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A BOU T OU R COV ER

We again thank M r . Bill M adsen of the A cademy Public A f f ai r s Staff for our cover. The “ Welcome to Your A cademy” sign is located j ust in front of the A cademy’s south gate (one i s al so located at the north gate) as you approach the guard building.

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CHECKPOINTS is published in February, May, A ugust and N ovember by t he A ssociation of Graduates, USA F A cademy, Colo. 80840 (P hone: 303-472-2067) and printed by Graphic Services of Colorado Springs, C ol o . I t is pr ovided as par t of an annual membership package which costs $25. Second-class post age paid at the USA F A cademy, Colo. Opinions expressed in this magazi ne ar e t hose o f t he authors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, policy or at t it ude o f t he

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New Cadet Training Philosophy Working Well

By Captain Bill F rey, ’78

Director, Second Class Cadet Professional M ilitary T rai ning The mission of the United States A ir Force A cademy i s t o provide instruction and experience to all cadets so that they graduate with the knowledge and character essential t o leadership and the motivation to become career of f icers i n t h e U n i t ed S ta tes A i r F o r ce.

Following Basic Cadet Training (BCT) in 1983, the comman

dant and his staf f sensed t hat t he at tit ude and motivat ion o f t h e

basic cadets were not as high as they should have been. T h e r esu l t s from a survey of basic cadets conducted by the registrar at t h e en d of BCT confirmed that observation. A lthough the A cademy w a s still highly successful in achieving its mission, the co m m a n d a n t and his staff saw the need to adj ust the A cademy’s leadership t raining philosophy so t hat it was more relevant t o a cadet ’ s per sonal development , as well as t o t he sk ills and values a n A i r F o r ce

of ficer is expected to use on active duty.

In preparation for BCT ’84, the Cadre Prep Training C o m m i t

tee, composed of representat ives f rom t he C om mandant ’s P r o f es

sional Military Training Staf f , the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, and A ir Of ficers Commanding (A OCs) , began looking for ways to improve the Basic Cadet Training p r o gram. The committee recommended a training philosophy t h a t was based on instilling a desire in subordinates to d o t h e t ask

assigned , not because of f ear , but rat her because of a d esi r e t o

perform their duty. This philosophy was based on the P o si t i v e M otivation M odel (PMM) developed by Capt . Mike Rosebush, ’75, and Maj . Carl Bryant of the Cadet Counseling Center . I t w as introduced on a test basis during BCT ’84. That summer we began to see positive changes. Retention was the highest in 12 years, and t he att it ude of bot h t he cadre and basic cadets was measurably

improved, as documented by registrar surveys. We were o n t h e right track. In October 1984, the commandant adopted t his ap proach as the training philosophy for the Cadet Wing.

The A cademy training philosophy is nothing dramatically n e w .

I ts principles have been used in the military and in industry f or some time. Over the years, the tenets of this training style have been used at the A cademy with varying degrees of consistency.

Older grads recall that many parts of the philosophy w er e u sed during their own cadet days with great success. But t he implemen tation of this philosophy to cadet military training a s a t o t a l c o n cept is a significant change. Now, under a single coherent model , we are teaching a leadership and training style which is applicable i n b o t h cad et a n d o f f i cer en v i r o n m en t s.

We view the A cademy experience as a training laboratory designed to engrain in cadets the skills and techniques t hey will need as lieutenants. Our new training style is directly i n l i n e w i t h the training methods employed in the operational A ir F o r ce a n d teaches cadets the proper supervisor-subordinate relationship.

Through the use of this coherent leadership approach, t h e cad et supervisors learn how to engender respect in their su b o r d i n a t es.

Not only do the subordinates respect their leader, t hey also want

to wor k f or him or her again , imi tate t he leader ’ s behavior , and support and carry out the leader ’s policies in t he long term . T he

leader motivates the subordinate to accomplish the t ask w i t h a

strong sense of t he mission, w hich is exact ly what w e ex p ect a n

A i r F o r ce o f f i cer t o d o .

The A cademy’s training philosophy can be used by any l e a d e r dealing with any subordinate. It is based on a five-step cycle. A ll five steps must be present to develop positive motivation i n t h e subordinate. The first step is “ setting expectations.’’ A lead er must clearly spell out in advance what is required o f t h e su b o r d i nate so that he or she has every chance of doing the task correct ly .

I n the second step, the leader provides t he subordinate w i t h t h e necessary “ sk ills” to succeed at t he task and meet the expecta tions. A leader can expect successful performance only af ter pr o

viding training in how to perform. The next step is t o provide “ f eedback .” O ne must let t he subordinate k now if he o r sh e i s properly perf ormi ng t he task , and must deter mi ne if i n st r u ct i o n s

w er e u n d er st o o d .

Providing “ consequences” is the f ourth step in the cycle. I f t he subordinate performs the task correctly and meets expectations, the leader rewards that behavior through positive reinforcement .

This may be as simple as verbal recognition of the su b o r d i n a t e’ s achievement s. L ikewise, i f the subordinate does not m eet ex p ect a

tions, the leader provides a consequence suited to t h e f ai l u r e i n performance. This may entail additional training if t h e su b o r dinate is simply unskilled in the area of failure, or it may involve a suitable punishment if the subordinate is unwilling t o per f orm .

I n t he f inal step, “ growth , ” t he leader establishes a n en v i r o n ment where he or she can leave a subordinate unat tended a n d t h e

j ob still gets done correctly. A t this stage the subordinate h a s developed the skills to perform as expected, and more important

ly, has embraced the leader’s goals and obj ectives as h i s o w n .

Full implementation of this training philosophy began last

spring when all A OCs, associate A OCs, and the commandant ’s

staff completed six hours of formal classroom training. T h ese o f

ficers then taught six hours of instruction to selected B C T cad r e

members w ho in t urn trained all t he cadre members at t he begi n ning of BCT. During this academic year, all remaining upperclass

cadets were taught to use this training style during t h ei r P r o f es sional Military Training (PMT) Program. In the future, a l l cad et s

will receive this training as part of the Third Class PM T Program .

The results of our training philosophy have been very posit ive.

Both cadets and of ficers at the A cademy are using the co n cep t s

and we are seeing dramatic results. In an obj ective su r v e y c o n

ducted by the registrar, basic cadets trained under t his philosophy

viewed their upper-class cadre as one of the most motivating f ac

tors for remaining at the A cademy. In addition, we f o u n d a d i r ect

correlation between the degree of use of the training style and per formance. The basic cadet squadrons with the highest reported

use of these principles were also the squadrons which ac h i ev ed t h e highest performance in BCT across the board. A lso, r et en t i o n h as been significantly higher in BCT the last two years a n d i s r em ai n ing high throughout the year for both the Classes of ’ 88 a n d ’ 89 .

The Academy’s training philosophy teaches techniques f o r i n teracting with people that all of us use every day. I t em b o d ies t h e

principles of leadership that we expect all A ir Force supervisors to

use with their subordinates. Our consolidation of these p r o v e n

leadership techniques into a simple, coherent model is helping u s continue t o produce t he f inest of f icers and leaders f o r o u r A i r F o r ce an d t h e n at i o n .

D ental Program On H old The A ssociation of Graduates (A OG) regrets that the d en t al i n surance program for members has fallen through. Without prior warning the proposed provider, A merican Life and Casualty I n surance Company, notified the program administrator i n l at e M arch t hat it had sold some of its i nsurance business t o a n o t h er

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By Cadet Colonel T om M enk er Cadet W ing Commander , Spring Semester 1986 O n behalf of past , present and f uture Cadet W ing leaders, I t hank t he A ssociation of Graduates f or support ing a m o st w o r t h w hile leadership development program f or cadet commanders.

For several years, t he A ssociation of G raduat es has sponsored the Cadet Commanders’ L eadership Enrichment Seminar . T h e seminar is an opport unity f or t he newly-appointed cadet

squadron commanders, group commanders, vice wing com

mander and wing commander t o explore, as a team , the challenges of command . A s I am sure you all remember f r o m your cadet days, time is our greatest enemy w hen balancing o u r military , at hletic and academic duties. A dd t o that the respon sibility of commanding a squadron, group or wing and t h e cad et commanders can quick ly become overw helmed !

Y our support of t he Cadet C ommanders’ L eadership Enrich ment Seminar is sincerely appreciated by the commanders o f t h e C lass of 1986. I t is truly in keeping wit h t he A OG obj ect ive of promoting t he prof essional development of t he A ir Force o f f i c e r corps. Speak ing f or all the com manders, I would lik e t o t h a n k t h e A OG f or understanding t he need f or t his “ enrichment ” p r o g r a m .

W e, as f uture of f icers and members of t he A OG , want t o b e prepared as best we can to assume our roles in t he A i r F o r c e . P r o grams such as t his are a giant st ep in t hat direction.

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T he f i f t h Cadet C om mander s’ L eader ship E nr ichment Semi nar , designed t o increase t he ef f ect iveness o f C adet W i ng leader s, convened at t he Sheraton I nn in C olor ado Spr i ngs i n Febr uary . T his sem est er ’ s keynote speaker w as L t . Gen . C har les J . C unni ngham , c o m m a n d er o f 12t h A i r For ce. H e spok e t o 114 o f f icer s and cadets a b o u t c o m m a n d i n t he pro f ession of ar ms.

General C u nni ngham put many key o f f icer ship issues i nto perspect ive.

H e t old t he 46 squad r on, grou p and w i ng com manders to put service

a b o v e sel f a n d t o f o cu s m o r e o n t h e n eed s o f t h ei r su b o r d i n a t es a n d t h e

Br ig. Gen. M arcus A . A nderson, ’61, comman dant of cadets, a d dresses cadet commanders and of f icers at tending the r ecen t C ad et Commanders ’ L eadership E nr ichment Sem inar. The comman dant thank ed the A ssociat ion of Graduates f or p r oviding f unds through indi vidual endo wments and the A ir F orce A cademy F u n d to p ay f or seminar exp enses. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto) T he leadership enrichment seminar allows us t o get away f rom t he activity t rap of assuming com mand . I t is a two-day se m i n a r t hat takes place at a local hotel convent ion f acility . T opics

presented include standards, group communication, delegation, individual leadership f eedback , speci f ic wing problems a n d t r a i n ing met hods. A social occasion wit h a keynote speaker a n d i n f o r mal discussion culminate the seminar on Saturday night .

T he cadets great ly appreciate t he opportunity to leave t h e

pressures of the A cademy for two days and concentrate o n s o m e

basic leadership principles. C omments f rom cadet s ref lect m o t i v a tion , conf idence and a sense of excitement at ret urning t o t h e wing bet ter prepared t o exercise t heir responsibilit ies.

M o st v al u ab le t o t h e cad et s i s a ch an ce t o r ecei v e d i r ect f eed

back f rom f ellow cadets in their chain of command concer ning t heir leadership ef f ect iveness. T he f eedback is based on question naires f illed out in t he week s j ust prior to t he seminar . W h e n c o m bined with the sk ills and insight f ul dialogue provided throughout t he seminar , commanders are bet ter prepared to prof essionally and ef f ectively resolve whatever problems t hey later e n c o u n t e r .

Following t he seminars, the per f ormance of the commanders i s signi f icantly improved , bot h in the eyes of the commissioned o f f icer leadership and the cadet leaders’ cont emporaries. T h i s i s ref lected in ratings each commander receives later i n t h e se m e st e r .

Communicat ion lines up and dow n the chain of command a r e

m u ch m o r e ef f ect i v e b ecau se t h e co m m an d er s l ear n t o co o p er a t e

wit h and trust one anot her w hile accomplishing the mission . T hey f ind out j ust how well a command wit h loyalty , t rust a n d cooperat ion can f unction.

count ry t hey ser ve. T his, he said , r equi res involvement i n every aspect o f the m issi on. “ I f we ar e t o comm and , ” he said , “ we had bet ter be a piece o f t he action .” H e said a key element of t he pr o f ession is integr i ty , w hich he def i ned as “ havi ng t he cour age t o stand up f or w hat you k now is right .”

T he senior leader ship o f t he A cademy t oo k an active par t i n t he sem inar . L t . Gen . W i nf ield W . Scott , Jr ., super i ntendent , spok e to t he com mander s Satur day mor ni ng. Br ig. Gen . M arcus A . A nder so n, c o m mandant of cadets, and several member s of his staf f i n t er a ct ed w i t h t h e cadets t hr oughout t he i ntense 20- hour pr ogram . T he dean o f f acu lty w as also w ell-represented by sever al f aculty members f r om t he D epar tment of Behavi oral Science and L eadership , t he D epar tment o f M anagem ent and t he C adet C ounseli ng C enter .

A long w it h t he enhanced team w or k among t he com mander s, c l o ser t i es betw een t he cadets and o f f icer s were ci ted as a signi f icant o u t c o m e o f t h e sem i n a r .

C adet Fi rst C lass Jack Br iggs, vice w ing commander , com mented , “ I

l ea r n ed so m u c h f r o m t h e i n f o r m a l co n v er sa t i o n s w i t h t h e sen i o r o f f i cer s and the tw o-o f f icer teams of f aci litator s. I t ’ s great t o b e a b l e t o t a l k t o them and f i nd out j ust how w el l w e can w or k t oget her t o w a r d c o m m o n

goals.”

T he depu ty com mandant f or m i litar y i nst r uction . C ol . Phi lip D . Cai ne, manages the overal l sem inar pr ogram . A ssist ing m ili tary i n st r u ct i o n o f f icers i n w hat is best descr ibed as a team appr oach w er e m em b er s o f t h e D epar t ment o f Behavi or al Sciences and L eader ship , t he D epar t ment of M anagement and t he deputy com mandant f or t he C adet W ing. Each organization plays a cr it ical ro le i n ensur i ng precision year-r ound plan ning f or t he seminar , w hich occur s appr oximately one m o n t h i n t o ea c h se m e s t e r .

C olo nel C ai ne explai ned t hat t he semi nar is timed t o take place af ter the cadets have had a f ew week s to get t he f eel of t hei r j obs and f i nd out how m uch t hey need to ref i ne leader shi p sk i lls l ike com mu nicat ion , team w or k , delegat ion , set ti ng standards and r esolvi ng co nf l ict . H e a l so em phasized the value of placi ng cadets i n an o f f -base set t ing to rem ove t hem f r om t he d ist ractio ns and ordi nary pressur es of cadet l i f e .

T he A ssociati on o f G rad uates gener ously f unds t he semi nar f o r ca d et s t hr ough i nd ivid ual endow ments or t he A ir Force A cademy F u n d . T h ei r ongoi ng suppor t is largely r espo nsible f or t he i ncreasing su cc ess o f t h e C adet C om mander ’ s L eadership E nr ichment Semi nar . ( The F alcon F ly er)

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A s t he space shutt le disaster was being et ched int o t h e m i n d s o f A mericans t his past January , an edit orial cart oonist began grap pling wit h t he problem of how t o port ray that shock ing catast rophe in his newspaper ’ s next edit ion . H is cart oon , w h i ch appeared in the f ormer Colorado Sp r ings Sun on Jan . 29, 1986, inspired anot her art ist , who f rom the t heme of t he c a r t o o n created t he bronze sculpture advert ised on t he f acing p a g e .

T he editorial cart oonist is C huck A say , w ho depict ed t h e i l l f ated Challenger hurt ling t hr ough space int o God’ s waiting open hand . H e t it led his w or k , “ God ’s Grace.’ ’ T he sculpt or is L loyd U nnasch , owner of X of N A rt Foundry in Colorado Springs.

From A say ’s idea, U nnasch began t o create a similar w o r k t o b e ultimately cast in bronze. H e t itled his w or k “ I nt o G o d ’ s H a n d .

T his unusual creat ivity “ part ner ship’ ’ occurred in an unli k ely place — a Colorado Springs doughnut shop w hich bot h ar t i st s f requent . T he shop is ow ned by Clar k C oe w ho has been serving his f are to bot h A say and U nnasch f or years. Coe and U n n asch spok e about t he possibility of a t hree-dimensional work of A say ’ s theme af ter t he cart oon appeared in t he newspaper . A f t er deciding t o creat e the sculpt ure, U nnasch inf ormed A say of his intent ions and both art ists got t oget her with Coe t o put together a mar keting program f or t he work .

One of t he sculpt ures will be presented t o each of t h e d eceased ast ronaut ’ s f amilies and a port ion of sales revenue w i l l b e d o n at ed t o t he N ational Space Foundation .

Each of t he art ist s described t heir personal thought s concerning t he shutt le tragedy and t heir inspiration t o create t heir respect ive work s. “ T he St ory Behind t he Cart oon’ ’ was writ ten by Chuck A say :

. . . the lesson that there is nothing on this earth t h at i s guaranteed . . . only the promises of God are eternal an d

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I first became aware of the shuttle problem when I

overheard t he city edit or slam t he phone down and say , “ T he space shutt le j ust exploded ! y y

W e t u r n ed o n t h e n ew sr o o m T V an d w at ch ed i n si l en ce

as a replay of t he launch began . T he magnit ude of t he e x plosion shock ed everyone.

I t t ook a f ew minutes f or me t o realize my cartoon t opic f or t omorrow ’ s paper had j ust been determined by t he

monumental catastrophe we had j ust witnessed. Big events call for big cartoons and my own inadequacy loomed e v e n larger .

I was st ruck f irst by t he uniqueness of t hat part icular

launch . . . the teacher aboard . . . how that might diminish

t he impact of t he loss of t he ot her heros involved .

I t hought about all t hose school k ids w ho must have b een watching . . . how Christa M cA uli f f e had t aught , by her u n timely deat h , a lesson t hat would af f ect count less m i l l i o n s

give com f ort . T he day wore on . Pressure f or a cart oon i d ea w o r e ev en h eav i er .

A n idea! W hat about a cart oon that t ells w hat M rs.

M cA ulif fe would teach. The rocket trail is her chalk, t h e sky her black board , her li f e t he lesson .

My first rough was a f our-panel sequence depicting t h e rocket trail across the sky exploding to f orm the words, “ K eep going!

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The cartoon had a caption across the top, “ M rs.

M cA u l i f f e’ s f i n al l esso n . > y

I showed t he rough t o t he editor . Bob Franken . H e said i t was O K , but suggested I show it around the newsroom .

R eact i o n v a r i ed .

T he pict ure of t he rock et t rail had so seared t heir m i n d s some had t rouble mak ing t he t ransf er f rom the vivid reality of t he t ragedy to t he edit orial comment . Ot hers lik ed t h e cartoon immediately .

I t o l d t h e ed i t o r r eact i o n s seem ed t o b e m i x ed . H e e n

couraged me t o do anot her cart oon , perhaps wit h a more poignant , f arewell type message.

I nwardly I resist ed his suggestion . I didn’ t t hink I h ad anot her cart oon in me. I personally don ’t lik e cartoons t h a t show tear s or depict heroes going of f int o t he clouds. I ’ v e seen t oo many . I ’ ve draw n t oo many .

Back at t he drawing board about an hour away f r om my

deadline . . . in the starting blocks . . . I prayed that t h e L o r d

would give me an idea. I believe he put t he editor i n aut horit y over me f or good reasons. Perhaps t here is somet hing else f or me t o see.

T he image of God ’s hand came int o mind , the shut tle dwar f ed , bot h racing t oward each ot her .

A quick rough . Speedy approval . Brush , i nk and t oner f lowing. W hite paint speck led stars.

A picture of God’s grace drawn by God’s grace.

L loyd U nnasch , the sculptor , had his own ideas about h i s w or k and described t hem in “ T he St ory Behind t he Bronze:’ ’ I k new , but hoped not t o k now , t hat what I saw in t hat tremendous explosion was t hat t here was no chance at a l l f or human survival . I t ried not t o see t he instantaneous trauma t hat occurred inside t he cloud , but continued t o

wonder about the fate of the seven aboard the Challenger.

The next morning I turned the pages of the newspaper t o

C huck A say ’ s edit orial cart oon and f ound an illust rat ion o f

the inside of that cloud. I stopped wondering about t h e

A st ronaut s and mentally t itled t he cart oon “ I nt o God ’s H an d .

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A s m ost sculpt ors do , I see f latwor k in three dimensions.

I rotated t he cartoon and saw t he hand and shutt le f r o m al l

angles. It had great sculpture possibilities.

D ays passed bef ore I f inally decided t o do t he cart oon i n

b r o n ze.

A t f irst , I rej ected my hand as a model because of i t s ex

cessive wear and tear from foundry work, but did use i t

when someone suggested t hat G od is a hard work er and h i s hands must also contain cut s, scars and calluses.

I sculpted the hand in wax, carved the shuttle in wood, prepared a mockup and called A say to inform him of w h a t I was doing. He came to the foundry and we met for t h e f i r st t i m e.

Chuck approved of the mockup and gave his okay for m e

to go ahead .

M olds were made, waxes pulled and bronze was poured.

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T h e car t o o n ca l l ed “ G o d ’ s G r ace’ ’ b eca m e t h e b r o n ze t i t l ed “ I n t o G o d ’s H an d . ”

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THE SECRET LIFE OF WALDO F. D UMBSQUA T

By D on H all , ’76

B asi c C ad et W al d o F . D u m b -

squat lay down wearily on his w obbly cot . A nother day in Jack ’s

Valley was mercifully over . The

interest ing odors of combat boot s and wet canvas hung in t he tent .

The lantern had been extinguished a n d t h e d ar k n ess seem ed t o co m f o r t t h e f r esh m an .

“ W hy does t he aut hor say t he

darkness comforts you?” asked

W aldo ’s classmate and f riend , Regs Buch , f rom the next cot .

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Rambo, walked through the tent as he sharpened a survival k n i f e

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Somebody in this tent is eating a candybar,” growled R am b o .

Y o , Basic Cadet A drian .

Y esss, s-sir ?” stammered t he f reshman . ( i

“ Was it youse?” (Rambo never asked an improper question.) “ N o , sir !

Okay, who’s the wise guy? Do I have to get upset or w h at ?

Warren stepped forward and held out the wrapper . “ A h, it ’s the squat thrust king. Well, M ister Heels, not only do you get to dig me a new pit , your classmates will do m onk ey drills on my course t onight !

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The entire flight of doolies gasped in unison. Waldo k n ew h e must avert this disaster . The basic slipped under the si d e o f t h e tent, tripped over three tent ropes, and uttered the magic phrase “ M ake my day.” Instantly, Waldo transformed himself i n t o C o l

onel Waldo F. Dumbsquat, a man who never bought off t h e r ac k .

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W hat happened?”

W al d o r o l l ed o n t o h i s si d e a n d r est ed h i s h ead o n h i s ar m .

“ I performed a vertical butt stroke on the dummy.

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The dummy parried it ,” sighed Waldo.

A nother doolie in the darkness of the tent attempted t o u n w r ap a candybar. . . undetected. The crinkling of paper bet rayed his ef n

f o r t s.

“ Warren, you’re going to get in trouble,” warned Regs.

“ I won ’t get caught ,” snick ered W arren H eels int o his M ar s bar . “ Besides, what can they do to me. . . I already own t he squat t hrust pit .

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Regs turned back to Waldo and hoped that no upperclassmen would hear the loud crunching echoing from the tent . “ How’d you do on the Group Reactions Course?

Well, let me put it this way,” replied Waldo, t h e cad et i n charge said our group reaction score proved we were clinically

The colonel strode to command post and activated the P A sy st em .

“ A tt ention in t he area, at t ention in t he area. L isten up because

I never repeat anything. All upperclassmen are to report A SA P t o the outdoor theater for a mandatory viewing of Rocky I V . T h at i s

all . Dumbsquat out .

His mission complete, Waldo returned to his tent and a ssu m e d his f ormer puny shape.

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You guys are lucky they’re showing my favorite movie,” m u t tered CIC Rambo. “ I’m letting you off easy this time. . . I w an t i i

this floor to shine by morning.”

But , sir, the floor is wood,” groaned Warren. i i

Rambo scow led and lef t t he tent wit h his cadre.

“ A nd to think I gave up the new A rmy College Fund for this,

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A t that moment , carrying flaming torches, the entire assau l t course cadre burst into the tent . The entire flight o f f r esh m en leaped to their feet and stood shivering at attention i n t h ei r underwear . The biggest , meanest member of the cadre, C I C FOOTBA L L T ICK ET S A VA IL A BL E T h e A O G w i l l h av e a l i m i t ed n u m b er o f f o o t b al l t i ck et s

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T he scene in Saigon during the spring of 1975 was one o f m ass

hysteria. Among the thousands desperately trying to escape the ad

vancing V iet Cong was a South V ietnamese A rmy maj or n am ed A nthony T ran and his f amily . W ith the helicopt er that w ou ld h av e tak en them to saf ety nowhere in sight , the T rans drove t hrough t he chaotic streets of Saigon, resigned to accept w hatever unpleasant f ate awaited them under the impending communist regime.

Fortunately , t hey never met that f ate. By sheer chance, they learned of a small boat leaving the harbor and within h o u r s w e r e o n the open seas enroute to sanctuary in the Philippines. T he next day , a communist f lag fl ew over their f ormer home.

T oday t he T rans have a new home in Fort Collins, Colo ., an d t h e chance t o pursue their dreams as A mericans. H aving h ad t h ei r f reedom in j eopardy once bef ore, they are k eenly aware of the op portunities open to them in this country .

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L uckily , he was spared that dismal existence. A f ter spending months in ref ugee cam ps in Guam and L os A ngeses, the T r an s w er e sponsored by a Fort Collins church and moved into a trailer park there. I t was t hen t hey realized the opport unities open to t hem as

A m er i can ci t izen s.

Both of my parent s took on two j obs,” said Cadet T ran , “ j ust so they could move the f ami ly out of the trailer and i n t o a h o u se. I t was really motivating to see them w ork so hard t o give t h ei r children plenty of f ood and a good place t o live. I t m ad e m e w an t t o work harder to be a success myself .

Cadet T ran’s road t o success began when he learned o f t h e A cademy f rom a son of a man who served with his f ather i n t h e South V ietnamese A rmy . “ H e’s a senior here now , and h e t o ld m e that the A cademy was very hard and challenging, but t h er e w er e endless opportunities. T hat interested me, and I decided t o apply .

A f ter being accepted to the A cademy in 1983, he began t o m e e t the challenges head-on . D emonstrating his potential f rom the start , he placed in the t op 10 percent of cadets completing rigorous Cadet Basic T raining and was later named Outstanding Freshman o f t h e Y ear . A lt hough carrying a double maj or in chemistry and biology , he’ s maintained a 3.91 cumulative grade point average an d h as b een named t o t he Commandant ’ s, D ean’s and Superintendent ’s L i st f iv e t i m es each . C ad et T r an al so i s en r o l l ed i n t h e honors program and has demonstrated leadership abilities by holding key staf f posi tions such as element leader and group sergeant maj or . A t hletically i i

inclined, he’s a member of the A cademy Physical Fitness “ 4 5 0

Club ” f or cadets who score 450 or more points out of a possible

500 on the semi-annual fitness test . He was also runner-up i n t h e 1984 W ing Open W restling T ournament f or his weight d i v i si o n an d

w i n n er o f h i s d iv i si o n i n 1985 an d 19 86 .

W it h success in academic and military studies. Cadet T r an w as selected t o participate in t he A cademy ’s soaring program , w h er e cadets are introduced to the principles of flight through f lying gliders. A f ter completing the basic program , he was sel ect ed as an instructor pilot and helped 13 student pilots gain t h e sk i l l an d co n f idence needed t o mak e t heir f irst solo f light last s u m m e r . “ T he longer I ’m here, the more I appreciate the A ir F o r ce A cademy and the opportunities I have to pursue,” Cadet T r a n said. “ N ot only am I getting t o serve my country . I ’m also learning t hings like soaring, par achuting, and have great travel o p p o r t u n i t i es t o o .

(U.S. A ir Forcep hoto by Bill M adsen)

C2C H oang N hu T ran “ I ’d hate to speculate,” said Cadet T ran about what w o u l d h av e happened had t he events of t hat night in Saigon turned against his f ami ly . “ But I ’d probably be walking around somewhere i n C am bodia with a ri fl e right now .” Children of South V ietnamese military of f icers were condemned f or “ being not of t he party ” ac cording t o Cadet T ran, and were of ten sent to work o n lab o r f ar m s or conscripted f or inf antry duty .

A IR FO R C E A CA D EM Y C o m m it m e n t T o E x c e l l e n c e

Cadet T ran’ s current t ravel plans include a t rip t o N ew Y o r k M arch 31 t o accept Time’s C ollege A chievement A ward . C o m petition f or t he award , open t o students of accredited f our-year colleges, was based not only on academ ic excellence b u t o n ac-

t i v i i t es o u t si d e t h e cl assr o o m as w el l . T h e 20 w i n n er s w er e sel ect ed f r o m 7 50 o f t h e n at i o n ’ s f i n est st u d en t s. W i n n er s w i l l r ecei v e

scholar ship awards of $3,000 and will have t heir achivements showcased in a special sect ion of t he magazine’ s A pril 7 campus

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“ I f eel honored , it ’ s a very prestigi ous award, ” Cadet T r a n said . “ I t hink t his w ill give t he A cademy well-deserved n at i o n al exposure. T his inst ituti on not only prepares it s student s academically , it helps t hem develop t heir f ull potent ial .

A f t er graduation next year . Cadet T ran sai d he may a t t en d f ighter pil ot school , but will certainly w ork t oward a m a st e r ’ s degree and apply f or m edical school . “ U ltimat ely , I hope t o serve in t he A ir Force M edical Corps as a physician ,” he sa i d . “ A s such . I ’ll be able t o cont ribute t o and repay my country f o r w h at she has given m e so gener ously — an educat ion and f reedom . > 9

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Op eration A ngel Plane:

Graduates A ssist L if esaving Pr ogram

By A nn M ishoul am, H ead A ngel

T here is an organization fl ying f or lif e — and a couple o f A i r Force A cademy graduates are helping mak e it go .

Cancer Society , t he L ion’ s Eye Bank , Candlelighters, L a L ech e L eague, t he Shriners, the M arch of D imes, and t he list co n t i n u es

southern N evada, is made up of volunteer pilots. T heir m i ssi o n i s t o provide air t ransportation in light aircraf t f or blood , donor organs, and pat ient s w hen needed . T here is no charge w h at so ev er f or t heir services and what is not paid f or by public d o n a t i o n s i s pick ed up by t he pilot s t hemselves. T here is no compensat ion ot her than t he reward of helping ot hers in need .

T he nat ional direct or of Flight Operati ons is H esh A lt man , Class of 1962. A n operati ons analyst and aerospace m a n agem en t consultant , H esh j oined as a volunteer pilot early in t he hist ory of the organization’ s operations. A year ago, a.' the en t i r e ef f o r t w as reorganized , he accepted the addit ional responsibility of fl ight operations. A veteran of V iet nam , H esh att ributes his i n i t i al m otives f or j oining Operat ion A ngel Plane as passing on t he help he received f rom rescue f orces who pulled him out of the j ungles of Sout heast A sia. N ow he admits t o cont inuing f or purely sel f ish reasons, the good f eeli ng of being able t o apply his ab i l i t i es t o help ot hers.

W hile m ost fl ights are scheduled . Operation A ngel Plane o f t en responds quick ly t o emergency needs. L ast summer a st e a m generating plant in L aughli n, N ev . blew up severely inj uring many people. W it hin tw o hours, our f irst mission was airborne carrying li f esaving blood t o the area. I n all , eight missions w er e fl o w n i n tw o days. T his st ory has been repeated many t imes f or v i ct i m s o f aut o and indust rial accident s in out lying areas acr oss t h e n at i o n .

Our routine missions are m ore lik e t he services we per f orm f or M organ Fenstermaker , our f ive-year-old nat ional poster ch i l d .

M organ has j uvenile rheumat oid art hritis w hich is af f ect ing h e r j oint s, maj or organs and her eyesight . T reat ment is required almost every 10 days and is available only at U C L A ’ s M ed i ca l Center . T he f amily had t otally exhaust ed their f unds when t hey heard of Operation A ngel Plane. N ow M organ , and her m o t h e r M ichelle, are regular passengers aboard Operat ion A ngel P lan e.

W e have fl own t hem dozens of t imes bet ween L as V egas an d Sa n ta M onica. M ichelle t ells us that wit hout t hese fl ight s, M organ w ould already be blind and f ar m ore debilitated by h er d i sease.

T here are many singular incidents w here Operation A ngel Plane has saved lives or participated in t he improvement of quali ty of li f e t hr ough support of medical services: — T he Ok lahoma chapt er has been lauded by t he L ion’ s Eye Bank f or t ransport ing blood , t issue and perishable m ed i ci n es al l

Operation A ngel Plane, a nationwide charity headquartered i n

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— A N ew Y ork chapt er carried t hree-year-old N ichole Smalley f rom Pennsylvania to Bost on f or li f esaving open-heart su r g e r y .

— T he Fresno chapt er saved a cornea by fl ying it t o Sa n t a B a r

b ar a w h en i t w o u l d h av e o t h er w i se b een w ast ed .

— T he Southern N evada chapt er responded t o a midnight t el e phone call t o fl y a young man t o U C L A f or emergency su r g e r y o n a b r ai n t u m o r .

M itch Cobeaga, ’64, ser ves as legal ad visor to Op eration A ngel P l a n e.

T he legal advisor t o Operati on A ngel Plane is M itch C obeaga,

Class of 1964. M itch left the A ir Force in 1971 and graduated

f rom law school in 1974. N ow an att orney practici ng i n L as V egas, M itch specializes in aviat ion lit igat ion , insurance def ense, an d i n su r an ce f r au d d ef en se . H e d o n at es h i s t i m e an d expertise and has been invaluable in our recent reorganization.

Operat ion A ngel Plan had it s origin in Sout hern N evada w h en a local privat e pilot learned t hat blood component s were being lost due t o t ransit time to t he central pr ocessing f acility . H e v o l u n t eer ed h i s ai r cr a f t a n d h i s t i m e t o t h e U n i t ed Blood Services, paying all expenses him self . H e was soon j oined by sev er al o t h er local pilot s and w it hin tw o year s, chapters were beginning t o spring up all over t he U nited States. I n the Spring of 1985, t here was a nationwide reorganizat ion under t he new name o f T h e M edical Flight T eam doing business as Operat ion A ngel P l a n e.

T here are now 19 member chapters scat tered across t he co u n t r y wit h 14 more af f iliat ed l ocal organizations. T heir r o l e s n u m b e r over 500 volunteer pilots.

T he services of A ngel Plane have also expanded t o support literally every maj or charitable organization in the U n i t ed St at es.

W e have fl own missions f or the M uscular D yst rophy A ssociat ion, t he H eart A ssociation , t he K idney Foundation, t he A merican

T he sad news, however , is t he number of people and agencies w ho must be turned dow n by O perat ion A ngel Plane due t o l ack of f unds. W e usually ask f or one hour of fl ying time as a st an d ar d donati on. W hen I t old H esh of t his article he suggested ask ing f or “ a buck a grad . T hey spill m ore t han t hat at t he O C l u b !

Please send donations, or requests f or more inf ormation t o : Operation A ngel Plane, 4740 O ’ Bannon #D , L as V egas, N e v .

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Op eration A ngel P lane P resident A nn M ishoulam help s H es h A l tman, ’62, national director of F light Op erations, l o a d h u m a n blood aboard an aircraf t f or another lif esaving m ission.

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A T T EN T I O N I N T H E A R EA G E N E R O U S G I F T R E C E I V E D . R o ck w el l I n t er n at i o n al C o r poration this year doubled its fourth consecutive annual co n t r ib u tion t o t he A ssociation of Graduates t o $2,000. I n t h e l et t er ac

companying t he check , J . H . Garret t , Jr ., Rock well ’ s vice presi dent f or M ark et ing and Government A f f airs, wrote “ T his ch eck

represents our contribution toward enhancing the quality o f

educat ion provided by t he A ir Force A cademy .” T he f unds w i l l be committed t o t he A OG E ndow ment Fund w hich permits t h e associat ion t o continue its support of A cademy and Cadet W ing enhancement proj ect s. Rock well ’ s past contributions have sup

ported the annual A cademy A ssembly and other worthwhile

R egister. Because t he 1986 R egister will be a condensed version, a member will need bot h t he 1986 book and t he expanded 1984 R egister f or a complete biographical sk etch on each graduate.

T he associat ion purchased ex tra 1984 book s w hich are a v ai l ab l e t o members f or $8 and f or graduate nonmembers f or $12.

N OT I CE OF D EA T H . U pon t he deat h of a graduate, military o r civilian , t he association becomes deeply involved wit h f am ily and f riends of t he deceased , sending let ters of condolence, arranging f or an obituary t o be writt en, administering a memorial f und , i f requested , and t he like. W e request t hat any classmat e o r graduate w ho hears of t he deat h of a graduate please c o n t a c t t h e

A cademy proj ects.

A O G o f f i ce an d l et u s k n o w .

A V I A T I ON H A L L OF FA M E . James C . H all of A urora, C olo ., who developed t he parachute-t raining program at t he A i r F o r ce

L I FE M EM BERSH I P PROG RA M . I f you f eel you will cont inue t o be an annual member of the A OG in years t o come a n d d o n ’ t want the hassle of renewing annually , you might look i n t o t h e association’ s li f e membership pr ogram . T he cost of membership f or li f e f or t hose 49 and younger is $550 in one payment o r an i n itial payment of $290 f ollowed by payments am ounti ng t o an o t h er $290 w it hin one year of the f irst payment . For t hose w h o h av e already paid f or an annual membership , a port ion of t h e f e e (based on the number of publicati ons already received) w i l l b e credited t o the f ull payment or to t he second $290 o f t h e t i m epayment plan . L if e membership f or those age 50 and o l d er i s $420 in a single payment or an ini tial payment of $225 wit h an ad d i t ional $225 wit hi n one year of t he f irst payment . Joint l i f e memberhips are also available f or graduates married t o a graduate.

A cademy, was inducted into the Colorado A viation Historical Society Hall of Fame this past December. Hall, 51, is a pr of es sional parachutist who aided in the design and development o f escape systems f or military j et aircraf t .

D U PL I CA T E M A I L I N GS. M any of our members receive duplicate mailings from the association. While we are w ork ing wit h our computer people t o correct t his problem , it w i l l co n t i n u e to exist f or a while. T he duplicat e mailings mainly af f ect graduate and associate members w ho are also parents of graduates a n d cadets, as well as liaison of f icers w ho are graduat e o r asso ci at e m em b er s o f t h e asso ci a t i o n . W h en w e sen d o u t o u r m ass m e m b e r

ship renewal mailing in early spring, we send membership applica

tions t o cert ain graduate parent s, all cadet parents, a n d al l l i ai so n of f icers. I f a graduat e parent has more t han one graduat e, t hey will receive a mailing f or each graduate and cadet at t he A cademy .

T he same holds t rue f or other mailings. W e ask t hat you bear with us i f you receive mult iple mailings unt il w e can solve t he pr oblem .

M E M B E R SH I P E X P I R A T I O N D A T E . So m e o f o u r m em b er s

are unsure of w hen t heir membership in t he association expires.

T he publicati on mailing label holds t he k ey . I n t he upper lef t of the label appears the individual ’s membership number , ei t h er graduate or associate. I n the upper right of the label appears t he

expiration date of the individual’s current membership. I f a l i f e member , the word “ li f e” will appear here. A s we st ream line o u r

computer system, one of four expiration dates will appear . A n ex ample f or memberships expiring in 1987 would be 8703, 8705,

8708 or 8711. T he f irst two digits represent t he year i n w h i ch t h e membership will expire. T he second tw o digits represent t h e mont h , in conj unct ion wit h a speci f ic issue of t he magazine. T he winter issue of t he magazine is mailed in February , t h e seco n d month , so t hose members wit h 8703 in t he expiration d at e w i l l ex pire wit h the wint er magazine. T hose wit h 8705 expire w i t h t h e

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1986 RE GI STER OF GRA D E A TES. T he 1986 R egister will b e a condensed version wit h only assignment s and j obs listed w h i ch have been updated since t he 1984 expanded version of t h e R egister . Receipt of t he 1986 book is tied t o membership as o f t h e f all magazine. I n t he past , many of our members who expired wit h the summer issue of the m agazine did not renew t h ei r an n u al membership early enough t o be on our list of members w h i ch w e send to the R egister publisher i n early O ct ober . T o a ssu r e t h a t summer memberships w ill be renewed in time, we will be sending renewals to our members who expire wit h t he summer magazi ne af ter t he sp r ing magazine. W e will include a lett er inf orming t hem t hat , w hile we recognize t hat t hey do not expire until t h e n ex t magazine, we will need t heir renewal early if t hey w i sh t o r ecei v e a

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1986 World Cy cling Champ ionship s Readied

By R ossana V . Q uezada

complete, Colorado Springs will have something to of fer everyone. The world is coming to Colorado and the 1986 W o r l d Cycling Championships will be an unprecedented event . P l ease call (303) 578-4627 f or general and ticket information.

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PL A N N IN G U N D ERW A Y F O R 19 8 6 H O M E C O M I N G H omecomi ng 1986 is scheduled f or Sept . 25-28, 1986, i n co n

For both graduates and cyclists, discipline is a requirement f o r an excellent perf ormance whether it’s in an A cademy classroom , the A ir Force, or on the track or road. Cyclists, like graduates, have been training to complete their final preparations f o r co m petition in the prestigious 1986 World Cycling Championships.

The road race portion of the event will be held on A i r F o r ce A cademy grounds.

The World Cycling Championships is the largest annual sp o r t ing event which will be held in the United States f or t h e f i r st t i m e.

I t is est imated t hat over 200,000 people will watch the champi on

ships live, with another 200 million witnessing the e v e n t o n worldwide television. The A cademy will certainly be i n t h e public’ s eye during t hese event s.

The two-week event will begin A ug. 27 with the opening ceremonies. On A ug. 28 through Sept . 1, track competition w i l l take place at the 7/ Eleven U .S. Olympic Training Center Velodrome. On Sept . 2 and 3, the Southland Corporation w i l l b e sponsoring the 1986 World Congress on M edical and Scientific A spects of Cycling. Competition will resume Sept . 4 w i t h t h e team time trial and continue on t he 6th and 7t h wit h t h e r o ad races w hich will be held at the A cademy .

T he women’ s road race w ill cover f our laps over a 9 Vi m i l e course, a distance of 38.2 miles; t he men’ s amateur r o ad r ace w i l l be 11 laps over a 9Vi mile course, a distance of 105.2 miles; and

j unction with the USA FA - Colorado State University f o o t b al l game. Planning is going f orward at a steady pace, and an o t h er

large cr owd of alum ni is expected t o retur n f or t he an n u a l ev en t .

H omecomi ng regist ration f or ms w ill be mailed in June t o members of t he 20- and 10-year reunion classes, ’66 and ’76, along with ot her class-speci f ic reunion inf ormation . F or the f irst time. H omecoming registrati on f orms w ill not be printed i n t h e f all issue of Checkp oints. A lum ni f rom classes other t h a n ’ 66 a n d ’76 desiring t o at tend H omecoming must contact the A O G o f f i ce t o request regist ration f orm s. D eadline f or registration i s M o n day , Sept . 22, 1986. Send request s t o : A ssociation of G raduates (H om ecoming) U SA F A cademy , CO 80840-5000 (303) 472-4513/ 2067; A U T O V O N 259-4513/ 2067 Reunion chairmen should be contact ed direct ly f or inf ormation

regarding individual

T EN TA T IV E EV EN T S

the men’s professional road race will be 17 laps over a 9 V2 m i l e course, a dist ance of 162.52 m iles.

