pete f or that very f i ne update. 1 appr eciate your ef f or t . G ot a call recent ly f r om D ave BOC K E L M A N , w ho w as visiti ng t h e A i r F o r c e T est G r oup at Cape C anaver al A FS. D ave w as doing some c o o r d i n a t i o n f or t he T i tan 34-D m issi le launch pr ogram , f or w hich h e n o w h a s so m e

programmatic responsibility. Dave said that he had t a l k ed t o C h u c k

A L L PO RT w hile C huck w as stat i oned at H anscom doing A W A C S a c-

quisiton program work. Chuck planned to retire this su m m er a n d r et u r n

You said I ’m going to be a WH A T i n 25 y ears?

to t he D ayt on area. D ave also had a chance t o get t oget her w i t h L ar ry GO O C H and Ralph SPO RY back in June i n L os A ngeles. L ar ry is st ill t he W ester n Space and M i ssi le C enter com mander and Ralph is M M A at W r ight-Pat .

I got a let ter f r om J .R . C A RT E R ( ’ 60) w i t h a clippi ng f r o m t h e C o n t inental A ir lines new slet t er . T he clippi ng has a pictu re o f J a c k G E I G E R i n t he lef t seat of t he f ir st Boeing 737-300 to r ol l of f t he assembly li ne and

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be delivered to Continental . Jack is a pilot instructor f or C ont i nental , so he t ook it on it s f ir st f light f or a hop t o L os A ngeles.

Corwin and Josette KI PPENHA N’s daughter Kim was married t h i s su m m er t o L t . J o h n J . C l a r k e a t t h e C a d et C a t h o l i c C hapel . T he br ide and groom are headed to Germany where Clarke will fly t h e C - 2 3 E u r o

pean D ist r ibut ion A ir craf t . I ’ m sur e K i p said his new so n - i n - l a w i s a mem ber of t he C lass of ’ 84 . K i p also l ist ed some o f o u r c l a ssm a t es w o r k ing for United A ir Lines and af fected one way or another by t he pi lot ’ s str ik e: Ji m K E RL E Y , Fr ank PO RC H and T im GA L L A G H E R .

A ddit ions to t he r et ired ( I pref er inact ive) r olls i nclude M arv O D E FE Y , M el BO RL A N D , L ee L I L L Y , L loyd P RO BST , and John BOU C H A R D .

Lloyd writes he has been named by the FAA as “ designated f l ight ex

aminer’ ’ f or the M ontgomery, A L area. Saw “ Bouche” a t F .E . W a r r en back in June. Actually, he was rolling around on the gr ound laughi ng as I was trying to hover taxi a “ Huey” in a strong wind.

Recent message t r af f ic helped locate N or m P FE I FE R . N o r m h a s b een

serving as the Safety Investigation Board (SI B) president l ook i ng i nt o a

C - 130 gear-up landi ng. T he C - 130 w as f r om L i t t le R ock a n d N o r m i s t h e

Pilot I nstructor Jack Geiger took the lef t seat on Ship H301 ’s f irst f ligh t, a hop down to LA X where the aircraf t was used f or f light cr ew tr aining.

(P hoto cour tesy C on tinen tal A ir l ines)

I got anot her lett er f r om Janet N E N N I N GE R , w i f e of a ’63 grad . A cli pping f r om t he Wall Street J our nal was i ncluded a n d h er n o t e r ea d : “ I t hought you m ight be i nterested in Joe G U I L M A RT I N ’ s a r t i cl e f r o m t h e Wall Street Journal of March 11. Joe also appeared on t he G ood M or ni ng

A merica show on A pril 30, commemorating the fall of V i et n a m . N o t b a d

f or a Red T ag.”

Got a lett er ear l ier in the year f rom C li f f FA L L O N and m isplaced it un t il last mont h . H ere is a summ ar y o f C li f f ’ s f am ily ’ s act ivit ies. T hey have bought a house i n M oscow , I D , and plan t o be t here f or a lo ng t ime. Brad is now a senior i n high school and had been on t he d eb a t e t ea m . H e h a s also spent a lot o f t im e on t he school paper , having been edit or last year .

Stacey is now a sophomore and mai ntai ns an act ive i nterest i n gym nast ics.

O n e o f h er n ew est l i k es i s t h e sc h o o l d r a m a c l u b . J a n e is teaching t he 6t h grade and staying busy managi ng t he household t oo . C li f f enj oys his j ob and classes. H e keeps busy w i t h back pack i ng, steel head f ishing, and deer/ el k hunti ng. Sounds li ke an enviable li f estyle. C l i f f .

T ed and M arcy D Y K ES are planni ng a class par ty f or 2 3 N o v . F o r i n f or mat ion call t hem at (703) 430-6792/ 7296.

W ell , t hat ’ s it f or now . A s you can see this new s colum n w ill o nly be as good as “ all o f you ” w ill help me mak e it . I need your ca r d s a n d l et t er s .

U ntil next quar ter , be good .

A DO at Pope. Skip VA RA is also working as an SI B president i n vestigating the KC- 135 accident at Beale a bit ago. Back i n July Jack M C TA SNEY and I had a telephone conversation concerning o n e o f o u r

C - 130s t hat came aw f ul close t o buyi ng t he f ar m . A sk il led pil ot real ly saved his plane and cr ew on t hat one. Jack is t he A D O f o r t h e 4 1st R esc u e

and Weather Reconnaissance Wing at M cClellan.

Finally, I have a few address/ j ob changes to pass on. J o h n D Y E R t o D el Ri o , T X ; D on N EFF t o C olum bus A F B , M S; “ D ” H EN D E R SO N t o

Tyndall: Doug POWER to H ampton Bays, NY; Jim HA NNA M t o

V icenza (5 A T A F) ; O tt o H A BE D A N K as 10t h T R W vice com m ander a t

Alconbury; Pete HA MM ERTON to La Grange, GA ; and Dom M A R TI NELLI as commander of the 6555th A erospace Test group a t P a t r i c k .

A l so at Pat r ick , and com mander of t he A ir F or ce T echnical A pplicati ons

Center, is Rich O’LEA R. Next time you want to talk a b o u t t h e “ P o n i es ” Rich j ust give me a call .

Last but not least, the Class of 1987 Ring Committee needs some help .

T hey w ould l i ke to k now i f any of t he “ G olden C lasses” ev er d i d anything special with their design of the “ life-size” m ock-up o f t he class ring. Beats the heck out of me. M aybe some of you ring comm i tt ee types can remember . Speci f ically , t hey w ould l ik e t o k now t h e co l o r o f t h e stone and if there were any special phrases or meaningful i n i t i a l s et ch ed

on t he m ock-up t hat only w e w ould have k now n about . Y ou can help by send ing t he i nf or mat ion t o me or di rect t o t he ’ 87 Ri ng C om m it tee i n car e

of Cadet Keith Fletcher , P.O. Box 1176, USA F A cademy, C O 80 84 1.

That’s it . The editor talks about Class News reporters usi ng t oo much space and sayi ng ver y lit t le so I need t o get t his ar t icle pr i nted up and sent of f to the AOG. They ripped up last issue’s ef fort t r yi ng t o get it out o f

the envelope. Thank goodness f or my little A pple 11. N ex t t i m e .

Sk ip L ee

8 1 1 R ei ss R o a d

Bob H ovde 8 500 C a m d en St .

O ’ Fallon , I L 62269 H ome: (6 18) 632-8599

A lexand ria, V A 22038 H ome: (703) 780-67 14

A V : 6 3 8 -4 8 86

P er c en t m e m b e rs : 6 9

A V : 2 2 7 - 7 84 2

P er c en t m em b e r s : 7 1

D id you see t he sum mer issue of Checkp oints'] T he “ G olden ” cl a ss h a s

reason to be proud. We can spend the next year braggin’ o n

Jim

A L L BU RN , Jabara A w ard w i nner f or 1985! T he w r iteup i s w o r t h readi ng . Quick ly , Jim was nom i nated f or his cont r ibut ions and leader ship t ow ard t he development and f ir st f l ight of t he X -29 A d v a n ced T echnology D emonst rat or . Jim w as w or k i ng as a D A RPA (D ef ense A d vanced Research Pr oj ect s A gency) pr ogram di rect or . W e are all pr oud of you Ji m . T w o ot her “ Y el low T ags” w er e nom inated f or t h e a w a r d f o r t his year : Sam W E ST B ROO K , com mander of t he 48th T FW a t L a k en heat h and D om M A RT I N E L L l , chief o f t he A t las Satelli te Pr ogram s D i vision of A i r For ce Systems C om mand . N omi nat ion f or t h e J a b a r a A ward is no mean f eat . C ongratu lati ons to all !

Received a f ew phone calls t his ti me but not a lot o f i n f o r m a t i o n w a s f or t hcom ing. Par t of t he reason , 1 suppose, w as L i nda — she not only d id most o f t he talk i ng but i n one case, she did all the tal ki ng . Roger SI M S called one af ter noon and I had not made it ho me yet . T h e o t h er c a l l s w er e f r om J .T . H EA L w ho r epor ts D oug H A RD G RA V E has moved t o D al las, and f r om D ick and L ynn FE RE N C Y w ho repor ted t heir daughter , C a r rie, has r etur ned f r om I taly af ter a year of study — most ly I tal ian men (j ust k iddi ng) . A ct ually w e called D ick and L ynn on t hei r anniver sary (5 June) and t hey w ere of f spendi ng t he eveni ng at some f ancy hotel .

V isit or s t his ti me i ncluded Bob H A Y E S. “ Rapid R ober t ” w a s T D Y t o Scot t and st opped by t he of f ice t hree t imes bef ore he caught me not i n a meeti ng. T hat ’ s t he w ay most o f us spend our t ime her e — goi ng t o meet ings. Bob and C har lie ar e at T i nker w here Bob is t h e d i r ec t o r o f P r o grams f or t he E ngi neer i ng and I nstal lat ions D ivision o f A F C C .

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A s M ik e RO B B I N S w r ote in t he last colum n , he is now r et i r ed a n d l i v i ng i n Ft . W or t h . H e called t he ot her day (act ual ly , by t he t i me you read t his it w il l be “ t he ot her m ont h ” ) , eit her to r ub i t i n o r t o m a k e su r e I r ea l ly w ould w r it e t his. H e says t hat it ’ s gr eat t raveli ng a r o u n d C en t r a l a n d Sout h A mer ica and t he C ar ibbean on an expense account . (H e also says t hat an expense account sur e beat s A F per diem .) M i ke w i l l st a r t helicopter check out bef or e t he end of t he year . (A t r aveli ng, civil ian , hel icopt er pi lot and snake-oi l salesman on an expense account ?)

Mike also sent along a letter and photo from Rip THOMA S, w h o i s now a NA VY radiologist on Guam. Being the only military r adiologi st on

G uam must k eep him busy , but he sem s t o have f ound t i m e t o sc u b a d i v e .

(For t hose f ew of you w ho have not been t o Guam , t he onl y t hings t o do t here ar e scuba dive and dr i nk .) Rip says t hat Bonnie st i l l ca l l s a d m i r a l s “ general ” , and t hat he st il l f eels li k e he is T D Y f r om t h e A i r F o r c e . M ed School added f our year s to his ret i r ement date, but in Sep 86 t hey hope t o go back t o San D iego t o spend t he last t w o year s bef or e h e c a n r et i r e .

Sandy H I L L also wrote to say that Tom is keeping Europe sa f e f o r

democr acy at SH A PE . T hey ar e o n t heir f i r st over seas t our and lovi ng it .

A s I travel during the next year (they tell me they ar e going t o let m e out of here next year) I will try to call as many of you as I can . H ow ever , PLEA SE don’t wait for my call . Write, phone or send car r ier pigeo ns.

Ever yt hing I k now is goi ng int o t his colum n .

I saw Herb and A nne BEVEL HYM ER at Wright-Patterson. T hey t ell m e t h a t W - P i s st i l l a ’ 64 f a v o r i t e . P h i l R O B E R T S i s f ixi ng t he B-52 f or

cerned that would have enhanced the earlier classes’ pr ograms. O u r visit

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R ip Thomas says he ’s still being m istak en f or a whale by casual obser vers.

another 20-30 years as the B-52 SPO director. Ralph G R A H A M i s t h e

F- 16 deputy dir ect or . Bar r y FL A N N E RY is dir ector of T est f o r t h e B - 1.

Some T hi ngs N ever C hange D epart ment . W hen A nne dr ove h er somew hat mat ure w hi te G r enada to pick up L ow ell at school t he f ir st day , one of his f r iends f r om t he last t i me t hey were stat ioned at W -P said , “ I t ’ s li ke you were never go ne — you even have t he same car ! ” Other news: George Branch is with GE in Daytona Beach. (I don ’ t

know if that’s new, but it was news to me.) Terry ISA ACSON i s t h e n ew

wi ng com mander o f t he 82T FW (A T C ) at W i lliams A FB . Bar r y BA RN E S

is at Scott . Bruce FISTER has moved up to be the wing co m m a n d er o f t h e

435TAW at Rhein Main. Jack COLE is 89MA W wing commander . J o n

P RE N EZ is back i n V acavil le, C A . T ony C O V A I S is in Rome, N Y . (W ait unti l w i nt er , T ony . Y ou ’ ll never m ake it af ter li vi ng i n H onolulu .) Br et t D U L A is in Rome (G ri f f iss) also , as t he com mander of t h e 4 16 B W .

Bulletin f or USA FE: Nick LA CEY is director of Inspections f o r

U SA F E / I G .

C arey O ’ Bryan asked t he A O G f or i nf or mat ion on class r i ngs and

diploma repair for ’64. Carey, if they tell you anything, let me k now , too .

Since t he new R egister w ill be out soon af t er t his (so I ’ m told) , I w on ’ t t ry to i nter pret al l o f t he change-o f -address car ds: N or m BA K E R , Jack

DRISCOL L , Bill FLOOD, Ron HA L LORA N, Campbell KI DD, B i l l

SI EG , and H enr y ST E V E N S. Some o f t hem indicate r et irement s, b u t

was made even more enj oyable by stayi ng w it h Pat and C o l l een M O O R E .

Pat , w ho recent ly lef t t he A i r U niver si ty staf f f or civilian li f e, ow ns a lovely home in the Rockrimmon area of the Springs. H e had decided , af ter tw o year s of f am ily separat ion (Johnst on I sland and M ontgomery) , t hat t her e were ot her t hi ngs t o d o i n li f e t hat w ould be more com patib le w i t h nor mal livi ng. H is daughter T r ish is a f reshman at Regis C ol lege, now co-ed , and an outstand ing volleybal l player . M ade my f i rst t r i p ever to Regis t o see her play , and d rug my “ doolie” son al ong. E i t her t he r ivalry has di mi nished or I have mellow ed i n 20 year s; t he at m osphere w as pleasant . D enver , f or t hose o f you w ho haven’ t been there recently , has expanded u nbel ievably . U nf or tu nat ely , so has t he sm og, w hich , by t he w ay , is also begi nni ng t o appear m ore f r equent ly and on a greater scale i n t he Spr ings. T he pr ice o f pr ogress.

I t ook advantage o f my visit t o t he A cademy t o call J o h n S I D O R . A change-of -add ress card has i ndicated m ovement i nt o r et i r ed st a t u s a n d relocati on t o C -Spr i ngs. John i n f or m ed t hat he w as m ovi ng t hr ough t he inter view pr ocess w it h M ar t i n-M ar iet ta . H e also told me t hat w i f e Shir ley had made him the proud father of a son in June. (Planned, I m ight add , to coi ncide w i t h ret ir ement , br ingi ng his f am i ly size to one gi r l , t hree boys.) While I ’m certainly not prone to engage in “ Can you t op that ?” contests, John ’ s f am i ly spr ead , a daughter in t he C lass o f ’ 8 8 a n d a t h r eemont h-old son , cer t ainly mer i ts ment i on and must be t h e r ec o r d f o r t h e class. A ny obj ect ions to t hat statement ?

L ear ned f r om t he A cademy Registr ar ’ s o f f ice t hat t he C l a ss o f ’ 89 i n cludes tw o ot her child ren o f classmates; John W A R D E N ’ S nam esak e,

John IV, and Barry WATTS’ daughter, Stacey. That brings t h e t o t a l t o

six ( ’ 88 and ’ 89) , f our cadet s and 2 cadet tes. Some o f us ar e get t i ng m ighty old or else w e star ted aw f u lly young i n t he f ami ly raisi ng busi ness.

M ent ioni ng Bar ry br i ngs t o m i nd a book he aut hored recent ly , “ Fou n dations of U .S. A ir Doctrine.” It was published by t he A i r U niver si ty

Press this past summer and while Barry does not expect i t t o b e a b est

sel ler , he did tell me t hat t he A cadem y dean lik es i t . A n d w h a t t h e d ea n likes. . . Barry wrote the book as a spare-time proj ect w hi le assigned t o

the CHECKM ATE staf f . He’s currently working in OSD/ Net A ssess m en t .

Just pr ior t o my PC A f r om t he Pentagon , I r an int o Bil l W E I D A w ho ,

it turns out, was also in the departure mode. Bill and f am ily w ere r etu r n ing to the Springs where Bill is j oining the faculty o f C olorado C ollege.

The j ob of fer and location were suf f iciently enticing f or Bi ll t o f orego his

last year of obligator y 0 -6 ser vice t o r et i re as an 0 - 5 . L ea r n ed f r o m anot her source t hat Bill ’ s quali f ications w er e such t o mer it C C ’ s break i ng an u nw ri t ten r ule of not i nvit i ng m il itary ret irees t o j oi n t he f acul ty . C on gr atulati ons and best w ishes!

D ur i ng t he U SA F Research A ssociat es’ O rientat ion cond ucted by

get set t led i n your new car eer s, let me k now w hat you ’ re doi ng.

XOX , one of the more stellar briefings and Q& A periods w a s c o n d u c t ed by none other than that dynamic duo from Long-Range P lanni ng, Bob HA FFA and A 1GRIESHA BER. A s we stood about swapping lies, t hey

H e w r ites: “ I f w e can set aside my small ego , I believe I a m t h e sen i o r member o f our class on a maj or t r unk f lag car r ier ai r l ine, a n d a s su c h w i l l be t he f ir st to check out as a captai n i n October . O ver sever al quiet tequila

assignments: f rom the A cademy faculty to Senior A ir F o r c e F el l o w s a t t h e National War College and now to the Pentagon. They seem to relish being

they are rather cryptic. For those of you who are retiring, a s s o o n a s y o u

A letter from Phil GLENN arrived at the AOG shortly b e f o r e d ea d l i n e .

shots and yards of ale at Fred GREGORY’S launch party a n d m i n i ’ 64 Reunion, Ed BA DENELL planted that seed of thought while F r ed

O L M ST E D and Ron BL I SS plant ed me, despite Ron BL I SS’ e f f o r t s t o pour my shots i nt o t he w at er glass. A nyw ay , t his is an acco mplishm ent o f some note r ank i ng r ight up t her e w it h sm uggli ng a donut o u t o f M i t c h el l H all as a doolie. A lso i mpor tant to note is t hat T om M O R R I S w i l l b e t h e number two capt ai n to check out f inishing i n N ovem ber . W e a r e b o t h pr oudly f lyi ng f or D elta and w il l be 737 captains. T his is pr obably as cl ose to f ighter s as I ’ ll ever get . C ome f ly w i t h us, w e need t he m oney to pay our n ew sa l a r i es. ”

beyond the immediate who are open to constructive inputs. Sen d t h em

your t hought s (A F/ X O X I P , Pentago n) .

Learned from a mutual friend (Mark Torreano, ’68) that Ray C H O JNA CKI is the director of Plans and Programs, DCS/ Intelligence a t 5 t h

A F . Ray and f am i ly ar e enj oyi ng t he Japan scene and w i f e M eg has

recently begun working f or the DOD Dependent School sy st em — o st en

sibly t o f ill i n some o f t hat f r ee ti me now t hat t heir boys are older but i n m a r k et s.

Jer ry “ Sk i ” W ilk ow sk i 14 15 D esa l e St .

P er c en t m e m b er s : 6 8

“ P lans T ur keys” and w elcome any ideas f r om t hose w ho , n o t b u r d en ed by im mediate cr ises, have t ime t o si t back and t hink . A ny such bei ngs i n t he “ real ” A ir Force? Ser iously , w e have tw o classmates visualizi ng

reality to provide trading materials for forays to t h e So u t h K o r ea n

K eep t hose cards and let ter s co mi ng .

V ienna, V A 22 180 H ome: (703) 573-6965 O f f ice: (202) 862-6400

poi nted out t hat t hei r car eer s have mi r r or ed one anot her f or t he past f ew

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T he colum n i n t his issue is bei ng w r it ten in conj u nct ion w i t h t h e 20 t h Reunion st ory . A m t ryi ng to avoid duplicati on but t his w i l l b e t o t h e A O G bef ore t he latter is f i nished , so please bear w it h m e .

Parents’ W eek end at t he A cademy (L abor D ay) w as outstanding. T h e cadets and per manent staf f w ent al l out . I t w as an exper ience f or all con-

C h a t t ed w i t h B i l l W A L L a f ew w eek s b a c k . B i l l ’ s a n att or ney i n nor t h er n V irgi nia, and recent ly has st r uck o f f on his ow n . H e’ s exper ienci ng growing pains right now (more pains than growing) but is opt im isti c about f utur e rew ards f or hard w or k and per severance. B i l l r em a i n s a c t i v e w it h t he W ashi ngt on D C A ir G uar d unit at A ndr ew s and i n f o r m ed m e t hat , along w it h Br ian E ST E R B Y , he w as recent ly selected f o r R eser v e lieutenant colonel . (I nsignia change at t he 2 1-year mar k .) Br ian , w ho set t led i n C -Spr i ngs w it h his f am ily , is an engi neer w it h R& D A ssociates, a local f ir m i nvolved in def ense consult i ng, and f ul f ills h i s R eser v e c o m m i t ment at H Q Space C om mand .

Spoke to Paul WI LKE the other day. Paul is currently t h e a ssi st a n t

chief of M obili ty For ces D ivisi on , D C S P rogram s & Resour ces o n t h e A i r Staf f . H e ar r ived at that posit i on f r om L it t le Rock v i a t h e b a r r a c k s a t Carlisle. Paul relates that the family has adj usted readi ly to t he D .C . area, not an i nsigni f icant f act or consider i ng t hat t hose o f u s w h o h a v e w o r k ed t he Pentagon rarely do .

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C alled H ank BO N D A RU K a f ew days ago . H ank recent ly com pleted t he I C A F course and is now deputy direct or f or A dvanced P r ograms, H Q A FSC / SD P at A nd rew s A FB . H e report s t hat his daughter (C lass o f ’ 88)

has been assigned to “ Fighting Fourth” and is doing h er b est t o r ew r i t e the Bondaruk chapter in the squadron’s history to reflect m or e f avor ably upon t he f am ily name.

Was surprised to receive a change-of-address card f rom

T om

M U RA W SK I show i ng hi m back i n A lexand r ia, V A . T om , as y o u m a y recall , w as t he A i r For ce’ s “ M r . E f f ective W r it i ng.” H e h a d ser v ed t w o

years on loan to the USN trying to teach the squibs t h a t t h er e w er e a l t er native expressions for love and ladies. He followed t hat w i t h a year at the

W hi te H ouse bef ore retu r ni ng t o the A cademy . M idw ay t hr ough last year, “ Dr. Tom” decided to make his move and now is an independent consultant , mar k et i ng “ Bet ter W r it i ng and Speak ing f o r E x ec u t i v es i n G over nment and I ndustr y .” T om pr om ised t hat all his cr itiques of t his colum n w ould be handled pr ivately .

Speaking of independents, the CEO and president of C a m el o t E n t er prises of Pineville, LA is none other than Pete FAZIO, l a t e o f f i v e- si d ed building fame. (To those of you unfamiliar with Louisiana, Pi neville, population 11,(XX), is located close to England A FB, midw ay betw een N ew O r leans and Shrevepor t .) Pete and w i f e D iane, w ho f i l l s a l l t h e o t h er

mundane j obs in the organization, has inaugurated an i n co m e- t a x preparation, tutoring and test preparation business and is teachi ng part

t ime i n two local high shools. H e clai ms t o be busier n o w t h a n h e w a s a t the Pentagon but enj oying himself more. Health is good, adj ust ment problems have been minimal, and Pete sincerely hopes t hat all w ho may be passi ng t hat w ay w i ll st op f or a visit .

