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Secur ity A s M ight y A s T he M ount ai ns Q uality life insurance means PEACE O F

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of Graduates may apply for valuable life protection at economical group rates.

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the A cademy Public A ffairs Of fice. For more photographs a n d a f eature story on the visitor center, see page 26.

A E Blum ber g Jr ’ 68 L C A i n sw o r t h ’ 70 P A I r i sh 111 ’ 7 4 R A J en sen J r ’ 7 4 W A Y u c u i s ’ 74 S J V r eel a n d ’ 7 5 R L Sm i t h ’ 7 7 B D Si l v er ’ 82

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C H E C K PO I N T S is published in F eb ruary , M ay , A ugust and N ovem ber by the A ssociat ion o f G r aduates, U SA F A cademy , C ol o . 80840 (P hone: 303-472-2067) and pr inted by G raphic Ser vices o f C olor ado Spr i ngs, C ol o . I t is pr ovided as part o f an annual member ship pack age w hich cost s $25. Second-class post age paid at t he U SA F A cadem y , C ol o . O pi nions expr essed i n t his magazi ne ar e t hose of the aut hor s. T hey do not necessar i ly r ef l ect the opinions, policy or att it ude of t he A ssociat ion of G r aduates, it s o f f icer s or t he edi t or ial st af f . T he appearance of adver t isement s in t his publicati on does not consti tute an end or sement by the A ssociat ion of G raduat es of t he pr oduct s or ser vices adver ti sed . C opyr ight © A sso c i a t i o n o f G r a d u a t es o f t h e U n i t ed St a t es A i r F o r c e A cademy , Fal l 1986.

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A OG Begins B oard N ominati on Pr ocess 1. Fi f teen ( 15) direct ors shall be elected f rom the sla t e o f ca n didates to serve f our-year terms; 2. A t least half ( 15) of the directors, as of 1 July 1987, will live

Col John T . M ay Qt rs 4 174 U SA F A cademy , CO 80840 D ear Col M ay T hank you f or accepting t he task of chairing t he nominat ing

co m m i t t ee f o r t h e B o a r d o f D i r ect o r s o f t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es.

T he nominati ng commit tee is as f ollows:

in close enough proximity to the USA F A cademy to par ticipate regularly in board meetings; 3. A t least ten (10) directors shall be working at t he A cademy as of 1 July 1987;

4. A t least half (15) of the members of the board, as of 1 July

1987, shall be on active duty as of f icers of t he U nited St at es A rmed Forces;

5. A t least one-fif th (6) of the members of the board, a s o f 1 July 1987, shall have graduated less than ten (10) years prior

C ol John T . M ay , ’6 1, Chairman Qt rs 4 174 U SA F A cademy , CO 80840

t o t ak ing of f ice.

Y ou should analyze t he carry-over direct ors t o see how t hey im

C ol H oward J. Fry , Jr ., ’67 Qt rs 4 124 U SA F A cademy , CO 80840

pact on the above requirements prior to seeking nominees. A d d i tionally, in accordance with recent board action, future b o a r d meetings will be held quarterly in February, May, September an d November . Elected directors will be expected to attend, a t a minimum, two meetings per calendar year at their own ex p e n se .

Failure to do so will result in a request for the director t o resign .

In choosing nominees, the committee should carefully weigh the f ollowing: past service to the association, prestige, and pot en

M r D onald J . Genna, ’68 5380 Sout h Jasmine W ay Englew ood , CO 80 111 M r D onald J . H alley , ’74 12 10 T ar i L a n e

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t ial inf luence on behal f of t he association . I t is absolutely necessary t o nominat e only t hose who are members of t h e asso ci a tion and who are willing to commit enough of their t ime, energy , and loyalty to serve in light of their respective duties, j obs, or pro f essions during t heir tenure of of f ice. Please note that t he bylaws provide f or nomination by pet it ion, and t he ballot should pr ovide

M aj Ralph H . T ate I I I , ’ 74 Qt rs 4503E U SA F A cademy , CO 80840 I L t M ary B . K almeyer , ’ 83 8880 A spen H ills Ct C olorado Springs, CO 80908

f o r w r i t e-i n can d i d at es.

Pur suant t o A rt icle V I of t he bylaws of t he A ssociat ion o f

Graduates, the chairman shall advise the general membership o f the identity and an address f or the nominating committee so t h a t individual members of the association may suggest candidates t o the committee. It is the duty of the nominating committee t o su b mit to the membership, not later than 15 M arch 1987, a sl a t e o f

ca n d i d at es f o r t h e el ect i o n o f 15 d i r ect o r s. Sai d sl at e o f ca n

didates shall represent a cross section of the membership so a s t o

insure t hat the f ollowing requirements as slated in t he bylaws can b e m et :

With the outstanding pool of talent from which you h av e t h e opportunity to choose, I am confident that you and your commit tee will do a fine j ob of insuring that we have another ex cel l en t slat e of candidates f or the boar d of direct ors. On b eh al f o f t h e

current board of directors and the entire membership o f t h e A ssociation of Graduates, please accept my sincere t h an k s f o r your willingness t o t ak e on a di f f icult task .

Sincerely (Signed)

JOCK C.H . SCHWA NK , Col , USA F (Ret)

P r esi d en t

A TTENT ION A L L GRA D U A TE

A SSO C I A T I O N M E M B E R S T he president of t he A ssociation of G raduates of t he U .S. A ir Force A cademy has appoint ed m e chair man of the' ^ Nominating Committee to nominate candidates f or vacan- C

Your A cademy Needs Your H el p!

The annual A ir Force A cademy

cies on the Association of Graduates Board of Directors, f .

F und supp or ts many wor thwhile

July 1, 1987, and the election will be held by letter ballot. |

f or which f ederal f unds are unavailable.

T he terms of of f ice f or elected directors will commence on h B a l l o t s m u st b e r ecei v ed i n t h e asso ci at i o n ’ s o f f ice not later

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Nominating Committee.

I Members are invited to submit recommendations for I candidates to me or any member of the nominating com- I

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cadet and A cademy p rograms

P l ease sen d y ou r t ax >dedu cti bl e d o n ati o n n ow !

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A OG Continues Service Expansion Ef f orts

By D ick Coppock , ’61, Executive D irect or , A OG General — Fiscal year 1985-86 saw t he A ssociation of G r a d u a t e s (A OG) of t he U nit ed St at es A ir Force A cademy continuing i t s ef f ort s t o provide expanded and more ef f icient services t o member s, while adding t o it s f inancial support of A cademy program s. W i t h of f ice personnel increased t o eight and a limited word-processin g capability added , t he st af f is now able t o respond t o a variety of t ask s in a more timely manner . Facility size continues t o b e a

limiting factor for staf f growth and equipment improvement ,

hence t he A OG continues it s planning f or building of a co r p o r at e f acility/ alumni house. D esign has been approved and t h e a sso c i a t ion anticipat es no problem in securing t he necessary long-term ground lease f or t he sit e on t he A cademy . Fund-raising obj ect ives and sources are being ident i f ied , and alumni can expect f o r m al announcement of our goals and needs in t he coming year .

M em bershi p — T he reopened li f e membership pr ogram continues t o at t ract new members f rom classes as early as t he m i d - 1960 s.

T he cadet li f e membership at graduation program also ap p ea r s t o be bot h desirable and successf ul . Payr oll deductions have begun

f or some 95 percent of the class of 1989, leading to t h ei r ev en t u al enrollment as life members upon graduation. A dditionally, nearly

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Staf f Personnel — M rs. Bar bara Fedusk a j oined t he A OG st a f f i n M arch , replacing M rs. Fay L ewis as A FA Fund M onit or an d m er chandising specialist . M Sgt (U SA F , Ret) Steve K night replaced M rs. Charlot te Boyd as a comput er data input specialist . W e a r e ext remely gratef ul f or t he cont ribut ions of M rs. L ewjs an d M r s.

Boyd during their tenure wit h the A OG .

Publications — T he f ir st abbreviat ed R egister of Graduates m ad e it s appearance in N ovember 1985. T he next expanded v er si o n w i l l not appear unt il 1989, and t his cost-saving shif t t o f o u r co n secut ive abbreviated versions f ollowed by an expanded ed i t i o n has been well accepted by t he membership . Checkp oin ts c o n ti nues t o gr ow in terms of number of pages and advertising. I n a late development , t he A OG boar d of direct ors recently au t h o r i zed advert ising of employment opportunit ies in the quarterly magazine. T his new policy and guidelines are explained el sew h er e M erchandising — T he book on M edal of H onor recipient , L an ce Sij an, I nto the M outh of the Cat , cont inues t o be a co n si st en t seller . T he new sport cap , available wit h class-year embroidery , has met wit h inst ant accept ance. T he grandf ather clock of f ering also proved t o be popular , and alum ni and f riends have b een i m pressed wit h t he quality of t his t imepiece. T he A OG is currently proceeding with a proj ect in concert with H armony H ouse Publishing which will result in a photographic essay b o o k o n t h e A cademy . Such a publication has been needed f or some time, and t he superintendent and t he A OG are ent hused about what w i l l surely become a much-sought-af t er collect or ’ s book .

A i r F orce A cademy (A FA ) Fund — I n t he A FA Fund ’s f ourt h year , contr ibut ions reached nearly $130,(XX), an increase o f o v er 60 percent . T he associat ion and t he A cademy are ext remely grat ef ul f or t his continuing, ever-increasing support . T o t al donors increased t o approximately 1,725, up some 350 f r o m 1984-85. W hile graduate part icipation increased t o 1,046, this

number still represents only 5.6 percent of the living al u m n i

r su bmi t es p lana rt om of

8 . 8 55

0 . F R E E D IST R I B U T IO N , CA R R I ER O R O T H ER M EA NS SA M P L ES. CO M PL IM E N T A R Y . A N D O T H ER F R E E CO PI ES

2 . Ret u rn

SPEC I A L R A T ES (Sac Ho n D M M onl y ) Fad ar ai ■ pu rpo aaa (Ch ec k

(2 1 H A S C H A N G ED D U R I N G PR ECE D I N G 12 M O N T H S

A . T O T A L N O . COP I ES (N e t Press R u n )

C. T O T A L F (Su m of ,

H O L D I N G 1 PER CE N T OR M OR E O F T OT A L COM PL E T E M A I L I N G A D D R ESS

N O N PR O F IT O R G A N I Z A T I ON S A U T HO R IZ E D . ‘ no n p ro f it i w t u f o f t h n o rot n i za t io n and t ha axt mp t t t a t u i i

Finances — A s evidenced by t he annual f inancial report i n cl u d ed elsew here in t his issue of Checkp oints, t he A OG cont inues t o b e a growing, viable organizat ion . For t he f irst t ime t otal f u n d s co n tr olled by t he association exceeded $2 million , representing an i n crease of $331,000. A f avorable invest ment climate an d l i f e membership cont ributions increased li f e membership f u n d s t o over $900 ,000 , .

i n t h i s i ssu e .

(Mo t fi n n i en )

Assoc i at i on of Gr aduat es , USAFA. USAF Academy CO 80840- 5000 (El Paso Count y)

6. COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS OF THE HEADQUARTER

t he payroll deduct ion program , albeit at a higher monthly rate, in order t o purchase li f e memberships. On a less happy note, only 4 11 graduates of t he class of 1986 chose t o become ei t h er an n u al or li f e members of t he association . T otal A OG membership n o w st ands at 9,0 14, including 740 associate members.

D I T OR . PU B L ISH ER . B US IN ESS M A N A G ER . OR OWN E R

populati on , in cont rast t o some 20-25 percent part icipation i n an

nual funds conducted by the West Point and Naval A cademy alumni organizat ions. A new donor recognit ion program , f eat u r ing plaques f or appropriate levels of giving, has proven popular

with our contributors. The 1986-87 fund campaign kicked o f f o n

Oct ober 1, and will cont inue thr ough September 30, 19 87 . F u t u r e A FA Fund years will f ollow the Oct ober t hr ough Sept ember c y cl e.

R est r i ct ed F u n d s — T h e asso ci at i o n co n t i n u es t o b e called upon

to administer funds f or a variety of activities and programs at t he A cademy. The association administers some 60 graduate an d nongraduat e memorial f unds, t he Gerhart , N ut ter , and W o l f e

scholarship funds, the USA FA Preparatory School Fund, an d

(Continued on p age 9.)

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A OG Report : (Continued f r om p age 7.) class t reasuries f or each alum ni class. A dditionally , t h e A O G ad

m i n i st er s t h e F r an k E , an d M ar i o n E . H ed r i ck an d t h e 3 0 5 t h

Bom bardment Gr oup (H ) M em orial A ssociat ion f unds, bot h dedicated t o enrichment of cadet programs at t he A cademy .

Three other specialized funds bring total restricted m o n i es u n d er t h e car e o f t h e A O G t o o v er $ 1 m i l l i o n .

C hapters — Chapt ers cont inued t o play an active r ole in f ostering camaraderie am ong alum ni and increased int erest in and support f or our alma mat er . T wenty-one chapters current ly f unct ion throughout t he world , and alumni in N ew England and M o n t gomery , A la. are hard at w or k t rying t o f orm chapters i n t h o se

Fur n i t u r e , Fi x t ur e s t Equ i pme n t a t Co s t Le s s Ac c umu l a t e d De pr ec i a t i on Ne t Fu r n i t ur e . Fi x t ur e s and Eq u i pmen t To t a l L I ABI L I T I ES AND FUND BALANCES Cu r r e n t L i a b i l i t i e s :

Wi t hhol di ng Taxes Payabl e

38 , 4 13 ( 2 3 , 888 ) 14 , 525

- 0-

- 0-

25 , 78 3

40 , 308

$ 140 , 639

$ 92 2 , 357

$ 1 , 0 21 , 288

$

29 , 48 0

$ 2 , 113 , 764

$

$

$

$

- 0- 050 . 9 13

$

A . F . Ac a demy As semb l y Re se r ve Due t o Ot he r Fund s To t a l Cu r r en t Li a b i l i t i e s Fund Ba l anc e s : Un r e s t r i c t ed : Unde s i gna t ed Oe s i gn a t e d- AOG Endovane n t s

6 , 0 29 4 37 6 . 8 15

- 0- 0- 0-

T O ST

- 0- 0950 ? 5!J

1 13 , 30 2 14 , 0 56 - 0- 0-

- 0- 09 22 , 357

127, 356

y27 . 357

- 0-

- 0- 0- 01 , 0 20 , 338

$ 140 , 6 39

$ 92 2 , 357

$ 1 , 0 21 , 288

Desi gnat ed- Ll f e Member shi p

Re s t r i c t e d To t a l Fu nd Ba l anc e s To t a l

64 , 196 ( 23 , 8 88 )

25 . 78 3 - 0-

- 0- 0-

- 0- 0-

6 , 0 29 4 37 58 , 678

1 13 , 30 2 14 , 0 56 9 22 , 357 998 , 90 5

- 0- 0- 021 , 4 33 )

r , 020 , 335 $

lO M)

2,046 .620

29 , 48 0

$ 2 , 11 3 , 76 4

ASSOCI AT I ON OF GRADUATES

a r ea s.

Services — W hile t he group term li f e insurance pr ogram i s becoming increasingly popular , t he associati on has b e e n u n su c cessf ul in securi ng an underwriter f or a dent al insurance of f ering.

I t m ight be some t ime bef ore t he associat ion reaches su f f i ci en t size t o generate int erest in t he insurance indust ry f or t his very desirable program . Planning and coordinat ion f or reunion an d homecoming activit ies cont inues as a year-round task . H o m e c o m ing 1986 drew a record crowd and st rained t he personnel an d physical resources of t he A OG t o t he limit . N evert heless, t h e asso ci at i o n r em ai n s co m m i t t ed t o a co n t i n u an ce o f al l su p p o r t

possible for our returning alumni . The association is proud of ser vices and f inancial aid rendered t o next of kin t hrough t h e H umanit arian Fund and our cont inuing support of cadet m o t i v a t ional proj ect s made possible t hrough A OG resources.

19 8 5 - 8 6 A O G A U D I T R E P O R T

FOR THE VEAR ENOEO 30 J UKE 1955

Un r e s t r i c t ed Fund s

Gener al

Li f e Member -

$ 144 , 37 2 8 , 6 33 2 , 7 15 - 044 , 56 3 29 , 0 6 3 32 , 313

$ 10 3 , 4 25 59 , 12 3 39 , 58 6 - 0- 0- 0-

- 0226 , 90 5 87 , 642 12 , 148 25 , 28 7 - 09 3 , 99 3

201, 164

19 , 0 3 5 10 , 470

- 0- 0207 7 17 ?

445, 075

T:71I3

7 4T .'675

9 5 , 45 3 3 , 24 3 4 5 , 966 12 3 , 996 26 , 968

- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-

- 0160 , 16 0 26 , 0 14 - 070 , 0 46

- 0- 0•0 0 - 0-

9 5 , 45 3 16 3 , 40 3 7 1 , 98 0 12 3 , 996 97 , 0 14

4 5 , 34 3 7 , 239

4 2 , 0 44

348 , 208

19 1 - 0TT I

25 , 136 - 0-

OVER EXPENSES

( 57, 044)

BEGI NNI NG FUND BALANCES

10 2 , 8 56

Fun d

REVENUE : Membe r s h i p Due s Con t r i bu t i on s I n t e r e s t and Di v i d end s Ca p i t a l Ga i n s

Fund Rai si ng/ Mer chandi si ng

Pu b l i c a t i o n - Ad ve r t i s i n g Cl a s s Ac t i v i t i e s Re i mbu r semen t f o r Adml n l s t r at 1' Sup po r t Ot he r To t a l Re venue

CE R T I F I ED PU B L IC A CC OU N T A NT S C O L O N A C

Rest r i ct ed

s h i p Fun d s

- 0-

Bui l di ng Fund

Fund s

$

$

- 03 , 67 4 29 - 0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-

- 0- 0-

To t a l $

247 , 797 2 39 , 2 12 149 , 50 9 5 1 , 7 34 69 , 8 50 29 , 0 6 3 126 , 30 6 19 , 0 35 10 , 470

EXPENSES :

Pr og

Ex pe n se s : Membe r Se r v i c e s Gi f t s

Fund Rai si ng/ Mer chandi si ng

Co s t o f Pu b l i c a t i on s Cl a s s Ac t i v i t i e s To t a l Pr o gr am Ex pen se s Ge ne r a l and Admi n i s t r a t i v e De pr e c i a t i o n To t a l Ex pen se s

205,626

EXCESS ( DEFI CI ENCY) OF REVENUES

MOEL LER, MAYBERRY Sl OSBORNE • F n i N a i .

OF THE UNI TED' STATES AI R FORCr ACAOEMY

STATEMENT OF 'REVENUE AND E)(PENSb . AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

TRANSFER BETWEEN FUNDS I N (OUT) ENDI NG FUND BALANCES

256T220 - 0-

206 , 264

•267135

20 1 , 94 3

147 , 7 1 1

(21,433)

80 1 , 9 60

87 2 , 627

8 1 , 546

( 8 1 , 546 )

- 0-

$ 127 , 358

$9 22 , 357

$ 1 , 0 20 , 338

$

551 ,646 1 12 , 7 14 7 , 2 39

671: 700 271, 177

- 0-

1 , 77 7 , 44 3

- 0-

- 0-

( 2 1 , 4 33 ) $ 2 , 0 48 , 6 20

REPORT OF CERT I F I ED PUBL I C ACCOUNTANTS 2 5 Au gu s t

TO:

ASSOCI AT I ON OF GRADUATES OF THE UNI TED STATES A I R FORCE ACADEMY STATEMENT OF CHANGES I N F I NANCI AL POSI T I ON FOR THE Y'EAH'I NDED 30 J UNE 13 5 5

198 6

Un r e s t r i c t e d Fund s if e ne r a l L i f e Me mbe r Fund s h i p Fund s

T he Bo ar d o f Di r e c t or s T HE ASSOCI AT I ON OF GRADUATES OF THE UNI TED STATES A I R FORCE ACADEMY Co l o r ad o Sp r i ng s , Co l o r ad o

We

ha ve

and

t he

e x ami ne d

Uni t ed

Excess ( Def i ci ency ) of Revenues

t he ba l anc e s hee t o f T he As so c i a t i o n o f

Gr adu at e s o f t he a s o f 30 J une 198 6 ,

St at es Ai r For ce Academy ( a nonpr of i t cor por at i on) r e l a t e d st a t eme n t s o f r e v enu e a nd e xpe n se s , and changes I n f und Ou r and changes I n f i nanci al posi t i on f or t he y e a r t he n ende d , e xaml na t i made I n accor dance wi t h gener al l y accept ed audi t i ng s t a n d a r d s and , accor di ngl y . I ncl uded such t est s of t he account i ng r e c o r d s an d suc h o t he r audi t i ng pr ocedur es as we consi der ed necessar y I n t he c i r c ums t anc e s .

I n our opi ni on,

t he f i nanci al st at ement s r ef er r ed t o above pr esent f ai r l y t he

po s i t i o n

o f T he As so c i a t i o n o f Gr adu a t e s o f t he Un i t ed

St at e s

Ai r

as of 30 June 1986, and t he r esul t s of I t s o pe r a t i on s and t he c han ge s I n i t s f i l al posi t i on f or t he year t hen ended. I n conf ormi t y wi t h gener al l y accept ed account i ng pr i nci pl es appl i ed on a ba s i s c on s i s t en t wi t h For ce Academy t ha t o f

t he pr ec ed i n g y e a r .

Ove r Ex pe n se s Add : De p r e c i at i o n wh i c h doe s no t r eq u i r e Cu r r e n t Ou t l ay

Ca p i t a l

Savi ngs Account s and Cer t i f i

c a t e s o f De po s i t Ac c ou nt Re ce i v ab l e - Ot he r Due f r om Ot he r Fund s I nv e n t o r y To t a l

OF THE UNI TED STATES AI R FORCE ACADEMY ba u nc e She et 30 J u ne 195 5 '

I ncr ease (Decr ease) I n Cur r ent

Li abi l i t i e s :

Wi t hhol di ng Taxes Payabl e

Re s t r i c t ed Fund s

Bu i l d i ng Fund

To t a l

112,058

$

- 0- 00 - 0TT0P

$

4 56 , 149 - 06 , 8 15 - 0-

$

3, 697 - 0- 0-

- 0-

?57: 95?

77567

$

50 1 , 9 1 1 3 , 08 2 58 , 678 15 , 0 48

1 , 500

2 3 , 98 1

94 , 769

- 0-

120 , 2 50

( Mar ket Val ue $754,732)

7 , 24 5

4 51 , 58 2

3 15 , 6 27

- 0-

7 7 4 , 454

Go ve r nme n t

Bond s -

(Mar ket Val ue $38 ,447)

- 0-

14 , 98 5

26 , 408

- 0-

4 1 , 39 3

(Mar ket Val ue $684, 605)

5 , 31 1

4 31 , 8 09

121 , 520

- 0-

5 58 , 640

14 , 0 56

9 22 , 357

558 , 324

- 0-

1 , 49 4 , 7 37

Mu t ua l

Fun d s -

To t a l I n v e s t me n t s I n Ma r ke t a b l e Sec u r i t i e s

CAPI TAL

- 0- 0-

31 , 7 4 1

20 1 1. , 94 3

147 , 7 11

7 96

1 19 , 27 2

6 2 , 007

- 0-

18 2 , 0 7 5

- 0- 0-

- 08 1 , 546

- 0- 0-

19 , 648 - 0-

19 , 6 48 8 1 i, 546

7 96

20 0 , 8 18

6 2 , 007

19 , 6 48

28 3 , 269

- 0- 0-

( 21. 433)

7 , 2 39 8 1 , 546 3 59 , 96 2

$ 30 , 9 4 5

$

1 , 125

$ 85,704 a

$ ( 4 1 , 08 1 )

$ 7 6 , 69 3

$( 12, 977)

$

- 0- 0•0- 0-

$ 79,839

$

3 , 6 97 - 0- 0- 0-

$ 70 , 559 3 , 0 59 5 1 , 4 18 5 , 667

- 044 . 778

2 , 59 2 5 1 , 4 18

$ ( 4 1 , 08 1 )

$ 7 6 , 69 3

3 , 0 59 4 4 , 60 3 5 , 6 67

40:'352

- 06 , 8 15 - 0-

-65:55?

'7 : ?57

TO k )

- 0( 1 . 125 )

- 09 50 6 50

$ 30 , 94 5

L - i di S

$ 8 5 , 704

2 , 592 6 , 8 15

77567

-w m

130, 703

54:610

The Not es ar e an I nt egr al par t of t hese Fi nanci al St at ement s.

578, 719

(Mar ket Val ue $128 ,860)

Co r po r a t e Bo nd s -

Due t o Ot he r Fund s To t a l

I NCREASE (DECREASE) I N WORKI NG

$ 4 2 , 065 3 , 08 2 51 , 8 6 3 1 5 , 0 48

- 0- 0-

A s se t s :

ASSOCI AT I ON OF GRADUATES

Un r e s t r i c t ed Fund s Ge ne r al L i f e Membe r Fu nd s h i p Fun d s

7 , 239 8 1 , 546

Ca p i t a l USE OF WORKI NG CAPI TAL : I nc r e as e i n I n ve s t me nt s I n Ma r ke t a b l e Sec ur i t i e s and No t e Re c e i va b l e Pu r c ha se o f Fu r n i t ur e , Fi x t u r e s and Eq u i pme n t T r a n s f e r s Ou t

Tot al Uses of Wor ki ng

$271, 177

$147,711

I ncr ease ( Decr ease) I n Cur r ent

MOEL LER, fBEI 6 OSBORNE Ce r t i f i ed Pub l i c Ac c o un t ant s

Ce r t i f i c a t e s o f De po s i t Ac c oun t Rec e i v ab l e - Ot he r Due f r om Ot he r Fund s I n ve n t o r y To t a l Cu r r e nt As s e t s I n ve s t me n t I n Ma r ke t a b l e Se c u r i t i e s - a t Co s t : Common an d Pr e f e r r ed St oc k s -

To t a l

$201, 943

In

CAPI TAL

Savi ngs Account s and

$( 21, 433)

Fund

$( 57,044)

of Wor ki ng Capi t al

Tr an s f e r s

Tot al Sour ces of Wor ki ng

I NCREASE (DECREASE) I N WORKI NG

ASSETS Cu r r e n t As s e t s :

Bui l di ng

Fund s

SOURCES OF WORKI NG CAPI TAL :

bal ances ,

f i na nc i a l

Rest r i ct ed

ASSOCI AT I ON OF GRADUATES

OF THE UNI TEir TTATES AI R FORDT academy not es t o f i nanc i al st at ement s 30 -JUNE 1666 NOTE 1 -

SUMMARY OF SI GNI F I CANT ACCOUNT I NG POL I CI ES:

A. Basi s of Account i ng - These st at ement s ar e pr epar ed on t he ac c r ua l basi s of account i ng.

I ncome I s r ecogni zed when ear ned , and e x pe n se s a r e r ecogni zed when I ncur r ed.

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

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A s W aldo squar ed a cor ner

T h e d o o l i es st o o d a t a t t en t i o n

and all t hr ough the zoo

and w as tur ni ng ar ound

and let out a yelp

N ot a cr eatur e w as st ir r ing

D ow n t he hallway C olonel N icholas

H e st opped and he said ,

not even a C Q .

ca m e w i t h a b o u n d .

“ W e’ re here to help ! ’ ’

T he sign out l ogs w er e hung

H e w a s d r essed a l l i n b l u e

N i c h o l a s set d o w n h i s b r i ef ca se

by t he m ir r or s w i t h care

f r o m h i s h ea d t o h i s f o o t

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I n hopes that B revit L ieutenant

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A s he studied W aldo ’ s compliance

so o n w o u l d b e t h er e .

r ight d ow n t o his boot .

w i t h 3 5- 10 .

T h e ca d et s w er e n est l ed

H e w ent t hr ough t he reg book s

all snug i n t heir beds

check i ng each w i t h his pen

W hile visi ons of Top G un

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d a n c ed i n t h ei r h ea d s .

o f W a l d o ’ s F o r m 10 .

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f o r a l a st m i n u t e sn a ck .

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T h e o u t b r i e f w a s sh o r t

t h er e a r o se su c h a cl a t t er

a n d W a l d o st a r t ed t o sw ea t

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T h e d a t e f o r st a f f a ssi st a n ce

t o see w h a t w a s t h e m a t t er .

so o n w o u l d b e set .

W hen w hat t o his w onder i ng

T he col onel sprang t o his sleigh

eyes should appear

t o his team gave a w hist le

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on f i nal w it h gear .

l i k e a T i t a n I I m i ssi l e .

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B u t W a l d o h ea r d h i m ex cl a i m

so lively and f ree

as he r aised up t he gear

W a l d o k n ew i n a m o m en t

“ Better clean up your act

i t m u st b e t h e I G .

’cuz w e’ ll be back next year ! ’ ’

A OG A udit : (Continued f r om p age 9.)

Al l i n t e r e s t , d i v i de nd s a nd o t he r i n ve s t me n t i n t he f und wh i c h own s t he r e l a t e d i n ve s t me n t s .

t he

i nc ome a r e ac c oun t e d f o r

B.

De pr e c i a t i on o f f u r n i t u r e , f i x t u r e s and eq u i pmen t i s r ecor ded usi ng st r ai ght - l i ne and accel er at ed met hods over est i mat ed u se f u l l i ve s of f i v e

t o t en y ea r s .

Pr emi ums and di scount s on cor por at e and gover nment al bo nd s a r e be i n g amor t i zed usi ng t he st r ai ght - l i ne met hod over t he per i od f r om t he da t e o f C.

pu r c ha se t o t he ma t ur i t y d a t e .

D. I nvent or y i s val ued at t he l ower of cost (f i r st i n, f i r s t o u t ) o r I t ems whi c h ha ve had mi n i ma l sa l e s i n t he pr e v i ou s t we l ve mo n t hs a r e ma r ke t , wr i t t en d own t o ze r o .

E. Pr ogr am Expenses - Funct i onal expenses such as sal ar i es , pay r o l l t a xe s and cer t ai n oper at i ng expenses ar e al l ocat ed t o pr ogr am ex pen se s an d ge ne r a l a nd admi n i s t r a t i ve e x pe n se s ba se d nagement est i mat i on.

F. T he As so c i a t i o n i s a no n p r o f i t and St a t e i nc ome t a xe s .

c o r po r a t i o n and i s e xemp t

f r om Fede r a l

T he As soc i a t i on wa s f o r me d t o pr omo t e i n t e r e s t i n , and de d i c a t i on t o , t he i de a l s , o bj e c t i ve s , ac t i v i t i e s and h i s t o r y o f t he U. S. Ai r Fo r c e Ac ademy .

Of f i c e s pac e and c e r t a i n admi n i s t r at i ve se r v i c e s a r e pr ovi ded by t he Ai r For ce Ac ademy a t char ge t o t he Associ at i on.

FUND BALANCES:

A. Fund s .

Un r e s t r i c t e d f und s c o n s i s t o f a.

As soc i a t i on .

Ge ne r a l

1.

Fund

-

Undesi gnat ed

t he Ge ne r a l

- Account s

Fund and t he L i f e Membe r s hi p

f or

L i f e Membe r s h i p Fu nd s -

Or i gi nal

Fund .

2.

L i f e Membe r s h i p Fund # 2

- Th i s f und a c c oun t s f o r a l l mon i e s

Onc e eac h y e a r t hi s r ecei ved f r om l i f e member shi p dues af t er 30 June 1984. f und wi l l t r ansf er moni es t o t he gener al f und. The amo un t o f t he t r an s f e r wi l l equal t he number of new l i f e member s t i mes t he annual dues dur i ng t he pr ecedi ng

198 6 , $ 1 , 97 5 wa s t r an s f e r r ed t o t he I n t he f i s c a l y e a r end ed 30 J une , Fund .

3.

Li f e Member shi p at Gr aduat i on Fund. Thi s f und account s f or Thi s al l moni es r ecei ved f r om cadet payr ol l deduct i ons af t er 1 J anua r y 198 6 . f und wi l l r ema i n f u l l y i n ve s t ed un t i l suc h t i me a s cont r i but i ng cl asses No t r an s f e r s wi l l oc cu r i n t he i n t e r i m. gr adua t e , Upon gr aduat i on of an i ndi vi dual cl ass, pr i nci pal and ear ni ngs f r om t he cont r i but i ons o f t hat c l a s s wi l l be t r an s f e r r ed t o a no t he r l i f e me mbe r s h i p f und , t he ear ni ngs f r om whi ch wi l l be a v a i l a bl e t o o f f se t membe r se r v i c e s .

y ear .

Gene r a l

B.

Re st r i c t e d f und s c on s i s t o f mo n i e s c on t r i bu t ed t o t he As so c i a t i on wi t h

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

3.

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

al l T he Bo ar d o f

C. Bui l di ng Fund - Account s f or r evenues whi ch ar e r est r i ct ed f or t he const r uct i on and oper at i on of a pr oposed bui l di ng t o ho u se t he As soc i a t i on and f or t he expendi t ur es r el at ed t o t he const r uct i on and o pe r a t i on o f t h i s bui l di ng.

Li f e Member shi p Fund - Thi s f und account s f o r

mo n i e s r e c e i ve d f r om l i f e membe r s hi p d ue s t hr o u g h 30 J une 1984 .

The pur pose of

t he va r i o u s r e st r i c t e d f und s ar e : 1.

Gr adua t e a nd No n- Gr adu a t e Memo r i a l Fund s - Fund s a r e t o be u t i l i ze d i n ac c o r danc e wi t h t he do no r ' s i n s t r uc t i on s , subj ect t o t he appr oval of t he U. S. Ai r For ce Academy Memor i al i zat i on Boar d, t o memo r i a l i z e de ce ased Academy gr aduat es or deceased non- gr aduat e member s of t he Ai r Fo r c e , 2.

Memo r i a l Sc ho l a r s h i p Fund - Fund s t o be used t o (a) pr ovi de

4 . AOG Cl a s s Fund s - Fund s a r e u se d t o pr o v i de g i f t s t o t he Ac ademy , c l a s s r e u n i on s , an d t o memo r i a l i z e de c e a sed gr adua t e s .

Endowme n t Fund - T he en dowme n t f und co n s i s t s o f f und s r e s t r i c t ed 5.

of

Un r e s t r i c t ed r e ve nue i s u s ed t o pay c ur r e n t o pe r a t i n g e x pen se s .

2.

Desi gnat ed AOG Endowment s - Account s f or moni es dona t ed t o f or its

1.

Ge ne r a l

t he

t he oper at i on

t he As s o c i a t i o n o f Gr ad ua t e s o f t he Un i t ed St a t e s Ai r Fo r c e Ac ademy d i sc r e t i o na r y u se . b.

acqui si t i ons , and addi t i onal per sonnel . I n t he f i scal year ended 30 June, 1986, t he f und ear ned appr oxi mat el y $94, 500 and $79, 571 was t r an s f e r r ed t o t he

t he st i pul at i on t hat t hey must be used f or a speci f i c pur pose.

NOTE 2 - ORGANI ZAT I ON:

NOTE 3 -

o ' r ec t o r s ha s d i r e c t e d t ha t t he se f und s be i n ve s t ed an d t hat t he I nc ome f r om su c h I n ve s t me n t s be av a i l ab l e t o pay c u r r e n t o pe r a t i n g expenses. Thr ough 30 J une , 198 4 , no ne o f t he se l i f e membe r s h i p mo n i e s had be en u se d t o pay cu r r e n t oper at i ng expenses .

Ear ni ngs af t er 30 June , 1984 wi l l be t r an sf e r r e d t o t he gener al f und as r equi r ed t o of f set expenses f or consul t i ng se r v i c e s , eq u i pme nt

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

6.

Pr epar at ory School Fund - Funds ar e t o be used f or pr oj ec t s a s di r ect ed and appr oved by The Commander of The USAF Academy Pr epar at or y School .

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Ex change Program Strengthens B onds of F riendship By 1st L t . Ray Cornelius D epar tment of Foreign L anguages I f you ’ve heard some cadet s speak ing what sounds lik e f l u en t French around t he A cademy , you ’ve heard correct ly . Si x F r en ch cadet s are here f or t he f all semest er , st rengt hening t h e b o n d s o f f r iendship and understanding bet ween t he U .S. A ir Force a n d t h ei r s.

Called “ aspirant s because t hey aspire t o become of f icers, t hese six hail f rom t he French air academy , L ’Ecole de I’ air , l o cat ed i n Sal o n d e P r o v en ce i n so u t h er n F r an ce. T h e aspirant s are Raym ond Casteigt of Cadet Squadron 17, Jean-Claude >J

M ignonat of CS-30, Frederic Pironi of CS-20, Christophe O u r sel

of CS-40, Christ ophe A uf ort of C S-09, and L uc de Rancourt d e

M i m er an t o f C S- 18 .

T his is t he 18t h year aspirant s have come t o t he A cademy t o share t heir views and learn new ones. First , t hey have t o h u r d l e

so m e o f t h e d i f f er en ces b et w een t h e t w o sch o o l s.

I n comparison with the A cademy, no humanities courses a r e

taught at t he Ecole. I n France, aspirant s will have already attend ed the equivalent of two years of college and passed a lengt hy and d i f f i cu l t ex am i n at i o n cal l ed t h e “ co n co u r s. ” A t t h e Ecole, t hey study electrical or aeronautical engineering to prepare f or f light t raining.

I f t he exchange’s primary goal is t o f oster cultural a w a r e n e s s

and friendships, the program is working.

Cadet Second Class Patrick Cheatham is A spirant Casteigt ’s r o o m m ate.

“ From talk ing t o my r oommate. I ’ve f ound that his attit udes t oward t he milit ary are very similar t o t hose of cadets here,’ ’ said t he cadet . “ H e’ s not overly Spartan , but not uncommit ted ei t h er .

I t ’ s so m ew h er e i n b et w een .

Cadet Cheatham said the entire squadron enj oys Casteigt .

He’s someone new, and he offers an obj ective perspective o n

t he t hi ngs we do here,’ ’ said cadet Cheat ham .

A spirant M ignonat’s air of ficer commanding, Capt . M ichael A . Catlin, also feels that the exchange is beneficial . “ I think having Jean-Claude in the squadron helps,’’ h e sai d .

M y cadets gain a culturally broadening experience and I t h i n k Jean-Claude does, too.’ ’ (The Falcon Flyer) < i

G r a d E l ect ed t o P o st i n

M edical Organization Senior F rench asp irants, standing f r om lef t, are Jean-Claude M ignonat, L uc D e R ancour t, R ay mond Casteigt and seated, Chr istop he A uf or t, Chr istop he Oursel and F reder ic P ir oni study at the A cademy L ibrary . ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by SSgt E r i c Olsen) A ccording to A spirant Casteigt , t he Frenchmen are surprised a t t he A cademy ’s size, bot h in land and population . Because t h e Ecole is only a tw o-year program w it h an average class size of 100, t here are rarely more t han 200 aspirant s att ending. H owever , t he aspirants say t hat allows t hem t o really get t o k now t h ei r cl assm at es.

Ot her things are much easier f or t he aspirants t o under st and .

For example, all of t he aspirant s enj oy t heir rooms. W i t h six o r seven students per r oom at t he Ecole, tw o sharing a r o o m h er e seem s l u x u r i o u s.

C oupled with pleasant living conditi ons, t he aspirant s ar e al so pleased wit h the A merican hospitality t hey ’ve encountered .

W e are accepted openly by every squadr on ,” said A spirant Oursel , “ people are very f riendly here.

T he aspirant s are surprised t o f ind t heir A merican co u n t er p a r t s running many of t he squadron programs. “ I n France, the of f icers run everyt hing,” said A spirant d e R an court . “ H ere it seems more cadet-versus-cadet , while i n F r a n ce < (

i t ’ s cad et - v er su s- o f f i cer . ”

Since Ecole has no cadet chain of command , t he aspirants f eel A cademy cadets here receive much more leadership t raining.

T he training obj ectives also di f f er between t he tw o ai r academies, according t o some of t he aspirants.

Flying is the prim ary reason t he French att end t he E co l e d e Fair — t o get w ings,” said A spirant Pironi .

A ir Force Col . Gary S. Eglinton, M .D., of Potomac, M d ., has

b een el ect ed v i ce ch ai r m an o f t h e A r m ed F o r ces D i st r i ct o f T h e

A merican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (A CO G) , f or a t hree-year t erm beginning Oct ober 1986. H e will r ep r esen t

those obstetricians and gynecologists presently serving i n t h e A rmed Forces who are members of the College.

Dr . Eglinton received his medical degree from the University o f A rizona College of Medicine, completed his residency i n

obstetrics and gynecolgy at T ravis A ir Force Base, Calif ., and his

fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University o f Southern California School of M edicine, L os A ngeles. H e i s board certified in obstetrics and gynecology and maternal an d f et al m ed i ci n e.

Presently an assistant prof essor in mat ernal and f et al m ed i ci n e

at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sci en ces i n Bet hesda, M d ., D r . Eglint on is also t he direct or of t h e d i v i si o n o f

maternal fetal medicine at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. H e i s a

consultant t o t he A ir Force Surgeon General f or obst et rics an d

gynecology and has recently published articles on vaginal b i r t h f ollowing prior cesarean deliveries.

A graduate of the A ir Force A cademy in 1966, he flew 2 35 co m bat missions as a j et fighter pilot in Southeast A sia an d r ecei v ed

tw o D ist inguished Flying Crosses, 12 A ir M edals, t he Purple Heart and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He was appointed t o t he A cademy by t he H onorable John J . Rhodes.

A COG is a national medical organization representing 26,000 specialists who provide healt h care f or women . A n A COG F el l o w

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Cited f or Constant A cademy Supp or t:

T utt Br other s N amed H onorary M ember s B y B il l M ad sen P u b lic A f f airs

W illiam T hayer T ut t and Russell T . T utt , sons of Broadm oor H otel co-f ounder Charles T ut t I I , were recent ly tapped f o r honorary member ships in t he A ir Force A cademy A ssociat ion o f G r a d u a t es.

A t a banquet in the A cademy O f f icers’ Club July 30, t h e t w o men were presented wit h individual plaques by retired A i r F o r c e

Col . Jock Schwank , president of the A OG. Each plaque w as i n

scribed wit h a descript ive cit at ion . I n addit ion , t he b r o t h e r s ’ names have been af f ixed t o a large permanent plaque w hich hangs i n t h e A O G o f f i ce .

“ H onor ary member ship in the A ssociat ion of Graduat es h a s been limit ed by our board of direct ors to 20 living per sons,’ ’ C ol

onel Schwank said. “ Our two honorees, who over a period o f

years have rendered great service t o the U .S. A ir Force an d t h e A ir Force A cademy , will j oin out standing leaders who h a v e preceded t hem .

T hose recognized in t he past include U .S. Senat or Barry G o l d wat er , (R-A riz.) ; Gail M cComas, t he A cademy ’ s f irst Cadet W ing host ess; ret ired A ir Force M aj . Gen . Robert J. Smit h ; F r e i d a W eber , f ormer secetary to t he A O G ; Jim Conboy , direct or o f at hlet ic training; and Colorado Springs businessman Joseph Reich , Sr . “ T he T ut ts are being honored f or long-st anding, continuous service to the A i r Force A cademy since t he early 1950s when t hey f irst lobbied to help bring t he A cademy t o Colorado Springs,

spicuous service t o t he A cademy f or 35 years. A s j oint ch ai r m a n of t he Chamber of Commerce M ilit ary A f f airs Commit tee i n 1948, he helped convince planners t hat Colorado Springs sh o u l d be the site f or t he A cademy . H is service continued as h e b ecam e the f ir st president and later chair man of the board o f t h e A i r Force A cademy Foundation .

U nder T ut t ’ s leadership , t he f oundati on f unded t he E i sen hower Gol f Course, Falcon Stadium and a portion of t h e n e w V isit or Center . H e was recognized by t he U .S. A ir Force w i t h t h e presentation of t he Except ional Service A ward . H e was i n st r u ment al in bringing t he Cont inental D ef ense Command t o C o l o rado Springs, where it became t he N ort h A merican A ir D ef en se C o m m an d i n 1957 .

Russell T . T ut t , f irst as president and subsequent ly as ch ai r m an of t he Broadmoor H otel , El Pomar I nvest ment s and t he E l Pomar Foundat ion , was the k ey individual in pr oviding f unding and securing additional support f or t he Eisenhower Golf C ourse, F al co n St ad i u m an d t h e n ew V i si t o r C en t er .

I n addition , his leadership in t he C olorado Springs bank ing and business communities has led t o const ant support of t h e A i r F o r ce A cademy and it s activit ies. ( The F alcon F ly er)

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C o l o n el Sch w an k sai d .

Z enith M icrocomp uters I ssued to Class of ’90 B y V al er i e A . M cG o v er n P u b l ic A f f ai r s

Z enit h microcomput ers were di st ribut ed t o t he 1,250 m em b er s

of the A cademy’s freshmen class in A ugust at Vandenberg H al l .

T he pr ogram , designed t o increase personal cont act among f acul t y and cadets, is believed t o be t he largest local ar ea n et w o r k i n t he w orld and consist s of 200 miles of cable and 6,000 u ser s. T h e same microcomput ers will be inst alled at t he U .S. M ilitary A cademy at W est Point and t he N aval A cademy later t his m o n t h .

A $6.5 million contract with Contel of Fairfax, Va., provides t ot al connect ivity am ong users. T he netw ork includes cad et r ooms, f aculty , st af f , t he Cadet Gym nasium , Field H ouse an d M i t ch el l H al l .

William Thay er Tut t, lef t, and R ussell T. Tut t, r ight, j oin A OG p resident retired Col. J ock Sch wank in disp lay ing the p er m a n en t p laque on which the names of honorary members are af f ix ed. T h e p laque hangs in the A OG of f ice. B oth of the Tutts recei ved smaller p ersonal p laques wi th indi vidual citations. ( U. S. A ir F orce p hoto by B ill M adsen) L t . Gen . W inf ield W . Scot t , Jr ., A cademy superintendent , w a s the speak er at the banquet att ended by A OG mem bers an d t h ei r spouses plus t he relat ives and invited f riends of t he h o n o r ees.

R et i r ed A i r F o r ce L t . G en er al s A .P . C l ar k an d T h o m as S .

M ooreman, f ormer A cademy superintendents, and their w i v es

were among t he ent husiast ic att endees.

W illiam T hayer T utt , w ho rose t o t he rank of lieutenant co l o n el in t he A rmy A ir C orps during W orld W ar I I , has rendered c o n -

A ccording t o Col . Erlind G . Royer , t he A cademy ’ s head o f t h e D epart ment of Elect rical Engineering, “ Research done at o t h er schools has indicat ed t hat interact ion among classmates i n t h e

dormitories has increased with the use of microcomputers. M o r e

signi f icant , I t hink , is t he f act t hat survey result s o f t h e l o w er t hree classes of the Cadet W ing indicate cadet s expect t o sa v e a n hour each day on academics and 30 minut es or more on C ad et W ing uses.’ ’

Cadets will pay approximately $1, 125 for the microcomputer .

T he screen will be pr ovided by the A ir Force f or permanent i n st al l at i o n . C ad et s w i l l r ecei v e h o u r s o f l ect u r es an d t raining on operat ing t he microcomputers t o include a brief ing o n t h e et h i cal use of sof tware. “ I t is a concern . L arge system s li ke t his are open

to some abuse, but we have tried to do everything we c a n t o negate that ,’ ’ said Colonel Royer . “ The faculty will m ak e su r e material not meant for cadets is protected through u ser i d en t i f i ca t ion and passw ord cont rol .

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Devin C. Walters is following his dreams of becoming a cad et

dons. “ I want to know what happened, but it ’s scary.” h e sai d .

I might find out that he j ust died recently or that h e’ s d ead f o r

at t he U .S. A ir Force A cademy . H is f at her would probably b e very proud . . .i f he k new .

Capt . Donovan K. Walters was listed as missing in action

somewhere out side H anoi . A s copilot of a B-52, his ai r cr a f t w as

shot down during the Christmas bombings Dec. 21, 1972. A f ew years later , the captain was of ficially declared dead, an d t h at ’ s where the story ended and a new one began for his son. “ Dad” is only a word and an image for Cadet Fourth C l a ss

W alt ers. W hen his f at her went away , he was j ust f our year s old so his real memories are limited t o camping t rips, f ishing a n d

building model airplanes with his favorite friend. “ People say I ’m a lot like my dad,” Cadet Walters said. “ I l i k e working alone and I ’m not a social person. I guess h e w asn ’ t

sure. T hen I ’d have not hing t o hope f or . I want t o t el l h i m t h at I

hope his stay over there wasn’t of his choosing and t h a t I w a n t

him t o be t he of f icer I always t hought and heard he w a s .

