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A ir Force A cademy Fund T ops $ 117,000

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Parent s, Friends Cont inue A FA Fund Support

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12t h M ilitary H ist ory Sym posium Slated

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Commandant A nderson L eaves A cademy

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Far East Exchange Pr ogr ams D iscussed

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Faber , ’73, N amed Jabara W inner

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Jim Conboy D ay Planned

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D ean D raws M oscow A ssignment G raduate and W i f e Ear n O ’ M alley A ward . . .

C l ass o f 1986 G r ad u at es

N ew D oolies Begin Four-Y ear T rek

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M ike M ark , ’75, Recalled as Special

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T he Secret L i f e of W aldo D um squat

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Falcon Sport s

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R A C uber o ’6 1 (V ice-C hai r man) M J Q ui nlan ’ 6 1 J F W h eel er ’ 64 S S D u n ca n ’ 6 5 R B G i f f en ’ 6 5 A W G r i esh a b er J r ’ 6 5

A E Blum berg Jr ’68 L A i n sw o r t h ’ 70 P A I r i sh I I I ’ 74 R A J en sen J r ’ 74 W A Y u cu i s ’ 7 4 S J V r eel a n d ’ 7 5 R L Sm i t h ' l l B D Si l v er ’ 8 2

A BOU T OU R COVER

M r . Bill M adsen of t he A cademy Public A f f airs O f f ice c a t c h es t he Cadet W ing as t hey march down the ramp t o t he parade f i el d for the graduation parade. For more inf ormation on t his year ’ s graduation , see pages 28 and 29.

T o Ser v e U n t i l 3 0 J u n e 19 89 J F G l a za ’ 60 M P B l a i sd el l ’ 6 2 J L C o a t es ’ 6 3

D L D eBer ry ’63

B A B l ack m an ’ 6 5

J E Spin ier Jr ’ 65 B G D u n n ’ 66 J E Sch o f i el d ’ 6 7

C J Y oos I I ’ 68 (Secretary) R B M anni ng ’ 7 1 W E R i c h a r d so n ’ 7 1

J R H ogue ’ 76 W R K nelli nger ’ 76

CHECKPOINTS is published in February, M ay, A ugust and N ovem ber by t he

A ssociat ion of G r aduates, U SA F A cademy , C ol o . 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 are t hose of t he authors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, pol icy or at t it ude o f t he A ssociat ion of G raduates, i ts o f f icer s or t he edi tor ial st af f . T he appear ance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an end or sement by t he A ssociat ion o f G r aduates of t he pr oduct s or ser vices adver t ised . C opyr ight © A ssociat ion o f G r aduat es o f t he U nit ed St at es A ir F orce A cadem y , Su m m er 1986.

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

The A cademy in Transition L t. Gen, Winf ield W, Scott, Jr., Sup er intendent — 27 were of f ered scholarships and f ellowships f or graduate

st u d i es.

— 13 w i l l a t t en d m ed i ca l sch o o l .

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— 5 elected commissioning in sister services (two A rmy , t w o N avy , one M arine Corps) .

— 6 were second generat ion graduat es, raising the U SA FA t o t al t o 27 .

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L t . G en . S c o t t T he summer months at your academy are always a period o f t ransit ion . Short ly af ter sending one class of f to new challenges as members of t he commissioned of f icer f orce, we welcome a n e w class of f ut ure leaders eager f or t he equally demanding challenges o f cad et l i f e.

T his year also f eat ured a t ransit ion in guest services, a s w e opened the long-awaited new visit or center . T his magnif icent f acilit y will signi f icantly im prove both t he A cademy ’ s public im age and visitor convenience. I ’d li ke to spend a f ew m o m en t s t h i s issue highlight ing t hese t ransitions.

First , a tribute to t he Class of 1986, our 28t h graduat ing c l a ss .

T heir slogan — T he Pride T hat St ick s — was cert ainly ev i d en t i n their accomplishments. For the f ir st time in U SA FA hist ory , a woman f inished as T op G raduate. T errie A . M cL aughlin a l so received the Out standing Cadet in Elect rical Engineeri ng a n d Out standing Cadet in Engineering A wards.

T he T op A cademic Per f ormer was K eit h A . K udla; T op M i l i tary honors went to John G . L eV asseur ; and quarterback B a r t W ei ss w as n am ed M o st V al u ab l e A t h l et e .

A s a class, 948 received diplomas f rom V ice President George Bush on M ay 28, increasing t he t otal graduate roll t o m o r e t h a n 19,4(X). A closer look at the class reveals t hat : — 582 will enter U ndergraduate Pilot T raining.

— 44 will ent er U ndergr aduate N avigator T raining.

— 24 will enter U ndergraduat e H elicopter T raining.

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

— T he Falcon f oot ball team seniors led t he only N CAA f ootball team t o win 12 games in 1985; was t he f irst ser v i ce academy team t o beat N ot re D ame f our years in a row ; a n d w as t he f irst service academy team to appear in and win f o u r co n secut ive bow l games.

— Bart W eiss was named W A C O f f ensive Player of t he Y e a r and f inished 15t h in H eisman T rophy balloting.

— Saf ety Scot t T homas was a consensus A ll-A merican .

— Beth H aney was named A ll-A merican 2 1 times during h e r f our years on the W omen’ s Sw im T eam .

— Stacey Goss was named t o t he C ont inental D ivide C on f erence bask etball team , and became t he second highest al l - t i m e scorer in A cademy w omen ’ s bask etball ; and , — V olleyball star Barb M art in was awarded t he Olym pia A ward as the t op amateur woman at hlete in an Olympic sport in t he nation, t he f irst service academy at hlete so honored .

T h e acad em i c an d a t h l et i c ach i ev em en t s o f t h e C l ass o f 19 86

wi ll inspire t hose w ho f ollow t o even greater height s. M ore impor t antly , t heir leadership of t he Cadet W ing set an example w h i ch will be f ollowed f or years t o come.

W ait ing in the wings t o begin developing leadership qualities of their own is t he Class of 1990 . N early 1,350 candidates a r r i v ed o n July 1 t o begin m ilitary careers at t he academy . T he quality of each succeeding class continues t o im prove, as evidenced by en t rance scores. T he average Class of ’90 academic composition score is t he highest in recent years.

T he A dmissions O f f ice responded t o m ore than 40,000 ser i o u s requests f or inf ormation t his year , event ually tr imm ing t h e l i st t o about 3,300 f ully-qualif ied candidates. O f t he appointees: — nearly 65 percent are pilot qualif ied .

— 11.5 percent are women ; and , — 13.6 percent are minority .

T he ent husiasm of t his new class has been out standing. Y o u can be conf ident t hey will uphold t he proud t radit ions an d st an dards established over t he past 31 years.

A nd , more t han ever bef ore, academy visitors will lear n o f t hose standards when t hey t our our new visit or center . B u i l t t hrough t he generosity of t he A ir Force A cademy Foundat ion a n d A ir Force A cademy A t hlet ic A ssociation , the $4.5 million c e n t e r exempli f ies t he quality programs and f acilities available h e r e .

T he visit or center depict s, t hrough exhibits and f ilm , o u r f o u r pillars of cadet t raining: academic, military , at hlet ic, a n d charact er/ spiritual development . T he building also i n cl u d es an expanded gi f t shop and a rest aurant . T o f urt her enhance v i si t o r convenience, a short nature t rail tak es t hem t o the chapel . T he next t ime you visit your alma mater . I ’ m sure you ’ ll be as proud as we are of the new A ir Force A cademy V isitor Center .

Pride in the i nst itution certainly was evident t hroughout J u n e W eek and t he summer t raining programs. Our goal , to w h i ch a l l of our activities are commit ted , remains development o f a n o f f icer corps of which t he A ir Force and t he nation can be proud .

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6 1- 5 1. 52 % 5 9 - 9 .9 5 % 6 3- 8 .9 1% 6 6 - 7 .4 5 %

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(N ote: The percent of donors is calculated by dividing the number of gif ts by the number of living alumni. Totals include gif ts received between July 1 1985 and June 30, 1986. Gif ts received af ter this date wil l be listed in a f u tur e magazine.)

A i r F orce A cademy F und

D onati ons T op $117,000

Graduates, graduate and cadet parents, and f riends of the A cademy have generously contributed

more t han $117,000 to t he 1985- 1986 A ir Force

A cademy Fund through June 30th of this year . The current campaign will end on Sept . 30 of this year .

T he donors listed below are t hose w ho cont ributed between Feb . 3 and June 30, 1986. Prior donors t o

this year’s fund were listed in the winter magazine.

A s was announced previously , we have changed the f ormat of our donor listing wit h t he current A ir

Force Academy Fund. A lumni donors are grouped by class alphabetically. Following the individual class year is the amount donated by that class during the current donat ion period (in t his case Feb . 3 to June

30 1986). The total donation statistics for each class are listed under t he “ U SA FA Class Part icipation’ ’ section . A lumni donors are f ollowed by parent s

(graduate and cadet) listed alphabetically and the final listing is friends of the A cademy in alphabetical o r d er .

A recent special solicitation to alumni who had not

donated t o the A ir Force A cademy Fund previously h as b een m o st su ccessf u l . A l l d o n a t i o n s t o t h e f u n d

are, of course, tax deduct ible. C ont ributions t o the f und endow A cademy and Cadet W ing enhancement

proj ects for which federal funds are not available.

The proj ects are prioritized by the superintendent and approved by the A ssociation’s board of direc to rs.

Since institut ing t he new donor recognition pro

gram this year we have received our new walnut plaques designating contributors in each of our new categories of giving which include Patron, Leader , Fellow , and Benef act or . Sixteen Patron plaques and

two Leader plaques have been provided to donors in those categories. The original Sponsor plaque ($100-$499) remains the most popular f orm of donor recognition .

Symbols following names indicate contributions at

t he $50-and-above level . T he k ey to the symbols are:

(D) Donor — $50 to $99 (S) Sponsor — $100 to $499 (P) Patron — $500 to $999 (L) Leader — $1,000 to $2,499 (F) Fellow — $2,500 to $4,999 (B) Benefactor — $5,000 or more

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C l a ss o f 19 7 5

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C l ass o f 19 7 3

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C l ass o f 19 76

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C l a ss o f 19 7 7

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C l ass o f 19 7 9

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C l ass o f 19 80

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C l ass o f 19 84

$445.00

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C l ass o f 19 8 1

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M r B r u ce F K r o e h l C l a ss o f 196 9

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C l ass o f 19 7 1 M r P e t er A B l a k e

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C l ass o f 196 8

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By M aj . Phillip J. M eilinger, ’70

Execut ive D irect or , 12t h M ilitary H istory Symposium T he A ssociat ion of Graduates and t he D epart ment of H ist ory at t he U .S. A ir Force A cademy will host t he 12t h M ilitary H ist ory Symposium , Oct ober 1-3, 1986, on “ T ransf ormat ion in R u ssi an and Soviet M ilitary H ist ory .” T he symposium will examine t h e f act o r s w h i ch co n t r i b u t ed t o t h e t r an sf o r m at i o n o f t h e So v i et

U nion into a military superpower . T he conf erence will begi n on W ednesday evening wit h t he 29t h H armon M emorial L ecture i n M ilitary H istory , present ed by John L . H . K eep f rom t h e U n i v er sity of T oront o .

Prof essor Keep’ s keynote lect ure w ill be t itled , “ Soldiering i n t he T sarist A rmy .” T his t heme will be complement ed by a ban quet presentation T hursday evening on t he Soviet soldier , given

by C ol . Roland L aj oie, U .S. A rmy , current ly t he chief o f t h e U .S .

M ilitary L iaison M ission t o Commander in Chief , Group o f Soviet Forces in Germany .

Four sessions will be devoted to t opics f ocused on t he military heritage of I mper ial Russia, Soviet milit ary doct rine, t h e G r eat Pat riot ic W ar , and the postwar emergence of the Soviet U n i o n as a milit ary superpower .

T he M ilitary H ist ory Symposium series began in 1967 w h e n t h e D epart ment of H istory and the academy superintendent r e c o g nized t he need t o bridge a gap between t he military an d t h e civilian academic world in the realm of military hist ory . Si n ce t h at t ime t he symposium has addressed a wide variety of t opics such as air power , war on t he homef ront , military com manders a n d modern war f are, and science, technology and war f are. I n 1984, t he symposium exam ined “ M ilitary Planning in t he 20t h Century” and at tracted scholars and planners f r om around t h e w o r ld .

Session I on T hursday morning, “ T he M ilitary L egacy o f I m perial Russia: H istory and t he Environment ” will be chaired by N icholas V . Riasanovsky (U niversity of Cali f ornia, Ber keley) .

W illiam C . Fuller , Jr . (H arvard U niversity) will comment o n papers presented by Bruce W . M enning (M iami U niversity) , W alter M . Pint ner (Cornell U niversity) , and D avid R . J o n e s (D alhousie U niversity , Canada) .

M aj . Gen . W illiam L . D oyle, Jr ., U SA F (H q St rategic A i r Command , O f f ut t A FB , N eb .) will chair t he T hursday a f t er n o o n session on “ Soviet M ilitary D oct ri ne.” Jacob W . K ipp (K ansas State U niver sity) and Peter V igor (Royal M ilitary A cademy , Sandhurst) will present papers, and John J. D ziak (D ef ense I n telligence A gency) will serve as com ment at or .

Friday morning’ s session I I I is “ Fighting t he Great P at r i o t i c W ar .” Earl F . Z iem ke (U niversity of Georgia) will comm ent o n papers by V on D . H ardesty (N at ional A ir and Space M useum) , C hrist opher N . D onnelly (Royal M ilitary A cademy , Sandhurst) , and Col . D avid M . G lantz, U SA (U .S. A rmy W ar College) .

Session I V on Friday af ternoon will address t he “ Emergence o f a M ilitary Superpower : Purpose and Results.” L t . Gen . Ray m ond B . Furlong, U SA F (Ret) (Saint James School , M ontgo mery , A la.) will be t he chair man f or t he session . A mbassador L ynn M . H ansen (D epart ment of State) will com ment on p a p e r s presented by John M . T hompson (U .S. A ir W ar College) a n d A i r V ice M arshal R . A . M ason , RA F (Royal A ir Force Personnel M anagement Cent re, U .K .)

Robert F . Byr nes I ndiana U niversity) w ill be t he chairman f o r a special sum mary session on Friday af t ernoon . Ernst K l i n k (M ilit ary H ist ory Research O f f ice, Federal Republic o f Germany) , Jean-Christ ophe Romer (Ecole Special e M ilitai re, Saint-Cyr-Coetquidan) , and J . M alcolm M ack int osh (senior ci v i l i an ad v i so r o n t h e So v i et U n i o n t o t h e B r i t i sh Cabinet) will sit on a panel of f oreign expert s on Soviet milit ary hist ory a n d su m marize t he symposium .

T he A ssociation of G raduates has sponsored t he M ilitary H ist ory Symposium since 1967 and is pleased t o sponsor t h e 12 t h M ilitary H ist ory Symposium , which promises t o be one o f t h e most intellectually st imulat ing yet produced .

For f urt her inf ormat ion contact M aj . Phillip S. M eilinger , ’70, executive director , 12t h M ilit ary H ist ory Symposium , D epart ment of H ist ory , U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colorado Springs, C olo . 80840 (aut ovon 259-3230 or commercial t elephone 303-472-3230) .

L ibrary Receives Valuable W o r l d W ar I I D o cu m en t s B y D u ane R eed

A cademy A r chivist A collection of document s about prisoners of war during W orld W ar I I has been presented t o t he Cadet L ibrary . H enry Soderberg, a Y .M .C .A . representative t o allied POW camps in N azi Germany during W orld W ar I I , gat hered t he mat erials d u r ing his service in t he war .

T he collection of photographs, diar ies, manuscripts an d o f f icial report s and document s depict M r . Soderberg’ s support of t he Y .M .C .A .’ s mission t o provide humanitarian aid t o b o t h allied and German POW s during and immediat ely f ollowi ng t h e w ar .

A m ong t he PO W camps rout inely visited by M r . Soderberg w a s Stalag L uf t I I I , t he allied camp made f amous by t he b o o k a n d m ovie, “ T he Great Escape.

T he Cadet L ibrary contains a substantial collect ion of unique mat erials donated by ret ired A ir Force L t . Gen . A .P . C lark , f ormer A cademy superi ntendent , and ot her POW s, and h as b een designated as t he of f icial reposit ory f or records gat hered by t he Stalag L uf t I I I H ist orical A ssociation .

M r . Soderberg’ s collecti on will be housed wit hin the Special Collect ions Branch of t he library , and w ill be made av ai l ab l e t o cadet s and hist orians researching t he hist ory of t he P O W ex perience during W orld W ar 11.

H enry Soder berg, third f r om lef t, p resents some of h is co l lec t i o n of documents on Wor ld War I I to D uane R eed, second f r om lef t, and D onald J. Bar rett, r ight, of the Cadet L ibrary . A t lef t is r etired A ir F orce L t. Gen. A .P . Clark, f ormer A cademy sup er intendent. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by B ill M adsen) 13

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Brig. Gen . M arcus A . A nderson , ’61, ended a two-year t o u r a s commandant of cadet s in early June. A maj or general-select ee, h e lef t the A cademy t o become T act ical A ir Command ’ s deput y chief of staf f f or operations. “ T he per f ormance of t he Cadet W ing t he past two years h a s been outstanding, part icularly t he leadership show n by t he cadet s,’ ’ said t he general . “ I ’ m very pleased wit h t he responsibili ty and accountability dem onst rat ed by t he cadet s in operating t he wing.’ ’ “ Being a cadet today is not that much di f f erent f rom being a cadet 25 years ago ,” said General A nderson . “ T he day-t o-day cadet li f e, the requirements and demands on cadet time, t h e w h o l e spectrum of cadet li f e has not changed t hat much .”

H e did add that t he Cadet W ing is f ive times bigger a n d i s n o w 12 percent w omen . T k new everyone in my class of 300 cad et s.

I t ’ s very di f f icult , wit h a class of more t han a t housand , f o r a

t oss t heir hat s in t he air at graduat ion . Y ou f eel t hat you ’ve con t r i b u t ed t o t h e st ar t o f a su ccessf u l car eer .

General A nderson t hen comment ed on his new assignment . “ I have very m ixed emot ions about leaving t he A cademy . T h e com mandant ’ s j ob is very im port ant , sat isf ying and rewarding. I n t hat context I hate t o leave because t here are programs t h a t I w on’ t see t hr ough t o complet i on ,” he said , “ but being t he deputy chief of staf f f or operations at T A G will be an exciting a n d r e warding j ob as well , so I look f orw ard t o t hat challenge.

H e said it takes t he w hole team t o mak e t he A cademy r u n a s smoot hly as it has during his t enure. “ I f eel f ortunat e t o have been here during t his period b ecau se i t has been such a cohesive t eam ,” he concluded . “ T hat m an i f est s it self in t he way t he cadet s per f orm , because t hey see we are t rying t o w ork t oget her . ( The F alcon F ly er)

cad et t o k n o w al l o f h i s o r h er cl assm at es.

T he commandant is also very pleased wit h t he st ate o f t h e

h o n o r co d e .

“ I f eel it ’ s healt hier now t han it ’ s been in many years, ” c o m mented General A nderson . “ I t ’ s somet hing you always h av e t o k eep an eye on because it ’ s not somet hing t hat remains st at i c . W e h av e t o m a k e su r e o u r n ew cl asses u n d er st an d w h at t h e co d e i s a l l

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about , what living under it means, and t he reasons f or having it .

I ts administ ration has t o be cont inually monit ored t o m a k e su r e it ’ s f air and equitable, and t hat the pr oper check s a n d b a l a n c e s are in place,” he added .

General A nderson said t hat cadet s play t he dominant r o le i n t h e honor process, as t hey should , but everyone is involved wit h sup porting t he honor code. “ I t ’s really an A cademy code, as well as a cadet code,” sa i d t h e general . “ W e also have an expanded educat ion pr ogram f o r o u r new classes and newly-assigned staf f t hat not only t a l k s a b o u t t h e code itsel f , but also how it f its int o t he w hole process of pr of es sionalism and int egrity in t he A ir Force.”

T he commandant said t hat one of t he most rewarding asp ect s of his j ob is seeing cadets succeed and do well . “ I t ’ s rewarding to see t hem exercise and develop t heir l ead er ship skills,” General A nderson added . “ Y ou really f eel l i k e you ’ve accomplished somet hing w hen you see t he f irst cl ass cad et s

O ne of t he st ated obj ect ives of t he bylaws of t he A ssociat ion o f G raduates (A OG) of t he U .S. A ir Force A cademy , I nc. cal l s f o r “ t he prom ot ion of interest in t he mission , ideals, act ivit ies, and t he hist ory of t he U SA F A cademy .” T o f urt her t his obj ect ive t h e associat ion’ s board of direct ors recent ly approved a f o u r t h category of A OG membership , t he corporat e li f e membership .

T he new of f eri ng will permit corporat ions and similar en t i t i es t o share in the associat ion’ s support of alum ni and t he A cademy .

Previous membership of f erings included graduate annual a n d lif e, associat e annual and lif e, and honorary li f e cat egories.

I nvitat ions t o select cor porat ions have only recent ly b een mailed . M cD onnell D ouglas C orporat ion , St L ouis, M o . replied in short order and became t he f irst corporat e member u n d er t h e new program . U nited Services A ut omobile A ssociat ion (U SA A ) and Continent al Elect ronics (a division of V arian A ssociates, I nc.) and T he M I T RE Corporat ion f ollowed immediately t hereaf ter as inaugural members. T he A ssociation of G r ad u at es i s extremely grati f ied wit h thi s init ial show of support f r o m t h ese well-k nown corporat ions.

Corporate lif e mem berships are being initially of f ered f o r $2,000 . W it h t he except ion of vot ing and holding of f ice, m e m b e r s will enj oy all privileges of regular members. A corporat ion m a y designate a speci f ic individual t o receive association publicati ons and may redesignate a replacem ent name upon successive a n niversaries of t he membership . C orporate members are speci f ical ly enj oined f rom using A OG publications, in part icular t h e Register of Graduates, f or compilat ion of mailing list s f o r co m mercial purposes. A ddit ional memberships in t he name o f a member corporation may be purchased f or $1, 100 and similarly designated f or speci f ic individuals. T he initial membership w i l l also entit le t he corporation t o a handsome laser-engraved plaque suit able f or display in t he f inest corporate of f ices.

T he associat ion encourages current mem bers in all categories t o spread t he word on this new program . I nterested parties sh o u l d b e ref erred t o Charles F . Gaasch , direct or of development . A sso ci a tion of Graduat es, U SA F A cademy , Colo . 80840, (303) 4 7 2 - 2 0 7 3 .

General A nderson recei ves a m odel of a glider f r om t h e 94 t h A i r manship Training Squadr on com mander, L t. Col. R ober t A .

L o we, ’71, af ter the commandant ’s f inal glider f light. The general l ogged 155 sor ties as a sailp lane instr uctor d ur ing h i s t e n u r e a s commandant. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by SSgt. Renee Ty r on)

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Far East Exchange Pr ograms D iscussed

By SSgt . A nnet te Crawf ord P u b l i c A f f ai r s

Reinf orcing f riendships, st rengt hening t he cadet exchange p r o

gram with Korea, Japan, and the Philippines, and establishing

t hose two issues wit h C hina, were the main ideas behind a r e c e n t trip to t he Far East by t he Superintendent , L t . Gen . W i n f i el d W .

Scott , Jr .

T he A cademy has a tw o-week exchange program wit h cadets f rom Japan, K orea and t he Philippines. T here are also t w o K orean cadets in t he f our-year program , plus tw o Filipino cad et s who j ust entered wit h t he C lass of 1990. N ow a new exchange pro gram is on the horizon wit h t he People’s Republic of C h i n a . “ W e’ re work ing to build a short program wit h China now , ”

said General Scott . “ The idea has been very enthusiastically received . I t ’ s j ust a mat ter now of w ork ing out t he d et a i l s. ” T he general said he has hopes t hat t he exchange wit h C h i n a ca n begin in 1987, and t hat by spri ng break a contingent co u l d b e sen t t h er e . i i

China has always been an important and fascinating co u n t r y

t o t he U nited States. T hey ’ re grow ing in importance, an d a r e

making giant strides toward improving their technology.

A lthough not an ally , t hey ’ re certainly a close f riend , ” sai d t h e superintendent . “ T he Chinese are gracious, f riendly people, who f rom m y e x perience, seem to lik e A mericans very much ,” he added . “ A n d i f

there’s anything we can do to strengthen that relationship, t h e n I t h i n k w e sh o u l d w o r k o n i t . ”

General Scott said the long-range benef its of an exchange p r o gram are a better understanding of China and its culture, plus

establishing friendships which could last through an en t i r e A i r F o r c e c a r eer .

T hose are f riendships t hat may open doors w hich might n o t ot herwise be available,” said General Scott .

A lthough China was the main focus of the superintendent ’s trip, the idea of better friendships and understanding al so h o l d s

t rue f or the 17 countries wit h w hich t he A cademy now h as an ex change program . co m m en t ed t h e “ I t ’ s a vital program in t hat regard, superintendent . “ A good exam ple of t hat w ould be w hen I w e n t t o W est Point . A classmate of mine was Gen . Fidel Ramos, w h o i s now head of t he Filipino m ilitary . G eneral Ram os and I h av e maintained a close f riendship since we graduated in 19 50 . I saw him w hen I was in t he Philippines and spent several h o u r s w i t h him .”

T he tr ip was also General Scot t ’ s f irst time back to t h e P aci f i c

in three years. (Before becoming superintendent , the general served in various command duties in South Korea.) “ One of the changes which I saw, which was very encouraging, was the new South Korean A ir Force A cademy,” said General

Scot t . “ I t ’ s a beauti f ul f acility . A s a mat ter of f act , i t r em i n d s m e a great deal of our A cademy . T hey ’ve increased t heir en r o l l m en t and are doing a splendid j ob . “ T hey ’ ve always been wonder f ul and close allies of ours,” he

concluded,” and it ’s great to see them progressing, as f a r as t h ei r academies are concerned.” (The Falcon Flyer)

Bank Continues Ser vice to A cademy, Graduates A ir A cademy N at ional Bank , the only unaf f iliated bank o n a n A ir Force installat ion in t he U nited States, celebrated i t s 20 t h a n

niversary as a national bank this past June. Originally c h a r t e r e d

as an af f iliate of Exchange N ational Bank of Colorado Springs,

which provided on-site services to Academy construction a g e n c y personnel as early as 1955, the bank moved to its present l o cat i o n

in the Community Center in D ecember of 1967. I t remained an a f f iliate of Exchange unt il 1970, at which t ime it became an i n dependent bank . I n addition to t he main bank in t he Com munity

Center, A ir A cademy National operates a banking facility in Sij an

H all of f ering services designed f or cadet s.

T he bank was inspired f r om inception by it s f ounder an d ch ai r man, J .D . (Jasper) A ck erman, dean of Colorado bankers, w h o i s

dedicated to serving the A cademy community. Early on, h e recognized that small community banks could no longer depend on regulat ory const raint s t o preserve t heir mar k et a n d w o u l d i n

fact experience some dif ficulty in successfully competing i n an

evolving f inancial system . H e t heref ore est ablished some general guidelines for A ir A cademy National : operate at lower unit cost s,

particularly in electronic data processing and electronic f u n d s transfer systems; maintain continuity of management an d a co m petent permanent staff to deal with customers on a personal basis; and provide quality service at the lowest possible c o s t .

Subsequent development s have proven t he w isdom of t his

philosophy. M r . A ckerman retired in A pril of this year an d w as

cited by the bank ’s board of direct ors f or his unsel f ish d ev o t i o n t o mission obj ectives. Further, in recognition of his per sonal st at ure,

banking knowledge, and leadership, he has been proclaimed L i f et i m e C h a i r m a n o f t h e B o ar d - E m er i t u s.

Jasper D . A ck erman

Not to worry — notwithstanding deregulation, proliferation o f nonbank banks, mergers, formulation of holding companies, a n d other changes in the financial industry. A ir A cademy N at i o n al will remain independent and unaf filiated. Under the guidance of M r . Harold U. (Hal) L ittrell, chairman, president , ch i ef ex ecu t i v e of ficer and longtime banking associate of Jasper A ckerman, A i r A cademy National promises continuing quality service.

We congratulate A ir A cademy National for its twenty years of service to cadets, alumni, and the A cademy community an d t o D epart ment of D ef ense personnel t hr oughout t he world .

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CHA PTER NEWS i A RIZ ONA CH A PT ER

The A rizona Chapter had its quarterly

meet ing at t he Fiesta I nn in T empe. A tt en dance was up 150 percent over t he last meet ing. Classes of ’67, ’68, ’04, and ’06

(the latter two being my four-year-old and two-year-old daughters) were represented .

Besides the good conversat ion and con sumption of prodigious quantities of beer ,

the business portion of the meeting in

cluded elect ion of a president f or 1987.

Roy H endrick son , ’72, was unanimously elected incoming president to tak e of f ice

in January. The next quarterly meeting of t he chapter was also set f or t he f irst week

of September and will be in Flagstaf f at

t he home of a ’68 grad w ho wishes t o re main anonymous. T ransportat ion ar rangement s and details should be dis cussed wit h Bill M cK ee, ’68. Y ou can call B i l l a t 94 1-2 160 .

A T L A N T A C H A PT ER T he A t lant a C hapter , w hich w as chartered only a f ew mont hs ago, is conti

nuing to develop and grow with many new members j oining every week. A lready

t here are nearly 70 graduates on t he roster , including some representat ives

f rom each of 18 dif ferent graduating

cl asses.

Our first summer activity was a family picnic at Stone M ountain Park during the

evening of June 19. W it h t he weat her

nearly perfect , it turned out to be a very pleasant evening of socializing, finishing with the spectacular LA SER L ight Show

agai nst t he sol id gr ani t e m ount ai n back ground .

Preliminary plans are now being made f or chapter activit ies t his f all relat ing t o the upcoming A ir Force Falcon f ootball

it belongs!) f or t he next year , w hen it will

se a s o n .

t h e “ o t h er sch o o l s. ’ ’ T h e l ad ies d i v i si o n

I f you w ould lik e t o be included on our mailing list , please send your name, ad dress, and phone number t o t he A t lanta Chapt er , A ssociat ion of Graduat es, P .O .

Box 724432, A t lanta, G a. 30339.

C O L O RA D O C H A PT ER T he Colorado Chapter is not only alive and well ; but it is in superb shape, gol f wise anyway . T he T hird A nnual T riService A cademy A lum ni G ol f T ourna ment (act ually t he second , as A ir Force somehow didn ’t get an invit at ion t o t he f ir st one) was held on June 20t h at t he A cademy ’s Silver Course. Over 85 alums f rom t he t hree academies and t heir guest s competed , using a Peoria handicapping syst em t hat seem ed t o m eet w i t h everyone’ s approval . (A t least , t hey didn’ t lynch t he scorekeeper !)

W hen t he dust had sett led , wit h t he help of t he ever-present t hunderstorm , t he A FA squad had compiled a t ot al f ourman score of 308, com pared t o A r my and N avy ’ s 316 each . T he vict orious team was composed of A 1 Blumberg, ’ 68, wit h a 74 t hat was also good f or low round of t he day honors; D ave Bulloch , a guest of Jim Glaza, ’60, wit h a 75; L ee K raut h , ’72, who had a 79; and Phil Schm idt , ’68, with an 80. T he t raveling t rophy will now reside wit h t he Colorado C hapter (w here

M embers of the A tlanta Chap ter gather at the Stone M o u n t a i n Park p icnic in J une. Graduates include M ac M cConnell, ’68; D ave Champ a, ’72; N orm Schulze, ’63; Cass Casada, ’71; A I N ash, ’75 (seated); J ohn D isosway, ’70; P at J ordan, ’73; Way ne H iggins, ’74; M ik e H ardman, ’72; Tom B r umlik, ’72; R ich ar d J ones, ’73; and Gary K arschnick, ’60.

b e W est P o i n t ’ s t u r n t o h o st t h i s ex t r em e

ly popular event .

A s m uch as it hurt s, not e should be tak en t hat a f ew prizes were lef t over f or

was taken by M rs. Frank ie K rst ich , U SN A , wit h a 102. T he men ’ s low net prize was gr abbed by Bill M cA lpine, U SN A guest , wit h a net of 49! T he ladies low net was won by M rs. Connie St erling, U SM A , wit h a net of 70. A special not e should be t ak en t hat t he long drive cont est was w on by Jay “ G orilla’ ’ M iller , A FA ’63, wit h a m onst rous pok e on the 15t h h o l e . T h e cl o sest t o t h e h o l e co n t est w as

won by H olly Emrick -Svet z, A FA ’ 80, f or t he ladies and St eve M iller , U SN A ’66, f or t h e m en .

T h i s w as o n e o f t h e m o st su ccessf u l

proj ect s ever hosted by t he CCA O G , and easily the most successf ul inter-service alum ni event accom plished t o date. A great t ime was had by all and a special not e of t hank s is due t o A llan Jensen, A FA ’ 74, and D on H alley , A FA ’ 74. I t co u l d n ’ t h av e b een d o n e w i t h o u t t h ei r

superlative ef f ort s. Furt her t hank s is also due t o M r . Rick Ru f f ner , U SN A , M r . Bill Cooper , U SM A , and M r . Bud Sterling, U SM A , who served as proj ect of f icers f or t heir respective groups.

T he CCA OG has ot her pr oj ects t hat h av e t u r n ed 19 86 i n t o o n e o f o u r m o st

successf ul years. A somew hat delayed D ar k A ges D inner was held in A pril wit h

Brig. Gen. Erv Rokke, ’62, as the guest

speak er . Over 70 grads and guest s heard a m ost enj oyable update f r om General

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A tlanta Chap ter members p ose in f ront of the A tlanta F u l t o n

Coun ty Stadium. I n a t tendance are Cass Casada, ’71; J o e D eSantis, ’59; M ik e M urp hy, ’59; R ichard J ones, ’73; P a t J o r dan, ’73; Steve H ansel, ’73; D ave Garram one, ’74; and D a v e H ovr ud. The children belong to J ones, J ordan and Garram one.

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Rok k e, dean of the f aculty . Finally , t he annual chapter picnic is scheduled f or Ju ly 26t h in D enver . T hat is always a f un af f ai r , w i t h sw i m m i ng , t en n i s, an d “ Jungle” volleyball on tap along with a catered dinner . T he chapter extends an open invitation to all Colorado graduat es t o b eco m e i n v o l v ed . A l l i t t a k es i s a cal l t o

A 1 Blumberg, ’68, at 633-8299 in Col orado Springs, or Bill M aywhort ’68, at 74 1- 1226 i n D en v er .

FREN CH EX CH A N GE CH A PT ER A bout t he t ime you ’ll be reading t his colum n , Jacques A dnet , our chapter ex ecut ive secretary , will be enj oying t he realizat ion of two years of ef f ort , as t he 1986 W orld Cycling Championships will take place at t he A ir Force A cademy f rom A ug. 27 t o Sept . 7. T he Championships will f eature, among ot her s, Greg L emond , t h e A m er i can w h o n o w h ead s T eam L a V i e C l ai r e an d w h o w o n t h e T o u r d e

France t his year . N ot t oo long ago I wat ched a very int erest ing program on Belgian T V covering cycling w hich includ ed some excellent coverage of t he A cademy in conj unct ion wit h this event .

I t was nice to see t he good press on U SA FA over here in Europe.

I t look s as t hough D ave D aley , Exch ’ 73, will be in f or a change of scenery soon . H e was recent ly selected t o at tend t h e G er m an A r m ed F o r ces C o m m an d an d

General Staf f College in H amburg, W est Germany as an I .S.S. Exchange st udent .

T h e A i r F o r ce h as d eci d ed h i s F r en ch

won’ t be t hat helpf ul so he and his wi f e T ai-L ee are current ly in M onterey , Cali f , learning yet anot her language. W e wish him all t he best on his second exchange.

Rob Cruz, Exch ’ 82, is al so scheduled f or a pleasant assignment , t he A llied Group f or A erospace Research and D evelopment , a N A T O agency in Paris,

France. M ik e Bush , a tenure prof essor of French at U SA FA , has j ust completed t wo years in t his unique assignm ent and Rob , j ust married , met t he requirement s A GA RD was look ing f or . W it h an assign ment like Paris who needs a honeym oon?

T hree recent graduat es. D eb Charr on , George Pope, and Grif f V int on , Exch ’ 84, will all be spending a lit tle tim e in Belgium t his summer . D eb , currently on a scholar ship t o H arvard , and Grif f and George, our Gerhardt Scholarship student s in Paris, all expressed an int erest i n seeing

t hat on the M onday f ollow ing t he f irst Sunday of Sept ember , t his year the 8t h, L ille celebrates the Fete de la Braderie, a gigantic open-air mark et sale. Festivit ies begin on Sunday and run all night long.

Perhaps t his might be an excuse t o plan t hat long aw aited return t rip t o France.

will be work ing wit h the U nited States M ission t o N A T O in Brussels, George and Grif f will be work ing wit h me in the Policy D ivision here at SH A PE , near M ons. T he t rouble wit h having assign ments lik e t hese when you ’ re a second lieutenant is t hat it can ’ t possibly get any

l i n k st er s i n

N A T O f r o m t h e i n si d e. A s a r esu l t D eb

b et t er .

Evelyn Scanlon , Exch ’ 83, complet ed her two year s in Paris in June and has moved on t o pilot t raining at W illiams A FB in A rizona. Eric V ogel , Exch ’72, is putt ing his Exchange experience t o good use. Since January he’s been serving as an assi st an t ai r at t ach e i n P a r i s. N o w t h at t h e

di f f iculties of f inding suitable housing and moving in are behind him , all he can say about his new j ob is “ U nbelievable! ” T eri and I have been keeping busy here in Belgium . T his past year I ’ve become very active in a French-A merican Friend ship Organization sponsored by the small city of Fourmies, in nort hern France.

Recent ly as part of t heir activit ies we were t reated t o a t our of L ille. H aving never visited L ille bef ore I was pleasant ly sur prised at the beaut if ul , well-rest ored city cent er . Park s and f ountains, f lowers, and pedest rian walk ing malls were every where. T his, coupled wit h an ultra m odern subway system , made f or a de light f ul outing. I f t his entices you t o visit t he city you might be interested to k now

N O RT H T EX A S C H A PT ER T he N ort h T exas Chapt er participat ed in another in t he series of bi-annual gol f matches wit h t he local M ilitary and N aval A cademy graduates. T he A ir Force team put t oget her it s best showing yet wit h 20 f i v e f o u r so m es. T h e t eam

recapt ured the tr ophy with t he t op f our some t his year being Ron Schilleref f , ’66; Bill Reemt sma, ’63; D ave K app , ’68; and last but most sunburnt of all , L ance A m mon , ’ 70. Second best was t he f oursome of Paul D ean , ’6 1; D an Shine, ’ 74; Rich C ree, ’66; and Steve W eisel , ’7 1. D ave Brigman, ’6 1, was t he t ournament directo r .

I n June t he chapt er f ound t hat it never rains in T exas — unless you ’ re t rying t o get over 60 people t oget her t o play sof tball on one part icular Sunday . T he game w as r ai n ed o u t t w i ce b u t as l u ck w o u l d

have it , w hen t he games were played t he N ort h T exas Chapter walk ed of f wit h t he t rophy one more year by def eat ing U SM A by 16-0 and U SN A 9-2. N ew f aces includ ed Rick W right , ’ 73 and John M ak ut a, ’77. M any of t he mainst ays were also t here lik e Cree, Bart on , Reem st sma, Gib bons, St aib , St ites, A mmon, Jannsen , Brigman and K ing. A vote of t hank s goes t o Steve Sacone, ’ 76, f or rescheduling t he game t hree di f f erent times.

Bob D aley , ’ 68, hosted an organiza t ional meet ing t o “ plan ” f or t he Class of 196 8 20t h R eu n i o n . B o b a n d h i s w i f e M er -

ci opened t heir hope t o 15 of t he 23 1968 grads living in t he N ort h T exas area.

Future planning f or t he chapter i n cludes the annual f all barbeque ar ound

m

SB

E nj oy ing ref reshments at last y ear ’s N or th Tex as Chap ter F ounders D ay acti vi ties are B . J. Bj ork lund, ’70 (back t o camera); J oe K reim borg, ’71 (f ace covered); D ebbie K reim borg; D ave B r igman, ’71; and R ick Bar ton, ‘71.

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The N or th Tex as Chap ter volley ball contingent works out dur ing the chap ter ’s annual p icnic.

Sept . 20 to be held this year again at the B.J. Bj orklund mansion. Sometime in September the chapter will be playing golf again and there has been talk of starting up a tri-service racketball and tennis

associated good f ood, comradeship, and volleyball. A dditionally, we are hoping to organize a tailgate party bef ore the

the chapter’s plans for a real-life Quarter

questions or suggestions about the local Chapter or would like to j oin please call

m at ch . F o o t b al l i s i n t h e ai r a n d b esi d es

back Club f or t he Falcons, t hey will all be

going back to Houston for the USA FA Rice game.

For

m ore

i n f o r m at io n

ab o u t

or

Scott Jack son , ’67, at (7 14) 752-8585 or Craig Johnson , ’ 70, at (7 14) 832-8067.

the

chapter and its activities, call Manny C ardenas (2 14) 247-8273, A hmann (817) 275-7597.

U SA FA / San D iego State game t his f all .

D etails should be mailed t o chapter members in late summer . I f you have

Jer ry

O RA N G E C OU N T Y C H A PT ER

The Orange County Chapter of the

A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es i s al i v e an d d o

ing well in Southern California. The chapter’s directors and committee chair m en m eet ab o u t o n ce a m o n t h an d i n v i t e

any interested graduate to attend one of t he meet ings. K en W entzel , ’64 , was ap

pointed to act as president of the chapter af ter Eric T horson, ’67, lef t f or t he Pen

tagon to work as deputy assistant secre tary of the A ir Force for Economic A nalysis and Financial Control (whew!).

I n addition , t he chapter pick ed up t he op t ion on Chuck H osmer , ’ 69, w ho became a f ree agent f rom t he N ort h T exas

Chapter in late 1985. Chuck immediately organized and lead the first chapter ex pedition to look for Pacific Grey and Humpback Whales. The early March ex

cursion was a smashing success since we

actually saw some (not portrayed in the picture). Chuck , as CINC Whales, would li ke t o challenge t he N ort h T exas C hapt er t o top that one.

The chapter will be holding its annual family picnic in late May in I rvine with its

RED BA RO N CH A PT ER T he

150-plus-m em ber

Red

Bar on

M arch w here m ore t han 140 people lis

tened as A cademy Dean Brig. Gen. Ervin Rok ke, ’62, told of li f e at t he A cademy t oday .

A t t he same dinner , t he chapter elected

an d i n st al l ed t h ei r n ew sl at e o f o f f i cer s

and board members t o include Bill Eck ert ,

’68, president ; Tom Rausch, ’62, vice

president ; Sue L aushine, ’ 80, secretary ; Jef f Brown , ’77, t reasurer ; and directors D ale T abor , ’ 61; Ron Sullivan, ’69; T erry Jack son , ’ 80; Fred W illiam s, ’67; Chazz H ammond , ’69; M ar k W halen , ’ 76; L arry W hite, ’ 80 and Johnny W hitaker , ’ 73.

I n M ay, Falcon f ootball coach Fisher

Chapter headquartered at Ramstein A ir

D eBerry , N CA A

serve graduates throughout Europe. The chapter is open to any graduate in the European theater and draws most of its

cad et can d i d at es.

Base, Germany , mark ed it s f irst f ull year of existence in A pril and continues t o

act i v e m em b er s f r o m W est G er m an b ases

lik e Sembach, Z weibruck en , H ahn, Bit-

burg, Spangdahlem, Kapaun and Einsi ed l er h o f .

The chapter extends an open invitation

C oach of t he Y ear ,

stopped by Ramstein to speak of football past and future and to share the 1985 highlights film with grads, friends and Regular and associate chapter member ships are available f or $5 annually. For

more inf ormat ion , w rite t o T he Red B a r o n C h a p t er , A O G , c / o 377 C SW / SSC , A PO N ew Y or k 090 12.

t o anyone stat ioned in Europe, or t o

anyone with A cademy af filiations visiting

Ramstein, t o contact t he chapter w hen in t he area. T his includes A cademy staf f members, nat ional A OG of f icials, liaison of f icers and anyone else af f iliated w it h t he A cademy . W it h enough notice of a visit or ’ s impending arr ival (and w ill

ingness to speak with us), the chapter will arrange an appropriate event t o accom modate anyt hing f r om a semi f ormal din ner wit h several hundred guests t o a sim

ple, informal “ bier fest’ ’ with a few

graduates at a local eatery .

Events highlighting the past year f or t he Red Baron C hapter (T he A OG ’ s “ Front L ine’ ’ C hapter) included the second an nual State-of -the-W ing D inner this past

SO U T H W E ST O H I O CH A PT ER T he Sout hwest Ohio Chapt er held it s

eighth annual State of the Wing Dinner on A pril 4 at the Wright-Patterson A FB Of f i cer s’ C l u b . M o r e t h a n 160 A i r F o r ce

A cademy graduates and af f iliat es were

present to hear Brig. Gen. (maj or general

select) M arcus A . A nderson , com man dant , discuss A cademy f light orient at ion , at hlet ic program s, academ ic curricula, and declining att rition . N early all classes

were represented. Other entertainment in

cl u d ed a f eat u r e o n t h e su ccessf u l f o o t b al l sea so n an d an a f t er - d i n n er d an ce .

T he chapter w ill sponsor it s f ourt h an nual summer picnic t o w elcome new ar rivals t o W right-Pat terson . Besides being

a great opportunity to see many old

f riends and meet new ones, t he picnic also serves as a welcome t o t he new lygraduat ed Class of 1986. A st rong turnout of new and old grads is expect ed . M ak e

plans to attend this event Sunday, A ug.

24, 2 p .m ., at t he K itt yhaw k Picnic A rea, W right -Patt erson A FB .

For the f ir st t ime ever , t he chapter is planning a t rip to the A ir Force - N ot re D ame f ootball game in Sout h Bend , I n d i an a o n O ct . 18 . A b l o ck o f 7 5 r o o m s h a s

been reserved at t he H oli day I nn in Elk hardt , I nd . , w hich is t he same hotel at w hich t he A cademy f oot ball team is stay ing. A block of t ick et s has also been secured . I f you are interested in j oining our group please cont act M r . Pat T uf f y , ’64 , (513) 426- 17 11; M aj . T om Craw f ord , ’ 72, (513) 257-6 106, or w rite: SW OH I O C H A PT ER , P .O . Box 36, Bldg 10, A rea C , W PA FB , O H 45433.

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L ET T ER S T O T H E ED I T O R H O N O R R E V I SI T E D

be am ong variat ions considered : “ I am f undamentally honest and t heref ore tak en at my word .” T hat version recognizes t hat honesty is a mat ter of degree rat her t han

Edit or , Checkp oints U SA F A cademy , CO 80840-5000 D ear T om , I n t he wi nt er issue of Checkp oints, John Smit h , ’60, and Joseph Coat es, ’63, vice com mandant , exchanged views about what ’s going on wit h t he honor syst em . I n my view bot h raise import ant point s.

First , Smith said t he honor system has changed; that t he goal is t o develop h o n o r ab l e o f f i cer s r at h er t h an t o ser v e as a f i l t er t o r em o v e d i sh o n o r ab l e cad et s.

H aving t he honor system develop cadet s t o b e h o n o r ab l e o f f i cer s r at h er t h an h av

ing t he system serve as a f ilt er t o remove any cadet f ound t o have violat ed honor in any degree mak es sense t o me.