A D D R ESS C H A N G ES: W as not i f ied by t he A O G of t he f ollow i ng changes of address: Tom PI LSCH to be the vice commander, 60t h M A W , T ravis (t his may be a repeat but it ’ s w or t h it . G ood luck , T om !) ; A 1 H A M I L T O N to Randolp h t o be t he chief . Pi lot T rai ni ng D ivision ,

HQATC; Bill MA LERBA to HQA FOTEC, Kirtland; Dr. Jim K A L T E N -

BA C H to M oorest ow n, N J; O r v RA M L O to N ellis; V an SA N D E RS t o A PO N ew Y or k 090 11; and Bruce H U N E K E t o V alr ico , F L (bel ieve t hat ’ s M acD il l) . A lso , John JU D D t o Panama C i ty , FL (T yndall ?) ; Stu A L T O N to A PO N Y 09292; John SE L L E RS to M acD ill ; Joe BL EY M A I E R t o Randolph ; M r . W alt D EA CO N t o L at t onda, C A ; H arvey SH E L T O N to I C A F as a student ; and f i nally , bot h P h i l R I C H A R D SO N to A ust in , T X and V ic GE N EZ t o H elotes, T X to begi n t hei r second careers i n t he “ sillyvilian ” w or ld .

FI N A L N OT E : M y o f f ice nu mber has changed . T he W ashi ngto n sw itch (A V N : 227- 120 1-5) w il l connect to it f or a shor t call . W ou ld pref er notes and pictures. W ant to em phasize t hat t here is usually space available on t he change-of -addr ess car ds to indicate w hat you w ill be go i ng at your new locati on . Please i nclude that inf o . A n d w i v es- f r i en d s please take up t he slack . I w i ll have met many of you at the r eunion so my name, f ace w i ll no longer be st range. For you ot hers, c o n su l t t h e ’ 6 5 P olar is. I haven’ t changed much . A nxious to publish every t idbit . W r i te so o n !

Redtags at practice reunion in Washington, D C, last M a r c h .

So mark your calendar and save your pennies for this one — it pr om ises to be another gala event to warm up for the big one i n f a l l ’ 86 .

M A C U PD A T E . Received a new sy let ter f r om Joe SV O BO D A , w h o recent ly ar r ived at Scott f r om A lt us A F B . A t A lt us, J o e w a s c o m m a n d er o f t he 443 T ech nical T rai ni ng Sq uadr o n f or t w o year s; a t Sc o t t h e ’ s c h i e f o f t he For mal Schools D i visi on i n H Q M A C / D OT . Joe w r ites t h a t t w o other classmates are also i n D OT : D enny W A T SO N is t he n ew A F R E S liaison for HQ MA C training, having j ust arrived f rom Rick enback er , w her e he w as t he D O f or a C - 130 Reserve squad r on . Ed T O O L E Y a l so w or k s in D OT as t he chief o f t he Resource M anagement D i v i si o n . E d w a s com mander o f a C - 14 1 squad ro n at N or t on A F B bef or e com i ng t o Scot t .

Jim BO N E Y w as in H Q M A C / A C u nt il j ust r ecent ly . Y ou ’ ll n o w f i n d hi m pou ndi ng t he halls o f t he Pentagon ’ s budget and accounti ng o f f ice.

T hank s f or t he good w ords, Joe. L ost Souls D ept . W hi le vacat ioni ng in C ol orado last A ugust t r yi ng t o escape the Houston heat and humidity, Chris and I rode t he go ndola t o t he top of V ail M ount ai n to do some sum mer hi k i ng ar ou nd t h e sk i t r a i l s.

M uch to my sur pr ise, hi k i ng t he same t r ail w as Bob C L O A R and f am i ly , on holiday f r om For t Sm it h , A R . Bob now has his ow n law pract ice and is a past president o f t he A r kansas T r ial L aw yer s A ssoc. B o b m en t i o n ed h e had seen anot her Redtag law yer . Jack SA N FO R D , w ho i s pr act ici ng i n M ai ne, and f or mer Redtag M i ke W i lso n . M i ke, you may recall , lef t U SA FA early to pur sue a career i n A r k ansas po lit ics a n d i s n o w a m em b er o f t h e st a t e sen a t e .

(E di tor ’s note: See H omecom ing p hotogr ap hs elsewher e in this issue f or instr ucti ons on ho w to order .)

John C asper 16438 L ongvale D r ive H oust on , T X 77059 H ome: (7 13) 488-7856 O f f ice: (7 13) 483-24 11 P er c en t m em b er s: 6 9

PR A CT I C E R EU N I O N . I cont i nue t o get letters and calls a b o u t t h e ’66 Pr actice Reuni on last M arch in W ashi ngt on . Judgi ng f r o m t h e c o r respondence, everyone enj oyed the get-together and agr eed t hat t he pr o gram set up by Dan CECI L and Gary PA LMER was a superb cat alyst f or renew i ng old acquaintances.

H ere’ s one m ore shot o f t he ’66er s in att endance — phot o cour tesy o f A 1 N A D E R . A 1 says he’ s busy t r yi ng to keep t he A F ’ s air li f t pr ogr am s in li ne as chief of R D ’ s A ir li f t and T r ai ni ng D ivision i n t he Pentago n . L i nda and A l ’ s t hree boys are doi ng f i ne: A 1 I I I j ust graduated f r om high school and is goi ng to W ashi ngt on St ate U niv . M i ke t ur ned 14 a n d M a t t h ew i s 2 .

I n case you m issed t he Pr actice Reunio n, D an is w or ki ng on a sequel : A “ 100t h N ight ” ext ravaganza t o com mem orate t he Redtag’ s original 100t h night on 28 Feb 66 ! Because o f weekends and schedules, t he part y w ill be held on 1 M arch 86 — close enough f or gover nment w or k . D an says a “ big name” speaker will be lined up, but refuses to divulge t he identi ty .

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The Cl oar f am ily : f r om lef t, K im ber ly (16) , J ustin (13), Ginelle ( 7) B ob and M ary L y nne.

R U M O RS D EPT , A s o f t his w r it i ng, ’66 has tw o vice w i ng c o m mander s in its r ank s. N ick K E H O E moved up f r om D O o f t h e 1st T F W (F- 15s) at L angley , V A and “ Fast Eddy ” SH I RL E Y has t he #2 spot w it h t he 20t h T FW (F- 11l Es) at RA F U pper H eyf o rd , U K . K eep up t he good w or k , guys. Ryan D E N N Y , f or m er A D O at Pope, is now a t A i r W a r C o l -

lege. Jim FEGA N and wife Mary Ellen are living in Gardiner, M E , w here Ji m is medical dir ect or o f t he r ehabilit atio n unit i n K ennebec V alley M edical C enter . Jef f EGG E is i n SH A PE H Q i n t he A ir O ps sect ion . E d PETERSON moved f rom HQ SA C to HQ 8A F at Barksdale in public af f air s. L ee SM I T H , f or mer ly ops of f icer f r om t he 78 T FS (A - l Os) at RA F

Woodbridge, is now commander of the 602 A SOC in Stuttgart , G E .

Bruce MCBRI DE is chief of EW Operations, 2 ATA F HQ, i n R h ei n dahlen, GE. Paul SHERI DA N works at Pratt & Whitney’s Pal m Beach , FL facility on P& W’s proposal f or the ATF engine. B i l l H O H W E I SN E R moves up within HQ A FSC to run the ATF of f ice for the System s D i r ec torate. Bi ll W A C K E R is chief o f Secur i ty Pol ice at L i t t l e R o c k A F B . A l so

back at Little Rock is Marty A NDRA DE, recently returned f r o m K a d en a .

Ron BROOKS is chief of Safety at H ulburt . Tom KINCA ID i s o n t h e JCS staf f in the Pentagon, worrying over nuclear negotiations. P h i l B RU C E is a st udent at N ati onal W ar C ollege and D or sey P R I C E a n d

wife Joyce now reside in A pple Valley, CA .

A late bul let i n f r om Bill R I L E Y t ell s us t hat t he ’66 H omecom i ng wi ll

be Sept . 25-29, 1986. Room reservations will be scarce. R eu n i o n h ea d quarters will be the Embassy Suites Hotel and we presently h a v e 150

r ooms r eserved . Because t his w i ll be a big convent i on w eek end , w e can only hold the rooms until Jan. 31. To be sure you get a r oom , please send a $50 check made out t o t he E mbassy Suites to Bil l Riley , 960 G r ey Eagle

Circle, North, Colorado Springs CO 80919. Also please i n d i ca t e h o w many will be staying in the room. For more information call Bi ll at (303) 59 8-4 0 7 6 o r A V 6 9 2 - 2 8 1 1.

Many thanks for the letters, photos and phone calls f or t his issue. K eep

’em comi ng !

D an M organ

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L ot hian , M D 207 11 H ome: (30 1) 627-6964

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P er c en t m em b e r s : 59

In A ugust, Bill SA VAGE transferred across the A nacostia R i v er t o ICA F from space planning at Systems Command HQ. Casey, hi s w i f e, is a very successful self-employed interior decorator . T heir son , T ige ( 17) plays rugby and soccer, and daughter Christie (14) d o es d r a m a a n d d a n c ing. When I called, Christie shared with me that the n o i se I c o u l d h ea r i n the background was Bill’s 40th birthday party. . . 40 ! (I ’ m st i ll star t led every time someone mentions me being over 40—and I bet it does t o every one of you, most of us having had that experience by now . W ell , it sur e beats the alternative; and if Bill’s house was any i ndicat ion , t he par ty ’ s

j ust begi nni ng !)

Got a “ quick note” from Bob M UL DROW; quickness of this lengt h

mak es my li f e easy ! T he not e:

“ Just time for a quick note. Dale and I lef t Washington af t er f ive year s to do a swap with Jef f SCHOFIEL D. Jef f spent one year a s A D O a t Grand Forks and said that was enough. He lef t the Paradise o f t h e N o r t h f or a research fellowship at National War College. W e ar ranged it so t hat I could move right into his quarters to relieve him of al l his car pet ing, drapes, etc. Fortunately, Dale and A nne have similar t a st es. C o u l d n ’ t co n v i n ce h i m t o m o v e i n t o o u r t o w n h o u se .

“ I am f inding catching up with all the acronyms (lost f r om t he memory banks by being away from SA C operations f or over nine year s) i s al m ost as big a challenge to me as is flying the B-52 and K C - 135 agai n . I f ind f ly ing the big ones is not quite as easy as getting back on a bicycle, but it i s coming back—j ust slower than I like. “ Last year we caught up a little with f ive classmates. R on B RA D L E Y , the last I heard, was leaving A ndrews for the operations o f f icer j ob at t he U SA F T est P il ot School at Edw ar ds. K now i ng R on , he pr obably f ought t hat one hard— he loves t he W ashi ngt o n desk so much .

“ Dick NEATE wrote a short post card. He lives in Florida a n d h a s a teaching (aero) post down there. They have two children n o w . A s o f l a st spring, he was thinking about moving f rom Daytona to I o w a . “ George and M ary STA GNO came down f rom the Boston area t o spend the better part of a week touring Washington last spr ing. T hey have three children. George is into computer sales to maj or cor porat ions. H e seem s t o l o v e i t .

“ Steve LA NDERS, last I heard, was trying to get a j ob at W r ight-Pat following his tour at the A cademy. He wanted to use h i s ed u ca t i o n w o r k ing in one of the labs there. I really owe him a letter to catch up exact ly w h er e h e i s n o w .

W e should have st ar t ed t his “ class recor d ” busi ness a long t im e ago . O f

course, it grew out of your suggestions. Don H ICKMA N w r o t e t o c l a i m the newest record f or having the youngest child—more o n t h a t i n a m o ment . Don’s been working on nuclear power plants for t he past eight years or so, and even in his traveling, he tends to go to remote places populated by ex-Navy people, such as Canoe U . grads. “ D o w n h er e i n North Carolina, we run into grads of USA FA about every t i m e i t sn o w s (it hasn’t since we’ve been here).” Well, you can’t have ever yt hi ng, D on .

In fact , Don, I ’m af raid you can’t even have the record. L es a n d M a u r a GA BR I E L wr ote t hat T heresa C hr ist i ne w as bor n 10 Sep 85, only t hree days bef ore deadline for this column. Les also claims t he largest age spread of children, almost 15 years, and the most children (seven) o f

anyone in the class on active duty. But he admits the H A U SE R ’ s o v er a l l clan-size record (last Checkp oints) is probably safe. L es and M aura spend a lot of time on family activities—soccer, baseball, volleyball , school plays, band, etc. “ One of the highlights of this year w as buildi ng and r ac ing a ‘soap box’ car with our oldest son—Scott . We d i d n ’ t m a k e i t t o A kron, but had a lot of fun, anyway.” They are at Of futt f o r t h e sec o n d time, following a one-year remote to Korea. That was L es’ f i r st t i m e b a c k with fighter pilots af ter a 12-year break, and he really enj oyed it . L es d oes see Joe BURKE quite often, and occasionlly. Skip PUM PH REY, w h o a r e both working on developing computer systems at HQ SA C. L es w o r k ed closely with Ron BLUM until Ron’s PCS this summer back t o D .C . O h , by the way, Jim PA RKER, ’68, sent me an extra copy of our gr aduat i on ceremony program, and I have another extra, as well . I f any of you w ould like those copies, please let me know. Thanks, Jim; very t hought f ul o f you .

John CA RNEY dropped by f rom the Pentagon. He and his t hree gir ls, Jennifer (11), Christine (9), and Julianne (7) took a vacati on t o D isney World recently, including a side trip to the Cape to see a c o m m u n i c a t i o n s

satellite orbit al lau nch . John w as at t he hospital f ollow i ng up on his Ranch-Hand/ Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam W ar . A s you

probably know, statistically there has been no correlation o f d i sea se o r defects with exposure to A gent Orange. (John’s doing great , t oo .) Fu rt her follow-up physicals for the study were in San Diego in A ugust , and eight of John’ s Ranch H and hooch-mates f r om Bien H ua t ook t h e o c ca si o n t o

get together for a reunion. One of them was John BA RHAUGH , w h o now lives in Tokyo, doing sales and marketing for British Oxygen C om pany .

“ Now, back to us. I f inished up ICA F in June and Dale thought t hat my f ive years dedicated to soccer were finally going t o taper o f f . W as she in error ! I am already helping the 16-and-under team h er e a t G r a n d F or k s. D ale and I are absolutely am azed at all t he so c i a l f u n c t i o n s w e a r e

now invited to. M y O’Club bill will be a shocker . A ll t h r ee k i d s h a v e adapted well to the move, but we’ve never experienced a n o r t h er n t i er w i n t er .

“ A s you probably know, the B-I B is scheduled to come t o G F A F B i n 1987. So, I expect to be here for a couple of winters. “ Forgot about Bruce FREEM A N . He wrote at Christmas t h a t h e ex pected to be coming back to the States this summer eit her t o W ashi ngt o n or Langley. On our way to Grand Forks, we decided to get adven turesome and we took the family on a trip to Germany. W e spent alm ost two weeks driving and train riding all over Germany, F r a n ce , Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein. It was great . A nyhow , I t r ied t o look up Bruce in Ramstein. I f ound Gene LUPIA there, b u t B r u c e h a d gone. He got the same j ob Dale STOVA L L got a few years ago in N ew York City where they get to eavesdrop on the people w h o v i si t t h e U .S . I

can’ t recall t he name o f t he com m it t ee, but it is ext remely prest it ious. T he

way Dale described it to me was (for example) M argaret T h a t c h er d ec i d es to come t o t he Stat es t o visit t he P resident . N or m al ly , sh e w i l l a t t en d a n

evening session with this group to include the Kissingers, H aigs, etc.

Bruce will get to observe these sessions. “ M ust go now. Hopefully my handwriting was reasonably r ea d a b l e .

Stay tuned for my next letter—coming in 1989.” Thanks, B o b !

Peyt and Kay COLE moved to D .C. and are renting Chuck a n d Su sa n HEFLEBOWER’s house. (Chuck had sent Peyt a card about t h e h o u se t o post on the A WC bulletin board at Maxwell , and the t i m ing w as f or tuitous.) I t took Peyt a while to adj ust to wearing a ci v i l i a n su i t t o w o r k each day; he kept reaching for his uniform hat as he l ef t t h e h o u se . H e shuttles between the Pentagon and his j ob as the Senate L egislat ive

L iaison f or t he A F , and has his o f f ice i n t he Senat e Russell Buildi ng. H e t r avel s once a m ont h or m ore, f or i nstance w it h Sen . G raham (R-T X ) t o the B- 1 roll out , and f or t our s o f SA C H Q and of C heyenne M o u n t a i n .

Kay spends most of her time in PTA or other parenting act ivit ies; Geor ge Peyton is in kindergarten a half day now, and Suzy i s in f ir st gr ade.

B o b M A N N i s o n h i s f i r st t o u r i n t h e D .C . a r ea . H e ’ s a target i ng of f i cer at DIA HQ, which the A nacostia natives call the Death St ar , f or r easons apparent to anyone driving past its dazzle beside the Pot omac at night .

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Bob’s daughter, A llison (12), particularly enj oys science, and A my (10)

has her ow n hor se at her gr andad ’ s f ar m . B ob has an I BM -PC , whi ch he is set ti ng u p t o keep t he book s f or his dad ’ s and br ot her ’ s eight-year

automotive business in the area. (D .A .M . A utomotive—would y o u believe?) Bob’s newest recreation is hunting. A lthough h e w a s o n t h e pistol team all those A ll-A merican years, he says that a spor t ing r i f l e i s an entirely dif ferent experience. Nevertheless, he expressed great conf idence that Virginia will be minus one deer by the time you r ea d t h i s .

A OG U pdates: Ji m D U R B I N has m oved t o Palos V erdes E st ates i n L o s

A ngeles. M ike FRA NCI SCO is in M ontgomery, A L . John F I T E i s a t

Scot t . R od W EE K S m oved t o t he Paci f ic, and St u W OO D t o E ur ope.

Pierce TURBIVI LLE is in Fayetteville, NC (do I remember t h a t i s n ea r where he grew up?). Joe RYA N is at M axwell . Gary SCHEIM ER m o v ed to Colorado Springs. Robert DETURK is flying for the 56 0 T F S a t George A FB. Bruce FREEMA N ’S j ob is Military Fellow, C o u n ci l o n

Foreign Relat ions i n N Y , but t heir r esidence is i n H unt ingt on , C N . M i k e L U M BA R D star t ed t he A i r W ar C ollege at M axw ell on 1 July .

Please remember to include me (and the column) on your l i st f o r “ quick notes’ ’ and newsletters as the year ends/ begins. H appy H ol idays!

M a r k T o r r ea n o

7837 G odol phi n D r ive Spr ingf ield , V A 22 153 H ome: (703) 455-89 19 O f f ice: (202) 797-6 163 P er c e n t m em b er s : 60

A s Bruce Spr i ngst een si ngs, “ Back i n t he U SA ! ” W e t ook a long t r i p f r om T okyo to W ash D C via H aw ai i , C Spr ings, and F lor ida, relaxi ng and visit ing relat ives and f riends. L ivi ng out of t he suitcase got old quick ly and w e w ere eager t o sett le dow n af t er 30 days and alm ost 10,000 m iles o f ai r t ravel . W e are now j ust anot her happy subur ban f am ily in Spr i ngf ield , w ashi ng our car , m ow ing t he gr ass and t rying t o m a k e en d s m eet .

Biggest event si nce we last com municated w as D ick C O V EY ’ s i n cr ed i ble, f l aw less and ever pr et ty good per f or mance as pil ot on t he space shut t le f l ight in ear ly D ec. W hi le we did n’ t hear as much a b o u t D i c k a s o t h er s dur i ng t he m ission , he w as tak i ng car e of busi ness mak i ng sur e t he shutt le w as w here it should be and operat ional . I talk ed t o D i c k a f t er w a r d a n d h i s com ment “ space is gr eat ” goes r ight along w i t h t he ’ 68 mot t o , w hi ch w as obviously on D ick ’ s mi nd as t his phot o show s.

O f f ut t A FB , N E involved i n elect r onic w ar f are. Bi ll W OO D w as sent by Hughes Aircraft from Denver to attend the Def ense Systems M anagem ent

Course at Ft Belvoir near here. Bill and family will r et u r n t o D en v er i n Dec. Bill ECKERT turned over his j ob as Vice Pres Bush’s m il it ar y asst t o Doug MENA RCH IK, and is now attending the NATO Defense C o llege i n Rome, I taly. Tony ROBERTSON has his eagles pinned on a n d i s ex ec t o Gen Piot r ow sk i , t he vice chief o f staf f , next door t o E d E B E R H A R T .

M eanw hi le Ji m SEE V E RS has m oved f r om A F/ M P to t he C hief ’ s St a f f

Group, and Bob JOHNSTON is exec to Lt Gen Springer, t h e n ew A F / I G .

Tim DA VIDSON has taken the j ob of class special ops o f f icer , and has organized a great class outing for the Navy game. Tim got a b lock o f tickets for us, and he and Rob REYL ING have planned pre and p ost game gatherings at Rob’s place near A nnapolis. M uch m o r e o n t h i s n ex t co l u m n .

N ew B i rds: T he f ollow i ng air men dazzled t he recent c o l o n el sel ect i o n

board and will assume that rank sometime next year; M i k e BE D N A RZ , Steve BORA H , Jim COCH RA N , Dick COVEY, Bill DENNY, Kerry KI LLEBREW , Buck M cCANTS, Carl M cPHERSON , Roger M OSLEY, C har lie SE I FE RT , and M i lt T A N A K A . Bel ow t he zone w er e B i l l

BEGERT , Charlie COOLEDGE, Bill DRENNA N , Bob DURHA M , B o b

H A GE R , and C huck JO N E S. Super j ob , m en . Be sure t o i ncrease your

donation to the A OG fund this year commensurate with your pay r ai se.

L et ter s: D ick “ gru nt ” EW E R S, U SM C , has been sent rem ote f o r a

year to Iwakuni A B, Japan, after commanding an F-4 squadr on at Beauf ort , SC f or a couple of years. Dick has now spent 15 year s in fighters (anyone out there close?) with over 3,000 h o u r s i n t h e F -4 a n d a year flying the F- 18 as a test pilot . H ope you enj oy Japan , D ick , and t hat your wife and family get over to see you. They would enj oy it .

Got a nice note from M ike STEVENSON bef ore he and Mary l e f t F t M onmouth, NJ in July f or Ramstein A B, Ger, where M ike i s n o w i n t h e Cmd and Control Directorate of the European I nf o Sys D i v a t U SA F E .

M ike, humble soul, wrote not to sing his praises, but t hose of M ar y , w ho has been doing groundbreaking work as a M ilitary Family M em b er Employment Coordinator at Ft M onmouth. Jobsharing this posit i on w it h an A rmy wife since 1983, Mary established a program t hat placed hu n dreds of spouses in civil service and civilian j obs. N at ur al ly , t hi s eases f am ily f i nancial pr essur es and makes f or a m ore sati sf ied ca r eer f o r c e .

The program was so successful that the A rmy is using i t a s a m o d el f o r similar ef forts at other bases. M ary, hope you are able to ex por t t he co n cept to the A ir Force in Germany. M ike also is the pr oud , but pr obably increasingly penniless, father of college freshman C apr ice, w ho enter ed C a t h o l i c U n i v t h i s f a l l i n D .C .

N ew Z i p C odes: Paul C O U SI N S depar ts M oor e, O K to N A T O

A WACS in Geilenkirchen, Germany; Doug EVERTT hikes f r o m Barksdale A FB, LA to Omaha, NE; Dale FRA NZ f rom Prattville, A L t o Charleston, SC; Bob H I LTON lives in Dayton; M ike KING i s h er e i n Springfield from San A ntonio; M ike M OSS gathers no st o n es a s h e r o l l s i nt o Fresno , C A ; Bob PA V E L K O leaves Pease A FB , N H and l a n d s a t

Dyess A FB, TX ; Ed T HOMA S studies at the Natl War College h er e i n DC; and Mark TOR. . . oops, you already know that .