Cadet W alters st ill wears the silver prisoner-of -war b r acel et bearing his father’s name. I t only comes off f or sports or practice wit h t he Sabre D rill T eam . “ I ’ ve worn it f or t he past three years, he said. “ It’s always there, like my watch, and I can’t imagine go

ing anywhere without it .

“ W hen he comes back . I ’ ll t ak e it of f and put it away .” ( The F alcon F ly er) ^ 1^

ei t h er . I ’ v e t r i ed t o f i n d o u t w h at k i n d o f o f f i cer h e w as f r o m o n e

of t he crew members who came back . But he doesn’ t really w a n t t o t al k ab o u t t h e co n f l i ct . ”

H e said it ’ s di f f icult t o picture li f e w it h a f at her b ecau se h e’ s

“ never experienced enough to know what it’s like to l o se h i m .

Besides, M om ’ s always been t here f or me and my sister .

Even on parent s day in high school , he said he didn ’t co n sci o u s ly feel a loss. “ I was always proud to tell my friends that my dad was in t he service and I lik ed answering their questions. Sure, I tried to picture myself coming home from school and seeing dad walk in in unif orm . T hen I could tell him I got a good grade. I saw ot her people doing it but it was lik e I wasn’ t meant t o . . .

H is decision t o j oin t he Cadet W ing stemmed f rom a d esi r e t o belong t o t he military organizat ion as a whole. H e enj oys t he privileges he f ound t hat civilians can’ t have, but t h er e’ s an o t h er added benef it . “ I ’ve never really been part of a team a n d I t h i n k t hat ’ s what I need here,” he said . “ M y m om didn’ t want m e t o apply but af ter I made my decision , she was behind m e . ” Cadet W alters wants t o w or k in A merica’s space program and , he said , t he A cademy is t he best way t o get t here. “ I t al l o w s m e t o serve my count ry ,” he added . “ I ’ ve always wanted t o d o t h at .

Being in t he milit ary , he hopes, might also af f ord him more op

portunity to find out what happened to his father. A l m o st t w o years ago, a B-52 was found within the exact coordinates of Cap

tain W alters’ dow ned plane near H anoi . U nf ortunately f o r h i s f amily , t he tail numbers didn ’ t mat ch. “ I didn’ t concern myself wit h t hat ,” he said . “ I f it happened , it happened and t h en I ’ d deal wit h it . But , it didn’ t , so I cont inued on as I have f or t he past 14 years.”

His mother spent several years making visits to Washington,

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Presentation in H erit age R oom K aren M c Vay accep ts an A ir F orce R ecognition R ibbon an d a citation f rom Col. Kenneth Fleming, ’62, currently vice dean of f aculty, on behalf of her husband, M aj . M itch M cVay, ’75, who

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sole dining f acility f or t he 4,500-member Cadet W ing an d t h e largest dining hall in t he A ir Force. I t s 1.675-acre main dining area can seat 4,620 people at one t ime. A n addit ional 220 people can be accommodated on the mezzanine plus 225 in two o t h e r dining room s on t he second f loor .

Each year M itchell H all prepares and serves over 4.5 m i l l i o n meals, as well as 90,000 box lunches in support of o u t si d e cad et activities. A ddit ionally , over 2,000 ot her f unct ions, ranging f rom visiting at hlet ic teams t o aw ard banquet s and conf erences, a r e also support ed . T he cadet s annually consume more t han 400 ,000 gallons of mil k , 240,000 gallons of punch , 2.5 million eg g s , 1,000,000 pounds of beef , and 11 miles of f rank f urt ers. T h e f o o d cost is $6.5 million and t he daily invent ory averages $300,000. T he dining hall is provided a daily allowance based on t h e n u m b er o f cadet s present f or duty t o cover t he cost of f ood purchases. T h i s al l o w a n ce i s t h e sam e f o r al l ser v i ce acad em i es an d is adj ust ed periodically t o ref lect f ood cost trends. A ll monies are st ringent ly managed t o ensure t he cadet s receive maximum nut ritional b en ef i t f o r each d o l l a r .

Const ruct ed at a cost of $7.5 million in 1958, the f acility was designed speci f ically as t he Cadet D ining H all . T he original design incorporat ed f eat ures allowing f or f uture expansion a t a minimum cost wit hout com promising ef f iciency . T his expansion was accomplished in N ovember of 1968 and is only evident by tw o rows of pillars on t he east and west sides of t he dining a r e a .

A not her expansion is present ly underway at a cost of $6 m i l l i o n .

T his expansion will add approximat ely 32,000 square f eet t o t h e nort hwest end of t he building. Just prior t o t he graduation o f t h e f irst Class of 1959, t he dining hall was dedicated in honor of Brig.

Gen . W illiam “ Billy ” M it chell — one of t he f oremost pioneers in strategic airpower . W e are privileged by t he Smit hsonian I n st i t u t ion t o have General M it chell ’s t unic on permanent display on t he mezzanine. A lso displayed are t wo port rait s of General M i t ch el l — one by W illiam U nger in t he cent er of t he mezzanine, an d a smaller one by M ario C ooper , on the west side of t he m ezzan i n e overlook ing t he terrazzo .

M itchell H all is t hree and one-hal f st ories high . O n t h e l o w e st level are two large loading dock s capable of direct ly of f -loading up t o f ive t ract or-trailer s at one t ime. T he second l ev el co n t ai n s dry and cold st orage areas, of f ices, employee dressing r o o m s, t w o dining rooms (one t astef ully f urnished f or small f ormal cad et f unct ions) , a meat plant , bak ery , and dishwashing rooms (wit h t hree f ully aut omated dishwashers) . On t he t hird f loor i s t h e k itchen , additional dry and cold st orage areas, and t h e m ai n d i n ing area with over 460 ten-m an t ables. T he mezzani ne o r “ St a f f T ower ” over look s t he main dining area t o t he sout h an d t h e t er

signi f icance is t he support pr ovided cadet s par ticipating i n Survival-Evasion-Resist ance-Escape (SERE) programs. I n ad d i tion t o t he hot f ood provided , t he dining hall also provides f ood literally “ on t he hoof ” (live game) t o t he cadet s’ m o u n t ai n t r ai n ing area. T he cadet s t hemselves must dress and prepare t h e se “ provisions” as part of t heir t raining.

A lso of particular signi f icance during t he sum mer is t he f eeding of t he new Basic Cadet Class during t heir one-week b i v o u ac i n Jack ’ s V alley . H ere, t he dining hall serves 2,200 new cad et s a n d support personnel in six separate locat ions. T he f ood is prepared in M itchell H all , transport ed appr oximately six miles in special f ood cont ainers t o t he encampment area, and t hen served i n m ess tent s locat ed in each area. A t t he same t ime the dining hall is sup port ing SE RE and t he BCT Jack ’ s V alley encampment , m eal s cont inue t o be served in t he dining hall itsel f . A s a matt er of f act , t he variety of summer programs requires almost round-t he-clock f eeding.

Operat ing t his f acilit y is a st af f of 383 employees, consisting of t hree of f icers, 34 enlist ed , and 346 Civil Service personnel . T here are 175 waiters, 57 sanit ation personnel , 61 cook s, 12 bak ers, 13 meat cutt ers, eight supply per sonnel , and seven advance p r e p a r a t ion personnel , in addition t o those assigned t o t he v ar i o u s ad minist rative f unct ions. A ll are career military or C i v i l Ser v i ce em ployees, and all k ey supervisors have extensive t echnical a n d managerial back grounds in their respect ive areas.

I n summary , M it chell H all is a diverse operation which su p port s t he f eeding of all cadet act ivit ies. I t is unique and unequaled in t he services provided , i .e., cadet f eeding, awards banquet s, BCT t raining, etc. , w hich no ot her f eeding f acility i n t h e A i r Force provides. T he Cadet D ining H all emphasizes f iscal co n t r o l and well-balanced diet s t o ensure healthy f ut ure of f icers f o r t h e U nit ed St ates A ir Force. (R ep r inted f r om the A dmissions L i a i s o n Of f icer N ewslet ter .)

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A host of ot her program s are also supported during t h e academ ic year . Each of t he 40 cadet squadrons is encouraged t o have at least tw o f ormal dini ngs-in each year , w hich ar e h o st ed i n t he Formal D ining Room and f eature special menus and i n dividual plate service. A lso , on a continuous basis, specials are served in t he I nf ormal D i ning Room f or cadet squadrons an d clubs. D uring t he spring and f all , approximately 15 picnics are support ed each week end , and box lunches are provided daily in support of aviat ion pr ogram s and ot her activit ies away f r o m t h e dining hall .

D uring t he sum mer m ont hs, t he num ber of cadet s f ed d ecl i n es slightly , but t he variety of support increases. O f part icular

M itch’ s Gets Bigger Commandant of Cadets B r ig. Gen Sam W. Westbr ook I I I , '63, turns the f irst shovelf ul of dir t in m id A ugust to begin constr uc tion of the M itchell H all up grade p r oj ect. A ssisting ar e C o l . J o h n I . Coats of the A r my Corp s of E ngineers and R . R . Rank in of E tk in Construction Comp any . The new addi tion, to be l o ca ted under the terrazzo bet ween M itchell and Sij an H alls, w i l l h o u s e

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I recent ly t raveled t o V alley Forge M ilit ary A cademy in Pennsylvania t o di scuss t he U SA F A cademy H onor Syst em . V alley Forge is one of t he t op “ prep” schools in the count ry , and t hey pr ovide up t o 30 Falcon Foundat ion scholars in each entering U SA F A cademy

A st range t hing has happened t o me since my init ial service com mitment ex pired a year ago . W it h eerie regularity .

I ’ ve been get ting let t ers f rom service academy graduates urging t o me t o “ in vest igate career alt ernatives,’ ’ i .e. , get out of t he A ir Force and use t hem t o help me get a new j ob somewhere in t he aerospace indust ry .

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W it h our cadet s ranging in age f rom 12 t o 21, a sound program of honor

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f oundation of our ef f ort s. Since your visit , we are st ressing t he import ance of “ personal conf rontat ion ” and t he “ init ial inquiry ” in processing al leged of f enses. I n both t hese areas, we lacked t he proper f ocus prior t o your brief ing, but now see how crit ical t hey are t o t he proper and f air administ rat ion of t he syst em .

I t hink our realist ic appr oach t owards honor at the U SA F A cademy is being r ecognized as a system t hat work s. Our in cr eased emphasis and wor k load in t he h o n o r ed u cat i o n an d r eh ab i l i t at i o n ar eas

are paying of f . W e have m ore cadet s com ing f orward on honor incident s t han ever bef ore. T he best sign of all is t hat since 1985, over 70 percent of t he honor cases have been initiat ed by t he cadet s. T he U SA F A cademy honor syst em is alive and very healt hy .

M ar k A . H yatt , M aj or , U SA F D i r ect o r o f H o n o r an d E t h i cs C o m m an d an t o f C ad et s

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penetrable t hey border on sel f -parody .

T he aut hors, who are quick t o t rumpet their A cademy backgrounds, talk about career scenari os,’ ’ “ t ransit ioning t o a d i f f er ent em p l oy m ent -t y pe en v i r o n ment ,’ ’ and using t hem to “ act ivate an opportunity search” (my candidate f or t he most overblown phrase of t he year) .

H owever , once I get past t he aut hors’ abominable spelling and grammar , their message is clear . W hen t ranslated , t he pit ch reads somet hing like t his: D ear O f f i cer an d G r ad :

W hat are you still doing in the A ir Force? W e k now your t ime’ s up .

T ired of your long hour s, lots of moves, no appreciat ion? Spouse get ting on you because you don ’t have a nice cozy j ob lik e John next door , who makes $90,000 a year and doesn ’t have t o go remote?

L o o k at u s: w e m ak e l o t s m o r e

t han we used t o , and if you go wit h us, you could get on t he gravy t rain , too . W e represent lot s of big com panies, and t hey love grads.

I suppose most of t hese people think t hey ' re providing an import ant service, but t hey sound lik e corporat e raiders pro m ising bliss j ust bef ore gobbling up a company and f iring t he st af f . Besides, i f I was get ting out , I wouldn’t want my resume “ polished ” and my “ int erviewing sk ills enhanced” by a person who can’ t spell and t urns sentences int o obt use m o nst r osi t ies. M or e i m p o r t ant l y , I wouldn’t use a per son who uses his A cademy or A ir Force back ground as an invitation t o leave the military .

I ' m not against capit alism , and I ’m not

cost t o me. A nd I ’m really incensed by t he headhunters who use t he A OG R egister as a so u r ce o f n am es an d ad d r esses. H o w

else could anyone so unerringly f ind my address (while a graduate st udent at a civilian school) and predict when my com mitment expires?

I ’ ve deli ber at el y used pr ov ocat ive

language in this letter , because we need so m e d eb at e o n t h i s i ssu e . G r ad u at es st i l l

on act ive duty have a right not t o receive mass mailings f rom gr aduat es using t heir back ground t o get a f oot in t he door , and all of us have a right t o see t he A OG R egister spared f r om commercial explot at ion . M ost of us lik e the A ir Force, and we’ve got no desire t o swell t he rank s of t he yuppies or get lett ers f rom recent con v er t s.

A ct ually ,

I ’m

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t hese

h ead h u n t er l et t er s. I t h i n k t h e b eh av i o r o f

t he people sending out t his st uf f shows t hey ’ve f orgot ten, or never underst ood , what it means t o be a service academy graduat e and a of f icer in the military .

K ir k A . Y ost , ’ 80 (E di t or ’s note: The A ssociati on of Graduates, f r om time to time, receives comp laints f r om graduates lik e Cap tain Yost concerning unauthor ized use of the Register of Graduates. We again br ing to y our at tention that the Regist er is f or mal ly copy righted each y ear with the title p age carry ing the bold f ace warning: ’ ‘N o p or ti on of this p ublicati on may be r ep r oduced or used f or commercial solici tati ons without writ ten p ermissi on f r om the A ssociation of Graduates.

A lso, consistent wi th a p olicy of the association ’s board of directors, address lists are not f or sale and are not released without the p erm ission of the board. A d dress lists are used f or A OG merchandis ing ef f or ts and to p r ovide other ser vices to our graduates, such as lif e insurance. We welcome y our inp ut on this issue, p r o or con, and ask that y ou let us k now if y ou h a ve r ecei ved a co m m er cia l so l ici ta t i o n

which y ou f eel may have used the Register f or addresses. To date we have been m ost successf ul in dealing wi th of f enders.)

against graduates getting out of the service and prosper ing in t he w orld of f ree enter prise. But I am against being assault ed by born-again civilians with indiscriminate m ailings suggest ing I should get out wit h t heir help , which of course is paid f or by t he client companies and pr ovided at no

SH A R E Y O U R V I E W S W IT H GRA D U A T ES H ERE I N T H E N E X T I SSU E .

EM PL OY M E N T A D

SE C T I O N R E Q U E ST E D L t . C ol . Richard M , C oppock

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

A ssociation of G raduates, U SA FA D ear D i ck :

I am writing regarding t he issue of plac ing classif ied advert ising in Checkp oints, in part icular advert ising f or posit ions t hat may be civilian career opportunities f or U SA F A cademy graduates.

I am a 1969 graduate, a lif e member of the A OG , served on t he A cademy ’ s f acul t y i n t he M at h D epar t m ent f r om 1974- 1978 an d w as a d i r ect o r o f t h e A O G

f rom 1975- 1979. I resigned my comm is

si o n i n 1978 t o en t er a civ i l i a n car eer b u t t o o k a R eser v e co m m i ssi o n an d si n ce t h en

1 have been cont inuously involved in t he

U SA F A

f luence on me, one way or t he ot her , and any graduat e who is considering leaving active dut y has an overw helming number of sources available t o evaluate what op port unities exist in civilian li f e. Classif ied advert ising in Checkp oints w ould allow graduates t o ident if y some f or which t hey may be especially well quali f ied and per haps part icularly at t ract ive. T hey will k now t hat another graduat e is engaged wit h t he f irm and , since he is placing an ad , is probably satisif ed in his w ork .

I underst and (t hough I am not certain) t hat t he ot her service academy graduate publications allow classi f ied advert ising. I could seek graduates f rom W est Point or A nnapolis and deny the same sourcing op port unity t o an A ir Force A cademy graduate.

A not her important consideration is t hat wit hout being able t o solicit A ir Force

A cademy graduat es di rect ly t hr ough Checkp oints, I have occasionally used prof essional placement f irms t hat spec ialize in placing f ormer military of f icers (f or example, t here are several near W ashingt on , D .C .) - N ot only does t his cost me but it leaves t he solicit at ion , per suasion and incent ives t o leave act ive duty wit h t he prof essional recruiter in t he civilian placement f irm . H e obviously has a f inancial interest in persuading the graduate t o leave active dut y and , I sug gest , might not be evenhanded in his per suasion of t he graduat e.

I st rongly suggest t hat you allow classi f ied advertising f or civilian career oppor tunities in Checkp oints. I may be f irst t o place an ad since I have several openings now . T hank s f or your considerat ion .

Sincerely , John J. W ar ner , ’69

an d U SA F R O T C L i ai so n O f

f icer Pr ogram , I delineate these items merely t o show that 1 was and remai n a f irm supporter and believer in t he A cademy and t he A ir Force.

1 f requently have need in my organiza ti on f or good leaders wit h sound interper so n a l sk i l l s a n d a t ech n i cal ed u cat i o n . I ca n t h i n k o f n o b et t er ca n d i d at es t h an ser

vice academy graduates and 1 naturally have a predisposit ion toward A ir Force A cademy graduates.

I believe 1 am not unique. By not being allowed t o advert ise f or t hese openings in Checkp oints, all graduates, w het her t hey are on active duty or already resigned or ret ired , miss opport unit ies t o est ablish themselves in f ul f illing civilian careers. I do not agree with the reasoning t hat such advert ising would encourage graduates t o leave act ive dut y . I t certainly was no in-

A ssociation B oard A pp roves E mp loy ment Opp or tunities A dver tising A t it ’s meeting in October , the Board of D irect ors o f t h e A sso ciat i o n o f G r ad u at es decided in principle t o allow advertising of employment opportunities and j obs wanted in Checkp oints magazine. T his decision is seen as a service to the association’s many members who are currently retired or have resigned f r o m t h e ser v i ce.

T he employment classif ied section, which will include employment opportunities or situations wanted , will be limited t o two pages and each ad v er t i sem en t w i ll b e l i m i t ed to three inches in depth . Format will be one-half column.

W e will also accept quarter , half , and f ull-page employment display advertising, alt hough t he total pages of combined employment advertising will not exceed 15 per cent of t he total number of pages in a particular magazine i ssu e.

W e hope that this new program will benef it our many civilian members and provide potent ial employers an opportunity to hire A ir Force A cademy graduates who are searching f or a second career .

For inf ormation on style, f ormat , and costs, please write t o: Editor , Checkp oints M agazine, A ssociation of Graduates, U .S. A ir Force A cademy, Colo . 80840-5(XX).

Grad A ssumes Command of Flying T raining Squadron L t . Col . Gary L . Scheimer , ’67, assumed command of t h e 557t h Flying T raining Squadron f r om L t . Col . Edwin D . Gunt er , Jr ., ’67, who has been assigned t o A ir T raining Com mand h ead -

quarters as chief of the readiness division for the inspect or general .

Colonel Scheimer was bor n in W illows, Calif ., on Jan . 16, 1945. A f ter graduat ing f rom Cent ral V alley H igh school i n R ed ding, Cali f ., he ent ered the A ir Force A cademy and graduated in 19 6 7 .

A f ter U ndergraduate Pilot T raining at W illiams A FB , A riz., Colonel Scheimer ’ s f ir st operat ional t our was as a f o r w ar d ai r

co n t r o l l er i n So u t h east A si a . H e ser v ed l at er as a T - 38 i n st r u ct o r

pilot at Williams A FB and flew F-4Es in Korea and at H ill A FB , U t ah .

H e became Cadet Squadron 23’ s air of f icer commanding i n

1978 and graduated from the A ir Command and Staf f College i n

(U.S. A ir Force p hoto by A I C Daryl Pagel)

L t . Col . G ary L . Scheimer

1982. I n 1983, he was assigned t o H eadquart ers U .S. A i r F o r ces i n Europe as division chief of plans and programs. Prior t o tak ing over t he 557th , Colonel Scheimer served as group air o f f i cer co m manding f or the A cademy ’ s T hird Cadet Group .

T he colonel is a com mand pilot with m ore t han 3,700 hours f ly ing t ime. H is decorations include t he D ist inguished Flying Cross, tw o M erit orious Service M edals, 11 A ir M edals and two A i r F o r ce C o m m en d at i o n M ed al s.

H e and his wi f e, Janice, have two sons, Scott and Eric.

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H ow I t L ooks F r om The F if th F loor

By Brig. Gen. Sam W . W est br ook I I I , ’63 C o m m an d an t o f C ad et s

Greetings — from the best one-star j ob in the A ir Force! Y o u know, when you receive an assignment as commandant o f cad et s at the A ir Force A cademy there are a lot of questions t h a t i m mediately spring to mind, especially if you are a graduate. “ H o w many pullups can I do now? Does everyone still meet at Billy M it chell’s picture after ‘take seats’?” and, “ Do I have t o yell ‘ Pass in Review ’ , or can I delegate it ?” were j ust a f ew of my maj or con cerns when not if ied of my new “ opportunity t o excel .

A lthough I had visited the area once or twice since graduat ion , 5 >

I had never spent more than a day or two and had no i d ea at al l

how the Cadet W ing was being run . L ik e many of you , I h a v e come t o tak e m ore and more pride in t his institution o v er t h e

years since graduation and, quite frankly, the thought o f r e t u r n ing as commandant was more than a little intimidating. L uck ily , the concept of “ helping your classmate” tends to become m o r e deeply rooted with age. Within a couple of hours of my assign ment being released I had more advice and guidance f r o m f el l o w graduates than 1 could ever hope to implement in a t w o o r t h r e e year tour. I nterestingly enough, although many of those I t al k ed

t o had ideas f or new or revised programs, t he bott om line I got f rom most of them was t hat t hings were going along pret ty well at the old alma mat er . W ell , I ’ve been back f or about t h r ee m o n t h s now and I ’ d have t o agree wit h that assessment . I f you’ re hearing rum ors about cars f or basic cadet s or a class t rip t o M azat l an replacing Jacks Valley, let me put your mind at ease — t hings are O K on the hom e f r ont .

T hat ’ s not t o say I haven’t been surprised once or t w i ce si n ce

taking over in June. I ’m happy to report , however, t h at m o st o f those surprises have been pleasant ones. Perhaps the most signi f i

Brig. Gen. W estbrook

cant was f inding out t hat my predecessors had spent a great deal of t ime and ef f ort in reorient ing t he leadership programs an d philosophy we of fer to the cadets. I n the days of the point ed parka, we tended to talk a lot about leadership styles. N ow , t he cadet s have an incredible number of opportunit ies t o really test

elbow.” Hopefully, our initiatives in the leadership ed u cat i o n area will prevent us having to install a “ grip locker” i n e a c h

leadership positions have expanded considerably. Cadets a r e s o a r

been in the past . So that’s what we are letting them d o . W e h av e

t h ei r o w n t h eo r i es an d ab i l i t i es. T h e n u m b er o f “ h an d s- o n

ing I Ps, ground and f light navigation instruct ors, su r v i v al i n st r u c

tors, j umpmasters and free-fall parachute instructors, c o m b a t arms inst ruct ors. . .t he list goes on and one. T he A cademy h a s a l so

adopted a common training philosophy designed to transition t h e wing from the traditional “ rites-of-passage” leadership style many of us remember to a more realistic style that can b e u sed successf ully af ter graduation. I t ’ s not hing new or unique, simply t he same positive appr oach t o leadership-by-example an d m o t i v a

tion that most of you have been using in operational u n i t s f o r years. It ’s been successful for you and it’s working h er e as w el l .

A nother pleasant surprise was the formal training program t h a t

has been developed f or t he t hird class. I t s purpose is t o insure t hey understand how and why we train people prior to “ experiment ing” on defenseless doolies. The program is very well put t ogether and does an excellent j ob of preparing t he new t hird cl ass cad et s f or t heir responsibilities as r ole models and f uture Cadet W ing l ea d er s .

Speak ing of Cadet W ing leaders, we are also doing a m u c h b e t ter j ob of preparing t he cadet senior st af f members f or t hei r j obs.

Fr om team building exercises t o a tw o-day leadership an d management sem inar f or squadron commanders and group an d w ing staf f members, we are t rying hard t o set t hem up to w in . I n t he past , t oo many cadet s were put int o leadership posit ions wit h no eart hly idea of how t o approach t he challenges they w o u l d f ace. T heir lessons learned were of ten limited t o : ( 1) headaches hurt m ore w hen t hey ’ re caused by your classmates; (2) metal taps do not a leader mak e; and (3) there is no k now n cure f o r “ sa b r e 24

Group CQ shack .

A s a direct result of ef f ort s in this area, I f eel t h e cad et s ar e much better prepared and able to run the wing than they have ever stressed t o the A OCs that their j ob is t hat of t he I P r at h er t h an t h e

pilot-in-command. They should advise and counsel the cad et staffs when appropriate but not “ shake the stick” unless catastrophe is imminent . We have a tremendous group o f o f f i cer s serving as AOCs. They fully understand and support t his philoso phy and I am confident that any problems we experience w i t h overcontrolling the cadet staf fs will be few and far b e t w e e n .

A not her tremendously posit ive t rend I discovered upon m y return was t hat communicat ion between t he various mission element s at t he A cademy has improved dramatically . T h e i n f amous “ terrazzo gap” is shrink ing. A ll part ies are w ork ing hard

to keep communication lines open and misunderstandings t o a

minimum . T he “ Four Pillars” concept — milit ary , academic, at hletic, and spiritual — was developed f or a reason . W i t h o u t f u l l support of t he other mission element s, no one, tw o, o r t h r ee

pillars will provide a suf ficient foundation f or our f u t u r e seco n d

l i eu t en an t s. U n l ess w e ca n d em o n st r at e t o t h e cad et s w h at A i r

Force teamwork is all about , we’ ll graduate t hree-legged chairs,

and nobody wants that to happen. A long those lines, w e ’ v e modif ied our board st ruct ure so t hat each of t he disciplines a r e

represented on every board dealing with cadet misconduct, athletic probation, academic deficiency, or honor sanctions.

W hile I ’ m t hink ing about honor . . .t he recent changes i n t h e ad minist rat ive system of t he H onor Code was, and is, an ex tremely em otional issue f or many graduates, mysel f included . I h av e h ad the opport unity t o hear f irst-hand t he pros and cons o f act i o n s t hat were tak en, and t o review t he document at ion of t h e e v e n t s

leadi ng up t o those act ions. A lt hough I was not at al l i n v o l v ed i n t he process, I am absolutely convinced t hat t he changes i n t h e system st ruct ure were necessary . I also f eel that the n ew sy st em has tak en hold in the Cadet W ing. I t is still f ragile a n d n e e d s a l o t of at tent ion , but I t hink t hat ultimately , it w ill b e t h e i n st r u m e n t t hat enables the w ing t o maint ain hands-on cont rol o f t h e H o n o r C o de.

T he cadet s t hemselves are in great shape! T he registrar ’ s recruit ing programs are obviously w ork ing (so are Fisher D eberry ’ s!) . T his summer we br ought in t he Class of 1990 . I f you ’ re f rom my peer gr oup , you wouldn’ t believe how young t hey look ! Y ou also wouldn’ t believe how talent ed , energetic a n d dynamic they are. O n paper t hey ’ re the best class t o e n t e r t h e A cademy in many years. T he great new s is t hat t hey ’ve p r o v en t o be j ust as good in person . T he only real problem I h av e w i t h t h em i s t h a t t h e i r c l a ss c o l o r i s r e d . F o r t h o se o f u s w h o were br ought int o t his world by t he rabid “ RT Bs” of ’62, t hat may prove t o be an i n su r m o u n t ab l e o b st acl e.

T his past summer saw t he beginning of the upgrade pr ogram i n Sij an H all . Over the next three years, t he entire dorm w i l l b e renovat ed . Renovat ion was com pleted in V andenberg H all i n 1984 and includes new plumbing, f ull carpet ing, new m o d u l a r f u r niture, repaint ing, et c. W e have run int o a f ew snags during con struct ion periods but overall t he program is going ext remely well .

I t t remendously im pr oves t he livi ng and study atmosphere f o r t h e cadets. Cont rary t o t he opinion of some graduates we d o n o t f e e l t hat more com f ortable living quart ers will result in t he wing ex pecting O reos and m ilk at T aps. T he only quest ion I st i l l h a v e about t he program is “ w hat are t hey going t o do wit h al l t h o se buf f ers?’ ’ M ight be k ind of nif ty t o br onze one and hang it in t he living room . . .

T hose of you who still t hink computers are a passing f ancy w ill cri nge w hen you hear t his, but t he M icr ocomput ers in t h e D o r mit ory (M I D ) proj ect is now in f ull swing. Each member o f t h e Class of ’90 was issued a computer and t he upperclass cad et s w er e given t he opportunity t o buy one as well . T he desk u n i t s i n a l l t h e r ooms have been m odif ied to pr ovide secure st orage f o r t h e m a n d laser printers are being installed in each squadron . T h e l o cal ar ea netw or k wiring is in place thr oughout t he cadet area a n d t h e s o f t ware t hat runs t he syst em is in t he f inal test ing phase. W e are hop ing t o go on-line somet ime i n Oct ober . A nd here I sit , wit h 4,4(X) potential hackers, all of w hom saw “ W ar Games’ ’ . I f you work in N O RA D , sleep well , w hile you can . . .

I n t he interest of f act ual report ing, let me tell you a b o u t a c o u ple of problems we are st ill w ork ing. I discussed t he t er r azzo ga p earlier . U nf ort unately , w hen you look at t he actual physical struc ture, t here are some places w here “ terrazzo canyon’ ’ might be a m ore appropriate phrase. T here are areas of t he terrazzo w h i ch are brok en and crumbli ng t o t he point of embar rassment . A b o u t

a year ago, we began a long-term program t o repair and replace t h e en t i r e t er r azz o . I t w i l l co st ab o u t $36 m i l l i o n o v er t h e n ex t 17 year s t o repair and replace t he ent ire 25-acre terrazzo . W e f eel i t i s a price we must pay t o prevent really big repair expenses d o w n t h e

r oad and t o preserve t he physical appearance of Colorado’ s n u m b er o n e t o u r i st at t r act i o n .

W e are also f inding t hat gett ing t he right people t o volunteer , and be released , f or A cademy assignment s is a t ough proposit ion .

W e are mak ing every ef f ort t o w or k more closely wit h M F C an d the M A JCOM assignment f olk s t o alleviate t he problem s.

H owever , personal recom mendations f rom commanders in t h e f ield are still our best means of identi f ying t he type of people we want t raini ng our f ut ure leaders. I ask f or your help i n t h i s ar ea .

T here are a great num ber of misconceptions about A cademy assignment s. I f you , or anyone who work s f or you , is i n t er est ed i n an assignment t o t he A cademy and t here are any “ gray a r e a s ’ ’ you would lik e t o clear up , please contact us f or inf ormation . J u st f or t he record — occasionally , a f ew of my st af f member s h av e been k nown t o do somet hing besides play racquetball . A f ter all , we have t wo beaut i f ul golf courses here. . .

So , t hat ’ s how it look s f r om t he f if t h f loor of Fairchild H al l .

T hank you f or t he st rong support the A cademy cont inues t o receive f rom t he gr aduate community . L et us k now your opinions and your concerns; we’ll try t o address t hem all . I hope I have t he chance t o see many of you at A OG f unct ions over t he next couple of year s. U nt il t hen , wish me luck ; I t hink I ’ m going t o n eed i t . ( U.S. A ir F orce p hotos by B ill M adsen.)

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

(Regular A ir Force) C l a ss

Pr im ar y Z one Sel ect ed

19 59 19 6 0 19 6 1 19 6 2 19 6 3 19 64 19 6 5 19 6 6 19 6 7 19 6 8 196 9 19 70 19 7 1 19 7 2 19 7 3 TOTA LS

Secondar y Z one

N o t Sel ec t ed 2 9 3 7 21 23 45 51 1 1

6 54 16 12 7 2

98

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C o n si d er ed

Sel ect ed

1 25 34 23 12

5 6 9 5

4 4 4 10 7

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Secondary Z one Selectees 196 7

Budinger , Fr ed W . Jr .

Gr eene, M elvin L . Jr .

G r osick , F reder ick E .

T ackabury , Paul D .

W hi te, James H . Jr .

19 6 8

M cD aniel , W i lliam T . Jr .

M of f i tt , M ichael A .

Pavel k o , Robert J .

P olk , Steven R .

Seever s, James S. T em pli n , Ralph J .

19 6 9

Commandant Westbrook goes over the up coming day ’s of f ice

D allager , John R .

H annah , Steven R .

H opper , John D . Jr .

M agill , W illi am S. I l l M ang, D ouglas K .

M ar cot t e, R onald C . J .

O ster t haler , Rober t T .

Over st reet , Jack C . Jr .

W ax , C har les J .

19 70

A ndr ew s, James E .

Em ery , C ur t is H . I I H am bli n , L eslie J. Radcli f f , Roger R .

Sconyer s, Ronald T .

schedule with his secretary, M rs. J oy ce H anchey . M rs. H anchey has ser ved as secretary to eight p revious commandants.

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28-y ear-old D r eam:

N ew V i sit or Cent er a Fir st -Cl ass Faci lity

By M aj or M argaret M . Stanek A ir Force A cademy Public A f f air s L i f e w o r k s o n v ar i o u s t i m e sch ed u l es. T h er e ar e 24 h o u r s i n a

day , seven days in a week , and 365 days in a year . I t t ak es n i n e m ont hs t o be bor n and 21 years t o vot e. W ith t he except ion o f a hum an li f e-span , t he f amiliar aspect s of our lives ar e m easu r ed i n clearly def ined t ime lim it s.

D reams, on the ot her hand , are not so clear ly def ined . S o m e t imes a dream becomes reality in a mat t er of moment s; o t h e r t imes, it may tak e a litt le longer .

For t he A ir Force A cademy , the dream of a visit or center t o o k 28 years.

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auditorium/ banquet room f or 500 people, and 86 guest r o o m s and suites. T he goal of this center was tw of old : t o bring t ogether a cross sect ion of civilian society t o w ork wit h t he milit ary on a wide range of technological and sociological problems, an d t o

give cadets exposure to a broad spectrum of nonmilitary i d eas f rom t he civilian populat ion .

A s in previous at tempt s, however , t he f unds raised f o r t h e Educat ion Center were insu f f icient t o cover t he cost , an d t h e dream was again postponed .

I n 1979, t he drive t hat event ually led t o t he realizat ion o f t h e dream began in earnest .

A 1979 issue of t he Colorado Sp r ings Sun described t h e A cademy’ s plan t o const ruct a $3.9 million visit or cen t er o n a h i l l sout hwest of t he Cadet Chapel . T his cent er would house displays, a t heater , snack bar and souvenir shops. I f congressionallyapproved funding was granted, construction was slated t o begin i n 19 8 1.

W hen f unding was not approved by Congress in 1979, t h e

center proposal was tabled, then reinitiated from 1981 t o 1984 .

During these years, modifications on the center proposal p r o duced wide ranges in cost factors, from $3.9 to $6.5 million , and in size, f rom 22,000 t o 26,000 square f eet . T he int ernal st r u c t u r e also showed variat ions in concept f rom a convention cen t er / h o t el

design to a display/ exhibit area for Academy tourists.

The decisive year in the germination of the dream proved t o b e 1985. Congress reconsidered the proposal and again d en i ed f u n d ing. It was clear that if the facility were to be built , i t w o u l d b e

The new visitor center viewed f r om a hill to the west of the com p lex . The p ath way at r ight center of the p hoto connects t h e cen ter wi th the Cadet Chap el area.

T he seed f or t he dream w as f ir st plant ed in 1958 when t h e cad et wing moved t o Colorado Springs f rom L owry A FB in D enver . I n 1961-62, t he A thletic D epar tm ent , using self -help and voluntary labor , convert ed a f oundry locat ed in the southeast sect i o n o f t h e A cademy int o a t emporary visit or welcoming center . Cont aining hist orial exhibit s, an inf or mat ion boot h , a gi f t shop an d a 117-seat t heater , t his cent er was intended as an interim so l u t i o n unt il a more permanent building could be const ruct ed .

I n 1963, t he A ir Force A cademy Foundat ion began t he f i r st ef f ort s f or a permanent st ruct ure. I n t his early visit or-cent er c o n cept , a 75,000-square f oot building w ould be built t o h o u se a recept ion area, audit orium , seminar r ooms, a rest aurant , gi f t shop , of f ices and an indoor/ outdoor display area. I n 1964, t he concept was expanded t o include 64 t wo-man rooms f or v i si t o r use. D ue t o insuf f icient f unding, t his $35 million “ d r eam ” n ev er became a reality .

For the next eight year s, litt le headway was made on a n e w visit or cent er . T he exist ing cent er w as upgraded f or saf ety con siderat ions wit h new wiri ng, noncombust ible part itions an d ad d i tional exit s. W it h addit ional , cost ly improvement s r eco m m en d ed f or t he building, t he dream of a new visit or center gained a new

constructed with privat e gi f t s rather t han wit h f ederal budget dollars. Following a t hor ough review of alt ernat ives, t h e A i r Force A cademy Foundat ion agreed t o t ake the lead in raising

funds f or the proj ect , and the A ir Force A cademy A thletic

A ssociat ion agreed t o pr ovide a subst antial loan t o t he pr oj ect t hat would be repaid over t ime f r om ear nings f rom gi f t shop sales.

On A ugust 19, 1985, ground-breaking ceremonies f or t h e 35,0(X)-square-foot visitor center were held. A ttending t h e f u n c

t ion were Secret ary of t he A ir Force V erne Orr ; t he superint en dent , L t . Gen . W inf ield W . Scott , Jr .; M r . W illiam J. H ybl ,

president of the A ir Force A cademy Foundation; and W i l l i am

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I n 1973, the A ir Force A cademy Foundat ion began f und raising ef f ort s f or the development of a $14 million E d u cat i o n C en t er . T h i s co n f er en ce/ v i si t o r cen t er w o u l d co v er 2 10,000 square f eet in a f ive-level st ructure, and accommodat e 1,000 con f erees at any one t ime. I ncluded in t he st ructure would b e a 650-seat t heat er , a dozen seminar rooms, two dining r o o m s , a n 26

Tour ists emerge f rom the visi tor center 's entrance ar ea. T o t h e lef t out of view is an outdoor p atio area where visitors can si t an d dine on f ood p ur chased at the center ’s f ast-f ood restauran t.

A cademy and members of t he f oundation . T he archit ect sel ect ed t o design the center was John James W allace and A ssociat es, a n d t h e co n st r u ct i o n co n t r act w as aw a r d ed t o G . E . J o h n so n C o n

st ruct ion , bot h Colorado Springs companies.

D uring t he next nine mont hs, t he visit or cent er dream began to tak e concrete (and aluminum) shape.

T he k ey t o t he rapid success of the proj ect lay in t he way t he A cademy would receive t he center . Rat her t han accepting f u n d s t o build t he st ructure, t he A cademy arranged f or t he A i r F o r c e A cademy Foundat ion t o be granted a right-of -ent ry license so t h e f oundation was responsible f or t he construction . Once c o m plet ed , t he f oundat ion would t hen give t he f inished building t o t he A ir Force. A small design team was convened , i ncluding a r chit ect s, cont ract ors, and represent at ives f rom t he A cademy . T his design t eam resolved conf lict ing requirement s and wor ked h ar d t o k eep t he proj ect under cont rol . W hile t he A cademy Foundation was raising t he $4.5 m illion needed f or t he proj ect , plans were made f or building const ruction .

T he building itself was designed t o serve as a channeling point f or A cademy visit ors, yet not compet e wit h or detract f r o m t h e prominent f eat ures o f t he Cadet Chapel . L ocated on a k n o l l sout hwest of t he Chapel and t he main administ rat ive building, H ar mon H all , t he cent er would nest le in a natural set t ing o f m ountains and rolling hills, and be easily accessible t o t h e cad et a r ea .

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This domed disp lay of the cadet area contains 300 f iber op tics lights which sho w the f acil ity being descr ibed dur ing a n a r r a t i o n of a typ ical cadet day .

D uring t he next f ew m ont hs, t he design of t he exhibit a r e a rapidly developed . Gilt spur Exhibit s made repeated v i si t s t o t h e A cademy , and A cademy public af f airs and civil engineer proj ect o f f i cer s t r av el ed t o P h o en ix t o ch eck ex h i b i t co n st r u ct i o n . E a c h week brought t he complet ion of anot her element of t he ex h i b i t

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area. By M ay 1986, t he exhibit area was complet e.

W ith a color scheme of blue and gray , t he exhibit area is larger and more high-tech than t he old center . T wo 90-f oot long curved ent rance and exit ramps lead to and f rom t he 5,652-square-f oot main exhibit area. T he curved walls are carpeted, and display some of t he 300-plus phot os included in t he ex hibit s. Eight back lit D urat ran phot o k iosk s highlight prominent graduates.

I n t he main exhibit area, visitors view a replica of t h e C ad et Chapel ; cadet uni f orm s, pat ches, rank and insignia; a f alconry display ; and an admissions exhibit .

T h e cen t r al t h em e o f t h e ex h i b i t ar ea f o cu ses o n t h e A cademy ’ s f our pillars of excellence: academic, milit ary , at hletic an d character development . T he highlight of t his area is a t h r e edimensional display of the cadet area under a domed skylight .

V isit ors hear a voice recording describing the activit ies of a typical cadet day . A s t he narration proceeds, 300 f iber optics light t he particular f acility in t he cadet area being described . T h e “ r eal i sm ” o f t h e m o d el i s d et ai l ed t o i n cl u d e car s in t he park ing lot s and “ marching” light s at noon meal f ormation .

W alking down t he exit ramp , t he visit or views a wrap-up o f t h e cadet experience during June W eek and graduat ion activit ies, t h e typical career areas A cademy grads enter , and a f ull-scale cad et

The exp anded gif t shop f acili ty is viewed f r om the raised disp lay area. A t center is Jeanne W. L ong, gif t shop manager. A t b o t t o m is the inf or mation desk f acing the center ’s main entry d o o r s.

I nt ernally , t he visit or w ould immediat ely view t he el ev at ed ex hibit area. T o t he visit or ’ s right upon ent ry would b e a 2 5 0 - se a t t heat er , presenting a f ilm overview of t he A cademy experience.

T o t he lef t , t he visit or would have access t o a gi f t shop and snack b ar ar ea .

O nce the physical layout was decided upon , at tent ion f o cu sed on design of t he exhibit area, t he heart of t he f acility . F o r t h i s phase of construct ion 10 design consultant s were evaluat ed f o r t echnical capabilit y wit hin t he const raint s of a $250,000 i n i t i al design budget ; t he ability t o convey a “ commit ment t o excellence” t heme; and t heir willingness t o w or k wit hin a def ineable A cademy image. A f t er design proposal evaluat ion , t w o f i r m s w er e i n v i t ed t o su b m i t b i d s w h i ch r esu l t ed i n sel ect i o n

of Gilt spur Exhibit s of Phoenix , A rizona.

The chap el model is a p op ular disp lay in the new visitor c e n t e r .

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On M ay 27, j ust nine months af ter groundbreak ing, t he Barry Goldwat er A ir Force A cademy V isit or Cent er was of f icially a c cept ed by t he A ir Force A cademy f rom the A ir Force A cademy F o u n d at i o n .

Since it s opening in early June, t he center was visited by 237,682 people in it s f irst two m ont hs of operation , m o r e t h a n t wice as many as visited the old center in t he same time period in 1985. I n the month of July alone, 173,9 18 people viewed t h e displays and the exhibit s and had t he opport unity t o l ear n a l i t t l e m o r e ab o u t cad et l i f e.

T he A ir Force A cademy V isit or Center was a dream 28 years in t he making. T he realit y of t hat dream now inspires equally vivid dreams wit hin t he young men and women who will be t he A cademy cadet s of the f uture.

(E ditor ’s note: The p hotograp hs f or this f eature were p r ovided by the D irectorates of P ublic Af f airs and A udiovisual S e r v i c es .

O ur thanks to these A cademy agencies f or their continued s up p or t. A lso, since this ar ticle was wr itten, the USA FA Class of 1961 has p r ovided a memor ial over look on the p ath way c o n n e c ting the visitor center with the Cadet Chap el area a n d n i n e c o n crete benches which line the p ath way have been donated f r om the Class of 1961, the West P oint Class of 1950 and var ious graduate mem or ial f unds.)

F our k iosks highlight the A cademy ’s f our p illars of ex cel l en ce: academ ic, m ili tary, athletic and character develop ment, w i t h videotap ed p resentations. r oom . A f inal display emphasizes t he A cademy ’s role in develop ing t he A ir Force leadership of t he 21st Cent ury .

On exit ing t he cent er , visit or s can tak e self -guided t ours along a hill side pat h t hat leads t o t he Cadet Chapel and t he o v er l o o k o f t he cadet area. By t his pat h , the center and the cadet a r e a a r e link ed in a complet e visual experience f or A cademy v i si t o r s.

G r ad u a t e N a m ed

VP by Sundstrand ROCK FO RD , I L — Sundst rand Corporat ion has appoint ed D ave P f ei f le, ’67, t o vice president . M ark eting and Engineering f or t he Sundst rand H ydro-T ransmission D ivision .

D av e P f ei f l e A f t er receiving his bachelor ’ s degree in engineering sci en ce an d ast ronaut ics f rom t he A cademy in 1967, Pf ei f le wor ked a t

Wright-Patterson A ir Force Base in the A ero Propulsion L ab an d

t he Foreign T echnology D ivision . I n 1982 he earned a m a st e r ’ s degree in business administ ration f rom t he U niversity o f D e n v e r .

Pf ei f le j oined Sundst rand in 197 1 in t he engineering depart ment at the Fluid H andling D ivision in D enver . H e held a n u m b e r of positions in engineering bef ore being appointed direct or .

Engineering in 1977 and vice president of Engineering f o r Su n d st rand H ydro-T ransmission in 1982.

Sundst rand Corporat ion is a Fort une 500 company and a mark et leader in t he design , manu f acture, and sale of a variet y of The p ins on this disp lay map rep resent the hometo wn of each cadet p resently in the Cadet Wing with dif f erent colored p ins f or each class.

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6 6 R et u r n s f o r 2 0 t h R eu n i o n

By J ohn Casper , ’66 “ ’ 66 — B L O O D T H A T ST I C K S”

sai d t h e r ed t o w b an n er

high above Falcon Stadium during half t ime at t he CSU game. A s t he t ow plane came int o view , a cheer went up f rom t he 200-plus graduat es of t he C lass of 1966 who had traveled f rom n e a r a n d f a r t o cel eb r at e t h ei r 20t h r eu n i o n . T h a t u n o f f i ci al cl ass m o t t o , revered by many and despised by some, told t he real st o r y b eh i n d t h e ’ 6 6 r eu n i o n .

D espite all t he t wist s and tur ns our lives had taken si n c e graduation day 20 years ago , we discovered t hat t he b o n d s o f f riendship and comm on experience created during our y ear s at U SA FA had “ st uck .” W e were back t oget her again , and t h e o u t

pouring of camaraderie, well-wishing, hand-shaking an d b ack -

slapping was genuine. W e all agreed — t he reunion was a f an t ast i c experience, even bet ter t han we had expected !

Reunion f est ivit ies began on T hursday wit h a get-t oget her p a r t y at t he Embassy Suites H otel . Ent husiasm was high as grads t ried t o match f aces w it h the nametags and phot os t hey remembered f rom cadet days. Faint smi les grew int o ear-to-ear grins w hen old f riends were recognized . A hand f ul of Redtags def ied quick recognit ion : t he dist inguished-look ing beards on Bill M anning and Jim M ullen had many classmates staring quizzically at t h ei r nametags. But t he most prevalent comment was that most people had not changed much i n appearance or personality .

Johnny (now J.O .) M cFalls showed an envious lack of any sign of m iddle age and his energy level during t he week end w a s a bionic marvel . K en H acker ’ s ebullient personality was legendary t hat f irst night ; at least 30 people t he next day swore t hey had spent the entire evening talk ing t o him . Bill Shepard drove up in his new ly-rest ored ’66 blood-red C orvet te, t hen nervously r a n o u t t o t he park ing lot every 20 minutes t o check on it . A s laughter and st ory-telling cont inued into t he m or ning, t hese 21-year-old m i n d s t rapped in 40-plus-year-old bodies soon realized t hat p r o p e r p a c ing f or t he week end ahead w ould be t he k ey t o survival . M u st b e t he alt itude, many insisted .