C o at es

sai d

Sm i t h ’ s

asser t i o n

t h at

honor and duty are now one and t he is danger ously sim ilar to coneluding t hat t he H onor Code and regula sa m e

t i o n s ar e o n e an d t h e sam e. T h at t h e

H onor Code requires personal honesty in all of f icial mat ters and st ands separate f rom regs mak es sense t o me.

A n unst ated point t hat also may describe what ’s going on is t hat t he t olera tion clause in t he H onor Code implies that t o l er at i o n

v i o l at es

o n e’ s

ow n

honor .

P er h ap s Sm i t h ’ s d i sco m f o r t w i t h graduat ed sancti ons t hat started in 1961, t he year af ter he graduated , induced him t o exaggerate when he wrot e cadet s are . . .admonished that it is a duty t o behave honorably . . .” Perhaps graduat ed sanc tions, in applying less severe punishment f or t olerat ion than f or personal dishones ty , however , recognizes tw o things t hat may be going on in t he honor syst em .

First , t olerat ion dif f ers in k ind f rom per sonal dishonesty . Second , duty rat her than integrit y is sensed as nont oleration’ s driving f orce. a

I f I t o l er at e a f r i en d ’ s ad m i ssi o n t h at h e

f alsely inf lated his rat ing of a subordinate, my personal honor is not involved . M y sense of f air ness and duty t o our cult ure, however , may mak e me try t o make a point with my f riend about t he benef it s, f or all , f r om honesty in rat ing.

Perhaps cadet inst ruct ion would do well to st ress t hat dut y , rat her t han personal honor , is t he driving f orce f or nont olera t ion of somebody else’ s possible honor

v i o l at i o n .

Someday , when t he Cadet W ing is con sideri ng ways t o epit om ize t he t hesis of t he honor syst em , t hey may wonder about t he code. Per haps a code of t he 1800s will 22

an absolute, cites one of the compelling rewards of honesty is to be accepted at one’s word, and, perhaps more impor tant , applies f or li f e as bot h a cadet and

an o f f i cer .

T he payof f is what ever t he cadet s t hink

and do. Old grads revere the honor system as i t w as i n t h ei r t i m e b u t t h e h o n o r

system will thrive and, of pivotal impor tance, prevail against group dishonesty,

only as t he cadet wing is imbued wit h t he power and t he payof f of f undamental honesty in all of f icial mat ters.

M ore power t o t he W ing’ s H onor System !

Sincerely , Clar k H osmer , Ph .D .

Colonel , U SA F (Ret)

REFI N ED COD E Edit or , Checkp oints D ea r T o m

A s a spokesman and advocate f or the “ ref ined H onor C ode” (his w ords) . C ol .

Coates admirably f ills t he role of duti f ul st af f of f icer holding f ort h t he accepted

briefing line. He performs less admirably, however , when it comes to appreciating the distinct dif ference between a de j ure change in the Code (agreed , t he “ w ords, let t ers, and com mas” haven ’t changed) and a de f act o change that appreciably lessens t he impact and “ ultim at eness” of t h e H o n o r C o d e.

T h e en t i r e i ssu e r ev o lv es a r o u n d t o l er a

tion, and the appropriate sanct ions apply

ing thereto. For clarification, I dug up an

early edit ion of Contrails. I n t he discus sion of t he f our separat e point s of honor t he most t elling line st at ed : “ . . . the point which really mak es it (H onor Code) work is t he f ourt h point : t oleration . I f one were t o eliminat e t his f ourt h point it is obvious t h at t h er e co u l d n o t b e an H o n o r C o d e”

{Contrails: 1962-63) . C ol . Coates errs by f ocusing on t he unchanged w ording of t he

Code (true) while disingenuously ignoring

t he possibility t hat subj ective “ graduated sanct ions” don ’t , in f act , change the Code. I suggest ot herwise, t hat we have witnessed a maj or (albeit de f act o) change in the original meaning of t he Code as present ly int erpret ed under t he ref ined honor syst em .

C o l . C o at es’ d ecl ar at i o n s n o t w i t h st a n d

ing, the toleration aspect of the Code has been changed by t he degraduation of t he f inality originally imputed t o tolerat ion .

T h e C o d e’ s f o r cef u l w o r d s “ w i l l n o t ”

were caref ully chosen t o establish , beyond any doubt , that dishonorable Itehavior (read t oleration) will not be countenanc ed . Period ! I f t he original C ode had wanted to be less f inal , a sof ter verb choice might have been ” . . . should not tolerate . . .” ; t he im plicit t one t hen becomes less drast ic, along wit h t he im plicat ion t hat condign punishment will be met ed out on a case by case basis, wit h each case being subj ect ively analyzed in regards t o mi tigating circumstances and so o n .

I hasten t o suggest that t he original H onor Code, a m oral and et hical pledge amongst A cademy cadets t hat drew it s beauty f rom its simplicity and clari ty , has now been opened up t o subj ective inter pret ation by various of f icers and staf f per sonnel . U nf ortunately , subj ectivity also breeds com plexity , so t hat we f ind ourselves caught up in a system t hat allows: “ retenti on f or violat ions by f ourt h or t hird class cadets, but includes suspen sion or disenrollment f or aggravated cases” ; “ exceptions f or all classes allow reduced sancti ons f or sel f -reported cases or cases involving t oleration violat ions.”

(Col . C oates’ entire paragraph f r om Checkp oints, W inter 1985-86, has been shortened f or brevity ’ s sak e.) T he last tw o paragraphs w rit ten by Col . Coates sound more lik e a descript ion of t he f ederal penal code than a statement meant t o clari f y a pledge of honor f or U SA FA cad et s!

I t i s t r u e t h a t t h e act u al w o r d s o f t h e

H onor C ode have not changed , but t he ref ined H onor Code System most assured ly has altered t he original invi olability and int ensity of t he C ode. C ol . C oates’ stead f ast declarations on t he “ unchanged

C o d e”

r em i n d m e o f Sen . A k i n s t r en

chant advice to L .B .J . during the dark er

m o m en t s o f t h e S .E .A . w a r : “ J u st d ecl ar e

a vict ory f or t he U nited St ates and t hen wi thdraw .” Col . C oates has apparently declared vict ory ” and w ould have us ac cept on f ace value his sanguine percep tions of an H onor Code unchanged . “ T el u m i m b el l e si n e i ct u . ”

Sincerely , Fred S. Olmsted , ’64 H oust on , T exas

F O U R T H C L A SS Y E A R Edit or , Checkp oints D ea r T o m :

I have f ollowed as closely as I could t he incidents at t he A cademy over t he past f ew years. I cannot help but agree wit h J . T . Smit h {Checkp oints, w inter 1985-86) that we do , in f act , have a di f f erent H onor Code. T rue, as Colonel Coates states, t he words have not changed . H ow ever , when we redef ine t he administ rat ion of t he H onor Code System , we change t he C o d e.

I t is my recollect ion the wing voted on discretion in 1966. I was opposed t hen and am now . I cannot help but f eel had t he wing k now n t hat discret ion w ould lead t o suspension, which t hen w ould lead t o graduated sanct ions, t he w ing would not have approved t he earlier concept . W e w er e l ed t o b el iev e t h a t d i scr et i o n w o u ld

be granted in cases of “ except ional ” cir cumstances; not in cases of less t han that , and cert ainly we did not ant icipate blank et amnesty such as t hat awarded an u n k n o w n n u m b er o f cad et s i n 19 84 .

C o l o n el C o a t es st a t ed t h e t o l er at i o n

aspect of t he C ode has always related t o “ reporting acts of dishonesty .” T ech nically , t hat is true, but its basis was in not tolerat ing among us those w ho lied , cheated or st ole. T hat means reporting acts of dishonesty , certainly , but it also characterizes a system t hat does not allow violators to remain in t he wing. T here is an “ old C ode” and a “ new Code,” and 1 do not see how t hat can be disputed .

I agree with Smith t hat the goal of t he new H onor System seems to be one of educating and developing honorable of f icers rather to “ serve simply as a f ilter t o

3. I t dramat ically re-shaped entering cadet s f rom a variety of social m ores and back grounds t o a cadre of young men sharing a common comar ad er i e a n d sen se o f h o n o r .

D uring my f our years at t he A cademy we had two maj or incident s, bot h primari ly involving mem bers of our at hletic teams (those most sheltered f rom the class sytem) . I cannot help but suspect t hat t he more recent incidents involving a greater cross sect ion of the wing ref lect the f act t hat now not only are t he at hletes sheltered f rom t he class system , but also the whole w ing.

Sincerely , L awrence S. T hai , ’67 L t Col , U SA FR CH IN A U PD A T E Editor Checkp oints D ear T o m ,

A f ter rereading my art icle on China t ravel in t he spring issue of Checkp oints, I thought it would be helpf ul to make a couple of clari f ying points: — T h e ev en t s d i scu ssed i n t h e ar t i cle t o o k

place in 1982 and t he art icle was writ ten in ear ly 1983. T here have been some str ik ing im provement s in the C hinese people’s way of lif e in even t h at sh o r t t i m e.

— I t ’ s now possible (alt hough not recom mended) t o get a visa at t he airport in Beij ing af ter you arrive in-count ry .

— T V has cont inued t o prolif erate— more people in C hina watched some part of

t he 1984 L os A ngeles O lympics in C hina t han i n t he U .S.; 90 percent or more of t he urban f amilies and many o f t hose in t he count ry have a T V set , wit h color T V now very popular .

— T he f irst H ong K ong-Beij ing aut o rally was run in 1985, t hree years af ter our t r ia l r u n .

— A much larger part of C hina is now open to wester n visitors. I n f act , my wif e and I only recent ly ret urned f rom a visit t o K ashi , U rumqi and T ur f an in C hina’s cent ral A sia region near Pak istan and A f ghanistan .

I am st ill very up-beat about t he impact on U .S. nat ional security quest ions of a good U .S.-C hi na r elat i o n shi p . T he growt h of Soviet military power in t he Pacif ic and t he parallel emergence of China as a player of substance in t he world scenario are t he two big stories of t he last part of t his century . W e’ ve got to become sophist icated enough so t hat we don’ t erroneously see China as a Sovietm o d el T h i r d W o r l d o r co m m u n i st st at e .

W e need t o be pragmat ic about U .S. na t ional security needs, j ust as t he C hinese are becom ing more and more pragmat ic about t heir own economic and polit ical development .

Oh , yes, one last correct ion . I have m oved f rom my position in U SC I N CPA C . I ’ m in the middle of pick ing up t he

Thai language at DL I (and taking a little Mandarin and Cantonese on the side) in preparation f or a move t o Bangk ok next

su m m e r .

Best wishes, Jim Reed , ’ 59

r em o v e t h e d i sh o n o r ab l e o n es. ” I d o n o t

agree t hat the “ new code is a realist ic one t hat . . . bet ter f its t his time and place.”

I s the new code wor k ing? I t hink not . I t was reported to t he Board of V isit ors t hat honor violations are on the rise among t hird and f ourt h class cadets. T he report states, “ T here is an increase of honor v i o l at i o n s i n t h e l o w er t w o cl asses w i t h n o

apparent reasons. I t almost seems there is a willingness on t he part of a f ew t o risk violating t he H onor C ode so long as the punishment does not appear t o be disenr o l l m en t . ” I t h i n k t h e f ai l u r e o f t h e n ew C o d e i s r ela t ed t o t h e f ai l u r e o f t h e n ew

class system (or near lack t hereof) .

I f eel very str ongly t hat t he class syst em and hard f ourt h class year served several

,

t .—

-

.

f

p u r p o se s :

1. I t w eed ed o u t t h o se w h o d i d n o t

have t he necessary motivation and d e si r e .

2. I t pushed us beyond any physical a n d em o t i o n a l l i m i t s w e h ad ev er

k nown and gave us t he conf idence to deal wit h w hatever we might f ace in the fu tu re.

Canadian Exchange A t the annual conf erence f or U.S. A ir F orce ex change of f icers in Canada, a gr oup of A cademy graduates p resently on assignment in Canada took time out f or a p hotograp h in f r on t of the Canadian War M em or ial in Ot to wa. F r om lef t are Cap t. Chr is K r isinger, ’78; L t. Col. Steve Cherry, ’69; Cap t. J ohn Oleksey, ’75; Cap t. P hil Vollelunga, ’76; Cap t. J im B alazs, ’80; and Cap t. Steve L arsh, ’76. N ot available f or the p hoto was Cap t. J ohn R eed, ’ 7 7.

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F aber , ’73, N amed J abar a W i nner Superintendent L t . Gen . W inf ield W . Scot t , Jr ., announced recent ly that M aj . L arry E . Faber , Class of 1973, was sel ect ed t h e winner of t he 1986 Jabara A ward f or A irmanship . M aj or F ab er earned the award f or his her oic actions in February 19 85 w h i ch resulted in saving a valuable aircraf t and his ow n l i f e . H e w as nominated by St rat egic A ir Command (SA C) .

A l l t h i s w as d o n e w i t h o u t b en ef i t o f a m o b i l e co n t r o l o f f i cer

who normally gives altitude calls f or landing, because of t he poor cock pit visibility and handling di f f icult ies of t he T R - 1 . S u b se quent invest igat ion revealed t hat M aj or Faber ’ s decision t o l a n d with t he engi ne shutdow n saved t he airplane f rom serious i n t er n a l damage. M aj or Faber ’s excellent aircraf t k nowledge, superior j udgement , and out standing airmanship resulted in saving a highvalue, critical nat ional resource and prevented possible inj ury or d e a t h t o h i m se l f .

M aj . L arry Faber Presently serving as t he chief of t he 17t h Reconnaissance W ing (SA C) Standardization and Evaluation D ivision at Royal A i r Force A lconbury , U nited K ingdom , M aj or Faber has sustai ned an out st anding level of per f ormance as a T R- 1 aircraf t c o m mander and inst ruct or pilot . Since being assigned t o t he wing in 1983, he has f lown more t han 40 operational C reek Spect re an d six Senior L ook missions. T hese missions are in support o f t h e Peacetime A erial Reconnaissance Program which m onit ors e x temely sensitive geopolit ical areas.

T he T R- l ’ s Creek Spectre missions are in excess of eight hours duration and due to t he high al titudes f lown , t he pilot m u s t w e a r a pressure suit in the cramped single-seat aircraf t . T h e Sen i o r L ook mission is even longer in duration and is perf ormed w i t h minimal navigat ion aids in an ext remely host ile envir onment .

On Feb . 20, 1985, three hours int o an operat ional mission i n t he T R- 1, M aj or Faber noticed a low-f requency vibration o f i n creasing intensity . Soon af ter , the engine RPM began t o u n w i n d .

H e made an at tempt t o k eep the engine running by opening t h e bleed air valves and energizing t he engine ignit ers. W i t h h i s d ex t erity greatly impaired by his f ully-inf lated pressure suit brought about by loss of cabin pressure, and using only t he m o st b a si c i n struments as provided by t he bat tery under emergency p o w e r .

M aj or Faber managed t o navigat e t oward Ramst ein A ir B ase i n the Federal Republic of Germany .

Since f lame-out landings are never at tempted except a s a l a st resort , he tried two m ore unsuccessf ul airstart at tempts a t l o w er alt itudes. A f t er 30 minut es of unpowered f light at maximum glide airspeed . M aj or Faber f ound t he air f ield . W it h t he f ield in sight .

M aj or Faber lowered t he gear manually w hile increasing t h e airspeed f or one last start attempt . A lthough t he start w a s s u c cessf ul , he immediately elected to shut t he engine d o w n b ecau se of severe vibrat ions even t hough t his meant no margin o f er r o r w ould be available in his f lame-out patt ern and no cooling air available t o his pressure suit .

H is f lame-out approach was complicated by the heavy f u el weight of t he airplane requiring a steeper t han normal p a t t er n .

Realizing a much steeper glide pat h was needed. M aj or F ab er ad j ust ed his high key ent ry t o a higher t han normal altitude. H i s j udgement was per f ect and t he 360 degree pat ter n resulted i n an excellent landing 1,000 f eet past t he runway t hreshold.

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T he 1986 Jabara A ward f or A irmanship will be presented t o M aj or Faber during H omecoming ’ 86, at t he Jabara A ward Recept ion and Banquet on t he evening of Sat urday , Sept 2 7 .

T he ot her dist inguished Jabara A ward nominees f or 1986 a r e : L t . Col . ROGER T . CO L G RO VE , ’67, of t he A ir Force D ist rict of W ashingt on, who , f ollowing the shut t le Challenger disast er , developed and costed a plan to recover D epart ment o f D ef ense space launch capability w hich was bot h approved by t he O f f ice of t he Secretary of D ef ense and f orwarded t o t h e P r esi d en t in m inimum t ime. H is per f ormance has been pivotal t o t h e D epartment of D ef ense in t his overall ef f ort .

Capt . JA M ES. M . CORRI GA N , ’ 75, of Paci f ic A ir Forces (PA CA F) , w hose wor k as an F- 16 aircraf t f light com mander a n d instruct or pilot has cont ributed signif icant ly to PA CA F ’s m i ssi o n accomplishment . Captain C orrigan earned Squadron T op G u n honors in every quart er in 1984, as well as landing a severely crip pled F- 16 w hich earned him a U nited States A ir Force “ W e l l D o n e A w ard .’ ’

Col . RI CH A RD O . CO V EY , ’ 68, of t he A ir Force E lement , N at ional A eronautics and Space A dminist ration (N A SA ) , f o r t h e satellite recovery operat ions of Shutt le M ission ST S 5 1- 1 . C o l o n e l Covey developed and verif ied t hrough simulat ion t he procedures and techniques t hat w ould be required to posit ion t he Sh u t t l e D iscovery f or the salvage and repair of a vital U .S. N avy com municat ions sat ellite. H e helped to per f orm t he numerous phas ing and altitude adj ust ments t hat made D iscovery ’s r en d ezv o u s with t he crippled satellite t he m ost precise and f uel ef f i ci en t i n t h e Space Shut tle program . C olonel C ovey ’s airmanship helped t o mak e Space Shutt le M ission ST S 51- 1 t he most successf ul y et flow n .

Capt . SCOT T A . D I N A PO L I , ’ 81, of M ilitary A irli f t Com mand , who demonst rated superior j udgement and air manship w hich led to t he li f e-saving rescue of a crit ically inj ured Soviet f isherman . H e helped t o coordinate t he rescue ef f ort and per f ormed over eight hours of demanding f light in one day in an H H -3E helicopt er t hat included t wo separate rescue attem pt s and f our air ref uelings. H is ef f orts were complicat ed by low cei lings, poor visibility and high seas. Capt ain D iN apoli ’s quick t hink ing and excellent leadership prevent ed t he deat h of a Soviet ci v i l i a n .

Capt . BY RON C . D O D GEN , ’76, of T act ical A ir Command , w ho experienced f light cont rol problems and a severe el ect r i cal f ire in his RF-4C aircraf t . W ithout any elect rical power in a sit ua t ion complicated by weat her . Capt ain D odgen elected t o l an d h i s aircraf t on a nearby mountain t op civil air f ield wit h a sh o r t 5,000-f oot runway . H e executed an intent ional gear-up landing on t he external f uel t ank s t hat resulted in no inj uries an d m i n i m al aircraf t damage.

Col . FRA N C I S C . G I D EO N , JR . ,’66, of A ir Force Syst em s C ommand , who dist inguished himsel f t hrough sustained superior per f ormance as t he direct or , Fight er/ A tt ack System Pr ogram O f f ice, A eronaut ical Syst ems D ivision, W r ight-Patterson A i r F o r ce Base, Ohio . H e designed a pr ogram t o reduce t ak eof f r o l l f o r t ac t ical aircraf t on bat tle-damaged runways and also f ormulated a program t o develop a gr ound collision avoidance system f o r t h e A - 10 ai r cr a f t .

(Continued on nex t p age.)

JIM C O N BO Y D A Y P L A N N E D

By Ed Rosane ’59 When we were fourth classmen we were assigned an essay t o write about our most memorable room. Not too surprisingly, many members of our class w rote about t he at hlet ic t raining room . H eading t hat t raining room was Jim C onboy , and h e ’ s st i l l t he headman t oday . Jim is t he elder statesman at the A cademy .

H e went to work at U SA FA in D enver in A pril 1955. H e i s o n e o f

the few persons I know who started at the A cademy in t h e i n i t i al cad r e an d n ev er l ef t .

A group of us attended t he A ir Force - Rice f oot ball game t his past f all to honor Brock St rom ’ s induct ion int o t he college f oot ball H all of Fame. A f ter t he game we became a lit t le nostalgic at a local watering hole — Spike’ s Place — and decided it w as t i m e t o plan a “ Jim Conboy D ay .’ ’ Jim has t ouched a lot of lives during his tenure at the A cademy and we f elt it was time t o recognize and repay our debt to t his outstanding person .

T he N otre D ame game on O ct . 17, 1987 has been selected a s t h e

team Jim was t rainer f or w ould be an ideal contact . Y ou may ex

press your desire to be involved by writing or calling m e at t h e following address: Ed Rosane, 12510 Elm Manor, San A nt onio , Texas 78230. Phones: (512) 492-6312 (home) and (512) 690 - 3000 (work) .

Just writing this article has gotten me excited about at tending Jim Conboy Day. Jim has been associated with many cadets, faculty and staf f in addition to the “ j ocks.’’ This special day will be a way for each of us to display our love and respect t o t h i s

w onder f ul human being.

d at e f o r t h e F al co n s o f o l d t o co m e h o m e t o r o o st an d h o n o r J i m .

A lt hough t his seems lik e a long t ime away , it is not t oo early t o get started with t he planning. W e had our init ial planning sessi o n at D ave Phillip’s (’ 59) house in L aguna Beach, Cali f , in A pril . I was unanimously elected (appointed) chairman of the Jim Conboy

Day Committee, a j ob I enthusiastically accepted. My sen se i s

t hat t his will be a very well-at tended event . O ur tentat ive sch ed u l e would go somet hing lik e t his: — G o l f t o u r n am en t Friday — L uncheon f or spouses — Evening get-t oget her of individual teams, classes, depart ments Sat urday — A ir Force - N ot re D ame game —

F o r m al d i n n er a n d d an ce at t h e B r o ad m o o r

Sunday — Brunch at t he O ’C lub Coach Ben M art in has agreed to M .C . at t he f ormal dinner o n Sat urday evening. N ow I need your help .

First , I need to get a f eel f or t he level of interest , w h i ch I a n ticipate will be high. You can indicate your interest by sending $10 to : U SA FA A t hlet ic D epart ment , U SA F A cademy , Colo . 80840, A T T N : M aj . K evin Garrity . T his m oney will be used to def ray ex

penses associated with the event — postage, deposit t o r eser v e t h e ballroom at t he Broadmoor , etc. Since t he reservations co u l d b e

oversubscribed, we will log the date and time we receive y o u r

check , and at tendance w ill be on a f irst-come, f irst-served b asi s.

H opef ully , everyone w ho would lik e to att end can be a c c o m m o d at ed .

Second, we are going to need some help in arranging t h e d et ai l s and logistics for the weekend. The most urgent detail is gett ing t he w o r d o u t t o t h o se w h o w o u l d l i k e t o at t en d . A m em b er o f each

O utstandi ng Y oung W oman

Cap t. H olly Emrick Svetz, ’80, of the A cademy ’s Dep artment of A stronautics, has been selected f or inclusion among t h e O u t standing Young Women of A merica l^O YWAJ f or the f if th t i m e since 1980. The O YWA honors women bet ween 21 and 36 y e a r s of age who have distinguished themselves by their dedication, s e r vice and leadership . The cap tain is also a member of t h e A sso cia tion of Graduates Board of D irectors. (U.S. A ir Force p hoto by

A 1C D ary l Pagel)

J abara: (Continued f r om p revious p age.} Capt . A RCH I E D . R I PPET O , ’ 79, of U nited States A ir F o r c e s

in Europe (USA FE), whose sustained superior perf ormance

resulted in t he signi f icant upgrading of his unit ’ s weapons shop .

H e has been a primary coordinat or on several Joint C h i ef s o f Staf f task ings and t he commander in chief of U SA FE sel ect ed him as t he command ’ s F- 16 demonst rat ion pilot .

M aj . JOH N H . SC H RA M M , ’7 1, of t he A ir Force Reserve, who assisted in the safe landing of a burning H H-3E helicopter by

holding up an inj ured crewmember who had collapsed o n t o t h e stick, allowing the copilot to make the landing. A fter t h e ai r cr a f t was on the ground, he assisted in removing the incapacitated crewmember f rom t he bur ning craf t .

The Jabara A ward winners are selected annually by the

A cademy and t he A ssociat ion of Graduates on behalf

of

th e

Jabara family to honor a “ USA FA graduate whose contributions are of such significance as to set them apart from t h ei r co n t em poraries.’’ Nominees’ actions must be directly associated w i t h a n

aer ospace vehicle or component .

T he award is named f or Colonel James Jabara, A merica’s f i r st j et ace and second leading ace in t he K orean W ar . T he n o m i n ees are screened by a Jabara A ward Select ion Commit tee comprised of graduate mem bers of t he A ssociat ion of Graduates. T h ei r f i n al recommendation is f orwarded to t he superintendent f or approval .

T he members o f t he select ion commit tee f or t he 1986 J ab ar a A ward for A irmanship were Col. Kenneth H . Fleming, ’62, chair man; M aj . John R. Brock, Jr., ’71; Maj . Mark S. Ewing, ’72; M aj . A lison L . Piotter , ’75; Capt . Mario A . Garza, ’77; and Capt . T homas C . A rat a, ’ 80.

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D ean D raws M oscow A ssignment The fifth dean of faculty at the A cademy has been selected f o r reassignment as the defense attache to the Soviet Union.

Brig. Gen. Ervin J. Rokke, ’62, left the A cademy in m id-July for nearly a year of language training in Washington, D .C ., f or his new position. He will become the defense attache i n M o sc o w

in A ugust 1987.

General Rok k e was commissioned f ollowing graduation f r o m t he A cademy in 1962.

I n 1968 he became an inst ruct or of int ernat ional politics i n t h e

Department of Political Science. A fter a one-year absence.

General Rokke returned to the political science department i n June 1970, where t hree year s later he became chairman o f i n st r u c tion .

General Rok k e lef t t he A cademy f or t hree years and t h e n ret urned as an assistant dean and permanent pr of essor of political science. H e became prof essor and head of t he D epart ment o f P o l i t i cal Sci en ce i n J u n e 1977 .

I n A ugust 1982 he resumed the position of professor an d h ead of the political science department after a two-year sab b at i cal . H e also served as acting vice dean of faculty. He became d ean o f f aculty in July 1983.

Col. John T . May, ’61, will serve as acting dean of f aculty unt il a new dean is named. By law, the new dean will be selected f r o m among the 19 permanent professors assigned to the A cademy.

R ok k e, *62, R ef lects on A cademy A cademics

By SSgt . A nnet te Crawf ord P u b l i c A f f ai r s

(P ho to by TSg t J oel G lener .)

B rig. G en. Rok k e t hat , w e’ r e f acing a square f ootage cr unch . W it h t he new addi tio n , w e’ ll

have more space for our laboratories. The commandant w i l l h a v e a d d i

t ional ded icated space f or his staf f , and the cadet c l i n i c w i l l a l so h a v e more r oom . So w e’ ve solved a lot o f pr oblem s w it h this ex t en si o n . ” W hile t he C olorado mou ntai ns and t he m oder n w or ld w ill j ust be a pleasant memory when the dean and his wife live in M oscow , t hose

aspects won’t be what he’ll miss most . “ The most exciting part about this institution is not i t s m a r v el o u s f acil it ies, but r at her , the cadets. T hey seem to get better every year . D ur

ing my time here, the most enj oyable experiences I h a d w er e w h en I w a s teachi ng i n the classr oom .”

That will be one point that General Rokke would like t o st r ess t o h i s

su c c esso r .

Learning to speak Russian was j ust the start of a new and challengi ng assignment f or the dean when he left the Academy in mid July . But Br ig.

Gen . E rvi n J . Rok k e i s used t o changes and challenges — he’ s seen many dur i ng hi s shor t t hr ee-year tenur e as dean . “ Some of those changes reflect the aspirations and goals of my

predecessors. Some reflect goals of my own,” said General R o k k e . “ T h e maj or change was the curriculum revision which we j ust com pleted , and which, I believe, will result in an improved cadet lear ni ng exper ience.”

The dean explained that the core curriculum was reduced by seven c o u r ses . T h o se co u r ses w er e t h en t r a n sf er r ed i n t o el ec t i v es a sso ci a t ed

w it h , in m ost cases, academ ic maj or s.

“ What we really achieved was a curriculum in which ca d et s h a v e greater control over their academic destinies while t hey ’ r e here. I t hink that’s important,” he emphasized. “ Cadets learn more w hen t hey ’ re in courses t hey have selected .

“ M ost assuredly, we have not destroyed the notion of a st r o n g co r e

cur r iculum ,” General Rok k e added . “ W e have retained a b a l a n ced i n

tellectual development program. A s in the past, it’s i n t h e co r e w h er e

cadet s f ind t he breadt h o f intellect ual exper ience, w hich i s goi ng t o ser ve t hem w ell w hen they go out into t he A ir Force.”

A nother change involves the Computers in the Dorm proj ect, w h i c h was started by Brig. Gen. William A . Orth, General R ok k e’ s pr edecessor . “ I ’m really excited about this program and the success w e ’ v e h a d w i t h

it . T he C lass of 1990 w i ll be issued t hei r ow n per sonal com puter s, w hich w il l be tied into an A cademy-w ide netw or k . T hat ’ s a r em a r k a b l e a ch i ev e ment , given t he com plexit ies o f creat i ng so large a computer netw or k . “ Proj ects don’t normally come in under budget and on t i me. T his pr o j ect is both under budget and on time. That speaks w ell f or t he m any peo

ple who were involved in the program,” said the dean.

A maj or proj ect that is on track f or 1990 is the extension o f F a i r ch i l d

H all , w hich w ill i ncrease t he bui ldi ng by appr oximately 240,000 squar e f eet .

“ Fr om an academ ic per spect ive, t his w i ll allow us t o so l v e a ser i o u s

overcrowding problem. M ore cadets these days are maj oring i n t h e b a si c

sciences and engi neer i ng t han in t he past ,” said the gener al . “ Because o f 26

“ I would urge him to keep one foot in the classroom a n d m a i n t a i n c o n

tact w i t h t he cadet s, because t hat ’ s t he most enj oyable par t of t he j ob , ” h e sa i d .

“ My successor will be moving into a very exciting and demandi ng j ob .

T here are alw ays challenges at t he A i r Force A cademy ; everyt hi ng w e do can be done bet ter , ” he st ressed . “ T he qual ity o f t he p er m a n en t p r o fessors, tenure professors and faculty is as good as I ’ ve ever seen . T hey’ re a marvelous group of people — dedicated and hardworking.

“ W hoever the dean t ur ns out to be. I ’ m sur e he’ l l soon f igure out he’ s

working with the f inest undergraduate faculty in the count ry ,” pr aised the general .

General Rokke explained that a selection committee w i l l c o n v en e i n l a t e fall to pick a new dean. They will make a recommendation t o t h e superintendent and the secretary of the A ir Force sometime next spr i ng

w i t h a n a n n o u n cem en t i n t h e su m m er . U n t i l t h a t t i m e . C ol . John T . M ay ,

’61, will be the acting dean, and Col . Kenneth H . Fleming, ’ 62, w i ll be t he acting vice dean. (By law, the new dean will be selected f r om among t he 19 permanent professors assigned to the Academy.) “ Serving as dean is truly a marvelous opportunity,” sa i d G en er a l Rok k e. “ W hoever tak es over t his j ob i s pr ivi leged . I n par t icular . I ’ ve en

j oyed the relationship that exists among the various A cademy m issi on el em en t s .

“ There’s always talk about the so-called terrazzo gap. W ell , I don ’ t see one. On the contrary, I have found that all of the m i ssi o n el em en t s u n d er General Scot t ’ s leader shi p have w or ked t oget her as a team , and I sal ute G en er a l Sc o t t f o r t h a t . H e ’ s c r ea t ed a n en v i r o n m en t w h er e t h a t so r t o f relationship exists and where the mission elements h a v e f el t c o m f o r t a b l e

trying new approaches. I ’ve sought to create the same t ype of at m ospher e among my department heads. I want them to come up with i nterest ing, i n novative approaches. A nd they have done j ust that .”

W hile General Rok ke has enj oyed his exper iences her e, t h e f u t u r e i s st ill a bit o f a m yst er y . “ I ser v ed a s a i r a t t a ch e i n L o n d o n f r o m 19 80 t o 19 8 2 . I ’ m su r e t h er e

ar e som e f actor s w hich ar e si m ilar bet w een that posi t ion a n d t h e d e f en se

(Con tinued on nex t p age.)

Graduate and Wif e E arn F irst O 'M alley A ward Col . Peter D . Robinson, ’62, and his wi f e Pat ricia h a v e r e ceived the f irst Gen . and M rs. Jerome F . O ’ M alley A ward . T h e award honors t he wing commander and spouse whose cont ribu tions t o t he nation. A ir Force and local community best exemplif y t he highest ideals and posit ive leadership of a military couple in a key A ir Force position . T he award , to be presented annually , is named af ter General O ’ M alley and his wi f e, who died A pril 20, 1985, in an aircraf t accident . T he general was commander o f T ac t i ca l A i r C o m m a n d .

C o l o n el R o b i n so n i s t h e co m m a n d er o f t h e 36t h T act i cal

Fighter W ing at Bit burg A ir Base, Germany . U nder his c o m m a n d t he wing has repeatedly t ur ned in standout per f ormances t o i n clude being selected as t he U .S. A ir Forces in Europe (U SA FE) n o m i n ee f o r t h e 1985 C o m m a n d er - I n - C h i ef ’ s I n st a l l at i o n E x cel len ce A w a r d .

Product ivity and morale enhancement programs created by Robinson helped t he operations and maintenance personnel su p port 24 deployments t hroughout Europe and a 22,()00-hour f lyi ng program w it h t he highest average graduated combat capability rat ing in t he w ing’ s hist ory . H is wing-wide self -help p r o g r a m w a s

inst rumental in Bitburg’s nominat ion f or t he U SA FE Base A p pearance A ward . T he base civil engineering squadron captured t h e B er n t B al ch en A w ar d f o r t h e A i r F o r ce’ s b est sn o w r e m o v a l program . Base administ ration , social actions, public af f ai r s a n d f i n a n ce o f f i ces w er e al l n a m ed t h e b est i n U SA F E f o r 19 8 5 .

Robinson also made an agreement wit h a local brewery t o u se excess heat generated by its ref rigeration condensers t o h eat b ase housing units. O f f icials said t his agreement will save t h e b ase 30 percent in annual operations and maintenance cost s an d r ed u ce environmental emissions. H e also negotiated f or t he u se o f a f ormer French military bar rack s and t he move is expected t o reduce Bitburg military const ruct ion costs by more t h a n $ 10 million over t he next f ive years.

Robinson ’s w if e Pat ricia helped develop a lounge f or f amily members who , because of t ransportat ion problems, had t o a c company t heir sponsors t o wor k . She also helped set up a f ree t hri f t shop f or E-4s and below . H ere j unior enlisted m em b er s can obtain donated f ur nishings, clot hes and ot her household i t em s.

For maj or exercises, M rs. Robinson organized t he chapel ch i l i wagon which made and delivered chili t o on-duty members w o r k ing 12-hour shif t s.

T he Robinsons host ed a Fourt h of July garden part y f o r t h e community and were t he wing marshals f or a German w einf est .

Because of t heir communit y involvement , t he tow n’ s m a y o r hosted a G erman-A merican night in Bit burg. Bot h the co l o n el and his wi f e nurt ured Bit burg’ s on-base communit y relat ions p r o gram which was j udged U SA FE ’ s best in 1985.

D uring 1985, t he Robinsons hosted t he visit by President Ronald Reagan and German C hancellor H elmut K ohl t o Bitburg.

W hite H ouse staf f agencies called it an “ out standing su ccess. ’ ’ Colonel Robinsons is a com mand pilot wit h more t han 3,244 f lying hours including 435 combat missions in Sout heast A si a .

M rs. Robinson graduated f rom t he U niversit y of Colorado i n 1963. T hey have tw o children , Eric and K rist en , who at t en d t h e U niversity of M ichigan in A nn A rbor .

Tak ing p ar t in the f irst p resentation of the Gen. and M r s . J e r o m e F . O ’M alley A ward are, f rom lef t, M rs. Charles A . Gabr iel, C o l onel and M rs. R obinson, f or mer A ir F orce Chief of Staf f G en er al Charles A . Gabr iel, Shar on O ’M alley, and M rs. R ick N eal (nee O ’M alley) . The p ermanent tr op hy, at r ight, consists of a walnut p edestal cr owned with a Inci te case. The centerp iece i s a D a u m F rench Cry stal bird in f light. The indi vid ual award p resented to the R obinsons is a D aum Cry stal clock with wings under the f ace that ref lect the f light theme and colors of the p ermanent trop hy .

The award was endo wed thr ough donations to the Gen. a n d M r s .

Jerome F . O ’M alley M em or ial F und which is administered by the A sociation of Graduates. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto.)

D ean: (Continued f r om p revious p age.) at tache bil let i n M oscow , and o f cour se som e subst ant ial di f f erences, ” he sa i d .

T he f ir st obvious challenge i nvolves lear ni ng a new language. “ M y w i f e, Pam , and I have been w or k ing ver y har d the last couple of m ont hs on ou r Russian . W hen t his j ob f ir st came on t he hor izon , I ar r anged w i t h C olonel C uber o (Ruben A . , ’6 1) , t he head of t he D epart ment o f Foreign L anguages, to spend an hour a day w it h one o f sev er a l R u ssi a n i nstr uct or s. T hey ’ ve t ur ned my o f f ice i nt o a classr oom f r om 4 to 5 every af t er noon . T hey ’ r e absolutely superb and have enor m ous pat ience,” he said , sm iling. “ W e’ re w ai ti ng unt il we get to W ashi ngton t o f i nd out w h a t el se n eed s t o be done f or our assignment ,” General Ro k k e concluded . “ But , w e’ r e f ascinated at t he pr ospect o f a new challenge and ar e look i ng f ow ard t o our t raining pr ogr am , and subsequent move t o M oscow .” ( The F alcon F ly er)

A rt D isplay Presented L t. Gen. Winf ield W. Scot t, Jr., sup erintendent, was o n h a n d i n ear ly J une to accep t a disp lay of p hotograp hic ar t by E lizabeth Gill L ui, center, which hangs in the A cademy ’s new v is i t o r s center. A t lef t is Col. J ock C.H . Sch wank, USA F (Ret), p resident of the A ssociation of Graduates. M s. L ui is a D en ver a r t is t w h o sp ecializes in archi tectural f ine ar t. The disp lay, a p or tion of which is visible behind General Scot t and M s. L ui, i s o n l o a n t o the A cademy f r om the A ssociation of Graduates and hangs a t t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e v is i t o r s c e n t e r t h e a t e r .

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Top Perf ormers H onored:

C l a ss o f 19 86 H ea d s f o r “ R eal ” A i r F o r ce Friends and relat ives cheered . V ice President George B u sh

spoke, the Thunderbird aerial domonstration team flew, an d t h e Class of 1986 made history on M ay 28t h . T he class was t h e f i r st one in t he school ’ s 32-year hist ory t o be led by a w oman — T erry M cL aughlin of I llinois.

The vice president told the graduating class to use t h ei r i n tellects, their leadership and their courage to bring n ew an d creative perspectives to the problem. He said he expected t h e m t o be enlightened leaders, not to be afraid of challenging t h e o l d ways of doing things. “ Especially in dealing with the t h r eat o f low-intensity conflict , you must employ qualities that h a v e n ’ t always been our military’s greatest strengths — cooperation, f l ex

ibility , innovat ion and responsiveness.

H e also called f or adopt ing t he ref orms out lined in t h e P r esi dent ’ s Blue Ribbon Commission on D ef ense M anagement . B u sh y y

outlined the problem as threefold: inadequate cooperation a m o n g the military services, no true unity of command and u n n e c e ssa r y duplication and contradiction in legislative oversight . “ W e o w e you a new architecture, an organization that will enable you t o do the j ob you’ve been trained so well to do at this academy. R ef o r m is necessary t o accomplish t his,’ ’ he added .

Ot her t op cadet honors w ere w on by : K eit h A K udla, of D ayt on , O hi o, w ho was named the T op A cademic Per f ormer . K udla received the John F . K ennedy School of Government , H arvard U niversity Fellow ship an d w i l l cont inue his education in public policy and business-gover nment relat ions. H e was also named t he Out standing Cadet i n E co n o m i cs.

John G . L evasseur , of Rosevill , M inn ., w ho was named t h e Out st anding Cadet in M ilitary Per f ormance. H e was also t h e w i n ner of t he biology aw ard .

Bart W . W eiss, of N aples, Fla. , w ho received t he M ost V al u able A t hlete A w ard . A s quart erback of the Falcons, h e w as al so chosen t he t op W ester n A t hletic Conf erence O f f ensive Player of t he Y ear and A ll-W A C quarterback . H e passed and ran f o r m o r e t han 1,000 yards in each category mak ing him only t he t hird per

so n ev er i n N C A A D i v i si o n 1 t o d o so . W ei ss f i n i sh ed 15t h i n t h e

H eisman T rophy ballot ing, was nat ional runner-up f or t he D avey O ’ Brien A ward and received t he 1985 exemplary player aw a r d .

H e also received t he A cademy ’s M ost V aluable Foot ball Player aw ar d .

M ichael L oGrande and George M enk er , Jr ., who were given t he O ut standing W ing Com mander awards f or t he 1985-86 a c a demic year . L oG rande, of H auppauge, N .Y ., was w ing c o m mander in t he f all semester , and M enk er , of D ayt on, Ohio , t he spring semest er . T heir names will be inscribed on t he G l en n H .

Curt iss t rophy , which is kept on display in the A r nold H a l l L o b by .

K ir k J . St reit mater , of L ondonderry , N .H . , who was n am ed t he O utst anding Group Commander . H e competed against s e v e n ot her graduat ing cadet s. A spok esman said his select ion w a s based on except ional leadership qualit ies, t he achievement s o f h i s

group and overall control of his command.

D avid N . L arson , of Bet hany , N .Y ., who was named t he O u t

standing Cadet Squadron Commander . A n astronuatical

engineering maj or , L ar son was selected f or the honor b a sed o n his leadership qualities, the achievement s of Cadet Squadr on 6 while under his direct ion, and his overall cont rol of the squadron .

H e com peted f or t he honor wit h t he ot her senior cadets w h o w e r e t he com manders of t he 40 cadet squadrons in t he f all and spring se m e st e r s .

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Terr ie A nn M cL aughlin, the f irst f emale top graduate i n t h e A cademy ’s history, leads the Class of 1986 to their seats f or this

year ’s graduation ceremony. (U.S. A ir Force p hoto by B i l l M adsen)

Cadet T errie A nn M cL aughlin , 21, was named t he Out standing Cadet in Order of Graduat ion . A nat ive of N aperville, 111., she was also named t he out st anding cadet in bot h engineering an d elect rical engineering. She graduated wit h academic and military dist inct ion , as well as wit h honors, being on t he D ean’ s, C o m mandant ’s and Superi nt endent ’ s list s.

I n her senior year she served as f light commander f or C ad et

Squadron 19, played team handball, squash and basketball i n

t ramurals, and part icipated i n the Cadet

Cat holic Choir .

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M cLaughlin earned a National Science Foundation Fellowship and will st udy elect rical engi neering at Stanf ord U niver sity . T o accept the fellowship she had to decline the Boeing Fellowship w h i ch w as id so aw ar d ed t o h er .

“ T he A cademy builds your abilit ies in academics, milit ary leader ship and at hlet ics,’ ’ she said . “ Y ou realize how much you are t ruly capable of doing.

T he N aval A cademy in 1984 was t he f irst service school t o h av e a woman as t op graduate. y y

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Vice P resident George B ush recei ves a saber f r om members of the class. Senator Barry Gold water and f ormer commandant. B r ig.

Gen. M arcus A nderson, are at r ight. ( U.S. A ir F orce P hoto by A l C D ary l Pagel)

F amily M akes*'D uty, H onor, Country ' ’a Tradition

By Sgt . V alerie A . M cG overn P u b l i c A f f ai r s

T heir f at her st art ed a t radit ion t hat f ive siblings c h o se t o uphold . T hree opted f or t he A cademy .

Rob M cCloy graduated wit h t he class of 1986 this year a n d h i s brothers, L t . Col . T om and M aj . D avid M cCloy , were t h e r e .

Bot h are st ationed at t he A cademy .

Colonel M cCloy , H uman Fact ors engineering chief f or t h e D epart ment of Behavioral Sciences and L eadership , graduated f rom the A cademy in 1968. “ Being in t he military and serving my count ry was somet hing I ’d always wanted t o do ,’ ’ said Colonel M cC loy . “ T here a r e many benef it s t o graduating f rom t he A cademy . Y ou learn a l o t about gett ing along w it h people, about leadership and get t ing t hings done. But more im portant ly , you learn about yoursel f . T he programs are such t hat , by part icipating in t hem , you l ear n ab o u t yourself as a person .’ ’ M aj or M cCloy , chief of t he A cademy H ospit al Clinical L ab , is a 1971 A cademy grad . “ Coming f rom a military background as an A ir Force depen dent , I saw an opport unity to become an of f icer and m a k e t h e A i r Force a career ,’ ’ said t he maj or . “ I f elt t he A cademy w as an d st i l l is one of t he bet ter opportunit ies f or men and women t o r ecei v e a commission . A lot of t hat had t o do wit h my f at her ’ s i n f l u en ce.

W e have three A cademy graduates, as well as ot her f amily members on act ive duty . I t hink that ’ s a great t ribute t o my dad , ’ ’ h e sa i d .

“ M y f at her really want ed me to come to t he A cademy , b u t a t f irst I didn’ t want t o be here,’ ’ said t he newly-commissioned M c Cloy . “ I was recruited f or bask et ball and went to the Preparat ory School . W hen I got int o my f irst year at t he A cademy , I ended up

not playing. But I realized how much I enj oyed t he A ir Force, both f rom w hat I lear ned f rom my brot hers and f rom w h at I lear ned here. T hat ’ s w hy I stayed .

T heir dad was a ret ired lieutenant colonel , oldest b r o t h er L t .

Col . M ik e M cCloy is in t he A rmy and SSgt . T im M cCloy i s i n ci v i l

engineering at Dyess A FB, Texas. With such experience, ad v i ce

about t he military and t he A cademy was plent i f ul . “ I ’ve adhered t o t he advice my f ather gave me,’ ’ said 2 n d L t .

M cC loy . “ H e said , ‘A lways rely on your N CO s and t rust t h em .

T hose are t he people who will help you out and mak e y o u , because you can’ t do it alone.” ’ “ I would lik e t o t hink t hat my f at her ’ s career , as w el l as t h e f act that my brot her and I bot h graduated f rom here, h ad so m e

impact on Rob,’ ’ said Maj or M cCloy. “ Every young adult h a s t o m a k e t h ei r o w n d eci si o n . B u t I w o u l d l i k e t o t h i n k t h er e’ s b een

some influence and some encouragement , not pressure.’’ “ Our parents were very supportive,’ ’ said Colonel McCloy,

“ T hey wanted me t o do somet hing I wanted t o do and n o t t o d o i t j ust f or them . D ad was a person-oriented individual and t o a large degree m ost of us f ollow w it h t hat ,’ ’ said t he colonel . “ H e sai d t o be yourself , t ry t o do t he j ob as best you can and ‘play t he cards w here t hey f all .’ A nd t hat ’ s basically what I t old R o b . B e yoursel f , t ry t o do the right t hing f or your people and the j ob , and t hings will t ake care of t hem selves. I f you t ry t o assume roles you get conf used .’ ’ L t . M cCloy w ill go on t o security police t raining at L ack l a n d A FB, T exas, and his f irst assignment at N ellis A FB , N e v .