Class Tie Survey: I recently spotted a very interesting t i e i n a C o n n ec

t icut A ve shop t hat might f it t he bi ll f or an in f or mal C l a ss o f ’ 6 8 t i e . I t i s a

good-looking dark blue with diagonal red stripes alternating w i t h diagonal lines of gold rampant lions. Why, you wonder, sh o u l d t h i s t i e arouse your interest? Because the red stripe is actually a n em b r o i d er ed version of our inf ormal motto, to wit : “ Non I llegitimi C a r b o r u n d u m ” o r “ D on ’ t let t he il legit i mi get you dow n .” Each t ie is $17, but I can get it down to $10-$13 per tie in a large order . Please let m e k now by mai l i f you are interested, and include a stamped, self-addressed envelope so I can

send you t he f i nal detai ls. O t her accessor ies are also avai lable; a red or gr een blazer crest w it h a gold l ion ($26.95) , brass blazer but t ons (set o f 9

Col. D ick Covey onboard D iscovery in earth orbit.

Dick felt he was especially fortunate to fly on such a successf ul m ission , one that demonstrated the value of manned space flight . O n e o f D i c k ’ s disappointments was the inability of the pictures and video tapes tak en i n or bit t o capture t he spectacular view s o f t he ear t h , moon and stars they

saw while in space. He was also surprised at the noticeable d et er i o r a t i o n in muscle tone in his legs that occurred in such a sh o r t t i m e i n z er o G .

H ow ever , he real ly enj oyed t he pr ol onged zer o G situat ion a n d f o u n d h e adapted very rapidly and nat ural ly .

A s for the future, Dick hopes his next flight will b e i n l a t e 19 86 a s a m i s sion commander. M ove over Capt Kirk ! From all of your classmates, Dick, thanks for taking us with you in spirit and our admir at ion and pr ide in a j ob well done for the A merican people.

L ocally , Russ W A L K E R leaves t he A ir Staf f t o comm and a n ew u n i t a t

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Bill HA BER reports he and Janice have three boys. Bill i s t h e b a se c i v i l engineer at Dobbins. Janice has j ust received her MSEE degr ee f r om Georgia Tech and now is a research engineer at Bell L a b o r a t o r i es. B i l l i s

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A r ecor d num ber o f let ter s ar rived f or t his issue. G eo f f H A M L I N w r ites t hat he and w i f e Pat and children A ngie and Bil ly are in Scot t sdale, A Z . Geof f specializes in securities law with the Scottsdale of f ice o f a lar ge Phoenix firm and is continuing in the Reserves at the legal of f ice at L uk e

AFB. Two years ago while TDY at M ather A FB he saw Col B er n i e W a x stein. Many attorneys in our class will remember Bernie a s t h e o f f i cer i n charge of the law school program when we were at the Z o o . B er n i e w a s apparently disappointed that Geof f is neither as skinny n o r a s a r g u m e n tative as he was in his cadet days although Bernie i s st i l l b o t h o f t h e a b o v e .

Wildcat PH I LL IPS is at Dover AFB flying C-5s. Wildcat and L ynn have four children. They are anxious to see Tom M CGRA IN a t t h e A i r Force-Navy football game this year. Tom is a flight engi neer w it h Republic A irlines living in A nnapolis, M D. Wildcat is l ook i ng f orw ar d t o seeing many ’69ers now that he is traveling the world in t he big plane. T he ‘Cat family visited with the Don DESSERT family recently.

Don also sent a letter, noting that he is in A irlift Operations as chief , Strat and Tac A lft Ops at the Pentagon. Don and Lynne h a v e t w o teenagers, Kristin and Mark. The Capital Chapter of t he A O G is selli ng 600 tickets to the Navy game. Don informs us that Bill M C G I L L , Jack OVERSTREET , and John DA LLAGHER are all in the same o f f i c e a t PRPFT , Chuck BOYER is at XO, Jim A LLEN is at CVAZ (Vice C h i ef ’ s Staf f Group), Lindsey PA RRIS is at CSA F assistant exec (assistant t o ’68’s Ed EBERHA RT), Dave HAM I LTON is with ATF Special A ssi s tant’s Staf f , Tom CASE is exec to RDQ, George DEFI L L IPI i s a t A i r Force Scientific A dvisory Board, Steve HA RRINGTON is at Pope A FB ,

Skip DALEY is at AWC, and John BUCKNER is an F-5 salesman f o r U SA F .

A pparently Ed WEISE feels I have been practicing a li tt le bit o f yel low j ournalism in my previous columns. The photograph of Ed publ ished i n a previous column including strange protrusions from Ed ’ s sk ull is, accor d ing to Ed, a doctored photograph. Ed has submitted w h a t h e ca l l s a n unaltered photograph including Ed and a few friends dow ning a f ew beer s at the First A nnual Capital AOG Dark Ages Beer Call . A lt hough ’69 w as the most represented class at this function, Ed is st ill appeali ng f or mo re member s of our class to t ur n out f or t hese af f ai r s.

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team! Congratulations Bill !

M ic JA CKSON is a mathematics professor at Earlham College. H i s wife Sandy and daughter Emily love the collegiate life. T hey ar e less t han one hour from Dayton and would like to hear f rom any f r iends t raveli ng through Wright-Patterson A FB. Captain Dale Noyd, the psychology in structor (and F-l OO pilot) at USA FA , is one of his colleagues at Ear lham .

John E D W A R D S is at O SD and is t he chief o f t he I ndividual T r ai ni ng

Data Branch. His hobby is scuba diving. John’s primary saf ety technique is to always send a lawyer down first to check for shar k s. H e explains t hat shar k s w on’ t bite t hem — out o f pr o f essional cour t esy ! T h a n k s J o h n . A c cording to John, Kit BUSCH I NG is working at Disneyworld as chief pi lot

f or the Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride. A ny rebuttals K i t ? J o h n h a s a true hardship assignment . He has to work in the civilian of f ice buildi ng adj acent to the University of Central Florida and is f o r c ed t o w ea r c i v i l i a n clot hes to w or k . I n addi t ion , it takes alm ost an hour to dr ive to D ayt ona B ea c h !

Jim PETEK is attending Defense Systems M anagement College. J i m i s looking f orward to his new assignment at A SD. Jim and Pat SI SSO N j ust m a d e L t C o l . H e a l so n o t es t h a t B a r t T U C K E R i s a n 0 - 6 and t hat C apt

Lyndi BA LVEN (wife of Terry) is also at the Defense Syst em M anage ment C ol lege.

D on G A R R I SO N is seni or scient ist w it h Science A pplicat ions I n t er n a

tional Corporation at Fort Walton Beach, FL . Don is i n v o l v ed w i t h weapon system development analysis.

Denny JONES is a first of f icer with PSA and is in the R eser v es a t

M arch f l yi ng C - 130s.

St eve RA M SD E L L w r i tes f r om G r i ssom t hat he is t he chief , St a n / E v a l D ivi sion . Steve and L aur a have t hree chi ldr en , M ar c, Jef f and K i mber ly .

John WA RNER is a plant manager with the Cryovac Division o f W . R .

Grace & Co. in Simpsonville, SC. He is a maj or in the Reserves doi ng L O

w or k f or A FA and ROT C . John has been j oi ned i n Sout h Car olina by Ron O L D S w ho r ecent ly ar r ived i n G r eenvil le w i th his f ami ly w it h t he m ove o f M icheli n H Q f r om L ong I sland .

Doug SCHOTT became a Lt Col recently as chief . Continuity of O ps Planning at the A ir Force Emergency Operations Center near For t Richie, M D . H e and June have a daughter , T r acie, and a son , C hr is. D oug reports that Gary HOE tests nukes in Nevada while stationed at K ir t land , NM .

Rick SELTZER is president of Royal A merican Management , I nc. , an apartment development , construction and management b u si n ess i n Panama City, FL . Rick has two children, T rent , age 12, and C at her i ne, age 9. Rick reports that Don RA KEST RA W is an F-16 squadron c o m

mander at L uk e, A 1 L E L A N D i s on hi s w ay t o H omestead f or F-4 RT U , D ave D A N I E L S is i n I daho at a nuclear t rai ni ng f aci lity , L ar r y ST E L L M O N has been t hr ough Rick ’ s ar ea a couple of t i mes w i t h t h e T hu nderbir ds and John M A RT I N is i n C asper , W Y w it h an oi l company .

For t hose w ho haven ’ t hear d , L ar ry S. i s t he team leader o f t h e T - B i r d s .

C ongrats L ar r y !

Finally, on a more serious note, Ron Lanman has requested t h a t I publicize a growing ef fort to memorialize Val BOURQUE w h o w a s t h e

From lef t are Ed Weise, J.P. Boyer, Jimmy H ogan, Woody Clar k, J oe

f ir st A i r For ce A cademy gr aduate k il led i n com bat . D ue t o t he space li mit at i ons in t his colum n I w ould ask any one i nterested i n a d d i t i o n a l i n f or mat ion on t his idea cont act me and I w ill f orw ard y ou some in f or m a tion that Ron has provided me. I f space permits I will pr ovide addit io nal i n f o r m a t i o n i n t h e n ex t i ssu e .

Tut tle, R on L o ve and B ob P aine.

Randy HERBERT is at RA A F Base Richmond, A ustralia. H e i s D E T

6 19 M A SS com mander and is responsible f or suppor t air li f t t o A u st r a l i a .

Randy and Becky celebrated their 16th anniversary this Ju ne. T hey have five daughters! Randy, Becky and the kids are having a great ti me D ow n U nder . Randy repor t s Bar ry C L I N E and Jef f W I SE are a t F r a n k f u r t a n d

M i c h a el L . R o se 10 1 1 V en u s D r i v e

H ickam . Bot h Ron and Randy w ear si lver leaves.

Steve H O P K I N S w r i tes f r om T or rej on t hat T er ry SC H W A L I E R a n d Steve became ops of f icers of t he 6 14t h and 6 12t h T FSs, r espect ively , t his July. Terry and Steve ran into A 1 LELA ND at I ncirlik w hen t hey w ere m i ssi o n d i r ec t o r s f o r t h e O R I a n d N A T O T a cE v a l . A 1 w as par t of t he I G team . Steve notes t hat it w as purely a coincidence that t he t eam gave t he wing the first Excellent rating given in USA FE in over 10 year s. Scot t BE N C H has also been t o T or rej on sever al t imes aggr essi ng against

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T he 15t h Reunion is alive and w ell ! O n July 25 I mailed 6 5 6 i n v i t a t i o n s t o t he member s of our class using a set o f mai li ng labels f u r nished by t he A O G . 1 r eceived 84 posit ive replies, 16 r egr et s and 2 1 l et t er s w er e r et u r n ed undel iver able. A t a meet i ng w i t h Jack T R I M BL E and L oren

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A I NSWORTH , and by maj ority vote of the 84 positive repl ies, i t w as decided t hat w e should meet i n C olorado Spr i ngs N ovem ber 8- 10 t o w a t ch A i r For ce beat A r my . I f anybody receives t his issue of Checkp oin ts

before that weekend and hasn’t made reservations, please co n t a ct m e i m

mediately . I look f or war d t o seei ng all of you t hat ca n m a k e i t a n d w i l l repor t t he outcome i n t he next issue.

R el o c a t i o n n ew s si n ce t h e l a st i ssu e i s a s f o l l o w s: T i m SH A R K E Y —

M ontgomer y , A L ; Steve M A C I SA A C — FPO N ew Y or k 095 10; B o b C H A M BE RS — M ary Est her , FL ; T om G RA C Z Y K — Oak to n, V A ; Paul BA U E R — San Jose, CA ; Ron K E L L Y — A lexandr ia, V A ; H ar ry A RNOLD — Highland Ranch, CO; and Gary GUM BERT — Yong San , K o r ea .

T he replies I received co ncer ning t he reunion contai ned a w h o l e b u n c h o f cl a ss n ew s w h i c h I w o n ’ t b e a b l e t o a cco m m o d a t e f o r o b v i o u s r ea so n s .

I do f eel com pelled t o ment ion at least o ne let ter , f r o m D a v e P E R R O N i n

Europe, who promised to have a “ Ramstein Special” at t h e sa m e t i m e w e are celebrating our 15th. Dave is keeping good company t hese days, namely, Rick TUSETH , Chris CLA RK, Mark EWIG, George M O N R O E and Dick A L LA IN. Dave recommended the wine (minus the A u st r i a n tainted ant i- f reeze) , t he beer , t he schni tzel and t he staf f j obs at HQ U SA FE and H Q A A FC E . T hank s f or t he letter , D ave, and f o r t h e v o t e o f co n f i d en ce .

I should pr obab ly mention at least t hree more item s o f i n t er est b e f o r e gett ing back to t he A r my game. Bob V A U G H N has been assigned t o t he US Naval Academy as an instructor in the Department o f C hemist r y .

C huck REE D has been named a vice pr esident of the San J o se C h a m b er o f C o m m er ce .

turning to the RegA F in a few weeks and will be stationed at Geor ge A F B .

A s usual t hough , he’ s w or k ed over ti me t o collect t he f ollow i ng t idbi ts: Rich RUSHENBERG lives in Omaha. His wife, Chris, had a lit t le gi r l i n A pril . Swinging through Redf ord, TX (that’s not something I d o ever y day !) Paul helped Ri c M A RT E N SO N ‘ war m ’ his new house. R i c i s a flight examiner for A merican A irlines, and is practicing l a w o n t h e si d e .

R uss H U FFE R is a plant manager f or G uar dian I ndust r ies i n C or sicana, TX where they’re pushing the state of the art in glass i nsulat ion . For y ou trivia buf fs and soap opera aficionados, Russ’s wife Peggy is L ar r y FLETCH ’s sister . Larry is finishing his residency in opt hom ology i n San Francisco. Dave BRIGMA N, who has been flying as a DC-9 copi lot , has transitioned to the DC-l O’s third seat and is currently loggi ng som e t r ansA t lant ic ti me. A ndy M A T A RE SE i s chief o f O f f icer P r ocurem ent a t

M PC and Tom CURRY is returning to the Zoo after finishing h i s d o c torate in math. Evidently, Tom has developed a statistical m et h o d f o r predicting the path of hurricanes that is j ust uncanny. Fi nally , Fr ank

M O RGA N and Paul H A M I L T O N ar e now stat i oned at t he A i r St a f f af ter a sti nt t oget her at one o f t he i nt er m ed iate ser vice sc h o o l s. J i m

DOWNS was also in ISS and is now working in A FNORTH .

A few other classmates have recently discovered the j oy of writing.

Jake HUFFMA N has recently left System Command Headquarters a n d moved with wife Cindy and sons Kyle and Brett to sunny M ontgomer y and a year at ACSC with Buth LEROY. Jake’s replacement as Seagr am Seven’s representative in Southern M aryland is Joe (Bet ty) R I P PO L E .

Bill KUBIDA wrote f rom his of f ice in Tokyo where he i s i nt ellect ual pr o perty counsel (patents, trademarks, etc.) for Nippon M ot or ola, I nc. Gar y BA RNGROVER is flying 727s for TWA out of Chicago, and D ick y BR I M S is assistant ops o f f icer f or t he 20t h SO S at H ur lbur t . D oug

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This summer’s change-of-address cards are still flowing i n . D a v e SCHUTT has moved from USA FE to Eglin, Dale A UTRY from O f f u t t to Dyess, and M ike HA NSEN from Ft . Bragg to Camp Smith, H I . M a r k SUCHER is staf f j udge advocate f or the Western Space a n d M i ssi l e

C enter at V andenberg . L ast , but not least . Bi ll and C l a u d i a C O L E M A N have m oved t o L os A lt os, C A .

T hat ’ s all f or now . T hank s f or all t he car ds and letter s. K eep i t up .

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Finally, it was an extreme pleasure hearing f rom Tom REE L , w ho con fessed that he hadn’t written before, but made up for it by sendi ng us t he photo above taken in A ugust in Tarrytown, NY. Tom j oined t he V i rgi nia Symphony in Norfolk in October 1984. He spent seven year s at t he University of Kansas in Lawrence studying music (’75 t o ’ 82) f oll owed by two years in an orchestra in west Texas before winning hi s pr esent posi tion last fall. Tom, thanks for taking the time to let us know where you

ar e and w hat you are up t o . A nd t hank s to all t he ot her cont r i buti ng editors this time around! Hope to see everybody at t he A r my game.

Ralph Getchell

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I t ’ s always nice to r ecognize a classmate w ho does especially w ell in his

chosen profession. While ’71 has certainly had its sh a r e o f m o v er s a n d

shak er s, a recent standout cer tai nly deserves ment ion . I n J u n e o f t h i s sum nmer , L t C ol Jim SA N D ST RO M assumed com mand of t he F - 16

equipped 340th Tac Fighter Squadron. Congratulations! I ’ m cer t a i n t h e Tigers will do well with you in the lead.

Once again, the correspondent of the quarter award goes to Paul KNOTT . Paul called the other day to let us all know t h a t h e w i l l b e r e44

STOLL who left the A F in ’81 with some kidney problems is now doing well with T RW out of Redondo Beach, CA . He recently a c h i ev ed h i s m a j ority as a Reservist with Space Division. Doug also m en t i o n ed t h a t R o n PA RSON is living a hermit’s life in Santa Rosa, writing computer book s

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Christmastime is f ast approaching, and we’re all trying t o guess w hat type of tax reform we’re facing for 1986. I ’ve f ound out t hat , on t he average, I don’t work any more hours per day now than I d i d w h en 1 w a s in the A ir Force — it’s j ust that now I work seven days a w eek .

There ain’t much in the mail bag, so there ain’t much t o say her e. I t ’ s an unf ortunate fact of life that we can only work with w hat w e’ ve got .

A nn STOVER (a.k .a. M rs. Smokey) dropped in a letter f r o m t h e G a r d e n State (New Jersey) where Smokey is back with A merican A i r l i n es a f t er b e i ng an I P at A ltus, O K .

A s if there’s not enough to worry about in flying the c o m m er c i a l skyways, Dan VICIA N and Warren SCH EI D are Eastern A irlines pi l ot s.

Dan and Linda live in New Jersey, and Warren and Maggie a r e i n Y ar dley , PA .

A nn also passes on word that Pete M CCA RTHY (one of t h e f ew o f u s known to have downed a few brew in my father’s tavern back in I ndiana) is in Norf olk, VA (but she doesn’t say whether he has an ho nest j ob or j ust works f or the government); Bill and Ginny COLWEL L a r e a t R A F M ildenhall ; and Rick and Patt i W I L L I A M S are som ew here in M aryland .

A nn demands t hat I go t rack dow n f ell ow mem ber of t he D en v er a n d C ol or ado Bar , D ave K E R BE R , and have a beer f or her . Bei ng t he ob lig ing type, consider it done.

I got another one of those ‘ ‘M r. M ancuso” letters, w hich usually means I ’ve won either (i) a trip to Hawaii, or (ii) a new car , or (i ii) steak

knives, if I only go tour some condo in Backwater, C o l o r a d o . B u t t h i s o n e

came f r om C at her i n L E E , w ho w r ote because Scot t k now s b et t er o r couldn’t find the right color crayon. They are still at V ander ber g, but

their three years are up in January and the big question i s ‘ ‘ O m a h a o r not?” (Nebraska j oke time: The only thing good to come o u t o f N eb r a sk a

is I nterstate-80, or: The University of Nebraska burned dow n , and bot h books were destroyed — which was too bad, since one o f t h em h a d n ev er been colored in .)

Scott is f inishing up a master’s in public administration, b u t h a s f o u n d enough time in the private sector to have four kids.

Other than that , it ’s j ust the usual change-of-address ca r d s. R i c h W I T

T E RS is i n W heat on , I L w her e he’ s pr oj ect dir ect or f or t he C hicago M er chandise M ar t Rehabi litat ion , a big j ob t hat deser ves k ud os. Roger

NA SH is at Hq. TAC and living in Hampton, VA . Les HAA F i s a t A P O

N Y 096 11-5363, w hich is a lot o f num ber s t o me. M r . & M r s. D . D .

ST A C H E L SK I are at A PO N Y 09057-537 1, so maybe t hey ’ r e neighbor s.

Phil NORTH is at Langley A FB, VA . Erik WINBORN is in Spr i ngf ord ,

VA . Tom M I L LER gets to be in M ontgomery, A L , which so u n d s l i k e

which the quotation is taken. Good luck to all you t r ivia bu f f s (t hat goes f or you Jon E L L E R and T odd L A V I G N E) .

N ow f or t he new s. C r aig L A D Y (L inda) sent m e a bi r t h a n n o u n c e m e n t .

Craig thought he’d better confirm the birth since it appeared i n t he su m mer i ssue. C r aig and L i nda had a 5 lb ., 14 .5 oz. gir l on 17 Ju ly and named her L aur en C hr ist i na. C o ngrat ulati ons! T hey l ive in H er shey , PA and welcom e any choco holics to give t hem a shout w hen i n tow n . C r aig is a f l ight o f f icer f or U .S. A i r and L i nda is a nu rse i n t h e n eo n a t a l i n t en si v e car e unit at H er shey M edical C enter . I w onder i f L inda g o t a c o m p a n y discou nt on t he deliver y? C raig M A C P H E RSO N (Pat) sent in a phot o o f

a motley crew — the “ psychedelic seven.’ ’ They f inished 2 8 t h o u t o f 13 6

team s i n t he 1985 72-mi le T ahoe Relays. W ay t o go . C r aig and 1 bow led i n t he same league at W r ight -Pat .

school , and so is D ave M cL A U G H L I N , w ho i s at A C SC .

Brian BINN is going from a C-141B at McGuire to AFSC at N or f ol k , V A . D ean FO X is out of For t Fum ble (t he Pentagon) and i n t o A C SC a t Maxwell. Marty JA YNE is also at a PSC Box at A PO NY 0 9 0 5 7 - 5 37 3 .

E r ic N E D E RGA A R D is anot her sou l at M ontgomer y af ter leavi ng Bit burg.

A nd t her e’ s m or e! Bil l FA U C H E R is now at A PO N Y 09 109-5362. (D o

you guys have the creativity to put this stuf f in real-world?)

Regi nald PA RK S has eit her j ust lef t (w hich w ould be good new s) or has j ust ar r ived at (w hich w ould be bad new s) — are you ready — N or t h Pole, A K . 1 can’ t t ell f r om his car d , w hich j ust says “ A ut hor ized T i m e f o r F o r wardi ng H as Expired .’ ’ A ndy and Joyce G E SSN E R have j oined a bunch o f people at M ontgomer y . John and Paulet te RO E have gone f r om V acaville to Fair O ak s, C A . Rich C A RSO N is i n M t . H olly , N J . E d SEA R L ES is in Red mond , W A . T om M EA D is in L ancaster C A , and j oining us on the sunny side out of Clear A FS, A K is A r t O L SO N , at Peter son A FB , C O .

I ’ m af raid ot her t han t hat t r ivia. I ’ m tapped . W hile listening t o Phalcon Phootball on t he radi o last w eek , I did hear a m en t i o n t h a t a n ast ronaut f r om t he C lass o f ’ 59 (w ho shall go nameless h er e b eca u se w e a l l k now w ho w e ar e) shar ed t he Jabara A w ard a f ew year s ago w i t h N eil C O Y L E . I ’ m n o t su r e w h et h er B en “ H a t i n t h e A i r ’ ’ M a r t i n w as mak i ng t he poi nt that gr aduates are ast r onauts on t he shutt le, or w het her t hey w er e j ust dr oppi ng names.

A nyway, have a good Yule, and drop us a few Christmas cards w it h pix of a w i f e and k ids, so w e can beef up t his d r ivel . H ave a good ’ 86.

The “psychedelic seven ” include, f rom lef t, Brian M acPherson (2005) , Craig M acPherson ( ’73), Willie Kasson ( ’72), Scott M il ls ( ’73) , D oug

F r ost ( ’74) , E d Z er am bo ( ’75) , D ar ry l (tok en non-zoom ie) , a n d E r i c l anacone ( ’72) .