Friday morning included a gol f t ournament and visits t o c a d e t dorms and classrooms. Egad ! Someone had put ’66 decals o n t h e f ighters bordering t he mall , as well as t he T -38 at T h u n d e r b i r d Overlook . Exact ly w ho instigated t his dast ardly deed is unclear , b u t r u m o r h ad i t h i s i n i t i a l s w er e B r u ce T o r o . V i si t s t o t h e d o r m s

provided nostalgia and shock . W e’ d been warned about w o m e n living in hallowed V andenburg H all , but carpeting in t h e d o r m s w as a j olt . W here were our beloved buf f ers? Our hack les w e r e smoot hed as we caught sight of vacuum cleaner s in abundance t he space age’s curse f or t oday ’ s zoom ies. Ext ensive “ digger and f iller ” act ivity ar ound t he dorms also made us f eel m o r e at h o m e.

L unch at M itchell H all wit h t he cadet wing was spirited , a s D oolies reci ted k nowledge and cadets st oked up their e n t h u si a s m f or Saturday ’ s f oot ball game. H owever , no sooner had m o st o f u s tak en a bite out of roast beef sandwiches, t hen — “ Excuse m e , sirs, excuse me gentlemen” — doolies and upperclassmen al i k e posted out t he door af ter what seemed lik e t he shortest l u n ch o n record . “ Fast , neat , average, f riendly , good , good ,” w as an ap t

(thunderous applause and cheering). The superintendant , L t .

Gen . Scot t , said t hings had got ten t ougher since we were cadet s; m o r e d em a n d s w er e n o w m ad e o n cad et ’ s t i m e w i t h t h e ad v en t o f

airmanship programs like T-41, soaring and parachuting. C o l .

M ay, ’61, the acting dean, outlined an academic program t h a t st r essed a b asi c co r e cu r r i cu l u m an d a b al an ce o f h u m an i t i es a n d sci en ce.

The Memorial Ceremony on Friday afternoon was a moving

t ribut e t o the 27 graduates and cadet s who had lost t h ei r l i v es d u r

ing the past year . A s each deceased’s name and squadron w a s called out , a cadet currently in the squadron responded “ A B SENT , SI R,” emphasizing the continuing bond the Cadet W ing and the graduate community have with our departed comradesin-arms. The ceremony was closed with a prayer, a rifle volley ,

A - 10 and F- 16 f lyovers and taps.

Friday evening’s activities featured a double-header, a n A O G all-class party at the USA FA O’Club followed by the ’ 66 d i n n er party at Peterson Field. The dinner party was another huge suc

cess, since more Redtags and guests had t rick led in during t he

day. Special guests of the class were L t . Gen. (Ret) an d M r s.

Thomas S. M oorman, the “ Supe” during our first class y e a r .

CM SGT (Ret) Bill Coltrin was also there, having attended e v e r y

single H omecoming reunion since his ret irement t o Sant a M aria,

Calif . Wayne and Dee Skora took top honors for traveling t h e

longest distance — 12,(X)0 miles f rom Bahrain.

Comi ng in a close second were John and Jill M arshall f r o m K adena A B , Japan . Ronny Riddhagni of T hailand was dis

qualified from the “ farthest” competition since he i s n o w w o r k

ing on his Ph .D . at Purdue; likewise, Ed Cast illo of Boli nia, w ho

now resides in Phoenix. Memories of good times filled t h e r o o m while Redtags danced, as in days gone by, to the heavy b eat o f “ L ouie, Louie” and sang “ We gotta get out of this place.” T h e band seemed to get better as the night went on, having got ten of f

t o a shaky start when t he leader allowed as how “ T hese so n g s

were all written bef ore my time.” Jumping and pumping o n t h e dance floor midst all the familiar faces gave many o f u s f l ash backs to cadet dances years ago. Bill Manning read “ O d e t o ’ 66 ” from our l (X)th Night party. Ryan Denny, with help f rom L acy

V each, volunteered Ron Grabe’ s signature on assorted sp a c e shuttle photos, patches and decals. Ron graciously acquiesed, and (Continued on p age 31.)

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M eanwhile in A r nold H all , graduat es’ wives were get t ing a f ir st-hand look at lif e at t he A cademy t oday f rom a panel of w omen cadet s. Fr om all reports, t his was an inf ormative sessi o n much appreciated by t he spouses.

Friday af ternoon’ s State of the W ing brief ings were w el l at tended . Commandant Brig. Gen . Sam W estbrook , ’63, got everyone’ s at tent ion when he t old us t hat the inf am ous M - 1 r i f l es w ould hencef ort h only be car ried during Basic Cadet T raining (m any groans and grumbles f rom the audience) . H e t hen e x plained t hat ri f les w ould st ill be used f or marching t o u r s

Class of 1966 members of 19th Squadron enj oyed the H o m e c o m

ing 1986 f ootball game in which the F alcons def eated C S U 2 4 - 7.

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Class of ’76; The Sp ir i t L i ves!

By W ade Roberts, ’76

W e came f rom all over t he w orld (t he L owes f rom L aj es i n t h e A zores, and t he W oodmans f rom Clark) f or t he 10t h Reuni on o f t he Spirit of ’ 76. W e heard that we’ d have a good t ime, b u t nobody k new what a good time we’ d have. A ll week end w e h ear d com ment s lik e, “ I sn’t t his great ?’ ’ , or “ I j ust can’t b e l i e v e t h i s ! ’ ’ W e complained t hat t here were so many of us t hat we d i d n ’ t h av e t ime t o sit and visit wit h anyone — we had t o k eep moving along, or we’ d miss somebody ! W e were all t ired , but we didn’ t w an t i t

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W e all owe a great deal of thank s to t he ’76ers who l iv e i n t h e ’ Springs — t hese guys and t heir wives planned , coordinat ed , an d executed all t he event s — and t hey did a swell j ob o f i t ! G l e n V e r a spearheaded t he Reunion Commit tee of ’76, and the f ollowing helped : D on H all , souvenirs; Joe W ysock i and T om Burgie, c l a s s party ; M ark W elsh , open house; Jef f L arsen , gol f t our nament ; C raig M anson and H ank K nellinger , memorial cerem ony an d Jabara Banquet / Ball ; Bob Gardner , tailgate party ; K urt K lingenberger , publicity ; and John W illiams, A r nold H all luncheon .

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W e regist ered f or H omecoming on T hursday af ternoon — t h a t was a part y in it self . W e pick ed up our pack et s and so u v en i r s at the T exian I nn, and we st art ed meeting and reminiscing — i t w a s so crowded , we could barely m ove thr ough t he masses! B u t w e couldn ’ t stay long — had t o get ready f or t he Party .

T he Class Party of ’76 was T hursday night at the Peterson A F B O f f icers Club . A record-set t ing crowd (almost 7(X) people) pack ed t he place. W e met wit h people we hadn’ t seen in over 10 years.

Some of t heir lovely wives we’d never met . A s t he night w e n t o n , we met m ore people! Enrique Saa, our class president , presented each squadron w it h a bot t le of Chivas Regal he had hidden away f or 10 years. T he only way he could get us quiet was t o ask f o r a m o m en t o f si l en ce so w e co u l d r em em b er o u r f al l en cl assm at es

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Jerry A llison , K en Bradley , H ilt on Crosley , L arry D owell , M a r k Fellow s, D onnie H ieber t , L arry L ee, Chico L evell , A 1 L o m b ar d i (D ebbie was there!) . N orm M art el , D ave M ayer , M i ke M cGuire, K en M cK innis, Gene M urphy , Bob Pet erson , Ray Reed, R i ch Riche, Jef f Short , N orm Spendley , and John V osburg. Could you believe they wanted us out of t he club by midnight ?

Friday morning we played golf , or t oured t he dor ms an d w en t t o classes. T he dorms have carpeting, couches. . .what ’ s going on here? Each member of t he Class of ’90 was issued a personal com puter — each squadron has a laser printer which is hook ed up t o t he computers. I t old some cadet s t hat back in our day we used t o solve problems wit h a slide rule, t hen write t he answers d o w n o n not ebook or graph paper with a pencil . (“ Sir , we’ve h ear d o f sl i d e rules.’ ’) A nd we weren ’t allowed t o have t eddy bear s i n o u r r o o m s!

L unch at M itch’ s (our wives and guest s ate at A rnold H all) !

Everyt hing was t he same — some of t he waiters even l o o k ed f amiliar . T he doolies sat in a brace. T hey k new t hey had 1,373 days unt il graduat ion . M y table commandant was a w oman —

t h at seem s l i k e n o r m al st u f f n o w .

W e heard brief ings in t he af ternoon . T he superintendent , comm , dean , and ot her s had us convinced that t he place is j ust as demanding as ever .

W e f ormed up on t he terrazzo w it h the Cadet W ing f or t h e M emorial Cerem ony . W e’d heard how m oving it would be — a n d it was. W e heard tw o of our own classmates’ names (A llison an d Crosley) in t he Roll Call , and t hen w at ched as the missing-man f ormation (f low n by our classmat es Pete K luck , Joe Shirey , Chuck Olt man and Rob Par ker — on t ime, on target) f lew by in Fight ing Falcons f rom M acD ill A FB . T here wasn’ t a dry e y e o n the terrazzo . W e went up t he steps of t he chapel t o t ak e cl ass an d cadet gr oup pictures.

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Next (whew), it was on to the A cademy Of ficers Club f o r t h e

A ll-Class Party , where we met m ore ’76ers we hadn’t seen yet . W e

broke up for squadron parties. The Grim Reapers went t o t h e Wysockis’ house — another great time! Other squadrons m e t a t houses or restaurant s. But w herever , t here was more f u n !

Saturday we met at the Falcon Stadium parking lot for t h e Tailgate Party of ’76. The main course was Families Su b s # 1

Sandwich — more memories! N ext , we wat ched as t he Falcons beat CSU , 24-7. ’76 sat as a block in t he upper deck o n t h e “ I ” i n “ A I R FO RCE .’ ’ N obody runs t he wishbone better t han t h e A FA , and t he Falcon “ Fishbone” had us conf used . Somebody

yelled, “ Hey, I can’t tell who has the ball !” We did so m e o l d

cheers, and at hal f time a human “ 76” was f ormed on t h e f i el d .

W e FE L T T H E T H U N D E R .

Saturday night was the Jabara Banquet . M aj . L arry Faber, ’73, won the Jabara A ward f or recovering a powerless T R- 1 — n i ce

j ob! The wives: “ You mean we have to pass the food d o w n o u r sel v es? ”

W el co m e t o M i t ch ’ s! T h e f o r m er C ad et C h o r al e

members got to j oin the cadets in “ The Battle Hymn o f t h e Republic,” and “ God Bless the USA .” Then it was over t o A r

nold H all f or t he ball , and more hellos, then f or some goodbyes.

Why did Karen Klingenberger give me those dirty looks?

What a great time. . .softball intramurals? We played m ens ’ sports like, uh, flickerball . . .The cadets sure look young. . .T he men of ’76 have grown bald, gray — the ladies of ’76 look l ovely ! . . .Sue and I rented a T empo — didn’ t k now w hat a T empo w a s , t hen we saw so many of them all week end . . .T he A FA su r e i s i n a beauti f ul set t ing. . .D id you see t he new V isitor s’ Center ?. . .A - 10 and F- 16 f lybys — look ed good ! . . .Couldn’t believe how C o l o rado Springs has grown. . .The Falcons looked strong against CSU af ter an of f -day against W yoming.

I f you missed t his one — sor ry ! L et ’ s all plan t o get t oget her in ’ 96 f o r 20 ! T H E SP I R I T L I V E S !

JA B A R A A W A R D A N D G R O U P R E U N I O N PH OT OS W ERE N OT A VA IL A BL E A T P R E SST I M E . T H E Y W I L L A P P E A R I N T H E NEX T M A GA ZINE.

C a d et D i es i n A u t o A c c i d en t i n K a n sas Cadet First Class St even L . D eL isle of Cadet Squadron 22 d i ed as a result of inj uries received in an aut omobile accident n e a r Quinter , K an ., on A ug. 5, 1986. T he accident occurred o n I n t er st at e 70 ab o u t 100 m i l es east o f t h e C o l o r ad o - K a n sas b o r d er . A

classmate, Cadet First Class Peter R . Graves, 22, was also inj ured in the accident and was treat ed in a Qui nter hospital f o r cu t s a n d r eleased .

t o L ivermore Falls, M aine w here he att ended high school an d received his appoint ment t o t he academy . St eve made f r i en d s easi ly and was well lik ed at t he academy . H e could also be a very private person at times surrounding himsel f wit h only h i s c l o se st f r i en d s.

A cademically and militarily Steve did well and was n a m e d t o both the Commandant ’ s and D ean’ s L ists on separate o ccasi o n s.

H e did an excellent j ob during his t hird year as t he M orale, W elf are and Recreat ion clerk and during his second class year he served as squadr on logist ics N CO and element leader .

T here were not many t hings t hat Steve lik ed t o do more t h a n lif t weights and one look at him was proof of t hat . O n w e e k e n d s you could f ind Steve on t he sk i slopes tak ing double d i am o n d s lik e a pro . D uring t he summers he enj oyed w ork ing SERE an d during leaves t raveled t o Europe wit h his close f riends. I t w a s o n his return t o t he A cademy af ter summer leave t hat t he acci d en t o ccu r r ed .

Steve L . D eL isle, ’87 Steve was born in Berlin, N .H . on Sep . 22, 1965 and his f amily t hen moved t o Jay , M aine a f ew m ont hs later . I n 1976 t hey m oved

W hen Steve was a senior in high school his f avorit e quotation was “ T he quality not t he longevity of one’s lif e is what is impor tant .” H e also had a prayer t hat he k ept pinned on h i s d esk b o ar d which he read every day : T oday I begin a new day Give me st rength t o maint ain and endure all test s put b ef o r e m e Guide and protect me L ighten my heart f r om lonesomeness A nd set my mind f ree T o d o al l t ask s set b ef o r e m e.

A m en .

’66 Reunion: (Con tinued f r om p age 29.) spent t he next two hours signing space memorabilia, while M arij o l o o k ed f o r a n o t h er d at e .

Saturday morning brought near per f ect weat her f or t he C S U f oot ball game. Pre-game act ivities were split between t h e superintendant ’ s brunch f or t he class at t he U SA FA O ’ C l u b a n d tailgat e parties at Falcon Stadium . T he 24-7 score against CSU was a solid , well-played vict ory over a t eam that was pick ed t o w in in pre-game polls. Pre-game cerem onies were led of f by U SA FA j umpers parachuting ont o t he playing f ield , t he lead j umper car rying a red “ 66” banner . A t half time, H ans M uch , M ik e P o w el l and Jim L aw presented t he ’66 class f lag t o t he Class of ’90, represented by sons and daughters K urt M uch , K at rina Powell , Jim L aw and Bill Gideon . W e all regret ted that Rusty G i d e o n w a s unable t o tak e part in t he ceremony because of a last-moment d u ty conf lict .

T he Jabara Banquet that night in M itchell H all f eatured e n t e r tainment by t he Cadet Chorale and a f inale in which f o r m er chorale and choirs grads j oined in t o add a m ore “ mature

w ho did much of t he planning and organization f or t he e v e n t .

Y ou all did great w or k and we all appreciate it . See you in ’9 1!

so u n d . A f o r m al b al l at A r n o l d H al l co n cl u d ed t h e o f f i ci al f u n c t ions, eliciti ng a f lood of memories ranging f rom doolie d an ce

lessons t o t he graduati on ball . Chapel services on Sunday morn ing gave us one more chance t o ref lect on our cadet years bef ore saying a last goodby t o old f riends.

A ll in all , t he reuni on weekend was a memorable, remark able and enj oyable experience. T o t hose ’ 66 grads who were u n ab l e t o mak e it , we missed you and you in turn missed a grand t i m e w i t h good f riends. But t ak e heart , the 20t h was such a success t h a t plans are already being laid f or t he 25t h ! I f t he 20t h c a n su r p a ss all expect ations, imagine a quart er-cent ury get -t oget her .

Special recognit ion is due t o t he ’ 66 reunion commit tee f o r al l t heir t ime and ef f ort in mak ing t his a truly memorable w eek en d .

T hank s f r om all the ’66 grads t o Bill Riley (chairman) , J i m W oody , D on Craigie, M ik e Rhynard , H ans M ueh , Bill Blitt , P h i l D ib b an d B er n i e A m el s. O u r h ear t f el t t h an k s al so t o t heir wives.

W e st P o i n t ’ 5 0 R e u n i o n

F or ty mem bers of the West P oint Class of 1950 gathered a t t h e A ir F orce A cademy f or a reunion dur ing a week end in l a te Sep tem ber . H ere L t. Gen. Winf ield W. Scott, Jr., A cademy sup er intendent and a member of the class, sp eaks wi th classm a te R udy Cosentino, center, and retired A ir F orce Gen. B e n n i e D avis, f ormer commander in chief of Strategic A ir Command.

The attendees were treated to sailp lane f lights by the A cademy ’s 94th A irmanship Training Squadr on. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by SSgt. Greg P r itchard) 31

FA L C O N SP O R T S F alcon Gr idders H ead f or Winning Season A spirited A r my team at W est Point in early N ovember d ash ed the A ir Force Falcon’ s hope of capturing t he Commander i n C hief ’ s t rophy out right t his season . T he Black K night ’ s 2 1- 1 1 upset over A ir Force gave t he Falcons a 6-3 overall r e c o r d w i t h games lef t t o play against Rice and Brigham Y oung.

T w o week s prior t o t he A rmy game, the Falcons overcame f o u r t urnovers t o def eat San D iego State U niversity at San D iego 22- 10, wit h f ive of seven sack s of A zt ec quart erback T o d d S a n t o s coming in t he second half . Falcon nose guard John Steed’ s b a c k t o-back sack s of Sant os earned t he A cademy t eam a f ourt h quarter saf ety . T he surprising second half def ensive surge held t he A ztecs t o 55 of t heir season-l ow 286 t otal yards. “ Five in t he Row ’ ’ was t he rallying cry which did not materialize as N otre D ame clipped Falcon wings in a 3 1- 3 d e f e a t in Sout h Bend , I nd . in late Oct ober . A ir Force spent m o st o f t h e f irst quarter in N ot re D ame t er rit ory , but a 32-yard Chris Blasy f ield goal was t he best t he team could muster during t he game.

N ot re D ame f lank er and t ailback T im Br ow n’ s 95-yard k i ck o f f r et u r n t o u ch d o w n set a m o m en t u m t h at l ef t t h e F al co n s b l u e . I f

not f or Blasy ’s f ield goal , t he Falcons w ould have b e e n sh u t o u t f or t he f irst time in six years. T he Falcons st ood at 72 games wit hout being shut out af ter t his game.

I n m id-O ct ober i n Falcon St adium , am i d 28-degr ee t emperat ures and 30-mile-an-hour winds, t he Falcons sunk N avy 40-6, wit h f ive chilly int ercept ions against N avy ’ s quarterback s.

T he intercept ion action matched an A ir Force record set i n 1968 .

T he Falcon score-a-t hon start ed wit h t wo Chris Blasy f ield goals in t he f irst quart er . A ir Force half back M arc M unaf o sc o r e d t w o T D s, f ullback Pat Evans scored one, and quarterback J i m T omallo t hrew t o wideout T yrone Jef f coat f or anot her . T o m a l l o com pleted f ive of eight f irst-hal f passes f or 10 1 yards. H e l ef t t h e game wit h bruised ribs, which gave f reshman quart erback D e e D avis a chance t o com plete a one-yard T D run , capping o f f A i r Force scoring.

I n early October t he Falcons st unned t he U tah U tes i n Sal t L ake City , post ing 31 unanswered point s in t he f inal 30 m i n u t es of t he game f or a score of 45-35. T he Falcons clim bed t o 4 - 1 overall in this f if t h consecut ive W A C game af ter overcomi ng t h e

U t es’ 35- 14 h al f t i m e l ead . A i r F o r ce f u l l b ack P at E v a n s sco r ed

the t eam ’ s f irst t hree t ouchdowns, romping f or a season-high 12 6 yards in 17 carries. Chris Blasy ’s 19-yard f ield goal wit h j ust 2:48 lef t t o play gave t he Falcons a 38-35 edge and M arc M u n a f o ’ s 10-yard scori ng burst wit h 1:38 lef t iced w hat A ir F o r c e c o a c h Fisher D eBerry called one of t he greatest comeback s in t he hist ory of college f ootball .

C o l o r ad o St at e f el l t o t h e F al co n s a w eek ea r l i er i n F al co n

St adium 24-7. Falcon half back Johnny Smit h set t he gam e’ s t one

with a touchdown midway through the first quarter. A T o m a l l o

13-yard t ouchdown pass t o hal f back A lbert Book er , a M i k e Johnson f ield goal and a one-yard run by M arc M unaf o made up

t h e f i n al A i r F o r ce sco r e.

The week prior at Falcon stadium was not as productive f o r t h e

Falcons, w ho f ell to W yomi ng 17-23. For t he f irst t ime i n 19

games. A ir Force did not intercept a single pass or s c o r e m o r e

t han 2 1 points. T hings look ed up brief ly f or t he Falcons ear ly in the second quart er with sophom ore quart erback T r oy C a l h o u n passing to T yler Bart h f or a t ouchdown and a f inal f ield goal tying t he game at 17- 17 at t he half . H owever , two Cowboy f ield goals 32

iced the game f or W yoming. T he loss t o W yoming, A ir F o r c e ’ s f irst def eat at home since Oct . 20, 1984, mark ed t he e n d o f t h e Falcons’ seven-game home winning st reak .

I n their second game of t he season at El Paso , T exas, t h e Falcons saw themselves losing t o t he M iners 21-20 with 1 : 5 1 r e maining in t he game when t he Falcons t ook possession o n t h e i r own 20-yard line. T welve plays later t he clock had nearly run out and t he t otally unexpect ed happened . A f inal-second , 44-yard f ield goal by M ik e Johnson sailed t hrough t he goal post s and t he sco r eb o ar d r ead 2 3-2 1 i n f av o r o f t h e F al co n s.

T he Falcons beat H awaii 24- 17 in t heir season opener i n F al co n Stadium bef ore a record opening-day crowd of 46,242. A t ouchdow n by sophomore quarterback T roy Calhoun, a t w o point conversion pass to B .J . Shwedo and t hree f ield goals by M ik e Johnson made up t he Falcon’s f inal score.

Cuber o N amed N CA A Rep

By George N . Fox Sport s I nf ormation O f f ice

C o l . C u b er o Col , Ruben A . Cubero , ’ 61, was recent ly appointed as t h e A cademy ’ s new N ational Collegiate A t hletic A ssociation f aculty represent at ive. H e replaced Col . H arvey Schiller , w ho l e f t t h e A cademy t o become commissioner of t he Sout heast Conf erence.

Cuber o serves as head of t he D epartment of Foreign L anguages an d i s t h e v i ce ch ai r m an o f t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es B o ar d o f D i r ect o r s. H e l et t er ed i n f o o t b al l t h r ee t i m es w h i l e a cad et an d

was a member of t he 1958 Falcon f oot ball team that played T exas C h r i st i an t o a 0-0 st an d st i l l i n t h e 1959 C o t t o n B o w l .

Cubero was on t he A cademy f aculty f rom 1978 t o 1981, t h e n attended the U niversity of D enver and received his d o ct o r at e i n higher educat ion. H e ret urned t o t he A cademy in January 19 8 3 and was appoint ed a permanent prof essor in 1984.

A native of N ew Y or k City , Cubero is a rat ed command pilot .

H e and his wif e, Jan, have tw o sons and tw o daughters.

C o l . M ar co s K i n ev a n w as n am ed t h e ch ai r m an o f t h e A t h l et i c

A dvisory Council , another position f ormerly held by Sch i l l er .

K inevan, head of t he D epart ment of L aw , is a graduate o f t h e U .S. M ilit ary A cademy at W est Point , N .Y ., and holds a d o c t orate f rom t he U niversity of Cali f ornia-Ber keley . A n at i v e o f Santa Bar bara, Cali f ., he is now in his 20t h year as t h e F al co n f ootball team ’ s of f icer represent ative.

C o l o n el H o n o r ed

by N ot r e D am e

By SSgt . B rian K . Eddings P u b lic A f f airs

T he associate dean of f aculty and head of t he A cademy ’ s D epart ment of Philosophy and Fine A rts was honored in October by t he N o t r e D a m e A l u m n i A sso c i a t i o n .

T h e B i r d ” an d H i s St af f

The A cademy ’s F alcon F ootball mascot received the N ational Cheer leaders ’ A ssociation ’s College M ascot A ward on A ug. 8.

Comp eting at Southern M ethodist Uni versi ty in D allas against 40 other college mascots, “ the bird ” (as he is k nown to his f riends), work ed with the A cademy cheerleading squad comp eting i n t h e areas of cheerleader r outines, mascot p erf ormance and c h e e r leader/ mascot interaction. The cheer leading squad was a l s o n a m ed winners of the N CA A M egap hone A ward, an honor voted o n by other squads. I t is awarded to the squad wi th the m o s t e n thusiasm and sp ir it. ( U.S. A ir F orce p hoto by A l C J ohn N abholz)

L if ters Set Records at R egional M eet

By Capt . J oseph M ark stei ner D epar tment of Engineering M echanics Squat !

A nd so t he Region 10 D rug-Free Power lif ting Championships began . A mong the 33 li f ters at Canon City , Col o ., were 10 A cademy Powerlif t ing C lub members. T heir ef f ort s resulted i n nine new state records and earned t hem 10 trophies.

T he A cademy ’ s only f emale competi tor was 116-pounder Beck y Bart ine. She t ook f irst wit h a 231-pound squat , a 126-pound bench press and a 286-pound deadli f t f or a 644-pound total , and quali f ied again f or N ational Collegiates.

D arryl G lenn , last year ’s 132-pound collegiate national champ , placed f irst , and again qualif ied f or t he Collegiate N a t i o n a l s w i t h a 440-pound squat , a 292-pound bench and a 407-pound d e a d l i f t .

H i s b en ch an d d ead l i f t s w er e n ew st at e r eco r d s.

I n t he 148-pound weight class. Jack W ebster and Jim E m er i ck placed f i f t h and sixt h respect ively .

I n t he 165-pound class, Joseph M ark steiner t ook second place w it h a st ate-record squat of 556 pounds, a 275-pound bench press and a 518-pound deadli f t f or a new state record t otal of 1,350 pounds. G reg Johnson t otaled 1,345 pounds t o tak e t hird place, and Rex Calvert placed f if t h . Johnson and Calvert bot h quali f ied f or t he N ational Collegiate C hampionships.

I n the 181-pound class, Brian Cr oss placed second and qual if ied f or the N ationals wit h a 1,449-pound total , including a stat e-record 584-pound squat . Glenn A dams placed t hird w i t h a 1,295-pound t otal .

I n the 198-pound class, Bryan Fuj imoto placed third an d

qualif ied f or N at ionals wit h a 1,487-pound t ot al . D irk Smit h plac ed f ourt h . ( The F alcon F ly er)

C ol . M alham M . W ak in was presented the Rev . W illiam Corby A ward during hal f -t ime cerem onies at the A ir Force-N ot re D a m e f oot ball game. T he award is present ed t o t he person “ w h o h a s e x empli f ied t he values and t he true spirit of N ot re D ame w h i l e se r v ing in the active or reserve armed f orces of t he U nited S t a t e s . ” H e is only the second person t o ever receive t he award .

Colonel W akin , who graduated f rom N ot re D ame in 1952 w i t h a bachelor ’ s degree in mat hematics, began his A ir Force car eer i n 1953 as an aviat ion cadet in t he navigat or t raining p r o g r a m .

H e has been a permanent pr of essor on t he f aculty since Sept .

19 6 4 .

Colonel W ak in was one of the organizers of the N otre D a m e Club of Colorado Springs in w hich he has served in all capacities of leadership . ( The F alcon F ly er)

I ce H ockey Coach Optimistic A cademy ice hock ey head coach Chuck D elich is look ing f or good things f rom his team this season, desp ite the team ’s r ela t i ve inexp er ience. D elich, a 19 77 A cademy graduate, is no st r ang er t o the ice, having p lay ed on the team his f our y ears here. H is i m p ressive perf ormance on the ice earned him 13 school records, some of which still stand. Coach Delich, who is in his second y ear as head coach, thinks his team will gi ve the f ans a good sho w this y ear . The team ’s schedule app ears belo w.

V A R SI T Y I C E H O C K E Y DATE O ct 2 4 O ct 2 5 N ov 7 N ov 8 N o v 14 N o v 15 N ov 2 1 N o v 22 N ov 28 N o v 29 D ec 5 D ec 6 J an 2 J an 3 Jan 9 J a n 10

O PPO N ENT

L OCA TION

I lli nois-C hi cago I lli nois-C hicago

C hicago , 111.

C hicago , 111.

K en t St a t e K en t St a t e

C olor ado C ol lege C olor ad o C ol lege St . John ’ s (M i nn .)

St . John’ s (M i nn .)

B row n

B r ow n St . Sc h o l a st i c a St . Sch o l a st i c a C o n n ec t i cu t C o n n ect i cu t

C a d et I c e A r en a C a d et I c e A r en a B r o a d m o o r W o r l d A r en a C a d et I c e A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I c e A r en a

P r ovidence, R .I .

P r ovidence, R .I .

Si lver Bay , M i nn .

E velet h , M inn .

C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a

TIM E 6 : 30 6 :30 7 : 30 7 : 30 7 : 30 7 : 30 7 : 30 5 :00 5 :30 5 :30 6 :30 6 :30 7 :30 5 :00

Bud L ight Blue-G old T our ney ; N or t h A ndover , M ass.

(Plattsburg St ., North A dams St ., Merrimack & A ir Force) Game t imes ar e 2:00 and 5:30 (pai r ings to be annou nced)

J a n 13 J a n 16 J a n 17 Jan 23 Jan 24

D en v er St . T h o m a s St . T h o m a s C o n co r d ia C o nco r d ia

J a n 30 Jan 3 1 F eb 6

G ustavus A dol phus Gustavus A dolp hus

C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a

F eb 7 F eb 13 F eb 14

N o t r e D am e N otre D am e A l a b a m a - H u n t sv i l l e A l a b a m a - H u n t sv i l l e

C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I c e A r en a C a d et I c e A r en a

F eb 2 7 F eb 2 8

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

C a d et I ce A r en a C a d et I ce A r en a

7 :00 7 : 30 5 :00 7 : 30 7 : 30 5 :00 7 : 30 7 :30 7 :30 7 : 30 7 : 30 7 : 30 7 : 30

A l l st a r t t i m es a r e M O U N T A I N .

Schedule is subj ect to change.

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We would like to encourage all the grads in the San A ntonio area to give us a call.

Please contact either Skip Cox at 699-6519

or K en Kaylor at 647- 1522 so that we can get you on our mailing list . W e have a USA F A - A O G

This has been a busy spring and sum mer for the Alamo chapter with a strong

cent ral core and a f ine, but could be larger , gr oup of mem ber s. W e started st r ong w it h a bet t er-l at e-t han-never Founder ’ s D ay D inner on M ay 17. W e were delighted t o have wit h us a 1964

grad. Col. Fred Gregory, who presented a

sl i d e sh o w o f h i s sh u t t l e m i ssi o n an d a w el co m e t al k o n t h e st at u s o f t h e sh u t t l e

pr ogram . A s the A ir Force is gett ing more

membership night planned for early 1987 and a Founders Day Dinner for A pril. We are also working on a speakers program to

center around the current local , nat ional , A cademy , and A ir Force issues. T his is

planned as a lunch program and would be

a good f orum t o exchange t he “ V iews of

the Grads” on the problems of today. We are also becoming increasingly active on the recruiting side, and have planned to

j oin wit h t he San A nt onio Parent s C lub f or a Christ mas T ime D inner D ance with

the cadets and future cadets. (Ken Kaylor, ' 78)

bot h t he technical and ad

m i n i st r at i v e si d es.

The summer was spent in family-style outings that were directed at having fun in the sun. Ed Berberek put together two

f ine programs. W e st art ed of f with Float down t he Guadalupe River . A s we had

had a lot of rain, the river was running f ast and deep . T wo of t he more adven-

tureous (interpret foolish, but gutsy) grads. Skip Cox and Ken Kaylor , went over the “ Slumber Falls” and barely came out with their lives (interpret beer cooler intact) . I t was a w onder f ul ti me unt il we

faced our sunburns the next day. The sec ond outing was a family picnic, also on

the river , w here we had a nice tur nout wit h t he grads and t heir f amilies.

This fall we have been j oining the San A ntonio A rea Parents Club in supporting the Falcon football team. A s the games

are on cable t elevision (t he Freedom Foot

ball Network, check your local listing for time and channel), we get together at one

of t he local O ’ Clubs and root f or our f avorit e t eam s: A ir Force and whoever is playing BY U . W hile t he A ir Force had a

stumble against Wyoming, they have a

st rong team and should get anot her bowl

bid. By the time this is published we will have had a nice time j oining with the North Texas A OG Chapter to party and

support t he Falcons at Rice St adium i n H o u st o n .

The “ central core” (interpret board of directors) of grads is actively seeking the rest of the U SA FA grads in the San A n

tonio area. With four maj or A ir Force

bases in t ow n one w ould t hi nk t hat we could get a good crowd f or t hese events.

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chapter will co-sponsor wit h t he A FA A d

mission Liaison Of ficers of Georgia an

evening wit h t he superintendent . Joe D eSantis, ’63, is heading t he proj ect that will bring L t . Gen . W inf ield Scott t o A t lanta f or a dinner on January 23rd at t he M arriott , N ort hwest . W it h city and state of f icials al ong with local civic and in dust ry leaders invited , we are look ing f or ward t o an enj oyable evening pr omoting t he academy .

For inf ormat ion on membership in t he A t lanta Chapter or on t he dinner wit h t he suepr i nt endent , cont act : A T L A N T A CH A PT ER , A ssociat ion of G raduates, P .O . Box 724432, A tlanta, Ga. 30339, or

call Cass Casada, ’71, at (404) 487-8^ .

Come j oin us f or our annual dinner

meeting in February. (David Champa, ' 72)

involved with the space program it was nice to hear from someone on the leading

edge of

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meeting was held on Sept ember 5 at t he

Fiesta Inn in Tempe. Discussion of poten tial programs included a football get-

t oget her , a meet ing at L uk e or W illiam s t o

fly the new trainers, and dinner meetings with various speakers. Upcoming events include the A ll A cademy Ball on

D ecember 27 sponsored by the Parent s Club (details f rom Club Co-Chairmen

M r. and M rs. John Carr , 841-8723) and

our next quart erly meet ing which will be on January 16 at 5 p .m . at t he Golden Eagle (t op of the V alley Bank Center in Phoenix) . Call Roy M iller f or det ails at 271- 1087. (R oy M iller, '67) A T L A NTA CH A PT ER Still in our f irst year , t he A tlanta Chapter is going great guns. A s of last co u n t w e h ad 58 ch ar t er m em b er s an d w e

hope t hat t he member ship will be growi ng rapidly wit h the inf lux of grads int o t he

A t l an t a ar ea .

Back ing t he f ootball Falcons is a f avorite pastime in A t lanta. T hank s t o a lot of hard wor k by N orm Schulze, ’63, and Gary Faust i , ’ 65, we have been able t o get t ogether with both t he W est Point and N aval A cademy alumni associat ions in t he A tlanta area f or our respect ive f oot ball

games. The Falcons were brought to us by sat el l i t e T V an d w ash ed d o w n w i t h l o t s o f

hors d’ oeuvres and gr og. T he rivalries are

strictly on the field as the inter-academy fellowship was enj oyed by all in atten

d an ce.

We plan to begin 1987 in a big way. The

Su m m er i s t h e t r ad i t i o n al t i m e o f t h e

year f or PCS m oves and , in spite of t he aber rations t o t he norm created by t he ef f ect of t he Gramm-Rudman legislat ion, our members have st ill managed t o f inagle quite a number of assignmet ns over t o

Europe these past few months. Perhaps t he most interest ing t hing t o emerge f rom

al l t h i s i s t h at t w o m em b er s an d a cl o se

f riend of our associat ion, M ik e D ownie, Exch ’ 70; A my W immer , Exch ’ 82; and

A 1 Duhon, DFF ’78-’82, all managed to

be assigned t o Florennes A B , a small base of only a f ew hundred A mericans in

southern Belgium. A t this rate they’ll be able to start up their own “ sub-chapter before too long. We’re very glad that the U .S. A ir Force will be represented so well in the francophonic part of the country.

M ar k T ipmongk ol , who was one of t hree U SA F representatives on the Ex

change to Salon last year , will be returning

t o F r an ce t h i s f al l as t h e 19 86 w i n n er o f

the General Gerhart Fellowship. Con gratulations Mark ! It was also very good t o hear that Frank Gahren , Exch ’77, will

be returning to USA FA next year as a Fr ench instruct or . W hen I visited the

A cademy recently. Rich Lemp, the chair

man of t he French sect ion, reit erated Col .

Cubero’s strong desire to bring back more

exchanger s into the depart ment . For t hose

of you interested please drop him a line. I also had the chance, while in Colorado, to visit with Randy Joslin, Exch ’74. Randy

is now an instruct or of aeronautics and is

still looking for a way to get back to

France. K arl Boswort h , Exch ’ 82, sent me

a wedding invit at ion recent ly . H e’s st ill in K orea and gave no indicat ion as t o when he’ ll be heading back t o Europe. Con grat ulations t o bot h L ieutenant and M rs.

B o sw o r t h .

Bef ore closing I ’ d like t o rem ind all chapt er members and all graduat es t hat t h e P ar i s A i r Sh o w f o r 1987 w i l l b e co m

ing up sooner t han you t hink . George Pope and Gri f f V inton , Exch ’ 84, will be organizing a reunion f or our chapt er next year . Based on t he success of t he 1985 re union , and j udging f rom t he numbers of f ormer exchangers and associat es we have in Eur ope, t his promises t o be an out st anding and rewarding event bot h pr of es sionally and personally . George and Gri f f will be cont act ing you soon wit h t he de tails, but st art planning f or t his now . T he P ar i s A i r Sh o w i s an i d eal ch a n ce t o m eet

old comrades and acquaint ances. Block Y our Calendars! (Br uce M cL ane, 7 4)

f avorit e event s was t he wild cow m ilk ing; base organizations ent er t eams in t his non-t raditional , comical compet it ion .

Several chapt er member s f rom t he Class of ’76 t raveled t o t he H omecoming game and t heir t en-year reunion . A couple of week s lat er , t he chapt er was represent ed at U SA FA by a t otal of 30 people who went t o cheer f or t he cadet s when t hey f aced t h e M i d d i es.

Preliminary plans have also been made t o host cadet s in February when t he U SA FA M en’ s Basket ball T eam plays t he U niversity of N ew M exico in A lbuquerq u e.

For

m ore

t er est . P r o v i si o n al o f f i cer s w h o ar e ser v

ing unt il an election ar e as f oll ows: C o -C h ai r m en

D on Berryman, ’74 Gary N ordyke ’68 Betty T opp, ’ 84 Chuck H orton, ’72 So ci al Ernie M aravilla, ’73 N et working Jim Page, ’65 Community A f f airs Bob H uelscamp , ’78 T he Chapter ’ s f irst f amily social event was over t he L abor D ay week end .

Graduates and t heir f amilies t otaling about 45 had a t ailgat e party prior t o Sat ur day night ’ s r odeo . Each year K irt land A FB host s t his t hree-day event w hich is sanct ioned by t he N ew M exico Rodeo A ssociation . I ’ m i ncludi ng a f ew pict ures of t he gang. One of t he group ’ s C iv ilian

M ilitary Secretary/ T reasurer A cademy L iaison

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On t he evening of A ugust 8t h , H .

Ownby, ’69, passed into oblivion by celebrating his 40th birthday. Carol, his lovely wi f e, staged t he af f air at t he home of John and M art ha Rodriguez. Friends f r o m f ar an d n ear w er e i n v i t ed . B o t h o f u s

showed up . (For a lawyer and a polit ician, t hat ’ s saying a lot t o have m ore t han one f riend .) Seriously , everyone had a great t ime, and why not — the beer was f ree. A s

part of the festivities, “ H ” (no one knows his real name) was t reat ed t o a “ live” per f ormance by a lady who is k now n only by her real name, “ L aura.”

Sept . 20th, Saturday night , and right

af ter the A cademy vs. W yoming game, we

all showed up at the home of Pres, and M rs. Pres. Jerry and Ellen A hmann f or

our 1986 Fall Bar-B-Q. In keeping with our style of doing things here in Texas, we had the sit down , lay down , st and up or

lean against the wall dinner catered so that

w e w o u l d al l b e f r ee t h at a f t er n o o n t o see

t he f oot ball game (and drink beer) . A s t he

How many of you out there have been members of Quarterback Clubs? Well,

N ort h T exas has it s own style of club . W e

show up at a plush country club each Saturday, enj oy our free hors d’oeuvres, drink beer , wat ch t he game live and then

say “ when we were there, we never played l i k e t h at ! ”

Each week , t hank s t o t he ef f ort s of t he U SA FA ’ s numero uno sport s f an (t hat ’ s the way we t alk in T exas) , Bill Reemt sma,

’63, we gather in Las Colinas’ fabulous Hackberry Creek Country Club and watch their giant-screen TV . We lead our own USA FA pre-game cheers, scream and holler, and in general, act like abnormal adults trying to act like college kids. The only thing we leave out is (1) we don’t ride on buses to the game, (2) we don’t stand up the entire game, (3) we definitely don’t do pushups after each USA FA score, (4)

Some of the gang of the New Mexico Chapter at the tailgatep ar ty

p rior to the rodeo.

ab o u t

chapter and it s act ivit ies, or t o get added t o our mailing list , please contact D on Berryman , ’74, at (505) 881-2323 or Gary N ordyk e, ’ 68, at (505) 844-0851 during t he day . (Gary L . N ordy k e, ’68)

N EW M EX ICO CH A PT ER T he N ew M exico Chapter , which was chartered a f ew mont hs ago , is continuing t o develop and gr ow . Several meet ings have been held wit h ever increasing in

i n f o r m at i o n

we don’t need OD Ps t o go out af ter t he game, and (5) we all own our own cars.

evening progressed, however , stories were t old , and ret old . A s a change of pace, besides t he normal D enny K ing, ’ 63,

j okes, H . Ownby and Ron Hale, ’71,

host ed a sort of N ewly W ed game. T hey asked embarrassing quest ions t o t hree

couples in private and then asked their spouses the same questions in front of the party. The unsuspecting and most enter taining couples were Bill and Joy Reemst ma,

’63,

John

and

M arylyn

Defilippo, ’70, and Dave and Susan Brigman, ’71. We’ll stage the rematch again soon. A gain, our thanks to the

A hmanns f or opening up their home (and t heir neighborhood) t o us.

For more inf ormat ion on chapt er ac tivit ies call Jerry A hmann at (817) 481-7284 or Bill Reem st ma at (214) 357-5502. (R on H ale. 7 1)

L ater in the grandstands during the rodeo, New M exico Chap ter members enj oy the L abor D ay weekend at K irtland A FB. 35

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

James R . Sim ons, ’69

Maj or James R. Simons, Class of 1969, died on May 24, 1986

when his Pitts biplane crashed near Houston, Texas.

Jim was born on May 22, 1947 in Glasgow, M ont , and m o v ed to the Grass Range area where he grew up. He graduated w i t h

honors from Fergus County High School in Lewistown, M ont ,, and entered the Air Force Academy in June 1965. He graduated

with a B.S. in aeronautical engineering in 1969 and ear n ed h i s wings one year later f rom Webb A ir Force Base, Texas.

His first assignment was to Ramstein Air Base, Germany an d i n

1973 he returned to Nellis A ir Force Base, Nev., where h e ser v ed

as a Wild Weasel pilot in the F-105 Thunderchief. Following a

t our of duty in T hailand , Jim ret urned t o N ellis in 1974 as a

Fighter Weapons School instructor and was serving in t h a t

capacity when he was selected to fly with the U.S. A i r F o r ce Thunderbirds as their solo pilot in 1975 and 1976. Following a tour of duty with the Navy, Jim accepted a Reserve co m m i ssi o n with the New Jersey A ir National Guard where he flew F - 106 a n d

T-33 aircraft and also began working at NASA Langley at H amp ton, Va. and earning his master’s degree from George

Washington University at this time.

I n 1982 he moved to H ouston, Texas, where he had been employed by NA SA / JSC as flight control engineer . In 19 84 an d 1985 he was int erviewed as a f inalist in ast ronaut sel ect i o n s. W h i l e

being employed by NASA he was also serving with the U .S .

M arine Corps Reserves Fighter Squadron VM FA -112 NA S Dallas, Texas. He also served as a missionary pilot f or t he W ings

of Hope in Honduras, Central America in February of t his year .

Jim’s flight experience includes 102 different types of m ilitary

and civilian single and multi-engine, fixed wing and rot orcraf t , in

cluding operational experience with all three tactical j et-equipped U.S. Military Services (Marines, Navy and Air Force). H e w as a certified flight instructor in airplane, glider, helicopter, single and multi-engine — land and sea, and an airline transport pil ot . H e held a Diamond C Rating (highest recognized) for soaring f light achievement and had been an aer obat ics instr uct or since 1974 .

Services were held on M ay 29 with burial in the Veteran’s Sec

tion of the Lewistown City Cemetery with military honors a t graveside by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve of Billings, M o n t .

Jim is survived by his mother and stepfather, Agnes an d R u l o n Abbott of Grass Range, and two sisters, Peggy Nelson o f G r ass Range and Candace Simons of Glendive. (His mother) 36

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William F . K ramer, ’71

It is with great sorrow that I report the passing of my f riend .

Bill K ramer , Class of 1971.

Bill was one of the two pilots of a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter that crashed shortly after 9 a.m. on June 6, 1986. A l l f o u r cr ew

members aboard were killed. All were employed by Sikorsky A i r

craft . Bill was a company test pilot and had been with t h e f i r m

eight years. The helicopter was returning to Bridgeport, C o n n , from the Boston area when it went down in a heavy rainstorm a n d

crashed in a wooded area near Sutton, Mass. The aircraft h ad been scheduled to carry King Hussein of Jordan, but b ecau se o f the heavy rains, he decided to travel by motorcade. T h e cr ash i s

still under investigation and details have not yet b een r el eased .

It is so sad that Bill has been taken from us in the prime of his

life. Everything was coming together for him. He lived su ch a f u l l life in his 37 years. He had done and seen more than most people

could ever imagine.

Bill didn’t know the meaning of the words “ I can’t .” H e w as a living example of the ability of the human will to accomplish anything. Nothing was impossible — or even too dif ficult . I f B i l l encountered a problem in li f e he believed it could b e so l v ed o r overcome, and he set out t o do it . One can do whatever o n e

believes, and Wild Bill did it all, with passion.

T o me W illie was all t hat a best f riend could be. H e was always there when he was needed — no matt er where in the world h e w as.

He was always supportive and understanding, strong and always

full of ideas, answers, and advice, ready to challenge m e — an d o f course he was fun. Oh, did we used to have fun. Together w e learned about life — what it took to make it, to grow, an d t o b e successful. I still can’t believe he is gone.

T he real t ragedy is t hat Bill had t o leave behind his wif e A ngela

and their seven-month-old twins. Erica and Max. He al so l ef t h i s f ather and sist er and all the rest of us who loved h i m an d w i l l never f orget him . N ow he will have t o live on in each o f u s .

God bless him. (Respectf ully, Robert T. Silliman, Watsonville,

Calif )

B obby D . H enry, ’79

Captain Bobby D. Henry, Class of 1979, was killed Aug. 1,

1986, while stationed at Clark A ir Base, Republic of the Philip pines. He died after an unsuccessful ej ection from h i s F -4E sh o r t -

A memorial f und has been est ablished . D onations may b e se n t t o T he Bobby H enry M em orial Fund , P .O . Box 343, M uleshoe, T exas 79347. (Cap t. L ee Gustin, ‘77, and Cap t. D an P hillip s, ’78: f ello w graduates and f ighter p ilots.)

At presstime, we knew of the deaths of seven other |

graduates.

W ar ren L . H aslouer , Class of 1961, died in Oct ober 19 8 4 at I ngleside, T exas.

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Wallace B. Sawyer , Class of 1968, died in the crash o f a

civilian C- 123 i n N i caragua on Oct . 5, 1986.

Robert A . M arshall , Class of 1970, died in a civilian ai r craf t accident at M ount A iry in Carrol l County , M d ., o n Sep . 14, 1986.

John S. Southrey, Class of 1977, died in an A-10 militar>

B obby D . H enry, ’79

ai rcraf t accident at W ell s, N .Y ., on Sep . 17, 1986.

A vy n F . Y ata, Cl ass of 1979, died at the T riplet A rm y M edical Center i n H onolulu , H awaii , on A ug. 24, 1986.

Christopher G. Bole, Class of 1984, died in an RF-4

ly after takeof f . He was an instructor pilot and flight co m m an d er in t he 3rd T actical Fighter Squadr on “ Peugeot s.” A m em o r i al service was held at Clark and f uneral services were h el d i n M uleshoe, T exas, where he w as buried .