T he pat h may be j ust a litt le easier t o f ollow , t hank s t o b r o t h er s w ho have paved t he way . ( The F alcon F ly er)

L i f e A f ter Graduation : W her e D o T hey Go? T he rank s of t he A ir Force A cademy alumni increased t o m o r e t han 19,400 wit h t he graduat ion of 957 members of t he C l ass o f 19 8 6 .

T his year ’ s class is t he 28t h group of new of f icers co m m i ssi o n ed here since t he Class of 1959, and is t he second largest i n t h e A cademy hist ory .

T he new second lieutenant s report ed to a variety of assign ment s, including 6 18 t o pilot t raining, 44 t o navigator t raining and 24 to helicopter t raining.

T wenty-seven members of t his year ’ s graduat ing class w er e o f f ered scholarships and f ellowships f or graduat e study . F o u r t e e n ot hers expect to go t o medical school . T wo graduates e n t e r e d t h e U .S. M arine Corps, one t ook a commission in t he U .S. N avy , and t wo were commissioned in t he U .S. A rmy .

A not her 221 graduates went t o various non-rated assignment s within t he A ir Force im mediat ely f ollowing graduat ion .

Since 1959, nearly 500 graduates have been recipient s o f scholarships and f ellow ships, including 26 Rhodes, 74 Gug genheim , 58 N at ional Science Foundat ion , 25 Fubr ight-H ays, 2 6 H ertz Foundation, 10 N at ional Foot ball H all of Fame sc h o l a r ships, and 24 N CA A scholarships.

T hrough t he Class of 1985, 11,960 graduates commissioned i n t he A ir Force ent ered pilot t raining; 1,2 13 ent ered navigat ion t raining, and 390 entered helicopter t raining.

O f the more than 18,500 graduates f rom t he previous 2 7 classes, almost 13,000 are still on act ive duty wit h t h e A i r F o r ce.

Five-hundred and t went y-seven graduates are list ed as d e ceased , and of that numbr 151 were k illed in Southeast A si a .

Other losses between the first graduation and present act i v e d u

t y t ot als are at t ributed t o ret irement s, medical separations, v o l u n

tary resignations, graduates who selected commissioning i n o t h er services and those f oreign graduates returning to their co u n t r i es.

A mong t he graduates w ho ear ned military honors is Capt .

L ance Sij an , Class of 1965, who received t he M edal o f H o n o r post humously f or his actions in Sout heast A sia and f o r w h o m o n e

of the two cadet dormitories is named. Two graduates w e r e

d ecl ar ed “ aces’ ’ i n So u t h east A si a .

To date, nearly 60 A cademy graduates have been promoted t o

or select ed f or general of f icer rank .

N ear ly 60 graduates are member s of t he ast ronaut pr ogram i n all categories. Eric T horson , Class of 1967, is t he deputy assistant secret ary of t he A ir Force f or Economic A nalysis and F i n an ci al Cont r ol . W illiam Clohan , C lass of 1970, was an undersecret ary f or t he D epart ment of Education . A not her A cademy alum ni , John H ewit t , Class of 1965, was an assist ant secretary o f t h e A i r Force and still another , Edward Jayne, Class of 1966, w a s t h e associat e direct or of N ational Security and I nternat ional A f f ai r s wit h t he O f f ice of M anagement and Budget . One graduate, T e r rence O ’ D onnell , Class of 1966, is chairman of t he A cademy ’ s B o ar d o f V i si t o r s. H e i s t h e f i r st t o ser v e i n su ch a capacity .

Col . K arol Bobk o , Class of 1959, piloted t he maiden voyage of Space Shut t le Challenger and an addit ional shut tle f light in 1985.

M aj . Felix Sanchez, Class of 197 1, was select ed by t h e U . S .

Jaycees as one of t he 10 Out st anding Y oung M en of A merica, an d

by Jaycees I nternat ional as one of t he Outst anding Y oung Per sons of t he W orld . ( The F alcon F ly er) 29

Class of 1990:

N ew D oolies Begin Four -Y ear T r ek

By M aj . M argar et M . Stanek P u b lic A f fairs

T hey came f r om all point s of t he compass — f rom t he C al i f o r nia coast t o the N ew Y or k area, f r om t he deep Sout h t o t h e i n dust rial N ort h . Some brought large f amilies wit h t hem , some only a proud mother and father . Short and tall, male and f emale, t hey converged on t he A cademy wit h a comm on dream : Graduat ion 1990 !

W ith hugs, tears and best wishes f or the f ut ure, t he A cademy ’ s newest doolies began t heir f our-year trek t o commissioning o n J u ly 1st .

St art ing wit h cadre int roduct ion , the doolies t ook t h ei r f i r st

march up the “ Bring M e M en” ramp to the world of marble strips, fighter aircraft and the Cadet A rea. One after anot her , they went t hrough the same in-processing steps more than 19,500

previous graduates have taken before them.

T heir f aces conveyed a w ide range of emot ions: excit ement a t

finally being here, awe at the quantity of items issued t o t h em a n d

disbelief as long-gr ow n hair quick ly separ ated f rom t h ei r h ead s.

nomination stage where about 8,500 st udent s, including m o r e t han 1,000 w omen , received t he nomination necessary t o co m p et e f or an appoint ment . A f t er t he admissions screening, nearly 3,300 men and 318 women were f ound t o meet all qualif icat ions.

T he A cademy of f ered about 1,700 appoint ment s f or t he C l a ss of 1990, including 207 to w omen .

T here are 180 minorit y cadets expect ed t o be in t he n ew cl ass. “ A pproximat ely two-t hirds of t hose accept ing appoint ment s t his year are medically quali f ied f or pilot t raining, ” C o l o n el W i l k i n so n sai d .

Class of 1990 members began in-processing wit h t he u su al schedule of haircut s, clot hing issue and squadron and dorm it ory room assignment s. I n-processing is t he st art of 37 days of Basic Cadet T raining designed t o prepare t he basic cadets f or ent ry int o t he Cadet W ing.

D uri ng t he f irst 28 days, most of t he t raining is conducted wit hin t he cadet area. Follow ing t he cadet area t raining, a l l b a s i c cadet squadrons marched to Jacks Valley on July 29 f or approx imat ely eight days of f ield t raining, including prof essional

military subj ects, academic preparation, athletic activities, spirit ual act ivities and m ot ivat ional/ recreational f u n ct i o n s.

Ret urning t o t he cadet area A ug. 5, t hey were of f icially a c cept ed int o t he Cadet W ing A ug. 9 wit h a parade. T he f ir st day of academics is A ug. 11. ( The F alcon F ly er)

D odo Characters Up dated

By Stu Pope, ’83

The most f requent question I ’m asked is “ Hey, how’s J o e St r a c k ? ” This is usually f ollowed by moronic chortling as I give some pat answ er

li k e, ‘ O h , he’ s d oi n’ f i ne.” W ell , I ’ m goi ng to f ill you in on t he latest act ivi tes of all t he D od o (pr onounced doe-doe, incident ally , li k e the bi rd) creations, starting with Joe. Lt . Strack, as he’s now k now n , is a m issile of f icer i n N eb rask a, but has m any addi ti onal dut ies a n d w a n t s m o r e . H e ’ s t he base “ Shadow I .G .” r ep , and spends his spar e t i me standi ng in f r ont

of the mirror in his BOQ room, trying on various cadet u n i f o r m s a n d reliving “ the good old days.” He’s hoping things will heat up i n C ent ral

A mer i ca so he can “ see com bat .” T he enlisted guys w ho w o r k u n d er h i m

D ar in D agget t of Wisconsin, Class of 1990, ref lects thef eelings of the new class af ter emerging f rom the Cadet Bar ber Shop . Some 1, 350 new cadets exp erienced the “ trim ming ” remembered vi vid ly by most graduates. (U. S. A ir Forcep hoto by A l C D ary l Pagel)

Entering the Cadet A rea, the doolies got their first i n t r o d u ct i o n

t o names like L ance Sij an, Billy M it chell and “ H ap ” A rnold , and set t heir eyes on t he buildings t hat would become their home, their workplace and their social center for the next f our years.

A f ter medical test s, milit ary brief ings and count less direct ions, t he doolies f inally sett led in f or t he night . Bone-weary o r adrenalin high , the Class of 1990 is on it s way !

T he t otal number in t he new class is approximat ely 1,355, in

cluding 157 women. The new cadets come from all 50 st a t e s .

A ccording to Col. Thomas C. Wilkinson, director of A d m i s sions, more than 80,000 requests for inf ormation about t h e A cademy were received , and more t han 40,000 people w e r e se n t a

questionnaire. Of that number , nearly 12,0(X) men and w o m e n

applied f or admission . T he select ion process then went t o t h e 30

hope so t oo .

Joe and hi s old buddy E m il cor respond f requent ly , shar i ng t hei r hopes and dr eams of one day r et ur ni ng t o t he A cademy as A OC s (pr ef er ab ly group A OCs). Emil’s stationed at a SA C base in South D ak ota, w here, li k e Joe, he’ s a “ m issile man ” w it h a “ pock et r ock et .” E m il recent ly organized a shoe-shine contest and won hands down. O f cour se, he w as

t he only ent rant .

L ast I hear d , Johnny Par k a i s f l ying F-4 “ P hant om s” so m eh w er e over seas. H e st ill plays t he t unes, but has t o set t le f or solo guitar j am s, as his band , t he A ccessor ies, split w it h f issi on-l ik e f ur y . Johnny ’ s b iggest ad j ustment to the “ real” A ir Force has been giving up hi s cadet par k a, but he’s since acquired a real, fur-lined parka from A laskan A ir C om m and , w hich su f f ices as a t em porary subst itu te.

Finally , Bi f f and L umpoe ar e alive and w ell , t hough separ at ed . L t . E d L umpoeski , li k e D an “ #3” SM I T H , is f lyi ng t ank er s out o f a SA C b a se i n I ndiana. H e’ s consider i ng ei ther suicide or marr iage, accor di ng t o Bi f f .

H i s Bi f f ness, L t . B ooter , is a m ai ntenance o f f icer at N or t on , but j ust received or der s t o C lar k A B , m uch to his delight . T he L um ps plan t o visit him in t he P .I . f or a Bi f f and L um poe r eunion , t he d et a i l s o f w h i c h w i l l b e w r it ten up as “ Bi f f and L um poe T er r ori ze t he T hir d W o r l d . ”

TH E SE CRE T L I FE OF WA L D O F . D UM BSQUA T

By D on H all , ’76 “ I F I D O M Y D U T Y , T H E REST W I L L T A KE CA RE OF I T SEL F .” General George S. Patt on , Jr . (Contrails 1985-86)

A s W aldo put t he f inishing t ouches on t he f ountain , C / I C Rambo appeared . “ N ice w ork , dumb smack . “ Sir , t hat ’ s D umbsquat . “ H uh? W ell , w hile youse guys have been digging and f illing, t he rest of t he w ing has been at a pep rally in A rnold H al l . ” “ Sir , who was t here. . . t he Falconaires?” chort led W arren . “ N egat ive, wad . Y ou j ust missed t he best exot ic dancer i n t h e Rock y M ountain Region .

T he sounds of pick s, shovels, and water stopped as i f E .F . H u t t on had spok en . A n ent ire t ired and muddy class of doolies glared 9 9

Departing Mitch’s, C/ 4C Waldo F. Dumbsquat tucked in h i s elbows and began to double-time along the marble strips. D i n n er sloshed uncomf ortably in his stomach as the doolie j ogged back t o t he new dorm . T he menu had included steak and lobster w i t h M i t ch ’ s

M o u ntain

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f av o r i t e

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to

Shepard ’ s Pie. Pep rally ! Pep rally ! ” < (

Waldo groaned. A n upperclassman was orchestrating another spontaneous fourthclass spirit demonstration. Within m i n u t es one t housand f reshmen ended up milling around on the grass in

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at W ald o .

W aldo groaned .

t h e cen t er o f t h e t er r azzo . ^1^

“ What are we cheering about this time?” asked “ Regs” B u c h .

“ I t hink t he Parchesi team t ied L o H igh in regulat ion overt ime,” of f ered W aldo to his f riend .

“ Maybe we’ll get a f ree weekend out of it ,” mused Warren

Baldachi B l o ws I t . . . A gain!

H eels hopef ully .

By M aj . M argaret M . Stanek

W a l d o w at ch ed i n f ea r as t h e assau l t co u r se cad r e m o v ed

P u b lic A f fair s

through the crowd. C/ I C Rambo approached Warren with t h e t rue spirit of JA W S. “ W ell , if it isn’ t the squat t hrust k ing,” grunted t h e f i r st i e.

“ Good evening, sir !” chorused the trembling doolies. “ The spirit committee is selling spirit buttons tonight . Y o u se guys won’t let the Parchesi team down, now will you?

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“ N o , sir ! ”

The upperclassman moved on to inspire more doolies. W a r r e n

f r o w n ed .

“ My bathrobe doesn’t have room for another button. I t ’ s s o

heavy now I can’ t move.” “ W ith all t he spirit I ’ m buyi ng. I ’ m going t o have t o t a k e o u t a loan,” moaned W aldo . “ Did you like the car rally yesterday at lunch?” asked Regs. “ It was okay,” replied Waldo, “ but Winnebagoes don’t really do anyt hing f or me.”

A t t hat moment , the crowd began chanti ng the Brow n T i d e ch eer . P u zzl ed t o u r i st s o n t h e w al l st r ai n ed t o u n d er st a n d t h e

meaning. “ Our sheet sign in M itchell H all didn’ t look t oo good ,” n o t ed W a r r en .

“ N ext time maybe we shouldn’ t use a f itted sheet , ” suggested Regs. “ I ’ m bored ,” stated W arren . “ L et ’ s move the F- 104 or somet hing.” “ N aw , let ’ s do something more imaginative.

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“ W ell , how many sheet s would it take t o mak e an eight b al l look lik e t he planetarium?” “ I t hink somebody ’ s done it bef ore,” commented W aldo . “ I t needs t o be original and have style.” “ Remember when we ‘ passed up’ t he ot her t eam ’ s mascot a t t he f ootball game? N ow t hat was dif f erent ,” gri nned W a r r e n . “ N o k idding! W e were playing CU ! ” W aldo all of a sudden got an idea. “ Eureka! H oover ! I ’ ve got it . L et ’ s put water back i n t h e A i r Gardens. W it h t his many guys we should be done by taps.”

T he class quick ly agreed t hat it was a great spirit st u n t . S h o v e l s and hoses were i ssued . W ork got underway .

W hile graduat ion day w as a mem or ab le one f or t he C lass of 1986, t here w as one cadet i n the w ing w ho w asn’ t at all happy about it . “ Spend ing t he past year as an u nder cover exchange cadet i n a m id-east d eser t shei k hdom , I com pletely lost t rack o f t he t ime! ” said C a d et N i n o Baldachi i n a phone cover sat ion on M ay 28t h . “ I t hought t oday w as A p r il 28 \ ”

C adet Baldachi has t r ied , u nsuccessf ul ly , t o gr aduate f r o m t h e A cademy since 1959 . T hough his ent husiasm is i n t he r ight place, his deliver y usual ly isn’ t . I n ot her w or ds, he’ s alw ays a t a d o f f t h e m a r k .

T ake f or exam ple, his recent exchange exper iences. “ I decided t o put t he squad r on num ber on a very tal l sand dune, ” C adet B a l d a c h i st a t ed . “ W hen 1 w o ke t he next m or ning, t he sand had shi f ted a n d t h e l o c a l s thought I ’ d put some pr o f anit y on t he hi ll .” C adet Baldachi managed t o avoid a f i ri ng sq uad but said t hat w al k ing t our s t hr ough a her d of spit t ing camels made hi m quest ion his deci sion .

T he envir onment w or ked against hi m i n ot her w ays. T r ying t o r ec a p tur e t he t hr ill o f divi ng i nt o C olor ado snow dr i f t s. C a d et B a l d a c h i launched hi msel f f r om hi s tent i nt o a near by du ne. A ccor di ng t o cadet Balachi , “ bot h t he tent and I su f f ered som e str uct ural damage.”

N ot everyt hi ng w as unpleasant , how ever , i n t he land o f en d l ess sa n d . A highpoi nt of his vi si t w as his j oini ng t he V ult urey C l u b . “ Y ou k now ,” said C adet Baldachi , “ f ew people r eal ly appr eciate t he li t tle cr i tter s. I f ound them t o be cur i ous, playf ul bir ds, very r ecept ive t o car ryi ng anyt hi ng o f f . A nd t hey never f lew aw ay dur i ng o u r sa n d - b a l l games. I n f act , w e had t o keep t hem f r om becom i ng t oo a t t a c h ed t o t h e losi ng t eam ,” added C adet Baldachi .

A nd t hen t here w as E l Beni k i n ’ s, t he local social est ablishm ent . C a d et Baldachi ’ s eyes f ogged over as he recalled m idnight a t t h e o a si s . “ A l o a f o f bread , a j ug of goat ’ s m i lk and a f ew dates. W hat an exper ience! ” he ex cl a i m ed .

H is f i nal event as an exchange cadet w as equally mem or able. Show i ng up f or hi s f ar ew ell dance in a m ess d ress, C adet Baldachi r ea l i z ed h e w a s t he only one not in ci vil ian f or mal r obes and head cover ing. “ I f elt r eally out o f place,” said C adet Baldachi , “ unt il everyone said I l ooked j ust as handsome as t hey did . W hat a gr eat bunch of guys! ” D isappoi nted in m issing gr aduat ion (agai n) , C adet Baldachi st i l l h a d pleasant mem ories t o recal l and a renew ed desire t o graduate i n 1987 . “ N ex t year ’ s my year ,” said C adet Baldachi . “ I can f eel i t . ” U nless, of cour se, he goes on an exchange pr ogr am t o t he A rct ic, C her nobyl , V enus. . . ( The F alcon F ly er)

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By M ik e Burr ows St af f W r iter , Colorado Springs Gazette Telegrap h N ewspaper E ditor 's note: M ik e B urr o ws is a staf f wr iter f or the C o l o r ad o Sp r ings G azette T elegraph who covers A ir F orce f ootball.

Considering that the A ir Force A cademy lost to Yale only six short years ago , considering t hat the Falcons were a co m b i n ed 14-40-2 f rom 1977-81, t his has t o be a dream .

P i n ch t h ese F al co n s.

Surely they can’t be one of only three maj or-college f o o t b al l teams in the country to win 30 or more games the past t h r ee se a so n s .

Surely not , you say . But it ’ s true.

A nd it doesn’t take long to call the roll of this three-year el i t e: Brigham Young (35-4), Nebraska (31-6) and A ir Force (30-7) .

Can A ir Force stay there? Personnel losses from a year a g o — including consensus A ll-A merica free safety Scott Thomas, H u l a Bowl defensive tackle John Ziegler, big-play wide receiver K e n

Carpent er , speedy half back K elly Pitt man and quart erback B a r t W eiss, t he O f f ensive Player of the Y ear in t he W est ern A t h l et i c Conf erence — suggest a cold-heart ed no .

But t hird-year A FA head coach Fisher D eBerry , chief o f et er nal optimist s, wholeheart edly disagrees. “ I ’ ll be disappointed i f we don’t have a real good f oot ball t eam again ,’ ’ said D eBerry , whose only previous A FA t eam s f inished 8-4 and last year ’s spar k ling 12- 1. “ T his t eam (is) building on a lot of t he positives so characterist ic of our team a year ago . Our players n o w k n o w w h at it tak es t o win . Believe me, t hey k now . T hey expect t o be good .

T hey ’ d bet t er , because I expect t hem t o be good .

Even t hough t hey beat T exas in t he Bluebonnet Bowl , running t heir f our-year post season record t o 4-0, and even t hough t hey shared t he W A C championship with BY U , t he Falcons can ’t disguise the graduat ion losses since then . T here will b e n i n e n ew st arters in the high-oct ane wishbone, if you count t h e t r an sf er o f half back Johnny Smith f rom f ullback . D ef ensively , only al l W A C cornerback T om Rot ello , t ack le Chad H ennings and al l WA C inside linerbacker Terry M aki return to their 1985 posi t i o n s.

Y et t he Falcons are st aunch in t heir belief t hey can recover , and a 1986 schedule wit h f our open dates could help . H elping, t o o , w i l l b e t h e b o ast o f f i v e A l l -A m er i ca can d i d at es i n M ak i , Rot ello, H ennings, senior f ullback Pat Evans and senior punt er M a r k Si m o n .

Sim on , in f act , was a Scripps-H oward A ll-A merica and a s e c ond t eam A ssociated Press pick a year ago when he led t h e N C A A wit h a 47.3-yard average. Evans, remember , ran f or 1,0 15 yards two year s ago as a sophomore. H is 1985 season was slowed by an A ugust k nee inj ury , but he rebounded down t he st retch an d w as t he Falcons’ Bluebonnet Bowl M V P af t er rushing f or a s e a s o n high 129 yards on 18 carries. M ak i and Rot ell o are t h e b est at t h ei r positions in t he W A C , and H ennings t ak es a back seat only t o

BY U ’s Jason Buck , i f anyone.

A year ago , when t he Falcons r oared t o t heir N CA A -leading 12 vict or ies, t he wishbone crank ed out 42 1.8 yards, 4.3 t o u ch d o w n s and 37 point s per gam e. T hey rank ed N o . 3 nationally in scoring.

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was N o . 2 in t he W A C and 29t h nationally in t otal def ense (316.4 yards per game) , and held f our opponent s t o only a t o u ch d o w n .

Compet ing in a w ildly of f ensive league, t he Falcons allowed j ust 13.6 point s per game, t he 13t h-best f igure in t he country .

N ow comes t he t ask of rebuilding. T o D eBer ry , it ’ s a m at t er o f reloading. But is t here much di f f erence, especially w hen your H eism an-caliber quart erback (W eiss) is enrolled in pilot school?

A ir Force won’ t have to wait long t o f ind out .

A ll sophom ore quart erback s T roy Calhoun of Roseburg, O re. , and Ron Buck ley of Elk City , O k la., have t o do is mak e A F A f ans f orget W eiss, w ho last year becam e only t he t hird maj orcollege player in hist ory t o rush ( 1,032) and pass ( 1,449) f or m ore t han 1,000 yards in a single season . Calhoun , N o . 1 f or now , is highly cerebral and grasped t he technology of t he wishbone alm ost immediately . Buck ley is m ore at hletic, and came virt ually out of nowhere t o challenge in spring camp . A nother player t o watch f or is James T om allo , a j unior who has tw o years of j unior var sity experience.

I n t heir f avor is t he com pany line of t he Falcons t hat W ei ss an d M art y L out han , A FA wishbone quart erback legends bot h , w e r e at a similar st age of progression as sophom ores. “ I t ’ s possible t hat we could go right up t o t he opener wit h H awaii b ef o r e w e decide who t o go w it h ,’ ’ D eBerry said . “ W e’ re conf ident t h at t h e guy we choose will win f or us. But it ’ s no secret t hat o u r d ef en se w ill have t o carry us f or a w hile, or unt il we get t h e k i n k s o u t o f t he of f ense. W it h such a large t urnover in star ter s, w e’ l l h av e t o be patient of f ensively .

T he k ey of f ensive-line loss is A ll-W A C lef t t ack le K raig Evenson . T he group ’s only retur ning start er is lef t guard St ev e H en drick son, a senior . But t he Falcons are insist ent t hat , given t ime t o m old , tight ends B . J . Shwedo and Frank M ar tini , t ack l es C h r i s Findall and John T eague, H endrick son and right guards G reg M yers and Roy Garcia and center Blak e Get tys might collect ively f o r m t h e W A C ’ s b est l i n e .

T he wishbone’ s new look will include an inj ecti on of speed , t oo . T yrone Jef f coat (4.6) , T yler Barth (4.6) , A nthony R o b e r so n (4.4) and Greg C ochran (4.5) are t he t op f our wideout s. “ B e st batch of speed we’ve had at wide receiver in a long, long time, D eBerry said . “ Speed can of f set a lot of t hings.

T hose hoped-f or j et s arrived on t ime. Gone is Carpenter , w h o had 42 catches f or 869 yar ds and t hree t ouchdowns last s e a s o n .

A lso, t he wishbone t ri f ecta has never been quick er . F u l l b ack Evans (4.55) and hal f back s M arc M unaf o (4.58) and Smit h (4.63) are seniors and only M unaf o is somew hat unk nown . A t f u l l b ack a year ago. Smith pounded f or 722 yards, f ive t ouchdowns a n d 6 .7 p er - c a r r y a v er a g e .

T his is the year A ir Force unloads John Steed on t he f ree w orld , and his play at nose guard is pivot al t o t he Falcons’ co n t i n u ed look of a bullish def ense. N o A FA player enj oyed a bett er spr ing t han Steed , a 6-f oot-2, 228-pound j unior f rom L it t le Rock , A rk ., and last season ’ s N o . 3 nose guar d . H is emergence pushed asi d e t he 1985 start er , St eve Spew ock , and Spew ock now resides at t h e

tackle position opposite Hennings, who a year ago earned (Continued on nex t p age.)

L acr osse Closes Out Winningest Season The A cademy Lacrosse Team finished the 1986 season w i t h t h e m o st w i n s ev er i n o n e seaso n w i t h a 16- 2 r eco r d . T h e only losses

were to No. 1 Syracuse (22-6) and No. 7 M assachusetts ( 13-7) .

This year marked the first time that A ir Force played each t eam i n the Rocky M ountain L acrosse League twice. The results w e r e ; Colorado University (12-10, 17- 1); Colorado State (27-4, 18-0) ; Colorado College ( 17-6, 13-5); Colorado School of the M i n es (29-3, 26- 10); and Denver University (Cancelled, 20-8).

T he Falcons were 9-0 in t he league, f inishing N o . 1 f o r t h e 20 t h

time in 21 years. Nine A ir Force players were named t o t h e 13-member A ll-league Team: A ttack Joe Vasta and Brian Z e m braski; Midf ield Brent Frerichs, M ike Blouin, and Joe L ewellyn; D ef ense Jim T illie, D an Shea and H ank Jeronimus and G o al K en W essel s.

Except for the two losses, the Falcons were very successful i n non-league play. A t the Suncoast Lacrosse Tournament i n T a m pa, Fla., A ir Force beat Plymouth State (18-3); Williams College (16-3); and Sienna University ( 16-5). The other non-league v i c tories were Drew University ( 12-1) before a crowd of 500 a t Falcon Stadium ; Cal-Berk ely ( 17-6) , and N o . 6 (D ivision I I I ) St .

L awrence ( 12- 10) .

A ir Force closed out its season by beating W estern L a c r o sse

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League Champs, Whittier College f rom L .A . ( 14- 10) in t h e “ B e s t of t he W est ” playof f s.

Two Falcons, Ken Wessels and Joe Vasta were ranked n at i o n al ly for individual statistics. Vasta was ranked third in assists (4. 167 per game) and f ourth in points (6.33 per game) while t e a m m a t e Wessels finished sixth (66.2 save %) in the ’86 final st a t s . J o e V asta also brok e A ll A ir Force individual of f ensive r eco r d s f o r most goals, assists, and points (349 career) for a single season and career . A 1986 A ll-A merican, V asta played in t he annual N o r t h -

South College A ll-Star game at Johns-H opkins University w h er e he had a goal and an assist f or the South’s cause.

I n 1987, the Falcons have a competitive schedule that i n cl u d es A rmy (at West Point), L oyola, Washington College and U M B C (at Falcon Stadium). A ir Force will also try to defend its Rock y M ountain title by playing each league member twice.

On September 20 an A lumni vs. Varsity game will take place in the morning, followed by a tailgate picnic bef ore the W yoming f ootball game. A nyone interested should contact Coach M a so n Goodhand, c/ o Dept , of A thletics, USA F A cademy, Colo.

80840, or call A V 259-3429 or (303) 472-3429. ^

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The Academy Women’s Water Polo Club traveled to Harvard University in Cambridge, M ass., for the U.S. Collegiate N at i o n al C hampionships.

A f ter tw o losses, t he t eam bounced back wit h vict ories o v e r

Ohio State University ( 18-6), Bucknell (12-7), and H ar v ar d ( 13- 11), to finish fifth out of eight schools.

Entering the tournament as tri-champions of the Rocky M o u n tain Region, A ir Force was only seeded eighth. Great play by it s senior members — team captain Nancy Fakult , goalie/ sprinter Sue Bier, goalie Carol Travis and scorer Cindy Durham — s u r prised the opposition. The club’s placing in the tournament i m proved as a result , and Durham was named a collegiate A l l A m er i can .

T he team f inished it s t hird winning season wit h an o v er al l 7- 3

Tom Duggan, at right, handles the ball against Drew Uni versi ty at Falcon Stadium. A t lef t (1130) is H ank Jeronimus while T i m T i l l ie (1134) at center, looks on.

record. The water polo club is coached by Kelly Kemp an d J i m Hogue, both aquatics instructors in the A cademy’s athletic department . (Courtesy of the Women ’s Water Polo Club)

Football: (Continued f rom previous page.)

call a Thomas clone, and E.J. Jones. M ike Toliver is set at t h e

sophomore A ll-A merica honors from Football News. To be sure, in Steed, Hennings and Spewock, the Falcons’ pass rush sh o u l d be formidable, even in spite of losing Ziegler .

The starting linebackers will be M aki and Jef f Weathers inside, and Kevin M artin and Brady Glick outside. A ll are seniors an d a l l are fierce hitters. But only M aki has starting experience. T h i s should be the year when Maki, a 6-2, 236-pound M ormon f r o m L ibby, M ont ., gets his A ll-A merica due. He’s produced 137 tackles in each of the past two seasons, and his 30-tackle game last year against Notre Dame was the stuf f of legends.

This year, it ’s likely that as M aki goes, so will the d ef en se. “ I don’t want him to feel any adverse pressure this year, lik e he’ s got to carry us,” said Bruce Johnson, the A FA defensive co o r d i n at o r

and inside lineback ers coach . “ But T erry has got t o b ec o m e t h e l ead er o f t h i s d ef en se. ”

Said M aki: “ The big part of playing good defense is f ight ing, battling. You’ve got to play with confidence, like you k now you’re better than the guy playing across from you. T h at ’ s w h at was so great about us a year ago.”

Rotello’s eight interceptions a year ago were the most of any underclassman in the country. With Thomas gone, Rotello, n o w a senior, will have to lead the graduation-ripped secondary.

T he f irst-team saf et ies will be Steve Sigler , whom t h e F al co n s

str ong side corner .

Based on what he accomplished in 1985, no punter in t h e c o u n

try can touch Mark Simon. Simon had a good spring, capping it

of f with a nine-punt , 49.2 yards per kick perf ormance i n t h e B l u eSilver spring f inale.

Definitely more clouded is the picture among the place k ick ers, wherej unior Mike Johnson and sophomore Chris Blasy are tryi ng to replace Tom Ruby.

Unquestioned, though, is the metoric surge of the Air F o r ce

football program. A nother year , another opportunity t o st ak e a

claim on t he summit of t he college game.

A re t hese Falcons up t o t he t ask ?

W e’ re lik e a lot of f oot ball t eams,’ ’ D eBerry said . “ W e’ r e i n

the process of rebuilding f rom heavy graduation losses, a n d w e’ v e got a lot of concerns, a lot of questions marks. But w e a r e n o t lacking in self-confidence, nor do we lack talent . T eam s l i k e Nebraska and Oklahoma j ust reload every year because t hey ’ ve got that steady flow of talent . I truly believe we’re gett ing t hat same k ind of st r ong t alent f low .

These guys we have now are proud to have a chance to b u i l d on last year’s glory. A nd it’s not unfair to ask them t o b eco m e an a

excellent f ootball team , not unf air at all .”

That request for excellence is how they got to 30-7 i n t h e f i r st

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Tennis Team Wraps Up “ Best Season Ever T he A cademy men’ s t ennis team f inished f i f t h in t he W e st e r n A thletic Conf erence championships in Pr ovo, U tah . T w o F al co n players, T om Bart h and John Steimle, made t he A ll-W A C t e a m . “ W e had hoped t o get int o t he t op f our in t he team champion ships, but we were elated t o have T om and John named t o t h e al l conf erence t eam ,” said head coach Rich Gugat .

Bart h made t he team in singles and was j oned by St eim le o n t h e

A l l -W A C d o u b l es t eam .

T his is a milest one in our pr ogram since we have never h ad a n A ll-W A C per f ormer prior t o t his season ,” t he coach sai d .

T eam compet it ion saw t he Falcons lose t heir t op-f our ch an ces t o a t ough San D iego St ate t eam in t he f irst round . B ar t h w o n at number one singles but t he ot her f ive Falcons lost t h ei r m at ch es. “ T he player s were very disappointed , but t hey gave a gu t sy p er f ormance,” Gugat said . “ W it h a couple of break s, we co u l d h av e beat en San D iego .

T he Falcons went on t o def eat T exas-El Paso, 7-0, and H awaii , 5-3. F or the past six years A ir Force has played H awaii f o r f i f t h place. T he winner has alw ays been decided at t he wire, an d t h i s year was no excepti on .

A lex T orres played t he f inal and deciding mat ch at n u m b er si x i i

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singles, winning in it a third-set tie-breaker after gaining 12 match point s.

T he Flacons’ t ournament highlight was Steimle and Bart h’ s doubles per f ormance. T hey advanced t o t he semi-f inals b ef o r e losing t o t he t op-seeded N ew M exico team in t hree set s.

L ooking to the future, Gugat said, “ We’ll only lose o n e o f o u r top eight players (to graduation), but that happens t o be Bart h, who could be the best player ever at the A cademy. With s e v e n returning lettermen and three top recruits coming next y e a r , w e sh o u l d b e b et t er . y y

T he team closed its regular season wit h t hree wins t o tally a 26-6 record f or 1986 play . “ This is the strongest men’s tennis team in A cademy hist ory , said 12-year head coach G ugat . “ W e ended 1983 28-4, b u t I believe we played a t ougher schedule this season and b ea t so m e y y

b et t er t eam s. ”

A m ong t he teams t he Falcons beat t his season were O ral

Roberts University, L oyola-Marymount, I owa State University, Kansas State, Hawaii, Colorado and West Texas State. ( The

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Track Teams Turn I n Strong Perf ormances B y A l C J o h n N ab h o l z P u b lic A f f air s N o t eam sco r es w er e t al l i ed at t h e A i r F o r ce I n v i t at i o n al i n ear

ly May, but Falcon runners turned in many strong perf ormances.

T h e ev en t m ar k ed t h e en d o f t h e 1986 seaso n f o r t h e F al co n

w omen’s team . Barb Fogel won t he 400-met er run with a t i m e o f 56 seconds, but f ailed t o quali f y f or t he N CA A D ivision I I N a tionals. Renea T oliver , however , qualif ied f or the n at i o n a l s i n L o s

A ngeles with a 14-second perf ormance in the 110 high h u r d l es.

A ir Force men took top honors in several events. Randy W h i t e won the high j ump with a 6' 8" ef fort , Jef f L amb captured t h e

400 - m et er r u n i n 4 8 seco n d s an d N o r t h a n G o l d en t o o k t he t riple

j ump. The 4X400 relay team of Cal Speight , Vinnie Savino, K e n Sersun and Bill Shedd turned in a 3:16.9 to take first place.

Gary T ew squeak ed past M ik e Prof it and D arrel D avis i n t h e 110 high hurdles as t he Falcons nailed dow n t he f irst t hree places.

Sco t t T u r n er an d Sh ed d t o o k seco n d i n t h e 800 - an d 2 0 0 - m e t e r

races, respectively . John H ardy was second in the hammer t h r o w w i t h a t o ss o f 126 ' 5 " a n d G o l d en t o o k seco n d i n t h e long j um p .

Ot her second-place honors went t o Scot t Sather in pole v a u l t a n d Bob Gibson in t he j avelin t hrow . ( The F alcon F ly er)

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A ir F orce’s R enea Toli ver f lies in hot p ursuit of Colorado ’s D o n na Waller. Toliver was f orced to set tle f or second p lace in the 110-meter high hurdles. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by A l C B r en d a H unt)

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A T T E N T I O N SO C C E R A L U M N I T hank you f or your support last season . I f you would lik e a br ochure f or t he 1986 season , send your name an d address t o C oach L uis Sagastume, A t hletic D epart ment , U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Col o . 80840 .

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J ohn A ugustine, ’86, at lef t and no w Cl C Steve Sandoval, p addle their way thr ough Cherry Creek R eser voir in a 145-p ound c o n crete canoe. The canoe was constr ucted by the A cademy C i v i l E ngineer ing students f or comp etition in the R egional Conf erence of A mer ican Society of Ci vil E ngineers. The A cademy w o n o v e r all champ ion f or best constr ucted canoe. T wel ve collegiate t e a m s p ar ticip ated. (Cour tesy p hoto)

Exp er ienced Cagers Ready to Play Y oung? Y es.

I nexperienced? N o .

T hat ’ s t he 1986-87 A ir Force A cademy basket ball team .

T he Falcons w ill take to t he court with only f our j uniors an d f our sophomores.

W e have a great many question mar k s at t his t ime,” st at ed head coach Reggie M int on . “ W e’ ll j ust have t o wait an d see w h at t he f reshman class brings us. I f eel conf ident wit h t he players we have now , t he new recruit s will j ust be a benef it ,” h e sa i d .

A mong the eight returning players, two are starters—Junior Rob Marr and sophomore Michael Lockwood. The remaining six all have varsity experience and will battle for starting posit ions.

M arr , a 6-5 guard, earned a starters position midway t hrough last season . H e f inished t he season averaging 7.0 point s p e r g a m e

and 3.1 rebounds per game. Perhaps Marr showed his t al en t s b est

in t he W est er n A t hlet ic Conf erence T ournament game against

eventual NIT runner-up Wyoming. He went 9- 11 from the f i el d t o help bring A ir Force within two points of an upset w i n .

A t 6-6, M ike Lockwood isn’t the tallest center in college b ask et ball, but he stepped in and took control of the position w h en t h e Falcons desperately needed it . A s a freshman, L ockwood a v e r aged 6.6 points per game and 4.0. With the addition o f f i f t een pounds, from 195 to 210, he can only improve.

A mong the other returnees, 6-7 sophomore Eric Kj ome sa w t h e

most action . Kj ome’ s accurat e outside shoot ing (46. 1) gave him a

7.6 points-per-game average, third best on the team in scoring and in shooting percentage. He also managed 3.4 rebounds p e r g a m e .

Both j unior Matt Sobolewski, a 6-5 forward, and sophomore C had K imble, a 6-8 center , played in reserve and are expected t o f igure into the game plan in 1986-87.

Sobolewski gives the Falcons good solid play inside. H e possesses sure hands and isn’t afraid to bang under t h e b o a r d s even t hough he is normally out sized .

K imble adds somet hing t o t he team t hat has been missing f o r a long time—size. A t 6-8 and 230 pounds, he can fill up t he middle.

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A dd to this a year of experience and Kimble’s desire t o play his

best in every game and you’ ve got a college center . “ I f Chad tak es t o t he cent er posit ion and does his j ob ,” said M int on , “ t hat would f ree up L ock wood t o play t he st rong f o r ward posit ion .

Gary W agner is anot her big man who adds t o A ir Force’ s i n si d e game. A s a 6-8 sophomore, Wagner played as a reserve, but says M int on, “ I f Gary can w ork on his low-post game, his v al u e t o t h e team will be great ly enhanced . H e already has a good o u t si d e sh o t . ”

Sophomore Mark Slimko could be a factor this season. H e h a s

excellent ball-handling sk ills f or a 6-5 f orward and is a good leaper .

Pointguard is the position that is hurt must by graduation.

Gone is T odd Beer , a f our-year st arter . Junior M ik e H am m o n d appeared to be the heir apparent for the position but a k nee inj ury bef ore t he 1985-86 season limited his playing time l a st se a so n t o

4 7 m i n u t es.

Freshman Jef f Bowli ng is anot her candidate. A f ter a year of

playing at the A ir Force A cademy Prep School, M inton f eel s Bowling has t he potential t o develop into a good guard . H e c a n handle t he ball , shoot f rom long range, and has very good court

se n se .

T he loss of f orwards M aurice M cD onald and Jim Gulsvig t o

graduation puts pressure on the rest of the team. M cDonald an d Gulsvig were number one and two, respectively, in scoring a n d r e bounding. Once again M inton is looking toward the prep sch o o l

graduates t o help f ill t he void .

O ne of t he leading candidates is 6-6 f orward M att H ardy . M i n t on believes H ardy could f it int o t he varsity program . H is long range j umper is a t hreat f rom anywhere. “ Even t hough we lack senior leadership , t he j uniors h av e seen

enough action to know what to expect ,” says Minton. “ T h e sophomores showed they could play with anybody last seaso n an d

all t hey can do this year is get bet ter . N ow all I h av e t o d o i s co ach .”

1986-87 W o m en ’ s B ask et b al l O PPO N E N T

DA Y

DATE

O PPO N E NT

L OCA T IO N

DA Y

DATE

T IM E

F ri

N o v 28

A d am s State

U SA F A

F ri

N ov 21

Sa t

N o v 29

Regis C ol lege

U SA F A

Sat

N o v 22

5 :00 p .m . W ester n State 2:00 p .m . M esa C o llege

T ue

D ec 2

M esa

U SA F A

T ue

N o v 25

T hu

D ec 4

D oane

U SA F A

F ri

N o v 2 8-

Sa t

D ec 6

N o r t h er n A r iz o n a

N o v 29

D ec 8

U . S . I n t er n a t i o n a l

F lagstaf f , A r iz.

San D iego , C ali f .

Sa t

M on F ri

D ec 12

Eastern W ashi ngt o n

U SA F A W ed

D ec 3

7:30 p.m. Southern Colorado

T BA

A b i l en e C h r i st i a n T o u r n .

U SA F A P u eb l o

A b ilene, T exas

Omaha, A ngelo State and A i r Fo rce)

5: 15 p.m. Colorado State University

D ec 2 9 -

B l a d e G l a ss T o u r n a m e n t

T ue

D ec 30

(T em ple vs. G eo rgia So u t her n) (A ir Fo rce vs. T o led o) W i nt hr o p * San D iego State • H awaii (T .V .)

T o led o , O hio

Sa t

D ec 6

T ue

D ec 9

5:00 p .m . W yo m i ng 5 :00 p .m . A d ams State

U SA F A

T hu

J a n 1-

FBA

F l o r id a A t l a n t ic T o u r n .

U SA F A

F ri

Jan 2

• C o lo rad o State

U SA F A

5 :00 p .m .

7 :30 p .m .

6 :00 p .m .

5:00 p . m .

2:00 p . m .

5:30 p .m .

5:30 p .m .

5:00 p .m .

5:00 p . m .

(F lo rid a A t lant ic , N o .

M ich igan , W est T exas and A ir Fo rce) U niv . of N o . C o lorad o Regis M et r o St ate U ni v. of A lask a-F ai rb ank s U ni v. of A lask a-F ai r bank s Easter n M o n tana E ast ern M o n tana D en ver C o l orad o St al e U niversit y

Sat

J an 3

T hu

J an 8

Sat

J a n 10

T hu

J a n 15

Sal

J a n 17

• N ew M ex i c o

U SA F A

W ed

J an 7

T hu

Jan 22

• B righam Y ou ng

Sa t

J a n 10

F ri

Jan 23

• U tah

Pr ov o , U tah Sal t L ak e C i ty , U tah

T ue

J a n 13

T hu

J a n 29

U SA F A

F ri

J a n 16

F ri

J a n 30

• W y o mi ng • B ri gham Y o u ng

U SA F A

Sat

J a n 17

T hu

F eb 5

• H aw aii

Fri

Jan 23

Sa t

F eb 7

Sa t

J a n 24

T hu

F eb 12

• San D iego State • W yo m ing

T ue

J an 27

Fri

F eb 13

• C o lo r ad o Sta te

H o no lu lu , H awaii San D iego , Cali f .

L aram ie, W yo .

Ft . C o l lins, C olo .

Sat

J an 31

T hu

F e b 19

• U tah

U SA F A

T ue

F eb 3

Sa t

F eb 2 1

• T ex a s- E I P a so

U SA F A

T ue

F eb 10

T hu

F eb 26

• T ex a s- E l P a so

F eb 13

F eb 2 8

• N ew M ex i c o

E l Paso , T exas A lb uq uerq ue, N .M .

F ri

Sa t

Sal

F eb 14

T ue

F eb 17

T hu

F eb 19

W ed

F eb 2 5

G A M E A G A I N ST H A W A I I .

U SA F A

(A b ilene C h ri st ian , N eb -

M on

U SA F A

* - W est er n A t hlet ic C o n f erence games A L L G A M ES ST A RT A T 7 :35 p .m . M ST E X C E PT FO R 3 p .m . T . V .

L OC A T IO N

F t . C o llin s L aram ie U SA F A B o ca R ato n

U SA F A D en v er D e n v er U SA F A U SA F A

Bi ll ings Bi ll ings

U SA F A U SA F A

7:30 p.m. Univ. of No. Colorado

5:00 p . m .

5 :00 p . m .

G reeley U SA F A Regi s U niv . of A lask a-A ncho rage U S A F A

5:00 p.m. Univ. of A laska-A nchorage USA FA 5:00 p .m . M et r o State 5:00 p . m . C o l orad o C o llege 5:30 p .m . D en ver

U SA F A U SA F A D e n v er

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M ike M ark Recalled as Special at U SA FA B y I r v M oss

D enver Post Spor ts W r iter (Rep rinted by permission of The Denver Post newspap er, f rom

the J une 20, 1982 edi tion.)

T here’s a scrapbook of pict ures and st ories of A ir

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A cademy football games. A trophy from the Shreveport , L a .

Chamber of Commerce is kept nearby. A red sports car co n v er t i ble sits in the garage. Shifty, a beagle-lab mix, still greet s people at

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the door , but she’s 14 years old now .

For Leon and Sandy Mark, the mementoes left by their so n , Mike M ark , ’75, are treasured lines to the past . A s t hey tell of t he

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memories, some of t he t hought s bring smiles while others bring tears. A ll reveal t he pride.

T he last pages of t he scrapbook are blank . M ik e M ar k ’ s st o r y

ended abruptly in a plane crash in West Germany in 1978 . L eo n and Sandy Mark can only guess what the pages would h av e t o l d i f the story had continued, but they’re certain the missing clippings and pictures would have been noteworthy.

M ike Mark was special. He’s remembered today by a special

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award f or leadership the M ar k s present at t he annual at h l et i c

awards banquet each spring at the academy. A few miles f r o m t h e

hall where the award is made, a headst one mark s his f inal rest ing place in the academy cemetery .

M ike M ark crashes through the line during his f ootball p lay ing days (1972-1974) with the A ir Force A cademy Falcons. J i m B o wman, an A ir F orce A cademy assistant athletic director an d

f reshman coach in 1971, described M ark ’s qualities: “ I ntegr i ty,

hear t, f ollo wing the coach ’s r ules. . . he didn ’t stand out j ust as a

f ootball p layer, the imp ressive thing was what he stood f or as a p erson. H e wasn ’t very big, but he would have been a g r ea t

wishbone back. H e was one of the best goal-line backs t h e A i r

F orce A cademy ever had. ”

M ike won the A thletic Leadership A ward presented each y e a r

by his parent s w hen he graduated in 1975. H e also won t h e aw ar d f o r B est F o o t b al l B ack a n d t h e aw ar d f o r E x cel l en ce i n t h e R u s

sian L anguage.