Colorado Springs is expected to host between 600 and

700

athlet es f rom over 50 di f f erent count ries including t h e So v i et B l o c nations and over 500 press members f rom all over t he w o r l d .

“ For the first time in nearly 75 years, A mericans will h a v e t h e opportunity to watch the world’s greatest bicycle racers co m p et e f or the coveted w orld tit le on A merican soil ,’ ’ said J i m W ar si n -

ske, general manager of the World Championships.

Greg Fritz, public relations director, emphasizes the f act t h at cycling teams f rom the Soviet Union and the Eastern B l o c co u n tries will be among the toughest competitors. “ The 19 86 W o r l d Cycling Championships will be the first occasion since t h e 19 80 Winter Olympics at L ake Placid, N .Y. for the Russians t o c o m pete with A mericans in a maj or international world champi onship sporting event held in the U .S.,’ ’ Fritz said.

T he W orld Cycling Championship Organizing Commit tee

(WCCOC) has devised a unique plan so that these world c h a m

pionships will have true worldwide participation through t h e Patr on Program .

The Patron Program is a goodwill gesture to bring in f oreign

at hletes who could not ot herw ise at tend t he competit ion . T h e

program has been successfully started in Colorado Springs through business community donations. Countries that w i l l benef it f rom t his pr ogram are t he T hird W orld nat ions.

During the two-week period of the championships, there w i l l b e

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With 1986 World Cycling Championships preparations al m o st

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memorabilia, et c. Chairmen and t heir phone numbers a r e : ’66: L t . Col . W illiam J . Riley A V : 692-2811 (303) 554-2811 (303) 598-4076 (H ome) A V : 259- 37 10 ’76: Capt . Glenn V era (303) 472-3710 (303) 599-5195 (H ome)

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Graduate M ilitary Per f ormance A ssessed H ow do A ir Force A cademy graduates perf orm on active duty?

This question has been asked ever since the inception o f t h e academy; and except for some initial research (Proj ect M ) on the first sb( graduating classes and a few sporadic studies during the mid- 1970s, the answer has been gleaned primarily f rom o v er all

looks at promotion and attrition statistics or from i n d iv i d u al an ec dotes or perceptions. Based on these inputs, the answers w e r e usually positive, but very general in nature, told us very little about the specifi c strengths and weaknesses of USAFA graduates, an d were dif fi cult t o apply to ongoing programs at t he A cademy .

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tional Research , and is f ocusing initially on two areas ( 1) the analysis of early performance data from active duty training pro

grams (e.g., UPT , UNT , technical training. Squadron O f fi cer s’ School), and (2) a survey of recent graduates and their supervisors to obtain perceptions of the graduates’ capabilities i n a n u m b er o f professional offi cer competency” areas, such as the ability t o meet suspenses, to motivate others, or to listen ef fectively. <<

T o date, Barucky has assembled data f rom U PT , U N T , t ech n i cal

training schools, and Squadron Of fi cers’ School. Over t h e n ex t f ew

months these data will be analyzed t o determine the type of rela tionship that exists between performance in these early training situat ions and the graduates’ U SA FA or high school back ground

experiences. In addition, with the support of USAFA m i ssi o n

elements, he has developed a survey t hat will allow graduates of the

Class of 1982 and their supervisors to rate the graduates i n 68 competency” areas. The survey was distributed in A pril, an d analysis of the returns will be accomplished during t h e su m m er .

(Members of the Class of 1982 are urged to fi ll out an d r et u r n t h e survey if they have not already done so .)

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sions process predict active-duty performance?

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— I n what of f icer sk ill areas are graduates perceived t o h av e t h e greatest degree of competence? I n w hat areas do they require greater skill development ?

T hese evaluation ef f orts will complement ongoing research o n f act ors predicting graduate promotions (studied by C o l . K en n et h Fleming of the A cademy D epart ment of Economi cs) ; and , w i t h research on graduates’ active duty retention/ attrition, w e ex p ect that all of these studies will result not only in a better understanding of how U SA FA graduates are perf ormi ng on active duty , b u t al so in increased k nowledge of how various U SA FA programs i n f lu en ce the active-duty experiences and decisions of our graduates. K ey f indings f rom this research will be reported in Checkp oints^ b u t those interested in obtaini ng additional inf ormation ab o u t t h e graduate evaluation program can contact L t . Col . Barucky a t U SA FA / RREG , Colorado Springs, Colo. 80840-5651 or call A U T O V O N 259- 3092 .

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By C4C James R . Peddycord Cadet Squadr on 11 The A cademy Cadet Competition Flying Team topped off a n

out standing season wit h a f ourt h-place f inish in t he N at i o n al I n tercollegiat e Flying A ssociat ion ’s compet ition at W aco , T exas, A pril 15-20.

T here are 130 colleges and universit ies competing nat ionwide, 2 5 o f w h i ch w er e i n v i t ed t o n at i o n al s. T h e t eam al so ach i ev ed

t hird place in t he nat ion in f lying event s.

Outstanding cont ribut ions t o t he rank ing were: Cadet Seco n d Class H enry T hompson , second place in power-of f landi ngs; C 2C

M ark L aFond , t hird place in cross-count ry navigat ion ; a n d C I C Pet er Bampt on , second place f or t he M en ’ s A chievement A w ar d .

T hese and ot her awards added up t o seven received by t h e t eam .

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T he t eam of 13 was chosen j ust prior t o Christ mas break t hrough a series of w rit ten test s, and an act ual f lying t r y o u t .

Serious preparat ion f or nat ionals began over spring b r eak w i t h a t rip t o Eloy , A r iz. T his gave t he team a chance t o pract ice at a sea l ev el en v i r o n m en t si m i l ar t o t h at a t W aco .

T his year only t hree t eam member s had any com pet it ion e x per ience. W it h t his largely inexperienced team cont ai ning s e v e n f ourt h class cadet s, tw o t hird class cadet s, t hree seco n d cl ass cadet s and only one f ir st class cadet , t he team hopes t o b e ev en more compet it ive next year . ( The F alcon F ly er)

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By Bill M adsen P u b lic A f f air s

T wo out standing Colorado Springs leaders, James 1. Conboy and Joseph A . Reich Sr ., have been tapped f or honorary m em b er ships in the A ssociat ion of Graduates.

I ndividual plaques were present ed t o t he tw o men at an aw a r d s banquet in A pril at t he A cademy O f f icer ’ s Club . “ H onorary membership in t he A ssociation of G raduat es i s limited t o 20 living persons, ” said ret ired A ir Force C o l . J o c k Schwank , president of t he A OG . “ Our two honorees, w ho epit omize t he zenit h of service t o the A ir Force and t h e A i r F o r ce A cademy over a period of years will j oin Sen . Barry Goldwat er , Gai l M cComas, ret ired A ir Force M aj . Gen . Robert J . Sm it h , and Freida W eber . T hese are t he only persons select ed t hus f ar by t he asso ci at i o n ’ s b o ar d o f d i r ect o r s. ”

f icials. H e saw his dream become reality w hen cadet s m ar ch ed i n t o t he new A cademy in 1958.

I t was in 1950, w hile st ill president of t he chamber , t h a t M r .

Reich encouraged t he A ir Force t o select Colorado Springs as t h e locat ion f or t he Cont inental A ir D ef ense Command , t he f o r er u n ner of t oday ’ s N ort h A merican A erospace D ef ense Comm and .

For a number of years, M r . Reich was chairman of t he chamber ’ s M ilitary A f f airs C om mit tee, and under his leadership t he city soon became k now n as a m odel of good civil/ military relations. H is support of the armed services was recognized w h e n he w as presented dist inguished service awards by t he secr et ar i es o f t he A ir Force, A rmy and N avy .

M r . Reich played an important role as a member of the A cademy Foundati on . H e was also a dynamic leader in t h e group’ s ef f orts t o raise f unds f or t he const ruct ion o f F al co n Stadium , t he Eisenhower G ol f Course and t he new V isit or C en t er .

I n 1985, the Cadet W ing recognized M r . Reich’ s achievements by holding a parade in his honor . A t a recepti on af terwards, h e was presented wit h a cadet sabre in recognition of h i s i n f l u en ce i n bringing about a harm onious relat ionship between t he m ilitary and t he city of Colorado Springs.

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1986 0 -4 Pr omoti ons (U SA FA Graduates) The names of M r. Josep h Reich, second f r om lef t, and M r . J am es Conboy, at right, were recently added to the p ermanent A O G H o n orary L if e M embership Plaque, held by J ock Sch wank, ’60, A OG p resident. A t lef t is D ick Copp ock, ’61, A OG ex ecutive d ir ect o r .

I n addition t o t he wall plaques t o be presented wit h su i t a b l e citat ions t o M r . C onboy and M r . Reich , t heir names w i l l b e i n scribed on a master honorary membership scr oll which hangs i n t h e asso ci at i o n o f f i ce .

W ell k nown by Falcon sport s f ans, M r . Conboy has been h ead athletic t rainer f or t he A ir Force A cademy since 1955.

Throughout 30 years’ service. M r . Conboy has been invaluable i n administering to the physical needs of intramural and collegiat e athlet es of t he A cademy . For t he f irst 17 years at t he A cademy , he was also t he baseball pitching coach .

Count less cadet s have benef itt ed f r om M r . C onboy ’ s personal int erest in t heir physical quali f icati ons f or commissioning and , in many instances, their entry into undergraduate flying t raini ng

programs. Not the least of his contributions is the c o n st a n t

mot ivati onal inf luence he has provided cadet s, resulting i n t h ei r u l t i m at e ser v i ce as w el l - r o u n d ed m em b er s o f t h e ar m ed f o r ces.

M r . Conboy ’ s select ion f or t he N ational H all of Fame f o r

A t hletic T rainers, and service on behal f of national O lympic teams have brought great credit upon t he A ir Force a n d t h e A cademy .

T he legendary Joseph A . Reich Sr . has made continuous c o n t ributions t o the armed services in Colorado Springs si n c e b e c o m ing a resident in 1932. A lways act ive in community af f airs, he was inst rument al in establishing Cam p Car son at t he onset o f W o r l d W ar I I . A ddit ionally , he served as one of the original d i r ect o r s o f t h e U SO .

I n 1948, while serving as vice president of t he city ’ s C h am b er o f Comm erce, M r . Reich ini tiat ed t he idea of pr oposing C o l o r ad o Springs as a f uture site f or t he proposed U nited States A i r F o r c e A cademy . H e enlisted t he support of t he chamber , prominent local and stat e business people, political leaders an d A i r F o r ce o f -

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BOV A ddresses A cademy I ssues E d i t o r ’s n o t e: T h e B o a r d o f V i si t o r s m et a t t h e A i r Force A cademy i n M ar ch f or t heir annual meet ing . Sever al of t he member s w er e a v a i l a b l e M ar ch 15 f or a pr ess con f erence in A r nold H al l . T he f ollow i ng ar t icle contai ns som e of t he questi ons and answ er s f r om t hat co n f er en ce .

T his year ’ s boar d member ship i ncludes t he H onor able T er en c e O ’ D o n nell (U SA FA ’ 66) , chai r man of t he BO V ; Sen . Bar r y G oldw ater , R-A r iz.; Sen . T ed St evens, R-A lask a; Sen . L aw t on C hi les, D -Fla.; Sen . D en n i s D eC oncini , D -A r iz; Rep . T im W ir t h , D -C olo .; Rep . N or m an D ick s, D -W ash .; R ep . Bever ly By r on , D -M d .; Rep . K en K ramer , R-C ol o . ; Rep .

Jer ry L ew i s, R-C al i f .; H enry Sayler ; L ynda H ar e-Smit h ; J u l i a n N i em c zy k ; H olly C oor s and Bud W i lk i nson .

What r ecom mendations, if any , have y ou made abou t the h o n o r c o d e ?

Why is there an ap p ar en t increase in viola tions by u n d er cl ass ca d e ts ?

M r . O ’ D o n n el l — “ W e h a v e n o r ec o m m en d a t i o n s t o m a k e o n t h e h o n o r co d e a t t h i s t i m e . I t h i n k i t ’ s t h e co n sen su s o f t h e b o a r d t h a t t h e

code i s very healt hy . T he changes t hat have been m ade i n t h e a d m i n i st r a t ion o f the code r at her t han t he u nder lying code it sel f a r e w el l - t a k en . W e ar e obvi ously i nter ested i n any t r ends t hat develop and ask the A cademy t o k eep us advised of t hem . W e haven ’ t seen any substantial i n c r ea se i n t he f ir st tw o year s, and it appear s t her e is a decrease i n t h e sec o n d t w o year s (t hat cadet s are at t he A cademy) . I t ’ s t oo ear ly t o tell i f t her e’ s any k ind of t rend , but i t is somet hi ng w e w ant t o w atch caref ully . “ I t hink t he changes w it hin t he admi nist r at ion of t he code ar e good .

W e have a large class com i ng i n f r om diver se backgr ou nds, di f f erent high schools ar ound t he count ry , di f f erent cul tur al exper iences and t r ai ni ng.

T his is very very im por tant in a m or al and et hical basis. I t hi nk the pre sent system emphasizes t he educati on of t he new cadet s w i t h t h e co d e a n d gives t hem a chance t o lear n it and it s expectat ions. “ A f t er al l , w e’ re ask i ng t hem t o adher e t o a very high l ev el o f ex cel l en ce i n t h ei r m o r a l a n d et h i ca l b eh a v i o r . I t h i n k it ’ s very good and I t hink it ’ s an im pr ovem ent . I t ’ s di f f icu lt to com pare t he A cademy of today t o w hen I was here; it w as quite a bi t smaller t han i t i s t oday . T hi ngs have changed signi f icant ly nati onal ly over a per i od of ti me. “ T he honor code is ver y signi f icant t o the A cademy . I t ’ s one of t he k ey f act or s t hat disti nguishes t he A cadem y f r om civi lian i nsti tut ions of higher lear ni ng. I t ’ s a mat ter of par amount i nter est t o t he boar d , and w e w ant t o w at ch it car ef ully .’ ’ Rep . W ir t h — “ T his is my second t im e ar ound on t he b o a r d . T h e f i r st t i me the code w as the subj ect of deep discussi on all t h e t i m e . T h i s t i m e i t ’ s very clear t hat t his is goi ng w el l , and t hat i t ’ s been w el l - a d m i n i st er ed a n d w ell-u nder st ood by t he st udent s. I t hi nk f r om my ow n exper ience t he BOV i s f ocusi ng on issues ot her t han t he honor code. T hat ’ s a ver y st r ong com mentary on t he A cademy . “ O ne t hing I t hi nk i s a great im pr ovem ent is t he emphasi s o n h o n o r t hr oughout A cademy l i f e. For exam ple, w hen a guest speak er — t ake a ret ir ed gener al w it h com bat exper ience — he’ s asked t o w o r k so m e co m ments about how honor has played a k ey r ole in his career int o hi s presen tatio n . I t ’ s got t o be a b r oad and crucial f ocus at t he A cademy . W e see t hat happeni ng r ight now and w e’ r e encour aged by it . “ T he last t im e w e w er e her e, w e t ook a br eak t o Jack s V alley t o get aw ay f r om cont i nued discussi on o f t he honor code. T his t i m e w e ’ v e h a d t ime t o discuss ot her issues — quest i ons li ke im pr ovi ng t h e a t t r i t i o n r a t e and cadet s havi ng some m oney lef t af ter over head expenses a r e t a k en o u t .

T he quest ion t hat w as i m por t ant t o me w as, si nce t he A cadem y ’ s had such a great at hlet ic — part icular ly f ootbal l — year , w o u l d t h a t d o m i n a t e t he scene and push aside ot her issues signi f icant t o t he A cademy ’ s quali ty? I ’ ve been im pr essed by t he f act t hat w het her tal k ing to pr o f essor s, cadets or adm ini st rat or s, t her e seem s to be a balance in spi te o f t he a t h l et i c su ccess. ’ ’

B ef or e we get away f r om the honor code . . . several of t h e r ec en t vi o l a tions have in vol ved cadets enter ing others ’ r ooms, which are lef t unl ock ed under the A cademy ’s op en d oor p olicy . I s there any d iscussi on of chang ing that so cadets would lock their r ooms?

M r . O ’ D onnell — “ I t hi nk w e encourage an open envi r onment h er e and t hat ’ s w hat w e’ r e really seek ing. E ven w it h con f idence a n d t r u st am ong t he cadet s, you ’ r e alw ays going t o have violat ions, pr oblem s, and a ‘ bad apple’ f r om t ime t o t i me. A s t o ser ious i n f ract ions o f c i v i l a n d m ilit ary law , I t hi nk t he board f avor s t ak ing signi f icant act i o n su c h a s a cour t mar t ial w hen t he f act s w ar r ant i t . Y ou m ay have allegat ions of a f elony or som et hing al ong t hose li nes; t hat ’ s not so mething you seek , but i f it happens you have t o deal w it h it .’ ’

Rep. Wirth — “ I n my second time of looking at the A cademy a n d h a v ing a chance to meet with so many able students, faculty a n d a d

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ministrators, I ’m struck with a number of healthy changes t h a t h a v e o c curred. The balance between the academic, military a n d a t h l et i c si d es i s much healthier than it was f ive or six years ago. “ T h e sec o n d i t em I w a s i n t er est ed i n t h en a n d c o n t i n u e t o be, i s t he ad

missions process — who comes, how long they stay and w h a t t h e a t t r i t i o n

r at e i s. Six or seven year s ago , t he att r i t i on rate w as up ar ou nd 45-47 per cent . I t ’ s now dow n t o 35 per cent and dr oppi ng. W e hear d t oday t hat it ’ s hoped it will come down to 30 percent . That’s very good f or t he A cademy and a good commentary on the way young people are going t hr ough and under st andi ng t he pr ocess. T axpayer s ar en ’ t losing a n i n v est m en t i n a l o t o f k ids w ho com e and t hen leave. T he t r end is clear ly i n t he r ight di r ect ion and t hat ’s very hear t ening . “ I n t his day and age, here’ s an exam ple of an i nsti tut i on t hat ’ s pul led i n it s belt and by inter nal change and r ef or m has been a b l e t o sa v e a l o t o f m oney and has d one w el l by good young people as w el l .’ ’ Speaking of the investment in cadets — is there any d iscussion of hav ing cadets r eim burse the go ver nmen t f or their education if they leave vol un tar ily af ter one, t wo or thr ee y ears her e?

Sen. Goldwater — “ No, that ’s never been discussed and pr obably n ev er w i l l b e . ’ ’

Why ?

Sen. Goldwater — “ We’ve got to have our armed f orces, a n d i t t a k es

m oney t o educate t hem . I f w e l ose a li t t le bi t on a cadet , we don ’ t have t o pay t oo m uch att ent ion t o it because w e accum ulat e t en s o f t h o u sa n d s o f

of ficers out of our academies who more than make up f o r i t . ” M r. O’Donnell — “ I think such a policy would really i n h i b i t a l o t o f

people w ho w ant t o come to t he A cademy . L et ’ s r em ember t hey ’ r e not

people 30 or 35 years old who’ve made long-term career d ec i si o n s. ”

Rep . Byr on — “ O ne of t he st rengths o f t he ser vice academies i s t h a t w e

want a cross-section of the A merican public represented. T her e ar e many students here who, if it were not f or the A cademy, w o u l d n o t b e a b l e t o af ford this kind of education. To tell them when they’re look i ng at t he

A cademy , t hat i f t hey dr op out f or one r eason or anot her t hey ’ r e goi ng t o have to go back and absorb that cost isn’t right . You’re not goi ng t o f ind t hat cr oss-secti on w it h such a poli cy .”

I understand the A cademy adm inistr ati on was ask ed to mak e an ef f or t to supp or t r ebuild ing, m ain tenance and things lik e that o ver the nex t f ew years. I remember this has been a problem over thep ast t wo y ears. I ’d l ik e

to hear f rom y ou. Senator Goldwater, or any of the o t h er

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r ep r esen tati ves, about get ting t hat k ind of m oney out of C ongr ess no w and in the f utur e.

Sen. Goldwater — “ I t’s not the best year we’ve ever had t o get m oney out of Congress f or anything. The country’s def icit pr oblem is t r emen

dous. I t has a growing debt problem that’s going to b e d i sa st er o u s i f w e

don ’ t change i t . “ W e do have m oney i n t he budget f or m aintenance at t he A cademy , but it ’ s never been enough . I thi nk i t w ould t ake about $18 million per year t o mai nt ai n t he A cademy up t o snuf f . W e’ ve al low ed it t o go f or a number of years without the proper attention. Now we have the pr oblem

of convincing all 535 people in Congress that taking ca r e o f t h e a c a d em i es is j ust as much a problem as taking care of somebody’s highw ay or building a bridge in their district . I t’s going to be t ough , but w e’ r e going to do all we can about it , and I think we’re going t o b e a l i t t l e m o r e su c

cessf ul than w e’ve been i n t he past .”

Rep . L ew is — “ T he i nst allat ion is appr oachi ng 30 year s o f age. I t hasn ’ t r eceived some of t he pr event ive m ai ntenance t hat w as r eq uir ed i n past year s. I f w e allow t his t o cont i nue — i f w e don ’ t m a i n t a i n t h i s n a tional asset and allow it to run down — we’re going to end up spendi ng

more in the future. We’re going to mortgage the future a n d m a k e a disasterous mistake. We’re intent on insuring that t he A cadem y i s pr oper ly maintained and that necessary construction proj ects a r e f u n d ed . T h er e are only certain things we can do as a board. We can’t j ust ignor e t hese

needs and w ai t until t hi ngs com e apar t at t he seam s.”

Will y ou mak e any r ecom m endations to the p r esiden t about the f or eign ex change p r ogram ?

Rep . Byr on — “ T he consensus on t he f oreign student exchange pr o gr am w as t hat it ’ s very healt hy . T he longevi ty w e’ ve seen over t he year s w i t h f oreign exchange pr ogr am s has been very benef icial . Cu r r enlt y in C ent r al A m er ica t her e ar e individuals i n leader shi p posit ions w ho have had t r aining i n our academ ies. T hat ’ s goi ng t o pay d i v i d en d s i n t o t h e n ex t centur y .”

(C on tinued on nex t p age.)

Sup er intendent Challenges N ews Stor ies on H onor D uring this year ’s annual meet ing of t he A ir Force A cademy Board of V isitors in early M arch, reports appeared i n t w o A cademy-area newspapers concer ning t he administ rat ion o f t h e A cademy ’s honor system . T he Board of V isit ors’ meetings a r e open t o and at tended by t he press as required by law . T h e st o r i es on the honor code alleged that t he code had been relaxed and , as a direct result , honor violat ions had increased . Bot h co n t en t i o n s are erroneous. W e publish t he superint endent ’s let ters t o t h e edit ors of t he newspapers in an ef f ort t o bring you t h e f act s.

E ditor, R ocky M oun tain N ews (D enver) / was shock ed to see y our ar ticle of Saturday , M ar ch 15, which rep or ted the p r oceedings of our B oard of Visitors meeting held the day bef ore. While the meeting was op en t o the p ublic and the p ress was invited, we m ust have a t t e n d e d a dif f erent session.

I n the t wo hours of discussions that ensued F riday m o r n ing, the subj ect of honor was never raised. I nstead, t h e su b B OV : (C on tinued f r om p r evious p age.)

Gi ven the budget cr unch, what abou t cadet p ay ? Wil l i t b e c u t ?

Rep . Byr on — “ L et me say w hat I ’ve said t o m any o f t h e ca d et s w h o ’ v e br ought it up t o me. A s a m em ber o f C ongr ess w ho sit s o n t h i s b o a r d a n d a mem ber o f t he A r med Ser vices C omm itt ee, I don ’ t f or esee any i ncr ease in t hei r pay scale. W hat I ’ve hear d i s t hat w e shou ld cut t hei r pay , so I suggest they be t hank f ul w it h w hat t hey have and lear n t o l i v e w i t h i n t hose guideli nes.’ ’ Sen . G oldw ater — “ I happen t o t hi nk t he m or ale o f our t r oops, w hich involves pay, is a lot more important than buying a lot o f equi pment or maint ai ning unneeded bases i n t his countr y . I ’ d r at her see t he pay o f t he mi litary members i ncreased . I ’ d rat her close bases li ke L ow r y t han see t he t r oops’ morale go dow n .’ ’ What do y ou say to the A m er ican p eop le who say cadets ar e already getting a f ree ed ucation, and who don ’t think they should be get ting p aid ?

Sen . G oldw ater — “ I t hi nk t hat ’ s a w r ong at t itude to h a v e . L o o k a t t h e A mericans who live of f the government . H alf of our people live o f f t he ot her hal f , and yet all w e hear tal ked about is t he hand f ul o f people w ho represent t he count ry and keep i t at peace. I ’ m gett i ng a li tt le f ed up w it h t hose w ho thi nk t he only place f or spending cut s is t he m ili tar y . I d on ’ t advocat e dest r oyi ng wel f are pr ogr am s, but i t ’ s t ime t o t a k e a l o o k a t things. Why can’t we sell railroads that cost taxpapers $35 per m ile t o r u n .

T he f i r st t hi ng you hear is, “ W el l , w e w on ’ t rai se cadet pay and w e w on ’ t give the military the four-percent pay increase we pr omised t hem .

j ect was contained in a backgr ound book and covered ap p r ox imately one of 40 p ages of mater ial. Your rep or ter chose to isolate t wo sen tences f r om that material and a subsequen t headline was wr i t ten which gi ves readers t h e i m p ression the H onor Code is not ali ve and well at the

A cademy. N othing could be f urther f rom the truth. I n deed, as p ointed out by the Board of Visitors during t h ei r

concluding news conf erence, the Cadet H onor Sy stem h as n ever b een h ea l t h i er .

E ditor, Gazette Telegrap h (Colorado Springs)

I am distressed at y our headline in the Sunday p aper

w h ich r ead “ R el ax ed C o d e l eads t o m o r e R u le Vi o l a t i o ns. ”

I consider i t irresp onsible Journalism and a trend t o w a r d sensational rep or ting. I would have exp ected the headline to read “ The A cademy continues to ref ine heal thy honor sy stem. ” If one were to read the entire rep or t on honor which t h e rep or ter ref ers to in her ar ticle, he would understand t h e honor sy stem is heal thy , work ing, and meeting all the r e quiremen ts of the A cademy and the A ir F orce. This was

again brought out during the p ress conf erence of the B o a r d

of Visitors. The board rep eatedly indicated that the h o n o r sy stem had ex ceeded their exp ectations to the ex tent t h a t they did not believe it required their close scrutiny d ur ing this meeting.

A ll standards at the A ir Force A cademy bre ex tremely high. The most imp ortant standard is that of integrity an d

we are satisf ied that we are meeting that ideal. I t is bey ond

my comp rehension why y our rep orter took f acts totally o u t

of contex t and p lay ed them up with a sensational ar ticle

a n d h ead l i n e.

The A cademy will continue to set standards not only f or themselves and the A ir Force, but f or the entire country. I would hop e in the f uture y our rep orters would do better homework and rep ort accurately in their articles.

Sincerely , (Signed) WI N FI EL D W. SCO T T, JR, L t General, USA F Sup er intendent

“ We’re taking the wrong attitude. The country doesn’t w a n t t o g o t o

w ar ; w ell , the best w ay t o go (t o war) is t o not have a mil itary ! ’ ’ A lo t of cadets have told me they wan t to be astr onau ts. D o y ou think there ’l l be a setback or at ti tude change as a r esul t of the C hallenger

d isas t er ?

Rep . L ew i s — “ T here’ s great ent husiasm f or t he space pr ogr am i n the academic maj or s t hat are or iented towar d space and aer onau tics. T hey ’ r e st ill very pouplar and gr ow i ng m or e so in t he C adet W i ng. T he C hallenger set b a c k d o esn ’ t seem t o h a v e a f f ec t ed t h e m o r a l e o r d esi r es o f ca d et s t o b e

on t he cut ti ng edge of t he space age.’ ’ Rep . Byr on — “ L et me br i ng up somet hing w e spent a l o t o f t i m e t a l k i ng abou t : t he cur riculum and how w e reach t he student w h o ha s ex cel l ed in a sit uat i on but sti ll f eels u nchallenged . W e t al k ed t o t h e d ea n a n d t h e

faculty about meeting their needs. Even though the c r i t er i a a n d ca l i b er o f

educati on her e is out standi ng, t her e ar e st il l a f ew w h o n eed a b i t m o r e challenge. W e’ ve made some recomm endati ons, and some o f t h o se changes have been made and i mp lem ented in r elati on t o t h e co r e c u r r iculu m . T he f aculty seems exci ted abou t t hose changes and t he f lexi bi li ty t hey ’ l l have.’ ’ Senator, can y ou say ho w many bases y ou consider ed and why L o wry w as c h o sen ?

Sen . G oldw ater — “ I can ’ t give you reasons f or choosi ng L ow ry

because I didn’t choose Lowry. I can give you a better exam ple of land value and the desire to get it into the city: the land ow ned by t he mi li tary in H onolulu, Hawaii . That land was surplus, useless land . N ow i t ’ s pr ob

ably wor t h at least $2 billi on , and t hey ’ re t rying t o acqui re t hat f or a song t o build more condomi niu ms and t hi ngs li k e t hat . T he N avy , t he A i r F or ce and the A rm y w ould li ke t o dispose of t hat land at i ts pr oper pr ice and let the city do with it as it wants. (The Falcon F ly er)

B u sh t o A d d r ess

Graduating Class V ice President George Bush has accepted an invitat ion t o deliver t he graduation address at the A cademy M ay 28.

T his year ’ s graduation is t he 28t h i n t he A cademy ’ s hist ory and mark s t he f i f t h t ime since 1959 t hat a vice president o f t h e U n i t ed States has been t he com mencement speak er . Bush also spok e dur ing t he A cademy ’ s 1982 graduat ion .

G raduat ion day event s in Falcon Stadium (weat her perm it ti ng) will include t he march-on of graduates at 10:30 a.m .; the gradua t ion ceremony , start ing at 10:35; t he commencement address by t he vice president at approxi mat ely 10:55; wit h t he awardi ng of diplomas and commissions im mediately f ollowing.

A f lying demonst rat ion by t he A ir Force aerial dem onst ration team , t he T hunderbirds, is scheduled t o begin at 12: 15 p .m . and

co n t i n u e u n t i l ab o u t 12 :4 5 .

A pproximately 950 cadets are expected t o receive bachelor o f science degrees and commissions in the U .S. A ir Force during t he cerem ony , wit h the maj ority of graduates going on t o undergraduate pilot and navigat or training programs.

T ick ets are required f or admission int o Falcon Stadium .

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H ostess A ccep ts N ew Job Challenge

By SSgt . A nnette W are P u b li c A f f ai r s

A n “ uncomm on tour of duty .” T hat ’ s how L ouise Brow n described her j ob of the past nine years — t hat of Cadet W ing hostess. “ T he m ost comm on perception people have of m e i s t h a t I dress up and st and in receivi ng lines and look glamorous,” sh e said , laughing. “ I t ’ s a f ar cry f rom t hat .

M rs. Br ow n lef t the A cademy in February f or anot her ch al lenge. She’ ll w ork f or the man who f irst hired her here, retired L t .

Gen . K ennet h T allman , the eight h superintendent . H e’ s n o w president of Embry-Riddle A eronaut ical U niversity in Florida, and M rs. Br own will be the assistant direct or of public r el at i o n s.

She should be prepared f or any event af ter her stint as t h e Cadet W i ng hostess, a j ob she says, “ i nvolves a litt le o f everyt hing.

M rs. Brown became host ess A ug. 29, 1977. T he circumstances t hat involved her being at the right place at t he right t i m e f o r h er j ob were unusual , and even a bit eerie.

t hrough basic training, bef ore t he doolie dining out . M r s . B r o w n covers all t opics, f rom t he use of deodorant t o w rit ing t hank y ou n o t es a f t er w ar d s.

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I t al l st ar t ed w h en sh e m et h er h u sb an d - t o - b e o n a b l i n d d at e i n San A n t o n i o i n J u n e 1966 . J o h n D . “ J .D . ” B r o w n w as a n A cademy graduate. Class of ’64 . Because of her j ob w i t h t h e A merican Red Cross w hich t ook her t o V iet nam , and because h e

was a pilot and served i n T hailand , t hey f igured by t he t ime t hey married in Oct ober 1968, t hey had actually only been t oget her 30 days.

D espite t he marriage’s unique start , t he tw o managed t o f inally lead a “ nor mal ” A ir Force li f e. U nf ort unately it was n o t t o l ast long. T he couple was stat ioned at L uke A FB , A riz., when a tragic event changed t he course of M r s. Brown’ s lif e. H er husband , then a maj or , was k illed in an F-4 crash July 14, 1977.

M aj or Br own’ s f uneral was held at t he A cademy . H is w i d o w was sitt ing in her room at billeting the day of t he f u n er al w h en a f r i en d cam e t o v i si t h er .

She said she k new it was the w orst possible t ime t o even bring the subj ect up , but w hen she heard about t his j ob she k n ew i t w as meant f or me,” remembered M rs. Brow n .

T he j ob M rs. Brow n’ s f riend was talk ing about was t hat o f Cadet W ing hostess. Gail M cC omas, t he f ir st hostess f o r t h e A cademy , had retired af ter 22 years. T he j ob was st ill open , but t ime was running out on interview s.

D espit e my position at t he moment , I k new I needed t o t h i n k about my f uture and f ind a j ob , so I went t o t he i nterview ,” sa i d M rs. Brown . “ General T allman interviewed me, and he really t ook quite a chance, hiring someone newly-widowed . H e d i d n ’ t k now how I ’d turn out .” But luck ily f or bot h t he A cademy a n d M rs. Brown, the venture turned out t o be no risk at al l .

Some of t he highlights of M rs. Brow n’s career have b een t h e 25t h A nniversary of t he A cademy , celebrated i n 1979, a n d t h e f irst class of w omen graduating f rom t he A cademy in 19 8 0 . I n 1978, t he disco was upgraded and a pizza par lor was added; t he ice cream parlor gave way t o a new trend — t he video ar cad e. A r nold H all underwent another maj or redecoration in 1982.

A side f rom the physical changes of t he A cademy , M r s.

Brow n’ s j ob has also changed wit h t he t imes. T he list o f w h a t sh e does is endlesss — it certainly isn’ t j ust “ look ing glam orous.

She’ s involved in every planning aspect of all A cademy b al l s f r om the f loral arrangement s t o t he menu .

I n planni ng a ball , it j ust doesn’ t happen,” she said . “ I t t ak es week s t o f ine tune. A lot of support agencies are involved ; t w o maj or ones we constant ly depend on are t he band and t he security police.

T he hostess of f ice also plans t he reception f or any disti nguished speak er , or t he I nner Circle receptions f ollowing T heater V ariety Series presentations.

A nother im portant f action of t he j ob is teaching etiquet te an d decorum t o t he cadet s. T his begi ns w hile t he cadets are st ill going ( (

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A t her going-away recep tion, L ouise B r own, at r ight, sp eaks with L inda Glaza (J im, ’60), ex ecuti ve assistant f or the A O G, and F reida Weber, at lef t, l ong-time A OG secretary and n o w secr etary f or the A cademy ’s D irectorate f or D evelop ment and A lum ni P r o grams. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by B ill M adsen) A sign that t he t imes have changed is t he emergence o f sev er al new courses t hat t he cadet s voluntarily go t hrough t h at d eal w i t h li f e’s sk ills. “ A t the A cademy , cadet s are w rapped i n a co co o n .

T hey come here st raight f rom t heir parents and t hey ’ve n e v e r been on t heir ow n . T hen w hen t hey graduate, all of a su d d en t hey ’ re on t heir ow n and t hey f eel insecure,” said M r s. B r o w n .

T he solut ion t o t his is t o lear n singles survival — gett ing t he basics of set ting up an apart ment , cook ing, having small part ies on a lieutenant ’ s budget . T w o ot her programs are image sem i n a r s an d “ D r ess f o r Su ccess.

M y j ob changes w it h the times. But j ust as soon as I t hink I have t he cadet s f igured out , t hey com pletely surprise me! ” she said .

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t imes of a Cadet W ing hostess, but one of her f avorit es i s ab o u t a class where she was teaching cadets party manners. “ I ’ d j ust had a long discussi on wit h t he cadets on how t o eat hors d ’ o eu v r es.

U se a toot hpick f or cheese. W hen you lose a chip , don’ t go in the dip up t o your wrist — leave it . I f t here’s caviar , spread it light ly on a bread round . D on’ t eat it lik e black berry j am . “ A f ter t he class we had a practice session and I was wal k ing around check ing out the situation . Everyone was doing so well , and I was so pr oud of t hem . A nd t hen I t urn and see t h i s cad et w it h a toot hpick , and he’ s spearing f ish eggs on it w i t h al l t h e co n cent ration in t he w orld ! I t was so hard t o k eep a straight f ace an d tell him w hat he was doing w rong.

Sharing bot h t he busy t imes and t he f un ones wit h M rs. B r o w n have been the st af f of t he Cadet W ing H ostess of f ice. M r s . B r o w n had f our assistants — Barbara Byron, V alerie Bryant , K a r e n M andel and Cinda Sue T horhauer — and tw o people w ho w o r k w it h catering — Shir ley K ort meyer and Bet t i Jo Benzel — w h o were of enormous help t o her . But it still involved a l o t o f w o r k — all day , any day of t he week .

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M r s. B r o w n sai d t h at M r s. M cC o m a s h ad o n ce t o l d h er t h at

you can stay t oo long, and she didn’ t want that t o happen t o her . “ I don’ t lik e get ting int o rut s. I t ’ s a good t ime f or me t o leave,

much as we like to think we’re indispensable. The thing t h a t ’ s k ept me going is my sense of hum or , ” she added . “ W henever I have t o correct someone, I always do it wit h hum or . I f i n d t h at people lear n bet ter wit h positive st rok es.” ( The F alcon F ly er)

A nderson M oving to TA C:

W estbr ook , ’ 63, C hosen as C om m andant A cademy C om mandant Brig. Gen. (maj or general select ee) M arcus A . A nderson , ’ 61, has been selected f or reassignment a s D CS/ Operations f or H eadquarters, T actical A ir C ommand , a t L angley A FB , V a. H e will depart f or his new assignment short ly af ter graduat ion .

General A nderson w ill be replaced by Col . (brigadier general selectee) Sam W . W estbrook I I I , ’63, whose assignment prior to assuming t he commandant ’ s duties was as commander of t h e 4 8t h T actical Fighter W i ng (T FW ) (F- 11I s) at t he Royal A i r F o r ce B ase at L ak enheat h, England .

W estbr ook has had several years of experience wit h t h e F - 111.

H e piloted t he aircraf t as a member of t he 428t h T act ical Fighter Squadr on and was test pr oj ect of f icer f or F- 111s at t h e 422 n d Fighter W eapons Squadr on . Bot h squadrons are at N ellis A FB ,

N ev .

H e assumed command of t he 48t h T FV,' in A pril 1984 an d f o r his achievements in t hat j ob was nominated f or t he 1985 J ab a r a A ward f or A irmanship by H eadquart ers, U .S. A ir Forces i n Europe. H e was vice commander of the wing since July 1983 . A t t he A cademy , W estbrook was t he t op graduate and was n am ed a Rhodes Scholar . A f ter graduat ion he received a master ’ s degree f r om T rinity College at Ox f ord U niversity in 1966 and t r ai n ed as a student pilot f rom A ugust 1966 t o M arch 1968 at W illiams A FB , A r iz.

H e was an F- 111 pilot and aircraf t commander of t he 4 28t h T actical Fight er W ing at N ellis f rom M arch 1968 to A ugust 197 1, and a student at t he A rmed Forces Staf f College at N orf olk , V a. , f rom A ugust 1971 t o January 1972.

W estbr ook became air operations of f icer at Clar k A ir B ase i n

t he Philippines in January 1972. H e remained at Clark u n t i l September 1973, w hen he returned t o N ellis t o be in charge of testing of the F-111s in the 422nd Fighter Weapons Squadron .

I n September 1975, he began a f our-year stint in t he Pentagon.

H e was air operations of f icer and planning programs o f f i cer f o r st rategic development analysis and deputy chief of staf f f or plans and operations f or three years. H e was chief of t he staf f gr oup in t h e o f f i ce o f t h e v i ce ch i ef o f st a f f a t t h e D ef en se D epart ment f or o n e y ea r .

H e attended t he N at ional W ar C ollege at Fort M cN air , W ashi ngt on , D .C ., f rom A ugust 1979 t o A ugust 1980. H e w a s deputy commander f or operations f or t he 20t h T actical Fighter W ing at U pper H eyf ord , England , f rom A ugust 1980 t o A ugust 19 82 .

W estbrook was direct or of inspections f or U .S. A ir F o r ces i n Eur ope headquarters at Ramstein A ir Base in Germany f or a year bef ore j oining the 48t h T act ical Fighter W ing.

General A nderson has been the commandant since July 19 8 4 .

H e previously served in t he Republic of V iet nam at B i en H o a A i r

base flying 240 combat missions in F-l OOs, including 2 1 o v er

N ort h V iet nam . H e earned a master of science degree f r o m t h e U niversity of Sout her n Calif ornia, at tended Fighter W eapons School , t he A rmed Forces Staf f C ollege, T he N ational W ar C o l lege, and spent t hree years at t he Pentagon .

He also served a tour of duty at Ubon Royal Thai A FB, Thailand, while other assignments took him to Naples, I taly ; Bit-

burg A ir Base, Germany ; and U SA FE H eadquarters. General A nderson was also stati oned at L ak enheat h, E ngland , f r o m 1967 t o 1969 f lying the F- 100 aircraf t .

I ncoming Commandant H osted P r ince Charles H is Royal H ighness, t he Prince of W ales, visited t he 4 8t h T ac tical Fighter W ing at RA F L ak enheath , Suf f olk , E ngland t h i s past September .

Prince Charles was invited t o visit t he wing by C ol . S a m W estbrook , 48t h T FW com mander , U SA FA Class of 1963.

Colonel W estbr ook , recently selected t o become the n e x t A cademy commandant , brief ed t he prince on the missi on o f t h e wing in support of N A T O . Following t he brief ing, t he wing com mander escorted t he royal guest t o an aircraf t hangar f o r a l o o k a t two General D ynamics F- 11I F aircraf t . A t t he same t ime. H is Royal H ighness also viewed t he Pave T ack weapons delivery system and t he GBU - 15 television-guided weapons system .

T he prince then watched a f ly-by , of f irst a single F- 11I F , and t hen f our F- l l l Fs f lying in a diamond f ormation .

Following t he f ly-bys. Prince C harles visited t he 493rd T act i cal Fighter Squadron, w here he was brief ed on t he unit ’s operati ons and t raining procedures. A f ter leaving the 493rd, t he prince made an unscheduled stop t o greet more t han 1,500 elementary sch o o l children w ho were lining his travel route.

H is Royal H ighness toured t he base’ s avi onics maintenance f acility , and t hen was driven t o the base exchange ar ea f o r a w al k

people were f ort unate t o have t his once-in-a-lif etime opportunity t o see and meet a member of t he r oyal f amily ,” said t he wing c o m m a n d er .