Easily M uleshoe’s most famous fighter pilot , Bobby graduat ed from high school in 1975 and entered the A cademy that s u m m e r .

A s a doolie in the 31st Squadron, he excelled in spirited cad et ac tivities such as midnight doughnut runs, hallway water f ight s and intramural pep rallies. He also excelled in knowledge test s, inspec tions, intramurals and someone called “ Beep.” A s a 38t h Squadron A llstar, Bobby maj ored in engineering. A fter gradua tion, Bobby married his hometown high school sweetheart B el i n da “ Beep” Nickels, and hustled over to Reese A FB where h e fulfilled a lifelong dream — to fly j ets. He was rewarded w i t h a n F-4 assignment to Homestead A ir Force Base, where he ex cel l ed and earned “ Top Gun” honors in his class. Bobby arrived a t Seymour-Johnson A ir Force Base in A ugust of 1981, and w a s assigned to the 334th Tactical Fighter Squadron “ Fighting Eagles.” There he quickly established himself as a good st ickand-rudder man wit h a lot of air sense. U pgrades t o f light leader ,

PA VE TA CK, A CM and instructor pilot were always done i n confident “ Bobby” style. While flying was important t o him , so was a family, and while at Goldsboro, N.C., Belinda gave birt h t o a son. Beau. With a wealth of knowledge and experience t o of f er , Bobby arrived at Clark A ir Base in M arch, 1985. There he quick ly became an inst ruct or , t hen a f light commander , and m i ssi o n co m

mander for larger force exercises, and earned a “ BUCK 0 1” cal l si g n .

Bobby will be remembered mostly for his love of the l i f e h e w as leading. Whether he was out flying three times a day, or spending time with his family — he was happy. People he worked f o r a n d wit h remem bered him f or hi s har d work , dedicat ion , an d i n f ec tious enthusiasm. Flying buddies will remember him w i t h a cr o o k

ed smile, cigarette in hand, and a San A ntonio Spurs beer cup f ull of cof fee saying, “ Been there, done that , and I wasn’t havi ng much f un eit her .” Ot her s w ill remember him as a quiet f am ily man who loved his wi f e and son , and who look ed f orward t o t h e birt h of his next child in D ecember , 1986.

“ Neither vast distance nor passage of time can ever d i m o u r brilliant memory of a light-hearted soul and steadfast f r i en d . . . o r extinguish the love of his comrades.” A nd although w e al l w i l l miss Bobby, we are comforted by the “ certain knowledge t h a t Bobby has merely preceded us into a far brighter, better place.”

He is survived by his wife, Belinda; his son. Beau; his m other , Marcia Henry; a brother , M ike; two sisters, Kristi and K acy ; grandparents Mrs. Selma Smith, and Mr . and Mrs. Clyde H enry .

mi litary aircraf t accident at Osan A i r Base, K orea, o n O ct .

13, 1986.

Ralph A . Cyr , Class of 1984, died in an F-16 military a i r

craf t accident near Shaw A FB , S.C ., on Oct . 9, 1986.

Our si ncere condolences t o t he f amilies and f riends o f

these graduates. Obituaries will appear in future issues o f t he magazine.

A n A v i a t o r ’ s P o em

By W illiam D . Eberz, ’84 (Editor ’s note. William D. Eberz, whose obituary app eared in the summer edition of the magazine, was p osthumously p romoted to the grade of f irst lieutenant. L ieutenant Eberz, Class of 1984, lost his lif e on Ap ril 2, 1986, w h e n t h e T-38 aircraf t he was f lying went down on a low-level t r a i n ing route near Williams A ir Force Base, A riz. H is parents sent us the f ollowing p oem which was f ound atop his c u r rent p ap ers.)

I of ten lie in bed at night , I w o n d er w h at I ’ m f o r .

W hy should I live my li f e at risk .

So n ear t o Sat an ’ s d o o r ?

T o give one’ s li f e f or ot her men .

T h e n o b l e sacr i f i ce .

I ’ m not quite sure I ’ m ready yet T o pay t hat holy price.

But when I ’ m in t hese t imes of doubt .

I n f ear of w hat ’ s t o be, I close my eyes and think of k ids A nd how t hey should st ay f ree.

I picture young men still at school.

A n d m en w h o so o n w i l l d i e.

I breat he t hose amber waves of grain .

I squeeze M anhat tan sky .

For all t hese things I ’ ll f ly and f ight .

I ’ ll serve my count ry well .

A nd if I f all on t his next f light T h e l o v e o f G o d w i l l t el l .

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C ongrat ulat i ons t o L ieutenant Gener al s Br ad H O SM E R a n d B o b OA K S! A ssignments ar e: president o f N at ional D ef ense U niver sity f or B r ad , and B ob t o N A T O ’ s C O M A I RSO U T H in N aples. T hat m i l est o n e for the First Class may have taken longer than some o f us expect ed about 30 year s ago , but t he next m ay come sooner . W e’ re all duly im pr essed by

these richly-deserved promotions. “ A nother assignment i n w h i c h t o ex

c el ! ’ ’

Pat and M ar lene M U SM A K E R sli pped t hr ough t he D .C . ar ea w i t h o u t

seeing any of our classmates. Pat teaches high school in C or pus C hr ist i now , so he get s t r i ple leave all owance ever y sum mer . T hey t r avel t he en

tire country while it ’s too hot to stay in South Texas. M aybe next year they’ll put some ’59ers on their itinerary. Pat teaches busi ness, mat h and computer stuf f . He must be smarter than the average b ea r .

F r ed W Y N N ’ s A n n u a l H i st o r i c F i r st C l a ss G o l f C l a ssi c w a s a r eso u n d

ing success this year ! The new champion, Jim Whistle-blower B U RT O N ,

has not j oi ned up w it h any Belt w ay Bandit s since his ret ir em ent , so he has

plenty of time for sailing and sharpening his golf game. Seems t o m e t hat

SC H A U M at N or t hr op . T hey ’ re bot h pr oj ect manager s, so I suppose we may i nf er that C raig O . has a bigger pr oj ect . L ar ry J O L L Y i s a ch ec k a i r man in t he 767. H e also f lies t hat big pig acr oss t he A t lant ic (bei ng caref ul to stay w it hi n 90nm or so o f land) . T here w as a t ime l ong ago w hen he w ould st ar t out acr oss t he pond w it h only one engine. Since he don ’ t f ly so good anym ore, he w on ’t even t ry a si ngle-engi ne tak eof f , much less c r o ss sa l t w a t er . E d a n d L u c i a M O N T G O M E R Y h a v e m o v ed to T ok yo , w here he’ s t he edit or o f the P acif ic Stars £ Str ip es. T hum per T H O M P SO N is at W r ight-Pat as A FW A L / X R . D on ’ t k now w hat that ’ s a b o u t .

J o h n M A N T E I h a s r et i r ed a n d i s n o w w i t h E l ect r o n i c W ar f are Syst ems. I suppose t hat ’ s an adequat e descr i pt ion of w hat he does.

I n response t o popular request , I have an addr ess f or J o h n O L SO N : 4444 Cent al A ve #402, F rem ont , C A , 94536. T hat ’ s t he extent o f m y in f or mati on . A r chie H igdon w as neit her the f ir st nor t h e l a st t o d i sc o v er t hat I don ’ t k now everyt hing.

A ggressive act ive duty types should tak e note of how m u c h t i m e L i eu t e nant Gener als OA K S and H O SM E R spent i n t he Puzzle Palace. W i t h t heir depar tur e, plus M G M ’ s, there ar e sever al openings: P et e W I N T E R S has E& E ’ d long enough — he could come here and be A C M (f or year s he’ s told us how good he is at it) ; Jack B RY A N f or L ET N (he m ust k now about vehicles, Shar on ow ns so many of ’ em) ; or Jay M I T C H E L L f o r L EX X (t heir plans have never w or k ed anyw ay , so he couldn ’ t m a k e thi ngs any w or se) .

M y phone num ber has been changed , not t hat it matt er s m u c h ’ c a u se only my f ri ends ever cal l . W it h such light t r af f ic, some r oaches set up housek eeping i nside the i nst r ument . One day my phone r ang wit h a w r ong number and elect r ocuted t hem all . N ow t hat t hey ’ re gone, i f anyone ever w ants t o call w it h class new s, t ry (703) 455-8575.

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H ow dy f rom Sout her n C ali f or nia ! W e made it : 3,3 18 m i les i n a U - H a u l ! N o b r ea k d o w n s u n t i l t h e l a st sev en m i l es. W e li mped i nt o t he

■ L or in K r oeger congr at ulates the new champ , J im B ur ton. t he cl assmat es w ho enj oyed t he activit ies m ost w ere t h o se f r o m o u t si d e D .C . N ot at t endi ng w ere N ebor and new br ide, Bev , K O Z E L K A . B u t ot her out-of -t ow ner s did : Smi ley SM I T H didn ’ t play t he game, so w e must assum e t hat his pr im ar y m issi on w as t o dr ink beer . H e a n d A n n a r e able t o get t o D .C . about once every 10 year s. (H e seems to have a t i ny bit m or e hair t han at gr aduat ion . A t t his r ate, in 300 m or e year s, he’ ll have m or e hai r t han Bob C H E PO L I S and me combined .) M i k e R E A R D O N has sold hi s st or e in D enver , so w e assum e he w as i n D .C . look i ng f or a j ob . A ce and Pat O ’ N E I L enj oyed t he week end vi sit i ng f r i en d s i n t h e l ocal ar ea. A ce is t he r isk m anagement o f f icer f or U S Spr i nt . (I t hink t hat m eans he buys insur ance, and gr ovels in st at ist ics, or som et hi ng.) K ent

and Diane M ONTA VON hosted the traditional gathering f o r 2 5 o r so o n Satur day night . I t w as beaut i f ul !

J says: T he answ er is, “ Sundial .” T he quest ion is. ‘ H o w a r e B o b Oak s’ gol f st r okes ti med ?”

Brock and Clair STROM have moved to Kansas City where h e ’ l l b e helping run the railroad for Burlington Northern. (Say w hat ?) L ar ry

T H O M SO N m anaged t o stay i n L . A . af t er r et i rement so t h a t C a r o l c o u l d finish her studies in interior design at UCLA . Larry w or k s f or Cr aig 38

bl ock s w it h a bl ow n water pum p . I t ‘ s good t o be back w her e home pr ices ref lect the t r ue st at us of t he nat ion’ s economy . A s U -H aul says: “ A n adventur e in m oving.”

I had t he pleasur e of tw o neat notes f rom f olk s t his quar ter . T hank s, M iles and P hyll is. K eep t he lett er s com ing. T hey are really inf or mat ive.

Phyll is and D ean V I K A N believe t hey have an A cademy f i r st . I ’ m c er tain t hey ar e cor rect . W e w i ll f ur t her announce t he f ir st k now n wedding of children of A cademy grads! Jef f SH EET S and W enda V I K A N , both of f spr i ng of 1960 gr ads, w er e mar ried in M anchaco , T exas on A pr il 19.

C ongrats, k ids, and also t o t he pr oud in-law s. N ote the w or di ng: k ids!

M an , am I aging !

M i les and C har lott e K A SPA R ar e enj oying t heir new li f e w i t h U n i t ed A ir li nes. T hey live i n A naheim H il ls, CA and M iles spends hi s ti me f lyi ng the Sout h Paci f ic w hile planning t o be a D C - 10 “ j ock ” in Februar y ‘ 87.

T hank s f or t he not e, P aul ! D id SC H E H R send your pics/ slides b a c k yet ? Paul SU L L I V A N is now w it h A V CO Systems, T EX T RO N , w or k ing on t he Peacekeeper M issi le Pr ogram .

I had hardly li sted N or m H A L L E R as an exec w it h N RC w hen I got his call announcing his retirement ! He is establishing a new busi ness— yep , you guessed it— consul tant !

Jer ry ST A C K i s presi dent of Stack Real ty . N ice name, Jer ry . 240 1 H ondo , D allas, T X 752 19.

D ale T H O M PSO N is wear ing his star and has ar r ived at H i l l A F B . I haven' t learned his new title yet , but congrats, again, general ! (Per haps it uses the sk ills gai ned f r om dancing on st one walls at reunions.)

M ar ty R I C H E RT has changed addr esses f r om G reenvil le, SC t o P i ed m ont , SC . I s t hat t o a new j ob or j ust t o subur bia, M art y?

Fuller A T K I N SO N lef t C onnect icut f or I nver ness, I L . W hat ’ s up , F u l l er ?

Randy C uber o 7 163 W intery L oop C ol or ado Spr ings, C O 809 19 H ome: (303) 598-7 155 A V : 2 59 - 3 82 0

P er c en t m em b er s: 7 6

A t tendees at the Class of 1960 tailgate bef or e every home f oo tball game,

f rom lef t, are Jim O’Rourke, Gary Crew, Bill Page, ’8 7 (son of B ill, ’59) ,

J im Glaza and Way ne K endal l. If y ou ’r e in to wn f or a game, look f or the f lag and j oin the f un !

N o more new s at t his end , gang. I had no telephone at press t ime. H ave it now , so cal l me and say hell o ! Y essi r , Russ C U R RE Y , t hat means you !

70 7 - 5 3 8- 50 2 8 .

(E di tor ’s no te: J ust af ter deadl ine f or the sum mer issue of the m agazine

we received an inp ut f rom Gerard de la Cruz who passed on some inf or

mati on f r om the Washington D C ar ea.)

Br uce M O SI E R , now a colonel i n t he G uar d and f lyi ng w it h T W A , w as i n t o w n f o r a f ew w eek s f o r a co u r se a t N a t i o n a l D ef en se U niver si ty .

Caryl and one of their daughters were here also and w e had a ver y nice

W ell good people, w hen you read t his ar t icle t he 25t h r eu n i o n w i l l h a v e been hi st ory . 1 sur e hope w e had a good ti me. 1 k now a l o t o f t i m e a n d ef f ort w ent int o planni ng a gr eat get-t oget her , and as one of t he planner s I ’ m again ver y appreciat ive f or all t he support . Our cl a ss i s r em a r k a b l e w henever somet hing has t o be done. Just a quick note o n f o o t b a l l si n c e I ’ m st i ll t he assist ant o f f icer repr esentative t o the var sity . W e’ ve gott en by t w o tough teams w i t h H awaii and U T E P , but I tell you I don ’ t t hi nk my hear t can tak e any mor e l i ke t he U T E P 23-2 1 “ m ir acle. ” I honest ly b el i ev e t h i s t ea m i s a l i t t l e sh o r t o n t a l en t b u t w h en i t comes to guts and courage they ar e over f l ow ing. A f ter t he game, U T E P ’ s co a c h a sk ed i f h e could t al k t o t he player s and si mply said , “ I t w as a gr eat game, you made our t eam bet ter , and I ’ m t hank f ul t hat you guys ar e def ending our coun t ry because you never qui t .” H e said all t hat w it h a f ew explet ives t hr ow n in . H opef ul ly I ’ ll be w r i ti ng t he next ar t icle f r om anot her exot ic H oliday B o w l l o ca t i o n .

L et me star t of f w it h a w onder f ul picture f r om M ontgomery , A L . O n t he f r ont row w e have Ji m mie POO L E , T w y W I L L I A M S, Jer ry G I L L ; i n t he back r ow Frank and C lai r e W I L L I S, Gw en and N eal W E ST B R O O K .

T w y w as passi ng t hr ough and t hat w as the occasion f or a m ini ’ 6 1 par ty .

By t he w ay . D ot G I L L w as also present but someone had t o t ak e t he pic tur e. Jer ry , I believe, is t he comm ander of t he Stanar d I n f o r m a t i o n System s C enter at G unter A F B , A L .

v i si t a n d d i n n er w i t h t h em .

A l so at N D U is K en A L N W I C K w ho r uns the wargam ing depar t ment

o u t t h er e .

Ralph LA LIM E retired earlier this year from his j ob o n t h e J o i n t St a f f .

He immediately lef t for Europe for a well-earned vacation. W h en h e returned he planned to go on the j ob-hunting trail .

Planning to retire very soon is Joe H IGGINS. Joe and Sue j oi ned t he grandparents club for the first time and j ust spent a couple o f w eek s see ing their daughters and grandchild in Washington State a n d C a l i f o r n i a . I don ’ t t hi nk Joe has set t led on w hat he’ s goi ng t o do a f t er h i s A i r F o r c e c a r ee r .

Ron Y A T E S has r ecent ly come i n f r om A SD t o lead t he R& D D evelop ment D ir ect or at e o n t he A i r St af f . T oget her w it h M i ke L O H w h o h a s t h e R& D Requirements side, ’60 has a lock on R& D in the A i r Force (par t icular ly w it h my help f r om t he A N SE R C or p .)

St ev e H O L T l ef t t h e J o i n t St a f f f o r a t o u r w i t h N A T O in Belgium . H e should be t here now and havi ng a good ti m e.

As my daughter went to Virginia Tech, I keep getting magazi nes and ot her l iterat ur e f r om t hem alw ays pr om inently displayi ng R u ss M A C D O N A L D as t he PA S (Pr of o f A er ospace Science) t her e.

John M A C A RT N E Y st ays very busy as com mandant o f t he D I A

school over at Bolling, as does Rich SEXTON with the J o i n t St a f f .

I sent our 25th reunion video tape to Les HOBGOOD over i n Ger many

as he could n’ t mak e t he reunion . H e i n t ur n passed i t t o E a r l V A N I N W E GA N w ho w as T D Y t o Eur ope at t he t ime. I t hi nk V a n i s o n his w ay to C olorado Spr ings now .

Betty and I were trying to get to A ustria on a ski t ri p last M arch and

planned to see Les and Marilyn on the way but we weren’t a b l e t o m a k e i t .

M aybe next year .

T w o f ait h f uls at gr aduat e af f air s i n t he D .C . ar ea a r e T o m B U R K E a n d N or m H A L L E R . N or m i s w i t h the f ederal gover nment w it h t h e N u c l ea r

Regulatory Commission and Tom keeps moving up in his c o m p a n y .

A fter retiring, Leon GOODSON is heading up some high-level c o m m i s

sion doi ng st udies f or t he gover nm ent .

George ELSEA j ust left this A ir Staf f for A FCC at Scott . I ’ m su r e

t h er e a r e o t h er ’ 60 f o l k s i n t h e D .C . a r ea b u t t h ese a r e t h e o n es I ’ v e a t

least seen r ecent ly . I hope t her e’ s som e gr ist here f or T he Gr aduate Rag M ill .

T h e G l a za ’ s sen t so m e i t em s t o m e t h a t I o r d er ed a t t he r eunion . W e, as a class, can ’ t t han k Jim and L i nda enough f or all t hei r ef f o r t s o n o u r b eh a l f .

The new r ock gr oup — A labama ’61.

I did r eceive som e great lett er s t his ti me ar ound . I w as par t icular ly del ight ed because t hey cam e f r om classm ates w hose nam es r ar ely ap peared i n pr int — D on G RA N T and D on PA Y E . Bot h D ons a n d I w er e stat i oned toget her i n our ear ly A F year s. D on PA Y E w a s a t M c G u i r e a n d D o n G R A N T a t C h a r l est o n . D o n G R A N T r et i r ed a f t er 2 0 a n d w en t i n t o

busi ness f or hi msel f in Pr i ncet on , I L as a State Far m I nsur ance A gent .

W hile he w as st il l in t he service at M A C H Q t hough , he met Pat , a high school mat h teacher , and pr om ptly got m ar r ied . T hey have t w o l ovely daught er s, T ara and H eat her and D on uses hi s recreat ional hour s t ryi ng t o get/ teach/ f or ce Pat t o play gol f . H e al so w as not su r e a b o u t t h e r eu nion because he has anot her t r i p scheduled in Septem ber , but I ’ m bet t i ng h e ’ l l b e h er e w h en h e f i n d s o u t t h e r eu n i o n i s i n O c t o b er .

D on PA Y E and Pat lef t M cGuir e and t he service in 197 1, but st ayed in t he Reserves at T acom a, W A , navigat ing i n t he C - 14 1. D o n i s a t t a c h ed t o the 92nd C om bat Suppor t G r oup (SA C) w here he inst r uct s C B R c l a sses f or t he A ir G uar d . Pat is st ill t eachi ng in a sm all count ry school about 20 m iles f r om K ennew ick . A ndy , t hei r eldest , i s m ar r ied a n d h a s t w o k i d s .

A m anda, t heir daughter , i s al so m ar r ied and i s st ati oned w i t h h er h u s band in Ger m any . D on w or k s i n t he R& D procurem ent busi ness f o r W est i nghouse; w or k t hat is m ainly rel ated t o nuclear e n e r g y .

W hat I t hought w as neat was t hat the Payes al so ow n a sm a l l f a r m a n d cult ivat e a l it t le al f al f a in am ongst t he w eeds. A ccor di ng t o D on , i f anyone get s f or ced dow n near K ennew ick , please look t hem up . T hey ’ re lonely f or som e com pany !

T er ry and Jill N O R R I S w r ote f r om C olum bus, OH . I saw T er ry at M onte M OO R BE RG ’ s f uner al last year and he w as nice enough t o send a 39

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Breakf ast at reunion headquarters. The Embassy Suites H o t el .

A ir line p ilot and cr ew — n ote the banana.

The cold and windy day — A ir F or ce 40, N avy 6.

F r om lef t in the p r e-game tailgate p ar ty ten t ar e J im Cassidy, B ill Sanzenbacher, B . G. Wil lis, and Jack Tay lor .

’61 p r egam e war m up . . .

Jim H inkle displays M rs. M ac's dining etiquette.

See t h e n ex t i ssu e o f C h eck

p oints f or a story and more photos of the 25th.

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picture of his beautiful daughter at her wedding. Jennifer l o o k s l i k e sh e ’ s handling the situation OK, but dad certainly has that “ gl azed-over ” l ook .

T he w edding t oo k place on Sep 14, ’ 85.

I ’ ll close f or now . Bu t f ir st I t hought I ’ d show you a n o t h er sh o t f r o m

T o m E L L E R ’ S v a st m em o r a b i l i a c o l l ect i o n .

This picture of a partially nude chapel was taken in ear ly 196 1. I sti ll remem ber t he day my A O C ’ s pant s were tak en f r om the C o m m a n d P o st and placed on t he t op of t he f i r st spi re. H e came out t o t h e b r ea k f a st f o r mati on w it h a t ow el w r apped ar ound his lower torso demandi ng t hat t he culprit come forward. We waited 45 minutes and he finally h a d t o r el ea se us because o f classes. W hat a j oy ! L et me say God Bless t o a l l a n d en d w it h a quot e f r om Bil l ST A C K H O U SE : “ I t ’ s am azi ng, but as t he year s r oll by , t he realizat ion t h a t I h a v e never been associ ated w it h a bet ter gr oup has taken h o l d ! ” D itto !

John W . (Jack ) Jam ba 4 Judy C our t Satellit e Beach , F L 32937 H ome: (305) 777-5520 O f f ice: (305) 867-776 1 P er c en t m em b er s: 6 8

Where am I . . . What am I d oing ?

Some quickie editorial notes. Charlie Moores, who didn’t gr aduate with the class, will be coming to the reunion. I did see C h a r l i e a n d b r i d e a t last year’s Bluebonnet Bowl in Houston, TX . Wayne JONES, D ea n ’ s clone, is at Redondo Beach, working on the NA VSTA R G P5 pr ogram .

He sent some “ gem” slides for our nostalgia night . J a c k T A Y L O R i s a Consumer Education Supervisor, f or Seattle City Light , in W ashi ngt on , and will def initely be coming to the 25th. Tenny TAKA HA SH I i s n o w a senior vice president of A mfac Hawaii. According to t he art icle, A m f ac, one of the old sugar companies, is now the biggest H aw aii-incor porated land developer on the islands with 2.4 billion in annual r evenues. (H ad I k now n t hat I w ould have asked T enny t o f und t he ent i re class gi f t .) I got t o see C har l ie and G i na T H O M A S at E l Paso f or about t w o m i n u t es a f t er

the game. Charlie, as you know, is the base commander a t K i r t l a n d a n d t o his great credit has been chosen as the MAC selectee f o r t h e L a n ce P . Si j an Leadership award. Charlie mentioned that Gina and E l i za b et h t o o k a mother-daughter vacation this summer to Hawaii, and C har lie st ayed with Brian making a mess in the kitchen. The guys did t a k e a sh o r t f a t h er son trip to California and passed through Phoenix where t hey r an i nt o John ST O V E R and Sue. John is sti l l w or k ing f or M oto rola a n d l i v es i n Glendale. Charlie also promised to secure the use of a ’ 6 1 w hit e (now

turned gray) Fleetwood Cadillac for our ’61 parade i n d o w n t o w n C o l o

r ado Sp ri ngs.

Bill G R I F F I S is t he di rect or o f Str ategic T echnology Planni ng f or I T T i n Shelton , CT . L ow el and Sandy JO N E S f rom Oak t on , V A a l so sen t anot her batch of “ bizar re” slides and said he talk ed t o D i c k F A I R L A M B who, af ter hearing how many ’61ers f rom D.C. were planning on mak i ng t he 25t h , decided t o at t end . C ar oll C A RSO N , Jr sent m e h i s d o n a t i o n

f rom Forest City, l A , with a personal plea that since h e m a d e t h e ch ec k out to me, he was hoping that money would be applied t o t he class gi f t

and not t o a C uber o car paym ent . I t ’ s nice t o k now I can inst il l t hat type

of confidence in other people. A lso, Hanson SCOTT is t h e c o m m a n d er o f the 1st Special Ops Wing at Hurlburt Field, FL . Finally, got a let ter f r om my roomie TWC WISON, and they will certainly be there a t t h e 2 5 t h . T h e other big news is that Todd, their youngest , is applying f o r t h e C l a ss o f 199 1. (N ah — can ’ t be!)

Well, I got a little help from some of my friends for t h i s co l u m n . I su r e wish I could have gotten more letters and phone calls.

F i r st o f a l l I sa w a n o t i c e i n A F T i m es t h a t D a v e R O E w as r et i r i ng on 1

Oct . Then I got a change-of-address card from the AOG show i ng his new

address in San A nt onio . D ave, how about a short note t o your old r oom ie t o let me k now w hat you ’ r e doing now .

T he next change-o f -add ress car d show s Scot t FI SH E R tr ansf er r i ng f rom Dyess to the Washington DC area. How about an updat e, Scot t ?

Russ GOO D E N O U G H has moved again in t he Souther n C al i f or nia a r e a t o W est lake V i llage. I honest ly t hink Russ moves every year j ust t o k eep in practice. A nd Gerrie DA NIEL has moved to an assignment i n Eur ope.

H e w i l l b e t h e U SA F E I G st a t i o n ed a t R a m st ei n . A n d George T H OM P SON has apparently retired to accept a post at Oak Ridge M il itar y A cadem y i n O ak Ridge, N C .

I got a phone call from A1HA RWICK several weeks ago. H e i s r et i r ed in the Homestead, FL area working as a sales representative f o r U SP A / I RA . His company deals exclusively with military people t o pr ovide a

combi ned i nsur ance cover age and invest ment plan . A 1says he i s doing ex t remely w ell but w ould hope to get a t r ansf er t o E ur ope so m et i m e . A 1 h a s high praise for the company’s benefits package and it s except ional pr o duct . H is w i f e, Jane, t eaches. (M y notes were not too good , so I can ’ t say what she t eaches.) H is t hree sons are al l in college. (M y , w hat a t uiti on bill A 1 must have.) C har l ie is a senior at Souther n Flor ida, maj or ing i n marketing. George is a sophomore at A lex City Jr College in A labama, maj oring in psychology. A nd Jim is a sophomore at Auburn st udyi ng pr e law. A 1promised to stop by to see me when he heads t o St . A ugusti ne t o v i si t r el a t i v es .

I n our conver sat i on , A 1asked about t he possiblity f or a 25-year reu nion bash . So t hi s is a plea t o t he di st inguished gr oup o f par ty-goer s i n the C Springs-Denver area to put your heads together, hoist your mugs on high and plan another Redtag Reunion. The 20th was so great . I can har dly w ai t f or t he 25t h . ( I t ’ s di f f icult t o imagi ne t hat f ive year s have gone by si nce t hat f estive event .) Jon ST A P L E S — please pulse t h e m o o d o f t h e ot her Redtags and let me k now .

Some addit i onal r um ors t hat I have hear d are t he M i k e H U G H E S w i l l r et ire on 1 O ct and I rv RO K K E has been appointed as t h e a i r a t t a c h e i n M o sc o w .

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I will end my column with a letter from Joanne HOFFERT (w i f e of Dick). “ Dear Jack , sorry your column was sparse in t h e su m m er ed i t i o n

of ’ 86. (See I told you it w as spar se. I ’ m not t he only one w ho not iced .)

H er e is a li t t le som et hi ng out o f li ne per haps f or the still ‘young’ Redtags.

D ick and I have b ot h qui t our j obs (N ew por t N ew s, V a) . . . H e, chief of Data Mgmt for a SE distributor of plumbing, elec and ref r ig equipment and I an edi t or of t r aini ng mater ial f or t he U SA ’ s T r anspor tat ion School

at Ft Eustis. . . to begin a three-year (or so) cruise a b o a r d o u r 3 8- f o o t sloop (Whisper I I). We have j ust finished touring much o f t h e G r ea t

If those pants are not returned in f ive minutes — we op en f ir e!

L akes N or t h C hannel and Geor gian Bay . N ow w e are check i ng t h e possibility of being trucked across Ohio to the river to get t o t he T en nessee River to t he new ly opened T ennessee-T ombigbee W at erw ay t o M obile, A la . T hen , on t o t he K eys f or t his w inter ; t he east coast (M aine) and t he C ar ibbean f or 1987. A f ter t hat , w ho k now s? So does t his quali f y us f or t he f ir st dr opouts? O h yes, w e aren’ t al l t hat ca r ef r ee . W e a l so h a v e two dogs to cart along. Plenty of rowing to shore. So f ar all i s goi ng w ell a n d t h e a d v en t u r e i s st i l l f r esh a f t er t h r ee m o n t h s . ” T hank s f or t he lett er , Joanne, and bon voyage!

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T h a t ’ s i t f o r n o w . P l ea se ca l l a n d w r i t e m o r e . T a k e ca r e !

P .S. Block your calendar s f or t he 25t h Reu nion t he w eek en d o f 17 O c t 87 (N ot r e D am e gam e) . Fur t her details t o f ollow .

Sk ip L ee

8 1 1 R ei ss R o a d

O ’ Fal lon , I L 62269- 1225 H om e: (6 18) 632- 8599

A V : 6 3 8-4 8 86

P er c en t m e m b er s : 7 2

W e w er e al l saddened at t he unt imely deat h of Bil l R I T C H I E l a st J u n e .

M ike O’CONNEL L penned an excellent piece about Bill f o r t h e “ G o n e

But N ot Fogot ten ” colum n f ound in t he last issue o f C heckp oints. 1 w ould li ke t o expr ess our si ncer e condolences t o Bill ’ s f am ily and loved o n es . W e w i l l a l l m i ss h i m . T h a n k s M i k e .

I received a great letter from Bill EBERT that was packed f ul l o f news

and insight . I t was so good I w ould li ke, wi t h Bil l ’ s acquiesence, invi te

him to be our guest columnist . You got it Bill ! “ Despite t h e f a ct t h a t I ’ v e been enj oying the Class News in the magazine for 20 or so year s. I ’ ve never w ri tt en . T his is a special occasi on since I ’ m leaving an assignment which has truly been ‘enlightening,’ ‘exciting,’ more t han ‘ i nter est ing,’ and all t hose ot her adj ect ives w e so o f ten use. I ’ ve been the M A A G (o f ficially, U .S. Liaison Of f ice — Tunisia or USLOT) Chief in T unis,

Tunisia for two years. I came for many reasons (I volunteered), a m o n g

t hem a chance to f ly t he F-5, lear n French , lear n about A r a b s a n d t h e

A rab perspective, travel in the Med. and European area, f i l l t h e o v er sea s and j oint-tour block simultaneously, avoid the Pentagon, etc. W el l , I did them all plus learn how the State Department works a n d t h ei r v i ew o f military power and proj ection. The last year has been par t icular ly exci t ing because of the 1 Oct 85 raid by Israel on the PLO headquarters i n T u n i s and the U .S. excurisons on land and sea against Libya — our neighbor . I and my family (wife Betty and daughter Laura, 10) were ev a cu l a t ed t o Ger m any f or seven week s because of t he ter r orist t hreat s a f t er t h e 1 O ct

raid. Our EUCOM HQ took very good care of us and tried t o ea se t h e pains of dislocation as much as possible — very successf ully I m ight add . “ So if there are any of our classmates out there looking f or somet hi ng dif ferent to do in some rather exotic places, look int o t he secur it y assistance business as a MAA G Chief . It opens up a w h o l e n ew w o r l d o f

B ob H o vde 3 1 C h el m sf o r d R d .

Bedf or d , M A 0 1730 H ome: (6 17) 275-3404 O f f ice: (6 17) 27 1-3 138

A V : 4 7 8- 59 80 “ M I T R E 3 13 8 ” P er c en t m em b er s: 7 1

N ote t he new address and phone number s. 1 am now t he d i r ec t o r o f t h e

Combat Theater Communications Program (HQ ESD/ TCJ) a t H a n sc o m

A FB , M A . L ast m ont h 1 didn ’ t know w hat a telephone sw itch w as, and now I ’ m buyi ng t hem . M y o f f ice (unt il t hey f inish a new building at H anscom next sum mer) is at M I T RE C or p . in Bed f or d . I t ’ s n i ce t o h a v e only an eight-m inute dr ive t o w or k af t er six year s at t he Pentagon , w her e the w al k f r om the par k ing lot w as 10 mi nutes.

Dan BUSSE is nearby in Acton, MA . He is the program manager f or

Raytheon’s Mark X V IFF program. Dan and Nancy had us o v er f o r d i n

ner a couple o f ti mes w hile w e w ere livi ng in t he T ransient L iving Facility

(two weeks in the TLF provides enough experiences for a t l ea st o n e b o o k — I ’m j ust not sure whether it would be a comedy or t ragedy) . I t w as nice t o h a v e so m eo n e i n t h e l o ca l a r ea t o t a l k t o w h en w e a r r i v ed . U n f o r

t unately , N ancy k now s w her e al l t he good discount stores a r e , so sh e a n d

my bride, Sandy, have been saving me lots of money si n ce w e a r r i v ed .

M A I L BA G : R oger H E A D w r ites t hat he is now the com mander o f t h e 6585t h T est G r oup at H ollom an A F B , N M . H e has the 10-mi le sled run , a radar cross section facility, a guidance test facility, a f lyi ng squadr on , a computer division, and a program and resources division. (I t sounds as

much of a mixed bag as my program of fice.) His change o f c o m m a n d w a s well represented by ’64. In the picture f rom left are T om JO B I N (Rog’ s vice commander), Tom McNISH (see below for more about him) , Rog, John HOFFMAN (f rom HQ A FSC/ TE), and Marty BUSHNELL ( f r om Edwards). Rog says he and Jane are happy to be out W est again , and hap py to be back in a TAG world again. (I ’m glad someone g et s t o m o v e West . You will notice that I ’m not getting any closer t o San D iego . A c tually, New England is all right . They would even have so m e n i ce v i ew s i f all of those trees didn’t get in the way.)

exper iences.

“ I ’m now headed to Wash DC for a tour with DMA of fices; a t t h e

N aval Observat ory dow nt ow n . I ’ l l be the chief of the A er ospace D ivision under t he deput y f or Pr oduct ion and D istr i but ion . M Gen Rosenberg is the boss. Don’t ask how I got the j ob! I think it was t he only one lef t w hen my name popped out o f t he comput er . T he G ramm- Rud man f r eez e su r e

didn’t help on j ob selection with an A ugust DEROS. “ That ’s it . Skip. Keep up the great work on Checkpoints a n d w e’ l l see you at t he 25t h Reuni on .” Right on ! Bill . T hanks f or t h e l et t er .

Y ell ow T ag changes w er e not numer ous but li ke t he relent less sea t hey ar e al ways there. Bill FL A N A GA N has t aken over as A ir Base Gr oup

commander at Hanscom Field — I know, I know it ’s supposed t o b e called A ir Force Base but I can’t help it . Can anyone of you make yourself call Pete Field Peterson A ir Force Base? Only on my T D Y or ders — so I will get paid . Bob D E SA N T O has moved to O uter Oct agon at

Randolph (nice place) and Jim HA NNA M is at Langley. Y o u ca n b e su r e these little tidbits work. Last time I had Ed “ Terry” B O SW E L L a t G l en dale, A Z which was not true. Terry promptly sent in a change o f add ress — you can f ind him in Litchfield Park, A Z . We all appreciate t imely up d a t es .

O ther changes i nclude Bill PO RT E R to Baltim ore f rom Beltsvi lle,

Bryant CULBERTSON settling in M idwest City, OK; Barry W A L R A T H to Falls Church, VA and an intelligence j ob at the Pentagon ; H ank LA VENDER to Tyndall as the 325th TTW DCM ; Fred FROST IC a s v i ce commander of the 50th TFW at Hahn and, not to be outdone, M el BORLA ND is listing Sydney NSW Australia as his new a d d r ess — v i ce

M idland , T X . Some new reti rees include D ave L O H M A N N and Roger SORENSEN whose new address is Murrells I nlet, SC. I f not hi ng changes, I will probably j oin that august group by this time next year . I t wi ll hap pen t o all of us event ually .

A mi ni-r euni on o f sort s w as held here on Rei ss Road a few weeks ago when t he new est r esidents on t he st reet — Jack and JoA nn M CT A SN E Y , hosted the LEES and Chief and Barb NACRELL I . We sipped w i ne, ate lasagna, talked and laughed all evening. Honestly, t his report er doesn ’ t

remember much more than the great time we had. It was f u n a n d C h i e f looks great . He could probably start at center for t he Falcons r ight now !

That ’s it . A 25th sounds like a f ine idea. A ny plans? N ex t t i m e .

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Yona McNI SH writes that Tom is now the hospital commander a t Holloman. He will also be overseeing the new “ Fighter Speci f ic Physiological Training Center” there, and gets to fly t h e A T 3 8- B a i r c r a f t .

With their two girls in college, they only have one (son — T om my , of course) at home, and have invited anyone who happens t o be passing t hr ough A lam ogord o to give t hem a cal l .

A lso from the hospital beat . Rip THOMA S writes that h e h a s l ef t Guam for the Naval Hospital , San Diego, as a staf f radi ologi st . H e’ ll be there at least two years before he can get out (and get rich?). By the way.

Rip, did you know the Navy built their new hospital in San D iego r ight on top of an ear thquak e f aul t ?

STAFF DIGEST : Jim H INKEL is now the commander, 41 RWRW (MAC) at McClellan A FB, CA . A lso, A1ROGERS is the SA C I nspector General at O f f ut t A FB , N E .

MAGA ZI NES: Nels RUNNING had some nice photos and quotes i n

t he July ’ 86 A ir man magazi ne. I t was an ar t icle on h i s 8 t h T F W “ W o l f

Pack.” Nels is now living in Washington, D.C.

T he 1 Sep 86 issue o f A viation Week had an ar t icle on the Space

Defense Initiative Of fice which mentioned two ’64 grads i n t h e SD I O . J i m

GRA HA M is director of Systems Engineering, and George H E SS i s d i r ec tor of Survivability, Lethality, and Key Technologies.

W A SH I N GT O N B EA T : N ow t hat I have m oved , Steve C RO K E R h a s volunteered t o k eep t he ’ 64 W ashi ngt on area r oster updated . Steve is i n t he Pentagon (JC S) at 697- 1480 .

Jay KEL LEY is the senior military advisor to the arms co n t r o l negotiator (A mbassador Adelman). He comes to the j ob f r om SA C ,

w her e he w as base com mander at W hi tm an A F B , M O , f r om 1982-83, 381st Strat M issile Wing commander at McConnell A FB, K A , f r om 1983-85, and assistant chief of staf f at HQ SAC (under M aj Gen Beck el , ’59) from 1985-86. (A fter six moves in eight years. Jay is ready f or t he

stability and relaxation of a Washington j ob).

Jack COLE is now in the Pentagon also, in the of fice o f t h e D i r ec t o r o f the Joint Staf f as special assistant for Joint Matters.

I also j ust received an invitation to Paul BELMONT ’S r et i r em en t a t HQ A FSC, where he has been the Deputy DCS/ Comptroller. I b el i ev e t hat Paul plans t o stay i n t he W ashi ngt on ar ea.

C H A N G E O F A D D R ESS C A R D S: Ger ry FE L I X is now at Shaw

A FB, SC. Keith LA CY is at the U .S. Embassy in London. L er o s H U L L i s in Carej on Country, CA (wherever that is). Henry STEVENS h a s a n ew address in Gresham, OR. Phil ROBERTS also has moved—to C layt o n O H . Jef f L E V Y is back i n W ashington , D C (A lexandr ia, V A ) . Jim

MANNI NG is at A PO NY 09194. Wayne CORDER is at Kirtland A F B , N M . D ave M U E H is i n H ono lulu . Ji m H I N K E L moved f r om 7 820

Seneca Way to 7816 Seneca Way in North Highlands, CA . (Some people will do anything to get another move in.) John GOLDEN m o v ed f r o m McLean to Vienna, VA . (What is with this class? Practice m ovi ng?)

Carver SEA RS is in my favorite town of Vacaville, CA .

ETC: Wives (yes, I know you probably read this before your husbands do), feel free to write to me when something of interest happens. ’ 64 gr ads are not the greatest writers in the world, but they do lik e to keep up w it h w hat ot her people are doi ng.

Keep up the good work with those cards, letters, and ca l l s. I t m a k es t h i s

j ob easy and f un .

t he latest 0 -6 list , discover ing t hat he i n f act w as on it despite t he repor t

given him by his new of fice is OSD, and learning that a f ew o t h er

classmates had cause f or celebr at i ng . M i ke had r ecent ly r eport ed in f r om El Salvador and apparent ly his pr esence on t he list had not been passed t o his new boss! Seeing is believing, however .

Chatted with Gerry HUFF the other day. Gerry is president o f I n f o r mation Management, Incorporated, a Las Vegas-based f i r m t hat pr ovides research and analysis i n support of m ilitary , gover nment a n d ci v i l a v i a

tion programs. He is working particularly hard to solidify h i s f i r m ’ s reputation for modern tactical warfare expertise and h a s est a b l i sh ed t h e goal of becoming a RA ND Corporation equivalent in that a r ea . H e c o n tinues to operate as a f ighter j ock, with his hair o n f i r e .

Received a very interesting letter f rom Vic GRA ZIER. H e and his wi f e, Marsha, have opened their home in Xenia, Ohio to the i n t er n a t i o n a l st udents and t heir f am ilies resident in t he great er D ayt on ar ea. Ser vi ng in

this f ull-time ministry under the auspices of the Association f o r C h r i st i a n Conferences, Teaching and Service (ACCTS), Vic and M ar sha hope t o

enrich t he lives o f t hese f oreign visit or s spi r it ually w hi le sim ult aneously building lasting and meaningful relationships. They envi si on r unning t heir home al ong t he li nes of a ser vicemen’ s cent er a n d ex t en d a h ea r t f el t i nvitat ion to all classmates to j oin them i f ever i n t h e a r ea . G o o d l u c k a n d

God bless both of you in your endeavor ! Vic also mentioned t h a t h e o c ca sionally sees Joe KOENIG and his wife Marlene at bible study . Joe is har d

at w or k on t he F- 16/ F-20 com pet i ti on at W r ight -Pat ter son .

A D D R ESS C H A N G ES: Fr ed C O X t o C or onado , CA f r om D ow ney ;

Jer r y “ Sk i ” W i lk ow sk i 14 15 D esa l e St .

V ienna, V A 22 180 H ome; (703) 573-6965

Prior to leaving the Pentagon, I enj oyed chance meetings w i t h D o n BROWN, j ust arrived from the Naval War College to a j ob in O SD / Operational Test and Evaluation; Steve LAWRENCE who has accepted a position with A NSER Corporation in A rlington; Rich SI N E R , w ho is now working for T ITA N Corporation in Tysons Corners, V A ; and Er rol REINER, who was scouting the halls representing PRC (Planni ng Research Corporation) as their manager. A ir Force/ Space C o m m a n d Programs for the Rocky Mountain Region out of Colorado Spr ings. E r rol arranged an interview f or me with PRC corporate headquart er s her e locally which lead to a generous of fer of employment . A cceptance of another position took precedence, but I mention the o c c u r r en ce t o r ei n force the advice that networking works! Finally, also in t he Pentagon , I bumped into Mike RITCH IE in the CBPO. Mike was happily per using

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Ray CHOJNACKI to A PO SF 96366 from 96328; Bill HA RWOOD t o Hampton, VA from Panama City, FL ; Jim L I PHA M to Cincinnati, O H from Augusta, GA ; Rick KNOLL to FE Warren AFB, WY from Vandenberg A FB, CA ; Tom GORGES to Bordentown, NJ; and G o r d o n B O O Z E R f r o m N W C t o b eco m e t h e v i ce c o m m a n d er f o r t h e 62nd M A W ,

I’m writing this, my first column as a civilian, driven by an overd ue

suspense. Fortunately I was able to receive a slip i n t h e d u e d a t e . So m e habits never seem to change regardless of one’s situation i n l i f e . A b o r n pr ocrast i nat or .

Took advantage of my September 1st retirement to take a t ri p t o USA FA Parent ’s Weekend. Had the good f ortune to speak w i t h L ee A LTON who was enj oying a visit with his “ Doolie” son K el ly . L ee and the rest of the family were getting ready to transfer f r om pr ot ecti ng NATO’s northern flank out of Soesterberg, H olland to pr ovidi ng T O P COVER FOR A M ERICA as the wing commander at Elmendorf , A l a sk a .

He had expected to stay in H olland for another year b u t w a s a sk ed t o t a k e o v e r the 21st TFW . The only drawback Lee noted is that daughter H olly will be entering her senior year . Critical career and f am ily deci sion but one w hich should w or k out f or t he best .

Also saw another face and nametag — which looked familiar b u t w h en

I accost ed t he A i r For ce 0 -6 w it h the name “ But ch ” I quickly found out that I was addressing Butch FA IN’s brother Jim, himself a U SA FA gr ad (’63). A misidentification, abetted by a striking resemblance and m y not having seen Butch since he had dinner at our home in t he Phil ippi nes 20

M cC hord A F B , W A .

FI N A L N OT E : A s soon as you r eceive your Checkp oin ts and , i f the

spirit moves you, write! Normally, I have two weeks a f t er t h e cu r r en t

issue is received t o sub mit a new input . So i f you see somet hing you li ke let me k now ; and i f you see som ething you don ’ t , let m e k n o w t h a t t o o !

But do correspond. I need your inputs now more than ever . A ddit ionally , all addr ess changes sent to t he A OG ar e f orw ard t o m e . So m e c o n t a i n i n

formation about new positions, ala Gordon Boozer above; m o st co n t a i n only the new address. Please take the time to include t h a t sh o r t a d d i t i o n a l ent ry . I t w il l help t he cause.

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years ago. Jim reported that his brother and wife Mary J o c o n t i n u e t o en j oy life in Denver where Butch works for Martin-Marietta and M ar y Jo (a Lo Hi grad) is taking care of the three Fain young l a d i es .

Spend a hot, sunny, and enj oyable afternoon with Pat a n d C o l een

Greetings, Redtags! This issue’s class news will be a l i t t l e d i f f er en t f r o m past issues because of the coverage of our 20th reunion. B eca u se I ’ m writing this article before the reunion. I ’ll cover t he regular class new s here, while details about the reunion weekend will appear elsew here i n

anticipated transfer to Honolulu next summer. Chatted br ief ly at t he end of the game with Garey MATSUYAMA, who became the b a se co m

action?” Fit, personable, good-looking and moving with ease i n t he highpressure, fast-paced world of Washington politics. Someone per haps lik e

M OORE watching the Falcons slip the grasp of Hawaii . Pat is w or k ing for a firm in Denver, making the daily commute, but loo k i ng f or w ard t o a n

mander of Buckley ANGB in July, and Jim MCGORRY who had j ust retired and has hired on with Northrop in Denver . Both o f t h em l o o k ed gr eat !

On the trip home I ran into a harried Bart HOLA DA Y raci ng t o a f light t o one of t he L .A . ar ea’ s f ive air por t s. Bar t w as enr oute t o d eci d e w h et h er

o r not to rescue three ailing hi-tech firms. He has found t h e v en t u r e

capital world to be both challenging and extremely dem andi ng.

t h i s i ssu e .

