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CHECKPOINTS

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VOLUME

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NUMBER

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SUMMER

ARTICLES

Chairman of the Board J a m e s P. U l m , ’ 6 1 President &CEO

Richard M. Coppock, ’61 Vice President, Services Jock C. H. Schwank, ’60

Vice President, Development J a m e s A . S h a w, ’ 6 7 Director of Publications To m

AOG Staff Jennifer Bowman

Cheryl Brower Pat

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Chuck Denham, ’67 Cathy AHeymann Maureen AHornyack Catherine Janey Stephen HKnight Kathy AMcCann Don McCarthy J a c k D M u e l l e r, ’ 7 0 Ta u n i L . O r n d o r f f Dave

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New Runway Opens at Academy Air el

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Three Graduates Aboard Shuttle’s Longest Fligh

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Mrs. Donnelley Moller Earns Honorary Membershi

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Class of 1978 “Commands” Air eld Squadron

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Twenty-Six Graduates Serve on Falcon Foundation Board

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Class of 2000: Journey Begins at Doolittle Hal

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Ten Graduates Nominated for Jabara Award

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General Fogleman Returns as Graduation Speake

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Class of ’63 Dedicates Class Cup Displa

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Former ’71 Cadet Sends Greetings to Clas

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Eight Earn 1996 Graduate Dependent Scholarship

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New $40 Million Training Facility Dedicate

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Academy Professor Wins Writing Fellowship

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Undersecretary Kaminski, ’64, Delivers Eaker Lectur

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS To Serve Until 1July 1997 JWBrown III, ’59

(Vice Chairman &Secretary) AJBurshnick, ’60 JPUlm, ’61

(Chairman) JJKelly Jr, ’65 AEBlumberg Jr, ’68 WWMaywhort, ’68 R N S t a r k e y, ’ 6 8

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PA G E

The AOG Boardroo

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Commandant’s Corne

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Building Fund Donor

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1995-1996 Air Force Academy Fund Results/Donors

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Chapter New

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Gone But Not Forgotte

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Falcon Sports

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Letters to the AO

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AOG Biographical Information For

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Attention in the Are

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Class New

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ABOUT

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Parents and friends of the Class of 2000 mingle as the new recruits board the buses to the “Bring Me Men” Ramp. Doolittle Hall was again the focal point this year for the entering class. At the upper right of the photo the

JGBurke, ’70 RALowe, ’71 SASimon, ’77 R P K a y, ’ 7 8 JKBarnson, ’83 MSNovak, ’84

lunch line can be seen. For more details see the story on page 22.

CHECKPOINTS (ISSN 0274-7391) (USPS 898-080) is published quarterly in February, May, August and November by the Association of Graduates, U.S. A i r F o r c e A c a d e m y. ( P h o n e 7 1 9 - 4 7 2 - 0 3 0 0 , D S N : 3 3 3 - 2 0 6 7 . FA X : 719-333-4194.) It is provided as part of amembership package of which the magazine subscription annually accounts for $10. Single copies of CHECKPOINTS for members $2.50. Periodicals postage paid at the U.S. Air Force A c a d e m y, C o l o . P O S T M A S T E R : S e n d F o r m 3 5 7 9 t o C H E C K P O I N T S , Association of Graduates, Doolittle Hall, 3116 Academy Drive, USAF Academy, Colo. 80840-4475.

DLHargrove, ’85 JMRhodes, ’87 To Serve Until 1July 1999 EJMontgomery Jr., ’59 AW B i a n c u r, ’ 6 0 LBFreeman, ’61 DHRoe, ’62

JLSmith, ’62 (Treasurer) FSOlmsted Jr., ’64

Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors. They do not necessarily re ect the opinions, policy or attitude of the Association of Graduates, its of cers or the editorial staff. The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement hy the Association of

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Graduates of the products or services advertised. Copyright, Association of Graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Summer 1996.

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Brig. Gen. (Ret) James P. Ulm, ’61, Chairman of the Board The Class of ’96 has graduated, and the Class of 2000 entered the Academy at the end of June. General Ron Fogleman (’63), the Air Force Chief of Staff, was the graduation speaker. His speech is printed elsewhere in this Checkpoints issue. May 1suggest you take afew minutes to read his remarks. He certainly held the attention of ’96 and the 23,000 people in the audience for the graduation. His words were from the heart and on the mark!

past two-to-three years. We are becoming amature organization with an increasing voice in representing the graduate members. I

also strongly believe that we must individually recognize that the Air Force Academy is our alma mater. As agraduate, you must

accept that each of us must step forward and become apart of the AOG. You should be asking not what the AOG can do for me, but what /can do to support my school.

We will be seeking nominees for the AOG Board of Directors over the next two-to-three months. The election ballots will be

sent in February, 1997 and the new board installed in the summer of 1997. The current board has accomplished agreat deal, and I

anticipate the new chairman and board will chart acourse into the 21st century. The strength of your AOG must come from within the organization. It’s time to become involved with your time and resources. Please be apart of the solution, not apart of the problem.

Academy Welcomes Fox, ^70, New Vice Superintendent Col. Peter H. Fox, former deputy director. Plans and Opera¬

tions, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, is the new Academy vice superintendent. He replaced Col. Vic Andrews, ’66, who retired from the Air Force July 1.