T his was t he f irst visit t o L ak enheat h by a member of t he royal f amily in almost 15 years. Pr ince Charles’ sister . Princess A nne, visited the base element ary school in 1970.

ab o u t t o m eet L a k en h eat h r esi d en t s.

T he prince concluded his f our-hour visit as the honored gu est at a luncheon f or all rank s in t he of f icers’ open mess. C o l o n el W estbrook presented t he r oyal guest a crystal replica o f t h e wi ng’s insignia.

I n spending hal f a day w ith Prince C harles, I can see he’ s very interested in people,” said C olonel W estbrook . “ H e’ s very gif ted in talk ing with people and drawing opinions f rom t hem . “ I t was an honor f or t he 48t h to host t he f uture k ing. O u r b ase

P r ince Char les is greeted by Col. Sam West br ook, ’63, 48 t h T ac tical F ighter Wing commander, up on his ar ri val at RA F L ak enheath. A lso p ict ured is the Pr ince’s equerry, M aj . Jack Stenhouse and Sir J oshua R o wley, L ord L ieutenant of Suf f olk .

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A ut o T r ek W eaves T hr ough 2,200 M iles of Backland China

By Col onel James M . Reed, ’59

I was sitting in Hong Kong, in my apartment ’s kitchen, d i scu ss ing the situation with a close friend. “ Here it is, 8 p .m . on t he night before I ’m supposed to begin one of the greatest ad v en t u r es of my career . . . and I don’t have a visa!’’

But they didn’t turn you down,’ ’ she said. “ A visa o n a diplomatic passport has to go all the way to the Foreign M inist ry .

Not only does that take longer, but they probably don’t have any < (

r u l es t o co v er t h i s so r t o f si t u at i o n .

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She was right , as usual. We were breaking all of the old rules, and the existing Chinese government bureaucracy didn’t always know how to handle the problems. We wanted to drive a c a r — actually, two cars, three vans and a small truck , from t he city of Hong Kong on China’s southern boundary, to China’s capit al of Beij ing (Peking), 2,2(X)-plus road miles away. Not only had t his never (in living memory) been done before, but all b u t a f ew m i l es of t he rout e would be t hrough part s of Chi na t ot ally cl o sed t o

foreigners. To add to the dif ficulties, we weren’t i n t er est ed i n u s ing the main routes. We wanted to explore the backwoods a r e a s .

Our t ravel was already of f t he “ beat en t rack .’ ’ W e wanted t o get even f urt her away f rom normal roads and cit ies. Our m i ssi o n w as t o determine t he f easibility and possible rout e f or a high-speed

auto rally to be run between Hong Kong and Beij ing.

Let me fill in some of the background. My assignment i n t h e summer of 1982 was wit h the D ef ense I nt elligence A gency . I w a s

assigned to Hong Kong, under the title of “ A ir Liaison O f f i cer . ’ ’ A nywhere else I ’d be the A ir A ttache, but since Hong K ong is not a country and there is no U .S. Embassy, the title “ attache’’ i s a

f orce f it and “ A ir L iaison O f f icer ’ ’ t ook it s place. (A ct ually , I was accredited t o L ondon as the A ssistant A ir A t t ache, b u t t h at ’ s a di f f erent st ory) . W hen I f irst heard about t he H ong K ong t o

Beij ing A uto Rally, it struck a responsive chord and I t al k ed w i t h Phil Taylor, head of the Hong Kong A utomobile A ssociation (HKA A ), became actively involved in the rally planning an d wound up as a member of the organizing committee. My a sse t s : M adarin linguist , access to resources, experienced in China t ravel , and an int erest in mot orsport s.

The rally was to be a high-speed competition for international competitors run almost nonstop between the two cities. I t ’ s n o t a race per se, but will include transp ortation sections, w h er e t h e

com pet itors will have to go bet ween point s A and B w i t h i n t h e speed limit on exist ing public r oads, and high sp eed sect ions, where public roads w ill be closed t o non-com pet it ors an d w h er e t he int ent will be t o cover t he rout e as quick ly as possible. On each high-speed sect ion , car s which are slower than t he quick est car will be given deductions depending upon t heir speed , an d t h er e will be ot her penalt ies f or inf ract ions during t he rally . T he w inner will be t he car which arrives in Beij ing wit h t he least d ed u ct i o n s f or t he rout e overall . T he H ong K ong t o Beij ing A ut o Rally would have been sim ilar in concept t o the East A f rican Sa f ar i r al ly and ot her internat ional compet it ions.

But before we could seriously plan the rally we had t o st udy t he

possible routes, the roads, and prepare the rally regulations. T h e rally would be cosponsored by the HKA A and the China M o t o r Sports A ssociation (CM SA ), the Chinese sponsors in Beij ing. T he CM SA had brought together the many Chinese government o f fices and gotten approval for the rally concept and f or t he ap proximate rally route — a maj or victory. But they hadn’t co u n t ed on one of the most interest ed members of the t rial run being a U .S. A ir Force colonel on diplomat ic assignment and work ing in a j oint staf f assignment . I had to make sure that I was com plet ely open about my af filiations, so I had my visa request go in

separately from the others, and I used my diplomatic p assp o r t , not my of ficial business or tourist passport . I hadn’t b een t u r n ed down — I j ust hadn’t been approved. What now?

Late that predeparture night , a call to contacts in C h i n a brought a suggestion — drive to the China border and apply again f or a visa at the border , using my t ourist passport . CM SA , in

turn, would try to solve the problems on the Chinese si d e. A reprieve? Just possibly . . . but no one j ust goes up t o t he border and gets a visa to get into the country . . . especially t o t r av el

across t he rest rict ed areas we were going t o penet rat e. B u t i t w as

the only remaining possibility.

So, on a warm, bright late July day I pulled away from o u r starting point in H ong Kong’s New World Center , not k nowing w het her I w as in f or a r ide of 20 or 2,000 miles. W e h a d t w o c a r s

(a rally-prepared Subaru Coupe and a 4-wheel-drive Su b ar u st a tion wagon, which I was in); three small M azda vans w i t h mechanics, spare parts and a Japanese (Yomiuri) TV c r e w o n

boar d ; and a f ive-t on tr uck loaded wit h gasoline and spar e t ires.

The westerners included myself , Phil Taylor , Derek D uggan (Hong Kong Government Transportation Department), and J i m Porter (Royal A uto Club, London). We had several Chinese members of t he H K A A , not ably M ichael H a (club secretary) ; t h e 5-m an T V crew f rom Japan ; t he CM SA direct or , M r . Q i J i n cheng; and an escort/ interpreter , M r . Kong. Except f or myself , all of t he non-Chinese had visas; t he H ong K ong Chinese d o n ’ t

need passports since China claims Hong King as a part o f C h i n a — t hey carry “ reent ry perm it s’ ’ inst ead .

A t t he border , the impossible happened . T he car s were i n

spected and test driven; then cleared into China. I en t er ed w i t h

t hem , without a visa! T hen , at t he imm igration of f ice n ea r Sh en zhen I f illed out a new applicat ion , used my t ourist passport wit h f ull disclosure of my m ilitary prof ession , and got a visa allowing

me to explore over 2,000 miles of China that had previously b e e n

Colonel R eed sits at the wheel of one of the vehicles w h i c h m a d e the tr ip thr ough m ore than 2, 000 m iles of back land C h in a.

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unt ouched by any W est erner — and we were of f .

L ook at a map of China. T he count ry is about t he size an d shape of the U .S. Hong Kong is comparable to Jacksonville, Fla.; Beij ing to M inneapolis. Halfway in between is Wuhan (N ash ville). There is a main road and rail line that runs f rom H ong Kong through Guangzhou (Canton) to Wuhan, then on to Beij -

ing. We had an “ approved route” which was east of that line, plus authority to seek out other roads that would be good f or t he rally . Our only rest rict ion was t o rem ain east of t he r ai l l i n e . W e

also had planned night stops, but were able to change t h ese i f necessary , and did so on several occasions.

Our car s were equipped wit h t wo-way communicat ions an d

computers which measured our travel down to the closest 50 f eet .

W e had almost no rest rict ions on phot ography , and t ook

v o l u m i n o u s n o t es o n t h e r o ad s o v er w h i ch w e t r av el l ed . T h er e

w as one maj or anomaly . T he Chinese were very concerned (some would say obsessively so) wit h nat ional security . M any newspapers, f or example, are st ill rest rict ed document s w h i ch W est erners are not allowed t o see. T he road maps are al so t r eat ed as st at e secret s by t he Chinese, so we had no Chinese road maps t o use t o navigat e wit h across China. I nstead , I laid out t he general rout e on 1:250,000 aeronaut ical chart s which I got f r o m t h e D ef ense M apping A gency (D M A ) . Some of t he Chinese who s a w t hese maps commented on three t hings: T he maps were as good or bett er t han t he Chinese maps; many of t he tow n names h ad b een changed or were wrong on D M A ’ s product s; and t hey w ondered why t he maps showed all o f t he Chinese air f ields!

I ’m not going to try and give you a mile-by-mile description o f this fascinating j ourney, which took 11 days to complete. W e

t raveled t hrough t he hills and mount ains of t he sout heast ,

through many areas with very low population density. W e stopped for meals in picturesque country towns and ci t i es a n d

were t reat ed t o excellent meals and f ine Chinese hospit ality . O u r night-time stops were in Chinese guest houses that were, in general, better facilities than we had expected to f ind . A lt hough none of the guest houses would ever be mistaken for a H oliday I nn, we always had showers in t he evening, elect ricity , and privat e room s f or t he W est erners in t he group . M ost guest houses h ad a telephone and television set , even in the remotest part of t he

countryside. One night , in western Shandong province, I w at ch ed

a color broadcast of a soccer game f rom Beij ing. A t a couple o f

stops, our rooms were air-conditioned. I n most places w e w e r e

f ree t o leave t he guest house area and wander t hrough t he t own ,

w h er e w e t al k ed t o t h e l o cal ci t i zen s o r v i si t ed so m e o f t h e l o cal

shops.

A s we got further north, particularly after the half-way point , the pressure of the population became much more apparent . T h e general reaction while we were on the road was usually o n e o f i n

t ense curiosity . People wor k ing in t he f ields would see us coming

from a long way of f , and would come to the road to se e w h a t w a s going on. For most of several days, much of our time w as sp en t

driving down a corridor of people who had com e t o t he r o ad si d e

to watch us pass. The landscape changed character , f rom hilly and mount ainous t o a f lat plain . T he crops changed f r o m r i ce t o

corn. We began to see more horses and farm tractors i n st ead o f t h e w at er b u f f al o w h i ch w as so ev i d en t i n t h e so u t h . A nd especial ly , t here were people — f riendly , reserved , but int ensely cu r i o u s about us and what we were doing. T here must be at least a m i l l i o n people in China now who t hink all W esterners must drive r ed an d

whit e paint ed cars with advert ising decals and yellow b a n n e r s pasted on t he sides.

H ow can one generalize about a t rip t his long and which c o v e r s t his much of what is st ill a rem ot e and unk nown count ry? T h e roads, in general , were bett er t han we t hought t hey w o u l d b e . So was t he f ood , and t he night-t ime accommodat ions. T he people t hat we saw were amply f ed and am ply clot hed . T hey were most ly hard at wor k bringing in t he rice crop , which was being h ar v est ed at t he t ime of this t r ial run . I n most cases, t he housing was st urdy , solid and sat isf act orily cared f or . I n t he sout h , in part icular , villages in t he count ryside were charact erized by large and st urdy buildings, grouped t oget her in a cent ral area wit h t h e r i ce f i el d s spreading out around t he village. I n t he nort h , t he count ryside reminded me more t han anyt hing else of K ansas. L ong, st raight roads, black topped , wit h f ields o f corn or acres and acr es o f su n f l o w er s.

M any of us were surprised by t he inroads w hich had b een m ad e by television . Even some o f t he more remot e small t owns h ad

t elevision recept ion , and it was not unusual t o see r o w s o f t el ev i sion ant ennas st ick ing up above t he roof s of Chinese h o m es. I ’ m not sure how t he broadcast ing is handled , but f rom personal observat ion , t he program t opics tend t o include English lessons, sport s program s, ot her educat ional programs (chemist ry , household appliance repair , mathemat ics, et c.) and n e w s .

Each one of my t rips t hrough C hina has of f ered eye-opening exper iences, and t his one perhaps more so than most . I ’ v e developed a greater respect f or t he exist ing capabilit ies w i t h i n t h e count ry , and t ak e many t ravelers’ comment s about China’ s back wardness wit h a gr ain of salt . T here are reservoirs o f capability and expert ise t hat may not be apparent on t h e su r f ace.

One m ust break t hrough t he veneer t hat t ends t o separat e C h i n ese cult ure f rom t he W est ern visit or s and t hen (but only occasionally) get a glim pse of an unexpect ed f acet of t his older ci v i l i zat i o n .

Back wards? I ncapable? Some m ay say so , but consider t h e se episodes: W e would st op every couple of hours t o st ret ch our legs and let t he smokers have a cigaret t e (it ’ s illegal t o smok e while driving in China). We always tried to make these rest breaks in relat ively un populated areas in the countryside, to avoid being com pletely sur

rounded by crowds of curious local people. I nvariably, ev en f ar

out in t he count ryside, some o f t he local people would c o m e o v e r t o see t his st range caravan of color f ul cars, and we w o u l d so o n have an audience of perhaps 20 t o 30 people. A t one such st op , I noticed a young boy who emerged f rom somewhere out i n t h e r i ce f ields j ust af t er we st opped . H e was perhaps eight years old and was carrying a large yellow w ooden box , alm ost as large a s h e was. H e spot ted our group which had j ust st opped on t h e r o ad side and came running our way as f ast as he could , dragging t he big yellow box wit h him . I t t ook him almost 10 minutes t o m a k e i t all t he way across t he rice paddies, running as f ast as h e co u l d i n t he zig-zag patt ern f ollowing the dik es at t he edge o f each f i el d .

Once he arrived at our locat ion , he st opped , put t he box dow n , opened it up and . . . st art ed t o sell ice cream t o t h e o t h er s gat hered ar ound . I nterest ing . . . but it raises a f ew questions.

W here did he get t he ice cream f rom ? H ow did he k eep i t co l d ?

H ow did he recognize t hat our short rest st op was going t o p r o v i d e h i m w i t h a ch an ce f o r a f ew sal es? W h er e d o es h e sel l t h e i ce cr eam w h en w e’ r e n o t ar o u n d ?

Or anot her example: By t he end of t he second day , we h ad f i v e

f lat t ires. (I credit at least som e of t hese t o a lack of proper pref light on t he vehicles bef ore t hey lef t H ong K ong. I suspect t hat t he comparat ively high-speed driving in China on gravel roads brought out impending f ailures on t he exist ing t i r es w h i ch had probably never exceeded 35 mph while t he vehicles w er e i n H ong K ong. O nce t hese t ires were repaired we had very f ew f u r ther f ailures.) T hat sam e af t ernoon , a vehicle k ick ed u p a st o n e , w h i ch st r u ck t h e w i n d sh i el d o f o n e o f o u r v an s. T h e windshield , made of t em pered glass, crazed and shat t ered completely . I n order t o proceed , we had t o k nock out t he ent ire w indshield s o t hat t he driver could see. T he driver proceeded on i n t h e v an f o r the rest of t he af ternoon , wearing a mot orcycle helmet w h i ch h e had t hought f ully included in t he spares k it . W it h t he visor down , he could drive t he van at a speed which would let him k eep up w it h t he rest of t he vehicles. So at 8 p .m . we pulled i n t o o u r r est st op in nort hern Guangdong province, in t he count ry t own of Quj iang. W e had f ive f lat t ires t o be f ixed , and no windshield i n t h e v a n .

Eight hour s lat er , by 6 a.m . t he next m orning (Sunday) , w e h a d all f ive punct ures repaired . . . and t he van had a n ew w i n d sh i el d .

N o , t here’s no For d dealer ship in Quj iang. Overnight t h e C h i n ese in t his small t ow n m anu f act ured a new windshield , using plex iglass. T his goes beyond t he st ereot yped “ clever people” c o m ment . T his small t own , of f t he beaten t r ack , had a supply of panels of plexiglass wit h which t o mak e t he windshield (t wo pieces were required) . T he t own had t he equipm ent and expert ise t o p r o vide t his plexiglass wit h t he right com pound curvature, a n d t h e experienced people on hand t o mak e and inst all t he w i n d sh i el d . . . and t hey did it in eight hours overnight .

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w o u l d b e “ u n d er u sed , > 5 T here are no long parades of semit railer s and heavy goods being m oved on t he roads. W e d i d

regularly encounter f ive- and t en-t on t ruck s, somet imes civilian , somet imes army , moving at a leisurely pace t hrough t h e co u n t ryside. Ot her vehicles included Chinese-made Shanghai sed an s and BJ-2 12 Jeeps, t ract ors, and ot her f ar m equipment . T h e r e were bicyclist s, pedest rians, and f arm animals. T he r o ad s ser v e many purposes, including uses on some of t he roads as ar eas f o r drying grain , and occasionally (of f t he main routes) as an ar ea f o r f ree m ar k et s. I n one side rout e we had t o physically m o v e so m e o f t h e m ar k et st al l s b ack a l i t t l e i n o r d er t o h av e r o o m f o r o u r car s t o

proceed . I n ot her areas, af t er dar k , we had t o be caref ul along t he roads because the areas underneath t he st reet lamps were being used f or conver sat ions or car d games.

I n many ways, t he t rip was a revelat ion . W e were concerned i n itially , on t he t ypes of f ood which we would f ind , o n t h e r o ad condit ions, and on t he living f acilit ies. T here was a co n si d er ab l e am ount of uncertaint y about t he living st andards which w e w o u l d f ind in t he rest rict ed areas of China, and in t he amount o f surveillance and rest raint which would be put against u s. I t i s not ewort hy t hat we didn ’t f ind areas of abj ect povert y , o r co n d i t ions where people were st arving or dressed in rags. T he popula t ion ’s housing, while not up t o many W est ern st andards, w a s generally bet t er t han we had expected . Our guest houses w e r e c e r t ainly adequat e f or our needs. I n short , t he rest rict ed o r cl o sed part s of China t hrough which we traveled look ed j ust ab o u t l i k e t he open part s of China t hat I have visit ed in t he past . I t has an existing inf rast ruct ure of f acilit ies which are needed t o r u n a n d administer any count ry ; t he inf rast ruct ure is t here, in place, and f unct ioning.

T hen , my f riends ask , why is t his area closed t o f oreigners. I pref er t o t urn t he quest ion around . China, hist orically , h a s presented a closed f ace t o t he out er world . I n some places in t he count ry , however . W est ern-st yle f acilities have been built up t o support t ourist s and businessmen . A reas where t hese f aci l i t i es ex ist have been opened t o f oreigners. T he ot her areas h av e n o t b een — and perhaps may never be — opened t o f oreigners. So m e ar eas m ay open up i f adequat e business and t ourist f acilit ies are built , but in t he absence of any driving need t o admit f oreigners, s o m e areas may st ay closed f or t he f oreseeable f ut ure. Seen in t his light , t he presence of closed areas is less an ominous att empt by t he government to hide somet hing damaging t han t he cont inuat ion o f b u si n ess as u su al .

T he grand f inale of it all was t he arrival in Beij ing. A t t h e municipality boundary we were met by a huge “ Red Flag lim ousine, which t ook of f down t he busy highway into Beij ing wit h red light s f lashing and siren blaring, clearing t h e r o ad f o r t h i s st range procession of vehicles. W e stopped f or a short t i m e at t h e C M SA area in western Beij ing, w here we got anot her surprise — t here t hey have a two and a hal f k ilomet er sport s car c o u r se , c o m plet e wit h pit area. I t ’s a nice, t wisty road course, black topped , now used f or driver t raining and mot orcycle racing, but ready f or sport s car racing i f the C M SA can get a race series st ar t ed . T h er e probably isn ’t one W est erner in t he ent ire city t hat r e a l i z e d t h a t t he sport s car race course exist ed . Can t he Beij ing G r a n d P r i x b e > 9

f ar b eh i n d ???

Since t his article was originally writ ten there have b een so m e changes in t he rally plans. A ccording t o newspaper report s, t he original sponsors providing money f or t he winners have dropped out and t he rally has been delayed . I f all of t he pieces can be put back t oget her , t he rally will be rescheduled . I f so , you will see competit or s in about 60 rally cars, plus about t hree t imes as many of f icial and support car s, all t rying t o pr ove t hat t hey are t he quick est over t he 2,200 miles bet ween H ong K ong and Beij ing.

W it h any luck . I ’ll be in t he cont rol room watching the act ion , and at Beij ing t o welcome t he winners.

D O N ’ T M I SS A M A G A Z I N E !

SE N D U S Y O U R N E W A D D R E SS N O W .

C o l o n el R eed A BOU T T H E A U T H OR C ol. James M . R eed is a grad uate of the USA FA C lass of ’59, and is no w the dep uty d ir ector f or Secur i ty A ssistance at C I N C P A C . H e is a lso the f ounder and dir ector of the ‘ ‘China F or um, ” a gr oup in H a waii in ter ested in understanding the r ole that C hina can p lay i n U . S . n a t i o n a l secur i ty in terests.

Af ter graduating f rom the A cademy, Colonel Reed ’s assignments h a v e

included tours in SA C f ly ing K C-135s, in Canada as an ex change test p il ot, and in Vietnam as a f or war d air contr oller and chief of main tenance. F oll o wing Vietnam, C ol onel R eed was assigned t o t h e P r o totype Program Of f ice, and became the program manager f or the YC- 14 and YC-15 tr ansp or ts. A f ter an A ir Staf f tour which incl uded p r ep ar i ng A ir F or ce l ong-r ange p lans and wor k ing f or the sp ecial ass is ta n t t o C SA F f or A WA CS and A TCA , C ol onel R eed was selected f or his H ong K ong assignment. D ur ing his f our y ears in H ong K ong he traveled ex tensi vely wi thin the P eop le ’s R ep ubl ic of China.

C ol. R eed is a grad uate of the Test P il ot School at E d war ds A F B, and

of National War College and A ir Command and Staf f College. H e h as a n

M BA f r om A ubur n Un i versi ty , is f l uent in M andar in and also sp eaks Can tonese. H is br ief ings on the char acter of C hina have been p resen ted to num er ous J CS, A ir Staf f , and CI N CPA C of f ices.

C ol. R eed has one son, Scot t, who grad uated wi th the Class of ’84, and a son (Chr is) and daugh ter (L ee A nn) in school in D en ver . H e m e t h is wif e, Sheila, in H ong K ong, wher e they wer e mar r ied i n 19 83 .

T w o C a d et s Sen t en ced A n ar ticle f r o m

T he A cademy L egal O f f ice T wo cadet s were t ried by court s-martial dur ing A pril .

A court-mart ial was convened A pril 8 t o decide t he case o f Cadet First Class K evin C . Belton . C I C Belt on was charged w i t h one speci f icat ion of larceny , one specif icati on of housebreak ing, and t hree speci f icat ions of writ ing bad check s. H e e l e c t e d t o b e tried by members (a j ury) .

C I C Belt on pled guilty to t he charges of larceny and housebreak ing. H e was also f ound guilty of t he t hree speci f ica t ions of w rit ing bad check s. T he members of t he court sen t en ced him to six mont hs conf inement , f or f eiture of $200 per m o n t h a n d d i sm i ssal f r o m t h e A i r F o r ce.

A not her court-martial was convened A pril 14 to decide t h e c a se of C3C M ichael K . Pendry . C3C Pendry w as charged w it h f i v e speci f icat ions of larceny , t hree speci f ications of att em pted larceny , f ive speci f ications of f orgery , and t hree speci f ications of housebreak ing. H e elect ed t o be tried by j udge alone.

C3C Pendry pled guilty t o all t he charges. H e was sent enced t o t hree years conf inement , t ot al f or f eitures and dismissal f r o m t h e

A i r F o r ce.

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t he correct way , because he’ s st ill doing

SC U B A T R I P S H O ST E D

elect ed t o t he board f or t hree-year term s are D ave Brigman , ’7 1, and St eve (t he k id) Sacone, ’76.

T he chapt er is announcing an oppor t unit y t o t hose who w ish t o have a great t ime in t he sun, above and below t he sur

SC H E D U L E O F E V E N T S

plans t o have a variet y of t rips t o t he island of your dreams f or t he purpose of doing some great scuba diving wit h an ex perienced and licensed inst ruct or . G roups will range f rom six t o 10 people (or more) and will cost approximately $550 per per son . T his w ill include f ive days and f our night s st ay at such places as Cozum el , Cancun , Jamaica, et c., hot el included , your diving inst ruct ion and all t ransf ers, all diving equipment except personal mask and f ins, and will gain you your D eep

t h e l i st f o r u s. T h e t w o n ew m em b er s

T his year ’s N ort h T exas Chapt er A n nual Business M eet ing was held at the same ole place,” t he Rodeway I nn in A ddison, T exas. T he only di f f erence t o t his year ’ s meet ing was t hat we held it on a Sunday af t ernoon . Probably if you ask ed t he president , M anny Cardenas, j ust why we had it on a Sunday af t ernoon , he would reply t hat it was so t hat more grads could be able t o at tend . Y ou see, he would never admit t hat last year ’ s meet ing (and beer f est) was f inally brok en up by t he inn’ s manager at 1 a.m . on Friday morn ing during a rat her loud rendit ion of “ Swing L ow , Sweet C hariot .” A nyway , despite t he obvious disadvantage o f no lat e-night singing, some business act ually did tak e place. T he 1986 board of direc tors was chosen by t he normal organized democrat ic process (out shout ing t he next guy) . T his year ’ s new of f icers are presi dent , Jerry A hmann, ’63; vice president , M anny Cardenas, ’64; t reasurer , (because he has his own bank) Ron Schilleref f , ’66; and secret ary , Rick Bart on , ’ 71. W e said goodbye to t wo members of our board of direct ors, George K uzmiak , ’66 and John D ef ilippo , ’ 70. John has been our secretary f or t hree years and George is responsible f or all the computer-generat ed mailing list s and address list s. T hat ’ s because he is t he only guy who has the list on his com puter (so if your name is st ill wrong, blame it on George) . T hen t ell him i (

St art ing right of f in grand st yle, t he newly elected board of direct or s had t heir f irst meet ing at t he home of Rick and Jeri Bart on . Some called it a meet ing, but in proper style, it bet ter resem bled a pret ty darn good party . I nvit ed were t he present b o ar d m em b er s an d t h ei r w i v es a s w el l as

past direct ors and t heir w ives. A great t ime was had by all devouring t radit ional M exican f ood and L it e beer , and — oh yes — t his year ’ s schedule was planned as well . T o st art o f f wit h , on A pril 20t h , N T A A FA G will part icipat e in our bi annual , whet her we need t o or not , t ri servi ce academy gol f m at ch . D ave Brigman will be our point of cont act again t his year and all t hose of you who can ’t play scrat ch golf are encouraged t o play scratch gol f . A Florida scram ble st yle is an easy way t o have a great t ime and not look so bad . H a! Ot her event s planned t his year are t he Founder ’ s D ay f orm al ban quet (not nearly as f ormal as you t hink) , t he t ri-service baseball game, our annual Fall Bar-B-Q , and new to t his years ac t ivit ies is a Fall Falcon Foot ball Q uart er b ack C l u b . W e w i l l m eet o n ce a w eek d u r

ing t he regular f oot ball season and review f ilms of t he past week ’ s Falcon Foot ball .

A tlanta Chap ter E lects Slate T he A t lant a Chapt er held it s inaugural meet ing on Feb . 2 1, w hen 30 graduates and t heir guest s met at t he French Quart er I nn. A f t er a sit-down dinner of prime rib or red snapper , t he f ilm “ Commit m ent t o Excellence” was shown , f ollowed by rat i f icat ion of t he bylaws and elect ion of o f f i cer s t o ser v e o n t h e b o ar d o f d i r ect o r s

until M arch of next year .

T h e sl at e o f

o f f i cer s i n cl u d es C ass

Casada, ’ 71, president ; Joe D eSant is ’ 59, vice president ; D avid Champa, ’ 72, secre t ary ; and Greg Schwart z, ’70, t reasurer .

begun on a group t rip t o W est Point t o wat ch t he Falcons beat A rmy on N ov . 8.

Chart er memberships in t he A t lant a Chapt er will remain open t hrough M ay 31, with payment of t he annual dues of $10. I f you are interest ed in j oining t he chapter or f inding out more about the up coming act ivit ies, cont act any chapt er o f f i c er , o r c a l l C a ss C a sa d a a t (404)487-8644, or writ e to t he A t lant a Chapt er , A OG , P .O . Box 724432, A t lan t a, Ga. 30339

A l so el ect ed t o t h e b o ar d w er e d i r ect o r s

Gary Faust i , ’ 65; Pat Jordan, ’ 73; and N orm Schulze, ’63.

O n A pril 23, member s o f t he A t lant a Chapter at tended an early evening A t lant a Braves baseball game against t he H oust on A st ros. A f am ily picnic is scheduled f or June

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M o u n t ai n

P ar k ’ s

L A SER L ight Show . M ore activit ies will be planned f or t he summ er and f all months, but preparat ions have already

A RIZ ONA CH A PT ER T he A rizona Chapter of t he A OG met

for lunch in A pril to discuss plans for the future. Quarterly meetings were approved

wit h t he next scheduled f or June 6 at 7

p.m. at the Fiesta Inn bar in Tempe. For more

i n f o r m at i o n

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t he

A r i zona

Chapter, contact Roy M iller, ’67, in

face of the Caribbean. We are making

W at er

PA D I

C er t i f i cat i o n .

T h er e

is

already a lot of interest in vacationing with f riends and doing some great diving, so i f you are int erested , please cont act Jerry A hmann , at (817) 275-7597.

FOU N D ER ’ S D A Y BA N QU ET T he A nnual Founder ’ s D ay Banquet was held again t his year at t he Summit H ot el on t he evening (and int o t he mor n ing af t er) o f A pril 12t h (absolut ely no signi f icance t o t he dat e) . I t proved t o be up to it s usual elegance, wit h a magni f i cent cockt ail hour f ollowed by dinner , dancing and ent ert ainment . W e present ed Philip “ M anny” Cardenas wit h a plaque and our t hank s f or his super per f ormance as t he 1985 N A T A A FA G president . A ddi t ionally , our t hank s went out t o his wi f e, A rt ie Cardenas, f or putt ing up wit h all t he board meet ings at t heir home, not t o men

tion the post banquet , sober them up and send t hem home, break f ast s. Serves t hem right f or living so close to t he Summit H otel . A new t wist t o t his year ’ s banquet

cam e w i t h a “ r o ast ” f o r so m eo n e w h o h as

been responsible f or planni ng and par t icipat ing in all t hree past Falcon bow l games, culminat ing in t he great est of his part ies yet , T H E H OU ST O N N EW YEA RS N IG H T

F I A SC O . B i l l R eem t -

sma, ’ 63 (and his lovely wi f e Joy) , have

b een

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m a st er

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ceremonies f or our past ball games and Founder ’ s D ay banquet s. I n part ial recognition as well as roast came an autographed f ootball f rom t he A cademy (seriously , t hat was a class t hing t o do f or Bill) and a lett er f rom Coach D eBer ry wit h equal roast . T he evening f inished with dancing and a great t ime was had by all . Just anot her shining example t hat once in a while you can “ dress ’ em up A N D t ake ’ em out ,” (as long as it is a privat e part y) .

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A cademy Of f ers Summer Sp or ts Camp s With the approach of summer many parents have started plan ning act ivit ies f or t heir children t o keep t hem occupied during t he mont hs away f rom school . W hile mak ing plans, consider t h e 1986 Falcon Sport s Camps, an educat ional and ent ert aining way t o in t roduce your child to t he world o f at hlet ics at one o f t h e f i n est at hlet ic inst it ut ions in A merica, t he U nit ed St at es A i r F o r ce A cademy .

D esigned t o provide boys and girls aged 8- 18 an opport unit y t o develop and improve sk ills in t he sport(s) of t heir choice, camps will be held f or 11 di f f erent sport s. Baseball , girls’ bask et ball , cross count ry , f encing, gol f , gir ls’ gym nast ics, ice hock ey , lacrosse, t ennis, girls’ volleyball and wrest ling will b e o f f er ed o n a f irst -come, f irst -served , basis. Girls’ gymnast ics and girls’ volleyball are of f ered as t eam cam ps only . Y ou must en r o l l as a t eam , not as an individual .

I nst ructors ar e highly-quali f ied coaches f r om t he A ir F o r ce A cademy staf f and of f er many years of coaching experience. A d dit ionally , campers will use t he same f acilities t hat t h e cad et at hletes use during t he school year . A ll of t his combined o f f er s a unique sum mert ime experience f or your child .

C ost of t he cam ps varies based on whet her your child i s en rolled as a resident or commuter . Baseball , cross count ry , gir ls’

gymast ics, ice hock ey , tennis and w rest ling are of f ered as r esi d en t camps, while all ot hers are f or commut ers. Resident campers will be housed in t he dormit ory f acilities operated by t he A t h l et i c

Department for visiting teams. M eals will be provided f o r r esi d en t

camper s only .

For further information on the 1986 Falcon Sports Camps an d

inf ormation on enr olling your chi ld , please call the C ad et F i el d H ouse T ick et O f f ice at (303) 472- 1895 or w rite Falcon Spor t s

Camps, Sports Ticket Offi ce, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, C o l o .

80 840- 546 1.

D ates f or t he 1986 Camps are as f ollows: B aseb al l — J u n e 23- 27

Girls’ bask et ball — July 21-25 Cross count ry — July 14- 18 Fencing — June 23-27 G o l f — J u n e 16-20

Girls’ gymnastics — June 30-July 4

I ce hock ey — July 28-A ugust 1 L acr osse — July 7- 11 T ennis — July 21-25

Girls’ volleyball — July 28-A ugust 1

W rest ling — June 16-20

A ir Force’ s M artin Receives Olympia A war d Senior Barbara M art in , A ir Force A cademy ’ s A ll-A merica, i s t he recipient of t his year ’ s Olym pia A ward in volleyball .

T he Olym pia A ward , sponsored by t he Sout hland Corporat ion of D allas, is sanct ioned by t he U nit ed St at es Olympic C o m m i t t ee.

has been a support er of t he Special Olym pic Program si n ce h er ar rival at t he A cademy .

A well-rounded scholar-at hlet e, M art in’ s overall cont ribut ion blends t oget her at hlet ic grace, academic excellence an d ci v i c

cellence in t heir sport , academic achievement and leader ship qualit ies.

M art in , f rom T ucson , A riz., has st art ed every int ercollegiat e volleyball game f or her ent ire tenure as a st udent . E l ect ed t eam capt ain her j unior and senior years, she has earned n u m e r o u s

“ T he O lympia A ward ,” explains Robert Balink , manager o f sport s mar k et ing o f T he Sout hland Corporat ion , “ not only rewards men and women f or except ional per f orm ance but al so encourages t he part icipat ion of t alent ed young at hlet es i n t h e many grass root s O lympic sport s t hat receive less at t ent ion an d acclaim than maj or sport s.”

The program singles out athletes each year on the basis o f ex

aw ar d s. Sh e w as sel ect ed t o t h e C o n t i n en t al D i v i d e al l - co n f er en ce

team four-straight years, and as a sophomore, was selected a s a regional A ll-A merica. A s a j unior and senior, she again ear n ed

m i n d ed n ess.

A ll-A merica honors and was chosen most valuable player i n t h e C o n t i n en t al D i v i d e C o n f er en ce.

D uring t he of f season , M art in was a member of t he U nit ed States V olleyball A ssociation and was chosen “ Rook ie o f t h e Y ear ” in t he Rocky M ount ain Region as a f reshman . She w a s select ed bot h her f reshman and sophomore years as an A l l T ournament Player at t he Junior Regionals. I n her j unior y e a r , she was select ed as a U SV BA Regional A ll-St ar .

I n her f our-year career at the A cademy , she holds 20 sch o o l

records in spiking percentage, serving, digging and assi st s.

O f f t he court , M art in sust ained a 3. 1 (4.0 is per f ect) grade point

average as a history maj or and was on the Superintendent ’s,

D ean’ s and Commandant of Cadet s’ academ ic/ milit ary l i st s. Sh e

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

Changed f rom N ov. 1 to D ec. 6

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( U . S. A ir F o r ce p h o to)

A cademy Sport s W r ap-up : 1985-’ 86 M EN ’S BA SKETBA L L (10-19) — Improvement . That is the only w ay

t o d esc r i b e t h e 19 8 5- 8 6 sea so n . N o t a s m u c h a s c o a ch Reggi e M int on w oul d li k e t o have had but it w as bet t er t han t he year b ef o r e . T h e F a l c o n s f i n i sh ed w i t h a 10 - 19 o v er a l l r eco r d a n d a 3 - 13 sl a t e i n t h e W est er n A t hlet ic C onf er ence. T he 10 w ins r epr esent only t he seco n d t i m e t h e Falcons have br ok en int o doub le f igur es si nce 1979-80 . Sen i o r M a u r i ce

M cD onald led the Falcons i n scor ing w it h a 13.3 aver age f oll ow ed by Jim Gulsvig w it h 9 . 1. M cD onald and Gul svig also led i n r ebounding w i t h 6 .6 and 5.9 aver ages, r espect ively .

W O M E N ’ S BA SK ET BA L L (20-7) — U nder t hi rd-year head coach M ar t i G asser , t he w omen ’ s bask et ball t eam had a gr eat year w it h a 20-7 r eco r d a n d f i n i sh ed t h i r d i n t h e C o n t i n en t a l D i v i d e C o n f er en ce w i t h a 9 - 5

mar k . T he Falcons al so f inished in t hi r d place in t he C hapman I nvit a t i onal i n O r ange, C ali f . Seni or Stacey G oss t opped t he Falcons i n scor i ng w it h a 20.96 aver age. She also led t he C D C in scor ing a n d w a s 14 t h i n t h e nat ion i n scor i ng . G oss al so set a school game-scor i ng mar k agai nst A dam s State w it h 43 and f i nished second i n career scori ng w i t h 16 5 5 poi nt s.

M E N ’ S FE N C I N G ( 11-7) — T he m en ’ s f encing team had an o u t s t a n di ng year w i th an 11-7 recor d . F reshm an Scott Shi nber g and sophom or e T om m y Guer r a quali f ied both f or t he Junior O lym pics a n d t h e N C A A C ham pi onships. Bot h f encer s led t he A ir F or ce t o a team placem ent of 16

A ngel G onzales f i ni shed second i n t he f r ee pist ol event , ear ni ng A l lA m er i c a st a t u s .

M E N ’ S SW I M M I N G ( 12-4) — H ighl ight i ng t he season w as t he holiday

sc h ed u l e i n C a l i f o r n i a w h er e t h e m en ’ s t ea m w en t 4 - 1 against t op-r at ed

L ong Beach , C al St at e-I rvine and U ni ver sit y o f Paci f ic. T h e F a l c o n s

finished sixth in the Western A thletic Conference championships, w i t h

T om M cG inni s t ak ing t hir d pl ace i n t he but t er f ly w it h a sch o o l r ec o r d 50.6. A lso during the season, the Falcons upset Brigham Y oung 6 1-52.

WOM EN’S SWIM M I NG (21-0) — The women’s swimming team w e n t

u n d ef eat ed w i t h a 2 1-0 r ec o r d a n d w o n t h e C o n t i n en t a l D i v i d e C o n

ference championships for the fourth-straight year t o qual i f y f or t he N CA A cham pionship , w her e t hey f i ni shed 11t h in t he n a t i o n . Sen i o r B et h H aney ear ned f our A l l-A m er ica cer t i f icat es at t he N C A A meet , giving her

a total of 21 A ll-A merica certificates during her four-year ca r eer . H ea d

coach K el ly K em p w as named C D C ’ s C oach o f t he Y ear .

W RE ST L I N G (3- 12) — T he Falcon w r est ling t eam closed o u t i t s sea so n w it h a f ourt h-place show ing in t he W A C tour nam ent . T h r ee F a l c o n s h a d

second-place finishes — Steve Turner at 134 pounds, J . B . W a l t er m i r e a t

158 and M ar k D um olt at 167. T he Fal cons lose only one st a r t er f r o m t h i s year ’ s squad , t eam capt ai n K evin H oudek , and w il l r et ur n n i n e st a r t er s n e x t se a so n .

o u t o f 2 9 t ea m s .

W O M E N ’ S FE N C I N G (9-7) — T he w om en ’ s f enci ng t eam f ini shed w it h an over all 9-7 recor d and t ook f our t h place i n t h e N C A A W est er n Regional s. Senior C hr issy D i ck er son placed sevent h individual ly w it h a 24-9 record w hi le seni or Sal ly A nschuetz f i nished nint h w i t h a 20 - 1 1 r eco r d i n f o i l .

M EN ’ S GY M N A ST I C S (7- 11) — T he men ’ s gym nastics team en d ed i t s season w it h a 10t h place show i ng at t he Pac- 10 I nvit at ional . A lt hough not a w i nning dual r ecor d w i t h a 7- 11 m ar k , t he Falcons had a f i ne year o f hard compet it i on . A i r Force host ed and f i nished thir d i n t h e W A C c h a m pionships. Senior A ndy Gar boden f ini shed thi rd on t he f l oor (9.3) and i n vault i ng w it h 9 .35. St eve Gust af son had a good show i ng, tak i ng t hi rd on r i ngs w i th a 9.35 and eight h on t he high bar w it h 8.9.

W OM E N ’ S GY M N A ST I C S ( 1-6) — I t w as a season plagued w i t h i n j ur ies f or head coach C heryl B otzong. Senior Sue W ieland c a m e o n st r ong in t he latt er par t o f t he season , quali f yi ng f o r t h e n a t i o n a l s. Su e w on t he all-ar ound compet i ti on in t he C ent r al D ivi si on a n d i n t h e N a t ionals t oo k f our t h place on t he bal ance beam t o ear n A l l - A m er i c a h o n o r s.

I C E H OC K E Y ( 15- 13) — A f ter a st r ing i n w hich t hey lost f o u r o f f i v e gam es and saw thei r r ecor d f all t o 11- 13, the A i r F or ce hock ey team ,

under new head coach Chuck Delich, won four-consecutive g a m es t o

f i nish t he season 15- 13. T he w i nni ng r ecor d w as t he f i r st i n Falcon hock ey si nce 1978-79 w hen f or m er head coach John M at chef t s guided t he Falcons t o an 18- 12- 1 sl at e. F or t he thir d-st r aight year , Frank D aldi ne w as t he Fal con point leader w it h 44 on 18 goals and 2 6 a ssi st s. T . J .

O ’ Shaughnessy was t he t op goal tender w it h an .880 saves aver age, givi ng up only 3.3 goals per game.

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRA CK (4-6) — The women’s indoor track team f inished its season with a 4-6 record and participated i n t h e F a l c o n Invitational and the Intermountain Championships in Pocat ello , I daho .

T eam capt ai n Renea T olliver w as t he w or k hor se f or t he f a l co n s t h i s season hitting a total of 15 points out of 36 against W yom ing and N or t h er n C o l o r a d o .