M O V E RS & SH A K ER S D EPT : W hat is t he pro f ile of t oday ’ s “ m a n o f

J .O . M cFA L L S— w or ld t raveler , ar bit rat or , negotiat or a n d t r o u b l e shooter ext raordi nai re. A s t he A F ’ s l iaison t o t he H ouse of Represen tatives, J.O. leads a life of travel and intrigue that w ould be t he envy of George Schultz. Besides responding to Congressional i nquir ies and

representing A F interests on the Hill, his of f icial d u t i es h a v e t a k en h i m t o the Soviet Union, North Vietnam, A ntarctica, and to E ngland f or the Farnborough A irshow. J.O. visited Siberia with the I nter ior D epar tment 43

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The Class of 1966 had a most enj oyable 20th Reunion at H omecom ing 1986 in late Sep tember. A bove, members of Cadet Squadron 15 gather f or a group photo. A t right are f ormer members of Cadet Squadr on 13.

For the story and more photographs on the reunion, see t h e a r t i cl e i n t h e f ront section of the magazine. t o see how the Soviets raise cat t le on per maf r ost . H is i mpressions: Siber ia r esem b l es M o n t a n a w ide open spaces and houses made o f w ood .

Sur vei llance w as constant , especially in M oscow . T he count ry seemed behind the times technologically; Soviet pilots marvelled at J .O .’ s d igi tal watch. I n Hanoi with a POW/ M IA advocate group, J.O. j ogged ar ound the former Hanoi Hilton and f ound the locals extremely f r iendly and eager to practice their English. His one-liner impression: A pover ty stricken country desperate for foreign aid. On a visit t o A ntarct ica, J .O . w as st ruck by t he star k beaut y of the South Pole. J .O .’ s schedule is tough

on the family, but wife Lynne also works in government b u si n ess f o r

Sper ry and copes well w it h t he pressures on J .O .

WHO’S WH ERE: Rocky RESTON is at the Pentagon working f o r O SD / I SA . B i l l N E N N I N G E R a n d E d T O O L E Y a r e a l so n ew a r r i v a l s t o

t he D .C . area, E d as an N D U Research Fellow w hile Bil l i s so m ew h er e i n t he puzzle palace. C har lie W A T SO N is a Reser ve advisor a t Sc o t t A F B .

Paul Z O M N I R m oved t o new digs in For t W or th . Jim M U RP H Y l e f t h i s squadron commander j ob at Norton for MAC HQ at Scott . Jay L E V A N ,

who works for Booz-A llen, moved from Poquoson to Herndon V A .

T er ry O ’ D O N N E L L is a law yer i n D .C . and is t he f i rst A cademy graduate t o ser v e o n t h e A F A B o a r d o f V i si t o r s .

Lou FINCH works for Congressman Les Aspin on the House A r m ed

Services C om mi ttee and Steve C O N V E R also w or ks f or t h e H A SC o n t h e m inori ty staf f . M ik e W H E E L E R is now on JSC ’ s J-5 staf f a s c h i ef o f t h e Nuclear Negotiations Division. M ike keeps an eye on T om K I N K A I D , w ho also w or ks i n t hat division . Butch SC H RE C K E R has m o v ed f r o m A F Plans t o O per atio ns and t he Joi nt A ssessment and I n i t i a t i v es D i v i si on . B ill D U N N E is chief o f X OX ’ s A r m s C ont rol and I n t er n a t i o n a l

Negotiations Division. Ryan DENNY, a former C- 130 squadron c o m

mander and A D O , is now chief of X OO ’s Readi ness A ssessment G r oup .

Ryan and Connie are enj oying the Washington/ Virginia area al ong w i th their three children—two boys (4 and 6 years old) and a gir l ( 11) . Bob

BOWERS moved f rom HQ USA F to a new j ob in OSD as chief o f Secu r i ty A dministration for Defense Technology. Jim BONEY i s t h e a ssi st a n t chief of Programs in the A F budget of fice. Bill HUDSPET H m o v ed f r o m X O O t o t h e C en t er f o r D ef en se St u d i es.

RECENT RETI REES: I ’m sure in the following I have not i n c l u d ed many who are hanging up the blue suit after 20 years, so please let me know where you are and what you’re doing. Don’t let reti r ing f r om t he A F mean retiring from the AOG. You’re still a Redtag and you have a lot of f riends out there who are interested in keeping up w it h w hat ’ s happen i ng to you . H ere are t he f ew I ’ ve heard r umers about recent ly : T om BRA NDON and Bernie A MELS are now residing in Colorado Spr ings.

Tobe GOODEN and Ross GUBSER are out and living in the D .C . a r ea and M ilt SA NDERS is in Orem, UT . Tell us what you’ re doi ng, guys.

NEW EAGLES: Congratulations to all the Redtags on the l a t est 0 - 6 list. This promotion was a biggie and overall our class di d w ell . M any good f riends and f ine people were not on the list , t hough , and w e share i n your disappointment at not being selected. For the b en e f i t o f t h o se w h o didn’t see the 0 -6 list, it included Larry A LMA ND, Frank A N D RE W S, Ron A NTHONY, Carl BA KER, Jerry BECKER, Bill BLITT , J i m BONEY, Dick BOROWSKI , Tim BROWN, Phil BRUCE, Randy CA RLSON, M ike CONNORS, Ron DASKEVICH , Jim DOZI ER, Lyn DUDLEY, Dale EL L IOTT , Bill EUBA NK, Tip GA LER, Bill GO L B I T Z , 44

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H ugh GOM MEL , Jack GRA HA M , Bob GRA VELLE, John GROZIER, Bill HA M M , Bob HOH , Tom KI NKA I D, Homer LICHTENWA LTER, Eric LI NDBERG, Kevin McELVA IN, Russ MORRISON, Hans M U E H , Jim MURPH Y, Glenn PERRY, Bill RA NKI N, Jim ROBERTS, B o b ROMA N, Charlie ROSE, Frank SA LAT , Terry SCHM I DT , Walt SCH RECKER, Harv SM ITH , Lee SM ITH , Fred ST RONG, Joe SU GG ,

Paul V I OT T I , and Bi ll W A C K E R .

I n a telephone call t o t he A OG o f f ice we lear ned o f so m e sa d n ew s f o r

Larry and Bonnie Bagley. Their son Glen Bagley died o n 9 O c t o f sev er e

head i nj ur ies sustai ned in a car accident . Bonnie and L ar r y were at t he class reunion w hen t hey received t he call at 4 a.m . 27 Sep telli ng t hem o f the accident. Glen would have been 17 years old on 6 N ov , was president

of the National Honor Society at James Madison High Sc h o o l i n Sa n A n tonio TX , was captain of the M adison swim team last year as a j unior and this year as a senior, was a National Merit Scholarship semi- f inal ist , was

one o f t he t op tw o student s in his senior class, and w a s a n a c t i v e m em b er o f his church yout h group . G len w as bur ied at the U SA FA cemetery on 12 Oct . The Glen Bagley Memorial Scholarship Fund, James M adison H igh School, 5005 Stahl Road, San A ntonio TX 78247, has been set up to use memorial contributions for an annual scholarship award. Bonnie, L ar r y and their daughter Dawn want you to know they deeply appr eciate all t he support , concern, love and prayers provided by the U SA FA f ami ly dur ing

this trying time. A heartfelt thank you from the Bagleys.

This will be my last Class Column. I really enj oyed w r it ing f or our class but it ’ s t ime t o tur n over t he rei ns. O ur new w r i ter w i ll be Ryan Denny ,

7107 Kesley Court, Springfield, VA 22153. His phone number is (703)

4 4 0 -9 7 2 7 . T a k e ca r e .

D an M organ 1404 13th A ve., N .W .

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Behold! Our 20-year reunion approachethl ! I f you think t h i s n o t i ce i s a little early, think again. The AOG says we are a little l a t e i n starting....Glad to say our reunion chairman, Gary SC H E I M E R , has made up for that by some super ef fort . See his portion a t t h e en d o f t h i s column. Please give particular attention to the need f or sq uadr on and geographic representatives to locate lost souls. Our greatest challenge w i ll be contacting everyone. I f you have never attended a reunion , please come to this one. It is amazing how much we‘ve matured/ mellowed/ changed, and yet are the same—only more enj oyable! I guarantee you ‘ 11 be glad you came. You‘11also feel really good about t h a t c l a ssm a t e w h o wouldn' t have come without your ef forts. Let' s get i n v o l v ed !

Jim GEORGE has settled in at the Pentagon well enough to be a guest author for this column. (Wow! What a superb idea—the ar ena is open t o those challenged to follow his example!) He begins f rom the viewpoint of the annual Jim Thorpe games at Carlisle Barracks in M ay . H e w as in t he hosti ng class f or these senior ser vice school “ at hletes.”

“ The athlete competition between the War Colleges was, li ke the year in school, very enj oyable. Unfortunately for my Army W ar College team , we were nosed out by Air WC in very close competition. Those attending included Tom TWOOMEY, Jack FRY, Doug HA WKI NS, Tom L IN DA H L , John WINGFIELD, Ralph FEM RITE, Joe RYA N, and B i l l

SA V A GE . W e all gathered at t he club one night f or some catch-up (ex cept f or Bill, whose father unexpectedly passed away f ollow ing an extend ed ill ness) .

“ From my notes, taken in the dark over a couple of ‘ sh o o t er s’ a n d subsequently buried in my moving boxes for two months, h er e i s w h a t I

r ecal l . T om T W OO M EY w as at N at ional , having been an F B - 1 1 1 squadron commander at Plattsburgh, and anticipated goi ng t o SA C H Q at Omaha. (Not long on common sense, but he‘s making a pr et ty good car eer out o f t he cold [weat her ] !) T om and Rosie and t hei r tw o delight f ul children stayed the sports weekend at our house, and it w as good f un

renewing the acquaintance. Ralph FEM RITE, who was also a t N a t i o n a l (and still looks 23 years old) was enroute to an enviable^j ob a s D O o f t h e

new F- 16 w i ng at M i saw a, Japan . Ralph had been an aggr essor squadr on commander m t Clar k bef or e get t i ng pr om oted out of t he j ob t o t he deputy base cm dr sl ot . T hey r eport t hat Jef f SC H O F I E L D , w ho w a s a t N a t i o n a l but d idn’ t m ake t he tr i p t o C ar li sle, w as staying i n t h e D .C . a r ea . I h a v e since lear ned he i s w or k ing i n t he SD I pr ogr am in some capacit y . “ Bil l SA V A GE w as at I C A F . Bil l had spent sever al year s i n C o l o r a d o

G REE N E , G RO SI C K , T A C K A BU R Y , W H I T E . Pr imar y : BA I L E Y , BA U E R , C H A C E , C O FFE Y , C O RM N E Y (L aney) , C RA N E , F RA N C I SC O , GEO RGE , L I N D A H L , M I L N E , F L ET C H E R , RY A N (M i ke) , W IN G FIEL D .

A O G U pdates: Jud BA RN E S, 507 T A C A I R C ON W g, D et 2, F t .

Stew ar t , GA ; Ron B L U M , Spr i ngf ield , V A ; Steve and A nn C Z O N ST K A , 3246 T est W i ng/ T Z W , E gli n A FB ; Bruce and L ynn D ON , Rand C or p . , Santa M onica, C A ; Bob and Shar on D RA PE R , A PO SF 96366; M i k e and (D r .) Pat r icia F RA N C I SC O , Pentagon/ P RPFT ; Jim I C E N H O U R , C lovi s, N M ; Rich L A M OT H E , W ahiaw a, H I . I n Rock f or d , I L J i m PET E RSO N has advanced t o di rect or . Spares and L ogistics Suppor t f or t he A dvanced T echnol ogy G r ou p of Sundst r and C orp . I n C hicago , D r .

T ed W I L L K E has been elected vice president . O per at ions a n d I n f o r m a ti on System s of t he Gas Research I nst i tut e, w it h di rect responsibili ty f or com puter system s, human resour ces, of f ice ser vices, and library ser vices.

H e is also deputy to t he seni or vice pr esident , w i th addi tional responsi bi li ty f or contr act ing, audi t ing, f inance and account i ng, and legal ser vices.

Springs prior to a couple of assignments in the D.C. a r ea . H e i s n o w i n t h e Pentagon, working in SA F/ SS (Space Plans). I ncidentally, “ Sa m ’ ’ w o n a writing award at ICA F. It was reportedly less than ent husiastical ly sup portive of SDI , and now he is working in that area. B i l l a n d I a n d o u r

w ives w ent out t o dinner recent ly w it h Steve H O L O H A N , w h o w a s i n t h e ar ea w or k ing on a law case t hat he hopes w i ll get t o t he Supr eme C our t .

A l so att endi ng I CA F last year w as W al t T A SH N I C K , w ho i f I r eca l l c o r rect ly f r om a brief conver sati on at BOET T C H E R ’ S par ty last f al l , w as an ear ly selectee f or col onel . H e had been in C olorad o Spri ngs, and I ’ m not sur e w here he ended up af ter school . “ Jack FRY , N aval W C (previously an F- 15 squadr on com mander a n d A D O at Bi t burg) w as enr oute back t o ‘ w her e it all began ’ — U SA FA , a s the deputy commandant of cadets—has it really been t hat long? “ T w o o f our classmates w ho are on t he A W C f aculty made t he tr ip .

Doug HA WKI NS had previously been at 4 ATAF for 2 1/ 2 year s f oll ow i ng SSS at C r anwell . T om L I N D A H L spent t hr ee year s at U SA FE H Q as chei f of Bases and U ni ts, I t hi nk , w or k i ng on PO M beddow n issues. T hey have been j oined on t he A W C f aculty by Roger C A RL ET O N w h o o c cupies a new posi ti on represent i ng t he C I N C U SA FE , c a l l ed t h e U SA F E C hai r— hope t hat ’ s about r ight , R og. (A s an aside, I saw bot h Roger and Smo key G R EE N E at Bentw ater s, E ngland i n June of ’ 85 w hen m y squadr on deployed t her e f o r a m ont h . Rog w as D O and Sm o k e w a s A D O o f t he A - 10 w i ng t here. I have since r un i nt o Sm okey her e in t he buildi ng

in XOX IC.) John WINGFIELD , who had been in the Ballistic M i ssi l e O f fice prior to being a maintenance squadron commander i n C ali f or nia, ended up staying on the faculty as well . Our guys attending t his year ’ s class should be get t ing plent y o f super vi sion and advice! A l so a t M a x w el l w as P .C . BU RN ET T , w ho is now at t he Pentagon w or ki ng i n P R I (I nter

national Programs). [NOTE: P.C. and Sherri’s son, Paul, i s i n t h e C l a ss

o f 1990, the f i rst ‘ 67 son to enter U SA FA . C ongr at ulati ons!] “ O t her s I have seen in a couple m ont hs in t he Pentagon , a n d w h a t I t hi nk t hei r o f f ice sym bols m ean : Gr eg BA I L E Y — Regional P l a n s a n d Policy , Joint A ct ions; Ji m BA N N W A RT — Fam ily H ousing i n so m e capacity ; M i ke F RA N C I SCO — i n t he f ighter shop of P r ogr ams; J i m H OGA RT Y and Paul T A C K A BU RY — in R D L (Resear ch and D evelop ment somet hi ng) ; Roger H I L L — JC S; Bill K O RN EM A N N — a new a r r ival f r om C- 130s at D yess w or ki ng i n O SD in i nter nat ional secur i ty policy ; Pete M I L N E— w hom I see i n t he PO A C occasi onally , i n J C S/ SP RA A ; D an P I PE R , pr ogr am s and resour ces, i n char ge o f a i r c r a f t disposit ions, I t hink ; St um p SO W A D A — w ho is deput y di rect or f o r Force D evelopment in A ir Force Plans (hope t hat ’ s t he r ight t it le!) ; Bud dy SA M S— i n Plans I ntegr at ion in Per sonnel ; Jim ST RE ET S— w ho i s a n analyst in Econom ic A nal ysis and Field Suppor t under A C ; and m y boss, Er ic T H O RSO N — w ho i s t he deput y assistant secret ar y o f t he A i r Force, Econom ic A nalysis and Financial C ont r ol . (I n w hat may b e co n si d er ed a n ear ly exam ple o f class nepot i sm , I am M r . T hor son‘ s m ili tary assist ant .)

A lm ost f orgot John C A RN E Y , w it h w hom I have had lunch a f ew t i m es .

John is in I nter nat ional T rade Policy under t he undersecr etar y o f def ense— a r eal har dshi p j ob t hat requir es tr ips t o Par is, etc. “ T hat ’ s about al l I k now , and i f you ar e as t ir ed o f readi ng thi s as I am of w r i t ing it , w e should probably bot h quit . For those o f u s i n t h e P en tagon , w e i ntend to w or k out some sort o f get-t oget her per iodical ly . W e have some ot her names o f guys w ho are in t he ar ea t hr ough t h e l o c a l A OG chapter , and betw een Buddy SA M S, P .C . BU RN ET T , and mysel f , we ar e w or k ing t o update w hat w e have. O ur nu mber s, respect ively , ar e 225-42 14, 227-0822, and 227-36 16. I f anyone in the D .C . a r ea w a s n o t ment ioned above, please cal l one o f us; we‘ ll updat e w h a t w e h a v e .

C heer s, Jim G EO RG E .’ ’ Jim f ur ni shed t he names o f our new 0 -6s. C ongrat ulat ions! T h er e a r e so many , space f or ces m e t o be br ief . Secondary : BU D I N GE R ,

D r . T h eo d o re W illk e

Jerry and Julie WENNER finally left the cold north w o o d s o f M ichigan—for Ellsworth A FB. Some guys have all the l u c k . H e co m

m ands t he 28t h O M S, a 500 + man uni t maint aining a f leet o f co m m a n d and cont r ol EC - 135s. T hey ar e w or k i ng w it h the new K C - 13 5 R a n d pr epari ng t o beddow n 35 B- l Bs.

Bruce and Stormy M cDONA L D’s son, Jason, has been in s o m e

“ M cD onalds” com mer cials. (A r e w e t al k ing about t he M c D o n a l d s I think w e ar e?) Br uce w r it es that Jason and Joel (w ho is goi ng i nto high

school) both have paper routes, and there’s “ not much el se sh a k i n ’ —

except Cal i f or nia as a w hole.”

B o b G R O W h a s r et i r ed ! T h e r est o f u s st a n d i n l i n e behind t he pr ep school leaders again ! Bob is r emaini ng in L as V egas in t he aer ospace in

dustry. Dick Koeteeuw, f ormer USA FA faculty member a n d si m i l a r

“ pr epper tech grad ” w ho st art ed w i th us, r et ir ed even ear lier this year , 1 A ug . D ick is in Flor ida St ate’ s C ounseli ng Psych Ph .D . pr ogr am . H e

plans to counsel veterans and consult in engineering a n d ed u c a t i o n a l

psych .

G ar y Scheimer sent t he f ollow i ng k ick-o f f addendum f or next year ’ s C lass o f ’ 67 20-year reunion . Gary ’ s addr esses are 557 FT S/ C C , U SA F A cademy , C O 80840 and 365 A llegheny Place, C olorado Spr ings, C O 80 9 19 . H i s a u t o v o n i s 2 5 9- 36 50 .

Boy , how t i me f l ies! C an you believe a bunch of yout hf ul , dynam ic, ti r eless (alm ost) guys li ke us ar e over 19 year s away f r o m w h en w e t h r ew our hat s at t he blue C olor ado sk y? W ell no j ok e, it is already t im e t o plan f or t he B I G 20-Y ear Reuni on . I n order t o get t he ball r ol ling on some o f t he long lead-t ime it ems, I have volunteer ed t o be t he chai r man f or t he big ev en t .

Fir st , let me out l ine some o f t he st eps I have t aken : 1) been i n contact w it h M r . D ick C oppock o f t he A OG f or advice, class mai ling l ist , and ot her i nf or mati on (D ick and his st af f are super helpf ul) ; 2) made init ial contact w it h local hotels f or r at es (Pat N esbi tt ow ns the Em bassy Suites Hotel j ust south of the Academy, has blocked an initial group of 100 suites, and assur es me o f a r ate and package adequate t o en t i ce u s t o m a k e his hotel our headquar t er s f or t he reunio n) ; 3) recr ui ted a n i n i t i a l ca d r e o f squadr on and geographic repr esent at ives t o help l ocate o u r c l a ssm a t es (m y ef f or t s hel pi ng set up t he Red Bar on Chapt er of t h e A O G co n v i n ced m e t h a t t h e h a r d est o b st ac l e t o t h i s so r t o f ef f o r t i s assem bl ing a valid

mailing list and contacting everyone); 4) secured some a b l e a ssi st a n t s t o

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honcho key events of the agenda and to shoulder portions o f t h e workload as this proj ect grows; and 5) outlined a very r ough agenda w it h t he A O G O f f ice (tr adi ti onally t he 20-year class has t h ei r r eu n i o n o n t h e r egular r eunion w eek end — w hi ch next year i s 17-20 Sept ember and in

cludes the San Diego State home f ootball game). Registration a n d a cocktail mixer would take up most of Thursday, 17 Sept ., a break f ast get-

toget her / gol f tour nam ent / dinner-plus w ould consume m ost of Fr iday , Saturday would be a full day of parade/ memorial service/ tailgate par t y/

football game/ Jabara Banquet/ ball, and Sunday could i n cl u d e a b r u n c h

or BBQ / picnic or ot her lat e act ivit ies.

Second , w hat w e need t o do next appear s t o include: 1) obtain at least one r epresentative f r om each squadr on t o locate all o u r cl a ssm a t es f r o m his squadron; 2) obtain additional representatives f r om geographic areas

to assist with the location and contact workload; 3) sec u r e a f i r m c o n t r a ct

L et ters: G reg SH U E Y r esponded rapidly t o my r equest i n l a st c o l u m n

and sent a note to say he was loving it in Seoul, or something to t hat ef

f ect . Gr eg is special assist ant f or I nter nati onal A f f air s t o t he D pty C dr ,

US Forces Korea, and spends his time negotiating political i ssu es w i t h t h e

RO K gvmt . K eep t he lid on t he peninsula, G reg. D oes K im I I Song k now you ’ re in tow n?

T om “ T av” T A V E RN E Y sent a gr eat let ter f r om C er r it os, C A , site of recent A er omexico D C -9 crash (less than a m ile f r om t heir hom e, no i n

j uries). Tav is gnl mgr and VP of INFOTEC, Aerospace D i v i n C o st a

M esa. I N FOT E C specializes in hi tech so f t w ar e and space ops. H e is al so act ive in t he liai son o f f icer pr ogram and w ill have h i s f i r st “ c l i en t ” graduate i n M ay , and it s a gir l ! T av ’ s w i f e, K athi , i s a f o r m er M a r i n e o f f icer and now a gr aduate student and subst it ute teacher , w i t h w el l b e haved classes. I ’ l l bet .

on a rate and initi al block of hot el r ooms; 4) r eceive suggesti ons f or agen da and confirmation that the present rough sketch is on t r ack ; and 5) get an ear ly indicati on of t he size o f at tendance — w it h a gr oundsw ell o f sup port and some serious arm-twisting we should expect t he maj or i ty o f our

A w ar d , pr ovidi ng t he most updates on classmat es o f anyone el se t his year . Ralph SA N A N T O N I O is in Rock port , M A near Boston , a n d i s

A s squadr on and geographic r epresentat ives volunteer , I w i l l f o r w a r d t h em t h e a d d r esses w e n o w h a v e a n d a n i n i t i a l i n f o r m a t i o n mai ling f or all

W i f e T acey r uns conf er ence oper at ions at H arvard U niv . M o E C U N G and f ami ly lef t t he warm t h o f L .A . f or a tour i n Rome, N Y . A ppar ent ly

c l a ss t o f a l l i n f o r t h i s o n ce- i n -a - l i f et i m e ev en t .

those not reached t hr ough Checkp oin ts.

Finally, let ’s keep talking this up and look forward to mak ing t he 20t h a reunion that all of us and the rest of the Academy w i l l r em em b er !

See you at t he Reunion .

Tav is the winner of the Annual 1968 Class Column Biggest T a t t l et a i l

director of I NFOTEC’s Northeast Operations. Daughter B et h i s a freshman at Tufts Univ (deep wallet, Ralph!) with Charis n o t f a r b eh i n d . h i s h o m e i n L .A . i s a n h i st o r i c m a n si o n t h a t h a s b een u sed i n so m e r ec en t h o r r o r m o v i es.

You’ve heard of the Small ICBM (SICBM) program? Well did you know that Mike FITZGERA LD, Barney M I LLS, Mike WA LLA CE, a n d

Brent C O L L I N S have al l been w or k i ng on it at N or ton? T av suggest s any

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problems with it can be traced, therefore, to ’68, but also al l t he t hi ngs t hat are r ight w it h it , t oo . T av and M i ke celebrated t heir “ big 40” bir t h

days together last spring. Cort DUROCHER is at Space D i v i n L .A . working on the Space Transportation Architecture Study f o r b o o st er designs for the 1990s and beyond. Frank MOORE is in t h e L .A . a r ea a t Space Div working in the Contracts of fice, single, and f ending o f f t he w ell k now n “ predat or ” w omen o f So . Cali f . T av also r ecent ly saw M ick EDLUND (with GE in L .A .), Jim NEU (Legislative Liaison, Pentagon) ,

and Eric WENTZEL (dpty for Overseas Programs at ESD, H a n sc o m

F ree at L ast ! N o , I have not been booted out o f t he A F f o r so m e

A F B) . T hank s alot f or t he inf o , T av , you deser ve t he a w a r d .

disgusting perversion. I am referring to the end of a long per iod o f

“ h o m el essn ess” o n 1 O ct w h en w e m o v ed i n t o o u r n ew home. M y j oy and rel ief is i n no small w ay is relat ed t o t he f act t hat we have been living w it h Mimi’s parents for the last 2 1/ 2 months; wonderful people and all t hat , b u t i t w a s t i m e t o “ d i sso l v e t h e b o n d s t h a t b o u n d u s o n e t o t h e o t h er . ”

Now the real challenge begins—turning the worlds largest sandbox (my yard) into a lush green carpet of bluegrass. I can har dly stand it ! I t s gr eat to be settled, but where did the summer go?

Things have been busy at work, with the reorganization o f t h e N O R A D regions, establishment of TAC’s 1 A F, Gen Herres giving up his hat as Cdr, A F Space Command, and the decision by the JCS t o co n t i n u e t o

dual-hat the C I N C N O RA D as C I N C U SSPA C EC OM . I can see t h i s i s going t o be a f un place to w or k . A nd how ’ bout t hat C ongress? A f t er put ting up with a “ hopeless” military organizational structure f or only 40 years, they have prevailed over the parochial Services (t hat ’ s us!) and

saved the American people once again with a new organizational s t r u c t u r e that will undoubtedly insure we never again buy a poor weapon or lose an A merican soldier/ sailor/ airman/ marine in combat ! Well, my at t itude there may be a bit too cynical, and some changes are pr obably goi ng t o be beneficial, but I predict no really significant , observable im pr ovement s as a result of this move. Building and maintaining a military f o r ce t o m eet today’s political goals and match the threat is incredibly com plex and , because of the democratic nature of the system it protects, pr one to “ i nef

f iciencies.” C ongress w ould bet ter ser ve t he nation a n d i t sel f i f i t w o u l d focus on that reality, instead of trying to fool itself and t he A meri can peo ple by giving the impression that a zero-defect strategy/ force/ weapon is possible. (A ut hor ’ s note: T hese view s ar e not endor sed by t he D O D , USA FA , A OG nor the author . They are solely the fault o f t he w or d pr o cessor ) .

Locally, the Falcons have been a hot topic, especially their stunning

45-35 win over Utah after trailing 35-14 at the half . T h i s w eek en d i s t h e Navy game, which promises to be a grand show. Its especially f un bei ng i n a unified command and seeing the Navy of ficers act so si lly . M aybe C on gress did have a point about parochialism. Well, after t he game t hey ’ l l

quiet dow n agai n .

T al ked t o Steve ST A L E Y , w ho is now t he assist ant dean of f aculty , no small feat . He returned this summer from the (now get t his) N aval W ar C ollege, but t old m e he w ould st ill r oot f or the old B l u e a n d Si l v er Sa t u r

day. I also spoke to Dave A L LEN , who is working for U n i t ed i n o n e o f their training programs and also flying frequently. D ave also f lys C - 130s

w i th t he local Reser ve uni t at Pete A F B .

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The Dallas/ Ft. Worth D udes: Sitting f rom lef t are Dave M a n n , S t e ve M cPhail, Bob Daly and M ike Pearson. Standing (barely) ar e R usty Gr een, Jer ry B r ink er hof f , M ik e L angley , Scot t B ohner and D oug Bat

c h el o r .

Steve M C PH A I L sent a good let ter about t he m ini reunion h el d a t B o b D A L Y ’ s h o u se 2 1 J u n e i n t h e D a l l a s/ F t . W o r t h a r ea . T he crew is pictur ed

above, except f or C ar l JA N SSE N . Pri sci lla F REE M A N also att ended , representing an absent John. This group looks like its r eady f or a great 20 Reunion part y and gave us a lot o f i nput on dates, act ivit ies, etc. T hey suggest lunch at M i tch ’ s (str aw ber ry Bavar ian f or desser t) , bon f ire, tailgate part ies, class T -shir ts, and a dance in A -H all w i t h t h e A sco t s (anyone know who they were and where they are now?). T hey also suggest inviting AOCs, classmates who did not graduate, and special class guests (Gen. Seith, M rs. Mac, etc.) Please send any ideas any of you have t o P hi l

PIGNATA RO ( 12217 Old Colony Drive, Upper Marlboro, M D 20772-5028) or me. A nd remember the fund-raising ef fort t o give a gi f t and suppor t our reunion planni ng and activities.

G ood N ew s D pt : T he recent colonel select ion list had a b u n c h o f u s o n it . C ongrat s t o all o f you ! Selected on time wer e: D an A H E RN , T om

BAA RS, Mitch DORGER, Dick ENGLE, Bruce GERRITY, John

GOYETTE, John GRA HA M , Bill GUT H , Warren LA MONT , Mahlon LONG, Larry M ITCHELL , Mike NA VA RRO, Dick PERRY, Mike PH IL L IPS, Ed THOM AS, and Stu THOM SON. Early selectees i n c l u d ed M i ke M O FF I T T , Bob PA V E L K O , Steve PO L K , Ji m SE EV E RS, a n d Ralph T E M P L I N .

M edia I nf o : Saw a Washington P ost ar t icle detaili ng B r o o k e BA I L E Y ’ S f oie in a r ecent A F decision t o buy 80 Gates L earj et C2 1A ai r craf t t he A F had been leasi ng . Seem s t he Pr oj ect on M il itary Pr ocu rem ent

got hold of one of Brooke’s internal memos stating t h a t t h e A i r F o r ce ’ s b est a n d f i n a l o f f er w o u l d b e $ 2 . 15 m i l l i o n . H o w ev er , t h e P o st a r t i c l e

alleges t hat p ressur e f rom a senat or and congressman r esu l t ed i n a n i n crease o f $ 100 ,000 per plane. A Pentagon source w as quoted as sayi ng “ T his is one case w here t he A i r For ce got t he pri ce dow n , and w e could

have really saved the taxpayers some money.” Well, B r o o k e d i d h i s b est and gave it the old college try. But this certainly ref lect s some new light on my earlier comments on Congressional ef forts to “ improve” t h e ef f i c i en cy of the DOD. Keep up the good work , Brooke!

A lso saw o ne o f our “ lost sheep , ” M i ke L A W SO N , l isted i n t h e A F Times as receiving t he M SM at A nder son A F B , G uam . W ay to go , M i k e, and dr op us a li ne.

Bill GREGORY has been promoted to president of Metier M gm t

Systems Corp, US operations, based in Houston, TX . M et i er i s a Lockheed I nformation Systems Group subsidiary, marketing and sup porting the A RTEM IS computerized Proj ect Mgmt Info System s t hr ough a n et w o r k o f 5 1 o f f i c es i n m o r e t h a n 2 6 c o u n t r i es .

M overs: N ew addreses by t he bunch . Ji m BU SSE L L E t o San M ateo , C A ; M i ke BU T L E R t o Sm yr na, G A ; D on C A U G H L I N t o t he Pentagon ; Dick COE to Natl War College; Bill DRENNA N to Lubbock A F B , T X ;

Mike EVA NS to Panama City, FL ; Bob JOHNSTON to Maxwell A F B ;

Ed L EO N A RD to Seatt le, W A ; Fr ank M A RT I N t o N aval W ar C ollege; Buck M C C A N T S t o Scot t A F B ; M i ke N A V A R RO t o M axw ell A F B ; D ick PE RRY to E llsw o rt h A F B ; Ro n RA SO R to L utz, FL ; B o b SI EG F R I E D to A ubur n , C A ; Bil l W A L SH t o C hanute A FB ; a n d E r i c W E N T Z E L to W oodside, C A (newer data t han T av ’ s) .

E nd : I ts been a good year so f ar , hope the rest is good f or all o f you and

enj oy the holidays. Drop a X mas card to me with your l et t er a n d / o r

f am ily phot os.

A ddendum : Just saw an ar t icle i n t he paper s on W allace “ B u z ” SA W Y E R ’ S deat h in N icar agua in t he 5 Oct shoot dow n o f a C - 12 3 .

M uch w ill be said and seco nd guessed about Buz’ s i nvolvement , w h o h e was w or k ing f or , etc. But let ’ s not lose sight o f our c l a ssm a t e’ s d ed i c a t i o n and co mm it ment , and t he ideals t hat br ought hi m , and ot her classmates, to t he moment o f ult im ate sacr i f ice. O ur prayer s and sym pat hy to his w i f e, chi ldren and parent s.

M i c h a el R . T h i essen

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D ea r C l a ssm a t es:

Dave YOST has been appointed president of Kauf fman-Lattimer Wholesale Drug Company, the largest operating company i n A L C O Heath Services Corporation. Dave points out that although most people don’t admit to being drug pushers some people push dr ugs legally and he is of the latter group. Jean, CWC-69, is back in graduate school seek ing her master’s degree in social work at Ohio State. They h a v e t h r ee daughters, Jeanie (11), A nnie (9), and Lauren (1). D a v e sees C h r i s C U R T IS each year. Chris, Christa and their two sons have j ust m oved t o

M ic JA C K SO N is st ill havi ng a gr eat t ime at Ear lham C ollege i n Rich m ond , I N . M ic is assistant pr o f essor o f mat hematics.

Buz BEL DEN is leaving A RCO and has f ormed Fell and B el d en C P A s.

H e is also an ow ner o f I nter nat ional T ours o f L os A ngeles, a n ew t r a v el agency . Buz repor t s t hat Bob H A RT is on leave f r om t h e N a t i o n a l P a r k Service get ti ng an advanced degree i n hist ory at N ew M ex i c o St a t e U niversity i n L as C r uces.

T er r y SC H W A L I E R is t he 6 14 T A C Ft r Sqdn com mander at T or rej on .

H e is responsible f or “ r idi ng hear d over a gr oup of all-stars charged w it h

keeping NATO’s southern flank safe f rom the DRCPBs.” N o t r a n sl a t i o n

w ill be of f ered in t his publicat ion . T er ry repor t s t hat his w i f e of 17 year s is still present and accounted for with two wingmen, Erik ( 16) and Jenna ( 14) . P . K . C A R L T O N is the hospital comm ander at T or r ej on a n d St ev e H O PK I N S is t he ops of f icer w it h t he 6 12 T FS. M al co l m

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Bergst r om . H e is responsible f or planning all readiness c o m m a n d ex er ci ses f o r 12 A F . M a l c o l m a n d h i s w i f e J u d i h a v e t h r ee sons, K ei th ( 14) , Jef f ery ( 12) , and Jonathan (9) . M alcol m j ust retur ned f r o m O sa n .

M alcolm has seen Steve P I T T M A N i n t he 67 T RW at Ber gst r om .

H ab BA K E R is w or k i ng at L and r ise, L td . as its president w h i c h m ea n s he is responsible f or everyt hi ng. H ab , w it h his f i rst a n d a l so cu r r en t w i f e C her yl , have tw o f i ne daughter s, K i mber ly A lliso n ( 10) a n d L a u r en Caroline (5). Hab is a real estate developer and hasn’t f l ow n f or year s.

H a b w i l l so o n b e 4 1 w h i c h m a k es h i m o l d er t h a n a b u n c h o f u s ’ 6 9 er s b u t probably not as old as many. By my calculation we might ev en h a v e so m e

43 year olds out t here.

Br uce C L A RK is t he chief of T anker M ission D evelopment at 5 BM W , M inot . H e has been t her e f or f ive year s and recent ly mar r ied a C anadian , D iana D esautels, and became t he pr oud “ f at her o f two t een a g e daughters.” Br uce w ould lik e any t ips avai lable on w i nni ng lot ter ies or ot her suggest ions f or f i nancing t w o college educat ions.

R ick ST A R R is lead avi onics engi neer at Boeing and is r esponsible f or doing design and test of f l ight management com puter s. R i c k ’ s t h r ee daughter s w er e all planned and delivered at home.

Rick reports that John VA NBURY is supervisor of Flight Systems T echnical Research at Boei ng.

St ev e D Y E R w r i t es t h a t h e l ef t t h e A i r F o r ce i n 19 7 7 and picked up a degr ee in phar macy at U .T .-A ust in i n 1979 . A f ter tw o a r m ed r o b b er i es i n hi s f i r st t hree year s of phar macy practice he r etur ned t o SEA . Fi nding t h a t h e h a d a c h i ev ed P ea ce a n d H o n o r t h er e a n d t h a t t h er e w a s n o u se f o r

C - 130 I Ps he decided he w ould go back t o school . H e got his m aster of science and math and com puter science f r om T exas W omen’ s U niver sity i n D ent on . H e is now chair man of t he C omputer Science D epar t ment at H ow ard U niver si ty . H e is also doi ng par t-t ime subst itute phar m acy w or k in t he area. H e is hopi ng t o take a leave of absence i n a year or tw o to f i nish his w or k on hi s P h .D . St eve' s oldest daughter w i l l st a r t N o r t h T exas State next f al l . Steve is single (agai n) and f ully i ntends to remai n t hat w ay because it is cheaper . G ood luck w it h t he r o b b er i es St ev e !

St i k T U RN E R i s t he chief , Stan/ Eval w it h t he 64 FT W a t R eese . H e basically says he is responsib le f or doi ng “ a lot o f snooping.” St ik is mar r ied and has tw o chi ld ren, a dog and a parakeet . T he dog and the parak eet ar e f i ne, the k ids (and parents) are st r uggling t hr ough a d o l escen c e . St i k has tal ked w i t h Gary L I N D N E R w ho is t he 85 FT S(T w eet) c o m m a n d er a t

Laughlin. Stik noted that my form letter soliciting i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t

classmates made his reply so easy t hat he w ou ld “ f eel l i k e a r ea l scum bag” i f he f ai led t o r espond . St ik , about hal f o f o u r c l a ssm a t es t h a t receive t hese f or m letter s are r eal scu m bags!

T his is a w ar ni ng t o all of you potential scumbags, a t t h e r a t e o f 60 f or m letter s each quar ter , all o f you should receive one by t he end of 1987. I f ever yone responds w e can r eally lear n a lot o f d i r t a b o u t everybody i n our class.

C har leston , W V w here C hr is is doi ng w el l selli ng coal .

Ken STEVENSON is pastor of the Everlasting Covenant C h r i st i a n E k klesia in Wappingers Falls, NY . Until one year ago K en was a pilot f lyi ng Lear 55s and GUIs but as Ken puts it he is now a real “ sk y pilot ” . H e lef t

his I BM cor porate aviat ion posit ion and is now a past or o f o n e o f t h e fastest growing churches in upstate New York. Ken and w i f e M ary host a live tw o-hour television show f or T r i nity Br oadcast i ng N et w o r k c a l l ed “ Pr aise t he L or d ! ” every Fr iday . H e t ravels to speak o n t h e Sh r o u d o f

Turin frequently. Ken reports that his book on the sh r o u d “ V er d i c t o n

t he Shr oud ” is now an inter nat ional best seller in nine f oreign languages.

Support Y our A cademy!

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Good luck to you and M ary in your ministry Ken! Ken reports that John HOPPER was at McGuire and that J o h n h a s been coming to visit Ken for f our years but hasn’t made it yet . C ome on H op , be neighbor ly .

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D o you remem ber j unior high school dances? I do . T he boys w ould usually m il l ar ound on one side o f t he gym and t he gi rl s on t he ot her side.

I n t hose days i t w as unhear d of f or gi r ls t o i ni tiate any boy-gir l t al k or danci ng, and t he boys w ere usually too bashf ul t o t ake t he f ir st step . W e pr obably could have had a l ot m or e f un i f w e could h a v e su m m o n ed a l i t t le m or e cour age. O f cour se, t hings are di f f er ent now , right ? W e’ ve been t hr ough al l sor t s o f si tuati ons in ou r i llust r ious career s, and we’ r e not af rai d t o speak out . W r ong ! ! I n prepari ng t his colum n I ’ v e t a l k ed w i t h classmate af ter classmate w ho has said basically t he sam e t hi ng. T hey en j oy readi ng t he C lass N ew s and t hey really li ke t o k now w hat everyone is

doing, but they’re too bashful to volunteer any information a b o u t

t hem selves. I t ’ s j unior high dance t i me all over again ! O f course, it doesn ’ t have t o be t hi s w ay . Y ou could w r ite or cal l a n d l et t h e r est o f u s k now w hat you ’ r e doing. H ow about it ?

T om e W A L T E R S w as nice enough t o dr op me a li ne on his w ay f r om com m andi ng t he 407t h A i r Ref ueli ng Squadron at Cor i ng t o h i s n ew assignment at tendi ng t he A i r W ar C ollege. H e says he r eally enj oyed his tw o year s at Co ri ng (honest , that ’ s w hat he said) and he’ s look ing f orw ar d to com plet i ng his A ir U niversit y hat t r ick (SO S, A C SC , A W C ) . T ome said Bud M A R ST O N r emai ns at Cor i ng as t he 42 BM W / D OT , b u t i s “ w or k i ng on leaving.’ ’ I r ecei v ed a n o t h er n i ce l et t er l a st m o n t h — t h i s o n e f r om Rudy A RA G ON . ( I r em ember t he f i r st ti me 1 met Rudy at U SA FA . I t w a s a n int r am ur al b oxi ng match — w e wer e bot h d oolies, of co u r se . I r em em b er Rudy had t his unor t hodox and seemi ngly very vul nerable f ight i ng style.

H e w on anyw ay .) A t any r ate, event ually Rudy at tended t h e Y a l e L a w School , t ogether w it h Geor ge K E Y S, and now he’ s a part ner w it h a large M iam i legal f i r m (M iam i A dvice?) . Geor ge, by t he way , cur r ent ly is an at t or ney i n W ashingt on , D C . Rudy says he’ d li ke t o hear f r o m cl a ssm a t es w ho f i nd t hemsel ves i n t he M iam i area, and he’ s also w onderi ng i f t her e’ s i nter est i n a Sout h Flor ida alum ni chapter .

Speak i ng of law yer s (and there ar e a l ot of them f r om our class) , I tal ked w it h A 1 W U RG L I T Z , w ho ’ s t he deputy gener al counsel f o r a c o m puter and engi neer ing ser vices f i r m . A dvanced T echnology I nc., in t he W ashi ngt on D C ar ea. A l ’ s been w i t h t hi s f i r m f or about t hree year s, and he w or ks on lit igat ion and gover nment cont r acts. A l , t oo , w ould li k e t o h ea r f r o m c l a ssm a t es i n t h e a r ea . A l a n d 1 t a l k ed a b o u t a n u m b er o f topics, but his int er est r eal ly pick ed up w hen w e got a r o u n d t o f o o t b a l l .

A l says he’ s never been as exci ted about A i r For ce f o o t b a l l a s h e w a s l a st year (t hat ’ s r ight , 1985 not 1969) . H e also ment ioned a n u m b er o f

classmat es he’ s bum ped i nt o recent ly . A t t he Pentagon , t her e’ s G r eg M A RT I N and D ave M A CG H E E ( I bel ieve A l li ter ally bum ped i n t o D ave) . Scott BA R K E R ’ San at t or ney i n D enver and K evi n D U F F Y i s w i t h t he JA G at O f f ut t . ( 1 told you w e have a lot of lawyers!) R i c h W OO D A R D w or k s at E gli n i n t he C ivi l Ser vice, and Bill ST E A L E Y ’ s a Reser vi st at t he Pent agon w hen he’ s not ru nni ng M icr oPr ose So f t w a r e . I f you ’ ve seen t he ads f or t he “ F- I 5 St r i ke Eagle’ ’ f l ight sim ulati on , t hat ’ s our Bi ll . A nd i f you haven ’ t t r ied your hand at Bi ll ’ s game (excuse m e, si mulat ion) on your PC , you ’ re m issi ng a lot of f un .

M eanw hile, back at t he real A ir For ce, 1 had a nice ch a t w i t h T i m SH A R K E Y , f ellow econ maj or and boy w onder . T im j ust f inished A i r W ar C ollege (t he youngest student t here) and is now t h e a ssi st a n t D C M a t W ur t sm it h . T im had some very nice w or ds f or the W ar College ex perience, and he’ s enj oyi ng W ur t sm it h , t oo , even though he’ s not f l yi ng.

I hear d f r om m y old r oom mate, Pat C O L L I N S, recent ly . P a t ’ s a n engi neer i ng test pilot on t he C - 17 pr ogram f or M cD onnell D ouglas at L ong Beach . Since it ’ s hard t o f l y a C - 17 r ight now , Pat ’ s f l yi ng M D -80s (i ncluding t he f ir st f l ight o f t he M D -83) f or M cD onnell a n d C - 14 1s f o r t h e Reserves at N or ton . W hen the C - 17 r eal ly does f ly (maybe i n 1990?) , Pat hopes t o be i n com mand . Pat al so ment ioned he’ s seen C r aig JO H N SO N , w ho w or k s f or G eneral D ynam ics at I rvi ne and f l ies F 4 s a t M a r c h f o r t h e N at i o n al G u ar d .

Speak i ng o f lawyer s (have I used this bef ore?) , 1 talk ed w i t h C h u c k REE D , w ho ’ s t he m anagi ng par t ner o f a law f ir m i n San J o se . C h u c k does a lot of w or k f or t he near by Silicon V alley com panies, and he’ s pret ty act ive i n ci ty and count y poli tics. I n f act , he w as j ust elected chair man of t he San Jose P lanni ng C om mission . T oday San Jose, T o m o r r o w C ali f or nia?

Speak ing of doct or s (t his col um n w i ll not be cited by Tongue and Quill f or its t r ansi t ions) , 1 t al ked w it h Ji m D EO R I O last w eekend . Jim j ust lef t 48

P at Col lins — Top Gun ? t he A ir Force t o li ve “ f or ever ” in Jack sonville, F L . J i m h ea d s t h e o r t hopedic depar t ment at t he brand new M ayo C li nic — Jack sonville, and puts in Reserve time at the Jacksonville Naval Air Stat ion . Jim j ust built a new house f or his w i f e and three k ids, and si nce he’ s n ew i n t o w n h e doesn ’ t k now a l ot of people yet . I f you ’ re i n t he neighbor hood , l ook hi m up .

1got a short note f rom George MONROE who said he’s j ust completed an outstandi ng t our at Ramstein and w ho ’ s now an A T -38 I P upgrader at H oll oman . H e’ s overj oyed at t radi ng i n his metal desk f or a “ teeny weeny ” f ighter .

Fr om t he change-o f -address car ds: L es H A M BL I N has become t h e 20t h M W S com mander at E gl in , Ji m A N D REW S has gone t o G ri f f iss, Ger ry SH A W has em bassy duty , E d C O L E and W ade PA T O N a r e somew here overseas. Roy A L M E I D A ’ S now at C hapel H i lls, N C , and C huck W H I T EC H U RC H and Gene Q U I ST are in Fai r f ax , V A . P et er FOX has m oved to N ellis, John RU SS t o L ubbock , M ar ty M A RT I N up t he r oad i n E nglew ood , CO , G ary SC H M I D T to T olleson, A Z , and D en nis FU N N E M A R K to N icevil le, FL .

T hat ’ s it f or now . I ’ d l ik e t o br ing you even more new s next t ime, i f on ly we could conquer the j unior high shyness. So write o r c a l l . Sen d phot os. Send gossip . Send rum or s. Send your tw o-cent s w o r t h . Sen d

anything, but keep the Class of ’70 information flowing.

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W E L L L O O K W H A T T H E C A T D R A G G E D I N ! 1 h a d n ’ t b een i n m y

new j ob for more than a week, when who should come st r ollez-vous’ ing

in but D ito L A D D and a passel of Eagle D r iver s f rom t he T r iple N ickel at L uke. D i to is w or k i ng in t he cur r icul um business now , b u t t o o k t i m e o u t f or a li t tle old- f ashioned T D Y and a bat hangi ng lesson . R el u ct a n t a t f i r st t o admi t he even k new me, he f inally bended to my inter r ogation a n d revealed t he f ollow ing gems: Steve (aka O t to) SM IT H E RM A N w as f inally granted t ime o f f f or good (or was it j ust sat isf actor y?) behavior at t he Z oo and is on his w ay t o t he 1st T FW at L angley . A l B RY A N T lef t his A F I SC j ob at N ort on and by now should be a f ul l-up F- 15 k ind of guy at K adena. L astly , D i to repo rt s t hat Si d G I L L M A N is i n t he computer sof tw ar e busi ness i n P h o en i x .