T om REA M (N ancy) called t o let m e k now he is depar ti ng M P C f o r

McGuire A FB to fly a C-141 again. Once at M cGuire (assuming h i s O E R Rick K arvosky 5303 K it ridge Road D ayt on , O H 45424 H ome: (5 13) 237-7342 A V : 7 8 5-4 5 52

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is already signed) , T om i nt ends t o sub m it 20 suggest i ons to i m pr ove t he

military personnel system. Could it be Tom waited until h e l ef t so h e

w ou ld n ’ t have t o st af f his ow n suggest i ons? T om ment ioned B i l l SW A N (N ancy) i s at t he Pentagon . Bil l also picked up a new nick name w hile f l y ing F-l l l s — “ Swandog.’ ’ Scott M IL LS (Jean) is also at t he Pentagon .

H e lef t f or W ashi ngt on af ter r eceiving his m aster ’ s f r o m A F I T . H e a n d I ran several l OK races in D ayt on . I alw ays hated cr ossi ng t h e f i n i sh t o see

Scott already on his second beer ! Don MEI STER (Shelly) l e f t M P C f o r

Now that the pen, or should I say A pple, has been passed t o me, I begi n to wonder if I spoke too soon. I haven’t changed a b i t si n ce t h e Z o o — I still open mouth and insert foot before I think . With your suppor t and a tot of tuck , I hope to continue to produce the quality o f C l a ss N ew s you’ve all become accustomed to. A s near as I can tell, I ’ m t h e sev en t h class scr ibe. I hope t o w r ite t he colum n more t han D ave G E SSE RT (Sher i)

did (only once) but should run out of words long before F r ed K N O W L E S (Patricia) did (23 editions). Wade KEA RNS (Sharon) t o l d m e t h e h a r d est part of the j ob is getting inputs from classmates. I f I h a d a d o l l a r f o r everytime I promised to call or drop a line and didn’t , I w o u l d n ’ t h a v e t o dream of w i nni ng t he O hi o L ot t o !

Writing the column really drives home the importance of inputs. W hat I ’m really saying is — HELP! To make things a bit more int er esti ng, I propose two contests, one — a USA FA trivia contest , t he ot her — guess that quote. Each column will have a trivia question concer ni ng the Z oo and also a quotation. The first to call or write (postmark date) w it h t he cor rect answ er f or each , w il l be t he w inner . T he w i nner s w i l l b e a n nounced in the following column. The only stipulation is, you must give me some inf or m at io n about you r sel f or any o f ou r classmates, pr ef erably both. What do you win — j ust the satisfaction of winning, seeing your name i n the C lass N ew s (f or some o f you , it could be t h e f i r st t i m e si n ce

graduation!), and the j oy of keeping your classmates i n f o r m ed . I w i l l choose the quotations but will accept “ validated” pieces o f t r i v i a f o r f u t u r e c o l u m n s.

T he f i rst t r ivia quest ion is: W hat pict ure is on page 2 10 o f t h e 196 9 - 70

Contrails (Vol . 15)? The first quote is: “ The anatomical j uxtaposit ion o f

t w o o r b i cu l a r i s o r i s m u sc l es i n a st a t e o f co n t r a ct i o n ? ” Y ou must give t he

author, subj ect of quote, and the title of the book (i f appr opr iate) f r om

Saudi A rabia. H e br ought his f am ily w it h him . D on and Shel ly are al so avid r unner s. I not iced several o f Shelly ’ s t r ophies t h e l a st t i m e I h a d d i n n er w i t h t h em . Sco t t M C L A U G H L I N i s a t A r m ed F o r ces Staf f C ollege.

W ayne ST A N BE R RY i s f l ying i n t he T est W ing her e at W right-Pat . G ive me a shout W myne. D on FO R RE ST E R is st il l f lying f or U n i t ed a n d B o b E A M E S is st il l w it h PSA . T om w i ll be f l yi ng i n t he same squadr on as Roy BA SS. G ene F RO D SH A M is st i ll w or k ing i n San F ranci sco .

Tim BEA LL Y (Yong) teaches here at the School of Civil E ngi neer i ng w i t h me. For all you “ D i r t ’ ’ maj or s, do you r emember C aptai ns N ay and R ichards? W ell , it is now C olonel N ay , t he dean . L tC ol R i c h a r d s w a s t h e a sso c i a t e d ea n u n t i l h e r et i r ed l a st su m m er . H e a n d I m et a t T h u l e A B

w hile I w as on t he SA C I G T eam . H e never f or gave m e f or t he r at i ngs he ear ned . 1 also inspected C olonel Schu ltz (a maj or at t he Z oo , now r et i red) w hile at G ri f f iss A F B . W hen I lef t t he I G T eam , I w as hopi ng t o leave t hose tw o year s behi nd . W hen I got here, I lear ned m y r at i ng o f f icial w as a maj or I inspected and who didn’t fare very well. I n f act , t her e w er e f ive people assigned here that I had inspected. Needless t o say , i t w as very chil

ly around here for awhile. Tim gave me some updated i n f o r m a t i o n . D a v e A D E RH O L D is at Peter so n A FB . Steve W A L L E R is playi ng c i v i l

engineering at Kunsan A B. Rus GI LBERT is on the civil engi neer ing staf f

at t he Pentagon . V ik N E N O RT A S is at t he I nt er nat ional L ogist ics C ent er here at W r ight-Pat .

Some bi ts o f i nf or m at ion t hat I ’ve picked up . Jon E L L E R (D ebi) is w or k i ng on t he def ense o f his d isser tat ion . O nce done, h e ’ l l r ecei v e h i s PhD i n E nglish . I hope he isn ’ t check i ng my w or k f or pr oper E ngli sh .

G ood luck Jo n , and w or k har d , t he A ir F orce does not n eed a n o t h er A B D (all but dissertation). Rick JOH NSTON (Debbie) is back f l yi ng BU F s at U PT — maybe he got hit i n t he head once t oo many w hi le boxi ng at t he Z oo . O uch , get i t R ick ?

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Change-of-address cards: Charles A M BROSE to Temple H il ls, M D ;

M ik e

W A L K ER

(Shar on)

to

M axw ell

A FB ;

Bill

RIT T ER

to

Spangdahlem A B; Bob PA L I NG (Renee) to Wareham, MA ; C h r i s TA RA VELLA to Detroit, M I to work for Chrysler; Bob A L L E N (D eb bie) to Of futt A FB; Ed HA WKINS to Hahn A B; Gerry HENNI NGSEN to W r ight-Pat ; D on OT T I N G E R t o M axwell A FB ; and H ar old B A R T O N to Spr ingf ield , V A .

Well folks, that’s about it f or my first issue. I f I got anyt hing w r ong or didn ’ t put your w i f e’ s nam e i n , i t ’ ll be an excu se f or you t o call or w r ite t o me. Remember , many of your f r iends w ou ld li ke t o hear about you so

is better than the “ E” rides at Disneyland. Even better again is d oi ng t hat with a ’77 grad as the new pilot up f ront . I t seems t hat Bi ngo and T aco

JO H N SO N , U SA FA ’ 77, ar e t he f i r st A F cr ew t o land a T o m ca t o n a c a r rier. See the accompanying photo of our dauntless heroes. A ll i n all , i t looks like Bingo, wife Peggy, and son A lex seem to be enj oyi ng t hei r

unusual tour as exchange folks with the Navy.

sen d t h o se c a r d s a n d l et t er s a n d f eel f r ee t o ca l l m e a t h o m e o r w o r k .

D on’ t f orget t he t r ivia and quotati on contest !

M i k e C a r t er

2263 P tar m igan L ane

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 H ome: (303) 593- 1480

A V : 2 5 9 -4 1 12

P ercent mem bers: 37

ST A R T ER S: A s you are readi ng t his ar t icle, I w ant al l of you to close your eyes and remember w hat w inter s w ere li k e i n C olorado . N ow f orget all the good thoughts and f ocus on the ice crystals blow ing i n your f ace,

the f rozen feet at f ootball games, and those cold noon m ea l f o r m a t i o n s.

That ’s what its like right now at USA FA , so forget al l t he w i nter nostalgia and r emem ber t he cold har d f act s. A ll t hat aside, t his w a s a g r ea t q u a r t er for mail . I even got several entries for our prestigious, maybe even i n

famous, “ M ost Unusual Job’ ’ contest . So enough of this so - ca l l ed h u m o r

and let ’ s get dow n t o some hard i nf or mati on .

Fir st o f all , I am no longer t he leader i n t he m ost i nt eresti ng j ob con test . I r eceived tw o ent r ies, bot h of w hich seem t o b e r ea l c o n t en d er s. T h e f i r st ent ry comes f r om K en D iP R I M O . I t seems t hat K en i s st a t i o n ed

t h r ee m i l es n o r t h o f t h e I sr a el i / L eb a n ese b o r d er a s a U N t r u ce o b ser v er .

H is wife, Rosie, and daughter, Theresa (8 yrs old), reside in N ahariyya, I sr ael , w hich is j ust f ive m iles sout h o f t he same b o r d er . T h e b o t t o m l i n e

is that Ken has only an eight mile commute to work. W h a t a d ea l ! T h e DiPRI MOs came to this j ob f rom ACSC and are destined f o r E l m en d o r f after a short stay in Cairo and a little observing in the Sinai . Don’t forget t o check t he accompanyi ng pict ure o f K en i n his BD U s a n d U N b l u e b er et enter i ng t he “ o f f ice” at t he O bser vat io n Post L A B .

“ Bingo ” M cClean and “ Taco ” Johnson af ter their victorious r i d e.

By publicat ion t i me all ent r ies w il l have been received , so w a t c h t h i s co l u m n f o r t h e a n n o u n cem en t o f t h e w i n n er i n t h e n ex t i ssu e .

FOLKS: Several of the letters received have some updates o n

classmates so here goes. Rick BO Y D has lef t U SA FA and is on his w ay t o A C SC . H e should be enj oyi ng gol f and su n by now . M ik e H A L P I N h a s

returned to A FIT . Phil WA LKER has changed from blue u n i f o r m t o b l u e

j eans and is a civil ian i n C ali f or nia. M i k e SC H M I D T and Ral ph L I N Z M E I E R are st ock br ok er i ng i n t he L A area. H ow ie D E U N K a n d C h a r l i e JU ST I Z ar e f l yi ng T -38s f or N A SA . P hil I N SC O E has also exper ienced a change in career goals and is a civilian in D enver . A big event recent ly oc c u r r ed f o r T o m H E N R I C K S . H e w a s sel ec t ed o n t h e l a st N A SA b o a r d f o r

STS duty. Space Shuttle that is. Far Out ! Sorry but I c o u l d n ’ t r esi st .

C h u ck L A T H A M w r i t es f r o m C a l i f o r n i a w i t h so m e n ew s. H e, his wi f e, and f ami ly o f t hr ee boys ar r ived back i n t he states f r om t he P hili ppi nes.

He is on the staf f of 22A F at Travis A FB. He reports t h a t t h er e a r e t w o o t h er c l a ssm a t es t h er e . I t seem s t h a t T o m C O U L D E N a n d his f am i ly have

j ust ar r ived f r om A lt us A F B and that T om W A T SO N is t h e n ew a ssi st a n t

ex ec u t i v e o f f i cer t o 2 2 A F / C C . J . J . D U R A N a l so w r i t es f r o m T r a v i s. H e

is also embedded on the 22A F staf f in NA FCOS (Numbered A i r F o r c e Combat Operations Staf f). He and his family have recently m o v ed f r o m D yess A FB t o C ali f or nia. H i s f am ily consi st s of w i f e D en i se a n d n ew

daughter A shlee Lynn (0032L , 29 Jul 85). J.J. writes t h a t B i l l J O N E S h a s moved to Wright-Patterson A FB with his family Nancy, K ir st i n , and

C raig. H e also repor ts t hat he saw D o n EA ST M E A D at H ahn A B , G er m any w here he ser ves as chief o f Pediat r ics i n t he hospt ial .

Dino SCHWEITZER, wife Suzy, and son Curtis have arrived h er e a t USA FA . Dino will be serving on the computer science f acu lty and also as department research director. A change-of-address card f o r B o b B U R N SIDE shows him on the roles of the A rmy Command and G en e r a l St a f f

C ollege. Bil l JO N E S has m oved f r om T exas to O hio . John G A R L A N D

has moved from Langley A FB to Wetumpka, A L . M y guess i s f o r A C SC .

A f arewell note t o Ji m M cC L U RE . Jim has lef t U SA FA f or Beale A F B , C A . Bob W I L L I A M S has m oved nor t h f r om C al i f or nia t o W ashingt o n state. A not her move has been made by Rober t R I V A S. H e is cur rent ly

located in Western Springs, I L . Craig A NDERSON is now o n t h e st a f f o f HQ USA F in the Preventive Law Program. Finally, Steve a n d J u l i e

The next entry comes f rom “ Bingo” McCLEA N . Bingo has b een ser v ing since Oct 83 as an exchange of ficer with the Navy i n V F- 124 , N A S M iramar, San Diego. He is an instructor radar intercept o f f i c er i n t h e

F- 14 and says t hat t he only d i f f er ence betw een A F blue and N avy blue f ly i ng is t he take-o f f s and landi ngs. H is exact com ment is “ A nybody out there want t o t ry t o land a 51,000 lb . air plane on a landing ar ea 75 ' x 250 ' f l oat i ng in a l ot o f very deep , very dar k w at er at 2 330 o n a m o o n l ess night?” No thanks! To add to it . Bingo sits in the back seat w it h no f l ight cont r ols t ryi ng to teach new pi lot s how to do car r ier landi ngs f or t he f i rst ti me. H e also says t hat tak i ng o f f t he f r ont o f t he b o a t i n f u l l a f t er b u r n er

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H O RN have retur ned t o t he m ot her land and are at home i n C o l o r a d o Spr i ngs.

CLOSI NG: That’s all f or now. A ll the news was great , so let ’ s k eep i t comi ng . W atch t he colum n f or t he co ntest w i nner and keep telli ng me

what ’s going on with you and yours. A gain, 1 need some n ew i d ea s a b o u t what you would like to read in the column so pass those along as w ell .

May God bless you all in the winter months and I hope t o be back r epor t ing again in the next issue. A t this writing the falcons a r e 3- 0 -0 w i t h t h r ee impressive wins over UTEP, Wyoming, and Rice. A ll three w i ns by a

margi n o f 42 point s. W atch t he F ishbone r oll . T hat ’ s t h e W i sh b o n e a ’ l a C oach Fisher D eBer r y .

J ef f H a c k et t 182 5 E . J ea n i n e D r i v e

T empe, A Z 85284 H ome: (602) 83 1-9439 W or k : (602) 345-6504 P er c en t m em b er s : 3 7

P L A Y BA L L ! W el l , her e I am i n t he “ Big L eagues;” a sm a l l t o w n

BSer now in a position to really “ sling it ” in f ront of a large audience.

Heady stuf f for certain, but lest you labor under a m isconcept i on my predecessor may have created, I was more like a draf tee t han a f r ee agent .

Nonetheless, here we go, and may the best “ team” win (more on t hat lat er) .

H ar d t o believe but t he f olk s t hat schedule H omecom i ng f o o t b a l l

games and the folks that schedule Checkp oints Class N ew s d ea d l i n es a r e not the same f ol k s! I ’ m sit ti ng here t he w eek end bef or e reu nion t ryi ng t o

cram a very little inf ormation into this seemingly long article and knowing f ull well t hat at t his t i me next w eek I w il l be sw im m ing i n a sea o f . . . w el l I w ill have heard a l ot of good st or ies about ’ 75’ s accomplishm ent s. L oo k elsew here i n t his issue f or anot her sampli ng of t he “ W or ld A ccor di ng to Jef f ” specifically aimed at what happened that weekend. G ee, tw o ar t icles t o w ri te my f i r st t i me up ; t his is a lit t le l ik e gett i ng t o take t he PFT t w i ce i n o n e sem est er !

T H I N GS I K N OW N OT H I N G A B OU T . N aw , you ’ r e pr obably r ight , t here’s not enough r oom to cover al l t hat .

T H I N GS I K N OW A L I T T L E A B OU T . H er esay and t hose inane “ change-of-address” cards everyone seems to be so good at f il li ng out have given me insight to the following: Maj or Dennis C A RT E R (ob/ gy n)

has relocated f rom A nchorage to Malmstrom A FB, MT where w e ’ r e a l l

c o n f i d en t h i s h a n d s w i l l b e w a r m er . I ’ l l h a v e t o a ssu m e t h a t D a v e

EH RHA RT j ust couldn’t handle the traf f ic around Dayton as he recent ly moved on base at Wright-Pat where he’s in the j udge a d v o c a t e f i el d . A l a n

K RU K O W SK I r elocated f r om C hicago t o Bur nsvil le, M N . . . t h a t ’ s a l l t he car d said f olk s, f or all w e k now t he man may be r unni ng f r om t he law! Rod REA Y left his helicopter in Florida and has gone to D ayt on (Wright-Pat?). Have a nice winter Rod. I t appears that T A C w asn ’ t qu ite d one w it h Br ad M cA L L I ST E R as he’ s back at L angley af ter A C SC . I don’t know any details but this can’t be anything like a good deal . L ar r y

and Michelle FA RISS have departed H awaii f or New Braunfels, T X (Randolph?). Bob EATON has successfully withdrawn from t h e c l u t c h es of t he SA C m onst er at O f f ut t and made it t o H uber H eight s, O H

(Wright-Pat?). On the other hand, it would appear Pete L O SI is bei ng

C huck and K i m are in Ger m any w here C huck i s a general ’ s a i d e a n d K i m is heading up the OWC tour business. Sounded like they’re tak i ng m ore j unk et s t han a congr essman ! 1 w ander ed t hr ough t he L u k e O ’ C l u b b a r r ecent ly and ran i nt o num er ous classmates but f or some r eason can only remem ber tw o by name (draw you r ow n concl usions) . D ave M CC A R T H Y i s a n F - 15 i n st r u c t o r a n d E d K A S L i s d o w n t h e st r eet teachi ng Falcon f lyer s. A lit t le f ur t her aw ay , t he H ack et t f am i ly went t o A lamagor do , N M t his sum mer t o visi t K ent , C ar ol , and M eghan T RA Y L O R . K en t i s teaching in the AT-38, Carol is teaching/ managing in nur si ng, and M eghan is only t he best one-year -old on t he f ace of t h e ea r t h .

Remember t he one about , “ B r r r r , come on i n t he water ’ s f ine?” Right bef ore I lef t Gar r et t here i n P hoenix 1 played some r oll i n recr uit i ng (read “ ent ici ng” ) Pete ST R U N K and Jon T U RN E R t o the com pany . P et e ’ s w or k i ng in mi ssi le syst em s engi neer ing and Jon t ook a spot in mar k et i ng.

Jon and D iane bought a house j ust a f ew block s f r om D ebby and me and t heir t w o k ids w i ll be goi ng to school w i t h T i f f any . I t ’ s a sm a l l w o r l d !

I T ’ S K I N D A L I K E I N T R A M U RA L S O N L Y D I FF ER E N T . I n m y never -ending q uest t o come u p w it h goo f y w ays t o tr i ck people i nt o doi ng t he i m possible I w ou ld li k e t o pose t he f oll ow i ng challenge. O v er t h e n ex t year w e’ ll have tw o gr oups o f classm at es go head-t o-head t r yi ng t o tell t he w or ld how much t hey ’ ve accom pl ished . O h , I ’ ll tak e m a i l / c a l l s f r o m anyone but w e’ r e par t icular ly put t ing t he heat on t hose f o l k s w h o ’ s t i m e i n t he bar rel has come. N o m or e put t ing o f f t hat let ter you ’ve been mean ing to w r it e. So f or no par t icu larl y good reaso n here’ s t h e sch ed u l e o f com pet it or s: D EA D L IN E W i n t er / 5 D ec

Spri ng/ 5 M ar

Su m m er / 5 J u n

H O M ET EA M MAC TA C A TC

V I SI T O R S SA C A ir line P ilots

Sch o o l s/ St a f f er s/ U SA F A

“ R ea l ” C i v i l i a n s Fall/ 5 Sep D r s. & L aw yer s I f you don ’ t f all i n one o f t hose categor ies j ust pick out t he f ol k s you detest t he most and w ri te i n behal f o f t hei r com pet it or s. Save f ace, let t he rest o f us k now you ’ r e out t here.

U nt il next ti me remem ber , i t really is lat er t han you t hi nk . F ly saf e!

(E di t or ’s note: See H omecom ing p ho togr ap hs elsewhere in this issue f or instr ucti ons on ho w to or der .)

W a d e E . M c R o b er t s

5B St r unk Par k w ay L as V egas, N V 89 115 H om e: (702) 644-503 1

A V : 6 82 - 2 5 5 7

Percen t members: 34

lured t o M A C (Scot t) f r om sunny C ali f or nia.

M ar io and K i m M E L L U M decided t hey li k ed Eur ope so much t hey

stayed on as he picked up an assignment in RA F-exchange. I n a n o t h er “ same-song, dif ferent-dance,” John HOWA RD changed addresses a t

Edw ards A FB , pr obably got a PC S j ob t here af ter T est P i l o t s Sch o o l . . . or maybe his old place got condemned. M ike DeHA RT has apparent ly concluded hi s Educat ion w it h I ndust ry i n C ali f or nia (H ughes A i rcraf t)

and gone on to Mary Esther , FL where I can only assume t h er e i s n o i n dustry at all. M ike RUTH left my favorite place on eart h , Shaw A F B , and

w ent on t o V alr ico , F L (M acD i ll ?) . I n t he “ w her ever i t i s i t ca n ’ t b e m u c h worse than here department,” Ed and Jenny WI LCOCK have lef t D yess A FB f or some type of exchange t ou r w it h an A PO San F r a n c i sco a d d r ess.

My sources report that Larry RICHTER is amongst the f amous f aces you can see when visiting the M ount Rushmore (Ellsworth A FB) ar ea o f Sout h D ak ota. L ar ry ’ s i n K C - 135s.

T H I N GS I K N OW A L OT A B OU T . Y ou only have t o k now one classmat e-ai r line pi lot t o be ab reast o f all w ho share t h a t f a t e . M i k e BU C K L E Y cal led t he ot her night on an A laska A i r li ne layover here.

B u c k s i s a 7 2 7 1st o f f i cer d o m i c i l ed i n Sea t t l e a n d i s m a r r i ed n o w t o a n ex -

A ir Force of f icer . Besides t he st range-l ook ing guy on t he tail you m ay f ind t hese ot her classmates up- f r ont w it h A K ai r : Paul L OT A K I S, Bob FA R R , and Br ian BA RN E S. A lso i n t he G reat N or t hwest a r e C h a r l i e SA RGEN T w ho ’ s out of t he A ir Force livi ng in T acoma, E d W A L L w h o f l ies f or H or izon A ir li nes in Seat t le, and John W I SSM A N w ho ’ s sit t ing sideways with Northwest Orient . Over on the East Coast Br ian and Sandy GO M E S ar e in N or t h C ar oli na w her e he is f lyi ng w i th P i ed m o n t . B G sees R i c h F I N K E “ a t t h e o f f i ce ” b u t n ei t h er o n e o f t h em could give up t he

green bag totally. Rich flies F-16s with the South C a r o l i n a G u a r d a n d Brian goes to March A FB (nice commute!) to fly KC- l Os. D enny M E L L U M f l ies i n t hat Reserve unit w hen he’ s not dr ivi ng J et A m er i ca

airplanes and Ken HODGE is another Reserve squadronmate.

I saw Bob and Jane A W T RY w hen I w as back i n V ir gi nia o n b u si n ess .

H e’ s back in t he Eagle af ter a couple of year s of playi ng A r my at For t Bragg. Visited with Chuck HOL LA ND’S parents during anot her t r i p .

H i . H ope ever yone is O K .

Fir st , a cor r ect ion . Patr ick C ar l RE BA RC H A K w as bor n on 12 June, not 13 June, as w as previ ously r epo rt ed . B oy , did I h ea r a b o u t t h a t o n e !