MEN’S I NDOOR TRA CK (7-2) — With a winning 7-2 record, t h e men’s indoor track team ended the season with a third-place f i n i sh i n t h e Western A thletic Conference championships behind UTEP and Br igham Young. Mike Profit was the WA C individual champion in t he 60-yar d high hurdles with a 7.43 timing. Close behind was Gary T ew , t im ed in 7.53. Northern Golden had a good showing, placing second i n t he t r iple

j um p o f 47-8.

RI FL E (22-4) — W it h a 22-4 reco r d , t he r i f le team set t w o sch o o l r eco r d s t h i s sea so n . T h e r i f l e t ea m set a f u l l - co u r se r ecor d o f 4,505 and a

half-course record of 2,262 in a small-bore competition. A l l -A m er i ca ca n

di date Joseph (T om m y) A r t hur est ablished an i ndividual h a l f - c o u r se

record with a 571 score out of a possible 600 points. A r t h u r a l so h o l d s t h e full-course record of 1,163 out of a possible 1,200. A r t h u r h a s a l so

quali f ied f or t he nat i onal s.

PISTOL (20-1) — The A ir Force pistol team, 20-1 for t he season , closed out its season at the 1986 NRA Intercollegiate N a t i o n a l P i st o l championships, placing second in the free pistol and st andar d pist ol t eam

event s. I n air pist ol , t he Falcons f i nished f i f t h . I n individual com pet it i on .

Women % M eri ts Golf Teams Comp eting Well

By M aj . J on Stevens W om en ’ s gol f coach Polly Padden was named t o t he 1986 N at ional Gol f Coach

A sso ci at i o n ’ s A l l -A m er i can l i st a s a r esu l t o f h er eight h place f ini sh at t he N at ional Small College Championship at t h e U n i v er

sit y of N ort h Carolina at W ilm ingt on , A pril 11- 13.

Padden has now become the first L ady Falcon golfer t o r ecei v e

A ll-A merican honor s. H er record score of 237 was highlight ed by a f inal round o f 74. T his st eady t w o-birdie, f our-bogie r o u n d w as played on t he t ough Echo Farm s Count ry Club cour se, w h er e wat er comes int o play on 12 o f t he 18 holes.

Polly ’s play helped t he t eam f inish sixt h am ong t he 12 t eam s at t he 1986 cham pionship . T he senior now holds A cademy sch o o l records f or lowest round — 74 — and lowest t hree-day t o u r n a ment t ot al — 237, average 79.

By Capt . V ic Summers M en ’ s gol f coach Going into the final Rocky M ountain I ntercollegiate G o l f

A ssociat ion T ournament in A pril , t he A ir Force men ’ s cadet gol f t eam was 18 shot s behind t he U niversit y of N ort hern C o l o r ad o and six shot s behind Colorado St at e U niversit y . T he R M I G A cham pionship i s det erm ined over t he cour se of six 36-hole t o u r nam ent s t hroughout t he year .

Played at Eisenhower Gol f Cour se, t he Falcons gained s e v e n shot s on U N C and one shot on CSU af t er shooting a 307 i n S a t u r day ’s near per f ect condit ions.

On Sunday , however , t he wind st art ed t o blow and t he f eat o f cat ching U N C look ed almost im possible. Paced by senior V o n Gardiner ’ s 73, t he t eam came in wit h a 311 t ot al — 13 sh o t s b et t er t han U N C and 10 bet t er t han C SU t o capt ure t he 1985-86 RM I GA championship .

Four A ir Force gol f er s m ade t he 1985-86 RM I GA f irst an d sec

ond teams. Sophomore Glen Wiggy took second place on t h e f i r st

t eam wit h a 76.75 st roke average. Senior V on Gardiner t o o k t h i r d place honors with a 77.13 stroke average. Senior Dave W right (78.63 st rok e average) and j unior Jef f Cliat t (78.88 st r o k e average) made t he second t eam . ( The F alcon F ly er) 33

Silver D ominates Blue i n L ast Spring Game

By SSgt . Bill Philli ps Sport s I nf ormat ion Si l v er h al f b ack M ar c M u n a f o sco r ed o n r u n s o f f o u r an d t h r ee

yards and placek ick er Chris Blasy boot ed a 37-yard f ield goal t o lead t he Silver past t he Blue, 17-0, in t he annual B l u e- Si l v er i n t rasquad scrimmage at Falcon St adium in A pril .

M unaf o , who will be a senior t his f all , f inished t he day wit h 24 yards on 12 carries. H is back f ield mat e, Quint on Robert s, f i n ished wit h 29 yards on six carries.

T he leading rusher f or t he game was Blue’ s D an St one w i t h 57 yards on only f our carries. Stone, current ly a f reshman , i s a 5 ' 10" , 183-pounder f rom Boise, I daho .

Pat Evans, one of A ir Force’ s “ Five A ces,’ ’ gained 48 yards on 10 car r i es f o r t h e B l u e. T h e o t h er f o u r o f t h e F al co n s’ A l l -

A merican quint et are: punt er M ark Simon , lineback er T erry M ak i , cornerback T om Rot ello and def ensive t ack le Chad H e n nings. Each made t heir mar k on t he scrimmage.

Sim on , playing f or t he Silver , boomed nine punt s f or 4 4 3 yards, an average of 49.2 yards per k ick . (H e led t he n at i o n l ast year wit h a 47.3 average.)

M ak i recorded a gam e-high 13 t ackles (t hree unassist ed a n d o n e f or a loss) f or the Silver .

D espit e the f act Blue at t empt ed only 11 passes t he en t i r e a f t er

noon, Rot ello st ill managed a t ack le, a pass break up and helped t o hold Blue t o seven yards passing.

H ennings made t wo solo and two assist ed t ack les to spearhead a Blue def ense t hat lim it ed Silver t o 99 yar ds of t ot al o f f en se f o r t h e a f t er n o o n .

T roy Calhoun of Silver (and t he current num ber one F al co n quart erback) t urned in t he best per f ormance of all t h e F al co n quart er back s by going three of seven in passing f or 40 yards. H is per f ormance included a 23-yard t oss t o wide receiver Greg Cochran t o set up t he only score his t eam needed , M unaf o’ s f o u r yar d run , in t he second period .

Preseason pract ice f or t he ’ 86 cam paign will begin t h e f i r st week in A ugust as the Falcons prepare f or their regular s e a s o n and W est ern A t hlet ic Conf erence opener against H awaii , A ug.

30, at Falcon St adium . ( The F alcon F ly er)

M en *s R ugby Team

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By C I C L arry L . L it t rell M en ’ s Rugby Club

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The men’s rugby club qualified f or the “ Final Four’’ by w in ning the Western Rugby Union Regional championships h el d i n L as Cruces, N .M ., A pril 19-20.

This is the first appearance in the national championships by t he A cademy rugby club since 1983 when t he t eam went o n t o a second-place f inish .

T he r oad t o t he Final Four began last f all when t he cl u b w o n the Colorado state championship and earned the right t o r ep r e sent Colorado in t he regional com pet it ion . T he ot her st a t e c h a m

L ineback er B r ian H untley (59) hi ts quar ter back Tr oy C a l h o u n during the annual Blue/ Silver Game at Falcon Stadium. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by A l C D ary l Pagel) 1986 F A L C O N F O O T B A L L SC H E D U L E

(Revised 24 A pr 86) D A T E

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(H omecoming) at U t ah (Friday) N avy (’61 25t li Reuni on)

7:00 pm A f t er n o o n A f t er n o o n

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pions present in Las Cruces were Texas A& M , the University o f South Dakota, Kansas State University, the University o f M issouri, Oklahoma University, New M exico State University and the wild card spot — the University of Colorado.

In the quarter-final match. A ir Force defeated the U niver sit y of Sout h D ak ot a, 45-0. T he sem i-f inal mat ch proved t o t h e h ar d est

for A ir Force, who narrowly defeated the University

of

Ok lahoma, 10-6. I n the ot her brack et , t he U niver sit y o f C o l o r ad o def eat ed T exas A & M , and K ansas St at e def eat ed t he U niver sit y of M issouri . I n t he semi-f inal mat ch , K ansas St at e d ef eat ed t h e

University of Colorado, 15-6, and earned the right t o f ace A i r F o r ce i n t h e f i n al m at ch .

A ir Force coast ed t o a 24-9 vict ory which saw t he cadet s dominat e K ansas St at e f or t he ent ire 80 minut es. K ansas St at e

scored first 9n a penalty kick to take the lead, 3-0. T h at w as t h ei r

only score in t he f irst half .

A ir Force scor ed on t wo t ries, and convert ed one t o go int o h al f t i m e w i t h a 10- 3 l ead . T h e seco n d h al f w as al l A ir Force again as t he f it ness of t he A ir Force ruggers began t o pay o f f . T hey sco r ed o n t h r ee m o r e t r i es w i t h o n e co n v er si o n an d added a penal ty k ick t o lead 24-3.

K ansas St at e scored wit h no t ime remaining and convert ed t o m ak e t h e f i n al sco r e 24- 9 .

Four members of t he A ir Force squad w ere select ed as al l t ournament player s. K en N or ris was select ed as an all-t ournam ent back . K eith M cCoy , Rick M et zger and Rick Coveno were sel ect ed as all-t ournament f orw ards. Rick Coveno was also pick ed a s t h e most valuable f orw ard of t he t ourney .

The National Championships will be held M ay 3-4 in

M ont erey , Cali f . ( The F alcon F ly er)

Graduat es Can H elp :

A cademy F ootball T V N et work Considered Sum mit Sport s and Ent ert ainment of Colorado Springs h a s been ret ained by the at hlet ic associat ions of W est Point , A n napolis and t he A ir Force A cademy t o invest igat e t he f easibilit y and viability of a t elevision pack age f eat uring t he n at i o n ’ s t h r ee maj or service academies.

I n early June a go/ no-go decision will be made by t he t h r e e se r vice academy at hlet ic direct ors, based on t he f indings o f Su m m i t Sport s. A s of A pril , t he response has been very encouraging. T h e t hrust of Summit ’ s mark et ing has been t he 100-plus “ milit ary ” cit ies t hroughout t he U nited St at es. St at ions in 20 cit ies (including H onolulu and A nchorage-Fairbank s) have eit her com mit ted o r expressed “ st rong int erest .” Summ it Sport s’ Execut ive V i ce President D ale Brook s described t he response af t er only 10 days in operat ion as “ . . .very ent husiast ic, and I would have t o say that we are pleased at t his point wit h t he int erest t h at w e ar e f i n d ing is out t here.”

O f f i cer s an d al u m n i i n t h e t h r ee ser v i ces ar e cl o ser

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to

regularly scheduled t elecast s of t heir alma mat er s t han t hey have ever been . “ W e st ill have much wor k t o do ” said Brook s, “ t h e t elevision st at ions in m aj or milit ary areas are aware of t he im pact t his package could have on t he revenue pict ure. W hat r em ai n s t o be seen is how highly t hey value t he milit ary in t heir m ar k et a r ea s.

Broadcast ers have a plet hora of choices available in t h e r e a l m of f oot ball . Summ it f eels t hat the service academy pack age st ack s up well . “ T he det ermining f act or , ult imat ely ,” said Brook s, “ is whet her our pack age can be sold t o advert isers. W hen a ch o i ce i s made by a television station strong consideration is given as t o how t he mark et place will respond t o t he of f ering. T he advant age we have in t he milit ary mark et s is t hat t here are always p r o sp ect s t o whom st at ion sales depart m ent s can present t he pack age.”

A lumni is t heir respect ive cit ies can play a pivot al role in bring ing t he proj ect t o f ruit ion . T hey can assist in t he f ollowing ways: — Cont act t he local st at ions t o express int erest in seeing t he ser v i ce acad em i es o n t el ev i si o n .

— Suggest local advert iser s who would sponsor t he t elecast s.

— Call Sum mit Sport s (303-540-0 110) w it h t he names o f v i a b l e prospect s f or nat ional sponsors on t he net work .

Summit Sport s President Ron D eL orenzo believes t hat al u m n i and service per sonnel are going t o mak e the di f f erence. “ A s a f ormer st at ion manager , I k now f irst hand t hat t he public c a n have a posit ive impact on a st ation ’ s t hink ing. . .in i t s d eci si o n o n whet her or not t o air cert ain programming. I am certain t h at i n many cit ies around t he count ry , m ilit ary per sonnel who express t heir support of t his f oot ball pack age will be t he det ermining f ac t or in whet her t hese games are seen .”

A ccording t o A cademy A t hlet ic D irect or Col . John Clune, t h e net wor k would not only help wit h f oot ball recruit ing, b u t w o u l d t hrust A cademy lif e int o t he public eye, t hereby benef it t ing al l A cademy programs, not j ust sport s.

T he message is clear : T he t elevision net work can happen , b u t m uch will depend upon t he m ilit ary t hemselves. Every graduate m ight want t o t ak e f ive minut es out of his or her busy sch ed u l e and t hi nk of w hom t hey m ay k now or how t hey might help . “ Phone calls and let t ers are helpf ul ” added Brook s, “ b u t t h e local broadcast er is very li kely t o say ‘ bring us advert isers.’ U n f ort unat ely , it is easy f or a st at ion t o say t hat it r eal i zes t h er e would be an audience, but t hey can ’t sell it .”

Summ it has a t ent at ive lineup of 11 “ games of t he week ” s t a r t ing wit h A ir Force-H aw aii on A ug. 30 and f inishing wit h N avyD elaware on N ov . 15. “ W e are calling it T he Freedom F o o t b al l N et work ” said Brook s. “ W e’ ll combine great f oot ball w i t h a l o t of red , whit e and blue. . .t here will be many goose-bum ps o v er t h e course of t he season . A s a child I dreamed o f at t ending a ser v i ce academy , but I ended up at N orwich U niversity . T here I gained an appreciat ion f or a milit ary education . I promise t h a t a generous port ion of our coverage will be devot ed t o academy li f e and the academy experience.”

Servicemen overseas will be encouraged t o k now t hat t h e U . S .

A rmed Forces Radio and T elevision Service (A FRT S) is going t o make t he games available w orldwide.

Boxer s Continue Reign A s N ati onal Champi ons T he A cademy boxing team made it six out of seven in m id A pril as t hey w on t he N ational Collegiat e Boxing Championships at t h e A cademy Field H ouse. A ir Force hosted t he championships a n d f inished wit h a team score of 6 1 points, well ahead o f t h e se c o n d place N aval A cademy ’ s 38. T he A cademy has claimed t he t i t l e i n six of the past seven years.

I ndividual Falcon winners were 147-pound Randy Gibb , 165-pound K ir k Berggren , 180-pounder Steve Steadman , 190-pounder St eve Greene and heavyw eight M i ke M inahan .

Ot her boxers representing t he A cademy were T erry D yess, A n d r e H ort on , Shawn Flournoy and Bruce Brady .

A ir Force’s nine boxers advanced t o t he nat ional champion ships af t er winning t he M idwest Regionals in Cincinnati i n

M ar ch . O t h er m i d w est er n sch o o l s i n t h e f i n al s an d t h e n u m b er o f

F alcon baseball coach J im H anley discusses strategy f or the nex t batter wi th p i tcher P hil Guy and catcher E r ic L indstr om dur ing the team 's game in Ap ril against the University of Wy om ing. A t p resstime the team ’s record was 14-18 overall. ( U.S. A ir F o r ce p hoto by A l C D ary l P agel)

f ighters t hey quali f ied are L ock haven State ( 1) , Central C o n n e c t icut (5) , Penn Stat e (3) , U .S. M ilitary A cademy (2) , U .S . N av a l A cademy (8) , V irgi nia M ilit ary I nst itute (2) , V illanova ( 1) , Ohio U niversity ( 1) , M iami of O hio ( 1) , T exas A & M ( 1) , and U n i v er si ty of V irginia ( 1) .

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years. He was always the ready tutor — patiently coaching s o m e

of us away f rom impending disast er in mat h and science c o u r s e s .

Ron was a st rong Christ ian who never missed Sunday ser v i ce i n C olorado Springs. T here wit h him was Judi , an equally st r o n g Christ ian , who he married a year af t er graduat ion .

Ron’ s resonant voice was clearly ident i f iable in t he C ad et C h o i r and Chorale. Ron admit ted that no matt er how many t imes h e sang t he cadet hym n , his eyes always became misty singing “ L o r d Guard and Guide t he M en who Fly .’ ’ T here are some cert ain things t hat always st ood out ab o u t R o n — as a f amily man , a f riend , and an of f icer . T hese things made him di f f erent f rom t he crowd . H e was a superb at hlete, a gr eat compet it or , an int elligent individual , a leader am ong his peers, a f riend t o all , and a consumm at e f amily man with a great sen se o f humor . But what really made him unique was t hat he was good at everyt hing. I t doesn’t matt er what you talk about — f am ily li f e,

sports, schooling, flying or engineering — Ron excelled a t w h a t

he did . A lt hough Ron was so good at sport s, it was so m et i m es t ough to have him on your team ; because he was so good , an d t ried so hard , it was embarassing not t o win . A t eam o f al l R o n Farrises would never lose. Ron always did everyt hing t o t h e f u l l est — it didn’t matt er whet her he was running in l OK races o r marat hon relays or t riat halons, or bur ning t he midnight oil t o get t hrough t he T est Pilot School , or r oof -st omping houses a f t er wing dinings-in , j ok ing about engineers and pilot s, telement ry rooms and g-suit s, or doing t hings wit h his f amily an d f r i en d s.

Ron ’s secret f or success seem ed t o lie in a quot e f rom t h e C l ass o f 1973 Contrails: “ W e m ust be sat isf ied wit h nothing l ess t h an o u r 36

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R onald James Paris, ‘73 M aj . Ronald James Paris, Class of 1973, died in the cr ash o f an F-4 aircraf t near Edwar ds A PB , Cali f , on Peb . 11, 1986. H e w a s a m ember of the 6520t h T est Gr oup , Edwards A PB , and was aboard t he aircraf t as a f light t est engineer .

Ron was born and raised in Glendale, Calif . A t t he A cademy , he was a member of Cadet Squadron Seven . H is assignment s i n cluded t our s at the U SA P Space D ivision (L os A ngeles A i r F o r ce St ation) , the U niversity of T exas (f or graduate school) , t h e U SA FA D epart ment of A st ronautics, and t hen Edwards A P B where he graduated f r om t he U SA P T est Pilot School i n D ecember 1982. A t Edwards A PB , Ron work ed in t he 6512 T e st Squadr on , the F- 15 A ntisatellit e Combined T est Force, an d t h e 652 1st Range Squadron .

A t t he A cademy , Ron was more t han t he amiable cadet w h o dependably scored in int ramural bask etball , lacrosse, an d volleyball , mak ing CS-07 number one during t hree of h i s f o u r

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absolute best in every undert ak ing. W e owe it t o ourselves t o underst and what is being taught us. U nder st anding, plus m ax imum ef f ort , will mak e us bet t er cadet s, and , more import ant ly ,

b et t er o f f i cer s an d m en . y y R o n w as o n e o f t h e f ew w h o t o o k t h ese w o r d s t o h ear t h i s en t i r e li f e — up through high school , t he A cademy , and as an o f f i cer .

I ndeed , Ron k new t hese words all along. T he A cademy c a n n o t t ak e a weak individual and change him — it t ak es t hose w i t h t h e seeds of dedicat ion , loyalty , and pride, which Ron had , and pro vides a f ert ile gr ound f or t hose qualities t o f ully m at u r e . A l l t h ese qualit ies made him a w onder f ul f amily man and f riend .

Remember Ron f or t he qualit ies t hat made him such a g r eat per son — as a husband and f at her , son and brot her . A i r F o r ce o f f icer and f r iend . Just as Ron lived , accept t he challenges, do you best in every t ask you undert ak e, and never be sat isf ied w i t h anyt hing less t han your absolut e best in everyt hing you do .

Ron is survived by his wi f e, Judi ; t wo daught ers, K asey an d Br ook e; a sister , L ori ; and his parent s, M r . and M rs. J o h n P ar i s of L aguna Beach . Cali f .

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m em o r i al f u n d h as b een est ab l i sh ed i n R o n ’ s n am e an d

donat ions may be sent t o t he Ronald J . Paris M em orial Fund , A ssociation of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , C olo .

80840-5000 . (M aj ors Jack H udson, J im B oy le, Steve H arman, and Stalk er R eed, ’73)

L awrence E . L ee, ’76

Capt . L awrence E. L ee, Class of 1976, died of inj uries r ecei v ed

in an F- 16 aircraf t accident on Feb . 12, 1986 at Elgin A i r F o r ce Base, Fla. H e was assigned as chief F- 16 pilot and assi st an t d i r ec t or of F- 16 T est ing in t he 3247t h T est Squadr on , Elgin A FB , at t he time of t he accident , which occurred during a f uncti onal check f light prof ile in t he F- 16.

A nat ive of K ok omo , I nd ., L ar ry was t he valedict orian o f h i s high school class and an Eagle Scout . H e w as a member o f Rebeleven at t he A cademy , att ended pilot training at V ance A FB , O k la. and F-4 RT U at L uk e A FB , A riz. A f t er a short t i m e as an F-4 pilot at H ill A FB , U tah , he t ransit ioned t o t he F - 16 .

One of the f ir st t o f ly t he new aircraf t , L ar ry was a m em b er o f t he 4t h T act ical Fighter Squadr on . W hile at H ill A FB , L arry met and married his wi f e, T erry .

Following his t ours at H ill A FB , he spent 18 m ont hs a s a P a n -

R ober t William P eterson, ’76

J ohn P . D orsey, ’78

t on in the W ol f pack W ing at K unsan A B , K orea, where h e ser v ed as a st andardizat ion and evaluation f light examiner (SEFE) in t he F- 16. A t Elgin he was dual quali f ied in t he F-4 and t h e F - 16 a n d part icipated in many im port ant t est progr am s t o include o n e o f

phone calls and visit s f rom f riends and f amily . Rob always had a smile and a j ok e t o share wit h t hem .

Rob will be remembered f or his dedicat ion , ent husiasm , a n d love of li f e. H is ent husiasm was cont agious and af f ected e v e r y o n e

H olloman A FB , N .M , earlier t his year . L arry was one o f an el i t e gr oup t o log more t han 1,000 hour s in t he F- 16.

L arry was a f ine pilot , but an even bet t er per son . M any of us will never f orget his dry wit , his desire t o excel , nor , most impor t ant ly , his deep love f or T erry . H e provided an example f o r al l o f us t o f ollow — a f ighter pilot who lives in our memories. H i s ex ample will never be f orgot t en by t hose w ho k new him .

H e leaves wit h us his wi f e, M aj . T erry J . L ee, stat ioned w i t h t h e 33d T actical Fighter W ing, Elgin A FB , and his parent s M r . an d M rs. T homas H . L ee of K ok omo I nd . L arry was int erred at t h e U .S. A ir Force A cademy Cem etery on Feb . 18, 1986.

A m emorial f und has been set up in L arry ’ s name. Cont ribu t ions may be made t o : T he L awrence E . L ee M em orial Fund , A ssociat ion of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo .

80840-5000 . (Cap t. Jim H unt, ’76)

courage t o f ight against all odds and never accept d ef eat . G o d

t h e f i r st l au n ch es o f t h e A M R A A M

m i ssi l e o f f t h e F - 16 a t

R ober t William P eterson, ’76 Capt . Robert W illiam Pet erson , Class of 1976, lost an eight mont h batt le against acute leuk emia on D ec. 20, 1985. H e d i ed at M .D . A nderson H ospit al and T um or I nst itut e, H oust on , T ex a s wit h his wi f e, parent s, and brother at his side. H e w as b u r i ed at t he U .S. A ir Force A cademy on Christm as eve, where h e r em ai n s close t o t he t wo t hings he loved — t he mountains and t h e A i r F o rce.

Rob was a member of 16t h Squadr on as a cadet . D uring h i s senior year he ent ert ained his f ellow cadet s wit h his an t i cs as a U SA FA cheerleader . Follow ing graduat ion , he att ended pilot t raining at W illiams A FB , A riz. T here he f ulf illed his lif e-long dream t o f ly . H e remained at W illiam s A FB as a T -37 i n st r u ct o r pilot . I n 1980, Rob accompanied his wif e t o Strat egic A i r C o m mand and Grissom A FB , I nd . H e upgraded to aircraf t c o m mander in t he K C- 135 and later became a wing scheduler . I n 1983, Rob returned t o A ir T raining C ommand t o f ly t he T -37 a t C o l u m bus A FB , M iss. H e was t he f l ight commander of M ust ang Flight at t h e 37t h F T S w h en h e w as st r i ck en w i t h l eu k em i a .

From his A T C and SA C assignment s, Rob has many f riends t hroughout t he A ir Force. Each of his st udent s has t ak en a l i t t l e bit of Rob and his enthusiasm f or f lying t o their gaining c o m mands. I n his f inal mont hs of li f e, Rob never gave up his hope t o return t o f lying. H is love of f light sust ained him t hrough long m ont hs of suf f ering. T he highlight s of his days were t he let ters.

ar o u n d h i m . T h o se w h o w er e cl o se t o h i m w i l l al so r em em b er h i s

b l essed o u r l i v es w i t h h i m .

Rob is survived by his wi f e, N ancy L ee; his daught er , Carolyn K ate; his parent s, M r . and M rs. Richard W . Pet erson ; an d h i s brot her , M ar k Peterson . A mem orial f und has been established i n his hom e tow n .

Contributions may be sent to: Robert W . Peterson M emorial,

A ir Force A cademy Scholarship Fund , P .O . Box 1010, F i r st I n

terstate Bank, Carson City, Nev. 89701. (Cap t. Nancy L ee G .

P eterson)

J ohn P . D orsey, ’78 Capt . John P . D or sey , Class of 1978, was k illed in an av al an ch e in A ustria on Jan . 18, 1986. Funer al services were held in H amp t on, V a., and he was int err ed at A rlingt on N ational Cemet ery where his f at her is buried . Capt ain D orsey was a m ember o f t h e 53rd T act ical Fighter Squadr on at Bit burg A ir Base, W est G er many , at t he time of his death .

Captain D or sey was raised wit h a military back gr ound . H e gr aduat ed f r om t he A ir Force A cademy in Cadet Squadron 18 wit h a degree in civil engineering. H e and his wi f e, Rosa, were mar ried on Jan . 4, 1985.

Complet ing U ndergraduate Pilot T raining at Reese A FB , Cap t ain D orsey remained t here as a unit inst ruct or pilot u n t i l February 1983. From 1983 t o 1984 he served as an instruct or pilot an d al so w o r k ed i n t h e St a n d ar d i zat i o n an d E v al u at i o n Sect i o n o f

t he 554t h Fighter T raining Squadr on, f lying t he T -37 ai r cr a f t at Randolph A FB , T exas. H e was assigned t o t he 53rd T act ical Fighter Squadron “ T igers” at Bitburg A ir Base in Sept ember 19 8 4 .

Rosa ext ends her sincere t hank s and appreciat ion t o ev e r y o n e f or all t he love and concern t hey have shared wit h h er an d w an t ed all t o k now t hat John would appreciate all t he support given her .

Capt ain D orsey is survived by Rosa and his mot her , R u t h D orsey ; his br ot her Joachim D orsey and sister-in-law L o r et t a o f Savannah , Ga.; his sist er U lrik e D or sey of H ampt on , V a.; his brot her Richard D orsey and sist er-in-law Stacy of Parris I sland , S.C .; his brot her Billy D orsey and sist er-in-law D oree o f P al o s V erde, Cali f .; and his br ot her Sven D or sey of I ndianapolis, I n d .

Rosa and t he f amily have suggest ed donations may be m ad e t o the A merican Cancer Society , 777 T hird A ve., N ew Y ork , N . Y .

100 17. D onat ions should be mar k ed , “ I n memory of Capt ain John P . D orsey .

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Craig D ean L ovelady, ’78

Capt . Craig Dean L ovelady, Class of 1978, was killed o n J a n .

7, 1986 in the skies over Zweibruecken, Germany, while doing somet hing he loved t o do — Basic Fight er M aneuver s (BFM ) in his F- 15 Eagle. He was laid to rest on Jan. 14, 1986 in G lendale,

Steve Jessor N elson, ’78 t hia, of Colorado Springs. A m em orial f und has been est ab l i sh ed f or Craig’ s children . D onat ions may be sent t o 6329 W . C av al i er D rive, Glendale, A riz. 8530 1. (Cap t. Pete Z im o wsk i, ’78)

A r iz .

Craig was born on March 21, 1956 in Orange, Calif . H is f amily lat er moved t o Glendale, A riz., where Craig lived during h i s school years. During high school Craig participated i n t h e R u ssi an

club , t he st udent senate, and was a member of the N ational H onor Society and t he t ennis t eam .

A t t he A cademy , Craig was a member of “ Eagle Eight ,” an d was act ive in sport s, bot h int ram ural and intercollegiat e. A s a f irst ie, he was co-captain of the A cademy Squash T eam . H e

graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering.

A fter graduation, Craig pursued his love for flying a t R e e se

A FB , T exas where his hard work was rewarded wit h an F - 1 5 assignment . W hile at Reese, Craig m et anot her love in his li f e, his wi f e K arla. T hey were married D ec. 19, 1978 in L ubbock , T ex a s .

A f t er complet ing L ead-I n Fighter T raining at H olloman A FB , N .M ., Craig and K arla moved on t o the F- 15 Replacement T r ai n

ing Unit (RTU) at L uke A FB, A riz. While at Luke their f i r st child , Jenay Cristen , was born .

Upon graduation from RTU , Craig was assigned to the 18t h

T actical Fighter Squadr on at H olloman A FB . Craig served a s a st andardizat ion and evaluat ion check pilot , and was a part of t he Rapid D eployment Force, which t ook him T D Y t o Germany an d K o r ea . W h i l e at H o l l o m an h e w as sel ect ed t o at t en d F- 15 Fighter W eapons School , and his second child , Jason Craig, w a s b o r n .

A f t er com pleting Fighter W eapons School , Craig was t r a n s f erred t o the 48t h Fight er I nt ercept or Squadr on at L angley A FB , V a. H e served as an inst ruct or pilot , chief of St andardizat ion an d Evaluation , supervisor of f lying, and was the squadr on f u n ct i o n al check pilot . D ue t o his ef f ort s t here, Craig was select ed t h e 2 3r d A i r D i v i si o n Ju n i o r O f f i cer o f t h e Y ear f o r 1984 .

I n Sept ember of 1985 Craig was assigned t o t he 525 T act i cal Fight er Squadr on at Bit burg A B , Germany , where he served as i n st ruct or pilot . W eapons and T act ics of f icer , and supervisor of f lymg.

T he “ Craiger ” meant a lot t o t hose of us who k new him , because we always meant a lot t o him . W het her it was playing in t ramural f oot ball , j umping of f the “ Br ing M e M en ” ramp i n t o a snow dri f t , putt ing on a sk it at a squadron meeting, t rying t o f ind t hat “ per f ect ” f ishing hole, or f lying tw o-ver sus-t wo A i r C o m b at M aneuvering (A CM ) , Craig was always eager t o pull anot her f i r st .

Finally , t he overriding great love in Craig’ s li f e w as h i s l o v e f o r God . T hr oughout his li f e he served his L ord by teaching b i b l e classes and preaching t he Gospel . Craig’ s love f or G o d m an i f est ed it self in his love f or his j ob , his f amily , and his f el l o w m an . W e who remain behind can be com f orted in k nowing t hat Craig is now wit h t he Fat her on H igh , higher t han even Eagle’ s wings can b ear .

I n addit ion t o his wi f e and children , Craig is survived by his parent s. D ale and Shirley , of Glendale, A riz.; and his sist er , Cyn38

Steve Jessor N elson, ’78

Capt . Steve Jessor Nelson, Class of 1978, was killed Jan . 2, 1986 while assigned t o the 57t h Fight er I nt ercept or Squadron (F I S) when his F- 15 aircraf t went down 85 miles sout hw est o f K ef lavik N aval A ir St at ion , I celand .

St eve was born A ug. 16, 1954 in W allace, I daho . A t t h e A cademy he was a doolie in Cadet Squadron 22 and an u p -

perclasman in Cadet Squadron 19. H e was k nown at t he A cademy as a quiet , personable and highly dedicated cadet . A cadem ically , Steve excelled in t he f ield of engineering and was b o ar d cer t i f i ed as a civil engineer in the St at e of Colorado .

A f ter graduation , St eve eagerly pur sued his passion f or f lying.

A t W illiams A ir Force Base, A riz., he got his long-sought-af t er F -4 an d w as ch eck ed o u t i n t h e F -4 D at M acD i l l A F B . F l a . F r o m

1979 t o 1983 St eve was assigned t o t he 90t h T act ical Fight er

Squadron, Clark A B, Philippines. He and his crewed W eapons System Operator (WSO), Herb Crissman, ’78, were the t er r o r o f t he Pacif ic f lying t he F-4E “ W ild W easel ,” execut ing t h e d em an ding H unt er K iller mission .

A gain , as a dedicated and gi f t ed young f ight er pilot at C l ar k A B , Steve was k nown as a quiet and caring person . From 1983 t o t he t ime of his deat h , St eve was assigned t o t he 57t h F I S f lying t he F-4E and lat er , the F- 15 aircr af t .

St eve’s deat h is a tr agic loss t o his f amily and f riends b u t h e w i l l l i v e f o r ev er i n t h e h ear t s o f t h o se w h o k n ew an d l o v ed h i m .

A memorial f und has been est ablished in St eve’ s m em ory an d

contributions may be made to the Steve J. Nelson M emorial

Fund , A ssociat ion of Graduat es, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , C o l o .

80840-5000. (H is m other) P eter M ar k B r o wn, ’80 A tragic accident has tak en t he li f e of Capt ain Pete Brown , and we are all dimini shed by his deat h . Pete had a signi f icant place in t he li f e of the 5t h Fight er Squadron and in t he A ir F o r c e . W e

w o u l d l i k e t o r ef l ect o n h o w P et e t o u ch ed u s an d h o w w e can b e

grat ef ul f or his li f e.

Pet e, or “ W ire” as he was k nown t o many , was a graduat e o f t he class of 1980, and died in t he crash of his F- 15 Eagle near H olloman A ir Force Base, N .M . on Jan . 14, 1986. H e w a s a s signed t o t he 5th Fighter I nt ercept or Squadr on , M inot A i r F o r ce Base, N .D ., at t he time of his deat h . Pet e t ried t o b e t h e b est i n everyt hing t hat he did . H e was an Eagle Scout , and r ecei v ed t h e

highest religious award from the Boy Scouts — The God an d

Count ry A ward . H e graduat ed f r om high school wit h honor s an d was accepted t o t he U niversit y of M issouri - K ansas Cit y School of M edicine. Pete’ s love of f lying was so great t hat h e d eci d ed t o

P eter M ark B r o wn, ’80 go t o the A ir Force A cademy inst ead . W hile at t he A ir F o r ce A cademy as a member of t he T wel f t h Cadet Squadron , h e became an inst ruct or in the Soaring Program . Pet e loved soaring because in t he engineless glider he was f ree of t he b o n d s o f ear t h .

H is classmates at t he A cademy will always remember his soaring sk ills, his out st anding charact er as a person, his ever-ready kind words and ent husiasm f or li f e. M emories of van part ies, sk iing in t he Rock ies, and j ust being wit h our best f riend will alw ays be ch er i sh ed .

A f ter graduat ion f rom t he A ir Force A cademy , he served h i s country wit h dedicat ion and distinct ion . H e went on t o pilot t raining w here he graduat ed in t he t op of his class. A s his t raining continued , he advanced t o t he t op of his class in t he T - 38 an d

F-15. When he arrived for his first operational assignment at t h e

71st T act ical Fighter Squadron (T FS) at L angley A ir Force Base, V a., he was f resh f rom having conquered t hose trai ning p r o g r a m s t hat brought him t o the pinnacle of f lying — t he F- 15 Eagle. Pet e loved li f e, and he loved f lyi ng. H is cont agious ent husiasm a f f ect ed everyone who met him . H e j ust made you smile!

I n the short time he was in the 71st T FS, he progressed f ast er than anyone could imagine, right to the top as an instructor pilot .

W hen t he F- 15 conversion began at M inot A i r Force Base, P e t e was t he f irst choice as a cadre inst ruct or pilot . H e w en t t o M i n o t a year ago and was made the chief of Standardization an d E v al u a tion. He quickly assumed a position of leadership in the squadr on

and built the flying program and the high pilot proficiency t h at

t he Fif t h has t oday . H is sk ills in f lying were so great t h at o n h i s r e cent graduat ion f rom t he Fighter W eapons I nst ruct or C o u r se at N ellis A ir Force Base, N ev ., he was honored as the t op graduate.

H e was the best in everyt hing he did .

Pet e’ s sensit ivity and wisdom in dealing wit h people w er e f ar beyond his years. H e always had a k ind word f or each and every person he met , no matt er how bad his day , no matter h o w b ad t h e weather , no mat ter how bad t he m ission . T he expression o f P et e’ s ef f ect on people can be shown by the f riends w ho have cal l ed f r o m ar o u n d t h e w o r l d .

Pete lef t an indelible mar k on t he f ighter community an d t h e A ir Force as a whole. Pet e is survived by his parent s, L t . C o l .

(U SA , Ret .) and M rs. Curt is P . Brow n of St . Charles, M o .; his sisters, L t . Cmdr . M ary Jane Br own , M .D . (M rs. D ennis Sanders) , San D iego , Cali f .; M rs. Ruth A nn Pick er , K irk sville, M o .; and his br ot her , Paul C . Brown , M .D ., of Seatt le, W a sh .

T he unique goodness and personal war mt h of his f amily w e r e ref lect ed in Pete. W e are st unned by his deat h , but w e c a n a f f i r m t hat our lives have been graced and enlarged by Capt ain P e t e B row n .

A memorial f und has been established in Pet e’ s name, an d donations may be sent to T he Capt ain Peter M ar k Brow n M emorial Fund , A ssociat ion of Graduates, U .S. A ir For ce A cademy , Colo . 80840-5000. T he f und will sponsor Boy Sco u t ac t ivit ies such as a trip to Philm ont Boy Scout Ranch , N .M ., and a visit t o the A ir Force A cademy f or scout s interested i n av i at i o n .

Pet e was a superb f ight er pilot , a great leader , but m o st o f al l — Pete was a f riend . (D ick Coe, ’68, and Jer ry M . I bara, ’80)

Tim othy William K ehler, ’83 1st L t . T imot hy W illiam K ehler , Class of 1983, died i n an F -4 E accident near Ocala, Fla. on Jan . 9, 1986. T im and his weapons syst em s operat or (W SO) were k illed inst ant ly when t heir j et im pacted t he ground on a night weapons delivery mission o n Pinecast le Range in nort hern Florida.

T im was born on M arch 15, 1961 at t he Reese A FB hospit al near L ubbock , T exas. T he f irstbor n of a career A ir F o r ce o f f i cer and his wi f e, T im spent his childhood days in T exas (L ubbock and San A nt onio) , N ort h Car olina (Fayet teville) , Ohio (Cincin nati and Colum bus) and V irginia (A lexandria) . H e attended high school at H ayf ield Secondary School , A lexandria, V a., w h e r e h e let tered in tennis and baseball , w as a member of t he N at i o n al H onor Society , and was class vice president . H e graduated i n Ju n e o f 1979 .

T im entered t he A cademy in June of 1979 wit h t he Class o f 1983. H e held key leader ship posit ions wit hin t he wing an d w as i n volved in a variet y of act ivit ies. T im spent his f irst t wo year s at t he A cademy in Cadet Squadr on Five and his last t wo in C ad et Squadron T wo . I n Second Squadron , T im served as a squadron f irst sergeant and squadron comm ander . I n addit ion, h e co m plet ed such demanding program s as A irbor ne at Fort Benning, Ga., and RECON D O at Fort Carson , Colo . T im earned t he respect of his classmates, subordinat es, and superior s w h i l e at t h e A cademy .

A f ter gr aduation T im entered U ndergraduate Pilot T raining a t W illiams A FB , A riz. w here he earned his pilot ’ s wings in A ugust 1984. T im ’ s next st op was Fighter L ead-I n T raining at H o l l o m an A FB , N .M . and t hen it was on t o H omest ead A FB , Fla. f o r F -4 RT U . T im arrived at M oody A FB , Ga. in Oct ober 1985 an d w as assigned t o the 68t h T act ical Fighter Squadron . A goal-or iented young man , T im was doing what he had always dreamed of doing — f lying f ighters in t he U .S. A ir Force. T im , ext remely st rong in his religious f ait h , was a f riend to all , young and o l d . H e t o u ch ed a lot of lives in his 25 years, telling all how proud h e w as t o ser v e.

H e saw a need , met t he challenge, spok e of duty , and died doing w h at h e l o v ed m o st .

T im was laid t o rest at A rlingt on N ational Cemetery on Jan . 2 1, 1986, af ter f uneral services at Ft . M yer Chapel and m em o r i al ser vices at M oody A ir Force Base and t he A ir Force A cademy Chapel . H e is survived by his parent s. Colonel and M r s. B i l l K ehler of A lexandria, V a.; his younger brot her , K ris, o f A l ex an dria, V a.; and his grandparent s, M r . and M rs. George K e h l e r o f Cincinnat i , O hio .

A memorial f und has been est ablished in his name, and d o n a t ions may be sent t o the T im ot hy W . K ehler M emorial Fund , A ssociat ion of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , CO 80840-5000 . (M aj . J ohn Ottino and Col. B ill K ehler)

A t presstime we had learned of the death of Capt , David C .

M cCarthy, Class of 1975, who died in an F- 15 accident 4 5 m iles southeast of G ila Bend , A r iz. on M arch 7. Our c o n dolences to his f amily and f riends. H is obituary wil l appear in a f utur e issue of t he magazine.

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C L A SS N EW S T he same ai r li ne has t he M A Y O br ood heading back t o Sa n F r a n c i sc o hopef ul ly — 747 f i r st of f icer .

I ’ m now prepar ing post car ds f or each of you . I ’ ll use you r R egister ad dr ess and per haps you w ill ret ur n t hem w it h a shor t n o t e . I f n o t . . . o h w ell ! I ’ m sur e you w ill . T hank s, and have a gr eat 1986.

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 em b er s : 7 8

ST RO M , T H O M P SON , and JE N N I N G S hung i t up A pr il 1st ; SE E t his sum mer . A t t hi s ear ly w r it i ng, no w or d on plans f o r L . J . a n d Sl i m .

Denny has found a woman to support him, so he can live lik e a gent lem an and oversee the proletariat . Last time Marie JENNINGS talk ed to me, she said they were gonna retire and go far away f rom D ayt on . W or d i s t h a t B a t t el l e I n st i t u t e ’ s l u c r a t i v e t er m s en t i ced t h em t o st ay ri ght t her e.

P r obably be t here f orever .

Randy C uber o 7 163 W int er y L oop C olor ado Spr i ngs, C O 809 19 H ome: (303) 598-7 155 A V : 2 59 - 3 8 20

P er c en t m e m b e r s: 7 5

W ell good people, anot her academ ic year has j ust f low n by . By t he ti m e

this Checkp oints gets to you the Class of 1986 will have al r eady

Wayne and Bonnie JEFFERSON are in Brussels where Wayne-O i s C 3 I

graduat ed . Ou r special congr at ul at ions t o Jef f H A R I N G f or m ak ing it

he got a j ob with DGA I nternational — a consulting f i r m w h i ch w a s l o o k ing for a few good troops when they found Kent .