Ben Martin, the coach when M ark played in 1972-74, places M ike’s name alongside Brock Strom, Terry Isaacson, Bobby Parker and M ike Quinlan as cadets who best exemplified t h e

academy ’ s scholar-at hletes. “ H e and M ik e Quinlan were t he same breed of at hlet e,’ ’ M a r tin said. “ They ran faster than they ought to when t hey had t o .

H e was highly competitive and he played his best w hen t h e h eat w as o n .

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For Leon Mark, a retired A ir Force of ficer, the academy’s games during his son’s years are filled with highlights. M a r k w a s only 5-foot-9 and he weighed 180 pounds, but as a sophomore

running back , he rushed f or 107 yards on eight car ries an d sco r ed a t o u ch d o w n as t h e F al co n s d ef eat ed C o l o r ad o St at e U niversit y 52- 13. A year later he rushed f or 106 yards on nine car r i es as A i r

F o r ce d ef eat ed A r i zo n a 27- 26 i n T u cso n .

But t he N avy game in 1974 was most memorable. M ar k h a d

switched to defensive back for his senior year . “ He was always a competitor , but above all he was a team player,’’ the el d er M a r k sai d .

A gainst the M iddies, M ar k had seven tack les, ret urned t h r e e

kickof fs for 84 yards, intercepted a pass that led t o a t o u ch d o w n and his punt return set up a Dave L awson field goal t h at w o n t h e

game 19- 17 wit h eight seconds t o go .

“ That was the last time we saw him play,’ ’ Leon Mark sai d . “ 1

was glad it ended lik e that .”

For Sandy M ar k , t here were dif f erent memories. She st opped t o took at one of the pictures i n t he scrapbook . I t sh o w ed h er so n surrounded by alm ost t he entire N ot re D ame def ensive t e a m . “ H e

M ik e M ark , ’75

wasn’t afraid of much,” she said. “ M aybe heights and t h at ’ s ab o u t al l .

The academy wasn’t her choice. “ 1didn’t want him to go t o t he academy,’’ she said. “ 1 wanted him to go to another sch o o l an d become a lawyer .’ ’

But both agreed, M ike Mark was doing what he wanted t o d o . “ He had so much to of fer and so many other things going f o r

him ,’ ’ Sandy M ark said .

A s a st udent , M ike M ark was near t he t op of his class. H e w a s singled out for his knowledge of the Russian language, a subj ect

he had started while living in M oscow during one of h i s f at h er ’ s duty assignment s wit h t he A ir Force.

H owever , t heir son’ s human side seemed t o hold t he m o st

pride. They told of M ike returning to the academy the s u m m e r

af t er he graduated t o stage a small ceremony f or one o f h i s f o o t ball teammates w ho required addit ional classes during t h e su m mer bef ore leaving. “ H e was always sett ling problems,’ ’ Sandy M ar k said . H e also was in a posit ion to as t he deputy co m m an d er of cadets at t he academy and president of t he st udent body in high school in Shreveport .

T he t rophy he received as a senior proclaimed him Shreveport ’s high school at hlete of t he year f or 197 1. N at ional Foot ball L eague quarterbacks Joe Ferguson (Buffalo) and Terry Bradshaw (Pit t s burgh) were recipient s in preceding years.

L ike his li f e, M ar k ’ s f oot ball career was cut short w h en h e su f f ered a broken leg agai nst A rmy w it h only tw o games remaining in his senior year . But he was back on t he sidelines wit h his leg in a cast t o w at ch t h e seco n d h a l f .

T he M ar k s are in the pr ocess of moving f rom their home i n sout heast D enver t o Gunnison, where L eon starred in f o o t b al l

years ago at Western State College and where Sandy g r e w u p .

W hen t hey arrive in Gunnison, t hey ’ ll have t he scrapbook , t h e

trophy, the sports car that was brought home from Germany an d t he litt le black dog that M ik e M ark named 14 years a g o .

M emorial C omputer

M any of M ike M ark ’s f riends and relatives contributed t o h i s memorial f und which was established by his parents w i t h t h e A ssociation of Graduates. I n addition to p lanting a m em o r ia l tr ee and endowing the A cademy ’s A thletic L eadership A ward i n h is memory, M ike’s memorial f und help ed to p urchase a comp uter f or his high school. L ee H edges, M ike’s f ormer coach at Cap tain Shreve H igh School in Shrevep ort, L a., stands beside t h e co m p uter comp onents p urchased in M ike’s memory.

(Editor ’s note: 1st L t. M ichael James M ark, Class of 1975, d ied on July 6, 1978. H e was the p ilot of an F-15 which cr ash ed n ear

Salm, West Germany . M ik e’s p arents, L eon (a retired A i r F o r c e colonel) and Sandra, did move to Gunnison, Colo, shortly af ter this or iginal ar ticle app eared. I n a recen t let ter to the magazine’s

editor. Colonel M ark inf ormed us that their dog. Shif ty, is st i l l alive, making her 18 now. Colonel M ark also wanted us t o p ass along his address so that M ike’sf riends and classmates co u l d co n tact him if they wanted to. The address is P.O. Box 1125, Gun nison, Col o. 81230.)

M em or ialization P olicy Established

By Capt . T homas C . A rata, ’80 Chief , A lumni Program s D ivision , U SA FA The A cademy M emorial Board decided on March 20, 1986 t o establish a 25-year review policy for the naming of U SA F A buildings, roads, and facilities. The current 20-year m o r at o r i u m

every 25 years on the occasion of the quarter century an n i v er sar i es

create a long-term policy on memorialization that tempers t h e i m pulse to respond quickly and emotionally to the death of a prom i nent national figure, while providing for the periodic r ev i ew o f worthy individuals from a broad range of nominees.

and M emorials D ivision (X PA G) will establish a f ile o n each i n dividual nominated f or memorializat ion . One year prior t o t h e

was due f or renewal in 1988. T he purpose of this new st rategy is t o

W hen the A cademy was const ructed in t he 1950s a number o f A ir Force leaders, including Generals A rnold , V andenberg, M i t chell , and ot hers, were mem orialized by naming A cademy

buildings in their memory. But A ir Force and A cademy l ead er s

were concer ned about allowi ng all of t he st ruct ures a t t h e A cademy to be named unt il graduates of t he A cademy co u l d achieve career distinct ions t hat might be wort hy of m em o r i al i za t ion . A number of f acilities — t he cadet gym , t he air f ield , at h l et i c f ields and ot hers — were unnamed to preserve t he opport unity f o r f ut ure memorializat ion of A cademy graduates. I n 1968, L t . G e n .

M oorman, superintendent of the A cademy, proposed a 10-year

moratorium on the naming of USA FA buildings. This policy w a s reaf firmed in 1979 by L t . Gen. Tallman, who extended t h e

morat orium until 1988. T he recent action of t he A cademy M emorial Board will allow individual memorializat ions o n c e

of t he est ablishment of t he A ir Force A cademy . T he n ex t q u a r t er century anniversary will occur in 2004 .

During the 25-year moratorium period, the A cademy’s G i f t s

quarter-century anniversaries of the A cademy the superintendent will establish a special board of senior of ficers to r ev i ew al l n o m i n at i o n s f o r m em o r i al i zat i o n r ecei v ed si n ce t h e last quart er

century anniversary. The superintendent will review t h e r e c o m mendations of t his board , and mak e t he f inal decision

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m em o r i al i zat i o n s.

T he M emorial Board w ill consider nominat ions f or t hose deceased individuals — graduat es and nongraduates — w h o h a v e

made a significant contribution to A merican aerospace p o w e r during peace and war, and whose leadership on the national a n d

internat ional levels has received hist orical recognit ion . A llowing

history to be the j udge of an individual’s accomplishments w i l l separate A cademy memorialization decisions from current e v e n t s .

This new policy will not only consider the heroes of t he past , but

w ill ensure that t here are places lef t at t he A cademy t o h o n o r t h e h er o es o f t h e f u t u r e.

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G O N E B U T N O T FO R G O T T EN

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William J. R itchie I I , '63

R ichard C. Br ims, ’71

W e lost a t ruly golden ’63er on June 22 when Bill Ritchie d i ed in L os A lt os, Calif . Bill had st ruggled pr oudly , energetically , a n d conf idently t he last tw o years wit h an unrelenting b r ai n t u m o r . I n t hose t wo year s Bill mai ntained t he same humor , spark le an d i r r ev er en ce w e al l r em em b er o f h i m . H e l eav es a w i d e f ollowing of f riends wit h many f ond and enduring memories of his exploits, accomplishment s, and loyalty .

Bill , or as he was f ond of int roducing himsel f , “ W illiam Friendly ,” entered t he A cademy in 1959 with tw o years of college already completed at San M ateo Community College, and dodged and weaved his way t hrough t he obstacles of cadet lif e — t w o years in 16t h squadron and tw o in 24t h where he was squadron ex

Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, Colo. 80840-5000. (M ichael J. O ’Connell, Colonel, USA F, Class of 1963)

ecutive of ficer . A crafty evader of parades and excelling i n F ai r

child H all as an engineering science maj or , he sweet-talk ed h i s way through Colorado U niversity and Colorado W omen ’ s C o l lege sororit ies wit h t he help of a 190SL , bailed f riends out of j ail , chartered a little-understood but well-recognized organizat ion called t he “ Rho L ambas,” and myst i f ied A OCs and up perclassmen wit h convoluted explanat ions of why he h ad “ n o ex cuse.” Bill lef t a lasting and smile-provok ing impression w h e r e ev er h e v en t u r ed .

A t W illiams A ir Force Base af ter graduation he set new , usually lower , st andards at t he W hiz Bang, succeeded in get ting assigned t o C- 124s, f ound his loving bride, M ari St rand , and set o f f t o

t r an sf o r m t h e A i r F o r ce — o r el se ! A f t er a t o u r i n V i et n am w i t h C - 123s an d t h e R an ch H an d cr o w d w h er e h e w as aw ar d ed a D i s tinguished Flying Cross, he retur ned t o t he busy , T D Y -packed l i f e o f C - 14 1S. I n 1970 t h e lu r e o f U n i t ed A i r l i n es at t r act ed B i l l t o a n ew an d

R ichard C. B r ims, ’71

Dick Brims was a multi-faceted individual with many o u t s t a n d ing qualities. But he was best at always j ust being t here w hen you needed him. He didn’t have to announce he had an open d o o r policy; it was obvious from the number of people always a r o u n d him. His sensitivity and sincerity allowed him, even t hough he may not have agreed with you, to hear you out and truly se e y o u r side of the story. He was definitely not a “ yes man.” H e w o u l d never compromise his st andards, but t hen he would never ask you

to compromise yours. M ost often he would show by example t h e direction he felt you should go. Personal integrity, loyalty t o t he mission, and dedication to the j ob at hand were his guiding

philosophies.

D ick died of a maj or basilar sk ull f racture when t he M H - 53H helicoptor he was piloting crashed at the Nellis Range on M ay 2 1,

1986. The other crew members and A rmy Rangers aboard — 2 1 others — survived the impact and the post-crash fire. W e ask , “ I s

our special operat ions mission worth t he risk s we are a sk ed t o

take?” I think Dick’s answer would have been quite cl ear . “ L o o k at your situation, weigh each factor carefully, and m ak e a so u n d decision. Once you have made that decision, support i t

w holeheartedly .” D ick t ruly believed in t his mission . H is biggest

frustrations came when circumstances prevented him f r o m co n tributing his all to the betterment of the squadron and k ept him

m ost successf ul career . H it w it h a f urlough short ly af ter becoming a 2nd of f icer . Bill brief ly st ayed on at U nit ed as a baggage handler , earned an M BA at L oyola U niver sity , and j oined C o n t inent al Bank in Chicago . Responding t o a newspaper ad h e r e j oined U nit ed as an indust rial engineer . Quick ly he m o v ed i n t o

plies t o us all , whatever our stat ion in li f e. W e must b el i ev e i n

was recalled event ually t o act ive f lying, but in 1981 was appoint ed a vice president in t he San Francisco M aint enance D ivision . H i s unt imely death is a maj or loss t o U nited’ s execut ive hierarchy .

B i l l w as b u r i ed i n P al o A l t o o n J u n e 25 . H e i s su r v i v ed by his wi f e M ari of L os A lt os; daughters L ara and N ik k i ; a sist er , Pat Fisher of Bakersf ield ; and his parents. Bill and N or ma R i t ch i e o f

t he t renches w here t he j ob is done, we must mak e a co m m i t m en t .

L oyalt y must exist bot h up and dow n t he chai n . T o t he l ead er s Dick would say, “ Don’t squander bravery and dedication by halfheartedness. Never ask those below you to do the im possible wit hout your f ull support .” T o t he f ollower s D ick w ould sa y .

t h e U n i t ed f ast - t r ack an d w as t r an sf er r ed t o San F r an ci sco w h e r e he became t he compt roller f or U nited ’ s maintenance d i v i si o n . H e

San C ar l o s.

A f und has been est ablished in his mem ory . D onations can b e sent t o the W illiam J . Rit chie I I M emorial Fund ; A ssociat ion o f 38

f rom part icipating in t he per f ormance of t he unit ’s m i ssi o n .

H e w as ex ci t ed ab o u t t h i s m o st r ecen t ex er ci se . T h er e’ s n o

doubt that Dick died doing exactly what he lived for , doing it t he best way he knew how, and giving it his all . This dedication a p

what we do. We must understand our circumstances, we m u s t prepare f or the task at hand, and we must give it our al l .

Whether it be at high levels where the tasking is developed o r i n

You owe it to each other to stand together and support t h e ultimate purpose of your being here — work to further t h e m i s si o n . y y

D avid C. M cCar thy, ’75

F rank E vans Walk er, ’79

We will, each and every one of us, give some meaning t o t h i s tragedy by trying to be more like Dick , by believing i n w h a t w e ’ r e doing and giving it our very best , and by meeting those st a n d a r d s

what they are feeling, but as life goes on for them t hey will , in a sense, continue to pay for the peace and freedom we all enj oy t o

t r i b u t i o n s w i l l n ev er m at ch h i s.

he talked of the things that mattered most to him. H e w an t ed h i s

D ick ie. T hank s f or everyt hing.’ ’ (M aj . Stewar t F oote and Cap t.

J im E ustace, 20th Sp ecial Op erations Squadr on, H ulbur t F ield, F la.)

D ick will be best remem bered f or. . . Well, p erhap s f or

t he most im pact on his li f e.

he set f or us. Y et we realize no mat ter how much we give, our con

To Maj or Richard C. Brims we can only say, “ Goodbye,

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Probably f or his ability to . . . H mmmmm may be no one w i l l r em em b er h i m a t a l l . A si es la vid a.

D ick B rims, 1971 Polaris D ick will be best remembered f or his hum or, quick wi t, a n d . . . Well, perhaps f or his zest f or lif e and . . . Probably f or his ability to bring out the best in peop le and . . . Yes, I will remember D ick f orever. H asta la vista.

Chr istina Orf f B r ims, 1986

(A memorial fund in Dick’s memory has been established a n d donations may be sent to the Richard C. Brims Memorial Fund ,

A ssociat ion of G raduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , C olo .

80840-5000 .)

D avid C. M cCar thy, ’75

Capt . (maj or selectee) David C. M cCarthy, Class of 1975, died in a mid-air collision of two F- 15 aircraf t at L uk e A FB , A riz., on March 7, 1986. He was performing his duty as an instructor pilot upgrading a student to mission-ready status in the Eagle.

Dave was a member of 6th Squadron while at the A cademy.

His postgraduate career included duty assignments to V a n c e A FB, Okla. (ATC), where he served as a T-38 IP and f light ex aminer; Eglin A FB, Fla. (TA C), where he served as an F- 15 pilot and received Top Gun honors and a nomination as 9th A i r Force’ s F- 15 D emonst rat ion Pilot ; and L uk e A FB, A riz. (T A C) , where he served as an F- 15 I P and received T op Gun h o n o r s, 832nd A ir D ivision Company Grade O f f icer of t he Quart er

day . M ay we never f orget .

For t hose of us who k new D ave well , we remember how o f t en

f r i en d s an d cl assm at es t o k n o w w h at h e b el i ev ed i n an d w h o h a d

Foremost , Dave was a committed Christian. He believed t h a t

Jesus Christ is t he Son of G od , and recognized t hat t h i s f act r e

quired him to make the single most important decision i n h i s l i f e.

Dave accepted Christ as L ord of his life, and this co m m i t m en t permeated everything else that he did. Seeking a Christ-centered

standard of excellence became t he comm on t hread in h i s endeavors as a husband f or Cyndi , a f at her f or L aura and L isa, a f riend to us, and as an A ir Force of ficer serving his count ry . H e

wanted people to see how God changed his life and provided h i m a lasting sense of worth and well being. M any of us can at t est t h at Dave accomplished these things with style and eloquence.

D ave would have wanted us t o ref lect on the t hought t h a t h e i s

now spending time in eternity with God. For many of u s t h at believe as he did, we endure for but a short time an int errupted friendship with Dave. Some day soon, we’ll see Dave again , t o continue where we lef t of f . M ay we k eep that in mind a s w e o n c e

again close ranks in the continued service of our God an d co u n t ry .

A m em o r i a l f u n d h as b een est ab l i sh ed i n D av e’ s n am e a n d d o

nations may be sent to the David C. M cCarthy Memorial Fund ,

A ssociat ion of G raduat es, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , Colo .

80840-5000. (Cap t. M ik e B ieder mann, ’75)

F rank E vans Walk er, ’79 Frank Evans W alk er , age 29, passed away M ay 14, 1986 a f t er a

three-year valiant battle against bone cancer . A t the t i m e o f h i s deat h , Frank was work ing and living in D ayt on, O hio . F r a n k i s survived by his devoted wife, Cindy, of Dayton, his loving

(A pril-June 85), and the nomination as 12th A ir Force’s c a n didate for the prestigious award to Tactical A ir Command’s t o p fighter pilot , the Lt . Col. A nthony C. Shine A ward.

parents, Capt . (USN, Ret) and M rs. Robert G. Walker , o f D ar t

and L isa (2), all of 6110 West Charter Oak, Glendale, A r i z .

85304; his mother , M rs. Bobbie McCarthy, of Irvine, Cali f ., and

H igh School. Slight in frame but tough at heart , Frank st ar r ed at cross country and hockey. He entered the A ir Force A cademy in June of 1975 and during basic training Frank is remembered f o r his ability to run and keep running while we all gasped f o r ai r . H e was quick to support down classmates and always gave o f h i m sel f

D ave is survived by his wi f e, Cyndi , and daughters L aura (6)

two brothers, M ik e and Rick .

Once again the price of peace and freedom in our country h a s been paid for dearly by one of our finest . While we sen se a h ar sh pain at the loss of our f riend and comrade, let’s focus f o r a m o ment from our inward thoughts to Dave’s wife Cyndi, a n d

daughters Laura and Lisa. No words can adequately describe

mout h , M ass., and his f our sisters, D eborah W alk er Rodger , Elizabeth Caswell , Pat ricia K i ng and Jane Jones.

Frank was a native of D art m out h and attended D art mout h

so others could benef it . H e was a member of W olf pack F i v e f o r his freshman year and he worked hard to master the rigor s of t he

f reshman cause, always j oining in duties in the squadron.

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William D . E berz, ’84 A lthough he wanted t o fl y , Frank ’ s vision w orsened during his

A cademy years and after graduation he was assigned t o t h e Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson A ir F o r c e Base, Ohio, in July 1979. During his three years there h e m et C i n dy and in October 1981 they were married. He applied f o r en r o l l ment to the A ir Force Institute of Technology and was accepted i n June 1982. H e planned a maj or in syst em s engineering.

During the last year of his master’s program, Frank l ea r n ed o f his disease. A fter a maj or operation and during intensive drug therapy, Frank continued to pursue his degree, obtaining i t i n t h e spring of 1984. He was then medically retired from t h e A i r F o r ce

an d w as h o l d er o f t h e A i r F o r ce C o m m en d at i o n M ed al at t h e t i m e

of his separation .

Frank began w or k at Service A pplications I nternat ional C o r poration in Dayton and continued his work through 1985 despite

more maj or operations and new drug treatment . Even n ear t h e time of his death, Frank continued to apply his skills at w or k , helping others with company proj ects at his home. Characteristic of Frank ’ s personality , he never wanted t o let his f r i en d s an d co

workers down despite the constant painful reminders o f h i s t er m i n al d i sease.

Throughout his illness, Frank always maintained a positive a t titude and despite always knowing his disease was probably t e r

minal , he never let his illness dictate his lif e. H e f o cu sed o n h i s

j ob, his friends and his family believing that these ar eas w er e t h e m ost important in his li f e. Frank W alk er was a close f r i en d t o al l who k new him . O f t he highest morals, Frank was dedicated t o t h e

belief that one always does the “ right” thing so that o n e ca n b e sincerely proud of oneself . He did not boast of his graduation from the A cademy, but relied on the quality of his w o r k t o b e t h e standard upon which others j udged him.

We all loved Frank Walker . We loved him f or being himself , f or always being there when we needed him, for being t h e m o d el

husband, of f icer , and f riend and , most of all , f or being who he was. H is class ring inscription reads “ N o Gut s, N o Glory .” W e

can only hope that we know a fraction of the glory t h at su r r o u n d s Frank . M ay his death be an inspiration t o us all to w ork hard and , li ke Frank , k eep close those values we hold at t he highest .

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

donations may be sent to the Comprehensive Cancer Center, i n memory of Frank Walker, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center , P .O .

Box 48750, L os A ngeles, Calif . 90048. (Scott Van Valkenburg, ’79)

A ir Force A cademy. He worked hard throughout high school t o

reach t hat goal . H is at hlet ic achievement s included compet ing at Pennsylvania’s St at e W rest ling T ournament while a senior a t D elaware V alley H igh School .

A t the A cademy Bill was a member of Cadet Squadrons 15 a n d 31. I n Cadet Squadron 31 he served as operations of ficer a n d coached the squadron softball team to a wing championship. B i l l

later served as t he wing m orale, welf are, and recreation o f f i cer .

H e w as al so act i v e i n C ad et C at h o l i c ch u r ch act i v i t i es.

Following graduat ion Bill entered U ndergraduate Pilot T r a i n

ing at Williams A ir Force Base. Because of his fl ying sk i l l a n d a positive and helpful attitude, Bill became a distinguished

graduat e. I t was no surprise when he was chosen t o b eco m e a T - 38 inst ructor pilot . Bill died doing w hat he loved to do — fl y . H e was

buried in his hometown of Shohola, Pa., with full military h o n o r s. T h e ser v i ce w as h el d at Sai n t A n n ’ s C h u r ch .

Bill will be remembered as a man who would go out of his way t o help anyone w ho needed help . H is bright smile and se n se o f hum or touched anyone he met .

Bill is survived by his parents, William and Ruth Eberz; t w o sisters. Eve Eberz and Elaine Smith; and three brothers, D avid , Phillip , and W alt er Eberz. A mem orial f und has been est ab l i sh ed

in his name: Lt . William David Eberz Memorial Fund, D el aw a r e Valley High School, M ilford, Pa. 18337. (1st L t. M ark Sil vanic, ’84)

D avid H . Gordon, ’84

First Lieutenant David H . Gordon, Class of 1984, died on M ay 29, 1986 in an A ir Force UH-I H helicopter crash near Bear But t e, S.D. He was the copilot of the aircraft which was providing ai r cover f or a convoy of missile parts and maintenance personnel .

He was assigned to Detachment 2, 37th A erospace Rescue a n d Recovery Squadron, Ellsworth A ir Force Base, S.D., at t h e t i m e o f t h e acci d en t .

He was born Feb 20, 1961, at Seattle, Wash., and grew up in Oregon, Washington, and New York. In high school. L ieutenant

G ordon was the captain of t he f ootball team and a member o f t h e

baseball and wrestling teams. He attended Hudson Valley C o m munity College in Troy, N .Y. before coming to the A cademy. A t the A cademy he was a member of the Wings of Blue Parachute Team and was the National Collegiate Parachute Champion i n h i s senior year .

William D . E berz, ’84 L ieutenant W illiam D . Eberz, Class of 1984, lost his l i f e o n A pril 2, 1986, when t he T -38 aircraf t he w as fl ying w en t d o w n o n a low-level t raining rout e near W illiams A ir Force Base, A riz.

Bill decided in seventh grade that he wanted to attend t h e U . S .

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D avid H . Gordon, ’84

Lieutenant Gordon took his undergraduate helicopter t rai ning at Fort Rucker, A la., and further advanced training at K i r t l an d A ir Force Base in New M exico. He was assigned to the 37t h A erospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron since July 1985.

He married Cynthia Grif feth A pril 13, 1985, in A urora, C o l o .

He was a member of the Trinity L utheran Church in Rapid City , S .D .

L ieut enant T ruj illo graduated in 1984 f rom t he A cademy an d received a bachelor of science in aeronaut ical engineering. W h i l e at t he A cademy , he was a mem ber of t he W ings of Blue skydiving t eam and ear ned several awards while being on t he competition t eam . W hile wit h the W ings of Blue, L ieut enant T ruj illo m ad e over 600 j um ps.

A f t er graduat ion f rom t he A cademy , L ieutenant T ruj illo w a s stationed at Edwards A ir Force Base, Calif ., as an ad v a n ce cr u i se missile aerodynamics engineer . H e was awarded t he A ir F o r c e A chievement M edal in M ay of 1985 w hich reads, “ L ieutenant T ruj illo’ s out standing prof essional sk ill , k nowledge, an d l ead er ship cont ributed immeasurably t o t he per f ormance f light t est p r o gram of t he B-52H wit h A dvance Cruise M issile. H is engineering expert ise resulted in great ly improved analysis of aer odynamic per f ormance and operat ional ef f ect iveness of t he A dvanced C r u i se M i ssi le . ”

M ichael A ndrew Tr uj illo, ’84 L ieutenant Gordon is survived by his wi f e, Cynt hia; h i s parent s, D arrell and M arj orie G ordon of A uburn , W ash .; o n e brot her , L awrence Gordon, and one sister , K imberley M uguler , bot h of A uburn ; and his grandmother , V era G ordon of Bakersf ield , Cali f .

Ser v i ces w er e co n d u ct ed at E l l sw o r t h A i r F o r ce B ase w i t h

burial in Black H ills N ational Cemetery near Sturgis, S .D .

M ichael A ndrew Truj illo, ’84 Second L ieutenant M ichael “ A ndy ” T ruj illo was k illed o n M arch 30, 1986, while f lying w it h f riends as a passenger i n a Cessna 172 aircraf t . L ieutenant T ruj illo , who lived at 1479 Ridge Road , L itt let on, Colo , when home, was t o graduate A pril 4, 1986 f rom U ndergraduate Pilot T raining in C lass 86-04 at L aughlin A ir Force Base, T exas. H e was to f ly A -7 f ight ers out of T ulsa, O k la. af ter upgrading.

Pilot ing the single-engine, f our-passenger civilian plane, w hich had been rented in D el Rio , T exas, was Capt . N orman T aylor , L ieutenant T ruj illo ’s inst ruct or pilot . A lso in t he plane were tw o f riends, D ana Funk and T ammy Breck enridge, bot h of D el R i o .

L ieutenant T ruj illo was selected t o enter U ndergraduat e P i l o t T raining in A pril of 1985.

Surviving are his parents, Philip and Pat ricia T ruj illo , an d h i s sister , Jacquie, all of L it tlet on , Colo . L ieutenant T ruj illo was buried on A pril 5, 1986 in t he L itt let on Cemetery .

A mem orial f und has been established in A ndy ’s memory .

D onat ions may be sent t o t he M ichael A ndrew T ruj illo M em o r i al Fund , A ssociat ion of G raduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy , C o l o .

80840-5000 . (A ndy ’s p arents)

A t presstime we had learned of the deaths of three o t h er

gr aduates.

W illiam F . K ramer , Class of 197 1, was k il led on June 6,

1986, in the crash of a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter near Su t

t on , M ass. H e was one of t he tw o pil ot s on t he ai rcraf t .

H ilt on C . Cr osley , Class of 1976, died on M arch 15, 1986, i n C al i f o r n i a .

Bobby Don Henry, Class of 1979, was killed in an F-4 ai r -

»' craf t crash on A ug. 1, 1986.

LO ursincerecondolencestothefam iliesandfriends

o f t h ese

graduates. Obituaries will appear in future issues o f t h e magazine.

Jewish Chapel Rededicated in M ay

By C haplain (M aj .) J oel R . Schwar tzman Jewish chaplain Rededicat ion of t he Jewish C hapel on M ay 23rd mark ed t h e

first maj or renovation of the chapel since it was established 2 3 y ea r s a g o .

T he smallest of t he t hree chapels at t he A cademy , t he J ew i sh Chapel is unique because of it s curved walls. T hese w al l s h av e now become t he f ocal point of nine specially commissioned paint ings by the I sraeli painter Shlom o K atz.

Each of t he walls has a special t heme. A s one stands a t t h e pulpit, to the left is the “ Wall of Relationships.” T he t hree paint

ings deal with man’s responsibility to his fellow man.

A t t he rear of t he chapel t he t heme is “ Flight .” Since t h e B i b l e contains very f ew ref erences t o f lying, and only t he m o s t mysterious and mystical passages deal with f light , t h e v i ew er needs t o maint ain a m ore open mind in order t o mak e t h e c o n n e c t ion between t he Biblical cit ations and t heir depict ions. T h e su b

j ect matter was chosen specifically to apply to the A i r F o r ce A cademy and its mission .

T he last set of paintings have t he “ W all of Justice” as t h ei r

Each of t he panels is 5 ' by 4 ' . T hey are curved in t h ei r f r am es t o f it t he cont ours of t he chapel . T he paint ings are l o an s o f t h e Falcon Foundation . A long wit h t he pulpit chairs donated by M aj .

Gen . and M rs. Robert A . Rosenberg and t he Jewish graduates o f t he A ir Force A cademy , t hese paint ings lend t he chapel a dignity and aura of aest het ic excellence and religi ous inspirat ion w h i ch mak e it t he Jewish j ewel of t he A ir Force. General Rosenberg was t he guest speak er at t he rededicat ion .

T he chapel now includes new carpet ing and 100 reupholstered chairs. A lso , new T orah mant les have been w oven t o complement t he silver work , w hich has also undergone renovat on . A n e w Jewish f lag is also present , w it h H ebrew let t ers instead o f R o m a n n u m er a l s.

A rt ist Shlom o K atz was born j ust bef ore W orld W ar I I i n L odz, Poland . H e immigrated t o I sreal in 1945 w hen he was eight years old . A s a young man he went t o Paris, where he st u d i e d a t t he Ecole de Beux A rt s. ( The F alcon F ly er)

t h em e .

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7968 H iddenbr idge D r ive Spr ingf iel d , V A 22 153 (703) 455-5620

it i nerant ’ 59er . T he mansi on gr ounds suppor t some 75 r o se b u sh es. D i c k uses t he pr oduce t her eof t o f ashion a per manent , w il t-pr oo f , r o se . H e gave one such pr oduct to each o f his m any f r iends last C hr ist mas (no , I didn ’ t get one eit her) . H e t hi nk s they (his r oses, not his f r iends) ar e so beauti f ul , he’ s gonna star t sell in ’ em (that w ay , I can get one) .

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Exhaulted class vice pr esident , Jim BROW N , repor t s t h a t o v er 100 classmates have completed the questi onnair e f or t he cl a ss d a t a b a se . H e w as unable t o locat e John M E L A N CO N , J.J . GA U N T , and D i c k L E E .

A bout 75 percent o f r espondent s indicated inter est i n t he j oi nt reunion w i th ’ 60, ’6 1, ’ 62, and staf f aboar d a cr uise shi p i n 19 8 8 . D et a i l s el sew h er e i n t h i s i ssu e .

Only abou t 40 per cent i ndicated a choice of w ho t hey w a n t ed t o w r i t e t heir obi tuar y i n t he “ G one But N ot For got ten ’ ’ sect ion . T he r est o f you ought t o shape up and get w it h t he pr ogram ! T here’ s no obj ect i on t o anyone w ri t ing his ow n (i n advance, t hat i s) and putt i ng i t o n f i l e w i t h J i m B RO W N . I chose tw o w r i ter s f or mi ne, and t old no one b u t J i m . I see n o reason t o tell t hose tw o because ( 1) t hey alr eady k now w h a t n eed s t o b e said (else I w ould not have chosen them) , and (2) since I expect t o out live bot h anyw ay , t here’ s no use in thei r w ast i ng ti me now . I f things go awr y , t hey ’ ll f igur e somet hing out . T hi s select i on is an im por tant choice; our classmat es w ant t o be accurately i nf or med .

W e al l r ecognize t he sm ili ng classm ate, but w ho ’ s t he ugly one w i t h t he glasses?

A ir U ni versi ty ’s General Of f icer C ourse occasioned this gather ing of eigh t stars.

D ale M ayo RD 2, Box 85 O t t svil le, PA 18942 (2 15) 847-57 19 P er c e n t m em b er s : 7 8

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M en ! L et m e tell you about t hese deadl ines f or Checkp oin ts '. 1 h a v en ’ t made one yet . A t least t he colum n is short and doesn’ t c r ea t e a l o t o f gr ief , t hank s t o L inda G laza. By w ay o f excuses, I ’ m out o f t he count ry as much as in , especially having j ust f i nished Pan A m ’ s 747 T T U and t r yi ng t o per f orm a 3,000-m ile PC S t o include dog, sai lboat and f am i ly !

I have a f ew change o f add resses. M iles K A SPA R t o A nahei m H il ls, C A . H e and George L E ST E R did get t o U nited A i r li nes. B i l l H O D SO N m oved i nt o new digs i n C olor ado Spr i ngs. Ji m T H O M A SSO N appar ent ly has a new “ mansion ” i n C har lot te, N C (built it hi msel f . I ’ l l bet !) . K en B I E H L E f r om K i ngsw ood , T X to Rosevi lle, C A . Bil l GO O D Y EA R f r o m O spr ey , F L to Fu ller t on , C A . Bill says he’ s changed m ost aspects o f his l i f e— w i f e, j ob and w ho k now s w hat else. H e’ s a tech manager f or N or t hr op . A pparently t he f lyi ng w i ng is to be a par t o f “ St a r w a r s” n o w !

T hus, several new j obs f or m ore exper ienced hel p !

A gather ing of the San A ntoni o gr oup .

N ew j obs: D ick GOET Z E is SA C / D C S O ps Plans and deputy d i r ect o r Sl o p at JST P S; John D A V EY is com mander 26 A ir D ivison , N O RA D , M a r c h A F B . B r a d H O SM E R i s b a c k t o t h e A i r St a f f a s deputy P R (L ar r y JO L L Y bad-m out hs m e f or m il itar y j ar gon , hence f r om t h e A i r F o r ce dict ionar y : “ P R i s t he A ir For ce’ s bean count er . Based o n t h e c u r r en t bean invent ory , P R pr oj ects t he cost and ef f ect o f alt er native pi les of beans i n var i ous locat ions and f ut ure year s.” A s you k now , L ar ry , k now ledge is pow er , so B r ad w ill be an i n f luential ant am ong t hose w ho t hi nk they ar e steer ing t he log. I hope m y sim pl i f icati on h a s n o t i n t r o duced signi f icant er r or .) Jow l s M A Y t old me I ’ m t he only one w ho ever cal led him “ I r on Jaw , ” so no m or e of t hat . H e’ s now deputy RD Q (Resear ch & D evelopment Requi rem ent s to you , L ar ry) . K r a sh K R U E GE R is a senior analyst at CA C I (a Bel tw ay Bandit) at C amp Spr i ngs, MD.

D ick T RA C E Y dr essed up i n civvies and tr ied t o sneak i n t o A D W w / o PP R f r om a local ’ 59er . W hen appr ehended , he conf essed t o bei ng unable t o get a j ob w i t h any com pany but H ughes, so he’ s been there seven year s.

H e runs a house (or ow ns one, or somet hi ng) w it hin 1 sm of L A X (ask L ar r y or any air line pi lot) , and issued t he obligat ory i nvit at i on t o any 42

Gail and A I J ohnson ar e doing gr eat. A l is p r esen tly chief of op er ati ons f or the A r med F or ces R el ief and B enef i t A ssociati on.

I ’ve also spoken to a few of you. It surely is fun i f not cheap . I am amazed at the way you guys respond to a midnight phone c a l l ! T h e ca l l s do get some info for me—even some that’s printable.

superintendent acknowledged our class proj ect and sent t h e l et t er b el o w to the A O G .

L eon GO O D SO N is a new V / P f or a system s tech and research c o m

pany—also working on occasion with the House A rmed Ser v i ces C o m mittee. A pparently he enj oys his retirement . Gary CREW i s st i l l w i t h

1 4 MAY 1986

M a r t i n - M a r i et t a i n D en v er . C l a r k W A L K E R i s st i l l D O f or a test w i ng at

Wright-Patterson. Jack SCH I RA got to pin one side of captai n’ s t racks

on his w i f e— I guess the general pi nned t he ot her side. T o m B U R K E i s busy in Washington with a smaller (but more elite) t hink tank . Ralph L A L I M E is ret ir i ng t his year— no w or d on his plans. G eorge E L SEA is headi ng f or A FC S at Scott . H e’ ll pr obably ow n M ascoutah , I L b ef o r e h e r et i r es ! N o r m H A L L E R i s w i t h t h e N R C — a n ex ec u t i v e . R o n D E E P w i l l retire in September and plans to stay in Dayton, Bill T A Y L O R i s st i l l assistant dean at t he A F I T School o f E ngineer ing. H al B R O ST i s w i t h

Teledyne. Where is Toledo, Hal? Ken A LNWICK has j ust r et u r n ed f r o m

C hina. H e w i ll be lectur i ng and studyi ng w ar gam i ng— o ne o f w h i c h m i s sions is to locate A ce H O L M A N , said t o be i n A t lanta.

D o n ST E V E N S i s ret i r i ng as CO of C A D RE and goi ng to w o r k a t

Georgia Tech soon. That’s a switch f rom Maine apparently! J o h n

M A C A RT N E Y is st ill at D ef ense I ntelligence and Richar d H E A D i s a “ W at ch ” chief at t he C om mand C enter . Sor ry about the ter m inology , Richar d . I ’ m not up t o speed . A lso , hello , E lai ne! H ow is t he house pr o

gressing? Charlie HA RT is with VERA C—government contracting.

I had a postman st r ik e last quarter . O ne let ter w as not w or t hy o f a t r ip i nto O t tsville! T hank s to Paul SU L L I V A N , I w on a batt le w i t h t h e P o st Of fice. They delivered it, rather than have me pick it up . Paul is f i ne but at his w r it i ng he had not received his slides w hich h e sen t i n f o r t h e r e union . A nyone k now w her e t he slides got t o?

T hat ’ s i t gang. K eep t he news com ing !

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Well good people, by the time this article comes out w e w i l l h a v e around one month to go before our fabulous 25th reunion. A s o f t h e t i m e of this writing all preparations are proceeding nicely, and w e’ r e keepi ng our fingers crossed that the weather will be terrific a n d t h a t t h e f o o t b a l l team will once again be a powerhouse. As you well know, June 7, 1986

w as our o f f icial 25t h anniver sary date and I hear d f r o m t h e r u m o r m i l l t hat Bob and Jan B R I C K E Y snuck i n to C olorado Spr i ngs a n d r en ew ed t heir vow s in a very pr ivate cerem ony at t he C hapel . Just w anted you all t o k now t her e’ s sti ll some r omance and sent i ment ali ty i n t h e o l d cl a ss. F o r those of you who forgot your anniversary this year you ’ ll be happy t o k now t hat f or t he reunion w e ar e also planning an ecumenical ser v i ce f o r t he class o f 196 1 renewal o f vow s. Right now w e have about 30 couples who want to say “ I do ” al l over again .

I n addi tion , our class gi f t is f i nally f i nished and I got ta tell ya — I walk ed the t r ail w it h a bu nch o f t our ist s t he other day and as soon as t hey got to our overlook — Bingo! They lined up all the f am ily member s and took their first pictures of the A cademy. It almost brought tear s to m y

eyes. By the way, at the visitors center grand opening, ev en

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N ow al l w e have to do is get t he concessi on r ights to open up a hot d og stand and I ’ m tel li ng you our class is going t o be rich ! O ur plaque has not been i nstalled but w ill be somet im e i n July . Just in case you w er e w o nder ing w e w i ll co nt inue t o accept any cont r ibut ions to t he class gi f t , r ight up ti ll the end of t he year . T his w i ll al low you , once agai n t o t ake a char it able donat ion o f f o f you r income t ax .

N ow on t o some class new s. Rar ely do I get int o t r ouble w h en I w r i t e t his ar t icle, but I have t o adm i t t hat I made a lit t le “ boo boo ” i n m y last ar t icle. Remem ber t he nostalgia pict ur e o f Jack and Jill BR I G H T holdi ng hands under our class r i ng bash i n 1960 . W ell , I published t he pictu re real

ly without thinking that Jack might be married to another w o m a n w h o

was not the one f eat ured i n t he pict ur e and w ho r ight ly w a s a l i t t l e shocked at seei ng som eone else at hi s side. So I ask ed Peggy B R I G H T f or f orgiveness and f or a phot o so t hat I could corr ect t he m ist ak en im age.

The picture was taken last year in M ons, Belgium. A ver y handsom e cou ple indeed and still very devoted to each other after 23 year s o f m ar r iage and t w o gr ow n chi ldr en .

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

Classes of 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, F ormer Staf f and F acul ty U SA A T ravel is w ork ing on t he details of the j oint r eu n i o n - cr u i se to be held in February 1988. M A RK Y OU R CA L EN D A RS N O W F O R T H I S O N C E - I N -A - L I F E T I M E R E U N I O N ! ! ! ! D et ai l s w i l l

be mailed individually in the near f uture. T he more w ho sign up , the more the discount w ill be. Plans are f or a seven-day C ar r i b bean cruise. A ir f are is included f rom several gateway ci t i es.

W A T C H Y O U R M A I L BO X FO R D E T A I L S A N D P L A N N O W T O BE IN C L U D E D IN T H IS FU N W EE K .

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and C ar l G RA N BU RY . O t her s pr esent w ere Bi ll FO ST E R , B i l l A Y L SW O RT H , John SU L L I V A N , T w y W I L L I A M S, C har les ST E BB I N S, T om BRO P H Y , C har lie D I X O N , Gene D A V I S, L owell JO N E S, and M i ke RA W L I N S (w ho dr ove up f r om N ew port N ew s) . I n addi t ion , D o r een B U T L E R w a s i n t o w n w i t h o u t L ee a n d a t t en d ed a s w el l . T h e o c

P eggy and Jack B r igh t sans J ill.

I r eceived anot her let ter f r om Geor ge BU C H N E R on the o cca si o n o f t h e 8 t h o r 9 t h a n n u a l “ D er el i ct s & W i n o s” w eek en d a t Snow m ass. (H e

w as t oo dru nk t o remember w hich one.) O nly f our people show ed up t hi s year , and all o f us w ho m issed t he f un and f est ivities h a v e v o w ed t o m a k e it up next year. But since I was not there I will quote f r om G eorge. . . “ T he w inos and der elicts made t heir annual migr ati on t o Sa m H A R D A G E ’ s condo i n Snow mass. BU C H N E R , H A RD A G E , B . JO N E S and M A Y O

casi on w as celebr at ed w i t h som e o f B r ice JO N E S’ grapes and t hey al l had a great ti me. H enry H OW E also w r ote w i t h new s t hat he has been ver y busy w it h hi s new j ob as manager o f Special Pr oj ects f o r R o c k w el l . H e says t he pr oj ect s are so special , he doesn’ t even k now w hat t hey are.

Peggy is f i nishi ng up her i nter nship i n C edar Rapids a n d o n e so n w i l l enter college i n t he f all .

I did get t o see som e f am i liar f aces t his quar ter . J i m m i e P O O L E ca m e thr ough f r om t he W ar C ollege and af ter he w hupped up o n m e o n t h e t en nis cour ts, I t ook him dow n t o t he r ack et ball court s w her e I w as goi ng t o give him t he t hrashing o f his li f e — you guessed it ! H e k il led me agai n and didn ’ t even break out in a sw eat . Just w ait t i l I get hi m on t he gol f cour se.

Speak ing o f t hat sadist ic gam e, Bobby G RA C E came by w i t h t h e ex ecut ive vice president o f M cD i n St L ouis, w her e he occasionally w or k s betw een t our nament s. Bobby invit ed Jim H I N K L E and me t o a f r iendly game on t he li nk s. I t w as about as f r iendly as a m ongoose sayi ng hello t o a cobr a. Bobby w as here because M cD pur chased a t able f o r t h e O u t st andi ng Squadr on Banquet at t he Br oadm oor I nter nat ional . I t w a s a black-tie event and a ver y elegant af f ai r in w hich t h e n u m b er o n e squadr on get s recognized f or bei ng t he over all best in t he w i ng.

Fi nal ly , t he last individual t o pay t he A cademy a visi t t his quar ter w as C har lie T H O M A S. C har lie came t hr ough U SA FA w it h t he ci v i c l ea d er s of A lbuquerque, N M . I m issed C har lie t hen but I did f ind a cute nostalgia shot o f ’6 1er s back i n t he old “ br ow n shoe’ ’ days. C an you name t hem all the f ir st ti me t hr ough? I sur e couldn ’ t !

made the trip. BEST , CUBERO, H I NKLE, and QUI NLA N failed t o

show f or var ious reasons — i nf lamed lungs, divor ce t hr eat s, w eak liver — B R I C K E Y w a s t o l d t h e r eu n i o n w a s i n J u n e . W i t h o u t B R I C K E Y ’ s i n

st ructi ons, t he gr oup ’ s sk ii ng im pr oved signi f icant ly .

O n t he social scene, Br ice i nsisted on tr eat ing t he A spen Food and W i ne Society t o Sonoma C ut rer C har donnay at C har lemagne’ s. T he gr oup , in

cluding Barbi Benton and Bert Jones, were impressed u n t i l B r i ce st a r t ed

i nt r oduci ng Sam as t he G over nor of K ansas and M issour i . D r . M A Y O t hought t he f our-digi t tab w as a small pr ice f or Br ice to pay f or di nner f or four, wine f or the whole restaurant and such an interpersonal dynam ic ex perience. Sam met a blond, a French snow bunny from M or occo , w ho tur ned out t o live a m ile f r om George i n Scot tsdale, A Z . George pr omised to w at ch her unt il Sam cou ld get t o t ow n in his Saber liner . A t t h e en d o f the weekend, the group agreed that the skiing was great and speculated that i t should have been possible t o make bet ter f r iends in 29 year s.”

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The wino, the shr ink, the Go v, and the der el ict.

Sandi W O H R M A N w as nice enough t o w ri te t o let us k now sh e h a d t h e addresses f or C har lie M oores, and C har li e Br ought on , t w o cl a ssm a t es who didn ’ t make i t to gr aduat ion , but w ho w e w ould love t o see again at t h e 2 5 t h . A s o f t h i s m o m en t F r ed a n d Sa n d i w i l l n o t b e a b l e t o a t t en d d u e t o F r ed ’ s sch ed u l ed T D Y o r w h a t ev er t h e ci v i l i a n w o r l d cal ls bei ng aw ay

f r om home, but t hey w i sh us every success f or t he reunion f r o m F o u n t a i n V al ley , CA . D on (Sli pper y) M C CA RT E R also w r ote a shor t n o t e w i t h h i s class gi f t cont r ibut i on . D on i s st ill stationed in Ger m any and w ill not k now unt il Septem ber i f he w ill be able to at tend the r euni on . Fi nally , I also got a let ter f r om N els O REA R telling m e t hat t he ’ 6 1er s h el d a m i n i reunion on t he 7t h of June at Bolli ng A F B , t hank s to P . B . O ’ C O N N O R 44

W el l dear f r iends, I do w ant t o t hank you all f or w r i ti ng me and let t ing me k now w hat ’ s happening. I ’d love to add some new n a m es t o ea c h c o l um n I wr i te so keep t hose let ter s and car ds com ing (an occasional pict ure w ould be f abulous, as well) . W i t h all t he good suppor t , w r i ti ng t his col umn has been a j oy . A ll the locals sur e hope you can m a k e i t f o r t h e 2 5 t h .