T he M cRober t s t r aveled to C olorado Spr ings f or a couple of days i n early July. We visited with Nancy and Joe WYSOCKI , and t hei r lovely k i ds K imber ly and M ick ey . T he P uck f il led me i n on some guys. H e, o f cour se, w or k s t her e i n . . .SP A C E . . .C O M M A N D . T om M U C K E N -

THA LER is working on the Space Operations Center activation. M i k e RO SE N BA L M i s also t her e. Jim H O G U E is t he w ater po lo t ea m co a c h a t U SA FA . L eo n BA E R i s in . . .SPA C E . . .C O M M A N D intel , and is get ting ready to PCS to Turkey f or a remote. Chris HOLLEY is i n “ special

space proj ects,” going PCS to LA . Brian DIEFFENBA CH i s a t t h e

Satelli te C ont r ol Facility at Su nnyvale, and w i ll be PC S f or homecomi ng

— oops, I mean to. . .SPA CE. . .COM MA ND next year . H e a n d h i s w i f e j ust had a baby boy, M ichael. M ike GOULD is the head f o o t b a l l co a c h a t the prep school . M ike KEL LY is with the Defense Nuclear A gency i n Washington. I t was good to see the Puck and M rs. Puck, as alw ays.

My ploy (or was it plea?) for mail worked, and it’s my pleasu re t o report that we have six classmates whose names end i n c o n so n a n t s. O n e i s T om D A N K E N B R I N G . H e’ s a Falcon 10 captai n f or t he A mer i tech C or p

in Chicago. He reports that John ERRIGO is with M idway A i r L i n es i n Chicago, and in the USN Reserves at Glenview NA S. John a n d h i s w i f e have a one-year-old baby girl . Frank COX is with USA ir in P it t sburgh .

H e and D ru , and t hei r tw o k ids, live i n D enver . R ich L O N G , f or mer U SA FA lacrosse coach , lives i n C ast le Rock w it h his w i f e a n d t h r ee chi ld ren . H e f l ies f or N or t hw est O r ient f r om D enver , a n d f o r t h e C - 130 R eserve unit at C -Spr ings. D ave SU N f l ies f or U SA i r f r om D C , and m ar r ied a beaut i f ul blonde gol f pr o . C hr is I N G L I S resigned a f t er a t o u r a s a n i nst r uctor at U SN A , and i s now a cor porate exec near A nnapolis. Jim M cN A M A RA f l ies w i t h A mer ican A ir l ines f r om C hicago . J i m GA L A V OT T I is also w i t h A mer i can out o f Bost on , and i s a C - 130 R eser vi st i n M assachuset ts. M anny L O PE Z f l ies f or U SA i r — he and Penny

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live i n V ir ginia. Bud N E V E RS f l ies w i t h U SA ir and t he Reser ves. ( I ’ m star ti ng t o notice a pat ter n .) Randy RE Y N O L D S w as a R O T C i n st r u c t o r at Georgia T ech , and is now at O f f ut t . D r . L uck ey D U N N i s a t L i t t l e Rock A F B — he’ s m arr ied to another D r . Byr on H E PBU RN i s a t t h e i n t er ser v i ce m ed i ca l sch o o l i n D .C . — h e m a r r i ed a f o r m er n u r se f r o m

Scott . T om says t hat i f anyone is i nt er ested i n get ti ng posit ions w it h cor porate or com mercial air li nes, t hey can cont act him f o r a d v i ce a t 5 13 S .

C at her i ne, L a G range, I I 60525/ 3 12-352-6304 . T hanks f or w r it ing, T om !

Ji m D ar t

Q uar ter s 4402B U SA F A cademy , C O 80840 H ome: (303) 472-6706

A V : 2 5 9 -4 10 4 / 4 190 P e r c en t m em b er s : 3 1

Speaking of Manny and Penny LOPEZ , she wrote from Virginia

Beach . M anny w as an F-4 W SO in his pr evious li f e, and i s n o w a

BA Cl - 11 pilot f or USA ir out of — where else? — Pittsburgh. Sh e a l so

ment ions Bud N E V E R S, so he get s t he di sti nct ion of bei ng t he most talked-about per son t his quar ter . Penny ask s that I sh a r e t h ei r a d d r ess

with everyone. OK: 2702 Seashore Cove, Virginia Beach,

VA 23454/ 804-498-9773. She says she could send i nf o on t h e r est o f t h e

Did you ever try to meet a special friend by the flag pole at t he nor t h

en d o f F a l co n St a d i u m ? T en o f u s a ssem b l ed t h er e b e f o r e t h i s sea so n ’ s

opener against Texas-El Paso on 31 A ugust . Something m u st h a v e c l i c k ed because w e “ Blast ed t he M i ner s,’ ’ 48-6.

USA ir Spirit of ’76 mafia. I think Tom covered it pretty w el l , but i f

t here’ s more, I t hi nk we’d appreciat e i t . T hanks f or tak i ng t he ti me t o w r ite. Penny !

George GUT I RREZ also wrote. He’s with Texas I nstruments (T I t o t hose of you w ho ar e big i nt o t hat sor t o f t hi ng) i n A ust in , as a pr oduct marketing manager. George used to be a C-130 navigator at Pope, and says he pref er s A usti n t o Fayet tevi lle. H e r epor ts t h a t B o b F I SH E R i s now at W r ight-Pat t o get his mast er ’ s i n engi neeri ng. H e f l ew K C - 13 5 s a t M inot and Beale. Bob and wife Marie have two daughters. T hank s, George!

“ M eet by the f lag p ole at the nor th end of the stad i um a half hour bef or e k ick of f ” F r om lef t ar e L ex D odge, Jay F a wcet t, D a ve M cK enney , A I

Becker, Dave Chaf f ee, Roy N ici, Paul and Janine L euthauser,

Tom

Wailes, and J im D ar t.

I n t he A rea: I r out inely bum p i nt o new addit i ons to t he A cadem y st af f .

Jef f T E R RA L L w as aw ay f r om hi s “ z-con ’ ’ post w hen w e m et a t t h e b a se ser vice stat io n . Jay FA W C ET T lef t t he back seat o f an F-4 t o j oi n t he management t eam . M i ke R EY N O L D S’ w i f e, D ebbie, w ander ed d o w n t h e 4400 loop t o pat r onize our “ car port sale.’ ’ M ik e teaches civi l engi neer i ng .

Skip BA LA NCIERE picked up the reins of 24th Squadron. I t u r n ed

ar ound i n church t o discover somet hi ng i n com m o n w it h Randy and

Deborah L IEFER (plus two). Randy is among a handful

classm ates i n t he ast r o depart ment .

M ickey Wysocki turns immediately to uncle Wade’s Spirit of ’ 76 Class News when he gets his Checkpoints. The lad has good tas te !

M r s Jann ST OU T , St eve’ s m ot her , w r ote to say t hat Steve m a r r i ed C apt Bet h GO O L SBY , f or mer A T O , in July . Steve is t he chief navigat or f or t he 345 T A S at Y ok ota; she t he pr ot ocol of f icer at M at her . T hey were mar r ied i n Georgia. A lso i n at tendance wer e H arr y and M el i n d a D eB RU H L , and t hei r tw o boys, f r om Egli n . T hanks f or w r it i ng, M r s St o u t .

Su za n n D A R N A L L w r o t e f r o m C a l i f o r n i a w h er e P et e i s assigned t o SA SC O at N or ton . She says he’ s t he of f icial “ SA C Squat ter ’ ’ t h er e . P et er

goes T D Y and to m eet i ngs a lot . Peter and Suzann have tw o daught er s, C har ly (5) and M anda (4) plus t hree cat s and a great d a n e . Su za n n ’ s a d d i t ional duties i nclude being a sk in-care consultant and make-up ar t ist . She says she’ s l ook i ng f orw r d t o H omecom i ng ’ 86 ! T hanks f or w r it i ng,

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Others include George BORDON in the Cadet Ops Division. Randy ROTHE is a T-41 IP and found out something about being a n A O C d u r ing BCT . I observed Lynn SCOTT , Department of Behavioral Sc i en c es and Leadership, giving excellent briefings to the commandant a n d t h e cadet commanders on the results of a training ef fectiveness s u r v e y .

Ken and Kathy WOOD produced a third son. They now have a c o m plete backfield made up of Paul, M atthew, and young D a n i el . L o o k f o r more winning Falcon football in the 21st Century!

Just Passin’ Through: Bob HOOVER caught me buying “ the b i r d ’ ’ f o r my departing “ rental lieutenants.’ ’ Bob and Cindy, w it h tw o cut e k ids, were vacationing from Bob’s Fort Bragg, NC post as a n a i r l i a i so n o f f icer . T im and M ar y H A GA N also have tw o childr en but t hey stayed i n

Kansas with grandparents while Mary flew down to D-M f o r T i m ’ s graduation from cruise missile flight commander training. T hey st opped by enr oute to Eur ope, l oo k i ng especial ly f i t and t r im .

Su z a n n !

Bill, Patti, Ryan, and Sean NA SH wrote. Bill is a management c o n su l

tant (r ecent ly pr omoted t o seni or co nsultant) w i t h P ea t M a r w i c k i n Rhode I sland . T hey live i n Por t sm out h .

Stat ist ic: 33 per cent of our classmates w hose names en d w i t h c o n so n a n t s h a v e t h e l et t er “ z ” a s t h e l a st l et t er o f t h ei r names. T hought you ’ d li ke to k now .

D oug and Judy K U PE RSM I T H are now in V egas. H e’ s an F-5 j ock w it h one of t he A ggressor squad r ons. D oug and I got toget her one night as we w ere bot h C lass B bachelor s, and caught up on U P T cl a ssm a t es. I also r an into D ave RO BI N SO N i n July — he w as here as a f i n a l i st f o r t h e T hunderbir ds. I w ent T D Y t o L u ke in ear ly A ugust , but d id n’ t get to see D ave and L ucy . I did get to vi sit w i t h Steve E D D Y — h e a n d D a v e a r e b o t h F - 15 I P s.

I f I f lef t you out , cal l or w r ite. U nt il next t ime, G od Bless you all . T he

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Tim and M ary H agan af ter comp leting ground launch cruise m iss i l e t r a i n

ing. Wher e d id y ou say H ahn is l ocated ?

Just before opening day kickof f , three Eagles streaked over head led by Greg ROBI NSON out of H olloman. John CROM WELL also flies w i t h

H olloman ’ s 49t h T act ical Fight er W ing. Bet w een t he M i n er ’ s f u m b l e plays I hear d t hat A .J . G I PSO N is at C ar sw ell .

Speaking of F-15s, Jay JOINER lef t them at Luke to begi n a 15-m ont h com puter science degr ee pr ogr am i n A t lanta. H e’ ll w i nd up here af ter w ards. I under stand t hat a com puter w i ll be i n ever y ca d et r o o m ev en t u a l ly . Jay repor ted t hat M i ke CO X i s at Gunter , A L w r i ti ng so f t w a r e f o r A i r Force m icrocom puter s. St eve K E I T H lef t B-52s at K I Saw yer f or t he B- 1 pr ogram at Edwar ds.

A OG I nputs: T he D ick i nso n School o f L aw announced t hat R o n M O RGA N r eceived a “ j ur i s” doct or degr ee t here on t he eight h anniver sary o f our hat-t oss. Bi ll R H O D E N i s gett ing sm ar t er i n - r esi d en ce a t A FI T . M ar k SA SSC E R also gives D ayt on , O H as his residence. St u W I L L I A M S is back f r om an over seas t our , now livi ng i n F a i r b o r n O H .

Bill L O RD is up i n Rome, N Y . D ave and C i ndy ST E P H A N t r a n sf er r ed t o M cC onnell A F B , K S. D an H I N K I N w or k s in t he ort hopedic cl i n i c a t RA F L akenheat h . Rich H A RT is f l yi ng 135s at R obins A F B .

I ’ve been w atchi ng ’ 75 assem ble t hei r r eunion at t he d esk a f ew f eet away . I t w ill be hist ory by Checkp oin ts ci rculat i on t ime, and you ’ ll be t hi nk ing about car ds, gi f t s, and holiday gat her i ngs. H ere’ s hoping t hese w or ds w ill conj ure up “ vi sions o f f r iends” t o hel p m a k e t h e sea so n br ight .

Jim A rn old

1140 A lder T ree W ay , #348 Sacr ament o , CA 9583 1 H ome: (9 16) 424-2420 P er c en t m em b er s : 3 1

“ A ce” EK RE M (G lor ia) is at T r avi s. A ce f l ies the 14 1 and t hey have a son , B ryce (A ce and G l or ia, not A ce and t he 14 1) ; “ H er bie J o ” C R I SSM A N (V ick i) is at Spangdahlem . T hey have one child , Just i n , and anot her “ i n t he hangar ” (shou ld be out shoot i ng pat ter ns by t he t i me you read t his) . “ H er bie Jo ” is an i nst ruct or nav in F-4s. “ O pie” D W I RE is st il l a bachelor . H e is i n O V - l Os at Pat r ick , w here h e w a s t h e O V - 10 I P o f t he year . A n old dool ie r oom mate, “ D igger ” P H E L PS (Ri ta) i s a l so a t Z aragoza and has t hr ee boys (C r aig, Ryan and N icholas) . D igger (and f am ily) recent ly com plet ed a su m mer in A labama (SO S) . M a r k E L L I O T (M ar gie) is at L it t le R ock , w her e he is a C - 130 I P . T h e E l l i o t s a l so h a v e t w o boys (A ndr ew and T yler) . John SC H A FE R (Jeannie) i s w i t h M a r k a t L it t le Rock . T he Schaf er s have t hree child ren , but t hey must be w ait ing t o m ake a name f or t hem selves because A l icia didn ’ t give me any names!

Ji m C A SH E S (M ichelle) , anot her doolie r oom mat e, is a t M cC h o r d a n d he f l ies C - 130s. (D o you see a t r end i n t his? Everyone D a l e a n d A l i c i a k now seems to f ly C - 130s!) Ji m and M ichel le have one boy , Jam ie. D o n PA RSON S (L ynn) is in A lask a . D on f l ies K C - 135s. D on and L ynn have t hr ee boys. C li f f , W esley and Justi n .

T o digress a bit , has anyone, besides me, not iced how p op ular t he nam e “ Just i n” is am ong our class’ o f f spr i ng? I t hi nk w e co u l d a l l b e m o r e cr eat ive. For example, I ’ m r ather f ond of “ Ji m ” or “ James.” N ow , back t o the Pangman let t er (sou nds li k e t he t it le t o a spy novel , d oesn ’ t it ?) .

Scot t L A W RE N C E (Star la) i s at M acD ill i n F- 16s. T hey h a v e t w o chi ld ren . I f I spelled you r w i f e’ s nam e w r ong, I apologize t o bot h of you , Scot t . I can ’ t quite mak e it out i n A licia’ s let ter so I t o o k a st a b a t w h a t i t “ look ed lik e.” Ron T A T E (Fr ank ie) is leavi ng I celand f or Spangdahlem .

R on f l ies F-4s, and he and F r ank ie have o ne daughter . M i k e D A V I S (Edie) is at Rhei n M ai n . M ik e f l ies C - 130s (w hat else?) and they have a li t t le boy , Peter (w hat , not Just i n !) . “ L ast , but def ini tely not least . . .” (t o use A licia’ s phr asi ng) , Jef f K I N T Z I N G (D eeD ee) is i n A t l a n t a w h er e J e f f is att endi ng Geor gia T ech and get t i ng used t o “ civilian l i f e . ” T h a n k s f o r w r it i ng D ale and A licia !

W el l t h a t ’ s a l l f o r t h e l et t er s . A n d n o w — w i t h o u t f u r t h er a d o — t h e

T he picture you see below is o f your s tr uly and my lovely br ide, Jul ie.

W e w ere mar ried on 24 A ugust . A f ew of our classmates w er e i n t h e w ed ding par ty : M ik e SK O L A U T and Pete M A R P L E w er e gr oom smen a n d Guy M A RT E L L E w as a saber bear er i n t he arch of saber s. T he w eddi ng w as a success and t hus f ar so is t he mar r iage!

T he t hree guys above have very d i f f erent j obs. M i ke is w or k i ng w it h his f at her , w ho ow ns seven Pizza H ut s i n K ansas; Pete f lies f o r E a st er n o u t of Bost on ; and Guy is w i t h t he M X pr ogr am at V andenburg. I w as very glad they could mak e it and I w ant t o t hank all o f you w ho i ncluded your congr atulati ons w it h your cor r espondence. I suppose t h i s m ea n s I h a v e t o k nock of f t he “ mar r ied j ok es! ” A long w it h a weddi ng gi f t (t hank s) , I got a not e f r om B o b a n d A l i ce H E RR I S. T hey have tw o chi ld ren . E r ica and Just i n . Bob f l i es F - 16 s o u t o f Spai n . Bob ’ s br ot her -i n-law . Jay L I N D E L L and hi s w i f e C at hy are due f or child N o . 1 in Januar y or Febr uar y . Jay and C at hy ar e i n E ngland .

T he only ot her new s i n t he note w as t hat Roger H A G E w as due t hr ough SOS i n A ugust .

T he only ot her let ter I got t his t ime ar ound w as f r om D a l e P A N G M A N and his wi f e, A licia. D ale is a C - 130 j ock at Z ar agoza. H e is f l ying as an exchange pi lot w it h t he Sp anish A ir F or cel D ale and t h e A F f o u n d h i s doolie Spanish j ust a t ri f l e i nadequate, so he spent sev en m o n t h s a t t h e D ef ense L anguage I nsti tute. I n addit ion t o ext oll ing t h e v i r t u es o f M onterey and t he exchange assignm ent . D ale and A licia a l so n o t ed :

part you have al l been w ai t i ng f or . . .T he A O G M ailbag: C raig BE N D O RF , C olu mbus (O hi o , not t he base) ; E ddy BI L L M A N f r om Sa n A n t oni o t o C ham paign , I L ; C ur t B RO W N f r om T ucson t o E dwar ds, M N (t hey have such un iq ue nam es f or t ow ns up t here i n the N or t h C ount r y , don ’ t t hey?) ; Jef f G RE C H A N I K f r om C lovi s, N M to W r ight -Pat ; D o n H A R PE R f r om Payson (w her e?) A Z t o A PO N Y 09860 (w here?) ; J o h n H A Y E S f rom t he Spr i ngs t o Spr i ngf ield , V A ; G reg M A N D T f r o m W r ight-Pat t o L os A ngeles; R uss OG R I N Z f r om M er r it t I sland , F L t o K i rt land ; Pat (“ C lover ” ) Q U I G L E Y f r om A r l ingt on , V A t o A P O N Y 09 179; Ron T A I T f r om A PO N Y 09 123 t o F PO N Y 0957 1 (an i n t er ser v i ce t r ansf er per haps?) .

T he A OG also sent me a copy o f an ar t icle f r om t he T i nk er base paper .

T he ar t icle repor t s t hat C apt . D ave M E E H A N , w ho is a n A / C w i t h t h e 964 A W C S, r an i n t he Bost on M arat hon . D ave’ s t ime w as 3 hour s, 13 m i n u t es. Si n ce D a v e i s o n e o f o u r “ n o cu r r en t a d d r ess” types it w as nice t o see an update on him . V ery good j ob D ave, and I hope you get you r “ per sonal best ” o f “ under 3 hour s” real soon !

I n addi ti on t o m y m ar r iage, m ent i oned at t he t op o f t his art icle, I also have ot her personal good new s t o repor t . T he A F P hysical E v a l u a t i o n Boar d has f ound me “ f i t f or duty ” (k nock o f f all t he w ise cr ack s!) , and I expect t o be ret ur ning to act ive duty ver y soon . I t w il l f eel good t o dr op t he “ Ret .” hr om my signat ur e bl ock . I w i ll also be m ore t han happy not t o have t o explai n w hat “ T D R L ” stands f or and w hat it means! I ap preciate al l t he concer n al l o f you w ho w r ot e and expr essed concer n . M ay God bless you all !

M y last bit o f new s is t o tel l you t hat as of next issue, t here w ill be a new w r iter f or t his colum n . I have enj oyed doi ng t hi s and I hope I have m ade you sm ile at least once. Y ou have all m ade m y day many t i m es o v er t h e last tw o year s. T hank you !

N ext t im e send your i nput s t o G r eg PO ST U L K A , 8079D Sum m a A ve., Bat on Rouge, L A 70809. H is phone num ber at home is (504) 766- 1984 and at w or k , (504) 388-4407.

M i k e V a n H o o m i ssen

2556B S. A r li ngt on M ill D r ive.

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1 hope you all enj oyed the summer months. In Washington, D .C . f a l l i s

upo n us and w e are all loo k ing f o rw ar d t o t he U SA FA vs. U SN A game on October 12 in A nnapolis. I am planning a big tailgate par t y and hopi ng a 49

lot of ’ 79er s f r om t he ar ea w ill att end . John SA L V A D O R (D ebbie) and crew w ill depart t he Pent agon i n O ct ober f or a T -38 I P assignment at Randolph i n San A ntonio . Steve D I C K M A N (A nit a) is new t o t h e P en t agon f r om B-52s at Bar k sdale and w or k i ng C ongressional A ct i v i t i es w i t h me f or A F/ R D & A . Randy FU L L H A RT (K at hy) is also i n the buil di ng w or k i ng logist ics f or A F/ L E . D r . Johnny GO L D E N j ust recent ly ar r i ved i n D .C . and is assigned t o t he st af f at A ndrew s A F B H ospital . I passed Br ian K E L L Y (C i ndy) i n t he hall recent ly . H e w as late f or a meet i ng but I lear ned t hat he w as T D Y f r om Space D ivisio n i n L os A ngeles.

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w it h hi s new w i f e. Jef f H O L T aced t he pr ogr am at M I T a n d n o w w o r k s a t L .A . Space. T hose in A F I T at W r ight-P at ter son i nclude R o b er t L E BEA U and L or r ie (M O RSE) K R E SG E w it h f ol low -ons t o Egl i n , B ob T REM A I N E — H anscom , K aren BA R L A N D — C heyenne M ou nt ai n , L or r ie RO E M I SH — Ger m any , D ave C O N W A Y and K ar en L A N G E stayi ng at W PA F B , K ar en W I L H E L M , and Pete H O E N E . C ar r ie (BA N W E L L ) K OE C H E L L w as select ed f or t he D ef ense Syst em s M anagement C ol lege at Ft . Belvoi r af ter A F I T , event ual ly retu r ni ng t o

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H ollom an , and John D A L L A S (Sue) w ho w ent f ro m T -38s a t W i l l i e t o F-4s at Spangdahlem . John invi tes all o f you t o visit h i m . C l i n t H A R P E R recent ly too k a K C - 10 at Bar k sdale. D ale BU RT O N (Shei la) w h o fl i es F- 15s at L angley , w i ll go to F-5s at RA F A lconbury i n E ngland t his spr i ng. C ongr at ulat ions t o K en M A T T E R N (Pam) and M i ke G I L B E R T ( L i nda) w ho recent ly gr aduated f r om law school and subsequent ly f r om JA G school at M axwel l A F B . M i k e, w ho graduated f r om M cGeor ge School o f L aw i n Sacr ament o , CA , is assigned t o El mendor f A F B , A lask a. K en, w ho gr aduated f r om D u ke School of L aw i n D ur ham , N C , is assigned t o L i ndsay A S, W iesbaden . K en and Pam have t w o children , Bonnie and E r ik . W hile at M axw ell , K en and M i ke saw Gr eg C O L V I N (T ia) w ho was att endi ng SO S enr oute t o K adi na.

W hile in C olor ado Spr ings in A ugust , 1 visited Jim REG A N (T anya) w ho fl ies T -4 1s at t he A cademy . Jim and I att ended t h e f u n er a l f o r C har lie l OT T (K ar r ie) and son at t he A cademy . Paul H U BE RT Y , as signed to N O RA D C heyenne M ountai n , and Fr ank M cK l N N O N w e r e pal lbearers. C har lie and his son w er e k i lled in A r izona i n a ca r acc i d en t .

Please r emem ber t hem i n your pr ayer s and please dr ive caref ul ly . M ar k N E I C E (L eslie) w as on leave i n t he area f r om K C - 135s at K .l . Sawyer and dr opped by Jim ’ s t o say hi . T here I also had a f ew b eer s w i t h P a u l D I A M O N D (Bonnie) . Paul loo k s r eal good . H e now spor t s a f u l l b ea r d a n d i s

M aureen (T R I T L E) and t hei r t w o chi ldr en . T ed and K ar en K R E U Z E R ar e at Randolph and have a year old daughter .