U SN A . Scot t w as also m ar r ied t w o days af t er gr aduat ion on M ay 23, 1986 and w ill be going f i r st t o Q uanti co , V A f or M ar ine basic t r ai ning and t hen on t o Pensacola, F L f or pil ot t rai ni ng . Jef f w i ll be goi ng on t o pi lot t r ai ni ng at C olum bus, M S. C ongr atulat i ons agai n t o Sc o t t a n d J e f f

at SH A PE . T he C 3 designati on is k inda li ke havi ng been a r ecce pi lot , it never washes o f f . M O N T A V O N ’ s eligi bili ty f or f ood stam ps r a n o u t s o

C huck K A A K E , divi sion m anager f or D ana C orpor at ion , j ust f inished

the prestigious A dvanced Management Seminar at Harvard. H o w ca n a guy go from section six physics to the upper levels o f a technical com pany

li ke D ana? I got a r eport t hat D ick BI GE L OW i s get ti ng a li t tle pudgy and is a grandfather . Guess that puts him about the center o f t he pack . (W hen C.V. gets pudgy and T .I . has grandchildren, we’ll know w e’ ve al l passed t hat t hr eshold .)

Perhaps not so exciting as having grandchildren, I hear t hat Bobby and Jeane BL A K E w er e involved in a mi nor pr ivate ai r plane m i shap . Som e

guys will do most anything to inj ect a little excitement i n t o t h e su n set years. You gotta watch them airplanes, they’ll bite’cha. (I ran an ai r plane plumb out of gas once, myself — that ’s exciting if i t happens while sti ll airborne.) I f Bobby had known he was gonna live so long, he w oul da bought a lifetime membership in the AOG 25 years ago w hen t hey w er e so cheap .

T he t hi rd annual W ashingt on A rea ’ 59er Gol f T our nament w i l l b e h el d

through USA FA and to Scott QUI NLA N f or his graduation f r o m t h e

f o r a t r em en d o u s a c h i ev em en t

I n my last ar t icle I t al k ed about t he f abul ous f oot ball r ec o r d U SA F A

compiled last year at 12- 1. The real culmination, however , o f

t h at u n b el i ev a b l e sea so n w a s n o t t h e w i n o v er T ex a s i n t h e Bluebonnet Bow l , but r at her a t r i p t o t he W hi te H ouse f or al l t he senior s t o r ec ei v e t h e

Com mander-in-C hief ’ s T r ophy f r om t he Pr esident him sel f . I w as luck y enough t o t ag al ong as t he A O G r ep and must adm i t t hat m eet i ng t he pr esident w as one of t he gr eat thr i lls o f my l i f e. T he t eam w as given a d et a i l ed t o u r o f t h e W h i t e H o u se a n d a r o u n d 16(X) w e w er e a l l u sh er ed i n

t o t he oval cabi net meet i ng r oom . T w o t hi ngs happened t hat I t hought wer e r eally special . Fi r st , Bar t W ei ss, our Q B , pr esent ed t he pr esident wi t h an honorary coach ’ s j ack et and cap and t hen ner vously quipped , “ O h , and t hank you M r . Pr esident f or lett ing u s visi t your l ovely hom e.’ ’

(or turned loose) in September at A ndrews A FB. A ll o u t - o f - t o w n er s a r e cordially invited to this minireunion. Steve HA MER is so desper at e t hat

he’ s o f f ered f r ee r oom and boar d f or a w eek t o any en t r a n t w h o ’ l l t a k e a dive. (I t’s doubtful that anyone could play so badly w it hout t rying .

H opefully, Ed MONTGOMERY will have transferred out by t hen .)

Organizer

WYNN’s imaginative handicap system helped

C r a sh

K R U E GE R to place second last year . (I f Fr ed w er e a tax account ant , he’ d be in j ail .) M odesty forbids my identifying the Grand C ham pion , but I must complain about the paltry prize. Make plans to j oi n us t his year !

OA KS and I welcome the good sticks; CONNA LLY and LA NMA N e n cour age t he weak gol f er s w ho si m ply enj oy t he camar ader ie.

D ale M ayo R D 2, Box 85 O tt svi lle, PA 18942 (2 15) 847-57 19 P er c en t m e m b er s: 80

I w i sh I had m ore new s but . . .no input get s no out put . C ’ m o n f o l k s !

D r op a not e!

Bil l H O D SO N changed addr essed in C ol or ado Spri ngs. D i c k M E Y E R m oved f r om C lovis, N M t o L ancaster , CA w her e he is i n v o l v ed w i t h B - I B production. Bruce and Caryle MOSIER are still in Overland P ar k , K S w i t h T W A . B r u ce m a d e C o l i n t h e R eser v es. R u m o r s a r e t h a t R u ss C U R REY i s m ar r i ed and on a f ul l-t ime honeym oon i n T equest a, F L . C o m

m ent s, Russ?

G ary GU L B RA N SE N i s enj oyi ng being an A 3(X) capt ain w i t h P a n A m and is preparing to be a 747 captain soon. H e’ll be based in L os A ngeles.

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A nd , second , w hen t he pr esident w as about to leave h e sh o o k t h e h a n d s of all t he ot her people in t he r oom . Each o f us int r oduced o u r sel v es a n d w hen he got t o John C lu ne, on cr utches and i n a cast , J o h n i n t r o d u c ed himsel f as t he at hlet ic di rect or . T he president smi led , l o o k ed a t h i s cr u t c h es and said , “ Boy , you r eally t ak e you r j ob ser iously .” I n al l . P r esident Reagan spent ar ound 25 mi nutes w i th t he team and he w as t r uly delight f ul . I lef t t her e f eeling t hat ever yone w ho w or ked f or t he pr esident does so w i th great adm ir at ion , l ove and respect . T he f ir st pict ur e is si m ply o n e t h a t I w i l l t r ea su r e f o r ev er a n d o n e t h a t I w a n t ed t o sh a r e w i t h a l l o f you .

I guess you ’ re r eady now f or som e class new s! For t his quar ter I re

cei v ed so m e ch o i c e l et t er s. J a ck T A Y L O R w r o t e f r o m Puyall up , W A

(next t o T acoma) . Jack ret i r ed as o f 3 1 July 1985 and w as doi ng some P R w or k f or the T acoma St ar s o f t he i ndoor soccer league. H e’ s now doi ng some consult ing and resear ch f or a boyhood f r iend w ho ’ s b a sed i n Philadel phia (det ai ls to f ollow ) . Jack BR I G H T i s now st at i oned at H Q E SC at San A nt onio w here he’ s heading t he com m and ’ s P r ogr am m i ng D ir ect orate. Jack is delighted w it h hi s new j ob and co m m a n d . H e w a s a n old M A C m an but quipped , “ W ho said you couldn ’ t teach an old gr ey t ag new t r ick s?” N ow , f or the $64 ,000 , quest i on — W ho can r em em ber w hy Jack B R I G H T was cal led “ light ni ng” at t he A cadem y? For our nost algia shot I j ust happened acr oss Jack w i t h hi s dat e at ou r June 6, 1960 Ri ng D an ce.

be at appr oxim at ely t he sam e locat i on as w as or igi nally d i sc u ssed i n a previous Checkp oin ts ’ ar t icle. W e w i ll const ruct a per manent asphalt site w i t h appr opr iat e ret aining w alls, and guar d rails w here n eed ed . I n t h e middle o f t he over l ook l oo k i ng out t o t he C adet A r ea w e w i l l h a v e a co n crete st and about t hr ee f eet high w it h our dedicat ion plaque on t op . T he plaque w il l cont ai n t he class logo w it h our m ot to and a si m ple i nscr ipt i on .

W e decided t o go t hi s w ay because m ost of you indicated a d esi r e f o r brevi ty . M or eover , i n later year s w e w il l be able to get m ore elabor ate i f we f eel t hat w ould be m or e appr opr iate. 1 per so nal ly t h i n k o u r ’ 6 1 over l ook i s going to be a ver y special t r i bute f r om o u r c l a ss t o t h e A cadem y , and one t hat w i ll endur e f or year s. Bef ore 1 leave the subj ect o f t he reunion please don ’ t f or get t o send me t hose ear ly year slides or phot os. I ’ ve m ade ar r angem ents w it h our A -V di rectorate t o copy all t he slides and phot os so I ’ ll be able to r et ur n t hem t o y o u a s so o n a s w e duplicat e t hem . D on ’ t f orget w e’ r e l ook i ng f or t he f unny and bizar r e, but w e’ l l t a k e t h e “ b a si c v a n i l l a ” o n es a l so .

T he president o f our class, L ar r y K A R N OW SK I , w r ot e t o t el l u s t h a t he pr obably w on ’ t be abl e t o mak e t he r euni on (but h e d i d sen d i n h i s $250) . D on ’ t w or ry L ar ry , f or t hat m agnanim ous gest ur e, ever y night w e’ l l set up an absentee d r in k i n your honor at one of our t ables. L ar ry is very busy w or k i ng on t he “ Poli sh Br iar Pat ch & C ount ry C l u b ” w h er e he’ s hoping t o have hot w at er and an ind oor j ohn f or t h e 19 8 8 P o l i sh i n vit at ional . (W hat class!) M ar k A N D E R SO N sent me an a r t i c l e f r o m a

Galveston newspaper which indicated that Gordie M . C L A R K E

has

become t he 39t h dist r ict engi neer f or t he spr aw li ng G a l v est o n D i st r i ct o f t he U S A r my C or ps o f E ngi neer s. I f you remember , G or die w ea r s h i s St .

Pat ri ck ’ s day suit all year r ound . I alw ays w onder ed w hy G or die w ent in t o the A r m y but no m ore — accor di ng t o t he ar t icle, hi s f at her . Gener al Bruce C . C lar k e, w as al so in t he A r m y C or ps o f E ngi neer s a n d i n t er est ingly enough , w as al so st at i oned as t he Galvest on dist r ict engi neer .

D oug C A I R N S sent i n some i nt er est ing assignment in f o — h e w a s w i t h i n days o f landi ng a har dship t our i n t he U .S. E m bassy at O slo , N or w ay . I t ’ s har d t o i m agi ne w hat w ould m ak e an incum bent extend at O slo , b ut t hat ’ s exact ly what this guy did . D oug took t hi s set back phi losophically , sayi ng som et hi ng bett er m ight be in st or e f or t hem . T he only t hi ng I could t hi nk of w as t hat t he C A I RN S ar e going t o C openhagen (j ust a guess) ! By t he t im e t hi s ar t icle comes out , C at hy , t hei r eldest , w i l l h a v e b een m a r r i ed a s o f t h e 15 t h o f M a r c h a n d R o b w i l l b eco m e a sen i o r a t W est P o i n t i n t h e C lass o f ’ 87. A h yes, and t hen t her e w as a l ett er f r om T o m a n d L a r a i n e

SU T T O N . T hey are pr esent ly stat ioned at Y ok ota A i r Base, Japan , hav i ng def tly f led t he Phili ppines r ight bef or e t he f al l o f M a r co s. T o m i s t h e comm ander o f t he 3 16t h T act ical A ir l i f t G r oup and he i s t h e sen i o r M A C com m ander at Y ok ota . (I hope t hat ’ s w or t h at least a par k i ng slot at t he club .) T om says t hey are on qui te t he social cir cui t , w i t h t h e SU T T O N s a t tendi ng 25 par ties i n a t w o-w eek per i od . Ju st li k e t he old days, eh , T om ?

For those o f you w ho t hi n k you have k i d pr oblem s — H a ! T h e Su t t o n s only have seven at home, r angi ng f r om 16 to t hr ee. A ssum i ng t he last one launches at 18 or 19, t hat w i ll m ake T om 61 or 62 w hen he no l onger has parent ing responsi bi lit ies. W here’ s t he hem l ock !

bON O M A COU T RERE

J ack an d J i l l ?

T he class reunion ! By now you have al r eady r eceived your f i r st mail out . T he one t hing t hat w il l m ak e t hi s 25t h r eunion so unique w i ll be the cl ass gi f t . A t t he ti me of t his w r i t ing, w e j ust co n c l u d ed o u r f o u r t h class meet i ng of t he l ocals and r eal ly nailed dow n a f ew l o o se en d s. W e are st i ll a li tt le shor t on f unds so I am pleading o n e l a st t i m e f o r t h o se w h o have w ai ted ti ll t he ver y end t o d onate t hei r $250. T his i s t r uly t he end o f t he r oad . I f you don ’ t have t he f ul l am ount anyt hi ng you can give w ill cer t ai nly be appreciat ed . (T his sounds exact ly li ke some o f t he Sunday ser m ons I ’ ve at tended .) For t hose o f you w ho can give t he $250 , w e hopef ul ly w il l have a speci al plaque made up w hich w i ll be pr esented t o you at t he r euni on . I say hopef ul ly because i f w e don ’ t get the ex t r a f u n d s I ’ l l h a v e t o di p into t he mement o m onies t o com plet e t he pr oj ect . N egot iat i ons w i t h t he cont ractor on t he mem or ial sit e ar e going w el l . T h e o v er l o o k w i l l

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More than 200 designs were submitted f or the new Sonoma-Cutrer table. A f ter caref ul rev i ew , Jones commissioned a prof essional design team to produce t he label sho w n at cen ter , abo ve.

A r t K E R R w r o t e h i s l a st l et t er f r o m E l m en d o r f i n o r d er t o sh a r e so m e

nice w or ds on B r ice JO N E S’ appear ance on T V on t he o cc a si o n o f t h e

r et u r n o f M o n t e M O O R B E R G t o t h e U SA . A r t a l so i n c l u d ed a H a r v a r d B u si n ess Sch o o l B u l l et i n w h i c h h a d a f ea t u r e a r t i c l e o n o u r “ l i t t l e o l e

w inem ak er ” f r om t he Sonom a V al ley . Rat her t han show a pictur e of 41

Brice I thought you’d like to see what our class wine l o o k s l i k e . T h e c en t er

on her ow n and t hen at t ends m any ot her s w it h D ave. A s usual , it ’ s har d

b o t t l e i s t h e o n e.

t o f in d tim e to be alo ne.

A t our l ast class reu nion , I br ok e open t he last f ive b o t t l es o f So n o m a C ut r er t o shar e t he exqui sit e char donnay taste wi t h t he locals j ust so t hey could sam ple w hat a gr eat w i ne t astes l i ke. H opef ully , B r i ce w i l l b e a b l e t o pr ovide some of hi s gr apes f or t he 25th . D ick CO PPOC K is w or k ing on t he deal . Fi nally , K ar l W H I T A K E R w r ote f r om L ynchburg, V A t o l et u s k now he’ s com i ng t o t he 25th and t hat he’ s sw i tching f r o m G .E . t o another com pany r eal soon . K ar l also com mented t hat t he i nscr ipti on f or t he class m em or ial should be k ept shor t , som et hi ng li ke “ Br i ng m e men , ’ ’ t hat ador ns our f am ous r am p . Speak i ng o f “ Br i ng me m en ,’ ’ si nce t he A cademy becam e coed , t her e wer e a f ew i ndividuals w ho thought t he quote w as sexist so t hey t ook a poll of t he f em ale ca d et s’ r ea ct i o n t o t h e sayi ng. T he m aj or i ty o f our gal s sai d , “ H ey , no pr oblem — t h e m o r e t h e

D ave al so r eport ed t hat G eorge T H O M P SON w as st i ll i n B r u ssel s a t N A T O H q . Geor ge is evident ly t ryi ng t o st ay in the a r ea f o r a w h i l e longer . Dave made a j ob change at NA TO Hq f rom Nuclear O per at ions t o the exec t o Gen . D alt on . W hen r otat ion t im e came, D a v e t u r n ed d o w n P lat t sbu rgh i n f avor o f M cC lell an : no nuclear m ission , n o a l er t f o r ce a n d no snow . A l so D ave PE D E R SO N i s t he 320t h W i ng cm dr a t M a t h er a n d occasional ly sees D ave. D ave al so saw B utch V I C C E L L I O at K elly A F B last D ecember . W hi le at t endi ng t he O n Scene C om mander ’ s c o u r s e a t L ow ry , D ave visi ted L ar i m er St . (now a l uxur y shopping ar ea) and r emi ni sced about shopping f or ol d cl ot hes t o w ear at t h e “ B l a st s . ’ ’ T hank s f or t he let t er , D ave.

I m anaged t o send som e C hr ist m as car ds out t his year w it h a com puterr un Jam bagr am . I got a r eply f r om G ar y BA U G H M A N . “ I ’ m pleased t o k now that ci vil ian li f e is agr eei ng w it h you . Ret i r em ent i s a r ea l mi snomer . E ver y classmate I k now w ho has r et ir ed t ell s m e t h a t h e i s w or k ing har der t han t he A F j ob . I t ’ s no pi ece o f cak e o u t h er e i n t h e ‘ r ea l w or ld ’ but w i t h our back gr ound t he w or ld is our oyst er . . . W ish you could have been her e t o see the f ootball t eam . T hey m ade me very pr oud t o w ear Rocky M ount ain B lue. T r emendous char acter and r eso l v e . N o t r e D am e and T exas f ound out size m eant nothi ng. A gr oup o f u s (M cN A U G H T O N , EA T O N , SW O N SO N and ST A P L E S) m et at B ob H O P K I N S t o w a t c h A F - B Y U . Sh o u l d h a v e seen t h e h u f f i n ’ & pu f f i n ’ w hen t hey did pushups af t er T D s. T he gam e w as about 30 sec o n d s sh o r t or A FA w oul d have w on and gone u ndef eat ed . . . I ’ m st i ll r eal est at ing and m anaging a 30-per son o f f i ce. . . j ust l ik e a f oot ball t ea m — m o st o f w hat I do is j ust li k e coaching . . . I l ik e it . . . I ’ m doi ng a lot o f pai nt ing. . . w ater color s. . . w on som e aw ar ds, sold som e paint i ngs w hich paid f or lessons, ar t cam ps and vacati ons. . . a new home has a b a sem en t st u d i o . I f l y glider s launched f r om a 50-m eter t ow line. I am st ill t r yi ng t o m ak e t he U .S. Fr eef light T eam . . . have 30 com petit or s. . . w ant t o get t o F r ance f or t he W or ld C ham pionships in ’ 87. “ M y son . K it , i s 23 and a f i f t h-year seni or at C SU m aj or ing i n chem ical engi neer ing . C hi p o f f t he ol d bl ock except hi s I Q i s about 100 poi nt s higher and he doesn ’ t have a spar e t ir e on t he belt l ine. J u l i a n a i s 2 0 a n d i s a sophom or e at C ol or ado m aj or i ng in j our nali sm . She d o es f a sh i o n m odeling par t ti m e to ear n i ncom e. . . I ’ m a bachelor . . . h a v e b een f o r t hr ee year s. Feels good t o have m y t im e be my ow n . I ca n c o o k a n d i r o n w it h t he best o f t hem . O ne of t hese days I ’ ll f i nd a par t ner and the li f est yle w ill change agai n . But f or now all i s O K . N ice t o hear f r om you — best w ishes f or every success, healt h and happi ness.’ ’ T hank s Gar y f or

m er r i er . ’ ’

W ell , t hat ’ s about it . A not her long ar t icle but please, don ’ t f or get to send m e your slides or pict ur es. W e w ant t o m ak e t his reuni on ver y special and w e’ ll need your assi st ance. D ick C O PPO C K also passed t o m e a l i st o f 10 ’6 1er s on w hom w e have no cur rent addr ess. So , i f you happen to k now w her e H A B EA S, H M I E L , N O L D E , T H E I L E R , H A R R I S, L I K EN S, SC H A FF N E R , M I L L E R , or SH E W M A K E R ar e l ocated , l et u s k now so t hat w e can r eestabli sh contact . C an you im agi ne so m eo n e m i ss i ng t he 25t h because w e don ’ t k now w her e t hey ar e livi ng?

H a v e a w o n d er f u l su m m er a n d r em em b er w h er e t h er e a r e f r iends, t her e i s gr eat wealt h !

John W . (Jack) Jam ba 4 Judy C our t Sat elli te Beach , F L 32937 H ome: (305) 777-5520 O f f ice: (305) 867-7758 P er c en t m e m b er s : 7 1

H i Redt ags!

Well the big news around the nation has been the tragic Sh u t t l e ST S- 3 3

m ishap . T hat w as quit e a shock t o look up at t he shut t le a n d see i t di sint egr at e t hat w ay . A saf et y per son ’ s night mar e!

t h e f i n e l et t er .

The Whi tmans: D ave, J ulie, B eth, A nn, and D avid.

Pr i or t o t hat , I r ecei ved t hree let t er s r ight af t er C h r i st m a s w h i c h I w i l l shar e. Fir st a pict ur e and lett er f r om t he D ave W H I T M A N S. T hey ar e now at M cC lel lan af ter t hree enj oyable year s in Belgi um . D a v e i s t h e b a se com mander t her e. Son , D avid , i s at N or t her n A r izona U ni ver si ty in Flagst af f , st udyi ng hotel and r est aur ant m anagem ent w i t h a v i ew t o w a r d going int o r esor t managem ent . I t seem s that D avid m anaged t o d o so m e tour sk i ing in t he Fr ench and Sw i ss A lps f or 18 days bef ore leaving Belgi um . D aughter , Bet h , gr aduated f r om high school a t SH A P E a n d t hree w eek s later r epor t ed t o U SA FA f or summ er t r ai ni ng. O n e o f h er goals is t o becom e f luent i n Fr ench and be in t he exchange pr ogr am w i t h t he Fr ench A ir For ce A cadem y . D aughter , Julie, is a sophom or e at Foot hi lls H igh School in Sacr am ent o . She is a m em ber o f t h e sw i m t ea m .

A nn is very busy as t he base com mander ’ s w i f e, att endi ng so ci a l f u n c t i o n s 42

I got a car d and let t er f r om C har lie H A L E , al so i n answ er t o m y Jam bagr am . H e sent m e hi s C hr i st m as-t im e H ale-gr am w it h a n a d d ed n o t e . “ For C har l ie and m e t hi s has been a r egular year . H e’ s st i l l t h e d i r ect o r o f oper at ions and I ’ m st ill an A F w i f e. . . I n A pr i l , C urt gave us a scar e.

Playi ng f l ag f oot ball i n gym class he r an headlong int o a soccer goal post and sm ashed his r ight cheek . A f t er a scar y eveni ng i t w a s d ec i d ed t o t r ansf er him t o T r avis A F B hospit al t he next day . W e w er e ver y luck y in t hat t he head o f t he su rgical t eam w as an except ional surgeon . I t t ook 3 Vi hour s o f j ig-saw puzzle t ype w or k t o reposit ion all t he f r agm ent s of hi s cheek bone but in a m at ter o f w eek s C urt w as as good a s n ew . T h er e h a v e been no af t er ef f ect s and in loo k ing at him you cannot even t ell it hap pened . Cur t subsequent ly gr aduated f r om high school a n d w en t t o t h e U niv o f Sout h Fl or ida at T am pa. A f t er one sem est er h e r et u r n ed h o m e and is pl anni ng t o at t end U C , River side. . . Son , C har les, h a s b een a s signed t o N ell is A FB . W e li k e havi ng hi m near er , b ut h e h a t es t h e h ea t .

L uck ily he has t he evening shi f t so it ’ s cooler f or w or k ing on t he deser t f l ight line. H e is an asst cr ew chief on t he F-5, assigned t o t he 65t h A g gressor Squadr on . U pon our ret ur n f r om C hr ist m as l eave, o r d er s w er e wait i ng . T he new assignm ent w il l t ake us t o M ar ch A F B , 15t h A F H qs.

I ’ ll be t he 15 A F asst dept y cm dr f or Oper at i ons. W e’ ll have t he oppor t unit y t o li ve o f f base f or t he f ir st t im e in 15-plus year s. Just hope t hat w e can f ind somet hing t hat w e can af f or d and int o w hich o u r f u r n i t u r e c o l lecti on w ill f it . Pat al so plans t o go back t o w or k now that ou r boys ar e ‘ gr own .’ W e’ ll dr op a l ine i f and w hen w e get our new sem i-per m anent a d d r ess. ’ ’

N ow f or t he change-o f -addr ess car ds. Fir st M i k e M A JO R h a s m o v ed t o Redondo Beach . M y guess i s t hat he i s now assigned t o Space D ivi si on o r a n A F P R O o f f i ce . J i m W H I T T E D h a s m o v ed f r o m W o o d l a n d H i l l s t o

Cal abasas, C A . F red F I E D L E R has t r ansf er r ed t o M inot A F B . N i c k FR I T Z has t r ansf er r ed t o N or t h Readi ng, M A . John D I N SM O RE changed st r eet addr esses in San A nt onio . I saw r et ir em ent n o t i ces i n T h e A F Times f or N ick F R I T Z and Jer ry SI N G L ET O N .

A f i n a l n o t e c o n cer n s “ B u t c h ’ ’ V I C C E L L I O . H e w a s t h e w i n n er o f t h e

L ance P . Sij an L eader ship A w ar d i n t he seni or o f f i cer categor y . H i s aw ar d w as based on his per f or m ance as com m ander o f t h e 1st T A C F T R W G at L angley . Besides hi s r esponsi bi lit y f or al m ost $ 3 b i l l i o n d o l l a r s

worth of assets, he had a fully mission capable rate f or ai r cr af t o f 86 .2% , t he highest i n T A C . C ongr at ulations, But ch .

T h a t ’ s i t f o r n o w . I st i l l h a v e so m e C h r i st m a s ca r d s t o g et o u t , so so m e

of you w ill be r eceiving t hem unt il June.

Sk ip L ee

8 1 1 R ei ss R o a d

O ’Fal lon , I L 62269- 1225 H ome: (6 18) 632-8599

A V : 6 3 8-4 8 86

A nother item f ound in the pile of mail from the A OG w a s a v er y c o n cise — no words wasted — memo stating that quote Robert W I N E G A R has new wife — Barbara, unquote. Hi Barbara! Welcome t o t h e w o r l d o f

Y ell ow T ags.

L loyd P RO B ST closes out t his issue w i t h anot her status change. L loyd

has been in the M ontgomery/ M axwell area since 1976 and changed j obs six times — can’t hold a good man down. His current posit ion is pi lot f or A lgernon Blair International, I nc. of M ontgomery, A L .

OK folks, get those nine-digit zip codes working. Four zer o es w i l l n o t

cu t t h e m u st a r d . U n t i l t h en t a k e ca r e a n d a l so t a k e a mi nute t o dr op me a

line — I print all the news that ’s fit to print .

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

Bob H ovde 8 5(X) C a m d en St .

A lexandr ia, V A 22308 (Rm 4E 320, Pent agon) H om e: (703) 780-67 14

K r oboth did it agai n ! A s you w ill r ecall , I was pushi ng a d ea d l i n e i n t h e last ar t icle caused by m y busy T OY schedule. W ell , a f t er a n o t h er t h r ee

a n d o n e- h a l f w eek s o n t h e r o a d — i n t h e W est er n P a ci f i c t h i s t i m e — I

ret ur ned long enough t o w ash cl ot hes, go t hr ough my m ai l and put o f f bills bef ore headi ng back out . I n t he af orem ent ioned st a c k o f m a i l w a s a let ter f r om the A O G ask ing f or ear ly subm ission o f o u r C l a ss N ew s a r ticles f or t he spr i ng edit ion . L ong st ory short : T om r elent ed and gave me another w eek . T hank s! Ever not ice how people w ho go T OY a lot al w ays br ag/ com plai n about it ?

I f any o f you reside in W E ST PA C and did not get a call f r o m t h i s r epor ter , it w as my f ault . A lt hough guilty , I do have a n e x c u se o r t w o : f i r st and f or em ost , m y shoppi ng li st w as l onger t han any o f m y st ays along t he r oute. I also r an int o t he biggest snow st or m o f t he year (D ecade? C ent ury?) w hile i n T ok yo . T oppi ng o f f t he t r i p w as a revol ut ion i n M a n i l a . W h i l e i n t h e P I I h a d t h e d i st i n c t h o n o r of w at ching f ir st hand one of our (23 A F) helicopt er unit s pull of f t he ext r act i on o f M a r co s a n d C o . T he m issi on w as execut ed w it h pr ecision , sk ill and 61an . M y pr of es sional pr ide w as, you m ight say , peak ed . Ot her t han those incident s, I spent the rest of the trip listening to routine briefings, f l ying and dr agging bags.

H ow about A ir For ce Footbal l ? M any of us her e i n t he co r n f i el d a r e l ook ing f or w ard t o t he remat ch w it h N ot r e D ame t his f all . T he gam e w ill be at Sout h Bend . C ombi ned w it h that , f our st r aight t r i um phs and a new I r ish coach ; we coul d be f aci ng t r ouble. O h ye o f l it t le f a i t h !

L ast issue I ment ioned Johnnie H A L L ’ s m ove t o Jakar ta, I n d o n esi a via W ashi ngt on D C . Si nce t hen Johnnie and JoA nn sent a C h r i st m a s l et ter that filled in some of the gaps. They plan to be i n place t his com i ng A ugust . T hei r quar t er s come equi pped w i t h t hree ser vant s and 5,000 square f eet o f space. Y ’ all com e! T he new H all addr ess w i ll be (U SD A O) A mer ican Em bassy , Box 1, A PO San Fr ancisco 96356-0006 — please note t he ni ne digit zip . Staci plans t o go along w it h M om and D ad t her eby f i nishi ng her senior year at t he Jak art a I nt er nat i onal Sch o o l . So u n d s i n t rigui ng and a l itt le excit ing . T he f ami ly w ill leave son Scot t and his f am ily behind — H eidi and t hei r son Peter — in G unnison , CO w h er e H ei d i a n d Scot t at t end W est er n St at e U niver sit y .

I f inally got a l oo k at t he last br igadier gener al ’ s l i st a n d sa w R i c h

O’LEA R and Sam WESTBROOK’S names adorning the paper . O u r sincere congratulations go out to a couple of deserving people. I am also

sor r y I w asn ’ t ar ound Scott w hen t he BG orientat i on r o a d sh o w ca m e t hr ough . N ew s o f ot her gener al o f f icer s has Ron FO G L E M A N m oving b a c k i n t o t h e f i v e- si d ed f o r t r ess — P R I t h i n k .

D anny E C K L E S w anted t o m ake su re t he A OG got his r ecent change of addr ess — he sent t hem t w o (2) change-o f -addr ess car ds: o n e a d d r essed t o t h e A sso ci a t i o n o f G r a d u a t es a n d t h e o t h er m a i l ed t o H Q U SA FA / X PA A . T o be sur e, w e got the change: #2 C r ossbow C i r cl e, C lovi s, N M 88 10 1-8106 (nine digi t s agai n) w hich t r anslates r oughly i n t o C a n n o n A FB . Y ou can bet t here w as no j ob ti t le or ot her per t inent n ew s f o r w a r d ed . O h w el l . Fight er pilot s.

Other changes include “ Doc” THOMA S (H ollis) f rom Wright St a t e

U niver sit y , C li f ton , O H t o L ouisvil le, K Y ; G or dy B RE D V I K f r o m C o l o r ado Spr ings t o C ascade; and Rich SU L A f r om M cGuir e t o C h a r l est o n .

St ill no j ob t it les.

L ar ry M C L A U G H L I N has let t he A OG k now t hey w er e using t h e w r ong ni ne digit zip alt hough t he one li st ed i n t he R egister w as cor r ect .

A ppar ently t he U S Post al Ser vice w ouldn ’ t let L ar r y a l o n e o v er t h i s A O G gaf f . These folks are getting serious! I can’t even dr aw per deim unless m y addr ess on t he voucher has t he f amed nine-digit zip . T hi s w as supposed t o be a volunt ar y pr ogr am . Just in case, add 1225 t o m y li sted zip code. H ey L ar ry ! I didn ’ t have your new address in my f ile.

L a st w eek I h ea r d a f a m i l i a r n a m e m en t i o n ed i n o n e of H Q M A C ’ S sen i o r o f f i cer a n n o u n cem en t s: J a ck M C T A SN E Y w i l l f i l l t h e M A C I G

Base Support posit ion — soon . A ll good M A C of f icers event ual ly w i nd up her e Jack . Y ou gott a pay you r dues.

A V : 2 2 7- 7 84 2

P er c en t m e m b er s : 74

I t m ust be spri ng — at least , t he edit or says i t ’ s t im e t o w r ite t he spr ing colum n . W ho k now s? A couple m or e o f t hese and t hey m ight let me leave D .C .

I N T H E N EW S: T he H Q U SA F Staf f D igest sai d t hat A 1 R O G E R S i s leavi ng D yess A F B t o be comm ander o f 19A D (SA C ) at C ar sw ell A FB , a n d t h a t D i c k H A W L E Y w i l l m o v e f r o m 18T F W c o m m a n d er t o special assist ant t o t he com mander , 3 13A D (PA C A F) . Bob D E M P SE Y f inally got t o leave C ast le A F B . H e i s t he new 96BW com mander (B- l s) at D yess.

A lso, Pat DURI CK sent an article from L egal Times concerning H ar r y PEA RC E . (H ar ry and Pat pr act i ced law t oget her i n Bism ar k , N D , f or t en year s bef ore H ar r y w ent t o w or k f or General M ot or s.) T h e h ea d l i n e r eads, “ H i nt er lands L i tigat or Becom es C r usader f or G M .” H ar ry i s associate gener al counsel at G M , i n char ge o f G M ’ s pr oduct li t igat i on .

T he ar t icle explains how he is t r ying t o change pr oduct saf et y and li tiga t ion pr acti ces bot h at G M and in t he ent ir e indust ry . (A ct ually , i t w as a ver y long ar t icle t hat said all sort s of good t hings about H ar ry .)

L ast , but not least , t he 4 16BW at G r i f f iss A F B , under t h e c o m m a n d o f B ret D U L A , w on t he M cM ullen M em or ial D aedal ian W eapon Syst em M ai nt enance A w ar d . C ongr at ulat ions!

M A I L B A G : Y es, I do occasi onally get let t er s, but som ew here o u t t h er e i s a li st t hat has t he w r ong Z I P C ode f or me. I t is 22308 , not 22038. Even if it slows them down, though, they eventually get t o me. For exam ple, G o r d en SM I T H w r i t es t h a t h e h a s l ef t t h e I n st i t u t e of D ef ense A nalyses

for the M cDonnell A ircraft Company’s Washington Studies a n d

E ngi neer i ng A nalysis G r oup . A l so , Fred W A L K E R is i n t h e b l a c k w o r l d o f Speci al O ps at H ick am .

L ouise B RO W N pr ovided a copy o f t he “ T iger T en ” ’ 64 C h r i st m a s

newsletter. A s far as I know, they are the only squadron t o est a b l i sh a n d

k eep up such a lett er . M ost o f t hi s colum n i s li f ted f r o m t h e l et t er .

Gabe FA IM ON was responsible for putting this year’s lett er t oget her .

H e says t hat f am ily and t he K ansas D epar t m ent o f H um an R eso u r ces i s k eeping hi m busy . O ne son got m ar r ied last sum m er , and one spent several w eek s in t he hospit al w it h a st aph in f ect ion . L uck ily , bot h have

survived and are doing well .

Jack PA T E RN O is st i ll f lyi ng t he F- 106 and T -33 w it h t h e 17 7 F I G a t A tlant ic C it y , N J , w hen not f lyi ng 727s f or T W A . H e spends hal f t he

month in New Jersey and the other half in the Big A pple.

John H A L L i s r et ir ed and livi ng t he good li f e in N icevill e, F L . L o t s o f gol f bet w een dodgi ng hur r icanes.

T er ry I SA A C SO N is t he w i ng com m ander at W ill iam s A FB . H e’ s

moved four times in the last five years, but says Willie i s w o r t h i t .

Roger HEA D is still at Eglin A FB flying F-16s and loving t h o se h u r

r i ca n es.

Stevie B . C RO K E R , as I not ed last t im e, i s the A i r F o r c e m em b er o f t h e

Chairman’s Staf f Group, JCS (and my source for SA C new s) .

John LUKA SIK is in Nashua, NH , working in logistics f o r Sa n d er s A ssociates of Nashua. He says it is very frustrating bei ng a def ense con tractor because of the many levels of government oversight w here not hi ng

i s done ot her t han m onit or i ng. Sounds li ke he’ s been t al k i ng t o t he P a c k a r d C o m m i ssi o n .

T h a d W O L F E i s n o w v i c e co m m a n d er o f t h e 50 9 t h B o m b W ing at

Pease A F B . H e f lys F B- l l l s and tank er s. H e says t he t an ker s go t o

Europe frequently if anyone needs a hop. (H ow do you get t o Pease?)

Kris M I NEA U writes f rom George A FB, where he is deputy f o r Maintenance for the 37th TFW (Wild Weasels). He is enj oying t he

benef it s o f 0300 r ecall s and em ployment exer cises, M E I s, deploym ents, et c. But — t hey w er e t he best F-4 out f it at G U N SM O K E 85. C ongr at ula t i o n s!

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D enny M O N T GOM E R Y w as i n Z ar agoza, Spai n , at C hr ist m as t i m e .

M i k e PA V I C H dr opped by f r om H ill A F B the other day a n d sa i d t h er e w as a good chance t hat D enny w oul d be m ovi ng t o H i ll soon . (I pr int rum or s, al so .)

A ng CA PPU C C I O i s i n San M at eo , CA . H e i s V .P . Fi nance o f a n ew com pany call ed C ali f or ni a D evices, I nc. T hey mak e gate a r r a y c u st o m chips. A ng w r it es t hat G eorge ST E V EN SO N came by f or dinner r ecent ly .

Speak ing o f George ST E V E N SO N , he has m oved to A t lanta, w h er e h e is f lyi ng w it h D elta.

N ick L A C EY i s in K aiser slauter n in t he I G busi ness, a n d w r i t es t h a t i t is a gr eat opport uni ty (w hat ever t hat means) , but is o n t h e r o a d a b o u t 2 0 0 days a year .

Jim V E R ST RE A T E w ri tes f r om W r ight-Pat ter son A F B t hat Pr ogr am O f f ice l i f e i s a r eal w hir lw ind . H e is present ly i n char ge of t he F- 16 vs F-20 compet it ion .

Ray GREENE retired from HQ TA C, and is now working o n a l a w

degr ee at W ill iam & M ary C ollege. H e says t hat school i s r eal ly t ough af t er all t hose year s o f t r ying t o ki ll br ain cell s, b u t a t l ea st h e d i d n ’ t h a v e t o get a j ob .

C H A N GE OF A D D RE SS C A R D S: L es BA E R is i n Rent on , W A ; St u M C C U R D Y is i n Redlands, CA ; and G il A C H T E R is i n M er i dian , M S .

D U M -D U M A W A RD S: A ll r ight . So I somet imes use t he w r ong nick nam es f or some cl assm at es. I r eal ly di d k now t hat J a r r et t M C GE H E E goes by “ But ch ” , so I don ’t have m uch excuse t her e, but I ’ m not sur e of a lot o f t hem . I t hink w e need a new ent r y in t he R egister f or “ r eal ” nam es. O f cour se, ever yone would have t o updat e t heir ent r y , and w e all k now t hat ’ 64 grads hat e t o do t hat . (E ven i f you ’ re not a mem ber , you coul d send in a change-o f -addr ess car d once and a w hi le.)

See you all i n t he sum m er edit i on . D r op by 4E 320 i f you get t o t he Pen t agonal Edi f ice, and k eep t hose car ds and let t er s com ing.

Jerry “ Ski” Wilkowski 14 15 D esa l e St .

V ienna, V A 22 180 H ome: (703) 573-6965 O f f ice: (202) 697-02 13 P ercent mem bers: 71

Now knowing where Tad was heading, a call to his predecessor seem ed in order . Joe HENDERSON proclaimed that he was pleased t o “ sh a k e t he st ick ” t o “ O le” and t hat he w as look ing f or w ar d t o becomi ng 1st

A F/ DO. (For the uninitiated, as I was, 1st A F is the o l d A D T A C organization. Now the $64 question: H ow many numbered A Fs i n SA C ?)

Joe i s u nder st andably excit ed about his new j ob , especial ly si n ce i t i n

volves flying something other than a desk . Joe reported t h a t B o b P R I C E had recently left TA C/ DRA to become the TFW/ DO at Myrtle B ea c h replacing J.J. HAA S who has moved to the CV j ob. Reporting i n t o

T A C , on t he ot her hand , w as E d FA R RE L L as deputy chief o f St a n E v a l .

Continuing to hold the TA C staf f together are M ike K E E F E a n d J o c k

P A T T E R SO N i n t h e E l ect r o n i c C o m b a t a r en a a n d D a v e C O O P E R i n

C ont ingency Pl ans.

A f t er t hat cal l , it w as t i me t o check in w it h t he W est er n r egi on . Scot t

DUNCA N reports that , as A cademy chief of staf f . Bob F O E R ST E R h a s not only become intimately involved with the operation of t he heavy equipment being used in the construction of the new A cademy V i sit or s’

C ent er but t hat al so he i s sim ult aneousl y pr ot ect i ng the r ight s o f t he deer , antelope, and cadets to roam the Academy reservation agai nst t he en cr oachm ent o f unscru pul ous C -Spr ings land developer s. C adet f lying operations are apparently being j eopardized by a city w hich has gr ow n t o a population over 175,000 within a county of over 300,000. (W ho el se among you scof fed at the suggestion at graduation to buy t he w or t hless

looking land east of Ent A FB?) Scott also noted that B o b G I F F E N h a s become a t otal chalk ahol ic w hose f avor i te j ok e i s: H ow m any E ng 430 cadet s does it t ak e t o buil d a pr oj ect t o help handicapped st u d en t s? 15 — 1 to do the buil di ng and 14 t o ex plain w hy it doesn ’ t w or k . (G uess you ’ d have t o be t her e t o f ully appr eciat e — academ icians mu st have qui r k s t o rival those of operators and staf fers.) Frank M cCA NN , having been pr o m ot ed out o f hi s j ob , is being o f f er ed al l sor t s o f good deals by the Col

onel’s Group. Suggested assignments are to mystical A P O s w h i c h ex t en d beyond remote locations. Frank has reportedly been advi sed by hi s d et a i l er t o sel l h i s c a r s a s t h er e a r e n o r o a d s w h er e he w i l l be assi gned !

Barry BLA CKMA N is still trying to figure out the reunion f i n a n ces . H e i s

at the point where, after one more $1,000 here and anot her $ 1,000 ther e, it w ill becom e r eal m oney ! Fi nal ly , Scot t , having suddenly b ec o m e h ea d

of a family gone skiaholic — wife Donna and daughter C a r r i e — h a s begun assisting in a poli sci course in his spare time. T he pr i m ar y i nst r uc tor attempts to explain how Congress is supposed to oper ate and Scot t f oll ow s w it h a descr ipt ion o f how it r eal ly does. Say goodbye t o your

Spring is slowly dragging its heels into the Washington, D C ar ea. T r uly came i n li k e a li on and stayed t hat w ay m ost of t he m ont h . H opef u lly , the last gasp was the week bef ore Palm Sunday. Find myself becom i ng less

tolerant of temperature extremes. Reason f or choosing t h e n a t i o n ’ s capital as an abode; nothing extreme here.