T ime passes all t oo quick ly and an oppor tuni ty t o st rengt hen o l d f r i e n d ships and get reacq uai nted w i t h ot her classm ates should n o t b e m i ssed .

T he older I get t he m or e I believe t he great st r engt h of the A cademy is t he t rue f r iends you mak e dur i ng a relat ively shor t per i od o f f our year s i n your li f e. T ak e care and hope t o see you all i n October .

C l a ss o f 19 6 1 2 5 t h R eu n i o n 9 - 12 O ct o b er 19 86

Watch the F alcons Swamp N avy S ee Y o u T h er e !

John W . (Jack) Jam ba 4 Judy C ourt Satellite Beach , F L 32937 H ome: (305) 777-5520 O f f ice: (305) 867-776 1 P er c e n t m e m b er s : 64

also retired and changed street addresses in Omaha. A nd G eorge BIFOLCH I has changed street addresses in San Bernadino.

That’s all there is for now. Please drop me a line or give me a call so I can fill up this page next time. Take care.

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H i Redtags!

This is going to be a sparse column. I called Nick F R I T Z af ter I got his

change-of-address card. He retired in November in the Bost on ar ea. W est Newbury to be exact. He is working for the Analytical Science C or p (TASC). The company provides engineering assistance t o so m e A i r F o r c e program offices as well as supporting the Navy Trident P r ogr am . N ick provides systems engineering support to a commercial cu st o m er i n

Detroit . Happily, his wife works for the same company, so t hey car pool .

Nick does more traveling than he did in the military, having averaged

three days a week on the road since December. Thanks f or inf o and dr op m e a l i n e so o n .

I also tal k ed t o C har lie H A L E . H e also set t led i nt o his new j ob as asst

depty cmdr for Ops at March AFB. He has time now to si n k h i s t eet h i n t o things. Bought a house off base; first time in 15 years. The pool sure feels C C w h ile o n those hot days. Son Curt (19) is attending Riverside Charles (21) is still excelling as an asst crew chief at N elli s A F B and w in n ic e

ning a few bucks at blackj ack. Wife Pat is now a receptionist a t a l o c a l

Chevrolet dealership. Charlie says that Dave PEDERSON i s t h e D O T a t March. George LA RSON is the deputy X P at SAC Hq. Since t h e H a l es a r e n o w close to San Diego, Charlie and Pat visited Stan and M ary A nn PATRIE in June. The Patries are doing very well . Stan i s a n i n st r u c t o r i n the DC-9 simulator . Every once in a while he wangles a f light so he can get the feel of a real aircraft . Enj oy Southern California.

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T he l ast ar t icle elici ted sever al com m ent s — m ore t han I h a v e r ecei v ed i n some t im e. M ost of t he r em ar k s center ed ar ound my n eed f o r m a t er i a l of greater substance than nine-digit zip codes. Let me say I could n ’ t agr ee more; however, sometimes I am lef t to my own imagination and zi p codes ar e not bad f or me. I w i l l say t hat all your com ments a r e w el c o m e a s i s

your criticism — I take all criticism as constructive. I f f o r so m e r ea so n what I print in this column is ever interpreted as disparaging in nature please do not take it that way. My sense of humor sometimes st r ays int o the Don Rickies’ arena. Everything I write here is m ea n t t o b e i n f o r mative, interesting and fun. Nothing more.

Sam WESTBROOK appears to be getting a lion’s share of publ ici ty lately. I have read several articles sent to me about Sam . O ne spok e o f Sam hosting the Prince of Wales on a visit to Lakenheath, a n o t h er a b o u t the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing and its exploits — we are al l pr ou d ! — and of cour se numer ous “ bl ur bs”

on t he new com m andant of c a d et s . I

“ scooped” the AOG with the new commandant news but I t h i n k T o m —

I got a call from Dave HOLT, giving me the news of his upcom i ng

our illust r ious and k i nd edi tor — didn ’ t believe my sour ces w er e legi t or t he new s could n’ t be released t o the public.

to go to the Japanese Defense College. After much deliberation a n d so u l searching he chose to continue with retirement... Hello A t l a n t a ! D a v e should be there by the time you read this, as a self-employed h o m e

180 and w onder ed how M i ke H A R L E Y w as m ak i ng out as t h e n ew 9 7 t h Bomb Wing CV . A s you are most surely aware I had Mike at L or i ng back in the winter issue. Obviously to us and SA C he was doing a m arvelous

ret irement . H e was t or n in tw o di rect ions because he had t he oppor t uni ty

remodeler. He intends to buy houses, fix them up and sell them at a pr o fit. . .more than once. Dave gave me some news about ot her Red tags.

For instance, while planning for retirement he attended a special seminar in the Pentagon, designed to help military r et i r ees t r a n si t i o n t o

civilian l i f e. I t tur ned out t o be a m i ni-reunion w it h C hr is BRO W N , D ick

HODGKINSON and Phil M ERKEL . The other three beat Dave i n t o retirement . Phil is now working for BDM in Strategic Gam i ng. C hr is retired so recently that we have no word on him yet . A nd D ick w ound up with the type of j ob he wanted. It seems that he decided t o become a ci ty administrator . So he blanketed the U .S. with resumes w h i ch r esu l t ed i n

two phone calls. They turned into two j ob interviews and tw o j ob o f f er s: one in Ohio and one in New Hampshire. So Dick is the ci ty ad mi nist r at or of L ondonder ry , N H .

D ave had di nner at D ick K L A SS’ house t oget her w i th D a n P E M B E R

TON and wife Rose. I f you remember, I had mentioned a f ew i ssu es b a c k that Dan had gone back into the California A NG. Well h e w a s i n W a sh

ington on a 90-day TDY. Dick is working for Robert E llsw or th , f or m er secretary of defense. Dick has the liberty of developing n ew i d ea s a n d

concepts and then contacting the people who can make t he ideas happen .

If they like the ideas, Dick works with them to put it all together, f or a f ee. Sounds gr eat to me. . .

D ave also heard f r om M inter A L E X A N D E R w ho said he w as goi ng to

Carswell . Dick SMULL is the principal assistant to D o v Z a k h ei m w h o i s the deputy under secretary of the A .F. for Policy and R eso u r ces . D i c k Smull travels a lot on some very interesting assignments.

The change-of-address cards were sparse. Gary LENTZ i s r et i r ed a n d has moved f rom Las Vegas to Farmville, VA . Ray McCL INTOCK h a s

A T T E N T I O N C l ass o f 1962 !

See page 43 f or inf ormation on the 1988 cruise being p lanned f or the classes of 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, f ormer staf f and f aculty.

Last week I passed over Blytheville A FB, A R in my trusty C - 130 a t F L

j ob and he has been recognized with the CV j ob at B-ville. A n o t h er SA C

leader is Joh n H A L U SK A , com m ander o f the 320t h B om b W i ng at M ather . Pat C A RU A N A r ounds out t his list of new SA C c o m m a n d er s a s

boss of the 384th A ir Refueling Wing at M cConnell A FB, K S .

Those KC- 135S are really beginning to take on a new l o o k . I l a n d ed a t Robins A FB, GA the other day and couldn’t help but n o t i ce a l o t o f t h e 135s sitting alert outf itted with the new CFM 56 engines. T hey look li k e f our big holes com i ng at you .

The M AC DO’s conference book appeared on my desk about t h r ee weeks ago and I was interested if any of our folks w er e l i st ed a s a t t en d ees.

I found two: Dean HESS from the r605th Military Airlift Suppor t W i ng

at Laj es Field, Azores and Jerry SA I LORS f rom the 322nd A i r l i f t D i v i sion at Ramstein A B, Germany. I think the above inf ormation m ay be repeats. Dick SULA ’s new j ob at Charleston is commander o f t h e 4 37 t h A ir Base G r oup . T hat ’ s an update not a repeat .

Some other changes include Bill GA BEL of Upper A rlington, O H — right next to Ohio State Univ and Columbus. How about a r u n d o w n o n your doings Bill . I went to OSU back in ’68 and ’69. H ave t hey buil t t he Olentangy f reeway yet? A llen WOLF (colonel, retired) i s now livi ng o n T ur t le C reek Rd in C har lot t svi lle, V A . D ave M I L A M is t he D eput y

System Program Director , deputy for B- I B, A SD, A F Systems C o m m a n d at Wright-Patterson. Fred BA UER is showing the National D ef en se University at Ft M cNair as home, Jo Lee BURNS is at H o l l o m a n a n d E d BOSWELL is listing Glendale, A Z as his most recent a d d r ess .

Since this issue of Checkpoints — Summer 86 — will not be i n your

hands unti l late sum m er / ear ly autum n , and t he next i t er a t i o n w i l l n o t b e out bef ore N ovember , I w ant t o m enti on or bet ter yet , plug t he N ot r e Dame football game to be played on 18 October at South Bend . I plan t o be t her e that w eek end and w onder ed i f any o f you living i n t h e m i d w est were also planning to attend and cheer. I was especially interested i f a pr e

or post game ’63 get-together would be worth discussing? I ’ m n o t su r e how to star t but so me f or m of i nter est poll m ight be a good opener. A ddi tionally, if we have any guys f rom the area — South Bend , N or t her n I n diana or Chicago who might be inclined to or have already c o n si d er ed a similar proj ect , let me know and I will work with the A O G o n a d v er t i sm en t , et c .

Well, that’s it f or now. Remember your cards, letters, phone calls etc. are all welcome. Please update me and the association w henever your status changes.

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HA L LWA Y: Yes, even the hallways have information here. I sa w Steve RITCH IE in the hall (in A pril). The uniform still look s good o n you , St eve.

Keep those cards, letters, and calls coming. I ’ll try t o keep up w i t h all o f

t h e i n ev i t a b l e su m m er m o v es .

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A mazing! I actually received the spring issue of Checkp oints pr i or t o the deadline for this issue. Reading that issue, I d i sco v er ed t h a t L o u i se Brown is no longer the Cadet Wing hostess. Good luck in Flor ida, Louise! There was also a good picture of M itch COBEAGA (i n his best “ Gentlemen of the j ury” pose) in the article on Operation A ngle Plane. I even got an idea f rom the ’63 column. Skip Lee commented t hat changeof-address cards never have a j ob title on them. When you send t he cards to the A OG, they forward them to me. I f you write small and tr y hard , you might be able to get some information on them. (Y ou don ’ t r eal ly have to stay within the lines.) Speaking of change-of-address cards. I ’ m moving to Boston in A ugust . I will be at Hanscom A FB, i n A F SC ’ s E l ec tronic Systems Division (this from someone who almost b o m b ed o u t o f E E) .

MA I L BAG: M anny CA RDENA S writes f rom Dallas, where h e i s a n

A mer ican A ir li nes capt ai n . (Phil G L E N N w as t he f ir st maj or air line cap tain. A re there any others?) Manny saw Bob CLEM ENTS in D allas, where he was interviewing with A merican (Bob is presently teaching at a private school in Redlands, CA), and Tom MA NSFIELD in C hicago ,

where he is a first of ficer with Continental . M anny d r ew M i k e R O B I N SON (’71) as his first of ficer for one assignment . H e t h i n k s t h i s i s t h e f i r st time that two Academy graduates comprised the whole f light crew i n an American A irlines cockpit . Manny is also active in t h e N o r t h T ex a s

A ssociati on of A FA G r aduat es. A t a r ecent f unct ion h e sa w G l en n a n d H elen C O L EM A N . H e w or ks f or T exas I nst ruments and she is selli ng real estate. (I ’m glad that someone is making money f r om guys li k e me

who keep the market alive.)

D ave N eal w r ites f r om M il l V al ley , CA that he o f f iciat ed a t t h e w ed

ding of Paul (VA N SICKLE) FRA SER and Carol Enneking on A pr il 20.

T his has to be the f ir st i nstance o f one mem ber of the class of ficiating at the wedding of another. (Dave did not graduate with us, but he w as a ’64

doolie. L i ke sever al other s, he has m ai ntained his contact s w it h us.) D ave

is also a CPA and an attorney as well as a minister.

CHA NGE-OF-ADDRESS CA RDS: A rnold THOMA S is at Tyndall

A F B , F L . M ax JA M E S has moved t o a new addr ess i n Rancho M ur ieta, CA . L ee C O N N E R is in M ontgom ery , A L . D enni s M O N T GO M E RY i s at H ill A FB , U T . Fr ed M A L M ST RO M is at a new address in Seat t le, W A . Bi ll FL OO D m oved a shor t dist ance t o V alpar aiso , F L . B i l l SA K A H A RA (Ret ) is in M i ssion V iej o , C A .

P H O N E C A L L S : T o m M A H A N ca l l ed f r o m N el l i s . H e i s D O o f t h e

4450 T ac G p (A -7s) , but in July m oves t o G eor ge A FB t o b e t h e v i ce co m m a n d er o f t h e 3 5 t h T F W . H e a l so m en t i o n ed t h a t A ce RA W L I N S is go i ng t o Panama (the count ry) t o be D O .

I talked to Bill WITTRESS while I was TDY in Los A ngeles. H e says

that the space business is more interesting than anything el se h e ’ s d o n e— and it keeps hi m busy !

ST A F F D I G E ST : I f i t seem s l i k e w e h a v e b een i n t h e A ir For ce a long

time, it ’s true. Classmates are regularly mentioned in the HQ USA F Staf f Digest General Of ficer and Key Colonel assignment sections. J i m LEMON is executive secretary. Of fice of the Secretary o f D ef ense, Pen

t agon . A 1 ROG E R S w il l be special assistant to V ice C I N C SA C st ar ti ng 15 July. Rich BEDA RF will be assistant f or General Purpose Forces, D ir ec t or o f Oper at ional Requi rement s, D C S/ RD & A , in the Pentagon (he gets t o move dow nstair s and look at t he Shi r ley H ighw ay i n st ea d o f a t so m e one else’s w i ndow) . D ick H A C K FO RD moved ar ound t he co r n er t o b e chief of t he Financial M anagem ent D ivi sion in R D& A . T o m E G G E R S i s

also at the Pentagon now. He is the new special assistant t o R D & A f o r

Special O per at ions For ces. Bob W OO D S is t he assistant D C S, O per at ions at H Q M A C .

ON THE RECORDER: Bob HA LEY is now working for Hughes

T elecom i n t he W ashingt on ar ea.

W I N G D I N G : Y es, t hat is w hat t he A ssociat ion o f G raduates i n D .C . calls t hei r annual di nner . Sandy and I saw sever al cl a ssm a t e t h er e . J o h n

HOFFMA N, John and June GRA VES, Paul and Peggy BELMONT ,

Bob and L or r ai ne SK I N N E R (w ho dr ove dow n f r om C har les T ow n , W V ) , and Bob and Pau la H A L EY . John H o f f man f elt so bad t hat Sal ly c o u l d n ’ t b e t h er e t h a t h e i n v i t ed u s a l l t o h i s h o u se f o r a f t er - d i n n er d r i n k s .

Sally w as t hr i lled .

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D r opped by K en M cA L EA R ’ s of f ice June 26t h (K en is now chief .

A irlif t Forces Division, A F/ XOX) to request some assistance o n a n i ssu e I was working, and he greated me with a robust “ Happy A nniver sary ! ” A fter the immediate thought, “ What in heaven’s name is he talk i ng about?” I blurted, “ say again.” To which Ken replied r esound ingly “ Happy Silver A nniversary!” Good Lord — I ’d forgotten — pur posef ul

ly I suspect — but t hen a f l ashback — t he vi sion of f i nal ly mak ing i t to m y assigned room that day — af ter the trauma of being “ welcomed ” by ’ 62 and ’63 and “ assisted” through the issue line — standing w it h al l m y new belongings heaped in a pile in the center — and a warning scr eamed by some w retched upper classm an r inging in m y ear s t hat i t h a d b et t er a l l b e displayed correctly by the time he returned — fighting o f f tear s, on t he verge of despair. “ My God! Why was I at this place? W hat had I signed on to?” W hen suddenly I not iced t hat I w asn ’ t al one — t hat a cal m , sel f assured voice was calling me back to reality with a “ let ’ s get on w it h i t .”

O ur late classm ate, Ger ry L I N N , prep school gr aduate, f r o m a s f a r w est as I w as east , helped me per f or m a mi racle and got me t hr ough that f i rst day .

Ken related that he had extended the same greeting t o H a r v SHELTON , a fellow member of “ Fighting Fourth” and recently assigned as chief . Systems Division, A F/ PRP. Harv had a similarly per plexed look, and when chided by Ken to think positively and r eca l l a l l t h e n ew and lasting f riendships that he started that day, Harv responded , “ I didnt ’ meet any f r iends o n 26 June 196 1! ” M y si ncere appr eciat i on t o all o f you w ho responded to t he ur ge and dropped a note, gave a call, or stopped in for a visit . Y our suppo rt is mak ing t hi s task m uch m or e pleasur eable. M i ke SH O RT w r ote f r om V egas,

where he is presently the 4450th Tactical Group/ CV, t h a t t h i s m u st b e t h e “ Y ea r o f t h e V i ce ” i n T A C f o r ’ 6 5 . H e n o t ed t h a t B r i a n W A G E S i s n o w

t he vice of t he F- 16 w i ng at L u ke and t hat John V I C K E R Y h a d m o v ed from USA FE to Seymour-Johnson/ CV. (I subsequently had t he pleasure of obser vi ng John ’ s act i ng abili ties in an A i r Force N o w f l i c k a s h e r el a t ed his duties and responsibi lit ies as t he t hen com mander o f U SA F E ’ s W a r

Preparation Center — you haven’t changed a bit John.) M i k e a l so i n formed that while TDY to TA C HQ, he visited with George Y O U N G , his best man whom he hadn’t seen for 18 years. George is w or k i ng t he com m

/ el ect r o n i cs w o r l d f o r t h e c o m m a n d . M i k e a l so w r o t e t h a t h e c h a t t ed w i t h

Pete SU PP , t he E M S/ C C at M oody . T hank s M i ke f or not only pr ovidi ng t he new s but especially f or som e very k ind w or ds.

Getting back to the CV world, Jim VICK left the Pentagon in A pr il t o become vice of the B-52 wing at Grif fiss and Tom PI LSCH dr opped a note which included the picture on the next page taken at his change-o f -

command ceremony when he assumed leadership last M ay o f

the

60t hM A W at T r avis and Jo hn T A I T repor ted in as his v i c e .

T om ask ed me t o pass on to al l t hat “ t here’ s a w elcome m a t a t T r a v i s .

T here w ill alw ays be a bed t o st ay in f or t hose on t heir w ay out t o H onolulu and beyond.” He also noted that Tony M RA S was expected m omentar ily at 22d A F/ L G R .

Harry RODMA N also dropped a note. He and Judi are taking it easy i n Vermont, going through a retirement adj ustment period, and planni ng on

a 30-or 40-year residence. They are preparing the groundwork f o r n ew

career s as sel f -em ployed ent r epreneu rs and extended a n i n v i t a t i o n t o a l l t h ei r o l d f r i en d s t o v i si t t h em i n P o w n a l .

Pete M I N E R d r opped in f or a sur pr i se o f f ice visi t . P et e i s t h e d i r ec t o r

of Metrology at Newark A FS. He sat patiently while I w axed el oquently

about har r owi ng exper iences f l yi ng i n w eat her w hen , very nonchalant ly ,

he handed me his personal card and said, “ Read my lips—Metrology ! ” Then it was my turn to listen as Pete spoke as the f u nct i onal manager f or all USA F PM ELs (Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory), disburser of a $6 million budget , and developer of a w a r t i m e r eser v e f o r ce of PM EL qualified personnel. He and his family are enj oying t he camaraderie of a small base and a friendly host city.

plying the “ Ef fective Writing’ ’ trade locally, has d ec i d ed t o r et u r n t o a lifestyle more to his liking in C-Springs and one which w i l l n o t i n c l u d e

com mut ing along A cademy Blvd .

Spoke with M ike CHORVAT after receiving a heads-up f r o m B o b

L A M BE RT t hat he had heard some R eal ly G ood N ews! T ur ns o u t t h a t Chippy, 12 days shy of mandatory retirement, was notified of his pr om o tion t o 0 -5 w i th date of r ank and back pay t o 12 Oct 1980 . A supplemen

tal promotion board had agreed with the Board of M ilitary C o r r ec t i o n s

t hat , w i t hout a det r im ent al 88-day O E R under t he 1-2-3 syst em i n his r ecor ds, M i k e w as L tC ol mater ial and ru led accor dingly . H e and Shir ley ar e relieved that t heir per sonal or deal is over , that t he pr om ot io n system has r edeem ed itsel f , and t hat he i s now i n t he d r iver ’ s seat . C ur r ent ly assigned as the Plans Turkey for the bomb wing at Fairchild, he suddenly has choice, not acceptance.

Mentioning Bob Lambert reminds of information he provided regar d ing members of the Class of ’90 who are children of ’65er s. Joining t he previously acknowledged sons of Tom KOSS and the late D enny SC A R BO RO U G H ar e t he sons of St uar t “ L ee’ ’ A L T O N and Geor ge “ Cap” ST ET Z . C ongr at s t o all .

While on the subj ect of children, I couldn’t resist t he o ppor t unity to i n clude a picture of Sue and my of fspring. I welcome pictur e i nput s f r om all of you at any ti me. P lease respo nd .

Co-cap tains of the Travis team are Tom Pilsch, at lef t, a n d J o h n T a i t .

Larry SA NBORN also dropped in from the A FS in LA where h e i s director of Advanced Programs in the Space Division O f f i ce o f P l a n s. I hadn’t seen Larry, a CS- 15 mate, since graduation and so w e sp en t a n en j oyable af ternoon swapping lies. Larry is anticipating a m o v e t o t h e D .C . area in the near future. A lso had the pleasure of greeting M i k e R Y A N o n the Pentagon concourse the morning he arrived from t h e P a ci f i c a r ea a n d

48 hour s ahead o f his new boss, t he C SA F . M i ke w as on assignm ent as t he

IG at PA CA F, Hawaii, when a late night call f rom the t h en C SA F designate interrupted his dreams with a “ request” that h e co m e t o D .C .

to be C SA F excecut ive of f icer . T w o w eek s later M i k e w as t rai psi ng t he

halls of the Pentagon while his wife and family were sca t t er ed i n l o ca t i o n s between San Diego and D.C. Mike said he sold his home a n d ca r s a f t er h i s last Pentagon assignment a scant two years ago. That mistak e guaranteed a r et u r n t o u r .

Received a call from Dave COOPER at TAC HQ. Dave said h e h a d heard that Benny “ Helicopter” CA STRO had retired and w as cur r ent ly a foreign service of ficer on assignment in A thens, Greece, w h i ch m a k es eminent good sense considering Benny’s background. C oop also said t hat Bill ENGEBRETSON retired in April out of Ft . Polk, L A and w as j ob hunting. (What luck Bill?) A nd that Phil PA RKER had accepted a posi tion with Singer-Link in Binghampton NY .

Jim RO B I SO N also cal led w hile in t ow n f or a f i nancial planner ’ s

meeting. Jim is president . Western Century Financial Ser v i ces i n Sacramento, CA . He proclaimed that he and Sally are the pr oud par ent s of a girl born this past December, their second. Jim a l so sa i d t h a t h e periodically sees Jef f SCH M I DT who lef t California’s Si licon V al ley t o ply a trade as a sales representative for a firm located along the old ’49er Trail (Jackson) that markets a special mud for the const r uct ion i ndust ry .

Certainly qualifies for the most interesting occupation categor y . Jef f , please tell us more.

According to a note Bob HA FFA provided, Charlie MA RKS i s r et u r n ing to the U .S. after some 10 years of flying L l Ol l s f o r G u l f a i r o u t o f Bahrain. He will be flying 737s for Presidential out o f D u l l es. H e a n d h i s

w i f e K ar on — a W elsh lass and f or mer stew ar dess f or G u l f a i r — w i l l r esi d e i n t h e D .C . a r ea .

Received a cal l f r om Bar t H O L A D A Y a shor t w hile back . Bar t had j ust

moved to Chicago where he intends to work as a venture capit alist . Bar t said that he had already been contacted by Rick ZURBRUGG w h o h a d a sure fire, can’t fail, opportunity worthy of his attention. R i c k a n d w i f e J o are pediatricians practicing in the Chicago area.

JJ K E L L Y cal led f r om A ndrew s w here he is cur rent ly t he di rect or .

The Wilkowskis f rom lef t are K ip (17), Stephanie (13), CSC Todd (19) ,

and C our tney A nne (15) .

CHA NGES OF ADDRESS: Roy BRIDGES from Houston to Com mander, 6510 Test Wing, Edwards A FB; Joe BRITA N to A ir A t tache, New Delhi, I ndia; Jim M YNA R from M oody A FB to A PO NY 09038-5363; John WA RDEN f rom the Pentagon to A PO NY 09 132; John A NGEL L from the Pentagon to Vandenberg AFB; Bruce LEONA RD f r om A PO N Y 09 179 t o A PO N Y 09755-5368; and C F JO H N SO N f r o m Satelli te Beach , FL to t he Pentagon .

FI NA L NOTE: By the time you read this input , I will h a v e m a d e t h e transition into that segment of society f rom whence we al l came i nit ial ly and which we will j oin ultimately: the civilian world. I can honest ly say that t he decisi on , and t he m ont hs t hat pr eceded t he actual date ( 1 Sep)

were traumatic, challenging, exhilarating, and touched every poi nt on t he spectrum of emotions that I have ever experienced. W ri t ing a r esum e w as

the m ost di f f icult task I have ever encountered ; aw ait i ng a response t o it s mailing was the most trying period I have ever endured. A s of t his w r i ti ng (July 7), I am without a position but remain confident t hat , by t he t i me you read this, I will be gainfully employed (or at least salar ied) . W it h your support , I would like to continue writing this column f r om m y vantage point in Vienna, VA . I f the attempt , out of the active A F B lue, pr oves un w or k able, I w i ll gladly tu r n t he colum n over to someone m o r e i n t u n e a n d accessible. U nti l t hat decision point , pl ease k eep t he let t er s, call s, and visit s com i ng.

Electronic Systems Division, H Q A FSC. JJ j ust completed A W C al ong with Chuck COLEMA N — assigned as A DO of the F- 16 wing at M acD il l ; M ik e L Y N C H — chief of t he Plans and O perat ions D ivi si on (ef f ect ively

the DO) f or the National Guard Bureau in the Pentagon; a n d L i o n el LUX ICH — chief of the TAC Support Division, A F Studies a n d A nalysis. JJ also said that he f requently saw Lorenzo “ R en ” C R O W E L L who is a member of the faculty at AWC. Since returning t o t he D .C . ar ea,

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 .

JJ has visit ed wi th T om M U RA W SK I w ho , af ter a year o f successf ul ly

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John C asper 16438 L ongvale D r ive H oust on , T X 77059 H ome: (7 13) 488-7856 O f f ice: (7 13) 483-24 11

PA C A F , G ary V A N V A L I N is t he vice com mander o f t he 3 r d T F W a t C l a r k a n d Si d W I SE t o o k t h e v i c e sl o t a t K u n sa n . B a c k stat eside, D ick

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BET H U RE M is t he D O at L angley and A 1 N A D E R is a vice a t Sc o t t .

USAFE UPDATE: Here are the latest rumors from USA FE, m a n y from Dan CECIL , who finagled a trip to Europe to check o n o l d f r i en d s .

H A H N H A P P E N I N G S: A s I read H ugh GO M M E L ’ s let ter t o m e l a st spr ing, I couldn ’ t hel p thi nk ing, “ H er e’ s someone w ho real ly enj oys w hat

he’s doing!” A nd who wouldn’t? “ Hugo” has been commander o f t h e

496 T ac Ftr Sq si nce D ecem ber 1985 and calls his of f ice t he snug cock pit of the F-16C Electric Jet . His squadron splits their f lyi ng about evenly betw een air -t o-air and ai r -t o-gr ound and w ill be t he f i r st i n U SA F E t o conver t to t he new “ C ” m odel . W hile H ugh tak es his guys to T ur k ey and Spain for deployments, Kathy does substitute teaching, car es f or K r isten , M ichael and Katie, and does a lot of “ helping” with t he squadr on .

T hey ’ re al l enj oyi ng t he Ger man cultur e and H ahn act ivi ties. T h a n k s f o r t he let ter , H ugh .

w i l l l ea v e R a m st ei n a n d t h e I G t ea m f o r

H omestead , w her e Jamie w il l be t he D O . V ic A N D RE W S i s t h e A - 10 D O at Bentw ater s, P hi l G A R D N E R is chief o f O per ational Intelligence at HQ

USA FE. Toby GOODEN is the DO at A viano and stays current i n t h e F-16. He and Sandy’s oldest daughter recently married. R u ss M O R RISON is assigned to the U . S. Delegation of NATO’s M i li tary C om m it tee. Rick PA RSONS left his staf f j ob at HQ USA FE for F - 15 s a n d t h e 32nd TFS at Soesterberg. Tim BROWN swapped his det . com m ander j ob f or 12t h A F H Q at Bergst r om . C lay O L SC H N E R is on an exchange t our

in Europe, after his tour at HQ A DTAC at Langley.

RECENTLY RETI RED: Can you belive it’s been 20 years si n c e d o o l i e summer? Lots of Redtags will be making the dif ficult d ec i si o n o v er t h e next few months about whether to move on to something d i f f er ent o r stay in the blue suit. Some have decided already: J. D . T H O M P SO N n o w works f or G. D. and will be a tech rep at Lakenheath. D a v e F A L E S h a s retir ed in t he D .C . area, w here w i f e Pat is active i n r ea l est a t e . D o n

HA L LENBECK and Bob EVA NS are also due to j oin retired r a n k s .

Whatever your plans are, “ In” or “ Out” , keep in touch w i t h t h e A O G .

Your fellow Redtags want to know what you’re doing.

SENIOR SERVICE SCHOOLS: Redtap are well represented agai n i n

this year’s classes. A ir War College claims Fred A LBERTSON , St a n BOYD, Marty DA A CK, Dale FOWLER, Chuck FUL LER, Joe HURST , Ron M O RE Y , and N or m RA T H JE . Jim H I G H A M w il l hold dow n t h e

fort at ICA F in Washington, D.C. I NT ERNA TI ONA L I NTRI GUE: Ron HATCHETT , the Class of ’ 6 6 ’ s answer to Henry Kissinger, is on the move again. Ron w i l l l ea v e t h e A F i n Septem ber to tak e a car eer appoi ntment w i t h O SD ’ s I nter nat ional Sec u r i ty Policy of f ice. R on , w ho has a P hD i n inter nat ional a f f a i r s a n d i s f l u en t

in Russian, will be a member of the U . S. negotiation t ea m f o r t h e Helsinki Accords in Vienna. A s a blue-suiter, Ron worked si x m o n t h s i n Vienna last year on arms control issues, so this move is a natur al pr ogres sion for him. Good luck, Ron and Jena, and hang tough o n t hose negot ia t i o n s.

BI G TWENTY: OK, guys, this is it . Last chance to make plans f o r t he big reunion at USA FA on 25-28 September. Bill RI LEY, Jim W OO D Y , D on C RA I G I E , Paul V l O T T l and M i ke R H Y N A R D have been w or k i ng

hard to make this a really memorable event . Now its time to do our part — BE THERE! ! See you in the Springs.

T he G o m m el s

POTTPOURRI : Mike MA RCUCCI wrote from Pasadena, CA , w h er e he works f or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the Mars O b ser v er

Payload engi neer . D ale E L L I OT T had di nner w it h C hr is a n d m e l a st

spring on a visit to the Johnson Space Center with t h e l a t est c l a ss f r o m T est P i l o t Sch o o l . D i ck B O R O W SK I h a s b een i n t h e n ew s lately as pr o

and landing d em o n st r a t o r .

gram manager for the F-15 short takeof f Dick, who flew the A V-8B Harrier on exchange duty at Pat uxent R iver , says t he m odi f ied F- 15 w i ll use vect or ed t hr ust to m a n eu v er l i k e t h e H a r r i er . J o e a n d G a i l J A R V I S h a v e m o v ed f r o m N ew Y o r k to Egli n i n sunny F l o r i d a . J o e w a s c o m m a n d er o f t h e N ew Y o r k a r ea R O T C d et a c h m en t

but, being an Oklahoma boy, never did get Bronx-emsized dur i ng his tw oyear stay . I had t he good f ort une t o stay over night w i t h J o e a n d G a i l o n a

speaking engagement to Joe’s ROTC dining in last spring, b u t sh a r e J o e ’ s feeling about the Big A pple. Bob JA NKE is now working f o r G en er a l Elect r ic in P om pano Beach , F L . H ershel H O U SE L l ives i n M a r i n a D el

and flies for Western Airlines. Bill GODFREY is a management engineer in Las Vegas. Bill STUA RT of HH-3E fame has left Tyndall a n d n o w calls Panama City home. John BA UER traded HQ MAC and D over , D E , for Scott A FB. Dutch BERKLEY, who has a medical practice i n Sa n A n t oni o , m oved f r om t he big cit y out t o Blanco , T X . K ent a n d J ea n n e

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“ H ow sweet it is” to have heard f rom several of you and t o have your inputs f or this article. This article will probably be appear i ng j ust af ter

m ost o f you have had eit her a PC S or a sum m er vacati on . N o w ’ s t h e t i m e to si t r ight dow n and tell us all about i t — bef ore t h e n ex t c o l u m n i s d u e !

L ee a n d J . D . T E R R Y f o r a m o n t h h el d t h e r eco r d f o r t he youngest chi ld — D allas M ichael , bor n 19 D ec 85. (T hat w as unti l St u a n d B a r b a r a WOOD’S daughter was born 16 Jan 86; see last issue.) H owever , t hey clearly take over the title f or the widest age spread in childr en, w i t h t hei r first being born in May 1970. Their four boys and two gi r ls range over 15 years. L ee sent me a bi r t h annou ncement i n D ec, but 1 m isplaced i t i n the shuf fle of moving. Thanks so much, Lee, f or writing agai n . T hey ar e at

England A FB with the A- l Os. Jay is retiring next June a n d h a s b een a c

cepted f or f al l 1987 at t he U niversity o f M issour i in t heir psychology Ph.D . program. Lee says, “ Since you guys never experienced (at t he B lue Zoo) the life of poor college students, we thought w e’ d tr y it .” C o n gr atulat ions — and t he em pat hy o f al l o f us w ho have been t hr ough gr aduate school unsponsored is w it h you .

Roger W I L L I A M S and I got reacquai nted at t he A F Behavior al Sciences Symposium in June. We both shared the continuing j oy — and

relief — of our families that we f inally finished our d i sser t a t i o n s ! ! ! O n e of his benefits was finally having time to earn his h a m r a d i o l i c en se t h i s

year — somet hi ng he has w anted t o do si nce child hood . H e h a s a l so b een competing in the triathalon (swim, bike, run) f or six year s. H e and M urlene and their kids enj oy outdoors activities together — hunt ing.

f ishing, sw im m ing. M ur lene teaches m iddle school (gr ades 6-8) . T heir son Shay ( 17) is a senior and plays soccer and piano . D aughter A shley ( 11) also plays t he piano and is a tr ack star . L ast year , as a six th grader , she set t he 880 record f or her school (t hr ough 12t h gr ade) ! R oger presented a w ell-received paper on the resu lts of hi s di sser tat ion , “ A ssessi ng and Predict ing D anger ousness, ” at t he sym posium .

T he “ H O L L ST E I N Shut t le M ystery ” conti nues. John has m o v ed f r o m M aryland back t o C ol or ad o — agai n — t his t i me t o G olden . I t h i n k J o h n pr obably has the r ecor d f or t he m ost m oves in consecu ti ve C heckp oin ts issues, t hree so f ar , though t he shut tle has been goi ng on longer t han t hat .

M y ef f or t to telephone John f or an explanat ion of t his enigma w as met by t he i nt r iguing i nf or mat ion t hat no such par ty exist s i n G olden — at least , accor ding to t he telep hone com pany (and don ’ t t hey k now ever yt hi ng?) .

For t he next serial episode, see next issue. . . .

Buz C A R PE N T E R assumed com mand o f t he 70t h T A C F ight er Squadr on , “ W hi te K nights,” at M oody A F B on 23 M ay . H e l ef t W ashi ngton a f ew days bef ore C hr ist mas 1984 f or f light l ea d - i n a t H ol loman , com pleted F-4E RT U at G eor ge A FB , and r ep or t ed t o M oody i n Oct 85. H e is ecstat ic about his new j ob , w hich i s w h a t h e h a s w a n t ed ever si nce w e were 3rd lieutenant s t oget her at Edwar ds A F B . A s he says, “ T h i s i s w h a t d r ea m s a r e m a d e o f ! ”

Buz w r ote: “ Ron M O R I SH I G E is alive and w ell at W r ight-Pat headi ng up the A F ar t i f icial i ntelligence development . Gary L O R E N Z h a s m o v ed f r om George t o become a gr oup A OC at U SA FA . Pete BE T T I N G E R w a s recent ly hospi talized agai n . A nyone visi ti ng A usti n give him a call ! Bo C RO SBY is mai ntai ni ng j et s again as a maj or w i t h t he G u a r d o u t f i t a t Bergst r om . C huck H E FL E BO W E R is t he D O at H omestead A F B . C a sh JA SZ C Z A K j ust retur ned af ter leadi ng his f ighter squadr on o n a v e r y successf ul deployment t o K or ea — par t o f T eam Spir i t . H eard Gar y SC H E I M E R is at U SA FA agai n — not sure o f his capaci ty . J a c k BA RT L ET T has j ust ret i red and is seek i ng a pi lot i ng j ob w i t h t he a i r l i n es . ”

A O G U pdates: Joe BU RK E is i n C olorado Spr ings. Robin D E T U R K moved to A pple V alley , C A . R ick FE L K E R lives i n T ucson , A Z . E d G U N T E R is now at Randolph A FB . D on H A SSE M E R now resides i n N orw ood , CO . Ron L A N I E R lives i n O ’ Fallon , I L . D ave N O W L I N i s a t D yess A F B . Ed ST I C K L E R is now livi ng i n M ar iet ta, G A .

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C olorado Spr i ngs, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 392-8047 O f f ice: A V 692-2850, (303) 554-2850 P e r c e n t m e m b er s: 5 9

For t hose of you w ho never r ead headings, go back and n o t e t h a t M i m i and I ar e now back i n C Spr i ngs. I w ould n’ t want any o f t h e h u n d r ed s o f let ter s I get a mont h t o go ast r ay ! W e ar e glad t o b e b a c k i n G o d ’ s C o u n try , breat he t he f resh ai r , and enj oy t he sunny blue skies, w ind , hail , etc.

L ook i ng f orw ard t o seei ng al l of you i n 1988 at t he 20-year reu nion .

F r om lef t are J im Seevers, C hief s Staf f Gr oup ; E d E ber har t, f or mer ex ec to the chief of staf f ; Tony R ober tson, f or mer ex ec to the vice chief ; Tom O ’B ier ne, ex ec to the assistant vice chief ; and D ick F ast, assistan t to the chief of staf f .

T he D .C .-ar ea class m i nir euni on on 7 June w as gr eat f u n ; sor ry i f t he lat e not ice i n t he last magazi ne cau sed any out-of -t ow ner s t o m i ss i t .

A bout 70 classm ates, w ives and dat es f easted and i mbibed w hi le gabbi ng about t he past , and look i ng f or w ar d t o f utu re good t i m es. P h i l P I G N A T A RO , E d E BE R H A RT , and I pr evailed on sever al cl a ssm a t es ar ou nd t he cou nt r y t o or ganize sim i lar gat heri ngs and w e h a v e h ea r d f r o m a f ew . M o r e i n f o b el o w .

A gr oup phot o w as t ak en , but as usual ’68 was look i ng every w ay but “ eyes f r ont ” so I have t his shot t o r epr esent us all . E ach of t hese young A ir men is (or w as unt i l r ecent ly) i n a k ey j ob r ight at t he ver y t op o f t he A F , i n t he A i r St af f C om m and Sect i on ! Scar y , huh?

D ur i ng t he evening, w e paused w hile P hil led us i n a t o a st t o o u r 2 7 deceased classmat es, put t i ng some ser i ous f ocus on our r emi nisci ng and our pr oposal t o begin a f und-r aisi ng dr ive t o present a gi f t t o U SA FA at our 20t h . T he most pr om i sing idea now f or a gi f t is t o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e planned A O G bui lding near t he O ’ C lub or to t he recent ly d ed i ca t ed visi t or s cent er . But w e w ant t he good ideas w e k now you have out t here.

O ver t he next tw o year s, w e coul d easily r ai se $25,000 at j ust $50 f r om 500 of us, but as much as $ 100 ,000 at $200 f r om 500 . T he C l a ss o f 19 6 1 h a s set a tar get o f $250 per per son f or t heir 25t h t his f al l . C ert ainly w e can outdo t hat i f w e put ou r m ind t o i t f or a r eal ly good pr oj ect . So f ar w e ar e t he only class t o have given a gi f t at t he 10-year r eu n i o n . W e ca n c o n t i n u e our “ gi f t ” leader ship , so let ’ s get f i r ed up and set a m a r k n o o t h er c l a ss can hope t o t op . Send your t hought s (and $ !) t o P hi l (class pr esident and reu nion chair man) at 122 17 O ld C olony D r . , U pper M ar lbor o , M D 20772-5028. I ’ ve sent my f ir st install m ent ; do it t oday .

N ew s f r om t he m i ni reuni on : Ed T H O M A S gr aduated f r om N a t l W a r C ol lege and goes di rect ly t o A F/ R D Q F in t he Pentagon . C h a r l i e H O L L A N D , B ob JO H N SO N , M i k e K I N G , John M O R R I S, and D ick P E R R Y f i nished I C A F . C har l ie goes t o A F / RD Q L t o w or k w i t h B r o o k e BA I L E Y . Jim JO H N SO N has come f r om R hei n-M ai n A B , Ger m any t o A F/ X O O I M to w or k on t he A F C apabi lit y A ssessm ent P r ogr am , and he, M elissa and t heir t hr ee gi r ls live i n Rest on .

T o help us get our class r oster up-t o-date, please r ev i ew t h i s l i st o f l o st classmates and pass on any addr esses you k now t o P hil : G ar y L ee A SH FO RD Jr , C har les R ussel l A T W O O D , Jack E dgar BO W E N , D a n i el T homas BU C C H I O N I Jr , John St anley C O B B , D aniel John E I K L E BE R RY , Josep h C lar ence H E D R I C K Jr , D onald A r t hur H E N D E R SO N , L eon A nt hony H O W O RT H , M ichael L aw r ence L A W SO N , and J o h n A rt hur M A C K A Y . A lso A lan St anley M A RK S, Br uce Stanley M A RK S, M ichael G ray M C CA L L E Y , K ennet h W esley M C E L RE A T H , C lar k L M O B L E Y , V ict or OT R O SZ K O , and A lber t K ar l O W E N . A lso , W i l l i a m N or man PA T T E RSO N I I , Jonat han A ndr ew PE N RY (last name n o w M C C RE I G H T ) , T r oy L oui s SU L L I V A N I I , T homas T A V E RN E Y , W il liam W i lson T A Y L O R Jr , Gene Scott T H O M P SO N , and M a r k C o n a n W I SE .

O t her M i ni r euni ons: C had SW E D BE RG got t he T ucson guys t o c o m e t o hi s house on t he 7t h , pict ur e t o f oll ow . John RO U L ST O N i s ops o f f icer f or t he 333 T FT S (A - 10) and T om JE N SE N is asst ops o f f icer f or t he 358 T FT S (A - 10) , bot h at D avis-M ont han A FB . M i k e H E M B RO U G H i s in t he A i r N at l Guar d i n an act ive duty sl ot and has m oved t o L angley A F B . Jim M A SD E N is a D C -9 captain w i t h C ont i nental . C h a d m o v es i n Sep t o Bergstr om A F B , T X w her e he w i ll be on t he staf f o f t h e 60 2 T a c A i r C ont r ol G p . T hank s f or t he quick response, C had . H ope som e o f you ot her gr oups send some in f o/ phot os t o share w it h us.

I k now a small gr oup met at T ravi s, because they cal led m e a t 0 2 30 o n 8 June! G r eat spi r it . C an’ t r em em ber al l t he r eveler s, but t he nam es o f Gar y H O FFM A N , Gar ry D U D L E Y and Gary T A CE Y su rvived t he t or t uous t r ip thr ough my beer-bef ogged br ain cell s t o lodge i n m em ory . Bob SA L L EE cal led me w hen he w as i n t ow n on act ive duty at the Pent agon t o tell me t hey had a gr oup m eet in t he Spr ings. B ob is w or k ing w it h SI M T EC H t here on B-52/ K C - 135 sim ulat or pr ogram s, and t hey are begi nni ng t o branch out i nt o space t r aining pr ogr ams.

Paul F L Y N N or ganized a ’ 68 f ete at M axw ell A F B bef ore he gr aduat ed f r om A W C and came t o A ndr ew s t o be special asst f or SD I mat ter s at H Q System s C md . A nd speak i ng o f A W C , D an A H E RN also graduated ; i n f act he w as f ir st i n t he class— at least alphabet ically i n t h e A F T i m es.

I n cal ling var i ous people t o get help on t hese gat her i ngs, I also got l ot s of classm at e poop . G r eg SH U E Y has been i nvolved i n N A SA secu r ity pr ogr am s at t he Johnson Spacef l ight C ent er i n H oust on , b u t l e f t t h i s sum mer to go t o t he U ni ted N at i ons C om m and ’ s M i lit ary A r m i st i ce C om m issi on in Seoul , K or ea. T hat ’ s a tw o-year t our so G r eg should catch t he ’ 88 O lym pics i f he d oesn ’ t do anyt hi ng t o br eak t h e a r m i st i ce . H o w about som e “ p r ogr ess” r epor t s, G r eg?

L ar ry E V A N O FF leaves behi nd t he C - 14 1s at C har lest on A F B f o r M ons, Belgiu m , w here he w il l be exec t o M G Peat , A C S, O per at ions, H Q SH A P E . H e ment i oned t hat D ale FRA N Z is a t r ansp sqdn c d r a t C h a r l est o n .

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Jim C OC H RA N i s A D O f or t he 388T FW (F- 16) at H ill A FB (I r emem ber a l ovely gal f r om our Z I f ield t r ip there) and he w ill go to Rome, I taly i n Feb 87 t o at tend the N A T O D ef ense C ollege. Sc o t t P I L K I N GT O N and Steve M I SH ar e al so at H ill in F- 16s; Scot t is a sqd n cdr .

Ron JA C K SO N m oves up f r om ops of f icer t o cdr of t he 34 T ech T r ng Sqdn at L it t le Rock A FB (C - 130) and D ave M U L K EY leaves C - 14 1s a t N orton f or ICA F .

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System s M gm t cour se at Ft Belvoir i n N or t her n V A and hopes t o pr oceed t o a pr ogr am manager billet at E SD , H anscom A FB , M A . T h i s w o u l d cer tainly be a good m ove wi t h all t he r ecent emphasis on i mpr ovi ng t he qual ity of pr ogr am manager s. Best of luck ; anot her chance t o excel , D on !

D on says Ji m BET T C H E R w i ll soon sur r ender comm and o f t h e 4 9 52 T est Sqdn at W PA FB t o f ly C-5s at T r avi s.