I S T H ER E L I F E A FT ER F L Y I N G ? W e could argue t hat al l day , 1 ex pect , but Joe SA I T T A is pr oving it ’ s w or t h a t ry . H e quit f lying C- 14 1s in ’ 77 and since t hen has ear ned his M .D . at U SC , taken up a new residence (and a sem i-new spouse) i n M assachuset ts and is now busy w it h a research f ellow ship in nut ri tio n and endocr i nology at t he U niver sity o f W ashi ngton at Seat t le. T hank s f or t he car d , Joe. P RA CT I C E , P RA CT I C E , PRA CT I C E . For t hose of us w ho spend a bit of our f ree t ime attend ing scout and PT A meet i ngs, tak ing care o f babies is somet hi ng f or t he lieutenants t o w or ry about . W el l , 1 guess t hat can also apply t o l ieutenant colonels. A f ter year s of look ing f or (and f i n-

ding) the right lady, Jim SANDSTROM has come up with a r ea l w i n n er of a baby girl . Happily, she takes after Jeannie! Good w or k , guys.

CHA NGES, CH A NGES. A fter nearly f ive years of getting change-o f address cards through the A OG, it was nice to get one d i r ect . T h i s o n e came f rom Jim DOWNIE, who is now deputy base commander a t F l o r en nes A B in Belgium. Other cards (these from the AOG) i n c l u d e D i c k REYNOLDS, who has moved from this B-1 test j ob to Portsmouth, R I ; John H IGGI NS, from a staf f j ob at 9th A F at Shaw to George A F B ; Mark ROMA N, from Ft . Lauderdale to San A ntonio; and T er r y WOODS, from A laska to Spokane. M ike MCCA RT HY has a n ew h o u se , but is still practicing pathology in Maryland.

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The H oyles reported visiting Frank and Judy BOYLE in V acavi lle, C A .

Fr ank w as conf used about t he meaning of “ sur gical st r i k es” a n d t r a d ed an F-4 f or an M .D . and is i n his f i f t h year of r esidency a s a su r g eo n a t Travis. The H oyles ran into Dave BLUE in a C-Springs P a r a d e o f

H omes. (Y ou ’ d t hink af t er all t hose year s t hey ’ d have had enough o f any

kind of parades.) Dave does computers. Steve also responded t o a r eq u est from Greg and Pat JONES to give some relatives a gosh-gee t o u r o f U SA F A .

Jim SM O L K A i s anot her vict i m of Sout her n C al . mat r im onies a t E d war ds. A f ter all t hose year s o f w ant ing t o m ar r y money , h e set t l ed f o r a girl named Sue McCoin. Fran DOYLE has not yet been to Cali f or nia, so he’ s st ill si ngle i n A lt us, O K .

The H oyles also ran into the only “ two-time” classmate I ’ ve got (B .S.

and J.D .), Rich PENNINGTON, who’s serving a hardship t o u r i n t h e Sunnyvale A FS, CA JA G. Like all Southern Calif ornia law yer s, he ad vised t he H oyles t o sue. C .C . notes t hat she st il l keeps i n t ouch w it h Bob D I E RK E R , w ho is an 0 -5 at Fort Fum ble.

Ben H A RV EY has pr oven agai n t hat short people can t ype. Ben is go ing to Panama as a Political M ilitary A f fairs of ficer at H Q

USSOUTHCOM , probably dodging revolutionaries. He’s b een a r esea r c h I t probably could happen only In Southern Calif ornia: W illy K A SSO N

is now w ed and o f f to L i tt le Rock . I n k eepi ng w it h t he adage “ G ive a

cadet a piece of (expletive deleted) on a string and he’ ll m ake a game out of it,” see if you can connect the names of those pictured w i t h t h e f a c es.

(H int : one of these balding and bulging guys has no busi ness being her e, and I have no idea who he is.) A re you ready? I n addition t o W il ly and me, there’s Bobby A NDERSON, J.R. STONE, Phil DA M BERG, D enny GREEN, Chuck WINTER, Dave BULL and Van SH IELDS. Can y o u imagine the way that poor girl’s family feels?

associate and adj unct pr o f at t he U niv . o f M iam i (FL ) , conduct i ng r esearch on U .S. t r oop presence i n H onduras. (W e don ’ t have t r oops i n H ondur as, do w e, Ben?) I n a recent st r ategic concepts sem inar , t he only tw o U SA F o f f icer s at tending w ere C urt E L Y and M ar k M A Y E R , C om m a n d a n d G en er a l St a f f C o u r se st u d en t s.

These three may know why we are in Central A merica. F r om lef t, Cur t

E ly , M ar k M ay er and B en H ar vey .

Ben vacat i oned this sum mer i n Sout her n C ali f or nia w it h b r o t h er - i n - l aw Steve C L A R K . St eve i s out of A F I T and i nt o H Q SA C as a n o x y m o r o n (i.e., a SAC intelligence of f icer). Ben noted running i nto f or mer bi ology department head Col . O. Sampson, who is out of his sabbat ical at the j et

propulsion lab and heading back to the Zoo.

What ’s wrong with this p icture? Can y ou f ind the hidden case of M iller

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L i te?

Rumor had it that on that very weekend, Bobby JOHNSON w a s celebrating nuptials in another part of the world, b u t w e w er en ’ t su r e w h er e .

In the “ cards and letters department ,” C.C. HOYLE (M rs. Steve) pr o mises any math-types that Steve will get you a j ob teaching num ber s at the A luminum U . if you j ust call . (Well , maybe not promised.) St ev e f i n i sh ed his P h .D . at St anf or d , and C .C . encl osed pr oof t hat ev en m a t h t ea c h er s can m ult iply .

Steely-kneed trained killers of A CSC. Front f rom lef t, F rank Cant wel l, M ike Peterson, Brian Voorhees and A ndy Gessner. Rear, f r om lef t, E r ic Nedergaard, Pat Garvey, Clint A sbury and Tom M iller.

Steve, A ndrew and C.C. H oyle.

Nineteen of our class graduated in June f rom ACSC, b u t m o st o f t h em were so fat and ugly and bald they had too much pride to pose f or a pic ture. There were eight who obviously have no pride, and t heir photo is herein appearing. The following is an assignments rundown: T o m M IL LER, SA F/ A LG, in the Big Barn in Washington (living i n C li f t on , VA); Brian VOORHEES, 76 MA S, Charleston A FB, SC; Pete SU T T O N , 49

25 FTS, Vance AFB, OK; Eric NEDERGAARD, 57 FIS, Kefl avik, Iceland; Jeff NORTON, HQ USAF/ RDSD; Hugh PARKER, 7 M A S,

Travis A FB, CA (Norton and Parker still together : what happened , did you guys get married?); M ike PETERSON, HQ A FSC, A ndrews A F B ,

MD; Dave McLAUGHLIN, ACSC Faculty, Maxwell AFB, AL; J o h n HUMPHRIES, 380 CSG/ JA, Plattsburgh, NY; Chuck JOHNSON, H Q MAC/ XPQ, Scott AFB, IL; Pat GARVEY, 81 TFW, RAF Bentwaters; Clint ASBURY, Rockwell B-1 AFPRO, Columbus, OH; Harry CALCUTT, SDWE, Andrews AFB, VA; Frank CANTWELL, HQ USA F/ XOX I C, Pentagon City; Lin CHA YER, 8 FTS, Vance A F B , O K ;

Donny JONES, somewhere in Las Vegas; and Dean FOX, doi ng

som et hi ng at Sem bach .

A ll that info came from A ndy GESSNER, who must have l o st t h e A CSC lottery, ’cause he’s going to Elmendorf .

One of the guys in my office asked if I knew any good i awyers i n

M ilwaukee. Why would a good lawyer want to work in M i l w a u k ee? I t o l d

him I didn’t, but that he might call Jim GORMLEY anyway, w h i c h h e

did. Jim called me to say hello, but I wasn’t here, so he was probably too cheap t o call back .

I n other bar news, Dave KERBER is pregnant again here i n D en v er .

Doug H I LL , J.R. STONE and I watched our beloved Falcons w hi p the Rainbow Warriors at Falcom Stadium, where we also watched a d r u n k en brawl in the stands. (No, we did not get involved, alt hough J .R . w anted

t o .) D oug accosted M i k e RO M I T O i n t he munchies line. M i k e w o r k s f o r

“ T .R. Wonderf ul” in the Springs.

On a recent trip to Norton where he flies USAFR C-141s, D oug ran in to Gary STERN, where else but on a tennis court. Gary w a s o n a n I G

team from somewhere. Probably inspects tennis courts.

Doug also ran into Denny SBA CH , who is an 0 -5 at Hill A F B . (H e has

no explanation or excuse, it j ust happened that way.)

We had the recent opportunity to bid a fond farewell t o M a r k a n d Kathy OINESS, who left the mountains of Colorado for t h e d eser t s o f Las Vegas, where he will undoubtedly accost Charlie H A R R I N GT O N ,

w h o ’ s a t N el l i s.

On our last trip to Southern California, we skipped W ally W or ld but

did wine and dine and wine with Rick and Gloria DENNEN. R i c k h a s a gr eat place a f ew block s f r om t he ocean i n Redondo Beach , and he c a n s e e

all the way to Hollywood on a clear day from his roof .

Speaking of Millard graduates, in the “ interesting lett er ” depar t ment , I got a letter from one of our non-graduating classmates, Ray Stum p , w ho

lives in Rossville, I L . (He busted econ, which he now teaches par t ti me at a j unior college). Ray has kept in touch with Charlie M c C O R M A C K a n d

Dave NEWILL over the years, and is on his way to law school t his f all , which shows some lack of j udgement on his part. And speak ing o f nongraduating classmates, Rick Denned passed on word t h a t D a n F a r r

was and maybe still is a big mucky-muck at Max Factor (D an Far r ?) i n

C alif o r nia .

In the really interesting letter department, I got a l et t er f r o m a classmate’s ex-wife, but I ’ll save that story for our 15t h-year r euni on .

Bill LOVEL L dropped a note from Bedford, TX . Bill is a D el t a 7 2 7 c o

pilot at DFW, and passes on an open invitation to anyone u n f o r t u n a t e

enough to be in Texas. He notes that Bill BRA NDON is cr acki ng bones a s a chiropractor in H ollister, CA , where he and wife M el i ssa h a v e a d d ed child No. 5. Bill asked that anyone with a lead on L eo R O SS c a l l t h e L o v el l ’ s i n B ed f o r d .

Well, down to the address cards. Jim JA EGER is an 0 -5 i n U pper

Marlboro, MD. Ed RANSFORD has gone from Alaska to Tampa, F L .

Dave WAGIE, Gregg RIGGS, Craig GHEL BER, Ron RICHA RDS a n d Jim GREENE are all in M ontgomery, A L . Earl TA YLOR is toughi ng it

out at Hickam, and Brian BINN is in Normandy Beach, N J . R i c h a r d

KRAPF is in Plattsburgh, NY. Kevin MORGAN is in Tehachapi, C A .

Jim PUTNAM is in Panama City (FL?). Don LOONEY is in C learw at er ,

FL , and Bob BRICHTA is in Chandler, A Z .

On a final note, things are getting serious about making our 15t h-year reunion memorable. I urge you to contact someone you k n o w w h o l i v es i n Colorado, so we can keep it unstructured, as opposed t o u n f u n . F o r t h o se of you with limited math ability, it ’s about nine months a w a y , so g et y o u r

sier ra t oget her .

D O N ’ T M I SS A M A G A Z I N E .

SEND I N Y OU R N EW A DD RESS NOW .

Rick K ar vosk 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 : 76 2 - 2 5 30 A V : 6 8 1-2 3 8 1

Percent members; 39

I hope you all had a nice summer. The highlight of m y su m m er w a s g o ing to feedlots and watching them clean up the manure. I f anybody w ants to plan a vacation to Clovis next summer. I ’m sure I can get you r eser va tions. Plan early, the good seats go fast !

Actually, it was an interesting summer. I decided to d o w h a t I d i d n ’ t d o 14 years ago — buy a Corvette. I n case you didn’t know, C l o v i s i s n o t known as the sports car capital of the world. The selection o f u sed C o r vettes is somewhat limited. I looked at a few but they l o o k ed l i k e M i k e HA Y’SCorvette did our firstie year . I found a 1972 C o r v et t e f o r sa l e . T h e individual was selling it f or his son-in-law who was the or igi nal ow ner .

During the conversation he said he graduated f rom USA FA ! I a sk ed w h o .

I t was G r eg (D ebbie) K RA FFT . H eck of a small w or ld . W hat ’s real ly

weird, he is going to Wright-Pat where I j ust came f r om . D ebbie gave birth to their first child, a healthy 9-lb. boy (sounds li k e a good candidat e for the USA FA defensive line in 2(X)5) on 24 July. D eb b i e sa i d h e “ resembles his daddy and has a sweet calm disposition.” I s that t he G reg we knew? Greg left on 26 July to attend Defense Systems M gt C ollege in Washington, DC. From there, he goes to Wright-Pat to w o r k i n t h e

A er onaut ical Space D ivisi on .

1 also enter ed my second childhood t his sum mer . Besides t he C orvett e,

1 bought a 1974 Porsche 914 built for racing. I took i t t o H a l l et r a ce t r a c k in Hallet, OK in A ugust . We had four half-hour periods o f t r a ck t i m e o n a 1.9 mile track. Except for a few spin-outs and a 360 degr ee t ur n i n the middle of an “ S” turn, it was uneventful. Oh yeah, I f orgot about going downhill into a 310 degree hairpin turn at 90 mph and hit ti ng t he brak es only to find they were too hot to work! Got quite an i nter esti ng view of the track as I was spinning out in the grass field! E n t er ed a n SC C A autocross in Lubbock 14 September. I placed second in my class behind a

guy w ho has w on nat ional races i n C orvett es and Por sches. I w a s 1 1t h overall . I ’m heading to A marillo 21 September for an aut ocr oss, Pueblo on 18- 19 O ct ober f or a race, and to Phoenix on 25-26 O ct o b er f o r a r a c e .

Let you know next issue how I did. A m I crazy? Heck no . I ’ m j ust becom ing reacquainted with the automotive thrills of our yout h . A s p romi sed last issue, this column is compliments of M ike (A pril) H A Y . I am sendi ng it , w ord- f or -w ord , as he w r ote it ! “ K eep up t he good w or k on t he colum n . I never k new dir t maj or s could write! Personally, I chose to marry (April) a writer. A s a matter o f f act ,

besides bearing a beautiful son (Steven) who is now eight , April is (plug) managing editor of Private Pilot magazine. I f I ever t ur n her com puter back over to her, she will start freelancing articles again . She did t he cover photo and two articles for a fall Venture magazine. “ The dummy in our family has finally found permanent employment

as a pi lot w i t h N or t hwest O r ient . T he S/ O seat on t he w hale (747) is great

retirement between remotes in the Orient ! I n 1980, a f t er a n o n / o f f c l a ss with A merican, I built character while unemployed, ear ni ng FA A rat i ngs.

This finally paid of f . A fter two years of selling computer t i m e i n L A f o r Control Data Division, I accepted a j ob with an upstart ai r li ne. Paci f ic Express, on the BAC1-11. The 60% pay cut was eased w h en I c h ec k ed o u t in the left seat . Two years and their backruptcy later, I got the N W A j ob .

A fter two more years, 1 finally earn my estimated third year ear nings at CDC. The commute to my Seattle base is infrequent due t o t he lengt h o f 747 flights. A bonus is the opportunity to see ‘zoo buddies’ flying for PSA , like ‘Bernie’ SULLENBERGER, Bill DIFFLEY, Bob EA M E S, and Rick (D enise) V A N D A M .

“ Buddy (Donna) GA M MON’s hometown wedding last summer w a s a t tended by Dan and Barb HA NDL IN, down from Eastern’s C hicago domicile, and Eric and Jan HEA RNSBERGER, in f rom Delta’s b a se i n Houston. It’s easy to distinguish Eric from his son, J a so n . D a d h a s a heavier mustache. I hear that Don (Kathie) GA YLOR has finally taken up

flying again in a window seat on the DC-9 at EAL. My heart really goes

out to our classmates at Eastern for their many years o f anguish , w hich don’t seem to be over yet . “ While sharing lies with T .R. SM ITH (M D-80 captain f or A laska) i n a pub in Seattle, I was shocked when looking up from t he peanut s t o s e e M ike (Sue) TREM ONTE’s smile. They’re raising four kids i n H o u st o n o n M obile’s Western Marketing Manager-Marine Products salar y . Jack

(Nancy) GLAVAN, call me a doctor of dirt, is finishing hi s degr ee at U T -

A ustin. Bob (Janet) SCHI NEL LER called for a f ree dinner w hi le layi ng over at nearby John Wayne Airport. Bob left his Citation j ob to j oin 50

A merican, as an F/ O on the M D-80. He commutes to ORD f r o m h i s palace-on-a-lake in Celina, Ohio. “ I j oined Ted (Patti) KA M M I RE in San Diego f or lunch w h i l e h e k i l l ed time during a Travis A FB Reserve trip on the Starlizard. H is real j ob i s i n the right seat of an A merican three-holer , in SFO. P a t t i ea r n s t h e r ea l money selling real estate. Rumor has it that Charlie K U Y K i s a C P A i n

H onolulu f or a big-eight account i ng f i r m . I f I ’ m ever senior enough t o hold a H N L layover I ’ ll call hi m t o f ind out . Rum or also speak s of a

wealthy Bucky BOYD, co-owner of a computer f irm in A t l a n t a . I ca l l ed Brian (Sandy) JONES at his of fice at Suwon A B, Korea, bu t he w as slip ping the surlies during my MA C charter layover at Osan.”

T h a n k s f o r t h e i n f o M i k e . N o ca l l s o n t h e Su m m er 86 t r ivia quest ion .

H int — look at t he Sum mer 86 cover ! I f t hat doesn’ t help , you all need t o see a shr i nk ! T hi s issue’ s quest ion is — W as our f ir st so ci a l w i t h m em b er s

of the opposite sex (girls, remember) before or after o u r a cc ep t a n c e parade?

Update: Received a note f rom Greg and Diane RENKO. D i ane gave birth to a girl on 7 July. Congratulations. Greg is an assi stant oper at ions of f icer w it h t he 6 1st T FT S at M acD il l t eachi ng “ new bies” t o f ly t he F- 16 .

Bill FOX recently married a f light surgeon. Quoting D iane “ f em ale, of cour se.” M i k e H A RM O N and f am i ly ar e in Saudi A r abia teaching t hem to f l y t he F- 15.

Bruce (Nancy) BENNETT sent a letter . He graduated f rom t he A r my Command and General Staf f College at Ft Leavenworth on 6 June, 13

years to the date we graduated! He’s being assigned t o U S CENTCOM/ J-5 in Special Ops Plans at M acDill. Nancy is a legal secretary — wonder if she can get me a discount on legal services! T hey bought a house with a pool and “ expect to hear from so m e F - 16 r et r ea d s going through Tampa.” Dave (Sheri) GESSERT left SA C f o r t h e P en tagon. He’ll be working as an intelligence of ficer — can it be W hale got intelligent since graduation? Bill (Nancy) SWA N is also in D .C .br ief i ng congressmen on L ibyan af f air s.

A nybody out there have any good af fairs (or even bad ones) t hey w ant briefed. A ccording to Whale, Bill is almost gray. Don’t w or r y Bill , a lot of us are getting that way. I might be gray, but at l ea st i t ’ s st i l l t h er e Whale; how about yours? Bruce WRIGHT is working at SA C i n t h e J o i n t Plans section. I t looks as though the A F finally stopped A 1 D U N L A P from homesteading in California. A fter consecutive assignment s at

M at her , Beale, M ar ch , and C ast le, he is headi ng f or O m a h a t o w o r k o n the DO staf f as an ops planner. A 1 CA LOM INO is still w or k i ng f or General Dynamics in California. While on leave to Omaha in Septem ber , stopped by to see Tom and Kathy BUTLER. Tom was flying but K at hy

M i k e C a r t er

2263 Ptar m igan L ane C olorad o Spr i ngs, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 593- 1480 A V : 2 59 - 2 5 5 8

P er c en t m e m b er s : 36

ST A R T E RS: W hile I w r it e t his ar t icle, I look out my w i n d o w a n d w at ch t he snow f lak es f al l gent ly by and I think o f w inter s past . W hat a

poetic start for the Fall class column, but lo and b eh o l d i t ’ s t h e en d o f September and the f irst flakes of the year have already come and gone. A t

t his w r i ti ng t he Fal cons ar e 3- 1-0 and seem t o be on t r a c k f o r a n o t h er w i n ning season. We’re so spoiled that a winner doesn’t seem t o be good enough and everyone is out for an 8-3 team as a minimum. By the t ime t his ar t icle m ak es it t o press t hat goal w ill pr obably al ready be r ealized and t he tal k w i ll be about w hich bow l game t o accept . So m u ch f o r t h e f ick le sport o f f oot ball .

I am still waiting for the class photo from A CSC and ot her PM E -type schools. I k now t hat t here are lot s of you dow n t here, so come on and give us a br eak . T hr ow a ’ 74 part y and get everyone i n a pict ure so w e can all

compare hairlines and waistlines. We all need to know w h o ’ s t h er e so w e can arrange house rentals and all f or the following year . W ell t hat ’ s enough for small talk . Let’s get to the good stuf f and see w ho ’ s m ovi ng ar ound w hi le w e get t o stay put .

FOLKS: The spotlight this issue is new additions to f a m i l i es o f o u r

c l a ss . T h e f i r st a r r i v a l c a m e o n 12 J u l t o B o b a n d M ar y A nna R I V A S. Mary A nna is a flight attendant for United A irlines a n d B o b i s a f i r st o f

f icer on t he 727 f or N or t hw est O r ient . H e also ser ves i n t h e A F R eser v e w it h Base C ivil E ngi neer i ng at Scot t A FB , I L . A nne E l i za b et h i s t h ei r f i r st

child after 11 years of marriage. They currently reside a t 39 2 7 L i n d en

A ve, W ester n Spr i ngs, I L 60558.

T he next new ar r ival w as to Rob and Jan W A Y N E . T he accompanyi ng photo says enough. Whitney A lexander was born on 2 Sep in Ft . W ort h , TX . I talked with Rob shortly af ter her birth and his j oy w as st ill

overflowing. Having known Rob well , rooming together f o r a h a l f a semester until our j oint CDB required us to move, I can say t hat he t ruly has undergone the most fantastic change over the past f ew years. I t ’ s amazing what can happen to us with all the good influences t h a t a r e around us, especially our wives. Their address is 9 H arbour P I, Ft .

W or t h , T X 76 179 .

a n d I h a d a n i ce c h a t .

Change of A ddress Cards: Charlie STA L LWORTH to Lakenheath; Bob FRA SER to Long Beach, CA ; Randy ENRIGHT and John P A Y N E to A bilene, TX ; George KEHA I S to Waldorf , M D; Fred (Pat) KNOWLES to Colorado Springs (Again???); Bill ROTHWELL t o Goldsboro, NC; Dennis DA NIELSON to Colorado Springs; St ev en L O RE N Z t o M erced , C A ; Jim V OG L E R t o D u r ham , N C ; N or t on SC H W A RT Z t o T acom a, W A ; W ay ne H O L U M t o Pratt ville, A L ; and D ave BU R N ET T t o Petersbur g, T N .

A lso , Bob T I C K N O R to C har lest on H eight s, SC ; Rick SH U RT L E FF to Scot t A F B ; W alt ST I N E (separ ated f r om A F as a f am ily physician f or O hi o H eal t h A ssociates) t o C ar r ollt on , O H ; John PE M BE RT O N a n d W ade (Shar on) K EA R N S t o L i tt le Rock A FB ; L ar ry FA BE R a n d K en W O M A C K t o N o r f olk , V A ; Paul T A Y L O R t o Bow , W A ; M ar t i n H I L L to A zusa, C A ; Ji m L E M O N S t o Y ok ota A B ; Phi l Y A V O RSK Y t o K a paun. West Germany; M ike (Selina) NISH IM UTA to Valdosta, GA ; and

Gene (Linda) CUOMO to Of futt A FB (1 saw them in the B X a t O f f u t t w hile on leave t her e in Sept) .

A lso, Ken RITCH HA RT , M ike KOSER, Don OTT INGER, Ray

Y A G H E R , A 1 H O W E Y , and St eve Y EST N E SS al l t o M ontgomery , A L

(they can open up a Class of ’73 AOG Section!). Thanks f o r t h e c a r d s a n d news. Keep it up, it makes my j ob easier. I hope your f all w as good . By

t he t ime you read t his, som e of you wi ll be sk i ing ! 1 hope you break a leg !

I envy you. I hope to make it up to Taos or even Colorado t h i s w i n t er .

T a k e ca r e .

R ob. Jan, and Whi tney Way ne.

G od bless t hese new o nes and t hei r f am ilies. I f you h a v e n ew o n es o r old ones f or t hat m at ter t hat I haven ’ t w r it ten up , t h en l et m e k n o w a n d I

will do my best to share your happiness with the rest o f t h e cl a ss.

C H A N G E-OF-A D D R ESS C A R D S: T he f ol low i ng change-of -addr ess

cards have arrived. Wayne H IGGI NS has recently renewed h i s A O G membership and reports that he is now living in Lilburn, G A . T o m

G et a F ri end t o J oi n t he 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

K A N E ’ S new add ress is 120 C hesepeake L n , Goose C reek , SC 2 94 4 5 .

Here go the ISS address changes. John BROCKMAN is at N a v a l C o m mand and Staf f and is living in Newport , RI . Jim TIETJEN is now livi ng in M illbrook, A L . M y guess is that he’s attending ACSC. I f t h a t ’ s n o t t r u e t h en h e sh o u l d b e ! C h a r l i e ST E V E N S h a s m o v ed f r o m A lexandr ia,

V A t o t he H ome o f A U , M ont gomer y , A L .

M i k e D U N N has made a m ove 20 years int o t he past . H i s t i m e t r a v el start ed i n M anhat t an Beach , C A and has ended in M ontgomer y , A L .

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A nother PM E move was made by Tom and Kay WATSON as t hey t rav

eled f r om Fai r f ield , CA to N or f ol k , V A . D ave BU N K E R h a s a l so a r r i v ed

in a suburb of M ontgomery, Prattville, f or what I assume i s a n I SS st i n t .

Chris CA M PBEL L , our M arine contingent , has moved back f r o m

over seas t o A r med Forces St af f C ollege. T hey ar e now r esidi ng in N or f olk , V A . T hat ’ s it f or I SS m oves, let ’ s look at some “ n o r m a l ” P C Ss .

Bruce A NDERSON is in residence at Kirtland A FB, NM . T ony BROZENA has also moved to New Mexico and is living in A lbuquer que.

D an SU R BE R , show ing gr eat j udgement , has lef t N ew M exi co a n d h a s set t led i n Ft . W or t h , T X . I t sounds l ik e w e should have a gr oup phot o

f rom Dallas/ Ft. Worth, doesn’t it. Jim HORACEK is living i n Sa n A n tonio, TX and has recently moved on-base to Randolph. Sco t t M E F -

F O R D h a s a l so r et u r n ed f r o m o v er sea s a n d h a s set t l ed in M arysvi lle, CA .

Orv LI ND has moved f rom A lbuquerque and is now living i n Hamilton, MT . It seems that a lot of people are leaving A lbuquer que, doesn’t it . Dean M YERS is back in Colorado Springs f ol low i ng a t our at

T i nker . G ene R I C H A R D SO N has made a nice rel ocati on f r o m G r a n d For ks t o M onterey , CA . I w onder i f he is in at tendance a t t h e N a v a l P o st G raduate School . Fi nally , our candidat es f or t he m ost-w ri t ten-ab out gr ad

in our class, Mario K. DiPRI MO has moved from Salem, I L t o E l m en dorf A F B . A K .

CORRECT IO N

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PREV IOU S

A N N OU N CEM EN T .

Ed

SI E N K I E W I C Z j oi ned t he lar ge gr oup of people on t he planet t hat f ind cause t o cor r ect me. I w as only using liter ary license w hen I said (i n t he Winter issue) that he was being “ educated in industry;” you o f cour se

knew that I was talking about the “ Education With I ndustry” p r o g r a m .

W hat I real ly had scr ew ed up w as w here he w ent af ter w ar ds. T h e t r u t h i s

that he is at Hanscom A FB, MA where he is deputy director o f M a n u f a c

tur ing and Q uality f or St r ategi c Syst ems. E d said t hat a n o t h er E W I

veteran. Chuck DEMOISY, went to the B-1 SPO at Wright-Pat a f t er h i s time with McDonnell Douglas in St . Louis. Ed also reported o n f o r m er squadr on-mate C huck M cL U CA S, w ho i s a C -5 dr iver at D o v er . C h u c k and hi s w i f e K ar en w ere j ust blessed w it h #2 son . M om , baby , br ot her , and even C huck doi ng f ine!

A I R L I N E P I L O T S A R E E A SI E R . T o w r i t e a b o u t I m ea n ! P a u l K E N T

sent a “ t hank-you ” f or get ti ng his name in pr int f or t h e f i r st t i m e i n 10 year s. N ow t hat I ’ve m ent i oned him agai n , he’ s good t i l l ’ 9 6 . A d d i t i o n a l inf o f r om Paul ; St eve BA RBE R f l ys f or A mer ican and t h e R eser v es a t D over (C-5) . H e lives in C onnect icut . Jim K OC H E V A R has got t en mar ried and flies for U .S. A ir out of Pittsburgh (it can’t all be good new s!) , and C huck W OO D S w or ks f or Pi tney Bowes in D enver .

W H Y D O Y O U T H I N K T H E Y C A L L I T lE R / T E - P A T T E R SO N A F B

(sic)? E it her li f e is very easy in D ayt on or t hey give ext ra-cr edi t f or w r it ing let ter s t o class scr ibes, I have received m or e letter s f r om guys at W r ight-

in Flight *'

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Pat than anywhere else. Bob EATON really gets kudos si n c e h e w r o t e a letter providing details on his change-of-address card t h a t h a d a r r i v ed a few days earlier. Bob was finishing up A FIT and was on hi s w ay , w i t h

C at hie and t heir tw o gi r ls, to SPA C E CO M i n C ol or ado Spr i ngs. O t her recent A FIT grads; Rock BOTTOM LY (staying on at WP), Jay

WA LLACE (to HQ MA C), Steve BLACKBURN, Dave NOBLE, and Rod REA Y (destinations unknown). Bob mentioned a few ’ 7 5er s w h o have not yet escaped the confines of Of futt . Guys like C o l l i n F L Y N N (HQ), Frank DUBUISSON, and Tom PETERSON (both in E-4s). H e also reported that Jef f KRUMEICH and Dudley HA NCOCK a r e o u t a n d w i t h t h e a i r l i n es.

J 10 RTH CAROLIMA , Guess which class this grad is f rom?

The accompanying photo came anonymously to the A OG o f f i ce .

Through some bright sleuthing they have deduced that it m ost li k ely came f rom someone in our class. I f you have further knowledge concer ni ng t his loyal classmate, let me know and the anonymous license t ag bandi t w i ll

get his due.

FROM TH E MA I L BA G: I got a card back in July f rom Rich a n d Mary Jo DENNI S. It seems that they were on their way t o A r m ed F o r ces Staf f College. By the time you read this, they will be cl ose t o gr aduat ion

and k now w her e t hey are headed .

FI NA L E: That’s about it . Keep me updated on all that’s happeni ng t o you and your families. Would someone at ACSC please tr y and get a

gr oup photo o f all ’74 types t her e. A lso , i f t here is a large concent rat ion

of you anywhere else, send a group picture or at the l ea st sen d a l i st o f those who are colocated. A s always, may God bless each and ever yone o f

you and your f am ilies. K eep me in f or med o f all t hat ’ s new because, believe it or not , there is somebody out there who i s int er ested . Bye f or n o w .

P.S. For the astute reader, this is the same closing a s l a st t i m e . I t st i l l applies so why use the time to cast another gem.

/ I CC EL ERA T ED CO N SU M PT I O N OF 5T R OH S CA N S (A C SC ) .

T hat ’ s C hip D I E H L “ w or k i ng” on his A C SC ! I assume t his w a s a l l so m e

type of special preparation that you have to go through o n y o u r w a y t o C-141Sat Norton or simply normal routine for a guy w ho ’ s w i f e j ust had a third son. The photo and news were courtesy of Joe ST E I N w h o l i st ed other recent ACSC grads: Mark HOLMES (to Colonel’s G r oup at M PC) and John LA DIEUX (Maintenance Sq Commander in Korea). J o e a n d his w i f e Patt y are deep i n t he

J ef f H a c k et t 18 2 5 E . J ea n i n e D r i v e

T em pe, A Z 85284 H ome: (602) 831-9439 W or k : (602) 89 1-6 122

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Percent members: 35

EXTRA I NNI NGS I N A NOTH ER PA RK. This will be a quickie f o l k s as Debby and I have been bitten by the entrepreneural bug and I can ’ t even spell S-P-A -R-E T-I-M-E any more. Four letters, a num ber of cal ls, another dinner get-together, a picture, and 13 moving violat ions (changeof-address cards!). We’ve sure come a long way since I star ted w r i ti ng t he article one year ago this issue! Keep ’em coming!

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thusiastically learning to fly the B-1. He mentioned t h a t D a v e L a F A V E

has come dow n f r om U SA FA t o be an academ ic i nst ructor t here at D yess

and that Tom SKI LMA N and Dean SPRAGGINS will be going w i t h h i m (Joe) to Ellsworth early in ’87 to form the new squadrons.

R EA C H I N G OU T T O T OU C H SOM EO N E . Ji m CA R L SO N cal led to

say he’d had enough of that keeping track of money (Pr ice W ater house) and he’s now going to help people (and himself?) make some; passed al l t he exam s and is gett ing start ed as a br oker w i th Shearson-L ehman . K en

SM ITH dialed me on the McDonnell-Douglas circuits. H e ’ s w i t h M c A i r in St . Louis enj oying the single life again and working o n t h e a d v a n c ed Tactical Fighter. I was in St . Louis myself recently a n d t a l k ed t o C h u c k

H O L L A N D ’ S dad . C huck and K i m are back i n t he C O N U S a t C a r sw el l

AFB where Chuck will be getting back into the B-52. T h o se w h o k n ew Chuck will be interested (but not surprised) to know t h a t h i s f er v en t athletic endeavors have yielded another broken bone (a leg t his ti me in a “ friendly” game of softball). Randy MA SSON left a message at my o f -

fice, something about F-16s and Europe (my secretary does not speak fl uent A ir Forcese). My answering machine does understand A i r F o r cese but is not idiot-proof . I inadvertantly erased J.T . W O L T E R ’ s message

w herei n he volunt eered f or one o f t he class o f f icer posi ti ons. J .T . w as

calling from USA FA but I never got the number .

L OC A L BO Y (A N D G I RL ) M A K E G OO D . . .V ER Y G OOD ! D ebby and I had di nner w it h R ich and M ar y C H A N I C K last night . T he employ

ment agency they started five years ago last week now r a n k s 13 t h i n t h e nat ion in bil li ngs. W hy didn ’ t I maj or i n econ !?!

From lef t, at Kadena, are D iane and L arry New, Jack a n d J a n C a t t o n a n d L y nda and B ill R oege. j mm

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at Alconbury, still in F-5s); and Bruce DEA NE, F-4s at O san A B , RO K .

Others in the area: Dwight LA NDMA NN, a surgeon at Clark; D a v e McA l i st e r , Cope Thunder staf f at Clark; M ike ELY and W i n k DICKERSON fl y F- 16s, and Greg TOUSSA I NT is a pediatrician a t M isawa A B, Japan; Ron BA RA N and Carl NUZZO fl y F- 16s a t K u n sa n ; a n d P a t H O U R E N i s o n 5A F st a f f a t Y o k o t a . T h e W o o d m a n s say t hey ’ l l

be at Reuni on ’76 — T en Y ear s L ater , so we hope w e saw you t here.

Superbowl Sunday, 1986, was enj oyed at the Fong’s home by , f r om lef t,

T h an k s M i k e.

Jim Carlson, Kip and Paula Fong, and Tom Summers.

TH E ENVELOPES PLEASE, A N YTHI N G BUT TH E CA RDS. Short

dist ance m overs: T om SU M M E RS — Fuller t on t o A nahei m , CA , and A lan K RU K O W SK l — ar ound the cor ner in Bur nsvil le, M N . L ong distance comings and goings: Bill MURRA Y — Cannon A FB t o D al las,

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TX ; Tom and Candy CA L HOUN — Clark A B to March A FB, C A ; St ev e VREELA ND — Colorado Springs to M ontgomery, A L ; Richard G RA SSO — Boca Rat on t o St am f or d , CT ; Steve P l T OT T l — N el l i s A F B to Edwards A FB, CA ; and Don LA NGFORD — North Pole (no k iddi ng

it says North Pole, A K!) to Vacaville, CA . M ost interesting w er e t h e t w o from Bentley RA YBURN . On the 27th of May he moved from L ea v en worth, KS to Colorado Springs. On the 30th of July he m oved again , t his time to Korea! By the way for those of you who may have t em por ar ily been of f the planet, Bently made Lt . Colonel.

I T ’ S Y OU R A RT I C L E B U T I G ET T O W R I T E I T . A nd it is t h er ef o r e

legal for me to “ plug” my business. I f you happen to be j ob hunt ing D eb by and I think we’ve come up with the “ better mousetrap” i n t h e w o r l d o f

r esumes and i nterview ing . G ive a call . U nt il t he next t im e, keep it car ef ul but dare t o dream , it ’ s lat er t han you t hi nk .

W a d e E . M c R o b er t s

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Well, ’76ers, I ’m writing this on the eve of our 10th A nniver sary Re union. By the time you read this we’ll have had a swell t i m e b a ck i n t h e springs. The Falcons are 2-1 right now, so hopefully t hey ’ l l have had a

The ’76 practice reunion, f rom lef t, includes sitting, Ter ry P etr ie, Jack Catton, Bill Roege and M ike Woodman. Standing are Jim Tur ner, M ick

E r dle, L ar ry N ew and B r uce D eane.

Saw D ave RO B I N SO N r ecently at N elli s. A lso Jef f BRO W N — b o t h were T hunder bi rd f inalist s (update — D ave made it !) . D ave gave me a list of guys at Luke: Larry ERICKSON is a maintenance of ficer t here; St eve EDDY, Steve CA M PBEL L , and Gary TURNIPSEED, F-15s; and Roger T U RC OT T E , M i les M cC O RM A C K , John B RA N D T , and M i ke H A U SE R a t i n F - 16 s. D a v e sa i d h e ’ d b e t h er e i n t h e Spr i ngs, t oo .

M ust cl ose. T o those w ho m ade it t o H omecomi ng, 1 bet w e had a good time. T o all , get ready f or Reuni on ’76 — T en Y ear s L ater , Par t 11. G od B l ess Y o u !

successf ul season , t oo .

Lynda ROEGE wrote from Kadena. She and Bill are expecting a brother/ sister for Katie (2) in M arch. Larry and Diane N E W a r r i v ed recently at Kadena, while Jack and Jan CATTON have l ef t f o r F t L ea v en worth (1 year sentence). The Roeges will be at Homecoming ’ 86, and w i ll stay with the KOGLERs — they’re expecting their first f u t u r e ca d et i n O c t o b er .

M or e new s o f t he Paci f ic com es f r om C lar k , and M i ke a n d D i a n e WOODMA N, and their kids Lindsey and “ Sean Michael, f ut ur e f ighter

puke, class unknown” — he was born in May. The Woodmans h a d a

mi ni-class r euni on dur i ng C ope T hu nder last M ay . I n at tendance: T er ry

and Janna PETRIE, JA G prosecutor at Clark; Jack Catton, Bi ll Roege, and Larry New (again), F- 15s f rom Kadena; Jim and Cathy T U RN E R , Mike and Diane, and M ick ERDLE, all A ggressors at Clark (M ick is now

Ji m D ar t

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“ New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, w it hout any ot her reason but because t hey ar e not alr eady com m on .” T hose w or ds, attributed to Locke, might be appropriate when I ask your opinion on do ing away with rifl es, urinalysis testing or returning t o a f our -day 53

Thanksgiving weekend and 60 days graduation leave. T h ese a r e so m e o f the issues being considered under USA FA ’s new leadership.

You can catch up on new rumors and old friendships at next year ’ s r e union, 17-20 September. Chairman Jay FA WCETT got an en t h u si a st i c response to his request for helpers. A ll of you can hel p by pr om pt ly re turning the survey cards which you should have received by now . M aybe it’s time to update your address with the A OG by calling A V 2 59 - 20 6 7 o r

delighted to learn that the future Fourth Group commander pict ured below is a Dave and A nn CHA FFEE of fspring, born 31 A ugust .

com mer cial (303) 472-2067.

This has been another slow quarter f or inputs. A s such, I m u st r ea c h back to BCT to report on my Mitch’s staf f tower encounter w i t h P a u l SCHUTT , former aide to Lt Gen Richards who spoke at t h e Sec o n d B C T motivational dinner . Paul has recently moved to C- 141s a t C h a r l est o n .

Paul and Barb have a seven-year-old, Justin.

Scott HA RROD provided this shady glimpse of M onty MONT GOMERY’Swedding last June in Lubbock, TX . M onty (center of phot o below) is flanked left to right by Rick NEWTON, Kevin C A R M ICHAEL , Don BRUBA KER, Scott, Wayne ERWI N and Tim HOP PER. M onty got hired by Northwest Orient and is living w i t h h i s n ew bride, Nena, up in M inneapolis.

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“ Fourth Group, atten-hut! ” L auren Chaf f ee, now 3 months o l d .

Some of you may be expecting new kids for Christmas. P l ea se sen d m e a Christmas card, preferably with some news and pictures. B est w i sh es t o you all for a super holiday. May you be with loved o n e s .

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Shady characters in Texas. The groom is lef t holding t h e b o t t l e.

Earl ENIX has relocated to the Denver area. He reportedly h a s a n i ce

tr ai ning j ob w i th U ni ted . Bill W I L Z has m oved over to W ichi ta Falls,

TX .

The phone lines were a little busier . Dan VA NA LST INE (Paula) cal led from his management consultant post in Rhode Island to r epor t t hat Ji m FRA SER is back stateside af ter six years. Jim helped a ct i v a t e a b a se i n Belgium and is now working ATC construction proj ects at t he Pentagon .

Dan also tipped that Joe CA RWI LE is an even newer newlywed, tying t he k not w it h V aler ie in Septem ber .

Doug REA SON (Cindy) decided not to tell me exactly w h a t h e d o es a t the A ir Force Weapons Lab in A lbuquerque, except to say t hat he is a branch chief in plasma physics. Tlo-year-old A manda h a s a sm a r t d a d .

Doug is one of seven PhDs in his of f ice. Doug witnessed a presentati on by two other scholars. Bill RHODEN from Wright-Patterson a n d J i m MA SKOWITZ from USA FA physics. They explained their m a st er ’ s thesis which dealt with electromigration of wires in an int egr ated cir cuit .

Oh well, maybe you can f igure it out .

Helicopter pilots seem to take almost as much guf f a s m i ssi l e o f f i cer s .

A lan GOULD is an exchange helicopter pilot with the C o a st G u a r d . I understand he has a swanky 36' houseboat in the San D iego mar i na w it h a lifestyle to match. Franco HA RRIS (Martha) is down a t M P C a s t h e resource manager f or C - 130s. I also hear t hat Slam BE L L A M Y (L or

raine) is at Luke, counting his days until he can go b a c k o v er sea s .

During my stateside trampling around the cadet area, I bum ped int o Dennis KLIZA and A 1CA RNEY (Robin) who are new to the C hem ist ry Department . A 1completed his master’s work at the University o f I l l i n o i s.

Neil YOUTSLER is up in aero. I often see Roy NICI (Jane), t h e A st r o Department’s exec, who is j ustif iably proud of a wall-size space shut t le mural he recently completed, which features the “ Challenger” c r e w .

We experienced another loss recently. John SOUTH REY w a s i n t er r ed at the Academy Cemetery on 24 September following an A - 10 m i d a i r . A s I helped five of our classmates fold the A merican flag over his casket , I felt the grief of his lovely widow and many friends wor ldw ide. M ary Jane sat only a few feet away, grieving, but proudly wearing John’ s w ings j ust as he did on his way to becoming one of our class’ f inest r epr esentat ives.

Dozens of people, including many f rom the 104th Tactical Fighter G r oup at G r i f f iss, at tended t he f inal t r ibute w hich f eat ured an A - 10 f lyover .

John and Mary Jane were together less than a year.

New life has also sprung forth in our ranks. Many of you w i ll be 54

Fantastic! The Falcons are of f to a good start and t hi s is our biggest column yet ! Unless I ’m edited. Let’s get to it .

Just a pr eview . T his colum n contai ns over 50 names o f ’ 7 8 er s. T h e

record reporter is Gary HUGHES who sent a letter reporting on 27 grads.

It seems 47.7®7o of the pilots are getting out . I figure w i t h a l l t h ese n a m es

i t ’ s a pret ty accurate stat ist ic.

I spent six w eek s T D Y at L ack land t his summer at an A F R O T C F i el d T rai ni ng encampment , a w eak-sister version of BCT . I sa w J i m G A R N

who was PCSing to the Pentagon. A fter Lackland, Bridget a n d I t o o k a two-week driving vacation of the Southeast . We stayed f our days w i t h Don SLEE and his new bride Janet at his home in Dunedin, F L . F r a n k

V O R W A L D had reser vati ons w it h D on and Janet t hree weeks a f t er u s .

It’s a good spot to vacation. Don has a room, pool, a big conver tible and plenty of ref reshments.

P hone C alls: Francisco T O R RES called me f r om M iam i . H e i s m a r r i ed

and has two children. He also asked everybody to support t h e C o n t r a movement in his homeland, Nicaragua.

L on L OW E cal led me t hree w eek s af ter he w ed H eidi on 9 A ug. C on

gratulations Lon and Heidi ! They spent their honeymoon o n M a u i a n d

ar e sett ing up house i n Seat t le. L on f lies f or A laska A i r l i n es a n d i s a C-141 I P in the A FRES. He gave me the rundown on several people;

M ark A PFEL is now at Langley; Lance UNDHJEM flies slot f o r t h e Thunderbirds; Vinnie GA L LAGHER is at Eglin; Don A VERY i s n o w a civilian hospital administrator in Jacksonville, FL ; D oug H A GE D O RN flys with Delta in Chicago and lives in Missouri with h i s w i f e P eet i e a n d tw o sons Jake and Peter ; K en BA I E R w or ks f or M ar t i n-M ar iett a i n D enver ; and f i nally . T anker SN Y D E R is back at U SA FA .

Long lost , long distance, long range planner Larry O R T E G A

has

moved t o Johnson Space C enter t o t rai n ast r onauts. I guess bei ng a T est Pilot School grad opens some doors. Larry’s favorite par t o f t he j ob , though, is the NA SA blue flight suit. What is the magic about a f l ight suit? He called me j ust on his way to Edwards AFB, Cape C anaver al , and then a vacation to Cozumel, followed by a trip to talk t o my cadets at L SU . T his guy never slow s dow n .

Letters, long and short: Bill (A nn) HA DAWA Y wrote to say he separated last year , st ar ted i n 727s w it h D el ta in Dallas, and is also flying

A FRES F-4Ds at Tinker. On active duty Bill flew F-l l l s at U pper Heyford and M ountain Home. Bill and A nn have a 2'/ 2-year-old s o n , Robert, and they’re expecting their second child in O c t o b er . G o o d L u c k !

Bill also gave a rundown on other 78ers: Kevin HA YES, F-4D s at T i nk er ; Rick SEA RFOSS, F- l l l s at M t. Home: Glenn SCH LOTTERBECK, F-16s at Hill; Jack PA RKER is an F-111 Fighter Weapons Sc h o o l i n st r u c -

t or at M t . H om e; P aul BE C K f l ies f or D elt a i n A t lant a; M a r k L A G U N A and Rich T E R R Y f l y f or D elta in D allas.

R i ck R E A SE R ’ s w i f e A d r i en n e sen t t w o l et t er s. T h e f i r st sa i d R i ck w a s

an aide at t he Pent agon , his second j ob , and t he second said he alr eady changed to something else. Rick is on his third j ob in t hr ee year s— t hat means somet hing, I don’ t k now what , but som et hi ng.