Pam (SI M O N I T SC H ) C A R I L L O (T odd) i s i n P hoenix and has a n e w

a c o st est i m a t o r f o r M a r t i n M a r i et t a i n D en v er .

I am soliciti ng ideas f or our ten-year class reunion . P l ea se w r i t e m e w i t h your com ment s and suggest ions. Bear i n mi nd that t his i s o u r r eu n i o n a n d w e need not necessar ily be const rained by convent ion o r t r ad i t i o n u n l ess you t hink it appr opr iate. Be or igi nal and please w ri te.

T hank you John CO U RT N E Y f or w r it ing the last art icle. M i k e D O N A T E L L l (Jul ie) w i ll wr it e t he w i nter ar ticle. P lease w r i t e M i k e a t Box 4343 A PO N Y 09755. Best w i shes to you and your f a m i l i es.

Peggy D ennis 2870 W oodland H ill s, A pt . 204 C olor ado Spr i ngs, CO 809 18 H om e: (303) 548-9572

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Y ou k now , t he best way t o w r ite one of t hese ar t icles is w i t h a large su p ply of w ine cooler s. So , i f t he w or ds don’ t mak es sense t owar ds t he end , you ’ ll k now w hy .

L ots of inf or mati on again . Jim K N O W L E S w r ote f r om San A n t o n i o w here he is busy becomi ng a fl ight sur geon at Br ook s. H e a n d M a r t i n a a r e expect i ng t hei r f i r st baby September 30 . O t her fl ight surgeons and t heir K orea, Jay (D ebbie) f ollow -on assignment s: K ar en O ’ H A I R N E U BA U E R — E ngland A FB , M ike W A T SO N — T ur key , K ent (C i ndy) M U RP H Y — H ahn , Ger many , and K eit h O D E GA R D — Beale. K at hy (JO H N SO N ) O D E GA R D is also at Beale fl ying t he K C - 135Q . J i m a l so made ment ion of ot her medical pr o f essionals: M ar k SE I BE L — E l P a so in ort hopedics. Rich H OW A R D — K ir k sville, M O also i n ort hoped ics, Paul M ON T A N Y — gener al surgery at K eesler , and G wen K N U C K L E S — ob/ gyn at K eesler . (Gw en called me as she w as evacuati ng f o r H u r r icane E lena, sayi ng how much she loved the “ sunny sout h ” .)

T ony W A L U SK Y w r ot e f rom St . M ichael s C ol lege i n V er m ont w h er e he teaches A FROT C . H e plans t o star t law school t his f a l l a t G o l d en St a t e U niver sity as a Reser ve captain and apply f or t he JA G i n a couple o f year s. L eslie ST A N A W A Y w r ote t hat she mar r ied Br ian i n A pr i l 1983, vast ly i mprovi ng hi s standar d of living. T hey have a new daughter , N icole. Brian w as a K C - 135 A C at D yess and is now a T - 3 8 I P a t C o l u m bus. T hey ran i nt o M i ke PA M PU SH at P I T enr oute to a T - 37 a t R eese .

L ar ry (C indie) D E PA T I S w r ot e f r om R F-4 RT U at Bergst r om , com plain i ng loud ly about how hard a D I T Y move w as.

M ary D A L E Y sent massive quanti t ies o f new s via w or d pr ocessor (lazy , lazy) . She f i nished her master ’ s i n indust r ial psychology at Bow li ng G reen State t his f all and is now at A FM PC , Randol ph (N OT a s a r e s o u r c e manager ) . M ar y sent an update li st o f t hose gett i ng t hei r A F I T degrees.

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U N GA SH I C K and A ll iso n (H I L SM A N ) H I C K E Y (R ob) wer e select ed f or A ST RA . A nd rea ( BO PP) N I E Z G O D A is star ti ng her second year of law school at Geor get ow n . M i ke “ P i nk ” F L O Y D i s an F-4 I P a t H omestead w her e Gar y G RA Y and D ouglas D I C K I N SO N are goi ng t hrough RT U . M ar k SW I SH E R , a C - 130 A C i n Ger many , got m a r r i ed

l a st D ecem b er . R u m o r h a s i t t h a t b o t h J o h n SC H O L T Z a n d P a u l F E L I Z a r e a t M a t h er . T ed L A U E R i s h ea d ed f o r K u n sa n i n a n elect r ic j et . Sue

SL A V EC is an SO S inst ruct or (look ou t — I ’ ll be seei ng you in Januar y) , and Peggy (W A L K E R) and C hr is C U E L L A R sw ung j oi nt-spouse assignments t o Seym our -Johnson . For t hose o f you w ho d i d n ’ t r ea d about Jan K N OC K E ’ s escapades i n ’ 79’ s new s last t i me, sh e ’ s a t t h e P en t agon . T hank s f or t he let ter , M ar y .

I t ’ s amazing how people vi sit m e now t hat 1 live i n C o l o r a d o i n st ea d o f O k lahoma. M ick P ET A K st opped by t o tak e a f ew beer s o f f m y hands w hile cr oss-count r y in his F- 15 f r om L angley . H e and N a n c i e h a v e a t w o year -old son . M ick w as f ul l o f new s t oo . A ndy ST A N A SK I is now f l ying F- 15s. D ave G L O W A C K I is at H q T A C co nt r act i ng, also m a r r i ed w i t h a daughter . John C H R I ST O P H E R and M ik e SM E L L I E fl y F- 15s a t L angley . M ick ran i nt o Janet (T H E R I A N O S) W U E ST H O FF (Scot t) at G reen Flag. Janet fl ies t he K C - 10 at Bar ksdale. Bet sy (JO V I A K ) P I M E N T A L is stat ioned at t he Pent agon . Jim K E N N E D Y fl ies T -33s at T y ndal l , and K ei t h M A RE SC A is d oi ng all sor ts o f neat t hi ngs i n t h e A C - 130 a t H u lb u r t .

D oug O W E N S (T eresa) and 1 fl ew a mighty M escaler o t o R eese f o r t hei r open house i n A ugust . T her e w e r an int o B ill E H R E N ST R O M (M el inda) , a T -38 fl ight com mander , and C .D . M OO RE (L eslie) , w ho fl ies T -38s as w ell as playi ng w ing exec. C .D . w ill be headi ng t o A ST RA

this winter. Deb LA FROM BOIS, another Reese T-38 type, w a s

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“ G ood M or ni ng A mer ica” i n A ugust in an i nterview t hat i n c l u d ed a n A nnapolis ’ 80 gr ad .

K ur t G RE E N , a f ellow T -4 1 d r iver , and his w i f e, Shar on , h a v e a n 18-m ont h-old son . Sharo n graciously supplied me w it h a l l so r t s o f n ew s.

T o ny (H elen) JO N E S is here i n t he Space C omm and . T hey are ex pect i ng a baby i n Januar y . A lso ex pect i ng ar e Bill and Stacy A N D R E W S a t M ountai n H ome. Ji m (D onna) R I GG I N S is att endi ng U PT at Reese. Ray L A PO RT E is t hor oughly enj oyi ng him sel f as a K C - 135 A C at L or i ng.

D eb b i e D U B B E w i l l a r r i v e h er e a s a n a v i n st r u c t o r i n M ar ch . C huck (A n net te) M I L L I GA N is f i nishi ng his master ’ s in A ust i n and hopes t o go overseas. Rick (M art a) F REE BU R N w i ll ar r ive here in Januar y t o teach up on t he hill . K enny RO D R I G U EZ is doing secret t hi ngs a t N el l i s. A f t er a t hr illi ng sum mer fl ying t he T -4 1 at H o ndo , T X D uane (G ail) D A V I S is back i n his tw eet at W ill iam s (awesome machi ne, huh?) . D a v e G L O W A C K I is i n mai ntenance at M cC lellan , and K ar l (D iane) JA RA N Y I is i n C - 130s at Pope.

A my W I N T E RS w as up her e to w atch D ek e do t he F- 15 fl y-by f o r t h e U T E P game. D ek e never d id get t o t he stad ium — somet hi ng a b o u t a br oken j et and an upset D O . A nyw ay , t he W i nter s have t w o k i d s. St ev e and A llene (D O W D E N ) SA L EC K passed t hr ough H ollom an e n r o u t e t o an F- 15 assignment at M cC hord . A 1 has gone civi lian t o t a k e c a r e o f t h ei r t hree chi ldren and sorely m isses her Panamanian m aid . Pete B RO W N , an F- 15 I P at M i not , get s t o pu ll aler t at H olloman (t hank s f or all t he let t er s, Pete) . G reg M I N EA R (A T -38 I P) is r epor tedly ser i ous about a gi r l , i f you c a n b el i ev e t h a t .

N ancy (BE RGE R) SN Y D E R (Gary) is a M inut eman i nst r uct o r a t V andenberg. T ony and T er r y A RET Z are expect ing t heir sec o n d c h i l d .

T ony teaches i n t he psych depar t ment her e, and coaches t h e w o m en ’ s r ugby t eam . C hr is and C indy GO L O B , G reg and Robbi n A U G ST , and M argie (C L A RK ) and BJ V A RU SK A al l have new daught er s. A n d r ew (G retchen) K I N G escaped V ance w it h an F- 16. Sandy D A R U L A i s i n C O S at t he Space C om m and . D o nna ( L U N D Q U I ST ) N I E L SE N a n d Roscoe RO L E Y ar e teachi ng mat h t o cadet s. K en RA D O SE V I C H ea r n ed a W ell D one aw ard f or savi ng a cr ippled T -33 at C ast le last year .

Fi nally , f r om t he A O G m ai lbag; Russ H O D G K I N S is at M o u n t a i n H ome, Scott (A nne) PE A T RO SS — C olorado Spr i ngs, D avid F R A N C I S

f r om M inot t o H omestead , and Pete (D iane) M I C A L E to G reat Fal ls,

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from Great Falls to Clinton, M D; Bob

E I SE N BE RGE R f r om Redland s, C A t o D yess A F B ; P hil H E I D M O U S f r om L aughli n to H olloman ; St even W E B B f r om K ir t land to Fai rbor n , O H ; John BL O E M E R f r om G eorge A F B to A PO SF ; and C har les K I L L I A N lef t C olorado Spr ings f or A ur or a, C O .

W ell , I ’ m out o f new s and wi ne coolers. Please k eep t he lett er s com i ng.

I appreciate al l o f t he help . T ak e care.

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A lso, Larry hears that Mike ODERNHEIMER is now an RC-135 A C .

Pat SWA NKE is working hard to prepare this year’s version o f A i r

For ce W omen ’ s Bask et ball . T hey got i n qui te a crew o f tall , talent ed freshmen this year and with the return of several veterans f r om last year ’ s C ont inental D ivide C onf er ence C ham pi ons t hey should have qui te a team . I ’ m t he of f icer representat ive f or t he team , and we‘ ll be t raveli ng t o the LA area for a tourney over Thanksgiving at Chapman C ollege i n Orange County 28-30 Nov. I n January, the team will play f our games i n

A laska. They’ll play the University of A laska-A nchorage o n 3 a n d 4 J a n

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RU GG I E RO also tell s me t hat his b r ot her -i n-law , D on FO R D is engaged to be mar r ied next sum mer t o K aren , a gi r l he met w hi le T D Y t o Japan .

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and t hen m ove o n t o A lask a-Fai r ban k s f or tw o games o n 6 a n d 7 J a n . I k now t hat Pat and t he w hole t eam w ould cert ai nly li k e t o see so m e f r i en d ly faces for both of these road trips, so if you’re i n t he ar ea f or any o f

these games stop in and see us! Other news f rom Pat i s t h a t St ev e B U R N S

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Footbal l season has begun agai n her e at U SA FA and w it h i t t h e i n evitable classes and w or k . Sum mer at U SA FA is r eal ly great i f you ’ re not a cadet , especially w it h t hose new ly i nstal led captai n ’ s b a r s. B u t n o w l i f e must get serious once again. The Colorado morning air is begi nni ng t o f eel a litt le chi lly , D ave C ook is havi ng a sk i sale and t he bur ning questi on ar ound U SA FA i s. . . “ C an w e beat N ot re D ame f our year s i n a r o w ? ’ ’ A t t he moment I ’ m w r it i ng t his ar t icle t he Falcons ar e 1-0 and w e’ re m ak i ng plans t o dr ive t o L aramie tom or r ow m or ni ng. By t he t i me you r ead t his, most o f the questio ns about t he season w i ll be answ ered , hopef ully in a positive w ay ! U nf or tu nately t hough , I ’ m not a spor t s w r i t er a n d I ca n ’ t w r ite exclusively about Falcon f oot ball so I ’ d bett er get star ted w it h t he c l a ss n ew s. . .

I got a call and a nice follow-up info letter from D a v e H U N T E R i n August . Dave’s currently flying F- 15s in the 48 FI S at L angley . Betw een al l of his T D Y s to t he G ul f C oast and Eur ope he m anages t o k eep i n t ouch

has order s t o t he A cademy as a T -4 1 I P i n January 86. M i c h el l e

JOHNSON got her chance to put her education to work a f ew m o n t h s ago. M ichelle was chosen to participate in a PBS-sponsored, sci en ceoriented game show called NOVA against some pretty high powered com petition. She acquitted herself quite well though, placi ng second t o M r .

E d w i n N ew m a n o f N B C f a m e ! A t t h i s t i m e t h e sh o w h a sn ’ t b een a i r ed

yet , but be sure to look f or it in your area. M ichelle is cur r ent ly a C - 14 1 pi lot at C har lest on .

The surprise of the summer came from Gregg MONT IJO, w ho ’ s f l yi ng A - l Os at Bent w ater s. Gr egg sent us a bir t h announcement . Realizi ng t hat Gregg wasn’t married, or currently contemplating such a m o v e w e r ea d with interest that Gregg is now the proud father of a new black baby

P or sche 944 t hat he pick ed up w hile at Sem bach . G regg sa i d t h a t h e w a s

getting a little tired of getting birth and wedding a n n o u n cem en t s f r o m everyone he knew, and decided it was about time he star t ed a f am ily of his ow n . I f hi s P or sche has babies a f ew year s dow n t he r oad (pun i ntended)

I ’d certainly be glad to take one of f his hands. It seem s t h a t Sea n JESSURUN also caught the bug and has started his family w i t h a si m i l a r

a d d i t i o n . Sea n i s a l so a t B en t w a t er s . I t seem s t h a t t h e B en t w a t er s/ W o o d -

with an amazing number of people. This column would b e a b o u t t w o paragraphs long if it wasn’t for him! Chuck COGH LI N i s i n t h e 2 7 T F S

bridge folks had quite the promotion party headed up by M i ke BEA L E . I t reportedly turned into an all-nighter with open bar, ca b a r et sh o w a n d t a x i

m en t a t C h a r l est o n .

deployment with the 429 TFS out of Nellis.

Other news f rom Gregg includes word that Mark ROL L ING h a s m a r ried an as yet unidentified former A rmy dentist he met in Ger many . D an LEY participated in the rescue of a sick Russian fisherman i n t h e A t l a n t i c and got credit for a save. A 1CLOUD is doing well flying H H - 5 3 s o u t o f

t her e. C huck and his w i f e Barb have a new baby gir l , M egan , and Chuck has an assignment to Keflavik in early ’86. Larry KELLY f l ies w i t h D ave, and is currently awaiting reassignment via the next T -33 f ighter board .

Joe NYPA VER and Gary DOBBINS are flying C-12s out of L angley hav ing recently converted from T-39s. Joe is on his way t o a C - 14 1 assign

1st TFW people at Langley include Bill MCLENDON , Kent NICHOLS, Chet NOWA K and Larry CORNELL . Kent has an F-5 A g gressor j ob at Clark lined up. During his European f oray , D ave r an i nt o Joe FRASIER, Chuck SCHNEIDER and Steve SIMONS at Bitburg.

C huck and his w i f e L iz have a lit t le boy , w hile Steve (M elba) i s an I P i n t he 525 T FS. A t H ahn he t alk ed w i t h L ar ry W E I SE N BE RGE R w ho ’ s f l y

ing F-l l l s. All of the above say they love the European l i f e !

O n anot her of D ave’ s cont i nui ng j our neys, w e now f i nd o u r sel v es

along the beautiful Gulf Coast . A t England A FB Chuck R O B I N SO N a n d family are awaiting an AT-38 assignment to Holloman. J ef f ST A M BA UGH is already at Holloman af ter completing his tour at E ngland .

John EU N I CE was seen at M oody A F B w her e he w as a C E o f f i cer . J o h n is now mar r ied and t he f ather o f one. D ave said t hat J o h n i s n o w a t school getting his master’s, “ somewhere in Florida.’ ’ A t K eesler , D ave f ound K evin GO RT N EY (N ancy ’ 82) f lyi ng W C- 130s. H e’ s si n c e m o v ed t o V ance w her e he’ s a T -37 I P along w it h M ik e H A N SO N . M i k e T A F F I T

is working at Tyndall for USA FTAWC following his completion o f a sec ond degree in EE at A FIT . M ike’s still single and spends m u c h o f h i s t i m e

w it h his ski boat . A lso at T y ndall f l yi ng T -33s are C raig H E I SE , T om K A H L M A N and M ar k B RE N N A N . C raig and his w i f e have a l it t le boy named Will . Finally, Dave’s doing great and hopes to be leavi ng V irgi nia soon f or an RT U slot at L uk e. T hank s agai n f or all t h e i n f o D a v e !

Tim HA RRIS is doing f ine at the P-School . A fter a couple o f ear ly

r i d es h o m e f o r a l l i n a t t en d a n ce . K ei t h B E A M

w a s i n at tendance, on

Sembach . Pete C O ST E L L O and G r eg T O V R EA ar e each holdi ng d o w n

assistant ops of f icer j obs at Sembach and Norvenich A Bs respect ively .

Gregg ran into Scott DINA POL I at the Bentwaters A ir Sh o w . Sc o t t i s w it h t he 67 A R RS at W oodbr idge. Paul FU L T O N w as out t o W o o d bridge for a recent deployment and told Gregg of his upcomi ng assign ment to A -10 Fighter Weapons School . Gregg thinks that Paul m ay w ell be t he f i r st in our class t o be selected . C ongr at s Paul ! I f t her e ar e any

others of you out there headed to Weapons School please l et m e k n o w .

Supposedly , Fr ank C H EE SE M A N i s st ill at Bentw ater s t hough not hi ng h a s b een h ea r d f r o m h i m o n t h i s si d e o f t h e A t l a n t i c in w ell over a year .

Fr ance f am ily new s i ncludes an expected new addi t ion due i n Febr uar y , bringing our total to two. Our f irst , Sean, turns two i n N ovember . Beck y and I w i ll be biddi ng U SA FA ad ieu next sum mer as I h ea d b a c k t o sc h o o l for my PhD. A s of now VPI in Blacksburg, VA is the l ik ely school o f choice. By C hr istm as t i me, t he num ber s of ’ 8 1er s here sh o u l d sw el l c o n siderably w it h t he add it ion of M ar k L O RE N Z and Br uce A C K E R . I f any ot her s ar e on t hei r w ay her e please let o ne o f us alr eady h er e k n o w . T h e deadl i ne f or t he next issue w il l be about 5 D ec so please send any i n f o you have promptly due to the typical Christmas rush, especially you A PO f ol k s. U nt il nex t t i me, tak e car e, w r ite w hen you can , and I hope t o see many o f you at a bow l gam e t his year , per f erably on 1 J a n !

losses of personnel he’s looking forward to a successful b a sk et b a l l sea so n .

T i m t o l d m e t h a t F r ed ST E W A R T i s a t P et e F i el d a n d n o w m a r r i ed t o C ol leen and t hat James G U E SS is now at tendi ng med school a t t h e U o f Michigan. Larry RUGGIERO has been j oined at the Prep School by Bi ll

SC H O E N EM A N w ho ’ s teaching mat h . L ar ry ask ed me t o rem i nd a l l ’ 8 1 P-Schoolers of t he 25t h A nniver sary Reunio n o f all P - Sc h o o l er s 14 - 16

May 86. I ’m sure more info will come available later ei t h er i n C h ec k points or in the mail . Bill and his wife Barbara have t w o k ids. T ad (3) and

D O N ’ T M I SS A M A G A Z I N E .

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

C hr istie ( 1) . N ew s f r om Bill includes w ord t hat L ar r y L U D W I G (Pat ty) , w ho visi ted over t he sum mer , is on his w ay to H olloman a n d A T - 3 8s .

M i ke CO M N I C K is at Shaw f lying F- 16s, and D an BE L L a n d h i s w i f e Jenni f er are expect i ng an addit ion t o t heir f am ily i n O ct o b er . D a n i s c u r rently working at Wright-Pat for A SD along with Dennis W A R D . L ar ry 51

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GUESS WHO’S MA RRI ED! No, not Steve VOGT . No, not me, either. None other than Doc KIM M I NA U . Yep. I got the w o r d v i a t w o

sources (one o f t hem D oc him sel O, so I consider it accur ate poop . H er e’ s t he lowdow n : D oc f i nished up gr ad school at H aavad a w h i l e b a c k a n d trained into the intel field with a subsequent PCS to Ber li n . W ell , Pat r icia Jo R I L EY ( ’ 83) also w ent i nt o int el and w ound up i n Ber li n . T he r est , as t hey say , is (as of 26 Oct 85) hist or y . D oc says he never expected it , but t hat he‘ s never been happier . H e loves bot h G er many and his career f ield , and plans to spend the next few years there. He says t he only d raw back s ar e shi f tw or k and t he f act t hat ever yone else comes t o B er l i n f o r T D Y b u t he never goes anywhere. The f ollowing picture comes court esy of Julie

HUGHES (my other source). Julie didn’t tell me a thing a b o u t h er sel f (her return address is A lexandria, VA), but she did m en t i o n t h a t T i m a n d A ndrea L I NDEMA NN had a daughter (A lexandra Elisabeth) b a c k i n

I ’ve got a newspaper clipping here announcing Damon B O O T H ’ S m a r riage to Janet McCain of Water Valley, M S. The ceremony t ook place on 28 Oct 84. The article also said that they honeymooned i n H a w a i i a n d a r e now living at Clark in the PI . Congrats, Damon!

I have a f ew change-o f -add ress car ds her e. L et ’ s see w h o m o v ed . B o b

SA LL IS went f rom Bryan to Temple, TX . You f igure it o u t . L o o k s l i k e M elaney (PA TTON) UEH L IN is going to be an IP at Vance, ’ c a u se sh e ’ s moving there f rom Grand Forks where I happen to know sh e w a s a t a n k er copilot . Joe OVERBECK changed apartments out in Redlands, C A (yaw n . . .) and D ave W E ST now lives near T i nker . K evi n C A SSI D Y j ust m oved t o A lbuquer que (G O D that ’ s har d to spel l) and B o b SW E E N E Y will be j oining the ranks at Laughlin shortly. Finally, Gar y A M BA R I A N w i ll be cal li ng Egli n home f or aw hi le.

N ot much new s f r om her e, except t hat I got a good-deal T D Y a w h i l e back and t oo k a tank er up t o Boei ng Field i n Seat t le f or a st at ic di splay .

We were there to support Boeing’s big bash celebrating t h e 50 t h a n n i v er

sary o f t he B- 17. T he w hole w eekend w as mar vel ous, and I got t o m eet lots of B-17 crewmembers as well as people involved i n t he devel opm ent and manufacture of the KC- 135 (everything f rom test pil ot s t o t he guy

who sewed the armrests on the seats!). The flying restorations o f t h e B - 17 were truly impressive. Heard some outstanding war stories, t o o . B el i ev ed a b o u t 20 ®7o .

’T il next ti me, f ly saf e, be saf e, and W R I T E .

M ar ch .

K ev i n C a r r en o 19 84 8 S . Su m m er set L a n e

Par k er , C O 80 134 H ome: (303) 84 1-8380

A V : 9 2 6- 744 5

Percent mem bers: 35

Once again it ’s down to the wire. The editor is breathing dow n m y neck to finally get an article in on time. I keep telling him t hat good t hings tak e

" D oc ” K imm inau and his new wif e P atr icia J o R iley, ’83 .