Ran i nt o W ayne SH A T T U C K i n t he hallw ay o f t he Building o f F i v e Sides. H e m oves f r om Space D ivi si on i n L A t o A SD at W PA F B , w her e he w i ll be w or k i ng on t he nati onal aer ospace plane. T hat is a t ruly aw esome ef f or t and I envy W ayne’ s involvement i n t he development o f a system t hat w ill be as revolut ionary f or our society as t he j et w as.

L etters: W oody W O O D SI D E or der ed t w o “ class” t ies and sen t a l et t er saying he r eal ly li k ed t hem (or der your s now f r om me) . H e i s i n C l ev el a n d w it h t he G as Pr oduct s D iv of U nion C ar bide, cur r ent ly equipping t hei r plant w i t h com puter cont r ols. W oody tal ked w i t h Rich F I E L D S r ecent ly , w ho is i n E lk ins, W V w it h K i ngsf ord C har coal .

T ony E D EN sent a long let ter f r om D enver , w here he has f inally k ick ed hi msel f long enough f or not w r it ing t hat he w r ot e. (H ow many of you d o t hat each ti m e you r ead t his colum n? W r ite now and st op that cr ippling f eeli ng of gui lt !) T ony got out in 1979 and is now mgr o f t he P lant U t ilit ies E ngi neer i ng G r oup at t he R ock w ell I nter nat ional Rock y Flats plant . I n addit ion to pur sui ng an M BA at night T ony i s a l so i n t h e C o l o r ado A ir N at l Guar d ’ s 240t h C ivi l E ngineer i ng Flight at Buck ley A N G B .

H e is ver y ent husiast ic about t he G uar d and t he oppor tunit ies i t pr ovi des f or t r avel , management exper ience and cont inued nati onal ser v i ce . H i s uni t f requent ly augment s PA CA F exer cises i n K orea such as T eam Spi r it .

T ony r ecent ly sent let ter s t o civi lian grads i n t he C o l o r a d o a r ea w i t h engineer i ng exper ience, encour aging t hem t o consi der j oining t he 240t h .

Call him at (303) 430-2742 (of fice) or (303) 985-9353 (home) f or m or e i n

f o. Tony included this good shot of some of the grads w h o a r e w i t h t h e

Buck ley G uar d . O t her s not show n ar e: M i ke D I B I A SE , ’77; D ave GA W , ’70; Flick G U E R R I N A , ’ 67; John H E I M BU RGE R , ’ 63; M ar k M E Y E R , ’ 72; Fr ed N A SH , ’68; D on RA M M , ’ 73; M ik e SC H M I D , ’ 74; F r ed W E BE R , ’ 70; and C ar l N O R D G RE N , ’76.

t he aim has been t o reduce N A T O per sonnel str engt h , w h i c h i n v i ew o f Soviet / W ar saw Pact geogr aphic advantages w ou ld cr eate a m o r e u n st a b l e East-W est balance in E ur ope. Rat her , B ill ar gues, st abi lit y c a n b est b e enhanced by f ocusi ng on con f idence bui ldi ng measures (C BM s) under t he C onf er ence on Secu r ity and C ooper at ion in Eur ope. T he C B M s w o u l d f ocus f i r st on reduci ng t he r isk s of m i lit ary conf r ont at ion , especial ly supr ise att ack , and later r educi ng w eapon ar senals, not per sonnel level s. I recom m end Bi ll ’ s w or k t o anyone i nterested i n N A T O a f f a i r s o r a r m s cont r ol . I t is a sol id , convi nci ng piece of w or k .

J ok e T i me: A d oct or , bank er and law yer ar e deep sea f ishi ng. T he law yer f all s over board and a shar k heads r ight f or hi m , but t hen m iracul ously cont inues ar ound him and out t o sea . T he d o ct o r i s a m a zed at t he law yer ’ s luck , but t he bank er shr ugs and says, “ I t ’ s si m ply a m at ter of pr o f essional cour t esy .’ ’ T a f or now .

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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: (8 16) 474-4 114 P er c en t m em b e r s : 5 8

Robi n H A N SO N has w aited 17 year s since gr aduat ion t o w r i t e h i s f i r st note t o t he N ew slet ter scr ibe because “ I f inal ly did so met hi ng new sw or t hy , I got m ar r ied ! ” T his is R obi n ’ s f i rst t im e and f r o m t h e en c l o sed phot o you w ill all see i t w as w el l w or t h t he w ait ! R o b i n a n d D o n n a a r e bot h i nvolved i n t he com puter i ndust ry .

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D onna and R obin H anson honey m ooning at the B r eak ers H o tel, Pal m B ea c h . F l a .

Steve C A RT E R is an E lect r onic C om bat A ir ops analyst a t t h e P en tagon . H e does det ai led studies o f tact ical air cr af t sel f -pr otect io n . Steve al so w as m ar r ied f or t he f i r st tim e in A pr il o f t his year at Ft . M eyer , V A .

F r om lef t ar e Tony E den, ’68; M ik e E d war ds, ’73; Tom P erar o, ’ 76; J ohn J ones, ’74; Gary M i ttlestad t, ’ 77; R ich H ay nie, ’ 74; J ohn B ailey, ’ 70; D ana A lex ander, ’71; and D ave Sp renk le, ’75.

T ony also says t hat Jim and L i n T H O M PSO N l ive j ust up t he st r eet f r om hi m i n L ak ew ood . Ji m is a w at er law yer (sw im m ing pool t or t s?) and L in runs A cadem y Par k T r avel A gency . I n f act , L in ’ s char mi ng sm ile graced an adver t isement in t he W i nter ’ 85-86 magazi ne. T o ny ’ s w i f e Paula is w or k i ng w i th Ji m and L in in a related vent ure coor di nat i ng class r eunions, of all appr opr iate t hi ngs! M aybe w e can get some hel p?

Scholars of t he Q uar ter : L ook f or Bil l BO W M A N ’ S m onogr aph , published in 1985 by t he N at ional D ef ense U niversi ty P ress, ent it led “ L imi ti ng C onvent ional Forces i n E ur ope.” Bill did t h e r esea r c h a n d w r it ing w hile a seni or f ellow at N D U and a student at I CA F (C lass of

’84). His thesis is that the current M utual and Balanced F o r c e R ed u c t i o n

tal k s, t hat have been going on f or 12 year s, are not i n o u r i n t er est b ec a u se 50

L aine and L ew E ngl ish in the cockp i t of a P an A m B 72 7.

Lew ENGL ISH is a copilot with Pan A m in M iami . Lew m a r r i ed E l a i n e in March of ’85. (Same evaluation re: Robin and Donna!) T hey have a bouncing baby kitten named Sake. Lew notes that Dave A N D E R SO N i s with People Express out of Newark . Life is tough in So u t h er n F l o r i d a f o r the English family. I f you are that way give Lew a call at (305) 524-4730 .

Stan ROSEN has been in C-Springs since the summer of ’ 84 . H i s f i r st year he helped start the U .S. Space Command. He is n o w t h e c h i ef o f

John Q. BA NBURY has been with Boeing Commercial A irplane C o m pany since 1978. He was on the design team for Flight M anagement C om puter Systems f or the 757 and 767 models. In ’85, John w a s sel ect ed t o a t

t end M I T as a f ellow i n t he C ent er f or A dvanced E ngi neer ing St udy . H e has been studying artif icial intelligence, risk benefit analysis and some management courses. John has been living in Needham, west o f B ost on , and is thoroughly enj oying the area. They have one son , C hr ist oper (9) ,

fun.’ ’ He was also recently elected to the board of d i r ect o r s o f t h e

who enj oys basketball, gymnastics and is now taking k a r a t e l esso n s .

John’s wife, Mary, has liberated the northeast of many o f it s ant iques.

see many ’69ers although there seem to be a bunch of t h em i n t h e a r ea .

Bill McNA UGHT is group director of the Economic A nalysis G r oup at the U .S. General A ccounting Of f ice. Bill is responsible f o r a l l ec o n o m i c

and Norm and Sherryl KNOX who are now in A tlanta. Norm a n d J o h n

Space Plans for the Air Force Space Command and indicated i t i s “ l o t s o f

A mer ican I nst itute o f A er onaut ics and A st r onaut ics (A I A A ) . H e doesn ’ t

issues i n t he areas of def ense and int er nat ional r elat ions. Sher r y and Bil l

have two children, Leigh (16) and Kirk ( 14). Bill is a n a ct i v e r e f er ee w o r k ing games for ages six through the intercollegiate l ev el .

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Sunstrand-Technology Development Division and is responsible f o r d o ing strategic marketing. He is married with two children, Jenni f er (7) and Ryan (6). They live in Irvine, CA , and enj oy flying, skiing and tennis.

Mike BECKER is chief , Passenger Services Division of H Q M il it ar y A irlift Management Command in Falls Church, VA . He w il l be changing j obs in August of ’86 becoming the 1st Tactical Fighter W ing’ s squad r on commander for 1st Transportation Squadron at Langley A F B . M i k e ’ s wife A nita j ust finished her associate’s degree and successf ully passed t he Virginia Real Estate Board. Their daughter, Sara (11), i s a ct i v e i n so f t b a l l and their son, David (4), j ust plays all the time with t r a n sf o r m er s. M i k e works mostly with A rmy folks and civilians and does not see many A ir Force people. M ike’s group works primarily to arrange agreements with airlines to perform commercial air movements f or each o f t h e ser v i ces within CONUS. They also do extensive work with other car r ier s, A m t rak , rental car companies, and other transportation companies. I t so u n d s l i k e a most challenging and interesting j ob.

Judy, Randy, Sunshine and Jackie PERCY all write that t hey are now in Wiesbaden. They have done some travelling in Paris, M u nich , V ienna, Solden, Austria and various cities in Germany. Randy is w or k i ng w it h f ou r ot her or thopedic surgeons.

John saw Buz BE L D E N at C hr ist m as. Buz is in L .A . and w o r k s f o r A RC O . Bi ll and Pam H O RA C E K w er e i n San A ntonio , but a r e n o w a t K I Sawyer . John keeps up with Dave and Lois KL INE who are i n t he Spr i ngs had t heir ow n tanker f lyi ng ci rcus at U tapao w here t hey f lew about 20 t w o-shi ps t oget her .

Thank you all for the information you provided for t h i s n ew sl et t er . I encourage anyone out there to write me if you can f ind t h e t i m e .

Jer ry Bru ni

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Color ado Spr i ngs, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 528-8736 O f f ice: (303) 633- 1793 P er c e n t m em b e r s : 56

Can you believe it? It was TWENTY YEA RS ago that we f i r st c a m e t o USA FA . A lthough that ’s almost half our lifetimes ago, w hen many o f us think about the A cademy or classmates we tend to remember t hem as t hey were back then. Obviously, we all have changed and so has t he A cadem y .

Given this change, catching up to the present is what t h i s co l u m n i s a l l about . Since we’ve got a lot of catching up to do, let ’ s get goi ng.

I f you haven’t taken a close look at USA FA in some year s, you m ight be surprised by its changes. Physically, the facility l o o k s a s b ea u t i f u l a s

ever and even som e o f t he air cr af t di splays haven ’ t changed (t he B-52 alongside the Northgate Blvd is an obvious exception). For t hat mat ter , cadet s ar e al so m uch t he sam e, w it h t he “ cadet m ind ’ ’ sur viving alm ost completely unchanged by time. H owever , the “ system” is ver y di f f er ent (and better, mostly). Academics, military and athletic t r ai ni ng have all changed, but I think the military program, in particular , w ould sur pr i se many of you. I f there’s interest . I ’ll go into this subj ect m or e in f utur e colum ns. For now , let ’ s st ar t t o catch up w it h some o f o u r i l l u st r i o u s c l a ssm a t es.

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When I caught up with Jim BA RRA LL recently I found him at People Express where he’s moved up from chief pilot to one of t heir r eal ly B I G movers. He’s a managing of ficer (I don’t think they u se t h e t er m v i ce president) with a small army of people reporting to h i m . W h en I t a l k ed with Jim, he was being pressured by one of his teenage daughter s t o t ak e her shopping for a swimsuit . It doesn’t seem fair , does it Jim ? A t any rate, Jim told me about a host of our classmates in t he har d-char gi ng Peo ple organization. Bob BA SKETT , M ike BRISTOW , M ike DUNN , J i m HAA S, Lloyd HA RVESON , Bob H I L B, Roger H IL L , Jack NORMA N and George RA YL are all flying the now-competitive sk ies. I w as w r it i ng names slow er t han Jim w as tal k i ng, so m y apologies t o anyone I ’ ve lef t o f f t h i s l i st .

Speaking of change, in another year M ike VI LBERT will go f r om bei ng merely bright to truly cerebral as he completes his P h D i n f i n a n ce a t t h e prestigious Wharton School of Finance at the University o f Pennsyl vania .

Mike’s A BD (all but dissertation) already, and when he com pletes t his tough program he’ll be returning to the USA FA Management D epar t ment . M ike told me Larry CA RR is flying F-l l l s at Lakenheath w h er e B i l l M a r v el Bil l M A RV E L w r i tes t hat he and M ar ty w er e in Ger many f o r a w eek i n

October and managed to fit in three days in Berlin. D u ri ng tw o o f t hose days they spent time in East Berlin which has been B i l l ’ s so l e co n t a c t w i t h the Eastern Block. He managed to smuggle in the current i ssu e o f

N ewsweek w hich he lef t w it h an E ngl ish-speak i ng w ai ter a t t h e M o sc o w

restaurant where they had lunch. He also took out some E a st G er m a n currency which according to Bill is about the most w ort hless t hing i n t he world once you cross the border. For anyone who has t he oppor t unity , he strongly recommends a visit to the Berlin Wall and t he C heck poi nt Charlie M useum. Bill explained that even though we a l l k n o w t h e w a l l ex ists, your education can not be complete until the w al l is seen . C r ossi ng the border itself is a passage into another world and is easi ly accom pli shed

by U .S. citizens.

he’ s an assi stant oper at ions o f f icer . O n behal f of t he w hole class, L ar r y , our hats are of f to the guys who flew that amazing m i ssi on int o L i bya.

I had a nice t al k w i t h M i ke ST O L L E recent ly . H e’ s r isen pr et ty rapidly

to a GS-15 at the A ir Force Operational Test and Evaluation C en t er i n A lbuquerque where he’s the technical advisor to the di recto r of A nalysi s (pretty heavy, huh?). M ike’s really enj oying life in t he great Sout hw est , a n d h e a l so t o l d m e a b o u t so m e o f A F O T E C ’ s t est d i r ec t o r s a t t h ei r E d

w ards A F B detachm ent . T her e’ s Fr ed V ESE L , A r t M acD O N A L D (on t he

F-16 program) and Steve CONNEL LY (H H-60 program). A lso, R i ck PUSEM A N is working f or the A ir Force Intelligence Service in A lbuquer -

que.

V ic B RA D FO R D sent a nice let ter f r om Geor ge A F B and a sk ed w het her he’ s t he last o f our class t o m ak e m aj or . V ic h a sn ’ t b een i n t r o u

ble or anything, but he left the A ir Force to attend d en t a l sc h o o l a n d t h en

r et ur ned w it h a break i n ser vice. V ic says bei ng an A i r F o r ce d en t i st i s a

great way of life (there’s a little sadist in all of us, I guess) , and he also 51

says he recently met Jim JOHNSON, who’s fl ying F-16s at H ill , and M oses HERRERA who’s conducting family practice back a t U SA F A . I also got a note from Bob YOUNG who is managing megabuck hydr oelec t r ic pr oj ect s f or Resour ce M ater ials I nter nat ional i n C a l i f o r n i a .

One of our class entrepreneurs, John CUSICK , is putting t oget her new business ventures for GTE and fl ying in the Reserves a t A n d r ew s. J o h n has a good nose for business, and he brought me up t o d a t e o n a f ew o f

our enter pr ising classmates. H e said John M A RT I N SO N is a par t ner in a

venture capital f irm in New Jersey, John GUNYOU is t h e d i r ec t o r o f finance for the city of M inneapolis, and Jim M ULFORD r ecent ly star ted hi s ow n telecom m unicat i ons f ir m in D enver . H ow ’ s t hat f o r a b u n c h o f

guys whose idea of a fun evening was to sleep through a n A i r P o w er m o v ie i n A r n o ld H all ?

The AOG sent me a number of change-of-address cards, including one with a change of a post of fice box number within the sam e post o f f ice.

Now that ’s what I call minimal inf ormation! Beyond that , I see t hat Bill McGu i r e has moved to Tucson, Jim ROGERS to Wheat Ridge, C o l o rado and Ken GREENE is now in Las Vegas.

Since it’s now football season, here’s a piece of local i ntelligence. I t oo k my sons to the Blue-Silver game this spring, and I must say t he team ’ s defense looked great ! With several green quarterback candidates fighting for Bart WEI SS’ j ob, the of fense sputtered (to put i t m i ldly) . N ever t heless, i f there’ s a coach i n t hi s land w ho can t ak e a gr oup o f under sized ,

literate college students and make them competitive w i t h t h e f o o t b a l l f a c tories, it’s Fisher DeBerry. The man’s a dynamo, and h e ’ s m a d e a b el i ev er

Front row, Dan (Jean) MA TT IZA and Chip (Shirley) MA L VIK h a v e been selected to stay on a A CSC. Greg (Janet) ROCCO i s a t O sa n . J i m

That’s it f or now. For future columns, I ’d like some f eed b a c k a n d I ’ d really like some news. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doi ng, t he r est of your classmates are interested. Unless you cough up som e inf or m ati on , though, they’ll never know. So call or write (and include a pict ure i f you

future faculty members Dave (Karen) RENNEKA M P and John P E R -

o f m e.

can) .

ST O B I E is going t o be w eat her detachment com m ander a t F t H o o d a n d Jim (C i ndy) SW E E D E R is headed f or t he A i r Staf f . Jak e w i ll also be st ay ing on the f acul ty .

N ot pictu red , but also a m em ber of the ’ 7 1 crew at M ax w el l i n c l u d e R I GO . L egal eagles Bu tch L E RO Y and M ar k M A G N E SS have b een

posted to j udge advocate positions in Of futt and Japan, r espectively .

T H E R E ’ S M O R E : T h a n k s t o t h e A O G m a i l m a n . 1 c a n a l so r epor t t hat L tC ol Pat M C C U L L O U G H is i n M i lilani , H aw ai i . R on H E R RE h a s l e f t

Ralph G etchell

5 84 0 A u c k l a n d D r i v e

L as V egas, N V 89 110 H ome: (702) 438- 1699 P er c en t m e m b er s: 4 5

O N T H E H O M E F R O N T : M y special thank s t o Paul and A ndr a M A F FE Y f or invit ing me and my br ood over f or dinner one spr i ng af ter noon .

Tom is doing great in a Las Vegas construction firm and is r aisi ng a fabulous family. A s reigning social secretary (j ust li ke at my house) , A n dr a w as k i nd enough t o un-ar chive t hei r col lect ion o f C h r i st m a s ca r d s f r om w hence comet h t he f ol low i ng i nf or mat ion : T ann (JoA nn) P I N N E Y i s livi ng in M or r ison , C O and w or k s a s a

the northern tier f or a CCTS j ob at Castle, John WATKINS h a s m o v ed

f r om G rand F or k s to San A ntonio , and Rich COT E f r om W r ight-Pat t o t he W ashi ngt on ar ea .

L E T ’ S H A V E A P E P R A L L Y : I w i sh I c o u l d cl a i m cr ed i t f or t his idea, but I can ’ t . W hen I w ent back t o t he A lum inum W om b t o w a t c h ’ 86 graduate, John STEVENS suggested that the BYU game w ou ld be a great excuse f or a 15-year reu ni on . W hat an idea ! N ow John h a sn ’ t v o l u n t eer ed to head this proj ect, but since the guy who spread the or igi nal r um or

about John (see the December issue) is gone on sabbatical A N D si n c e John intimated he had lots of spare time on his hands, I t hi nk he’ d be glad to coordinate the ef fort (you can thank me later, John). I f you ’ r e i n terested , give him a cal l at ex tension 244 1 or 599-8425. B e t h er e o r b e squar e!

senior proj ect engineer f or Hughes A ircraft . Jef f (L isa) D O T U R h a s b een

T . J . M a n cu so

i s c h i ef o f t h e So u t h er n C o m m a n d ’ s A i r l i f t C o n t r o l C en t er a t H o w a r d

480 Sout h K i ngsto n C ir cle A ur or a, C O 800 12 H ome: (303) 343-423 1 W or k : (303) 86 1-7000

buf f ett ed by bank r upt cy and st r ik e tur bulence in t he ai r li ne industr y but is now fl ying United (out of Denver, I think). Mark (Bar b) H A E SEC K E

A FB. Bob (Sam) BRODEL is still racking up F-4 time as chief of Saf ety at Osan. Bill (Theresa) BLUM BERG is an engineer with M artin-Marietta i n D en v er a n d i s st i l l a c t i v e i n t h e A F R eser v e .

FROM TH E ZOO: Sky FOERSTER has temporarily lef t his p ost w it h t he P oli tical Science D epar tm ent f or a tw o-year sabbatical t o u r a t t h e U S M ission to N A T O i n Br ussels. Sky r epor t s t hat John BL I N D , tenured in

the Engineering M echanics Department, has also gone o n sa b b a t i c a l : t h i s o n e a t L A A i r St a t i o n .

T H E PER I L S O F PA U L : W hen w e last lef t our her o , Paul K N O T T

was on his way back in the A ir Force. This episode f inds him w or k ing i n the George A FB Command Post where the skiing is near a n d i n b o u n d classmates include Steve DEHA VEN, who will get a chance to fl y u pside down again, and John H I GGINS, who was previously FA Cing a t SH A W .

SENI OR CLA SS FOL LI ES. Got a long letter from Jake H UFFMA N , representing the old head grads (can you believe it?) a t A C SC . T o a cc o m

pany t he handsome gr ou p phot o above, he o f f er s the f ol low i ng assign

ment inf o: Back row, from lef t, Dick (Janie) NA SH to A W A C S a t Tinker, Chris (Sandy) JENSEN to Wright-Pat and the C - 17 SPO , L ar ry (Suzanne) SM ITH to Elgin as chief of M WR, Bob (M argaret) P E T E R S will be on the ACSC Faculty and enj oying a (reportedly) huge boat . Joi n ing them (on the faculty) is Randy (Joanna) BLA KELOCK . Jack (L or a) M I L L E R i s h ea d ed f o r t h e 2 n d A C C S a t O f f u t t .

P ercen t members: 40

J .R . ST O N E w as i n t ow n and sever ely chast ised m e f or cal li ng hi m a “ T exas Y uppie’ ’ in a r ecent ed it ion o f ’P oin ts. But t hen he and D oug H I L L and I go out t o di nner and w hat does J .R . order ? A vegetable plate!

A nd beer in a gr een bot t le! W ell excu se me J .R ., but i t sou nds l i ke you ’ r e about one quiche away from a BM W . I n the “ continuing saga’ ’ depar t ment , J.R. and Doug were forming a corporation to manage cer t ai n pr op er ty in Per ry Par k , C olorado .

A couple of days af ter t hat , w e got a sur pr ise vi si t f r om W il ly KA SSON, who was in town visiting the “ M artian-Marietta” people. W il ly, in SPACECOM , is attempting to spend as much time i n space as possi ble without leaving California. But that’s going to be di f f icul t , si nce he’ s l o o k ed b eh i n d ca r eer d o o r n u m b er t h r ee a n d d i sc o v er ed hi s pr ize o f an assignment as a navigator in Little Rock, starting i n Oct ober . T he big shock er , how ever , w as Bi ll ’ s announcem ent ( I sw ear , t hey cal l him “ B il l ” in California, like some kind of a goat) that he intended t o mar ry his pal Joey t his sum m er . T he saddest par t of K asson ’ s w hole st or y w as t hat P hil DA M BERG f its his definition of “ best ” man. A nd can you im agi ne w hat

his new wife’s family is going to think whey they meet V a n SH I E L D S a n d Chuck WINTER in the wedding party. Some marriages are m a d e i n heaven; others are made in Calif ornia. A nyway, I plan on goi ng t o R ed o n d o B ea c h f o r t h i s o n e .

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Speaking of Redondo Beach, I got a letter from former r o o m m a t e a n d

bo n vivant R ick D E N N E N . Rick has his ow n development co m p a n y ,

refinishing homes, and reports that work can be overwhelming a t t i m es .

He probably j ust f inds it hard to fit it in between tennis gam es.

D r . A .J . PA RM ET w rote in t hat Father A uer , C at holic chaplai n dur

ing our days at the Zoo, is retiring as a senior chaplain-colonel at V andy-

land , C A . A 1 w r ote this let ter i n A pr i l , so t he r eti rement i s f a r b eh i n d u s by now . (G reat system f or b r ingi ng you up-t o-dat e new s, h u h ?

Remember , t his i s the organizat ion that br ought you “ u ni f or m lights” and testi ng cadets f or A I D S. I w onder i f it s a violat ion o f t h e “ n ew ” honor code t o cheat on A I D S testi ng.) A 1pointed out t h a t i t w o u l d b e n i ce f o r so m eo n e b esi d es h i s J ew i sh d o c t o r t o r em em b er F r . A u er .

I also got a postcard f r om K orea, w her e P hil PA C I N I has been f ixi ng helicopter s. H e didn ’ t say much m ore, so I assume he’ s st i l l a ci v i l i a n w i t h Syk or sk i .

O t her mail . D r ew R I O L O r an out o f air plane postcards a n d w r o t e m e a let ter . H e t hen ask ed me w hat a “ 373” air plane is. W ell , D rew , I check ed my copy and i t said “ 737” , so I can ’ t im agi ne w hat happened .

Piedmont ai r li nes is t he home of D rew , Br uce B RA N D O N , R o n R I FE N BE RG , Joe C O N N E L L , W ayne D I Z E and Phi l H U D SO N , a l l B-737 (edit or : t hat ’ s seven-t hree-seven) capt ai ns. Br uce has f igur ed t hat t hat ai n’ t good enough , and has ear ned a cum laude law degr ee f r om W ake Forest . C ongr ats ar e in or der . D rew has a real estate br ok er age i n N or t h Car oli na, and i nvites everyone to come dow n and buy a house.

D an L O H M E Y E R w as an F- 16 SPO f or D ef ense System s M anagem ent C ollege bef ore com plet i ng D SM C and goi ng t o Egli n A FB , F L t o w o r k i n “ G BU - 15/ A G M - 130 SPO .” W hatever . Rick RO A C H and C r aig W EST O N w er e also at D SM C ; C raig going to Space System , a n d R i c k goi ng w ho k now s w her e.

D an also noted t hat Steve O ’ N E I L L w as w or k i ng f or M ar t in M a r i et t a in W ashington , but w as o n his way back to D enver t o w or k as T i tan pr o j ect manager . Seems expendable launch booster s are back in vogue. Steve called me a f ew days lat er t o conf i r m he’ s back in t ow n , buyi ng a new home and get t ing ready t o set t le i n f or the long haul . U pdated add resses i nclude t hose of N icholas BO L E Y , w ho ’ s now in San A nt onio , a n d K a r l RO D E FE R , w ho i s o f f t o A PO vil le, N Y . Steve C L A RK has gone f r om W PA F B , O H to (dum de du m dum) O m aha. Bar r y SM I T H is i n A POT ow n , N Y , and Paul G A RD E S is si ngi ng t hose Folsom , C A b l u es .

B ill H A M I L T O N has moved f r om Rol li ng H il ls, C A to San D iego .

(Hey, sailor !) Bill and Ruth WA LKER have moved f rom so m ew h er e i n Dayton to somewhere else in Dayton, but we need to f i ll space here so

w e ’ l l m en t i o n i t . T h er e ’ s a n o t e i n h er e t h a t “ J a m es” P E T E R SO N n o w lives in Eagan, M N . I t was written in crayon, so I t h i n k t h a t ’ s P et e ’ s

been her e exact ly one week and have w or ked all seven days. I haven’ t even signed in yet ! On top of it all, we started a three-day exer cise t oday to prep f or t he O R I .

T he t r ip dow n her e w as somet hi ng else. A ll the w ay I k ept saying t o mysel f , “ R ick , you li k e m ou ntai ns, thr ee f eet o f snow and zer o degr ee weather; what are you doing here?” Haven’t figured i t out yet . I dr ove my stat ion w agon and t ow ed a V W bug. Bot h w er e f ully l o a d ed a n d I didn’ t w ant t o put any m or e load on t he engine, so I kept t he A / C o f f . I t w as o kay unt il I appr oached C l ovi s and hi t a t hunder stor m so bad (I k now , “ H ow bad w as i t ?” ) I couldn ’ t see t he car i n f r o n t . I t cl ea r ed a s I got i nt o C l ovi s and a st r ange f am i liar smell hit m e (r emem ber our Z I f ield t r ip her e) ; yes, t he f eedlot s. I t w as enough t o gag a dead hor se! Except f or the trip down here, my arrival, and my work habits, t he f act t hey lost or damaged a bunch o f my goods dur ing t he m ove. I ’ ve enj oyed m ysel f (ha ha) . I r eal ly am look i ng f or w ar d t o bei ng a squadr on co m m a n d er a n d w i l l give you m ore next i ssue. I got a bunch o f lett er s w hich , I hope you w ill f orgive me (i f not , w ho cares) I w ill publish some o f t h em n ex t t i m e . I n f act , t he next issue w ill be com plim ents o f M i k e H A Y (A pr i l) w ho w r ote a great colum n w it h i nf o on many o f our classmates. T hank s M ik e. I r eal ly am w ay behind t he pow er cur ve on t his one.

I did get t hr ee r epl ies on t he t r ivia contest f or the Z I Field T r ip — M i k e, P hil D E B RU I N (M aryann) , and E r ic V OG E L (G udr un) . Phil ’ s w a s t h e f i r st one postm ar k ed . C ongr atulat ions Phi l and t han ks t o M i k e a n d E r i c .

T he bases w ere M ar ch , N or t on , Cannon , T yndall , and W r ight-Pat . Bot h Phil and E r ic answ ered the quote on w ar . I t w as by Geor ge W ashi ngt on in his Fi rst A nnual A dd ress t o C ongress on 8 Jan 1790 . A gai n , P hi l w as f ir st . I ’ m st ill look i ng f or answ er s f r om t he f ir st i ssue. T he t r ivia quest io n t h i s t i m e i s: W h i c h a i r c r a f t w a s o n t h e n o r t h ea st co r n er o f t he quad r angle

during our basic training? Good luck and get your replies o r c a l l s i n quick .

I n Phil ’ s lett er he ment ioned hi s j ob at H Q A F O per at ional T est a n d Evaluat ion C enter , K i r t land A FB , N M along w it h D ennis C L A R K

(Cathy), M ike CHA L I FOUX (M olly), and John ROLSEN (Julie). P h i l

and M ar yann had t hei r f i rst chi ld , D aniel , i n January a n d b o t h m o m a n d son ar e f ine. C ongr atulat ions. E r ic V O G E L lef t L it t le R o ck a n d w en t t o t he N aval P ostgrad uate School i n M onterey , C A w here he got a master ’ s i n nati onal secur i ty af f ai r s. A f ter six m ont hs i n D .C . h e w en t t o F r a n c e a s t he assi stant air at tache. H e says li f e i s hectic over t her e. W ant t o sw ap w i t h m e?

W ell , I ’ l l end here. Sor ry not t o include al l t he in f o but w i ll get it next

issue. H ope you summer was fun. Enj oy the fall . Until next t im e, tak e care, how dy pardner , and adi os Oust t ryi ng t o lear n t he local li ngo , ha ha!) .

“ r ea l ” n a m e .

Pat ROONEY called from Memphis, where he is finding m u ch o satisfaction flying f or Federal Express (although he h a sn ’ t h a d a ch a n c e to experience Memphis in A ugust). Pat says FedEx is a gr eat place to work, good bennies, loves grads, pays pilots more than the “ goi ng rate” (i.e., more than they’re worth), and generally got it s sier ra t oget her .

W ell , am igos, it ’ s t ime to st ar t t he long hot sum mer o f f igur ing out w hat t he H ouse and Senate are goi ng t o do w it h H .R .3838, t h e t a x r ef o r m law . T hose o f us w ho live by t he w hi msy o f C ongr ess i n t ax r e f o r m a r e amazed only at t he extent of the cr eat ivi ty t hat can come f r om gov ’ m int employees.

By the time this rag hits the street , the Phearless P h a l c o n s sh o u l d b e underwaying on a “ rebuilding season,” although 1 plan to spend a good part of September on a beach somewhere (Congress willing).

H ow about somebody send i ng a pictur e (no , not o f your w i f e and k ids)

— you know, “ ’72 grads enj oy listening to General Mills at recent C api tal Chapter AOG dining-up.” You’ve seen them in Checkpoints.

I recom mend we star t t hi nk i ng about a f i f teent h year r eunion , m aybe in

M ex i c o .

Rick K arvosk y

3 50 4 C A d en m o r C o u r t

C lovis, N M 88 10 1 H o m e : 7 6 2 - 2 5 30 A V : 6 8 1- 2 3 8 1

P er c en t m e m b er s : 3 3

The beginning of June snuck up on me without notice and caught me w it h m y A pple I I on a m oving van somew her e betw een D ayton and C lovi s. I alw ays t hought PC S m oves w ere supposed t o b e f u n . I a r r i v ed a t C annon , 2 June at 1315 hour s, and af ter washing hal f o f t h e so i l i n T ex a s of f m y body , star ted w or k ing at 1430 (t hat ’ s 1: 15 PM a n d 2 :30 P M f o r t hose of you w ho tr aded in your blue suit s) and haven ’ t st opped yet . I ’ ve

M i k e C a r t er

2263 Ptar m igan L ane C olor ado Spr i ngs, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 593- 1480 A V : 2 59 -4 1 12

P er c e n t m e m b er s : 3 4

ST A RT E R S: A t t hi s w r it i ng, sum m er has st ar t ed her e a t U SA F A a n d it ’ s shapi ng up t o be a nice one; tem per at ur es i n t he mi d 80s dur i ng t he day and high 50s at night and o f cour se you can ’ t f or get about t he daily , 3 PM t hunder st or m . T hat ’ s 1500 local f or you m i lit ar y types. By t he t im e you r ead t his colum n t he C lass of ’90 should be t hr ough w i t h BCT . I hope t hat doesn ’ t m ak e you f eel as old as it does me.

A lso as you read t hi s, t he PC S season should be w i ndi ng d o w n a n d a l l shoul d be sett led i n f or t he upcom i ng f all . I hope t hat ever yone has had a good m ove and/ or vacati on ; w hichever t he case m ay be. For you f ol k s that f inished I SS t his sum m er , congr at ulat i ons! For t hose o f you on you r w ay t o M ont gom ery and ot her such gar den spot s, congr at ulat ions o n your select ion t o I SS and have a good year !

Since t here ar e usually lot s o f m oves dur ing t he sum m er m ont hs, please k eep me in f or m ed as t o w hat ’ s going on and w her e you end up . I t doesn ’ t have t o be anyt hing special t o al low you t o include a quick sum m ar y o f you , your f am i ly , and o f cour se w here you ’ r e at and w hat you ’ re doi ng.

D on ’ t f or get , pict ur es sur e are nice, as t he ones in t hi s and t he past f ew colum ns have show n . W it h t his new magazi ne f or m at , t he pict ur es w ill r epr oduce m uch l i k e t hey appear , so m ak e sur e t hat t hey ar e at least in tel ligi ble.

FO L K S: T he spot light t his issue i s on Jack “ Snu f f y Sm i f ” SM I T H f or mer ly o f “ Fab Fir st .” T hi s past spr i ng. Jack and his f am i ly com pleted f our and a hal f year s o f st udy at t he C olum bia G r adut e Sc h o o l o f B i b l e and M issions i n C olum bi a, SC . Jack w as st udyi ng f or a m a st er ’ s i n D i vi nit y . T hi s past year has been an act ive one f or Jack , C athy , L u k e,

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D avey , and Bunny . L ast sum mer t hey served a chaplai n candidacy tour at M cC lellan A FB , C A . Follow i ng t hat t hey m oved t o a new h o m e i n C o l um bia and C athy star ted t eachi ng a nur se technician co u r se a t a l o ca l c o l lege.

T he biggest even t of t he year w as Jack ’ s or dinat i on t o the m i nist r y in D ecember . L at er t hat same mont h . Jack w as sw or n i n as a chaplai n i n the U SA F Reser ves. H is biggest desir e i s t o be called t o an act ive dut y

ministry as a chaplain. I n the accompanying photo, t h o se a r e i n d eed

single silver bar s on Jack ’ s shoulder s. T hese are a r esu l t o f h i s r ec o m m i s sioning int o t he chaplaincy . A request f r om Jack is that w e pr ay t hat t he door may be opened for an active duty chaplaincy somewhere. By t he w ay . Jack is not t he only one o f our classmates w ho is or has aspir ed t o

the pulpit . Doug A RENDESEE is currently enrolled at

F I N A L E : T hat ’ s abou t i t . K eep me updated on al l that ’ s happening t o

you and your families. Would someone at A CSC please tr y and get a

gr oup phot o o f all ’ 74 types ther e f or this class colum n . A lso , i f t her e i s a large concentration of you anywhere else, send a group pict ure or at t he least send a l ist of t hose w ho are col ocated . A s alw ays, m ay G od bless

each and everyone of you and your families. Keep me i n f o r m ed o f a l l

t hat ’ s new because, bel ieve it or not , t here i s somebody o u t t h er e w h o i s interested . Bye f or now .

J ef f H a c k et t 18 2 5 E . J ea n i n e D r i v e

D allas

T em pe, A Z 85284 H ome: (602) 83 1-9439 W or k : (602) 345-6504

T heologi cal Sem inar y . I alw ays k new t hat ’ 74 had t he r ight st u f f t o m ak e i t int o high places.

P er c e n t m em b er s : 3 3

RA L L Y I N T H E B O T T O M

O F T H E N I N T H I N N I N G ! W e ca m e

back in glorious fashion folks; eight letters, two phone calls and a real live

visi t ! N ot t o menti on (and believe me I don ’ t li ke t o) tw elve o f t hose % #@& change-o f -addr ess car ds. A ll of t hat and , t hank G od , no m ore bad new s of f allen com r ades to convey ; I ought t o be the happiest guy on t he f ace of t he ear t h . O nly I ’ m not . Remem ber t hose eight-page E ngl ish 430 paper s you ’ d bl ow o f f ti ll t he night bef or e? W el l , this is tw o night s

af ter the night before and I ’m having to bring back t h o se create/ write/ edit-while-type talents. One more thing I u sed t o b e b et t er at !

A TH REE-BUDWEI SER “ BUSI NESS” DI NNER. Debby and I went out to dinner with “ Boo” BUTA L LA when he was up at W il ly f or physiological training. A fter f ive years of “ racing” (r ead d r oni ng) around the A rizona skies in the Warthog, Boo and family ar e leavi ng Davis-M onthan for the 4450th TFTng Group at Nellis. A t t h e r i sk o f b e i ng a def endant at t he next spy tr ial I ’ ll ad mi t t hat P a u l t o l d m e t h a t h e

will be j oining M ike GI L L , Rod KA L LMA N, M ike STEWA RD, D a v e

RU D D OC K , and Stan SC H O N E R . H onest , I did n’ t ask w hat t hey do !

O ur Sout her n bor der r em ai ns pr ot ected f r om t ank at tack by O l lie L O RE N Z , K ar l GA B RY S, and Bi ll C A R ROT H E RS w ho ar e st il l a t D M teachi ng l it t le H oglet t es how t o become real A - 10 P I G S! T hose o f you i n

the extreme Northwest may also rest easy as Boo said H o ss E R V I N G a n d

C H A N G E-OF-A D D R ESS C A RD S: T he f ollow i ng change-o f -addr ess c a r d s h av e a r r i v ed . D a v e D A L E Y h a s m o v ed f r o m Sc o t t A F B , I L t o C uper t ino , C A . Bi ll M U R RA Y , af ter a st int i n M ontgomery , h a s b een allowed to leave for M ary Esther, FL . I f anyone, especially you Bi ll , k now s w hat base is near M ary E st her , F L let me k now . L ynn L E W I S has com pleted a gr aduat e pr ogr am at F lor dia St ate U niver sity a n d l i k ed i t so much t hat he has stayed in Flor ida and is cur rent ly at E gli n A F B . E d W H A L E N al so m ade a shor t move f r om L angley A FB , V A t o N o r f o l k i n t h e sa m e st a t e . I s t h i s f o r I SS?

W elcome home goes out t o our br ave w ar r ior and k eeper o f the peace,

K en D i P R I M O . H e h a s r et u r n ed f r o m t h e M i d d l e E a st a n d is now saf ely

in Salem , I L . K en K L I M E S has al so r et ur ned f r om over seas a n d i s a l so i n N or f ol k , V A . I t loo k s li ke A rt “ Rat ” RA T K EW I C Z , has r et u r n ed t o t h e homeland and i s now living in C ol or ado Spr ings. Sever al ca l l s h a v e f a i l ed to get any int el li gence as to w hat f oster ed t he m ove, b u t m o r e i n a l a t er

c o l u m n . A n o t h er r et u r n ee f r o m o v er sea s i s J o h n W E A V E R . H i s n ew a d

dr ess is in L as V egas, N V . Rich POW E RS has lef t t he saf et y o f Ft C am p bell , K Y f or somew her e in the Far East . D ave FU N D A RE K al so repor t s i n f r o m t h e F a r E a st .

M ar k RA D E R is now i n San A nt onio , T X w her e he is a squadr on com mander f or a basic mili tary t raining squadr on at L ack land A F B . A n o t h er new addi tion to San A nt onio is W ayne SI H RE R . R ober t C U T L E R h a s a new j ob t it le as a j um p ai r liai son o f f icer at For t Benning, GA . H i s organizati on is D et 4, 507 T A I RC W -Ranger s. L ast , but not least , M ar k M I K L O S sent a let ter f r om Fuller t on , C A j ust t o let u s k n o w t h a t h e ’ s st i l l o u t t h er e .

FR OM D E E P I N T H E M A I L BA G : I f you ’ ll r emem ber back a b o u t f our colum ns, I apologized t o T om K A N E and his w i f e f or losing a lett er t hat they had sent . W hi le I was get ti ng ready t o paint m y k it chen last week , l o and behol d , st uck behind t he cabinet w as t heir l et t er . A t t h a t w r it ing. M ay 1985, T om had j ust pinned on maj or and w as pr epar ing to head o f f to t he N aval W ar C ollege f or I SS. T om and R en ee h a v e t h r ee children : John 8, K el ly 5, and L auren 3. 1 apologize again f or t he tar di ness and hope t hat I never d o t hat agai n . Besides, I w on ’ t be pai nti ng m y k it chen agai n f or a w hile and t hat means a lett er co u l d b e l o st f o r y ea r s .

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J .P . O W E N S wer e ready to cut-of f any Russian tank s at E ielson A FB , A K . M ar k SK A T T U M lef t D M r ight bef ore B oo and is now f lyi ng F-5s at

Dhahran, Saudia A rabia (don’t grade me on spelling, I a l m o st f l u n k ed

geogr aphy) . O n the medical f r ont , Paul said he had r u n i n t o J o h n

STA PLEY who was f inishing up an A FIT “ hardship” (hospital a d ministration) at U of A and on his way to Brooks for a j ob w i t h t he A F

sur geon gener al . Boo also r elated t hat Bill W E I D E RM A N i s t h e O B/ G Y N at W i lliam s A F B t hese days.

RETURNI NG PA ST FA VORS. Since the DONNELLY family in troduced me to the lady who’s now my wife. I ’ll relate t h e n ew s f r o m Mark’s letter first . A nd speaking of “ families,” Mark and L ucy now have a daughter , A nn , t o go w it h t heir son , Scot t . A l l w en t w el l a n d

they’re mostly settled at HQ MA C where Mark is an operations r esea r c h analyst . Mark mentioned that he was surprised by the a b sen c e o f a f ew

’75er names on t he m aj or s’ l ist . A s a non-player I ’ m so m ew h a t i n t h e

dark. Mark had these other updates: Jim and Sharon H A M I L T O N a r e o n

t heir way t o t he Pentagon w here Jim w ill be in Studies and A nalysis. (C an t here be this much t o analyze?) By t he t i me w e read t h i s M i k e H E I L w i l l be a PhD and, if all goes as planned, will be remaining at W r ight-Pat .

Steve W A T SO N i s j ust gett i ng star t ed on his PhD w or k . P et e a n d E v e BL A T C H L E Y have also stayed on at W r ight-Pat w her e Pete’ s a l ogisti

cian. Bob WA L DEN is rumored to also be in Dayton. M ark m en t i o n ed

that t he Flyw r ight C lub has been k now n t o host numer ous ’ 7 5 m i n i r e uni ons on Fr iday nights. W hen M ar k w r ote he w as anxi ous t o m eet u p w i th Joe B RY A N T , Gary V O SBU RG H , and Jim FE L L O W S w ho a r e a l l r eputed to be i n t he Scot t A F B ar ea. So M ar k , w here a r e t h e m i n i r eu n i o n s goi ng to be held i n Sout her n I lli nois?

M ORE L ETTERS. Jim FOREM A N called and wrote to give m e t h e

updat e f r om E gli n A F B . Jim , L e A nne, and t heir tw o l i t t l e o n es a r e “ bear i ng up ” to beachf r ont li f e w hi le Jim w or k s as deput y test d i rect or f or A FOT E C . Jim says t hat last he k new , D ave K O V A C H w a s a t M P C testi ng t he sense of hu m or on t hose w i t h a 49X X A F SC . J o h n J A N SO N has a t ruck i ng com pany i n t he m idw est . A nd M ik e O ’ SH E A is teachi ng at U SA FA . D ave SP RE N K L E w r ote f r om Sante Fe, N M w her e h e a n d Janice have lived si nce ear ly t hi s year . “ M i ster ” D ave is w or k i ng f or an engineering/ architectural firm that ’s doing work to suppor t L os A lam os

National

L aboratory.

“ M aj or”

C E S/ C o l o r a d o A i r N a t i o n a l G u a r d .

Dave is stilt with the

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M O RE SM A RT G U Y S. I f you ’ re ever i n A dr ian , M I and cut your sel f on a br ok en beer bot tle (or somet hi ng) you ’ re i n luck ! M ar ty ST Y T Z ’ s w i f e, Gayl , is an emergency r oom doct or t her e. I n the m eant im e M ar ty is getti ng a P hD in com p sci at M ichigan . H e’ s due t o f i nish up i n ’ 88 and hopes t o go back to U SA FA . I n lines t hat ar e not at t r ibu table t o t h i s author (his w i f e said it) D ave BEC K is “ a man w ho stands behi nd his pa t ients.” D ave’ s abou t t o f i ni sh a f ellow ship in colorectal su rgery ! By July D ave w ill be on G eneral Su rgery Staf f at W il f or d H all a s t h e c h i ef o f c o l orectal surger y . D ave’ s t w i n daughter s ar e tw o years o l d w i t h a n o t h er one( ?) on t he w ay ear ly next year . D r . Beck w as gracious enough t o “ hang out his shi ngle” t o any ’ 75er w i t h a surgical or col orectal pr oblem .

Call him at (5 12) 670-764 1 or A ut ovon 273-764 1) .

D E L T A -D E L T A -D E L T A

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D EA R I A N and Bi ll RO H D E w ho ar e bot h w i th D el ta A ir l ines; J i m o u t o f D allas and Bill i n C hicago . Ji m ’ s been busy since leavi ng t he A F in ’ 8 1.