Well, after another period of no letters, some snif f ing a b o u t w a s r e quired. Called Tad OELSTROM to take him up on an of fer h e m a d e a t the reunion to provide info on class members’ activities i n t h e F l o r i d a Panhandle (Lower A labama to the natives). Tad started by i nf or m i ng that he will be reporting to HQTA C shortly as the director o f Fight er Operations. Tad and Sandy are both looking forward t o retur ni ng t o t he Langley area where they enj oy many f ond memories and o l d f r i en d s. . . and where the shops/ attractions are much more diversified. A m ong t hose f r iends ar e K en and C ar ol K RA U SE . K en i s present ly t h e d i r ec t o r o f C u r

rent Ops f or 1st A ir Force. Tad also reported that D oug M E L SON had

recent ly depar t ed his posit ion as T A W C / A D O t o becom e t he deputy chief of Red Flag at N el lis and t hat T om B RO W D E R w as ser vi ng i n t he

TAWC/ XP position from which Spider M CKINNEY had retired l a st

su mm er . T ad has seen Spider in f r equent ly si nce but , on t hose occasi ons, he invar iably had a f i shi ng pole i n hand . W ould w elcome the opport unity t o publi sh eit her a pict ur e of one of your bet t er cat ches Spi der , or i nf o on w her e w e could “ hook u p ” w it h you — pu n intended .

A nother classmate in the Eglin area who Tad sees infrequently i s T o m PLA NK. Tom is assigned to the TA WC and apparently is so i ndispen

sable t o t he G reen Flag Exer ci ses t hat he m ust spend a consider able por t ion of his w ak i ng m oment s out on t he r anges at N ellis. T ad also r epor t ed t hat T im M C C ON N E L L had m oved f r om T FW / D O at Seym our Johnson t o t he T F W / C V j ob at D avis M ont han , t hat John J U D D w a s

now the Weapons Evaluation Group DO at Tyndall and t h a t B i l l H A R

W OO D had m oved f r om FW SQ / CC t o become the Gr oup A D O . Fi nal ly , T ad ment ioned that John RA D E M A C H E R exper ienced a classi c M P C j erking about enroute to what turned out to be a super end assignm ent .

A pparently Rads left HQSA C with orders to a HQATC staf f j ob — which was changed enroute to A DO at Laughlin — which w as changed agai n t o D O by t he ti me he check ed i n t o t he base. W as it patience, good

luck, timing, brains or a combination thereof , John?

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C i v i c s 10 1 t ex t b o o k s !

M ovi ng a lit t le f ur t her w est , I w as pleasant ly sur pr i sed t o see a pi ct ur e of C ar l L Y D A Y enhanci ng t he chart er i ssue o f t he Sm it hsoni an A i r a n d

Space magazine. Carl is the WTSQ/ CC at Edwards and, i n a d d i t i o n t o h i s

“ f ight er j ock ” pose m ount i ng t he ladder o f an F-4 , he pr ovi ded some com ment s on one o f his unit s m or e dem andi ng m i ssions — t est ch a se . U n f ort unat ely C ar l , your expr essi on o f pu re sat isf act ion in t he pose t ot al ly negates any measure of sympathy you might evoke f rom t hose o f us w ho , br ief case i n hand , dai ly m ount t he st eps of t he Pent agon i n v a i n sea r ch f or a sni f f o f JP-4 or any ot her sour ce t hat m ight br ing r elief f r om our ow n f or m of t edium inter sper sed w it h mom ent s o f sheer t er r o r . G o o d l u ck C a r l a n d C H E C K SI X !

M eanw hile, back at t he Pentagon , M i k e P H I L L I P S, w ho c o n t i n u es t o push paper s i n the Rat ed M anagem ent D ivisi on/ X OO , repor t s t h a t B o b GO L D EN w as exuberant in expr essing his gr at it ude t o M i k e f or being t he f i r st t o extend him best w ishes on St . Pat r ick ’ s D ay . A 0600 gut check af t er a night o f celebr at i on i s appreciated by every t r u e I r i sh m a n a n d B o b w as no except ion . Bob and Su san ar e now set t led in C -Spr i ngs w her e he is em pl oyed by H ew let t-Pack ar d . M i k e al so report ed t hat J o h n SW A N c o n t i nues t o ply his t r ade as a St at e of C al i f or ni a D A but now in San D iego vice N apa and that Ji m SE L SE R i s a pr of essor o f physics a t U N - L a s V egas.

A lso in t he bui lding, D enny SM I T H i s ser vi ng as t he c h i ef o f t h e T r a i n i ng Pr ogr am D ivi sion in t he D i r ect or at e o f Per sonnel Pr ogr am s. D enny and Judy are enj oying t he ar ea i m mensely and , as t he par ent s o f t w o very act ive teenager s, f ind t hem selves f r equent ly aski ng t he quest ion m any of us seem t o have: W her e has t he ti me gone? D enny said t h a t N ei l ST O N E r et i r ed in San A nt oni o last sum m er t o accept a t oo-good-t o-r ef use posi t ion w hich allow ed him t o put a har d-ear ned l aw degr ee t o good use. H is posit ion as t he H Q A T C Syst em s acquisit i on m anager was subsequent ly f il led by Jack V RE T T O S. D enny al so r epor t ed a vi sit f r o m J e f f

D O N ’ T M I SS A M A G A Z I N E .

SE N D I N Y O U R N E W A D D R E SS N O W .

SI L L I M A N w ho i s t he deput y dir ect or of t he P RA M (P r oduct Reliabilit y and M ai nt ainabil ity) o f f ice f or A SD at W r ight-Patt er son . Fi nally , D enny poi nted out t hat t he “ P er sonnel M af i a” had r ecent ly en t i ced a n o t h er classm ate t o j oi n t heir r ank s. A 1 G R I E SH A BE R sw itched f rom L ongRange Planning i n X O X t o r un the same-named divi sion i n D P .

Bar r y W A T T S j oi ned t he ret i red r ank s r ecent ly . H e is w or k i ng i n t he N or t hr op A nalysis C ent er , an independent “ t hink tan k ” f o r t h e c o m pany . Bar ry says he is w or k i ng t ask s si m ilar t o t hose h e h a n d l ed i n C H EC K M A T E and O SD / N et A ssessm ent behind t he “ gr een d o o r . ” A D D RESS C H A N G ES: D ave BE N N ET T f r om H ot Spri ngs, A R t o Geor get ow n , T X ; T ed O L SON f r om Ever gr een t o D enver , C O ; W endell H A RK L E ROA D f r om H oll and , PA t o Penningt on , N J .

F I N A L N OT E : I f you com e t hr ough t he D .C . ar ea, please st op by (4C 1062) or , at least , call . A lw ays inter est ed i n sw appi ng l i es w i t h cl a ssm a t es. Y o u f o l k s h a v e a st o r eh o u se o f i n f o r m at i o n w hich w e r eal ly should share. C all f r om out o f t ow n t oo ! But please, n o t co l l ect . W a r m regar ds t o all .

busi ness per spect ive and Steve said let ’ s j ust k eep everyt hing i n per spec ti ve. T he D .C . gang w er en ’ t t he onl y ones there. K enny B O O N E f l ew i n f r om D ayt on , w her e he’ s a t ech r ep f or M cD onnell D ouglas. Ri ch C OO K , w ho has hi s ow n f am i ly m edical pr act ice out side o f Phi lly , w as also t here.

I t w as a night f i lled w i t h nost al gia and com ar aderi e, a f it t i ng prelude t o t he 20t h reunion on Sept em ber 27, 1986.

C OO K ’ S T OU R : W endy and V aler ie C OO K are enj oying t he C a l i f o r ni a li f e t hese days out side o f L A . W endy f l ies f or W est er n a n d i s upgr adi ng t o t he r i ght seat o f a 737. H e did t he upgr ade year s ago but had t o put on hi s f li ght engi neer hat agai n w hen W ester n f elt t he der egulat i on cr unch . V aler ie is t ak ing t im e out f r om her car eer a s a n a r t i st t o r a i se t h ei r t w o small childr en . V al , t hat st or y has a very f am ili ar r i ng t o it .

B L U EB O N N ET B OW L : Beaut i f ul H ousto n w eat her accom pani ed t h e Falcons’ t r em endous vict ory over the U niver sity o f T exas l ast Januar y .

Redt ags L acy V EA C H , T om B RA N D O N , Ron G RA BE and I st ar t ed t h e day out w i t h an A F t ailgat e par t y w it h our w i ves, t hen c h eer ed f o r t h e good guys in a t hr il ler o f a f ootball gam e. T om and Gai l dr ove up f r om L aughlin , w her e T om is com m ander o f a f lyi ng t r ai ni ng squadr on . Ron G RA BE w as of f get t ing a hot dog w hen the phot o below w a s t a k en .

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On J une 25, ‘62, We came to USA FA , me and y ou.

We lear ned ho w to mar ch and ho w to dr ill.

They gave us rif les and taught us how to kill.

We met ‘63 that f irst ho t sum mer.

Eight long weeks without a hummer. . . “ O D E T O ‘6 6 “

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M cFA L L Sf ?) l OOT H N I G H T R EV I SI T E D : T he im m ort al ver se above, a v er i t ab l e classic of cont em por ary A m er ican poet ry , r ang t hr ough the ni ght o f revelry as Butch SH RECKER, 20 years older but much w i ser , r ead t he “ Ode to ’66.” The gala occasion was the 20th anniversary of 100t h night mast er m inded by D an C E C I L and Gary PA L M E R and hel d o n 1 M a r c h at the River Bend C ount r y C l ub near W ashi ngt on , D C . A b o u t 8 3 R ed -

tags, wives and guests showed up to share in an event a d v er t i sed a s a “ magical evening, filled with enchantment and romance.” A ccordi ng t o t h o se i n a t t en d a n ce i t w a s a l l t h a t a n d m o r e . P h i l B R U C E l ed o f f w i t h a n

opening prayer, then Bill HUDSPETH accounted for each mi ssi ng classm ate (37 i n al l) . Gary PA L M E R shar ed some thought s o n h o w t o m ak e t he 20t h year r euni on at U SA FA a m em or able event . H is pit ch w as ( 1) ur ge your f ell ow classm at es t o com e, (2) volunt eer t o help plan t he class act ivit ies— C al l Gary at (202) 697-7580 or Bill R I L E Y at (303) 554-28 11— and (3) st art m ak ing plans t o be t her e!

A f t er the di nner . Bob and K at hy E V A N S led t he gr oup i n si ngi ng “ Sum mer L eave I s Over ” t he openi ng song f r om H ey , M r . B l u e . T h en ever yone j it t erbugged t o t he m usic of t he Flam eout s. Gary BE C K E R w as at Red Flag and coul dn ’ t m ak e it , but a t ape o f “ Fun G i r l ” f r o m t h e Flam eout s’ r ecor d k ept everyone j um ping . G ar y V A N V A L I N , D i ck M c C ON N and Steve C ON V E R gave t heir im pr essions on w hat t h e f u t u r e w ould br ing . G ar y gave the m ilit ar y per spect ive, D ick t h e i n t er n a t i o n a l

From lef t are L acy Veach, John Casper and Tom Brandon.

M E X I C A N R OU N D U P : Evan QU I RO S called f r om L ar edo a while back and we had an enj oyable chat . Evan is back i n h i s h o m et w o n r u n ning t he f am i ly r anch af t er get t i ng out i n ’ 76. T he r anch i s j ust a “ l it t le ol ’ place” w it h 5,500 head o f cat t le on 120,000 acr es, give or t ak e a f ew .

Evan says ever y day is di f f er ent : one day br andi ng, t he next day r oundi ng up , t he next w or k i ng t he boo k s on hi s I BM com put er . Roundups ar e t he t oughest ; t he f am ily uses a helicopt er , a C essna 182 and a M aule t o help

out the traditional cowboy on horseback. He and Mary h a v e t h r ee children between 14 and 17. They encourage anyone who’s i n t er est ed i n

r anch li f e t o st op by and see t hem . T hank s f or t he call , E van .

W H O ’S W H E R E : Because I ’ m w r it i ng t hi s in M ar ch , some o f t h i s i n formation may be old hat or even incorrect by the time you read it . H er e goes anyw ay . Ron A N T H O N Y is com m ander o f t he 4235t h St r at egic T r ai ni ng Squadr on at C ar sw ell ; G eor ge F I N A N and Guy H O G L E r esi d e i n A ust in , T X . Bill BO W E N m oved f r om G lendale, W I , t o N ort hbr ook ,

IL. Bill HUDSPETH left Army War Collep at Carlisle, P A f o r t h e P en

t agon and Special Oper at i ons (X O O S) . Rick C REE is vice pr esi dent of T andy C om put er L easi ng i n For t W or t h , T X . M ai RU D N E R l i v es i n W oodbr idge, C T . D on C RA I G I E m oved f r om San A nt onio , T X , t o C ol orado Spr ings and Space C om m and . Bob W A L K E R m oved f r om W r ight -Pat t er son t o M ountai n V iew , C A . C har les C O V E RT i s a psychol ogi st in H ouston , T X . Jay L eV A N is w it h Booz-A l len i n W a sh i ngt on , D C . Bo SA U N D E R S is w it h A A Bier o C onst r uct ion C ompany , al so i n t he W ashi ngt on ar ea.

Think about the 20th reunion and make plans now. See you t here!

H O M E C O M I N G 1986 F A L C O N S V S C SU 2 5 - 2 8 SE P T E M B E R The C lass of ‘66 celebr ates the 20th anni versary of 100th N ight.

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A ir Staf f (X OX X M ) , and D on H A R R I N GT O N cam e i n f r om H Q M A C I nt el t o r eplace Ji m on the Joi nt Staf f .

I r an int o C ar l M cP H E RSO N w ait ing f or t he bus at t he P ent agon . C ar l was here T D Y f r om his j ob at CE N T C O M and told me he w ill be going t o W ar ner -Robbi ns t his sum m er t o t ak e charge of t he C - 130 m a i n t en a n c e and r et r o f it pr ogr am at t he l ogi st ics cent er at Robbins. D o n M O T Z departs Defense Communications A gency here and heads t o K I Saw yer i n pict ur esque U pper M i chigan t o f ly K C- 135s. I ’ ve hear d a r u m o r t h a t D i c k

PERRY wilt go from I CA F to an A DO j ob at a B-52 wing o n t h e n o r t h er n

W ar m gr eet ings f r om our new home! T his year is t he cen t en n i a l o f o u r cit y ’ s f oundi ng, and t her e ar e big doi ngs af oot . E ven last year , “ A l abam a” w as j ust one of t he gr oups at t he St at e Fair w h i ch i s h el d her e; and t his year it is su pposed t o be even m ore spect acul ar . T he w hole com m unit y is abuzz. O f cour se, t he school k i ds ar e lear ning special songs f or t he f ai r . A m ong t hem — you guessed it : “ W e’ ve got co w s a n d chick ens and t hat ain ’ t no bul l ; W hy not M i-not . . . ” H aven ’ t f ou nd any classm ates her e, but I ’ve enj oyed get t ing r eac quai nt ed w i t h D ick C OE , ’ 68. W e were in 3r d Squadr on toget her , and r ecognized each ot her i m m edi ately mi nus a li tt le hai r . D i c k i s t h e c o m m ander of t he 5t h F I S, F- 15 “ Spit t in K itt ens.” H e has l ed t h em t o so m e super-high ratings, and now is headed for a year on cam pus at t he N W C about t he t im e you r ead t hi s.

Stu and Bar bar a W OO D thr ew t hei r claim int o t he r i ng w i t h t h e b i r t h a t T or rej on of L esl ie M ichelle on 16 Jan 86. St u is t he A D O at Z ar agoza. H e i s st ill f lying F-4s; but wit h t he conver si ons t o F- 16s and no per m anent stat i oned ai r cr af t , he does “ a lot of beggi ng f or f light s up i n Ger many .”

H asn ’t had any classm at es com e t hr ough nor t her n Spai n , t hough .

Stu ’ s w as the onl y let ter I got t hi s t im e. O nly t w o m o n t h s b et w een deadli nes dur ing t he m ost di f f i cult PC S w e’ve had , so I didn ’ t do any r esear ch , ei t her . But it ‘ s spr ingti me out side, and I f eel new ener gy . H ope you all do t oo !

Even t he A OG U pdat es w er e br ief t hi s t im e: John SC H M I D T i s n o w t he 4t h A T A F chief o f Reconnaissance at H ei delberg . K en M A R SH A L L

j ust moved the location of his law practice within N ew Y o r k . J o h n

H O L L ST E I N has m oved back t o L aur el , M D f r om D enver — again . (I s t his a r egular shut t le?)

H ave a gr eat sum m er !

M a r k T o r r ea n o

7837 G odol phin D r i ve Spri ngf ield , V A 22 153 H om e: (703) 455-89 19 O f f ice: (202) 797-6 163 Percen t m em bers: 62

Fi r st , t he det ai ls on t he C lass o f 1968 “ L et ’ s P ract ice F o r O u r 20 - Y ea r Reunion ” Reunion . (A pol ogize t o t hose o f you w ho get t he magazi ne t oo lat e t o r eact .) T he D .C . ar ea ’68er s w ill host a di nner o n 7 J u n e a t t h e Riverview C lub over look i ng t he P ot omac River on the N avy end of Boll i ng A FB . D r ess wi ll be casual , t he f ood and dr ink w ill be t ast y , and t he conver sati on lively . Ot her act ivit ies m ay yet be scheduled and i f not , design your ow n w il d w eek end w it h a f or m er r oomi e (or w hoever) . I f you ar e f r om out o f t ow n , m or e det ai ls ar e avail able f r om m e o r ca l l / w r i t e E d E BE R H A RT or D ick FA ST at A V 227-9225 or (202) 697-9225. N o ex cu ses t his t ime, St eve M cP H A I L !

W e ar e having a beaut i f ul spr i ng so f ar in D .C . and I hope your w eat her has been good . E aster m or ning I pr ied the cr ew o u t o f b ed f o r t h e sunr ise ser vice at A r li ngt on Cem eter y and w e f ound it ver y w or t hw hi le, so a f ew days later I t ook t he ki ds back t o see the T omb o f t h e U n k n o w n Soldier and Pr esident K ennedy ’ s gr ave. T hen o f f t o t h e T i d a l B a si n t o see t he cher ry blossom s and bum p i nt o C har lie and N ancy H O L L A N D .

C har lie gr aduat es f r om I CA F i n June and w i ll go t o t he A ir Staf f (X O O) as chief . A cqui sit i on and M oder nizat ion .

I t look s li k e w e w ill be pick i ng up st akes t his July and heading w est t o t he Spr i ngs, w her e I have a j ob as t he deputy t o t he U SSP A C E C M D polit ical advi sor , w ho is a f or eign ser vice of f icer assigned t o advise t he com m ander on poli ti cal m at t er s. I ’ m hopi ng t he Falcons c a n h o l d i t t oget her at least one m or e year so I can see my f ir st w inning season out o f 10 I ’ v e v i ew ed i n F a l co n St a d i u m .

M any ot her s w i ll also pick up and m ove or change j obs t h i s su m m er .

E d E BE RH A RT w ill l eave t he Pent agon f or quiet Ft M cN ai r a n d t h e N a t l W ar C ollege. D ick CO E w i ll j oin E d af t er passing on co m m a n d o f t h e 5t h F I S (F- 15) at M i not A F B , N D . T om O ’ BE I RN E w il l t r ade h i s N A T O plans j ob f or execing f or t he asst vice chief o f the A F . J i m R E E SE m o v ed f r om t he Sout h A sia desk i n JC S/ J5 t o chief . Sout h A si a b r a n c h o n t h e 46

t i er t h a t w i l l co n v er t t o B - l s.

I w as at M ax w ell A FB i n M ar ch f or t he A er ospace P ow er Sym posi um on space doct r ine host ed by A W C and saw D an A H E RN , our only classmate at A WC this year . Dan told me where he is going, I t hi nk it s t o t he Pent agon , but w ill have the det ail s f or you next co l u m n . M u st h a v e been the beer , D an . Roger SI N D L E is on t he A C SC staf f a n d t h i s su m m er

will take over the ROTC detachment at Samford University i n B i r m

i ngham , A L . H ar t sell BEC K ET T is a st udent at A C SC and w i l l b e a B - 5 2

operations of ficer on the A ir Staf f (XOO).

L et ter s: L at e C hr i st mas car d and lett er f r om Jay and Su e B A R N E S .

Jao is a 747 captain f or People’s Express and is reasponsible f o r a l l P E X crew scheduling. Sue, meanwhile, is in charge of People’s co n su m er a f fairs of fice. I guess Jay better set ’em down gentle l i k e o r Su e w i l l b e t h e first to know. Great family ef fort , guys. Jay and Sue w er e mar r ied j ust last year and now live in West Orange, NJ. With PEX n o w t h e 5 t h largest national airline since they acquired Frontier, Jay and Sue ar e busy but still have time for travels (England last year) at t hose bar gai n pr ices.

Denny and Barb FLYNN wrote f rom Germany where Denny i s t h e

com m ander o f t he civi l engi neer i ng sqdn r esponsible f or al l housi ng and f a ci l i t i es t h a t a r e “ o u t si d e t h e f en ce ’ ’ i n t h e R a m st ei n ar ea. T hey love

having all those castles to explore, the shopping, and the great travel op

port unit ies. T hey w ent t o Sw eden and C openhagen N ew Y ear ’ s (CO L D !) and plan a t r ip t o V eni ce i n M ay .

Carl WH ITTENBERG sent an announcement of his assumption o f command of the 4485th Test Sqdn (TA C) at Eglin in Feb. T h a t i s t h e u n i t that does a lot of the operational testing and evaluation o f n ew a v i o n i c s

syst em s f or our t act ical air cr af t . M ak e t hose cont r act or s ea r n t h ei r m oney , C ar l ! A nd I hear d t hat Bill BO W M A N has t aken c o m m a n d o f one o f t he t act ical r econnai ssance sqdns at Bergst r om A F B , T X . C ongr at s to bot h o f you .

N ew P laces: Jim (A .) JO H N SO N has ret ur ned f r om R hei n M ai n A B , G er many and i s now i n H er ndon , V A ; O .R . H A U SE i s i n G r af t on , V A ;

Don PA SKO has left Longmont , CO and is now in the Springs; G en e RO SE i s in U niver sal C it y , T X ; and Jack W E B B is a Gr i f f iss A FB , N Y

r esi d en t .

I nt el : A highly r eli able sour ce t ell s m e t hat E d E BE R H A RT i s i n v o l v ed i n a clandest ine caper i nvolving C u f f y K E L SO and hi s T -37 sqdn at C ol um bus A F B , M L M or e next t i me.

T hat ’ s it f or t his goar ound . L oo k f or m e i n your mai lbox l a t e su m m er .

M i c h a el R . T h i essen

Br ow n & T hiessen , P .C .

Sui te 2 12 1, C it y C enter Squar e K ansas C ity , M O 64 105 H ome: (9 13) 384-4779 O f f ice: (816) 474-4 114 P er c e n t m em b e r s : 5 9

K en N U SS w r it es f r om San D iego t hat he has recent ly been pr om ot ed t o chief . Space Flight O perati ons f or G ener al D ynam ics. H e w i l l b e i n volved in the f i r st i nter planet ar y space cr af t shut t le mi ssi ons, Gal ileo and U lysses. K en also r epor t s (his let t er w as r eceived pr i or t o t he r ecent shut t le t r agedy) t hat Guy GA RD N E R w as scheduled t o be on t he f i r st sh u t t l e launch out of V andenbu rg . K en sees Guy on hi s f r equent t r ips to t he Johnson Space C ent er w her e he al so sees Ji m SI M ON S w ho is a “ payload o f f icer . ” K en also k eeps in t ouch w it h Bi ll G R I FFI T H w h o i s w i t h

C o l o r a d o N a t u r a l G a s a n d l i v es w i t h h i s w i f e a n d t w o ch i l d r en i n M o n u

ment . D .K . L Y N N , my BCT r oom ie i n N i ner , al so w or k s a t G en er a l D ynam ics in engi neer ing st udies f or t he space stat i on . D .K . a n d w i f e L o r i have a new y oung one. F inally K en r eport s t hat D an T H O M A S is quit e happy and busy w it h hi s ow n business i n the San Jose a r e a .

Pet e L A K E is t he deputy divisi on chief T act ics D ivisi on a t O f f u t t . H e i s r esponsible f or all K C / EC - 135 tact ics-r elat ed issues f o r SA C . P et e i s m a r r ied , has tw o boys and a l ar ge black G er man shepher d . P et e n o t es t h a t Bob SC H U T T i s pr act icing or t hopedi c surgery i n C olor ado Spr i ngs and t hat George K OT T I and T om BA U M GA R D N E R ar e at SA C head quar t er s in P lans Pr ogr am s D i r ect or at e. Jim W I L L I A M S h a s b een a

KC-135 squadron commander at Plattsburg since November o f 19 8 5 .

M ike WA LDROP has been named a principal of Kurt Salmon

A ssociates, I nc., M anagem ent C onsult ant s. M i ke i s a sourci ng specialist w it h ex tensive exper ience in consum er appar el and accessor ies. M i k e a n d Becky ar e li ving i n t he N ashvil le ar ea.

L et ’s hear f r om some of our potent ial 0 -7s!

M i c h a el L . R o se

M cK A Y , t o L as V egas per sonal ly m eet w it h you and discuss t h e pr essing i ssues o f our t i me; namely t he Bluebonnet B o w l . H e w a s i nst r uct ed by m em ber s o f t he car t el t o m ake sur e you k n ew t h a t Joe K RE I M BO RG (A m er ican) , D anny U L L M E R (T -38 I P) , C huck B RA SH E R , Rick RO SSA , C har lie B RO W N , St eve D E H A V E N , and I w er e in at t endance and hand car r ied phot ogr aphic evidence t o subst ant iat e our clai m . Fur t her , h e t o o k you and your lovely w i f e out to di nner to ensure t hat a t l ea st sh e w o u l d h a v e so m e r ec o l l ec t i o n o f t h e ex i st en ce o f sa i d ev i d en c e .

2862 S. Cir cle D r ive, Suite 206 C olor ado Spr i ngs, C O 80906-4 118 H ome: (303) 634-3050 O f f ice: (303) 576-63 14 P er c en t m e m b er s : 60

Since t he w i nter i ssue o f t he m agazi ne has not r eached your doo r st eps by t he tim e o f t hi s w ri t ing, m y r equest f or a replacem ent as class secr et ar y has not r eceived a l ot o f r esponse. D ue t o some new per sonal and busi ness com m it ment s, I have f ound it necessary t o cut back on som e o f my ex t r acur r icular act ivit ies. A ct uall y , I t hink t hat af t er about f ive year s or so I have f i nally “ bur ned out .’ ’ T he colum n w i ll be unusually br ief t hi s quar t er due t o l a c k o f m a t er i a l .

T he only new s I received involves relocat ions, nam ely : R i c h a r d D O W N I N G t o Spri ngf ield , V A ; T om P RA T T t o U niver sal C it y , T X ; and D ave W I T T N E BE RT t o Rantoul , I L .

T hank s f or t he oppor t unity t o be of ser vice to t he C l a ss o f 19 70 a n d b e su r e t h a t I w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e t o a ssi st w i t h f u t u r e cl a ss a ct i v i t i es o n a l i m i t ed

basis. I have f ound a new C lass Scr ibe so send your f ut ur e input s t o Jer ry B RU N I , 6325 Snow bir d D ri ve, Col orado Spr i ngs, C O 809 18. Jer r y ’s phone num ber s are (303) 633- 1793 at t he o f f ice and (303) 528-8736 at home. Y our s t ruly , M i k e Rose.

Ralph Getchell

5 840 A u c k l a n d D r i v e

A l t hough I am a f l ight exam i ner at A m er ican A i r li nes (along w it h Sean R I L E Y , C huck B RA SH E R , and Bil l PU RC E L L ) , I a l so pr act ice law f ull t i me. T heref ore, I t hink it only f air t o w ar n you t hat unless you publi sh a pict ur e o f me in your next col um n , I w il l have no choice but t o em ploy cert ain m easures t o enj oin y o u agai nst f ur t her m angl i ng of our collecti ve r eput at ions (not t o men t i on t he E nglish language!) .

Sincer ely , R ick R . B A R T O N

T exan/ A t t or ney EP I L O GU E : I t w as r eally nice o f Rick t o w r it e most o f my col um n . I t w as even nicer f or Paul M cK A Y t o bid f or a t r ip t o L as V egas and spend som e t i me w i t h us. Over a gr eat dinner . Paul al so ment ioned t h a t t h e great D odo him sel f , J .D . M cB R I ET Y , now r esides w it h w i f e L i n d a i n River side, CA w her e he i s em ployed by A er oj et E lect r o Syst em s.

S{!«aking of bar rooms, who should appear at the legendary N el l i s C l u b

but t he t er r i ble t r i o of A ndy M E L O Y , Geor ge SU T T L E R , a n d M i k e RO B I N SO N . A ll t hr ee f ly F-4s w i t h t he A labam a G uar d a n d w er e i n t o w n f or Red Flag .

C OA : T hi s i ssue’ s change-o f -addr ess car ds cam e i n w i t h a very shor t suspense, so her e are t he highlight s. Pet e RE N SE M A h a s m o v ed t o A l b u quer que, T om V RA N I SH has lef t t he colds o f M i not f or K i rt l and , V andy V A N D EN BE RG now r esi des in M iam i , Jesse C U RT I S is in Pensacola, and D an D A L EY is in Rapid C it y , SD . M ar k W I T M A N has sh i f t ed C ali f or nia addresses t o U pland and L t C ol (D r) H ank T H O D E i s i n River dale, U T . Fi nal ly , St eve M A RT I N has com e i n f r om t h e co l d a n d af t er a l ong per iod in t he A O G s purgator y o f old addr esses is now l ivi ng in L it t let on , C O .

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T . J . M a n c u so

480 South K ingst on C i r cle A ur or a, C O 800 12 H om e: (303) 343-423 1 W or k : (303) 86 1-7000

C L A SS O F 7 1 C H E C K P O I N T S D ea r M r . G et ch el l

For the past few years, I have read your column with great in terest as it is ou r pr i mar y m eans of k eeping t r ack o f c l a ssm a t es w ho are unf or t unat e enough t o l ive out si de t he gr eat st a t e o f T exas. Since you obviously rely on unsubst ant i ated b a r r o o m r um or s f or m ost o f your colum ns, w e in t he D allas-For t W o r t h area have spared no expense to provide you with the latest , m ost up-to-dat e i nf or m at i on .

A s r ecent ly as last m ont h , we even w ent so f ar as t o sen d o u r

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W orl d T r avel i ng: I ’ m w r it i ng t his on an ai r plane on a one-day out-and-back t o Sa l t L a k e

City from Denver, so it ain’t gonna win no class-news P u l i t zer . T h er e ’ s a shor t f u se t o t he edit or , because t hey w ant ever ybody in ’86 to get a copy

special emissary from the great windy city of Chicago, P a u l

o f ’P oin ts f or gr aduat ion , so t he new lieut enants (and “ lieutenet t es’ ’) can see w hat “ l i f e in t he 2 1st cent ur y ’ ’ (that ’ s r ight : add it up) holds f or them .

T hi s colum n should mak e t hei r day .

My biggest mistake of the last quarter was inviting D a v e K E R B E R o u t

t o dinner . H e decl i ned , and pr om pt ly invit ed m e t o help hi m m ove t he following weekend. (Nice guy, eh?) A couple of six-packs lat er , we had

the plastic flamingos planted in Dave’s front yard, a n d D a v e w a s co n sidering going door-to-door to borrow things from his new neighbor s.

N ice house, and any o f you or your f r iends ar e w elcome t o sleep over any

t i m e . T r u st m e .

D ave has f ound the cr ock at t he end of t he rainbow , and is now a par t

n er i n h i s l a w f i r m .

C hri st mas car d f or t he R eagan er a: “ Best w ishes f or a Revoluti onar y

Christmas and a New Year of Heightened Production . . . f r o m Nicaragua Libre.’ ’ Gary GRA PPO is in M anagua, trying t o explain Contra-A id. He claims that from there, “ M inot looks good .’ ’ H is f i r st

post ing as a f or eign service o f f i cer all ow s him “ t o enj oy t he f r uit s of t he Revolut ion , ’ ’ as a vice-consul . Fu nny how he lef t t he m i lit ar y and ends up

c l o ser t o c o m b a t .

G r eg ST O D D A R D st opped over a couple o f night s ago w hi le vi sit i ng

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Jer i and R ick Bar ton wi th D ebbie M cK ay , (p hoto cour tesy of P aul M cK ay Sp or ts E nterp r ises, L td.)

his brother in Denver . Greg, a 747 captain (that ’s r ight , he’ s i n comm and) out of (argg) Newark, is a walking motivator to try A m t r ac. H e p r om ises

t hat on his next t r ip t o E ur ope, he w ill sear ch out E .P .A . law yer Par k

“ Toxic Dump’ ’ HA NEY, who is working with the West German g o v e r n ment on environmental matters, and undoubtedly unravelling t h e f a b r i c 47

of A merican diplomacy. Greg thinks Park is due back st atesi de soon , i f not declar ed p ersona non gr ata.

Other I owa airline pilots include James L IVINGSTON, w h o ’ s m o v ed to Naperville, I L as a pilot for Midway out of Chicago.

There were no highlights of a Super Bowl weekend, but D oug H I L L

and f el low U nited dr iver St eve BA R RY w ere among t hose att em pt ing an over dose on M exican f ood at Ron G O L L E M O N s. O n t he high-li f e side, look f or M ar k and K at hy O I N E SS at Boet tcher C oncert H a l l E a st er

weekend, sipping the high-heart with some of Denver’s b u si n ess el i t e .

Back in col or f ul C ol or ado is St eve H O Y L E , w ho lef t F rem ont , C A f or

lovely Colorado Springs. I don’t know what his new j ob is, but t her e

seems t o be a l ot of act ivity ar ound someplace called “ See- So c k . ” T h a t ’ s j ust w hat I r ead i n t he paper .

A not her R ocky M oun tain N ews it em : it seems, t he st or y goes, t hat t he

younger A F cadets are taking advantage of the “ one m i st a k e ” h o n o r c a k e — you know, saving up one lie/ cheat/ steal/ toleration f o r w h i c h d i sc r e tion is routinely allowed during the first two years. T he st ory r eads li ke they treat violations of the Code the way we treated w eek ends dur i ng

t hir d-class year ; save up t he one you get t il l you n eed i t . N o i n t en t t o edi tor ial ize — I ’ m j ust r eport ing a new s st ory in t he local paper s.

(Editor ’s note: See related story on page 25 of this issue concer ning the superintendent ’s resp onse to this and another similar news ar ticle.)

New addresses: Ed QUINN is in A rlington, VA ; Charles B R O W N i s a t

M ar ch A FB , C A ; M ar k W I L L I A M S i s at A PO SF 96334, w here t h e weather is predictable; William PORTER is in Abilene, T X ; D ar r yl and K at hleen M A RSH A L L ar e now eit her l iving at D -FW , T X or j ust usi ng i t as a box addr ess. N ice big pl ace, b ut don ’t you get a lot o f noisy neighbor s?

A not her FSO , Pat M OO N , has m oved f r om one apar t m ent i n D .C . t o another , w hich means he must have got ten a pr om ot i on . P h i l N O R T H i s

in Hampton, VA ; and Terry SCH IESSLER is at an A PO NY n u m b er .

Don’t ask me why, but Curt ELY has left Ft . M cNair, D C , f or Ft . Pen ning, GA . Robert SPI L LERS is in Springfield, VA ; Bob C H A P M A N i s at M ontgomery, A L ; Charles GREER is in the lovely metropolis o f M organ, UT ; and Dave MORRISON is in A nn A rbor , M L Tony ORR is an engineer in area station design at Wright-Pat , a n d l i v ing in Beavercreek, OH . Fran DOYLE must have lost a lot ter y , and f inds hi m slef in A lt us, O K . John FU SS is in Bellevil le, I L ; B r i a n V O O R H E E S

is also in M ontgomery; and Pat BURKE is in Hollis, N H .

Pat ROONEY — give us a call and let us all know why you ’ r e now i n t he Post O f f i ce Box in G ul f Shor es, A L .

Well , doolie summer will soon be descending on the f oot hill s, and t he dooli es. I f t he “ you ’ r e only as old as you f eel ” depar t ment , m any o f t hi s sum mer ’ s basics w er e not yet bor n w hen w e f i r st st um bl ed a cr o ss t h e t er r az z o .

Keep ’em flying, and drop-kick us a letter before or a f t er t h e su m m er m o v es.

Rick K ar vosky

C o m m a n d er

27t h Services Squadr on Cannon A FB , N M 88103 A V : 6 8 1- 2 3 8 1

W e had a m ini-C E reu nion her e in M ar ch . Fr an L OV E (June) w a s i n one o f our cour ses. Fr an is t he chief o f oper at ions i n t he C E squad r on at K eesler A F B . Fr an , T im BEA L L Y (Y ong) , and I got t o cat ch up on class

gossip. Russ GI L BERT was supposed to be a guest speaker b u t h a d t o cancel at t he l ast mi nute. R uss is assigned t o t he Engineering and Services D ir ect or ate at A ir St af f . I t w ould have been nice havi ng f our C E m aj or s

(get the pun) together, but the others in the of fice caut ioned us agai nst

cr eat ing a cr it ical mass.

Si nce t he last new slet ter . I ’ ve been T D Y t o seven bases. I ’ m glad t o be

leaving A FIT soon because Gramm-Rudman already canceled a l l b u t o n e of t he rest o f my T D Y s at A F I T . I w il l be at tending school at L ow r y f or

three weeks in A pril . I hope to do some sking and also visit t he A cadem y .

W hi le T D Y , I r an i nt o M i k e C U T T E R (Judy) i n t he o f f icer s’ c l u b a t M at her A F B . M i ke i s assigned t o t he navigat or t r aining squadr on at M at her . I t r ied t o get hold o f A r nie PE N I X (Bonnie) w h i l e i n Sa n A n t oni o one night but m issed hi m . M ik e FA R R (T er esa) is gett ing his master ’ s degr ee her e at A F I T . H e and I bow l i n t he same league. I not iced in t he 20 Jan 86 edi t ion o f A F Times, Fr ed K N O W L E S (P at r icia) lef t E ielson f or Suw on A B , K or ea.

I r eceived a let t er f r om M i k e G R I FF I T H (D ebor ah) . M ik e o f f er ed a

new Class of ’73 trivia question — “ What ever happend t o

Charles CLA TTERBA UGH (L ois) to Gunter A FB; Ed HEI SEY t o A l ex andria, VA ; Ron TA YLOR (Carol) to Costa M esa, CA ; M ike T I L L M A N (Brenda) to George A FB; Craig MA CPHERSON (Pat) to Ramstein A B ; Jim A RNETT (Priscilla) to L ima, Peru; Ed PREBLE (Pamela) t o G a l en a A FS, A K; Clarence BROM BEREK to H ermosa Beach, CA ; Scott MCLA UGH L IN (Denise) to Charleston A FB; Dave M ITCHEL L (Janet) to Los A ngeles A FS as the assistant to director of Pr ogr am s/ Budget H Q Space Division; Jim VITELL I to Colorado Springs; and V i c B R I G H T (Phyllis) to HQ TA C, Langley A FB. Keep those change-of-address c a r d s comi ng.

The Southwest Ohio Chapter of the A OG is hosting their St a t e o f t h e Wing Dinner and Dance on 4 A pril . The commandant . Brig. G en . (maj or general selectee) A nderson, will be the guest speaker. I w i ll give y ou a recap of General A nderson’s talk in the next issue.

The response f or the two contests have been nil . You guys ar e t ough .

I ’m dropping the quotation contest but will stick with t h e t r i v i a co n t est a bit longer. The first quote was the definition of a k i ss by D r . H enr y G ib bons. The second was by Geroge Washington in an A ddress t o C ongr ess in 1790 . I ’ m st i ll w ai t ing f or you all t o answ er t he t r ivia quest ions. Show your knowledge and call me. A lso, send me any trivia quest ions y ou m ay have deal ing w i t h ou r class.

T hat ’ s it f or t hi s i ssue. I hope you r sp ri ng w as enj oyable. H a v e a sa f e sum mer and k eep t hose let ter s and car ds com i ng i n . D on ’ t f orget t he w onder f ul and new invent ion w e now have — t he t el ephone! I f you ’ re ever i n C lovis, N M look m e up . I may even be able t o get you a r oom i n t he V OQ !

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I k now it w ill alm ost be sum m er bef or e you get t his i ssue, but I ’ m

writing this on the first day of spring. The weatherman j ust said t he w i nd chill is around 10 degrees F. It was 58 degrees yesterday m or ni ng. C ol o rado isn’t the only place weather changes fast . The C l a ss o f 19 86 sh o u l d have graduated by the time you get this issue so please j oi n me i n w ishi ng t hem good luck i n t heir A i r F or ce car eer s.

I haven’t gotten much news f rom out there this time, a n d w e w er e h i t with another short suspense. In fact , the winter issue h a s n o t co m e o u t yet . I guess then the big news is my PCS assignment t o C annon A F B , N M in May. Cannon was one of the stops on our ZI Field T r ip i n 1970. I ’ ll be the squadron commander for the 27th Services Squadron. Funny , m e as a squadron commander . It took awhile, but the Air Force f inally r ecog nized my capabilities. H a! Ha! I hope you’re reading t hi s upst air s because it ’s getting deep in here. I really am looking f orward t o t he chal lenge. I get to run the dining hall, billeting, mortuary af fairs, honor guar d , dor mitories, etc., in addition to the commander responsibilities. A f t er 13 years in civil engineering, it’ll be a new career field f or me. U nt il I get set tled, use the address and phone number above. This w i l l b e t h e cl o sest I ’ve been assigned to Colorado since graduation and I w ill enj oy it .

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M ike

Gr i f f it h?’ ’ W ell , I ’ ll t el l you all . H e i s com m anding t h e U S F o r ces P o l i c e i n K ai ser slaut er n W est G er m any . I t ’ s a j oi nt A F/ A r my u n i t o f SP s a n d M Ps r esponsible f or o f f -base law enf or cement f or about 82,000 A mer icans. H i s most m em or able t im e w as guar ding Pr esident Reagan during his visit to Germany. M ike, his wife, and their t hr ee-year -old daught er , K el ly , ar e havi ng f un t our i ng Ger m any and goi ng t o w inef est s.

I received a bunch of address changes. Bar ry SC H E I N O ST m o v ed t o another house in Omaha; Chesley SULLENBERGER to Belmont , C A ;

Y ou r A cadem y N eeds Y ou r H el p !

The annual A ir F orce A cademy F und supp or ts many wor th while cadet and A cademy p r ograms f or which f ederal f unds are unavailable.

P l ease sen d y ou r t ax -ded u ct i bl e d o n at i o n n o w !

M i k e C a r t er

2263 Pt ar m igan L ane C olor ado Spr i ngs, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 593- 1480

J e f f H a c k et t 18 2 5 E . J ea n i n e D r i v e

A V : 2 59 -4 1 12

T em pe, A Z 85284 H ome: (602) 83 1-9439 W or k : (602) 345-6504

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STA RTERS: A t this writing it ’s springtime in the Rockies. A f t er o n e o f

t he m i ldest w int er s i n hist ory , over 15 r ecord-set ti ng days, w e have set t led into a nice pattern of warm days and cool evenings. ’T is a pleasur e t o l ive am ongst t his awesom e set t ing. T hi s pr obably m eans t hat w e ’ l l h a v e a f o o t o f snow w it hin the w eek . A f t er a r ecor d set ti ng issue, a f ull page of pr int w it h t w o , count ’ em , tw o pict ur es, it seem s that t he w el l has d r ied up .