M y O N L Y OT H E R letter t his t ime (yes, t hat ’ s a hi nt) co m es f r o m T i m

and Christy KRA MER. Well, actually, it came f rom Christy, w h o w r o t e in Tim’s absence. He was away at A ltus learning to b e a C - 14 1 a i r c r a f t commander. She sent this picture of their daughter all dressed up and r eady t o go . Sarah had j ust tur ned tw o at t he ti me of the pictu re, and w i ll soo n need only t hree Sear s catal ogs to see out t he w i n d o w o f t h e 14 1.

ti me to devel op .

I w ent dow n t o see t he Falcons play t he U niver si ty o f T ex a s E l “ i n tercepted ” Paso . I t rust you have seen elsew here t hat t hey t ook no pr isoner s. M y guess is t hey w il l pr obab ly have t heir best year ever and end up r ank ed i n t he top t en . Rem em ber w her e you heard i t f i r st . W h a t ’ s m o st surprising is that they are doing so well considering coach D eBer r y ’ s preseason com ment t hat he w as going t o mak e w i nni ng aspi rat ional t his year . O h w el l , at least t hey don ’ t have t o cheat t o w i n .

I have been lit er al ly bom bar ded w it h w eddi ng annou ncement s. Star t i ng with Mark WEL LS who got married down in Texas in June. Q ui nn

NEWHA L L got married to Cheryll CLEVELA ND (’84) during J u n e Week. Sue HURST called to say that Diann CH RISTIA NSON g o t m a r ried to Bob WRIGHT (a.k.a. M r. Right). Classmates in a t t en d a n c e w er e Patt i M A RT I N E Z , K ar ol W E L L I N G , T i m ST RA W T H E R , and , a c c o r d

ing to Sue, “ some guy named Pete.” Sue also mentioned t h a t sh e a n d h er husband had a baby girl back in July. Speaking of Petes, P et e H OL LA ND

(N ellis) got

mar r ied

somet i me back

i n June. K ev i n

McGLA UT HL I N got married in A ugust in Virginia. Finally, C ec i l

G RA N T was mar r ied i n A ugust t o a Flor ida gi r l . C eci l is on his w ay t o so me one-man rem ote com m unicat i ons si te i n I taly . See I w asn ’ t lyi ng about al l t hose w eddi ng announcement s.

Sarah Kramer, USAF ’s y oungest MA C troop.

C hr ist y al so passed along t he new s t hat Bob and V ick i N I SSE N a r e a l so stat ioned at M cGui re, but w il l soon be headed f or E nid-by-t he-Sea w h er e Bob w i ll be a T w eet I P . Fi nally , t he K ramer s saw D ave SC H A P I R O aw hile back w hi le he w as on leave. D ave is happily pursui ng R F-4 b a c k sea t d u t i es a t Sh a w .

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Dave KLA UDT (one of the regulars) sent this picture t a k en a t P a t KI LBRI DE’S wedding. Others in the picture are Tom Downey (ex- ’ 85) , M ike BRYA NT , Ric GODDA RD, Carol FOOTE (’82), Dave, a n d t h e

gr oom . O h yeah , the ugly one is M i k e D RA K E ( ’ 82) . I alw ays t hought he

w as much better l ook i ng w it h the hock y mask on . D rak er is f lyi ng C - 14 1s at N or ton af ter aver t ing ser i ous i nj ury on t he bask et ball co u r t s d o w n a t Reese w hich prevented him f r om endi ng up i n a T -37 o r so m e su c h a i r c r a f t . Y o u ‘ 11 h a v e t o a sk h i m a b o u t t h e d et a i l s.

Bi f f and L um poe were recent ly back i n business i n C -Spr ings. H i s B i f f ness, D rew W A CK E R w as mar r ied back i n A ugust at t he C adet C hapel .

T he dist inguished guest w as none ot her t han SSgt Spence St e f a n si c w h o st i l l m a i n t a i n s a c l o se r esem b l a n c e t o t h e f i c t i o n a l L um poe. Spence f i nally managed t o graduate f r om O hi o St at e w i t h a degr ee in physics. T he power s t hat be, how ever , have decided t o not give hi m a com mi ssi on (yet) so he’ s w or k ing at Base O ps at C ast le. D r ew (Bi f f ) m ea n w h i l e i s st i l l a s crazy as ever . H e and his b r ot her , Steve, managed t o get us al l t hr ow n out of PT s f or a maneuver t hey call t he “ D ouble W acker B a c k er . ’ ’ Y o u h a v e to see it t o believe it . I encour age any of you passing t hr ough T r avi s t o stop i n and ask D rew about t he gi r t i n N ogales. Bi ll H O RN made t he t r ip up f r om D el Rio f or t he w edding.

Proud UH T Class 85-05 graduates include f rom lef t, top r o w. B ill R an

dall, A r t R ice, D oug Good li n, B ob M ohan and M ar k B alzer, M i d d l e r o w :

Keith M cCready, Ken A rteaga, Steve Jenkins, Jamie D onald, a n d B r a d

Webb. B ot tom r o w: M ar k War d, J im Sim on, K ar en C ox, J oe Sher man, Tim B r o wn, and E d Watk ins.

Ray BL U ST sent t his pictur e f r om Jim PO ST ’ s w eddi ng at Randolph A FB . Fr om lef t are Pete BL OO M (C - 130, P ope) , Ray (T -38, L augh-i n) , M ar k M E L V I L L E (T -38, L augh-i n) , Ji m PO ST (F-4, Ger many) , E r i c H U P PE RT (C - 130, P ope) , C ar l N O R D I N (C - 130, Pope) , Ron G R A V E S (T -37, L augh-in) . Ray also asked me t o ment ion t hat he is w ri t ing t he nex t art icle (deadli ne 10 D ecem ber) . H is addr ess is 90 12 B A r antz St ., L aughl in A F B , T X , 78840 .

L ast but not least f or t hose of you w ho ar e i nterested . I ’ ll ru n t hr ough t he address cards I received . Ben H U L SEY , John M U L H EA R N , D a n BRU N SK O L E , and D an SM I T H at G r issom A FB , I N . John A M I D O N G at A lamogord o , N M . D ale and Blanche F R I D L E Y at L as V egas, N V .

B randon and D ebr a K I N G at A r li ngt on , T X . D oug H I G H at Bergst r om .

M i ke SH A N A H A N at K ir t land A FB , N M . Scot t K O R B I N i n t r a n si t t o L eavenw or t h , K S. I w ould appreciate it i f w hen you send your change-of address car ds t o t he A O G t hat you annotat e t her eon w hat base you are goi ng to . I t ’ s im possible to f igure it out st r ict ly f r o m a n A P O b o x . W el l that ’ s about al l she w rote f r om her e. K eep t hose car ds and let ters com i ng .

I have t o get back t o st udying now so I can j oin t he gr ow ing rank s o f f ellow graduates tur ned att or neys.

H er e’ s how t he li neup look s: A ndr e B I L L U P S, C -2 1, K ir t land ; K u r t B JO RN , F- 15, E gl in ; Jay C H A RM E L L A , C - 14 1, N or t on ; A l C O U I L L A R D , C -23, Z w eibr uck en ; V inny D eG I O V A N N I , T -37, L aughli n ; D oug D u BO I S, T -37, Reese; Sue EA ST E R , K C - 135, Pease; Br uce E L L W E I N , F- 15, L angley (t op gr aduat e) ; D ave PA R I SH , T -38, L aughl i n; Jack FO RSY T H E , F- 16, M acD i ll ; M i k e GO L D FE I N , T -38, L aughl in ; T om G U Y T O N , T -38, Reese; M i k e H ar vey , K C - 135, Beale; Scot t H E N N , T -37, L aughli n ; D ave H O O K , C - 130 , L i tt le Rock ; and Paul K E L L N E R , 0 -2, E ielson .

A lso , John K E R SH N E R , K C - 135, Robi ns; M ary K O BE RST E I N , T -37, L aughlin ; Bar b L A L L I , C - 14 1, M cG ui re; K en P I L K E N T O N , T -37, L aughli n ; K en PO ST , T -38, L aughlin ; L or i PU L A SK I , T -38, L aughli n , M i ke RE I D E N BA C H , T -37, L aughli n , M ar k RO SS, K C - 135, L or i ng; K it RU D D , C- 130, C lar k ; K yle SK A L I SK Y , F- 15, H olloman ; St ev e SM O L E N , K C - 135, K I Saw yer ; C hr is T RO I A N O , C - 14 1, C har lest on ; Russ V I E RA , R F-4 , Ber gst r om ; and Ray W I N FRE E , F- 16, L u k e .

Some of t he assignments f r om t he 85-06 classes w er e L esl i e (C H R I ST E N SE N ) BA U K N I G H T and husband M ar k , T -37, L aughli n ; K at hy D O U C ET , T -37, L aughli n ; D ave PE T E RSO N , T -38, L aughlin ; E d R U T H E R FO R D , T -37, L aughlin ; C har lie M I D T H U N , F-4 , H om est ead ; John SA V I D G E , F-4; Br ent JO H N SO N , F-4 ; Bar t H A L E Y , F-4; and John Y E L L E , F- 111. M art y L O U T H A N and A lonzo BA BE RS, ’ 83, w ere i n t ow n f or 85-07’ s gr aduat i on night (via C r oss-C ou nt ry A i r li nes) . M ar t y is headi ng t o M cC hor d t o dr ive C - 14 1s and A lonzo gr abbed a C - 2 1 a t N or t on . G ood luck , f ol k s. T hank s Bar b and Russ f or t h e i n f o r m a t i o n .

Scot t FE N ST E R M A K E R dr opped me a li ne. H e’ s i n school a t t h e U niver sit y o f W ashingt on al ong w it h D an D RA E GE R and K ev i n C H R I ST E N SE N . A ll t hr ee ar e w or k i ng on t heir M S degrees i n a er o . I n D ecem ber , all t hr ee w il l be headi ng out i nto t he real A F . D a n a n d K ev i n w i ll be goi ng t o U PT (hopef ully at Reese) and Scott w i ll be headi ng t o

T i n k er t o w o r k f o r A F L C .

D a v i d C . “ D J ” J o h n so n

2323 W . Bay A r ea Blvd ., # 1604 W ebster , T X 77598 H ome: (7 13) 338- 1079 P er c en t m e m b er s : 2 2

G reet i ngs f r om H H H (hot , hu mid , H oust on) . T hank s f or all t he car ds, let ter s and phot os.

I received a let ter f r om K ar en CO X , w ho is pr esently a t F a i r ch i l d A F B .

K ar en complet ed U H T at F or t R ucker i n M ay . T hanks t o K ar en , I m ust ret ract my statement f r om t he Sum mer ’ 85 ar t icle w hich st a t ed t h a t ‘ t h e U N T graduates were t he C lass o f 84’ s f ir st rated o f f icer s. A couple o f new U H T graduate assignment s are A l B R I D G E S, H i ll ; M i ke JA R V I S, Shaw ; K eit h SU L L I V A N , FE W ar ren ; and Ed W E ST E RM A N N , H om estead .

Secur i ty L eak at D el R i o. T hat ’ s r ight . Falcon f ans, a f t er m o n t h s o f com municat ions silence at L aughli n A F B , t he black out h a s b een l i f t ed and t he U PT graduate assignment s have been made public. N ew Y o r k ’ s ow n Bar b L A L L I w r ote me a let ter w r i tt en duri ng her vacati oning days i n L ong I sland .

T he next lett er came f r om M i k e BRE N N A N , w ho w as w r i ti ng f r o m t h e P hil ippi nes. M i ke w as recent ly at L i t t le R ock upgr adi ng t o C - 130 n a v status. Some o f t he ot her upgrader s w er e D oug GA L I PEA U , T r oy C A R L Y L E , D er r ick A BE L , Pete H E R RE RA , M i k e M I L T EE R , Sh a r o n RU C K E R , and T oni SE N C I . D u r i ng t hei r stay i n L it t le R ock , M i k e M . decided t o add some t r ophies t o hi s m ant el by w inni ng a couple o f r oad r aces. W hi le M ik e w as ru nni ng aw ay w it h t he gold , Pete w as ru nni ng t o his gir l f r iend w it h a gold r i ng . M i k e B . sw u ng by C ali f or nia a f t er L i t t l e Rock t o do some house hoppi ng. A t M at her he visi ted K evi n CA R L SO N , Brent C A RT E RGE N A , and Scot t JO H N ST O N . A ll t hr ee ar e com plet i ng E W O t r ai ni ng at M at her . Scot t is anot her bachelor w ho h a s b een b i t t en by t he mar r iage bug. M i k e st opped t hr ough C ast le t o visi t M ar ybet h PET E R SO N w her e she i s f i nishing K C - 135 nav school . Sh e w i l l b e headi ng t o Beale A F B f or her per manent assignment .

T he next new s comes f r om B i ll E BE RZ and t he gang f r om W il ly . K ar a H A Y E S, Steve RU SI N and Bil l w i ll be hangi ng ar ound W il ly as T -38 I Ps. M ar k G I L L OT T and T om W I L SO N ar e T -37 I P s. O t her assignment s i n clude John C U R RA N , T -38, Reese; D an H A L P I N , T -37, V ance; C a r o l (W A R D ) H A SB RO U C K , K C - 135, Bar k sdale, (her husband is C apt Joe/ B-52s) ; K en G U R L E Y (t op grad) , F- 15, K adena; M i k e T O R I N O , Ray M I L L E R , and Ger ry SL Y M A N , C - 130s; Julie GO N Z A L E S, C -23, Z w eibr uck en ; and Bob ROG E R S, RF-4, Bergstr om .

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A lso , Stan BA T E S, F- I 6, M acD ill ; M ar k K E L L Y , F- 111; D a v e D U N T E M A N , A - 10, Suw on , K or ea; M ar k SI L V A N I C , O V - 10 , O san , K or ea; E d BA CA and Sam GO O D W I L L , C- 14 1; M arcel SM I T H , C - 14 1, N or ton ; C hr is CO RT E S, E -3A , T inker ; Ray SI M PSO N , C -2 1, O f f ut t ; V inny M A R RE RO , K C - 135, Beale; P hil L O N G , T -33, C l ar k ; a n d J o h n G U E RT I N , B-52 (mar ryi ng and m ovi ng t o W ashingt on) .

Dean GI LBERT provided me with a copy of the assignments o f t h e

s s s

85-07 E ur o-N A T O class: H ow ar d H A Y ES, F- 15, L angley ; D ean , A - 10 , Suw on ; Jef f JA N A SK I E , A - 10 , Bentw ater s; W yat t H A M PT O N , F- 15, Bitburg; K ent Y O H E , A - 10, Bent w ater s; John SI E V E R L I N G , F- 16, M acD ill ; T odd T A M U RA , O V - 10, Geor ge; Scot t ST U D E R , F- 15, B it burg; E r ic O V E RT U RE, F- 16, M acD i ll ; and Randy PU H RM A N , T -38, Sheppard .

P ar ticip ating in D ave M ul lins ’ wedd ing, f r om lef t, ar e Cap t. M ar k Cl odf el ter 7 7, M aj . A l lan H o wey ’73, L aura and D ave, a n d M a r k M as o n .

D a v e M U L L I N S sen d s t h e n ex t l et t er f r o m C o l u m b u s. H er e ’ s a

C olumbus; Rober t BU C H A N A N , O V - 10 ; Joe C A U L D E RO N , C - 14 1, N ort on ; C har les C A V A N A U G H , C - 14 1; Pete C O R RA S, K C- 135; J o h n JO RD A N , C - 130 ; Steve K RA M , B-52; Br ook s L I E SK E ; C hr i s RE I N H A RT , C - 12; B ryan R I BA , K C - 135; T om ST A N SBU R Y , K C - 135, L ori ng; and Scot t T A Y L O R , W C - 135. T hank s f or t he phot os a n d t h e i n f o , D ave.

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dow n of t he U PT assignment s f r om CA F B 85-07 and 08: St ev e A L D E RFE R , C - 130, M cC hord ; Jef f A N D E RSO N , C -2 1, O f f u tt ; A r n i e BU N C H , B-52, Fai rchild ; Jim BU R L I N GA M E , T -37, C olumbus; B r i a n C U T T S, C - 130, L i tt le Rock ; Steve D A V I S, K C- 135, M i not ; H er b E H RM A N N , C - 130, Rhein M ai n ; C ar l FA R Q U H A R , T -37, C olumbus; D uane FO RCA D E , K C - 135, D yess; D oug FU L L E R , B-52, Car sw el l ; K yle G A RD N E R , K C - 135, D yess; M ik e G RA H A M , T -43, M at her ; D o n G RE SH A M , C -2 1, L angley ; Ralph G R I FF I T H , C -9, Scot t ; M i k e H O L CO M B , K C - 135, A ltus; D avid L A M E RS, T -37, C olumbus; J ef f L O FG RE N , F- 16, M acD ill ; M i k e M A L O N E , T -37, C olum bus; M a r k M A SO N , F- 15, H oll oman (t op grad , t op everyt hi ng) ; D avid M U L L I N S, T -38, C olumbus; M ik e N E W M A N , 0 -2, Shaw ; and Jer r y O ’ H A RA , C - 14 1, C har leston .

C hr isty RO W Z E E sent t he next phot o above and t he f oll ow i ng i n f o r mati on f r om C ali f or nia. T he phot o w as t aken i n A pr il ’ 8 5 a n d f r o m l ef t ar e L inda G r it t ner (nongrad but C hr isty ’ s r oom ie) , M ar y Bet h P ET E R SO N (Beale, K C - 135) , Br ian R I C A RT E (T i nker , F-4 N av) , A 1 R E V E L S (K I Sawyer , B-52) , R obi n C O O PE R (N O RA D , C -Spr i ngs) , T ony BU C K (F-4 W SO , G eorge) and C hr ist y (T r avis, m ai nt enance o f f icer ) . B r ian and T ony believe t hat t hey have t he secret t o gett i ng an F-4 at assignment night . A t selecti on night , t hey each w or e a shi rt t hat read , “ Y ou got ta be t ough t o f ly a Bu f f . ” T hey bot h got F-4s and t he rest i s hist or y . K u r t H O RN BA C K E R is at Sunnyvale deali ng in space system s w h i l e M i k e H A RV EY heads f or Beale to f l y K C - 135s. I ncidentally , M ik e’ s lady , T i na T H E R R I A N ’ 85, is at T r avis so w edd ing bells may be i n t h e w o r k s . So m e ot her s assignments out o f L aughli n i nclude St eve A D A M S, T -38, V ance; Ji m H O W A R D , F- 15, L angley ; L ee M O O RE , EC - 130; Randy P R I C E , T -37, L aughli n ; Stu B RO W N , T -37, L aughli n ; M ar k RO SA D O , F-4, H omestead ; Steve RU SI N , T -38, W ill iam s; and Steve N A FT Z G E R , T -38, W ill iam s.

M elody BE L L managed t o f eed my m ai l box spider t his r o u n d . Sh e i s star t i ng a master ’ s pr ogram at Pepperd ine i n t he f al l . G a i l C O N W A Y w a s r ecent ly nom inated as t he A ir F or ce’ s Fem ale A t hlet e o f t h e Y ea r . U n f o r tu nately t he w inner of t he aw ar ds w il l not be announced u n t i l l a t e O c t ober . I ’ ll tell you t he resul t s i n t he next issue.

W ell , t hat ’ s about alt t hat I can m uster . T he next ar t icle w il l pr obably b e t h e l a st o n e t h a t I w i l l w r i t e so a l l i n t er est ed aut hor s dr op me a li ne.

H appy holidays! ’ 84 W i ngs t o Soar !

Jack ie (C har sagua) W i lli s 3930 W . Beach , #J- 10 Biloxi , M S 3953 1 (60 1) 388- 1740 P er c en t m e m b e r s : 6 7

Under water tea p ar ty p ar ticip an ts include, f r om lef t, D om Str ug, B ob Schaef er, M ar k M ason, H er b E hr mann, A lex B ap ty , Sco tt Vangor der a n d D a ve M u l l i n s .

A lso , John PA V I K , B-52, Bar k sdale; K er r y P H E L A N , T -38, C o l u m bus; Rob PU C K ET T , T -38, C olum bus; Steve REE D , T -37, C olumbus; Jack ROOSA , T -38, C olumbus; Pat RY A N , F- 15, H ol loman ; T i m SA F FO L D , OA -37, D avid-M ont han ; Bob SC H A E FE R , C- 130 , Pope; M onica SC H W I ET Z , W C - 130, K eesler ; T i m SM I T H , A - 10, E ngland ; Gerald ST A N K E Y , C - 14 1, M cGuir e; D omi nic ST RU G , K C- 135, G r issom ; John T A Y L O R , C - 130 , D yess; Scot t V A N GO RD E R , C - 14 1, T ravis; Steve W A L T E RS, B-52, G uam ; D avid W E BB , K C - 10, Bar k sdale; D ennis Y O U N T , T -38, Reese; and A lex BA PT Y , T -37, C olum bus.

A lso , M ax BA T SO N , C -2 1, L angley ; M ar k BL U M E N T H A L , T -38, 54

H ello f ol k s! H ow ’ s li f e in t he R .A .F . t reati ng you? Y ou ’d pr obably li k e t o k now w ho is i n charge o f w r it i ng t hese ar t icles, so I ’ ll f i ll you in . E ach class has a class scr ibe w ho w r it es t he colum n , and o u r c l a ss h a s f o u r scr ibes: M ari lyn GA RC I A , Ji m M A R I A BE L L A , Jim V O GT , and my sel f . W e are each responsible f or com ing up w it h new s f o r a d i f f er en t quar ter o f t he year , and I have t he w i nter quar ter . So , let me get on w i t h it .

Fir st o f all , I have a li st o f new lyw eds st at io ned a t K eesl er . F o r t h o se o f you who k new M arci (M cG L I N N ) T H O M PSO N and t old her sh e w o u l d never make it , w el l she and her husband P rest on ( ’ 82) D I D . T i sh (D I E R L A M ) BEC K E L t ied t he k not w it h Bob , and M ar ia (M A R Z A N O) M A D GET T k nabbed T i m ( ’ 84) . M ickey (RE N D I N E) P H I L L I PS w a s also w ed t his sum mer , and she and E d ( ’ 83) spent par t o f t hei r ho ney moon hi k ing i n t he A lps. I , t oo , shock ed a f ew people w h en I m a r r i ed M arc W i ll is, so no one w ill have any excuse about havi ng t o p r o n o u n c e

my last name ever agai n ! M ar ia (SH E L L A BA RG E R) N I SSE N k n o w s ex act ly w hat I mean .

Some of t he mar r ied men i nclude B r uce RO W E , T er r y C A M P BE L L , C hr is O V E RM A N , M ar k RY D E L L , T i m N E W T O N , Bobby V A L L I N , and our beloved ex-w ing com mander , Ji m L O V E L L , w ho m a r r i ed h i s high school sw eet hear t . H olly . Billy A N D E R SE N and T eri C O C C I A a r e pr obably com pet i ng f or t he cu t est cou ple p r i ze w i t h C her y l (C L EV E L A N D ) N E W H A L L and husband Qui nn ( ’ 83) . A lan L E E a n d w i f e Bar bara are now at C olum bus A F B , along w it h Br ad and K ym (L A RSON ) M A L O N E . M ar k and Pat ty (M A C G REGO R) M CC A RT H Y are also f lying high at W i lliam s A F B . Rob EA M O N and h i s w i f e a r e ex pecti ng t riplet s (accor ding to A ndy BO C H M A N ) , and Rob is w or k i ng as assistant hockey coach at t he zoo . A nne (W EA V E R) W O RST E R a n d husband W ard ( ’ 84) w r ote me f r om L ubbock , T X , t o tel l m e t hat t he only litt le one t hey plan to have f or a w hi le is a puppy n a m ed J essi e .

Steve (alias Buzzer) and Cat hy BU T L E R w ere mar r ied on 7 Sep , t he same day as D anielle (H A T C H E T T ) and Pet e H A RG ROV E ( ’ 84) . W h o else w ould si ng i n D aniel le’ s weddi ng but P hi lecia H A R R I S ? T o i C O R N S was also present at t he w eddi ng as a br idesmaid .