H e got an M BA f r om SM U , got mar r ied , w ent w i t h D el ta, a n d h e a n d Julie w i l l soon be havi ng a baby (seem s lik e I lef t somet hi ng ou t) . Bil l made an open invi tat ion to his place i n L ake V illa, I L a n d r el a t ed t h e f ollow ing assignments: C har lie SA RG EA N T , Jef f N E U M A N N , a n d K en F I N N — D el ta; M ar k I SA BE L L E — People’ s Express. D ave P R A T T w r ote to let us k now he’ s gett i ng mar r ied t o a N or t hw est O r i en t A i r l i n es f l ight at tendant on Septem ber 5t h . I t ’ s one o f t he hazar ds o f t he j ob .

D ave’ s a D C - 10 second o f f icer based i n M inneapoli s!

T H E <7o#@& C A RD S. C har les M O L Z O N , local move at P lat tsbu rgh A F B . John SU L L I V A N , K adena A B , Japan to N el lis A F B . J e f f P RA T E R , local m ove at M t . H om e A F B . D oug FRA SE R , local m o v e a t Bergstr om A F B . Scot t and Becky H A M M O N D , local m ove i n M ar iet ta, G A . Pat A SH , A l tus A F B t o E lm endor f A FB . C olli n FL Y N N , B a r k sd a l e A F B t o O f f ut t A F B . C raig M A T T , C lar k A B t o Robi ns A F B . Randy M A SO N , local move at W r ight-Pat . Raym ond BA R BE RA , local m o v e a t K eesler A FB . Pete M A RC U Z Z O f r om Reno , N V to Oak land , C A . M i k e GO Y D E N f r om N aval G rad School (M onterey) t o U SA FA .

SO M E G U Y S N EV ER L EA R N . W e’ ve had an absolutely u nderw helm ing response t o t he call f or nom i nat ions o f class o f f icer s. T o d a t e i t l o o k s lik e t his: Jim C A R L SO N , president ; D ave P RA T T , pr esident o r t reasur er ; Jim D EA R I E N , president or t reasurer . I t might be a li t t le embarassing t o get t he A O G involved on t his scale guys so I ’ m w i ll ing t o gi ve t he of f ice of choice t o t he f ir st guy t o get to P hoenix t o buy me di nner or to the f i rst guy w ho gets every one f r om his U SA FA squadr on t o w r i t e m e a let ter or t o t he f ir st guy w ho volunteer s to w r ite t h i s a r t i cl e f o r m e n ex t ti me I ’ m tw o days late!

W H I C H B R I N G S U S T O T H E BOT T O M L I N ES. K eep t hose vi si ts, calls, and let ters com i ng . T ur ns out it doesn ’ t mak e i t easier , j ust m or e en j oyable! A nd , o f cour se, as D ebby j ust said (i t ’ s 1: 15 a.m .) , “ T u r n t hat damn computer of f . . . i t ’ s later t han you t hi nk ! ”

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5B St r unk Par k w ay L as V egas, N V 89 115 H ome: (702) 644-5031

A V : 6 82 - 2 5 57

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H i , ’ 76er s! I ’ m w ri t ing t his i n m id-June. L et ’ s get i n t o t h e m a i l .

Bill and L inda RO EG E ar e back i n the F- 15, t his t ime at K adena. L ar ry and D iane N E W recently lef t here at N el lis f or t he same place.

Jimm y and Beck y D EA U X r ecent ly w elcomed T r acey Jeane and E m ily Rebecca i nto t hei r household at A lconbu ry (F-5) . T hat mak es f our gi r ls

now — must be a fighter pilot family! Congratulations!

com mer cial s. H e hopes t o be back i n act i on t o play in the alum ni r ugby

game during H omecoming weekend. Rick reports that Bill W O O L F O R D

li ves in G len Bur nie, M D ; Ric FE D E R is i n Gr af ton , M D ; and M i k e and Jackie SM ITH are at A FIT . Rick says that anybody passing t hr ough t he D o f C -A nnapoli s area should give hi m a call .

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Barry MUH LENBERG wrote f rom NA S M iramar. He’s a LCdr i n t h e

U SN , and an F- 14 I P . H e t hr ow s ar ound som e naut ical t er m s a t u s l i k e “ RA G ,” “ port , ” and stu f f li k e t hat . Bar ry says t hat o t h er Z o o m i e sw a b s in V F- 124 t here ar e Br ian M cL E A N ( ’ 74) , Ron JO H N ST O N ( ’ 77) , D on RO Y ( ’ 78) , and M ik e BRA D L E Y ( ’ 79) . I n def ense o f some, t h r ee a r e U SA F exchange types. W ho am ong us i n C S-25 dur i ng D oolie year w ould have t hought t hat Bar ry w ou ld tu r n out li ke t his? W asn ’ t Bar ry one o f t he guys in “ T O P G U N ” si ngi ng “ Y ou ’ ve L ost T hat L ovi n ’ Feel ing” ? W ell , maybe not .

D oyle FRE E M A N has lef t Blyt hevi lle A F B , w her e he l ogged a l m o st 3,000 hour s i n BU FFs as nav , copil ot , and pil ot . D oyle, R ita, and t heir t hree boys ar e now at t he JST P S at O f f ut t . D oyle says t h a t M a r c SO U T I E RE i s at B lyt heville i n C E . D oug “ K upe” K U PE RSM I T H (F-5 A ggr essor at N ellis) visi ted t her e aw hile back t o give t he SA C boys t he Soviet f ighter br ief i ng. D oyle’ s hear d f r om M ar k H U G H E S — h e ’ s l ef t Bergst r om (RF-4 I P) f or Saudi A rabia, w her e he’ s now a n R F - 5 I P .

T hank s, D .K .

Craig MA NSON (still the “ Watchdog” ?) wrote a book from

U SA FA / D F L . Seem s June W eek is now i n M ay ! Stan RA D E R i s b a c k i n t he C E D epart ment . O t her classm ates, i ncludi ng G r eg SE E L Y , w i ll ar r ive a t D F C E t h i s su m m er . B r i a n a n d L a u r a E C H O L S a n d t h ei r t w o boys w i ll be in t he L aw D epar t ment — t hey ’ re com i ng f r om Sem bach , Ger m any .

C r aig saw C alvin A L L E N aw hile back — he w as get ti ng r eady t o go t o w or k f or D el ta A i r li nes in A tlanta. C r aig w ent t o E ur ope f o r t h r ee w eek s i n Ju ne t o w or k a special pr oj ect f or t he A ir Staf f a n d t h e D E P SE C A F (t hat ’ s an abbr eviati on I used so I w ouldn ’ t have to spel l ou t D eputy Secret ary of the A i r For ce — oops!) . W it h him on t he t r i p w as Jef f L A RSE N (poli sci) . D id you k now t hat 10 per cent o f a l l Z o o m i e J A G s a r e f r om our class? E leven o f t hem ar e now m aj or s: R ick A L I S (E ielson A FB) , M i k e C U N N I N G H A M (N SA , Ft M ead , M D ) , B r yan E C H O L S, A ndy FA L L O N (V andenberg A F B) , B ob GA RD N E R and Randy K E H L

B o b a n d Su e V A U G H N w r o t e i n M a r c h f r o m L i t t l e R o c k A F B . H e

says there w ere mor e ’ 76er s i n his 25 by 30- f oot W i ng St a n / E v a l o f f i ce t han in any ot her o f f ice i n t he w or ld , except maybe U SA i r ! T h e o t h er C- 130 t rashhauler s were N olan and T ar a (tw o boys. M att , 4, and Jef f , 2) BE RG ; John and D ar lene (tw o gi r ls, Sar a Bet h , 5, and C asey , 1) M A SH L ; and D ave C O R L . Bob and Sue’ s k ids are M at t (7) and Bet hany ( 1) . Pete BA I L E Y is also at L i tt le Rock as a C - 130 navigator . Bob has r un i nto a bunch o f guys w ho ’ ve been t hr ough t he C - 130 R T U : C h r i s I N G L I S, St eve FRA N K L I N and D ave CA SL I C K (bot h at P or t land i n t h e Reser ves) , and Randy E L SI N (V an N uys Guar d) . T he V aughns h a v e si n c e PC Sed t o Scot t , w here B ob w or k s in M A C C ur r ent O ps.

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

I r ecei v ed a l et t er f r o m R i ck K E M P T O N . R i c k ’ s w i t h I I T R esea r c h I n

st itute. H e and Rhonda, w i t h boys N icholas nd E ri c, l ive in A nnapolis.

Rick t ook a br eak f r om playing r ugby recent ly to have h i s sh o u l d er operated on by the same surgeon w ho r epair ed Roger Staubach ’ s ( ’ 63 U SN A ) shoulder . H e says w e’ ll pr obably see him soon i n so m e R o l a i d s

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(Kirtland A FB), Lance KJELGAA RD (RA F Bentwaters), Craig M A N SON and Pat ROSENOW (A ndersen A FB), M ike RENNER (HQ A FC C ,

Scot t A F B) , and Rich T O BI N (C hanute A FB) . C ongrats, guys!

C H A N GE S OF A D D R ESS: C hr is H E N RY , Beaver creek , O H ; Steve BOY D i s a M r . i n C olorado Spri ngs: Roger B RA D L E Y , Folsom , CA ; D oug BA T T I G , Sacrament o , C A ; K evi n ST E PCO is i n Rosevil le, C A ; Joe M cL a u g h l i n , Ft L eavenw or t h , K S; Gil BA L L , A lt us, OK (Joe and Gil — w hat did you do w r ong?) ; G reg W H A L E Y , O m aha, N E ; Stew PA T T E R SON , M esa, A Z ; A nt hony JO H N SON is at N or ton A FB ; D a v e K RI ST E N SE N , Sacr am ent o ; B ruce W I T H E RS w ent f r om C olumbus A F B to A PO SF ; Ed A G I S i s at P lano , T X ; A llen PA T R I Q U I N i s i n A thens, O H ; and Jim RO B I N SO N is in C hevy C hase, M D .

Bill M U SI C K is in San Fr ancisco . H e w or k s com puter s f or W ells Far go Bank , and w as recent ly elect ed president of t he boar d o f t h e Sa n F r a n cisco A I D S Foundat i on . H e over sees a lot o f people and money i n t hat capacity . B ill says he saw C hri s C U RRY w hi le he w as visi ti ng SF last f all .

P hi l V O L L E L U N GA w r ot e. H e and V aler ie, w it h sons A lexander (4) and M ar k ( 1) ar e at C anadian Forces Base W innipeg on exchange duty .

P h i l i s c h i ef o f A ca d em i c s a t t h e I n st r u m en t C h eck Pil ot School , and f l ies

T u d o r J et s a s w el l a s C - 4 7 s. H e t r a i n s C a n a d i a n F o r c es ev a l u a t o r s a n d

M i nist ry of T r ansport i nspect or s. P hil says t he w inter s are cold , but to drop by i f you ’ re passi ng t hr ough W innipeg .

Y ou may be ask i ng, “ W hat ’ s going on at N ell is?” O n the ot her hand , you may be saying, “ W ho cares?” I ’ m glad you asked . A hi st or ic m eeti ng t ook place at t he o f f icer s’ club sever al week s ago . T h r ee cl a ss n ew s secret ar ies met in an i nf or mal sett ing to di scuss t he pr oblem s of this responsible posit ion . Ralph GET C H E L L ( ‘ 7 1, F- 16 pil ot) . Y o u r s T R U L Y ( ’ 76, A -7 pi lot) , and M i k e D ON A T E L L I (’ 79, A - 10 pil ot) met and agr eed t hat si ngle-seat f ighter pil ot s are undoubtedly t he best at tur ni ng out class new s in a lively and i nf or m at ive manner (E D . N OT E : also past deadl ine consist ent ly) . Saw Steve E D D Y t hat night , too — he w a s h er e f o r a n ex er cise w it h his F- 15 pal s f r om L uk e. N ot much else here — everybody I ’ ve tal ked t o plans t o be at t he r eu ni on .

C r aig M A N SO N shed some mor e light on t he f est ivi ties: G l en V E R A i s our chai r man ; Joe W Y SO C K I and M i ke RO SE N BA L M ar e r u nni ng t h e class par ty ; C r aig has t he m em or ial ser vice; H ank K N E L L I N G E R , t h e Jabara Banquet ; Bob GA R D N E R is r esponsible f or t he pr e-game tailgate par ty bef or e t he Falcons r un all over C SU ; and D on H A L L , K evi n M A R T I N , and Jef f L A RSE N round out the com m itt ee. C raig w o u l d l i k e t o hear f r om any C S-26 Red Bar ons w ho ’ d li ke to hel p w it h thei r squad r on par ty (Fr iday night) , and C raig w ould li ke ever ybody to br i ng t hei r A Jack et s, and any mem or able phot os you might have.

Got a phone call f r om L ar r y E R I K SEN — he and K r ist en h a v e t w o l i t tle boys, and live near L uk e. L ar ry i s an A G S A M U O I C — he k eeps t he Eagles f lyi ng t here. Ot her s at L uk e i nclude St u PA T T E R SO N a n d St ev e J O R G E N SE N .

T hank s t o all w ho called or w r ote! See you all t he l a st w eek en d i n Septem ber ! U nt il then , tak e car e, and G od bless you a l l !

Jim D art

Quart er s 4402B U SA F A cademy , C O 80840 H ome: (303) 472-6706

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A OG has your cur rent mail ing addr ess (aut ovon 259-2067) . R em i n d a l l c l a ssm a t es t o d o l i k ew i se .

I nput s picked up t his quar ter . D ave G RA GA N w as t he f ir st to get

through using a f rontal assault from Camp Lej uene, N C . T h e M a r i n e

C or ps com pany com mander and T iger T en alum ni ti pped m e o f f t o D utch REM K E S (Susan) w ho w as dedicat ed enough to call sev er a l t i m es about his dut ies as C I N C T A C ’ s aide ( f r om F- 16s) . D ut ch , w h o h a s a so n and daughter , expect s t o manage t r ips f or Gener al Russ a t l ea st a n o t h er y ea r .

A f t er hear ing L t Gen T hom as C . Richar ds, com mander o f t h e A i r

University, speak at a BCT motivational dinner, I bumped i n t o h i s a i d e on M it ch ’ s st af f t ow er . Paul SC H U T T (Bar b) is r et ur ni ng t o C - 14 1s a t

C h a r l est o n .

Stan H I LL sent greetings from Naval A ir Station Keflavik, I cel a n d .

A pparently USA FA isn’t the only garden spot dominated by ’ 77 gr ads (see photo). Dave PODOLNY (Cec -l- 3 in Ohio) led the f i r st F - 15 i n

tercept of a Soviet Bear in t hat neck of t he w oods. L ar r y W EA V E R r ecently t raded i n Jol ly G reens f or an i nst r uctor slot i n t he A cadem y ’ s military studies division. Dave SWA NSON keeps the top spi nning on t he A W A C S. Bob RU D O L P H (M arci + 2) t hink s w int er s t here a r e m i l d c o m pared to northern I ndiana. Stan, who is marrying a reti r i ng A i r For ce nur se (C indy) in A ugust , says K ef lavi k isn’ t such a bad place to pull a r em ote, as long as i t is t he only one.

The Kef lavik crew includes Dave Podolny, Larry Weaver, D ave Swanson, B ob R ud olp h and Stan H il l. Sl ot machines in the L and of F ir e and I ce.

C laude W A T T E R S stays busy di rect i ng cadet studies in b a si c a v i a t i o n science in add it ion to his f l yi ng duties. Pam delivered #3 in Februar y (see photo) . C laude says M ar k K I N N E Y is in char ge o f t he A cadem y ’ s O per a ti on A i r For ce at L or ing. H ow many o f you saw cadet s on O ps A i r For ce (2° sum mer) or C O N U S Field T ri p (3'’ O perat ion N oncom i n our day) o v er t h e su m m er ?

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“ . . .t o pr ovide inst ruct ion and experience t o all cadets so t hat t hey gr aduate w i t h t he k now ledge and char acter essent ial t o leader ship and t he m o t i v a t i o n t o b ec o m e ca r eer o f f i cer s i n t h e U n i t ed St a t es A i r F o r ce . ” T h e

M issi on of t he A ir For ce A cademy , f er vent ly and i nst inct ively reci ted by of f icer candidates 13 year s ago , i s bei ng handed dow n t o t h e C l a ss o f ’ 90 .

For t he 867 o f us w ho graduated w it h the C lass of ’77 (75 per cent st ill on act ive duty) , ou r 10-year reuni on is only a year of f . H om ecom i ng ’ 87 is scheduled f or 17-20 Sept em ber , highlighted by t he San D iego St at e game on t he 19t h . Jay FA W C ET T f r om t he M anagement D epar t m ent h a s al ready volunteered t o chai r our reuni on com mit t ee. A nyone w anti ng t o w or k on a subcom mi t tee (tailgate par ty , Jabar a banquet , publici ty , etc.) should cont act Jay A SA P at aut ovon 259-3497/ 4 130 or hom e (303) 550-9 17 1/ address: 4545 W i new ood V il lage D rive, C ol or ado Spr i ngs, CO 80 9 17 .

T h e A O G o f f er s a l o t o f a ssi st a n ce t o t h e r eu n i o n co m m i t t ee . T h ei r

support includes maili ng out i nf or m at ion pack et s t hi s w i n t er w h i c h r e quest an inter est count . D on ’ t be af r aid t o br ing along t h o se f u t u r e cadet s, accom panied by t heir shot r ecords i f you w ish t o u se c h i l d ca r e f aci lit ies. T he m ost im por t ant t hi ng you can do r ight n o w i s en su r e t h e

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The Watters on graduation day — Claude and Pam (cradling R achel) ,

Sarah and N athan. K inda chilly f or late M ay ?

D ave Y OU N G (D ebbie) , dr opped i n f or inter view s f rom W i l l i a m s w her e he is a stan eval I P . H e of ten sees M ar k H O RK U L I C , a f l ight com mander i n ’ 37s. M ar k L I SH K O is also repor tedly a W il liams I P . H i s w i f e Barbar a recent ly deliver ed a seco nd boy . Br ian D U C H E N E is w i ngi ng f or A mer ican , and Pat D U FFY is w it h N or t hwest O r ient .

T om JO N E S keeps i n t ouch f r om T ucson . H is w i f e L iz w as ex pect ing their f ir st child in June. T hey alr eady have L ar ry and H ope L U C K ET T (son Bryan) on line t o babysit . John BU RK E w as honored af ter savi ng his A - 10 “ w i th some quick t hi nk ing’ ’ dur ing a takeo f f emer gency .

A not her honoree is D ave M I C K E L SO N (G i na) , chief o f n et w o r k t est and evaluation at W right-Pat ter son , w ho w as named C omm unicat ions C ommand ’ s C om pany G r ade O f f icer o f t he Y ear . H e spot ted B i l l L E E lear ni ng about logist ics managem ent bef ore headi ng up t o grand For k s.

N ew lywed Ral ph ST RO N G is w or k ing on a PhD in EE at St a n f o r d .

T he A OG ’ s mail included new s t hat J . D . SM I T H is a sales engi neer f or General Electric in Wilmington, MA . John CROMWEL L recently j oined

w ater , C A . Stan C R I SP f r om Beevi lle, T X t o Sausalit o , C A . D a v e G A L L A G H E R f r o m H esp er i a , C A t o W P A F B , O H . M ar k G A L L A G H E R f r om A PO SF to N icevi lle, FL — Egli n A F B . Jer r y L U D K E f r om Stanf or d , C A to U SA FA , C O . M i k e “ D igger ’ ’ P H E L P S f r om A PO N Y t o M axw ell A FB , A L (t em porar ily) . M r . V ince W I L C O X f r om M ai ne t o For t W o rt h , T X . Gar y W H I T E f r om L ubbock , T X t o Sa n Ber nad ino , C A . D ave W I N N I N G E R f r om Per u , N E to Spr i ngf ield , V A .

H el p ! T hi s tap dance is get t ing t ougher and t ougher . I ’ m pleadi ng w it h you f or m ore t han change-o f -add ress car ds. Even i f t hat ’ s all you send , w r i te a note on it . Send m e anyt hing and ever yt hi ng on any classm ate.

T his colum n is f or our class; civil ian , m ili tary , or ot her w ise. T al k t o you n ex t t i m e .

M i c h a el F . V a n H o o m i ssen

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the Kansas A NG and is flying Phantoms out of McConnell . F u r t h er south, Jon REI LMA N is at Bergstrom with the 12th T RS. Mike WEI NSTEIN (Bonnie) continues to humbly move up — t o a ssi s

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tant general cou nsel in t he O f f ice o f A dm i nist rat ion a t t h e W h i t e H o u se !

Check out the 30 ] Mnt A ir Force Times. Keep chargin’ M i k e !

Perhaps you will agree that “ motivation’ ’ is the key w o r d i n t h e

A cademy ’ s m ission statement . A l l o f us can cont r ibute to im pr ovi ng t he

outlook for the young men and women following our footsteps.

G reg Postu lk a

(Elizabeth), Jim POOL (Carol), M ike RHODES (Sarah),

80 7 9 D Su m m a A v e .

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SC H E U E RM A N N (A manda) , Steve SC H M I D T , and D ave W A RD (C her ie) . M ore o f our classmates. Rich A H L Q U I ST to n a m e o n e , a r e e x pected t o begi n A ST RA assignm ents af ter 1 O ct ober . Bev BA RGE (M ary)

Bat on Rouge, L A 70809 H ome: (504) 766- 1984 W or k : (504) 388-4407 P er c e n t m e m b e rs : 28

G reet ings f r om a hot and m uggy W ashi ngto n D C . C u r rent ly , 15 o f o u r classmates ar e sw eat ing out A ST RA t ou r s her e i n t he h o t w ea t h er : C h a r l i e A Y A L A (E speranza) , Roy C L E L A N D , Steve D I C K M A N (A ni ta) , R a n dy FU L L H A RT (K at hy) , T om G R I FF I T H ( L iz) , Jef f JA C K SO N , D a l e JO N E S, D on L U ST I G , Bob M cG REA L ( D ebbie) , D on PA L A N D E C H

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M ail C al l . Br uce D U N T O N sent a shor t note f r om L ouisville, K Y say

ing he lef t active duty in Feb 86 and now flys the RF-4C f or t he K ent uck y

A N G . V ic C A RPE N T E R sent a car d f r om C handler , A Z . V ic i s a n a c c o u n t ex ec u t i v e f o r D ea n W i t t er i n M esa . H e sa i d h e w as glad to be back i n A r izona w it h nice people, nice cli mate, and nice m oney . H ey , m oney isn’ t everyt hi ng ! A sk any act ive duty captai n .

1 received a nice let ter f r om T om K EO H A N E ’ s w i f e, A my . I h a v en ’ t seen T om and A my since t he W il liam s A F B I P r oo f divi ng champio nships a f ew years ago . T om has m oved up t o t he right seat o f 7 2 7 s w i t h N o r t h east O r ient . T he K eo hanes ar e expect ing tw i ns and t hus bui ldi ng a new house in M inneto nka, M N t o suppor t t he clan . T hey ’ ll be r ight dow n t he str eet f r om T om C Z A C H O R and f am i ly . A my said t hey k eep i n t o u c h with a few ’78ers; but you didn’t tell me what they’re doing A my , so I ex pect an addendu m t o your let ter t o let me k now w hat t hey ’ r e doing — w het her t hey ’ re A F or civi lian . W e st il l car e about all t he boys in t he band .

Executive Suite. Bill UM BERGER, who was the HQ A FROTC c h i ef o f

Special T raining, has si nce m oved up to become t he ex ec f o r B G en H ear ne, A F ROT C com mandant . I understand Bill and f am i ly r eally l ik e t he M axw ell A F B li f estyle. 1 w as T D Y at L ack land A FB i n M ay and June and ran i nto Jim GA RN . Jim w as t he exec f or M G en H am m , A T C / C V .

Ji m has since m oved on t o t he Pentagon . Jim had t o m a k e t h e c o a st - t o coast cult ural t ransi tio n f r om N ew por sche Beach , C A t o W a sh D C .

Ever remember w al k i ng on w ater ? T hese guys do and t hey d o n ’ t ev en get w et . C ongr atulati ons t o t he magni f icent seven ’ 78er s w h o w er e selected f or maj or T H RE E year s below t he zone: Steve G O L D FE I N , G r eg H O L L I ST E R , Pat Q U I G L E Y , Ed R I C E , Steve SA RG EA N T , G lenn SPEA RS, and John SV I BA . W hat do you guys do anyw ay? G o o d j ob ! W hen and w here is t he par t y?

Remember t he P E D ept D ept . For m er PE i nst r uctor / baseball co a c h t hen C apt/ now L t C ol Ron H udak w as t he T -39/ C -2 1 squadr on c o m mander at M axw ell A FB , A L t he last t i me I w as t hr ough t h er e .

W eddi ngs. D on SL E E , w ho is t he gener al manager f or a glass w or ks i n T am pa, w ill be m ar r ied on 28 Ju ne. L on L O W E , A laska A i r l i n es i n Sea t t le, w i ll be mar r ied o n 9 A ugust .

L ong L ost ’78er s. I ran into Bob M cG E E on t he L SU cam pus i n January . H e w as in 5t h sqd and 7t h sqd his f r eshman and sophom or e years. H e lef t U SA FA af t er t w o year s and f i nished his account i ng degree at M ississippi State U niver si ty . H e now has his C PA , is an accom plished t r iat hlete, and w or k s at L SU i n Bat on R ouge, L A . Bob w o u l d l i k e t o h ea r f rom any of his old ’78 buddies.

C hanges of A ddress. Ji m BA U M A N N has m oved f r om O xnar d , C A t o Beavercreek , O H — W PA F B . Ed BR U C E , f r om L it t le R ock , A R t o A t -

recently finished his A STRA tour and is now flying K C - l Os a t B a r k sd a l e A FB .

In other news, M ike LEONE (Mariacristina) recently l e f t St a n / E v a l a t

t he 7t h M A S (C - 14 1s) at T ravi s A F B , af ter accu m ulat i ng 3,300 f l yi ng hour s, f or i nst r uct or pil ot t rai ning at t he 54t h FT S, Reese A FB . M i k e says Braz N E W M A N ( Brenda) is par t of t he F- 16 out f i t at M i saw a A B , Japan and Jef f RO D SET H is f l yi ng C - 130s i n t he Paci f ic. W hi le i n P I T en r o u t e to Reese, M ike saw Ernie H UDSPETH (Harriet), Phil FI NCH (Bever ly) ,

Jef f L IEDERBACH (Pamela), Tony PA RA DOWSKI (Pamela), a n d

Steve BA RN E S (C her ly n) . Paul O ST D I E K (K ar en) w r i tes t h a t h e gr aduated f r om A F I T i n 1984 w it h a M .S. i n engi neer ing physics and is cur r ent ly a physics i nstr uct or at t he U .S. N aval A cademy . J o h n C O U R T N E Y is leavi ng Bar k sdale A F B ar ound O ct ober f or M ildenhal l A B , U K w here he w il l pum p gas f or H eadquar ter s 3r d A i r For ce.

N ew A ddi ti ons: C ongr atu lat i ons to M ar k and Betsy P I M E N T E L o n t he bir t h of t heir f ir st chi ld , K evan . I also understand t h a t M i k e a n d J u l i e D O N A T E L L I ar e expect ing t heir f ir st chi ld , a “ t ur key baby ,’ ’ ar ound N o v em b er .

The permanent class of f icers, M ike VA N HOOM ISSEN , president; Jim REGA N, vice president ; M ike DONATEL L I , secretary; a n d J o h n

C O U RT N E Y , t reasur er , have agr eed t o reor ganize the r esp onsibi lity f or

the class article. M ike DONA TEL L I as class secretary w i l l a ssu m e o v er a l l

r esponsibili ty f or w r i ti ng the class ar t icle f r om me. H e, how ever , w ill be

assisted from time to time by his choice of volunteering c l a ss m em b er s.

H is choice will be driven by the volunteer’s opportunity f or ex posu re to a large cross section of the class. Former class president B o b M c G R E A L o f SAC and Bud VA ZQUEZ of A FSC have kindly volunteered t o w r i t e f o r the class. Until further notice. Bud, who is assigned t o H anscom A F B , M A , w ill w r i te t he f all ar t icle, M i ke t he w i nter ar ticle, and Bob t he spr i ng

ar t icle.

L ast ly , on a sad note, I in f or m you of Frank W A L K E R ’ Sdeat h . F rank , af ter bat t ling a rar e bone cancer t hat necessitat ed t he am putat i on o f his leg, and several ot her m aj or su rger ies, died in a D ayt on , O H hospi tal on M ay 14, 1986 . Frank i s su r vived by his w i f e C indy . T h e C l a ss o f 19 7 9 sen t a bouq uet o f f l ow er s and a not e t o F r ank ’ s par ents’ h o m e i n So u t h D a r t m ou t h , M A w her e f am i ly and f r iends gat hered f or t he f u n er a l . I

telephoned Frank several times throughout his ordeal . F r a n k w a s a n i n

credi bly str ong per son . T hr oughout his extensive tr eat ment he alw ays r e-

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

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mai ned opt im istic. H is w onder f ul w i f e C indy st ood by F r a n k t h e w h o l e w ay . F r ank w as a ter r i f ic per son and a f ine of f icer . I h a v en ’ t k n o w n a b et ter per son . T hough w e w ill all sor ely m iss Frank , w e can be very pr oud of our classmate and should never f orget hi m . P lease r emem ber F rank , C i n dy and his f am ily i n you r pr ayer s.

Bud V A Z Q U EZ w ill w r it e t he next class ar t icle. P lease sen d B u d n ew s of you r new assignments and su mm er t r avels at 47 L aw rence St reet , W ilm i ngt on , M A 0 1887, A tvn 478-5980, M it r e Ext . 6 118 o r C o m m er c i a l (6 17) 27 1-6 118. U ntil t hen , I w ish you and y ou r f ami lies a sa f e a n d w o n d er f u l su m m er .

Peggy D enni s 2870 W oodl and H il ls, A pt . 204 C ol or ado Spr ings, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 548-9572

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A s I sit here and w atch t he hail beat on my car , I remem ber j ust h ow nice su mm er t i me i n C ol or ad o can be. F or tu nately , I h a v e t h i s a r t i c l e t o take my mind of f insurance claims. Thanks to a letter and a f ew pho ne

calls (one from my dad), I managed to scrape up some n ew s a n d a f ew

j uicy tidbits of gossip.

A r ound t he hom ef r ont , T ony and T er r y A RET Z have a new son . C r aig

and Connie SEEBER are expecting this summer . Craig i s having sym pathetic hunger pains — it’s hard to tell j ust who is pr egnant . Paula THORNH I L L is now working in the scholarship of fice. I t r i ed t o o b t a i n a photo of Sue HELM S in her mess dress riding a motorcycle t o t h e A er o Dept dining-out, but she scarfed up the negatives. T o m A R A T A n o w wor k s i n t he alum ni af f ai r s of f ice. Rick F RE E BU R N and P et e KNUDSEN are teaching at the prep school . Deb DUBBE f i nal ly ar r ived to teach navigation. George HEPT (and wife A llison) ar r ived f r om W illy

Bar k sdale, N ick D O N A H U E got a K C - 10 t o M ar ch i n A ugust ( f igur e t hat one out) , and K ar l JA RA N Y I has or der s t o N ell is but doesn ’ t k now w hy .

C huck K I N G is at T i nker , and T im V A N D A G R I FF is at L i t t le R o c k . A n dr ea H A R R I S and M ik e JO N E S made t he A F Tim es in a stor y a b o u t P I T at Randolp h . A not her ar ticle f eatur ed M ary Jane (V A N V A L K E N B U RG) K E L L E N BE N C E , M argie (C L A RK ) V A RU SK A , and L isa ( L A M BE RT ) U N D E RW OO D . L isa (D ave) i s an i n f or mat ions systems plans o f f i cer a t Scot t , M argie (BJ) st il l f lies C - 14 1s at C har lest on , and M ar y Jane (W ayne) is a f u ll-t im e homemak er at Geor ge. L ar r y and C i n d i e D EPA T I S ar e now in G reat Br itai n w here he f lies RF-4s (m y dad saw t hem i n chur ch back hom e) .

N ew par ent s i nclude B r uce and N ancy T O W N SE N D (M inot) , A l ex a n d C har la RU P P (H ahn A B) , M ar k and V ick i I R SI K (E llsw or t h) , P a u l a n d Sar a M ON T A N Y (W right-Pat ter son) , N eil and Shir ley C A T O N E (F- 15 at L angley) , Jer r y and M elanie SI ROT E (M at her) , Rich and P enny H A R W OO D (Shaw) , and Br ian and K elly C U L L I S (C hanute) . B r i a n w a s n a m ed A T C T ec h n i ca l I n st r u ct o r o f t h e Y ea r .

A nd f i nally , the A OG M ailbag: Ron W I L T — D yess to M il icani , H aw ai i (stab me in t he hear t) . R ick BO RN M A N N — H omestead , F -4 RT U . Steve H E R R I N G — W ichit a t o W r ight-Pat ter son . B ruce F R I T Z and C har les W O L FE bot h have new add resses i n A lbuquerq ue. P h i l H E I D M O U S — G lendale, A Z t o I sli p T er race, N Y . D oug H A G E R —

Dayton, OH to Kirtland A FB. John POSNER — Laughlin t o E l m en d o r f .

C hri s and Peggy (W A L K E R) C U E L L A R ar e at home in G oldsbor o , N C .

T ad G R I SH A M — D ixon , C A (C -5, T r avi s) . K en RA D O SE V I C H M erced , CA to G eor ge A F B . M ary D A L E Y i s set tled i n Scher tz, T X (Randolph) . John C ROG H A N — Br onx , N Y t o A PO SF . John BL OE M E R sw it ched A PO s i n t he Paci f ic. A nd G reg GE RT H H am i lton , O H t o C har lot tesvi lle, V A . I f possible, please sc r i b b l e a l i n e —

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about your assignments on your change-of-address cards.

T he hail has st opped . G uess it ’ s ti me to sur vey t he damage and call U SA A . A nyone w ant t o buy a di m pled 300X Z ? W el l , even i f you don ’ t , please drop a line or give me a call with any news. T hank s agai n to all t he c o n t r i b u t o r s. T a k e c a r e .

to teach physics, and Dan A DA M S finished at Stanf ord a n d n o w i s i n t h e

A er o D ept .

Jef f STURMTH A L f inally sent the letter that he wrote l a st f a l l . H e w i l l be leaving Ramstein F-4s to fly as an Aggressor at C l a r k A B . H e h a s b een busy as the airshow coordinator f or the Ramstein Flugtag i n A ugust , and as a chaser of Norwegian women. Steve RA INEY (new wife C i ndy) is an F-4 i nst r uct or at H om estead . Steve w as a har d-cor e b a c h el o r u n t i l a cer

tain pool party converted him. M ark L INDSTROM left R a m st ei n t o b e

an A L O at M annheim , hoping to retur n w it h an F- 16. T h a n k s f o r t h e l et ter , Jef f .

Scot t CA R ROT H E R S called f r om SO S. H e and K ei t h M A RE SC A a r e

busy with perceptions of situational leadership, bringing i n f o r m a t i o n i n their blindspots out into the arena without creating a f acade (anyone f eel ill yet?). A nyway, Scott still flies WC-130s at Guam. K eit h , w i t h w i f e Jan and their daughter, are headed to Scott A FB for a Volant Spot light t our .

A lso at SO S w er e D ave B RO W N (F- 16, T or r ej on) , Steve B R U N SK O L E

(KC-135, Beale), Jim HA NLEY (C-130 Stan/ Eval , Dyess), B r i a n McNA BB (new at Eglin in helicopters, wife Julia expecting #2) , Ji m BUTLER (C-5, Travis), Keith TRA STER (SPOTEC at H urlburt), a n d Bill BECKER (AT-38, H olloman with wife Judy). Scott al so r epor t s t hat Jared A ST I N is somew here in A lask a, Paul N E L SO N (w i f e Sh a r o n a n d

son) is at Reese, Eric RUSSIA N is a C-130 A C at Clark, Jef f C RO Y (w i f e and two kids) lef t Guam f or Keesler in WC-130s, Jim C O L A BU FO (and wife) has a KC- 10 at Barksdale, Paul and Ricki (SM ITH) SE L V A a r e a l so at Barksdale, and Frank KI SNER (wife Helen and daughter) f i l es M C- 130S at C lar k . D ave EA ST O N is at D yess, K eylor EN G is slavi ng

away analyzing computers in Brussels, M ike WA RD is a C - 130 i n st r u c t o r

at L i tt le Rock , and Jack BA R K E R (and w i f e) f l ies C- 14 1s a t T r a v i s. T J JO H N SON and w i f e ar e r eal ly at P ope, not D yess. Scot t a l so h ea r d ru mor s t hat D ave Z I E BA RT and D eb W I L C OC K are engaged (I hear d

that one from a couple of sources too), and that Kathy C O N L E Y i s a l so planning to give up her f reedom.

I n mi scel laneous new s, John SC H U L T Z did a f lyby her e i n h i s M a t h er

T-37 in A pril, and both Dan GI L L and Jef f RICHA RDS w er e m a r r i ed last spring. Dan BOONE is flying F- 16s in Germany, L u k e H O W A R D i s now a C- 14 1 A C , and M ar ty M E Y E RS i s an F- 111 nav at M o u n t a i n

Home. Marty is spending his f ree time pursuing a certain l i eu t en a n t i n t el

of f icer w hose m ot her w or k s i n m y of f ice. D on ’ t w or ry , M ar ty — w e only told her the truth about you. Kevin KIM SEY is a new f at her , John FA R RELL stopped in from Clark with his family to interview w it h t he H ist or y

Dept , Tom SA NDERS came to town on a TDY f rom Los A ngeles w h er e he’s enj oying the single life (are there Norwegian w omen in L A too?) .

Dave BRITTON is married and flying F-16s, Jef f AULT is enj oyi ng t he civilian life in Colorado Springs, Karen WI L HELM is a t t h e 8 t h A F a t 58

L ar ry R uggier o

59 30 N o r t h w i n d D r i v e

C ol or ad o Spr i ngs, C O 809 18

A V : 2 59 - 2 50 6

P er c en t m em b er s : 28

G reet i ngs f r om t he m ot her land ! I ’ m the t hir d in a long l i n e o f di sti ngui shed aut hor s o f t hi s col um n . A s such . I ’ l l m ake f r equent appeal s f or good stu f f (and not -so-good st u f f ) t o f ill t his ill ust r ious space. Speak ing of filling space, let me pass on a tip concerning phot ogr aphs f r om t he edit or . I n an ef f ort t o incr ease the am ount o f pages of f er ed f or each issue, t he type o f paper used is changi ng. W hat does t hi s h a v e t o d o w i t h a l l o f you? W el l , poor qualit y pict ur es, such as t hose o f ten pr oduced by instant cameras, w on ’ t r epr oduce as f or givi ngly as bef ore. So , please t r y t o send phot os w it h good qualit y shar pness and high cont rast . M aybe t his is t he t i me to hi t up t he spouse f or t hat new N i k on ! A nyhow , o n w i t h t h e n ew s.

N ot m uch new t o repor t t his t im e ar ound — i t gets bor ing r eadi ng change-o f -addr ess car ds — send new s! Fi r st of f , t he l ocal cont i ngent o f

’81ers got together f or a mini five-year reunion of so r t s a t B o b a n d Si l v i

(K I I SK ) ST E I G E R W A L D ’ s lovely home back in M ay . T o give y o u a n idea of how m any people have r etur ned t o t he nest , t h e l i st i n c l u d ed St ev e T H A L M A N N , Pat SC H W A N K E , Pat A L M A Z A R , Johnny O L A V A RRI A , St eve BU RN S, T i m H A R R I S, C andy PA I N T E R , K elvi n M A N N I N G , D an ST E C H , Bi ll SC H OE N E M A N , Rob C O N L E Y , N ancy RH OA D E S, Br uce A C K E R , M at t A L T H O U SE , D ar rel l M cM U R RA Y , M ar t y F RA N C E , Fr eddie ST E W A RT , and your s t r uly . T her e w e r e num er ous spouses in at t endance, and I ’ m sor r y I didn ’ t get ar ound t o get t ing all t heir nam es. (H ope I didn ’ t f orget anyone; f or give me!) A nyhow , it w as r eally eye-openi ng t o see how m any o f us ar e now back i n t he ar ea, and I k now t hat t her e ar e a f ew f ol k s i n the Spr i ngs w h o w er en ’ t t h er e .

M ovi ng on , t he change-o f -addr ess car ds received incl ude St ev e O T H L I N G f r om Reese A FB to W i ll iam s A F B ; T ony H I N E N f r om C a st l e A F B t o Gr i ssom A F B ; K ent N I C H O L S f r om N ew por t N ew s, V A , t o A P O Sa n Franci sco ; L enny C O L E M A N f r om L uk e A F B t o A PO San F r anci sco ; and last but not least ; P am M cG I N T Y f r om Egli n A FB t o the Rand C or p in sunny Santa M oni ca, C A , doing w or k f or t he Pent agon o n a R a n d Fel low shi p . Sounds im pr essive!

O t her people w ho sent i n addr ess car ds i nclude G lenn SC H U M A C H E R in A ddison . I L ; St eve SEA RC Y , A PO N Y ; C hr is L EC RA W a t R eese

A F B ; Rich BE N K E N in W est C hest er , O H ; and D ave C L A RK a t V a n ce

A FB. A lso, Scott HA L LA M is roughing it at the University of V ir ginia on a USA FA-sponsored A FIT tour in search of a graduate degr ee i n history. Dave MA SON is burning around the skies of P A C A F a s a n F - 16 demonstration pilot on a remote Korean tour . He and h i s w i f e a r e t h e proud parents of a new little stick shaker also.

I n tow n t his past spr i ng w as Joe H A M I L T O N (Sar ah) , w h o h a s t r a d ed

J i m R at t i B o x 4 0 14

Blyt heville A FB , A R 723 17 H ome: (50 1) 762- 1009 A V : 6 37 - 7 60 1 P er c e n t M e m b er s : 2 9

his Eglin A FB F-15 for a Sheppard A FB T-37 for awhile. Seem s J o e h a s

t raded boat i ng the Flor ida coast line f or bicycli ng the T exas plai ns. W hile we were await ing di nner at t he H ungry Far mer , in wal ked D a l e L I N D .

D ale repor ted t hat he w as upgr adi ng i nt o t he H H -53 a t K i r t l a n d A F B a n d brought his wife up to the Springs to show her his old haunts. I f you ’ ve not iced by now t hat t hi s colum n is w oef ully devoid o f spouse names, f or give me, I ’ ve been tak ing ter r ible notes t he last f ew year s, but pr om ise I ’ ll get more E l f or next t ime!

Speak ing o f helicopter s, seems Steve BU RN S r elated a st o r y t o m e c o n cer ning Julie K A Y and her abili ty t o sk i ll f ully m aneuver her w hir lybir d i n search o f f ast f ood . . . any t rut h t o t hat Jul ie? Ot her good poop com es f r om dow n T ucson w ay , w her e my b r ot her -i n-law D on FO R D (K aren) repor ts t hat he is shar i ng A C dut ies in t he EC - 130 w i t h K el T R O T T a n d L i onel T RU JI L L O , as w el l as D r ees G R I FFEN . A lso , a b el a t ed co n

gratulations goes to Don, who was named this past spring a s D a v i sM ont han ’ s Junior O f f icer o f t he Y ear f or 1985. K eep it up D oc !

My old tech school buddy, Rigo SA NT IA GO (Rochelle) i s a F i el d

T raini ng D etachment com m ander w ay up at G r i f f iss A F B . Fr om my old bud at O f f ut t A F B , M i k e O D E RN H E I M E R (Susan) comes new s f r o m h i s I P school T D Y at C astle A FB t hat D ean L A T A S has upgr aded t o K C - 13 5 A C and is pr esent ly at M cC onnel l A FB w here, f or give me i f I ’ m w r ong D ean , he and his w i f e are expect i ng or have al ready b een b l essed . M ea n w hile, other ’ 8 1er s i nvolved i n the RC- 135 at O f f ut t i n cl u d e J u a n M O RE N O and Rich T R E N T M A N , w ho are bot h navigator s.

W ell , it loo k s li k e t ime f i nally br ought t he C lass o f ’ 8 2 i n t o t h e r a n k s o f “ real ” o f f i cer s. I m ust say , it f eels nice t o f i nally w ear t he capt ain ’ s bar s, but I ’ l l al so adm i t t o a f ew sl ip-ups w hen answ er i ng t he phone. I guess I ’ ll have plenty o f t im e i n t his r ank t o get used t o i t !

T he mail bag w as i ndeed good t o me t hi s quar ter . L ots o f you had gui lt pangs, and I hear d f r om m any f ir st-t ime w r it er s. T he m ost i nt er est i ng subm ission cam e f r om St eve V I SL I SE L . I f you r ecall , b a c k i n t h e W i n t er ’ 85 issue I put out a “ W hatever H appened T o . . .” call o n St ev e . I h a d been l oo k ing t hr ough t he year book and had discovered t h a t t h er e w er e a lot o f you w ho I had never hear d o f , or f r om . I decided t o so l v e a f ew o f t he myster ies. A ct ual ly , I w as sur pr i sed to get an a n sw er ! Seem s St ev e a n d qui te a f ew other s ar e holed up at Sunnyvale A FS in C a l i f o r n i a . H e sen t a note apologizi ng f or t he lack o f com m unicati ons betw een Sunnyvale and t he “ r eal ” A i r Force, alo ng w i t h a let ter f illed w it h n ew s . L et ’ s see i f I ca n f ill in the gaps. . .

Besides St eve, t he ’ 82 gr ads t her e i ncl ude C ynt hia W I L L I S, John A M R I N E , Rod SI N G L ET E RY and Rick W I L SO N . C ynt hia w i ll m a r r y one o f t he contr actor s som et i me in Sept em ber , and John is busy planni ng yet anot her o f his t r ips t o H aw ai i . Rod is m ar r ied and t he pr oud (but sleepless) f at her of a l it t le gir l . R ick and his w i f e Julie ar e expect ing t heir f ir st child i n O ct ober . Julie has f i nished school , and Rick i s w or k i ng on an A F I T slot next sum mer . A l l o f t he gr ads t her e expect assignment s somet im e i n the sum m er o f ’ 87, so m ak e your vacati on plans bef or e t hen !

T he col lect ive m em or y at Su nnyvale o f f er s t he f ollow i ng gossi p ; Sandy M A L O N E Y has mar r ied a Squ id ( Rick W I L SO N ’ s ter m , not m i ne!) and t hey have a baby gi r l . She is loo k i ng f orw ar d to a m o v e t o F l o r i d a t o b e a ROT C inst r uct or . T erj e T U RN E R i s t ryi ng t o sw i ng a m ove to C-Spr i ngs, but D ave Z I E G L E R i s doing ever yt hi ng possible t o stay i n C a l i f o r n i a .

H e ’ s a c t i v e i n t h e t r i a t h l o n c i r c u i t a n d h a s so f a r escaped m oves t o T en nessee and C -Spr i ngs. K eep r unning, Z ig ! St eve and Bever ly M I L O SC I A have tw o k id s and one on t he w ay , and M ar k Z A V A L A and h i s w i f e h a d a lit t le gi r l . M ar y ST E P H E N SO N got mar r ied and now answ er s to M ar y M I L L E R . Joe M E RT A N st r uck a deal w it h t he f lesh peddler s and w i ll go t o C lear , A K f or a t our . T he good new s is t hat his n ex t P C S w i l l b e t o U C L A . A nd , f i nal ly , A lex (G Q) A BU Y A N w i ll have t o sell h i s M i a m i V ice w ar dr obe i f he hopes to f i t in at his new locat ion , W r ight -P att er son .

M y t hank s t o t he Sat el lit e W izar ds of C ali f or nia f or a gr eat let ter .