N evin SM I T H and w i f e L eisa have a one-year-old daughter , B r en n a Joy. He is with the 43TFS, F- 15s in A laska. He and squadr on m at es Bi ll SH A W and M i ke E V E RS j ust got an excellent O R I . G ood j ob ! A lso , Bill is goi ng t o Fighter W eapons School and N evi n w i ll be goi ng to V ance t o b e a T - 38 I P .

Steve and Julie K N OT T sent an updat e lett er . Steve com plet ed a graduate degr ee at Pur due and is now i n the f ut ure plans/ st udies and analysi s/ oper at ions r esear ch shop at H Q M A C . W it h t hei r capabi lit ies.

I ’ m sur e t hey decide w here eveyone goes t o lunch each day . T he K nott s are expect i ng a chi ld i n D ecem ber . G ood L uck ! Julie says L eo G O RD O N i s at L i tt le R ock w it h new br ide Joella. C ongr atulat i ons L eo a n d J o el l a !

T om K E O H A N E ’ s w i f e A m y and I are regular pen pals. I ’ ve got ten

regular updates on the M innesota twins. Not the baseball t ea m ei t h er .

T om and A my ar e pr oud parents o f t w i n gir ls. T hank s f or t he pict ure, T V K .

don’ t k now w here he is now ; D oug L A W T O N , F- 16s somew her e (good i nf o G ary) ; and Jon W E I SS, C -5s, T ravis, but leavi ng f or Stanf ord . K yle BA RTELS, I thought you were my Travis intel . Mark “ M ahk” K E L L Y , is f lying w it h East er n and C- 14 1s at C har leston ; C hr is SM I T H f lys 737s f or a L as V egas char ter out f i t and f inally G ary saw “ D o c ” D O C K E N D O RF i n A laska and at L i t tle Rock . I hope at least 50 % o f t h i s i s co r r ec t .

I f not , send me t he updates.

Change of A ddresses. Steve A NDERSON to Columbus GA ; B o b B A R

T O N f r om Bellevil le, I L t o N eedham , M A ; C urt BROW N f r o m E d w a r d s to N icevi lle, FL (E gli n) ; M ik e D A V I S t o L aughli n A F B , T X ; D a v e GA L L A G H E R to Beaver creek , O H (W PA FB) ; C raig GO U RL E Y t o F t .

W alt on Beach , FL (Egli n) ; D r . Jay E L L I S f r om San A nt onio t o A P O N Y ; and Bob H A R R I SO N f r om Flor ida t o C olorado Spr ings. A lso , M i ke K E N Y O N f r om Bar r e, V T to G r and For ks A FB , N D ; Guy M A RT E L L E

f rom Vandenberg A FB to Colorado Springs; Dave M CLERA N f r o m

T ravis A F B , C A t o G ai nesvi lle, FL ; Gary M U RP H Y t o W i ngo , K Y ; N evi n SM I T H f rom Eagle River A K t o A lexandr ia, M N ; D o n SE W E L L t o I ndiana U niver sit y in Bloom i ngton , I N ; Randie ST RO M f r o m A u r o r a ,

CO to Cheyenne, WY (Why not?); and John SYKES back o v er sea s f r o m Sco t t A F B t o A P O SF .

T hat ’ s it f or t he class new s. T hank s al l you caller s, w r i ter s, and r umor ist s f or a li vely discussi on . I f any o f you ai r line dr iver s st op i n Baton Rouge, give me a call at home or at LSU . I always need “ exper ienced pr of essionals” t o talk t o our f utur e o f f icer s.

Bud V azquez

4 7 L a w r en c e St r eet

W il mi ngt on , M A 0 1887

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Tom K eohane is the p r oud f ather of “ A ir F or ce A cademy o r B u st ” t w i n

girls, USA FA Class of 2008, A ndrea and Jennif er.

G ar y H U G H E S sent a lett er updat i ng his li f e history a n d w h er ea b o u t s o f his cl osest 2743 f riends. H ow ever , I ’ m only able t o w r ite about G ary a n d t h e 2 6 o t h er ’ 7 8er s h e t o l d m e a b o u t . M o st o f w h a t he w rote, he w asn ’ t sure about , t heref ore, I claim no pr ide of aut hor ship n o r d o I vouch f or accuracy or i nt egr it y i n t his “ f act ual ” report ing. D i r ec t a l l

complaints to Gary Hughes, DC- 10 engineer for American A i r l i n es i n D a l l a s.

Gary always goes for the exotic — he has an international r o u t e —

Par is-L ondo n-Frank f ur t . A nd I t hought D allas w as i n t he U .S. G ary also f l ies C - 130s i n t he A F RES; he was j ust upgr aded t o A / C c o m m a n d er af ter tr ai ni ng at L it t le Rock . Gar y says he has t he b est o f b o t h w o r l d s —

nothing but flying. Well almost , he does use his freebies t o sk i i n C o l o

r ado and U t ah ever y w eek end .

N ow , let ’ s r un dow n his rum or m il l — he saw a bunch o f people at L it t le R ock : D ave RO U T Z E L , Jr I N G L I S, Billy N I C H O L S, and A ndy C U E L L A R are all inst r uct or s; D rew F I SC H E R is a nav t h er e ; B en

T r o em el w a s a t A / C c o m m a n d er ’ s sc h o o l a t t h e sa m e t i m e . B en i s st a tioned in Yokota — look out rising sun; Chuck BRININSTOOL i s w i t h Gary and others at A merican in Dallas. Chuck also flies C - 130 s w i t h t h e N at i o n a l G u a r d .

O t her A mer ican crew s are D ave G RO V E S, R D JO H N SO N and R F - 4 s in A ust in ; F rank SPE N D L EY , also C -5s at W estover ; Gr eg D A V I S , formerly T-38s at Reese and Randolph; A rp HORVA TH in C hicago , and

finally, M ike WI L LIA M S is an A merican copilot in San F r a n c i sco a n d flying F-4s with the Guard in Reno. We are all wondering w h er e Sa l

G RA N D E w ent af t er H aw aii . Gary says Sal got out and w o r k s f o r h i s w i f e’ s dad in C hand ler , A Z . A ny t r ut h t o t his rum or , Sa l ?

Further reports from Hooges: Doug POORMA N, F- 15s at R h ei n

M ai n ; Jim G R U P P is t eaching t he Black K night s o f t he H udson ; Steve DURHAM is teaching at our alma mater; A ndy McMA HON is w or k ing

in Colorado Springs and flying C- 130s in the A FRES; K ev i n K R E G E L i s at the Test Pilot School; Doug PATON was in A -10s in E ngland , but , we

G reet ings f r om H appy H anscom , i n t he People’ s Republic o f M assachuset t s! H ow t ime has passed ! L C W B is a “ black m a r k et ” k now ledge requirement now adays, t he f oot ball team seems t o h a v e f orgot t en w hat a loss i s and w e are l ook i ng at a 10-year r eu n i o n i n t h e n o t t oo dist ant f uture. W it hin m ont hs our f i rst maj or selectees sh a l l su r f a ce .

G ood ness gr acious. A s f or m e, I ’ m par t o f t he endanger ed , n ev er b een mar ried , bachelor species. I ’ m enj oyi ng my System Pr ogr am O f f i c e ex per ience, t rying t o deploy SA C ’ s G r ound W ave E mergency N et w o r k (GW E N ) r adio system despi te t he best ef f or ts o f O r egon a n d M assachuset ts elected of f icials. H onest t o goodness, some of us ar e t rying to buy t hi ngs that w or k and t hat t he A ir Force can af f ord (sung to G od Bless A merica!) E nough ! A s I w r i te the par t you are real ly i nt er ested i n, please f orgive m y poor assumpt ions, mi sspel lings and t h e l i k e . I f I d o mak e a mist ake, w ri te or cal l please!

M y f ir st r epor t is t o relay several o f t he changes o f a d d r ess . J ef f M C C H E SN E Y is dow n V i rginia w ay ostensibly at L angley , w h i l e C u r t W A RN E R (t he only smack i n BCT w ho sang t he squat t hrust cadence) i s i n N ew Jersey . Pete W I T H E RS st opped in f rom K i r tland t he ot her day a n d r el a t ed t h a t F r a n k D E F A L C O i s b a c k i n N ew Y o r k t ryi ng to get f eed to the Sout h ’ s dr ought-st r icken cat t le f ar mer s. By t he w ay , he’ s sui ng t he t ow n of V ail , C O f or sever al mi lli on . D id you ever get t he f eeling Frank w as dest ined f or headli nes? Rick B ROW N , w ho claim s h e ’s t h e r ea so n t h e f oot bal l team is w i nning consistent ly , is hoping to move on , hopef ully , to a C ombat C ont r ol T eam assigm ent . Y ou anim al ! L i kew ise f o r H i l l A F B F- 16-dr iver M i ke RO K ES w ho j ust got his new br ide, Pam , t o believe he’ s a cal m gent lem an . D espi te havi ng t o beat it out of you St okely , C on gr at ulat ions! O t her ’ 79er s at H il l include T om W I N GO (anot her stud bachel or) and Steve L OO N E Y .

L ot s o f people ar e hoping f or cher ry assignments. Roy C L E L A N D hopes f or a “ hot ” bomber (B- 1) out t a’ A ST RA , as does C a r l B Y E R S a t V ance. C ar l and C onnie r ecently br ought M at t hew i nt o t h e v i b r a n t E n i d Scene, mak i ng m e U ncle Buddy t o M at t and Jenni f er . C ongrats! D ale

BRA DLEY (Sunni) is at HQ A FSC preparing Ops Concepts f o r t h e t er -

r azzo digger s and f iller s f or next spr i ng’ s o f f ensive! B o b E D M O N D S (A nn) is headi ng D .C . way i n Sep/ Oct , leavi ng t he A T -38 a t H o l l o m a n f or an A ST RA easy chair .

Sever al other f ol k s are passing on ’79 “ w ar ” st ories t o t h e C l a ss o f ’90(?) at USA FA . Joe and Gretchen GRISHAM brought Ursula M or gan i nt o t he w or ld not t oo long ago and Joe is now teaching psych . Joe, G ret chen ought t o teach psych ! K eep U r sula aw ay f r om A r nold H a l l o n Fr idays, t oo ! Joe j oins John M I CA L I Z Z I on t he D FB L st a f f . J i m REGA N is st il l dr iving F-4 1s at Z oo U , t oo !

Bil l M U RP H Y is st udyi ng t o be a SPA C E M A N at W r ight-Pat (m aster ’ s i n space ops) . D oes anyone k now w here st ract Ji m SI M S (E mi-

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ly) is? H ow ’ bout R obi n RA N D and K im ? D an SC OT T (M ar t ha) is pr ob ably tak i ng a siest a i n Spai n on one of t hose r ich-sou nding scholar shi ps, as I w r ite! G reg ROM A N cont inues hi s ascent i n E SC w it h an assignment t o a com mand posit i on in Panam a (or t hereabout s?) . L ast I k new , John BI N GA M A N (st ud bachel or club mem ber , also . . .I think) a n d J i m B A R RO N (K at hy) were A - 10 dr iver s. A s a “ shoe cler k ’ ’ I pr omi se not t o tell A - 10 j ok es; especially not t he new D em psey D umpst er A - 10 sim you t hr ow r ock s at one. L ar r y B R I T T E N H A M (M ar garet and K r i st in) i s holdi ng (cementi ng?) dow n t he H Q U SA F/ L EE f or t . I t hi nk L ar ry mi sses O m aha now !

Pat D A V I S w as last seen f lyi ng C - 130s at L it t le Rock . St il l r unni ng, Pat ? I ’ ve seen pictur es of John P I C K E T T and Steve H OOG in F ighter Weap ons R eview. H ow you guys doi n ’ ?

A f ew more H anscom notes. . .a pair o f D ans. D an M C G RA T H w o r k s at t he A ir For ce Geophysics L ab w hi le D an C V E L BA R is w or k i ng i n t he SD I SPO . M ar k L O C H E R is also enj oying N ew E ngland .

T w o ex-A ir For ce types — T om M C G OV E RN (Pat) is out a n d 1 h ea r d w or k ing f or G r um man ; Br ad K U RL A N C H EE K is t r yi ng his l u c k a t r ea l estat e i n Sunny C ali f or nia. Scott M C L A U G H L I N is f lying F B s ei t h er f r om Pease or P lat tsburg (sor ry !) . I s B ur t W A I B L E (H ope o r F a i t h — sor ry , I never got it st raight) st ill at M ountai n H ome f lyi ng Spar k ‘ V ar k s?

M or e mail — Jim CA L L A H A N (Car la) has a San Franci sco A PO , Jack and D eb H U M P H RE Y ar e i n C olumbia, SC ; Richar d B A R T E L L t o T ucson , A Z ; K ent G I L L I L A N D m ust be at D over A F B as he’ s j ust m ov ed f r om D over t o N ew ar k , D E ; Steve M E R R I A M is back i n C hit tenango , N Y ; w hatcha’ doi ng there, Steve? Steve M A T SE N is now an A r li ngt on , T ex a n .

A special belated t hank s t o “ M erc” M A RT I N E L L I w ho gave my squid br ot her and I a r oom w hile w ai ti ng f or a M A C -li f t over a t M i l d en h a l l l a st year . M i ke w as f lyi ng 14 1s on t he W est C oast last I k n ew .

Br ian K E L L Y (C indy) is a Space D ivision man — f ix t hem r o c k et s w i l l ya’ Snook s! Steve D I C K M A N (A ni ta) is hopi ng f or a B- 1 O f f en si v e System s O perat or slot outt a A ST RA , Bob M C G REA L has a K C - 10 a t B a r k sd a l e a n d J ef f J A C K SO N a 16 t o L u k e . B en O SL E R i s at W r ight-Pat w or k ing f or A FL C . Fi nal ly , G r eg C O L V I N (T ia) is out w or ki ng f or A R I N C and so is Pet e Z A RA T E ; I hear Pet e’ s mak ing a m i n t i n r ea l est a t e i n A r i z o n a .

I t hi nk I cover ed as much as I can , I hope it al l gets pri nted . T hank s f or all t he input s and please k eep t hose car ds com ing! Bef ore 1 leave i t ’ s r eally t ough t o lose any close f r iend , especially a f r iend f r o m U SA F A — w e ’ l l all m iss Bob H E N RY ver y much . O ur pr ayer s are w it h B o b a n d h i s l o v ed o n es.

M i k e D O N A T E L L l is on deck f or t he w inter ar t icle so get your i nputs t o him at 1309 E . St . L ouis A ve #3, L as V egas, N V 89 104 . A V 6 82 - 5 86 2 .

U nt il next f all , Bud .

Peggy D ennis 2870 W oodland H il ls, A pt . 204 C olorado Spr ings, C O 809 18 H ome: (303) 548-9572 A V : 2 5 9 - 36 5 5

P er c e n t m em b er s: 3 5

So , has everyone had t heir f i ll o f 10-year high school r eu n i o n s a n d such? I didn ’ t real ly f eel old unt il t he class o f 1990 star t ed BCT . O h w ell , so much f or a clever opening. O n t o t he new s.

Fir st , t o cor rect t he t ypos o f last issue. Frank K I SN E R fl ies M C - 130s, A ndr e H A R R I S is at Randolph (f or those of you w ho did n’ t r ecognize t he name) , and I dr ive a 300Z X (m aybe that ’ s w hy I didn ’ t get any of f er s) .

H ow ever , Sue H E L M S really w as on a m ot orcycle in her m ess d r ess.

T he G ossip A w ard goes t o M arianne (OW E N S) and D ave L A R I V E E .

A ccor ding t o t hei r sour ces, Pam SI M O N I T SC H (T odd) i s w or ki ng f or Gar ret in P hoenix . Sue SL A V E RC , an SOS i nstr uct or , is t r ai ni ng f or a t r iat halon (some people li k e pai n) . Jan K N O C K E and M i k e V a n H OO M I SSE N (’ 79) ar e going t o st op f r olick i ng about D .C . and get mar r ied M arch 28t h . H ow ever , I pr om ised not t o let anyone k n o w t h a t b o t h Jan and M i k e ar e par ti ci pat i ng i n a m aj or athlet ic ev en t i n N o v em b er . I can tel l you t hat T im and Sue (D E SJA R D I N S) H A RT I GA N , o u t o f Seym our -Johnson , are runni ng in t he M ar i ne C or ps M ar at hon . B o b K A P I T Z K E , pr esent ly fl yi ng helicopter s in Spai n , is changi ng career s next spr i ng . L ook f or Bob on T V late Sat ur day night s a s h e t r i es t o m a k e a living as a stand-up com ic in H ol lyw ood . Jim GE RA G H T Y i s a n A P P RO in L os A ngeles (t hat ’ s pr obably w orded w r ong, but I d o n ’ t u n d er st and t hat stu f f ) . Jim pur chased an expensive new car and put his w i f e t o w or k t o pay i t of f . L eo K OT O W SK I is at H q T A C at L angley . B o b SA JE V I C is mar ried and fl yi ng C -5s at T ravis. Fi nally , M ar ianne t hink s Ray L I ST A is i n C-5s at D over , but isn’ t sure.

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A not her new s sour ce w as G eor ge RY A N , w ho is pur suing a n A F I T degr ee in inter nat ional af f air s at George W ashi ngt on U niver sity i n D .C .

H e int ends t o homest ead t here w it h his w i f e, R ox A nn , a n d t h ei r t h r ee k ids af ter graduati ng i n D ecember . A f t er at tending tech school at Bolli ng,

George will stay on at A FOSI headquarters as a counter-intelligen ce o f

f icer . T hey are expect ing t o meet up w i t h Br ad D U T Y a n d h i s w i f e w h o ar e at A ST RA . Geor ge heard t hat Pete and D iana M I CA L E (and new son) are headed to Norton where Pete will be the Security Police r ep t o t he Bal listic M issile O f f icer . Final ly , K evin GRA N T r eceived loads o f pr ess coverage f or his pr oj ect at Br ook s A F B devel oping a su r v i v a b l e w a r t i m e shelt er . Geor ge w elcomes all visit or s t o the D .C . area and pr omises a f ine meal at t he nearest Burger K i ng.

Br ian T I G H E recent ly ret ur ned f r om Saf ety School t o t he f ast-pace of the T -4 1 squadr on a changed man . I t seem s Br ian is w illi ng t o f or ego his f reedom t o m ar ry C hr is someti me next A ugust (w e’ve less than a year t o make her see t he l ight) . A lso at N or t on f or Saf et y Sc h o o l w er e A r t SM I T H (F- 16, H i ll) and C hr i s CU E L L A R (F-4, Seymour) . C h r i s’ w i f e gets bill ing later in t he ar t icle.

I w as pr omised a phot o of L uk e H OW A R D and his new w ave hai r do , but never got it . I s the gir l im pressed , L uk e? T he Second M agpie Reuni on i s slat ed f or N avy w eek end , w hich is af ter t his ar t icle’ s d ea d l i n e . T h e U SA FA -based organizer s are D an SM I T H (T -4 1s) , Ross RO L EY (M ath D ept , and a par tyi ng guy) , Pete K N U D SE N (Pr ep School) a n d J o e W E BST E R (E ngli sh D ept .) . T he Behavi or al Science D ept , is sending T ony A RET Z (T er ry) f or his doct or ate next year at U niver sit y o f I l l i n o i s.

T anya (SEN Z ) RE GA N , mak ing big buck s as a civilian , sm o k ed t h e co m petit i on i n t he Spr i ngs’ St r oh’ s Run f or L iber ty . T hat com petit ion includ ed K ar en BA RL A N D (st at ioned at N O RA D ) , Paula T H O R N H I L L , a n d mysel f (hey — t he T -shi r t w as f r ee!) .

T h e r u m o r a b o u t D eb W I L C O C K a n d D a v e Z I E B A R T i s c o n f i r m ed

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t h e d a t e i s set f o r N o v em b er 15 . T h e n ew r u m o r i s t h a t W a l t C A R L SO N

is next to bi te t he bul let . Jer k o f t he M ont h A ward goes t o M ar ty M EY E R . I f you w ant more details, f eel f r ee t o contact m e o r R o b i n ’ s mot her . Sean SC U L L Y , st at ioned at W right-Pat ter son , c o a c h ed t h e A r med For ces w eight li f t ing team to w i n t he U .S. N at ional Pow er li f t i ng championshi p . Rob RE N N E R , L A A FS, f i nished second i n t h e h a m m er t hr ow at t he I nter ser vice T rack and Field C hampi onship .

C ur t PET REK , a T -37 I P at L aughli n, was t he new s sour ce f o r a n A F Times ar t icle on t he T w eet ’ s f antast ic ai r condit ioning system . C ur t L A N Z E L is m ore concer ned w it h t he heat ing system as a T - 37 A C E I P a t K .I . Sawyer . John SH I V N E N , present ly at Spangdahlem , w a s c h o sen a n O lmsted Scholar and w i ll study at t he U niver sity of G renoble, Fr ance.

K or y CO RN U M t ook t i me out f r om hi s st udies at U SU H S t o play i n t he inter service r ugby tour nament in D .C . (seems like everybody i s i n W ashi ngt on) .

Our class conti nues t o add to t he w or ld ’ populat ion . Betsy (JO V I A K ) P I M EN T A L and husband M ar k are new par ents in D .C . N ot t o b e o u t done, Pat ty (R Y A N ) K RU M (husband A l , also in D .C .) gave bi rt h t o tw in gir ls. H ow ever , C r aig and C onnie SE E BE R did not have tw ins, only a daughter . I n f act , C raig has regai ned his boyish f igur e rat her quick ly .

Randy and Pam F R I Z Z E L L at A lt us, Br ian and L eslie ST A N A W A Y a t C olum bus, and A J and L ynn C O M T O I S at Eiel son all have n e w s o n s .

T he June issue of A ir man f eat ured A J, an A - 10 weapons a n d t a ct i c s o f f icer . M ary (L A D E M A N ) D I M M E L (Rick) i s expect ing i n Februar y , and T om and N ancy A RA T A are adding to t heir f am ily in A pr il , f orci ng T om t o sell hi s 280Z X f or a stat ion w agon .

I t must be O E R t ime, because M att N E U E N SW A N D E R w ants t o resume w r it i ng t his at icle. H e has been holed up at E ngland A FB f or quite some t ime now , but he did pr ovide some new s. W hile going t hr ough H olloman , he ran int o K elly L U T Z and John RU D O L P H , f lyi ng F- 15s, and Bi ll BEC K E R and M i k e A N GA RO L E , fl ying A T -38s. Ot her f ight ertypes include Jim E L BE RT (F- 16, H ill) w ho mar r ied T rudy last A pr il , John PO SN E R (F- 15, E lmendor O, Justin C H RET I EN (F-4, George) , N eil CA T O N E (F- 15, L angley) , and Bobby BU EH L E R (F- 15, M cC hord) .

M eanw hile at D avis-M ont han , K elly L EGGET T E completed w e a p o n s school and is an A - 10 RT U I P , and D an G I L L fl ies OA -37s. E d FO L SO M l ives in a large plantati on-st yle house, also fl yi ng A - l Os w i th M att . T rey ST A C K M A N is an OV - 10 RT U I P at Pat r ick A F B . C hrys L EM ON l oves his A ST RA tour (t hat f igures) . Steve SM I T H is an A g gressor at N ellis. A nd Ross L A T O R RA , f or mer star of t h e E i el so n A - 10 G unsm oke T eam , now is an A T -38 I P at H olloman . I f some o f t h e n ew s is old and/ or inaccur ate, please consider t he source.

M at t w il l be w rit i ng t he next ar t icle. H is address is: 38 18 Packard , A lexandr ia, L A 7 1303, aut ovon 683-559 1, home phone 3 18/ 4 4 5-4 74 0 .

P lease give him t he same gr eat suppor t and help you gave me. T hank s t o all my gossi p sour ces and to al l t he people w ho t ook t h e t i m e t o w r i t e m e .

I really enj oyed w r it ing t he ar ticle. A nd remember — M a t t ca n b e i m peached . T ak e care.

I n the “ other news” department from Greg comes word t h a t Sea n JESSURUN is still at RA F Bentwaters and also plays A - 10 dem o pi lot i n

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Here I am in the midst of a confusing array of magazines, old j u nk

mail, and various trinkets and souvenirs from the recently com pleted World Cycling Championships (more on this in a bit). L ot s t o r epor t t his

time aruond, so let’s get right to it .

On the local scene, it seems that last time 1 f orgot t o m en t i o n t h a t Wendell KUBIK and his wife Jeanna are also back here at U SA FA , w her e

Wendell spends his days down the hall from me as a f el l o w A H i n st r u c t o r and fencing coach. Sorry about that, Wendell! Also h er e i s M a r k

LORENZ (Patti) who’s one of those A stro whiz kids on t h e d ea n ’ s t ea m .

Seems he and Patti have two little crumb snatchers keepi ng t hem busy as

well. Also returning here from overseas somewhere is R a f a el N A R D O (Debra), according to a change-of-address card. My best guess is that he’s down at NORA D or Pete Field. Sounds like it’s time f o r a n o t h er ’ 8 1er

party here to greet new faces (anything for a party!).

Bill SCHOENEM A N (Barbara) stopped by recently f rom h i s d u t i es a t

the Prep School to report on a few of us. Bill confirmed m y g u ess c o n cerning a change-of-address card I received from Dan BE L L (Jenni f er) .

Seems Dan has moved to the civilian market as an international m a r k et representative for Honeywell’s Military Avionics Division i n C l ea r w a t er , FL. They also have a Danny Jr. running around the house. Sounds gr eat , Dan, soak up some winter rays for us! Also in civilian employment here in

the Springs is Chuck EVANCEVICH, who is a program manager f o r

H oneywell . (A re they cornering the market on us or what?) Jef f NUCCIO has returned from F- 111 duty in England to serve as a n I P a t M o u n t a i n Home A FB. Bill reports that Jef f and his wife Kathy have a daughter , Jeanna, as well. Good old Larry LUDWIG (Patty) is a fighter lead-in

pilot at Holloman AFB, fl ying the AT-28. Also from B i l l i s n ew s t h a t Dennis WA RD will be heading back here in a couple of year s to t each po

ly sci after gaining a USAFA-sponsored MA at Stanford.

1 happened to answer the office phone for the assistant l a c r o sse c o a c h here one day recently and was surprised to hear Chet N O W A K (K at hy) o n the other end. Chet is residing at Luke A FB where he is an F- 15 pi lot

awaiting a possible slot at Fighter Weapons School. C het w as t ryi ng to

make it in to the lacrosse team’s alumni weekend to put it to cadets on the

Europe. Frank CHEESEMAN is settled in at Sheppard AFB a n d sh o u l d be through with EuroNATO PIT by now. Terry FOLEY chipped i n w i t h s o m e n e w s that Doug and Julie (GRIMMIG) GIER are off to Canada where Doug is on an exchange tour flying the F-18 and J u l i e i s o u t o f t h e

service. Larry CONNEL L is flying F-5s as an aggressor pilot at Nellis A.FB — hey Larry, is it true you fake Rooskies have t o h a v e r ed st a r s o n

your underwear? Gary MAUPIN is flying A-7s at Nellis also . T er ry also reports that the last he heard, Bob WILLIAMS is flying the A - 10 at M yr tle Beach. Chris LECRA W is at Luke in F-16s, Ted KNOWLES i s o f f i n

the ASTRA program, and Tim POOLE, Dave GLADMAN, and D en n y GRUNSTA D are all in C- 130s at McChord, Clark and Clark, respect ive

ly. PIT at Randolph AFB is well stocked with ’81ers: M i k e R E A G A N , Mike PAVLOFF, Maura BURKE, Jeff BELL (Jacqueline), G ar y OCHENKOSKI, Alex TRUE, Ty MACCHIA, Joan CUNNINGHAM, and Bill KA SS, who works in ATC Stan Eval. Terry also report s seei ng the f ollowing people at Holloman AFB during an exercise: Je f f ST A M BA UGH , M ike BOHANA N (Cathy), and Jim LONG.

Greg goes on to write that Craig RASMUSSEN ran into t he f oll ow i ng people at Bentwaters or SOS (bear with me here on the accuracy as t his is a bit third-hand!); Kurt NEUBAUER, Tony HINEN, Maureen (O ’CO N NOR) DAVIS (Michael), Larry “ the future AOC” CHING (an A - 10 pilot at RAF Woodbridge), Pete COSTELLO and Joe WOOD (M er r ie) , both DGs at SOS who are also at Bentwaters; Chuck ROBINSON (seen at

SOS); Paul MONTGOMERY (Michelle), in C-130s at Pope A F B ; and

last but not least . Drees GRIFFIN, who was on leave in t he M ontgomery area w hen C r aig saw hi m .

Mike KUKULSKl reports that Scott BUTCHER is now married ( so r r y Scott, didn't get her name) and flying F-16s at MacDill A F B . M i k e

BRONSON is married to Debbie and is also in F- 16s at H ill A F B , and Tom WAGNER (Leslie) is in the F-15 at Kadena A B. Mike a l so t h i n k s that Bart BLESSING (Kristine) is at Kadena in the RF-4 b u t i sn ’ t su r e .

Jason PROKOPOWICZ is at Davis Monthan A FB as an A-10 I P . G reg

goes on to report that the recent graduate section f or Fighter W eapons School in Fighter Weapons Review listed Steve RUEH L a n d J a c k SW I F T

— way to go, guys! Greg also heard that Dave SMITH w a s o n a n e x change tour with the Spanish Air Force flying the F-4. J ef f G R O U X (Cheryl) is at Bergstrom AFB upgrading as an RF-4 IP and t hey are ex pecting baby number two soon. Whew, that about exhausts t h e n ew s from Greg, and 1am truly indebted to him for the maj ority o f t h i s c o l u m n (well, the IM PORTA NT stuf f anyway!).

Back on the home front , the editor of this mess asks t hat w hen you send

f i el d .

pictures, please don’t write on the back of them because t he new pri nt i ng

to eit her Scot t or C lar k in C -9s toget her .

the photo’s quality. As to my earlier reference to t he C ycli ng W or ld Championships, they were pretty thrilling events, at lea st t o t h i s t w o -

Rick MA RT I N returned to the Academy to marry Barb (CHA PMA N) MA RT IN on 4 Oct in the Cadet Chapel. They are awaiting an assignment

Going to the mailbag this time around finds change-of-address ca r d s

from M ike BRONSON , Tampa, FL to Ogden, UT ; Jim BRA DY, T yndall A FB to A PO San Francisco; Brian BLY (Susan), Plattsburgh A F B t o

APO New York; Tim POOLE (Liza), Lubbock, TX to Portland, I N ; Ji m ADKINS (Deborah), Dayton, OH to Niceville, FL; and Bob SE L L E RS, Moundsville WV to Ft . Walton Beach, FL . A lso, Dave C lar k has ap

parently moved neighborhoods at Enid AFB, and Rich A L D R I C H h a s me scratching my head over his change of address from L os A ngeles to Maxwell AFB — hey Rich, does LMDC/ JA (JASOC) mean you’re goi ng to JAG school or working for the Leadership Management D evel opment Center? In addition, Roy NELSON writes that he has m o v ed f r o m G r ea t

Falls, MT to Vandenberg AFB, CA. Also, Bob BLOUNT has m o v ed f rom C olumbia, M D t o W oodbr idge, V A .

I owe a huge “ thank you” to Greg MONTI JO, who’sj ust a b o u t l o c k ed

in t he t i tle o f “ assistant scri be and chief , over seas reporting bureau”

throughout the five-year existence of this column. Greg, as some of you may or may not know, is an A-10 pilot with the 25th T act ical Fighter Squadron at Suwon Air Base, Korea. Also there with h i m a r e J i m

DIEHL, Mark ROLING, Craig RASSMUSSEN, Mike “ Koko”

KUKULSKl , and Terry FOLEY. Mark is apparently married, alt hough I didn’t get her name, and they have a new baby as well. K ok o is get t i ng married in January to a school teacher he met at George A F B . D o w n a t Osan AB, Rich KLINE is in F-4Es and is looking for reassignment i n OV-l Os in Hawaii (rough!) or the F-4 at Clark A B. John M A H O N E Y a n d

Ryan ORIAN are both at Wheeler AFB fl ying the Warthog. Bot h fl ight

commanders, they report life in the islands is great . Greg ran into both of them in Korea f or Team Spirit ’86. Down at Kunsan A B fl yi ng F- 16s are Keith BEA M and Mark PETERSON . Keith is an IP and the F - 16 P A C A F

demo pilot (replacing Dave MASON) and hopes to get i nto Fighter Weapons School sometime soon. Greg also ran into Fritz C O X w h o fl ew up from Clark AB in his C-130. Seems Fritz is recently m a r r i ed t o a Filipino girl — congrats!

format the A OG now uses can pick up these marks and i t d et r a c t s f r o m

wheel addict . The academy was involved in the road events i n a big way ,

hosting all four of them. Since this is the superbowl o f cycli ng (t he

world’s number two sport behind soccer), no ef fort w as spar ed to mak e this a BIG show: imagine helicopters hovering above t h e t en n i s co u r t s

recording the finish in front of the cadet parking lots, sponso r l ogos PA INTED on the road surface, and of course KI LO radio creat ing t he

world’s largest one event radio with speakers blaring t hr oughout t he ena re t i r e c o u r s e . Heady stuff indeed. Anyhow, our Falcon football heros

2-0 as I write this, although the team looks like a mer e shadow of t he past , considering the losses to graduation.

Enough of this rambling, time to put this column to b ed ! P l ea se w r i t e and help me out — can’t do it all myself ! The next d ea d l i n e sh o u l d b e

around Xmas time. I n the meantime, play hard, fly safe, and k eep t hose noses t o the gr indst one!

HOLD IT, STOP THE PRESSES!! THERE’S STILL MORE! It that j ust after I turned in this mess to our editor, I get deluged with

see m s

some great news! So luckily, here it is.

Ed (Mole) PHILLIPS’ wife, Theresa, wrote a great letter t o f i l l u s i n o n

some goings-on by some old 12th Squadron cronies. First, t h ei r

background is that they were married after meeting at an i nt ramural sw im

meet while both stationed at Sunnyvale A FS. Theresa i s a l so a n A i r F o r ce

captain — and she and Ed are currently in space system acqui sit ion at L os Angeles AFS, having currently PCSd there in June. Also at Sunnyvale (now Onizuka AFS) is Jeff “ Sarge” LAMONT, who is due to go w it h a

cadre of folks to the newly-created Consolidated Space Operations Center (CSOC) here in the Springs to help activate it. Jeff is still trying to get his “ batmobile” Corvette to run, but tools around in a t r u c k i n t h e m ea n tim e.

Theresa writes that Dean LATA S and his wife Dianne had a big baby

boy Eric this past May, and that they are still at M cC onnell , but due t o PCS soon. J.D. CLEM (Lisa) is somewhere near Sacramento, CA , fl ying 57

helicopters and apparently due to PCS to Germany sometime i n ’ 87 . E r i c SCH ILA KIS is still “ GQ” , according to Theresa, and oper at es out of t he D .C. area when not doing his thing for Uncle Sam. A pparently, E r i c roomed with Roy CLA YTON a few years back when both w e r e a t H anscom A FB. Since then Roy has been out to Wright-Pat f o r sc h o o l .

Then Roy went back to Hanscom, where he moved in with T h er esa ’ s brother Harry, whom he met at the Phillips’ wedding. B u t n o w i t seem s that Roy is married, apparently to another Air Force person he met while at SO S. W hew ! E it her it ’ s a small A ir For ce or a lot o f co i n c i d en c es!

Greg “ Dr Fraz’ ’ FRA SCA DORE and his wife Sue are up i n M i n n eso t a while Greg is working on an A F-sponsored doctorate(!) i n com puter science. Theresa says that she and Ed got an invite t o H arvey L ee H A M MOND’S wedding to Pamela out in Nebraska. They got h i t c h ed i n J u n e — a n o t h er o n e b i t es t h e d u st !

M ike KELTZ and Ray PU MA are roomies down in Florida, and ap parently were both involved in the Grenada situation a w h i l e b a c k . N i c k CHA NDO is living it up in Kings Harbor near L .A . while w or k ing at

O nizuk a also . Ed and T heresa r an i nt o M ik e D A L B Y in Ger many dur i ng their honeymoon and M ike is married with some little ones. Randy ST E D M A N is also i n SouC al and adj usti ng t o his new mar r iage (t o

whom?) which occurred in October.

Theresa reports that her of fice mate now is Jerry JOH NSON, a n d besides kibutzing, they manage to get things done! A lso , Sheldon D EN NIS should have now f inished up a stint as a transportation o f f i cer i n t h e Philippines af ter previously being stationed at Sunnyvale. Ed chipped in to say that Joe WOTTON (Ginger) has two little ones, i s a l so st a t i o n ed i n SouCal, spends time sailing, and is always looking f or deck hands. A lso ,

T im L O PE Z is due t o PC S f r om Sunnyvale soon . H e and Ed w er e par t o f t he A F Sk i I nvitat ional in U t ah last w i nter . T hank s again for taking time to cont ri bute some gr eat new s, T heresa.

Tom SHI RCLI FF, T-38 PIT IP and wing commander’s exec; Sc o t t SCH ROEDER (Trish and daughter TR), a T-38 PIT check pi lot , soon go ing to fl y an F- 16; Maura BURKE, a T-37 PIT IP and wi ng D O exec; M ike REAGA N, a T-37 PIT IP; and George HERR (Joyce, so n s J a so n and Joshua, and pending new addition), a member of t h e A T C I G t ea m . ’8I ers who have come and gone include Bill PFA U (Kelly), an exchange of ficer at RA F Cranwell; Ken STA PLETON (Sarah), going t o F - 16 s a t Luke; A lex T RUE, going to RF-4s at Bergstrom A FB; and Ral ph M E RZ (Theresa), going to KC-135s at Kadena. Across town a t W i l f o r d H a l l a r e Drs. Mike PA RA NKA , a pediatrician, and Billy BA RTH (M ary E llen and sons Trey and Sam), also specializing in the new baby business. A lso reported on by Joan are the following people at Of futt A F B : T i m G R O SZ (Wally and two sons), the T-38 ACE DET commander; Allyson L I N D E R (married to Tom Hulbutt), a navigator on EC- 135s; Craig JE N K I N S, a C-21 pilot; Scott DERING, an engineer of some sort , and t he previously reported Juan MORENO, who’s about to be married. Heinz B E R G A N N (A ngela) is at Little Rock and is the proud father of a lit tle gir l . K ur t A NDERS is fl yig F-l l l s at Mountain Home, Frank CHEESEMA N i s a T-38 I P at Sheppard, Ray and Karen (BONIEWICZ) TORRES are fl yi ng C-5s at Dover AFB. M ike and Jan (WI LEY) DOWNS are at W il ly , and finally, Steve A LLTOP and family are at Reese where St ev e i s a T - 38 I P .

Whew — thanks a lot Joan, you guys are really great !

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Summer’s about over now, and I ’m back from Castle and t h ei r f i n e a i r craft commander upgrade program. In addition to all t h e ex cel l en t i n struction I received, I also boosted the local economy by buyi ng everything in sight that was even remotely compatible w ith my com puter .

California is a gold mine compared to the technological b l a c k h o l e o f n o r t h ea st er n A r k a n sa s.

As you may expect, I ran into a couple classmates out t h er e . D eb

BA RT Z w as i n f r om Beale and she tell s me she enj oys a l l t h e T D Y sh e

gets there as a KC-135Q crewmember. Deb was upgrading t o a i r c r a f t

commander too and anticipated an almost immediate return t o T D Y status upon her return to Beale. A ndy A NDERSON was t here, but he w as upgrading in the B-52, practically unheard of as a I L t/ you ng Capt . K eep

up the outstanding work! I also met Dan MOKRIS (KC-135) b u t d i d n ’ t have a chance to gab .

Lots of stuf f in the mailbag this time. First up is P a u l D O L A N w h o

w r ote f r om D .C . w here he i s w or k i ng at t he Pentagon . Paul sent t his pic ture from his wedding last February. (Never let it be said w e r ush t o get

Also sending some great late-breaking news and a pic f r o m d o w n so u t h is Joan CUNNI NGHA M . She reports on quite a few ’81ers i n v o l v ed i n ATC business at Randolph A FB, or USAFA South, as she put s it ! Pic tured in this great war hero shot , back row, from left , a r e J o a n , a UPT/ A IC instructor and T-37 PIT IP; A 1 SCH M I D (Isabel a n d daughters Christine and Marie), a PIT academic instructor a n d T - 37 P I T I P, now going to fl y an A -10 at Myrtle Beach; Steve H A RT M A N ( L ynn and daughter Rachel), a T-37 PIT check pilot ; Jef f BE L L (Jack ie) , a T -37 fl ight examiner; M ike ZEPF (waterskiing f ool), a T-38 fl ight exam i ner ; Jim SCHWINDT (Tanya), a T-38 fl ight examiner, soon goi ng t o Pert h , A ustralia, as an exchange of ficer; and Jef f BURROWS (L avonn and new son Nicholas), a PIT academic instructor and T-38 PIT I P . I n t h e f r o n t r o w a r e Ralph BENDER, a PIT academic instructor and T-38 PIT I P , soon going to fl y a C-141 at Norton; Dan BEA UDOI N (Veronica), a T - 37 PIT check pilot; Ty MACCH IA , a T-37 fl ight examiner; and B ill K A SS, a T-38 PIT IP and aide(!) to the ATC commander . Grads not pictured in clude Sid OL IVER, T-38 PIT IP; Dave NICHOLS, a T-38 P I T I P a n d acting exec to the ATC/ LG; Jan (PETERSON) NICHOLS, a T - 37 I P also working in ATC HQ; Jim ZIL LY (Karen), a T-38 PIT I P ; G reg WA LSH (Sue, also expecting), a T-38 fl ight examiner; M i k e P A V L O F F

things into print !) He and his bride took a honeymoon t o t h e B a h a m a s and enj oyed warm sunshine while their contemporaries in W ashingt on froze in a snowstorm. A lthough the picture is small, you may recognize Dan ZA LEWSKI on the far right. Dan entered USAFA with t h e c l a ss o f ’82, then went “ stop out’ ’ and graduted with ’83. Paul says t he o nly ot her redtag still at the puzzle palace is Tim PA RSONS. I f that ’ s not tr ue. I ’ m su r e I ’ l l h ea r a b o u t i t !

(Cathy and new daughter Jennifer), a T-37 fl ight examiner; G ary

OCH ENKOSKI (Linda), a T-37 I P, also working in ATC H Q ; K en BRA Y (Debbie), a T-37 PIT IP; Mike BEA RD, a T-37 PIT I P , soo n go ing to fl y an H H-53 at RA F Woodbridge; John GOUGH (Kay a n d daughter Kay I I), a T-39 pilot in the A F Instrument Fl ight Center ; M ik e BLA ND (Sheri), a T-38 PIT IP, soon going to fl y an A - I O; Rick SPRA DL I N (Crystal and pending new addition), a T-37 fl ight exam iner ;

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P aul D olan and wedding p ar ty .

D r . M i ke GO R D O N check ed i n f r om San A nt onio . H e i s j ust begin

ning an OB/ GYN residency there and is contemplating t he i m plicat ions of having to “ rej oin” the military after a four-year h i a t u s a s a st u d en t a t u se . A nd, all of you lamenting your 1989 commitment f o r U P T sh o u l d contemplate his 13-year commitment ! M ike’s wife Patti recent ly graduated from USC too, with a BA in English. Keith L I M B I R D w en t t o u se as well, and is doing his internship in San Francisco. O t h er classmates in residency at Wilford Hall include Eric M A I R , T om & Joyce (ROTH LEDER) GRISSOM and Ted PA RSONS. M ike also saw M i k e & Gail (GOOPER) A L LEN . Gail keeps busy at L .A . A ir Station a n d M i k e is a G-141 pilot at Norton. Finally, the good doctor r epor t s t hat M ar k MA NGIA GA RNE (flying choppers at Vandenberg) is still single, but t hat Ghip “ Rapster” L INDENLA UB got engaged without alerting t he press.

The news about Ghip was conf irmed by a letter from Jef f BEE N E (see below), who said that the lucky bride will be Laura A t k ins, Steve ATKIN’Ssister. By the way, I know M ike is a fine doctor . H e passed D oc tor’s H andwriting and Giphering l OI with honors. . .

O n t o t he let ter f r om Jef f . T he biggest new s is t hat h e a n d h i s w i f e a n nounced t he ar rival o f a son , Jef f r ey K ar l Jr ., as o f 15 J u n e . J ef f i s n o w a t

Dyess training for a copilot position in the B- 1, and h a s h ea r d o f o r f r o m a variety of classmates. Steve A TKINS and his wife L eigh A nn ar e ex pect ing a child sometime in December . Steve is a T-37 I P i n G h ec k Sec t i o n a t Reese. A nother Tweet type, Dennis DELA NEY, was recently m a r r i ed t o Pam Matteson out in Galif ornia. Dennis performs Stan/ Eval d u t i es a t Vance. A nother marriage will occur when Brendan GLA RE r et u r n s f r o m

K or ea t o w ed Gher i Bodziak of Flor ida. Br endan f l ies t he GH -3 Jolly Green. Finally, Jef f said he’s run into Woody STEWA RT (G- 130 pi lot) ,

Ray Phillips (G- 130 pilot), Marc DUNGA N , (G-130 nav) a n d J u l i a (BUGHA NA N) LA NTHA M (KG-135 nav) since he’s been at D yess. A ll ar e w el l and w ant t o be r emem bered . Ray and hi s w i f e sh o u l d h a v e a

young one by the time you read this.

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The E lm endorf gang.

A nd f inally, we have an update from a group of grads f a r t o t h e n o r t h in A laska (Elmendorf ), courtesy of A ndy FERGUSON . These f i v e G - 130 types and their wives are celebrating the summer solstice and pr omot ion to captain. From left to right we have Ron & Gindy M A T T SO N , T i m & Bonney RORIGK, Jim & Jenny DA HLMA N, A ndy & Krista FERGUSON and Scott & Barbara SGH LA PKOH L . Despite Jim’s Hawaiian shirt . I ’m told the location of the picture I S i n A lask a, albeit on the northern tip of the banana belt . A fter seeing this, A ndy tr ied r eally hard t o mak e me believe t hat up t here they speak of only tw o seasons — t hi s w inter and next w i nter . W hat do t hey do besides f ly? W ell , R on and

Jim continue as the power hitters on the softball team, T i m a n d Sc o t t f i sh and camp every chance they get , and A ndy runs through t h e f o o t h i l l s. A l l have many tales of moose, bear, etc. that they’ll be glad t o r elate t o anyone who asks. Ron, Tim and Scott have become aircraf t com mander s, and A ndy and Jim are of f to become instructor navigators. R i c h L A M B i s also up there, spending a tour with the civil engineers. T h ei r a d v i c e t o t hose o f us st uck dow n her e is t o “ V isit this gr eat st a t e ! ”

The column wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t say I heard f r o m St ev e VOGT . I did, and he’s back from his honeymoon to Hawaii, w h er e h i s

new w i f e decided she did n’ t ever want to get in another helicopt er , ever .

Seems they went for a sightseeing ride and had a birdstrike. T he unluck y

avian wound up in Steve’s lap, and he nonchalantly t o ssed i t o u t a w i n dow. Gina, however, now puts special emphasis on the f i rst syl lable o f “ hel icopt er .”

B e sa f e— R a t m a n .

T h e M r a z cl a n .

Next up is Rick M RA Z , shown here with his wife Mary and f ut ure j et-

j ock Luke. Luke’s idea of a preflight on the Fisher-Price plane is t o test

K ev i n G a r r en o 19 84 8 S . Su m m er set L a n e

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P er c en t m em b e r s: 3 5

the tires by chewing them! Rick is presently at Wright-Pat get t i ng an AFIT Master’s in computer engineering, and anticipates an assignment t o Johnson Space Genter in Houston. Mark FA USETT (Janet) a n d D a r k en

(AVERY) SOBOTA are at Wright-Pat as well, and thanks t o a l o t o f grads from various classes, section parties look like U SA F A r eu n i o n s.

From the long-lost category comes Jim WH ITLEY. He sent a l et t er laden with escapades dating back to 1982. When ATG d eci d ed J i m d i d n ’ t really want to fly, he got a j ob doing human factors w o r k a t E d w a r d s.

Highlights of that tour include work in the Single Seat N ight A t tack (SSNA) program involving A- 10s as well as some time spent w i th L A N T IRN F- 16s. I n the latter proj ect , he logged a good b i t o f b a c k sea t t i m e in the electric j et and got quite a few thrills over t h e Si er r a s a t 2 0 0 f eet a n d 480 knots. His current boondoggle, though, is to continue beat i ng t he dean at Texas A& M . Jimbo will spend about two and one-half year s t here pursuing coeds and a PhD in industrial and human factors engi neer i ng.