E ngagements are i n t he air , star t i ng w i t h N ichi SC H U ET T E and D oug FA RN H A M ( ’ 84) . W endy C OO K and W ayne PO ST ( ’ 84) have m a d e plans f or t he big day , as w ell as JP SC OT T and his long-ti me sw eet hear t , Betsy K ing. Robbi D O T SO N and C hr i s D A V I S w i ll be w ed i n D ecember , and i f you k now Robbi and C hr is you should be expecti ng a w ild f am ily to emerge f r om t his mar r iage! Rut hann L U E K E N says t hat sh e a n d J T ( ’ 84) w il l be r i nging t he bells in Jan 86, w hich is an im por tant m ont h f o r t h e 8 50 7 10 cl a ss o f c o m m u n i ca t i o n s- el ect r o n i cs st u d en t s a t K eesl er . T h i s

is w hen 23 o f us eager lieutenant s w ill graduate f r om t he C-E cour se, leave “ vacat ion land ’ ’ Biloxi , M S, and go o f f t o ou r f i r st real assignment . I n the phot o below of t he class cont r ibuted by T her esa B EA D , you can see t hat the 10 : 1 rati o has been sw i tched , and t he f ive men (A ndy BO C H M A N , I van M cK N I G H T , Scot t R U T H E RFO R D , G eo f f SEW E L L , and Rodney SA M PSO N ) get to exper ience w hat w e academ y

w o m en f el t .

Bob BA K E R , D ave PE R R Y , C ar m H E RN A N D E Z , C ar olyn FA H RN I , C hr is D A V I S, and M ar k K O RN M ESSE R . Br ian D E M U N I K is sur vivi ng out t her e, and he w ou ld say i f he could , “ H i , f alcon budd ies. I ’ m busy cr ank i ng and bank i ng, l ook i ng f or t hat good deal F- 15 to Bit burg ! ’ ’ I haven’ t hear d very much f r om D el Rio , but I do k now t h a t L i sa E N R I G H T , K ev i n W A L L A C E , M i k e SO W E L L , and C hev y C L EA V E RS are a f ew t hat are su pposed to be f l yi ng in t h a t T ex a s d eser t r eso r t .

D ar ren M edli n , an ex- ’ 85er , w as gr acious enough t o give me a bit o f new s f r om Reese A FB . L ynn ST E E R and M ar k SC H N O ES are t w o cr azies seen i n those par t s, j oi ned by Jo hn RO BI N SO N , w ho i s dati ng t he D O ’ s daughter . Scott PO RT E R is now engaged t o Reese’ s n ew b a se c o m mander ’ s daught er , af ter bei ng sw ept o f f his f eet w it hi n t h r ee w eek s — how ’ s t hat f or love at f i r st sight ?

T ish BEC K E L has all t he lat est new s f rom C olum bus, b eca u se h er h u s band Bob is stati oned t her e i n t he 8606t h SQ . A f t er a l i v e d eb a t e o n w h a t k i nd o f ascot t o wear w i t h t hei r f l ight sui ts, t he 8606t h pick ed a H aw ai ian p ri nt , w hich mar k s t hem , possib ly , as t he m ost vogue student squad r on yet ! O t her mem ber s o f t he 8606t h i nclude John W R I G H T , G ar y PO W E L L , M i ke OT T , Johnny G RE SH A M , and A lan L EE . C hat eau H olly H ills, af f ecti onately k now n as “ V andenburg Sout h , ’ ’ i s t h e c o m m on place of abode f or m ost of t hese soon-t o-be pil ot s. Some ot her grads put t i ng i n l ong hour s at C olum bus are Joe M cB REA RT Y , St ev e M A ST E RS, Bar b BEA SL E Y , Bar b M A H A N , Ji m M A R I A BE L L A , K eit h M O RG A N , L ar ry F R I E N D , T i m H EA L Y , T odd C H A N E Y , W es BA K E R , and L ee E L SA RE L L I . M ar c SA SSE V I L L E and T om B RO W N I N G a r e st i l l r o o m m a t es a n d a r e st i l l ca r e f r ee so u l s. I t ’ s b een sa i d t h a t

T om is dat i ng t he “ social di rect or ’ ’ o f t he M ississippi U niver sit y f or W omen and shar peni ng his manner s f or w ho k now s w hat ?

T her e ar e a f ew of us w ho j ust couldn ’ t get enough o f academ ics or j ust w ant ed t o go t o a r eal school , li k e M ar k H A T F I E L D (# 1 gr ad) and W es O L SO N w ho ar e bot h at tendi ng t he U niver sit y o f I l linoi s. L o n n i e A N D E RSO N and Rich K L O D N I C K I ar e concent rat ing on operati onal sk i lls at V andenbur g. Futur e ai r t raf f ic cont r oller s i n c l u d e J o A n n e P A R R I L L O and Sarah H E L L W I G , and bot h came t o K eesler f or i n i t i a l t r a i n i ng t hen w ent t o T yndal l f or O JT .

Out i n sunny C ali f or nia, Shep SP A R K S f ound his long l o st l o v e a f t er a w eek o f hunt i ng i n L A . C huck L U R I A and C li f f T H O RST E N SO N managed to get t he sam e base, same j ob (m i ssile managem ent ) a n d a r e r oom i ng toget her f or t he f i f t h year . T hat ’ s some k i nd o f r eco r d ! I r e cei v ed a ca l l f r o m L i z A L D E R E T E a n d Su sa n B E SSE L L I E U w h o a r e o u t

at Sunnyvale w i t h D oug W E L L S, C ar y C H U N , W endal l BU RK , D a n H RO V A T , D an L EO N A R D , M ar y Jo ROC K E R , G reg SC H I L L E R , a n d D oug BU RN S. L iz and Sue, j ust li k e t he r est of us, are set ti ng t heir pri or it ies w it h t hei r f i nances and ar e buying t he im port ant t hi ngs l ik e t he T V and the V C R .

H u r r i ca n e E l en a t o o k h er t o l l o n t h o se o f u s st a t i o n ed on t he M ississip pi G ul f C oast . M eli nda M O JW I D , f or instance, had t he r o o f o f h er apar t ment blow n aw ay , and a f ew o f us had w i ndow s bl ow n o u t . T h e r ea l clincher w as havi ng t o live w it hout pow er and w at er f or even a f ew days — it ’ s hot and hum id here, and w e really m issed our show er s! Rod ney SA M PSON w as a br ave one, and w at ched E lena f r om t he d r i v er ’ s sea t o f his car , w it h his cat s Pebbles and Bam Bam (m ost lik ely i n t he back seat) .

Geof f SEWELL is experiencing the j oys of a freshly gr ow n mustache; now he can go on sear chi ng f or his “ sout her n belle.’ ’ P a m L A W SO N a n d Y vet te PE REZ do j ust abou t ever yt hi ng toget her , f r om tak ing a mar ket i ng class at t he U niver si ty of Sout her n M ississi ppi t o goi ng on a f i b er d i et . Sco t t R U T H E R F O R D a n d I v a n M cK N I G H T sh a r e a n a p a r t

ment , as w ell as some r ough t im es. Br enda D E I N L E I N is a lit t le part y ani mal (w hat ’ s new ?) , j ust li ke C har lene JA RD I N w ho leaves j ust abou t every w eekend and r etur ns com plai ning about not havi ng enough sleep .

M y r oommates are K er r i BRO U SSA R D and Shelly G I N D E R , w h o i s har dly seen now t hat she has met Rod (a ru nner li k e her sel f ), k now n t o must o f us as sim ply “ M r . W onder f ul . ” K er r i is st ill u n a t t a ch ed .

O n t he ot her side o f t he nati on , M at her is havi ng a t ime k eepi ng t rack of such character s as G or dy G R I G G S, Qui ntel W I L L I A M S, G l en BA R N E S, Joe W I G G I N S, A r t RO SS, D an SA N C H EZ , H ar old H A M L I N , and Geor ge W EA T H E RSB Y . Sue RO SEN T H A L and Sue K RA M E R have t he pleasure o f being t he only tw o academy w o m en t o b e going t hr ough t he navigat or ’ s school w i t h t his r ough b u n c h .

W il liam A F B is t r ai ni ng only t he best t o be pi lot s in our high-t ech A i r Force, includi ng Peggy K I RSH N E R , Pam GO O D E N , C hr i s N O L A N , D oug P ROCT O R , M att M O RGA N , Br ian SE L V A A G , and Steve L A V E L L E . V a n ce h a s a f ew o f t h e sa m e b r eed l i k e Sc o t t G R EGO RY ,

I ’d li ke to o f f er a har dy and si ncere W E L C O M E to t hose i n o u r c l a ss w ho j oined t he r ank s i n A ugust : M ar k PO W E L L , D on C O L E M A N , R i c k M I L L S, E J SA Y A N , and E m my G U I L L E RM O . W e’ r e glad t o have you out here w here you belong — co ngr atulat ions! M ar k is t eachi ng at t he prep school ; D on , Rick , and E J w il l be goi ng t o U PT ; and E m m y is now out at Egli n tak i ng up an acquisit i ons sl ot . E m my is al so spor t ing a new 200SX , so w atch out w hen you are dr iving dow n i n F lor ida. A n o t h er f a c e you w ill see at Egli n is D eni se SE N N .

Bob ST E W A RT spends a great deal o f t ime out-o f -door s n o w t h a t h e i s an A r my gr unt , goi ng t o bot h ranger and i nf ant r y schols. Jim M add og SET Z E R at tended SP school i n San A nt onio and i f you ever st ar t f eeli ng sor ry f or your sel f , f eel sor r y f or M add og f ir st , w ho had t o w r i ng his f at igue shir ts out af ter his days w ere done.

W r ight-Pat ter son — K i m RO E , A nne PO W E L L , M ar k D E Y SH E R , G r eg G I BBS, K o H U SSA I N , C huck ST REET E R , Philecia H A R R I S, a n d R ich B R I T T .

I ’d l ik e to w rap up t hi s edi t ion w it h a w or d o f w ar ni ng cont r i but ed by

M a r i a M A D G E T T : B ew a r e o f t h e N A A A G . A f t er so m e r a t h er b r i l l i a n t

r easoni ng and resear ch , M ar ia discover ed t his cover t organizat io n k now n as t he N at ional A ssociat ion A gai nst A ll G rads, N A A A G . N A A A G ’ s pu r pose is t o hou nd gr ads by scrupulously i nspect i ng our u n i f o r m s a n d hideously poi nt ing out any and al l er r o rs t hat you may mak e.

I ’ d li ke t o si ncer ely t hank all t he people i n m y class w ho helped me w r ite t hi s ar ticle, because I could n ’ t have got ten al l t his new s w i t hout you .

I f you have tidbit s or pictur es t hat you w ould li k e t he scr ibes t o i nclude, please f eel f r ee t o send you r let ter s t o me or to call . ( I ’ ll be i n M issi ssippi unt il Feb ’ 86) . I ’ ll get you r pieces o f t he w or ld t o t he r ight per son .

(E d i t or ’s no te: M ar ily n Gar cia also wr ote a col um n f r om D el R io, TX f or this issue which f ol lo ws.)

Si nce t he last edi t ion of t he magazine. Rich K L U M P P and I f i nished up our casual pr oj ect s at U SA FA and headed out t o H ar var d , a s d i d D eb C H A R RO N E . G reg BE L L and E l ise V A N D E R V E N N ET , w ho w er e a l so

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w or k i ng w it h us, w er e of f to W ill iam s A F B f or U PT and L ow ry A FB f or i ntel school , respect ively , I hear d f r om G reg w ho is r oomi ng w it h M i ke W I L L I A M S. H e conf i r med t hat C har l ie CA T OE and Geor gia C O L L I N S ar e engaged . C huck ’ s here at L aughli n and Georgia’ s at L ow ry .

More engagements include Steve BA BCOCK to Wendy, Rob B A B SK I

to Bar b , and C hr i s D A V I S t o R obbie D OT SO N (planned f o r D ecem b er

in Virginia). Engagements from the Laughlin crowd include K ev i n H O R

T ON t o Pam Fisher o f C olor ado Spr i ngs f or A ugust of next year , K evi n C A V A N A U G H t o M ar ia Sacone of A ust in , also f or next A ugust , and

Marty WITUSZYNSKI to Marla M iddleton of Manitou Springs f o r n ex t D ecem ber . T hat ’ s M ar t y and M ar la i n t he phot o below .

O t her new s f r om L ow r y is t hat K r i s BY E RS and Jose M E N A a r e engaged . W endy (L I N K ) RO U T H I E R w as an ho nor gr ad f r om t h e i n i t i a l i n t el c o u r se . R i c h B U R T i s a l ea d er f o r h i s i n t el c l a ss. D oug W E L L S and Rich K E L L E R are also at L ow ry .

Frank L U C C I , anot her L aughl i nite, repor ts t hat M i k e O T T , Br ent K I N G , Pete JA H N S and B r ook s F RE E M A N are livi ng t oget her i n U P T in C olumbus. Shep SPA R K S, K obier H U SSI E N and a f ew o t h er s a r e visit i ng cl ose by San A nt onio f or some sor t o f m anagem ent t r ai ni ng.

Steve (K ansas) D E PA L M E R ’ s brand new H onda I ntercept or di sappear ed w hile he w as w or k ing i n San A nt oni o . T hen L i sa ST I N E ’ s ca r w a s st o l en (later r ecovered) and T om Z E I T L E R ’ s w as br oadsided . O n e m o r e st r a w f or t he camel ’ s back — Pete CA ST O R dr opped a w ater sk i so h e c o u l d slalom and bef ore he, Steve, and L i nda SV E R D RU P could pick it up , so m eo n e el se d i d — t o t h e t u n e o f $ 13 5 .

So w hat do L aughli n-based lieu tenants do betw een crew rest and V O Q r oom i nspect io ns? ( By t he w ay , congr ats t o L isa E N RI G H T f or havi ng t he only SA T r oom this w eek .) Some f olk s, li k e Bob PI C K RE L L , Jo hn W I L L I A M S, and E r ic D EA RD O RF have made good use o f t hei r t i m e part icipat ing i n t he A T C Sw i m meet at Sheppard recent ly and real ly cap tur i ng t he r ibbons. Speak i ng o f Bob , his r oomm ate T i m G A I T H E R , repor t s t hat “ Phot on ” t he f er r et is a w onder f ul pet , w el l w o r t h t h e i n v est m en t . T h a t ’ s a b o u t i t f o r t h i s t i m e . D ea d l i n e f o r t h e n ex t i ssu e o f t h e magazi ne w il l be 5 D ecember . Send any inputs t o : A ssociat io n o f G raduates, Edit or , U SA F A cademy C O 80840, or t o Jack ie W I L L I S .

P entagon Gr oup R ep resents A cademy

By A l C Scott R . A ldrich P u b lic A f f air s

A midst t he 33,(X)0-member st af f and 17 miles of corridors a t t he Pentagon in W ashingt on , D .C ., t here is a small group of A ir Force of f icers and civilian em ployees who , alt hough 1,500 miles distant f r om Colorado Springs, ar e very close t o t he A cademy .

They are the A cademy A ctivities Group — a multi-faceted

organizat ion t hat serves as the A cademy ’ s liaison and ad v o cat e i n t he Pentagon and on Capit ol H ill . “ I f it says A cademy in it , and it comes t hrough t he W ashingt on area, we’ll get involved ,” sai d Col . Bob L ambert , ’65, chief of t he A cademy Group .

A ssigned t o t he direct or of Personnel Programs under t h e D eputy Chief of St af f f or M anpower and Personnel , t he A cademy Group consist s of t hree branches — Policy and P r o grams, Cadet , and Congressional L iaison . “ T he Policy and Programs Branch is t he point of contact f o r all U nit ed St at es and f oreign service academy mat ters,” C o l o n el L ambert said . M aj . D ave K eit h , a 197 1 A cademy graduate, s e r v e s as a ‘salesman’ f or A cademy programs. W hen a new pr ogram i s proposed , such as t he int roduction of t he powered sailplanes. M a j or Keit h becomes t he A cademy ’ s chief advocate, explaining t h e program to t he A ir Staf f and generat ing support t hroughout t h e Program Obj ect ive M emorandum (POM ) cycle.

T he Policy and Programs Branch is also involved in t rack ing admission , att rit ion and retent ion issues f or review by congres sional of f ice committees. I n addit ion , t he branch m onit ors t h e f oreign cadet s program and t he int erservice transf er of graduat ing cadet s — such as A ir Force cadet s who enter t he N avy or A rmy .

T his year , in conj unct ion wit h t he A cademy direct or o f P er sonnel and the M anpower and Personnel Center , we’ve developed a program to more ef f ectively support A ir Force needs w i t h graduates who don ’t ent er f lying t raini ng,” t he colonel sai d . T h e program will benef it t he A cademy and t he A ir Force by bett er allocat ing A cademy graduates t o crit ical A ir Force n eed s. “ Our Cadet Branch is probably t he busiest of t hem all . N o r m a N ott ingham , who heads t he branch, and her tw o nom inat ion technicians, Judy M cCann and D oris Gof f us, are responsible f o r counseling all members of Congress and t heir staf f s on t he pro cedures f or nominat ing candidates, as well as any changes i n a d mission criteria. T hey also t rack t he progress of all c a d e t s w h o have entered t he A cademy . A ny change in status is immediately reported t o t he congressional member ,” Colonel L ambert sai d . “ N orma’ s branch also responds t o inquiries sent to t h e W h i t e

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H ouse, Congress, t he Secret ary of t he A ir Force or t h e A i r F o r ce C hief of St af f about admissions t o t he A cademy .”

Congressional nominat ions are hand-validated here. T h e C ad et B r an ch m ak es su r e al l n o m i n ees ar e au t h o r i zed f r o m t he ap propriate nominat ion sources prior t o f orw arding t he n a m e s t o t he A cademy ’ s Regist rar ’ s of f ice. “ A nyt ime t here is a r e a p p o r tionment of legislat ive dist rict s enacted by Congess, w e see t h at candidates have been charged to t he appropriate dist rict so t h e congressmen don ’t lose any of t heir authorizat ions. W e also per sonally not if y congressmen of all appoint ment w it hdrawals, cad et disenr ollments and separat ions,” said Colonel L ambert .

T he f ocal point between t he A cademy group and congressional of f icers is t he Congressional L iaison Branch . “ T his b r a n ch a l so act s as t he A cademy ’ s chief f ireman , responding t o t he t ough con gressional inquiries t hat seem to ar rive in a const ant st r e a m . W e work hand-in-hand w it h the A cademy ’ s chief of staf f i n a n sw er ing congressional wit hin t he suspense crit eria set f ort h by L egislat ive L iaison here at t he Pentagon .”

M aj . Randy Cant rell , w ho j ust f inished a t our as air o f f i cer commanding f or Cadet Squadron 19, recently t ook over f or M aj .

Jim Steele, anot her f ormer A OC , as head of t he C ongressional L iaison Branch . I n addition t o being t he A cademy ’ s E a st C o a st “ answer man ,” M aj or Cant rell coordi nates t he W ashingt on a c t ivit ies dealing wit h t he A cademy ’s Board of V isit ors.

T he branch also monit ors legislat ion proposed in eit her t h e house or senate com mit tees t hat may af f ect t he A cademy . M aj or Cant rell will sit in on t hese meet ings — being on hand t o a n s w e r quest ions t hat may come up w it h regard t o pending or on-going A cademy programs.

A s f ar as our milit ary staf f goes, ” C olonel L ambert said , “ we t ry t o hire people who ’ve recent ly completed an A cademy t o u r and are assigned t o t he D CS f or M anpower and Personnel . W e f requent ly get calls f rom t he of f ice of t he Secret ary o f t h e A i r Force or the A ir Force Chief of St af f . W e m ust be prepared t o answer quest ions on t he spot .

Colonel L ambert maint ains daily contact wit h t he senior leadership of t he A cademy . “ W e lik e to t hink we’ re t he eyes and ears of t he A cademy in t he A ir Staf f and Capit ol H ill . W e a l l believe in t he A cademy ’ s mission and do our best t o en su r e t h e A cademy ’ s programs are underst ood and support ed t o t h e m ax imum extent possible.” ( The F alcon F ly er)

Exquisite Sculptured Crystal This is your opportunity to acquire a f ine engraved rendering in sculptured crystal, created especially

for you and featuring the coat of arms of your graduating class, the A cademy, or the A ssociation of

Graduates. Etched to multiple layers of depth, the three-dimensional eff ect in these stunning f ine art pieces will reflect your pride in accomplishment and become a valued addition to the memorabilia of your Academy days. Each rendering will contain subtle differences, occasioned by the handcraf ting process, making your piece unique.

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A 10-inch circular rendering in 1/ 2-inch jade crystal features your class coat of arms in this limited edition display . Signed and numbered by the artist, only 50 pieces will be created f o r each class. T he number one (1 of 50) in each series w ill be designated “A rtisan's Proof ," while all 50 will carry the words " L i m i t ed Ed i tion." Sorry , requests for specific numbers cannot b e h o n o r ed .

Choose either a walnut or oak display base. A n open, u n l i m i t ed edition is also available featuring either the A cademy o r A sso ci a tion of Graduates coat of arms only . $250 for either edition plus personalization.

A 24 by 28-inch rendering featuring your class, the A cademy , or A sso ci a t i o n o f G r ad u a t es co a t o f ar m s i s av ai l ab l e in an open

edition program only . Inlaid with beveled pieces of crystal in a contrasting color and separated by leading, this exquisite hanging is displayed at its best before a window or other light source. M ay be ordered with a walnut or oak frame. $1,000 plus personaliza tio n .

A L L PR I C ES A R E FO R A O G M EM BER S. N O N M EM BER S PL EA SE A D D 20 %

Per so n al i zat i o n : A v ailable at $1.00 f or each number / let ter on any piece. A single line comprised of a maximum o f 20 ch ar ac t er s i s

r eco m m en d ed .

D eliv ery T ime: Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery as each rendering is individually craf ted by the ar t ist .

O r der ing Instructi ons: $250 * each .

— Limited Edition 10-inch display — Indicate quantity , class y ear , oak or w alnut base. $250* each .

— Open Edition 10-inch display — Indicate quantity . A cademy or A OG coat of arms, oak or walnut base. $1,000 * each .

— Open Edition window hanging — Indicate quantity , class. A cademy or A OG coat of arms, oak or walnut frame.

— Include personalization instructions (single line, maxim um 20 characters recom mended ). $1.00* for each character on each piece. ‘ C o l o r a d o r esi d en t s a d d 3 % sa l es t a x .

M asterCard and Visa accepted.

Please include name, accoun t number

and expiration date of card.

M ai l cr ed i t car d i n f o r m at i o n o r ch eck t o :

A ssociation of Gr aduates (Cry stal ) USA F A cademy , Col o . 80840-5000

A ir Force A cademy

W ar d r o b e A ccesso r i es * T he A ir F orce A cademy neck tie compliments blazer o r su i t

j acket wear . Designed exclusively f or the A ssociation of G raduates, this 60% silk tie is custom woven with China lettering over a G r en ad a B l u e o r Garnet background. Produced by Wm. Chelsea Ltd., the quality of t his handsome neckwear is guaranteed. Comes complete with em b r o i d er ed t i e h o l d er o n t h e r ev er se o f a t h r ee a n d o n e- h al f i n ch f ull t apered f ront . Show

your A cademy “ connection” with this fine addition to your wardrobe.

* T he U SA FA blazer button set will proudly adorn any cl assi c

blazer . Four small and t hree large blazer but tons are i n cl u d ed w i t h t h e

A cademy logo recessed in the center on a polished bright si l v er f i n i sh . T h e crest is encircled with a field of blue upon which t h e w o r d s “ U n i t ed St at es

A ir Force A cademy ” are port rayed in a raised silver f i n i sh . A d d i t i o n al small and large butt ons are available at $3.50 each . T his distinguished blazer butt on set will compliment your f inest j acket .

* T he U SA FA blazer badge isa custom-created work of art , hand-

embroidered of genuine silver bullion and rich sil ks. T h e A i r F o r ce A cademy shield comes t o li f e on your blazer and shows of f your school ’ s

colors and coat of arms. The USA FA badge comes with cl u t c h - b ack fasteners for easy attachment and removal. A must for graduates and supporters of your A ir Force A cademy . A lso available w i t h t h e A sso ci a

tion of Graduates logo (in sew-on only).

M en’s T ie (blue or garnet)

$18 .50

B l az er B u t t o n Set

$22 .00

U SA FA Blazer Badge A OG Blazer Badge

$25 .00 $10 .00

I ncludes shipping.

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