Back on m y homef r ont , I t hought I ’ d i nclude a pic o f my ow n l it t le C hina doll , K at ie, w ho keeps her mom my and daddy scr am bling t o k eep up . I n t he “ he/ she w ho dies w it h the m ost toys w ins” depar t ment , a cer tai n one o f us r epor ts t hat he has gone t hr ough eight car s, tw o ai r planes, one sailboat , and about a hal f -dozen bicycles (at last cou nt) si nce gradua t i o n . N o w h o w i n t h e w o r l d co u l d t h i s b e? I ’ m t o o a sh a m ed t o a d m i t t o

such f oolishness! A nyone else out t her e w ant to star t a G o t t a h a v i t A nonym ous chapter ?

E nough o f t his nonsense f or now . P lease, P L EA SE , send m e somet hi ng bet ter t han change-o f -add ress car ds t o go o n f o r n ex t t i m e ! I especial ly w ant to hear about t hose o f us w ho have taken t hat big step out of A ir For ce blue and i nt o civi lian pinst r ipes, now t h a t so m e o f u s a r e “ f ree.” God bless, take care and f l y saf e!

Su pp or t Y ou r A cadem y !

G I V E N O W to the

A i r F or ce A cadem y F un d

I n t he last i ssue, I m ent i oned t hat D olor es SM I T H w ould be get t i ng mar r ied t o Scot t Bubier , a 1983 U SN A gr ad . W el l , here you see t he b lushi ng br ide and her pr oud beau . Scot t is a K C - 135 co pi lot and D ol or es is a ’ 135 nav . T hey ar e bot h st at i oned at M arch A FB .

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The next letter comes from “ The Boys at Bentwaters,” b u t i s o t h er w i se

unclaimed . Seem s t he H og dr iver s t her e ar e i n f ine shape, but as alw ays,

complaining about the weather . Joe and Sarah (SCH I RMER) D ’ E O N a r e doing f ine and ar e t he parent s of gi r ls, ages 22 m ont hs a n d si x m o n t h s.

Joe is a f light lead , and Sar ah w as recent ly selected as t he outst anding o f

ficer in Management and Cost A nalysis for all of USA FE. M i k e I S H E R -

W O O D has upgr aded t o I P and is now W ing E lect r onic C o m b a t P i l o t .

O t her I P s include M i k e R Y A N , C hr is H A A V E , T i m C O L L I N S a n d A r den D A H L . T im is a par ent and has a j ob in Stan/ Eval , and A r dy got mar r ied w it hout let t ing m e k now . Ot her f l ight leads i n c l u d e J i m H A R K I N S, W ill H A A S, D an BRO W N , D an D eCA M P , John U N GA T E

Since Chris asked the question. I ’ll make M ark BA KER the su bj ect of this quarter’s “ Whatever Happened To. . .” section. Chris is cur i ous, and now, by God, so am 1. H ow ’bout it, M ark? Oh, by the w ay , C hr i s, Blyt hevi lle doesn ’ t have any m issiles.

By the time you read this, Steve VOGT ’s wedding to G i n a w i l l b e history. He’s still at M oody, contemplating new cars, f ive k ids, and future assignments. Best of luck, old pal, and congratulations. I m iss ya.

I ’m currently T DY to Castle A FB undergoing upgrade t r aining to KC-135 aircraft commander. I haven’t run into any classmates yet , but some of you may k now my I P , I rvin BE N N ET , ’ 79. H e’ s b een h er e si n c e his 2Lt days, but will soon leave for a three-year exchange t our f lyi ng

a n d M a r k SH E R R I E R .

A - l Os w i t h T A C .

D an H A RG RO V E w r ote f r om W ill y to say t hat all is w ell t her e. H e got a good deal assignment and is a par t -t ime engi neer w i t h t h e H u m a n Resou rces L ab (Syst em s C om m and) . T he l ab is located at W illy , and he gets t o w or k w it h new types of air cr af t sim s. T he best par t i s t hat he no l onger has t o put up w it h all the ear ly week / late week st u f f . D a n sen d s wor d t hat Rob GO L D I N , Scot t L U CA RE L L I , Gor din GA R L O C K , R i c h SC H N E I D E R and Fr ank H E RM A N are all st r i k i ng f ear in t h e h ea r t s o f st udent pil ot s as C heck Secti on heavies. M ar ty W O JT Y SI A K , G r eg L EW I S and Jef f RU ST ar e i n St an/ Eval and get t o do t h e sa m e t o t h e i n st ruct or s. V icky (T H O M A S) M A RSH M A N w or k s at t he H um an Resour ces L ab , and her husband Steve is an academ ic i nst r uct or . Br yon H I N E S i s t he f at her o f a dar li ng gi r l , and Bri an C A N I N O i s t h e f a t h er o f a dar ling speed boat . Bob RA N K is some sor t of “ big sh o t sh a d o w f o r t h e D O ” accor di ng t o D an , and C huck SC H W E I SS j ust lef t t o b e a n I P a t P I T (Randol ph A F B) . Roger SH E R I D A N i s a Pr e-P I T I P at W il ly , and M at t H A N N I FE N and Fr ank GE BE RT have recent ly j oi ned A T C a f t er t our s w it h M A C . D an said he got a bir t h announcement f r o m B o b N I SSEN . Bob ’ s at V ance, and he and his w i f e had a baby boy . Bob O T T O is happy f lyi ng t he 0 -2 i n Sout h C ar oli na, but look s f o r w a r d t o h i s pending assignment . D an did n ’ t say w hat is w as, t hough . Judy M A RT I N I couldn ’ t dodge the A T C bul let , but ended up w i t h a tw eet to M at her , so it could have been w or se. D an says t hat G reg T A T E (in L A ) w il l get mar r ied i n A ugust . Fi nally , D an r an int o Billy G RA H A M , w ho i s f lying F- 15s at L angley . B .T . li kes t he E agle f i ne, but i s not so exci ted about pul li ng aler t . C all me sometim e, Bil ly , and I ’ ll t ell you w hat a l er t i s R E A L L Y

I ’ d li ke t o issue a special t han k s f or al l o f t he f ine new s and gr eat let t er s I got t hi s ti me. I t m akes it a lot easier t o w r i te t h e co l u m n w h en I h a v e

lik e!

I got a let ter f r om Bill SN EA R L Y w ho said he w r ote t o avoi d appear i ng

in my “ Whatever happened to. . .” column. He graduated cu m l a u d e f rom the Health Science Center at Syracuse in May and w i l l st a r t a f i v e-

year r esidency in or t hopedic sur ger y at t he M ayo C li nic in R ochest er , M N. Bill was in a pistol competition at Chanute this past A pr i l and placed f ir st out of 130 com peti t or s. H is t r avels have also br ought him in contact

with Jill STERLI NG (see the winter issue) and Dave I G L E M A N . D a v e i s at Baylor and hopes to be a doctor (dermatologist) w hen he gr ow s up .

N ex t o n t h e st a ck i s a l et t er f r o m V i k i L I N w h o i s assigned to t he Space

scoop fit to print, and this way I ’m not so apt to b e su ed f o r l i b el . . . U n t i l next ti me, do i t saf e. ( Rat man)

Stu Pope

P .O . B o x 13 9 5

Egl in A FB , F L 32542 P er c en t m em b er s: 3 0

H ola m olas. Stu “ M anchu ” P ope her e. W ow ! I t ’ s been a l ong t i me since I ’ ve pick ed up a pen and w r i t ten f or t he masses — si n c e t h e l a st i ssu e of The D odo, anyway. But 1 guess writing is j ust like r idi ng a bicycle: i t has mechanics and you have to peddle it , and someti mes you go f ast . N eat analogy , hu h?

A nyw ay , I ’ ve been gr oovi ng on the F lor ida scene here at E gli n f or a couple year s, but f r equent T D Y t o all par ts o f our great nat ion keeps me

in touch with f ormer classmates. Tales of their exploits m a k e f o r i n ter est i ng r eadi ng, so here goes.

F o r m er f el l o w D o d o d ev i a n t P et e “ E d d i e H a sk el l ”

B A R T O S i s st a

tioned j ust down the beach at Tyndall, so we get together n o w a n d t h en t o sail our catamarans and attempt mind links with dolphins. Pete’ s f l yi ng

T -33s, as is T i m “ Pou nce” ST RA W T H E R , anot her G ul f C oast b ea c h bu m w ho cut a deer in hal f dur i ng one of his landi ngs, ear ning him t he tem por ar y nick name of “ D eer Slayer .” C ool ! T im , Pete a n d I u sed t o water sk i w i t h D iann (C H R I ST I A N SO N ) W R I G H T , but she’ s si n c e

become a triathlete, leaving us behind in her quest f o r f a m e a n d f o r t u n e .

Jessie MORIM OTO, an intel of ficer at Tyndall, volunteered f o r a n d w a s

given a (l iteral ly) cool assignm ent i n I celand . T he B a r t o si a n a l so a sk ed m e

to mention Randy MA XEY has a baby, an event which undoubtedly made medi cal hist ory .

D ef ense System s P r ogr am O f f ice in L A . V i k i is an A SA T system s analyst there, and w ill soon assum e t he r ank of 2L t so t hat she can j oi n Jay

V I E R N E S a t t h e U SU H S m ed i ca l sc h o o l . Sh e t o l d m e t h a t P a u l SC H A T -

T L E is in L A w or k i ng as a Par ts, M ater i als, and Pr ocess m a n a g e r .

R ichar d H O W A R D is al so ther e, em pl oyed as a Saf ety , Reli abili ty and M ai ntainabili ty manager . Rich is look i ng f or w ar d t o an assignm ent t o A FOT E C at K i rt land , w here he hopes t o w or k ei t her i n l ogi st ics or space oper at ions. M ar k C A R D E N A S is cur rent ly an A SA T f ield test engi neer , but w ill soon PC S t o L A t o become a D ata System s M oder nizati on branch chief . V i k i hear d t hat Fr ank l A N N A R I L L I (w or k ing a t t h e A F Geophysics L ab) w as r ecent ly gi ven t he R& D A chievement A w a r d f o r h i s outstandi ng w or k i n i nf rar ed t echnol ogy . She cl osed h er l et t er w i t h w o r d t hat C ols Br ock ST RO M and L aur ence T H O M PSO N , bot h C lass o f ’ 59 and f oot ball t eam m ates, w i ll be r et ir ing. Both w er e bigw igs in t he A SA T ef f ort and w ill be mi ssed by ever yone i n t he pr ogram .

M y last let ter t hi s t i me i s f r om C hr i s BRO Y H I L L and ar r ived j ust in t ime t o mak e this i ssue. C hr i s i s f lyi ng O V - l Os at Geor ge A FB , C A .

D espi te t he f act that he m ist ak enly cal led me a ’ 130 dr iver . I ’ ll repor t his new s. C hri s, li k e t he other f i r st assignm ent FA C s, is look i ng f or war d t o a new j ob in the near f ut ur e, and w i ll go t o f ly t he A - 10 a t B en t w a t er s. I t w i ll be a nice change of pace f r om tak i ng o f f one hour b ef o r e t h e r est o f t he guys at Red Flag and landing one hour lat er . Just t he sam e, I ’ m not so su r e a n A - 10 i s a l l t h a t m u c h f a st er t h a n a n O V - 10 . . . T o d W O L T E R S i s

also at Geor ge, and has an F- 15 t o Bit burg t o look f o r w a r d t o . H e a n d h i s w i f e recent ly had a baby boy . A ll of the f ir st assignm ent FA C s compete f or f oll ow-on assignment s j ust li k e t heir FA I P br ot her s i n A T C . So m e ot her assignment s include: Jef f M O RA G N E , EF- 111 to U pper H ey f or d ; D oug SPA RK S, F- 16, l ocat i on undecided ; P aul A C K E R M A N , F - 1 1 1 t o som ew here; and K evi n D U N SH EE , R F-4, locat ion undeci ded . Fl oy PO N D E R is t her e t oo , but has not yet r eceived hi s assignm ent .

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A round Eglin, I sometimes see Rob “ Rockin’ Robby” COONEY b eboppin’ along. He’s married now, to a local girl (Sandy) and has a you ng “ C oonz” on t he w ay . R ob ’ s w eddi ng w as a typical cadet ev en t . I ev en

broke down and perf ormed saber drill atrocities, something I n ev er learned at the Zoo. Quinn “ The Eskimo” NEWHA LL was a l so i n a t t en dance, along with his wife Cheryll. Gray DROZE is still per f or m i ng f eats of aerobicism only a true masochist could appreciate. “ G a r r a n c e ” h a s many trophies, ribbons, and shredded internal body par t s t o show f or i t , though. He’s soon leaving Eglin for Norton, at gunpoint .

T h er e’ s n o t r u t h t o t h e r u m o r N a t e “ T h e Sk a t e ” JO N E S w a s a r r est ed

f or molesting koalas during a recent vacation to A ustralia. H e caught hops, but luckily nothing else, all the way to the “ l a n d d o w n u n d er . ” Nate still has “ good hairs,” by the way, and his supervisor gives hi m a uniform grade daily. Besides Nate, other A ir Force A r m a m e n t Laboratory personnel include M itch DELA ROSA , Harry C O N L E Y (who’s planning to do grad work at Stanford in the near f ut ure) , A 1 G RA C I A (w ho j ust f i nished his master ’ s degree) , and T ony T A L I A N C I C H . N ot sur pr isingly , “ T he A ssassi n” w or k s w i th high ex pl osives R& D, and enj oys watching explosions (who doesn’t?). T ony , li k e so many ot hers, has f allen vict im to t he mar r iage syndr ome.

Sue (GERMA N) MAGGA RD married (M aj or) Terry Maggard ( hence t he name change) i n a (sim ple) li tt le ceremony at tended by all t he (gener al)

of ficers on Eglin, says A 1 (GRA CIA ). I swear, the weddings n ev er en d

(nor do t he par ent heses) .

A nyone who knew Lu “ Gooseman” A LVA REZ at the A cademy w i l l

be amazed at this story . I saw L u at C han ’ s, a local bar , w her e he w as dressed a la Saturday N ight Fever , gold chai ns and all . H avi ng not seen this w ai f f or a couple year s, I i nq uired as to w hat t he haps w as. I n a suave yet unident i f iable accent , he r elated his adventures as a satelli te t rack i ng f acility o f f icer som ew her e on t he great Egli n reservat ion . H e a l so sa i d he’ d li ke to “ give me one o f his car ds,” but he w as “ savi ng t hem f or t he lad ies, ” i f 1 “ k new w hat he meant .” Ser iously , man — n o t t h e sa m e

senior years at the A cademy, so we had a lot of catching up t o do . H e’ s mar r ied and is f lyi ng F- 15s i n A laska .

M i ke RA M P I N O , w her e ar e you? I ’ m goi ng t o put your pictu re on t hose m il k car t ons w i t h t he m issi ng k ids i f you d on’ t ca l l o r w r i t e .

Fear and loathing in Del Rio: I actually haven’t been b a ck t h er e f o r a long time, but while attending Systems Acquisiton School i n Sa n A n t o n i o

I dr ove dow n t o see the o ld stom pi ng gr ounds. Bu mped i n t o R u ss “ D ee” C L I N E in a lau nd r omat , alw ays a good locat ion to f ind so m eo n e y o u k n o w . R u ss l o o k ed so r t o f d a zed a n d m a r r i ed .

I t raveled to t he d istant land of O hio last Septem ber f or t he w eddi ng of Br ian H A R RI ET T , now a C - 12 pi lot at W r ight-Pat . “ T he D eat h” , hi s br ot her Bob and I had j ust retu r ned f r om a tw o-w eek bachelor par t y i n Br itai n and F rance, so w e w ere spent , but managed to pu ll of f t he w ed di ng w i th tr ue H ar r iet t debaucher y . I f mem ory ser ves me cor rect ly , Jef f PEC K and T om E V A N S w ere also at t he weddi ng, and f or t he record , Br ian ’ s w i f e Step h j ust gave bi r t h t o a baby gi r l (as opposed t o a teen-aged gi r l) named A shley .

l o v a b l e G o o sem a n I k n ew a s a ca d et .

C han ’ s, t he bar i n w hich 1 saw L u , is a great place f or bum pi ng into old

acquaintences. T . G. “ Crazy” Kyrazis was there recently w i t h h i s F - 15 pals, acting characteristically j uvenile. T . G.’s a local , but C han ’ s gets it s

share of T D Y people as w ell . D an FL A N I GA N and Steve K E M P F v i si t ed f r om t hei r respect ive F- 16 squad r ons and t old me a bunch of stu f f , al l of w hich I f orgot , si nce w ere all t hor oughly t rashed .

Some ti me back , at anot her local bar , D oug W A L T E R S w as r epor ted ly seen, sporting a mustache and a rakish air. Doug was pr obab ly at tend ing a school at H ulbur t , so me sor t o f FA C school Stu “ N ick ” N I C H O L S, M i ke W E RM U T H , C oli n M O FFA T and ot her s have at tended si n ce I ’ v e been here. 1 of f ered t o show N ick and the boys t he cr em e d e l a c r em e o f Ft . W al t on Beach night li f e, but all t hey w anted t o see wer e seedy st r ip j oints li ke t he G reen Fr og.

D an L A RSO N w as seen on t he beach last w eek by “ M olahead ” C O N L E Y , w ho says D anno’ s now an aer obics inst ruct or as w el l a s a T - 3 7 pi lot . I guess t hat makes hi m an “ aer obics i nst ructor pil ot .”

Y ou j ust can ’ t avoid ’ em — t hese gr ads are everyw here. I ’ m a t a l o ca l C hi nese restaurant t rying to pick up w ai t resses and w h o d o I en co u n t er ?

C hr is “ Sw i ss” C I C E RE , cur rently a nav at H ulbur t f lyi ng some species of C - 130 . H e’ s livi ng on “ t he I sland ” her e i n Ft W alt on Beach , coin cidentally enough in t he same house I used t o live i n . L i ke near ly ever yone else, C hri s is engaged and is rar ely seen t hese days.

G ary D RO Z E r epor ts he saw Russ E R B d r ivi ng a vi ntage gr een A M C G r em l i n a r o u n d t o w n . C h r i s W I E D E N H O E F T a n d h i s c a n i n e k i d s l i v e

on a near by bayou , si te o f numer ous maj or par t ies. I guess t he W eeds gets an aw ar d f or t he most innovative invest ment st rategy — he’ s par t ow ner o f a mango gr ove i n sout h-cent ral Flor ida.

C atamaran f ever has af f l icted not only t he Bar t osian and mysel f , bu t Jay M O O D Y as w ell . Jay ’ s real ly i nt o t he compet it ive side o f sai li ng, enter ing r egat tas and so f or t h , and had t he f oresight t o purchase a P r i nd le cat i nstead o f a H obie. But , hey , I ’ m biased .

I n t he “ G uess W ho ’ s C om i ng to (T hank sgivi ng) D i nner ” ca t eg o r y , Rob “ T u nd ra M an ” H U G U L E Y visi ted T ony T A L I A N C I C H a f ew m ont hs back and even at tended T ony ’ s T hank sgivi ng D ay w eddi ng bef ore cr uisi ng on over to my place. Rob w as my r oom mate j unior and

Stu Pope and B rian H arriet t Seems li k e I ’ m alw ays T D Y t o L .A . — not t hat I ’ m complai ning o r anyt hing. I usual ly cr ash w it h my old sw im m i ng par t ner , D ave K L A U D T , and his r oom mates, Rick GO D D A R D and G reg M E I D T . T hey ’ re livi ng in style in Manhattan Beach (the only place to live i f you ’ r e y oung,

straight, and single). Dave finished up grad school

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nauseat i ngly record t i me, but ot herw ise he’ s t he sam e old j ovial dude. W e rented a C atal ina ’ 27 and did some sai li ng o f f L ong Beach — alw ays a good excuse to consume many beers. Klaudter’s working on t he H ughes A F P RO , Rick ’ s at Rock et dyne’ s A FP RO , and G r eg, ever t he odd w heel , is act ual ly w or k i ng at an A ir Force i nstallat i on (Space D ivision) . D ur ing one visi t t o t heir place, Jim RY N I A K and Ron G RA V E S show ed up out of now here. T hey said t hi ngs w er e cool i n now her e. A ct ually , t hey w er e on som e sor t of mar at hon cr oss-country r oadt r i p , t he d et a i l s o f w h i ch I did n ’ t at tem pt t o f igur e out . A lso saw Joel “ W hat t he” H E C K i n t h e parking lot of the L .A . A ir Force Station, revving up a m oto rcycle as his car w as bei ng t ow ed aw ay . Sor t of sel f -explanat ory ci rcu mstances, I guess. Joel shouted somet hi ng about M i ke “ C os” C O SL E Y a n d h i s w i f e

Linda (TELKA M P) COSLEY, but I really couldn’t hear m u c h o v er t h e

di n o f t he bik e engi ne.

Remember Bob ROC H E ? N eit her do I , but I saw his br ot her , Sea n ( ’ 85) i n L .A . Sean said his br o’ s d oi ng f i ne, but really doesn ’ t k eep i n cl ose t ouch , so w e have yet another vague and sketchy r ef er en ce t o a n o t h er o f o u r cl a ssm a t es .

Y ou r A cademy N eeds Y ou r H el p !

The annual A ir F orce A cademy

Fund supp orts many worthwhile cadet and A cademy p r ograms

f or which f ederal f unds are unavailable.

P lease send y ou r t ax -ded uct i b l e d onation now !

M any click s nor t h o f L .A ., in t he Bay A rea and beyond , l i v e n u m er o u s buds, and on recent T D Y s t o Sacramento I ’ ve encountered D r ew W A C K E R , Jim “ Smo key ” RO B I N SO N , and G eor ge (ex- ’ 83) H ogan .

T hey ’ r e all f l yi ng C - 14 1s out o f T ravis. D rew , Ji m , a n d J o h n “ I t ’ s P r o nounced C ook ” K O C H li ve t oget her i n V acavil le, al though t hat ar range ment w il l be tem porar y as D rew ’ s al ready mar r ied (w i t h o f f spr i ng i n t he w or k s) and John’ s danger ously close t o nupt ial r ites him sel f . George H ogan is livi ng in the u lt r acool ham let of D avis (as i n “ U C D avi s” ) and is r oom ing w i t h none ot her t han Guy M ou ton , my old I P . St range tw ist of events, man . A nd get t his: Guy met M ick ey M E L L E R SK I o n a c r o s s cou nt ry t o Reese, w her e t he G -M an ’ s br ot her , K ur t , w a s N i c k N I C H O L ’ s I P and t he Bar t osian’ s “ guest ” I P ! W ei rd ness abou nds. A n d C o l i n “ L una M of ” M O FFA T f i t s i nt o t hi s pictu re as w el l .

Speak ing o f t he L una M o f , Pete BA RT O S and I caught a hop out of H ulbur t to H ow ar d A B , w her e w e w er e m et by none other t h a n M a r k “ H age” H A GE M A N and t he L u na M o f , w ho f l ies 0 -2s at H o w a r d . T h e 61

H age l ives w i t h L uis A RA U Z and his w i f e (M ik e E D W A R D S’ sister , i n cidental ly) so w e st opped by his house t o r ap w it h L ui s, w ho ’ s f lyi ng helicopters f or t he Panam anian A ir F or ce. H age does t h e sa m e f o r t h e U SA F , so t hey mak e a good t eam . W e consumed quant ity pr opor t i ons of ceviche and l ocal br ew bef ore headi ng over t o C oli n’ s co o l 2 7 t h f l o o r bachelor pad , com plete w i th f ive bat hr oom s and a view o f t h e P a c i f i c O c ea n .

O f cour se, no tr ip t o Panama w ould be complete w it hout a deranged par ty at C har lie “ C ar los” G A RC I A ’ s aw esome abode. T he s e r v a n t s (alw ays an i ndispensable par ty resour ce) w er e cook i ng up w hat I recog nized f r om P hili ppine experience as bar bequed dogmeat , t hough I could be m istak en . A nyw ay , C har lie, ever t he gr aci ous host , gave us a t our of t he place, poi nt ing ou t a 900-year -old Japanese tapest ry , so m e em p t y r u m bot tles, and several of his f est ive young cousinet tes.

A f t er t he Bar t osian ’ s leave ran out , M of and I headed so u t h v i a a ser i es of hops and ai r li ne f lights, hi tt i ng Peru , C hi le, A r gent i na, B razi l , U r uguay , and Par aguay f or t he gr and Sout h A mer ican t o u r . T h e b ea c h es of Ri o ar e a sight t o be seen , b low i ng aw ay all ot her s in com par ison .

I r eceived a call not l ong ago f r om T im “ D oc” JA C O BS. H e ’ s a l i v e and w ell i n San A nt one (K elly) , but it ’ s only a matter o f t i m e b e f o r e M ex i can bounty hunt er s catch up w i th hi m . M eanw hile, D oc’ s st il l w ow ing t he senor i tas w i th hi s W oody A l len im personati on .

Sout heast A sia’ s a gr eat place, but T im A I K E N had a b a d sc en e i n T h a i l a n d l a st m o n t h w h en h i s cr ed i t ca r d f el l i n t o the w r ong hands.

Retur ni ng f r om his T D Y , he f ound he ow ed abou t $4000 t o v a r i o u s Bangk ok business estab lishments, but luck i ly it all st raightened out .

W hew ! C lose call , T im . I stayed w i th A i k s and Steve “ L u n d o ” L U N D Y last ti me I w as in Bost on . M ik e M O RGA N w as ar ound , t oo , bu t his new hobby (I can ’ t r emember her name) w as k eepi ng hi m pr et ty busy .

Steve (ex- ’ 83) Benz w as also par t of t he Bost on scene, b u t m o v ed recent ly af ter f i nishi ng his master ’ s degree at Fletcher Sc h o o l o f L a w a n d D i pl omacy . H e’ s now a t rade consu ltant f or a law f ir m in D .C . , and i s r ak i ng in your sal ar y and m ine com bined . Bu t remember , he doesn ’ t get BX pr ivileges.

A not her ex-A cademy , e\ -D od o type, Pete (ex- ’ 84) W i ll iam s, i n f o r m ed me he had received t he “ A i r man of the Quar ter ” aw ar d at C astle A FB , an honor best ow ed upon one Spence (ex- ’ 83) Stephansic sca n t m o n t h s ear lier . T hey ’ ve bot h si nce m ade t he r ank of sergeant . I guess all t hat pr o f essi onal mi li tary t raini ng w e r eceived at the A cademy hel ps af ter al l .

I t ’ s been gr oovy r elat i ng all this inf o , but t he ball ’ s back i n your cour t , Ray . I ’ l l be layi ng t he pen aside t ill t he next t ime i t ’ s n eed ed . R em em b er to keep your sense o f hum or and ret ai n your individuali ty . T a k e t i m e t o enj oy your pr esent envir onment bef ore m ovi ng on , and above all , be hap py . Y ou ’ ve got i t good .

Send your i nput s and phot os f or the next magazi ne t o Ray Blust , 90 12B A r antz St ., L aughlin A F B , T X 78840 or cal l Ray at A ut ovon 7 32 - 52 2 3 .

T D Y f r om V ance A FB , O K to help out w i t h our T -37 A C E p r o g r a m .

T h a n k s P et e .

Speak i ng of old t im es, got a let ter f r om M ik e BR E N N A N w i t h n ew s o f hi m and his C - 130 com pat r i ot s at C lar k A B , Phili ppi nes. T hey are Jef f C RO SBY , K i tt RU D D , and Paul H A V E L . Guess d uri ng an ex er ci se i n K orea ( 10 - 29 M arch) called “ T eam Spi r it ’ 86” t hey all got t o exper ience once agai n the j oys of Jack ’ s V alley , li ke sleeping i n tent s, w onder f u l mess tent f ood and long cold w al k s to t he show er . Real oper ati onal A i r For ce stu f f . T here w ere pr obably many other ’ 84 gr ads i n v o l v ed w i t h t h i s exercise behi nd t he scenes t hat helped t o mak e it a su c c ess . O t h er ex c i t e m en t ca m e w i t h t h e d ef ea t o f P r esi d en t F er d i n a n d M a r co s in t he P hi lip pine electi on . M i ke said t hat t hi ngs w ere relat ively quiet at C lar k du ri ng m ost of t he unrest . T hings did hop ar ou nd a li t t le w h en M a r c o s a r r i v ed and a maj or i ty o f t he P hili ppi ne A i r Force came seek i ng ref uge at t he b a se .

M i k e also ment i oned seeing T om EA N N A R I N O (K adena RF-4 back seater) , K yle L A M PE L A (C- 12) , Jef f BA R L O W (K adena RC - 130) , and C ory E D W A R D S and Phil O G L E SBY i n t hei r C- 14 1s. Supposed t o ask C ory and Phi l somet hi ng about T OT s dur i ng A m phibi ous O bj ective A rea A i rdr op? W hat ’ s t he stor y guys? C r osby w r ote a separate let ter . H e is doi ng f ine and has seen som e ot her ’ 84 classmates a t C l a r k : P h i l L ON G , T -33; M aur een M A SL O ; D elise M cFA R L A N E and D ave W I L L I A M S (C - 12) , old C S-0 1 f r iend s o f m ine; and C ap W A B E K E .

M akes t he gl obe seem small w hen you can bump i nt o f r iends every where y o u go .

D ur i ng M ay and June my B-52 squadr on got involved i n “ Busy Br ew er ,” w hich is a depl oyment to Spai n . O ne of t he C - 14 1s t h a t f l ew here t o help car r y over supplies w as copil oted by Jean JO H N SO N , a U PT classmate (V ance class 85-07) of m i ne. G ot t o meet w i t h J ea n f o r d i n n er to tal k and r em i nisce. She is one o f tw o f em ale copi lots i n t h e C - 14 1 u n i t at M cGui re A FB , N J and seem s to enj oy her j ob . She h a d h ea r d t h a t M itch B I GG S and Br et t D U GU E had got ten mar r ied . C ongrat ulati ons!

Scot t D . D ick meyer A ccess H ighw ay A pt . #4 L i mest one, M E 04750 H ome: (207) 328-9044

A V : 9 20 - 2 2 6 1

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T w o shor t year s have passed since w e gr adu ated and w e f i nally see t he end of the but ter bar year s. C ongratulat ions to everyone on mak ing I L t !

Feels great ! I am sur e it w il l f eel even bett er w hen t hat higher paycheck ar r i v es i n t h e m i d d l e o f J u n e .

T hi s is my f ir st at tem pt at w r i ti ng t he class ar ticle since tak ing over the

j ob for D.J. JOH NSON , a CS- 17 classmate of mine. Thanks t o him many

of us have been ab le t o k eep i n touch w i t h f r iends a n d f i n d o u t a l i t t l e m o r e a b o u t o u r cl a ssm a t es t h a t w e w o u l d n o t h a v e b een a b l e t o d o o t h er

w ise. H opef u lly I can do as good a j ob as D .J . has done t he past tw o year s. I j ust spok e w it h D .J . t oday af ter gett i ng t hr ee envel opes f ul l of let ter s, pictu res, and change o f addr ess car ds f r om hi m .

W hen I f ir st ar r ived at L or ing t o f ly B-52s, I t hought sur ely I would be t he only ’ 84 grad here; not t r ue. W i th me i n t he 69t h Bomb Squadr on as

copilots are M ike SA DLER and Larry ECHA NI S. Loring’s t w o K C - 13 5

uni ts also have t he honor t o have 1984 gr ads in t heir squadr ons i ncludi ng T om ST A N BU RY , N icole D E SI L ET S, L ee M E H A N , M i k e G R I M E S, and M ik e W A L K O W I A K . T om , N icole, and I w er e all f or tu nate enough to par t icipate i n the change of comm and cerem ony f or L or i ng’ s new wi ng com mander . W onder i f our past f or mat ion t rai ning at U SA F A h a d anyt hi ng t o do w i t h t hat ? Sure did br ing back mem or ies of ti me spent out on t he par ade f ield . Pete H A RG RO V E also show ed up her e f o r a m o n t h

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M e r r i c k a n d S h a r i K r a u se

A lso tying t he k not are G reg M A R SH A L L , M ar ie G O M E S (i n A ugust) , and M er rick K RA U SE (Sept 1985) . K RA U SE sent t h e a b o v e picture w i th a letter t o D .J . T he happy couple got m a r r i ed a t U SA F A l a st Septem ber w i t h C hr is BO W M A N (F- 111 t o U pper H ey f or d) a s t h e b est man . T hey spent t hei r ho neym oon i n beauti f ul eaw aii f ollow ed by t he move to N ew M ex ico . T he br i de, Shar i , is M er rick ’ s old high school sw eethear t . M er r ick f l ies F-4s and m enti oned seei ng K ev i n F O W L E R a n d M ar k M O U W , al so F-4 pil ots. M er r ick also saw C har lie H EA T H (A - 10) and Br ian SI M P SO N (F- 16) . B r ian t oo k M er r ick on a t our of A lam ogor d o , N M bef or e Br ian w ent o f f t o L uk e A F B , A Z . M er r ick sa i d t h er e w a s not m uch t o see t here. H e should come up t o nor ther n M a i n e so m et i m e .

A n o t h er l et t er c a m e f r o m B r u ce L E N N A R D . H e h a s b een ser vi ng as a shi f t com mander w i t h t he 836t h Secu r ity P olice Squadr on a t D a v i sM onthan A F B , A Z and w as recent ly selected t o par ticipate i n t h e F u n d ed L egal E ducat i on Pr ogr am . A f ter t hr ee year s o f study at t he U niver si ty o f A r izona C ol lege o f L aw , he’ l l be assigned somew her e as a j udge ad vocate. W hi le studyi ng, B ruce w i ll r emai n on act ive duty and have al l his expenses paid f or . Sounds li k e a good deal . B ruce’ s w i f e L a u r en i s a l so a t t he U niver si ty o f A r izona maj or ing i n accounti ng.

Jim H A N N O N w r ote to f i ll us i n on a couple m ore assignm ent s. J i m and Stew L eB L A N C f i nished U N T i n Febr uar y . Stew is goi ng t o E F- 11 I s

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at M ountain Home AFB, I D as a “ beeper” after some electronic w a r f a r e study at Mather A FB, CA . Jim is going to F-11I s at R A F L a k en h ea t h a s a weapon system operator (WSO). Good luck in your new assignments.

Greetings from George A FB, CA came in a letter f rom J o e M A R T A T l .

He sent the photo below of his F-4 RTU class which i n c l u d ed sev en 19 84 graduates and four graduates of other classes.

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W hi le we did not hear f rom the regular C lass o f 1985 scr ibe t his issue,

we received an input f rom Class 8606, Falcon Flight , o u t o f C o l u m b u s A FB, M S. The photo below shows the budding aviators. St and ing f r om

lef t ar e John W R I G H T , T im N E SE M E I E R , Bob BEC K E L , W ayne

OLSON , Karen KRUKONI S, Marc SA SSEVI LLE, Tom BROWNING and John E L E K E S. I n t he f r ont r ow ar e G ary PO W E L L , Sk ip PA T T I SO N , L ee E L SA RE L L I and Jason D U L A N EY .

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I n the top row from left are M ike COM EAUX , ’83 (Clark); JERONIM US, ’84 (M oody); J.C. CH RET IEN, ’80 (Seymour-Johnson); Pete JOYCE, ’79 (George); Jim TA ICLET , ’82 (no assignment yet) ; and Bob

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D ave D E L G A D O , ’ 84 (Ft . W ayne, I N — Pr oj ect Seasons) . I n t h e b o t t o m

row from left are Tony BUCK, ’84 (Clark); Buster HEIERM A N, ’ 84

P r o j ec t S ea so n s) ; K e n R O Z E L S K Y , ’ 8 4 ( C a r sw el l (Seymour-Jo hnso n) ; Steve BI L L S, ’ 84 (O san , K or ea) ; a n d J o e M O R T A T l , ’ 84 (M oody) .

Unfortunately, not all news that I pass on is good n ew s. I r ea d i n t h e

A ir F or ce Times that D avid H . GO R D O N w as k i lled w hen a U H - 1 helicopter crashed near Ellsworth A FB, SD on May 29th w hile escor ti ng a

missile convoy to a missile site. David was the copilot o n b o a r d a n d a member of Detachment 2, 37th A erospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. I also learned through word of mouth that M i k e A . T R U

A fter assignment night on M ay 9th, some were happy a n d o t h er s w er e sad. A ssignment results include: To TA C, Beckel and Sassevi lle, F- 16,

M acD ill ; Pow ell A - 10 , K or ea, and E l sar el li , O A -37, D a v i s M o n t h a n A FB, A Z . To MAC, Elekes, C-130, Little Rock A FB. A R. T o SA C , Krukonis and Wright, KC- 135, Pease A FB, NH ; Pattison, K C- 135, K .I .

Sawyer A FB, M I , and Nesemeier , B-52, Guam. To A TC, D ulany , T -37,

JI L L O w as k illed i n an ai rcraf t crash i nvolvi ng a pr ivate a i r c r a f t . M o r e

Columbus, and Browning and Olson, T-38, Columbus.

In other news. Skip Pattison was to be married in mid Ju ne to hi s long

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ding plans for August 1987 after getting engaged on assignment night .

Gary Powell had bet his T-37 IP $100 that he would co m e b a c k t o t h e “ TWEET .” They’re calling it even af ter he got a T-38. T h en h e l u c k ed out and got an A- 10 to Korea and $100.

information about the passing on of these two classmates ca n b e f o u n d i n the “ Gone But Not Forgotten” section of your Checkpoints. W e sen d o u r sympathies to the families of these two classmates and k now that du r i ng their lives they accomplished much f or the good of everyone ar ound That pretty much covers the letters I have personally r ecei v ed o r t h a t D.J. passed on to me this month. I did have a few phone co n v er sa t i o n s w ith f riends from the Academy like Greg QUA NDT who will now be f l y ing C-130S out of Rhein-M ain A FB, Germany after he com pletes his training at Little Rock and Pope A FBs. Kevan WONG is w or k i ng hard on that medical degree at Bethesda and will be doing some inter nshi ps at various bases around the country now that the academic por t ion is com pleted. A lso spoke with Bob and Terri (KA TEIN) TA YLOR w h o a r e presently at Malmstrom A FB, MT and will be headed to G er many sometime next year. A ndy ESKENGREN is doing well at H a n sco m A F B outside of Bost on and Br ian T E RM O N T is building a house i n C o l o r a d o

Springs while he works at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex i n ci v i l engi neer i ng.

In closing for this issue I would like to encourage ev er y o n e t o g et o u t there and get other 1984 grads to j oin the AOG. Merrick K R A U SE pointed out to me that we presently have only about 22 percent of t he class on the roster. Not a very good percentage. M embership r a t e s a r e very af fordable and look at all the news you have found o u t a b o u t i n t h i s let ter t hat those no t in the A OG will never even see! A l so r em em b er t h a t the AOG does sponsor our class reunions and voices gr aduate opi nio ns in

Academy decisions. Where would we be without all this?

Thanks to all who wrote to D.J. or myself and aided in t hi s w r i ti ng task . T he dead line f or the nex t issue w i ll be about t he 15t h o f Septem ber

so get those pens and paper out and drop me a line. H ave a good su m mer !

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 .

ti me sw eet heart T am i . K ar en K ru k oni s and John W r ight ar e m ak i ng w ed

Jim B o n n 10 9 B u t t er n u t D r i v e

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By now, most of us are through with leave and our casual stat us j obs and getting into UPT , UNT , UHT , or school . H ope everyone had a gr eat summer. I ’ve got a few stories to tell and some news t o get out , but f i r st so m e b u si n ess.

The A OG is looking f or a member of our class who will b e a t t h e Academy for about a year to serve as our class representative o n t h e board of the AOG. I f you fit this category, and are i nt er ested , please con

tact L i nda G laza at t he A O G f or m ore detai ls. I am also look ing f or one, two, or three other people who might be interested i n w r it i ng t his colum n on a rotating basis, as many other classes do. Please contact me i f you ar e at all inter ested . Fi nally , class pr i nt s ar e sti ll a v a i l a b l e f r o m J o h n C M A R .

Y ou can contact hi m at 7954 W ar r en-Shar on Road , N asur y , O H 44 4 3 8 f o r m o r e i n f o r m at i o n .

By the time this gets published, the summer graduations w i l l b e o v er .

Congratulations to the following new grads: June 20 — Ji m BO N N , D ave CA REY, Reggie GOLDSM ITH , Steve LA WLOR, Terry MOCK, a n d Doug MORSE; 11 July — Fred A RM ST RONG and Carl M A RT IN; 7 A ugust — Ken CA RPENTER. Dave BYERLY, Mo McDONA LD, and 63

Gary MOREY are our December grads. Hang in there guys, your ti me is

com ing soon .

ing an appearance in the Econ Department where no one i s su r e w h a t h e i s doing. Neither is he. Kevin “ Clue” McLUEN , Mark “ Grog” C A N TREL L , M att “ Boo-Boo” SA NNING, Dave ‘Wiegs” Wiegand, M i k e HOUSTON, and John “ Spanky” SEPA NSKI are having fun a t t h e

par achute lo f t w her e t hey act ually have had to w or k a s l a t e a s 2 :30 b ef o r e hitting M cKenna’s! Kevin is getting really serious since gr aduat ion — he has actually bought a desk to st udy at . C ould sock s b e n ex t ?

Dean BRI DGER, A 1JA NSEN, and Jim BONN are working at C i v i l i a n Personnel . A nita RA VENEL LE spent some time soaking up t he sun and

saving lives (no doubt) as a li f eguar d at t he Peter son A FB sw i m m i ng pool. So far, the cushiest casual status j ob award has t o go t o R ut h A nn

SUI , Ed “ E.J.” BREWER, Jef f BA L DWIN , and Tim “ Lumpoe” M a c DONA L D, who spent three weeks in H onolulu as soaring i n st r u ct o r s f o r the Civil A ir Patrol. I f you can top this assignment , w e ’ d l i k e t o h ea r

abo ut it .

Fr om t he t ravel w or ld , C ar ol T RA V I S decided she didn ’ t l i k e h er n ew luggage so she ar ranged t o have it stolen w hi le on vacati on . Car o l is hang

ing around here for the Sports Camps and buying new c l o t h es . 1 r ecei v ed

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Six members of the Class of 1986 were sworn in and gr ad uated on J une 20. From lef t are Steve L awlor, D oug M orse, Dave Carey, J im B onn, Reggie Goldsmith and Terry M ock. (Photo courtesy Tracie O ’ D onovan)

DA H NKE were having a good time while hopping around E ur ope and t he M iddle East . I expect the next column to have quite a f ew a d v en t u r e stories from all over the world, so keep in touch. Send your i nputs f or t he

A s happens every year, there were a number of weddings af t er gr adua tion. Unf ortunately, a list of everyone who got married and thei r spouses’

preciated .

T his closes out our debut C lass N ew s colum n . I t w ould be great i f we

names w as unavai lable, so let me k now w ho you ar e and it w il l be pub lished i n t he next i ssue. C ongrat ulati ons and best w ishes t o all o f you i n

cluding Jerry HEI KKI NEN, Robbie Dale MA RTIN , Dave INGERSON ,

W es JO L L Y , M ik e H O U ST O N , M at t SA N N I N G , and L ee D ePA L O .

A lt hough t he t im e si nce gr aduati on has been shor t , t h er e a r e so m e stor ies t o be t old and r um or s t o spread . M ik e L A C K O V I C is w or k ing i n Cadet Scheduling where he has been working on the Soar For A ll pr o gr am and readi ng a lot of new spaper s. C hr is M A X W E L L h a s b een m a k -

n ex t c o l u m n t o m e a t t h e a b o v e a d d r ess. P h o t o s w o u l d also be ap

heard f rom someone at each of the training bases to l et u s a l l k n o w h o w

t he C lass of ’ 86 is doi ng in t he “ Real ” A ir For ce. I n case you f ol k s at Keesler are wondering what happened to me, my nav waiver w as f i nally appr oved on M ay 29 and I ’ m now at M at her , much t o t he su r pr ise o f t he troopers out here. Keep in touch, good luck in all your endeavor s, and f i nal ly , (I k now you f olk s f r om C S-24 and 27 have hear d t his a “ gr i l lion ” t imes) alw ays remem ber t hat “ Somew here i n t he w or ld , t he lounge is alw ays open ! ” ’ 86, P r ide T hat St ick s!

Cadet Comes to A id of Two Boys

By SSgt . Eddie C . Boyk in P u b lic A f f air s

I t all lasted about 15 minut es. T hen Cadet Fourth Class K u r t Beck er had done somet hing many A mericans wouldn ’t even h av e tried. On M arch 26, near Cocoa Beach, Fla., with nothing t o rely

on but his own skill, he successfully rescued two boys f r o m

drowning.

“ This was the hardest thing I ever had to do,’ ’ he sai d . “ A t o n e

point while we were in t he wat er , I wasn’t sure i f we were going t o m ak e it .5 >

Cadet Becker had already finished his competition in t h e U .S .

Swimming Senior Nationals, swimming the 200-butterfly f o r t h e A cademy Swim Team. A fterwards, he was dropped of f at t h e beach where the boys were swimming.

I had been swimming and body surfing for maybe an hour when I heard the Vietnamese kid yelling,” the A cademy sw i m m er said . “ I was about 150 yards out . A t f irst I wasn ’t su r e i f so m eo n e

was j oking because I didn’t see anything. Suddenly a w av e h i t an d I saw him coming up spitting out water .

A s I approached him, he went into a bear hug with his a r m s completely around me,” he continued. “ A fter using a t echnique I learned from a Red Cross lifesaving course last year , I w as ab l e t o i i

reapproach the child and st art swimming with him in a c r o ss- c h e st cont rolled carry .

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A bout 50 yards later he reached the boy’s friend. He w as i n

about t he sam e sit uation as t he f ir st , t he cadet said .

“ You don’t learn how to take two people on shore in l i f esav ing,” Cadet Becker explained. “ I quickly found myself not doing what I was supposed to because I was barely keeping mysel f up . I

f inally got int o a position where I had bot h k ids wit h t h ei r h ead s out of t he water and I was doing breast str ok e k ick s.

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T he W ichita, K an . , f reshman said t he breast st roke k ick s

worked for a while until they reached the point where t h e b each slopes of f .

“ That ’s where the undercurrent was the strongest so I co u l d n ’ t

swim against it , but I could barely t ipt oe on t he sand ,” h e ad d ed . “ I t was at t his point we had t o stay in one place f or a b o u t f i v e

minutes because I was completely exhausted and couldn’t g o a n y f ar t h er b eca u se o f t h e t i d e .

“ During those five minutes, I had to face the reality t h a t I

might not be able t o tak e bot h t hese k ids in ,” he continued . “ T hat was really t he hardest part . Sw im ming-wise I ’ ve always been able to do everyt hing I ever wanted t o . T he t hought t h a t I might have to sacrifice someone to bring someone else in really bot hered me. I ’m j ust glad all t hree of us made it .”

Facing his own fears and possible decision were only s o m e o f

t he t hings t he A cademy swimmer dealt wit h during t he m o m e n t o f hesitation in t he ocean . Every t ime a wave w ould hit t he boys would be screaming their heads of f because they thought t hey were going t o die, cadet Beck er said . “ T he A merican k id , espec ially , was so panick ed it was incredible. “ T he thi ng t hey didn’ t realize was t hat while each wave hit t ing

us was scaring them to death, it was also bringing u s cl o ser t o

shore,” the cadet said . “ T hat ’ s how w e made it in t he r est o f t h e

way until the Vietnamese kid’s family ran in and grabbed b o t h k i d s. n

I always thought certain events in swimming were pretty

t ough ,” he added , “ but t he f ear and seriousness of somet hing lik e an ocean rescue was pret ty bad . I realize now t h at i t ’ s i n cr ed i

ble how far you can actually go.” (The Falcon Flyer)

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