Since t he last i ssue, I have r eceived N O car ds or let ter s. I f t h i s i ssu e i s smal l , it s si mply that I have lit t le t o r epor t . So w i t h t hat t ongue-lashing out of t he w ay , on w i th t he new s!

OOPS! Two issues ago I reported that Howie DEUNK was f lyi ng T -38s f or N A SA . W r ongo M oose-Face! I r eally blew t hat one. H e cur r ent ly is at Gr issom A F B , I N and is f lyi ng K C - 135s. Sor ry about that . A nd , w hile I ’ m at it , t he w i nner o f t he most int er est ing j ob cont est w a s K en D I P R I M O , not hi s alter-ego M ar io .

FOL K S: Since I di dn ’ t get any m ai l , I t hought t hat I w ould pr esent some local color . Bill Y U C U I S has been here at U SA FA i n t h e a st r o department almost three years now and is moving on t o ot her t hi ngs. H e reports that he is whiling away the hours waiting to leave i n M ay t o f l y F- 16s. H e w il l be at L uk e A F B unti l A ugust and t hen o n t o K u n sa n , K or ea. W hile Bi ll i s i n K or ea, Becky and t hei r tw o gi r ls, Bet hany (5 yr s) and A my (4 yrs), will be remaining at the USA FA . Becky is r elyi ng on

half-day schools to keep her sanity over the next 18 m o n t h s. I n a d d i t i o n to flying T-41s, teaching, and working in the department . B i l l h u st l es r a quetball at the cadet gym. A s a result , he will be playi ng in t he A ir For ce Tournament this spring. By the time you get this issue, a l l w i l l b e o v er i n cluding the shouting as the tournament was to have been 28 A pr-2 M ay .

Regardless, congratulations Bill f or having been invited to play .

Bill reports the following happenings f or classmates. C hi p W I L D E is at Luke A FB teaching people how to fly F-16Cs. Jef f and L o r i JA C O B S a r e a t N el l i s A F B w h er e J e f f i s a l so i n F - 16 s a n d a l so i s h ea d ed f o r K u n sa n .

We can all sleep safer now because ’74 is out there k eepi ng t he “ Red H o r d es’ ’ i n c h ec k . J o h n a n d K a r en R I V E R S a r e a l so a t N el l i s w h er e J o h n

is teaching F- 15s at the Weapons School . Bill’s f inal r em a r k i s a n i n v i t a tion to anyone passing through Kunsan next year to look hi m up . H e’ s sur e t hat t he one t hi ng you ’ l l need w ill be di rect ions because i f you ’ re t here, you must be l ost .

OPP ORT U N I T Y : D on ’ t mi ss t he gr eat oppor t uni ty t o pur chase o n e o f

the nifty class crest stickers like the one pictured a b o v e . T h ese a r e l e f t over from homecoming and are going on sale for $1. T h i s i n cl u d es postage, carrying charges, packing and handling, interest , tax , and i n sur ance. So be t he f i r st or second on your bl ock t o have one of t hese r eally swell st ick er s. Just w r i te t he A O G of f ice and include your check or m oney-or der f or $ 1.

M A I L : N o n e.

C H A N G E-O F-A D D R E SS C A R D S: T he f oll ow i ng change-o f -addr ess car ds have ar r ived . Jim PA Y N E i s at Edw ar ds A F B , CA . H e says t hat t he F- 16X L C om bi ned T est For ce w ent out of busi ness tak i ng o n e o f t h e b est

j obs in the A F with it . He is now a staf f instructor a t t h e T est P i l o t Sch o o l . M i k e C R A N F O R D h a s r et u r n ed t o t h e h o m el a n d a s a r esu l t o f moving from Newark, NJ to Colorado Springs. Ron FLY h a s r el o c a t ed t o

A lexandr ia, V A . John FA I R has made a long j um p f r om Rent on , W A t o H i ll A FB , U T . Rich FE D O R S m oved nor t her ly f r om Bl yt hevi lle A F B , A R t o Rome, N Y . Final ly , Ji m M C C L U RE has m oved cr oss-count ry f r om Beale A FB , CA t o Bossier C i ty , L A , more com m only k n o w n a s Bar k sdale A FB , L A .

FI N A L E : T hat ’ s about it . K eep m e i nf or med o f all t hat ’ s happening t o you and your f am il ies. I ant icipate t hat t he next colum n w i l l b e t h e i n f amous A C SC issue. U nt il t hen , may God bless each and everyone of y ou and your f am i lies as you f ace t he PC S-season ahead . K eep me i nf or m ed of al l t hat ’ s new because, believe it or not , t here is som ebody out t her e w ho is interested . Bye f or now .

G et a F r i en d t o J o i n t h e A O G

A nnual M embership: $25 L I F E M E M B E R SH I P S A V A I L A B L E

T E A M M E ET I N G : W e’ r e not t hat f ar i nt o t he season guys b u t I ’ m st ar t ing t o get a lit t le concer ned about our lack o f p unch . I received one let ter and one phone cal l t hi s t i me. . . O -N -E ! I n case you don ’ t remem ber I w as no t t he t op academ ic (nor , appar ent ly t he m ost popular) grad in our class; my creativity is being stretched to the limits. O k ay , m aybe m y game plan to have rival factions challenge one another in each issue w as goo f y (read “ C adet ly ” ) and per haps t he Checkp oin ts publ isher s h a v e m a d e l i f e t ough by get t i ng ever y i ssue out af ter m y deadli ne f or t he f ol low ing m agazi ne. But heyyy ! T his ai n ’ t no gam e! W e’ r e t he C l a ss o f ’ 7 5 ! W e ’ r e not goi ng t o give up , ar e w e?! ? I mean it ’ s ti me t o get our sk ivies and shower clogs on , go out i n t he hall , t hr ow dow n our t ow els, and show people what w e’ r e m ade o f !

T ell you w hat I ’ m goi ng t o do ; t he T A C f ol k s and t he air li ne pi lot s get a r epr ieve t his t i me. I ’ ve done enough b usi ness f l yi ng t o k n o w t h a t I sh o u l d expect airline pilots to be “ unavoidably delayed due t o equipment pr ob lem s.’ ’ A nd how can w e blam e our “ Fighter A ces’ ’ w ho have pr obably been busy t ryi ng t o ar range or der s f or an exchange t our w it h t he N avy on boar d t he next boat t o L ibya? W e mere m ort als w il l c u t y o u g u y s so m e slack , push back the schedule and w ai t t o hear your t a l es .

A N D T H E N T H E R E W E R E . . . t w o l ess t h a n l a st t i m e I w r ot e. By now I ’ m sur e you ’ ve al l hear d t hat D ave M cC A RT H Y and E d M A L L O have passed f r om our r an k s. I got t he phone call about E d i n l a t e Febr uar y and w as only slightly r ecover ed w hen I saw t h e l o ca l n ew sc a st concer ni ng D ave’ s m id-ai r t he f i r st w eek o f M ar ch . I t ’ s a st r angely posit ive/ negat ive t hing t o be w it h classmates at a M em or ial Ser vice; i t w as good t o see Byr on H U D D L E ST ON , M i k e B I E D E RM A N , and Buzz M A ST E R S a t t h e o f f - b a se ser v i ce f o r D av e .

M A K E I T ST O P M O M M Y ! Y o u a l l r em em b er t h a t sc en e f r o m T h e

Ex or cist . W ell I t hi nk D eb w il l t est i f y t hat my head spi ns around on m y shoulder s ever y t i m e I pick up a change-o f -addr ess ca r d . N o n et h el ess h er e w e go ; C ar l and K ar en V A N P E L T are m oving on up (possibly i n m o r e w ays t han one) f r om A r m ed For ces St af f C ollege in H am pton , V A t o assignment s unk now n in A r li ngt on . W hatever leader ship voi d may have t em por ar ily been cr eat ed by C ar l ’ s depar tu re f r om t he T i d ew a t er a r ea w a s quick ly f illed by M ar k SC H O N I N G w ho escaped H Q SA C f or (H QT A C ?) N or f ol k . I n t he “ W her e w er e you t he last t im e I got pul led over ?’ ’ depar t m ent w e f ind Ji m M A R BU RG E R and Roy GO O D A L E w ho are bot h at tor neys her e i n t he P hoenix area. Got change o f addr esses on bot h o f t hem (m oving up to wn o f cour se!) .

SPEA K I N G OF RE A D I N G T H E FI N E P R I N T . I got a change o f a d dr ess on D on H EN N E Y and loo ked i nt o t he R egister of Gr ads to t r y t o sort out t he st or y . D i d you m i ss it your f i r st t im e t hr ough t oo ! D on ’ s been t oughi ng i t out as an associate pr of essor o f aer ospace st u d i es a t U C L A !

D ir t y w or k but som ebody has t o do it . I must have nodded of f du r ing t he lesson in M T w her e t hey explained how a guy li k e Ji m H E R I OT could go f rom C aptai n , U SA F t o 2L t , U SA FR . I t hink you allow ed your sel f t o be used in one t oo m any m ed school exper iement s Ji m .

I F Y O U W R O T E M E Y O U R SE L F I W O U L D N ’ T H A V E T O U SE Y O U R F U L L G O D - G I V E N N A M E ! St r a t f o r d B A N N I ST E R h a s d o n e

t he Fl or i da shu f f l e goi ng f r om O r ange Par k t o N ar anj a (i sn ’ t t hat w her e G r asshopper m oved w hen K ung F u w ent o f f t he ai r ?) . W a l t er SC H E L L also made a local m ove, i n Om aha, and i f I read t he car d cor r ect ly he’ s picked up a w i f e along t he w ay (M arj or ie, an ’ 80 gr ad) . M a r t i n R . ST Y T Z appar ent ly couldn ’ t stand it quit e t hat close t o “ home’ ’ a n d h a s l ef t C o l o rado Spr i ngs f or M i nnesot a.

A L O N E , U NA R M ED A N D O U T -O F-SU M T ER . O ne new ai r line pilot did tak e t he t im e t o let us k now t hat he had escaped 9A F , Shaw A F B , and Sumt er , SC . Ralp h PA U L is based in Bost on w i th D elt a t hese days.

A nd t he l one-lett er aw ar d goes t o JT and M eg W O L T E R w h o c l a i m t hat it w as t r uly t hei r creat ivi ty and not t heir pr ocrast inat ion t h a t l ed t h em t o sen d V a l en t i n e l et t er s i n st ea d o f C h r i st m a s l et t er s t his year . Right .

G uess t hey and t he k i ds ar e enj oyi ng t hei r new house o f f - b a se a t G r a n d For k s and are som ew hat r eluctant ly expect i ng r eassignment i n t h e n o t t oo-di st ant f ut ur e. I t hin k t hey m ay have been i n on so m e o f J i m H er i o t ’ s M ed School exper i m ent s.

W A R N I N G : D O N O T O P E RA T E H EA V Y M A C H I N E R Y . I f I don ’t

get some let t er s and/ or call s f r om t he ai r li ne pilots and T A C guys I w il l devote t he ent ir e next i ssue t o st or ies about my per sonal ’ 7 5 er f r i en d s (bot h o f t hem) w hich w il l surely m ak e t he nor m al per son dr ow sy . Pi ck up

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the pen or phone today you toads. Get really radical and send a pi ct ur e!

D on’ t put i t o f f ’ t il l t om or r ow ; it ’ s lat er t han you t h i n k !

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Hey, gang! H omecoming is getting closer, and I ’m getting ex ci t ed

about it ! G lenn V E RA is handling t he af f air f or our class, and t hey ’ ve already got the plans in full swing. I sent back his f i r st survey t oday ( 17 M ar ch) , and have m y m otel reser vat ions. I f , by t he ti me you read t hi s, you haven ’ t hear d f r om G lenn , or i f you ’ d li k e t o hel p i n some w ay , w r i te: ’76 Reunio n , G lenn V er a, 76 15 G ibr alt er D r ive, C olor ado Spr ings, C O 809 18, Phone: (303) 599-5 195, or A V 259-37 10 .

Joe W Y SO C K I called me last night . H e’ s busy planni ng our class par ty , w hich i s T hur sday , 25 Sept em ber , at t he Pet er son A F B O f f i c er s’ C l u b .

T he Puck is t ent at ively planning a get -t oget her f or all t he G r im Reaper s, so i f you wer e i n 3 1st Squadr on , give Joe a call . See you all i n t he ’ Spr i ngs on the last w eek end i n Septem ber .

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A s you k now , t he Falcons beat T exas at t he Bluebonnet B o w l . O u r class w as w ell r epr esented . Pat and D ebby BU RBA N K w er e t h er e — P a t ’ s in charge of physical condit ioning f or OT S at L ack land (t ough j ob !) . A t t he gam e, Pat saw Bob G A R D N E R , w ho ’ s in D FL at U SA FA ; Buddy and K at hy L O T T — Buddy is w it h Gener al D ynam ics in For t W or t h ; and t he N E W br ot her s, L ar r y (F- 15) and T er r y (F- 16) , bot h f r o m h er e a t N el lis. L ar ry w ill be going t o K adena t hi s spr i ng. Pat says t hat ot her guys in the San A nt oni o ar ea ar e St ef E I SE N , M i ke GOU L D , Jef f BE C K E R , Randy SC H A V R I E N , and K i r k BE L L , w ho w or ks f or A mer ican E x pr ess. Pat al so says t hat Bob N O RM A N i s at W right -Pat , J o h n T W I D D Y i s an F-4 I P at Geor ge, and Br ad JO N E S i s at M ar ch i n K C - l Os . T h a n k s f or t he cal l , Pat !

H O M E C O M I N G 19 8 6 25-28 Sept em ber F A L C O N S v s C SU

Get T ogether W ith Y our Classmates M ark y our calendar now!

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Bob D O BSO N w r ote a let t er . H e, w i f e T er r i , and k id s M i ch el l e a n d Br adley are at T r avi s i n C - 14 1Bs, af t er an A T C t our . O t h er s a t T r a v i s a r e Scot t and C andy , plus t hr ee, CA V A L I E R , C-5s — Scott i s a l so t h e 2 2 A F exec. D ave T E R I FA Y and f am ily lef t T r avis last July f or pr ivat e busi ness i n Redlands, C A and K C - l Os i n t he Reser ves at M arch . M u f f N I SSI N G i s r em o t e a t A l t u s a s a C - 14 1B I P . St ev e W I L SO N i s i n C - 14 1s a t M c C h o r d .

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Joe and Becky M A RC H I N G dr ove dow n f or t he game w it h J e f f a n d Jenny C RO SS — Joe and Jef f ar e bot h E-3A I P s at T i nker . J o e w r o t e a n d said t hat he saw some m or e people at t he post-gam e par t y which w as t hr ow n by t he N or t h T exas C hapter : H al H O L T , w ho ’ s w i t h N o r t h w est O r ient (Joe w anted t o r em i nd H al o f t he O r ange Bow l ou tcom e) ; St eve SA C ON E , w ho is w it h T I ; C r aig M A N SON , D EL , U SA FA ; John A N D RE W ?; Steve P RU SS, a H oust on law yer ; and some ot her s w h o w er e blur ry . O t her s at T ink er in t he E-3 ar e D anny and Barb A C OC K , G ary and M ar y SCO G G I N S, D an K A I SE R , and Bil l and Bar bar a T R O E G N E R . O t h er ’ 7 6 er s J o e h a s seen o r t a l k ed t o i n cl u d e Rob BY C H , F-4s at George; St eve RO B I N SO N f lies C -2 1s; and L ance a n d L i n d a K JE L D G A A RD , JA G at RA F M i ldenhall , had a baby gi r l i n D ecem b er .

T hank s, Joe. Bil l B RU N D A GE w r ote — he’ s st udyi ng at H ar var d r ight n o w . H e a n d w i f e D ilys, plus daught er s K r i sten and L yndsey , lef t D yess and C - 130s last sum mer t o go back t o school . H is plan is t o gr aduat e, t hen go t o U SA FA to t each . I f you need a cont act i n M assachuset t s, f ind B i l l c/ o G o v er n ment D epar t m ent , L it t auer C ent er , H ar var d U niver sit y , C amb r idge, M A 02 138. Bil l has som e inter est i ng point s t o m ak e: “ M y — doesn ’ t 10 year s seem li k e a long t im e (Obser vat ions # 1)? I t f eels a lot bet ter i f you i m mediat ely f or get Observat i on # 1 (Obser vati on #2) .’ ’ H appy st udying.

and D onna D I T T M E R ar e at H ollom an i n A T -38s, w hile R o b a n d B et h PA RK E R ar e at M acD il l — he’ s an F- 16 I P . Jay H E PP N E R f l i es f o r U PS — he and w i f e M ar y live in Reno . T ed and C hr ist ie D E T R I C K l i v e i n M inneapoli s w her e T ed f l ies f or N ort hw est . M ar c JA C O BS i s a l so w i t h N or t hw est out o f M inneapol is, but he and w i f e C hri st ine l i v e i n N ew M exico . T hank s f or t he in f o . Bob !

T he l ong-lost L ar r y SM I T H w r ot e. L ar ry ’ s an engineer w i t h M cD onnel l-D ouglas, and w or k s on t he F- 15E pr oj ect — t hat ’ s one w ay t o get i nt o it ! H e and dar t ha have t w o chil dren : E r i k (3) and A l lison (9 m ont hs) . Sm it t y says t hat John B U R N S w or k s dow n the h a l l f r o m h i m i n sof t w are development . Sm it ty is hopi ng t o get int o t he M i ssour i A N G , in a C E posi t ion . See you at t he r euni on , Smi tt y !

FR OM T H E A OG : H ugh SM I T H lives i n W al nut G r ove, C A ; K ei t h ST E I N BA U G H , P lano , T X ; D ave and K ymber le M cE L W E E ar e i n G er m any — he’ s an F-4F exchange pil ot w i t h Jabogeschw ader 3 5 . W h ew !

C har lie and N i ta V O N O ar e i n L ayt on , U T — he’ s a system s engi neer f or T RW , and t hey have t hr ee k ids. L arr y BO Y E S is i n Bloom ingt on , M N ; H ow ar d M cC A RT H Y , San A nt oni o ; Ral ph G I BSON , C ol or ado Spr i ngs; D w ight L A N D M A N N , A FO SF ; C hr i s H O FFM A N , A PO N Y ; M i k e N I C H O L S, San A nt onio ; B ob P I RO G , Pease A F B ; L l oyd FE L D E R , N or t on A F B ; A rt G EO RG E , A PO N Y (I happen t o k now he’ s a t B en t w ater s i n the A - 10 — oh , that A P O N Y ) ; Steve F RY E i s a C - 14 1 I P a t A ltus; Pete K L U C K is i n B randon , FL ; L ar ry A U ST I N has separ ated , and is i n V ancouver , W A ; and T om B L A I K I E i s i n M iam i Spr i ngs F L .

W hat do som e of you guys d o , anyw ay?

T ak e care! See you al l i n Sept ember !

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“ T echnical ly , w e i n aviati on have m et w it h m i r aculou s su c c ess. W e have accom pl ished our obj ect ives, passed beyond t hem . W e act ual ly live t oday i n our dream s o f yest er day ; and , livi ng in t hose d ream s, w e dr eam again .’ ’ T hese w or ds w r it ten by C har les L i ndbergh (w ho passed aw ay at t he st ar t of our T hi r d C lass year) w i ll go int o t he o f f i cer t r a n si t i o n b o o k call ed TI CK E T (cal l me f or decodi ng) t hat has replaced t h e l i t t l e b l u e book w e received . I magi ne i f all aviat ion pioneer s li k e t he W r ight B r other s, L i ndber gh , Rickenback er and m any of our ow n r el a t i v es co u l d see t he pr ogr ess w e have m ade, and w ill cont i nue mak i ng.

Ot her aviat i on pi oneer s, T im H O P PE R and Scot t H A R RO D , h a d t h e most input s t o t his i ssue. T im helped out i n t he mi dst o f w r it ing a pr o f es si onal com pet ency evaluat i on f or t he t hr ee degrees and escor t i ng t he

boar d of visit or s. L et ’ s see, now . . .classm at es not r epor t ed on r ecent ly in clude D on M cC U N E (Ber nie) w ho f l ies f or Republic. St eve H A G G E R T Y (Libby) j oined Delta. Wayne ERWI N surfaced in L .A ., em ployed by an

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D odger t ow n , w i th N or t hr op . Rob SH A W and L onnie BO W M A N (Janet) are w it h M ar t in-M ar iett a i n D enver .

A ct ive dut y include N or m T H O M PSO N (M ary) w ho f inished A F I T and j oined Space C omm and her e i n t he Spr i ngs. H e is a C ont r ol , L aunch , and Support Syst ems staf f er . Bil l R H O D E N (V i k k i) f inished A F I T a n d stayed on at W -P in t he B- 1 System Pr oj ect O f f ice. Sor ry t o hear Bi ll under w ent k nee surgery r ecent ly f ol low i ng a basket bal l i nj ur y . T he Phil ippines are st ill m ak i ng headli nes, and L ee GU ST I N (K at hy) is f lying over it i n his F-4. Rick (aka Bob Bolo) P I A L ET (Renell) h a n d l es t h e A T -38s at H ollom an . D ave SW I GE R (Rhoda) called f r om Randolph w here he w r ites U PT cour sew ar e and oper at es a T -38 “ par t t im e.”

L ocal ly , w e o f t en m eet Jim M A SK O W I T Z ( Rita) “ i n t he vat or ” (see phot o) . H e’ s applying his E E sk ill s in the Physics D epar t m ent f i ve f l oor s below . Steve SI M O N (Paula) gives lot s o f support f or our t r ai ning pr o gr am s f r om his w est t er razzo post , w or k i ng t he f or eign cadet exchange

helped him br i ng home t hei r f i r st chi ld , a boy , last C hr i st m as night . Rob repor t s t hat “ D oct or ” Fr ed SW A RT Z (C ar m el) is teachi ng a t t h e A r m ed Forces M edical School i n Bet hesda, M D . Ben A L L E N (D o nna) is pur su ing hi s second m ast er ’ s degr ee (t his one i n E E) at D ayt on . Joel H O R I E (Pat) is goi ng into A -7s at N ell is and doi ng quite w el l a t l ei su r e w i t h sa i l i ng. I r ead som et hi ng about “ A m er ica’ s C up .”

John V I SSE R al so k eeps in t ouch f r om t ank ers at C ast le. H e h a s seen Bob H A M I L T O N going int o B-52s at C ar sw ell . O t her Bu f f guys i nclude D ave V A N O RSO W and M ar k G U N Z I N GE R , I Ps i n t he crew t r ai ni ng squad ro n .

W e have a f ew not able changes o f add ress. Jay JO I N E R (Pat sy) is at t ending Geo rgia I nst it ut e o f T echnol ogy lear ni ng mo re about C om p Sci t han he pick ed up 12 year s ago . Ji m M cA N U L T Y is at t he U .S. E m bassy i n M exico C it y (doi ng w hat , Jim ?) . M at t and L iz C OA T SW O RT H , i n t h e mi dst o f a f am ily pr act ice r esidency , have adopted a K orean boy and w ill have a new daught er t his f all .

When you read this, ’86 will be on their way (28 May), i ncl udi ng t he son o f “ C hallenger ” ast r onaut D ick Scobee. “ W e [w i ll] dream agai n .”

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Hello again classmates. I have the distinct disadvantage o f w ri t ing t his ar t icle bef ore any o f you see t he last ar t icle; thus. I ’ve r eceived ver y lit t le mail. H owever, I will dip into the Christmas card bag f o r m a t er i a l .

I ’ve r eceived a let t er f r om D r/ C apt Jay (C at hy) E L L I S. Jay is an

anesthesiologist at Wilford Hall . The EL L IS’ have a n ew a d d i t i o n t o t h e family, daughter Lauren, to keep Cathy and son Nathaniel bu sy w hi le dad plays golf on Wednesdays like all good doctors. Jay says he’ s headed

R i ta M ask o wi tz wi th K atie (3) and J.J. (2) . J im wil l h a ve a n ex cel l en t v i e w of the C lass of 1990 ’s ar r i val on J uly / .

Randy , Jane and young C li f f V I E I RA su f f er ed a loss last year that only t hose w ho have per sonally exper ienced i t can f ul ly compr ehend . A not her son , Raym ond , died o f leu kem ia j ust bef ore his f i f t h bir t hday and w as bur ied at U SA FA (see photo) . T he V ieir as w r ote, “ H e w as a ver y special child ; i ntell igent , at hlet ic, and poli te. Y et he w as tak en f r om us ear ly i n l i f e t o h i s r ew a r d i n h ea v en . W e d esi r e m o st w h a t w e cannot regai n . G ive your children a special hug t onight and cher ish every m o m en t . ”

“ Gone B ut N ot F orgot ten ”

Raym ond P . V ieira 12 N o v 8 0 - 1 N o v 8 5

I did get a f ew lett er s. Rober t V EA L E t ur ned i n tw o pages f r om Seym our Johnson w here he is helping act ivate a t hi rd K C - 10 u nit and get t i ng bogged dow n w it h addi t ional dut ies. (D o t hey ever quit ?) C hr is

f or W ei sbaden t his sum m er . H e also r epor ted t hat M ar shall W O N G i s a st af f anest hesiologi st at C ar sw el l A FB ; K en K A Y L O R is a f our t h-year resident in or t hopedic surgery at W il f or d H all ; C huck M I L L I K E N cr o sst rained t o t he U S A r m y and is in psychiat r y at W al ter R eed M ed i ca l Center (psychiat r y resident) . C huck is also m ar r ied and has a daught er .

L ynn (G r ace) H O L L E R BA C H is a gr aduat e poli sci st udent a t O h i o St a t e leadi ng t o a U SA FA teachi ng assignm ent . L ynn and G r ace h a v e a n ew baby boy . Fi nall y , Jay also t al k ed to T i m (Su san) PA R K E R w h o h a v e a lit t le gir l (no assignm ent in f o , t hough) . T hank s, Jay , f or t he good input .

T a k e ca r e .

I also hear d f r om my best man K yle (D iane) BA RT E L S. H e i s i n C - 5 s at T r avi s A FB and k eeping me up on ’ 78er s ther e. K yle al so said M aj Joe Robi nson , var sit y baseball coach and PE i nst r uct or nem i sis o f many o f you , has r et ir ed and t ak en a scout ing j ob i n t he N Y Y ankees or ganizat ion .

M organ L A N K FO R D w r it es f r om Sout her n C al i f or nia t hat h e’ s m o v i ng i nt o t he A FRE S and f i ndi ng an ai r line j ob . I ’ m n o t su r e h e k n o w s what he w ant s (or he w ant s it al l) because he said he’ s had eight car s, in cl udi ng t hr ee C or vet tes si nce gr aduat ion . I hope t o h ea r f r o m L A N K FO R D M ot orcar s, I nc. again soon .

I t ’ s alw ays good t o hear f r om guys in m y old squadr on (Bar nst or m in ’ 23) even i f it i s T om (M ar cia) C Z A C H O R . C zach look s gr eat as usual (he sent a pict ur e) and so does w i f e M ar cia and daught er C a i t l i n M a r l i ce .

Czach t oo k a j ob w it h N ort hw est O r ient in M inneapoli s. H e’ s li vi ng i n a 100-year -old house on 243 acr es o f snow . T hey love i t .

G reg (C r yst al) K E N N E D Y moved i nt o a new house in N icevi lle, F L l a st June. But G reg, an F- 15 f light lead at Egl i n A F B , is T D Y o f t en a n d h a s t o leave hom e w i t h C r yst al and youngster s Ryan and E ri n guar di ng t heir new digs. I ’ m sur e it ’ s gr eat t o come home, i sn ’ t it E agle d r iver ?

A lso i n t he “ yank -n-bank ” w or ld is Sam (Joni) T H E R R I E N , A g gr essor s at N ell is A FB . Sam , Joni , and young D anny ar e leadi ng the V I P li f e i n L as V egas; house w it h a pool , f ast ai r planes, a n d w h a t ev er el se Soviet f ight er j ock s have.

L et m e tak e you now f r om t he ai r plane f l yer s t o t he space tr oops. Rick (A dr ienne) REA SE R has young R ick y t o cal l hi s ow n and k eep A dr ienne busy w hile Rick put s i n long hour s at t he “ Puzzle Palace.” H e i s t h e M I L ST A R Sat ell ite P r ogr am E lem ent m onit or . A l so in space is L ar ry O RT EG A . L ar r y w il l be m ovi ng f r om E dw ar ds A F B , w her e h e i s N A SA ’ s X -29 oper at ions engineer , t o H oust on and t he 2nd Space W i ng t o be an ast r onaut inst r uct or . Space i s t he place.

F inally your old class scr ibe, Jim A RN O L D , is a JA G o f f i c er a t C hanut e A F B . I n t he f ut ure, m ak e t his col um n your colum n . Send your ca r d s a n d l et t er s.

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C hanges o f addr ess; C r aig BE N D O RF f r om O H to N E ; Joe B O N I N f r om A PO SF t o L aughli n A F B , T X ; Russ B RO W N f r om M A t o CT ; G reg I N T OC C I A f r om D enver t o Bergst r om A FB , T X ; D ave L O N D O N f r om C A t o A L ; M i ke M A N C U SI f r om O H to Pete A F B , C O ; a n d J e f f W A L D O from K Y to PA .

Jam es C . Regan , I I I 7643 Stam pede D r ive C olor ado Spr ings, C O 809 18 H ome (303) 598-8789

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H ell o to all o f you f r om sunny C olorado w her e t he C lass o f ’ 89 h a s set f oot . A re w e get ti ng old?

M i k e D O N A T E L L I didn ’ t get t he last ar t icle t o pr int o n t i m e so I a m going t o mak e a poor at tem pt at sum mar izing a myr iad of class new s go ing back to Februar y 1985 (new s r eal ly t r avels f ast via t he A OG l ) .

W hile D onat elli celebr ated t he Bear s t r iumph i n t he Super Bow l , Bob M cG REA L (D ebbie) r emai ns st ill in shamef ul hidi ng f or h i s P a t r i o t al liance. M aybe the C el ti cs can r est or e a sm ile to Bob ’ s f ace. D on ’ t f or get m y case of f amous Budw eiser beer . Bob .

C ongr at s t o M ar k and Bet sy P I M E N T E L on t heir new ar r ival . M ar k , I guess t hat m ouse on your M aci nt osh f inally point ed t o the r ight w i ndow !

M ar k w ant s t o nam e t he child H A L but Bet sy sti ll has the last say .

M i ke “ H ooch” V A N H O O M I SSEN cont inues to pr ess t he fl esh i n t h e D .C . polit ical cir cles. Jan i s st il l w it h him , so H ooch co n t i n u es t o set r ec o r d s a s a r ef o r m ed l ec h er .

D ale BU RT O N (Sheila) passed t hr ough t he Spr i ngs on a consum ing t r ip t o N el lis and F-5 upgr ade. H e pounded a f ew w it h your s t r uly and Paul D I A M O N D ( Bonnie) .

I n “ a long w ay f r om now her e new s,” M ac M cCA U SL A N D sends h i s r ow dy best f r om C anber ra, A ust r alia. M ac thor oughly enj oys t he A ussie ver si on o f hel icopt er fl yi ng and claim s t hat t he single li f e t here i s so good even Bil l T RA V N I C K could score! O le M ac is over ly opti mi st ic in my opi n io n !

I n “ lost wages new s” am ong t hose at N elli s A FB include: M i k e “ t h e Slug” D O N A T E L L I (Julie) , C hr i s K I N G (C ar oline) , Russ L A RN E D , 422 T E S; Burt F I E L D , 474 T FW ; and M ik e B R I L L , Fighter W eapons School . A l so seen slumm i ng ar ound L as V egas is t he “ K ing o f Jak D aniels,” Fred JA C O BSE N (N ancy) . Fred is fl ying RF-4s a t Sh a w a n d r ein f or ces hi s gam bl ing losses w hile att ending Red Flag by reduci ng hi s f ood budget . Fr ed has t he w or ld ’ s r ecor d f or T w ink le and popsicle int ake over a t hree-m ont h per iod !

I n “ civilian new s, ” Paul D I A M O N D (Bonnie) st ill spor t s a f u l l b ea r d and em ployment at M ar t i n M ar iet t a. M ar k C E BU H A R (Cynt hia) sen d s his best f r om a N or t hw est O r ient vant age point . I w ill a l so i n c l u d e t h e “ D o cs” u n d er “ ci v i l i a n ” n ew s si n ce t h e b l u e su i t i s only a f acade.

C raight on C H I N (Gr ace) w ill gr aduat e f r om medical school i n 19 8 7 .

D oug “ Scr ub ” RO B B pr act ices at N elli s.

Recent m ar r iages include M i k e RO L L E R (sor ry I can ’t r el a t e w h o i s t h e unl uck y spouse) and G or die G RE GO RY . G ordie m ar r ied t h e f o r m er T r icia GO Z U R . C ongrat s to bot h of you .

I bel ieve it is t im e to w r ap up t hi s slander ous ar t icle and apol ogize to t hose w ho sent new s but haven ’ t r ead i t yet . Please send all com plai nt s t o hogdr iver D O N A T E L L I . U nt il next year , good luck t o all o f you and G o d b l ess.

Please send your i nput s f or t he next ar t icle N O W t o M i k e V a n H oom i ssen , 2556B S. A r li ngt on M ill D r ive, A r lington , V A 22206, or give him a call at home (703) 820-8599 or aut ovon 227-65 13.

Peggy D ennis 2870 W oodland H il ls, A pt . 204 C olor ado Spr i ngs, CO 809 18 H ome: (303) 548-9572

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I w as luck y enough to spend t he sk i seaso n at beaut i f ul M a x w el l A F B get ti ng SO Sd . Sue SL A V E C is on t he f acul ty . I f i lled h er c o w o r k er s i n o n so m u c h f o r h er “ sw eet a n d i n n o c en t ” our t ri p t o t he male st r ip show reput at ion . A nyw ay , ’ 80 w as w ell repr esent ed : Joanne SN Y D E R , K evi n

NA GIE, Kelly HUM PH REY, Randy CHOW , M ark GRA PER (fl ying

F-4s at Seym our) , T om M I T C H E L L (C -5, D over) , M ar t y E D M O N D S (sat elli te engineer . Falcon A FS CO — hi s w i f e Sandr a is expect i ng child #2 t his sum mer) , Br ian M A RSH A L L (syst em s manager , H anscom) , D a v e D E SBO RD E S (K C - 135, C ar sw el l) , C at her i ne (M A C K E N Z I E) SP U R I O (air t r af f ic cont r ol , Ber li n) , K at hy (B I SH O P) C A M P BE L L (systems m anager , H anscom) , A nne M A RT I N (leavi ng C - 14 1s at C har lest on f o r

A FIT at Wright-Patterson in A ugust), and Emi (TA KA SH IM A)

V I SH O OT (per sonnel , O f f ut t) . E m i ’ s husband E d is in intelligence at O f f ut t . T her e wer e ot her cl assmates t her e, but I didn ’ t r u n i n t o t h em . T h e f ol k s I di d get t o t al k to suppl ied me w i th som e good poop . Jeanna C U M N OC K is at A ndr ew s, Sue M A SH I K O w ent t o L os A ngeles af ter A F I T , P hylli s L O V I N G is st ill at A F I T , K ar en (C O L E) SE L V A i s i n m i ssi l e maint enance at O f f ut t , L or r ie (M O R SE) K RESGE i s at Egli n , June (V A N H O RN ) L I N D N E R fl ies K C - I 35s at D yess, and M i k e P E P L A U i s a civilian systems test engi neer here in t he Spr i ngs. I f m o st o f t h e n ew s seem s t o be about w o men , t hat ’ s because w e all m et a t t h e cl u b f o r d r i n k s one night . Sor ry guys.

A b u n ch o f f o l k s ei t h er w r o t e o r ca l l ed m e . J i m ST U R C H a n d w i f e

C hr ist i w ere i n t ow n f or C hr i st m as. T hey are expect ing ch i l d #2 so o n . J i m updated me on t he f ol k s at Y o k ot a. R on M cC U RD Y and M i k e B R O W N ar e bot h fl yi ng C - 130s t here. M ar k SW I SH E R j ust lef t f o r R h ei n M a i n .

D ave Z I E BA RT is playi ng second-st r i ng q uar ter back at K unsan . Finally , T im G U L L I V E R spent a good deal o f t ime at t he C lar k A FB hospi tal i n a cast t o his w aist . Seem s T im j um ped o f f a hot el balcony t h er e i n t h e P I and f el l t hr ough t he dance fl oor . H e is f ully r ecover ed and back fl yi ng C - 14 1s som ew her e i n C al i f or nia. D ar yll K E E L I N G sent a c a r d f r o m t h e P I w her e he par t icipated i n C ope T hunder . A lso t here playi ng w ar gam es w er e Jon D E M E R S (C- 14 1, N or t on) and T i m H A RT I GA N (F-4 , T aegu) .

T im i s remot e w hile his w i f e. Sue ( D E SJA RD I N S) , fl ies K C - l Os a t Seymour . M i k e JA C K SO N and Randy C H O W bot h fl y F-4s at C lar k , and John FA R RE L L i s st il l fl yi ng C - 130s t her e af t er f our year s (he sw ear s he hasn ’ t cr ushed a car i n w eek s) . A dr ian U PSH U R heads t h e C E co n t r act ing at M i saw a. H e’ s ther e f resh f r om A F I T , w it h a n ew w i f e w h o i s expect ing soon . Final ly f r om t he Paci f ic f r ont , Scot t C A R R O T H E R S a r r ived at anot her har dship t our : W C - 130s at G uam . D on M Y E R S a n d w i f e K at hy w r ot e f r om Ft H ood , T X w her e he is t he T A C liaison o f f i cer w i t h t he at t ack hel icopt er uni t . T hey saw Bob and Susan A L L A R D I C E a t T ravis bef ore t hey lef t f or A ST RA . Jim EA SL E R separ ated a n d w o r k s f o r T ex a s I n st r u m en t s i n D a l l a s . R eb B Y R N E w a s o n e o f “ t h em ” — a D G f r o m SO S . H e i s a t M a c D i l l a s a n O V - I O i n st r u c t o r . L ast ly , Bill

PET E RSO N w r ot e f r om a har dship t our — Flor ennes A B , Belgi um , w her e he is t he oper at ions o f f icer w it h t he Secur it y Pol ice G r oup . T he “ har dshi p ” is because his w i f e Sandy is at M i not , w hi le B ill get s lot s o f gas-mask ti me i n U SA FE .

T he A ST RA l ist is out . I t i ncludes M ichael A N GA RO L E , C h a r l es C A M E RO N , K at hy C O N L E Y , Br ad D U T Y , D ave EA ST O N , M ar k FA RA O N E , Z en G OC , M ichael JA C K SO N , K ar en ( L U SK ) K A Y L O R , D eb L A F RO M BO I S (r um ored to be new ly mar r ied) , C hr istopher M I L L E R , Ben M U ET Z E L , Scot t N O R W O O D , D onald RA L P H , C r aig SE E BE R ( f i r st k id o n t he w ay) , and Janet (T H E R I A N O S) W U E ST H O FF (and her husband) . M ichael GA RD I N E R and M ar k

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G U RET SK Y lef t M cG ui r e f or A lt us to be a C - 14 1 i nst r uct or , E d G O G G I N S - E lmendor f t o M acD il l , N ancy (N E W BE R R Y ) BET T I S — Sco t t to Ram stein , and John Y O U N G S — T ravis t o U SA FA . Sean SC U L L Y , at W right-Pat ter son , i s t he A F power li f t ing coach . H e w i l l d i r ec t t h e A rmed Forces team at both the j unior and senior national m eet s. Final ly ,

there was a nice color photo of M ickey PETA K along w i t h a n a r t i c l e o n

t he L angley r unw ay oper ati ons. M ick ey fl ies F- 15s t her e.

I n ot her new s — Br ian and L esley T A RT at Geor ge ar e n ew p a r en t s a s o f D ecem ber . T er r i A RM B RU ST E R is get ti ng m ar r ied in M ay , hopi ng for a j oin-spouse assignment to the Zoo. Gary M YERS is w or k i ng B-52 cr ui se mi ssile t est i ng at Edw ar ds. Frank and H elen K I SN E R are par ent s at D yess. A l so at D yess is Jim SN Y D E R w ho fl ew C - 130s a t C l a r k . G l en

CH ING is in missiles at M inot . Tom A RA TA is working C a d et P er so n nel . Brian TIGHE is now a T-41 FCF pilot — a prestigious posit io n w hich should have Bill C A M P BE L L laughing up t her e i n I celand . B r uce (N an

cy) TOWNSEND fl ies B-52s at M inot , expecting child #2 t his spr i ng .

U nf or t unately , t his ar t icle st ar t s o f f on a sad not e. W e l o st P et e BRO W N last Januar y in an F- 15 accident . Pet e was a good f r iend , and one o f t hose r ar e peopl e w ho t r ul y loved fl yi ng. A m em o r i a l i n P et e ’ s n a m e h a s b een est a b l i sh ed w i t h t h e A O G . D et a i l s a r e i n t h e “ G o n e B u t

N ot For got t en ” section o f t his i ssue.

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C h u c k E H R L I N G E R fl i es A T - 3 8 B s a t H o l l o m a n . D a v e P R A U ST i s a K C - 13 5 A C a t G r i f f i ss. T J J O H N SO N l ef t Y o k o t a a n d i s a C - 130 n a v a t

D yess w it h his new w i f e, M eli ssa. John C ROG H A N , at C lar k , is mar r y

ing Sherri in A ugust in the Cadet Chapel . Sue HELM S dr ank quit e a lot of green beer on St . Patrick’s Day, and is no longer collect ing spatulas from the bachelors in the Math Department . H owever, she did say t hat

St eve D I L L A RD got mar r ied last July , and Phi l RU H L M A N , f l ying F- 16s at H om est ead , came t o his senses j ust in tim e t o bar ely escape mar r iage. Jim BA L A Z S is now t he exchange o f f icer w it h t h e C a n a d i a n A i r Force (anyt hi ng t o escape E nid) . Jef f R I C H A R D S, i n a val iant att em pt to avoid bot h E nid and the nor t her n t ier , is now a T -37 P I T i n st r u ct o r a t Randolph . John L EA C H , Ben SH A L Z , D ave C O N W A Y , and M i k e C OX are al l at W right -Patt er son . M i k e w i ll be com ing her e t o Space C omm and . I ran i nt o Sandy D A RU L A a w hi le back . She’ s h er e t o o w or k i ng wi t h t he Space f olk s.