He also spends a great deal of time fending barbs concerning h i s Z o o m i e

heritage. Jim sends word that Herb SGHREIBER (Nadine) is happy working with NA SA/ A mes in Santa Glara and that Mark & T am my HELWIG and Paul FRA NZ and family poke holes with RF-4s a t

I don’t know about the rest of you, but with the way St u “ M a n ch u ” was making up nicknames in the last column I thought m aybe he had seen Top Gun one too many times. I guess with Stu around even a guys good name (never mind his reputation) isn’t safe. The grind co n t i n u es h er e a n d it looks like my assignment roulette game is going in my f avor because ap parently M PG has seen clear to let me stay long enough t o f i n i sh l a w

school and take the Gol orado Bar next sum mer . Just t hi nk next t ime you all hear f r om me I ’ l l have a license t o lie, cheat , a n d st ea l w i t h o u t graduated sanct ions.

Fir st t o t he lef t over s f r om last issue. I received an int erest ing update

from the Pope (as in Stu not as in the pontificious one). He received a let ter from M ark ERIGKSON inf orming all concerned that he r ecent ly got married. Those attending from left are: Ray PH I LL IPS ( ’ 82) , Pet e BA RNES (’82), Steve HERZIG (’82), the bride and groom oddly enough .

Bob “ the M ole” BROWN , and Larry PETER. Eric M IL LER w a s o n hand to perform best-man duties.

Bergst r om .

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“ summer.” I have to admit I like not having to swelter all day l ong, but being able to bag a few rays now and then would be f u n .

Besides a change in the weather, Loring is experiencing a change i n t he

The E r ickson wedding.

St u also passed on t hat M i k e RA M P I N O is on the t hr eshold of H oly Matrimony. H opefully it’ll keep him of f the streets at night . H e’ s get ti ng

married to some A F captain in between working on a m a st er ’ s a t A F I T .

Finally, Stu had some birth announcements, Rob COONEY a n d h i s w i f e had a baby girl as did Drew and Tracey WACKER. The news from Laughlin is that Boog POWELL and Bill H O R N a r e both scheduled to go to PIT in December. My guess is t hat t hey have worn out their welcome (among other things) in Del Rio and are slow ly m ovi ng up t he conti nent . Bill C H A N GO SE f inished U PT and got a n

A C- 130 to Japan. Pete M cCA FFREY, Rob ENGLEHA RT , and B i l l

C H E ST N U T ar e i n t he T -37 check sect ion and T om K I N G i s t h e

squadron scheduler. Finally, Ray BLUST wrote to say h e r a n i n t o K a r o l W E L L I N G at Six Flags. She w as T D Y at A lt us f or C - 14 1 A C sch o o l .

I j ust got back from yet another TDY to California. N eedless to say it

was an alcohol-related incident attended by Mark MA NNEY, C h r i s A USTI N, and myself . A lonzo BA BERS stood us up but we managed t o be totally tasteless without his help. The Mange and I still have a standing of fer of $50 to the first person who can name everybody i n ’ 8 3 w h o wasn’t selected f or captain in July. I f you have any in f or mati on by al l means get your entry form in as soon as possible. I al so squeezed i n a weekend down in M anhattan Beach with Dave “ Top Gun” K L A U D T .

Dave has tentatively announced his wedding for next July . H e’ s get t ing married to a real nice yuppie who comes complete with a c o n d o o n t h e beach, a Saab and a lifetime supply of Corona beer. T he w edding pr o mises to be a pretty spectacular event .

A r un-thr ough t he addr ess car ds f i nds D an FRA N K i n Fai r banks, A K ;

Deanna REEVES at some place called A PO, NY; Brent RICHERT i n College Station, TX ; Mark TORRES in Santa Monica; M ike R O SA S i n

Hampton, VA; Vince RENAUD in Centerville, OH; and Tracy

M U R A K A M I a t G u n t er A F B .

Once again its been like a religious experience communicating w i t h a l l

of you so until next year, forward your cards and letters t o : Ray B L U ST , 9012B A rantz St ., Laughlin A FB, TX , 78840.

day-t o-day act ivit ies of r unning a B-52/ K C- 135 base. T he w ing is goi ng t o be subj ect to the SAC Operational Readiness Inspection (O R I ) come Oc tober, so the intensity of training is quite high. N ot only ar e w e f lying more sorties but the importance of having error-free bom bing and r ef uel ing operations is very evident . We all want to get an out standing r at ing so the hype is understandable. M ost B-52 flights lately have been anyw here f r om nine t o tw elve hour s i n durat ion ; t his due t o t he f act t hat gett i ng ANYWHERE from northern Maine takes time! Seriously, lar ge num ber s of these flights take the crews to the Strategic Training Range C om plex (STRC) out in Wyoming and M ontana. Only about two hours ar e spent in low-level training so the remaining seven hours are f l ow n in a highaltitude configuration. Not the most exciting thing to do , but it ’ s a livi ng.

A n o t h er i t em o f i n t er est i n t h e n o r t h ea st U . S . a r e sel f -hel p pr oj ects. A few years ago Loring was almost closed down, and so t he f u ndi ng f or local building repairs and upgrades sort of fell by t he w aysi de. N ow t hat w e are alive and kick ing, much w or k is needed in t he squadr on and

scheduling areas to make them better places to work . T o sav e t h e A i r Force some money, much of this work is being done by t h e c r ew m em b er s and the people filling the various staf f positions on t he oper ati onal si de of the house. The new ground/ f light scheduling and DO’s o f f i c e a r ea s a r e already completed and proj ects continue in the flying squadr ons and Bombing/ Navigation areas. Loring also j ust moved into i t s n ew a l er t facility (mole hole fashion) this last July. Seems that ever yone li kes t he new building. Wonder how that will compensate for those long w eek s “ inside t he cipher lock s?”

The letter f rom Randy comes to us f rom Tinker A FB, O K w h er e h e a n d other grads are involved with the A WA CS program. Craig L A R SO N called me from there and we were able to exchange some m o r e i n f o r m a

t ion f r om T inker and about some ot her classmates ar ound t he count r y

and abroad. Much of the news from Randy and Craig is t h e sa m e so I w i l l try to combine the phone call and letter together . Randy says that Jam ie ROSA DO, Phil HELTON , Jef f DA VIS, and Craig LA RSON are t h er e a s

w eapons dir ector s (W D s) . C hr ist ina K O SZ EG H Y is an E-3 navigat or and

Keith STANLEY, Chris CORDES, Chuck RATH , and Randy a r e copilots. Randy left Tinker sometime in September to be par t of a new A WACS squadron that is f orming at Elmendorf A FB, A K. G u ess t h e A WA CS missions are pretty interesting. They do a lot o f t r ai ning w it h various fighter aircraft and spend some time going b a c k a n d f o r t h t o Saudi A rabia; usually a three-week deployment .

I never knew that the E-3s would sit alert . How wrong I w as. T hey have alert quite often, actually, and get called on to fly o u t a t a m o m en t ’ s notice to the east coast to monitor Soviet aircraft penet rati ng U .S. air space t here. O ne last w or d about T ink er : Jamie and w i f e, Gaynell , had

a baby girl recently named Jessica. Congratulations t o t he new parents!

Craig filled me in on some other tidbits of info I ’ll pass on . Ralph SEL IUS is flying in HC-130s; Chuck SM ITH , who married af t er gr adua

t ion , is f l yi ng F-4s w it h t he Guar d . O t her f l ier s include St ev e L A T C H FORD, an electronic warfare of ficer at Barksdale A FB, L A ; C hr is CA L LA HA N, C-12s out of Langley A FB, VA ; and Jef f JA NASKI E, fl y

ing A-l Os at Davis M onthan A FB, A Z, soon transferring t o R A F B en t water s. A har dship t our , I ’ m sur e.

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H ello to anyone out t her e w ho was in t he C lass o f 1984 ! I s anyone out there listening? Sorry to say it was a slow summer as f ar as any 1984 cor respondence is concerned. A t the time of this writing I have only recei ved

one letter from Randy ZERNZACH and a few various phone ca l l s. I t i s going to be difficult to even fill one column of Checkpoints i f I d o n ’ t e x -

pand a little on what is happening here at Loring. N ot sur e how t o get people motivated to write except to say your inputs w ill alw ays be i ncl ud ed in the articles and that I am sure the many classmates w h o d o r ea d t h i s fine graduate publication would be very interested in what you had to say.

A nyone that sends me photos with their letters can get t hem back af ter t he issue of Checkpoints has been printed. Just let me k now you want t hem ret ur ned . E nough about that .

I t seems as if M aine is already getting ready to welcome i n t he long and cold winter months. I can’t believe it is already late A ugust . Except f or a few days in the mid 80’s and a little humidity, there didn’t seem to be any 60

There are a few more weddings to report this issue a l so . L i z B E C K m a r ried Mitch DELA ROSA , ’83. They are both involved with master ’ s pr o grams at Eglin A FB, FL . Keith McCREA DY, fl ying “ Blackhawks” a t Eglin, married Suzy who is a disc j ockey. The AOG informed me t hr ough

change-o f -add ress cards t hat Br ian I SA BE L L E mar r ied A llyson A . H eiby of Longmont , CO on 28 December 1985. Finally, last but not at al l least .

Matt STONE has a new wife named Sonta. Congrats and good luck t o all t he new lyw eds!

The last words f rom Craig concerned Rita LA NE. He ran i n t o h er a t Tinker. Rita is out at Vandenburg A FB, CA working with t h e T i t a n missile program. Rita was in 17th Squadron with me my doolie and 3° years at USA FA . A nother “ Stalag” friend. Bob SCHAEFER a n d w i f e Kathy (EGGERT) called f rom Pope A FB, NC recently. They ar e doing well and are expecting a new family member toward the end o f t his year .

Two other f riends I have spoken to lately were with m e i n “ M a c h O n e ” during the 1982-1984 semesters. Roy DONEHOWER called f r o m Sc o t t A FB, IL and A ndy ESKENGREN called from Hanscom A FB, M A . A n dy’s roommate Randy BRA NDENBURG is getting married later t his year to a Boston local named Joann Foley. Congrats!

Ever feel like there is more to life than going to work and recovering over the weekend? Haven’t you wonderd what it would b e l i k e t o b e o n a television game show? One 1984 grad has done more than j ust w onder ed

about it . M ik e SA D L E R tel ls me he saw M ar k BET H EA on t he popular

game show “ Sale of the Century.” Sorry I don’t know any m ore details

than that . H opefully Mark will write and fill us all i n f o r t h e n ex t i ssu e .

What do you say, Mark? What did you win?

T hat ’ s about all f or out of t he L or i ng ar ea new s. T he l a st i t em I h a v e t o

report is about the L oring B-52/ KC-135 accidental rivalry that pops up every once in a while, especially while crews are on alert . Recent ly , w hi le responding to a klaxon, a tanker co-pilot , Lee M EHAN , ended up bei ng tackled by a group of bomber crew members. Seems that t h e n ew a l er t facility has a hallway intersection that will f orever b e r em em b er ed a s t h e “ M ehan M em or ial I nter sect ion .”

L ee had evident ly com e char gi ng

around the corner expecting to get outside to his aircrft a n d i n st ea d r a n right into a group of “ buf f ” crew members intent on goi ng t he ot her w ay .

T his t ime t he bomber s w on . L ee ended up meeti ng a w all f a ce- t o - f a ce a n d got a broken f oot as a reward. Sorry about that Lee. M aybe w e need tr af f ic signs dow n t her e.

So ends anot her issue of t he 1984 new s. T hank you to Randy , C raig, and al l the ot her s w ho gave m e a cal l t hese past f ew m o n t h s. Y o u a l l m a d e

my j ob a little easier. Try to enj oy these last few w eek s o f su m m er b ec a u se winter is j ust around the corner . Until December — Fly , Fight and W in !

C olumbus, 8607: T ony A PO N T E , K C - 135, Bar k sdale; C hr is B A B E R , T -38, C olum bus; D on BL U E , C- 135, M cC hord ; Scot t BO REN , K C - 13 5 , G r i f f iss; L arr y B R I N D L E Y , EC - 130, Sembach ; T odd C H A N E Y , D C - 135, R obi ns; B r ian C OX , C - 130, L it tle Rock ; K en D A V I S, T -37, C olum bus; Bob D A N T ON I O , K C- 135, G r i f f i ss; D ave E L L I S, RC - 135, O f f ut t ; D ave E RA Z O , C -9, Rhein M ain ; K en F I E D L E R , O V - 10, O san ; M ichael FO ST E R , B-52, Bar k sdale; Gr eg FR I GA U L T , B-52, C arsw ell ; Fejj GI NGRA S, A- 10, Baltimore; Chris HERMA NN, C-130, D yess; D ave H O RT O N , K C- 135, L or i ng; and Pete JA H N S, F- 15, L angley .

A lso , C r aig K I N G , T -38, C olum bus; Brent K I N G , T -37, C olumbus; Bil l K L I ESC H , T -37, C olum bus; Steve M A ST E RS, F- 16, M acD il l ; J e f f M I N T Z L A FF , T -37, C olum bus; Scott PA T N O D E , K C- 135, K .I .

Sawyer ; Blai n R U D OC K , T -37, C olum bus; Joe SH I N N I C K , T -38, C ol umbus; M ar k ST E P H E N S, 0 -37, Shaw ; John T H O R N BO ROU G H , C- 14 1, M cC hor d ; M ar k T O D D , T -38, C olumbus; John T O R RE S, C -5, D over ; Bob V A L I N , F- 16, M acD ill ; C hr is V A L L E , C- 14 1, C har lest on ; JD V A N H A V E L , T -38, C olumbus; Rick W A D E , EC- 135, O f f ut t ; D a v e W R I G H T , K C - 135, C ar sw el l ; and M i k e Z A C C A R D O , C - 14 1, C h a r l est o n .

C olum bus 8608: Barb BEA SL EY , C - 12, L angley ; K yle B RA N Y O N ,

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Hello, everyone! I ’m writing to you from beautiful San A nt oni o , T X , and I have lots of new s and names. For star ter s, I w en t T D Y t o G u n t er

AFS back in May and I bumped into my former roomate, T i n a T H E R RIEN . The girl is wild (still), happy-go-lucky, and l ovi ng her j ob as an I PC chief at Travis. I n July I was at Scott A FB for a t w o - w eek C h i ef o f Inf o Systems Ops school and discovered that M onica E A D Y w o u l d b e a classmate (again!). M onica sports to work in a sleek, r ed H o n d a H el i x scooter, and it is one hot machine. She reminds me o f T i n a T u r n er i n t h e movie “ Beyond Thunderdome,” zooming across the desert . B r en d a DEINL IEN (I think she’s engaged) is also at Scott , bu t 1 didn ’ t get a chance t o speak t o her .

By now, most of us have completed whatever training our f i r st assign ment calls f or , and thanks to M onica, Pam (Henry) H RNCI R, a n d B i l l KL IESCH , I can list assignment drops from Williams, L aughlin , and C olu mbus. But bef ore I do t hat , let m e list t he inf or mat ion system s o f

ficers (f ormally comm of ficers) who graduated f rom t h e K eesl er c o u r se a t the beginning of the year . Those who have an asterisk by t hei r name ar e t he disti nguished grads.

Graduating 24 Jan 86: Tish (DIERLA M) BECKEL , Keesler; T er esa BEA D , Kel ly ; A ndy BOCH M A N , RA F Bent wat ers; Kerri BROUSSA RD, Of f utt ; Toi CORNS, Capoun A ir Station; Robbi (D O T SON) DA VIS, Tinker; BRENDA DEINL IEN , Scott; M onica E A D Y , Scott ; *Shelly (GI NDER) GRA DY, Pentagon; Charlene JA RDI N, C ape Canaveral ; Pam LA WSON , Of f utt ; and M aria (M A RZA NO) MA DGETT , McClellan. A lso, Ivan M CKNIGHT , Womerra (A ustralia); ♦Melinda MOJWI D, Tinker; *Maria (SH ELLA BA RGER) NISSEN, Brooks; Yvette PEREZ, Ramstein; * Scott RUTHERFORD , H u r l b u r t Field; Rodney SA M PSON , Pentagon; Geof f SOWEL L , Pentagon; C yn thia TA L LMA DGE, NORA D; Marci (MCGLINN) THOM PSON , Ran dolph; Ruthann (LUEKEN) THOM PSON, Kelly; Jackie (CHA R SA G U A ) W I L L I S, Br ook s.

Graduating 31 Jan 86: Nichi (SCH UETTE) FA RNHA M , NORA D; George LONCHA R, RA F Oxbridge; Jef f PEDEN, Shaw;*M icky (RE N DI NE) PH I LL IPS, Berlin; Jody SIM MONS, Scott; Dennis ST E W A RT , Tinker; Rhonda STRICK, Kirtland; and John VANDERPYL , O sa n .

T he list s t hat f ol low are f r om C olum bus, L aughli n and W i l l i a m s

A F BS.

Columbus, 8606: Craig BA RKSDA LE, C-141, Norton; Bob B E C K E L , F- 16, MacDill; Tom BROWNING, T-38, Columbus; Bennie BU RN S, C-9, Rhein Main; Dale CH RI STMA N, T-38, Columbus; M ark DEVANE, F-16, M acDill; Luke DISI LVESTRO, KC-135, Fairchild; Jason D E L A N E Y , T -37, C olumbus; John E L E K ES, C - 130 , L it t le Rock ; Lee ELSA REL LI , OA-37, Davis M onthan; John GRESHA M , T -37, C ol

umbus; and Scott JACOBS, F- 16, Luke. A lso, Karen KRUKONIS, KC- 135, Pease; M iles LA NSING, F- 16, M acDill; Tim NESEMEIER, B-52, A nderson; Wayne OLSON, T-38, Columbus; Eddie O ST E E N , A-10, Myrtle Beach; John PATT ISON , KC-135, K.I . Sawyer; Gary POWELL , T-38, Columbus; M arc SA SSEVI LLE, F-16, MacDill; R o b WA SH INGTON, C-130, Dyess; and John WRIGHT , KC- 135, P ea se .

KC-135, K.I . Sawyer; M ike BRIGNOLA , C-130, Dyess; S.C. BROW N , T-37, Columbus; Tom CONNEL LY, KC-135, Carswell; Don C O RL EY , T-38, Columbus; Dwayne FLETCHER, T-38, Columbus; Brooks FREEMAN , T-38, Columbus; Victor HA YNES, C-141, Charleston; H eidi H E RN A N D E Z , K C - 135, Platt sbur gh ; D ino L O REN Z I N I , C - 14 1, McGuire; and Glen LUETTE, C-141, McGuire. A lso, A lan M A C K E Y ,

B-52, Carswell; Barb MA HON , T-38, Columbus; Joe McBREA RTY, B-52, Carswell; Rich M I L LS, T-37, Columbus; M ike MUL DOON, C-141, Travis; Tim NEWTON, T-37, Columbus; Sara SA LLEE, C - 14 1, Charleston; Dan SWA NN , KC-135, Loring; Eddie WATERS, K C- 135, Robins; James B. WI LL IA M S, T-37, Columbus; and Tim J .

W I L L I A M S, T -37, C olumbus.

Laughlin 8606: Tony A DKI NS, KC-135, McConnell; Rich A N D E R SON, T-37, Laughlin; Jef f BREINI NGER, T-38, Laughlin; L o u CA SA LE, KC-135, Castle; Charlie CATOE, C-12, Ramstein; Sheryl (CROOK) CLA RK , KC- 135, Barksdale; Chevy CLEA VES, KC-135, Wurtsmith; Eric DEA RDORF, KC-135, March; Sam DETRICK, F- 15, Bitburg; Mike FERREI RA , B-52, K.I . Sawyer; Tim GA ITHER, T -38, Laughlin; Rusty GREGG, B-52, Blytheville; and Darren H A R A , B-52, Grif fiss. A lso, Vic HEDGPETH , T-38, Laughlin; Brent H R N C I R , T -38, Laughlin; Eric JOHNSON , KC-135, Grossom; Don KI RKHA M , T -38, Laughlin; Don McCLA RIN , B-52, Carswell; Kelly M ICHELS, K C- 135, Grand Forks; Wayne M I L LER, C-130, Dyess; Guy NEDDO, T -38, Laughlin; Bob PICKREL L , WC-130, Keesler; Chris RA USCHENBA CH , C-9, Rhein Main; and Chris SA LVUCCI , C-12, Elmendorf .

Laughlin 8607: Brad BI NGA MA N, KC-135, Ellsworth; Bill B U R DICK, T-38, Laughlin; Gary CA ST IL LEJA , C-130, Little Rock ; Bi ll COTA , T-37, Laughlin; M ike DEBRUZZI , B-52, K .I . Sawyer; M a r k DELUCA , T-38, Laughlin; Steve DePA LMER, F-15, Langley; B r u c e EM IG, T-38, Laughlin; L isa ENRIGHT , KC-135, Grif fiss; B r u ce G I B SON, WC-130, A nderson; Kevin HORTON, T-38, Laughlin; D eb b i e INGS, C-12, Peterson; Tim LEHMA NN , T-38, Laughlin; a n d F r a n k LUCCI , KC- 135, Griff iss. A lso, Judd MCGLOHN, RF-4C, Bergst r om ; Joey M ITCHELL , KC-135, K .E. Sawyer; Randy PA RKER, F-111, U p per Heyf ord; Chris PELOZA , F-16; M acDill; A nnette PEREZ, C - 14 1, Norton; Lisa ST INE, KC-135, M arch; Pete STRA IGHT , C-130, Y ok ot a; Costa TZA VA RA S, T-38, Laughlin; Kevin WA LLA CE, C-141, Charleston; J.D. WA SH INGTON, C-141, McGuire; Larry W I L D A SI N , B-52, Blytheville; and Eric YOUNGREN, T-37, Laughlin.

Williams 8606: Greg BEL L , B-52, Mather; Daniel DIA Z , C - 14 1, N or ton; James DOTY Jr., F-15, H olloman; Tad FA I R, B-52, Gr i f f iss; P am GOODEN, KC- 135, Barksdale; Greg HENDERSON , A-10, Suwon; B r a d JONES, C-141, McGuire; H oward JUDD, KC-135, Beale; D o n KOCHA NSKI , T-37, Williams; Fred KOENECKE, KC-135, Plattsburg; Dave KOSSLER, T-38, Williams; Joe LENERTZ, KC-135, C ar sw ell ; Ron LEWA NDOWSKI , KC-135, A ltus; and Chris MAZUR, C- 12, Philippines. A lso, M ark M CCA RTHY, T-38, Williams; M att M O RGA N , KC-135, Castle; M ark NOWLA ND, T-37, Williams; Eric PA U L , T -37, Williams; Doug PROCTOR, C-130, Little Rock; Jack STUA RT , T -38, Williams; Sandy THOM PSON , T-37, Williams; Chris WEITZER, T -37, W il liam s; and M i ke W I L L I A M S, OV - 10, O san .

W i lliams 8607: G lenn C A M M A RA N O , T -38, W illiams; M i k e C O N NOL LY, 0 -37, Shaw; Troy DEVINE, T-38, Williams; Steve D Y E , C-141, Travis; Paul HA M I LTON, KC-135, Grand Forks; Jef f L A M E RS,

KC-135, M inot; Steve LA VEL L , T-37, Williams; Ron MA RSELLE, KC-135, Dyess; Scott M cCREEDY, T-38, Williams; Steve M O U L T O N , B-52, Barksdale; Rae NOYES, KC-135, Grissom; Tim PHA RRIS, F- 15, Kadena; and Glen ROUSSEA U , C- 141, Scott . A lso, Daniel SH E A , C-130, Pope; Jay SILVERIA , T-37, Williams; M ike WELLS, C- 130, 61

Yokota; Don WRIGHT , T-37, Mather; M ike SA NDQUI ST , T-38,

L aughli n ; M i k e SO W E L L , R F-4 , Bergst r om ; E d T RU JI L L O , K C- 135, A lt us; Joel V E RH OFF , F- I 5, E l mendor f ; John W I L L I A M S, K C- 135, G r i f f iss; and D ave W I L L I GR OD , F- 15, H ollom an .

Congratulations are in order f or all of you brand-spanking-new pilot s!

T he very best of luck t o al l of you at your gai ning bases. L aughli n’ s 8606 class also produced a few married men: Eric DEA RDORF (t o a beaut i f ul gi r l I met at I ngr am Par k M all , San A nt onio , but w hose name I f or got !) and D on K I RK H A M t o T r acy . Cost a T Z A V A RA S and his w i f e recent ly

had a baby (when did all this happen?), and M ike DEBRUZZI ’s w i f e

Shanna is expect ing i n Feb 87.

W ell , t hat ’ s about all I ’ ve got f r om t he U PT bases. I spok e t o A r nie FA RBA R I K w ho is goi ng t hr ough P I T , and he tel ls me t h a t a w h o l e b u n dle of grads are at Randolph for the I P training. So by the ti me t his ar t icle is printed the IP’s should be graduating f rom three mont hs of t raini ng.

Tish and Bob BECKEL still haven’t managed to get stationed a t t h e

same base, but t hey ’ re look i ng at June 87, or anyt ime bef ore t hey m ak e I LT . Tish is still teaching aerobics and staying in gr eat shape. A not her cheery person I ’ ve heard f r om i s C har lene JA RD I N . “ C har ” is a range suppor t of f icer at C ape C anaveral . She dr ives her ow n staf f car (U ncle

Sam’s, really), enj oys wind surfing, and has bought a t o w n h o u se o n t h e

b ea c h ! Sh e a n d “ G eet er ” w en t t o B o st o n t o see R i ch ST O Y L E m ar r y C at hy W at son on 1 A ug. Rich , by t he w ay , has an I P sl o t a t V a n ce .

My good friend Liz A L DERETE is enj oying the beaches o n t h e P a ci f i c coasts, and did not hesitate to make her life at Sunnyvale a c o n t i n u o u s party. She told me that Cheryl H ICKS is engaged to Pet e Soat , Gi nny M URRA Y was seen while TDY to Sunnyvale, and Doug BURNS i s engaged to 2LT A ngel Finf rock . A lso, Kerry CHUN finally got a date of legal age (j ust kidding!). Sue BESSEL LIEU is dating a f ine look ing guy and is learning how to be patient and tame.

Steve GA BRYS recently came to San A ntonio and is working f o r t h e 6948th Electronic Security Squadron as a signal Intel of f icer at K elly

Senn (’88), M onica EA DY, Kyle CUNNINGHAM , Chris SCHAEF FLER, Chris CLA UNCH , Pete STRA IGHT, Rich BRITT , Dave NIKOVITS, and Emmie GUI LLERM O attended the wedding t o w i sh t h e happy couple a wonderful life together. Emmie was in Sa n A n t o n i o d u r ing the Fourth of July weekend to see her sister graduate f r o m L a c k l a n d ’ s basic training, and she spent a few days (and a few beer s) w it h me and my husband. Em also spoke to Joe SCHM I DT who provided t he f oll owi ng A WACS assignments: Dave A LEXA NDER, Terry A NDERSON, E d BYRD, M ike CHA L LMA N, Steve EDGA R, Duane MOSHER, and J o e SCHM I DT to Tinker A FB; Bill OSWA LD, Kenj i SETA , Chuck THOM PSON, Steve TURECHEK, and Jerry VA UGHN to Elmendorf A FB .

I spoke to a very anxious Wanda WRIGHT , deputy budget o f f i cer a t Myrtle Beach. Wanda is fixing to marry an A- 10 pilot, C apt E . Pet er Kern, on 29 Nov, and Philecia HA RRIS will be singing i n W a n d a ’ s w ed di ng.

The missile men received assignments. Eric GORDON is a t D a v i s M o n -

t han as a G L C M inst ruct or , and Paul V A N C E w ill f oll ow E r i c i n J a n 87 .

Gary BINDER and Dave HUM BLET are in Florrenes, Belgium, a n d W i l l SA GER and newly wed wife Kelly will be going to M olesworth t o o p en a new GLCM base. Tom M AA S is going to M inuteman Missiles a t G r a n d Forks, and Cecil DA VIS will stay at Comiso, Italy for a f ew m o n t h s t h en

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N OT ?) i n June 87. D ave said t hat he saw T oi C O RN S at C o m i so . Sh e

didn’t recognize him at first, but when she did she af f ect i onately shouted , “ R ad ar ! ”

A F B . N ew s Steve had w as that i n A pr il M ik e M U L D OO N m a r r i ed h i s longt i me sw eet hear t , D ianna. K o H U SSA I N ’ s li tt le sister w o r k s i n t h e Br ooks A F B C li nic. Steve L EO N A RD is at L .A . A ir St at ion havi ng a grand ti me i n t he C ali f or nia sun , and Scott D A W and R o b G O N Z A L E Z ar e doi ng w ell at N orad . Jef f H A Y M O N D w as mar r ied on J u n e 2 1 t o

Jennifer, and Jef f is now stationed at A rnold A FS, T N .

Theresa BEA D went into a f renzy when she discovered A . J . SC O T T would be stationed at Brooks. She informed me Tim (’84) a n d M a r i a MA DGETT are expecting their second child (congrats!) a n d t h a t sh e sa w “ Boss” Dennis STEWA RT j ogging (really!) past the entry gate to T i nk er

A F B , a peculiar ity t o st op anyone dead i n t hei r tr acks. A f o r m er U SA F A bask et ball player , M ar ilyn Jenk i ns, w ho star ted w i t h t he C lass of 1985,

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graduated f rom Kansas University and is now at Kelly A F B . G i n a B RO W N is going t o a per sonnel school in C ali f or nia a n d Sh er i C U R R I N is engaged t o be mar r ied .

Kevin KETTEL went to the M iddle East and is now teaching t h e M i d dle Eastern Course at the special operations school at H ur lbur t Field , F L .

A t Scott A FB, Lisa DRI NEN is working for the 23rd A ir F o r ce a s a n i n t el of ficer in special operations, and Dave PERCEL L is working at HQ MA C as a middle eastern af fairs analyst , briefing the f our-star regular ly .

Denise SENN and Tim O’BRIEN are shown next finally tyi ng t he k not on 23 A ug with a military wedding, sabres and all, at Egli n A F B . Rick y

D ave and M ar ia N issen ’s wedding in D ecem ber 1985 in San ta B ar bara,

Calif . From lef t are John Shellabarger, Kenj i Seta, M aria, Dave, and Jef f

Siegel.

Sandy BROTHERS married A ndy KERENYI (’86) this summer i n

O regon . (Ji m M I RA BE L L A and V ic PA L M A w er e there t o cel eb r a t e t h e occasion.) Sandy is stationed at Brooks, A ndy is at K elly , and they bought a house in nor t h San A nt onio . A cr oss t he str eet f r om Sandy’ s lab you’ll find M onte TURNER, a “ research optical physicist,” w or k ing on T & E f or f l ight hel met visors and on low level laser ef f ec t s. M o n t e l o v es his j ob, but not more than his f inancee, A nu SJaardema (OT S) , w ho he

will marry on Valentine’s Day 87. Monte saw Tom MA RKET w h en h e w a s a t B r o o k s f o r a m ed i ca l su m m er o r i en t a t i o n a n d h a s h ea r d t h a t M i k e

TAYLOR (cross-commission to the Navy) is assigned to t h e O k i naw a in San D iego and mar r ied t o H eidi Becker .

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Kerri BROUSSA RD, another former roommate of mine, is i n w ea t h er

com munications f or t he 390t h I SO S at O f f ut and clai ms t o be “ barely liv ing” in Omaha, suf fering f rom a severe case of boredom. Y ou can alw ays take up farming, Kerri ! (JOKE) Pam LA WSON is also at O f f ut t , livi ng

with a kitty cat (not a man) in a two-bedroom house.

Carlos MATEOS is doing great here in San A ntonio. He’s a c t i v e i n t h e Brooks Company grade Of ficer’s Council (of which Marty E lli ngsw or t h (’84) is president), and rooming with Neil McEL HA NNON who plays civil engineering at Randolph. Carlos has run into Ger ry M A SO N , Jerome OLI VA REZ, Tim LEWIS, and A J SCOTT , all graduates f r o m t he Systems A cquisit ion School on Br ook s. T im is stati oned a t t h e P en tagon and was married on 14 June to COS native Cindy E wer t . I bum ped into Jerome at the BX and he handed me his “ card,” an im pr essive t ouch f or a 2LT ! Jerome is working for the Boeing Co. in Seat t le, and he and

Reggie GI LYA RD went to Expo ’86 in Canada (had a blast). K ev i n 62

GRILL , after undergoing three eye operations, received a m ed i c a l w a i v er

and is now at W illiam s f or U PT . T hat ’ s t he w ay t o hang i n t her e, K evin !

G ood luck t o you at U PT .

C ar los also ran i nt o a f or mer r oom m ate, Jason ROU SE (w ho is t hi nk

ing about getting into systems acq), as well as M ike “ H o o l i ” HOOLI HA N , taking a break f rom the bustling city of D el R i o . I ’ v e h ea r d that JP SCOT T is at H ol loman , and b ot h Jef f SM I T H and J o e W I G

GINS are at Medina (but I haven’t seen you yet i). Jef f is i n m obili ty and getting his feet wet with some action.

A nne POWELL (happily unmarried) bought a condo and a “ H o b i e Cat” catamaran; she sounded great, as if she’s living it up . C an w e j oin you? A nne is at Wright Pat with 30 other ’85 grads t o i nclude Jer r y PA R I SH and Rich Y A C H T . H er ex-r oomie, K im ROE , mar r ied a ci v i l i a n

engineer, M ichael Meyer on the 18th of July. Curtis C A R T E R ’ S w i f e i s pregnant, and Hadd JONES and his wife have a baby boy n a m ed H oward . E r nie D i M U C C I O is d oi ng great on his unit ’ s r ugby team , and

Tatoo, Chuck STREETER, told me he is in deep love, cont em plat i ng engagement in May 87 (oolalal). Do you remember Nicki H odge? She’ s in the ROTC program at the University of Cincinnati, maj oring i n m a t h . G o

Ken DRA KE, C-141, Norton; Ron GENDRON, T-38; Maurice GROSSO, T-37; Curt HENRY, KC-135, A ltus; Ty HOLT , KC- 135Q, Beale; Tom MA UCH LY , T-37; M ike M I LLER, F- 15, H olloman; Sco t t PORTER, T-38; John RITTER, B-52, Loring; Brian ROURKE, C - 130 , McChord; H oward SEI D, T-38; Joe SEPESSY, F-16, MacDill; M i k e SPITZ, B-52, Wurtsmith; Jon STEPHENS, T-37; Rick STOYLE, T - 3 8 ; Teal THOM PSON , C-141, McGuire; Ron TRUESDA LE, A- 10, M yr tle Beach; M ike ZECH , B-52, KI Sawyer . 86-08: Dave A DAM S, T -37; G reg A NDERS, B-52, Guam; Kent A YCOCK, KC-135; M ike BROWN, C-141, Norton; Chris COFFLA ND, T-38; E.J. FA YA N, C-141, McGuire; Wes JONES, T-38; Ed MCGOVERN, KC- 135, Minot; J i m MOORE, C-141, Norton; Ed POGUE, KC-135, Blytheville; G reg POT TER, A- 10, RA F Bentwaters; Darren REED, KC-135, Loring; L anny ROSS, KC-135, Grissom; Ron SA NDERS, B-52, Loring; Tom SWI DEREK, KC- 135, Plattsburg; Tom TIGHE, B-52, Carswell; G er a l d VEL DHUIZEN, C-12, Nellis; Scott VI POND, C-141, McChord; D a v e W I L L I A M S, K C - 135, Fai rchild .

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Vaughn CA MERON came into my building some time ago f o r a tutorial on M S-DOS, a software package, and I was shocked t o see h i s such a familiar face peek into my of f ice to say, “ H i.” H e’ s w or k ing w i t h computers at Randolph, seems to be taking things nice and slow , and st ill driving that Corvette. A nother football player, Kevin FL E M I N G , is al so roaming the streets of San A ntonio and working at ESC, K elly A FB , where you’ll find one of ’85’s newest mothers, Linda (SE R D RU P)

CA ST O R . She and Pet e C ast er now have a beaut i f ul baby gi r l named

Kristen, ‘ ‘growing like a weed” to be as healthy and a t h l et i c a s h er p a r en t s.

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Chris CLA UNCH sent in the photo above describing the subj ects as ‘‘ 1st Civil Engineering Squadron Warriors at Langley A F B , V A duri ng a

‘ sel f inf l icted ’ O R I exer ci se. Fr om lef t are C hr is, K er r y H A RT L I N E , ’ 84; and Ru ss C O L L I N S ’ 82 . For t hose w ho w onder ed w hat C E does dur i ng war, we patch bomb craters in our runways, provide w ater and places to

sleep, etc., all while trying to avoid getting gassed.”

I received a letter f rom Georgia COLL INS CATOE. She a n d C h a r l i e got married in July in Spokane, WA . Charlie is at Ramstein w h er e h e ’ s flying C-12s and Georgia is at Nellis as an intelligence of f icer . T hey don ’ t k now w hen t hey ’ ll get st at ioned t oget her yet .

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I n case you haven’t heard, John T HOM PSON (’84) took R u t h a n n LUEKEN f or his wife (no surprise), and Shelly GI NDER w ed ‘ ‘ M r .

Wonderf ul ,” Rod GRA DY in A pril (that was a surprise). She’ s ext r emely happy and very busy these days at the Pentagon. Every n o w a n d t h en I speak to Bill L INDSEY’s mom when she picks up computer pr oduct s in my building, and she told me that Bill married Yvonne C en t a f r o m Pueblo, CO, on 30 A ug. Bill got a KC- 135 to RA F Bentwaters.

This wraps it up, folks. I ’ve written enough to last me unt il nex t year at about this same time. I f you’re ever in San A ntonio, you are bound to know somebody in this town, so don’t hesitate to give SO M E B O D Y a ring (but don’t eat us out of house and home, OK?).

(Editor ’s note: We also received an input this quarter f r om Scot t Vip ond, p ortions of which appear below.)

H ell o f r om beaut i f ul E nid , O k lahoma. I ’ m w r i ti ng you a s I w a i t o u t t h e last f ew days of m y sentence here at V ance.

With the challenge of UPT , UNT , UHT , and the various ot her tr aining programs under our belts the Class of ’85 is now moving t o all par t s o f t he

world. Here’s the scoop on the assignments for Vance 86 -0 7 a n d 86 - 0 8 .

86-07: Ken BA NKS, C141, McChord; Jef f DEITERS, C141, C har lest on ; Steve DONOVA N, KC-135, Wurtsmith; Jim DOOLEY, OV-10, Geor ge;

Georgia has heard f rom a lot of people who have passed t hr ough N elli s as well as fellow Intel school grads. Here are some Intel assignment s: L ynn HAA S TA YLOR, and Rod M IDDLETON, Nellis; Rich BURT , K elly ; Jan LOCKIE, Hickam; Lisa DRI NEN and Dave PERCELL , Scott; R a n dy KERSEY, Gordy HENDRICKSON, Wendy L INK ROUTH IER, a n d K ris BY E RS M E N A ar e al l at O f f ut t and Jay W A RW I C K is assigned t o N O RA D .

T im H EA L Y mar r ied K r is O lmen o f Penr ose, CO in a beauti f ul

ceremony at the A cademy on September 13th with 8 of T i m ’ s f el l o w h el i pilots as sabre bearers. M ike WELLS made it to the w eddi ng. I t was hi s 11th wedding this year. I invited him to his 12th as I ’ m gett ing m ar r ied November 15th in Newport Beach, CA to Felicia Quiroz’ .

I r an i nt o M at t L Y O N S at T i m H E A L Y ’ s w edding and he put t oget her

a letter with the scoop on the UHT 86-05 class. Members o f 86 -0 5 co m pleted training at Fort Rucker on 7 May, and after pract icing dr ow ni ng at

N A S Pensacola’ s ‘ ‘ U nder w ater E gr ess T rai ning” w ent o n t o K i r t l a n d A FB f or advanced training. The assignments are: Don C O M I , U H - I F ,

Malstrom; Kyle ‘ ‘Buzz Saw” CUNNI NGHA M , CH-3, Osan (his f i r st choice!); Tom CURRIE (top grad), UH-I N, Hill ; Tim HEA LY , U H - I N , Homestead; Dave KYGER, UH-I N, Holloman; Matt LYONS, U H - I N , Mountain H ome; Keith MORGAN , HH-I H , M inot; Tim O’BRIEN CH-3, Myrtle Beach; Frank RUSSELL , CH-3, Clark; Scott SC H A E F FLER, UH-I F, FE Warren; Steve ‘ ‘Hammer” SPI LLA NE, H H-I H , L i t tle Rock; and RK WI LL IAM S, CH-3, Elmendorf .

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Facili ty . Bill m ay be in San F rancisco , but his hear t i s i n St . L o u i s . M o r e l a t er .

H ere at M at her , about 44 o f us have star ted SU N T . T he “ s ” m ea n s

specialized and it’s a brand new program. Class 87-01, a l so k n o w n a s t h e Lab Rats, are the first class through the new program and “ Experi ment

on M e’ ’ was never more t r ue. D espite t hese st resses. Bill E L L I S, W ade “ A lien’’ TVETER, Jef f OLSON , Jim FIDLER, Jim GRIFFITH , K athy MUENCH and all the other troopers are hanging tough and blazi ng t he t r ail f or t hose o f us f oll ow ing cl ose behi nd . I ncluded in t hat gr oup are such notables as Steve LAWLOR, George CHA NDLER, Ray C OO K , Gene B RO W N , Br idget BU RT O N , M itch H A N SC OM , and C ar ol PT A Z N I C K . N av school has pr oven to be a l ot of har d w or k and many hour s of st udy . But t here is m or e t o li f e than w or k . JOC N ight deserves the reputation it has and it’s worth the cross-country m issi on planning t o b e h er e . A sk J ef f O L SO N f o r m o r e d et a i l s.

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The graduates of UPT-H class 86-05 in f ront the ‘ ’The B ug L ady, ” the nationally -r eno wned B ol l Weevel m onumen t in do wn to wn E n terp r ise,

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By t he ti me t his sees pr int , the last o f t he H -3 dr ivers w i l l h a v e f i n i sh ed

at Kirtland and moved on. A ll the Huey drivers are al ready at t heir respective units and reports indicate they’re loving i t . Sc o t t SC H A E F FLER participated in Maple Flag in October, and Dave K Y GE R got a

good look at “ Save” operations when an F-15 pilot ej ected o v e r

H olloman on Dave’s f irst day as ODO. Matt LYONS is i n tem por ar y com mand o f D et . 22 w hile t he uni t is on exerci ses in Eur ope.

The next article in Checkp oints will be written by M a t t L Y O N S a n d i s due December 15th f or the February issue and 15 March f or t he M ay issue. Please send letters, so M att can keep us all updat ed . M at t ’ s add ress is: 865 South Haskett Drive, M ountain Home, ID 83647, A V 8 57 - 2 7 7 7 .

Thanks Georgia, Matt, and Jackie! Good luck to everyone!

Thought I ’d include this nostalgia shot taken j ust bef ore I lef t USA FA .

That ’s R ocky on my lef t at his Villa Cap r i restaur ant in Color ad o Sp r ings. H e p r om ised to lear n to p lay the accor dian r ight bef or e I get back .

T hat ’ s all I ’ ve got t o pass on f or now . T he deadli ne f o r t h e n ex t c o l u m n

Jim B o nn

3715 Tallyho Drive, A pt. 36

will be in mid December, so please keep those cards and letters coming.

Phone calls are nice, too. Keep working hard and always r em em b er t h a t somewhere in the world, the lounge is always open.

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The weather here at M ather is changing seasons; it r a i n ed h er e f o r t h e first time in f our months earlier this week. One thing t hat hasn ’ t changed is that my mail is slow in catching up to me, so I h a v en ’ t h ea r d f r o m t o o many people, but I ’m hoping. . .

Back east at USSH S (med school) Jef f DA VI LA and John LEVA SSEUR are “ tearing up” the cadavers but still busting a n a t o m y .

T hey m ust need t o get out more of ten .

Todd WESTHA USER is finally leaving the USAFA Biology D epar t ment to j oin Chris MA XWELL , Jef f BA LDWI N, Pat POPPERT , a n d Dave WEI GA ND at Reese. Todd may soon be awarded an A c h i ev em en t Medal for his work at the Academy. Congrats.

Elsewhere at UPT , Troy ERWI N has become renowned as t h e l o ca l womanizer . I wonder how many “ excellents” he’s received. A l so a t C o l umbus, Bob MONROE, Dave YINGL ING, Wes SECH LER, and G reg SI NS are no doubt back to work consuming a ton of beer. B o b h a d a n u n fortunate encounter with his motorcycle, as did Jim W E RT Z , but bot h are now fully recovered and back to flying. Meanwhile, C hip SK I N N E R is at Laughlin wondering where all the women are. (They’re w i t h T r oy at Columbus.) Matt SA NNI NG and new wife Renee are at Vance, a s i s Mark CA NTRELL . Matt’s wedding reception was highlighted by t hree guests who j ust “ dropped in.” Kevin McCLUEN, Harry RO N SM A N , and John O A T E S parachuted i n and were met w i th beer s and open ar ms.

I got a phone call f rom Bill HA NNA who reports that he, M i ke BU M -

PUS, Curtis GREENE, George BIRSIC, Dave LUKE, and Doug KUTYNA are all doing well at Onizuka (f ormerly Sunnyvale) A F S w h er e t hey “ w or k ” a six-day-on , f our -day-of f schedule at t h e Sa t el l i t e C o n t r o l

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R oad Racing A ct ion

Cyclists pedal their way up Cadet Drive during the World Cy cling Champ ionships. Road races were held at the A cademy on Sep t.

6th and 7th desp ite cold f oggy weather which set in. A m e r i c a ’s Greg L eM ond f inished seventh in the men ’s p ro road r a ce an d

Janelle Parks f inished second in the women ’s r oad race t o cap t u r e the silver medal. (U.S. A ir Force p hoto by SSgt Eric Olsen)

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exact pat h of t he m issing-m an f o rm at io n d uring t he H o m e c o m ing 1983 M emo rial Ceremo ny t o inc lude t he prec ise moment and v iew ing posit io n w hen t he #3 airc raf t and t he ceremo ny part ic ipant s co u ld be seen sim ult aneo usly w it h t he o t he r t h ree f o rm at io n airc raf t in t he paint ing.

Homecoming M emorial Ceremony Remembered The co ncept of t his paint ing, by w ell-know n av iat io n art ist Keit h Ferris, w as suggest ed by t he Asso c iat io n o f Grad uat es o f t he U.S. A ir Fo rce A cademy . It d ep ict s t he Sept . 24 M emo rial Ceremo ny d uring Ho meco m ing 1983 w here 21 d eceased grad uat es were ho no red . Fo ur F-16 aircraf t o f t he 56t h Tact ical Training W ing at M ac D ill A i r Fo rce Base, Fla., are p ict u red in t he f inal t ribut e. T h e a i r craf t , all p ilot ed by A cademy grad uat es, are caught i n a so ut h-t o-no rt h f lyover as t he “ m issing-m an" is in his break up and aw ay f ro m t he f o rm at io n. Fo rm at io n mem bers w ere Capt . Pet er A . Bo nanni, 7 7 (lead); Lt . Co l .

Henry R. Kramer, '63 (#2); M aj . Geo f f rey W . M cCart hy, '63 (#3); and Capt . M ark D . Shac kelf o rd, ' 77 (#4). T he 56 t h Tact ic al Training W ing at t he t ime o f t his ceremo ny w a s co m m anded by Co l . Ro nald R. Fo glem an, '63 The Cadet W ing/Grad uat e M emo rial Ceremo ny is co n d uct ed eac h year d uring Ho meco m ing at t he Ac ademy and p rov ides an o ppo rt unit y f o r t he Cadet W ing and grad uat e co m m un it y t o ho no r and remem ber t hose

cadet s and grad uat es w ho have d ied d uring t he prev io us y ear.

The f irst ceremo ny of t his t y pe o cc urred in 1964 w it h a memo rial serv ice in t he cadet chapel . In 1965, t he ceremo ny w as moved o ut side t o a f o rm at io n o n t he t errazzo . Against t he bac kgro und o f t he chapel and t he c lass w al l, t he Cadet W ing and c iv il ian and m il it ary

graduates, t he latter commanded by a senior military

grad uat e, f o rm o n t he t errazzo f o r t he ceremo ny highl ight ed by a ro ll cal l of deceased cadet s and grad uat es. O ver t he so und o f a m uf f led d rum ro l l, t he name and cadet sq uad ro n of each depart ed co m rade is cal led o ut ; and a c adet c urrent ly w it hin t he sq uad ro n respo nd s, “ A BSENT, SIR!" Fo l low ing t he ro l l cal l, t he ceremo ny is c lo sed w it h a prayer, rif le vo l ley , aircraf t m issing-m an f lyo ver, and t aps. This im p ressive, t o uching ceremo ny sy m bo l izes t he co nt inu ing bo nd bet ween t he c adet s and grad uat es and t heir depart ed co m rades-ina rm s .

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