T ime now f or t he A O G mai lbag. Scot t PE A T RO SS is at H om est ead , George H E PT now lives in M onument , C O , C hr is C A ST RO Sacr amento , T om W I L SO N — T -37 I P at W illiam s, C r aig M U R R A Y — A lbuquer que, Pam SI M O N I T SC H — M esa, A Z w it h husband T o d d C a r r illo , Edw ar d SC H M I D T — I C BM O per at ions academ ic i nst r uct or a t V andenber g, Stephen SC H U C H — Fair chi ld A FB t o Rome, N Y , M i k e ST E FA N I A K — A PO N Y t o C olum bus, M S, Ross (Janet ) L A T O R RA — H olloman , L o r raine RO E M I SH O hio to A PO N Y , Russ H O D G K I N S — M ountai n H ome also t o A PO N Y , A r t SM I T H — T a m pa to L ayt on , U T , T ed L A U E R — N ew Jer sey to A PO San Fr ancisco , R ick SC H U FF — Sheppar d A FB t o Glendale, A Z , and Fr ank K E N N I A ST Y — A PO N Y t o Redondo Beach , C A . I f anyone w ant s speci f ic addr esses, f eel f r ee t o w r it e or give m e a call .

Guess I ’ m all out o f new s. A gai n , t hank s t o ali t hose f olk s w ho helped gat her gossip . Please k eep t he let t er s and phone cal ls com ing — I ’ ll even t ak e photos (wit hin good t aste) . I f anyone sees Gw en K N U C K L E S a t K eesler , please tel l her t o call m e. T ake care, ever ybody .

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next dao to m eet t he deadl ine. T hank s! A nyw ay , Randy is f l yi ng C-2 1s out of Pet er son , and t old m e t hat T om and D ebbie ar e on t hei r w ay t o D yess and a B- 1 assignment . O t her new s f r om Randy i ncluded t h a t T o m and M i ssy (M RA Z ) RO B B I N S ar e bot h goi ng t o C -5s at D over , M i k e P O T K U L SK I i s i n T - 3 8 s a t R eese a n d A l ex T R U E i s n o w at P I T . A ndy M I L L E R is an RF-4 I P at Ber gst r om , M ar k D I ET C H and T i m E I L T S a r e now f l yi ng FB- l l l s at Plat t sbur gh and L ar r y D A V I S is on C ape C od w or k ing f or Space C om m and .

D onna C L I FF cal led t o tell m e o f her im pending depar t ur e t o W oomera, A ust r al ia w her e she’ ll be doi ng com put er st u f f . D o n n a r ecen t ly com pleted SO S and gave m e lots o f in f o on the people sh e r a n i n t o i n A labam a, as w el l as sever al ot her s. I t seem s t hat T ed K N O W L E S w a s t h e outstanding gr ad f r om her class and w il l soon be on hi s w ay t o an A ST RA assignm ent . Jef f H A R RE L L i s leaving A - l Os and is on hi s w ay t o F- 16s so m ew h er e a n d Sc o t t C O A L E i s n o w a t E d w a r d s a f t er a tour i nvolving f light test w or k at t he N avy’ s Pat uxent River T est C en t er . D o n n a a l so said t hat L or i (SI N C L A I R) M A C K A Y now has tw o k ids and M a r k I N G RA M is at A ndr ew s, as i s T D I SM U K E . M ar k is i n t he A F SC P r o d u c t A ssur ance St af f O f f ice and T is doing computer w o r k . L o u i s D U R K A C and w i f e C hr is ar e expecti ng a baby any day . L ouis is at F- I 6 t r aining at M acD il l . A f ter a FA I P assignment , M ar ty W A U G H is o n his w ay t o U H T t o t r y helicopter s. Follow i ng t ech school , Reggie J O N E S h a s m o v ed f r om E dw ar ds to a mai nt enance o f f icer j ob i n Ger m any .

Br uce A C K E R w anted me t o annou nce t hat al l C S-25 Redeye a l u m s should plan on a r euni on t his f al l at U SA FA over t he w eek en d o f t h e N avy game 11 Oct . T hose w ishi ng m ore in f o can w r ite B r u ce a t 17 86 5 G rama Ridge, C olo Spgs 80908 or call him at eit her (303) 48 1-4098 or A V 2 59 -4 10 9 . T o R SV P c o n t a c t B r u c e o r J e f f H A R R E L L

M ar ty France 5240 M eadow gr een D r ive C olorado Spr ings, C O 809 19 H ome: (303) 528-7 127 A V : 2 59 -4 4 3 1

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W elcome t o w hat should be my last class ar t icle. A s I w r ite t his. I ’ m calli ng sever al ’ 81er s stat ioned her e at U SA FA sear ching f o r a su ccesso r .

By t he t ime I f ini sh w r it i ng, som et ime t om or r ow , I sh o u l d k n o w w h o h e or she is and w ill have t he proper address f or w here t o send your new in f o .

I ’ m really sor ry t hat m ost o f you didn ’ t have t ime t o give me any inp ut s af ter r eceivi ng t he lat est edit ion , but some ot her , very weak classes w er e late w it h t heir ar t icles and delayed publicati on . I ’ m w r i ti ng t his m ost ly wi th i nf o f r om ot her s at U SA FA . O ne note about per so nal i nf o : ever y ti me a class art icle is due, t he edi t or , T om K robot h , sen d s t h e sc r i b e a pack et w it h all t he addr ess changes received i n t he last per i od f r om member s of our class. I f you are movi ng and plan t o send one o f t hese in , please include a one-liner about w her e you ’ r e goi ng and w hat your j ob w il l be, as w ell as ot her per t inent i nf o about f am ily . W h en I r ecei v e t h ese car ds, it ’ s o f t en har d t o t ell w hat sor t o f j ob you ’ ve got , or w her e you really are. T hi s w on ’ t tak e m uch t im e and w i ll gi ve t h e scr i b e l o t s o f i n f o !

a t D a v i s-

M onthan or D an FA R R I SH at Plat t sbu rgh . A ll f or mer Redeyes a r e r e quested t o spr ead the w ord !

Bi ll SC H O E N E M A N t old me t hat Jef f and K at hy N U C C I O had a baby gi r l t hey nam ed K at ie, L ar ry L U D W I G is now f lyi ng A T -38s a t H o l l o m a n and t hat Ray and K ar en (BO N I E W I C Z ) T O R RE S are now f l yi ng C - 5s a t T ravis. T im H A R R I S didn ’ t have much t o say . T i m ’ s busy o n t h e recrui t ing t rail t hese days, look i ng f or next year ’ s P-school hoopsters. H e and M ichelle ar e expect i ng t heir second chi ld in July , not t his spr ing as m en t i o n ed i n t h e l a st a r t i cl e . T i m sa i d t h a t W en d el l K U B I K i s n o w b a c k at U SA FA coachi ng f encing. O t her bit s and pieces i nclude n ew s t h a t R i c k

M A RT I N is now f l yi ng C -9s at Scot t , and w i ll pr obably be j oined by Bar bie C H A P M A N someti m e in t he near f utu re, w hile D ave H U N T E R i s now an F- 15 I P at L uk e and N ancy B R U N K O W is an audi t or a t L i t t l e R ock A F B .

I f i nal ly got hold o f L ar ry R U G G I E RO and convi nced h i m t o w r i t e t h e nex t ar t icle. L ar r y ’ s addr ess is 5930 N or t hw ind D r . C ol o Spgs C O 809 18 and his phone nu m ber is A V 259-2506 . N ew s f r om L ar ry i s t h a t D o n a n d K ar en FO R D w er e m ar r ied in D ecmber i n D .C ., K en and D o n n a K E SSL E R r ecent ly had t hei r t hi rd lit t le boy and L ar ry C H I N G i s cu r r en t ly at D avis-M ont han upgr adi ng to A - l Os. I t seem s he has f utur e designs on ret ur ni ng t o U SA FA as an A OC ! L ast , but not least , t h e F R A N C E f am ily has a new addi ti on . A ndr ew M ichael Fr ance was b o r n 18 February , and Beck y , Sean and I are all doi ng f i ne, adj ust i ng t o t he new f ami ly size. W e cur r ent ly plan on leaving f or V P I and Black sburg, V A on or about 1 Sep . So , tak e car e, w r ite a f ew let ter s t o L ar ry , and I hope to ru n int o sever al of you as w e head acr oss count ry in Sept em ber !

L A T E N EW S: Bob ST E I GE R W A L D j ust handed me som e late n e w s .

H e said t hat Rich B RO O K recent ly mar r ied H eat her f r om H o u st o n a n d i s now in ’ 15 t r ai ni ng at L u ke. H is br ot her K en is also a t L u k e f o r ’ 16 t r a i n i ng. Ray C A N N O N is now at M I T doi ng his m ast er ’ s. H is w i f e, L eo na F L O RE S, j ust f inished her M S at A F I T and is now w or k ing a t H a n sc o m .

R ay and L eona have a one-year-ol d nam ed Jonat han w ho ’ s k eepi ng t hem on t hei r t oes. I j ust m ade a late call t o Bil l M cL EN D O N a n d f o u n d t h a t he and D anielle ar e expect i ng t heir second i n M ay . T hei r f ir st , W i lliam , is n o w 16 m o n t h s o l d .

Jim R atti B o x 4 0 14

Blyt heville A FB , A R 723 17 H ome: (50 1) 762- 1009

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A ttend ing the Tomar as wedding, f r om lef t, ar e Tom R obbins, M a r isa (M raz) R obbins, Tom Tomar as, P hil L and weer, R andy D avenp or t, A l ex Tr ue, J ohn M ason, M ik e P etk ulsk i, A ndy M il ler and M ar k D i et ch .

Randy D A V E N PO RT cal led last night ask i ng i f he cou ld i n cl u d e a photo f r om t he recent w edding o f T om and D ebbie T O M A RA S, 25 Jan , in Ft . W or t h . O f cour se, I w as desper at e f or inf o and m i l k ed h i m f o r m or e. Randy ’ s w i f e Brenda al so br ought t he pict ure over t o my house t he

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Spr i ng f ever ! A i n ’ t it gr eat ! A h , yes. . . A nd t he t ime w hen a young man ’ s f ancy t ur ns to t hought s o f love. Speci f ical ly , t he young man is St eve V OGT , and speci f ically , t he young w om an ’ s name i s G i n a . T h e date? Som et im e in July . T he place? V aldost a, GA . N ow , I k n o w t h er e w a s a l i t t l e m i sc h i e f i n v o l v ed w h en I a n n o u n ced t h e i m pending dem ise o f 53

J. J. JOHNSON ’Sbachelorhood, but the poop on Steve VOGT is strictly on t he up-and-up . H e t ol d m e hi m sel f . St eve also t old m e t h a t D a v e

SI LVIA , also at M oody, will be getting married to Sherry so m et i m e i n

June. I guess you ’ ve got t o have somet hing t o spend al l t hat capt ain ’ s pay

me used to the fire hydrant , so I haven’t drowned yet . M y best t o al l of

you out t her e. T hank s so m uch f or all t he new s t his t im e! M akes w r i ti ng a pleasur e. Be saf e!

on !

H ea r d f r o m J ef f H O SK E N t o o . H e ’ s a l l set t l ed i n a s a n I P a t P I T i n

A ndy Sizem or e

San A ntoni o . H e t oo m et t he gi r l of his dr eam s and wi ll soon be get t ing

8 2 3 12 t h St .

married. Jef f says that Godfred (Demo) DEMA NDA NTE can c o l l ect o n

t h e st ea k d i n n er b et a s so o n a s D em o co m es t o Sa n A n t o n e .

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Well , if you got your Checkp oints late this quarter — b l a m e m e . T h er e was some confusion as to who was writing this issue’s cl ass new s, and t he situation was brought to my attention af ter the deadline had passed . Such is the risk we run playing musical scribes. Fortunately t he edit o r held up the issue so my column could be included. Unfortunately I have ver y li tt le in the way of news to pass one, but here goes.

Kathy (ST RA ND) JOH NSON has added a little girl to her gr ow ing f am ily . M i ke BA RT L E Y is mar r ied , but I don ’ t k now t o w hom . Ri ck y

GRA HA M is now at M ountain H ome A FB upgrading into EF-l l l s.

Diann CH RI ST IA NSON is now married to Bob Bright . Christine (O RZA DA) H I LL and Beth A RVI N are both at Dyess A FB, and Pat t y ' ’r

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Recent SOS grads: L isa (Tyman) M iller, Julie (Schef f lin) Gr aves, M elanie (Patton) Uehlin, Ralinda (Bozelli) Gregor, and Robin (Combs) Reeder.

Lisa (TYMA N) M I LLER sent his picture of her cavorting co h o r t s f r o m

SO S. T hey w er e al l t her e last Sept em ber , and w ould have gone bat ty save for each other’s companionship and some unexplained vagar ies about “ W ednesday night s out .’ ’ She and husband T r oy r ecent ly beat t he syst em

and got a j oint assignment to Randolph. H e is a Screech I P i n st r u ct o r a n d

she wor k s at the U SA F O ccupati onal M easur ement Cent er . M a t t E R I C H SE N i s also a P I T i nst r uct or , and hi s w i f e Paula (D O RE M U S) is expecting a child as I write. Further news is that D oug and Shar on (GREIMA N) DUNBA R will have had a “ j unior” by the time you r ead t his, and t hat C huck and Susan (L U E K EN , ’ 83) SC H W E I SS w i l l so o n b e PC Si ng t o Randol ph . M elanie (PA T T O N ) U EH L I N w as T D Y t o P I T r elear ning t he i nt r icacies of t he T al on j et , and she has j oi ned her husband

SC H I M M E L has depar t ed K adena A B f or C ast le A FB . I r an i n t o K ei t h

and Ellen (CRA IG) BERGERON during an unexpected stopover a t Kirtland A FB. I t seems that they are among some of t he f ir st ’ 83 gr ads t o return to the nest as they will soon be instructing in the physics depart m en t .

Well this part of the letter comes f rom Ray BLUST again. Sor r y . A ndy and I had some communication problems so we’re going t o change a f ew things. Now if you’d like to write a note or send a pictur e j ust send t hem

all t o m e at 90 12B A r antz St ., L aughli n A FB , T X 78840, A V 7 32 - 5 2 2 3 . I ’ l l k eep al l t he m at er ial and send i t to t he next w r i ter . T hi s w ay you all don ’t have t o f i nd t he latest m agazi ne t o f igur e out w ho i t goes t o . T hank s.

W hi le I ’ m at it , Stu PO P E w il l be our next scr i be. H e is pr esent ly st a t ioned at Egli n .

Clif f (’81) who’s a Tweet I P at Vance. Finally, Lisa sen d s w o r d t h a t R i ch

SI M P SO N is about t o f i ni sh P I T and w ill be f l ying the ’ 3 8 a t R eese .

T he C hr i st m as season was good t o me and I got a coupl e C h r i st m a s car ds w it h som e notew or t hy new s. Fi r st , Bryan B RA N BY w r o t e f r o m t h e G reat W hit e N or t h (E llsw or t h) t o say t hat everyone is on t he w ay out along with the Buf fs (they’re in the process of gearing up w it h B- l s) .

Bryan is on his way to upgrade to radar navigator and w i l l h a v e a su b se quent PCS to Grif fiss in June. M ore importantly, he’ll f i nally mar ry

L aur a (a w eat her o f f icer at t he Pent agon) on 5 July . I s i t so m eh o w i r o n i c t hat t he cer em ony wi ll t ak e place t he day af ter t hey cel eb r a t e I n dependence D ay? D ean C H R I ST I A N and Ben Z E RFA C E are also par t o f t he bevy o f m oves out o f Rapid C i ty . D ean w ill go t o M a t h er a n d B en w i l l go to Guam along with Chris A L LENBY, who’s a copilot . B ryan al so ment i oned t hat Bob D E V A N E Y and his t hree (yes, t hr ee) daught er s ar e on t he move f r om W r ight-Pat and A F I T t o L .A . A i r F or ce St a t i o n . F i n a l ly , C ar ol (FOOT E) K I L B R I D E is at E l lsw or t h f lying chopper s.

T heresa BE D N A R E K -SM I T H sent C hr ist m as gr eet i ngs f r om Red Flag at N elli s. A s assist ant execut ive o f f icer t her e, she seem s t o have got ten t he honor of r unning all t he cadet t our s. H ow ever , she sees a n o c c a si o n a l classm at e, lik e M i k e F RA N C E w ho is f lying t he F- 16 w i t h t h e 4 74 T F W .

M i ke j ust got back f r om K or ea. T her esa r ecent ly t al ked t o L o r i F U L T O N at K i rt land , w ho ment ioned t hat K ate SM I T H w ill soon be m oving t o A l buquerque f r om L .A .

M y f i nal let ter t hi s quart er i s f r om D olores SM I T H . Sh e ’ s a t a n k er n a v at M ar ch , and w i ll soon be get t i ng m ar ri ed t o Scot t Bubier , an ’ 83 grad f r om the Belly-Butt on A cadem y . H e got sm art and j oi ned t h e b est ser vice, she says. D ol ores also sai d t hat M ik e EA Y RS has upgr aded t o in st r uct or E W O i n t he B-52 and is doing well .

A m ong t he addr ess changes t his t im e is G len D O W N EY , w h o w i l l b e a n I P at U SA FA . I t ’ s not im m ediately evident w hether he’ ll be f lying t he m ot or gl ider or t he T -4 1, but r egar dless, I envy his l o ca t i o n ! I t a l so l o o k s l i k e B o b W E N Z E L w i l l b e so m e so r t o f I P a t C o l u m b u s. H e w a s a f el l o w

K C- 135 type at G r i f f iss.

A s f or m e, li f e goes one. I t oo k over as t he D O ’ s execut ive o f f i cer i n Januar y and I enj oy t he new chal lenge im m ensely . Good ‘ O le U SA FA got 54

M i k e, G i sel a a nd Sean Sh an ahan I ’ v e b een a b l e t o a cc u m u l a t e a l i t t l e b i t o f n ew s o v er t he past f ew week s.

I got a nice car d and pict ur e f r om M i ke and Gi sela SH A N A H A N . T hey had a new addit i on t o t heir f am ily , Sean , A FA “ C lass o f 2008.” C ongr at s M i ke and G isela. M ik e is at K i rt land f lying t he C -2 1 a n d h e ’ l l b e upgr ading to air cr af t com m ander soon . G ood luck . A s u su a l I ’ v e b een o n t he phone t o some f ol k s t ryi ng t o keep up on t hings. M y old r oom m at e Bill ‘ RU J” R U JE V CA N i s look i ng f or a j ob now t hat t he sh u t t l e l a u n c h at V andenberg is pr et ty unl i kely her e i n t he near f ut ur e. B en a n d R i t a W I L SO N ar e doi ng f i ne at W r ight-Pat . L i ke M i k e, Ben w i ll be upgr adi ng t o ai r cr a f t c o m m a n d er i n t h e C - 2 1 so o n . A l so a t W P A F B i s C h r i s a n d

L eslee (FO R SBE RG) W A SH E R . L es has only one m or e sem est er l ef t t i l l she’ s f i nished w it h her m aster ’ s. G ood luck L es. D ur ing o u r a i r sh o w h er e a f ew w eek s ago I r an i nt o K elly H E FE RN O N w ho f lew h i s T - 4 3 i n t o M at her . I t seem s as t hough K elly is doi ng good t oo . H e w a s n a m ed t h e outstanding pilot of the quarter here lately. Congrats K ell y .

Well that ’s all f rom my end. A gain j ust send all your lett er s and pic t u r es t o m e . T h a n k s.

D avid C . “ D J” Johnson

2323 W . Bay Area Blvd., #1604 W ebst er , T X 77598

Home: (713) 338- 1079

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navigating ’ 130s to “ parts unknown” f rom that locale. H e a n d h i s w i f e A my (’83) are still working on the fine art of “ j oint spouse assignment s.”

T hey m anaged t o get in t he sam e st at e bu t di f f er ent bases. O h w ell , t he

j oys of personnel !

I t al k ed w i t h M elody BE L L i n M ar ch . She w as pr epar ing f o r a T O Y t o H oust on but un f or t unat ely it f ell t hr ough . She, Gail C O N W A Y a n d t h i r d r oom mate Julie seem t o have cont r ol o f L A and t he sur r oundi ng r egions.

(M ove over Mayor Bradley, Ma Bell wants your chair .) R o b i n B O Y D D ear M om ,

I ’m sorry that I haven’t written home lately but things are m oving ex tremely fast these days. The gang at JSC (Johnson Space C enter) all send their best and a hearty hello. I f you don’t remember them , t heir names are Greg PETRICK, Jerry SEL LERS and Doug WREATH . Doug won’t b e with us much longer. He is transferring to Turkey for a sh o r t t o u r a t Pi r incli k . W e’ r e planni ng t o buy him a t ur ban as a goi ng aw ay present .

Greg is getting married this fall to a local girl named K elly . I t hink t hey ’ ll be very happy together. A s for Jerry and me it’s “ I ow e, I ow e, it ’ s o f f t o w or k w e go ! ”

Speaking of owing, I own a BIG apology to my classmates f or m i ssi ng t he last deadli ne f or t he l ast Checkp oi nts ar t icle. Y ou k now how busy I w as at C hr ist mas t i me and w it h t he shutt le accident i n Januar y , I lost all

called f r om A ust i n (Ber gst r om) dur ing t he t ime t hat sh e w a s T D Y . U n f o r t unat ely i t w as a ver y short T D Y so 1 didn ’ t get a c h a n c e t o see h er . M i k e BA BA U T A called f r om Randol ph A F B in San A nt oni o . H e i s planni ng a t r ip f or som e expl or er Scout s t o i nvade JSC . 1 sent him som e t ou r guides and batt le plans. Believe m e, it is def init ely a w ar w hen you tak e k ids on a t r ip aw ay f r om hom e. Remem ber t hat t r i p I t oo k last su m m er t o F l o r i d a ?

I ’ ve enclosed a pict ure to r em i nd you t hat sum mer is appr oachi ng. T his i s how I spent par t o f m i ne last year . I n case you ’ re n o t su r e w h i c h o n e i s me, I ’ m t he t all , sk inny , w ell-tanned , pr o f essional look i ng one at t he lef t .

I don ’ t k now who t hose ot her k ids are. I pul led up i n f r o n t o f t h e l o c a l Y M CA and t hese k ids j um ped i n and f or ced me t o go to F l o r i d a w i t h t hem f or tw o week s and have a good t im e.

of my motivation to write. I told you how close I worked w i t h t h e c r ew o f

t hat mi ssion and t he accident shook me u p pr ett y bad . I hope m y classmates w ill under st and . I ncidentally , I plan t o m ake this my last ar t i cle. I think it’s time to pass the poison pen to another deservi ng per son .

That person will be Scott DICKM EYER. Scott sent me a l et t er f r o m C a s t le A F B w her e he i s pr epar i ng f or his next assignment t o L or ing A FB f l y

ing B-52s. He mentioned that Greg QUANDT has taken a b r i d e . T er esa Thomas and Greg were married on July 27th in Kansas. R u ss D A V I S ser ved as t he best m an w hi le Scot t , D oug GO O D L I N and Jef f C RO SBY

gave moral support from the audience. He also gave me som e assignm ent s that have not been ment ioned yet . M it ch B I GG S, F- 15, Egli n ; C hr i s

BOLE, F-4, Bergstrom; Steve CA LL I CH , A-10, Myrtle Beach; J e f f

C RO SBY , C - 130, C lar k ; Jer ry D A V I D SO N , C - 130, Pope; D a v e D A V I E S, T -37, V ance; Bret t D U G U E , C-2 1, Randolph , (r um or h a s i t t hat he and Robin C O O PE R are get ti ng mar r ied soon) ; Jer ry GO O D I N , C-2 1, A ndr ew s; Jean JO H N SON , C - 14 1, M cGuir e; M i k e L U A L L E N , T -37, V ance; Br ian M cA L L I ST E R , T -37, V ance; L ee M E H A N , K C - 135, L or ing; T im PRA T T , K C - 135, G r issom ; C ar ol PU G H , T -37, V ance;

Greg QUA NDT , T-38, Vance; and Shawn SM ITH , F-16, MacDill .

I got a letter from the “ original wildman,” Tom VA N K L EE F . M om , t hi s poor unf ort unate soul got assigned t o N ew O r leans. A man can only st and so m uch gum bo , seaf ood and r ice unt il he m ust . . . w ell you k now w hat I mean . K evi n and K at hy Z EE CK ar e pr oud par ent s o f a b ea u t i f u l lit t le gi r l named Eighmeg (pr onounced A my) . M ik e F RE D R I C K SO N a n d M ar k “ W ol f ” T O RR ES ar e bot h at M yrt le Beach , no doubt mak i ng sl ow

passes over the beach areas. Shawn BA YS has been doing m u c h o f t h e same but over t he E ngl ish C hannel f lying out o f RA F Bent w at er s. Ji m myM ac (a.k .a. Jim my M A C K EY ) al ong wi th T om r eceived t he a w a r d f o r bei ng t he f ir st ’ 84er s t o go t o t he Reser ves. T hey bot h got A - 10 “ Pr oj ect Season ” slots w i t h Ji m goi ng t o D ick ey-G oober (Richar ds-Gebaur) a n d T om i n C aj un H ead “ F rench ” Quar t er s.

T he f i r st pict ur e t hat is encl osed w as sent t o m e by Sco t t V A N G O R D E R b ef o r e h e l ef t C o l u m b u s f o r A l t u s t o t r a i n f o r C - 14 1s.

Scot t should be at T r avi s by now and I ’ m sur e C al i f or nia w i ll pr obably never r ecover . M aur een M O SL O W w as last seen headi ng f or t he Phil ip pines and a nice “ unst r essf ul ” j ob o f heading up an O SI u n i t . B o b SC H A E FFE R did t he ar t w or k f or t he 85-07 class pat ch and has j ust r ecent ly mar ched smar t ly dow n t he ai sle w i t h K at hy EG GE RT . T hey bot h

got assigned to Pope A FB. Speaking of Pope, Cedric W I L L I S i s

I f ound a let ter f r om C hr i s D I N E N N A bur ied am ong m y o v er d u e b i l l s.

Chr i s is at H om est ead A F B and is doi ng advanced t r ai ni ng i n F -4 D s bef or e heading o f f t o W est G er m any . Bi ll RO D G E R S al so got assigned t o Spangdahlem . C har lie M I D T H U N and Scot t JO H N ST O N (W SO) a r e heading to C lar k A B . Bar t H A L E Y is K or ea-bound and C h u c k M cB RO O M , Ji m H A RT L E , and big B rent JO H N SO N w i ll be bask i ng in t he V aldost a, G A sunshi ne at M oody . Som e assignm ents t h a t w er e mi ssed : M i k e JO H N SO N , F- 15, Bit bur g; Scot t ST U D E R , F- 15, Bit burg; John H U SS, A - 10, M y rt le Beach ; B ob A M E N T , T -37, C olum bus; C a r l B L A T Z , W C - 130, K eesler ; Rich BU RT O N , K C - 135, L or ing; P er C O R BE I L , T -38, CA F B ; A ndy C O R RE RO , B-52, C ar sw el l ; M i k e C O V I N GT O N , T -38, C A F B ; Sam C OX , C - 14 1, C har lest on ; M ar k D A V I S, C - 14 1, T r avis; Pet e E U N I C E , C-2 1, E lm endor f ; Paul M cG I L L I C U D D Y , T -37, CA FB ; Bob PE L L , C - 14 1, C har lesto n ; Ben PO W E L L , T -38, C A F B ; Ji m RA G G I O , C-23, Z w eib rueck en ; Jef f RA I N E S, C- 12, W right-Pat ; T ony RO B E RT S, T -37, CA F B ; Br ian ST O P H E R , K C - 135, M cC onnell ; T ony SU BE R , K C - 135, M ar ch ; John T A Y L O R , T - 15, M acD il l ; D on T I M P SO N , C - 130 , Rhei n M ai n ; Br endon T O R RE S, A - 10, Bent w at er s; Br uce U M L A N D , T -37, M at her ; M i ke W A L L E T , C -23, Z weibr ueck en ; Scot t W I L H E L M , K C - 135, Beale; and K evi n Z E EC K , T -38, C A F B .

I got a call f r om H uber t RO SS w ho is stat ioned at H anscom A F B . B e t ween his t r avels up and dow n t he East C oast and over seas. H ue manages t o squeeze i n his eveni ng master ’ s classes. H e ment ioned St ev e H E A L Y and hi s w i f e N ancy (’ 82) and t hat t hey seem t o be enj oyi ng t heir E ur opean assignm ent . H e also m ent ioned G r eg M A R SH A L L w ho can b e f o u n d a t W right-Pat t hese days. O le man M A RSH A L L seem s t o be gett i ng along ok ay t oo .

I tr aveled t o C Spr i ngs i n Febur ar y and ran i nt o C hr is a n d L i sa (B RA D L E Y ) M cC O RM I C K . W e w er e at t he A cadem y undergoing s o m e i nit ial t r aining f or U SA FA liaison o f f icer s. Pat and C h r i s a r e b o t h a s signed t o W r ight -Pat w or k i ng f or Syst em s C om mand and play L O as an addi ti onal dut y . W hile i n C O S, I spent an evening w i t h G r ady “ Si r G ” E L L I O T T and his w i f e C ar ol (RO SA D O) . T hey ar e pr oud par ent s o f a super li t tl e baby boy . M ar i a D U R RA N is al so t rek ing t he C Spr i ngs ar ea and w as ki nd enough t o haul m e ar ound f r om place t o place. I had a c h a n ce t o v i si t L eo n “ R o c k M a st er ”

SC O T T a n d h i s m a n si o n o n t h e

mountai n t op . I w ouldn ’ t expect anyt hi ng less f r om L eo n .

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W ell M om , it ’ s been r eal , f un and long. By t he t ime you receive t his let t er , your son and al l o f h is classm ates w il l be 1st L t s. M aybe I can af f ord stamps now. Its hard to believe that we have been out i n the RA F (Real A i r For ce) f or t w o year s. I guess ti me f lies w hen you ’ r e br o ke! I f you see any o f my classmat es ar ound , congr atulat e t hem on a j ob w ell done. I l ove you M om .

Fr om your son w ho st i ll ow es you six buck s, D av i d

T hank s ’ 84 f or all ow i ng me t he oppor t unit y t o w r it e f o r o u r c o l u m n .

I t ’ s been lots o f f u n . Please send your let t er s and pict ur es f or t he next ar t i cle t o Scot t . T he addr ess i s: Scot t D ick meyer , A ccess H ighw ay , A pt #4, L imest one, M aine 04750 .

M cCREEDY, Steve and Gina M OULTON, Jay and Virginia SI L V E R I A , a n d G l en n a n d L i sa C A M M A R A N O .

Even Steve LA VELL has broken down and gotten engaged t o a v er y lovely lady, Pam GA RCIA . The rest of the boys are still happi ly si ngl e, enj oying the benefits of the Phoenix environment . Only o n e m o r e academic test left and our Einstein, Ron MA RSEL LE (to be expect ed) ,

has yet t o m i ss a quest ion out o f some 350 so f ar . W e’ re pr esent ly “ car r y ing” two Naval A cademy grads through the program — D ave P f l ieger and M ike M udd. Dave works closely with M ike WELLS in coord inat ing “ ex t r a c u r r i c u l a r a c t i v i t i es. ”

’ 84 W I N G S T O SO A R .

Jim V ogt 164 N . 74t h St . , A pt . 2057 M esa, A Z 85207 P er c en t m em b er s : 6 5

H ell o f r om sunny A r izona ! Since t he i ncom i ng f l ow of l et t er s f r o m f ellow ’ 85 gr ads has been m i nim al , all I can r eally tell you about i s w hat is goi ng on here at W illy . T he t hree “ A cadem y classes” (8606, 8607, 8608) have all made it int o T -38s and ar e experienci ng the j oy o f af ter bur ner s.

Si nce I r eally only get t o see t he people i n m y f light (8608A ) , I asked someone in each fl ight t o w r ite about t he gr ads in t hei r fl ight (also , I ’ m lazy) .

I did hear f r om a f ew people w ho were in Phoenix on T D Y i ncluding R ich B R I T T , w ho is now happi ly mar r ied . C huck T H O M P SO N i s t r a i n i ng as an A W A C S w eapons cont r oller at T i nk er A FB , O K a n d w i l l b e o n his way t o A lask a f or a f ew year s. A lso , D onovan “ Pancho ” G A R C I A showed up at a par ty last w eekend and is going gr eat .

C lass 8608A has been havi ng f un i n t he sun . T i m “ Boom B o o m ” BU CK L EY w i ll be leavi ng us f or 870 1 in or der to r ecover f r o m h i s f i r st boxi ng set back : Br i ck w all - 1; “ Boom Boom ” - 0. For a r eal good laugh , ask Ron “ D ig” G RA V E S how he di scovered Jef f “ I van ” J A C O B S .

Speaki ng o f nick nam es, we have af f ect ionat ely named everyone i n our fl ight because o f som e unnat ur al act . So , the next t ime you see D ale BE N N ET T , he pr obably w on ’ t respond unless you call hi m “ D a sh - O n e ” D ale. Ot her s i n t he class include D an C OT T O N , Sonya M A RC H , D ew ey PA RK E R , Jef f H A R R I G I A N , D on C O L EM A N , Peggy K I RC H N E R , and D an B R I D G E S. A l so , M ik e M A RG I OT T A , Br ian RE N O , J i m V O GT , R ick H U R L E Y , Br uce D E SA U T E L S, T om BE RGE SO N , M i ke M A C K an d T o m W Y N N .

T he f ol k s i n 8608B at W ill ie also send thei r regar ds. R o d C R E G I E R and K eit h PO N D ended up w i t h all excellent s on t heir ch eck r i d es i n ’ 3 7 s.

Randy O RN E t r ied to st ar t his ’ 38 career by st r apping i nt o hi s ej ect ion seat w it hout a par achute. M ar k RA N D O L P H had some pr oblem s o n h i s i nit ial solo i n T -37s. I t seem s he f orgot how t o st art his engi nes. T he “ C ali f or nia boys, ” G i f f ST E I N , Ron M I L L I GA N and D ave F E D O R S bought a house t r ai ler t oget her . T hey now have a rather large f am ily t hat i ncludes tw o dogs, t w o cat s and some goldf i sh w ho m ust f en d f o r t h ei r lives at ever y fl ight part y .

O n the ot her side of 8607B class, her e’ s t he “ haps.” W e’ve got one ’ 83 r epresent at ive, W ayne SC H A T Z , w ho has r et ur ned f r om t w o t ough year s of intense “ st udyi ng” at H arvar d . H e, T r oy D EV I N E and R a e N O Y E S share the fl ight partyhouse approximately 10 minutes f r om t he gate.

W e’ ve got f our member s i n t he happi ly-m ar r ied categor y : Sco t t a n d Su e

For al l t hose w ho f elt W illy had too m any dist r act i ons, t hey w er e r ight .

Fort unatel y t hough , r af t ing i n t he Salt River , w at er ski ing i n A pache or C anyon L ake, snow sk iing at Sunr ise or Flagstaf f , cam ping i n t h e G r a n d C anyon , su r f ing af t er a seven-hour dr ive t o t he C ali f or ni a coast , w at ch ing Phoenix Suns bask et ball , or suppor t ing A SU act iviti es and night clubs are act ivit ies t hat ar e f ar enough aw ay t hat it s real ly not t hat har d to st udy (w hen w e have t o) .

W e’ ve even got our ow n pr ivat e racew ay (t he back r oads t o W il ly) .

L eading t he pack i s Jef f L A M E RS w it h hi s ’ 75 D at sun 280Z , T i m GO O L E Y w it h hi s new ’ 85 f i rebir d , D on W R I G H T and Glenn RO U SSEA U . T he above f our have been k now n t o pract ice f i nger t ip and ot her f orm at ion m aneuver s on t he w ay t o w or k . W e’ r e st il l t r yi ng to f igure out R oy H A M I L T O N ’ S real nam e. H is r oom mate, M i k e C O N N O L Y , tel ls us it ’ s Paul , but w e all i nsist it ’ s R oy . E ver yone st i ll cal ls Steve D Y E “ Si r ” — i ncluding his r oom m at e f r om t he A ir Force G u a r d u n i t i n T ulsa. T im P H A R R I S is our speed dem on on t he bask et ball co u r t i n P .T .

— w ho says baseball player s can ’ t play bask et ball . A l l in al l , we’ r e a hap py , har dw or k i ng (?) gr oup .

A not her input w as r eceived by t he A O G f or t he class c o l u m n f r o m M ar k N A U M A N N w ho is at M at her A F B , C A . H e repor t s t hat t hi ngs at nav school ar e goi ng f ine. T he tw o gr ad-sat ur ated classes (86-07 and 86-08) have gr aduated . W hile t her e t hey exper ienced so m e o f C a l i f o r n i a ’ s r ecor d weather : all-t im e high t em ps last sum mer , 20-plus days o f con t inuous f og ar ound C hr i st mas (w hich did af f ect fl ight s home) , and r ecent ly t he great fl ood . W eat her ext r emes aside, t he Sacrament o a r ea h a s b een a pret ty enj oyable place t o live and fl y . Follow ing is a list o f assignm ent s.

Fr om C lass 86-07: John FRA M E , F- 111 E W O , U pper H ey f o r d ; L ar ry G L A D BA C K , B-52 EW O , G uam ; Jef f V A N D O OT I N G H , C - 130 , P ope; Br ian CA RSE L L , RF-4, Ber gst r om ; A nt hony (Fred) F RE D E R I C K , C - 130, C lar k ; Jim G REE N , B-52, C ast le; H ar old H A M L I N , C - 130 , L it tle Rock ; Pat H E FFE RN A N , M C - 130 EW O , H ur lbur t ; and “ B u c k K A P L A N , K C - 135, G r and For k s. A lso , Sue K RA M E R , E-3A , T ink er ; D oug M cC A RT Y , E C - 135, O f f ut t ; M i k e M cI N E RN E Y , K C - 135, K . I .

Sawyer ; M ar k N A U M A N N , C - 130, E lm endor f ; M i k e PET RO SH , K C - 135, D yess; T err y ROT E R I N G , F- 111, L ak enheat h ; D an SA N C H E Z , E C- 130, K eesler ; and Jim SPA U L D I N G , C - 14 1, M cC hord .

Fr om C lass 86-06: G r eg H A W K I N SO N , C - 130 , Rhei n M ai n a n d J i m JO H N SO N , F- 111, ( I t hi nk L ak enheat h) . Fr om C lass 86-08: G l en n BA R N ES, B-52 EW O , W ur tsmi th ; M i ke C A SA V A N T , C - 14 1, C har lest on ; D i r k H U T C H I SON , F- 111, U pper H eyf or d ; Jose JO SE , C - 130, Rhei n M ain ; V er n M OO RE , B-52 E W O , Fai r chi ld ; a n d A r t ROSS, C- 130, Y ok ota. Fr om lat er classes: Jess PA L M E R , A C - 130 EW O , H ur lbur t and D ave R I L E Y , C - 130, Pope.

A f i nal new s fl ash w as telephoned in to t he A OG that L onny BA K E R , stat ioned at F . E . W ar r en A F B in C heyenne, W Y eloped w i t h Sa r a H E L L W I G w ho i s st at io ned at T yndal l A F B , F L . T he new lyw eds w i l l hopef ul ly be livi ng t oget her i n Oct ober . T hey w er e m a r r i ed o n N ew Y ear ’ s Eve and plan t o r eside lat er this year i n For t C olli ns, C O af ter Sar a graduat es f r om A ir T r af f ic C ont r ol School .

I f you have anyt hi ng you w ant pr i nt ed i n t he class colum n , send you i n

puts and photographs to Jim VOGT , M arilyn GA RCIA , Jim

M I RA BE L L A or Jack ie (C H A RSA G U A ) W I L L I S or t he m agazi ne

ed i t o r a t t h e A O G .

A rem in iscen ce o f th e A i r Fo rce Acad em y H itch co ck ar t ist M el M o rgan has re-cr eated th is v iew o f t h e A i r F o r c e Acad em y cam p us. T h is o r igin al p ai n t ing is acco m p l ished th ro ugh an age o ld p ro cess in v o lv ing an i n t r icate ser ies o f up to a d o zen h an d -cu t sten ci l p lates used to ap p ly th e in d iv id ual b ackgr o u n d co lo rs in a lay ered p r o gressio n .

A d d i tio nal h an d m ix ed o il pai n ts are t hen ap p lied b y t h e sk i l l e d b r u sh o f t h e a r t i st t o ac h i e v e t h e m i n u t e d e t ai l cap tu red in each scene. T hese ted io us h an d step s p ro d uce a p ain ti ng such th at n o tw o scen es w il l b e ex ac tly a l i k e .

The A ir Force Academy Cha ir by H itchcock tradition of quality craftsmanship . As illustrated, either style of chair w ill be personally inscribed

The A i r For ce A cad emy Cha i r by H i tchcock . Each

c h ai r i s c o n st r u c t e d o f a se l e c t e d k i l n d r i e d h ar d

b y H i tchco ck craftsm en w i th th e ow ner ’s nam e an d A i r For ce A ca demy class.

T he rush seat chai r is p riced at $330 an d the w oo d seat chair at $275. Prepaid shipp ing any w here in the con tinen tal U .S. is $35. For holiday

m ap le and bears the Hi tchcock w arran ty seal at testing to its authen tici ty .

T he solid m ap le w ood seat chair , p ictured below left , and the hand w oven rush seat chair , p ictured below righ t , are bo th characterized b y the College seal and are true to the H itchcock

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Exquisite Sculptured Crystal

This is your opportunity to acquire a f ine engraved rendering in sculptured crystal, created especially f or you and f eaturing 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 piecescontain subtle diff erences, occasioned by the handcraf ting of each rendering.

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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 for each class. T he number one (1 of 50) in each series will be designated "A rtisan's Proof ," w h i l e a l l 5 0 w i l l carry the words "Limited Edition." Sorry , requests for specific numbers cannot be honored. Choose either a walnut or oak display base. A n open, unlimited edition is also available featuring either i the A cademy or .

A ssociation 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 ssocia tion of Graduates coat of arms is available in an open edition program on ly . Inlaid with beveled pieces of crystal in a contrasting c o l o r a n d separated by leading, this exquisite hanging is displayed a t i t s b est b ef o r e a window or other light source. M ay be ordered with a w a l n u t o r o a k frame. $1,000 plus personalization.

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— Limited Edition 10-inch display — Indicate quantity , class year, oak or walnut base. $250* each .

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— Open Edition window hanging — Indicate quantity , class. A cademy or A OG coat of arms. Oak or walnut frame.

— Include personalization instructions (single line, maximum 20 characters recommended ). $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, account number and expiration date of card.

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M ail credit card inf ormation or check to: A ssociation of Gr aduates (Cr y stal ) USA F A cademy , Col o . 80840-5000 G R A D U A T I O N W E E K 19 86 H I G H L I G H T S M ay 24 (Sat) M ay 25 (Su n)

2 p .m . Bl uebards “ G rease” (T ick et needed) 9 & 11 a .m . C ad et C hap el Services 1:30 & 5 p .m . Baccalau reate Ser vices (T icket needed ) 7 p .m . A t hlet ic A ward s Banq uet (T icket needed )

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8 p .m . C adet C ho rale C o ncert (A r no ld H all T heat er) 9 :35 D ru m & Bugle C o r ps (Parade G r ou nd) D em o nst ratio n ( Parad e G ro u nd ) 1 p .m . O pen H o use ( D o r ms & o t her f aci li ties) 10 :30 a .m . M arch-O n & G rad uatio n Ceremo n ies (Falco n Stad i um) 12 : 15 U SA F T hu nderb ir d T eam D emo nst rat io n

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