Jim Ulm, ’61

The second Sabre Society Weekend occurred in July with over half of the 120 members present. To date, members have made unrestricted contributions of over $500 thousand. The contribu¬

tions are going directly for the support of the Cadet Wing. Our rst major project is the endowment of the Cadet Leadership Enrichment Seminar (CLES) in the amount of $350,000. CLES has been the top priority of the Academy and the AOG for several years. Most importantly, Ishould point out that the Sabre Society membership includes not only graduates, but also parents and friends of the Academy.

During the weekend, General Stein and the Academy staff did a superb job in presenting an overview of the current upgrades and changes occurring within the Wing. One day was spent at Jack’s Valley observing the Class of 2000 in training. The cadet cadre is quite impressive with an enthusiastic and professional approach toward training. The Class of 2000 has changed signi cantly since we observed their approach at Doolittle Hall for initial processing in June. The class appears to have rallied as “00”, the rst class to graduate in the 21st century.

As Ienter my last year as chairman of the AOG Board of Direc¬

tors, my main theme is to focus the AOG efforts toward building a“family” concept. We have concentrated our efforts toward being responsive to the graduate members and their needs over the

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Col. Peter H. Fox, ’70

Fox was born in Pascagoula, Miss., and graduated from high school in Port St. Joe, Fla. He received his commission in 1970 from the Academy where he earned abachelor of science degree in engineering management.

Upon graduation from the Academy, he was selected for the graduate studies program and attended the University of California at Los Angeles, from which he received amaster of science degree in business administration.

Fox completed pilot training at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz., as adistinguished graduate. His rst operational assignment was the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach, S.C. He has also been assigned to Korat Air Base, Thailand; Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon; Williams AFB, Ariz.; Langley AFB, Va.; Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea; MacDill AFB, Fla.; and Nellis AFB, Nev. Other assignments included Randolph AFB, Texas; Hill AFB, Utah; and Ankara, Turkey.

Fox is acommand pilot with 2,400 ying hours in the F-16, F-5 and A-7. He is married to the former Debra J. Relyea of Jackson¬

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The 34th Trahiing Wing: An Update Iam pleased to report that it was another terri c academic year for the 34th Training Wing lled with many accomplishments.

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are instructor pilots and jumpmasters much like we would expect to see on active duty. The expansion of our leadership laboratory not only allows the cadets more opportunities to lead, but opportunities to follow, experiment, and expand their own little notebook on successful and unsuccessful leadership styles.

Another improvement that increased cadet leadership opportunities is the Jack’s Valley encampment area facility upgrade. In an effort to encourage our future Air Force leaders to “Lead from the Front,” the entire Basic Cadet Training (BCT) cadre was able to live in the valley with the basics. The expanded facilities allowed the cadet cadre to increase their contact time

Brig. Gen. Hopper, ’69 Time and space doesn’t allow me to list every individual, group, or team outstanding military, academic, and athletic achievement, but Ican’t resist mentioning afew. First of all, the 34th Training Wing earned its rst Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (AFOUA) and, because of our reorganization as awing, the cadets were also awarded the AFOUA ribbon. Secondly, although it doesn’t receive alot of press, we are all very proud of our Community Service Program. Academic year 1996-97 will see us focus on “Service Before Self,” but the Cadet Wing walked that trail in 1995-96. The Cadet Wing contributed over 25,000 hours of community service this academic year. Notable projects include a$100,000 school playground rehabilitation project in Denver, and an extension of the Santa Fe Trail locally.

Certainly everyone should be aware of the success of our football team—Co-WAC Championship, Commander-In-Chief ’s Trophy, and atrip to the Copper Bowl; but you may not be aware of the 55 All-Americans from various sports and clubs, and the winning of national championships by the Parachuting, Gliding, Soaring, and Women’s Nordic Ski Teams. If you had achance to attend the individual awards ceremony, hopefully you noticed a couple of new awards. In our continuing efforts to emphasize the importance of line leadership positions, we recognized the wing’s outstanding ight commander and element leader as well as the best in all our leadership positions. In short, we are very proud of our accomplishments and look forward to this summer’s training programs.

One of the rst things that occured this summer was an organizational change. We are excited about the addition of a cadet Aviation Group to help lead our summer aviation programs. Previously, three groups (Composite Group, Combat Survival Training Group, and Basic Cadet Training Group) ran over 30 summer training programs. This year Aviation Group is administering summer program aviation activities including the addition of over 380 Reserve Of cer Training Corps cadets. Over the course of the summer, the Aviation Group also provided over 75 more leadership opportunities since each group mirrors the organizational structure of an active-duty group. Along with each group and squadron commander’s title comes responsibility for running the organization. The cadets running these organizations

with the basics and lead by example.

One other change, that not only increased the effectiveness of BCT, but will have apositive effect year-round is the addition of Military Training Advisors (MTA). Our new MTAs have all reported to duty, survived our rst MTA school, and are already having an impact on our leadership laboratory. Each of our 40 cadet squadrons has one enlisted MTA assigned to assist the Air Of cer Commanding, serve as an enlisted role model, work drill and ceremonies, and aid in cadet character development.

Honor education received more emphasis during summer training as we have added four lessons to BCT (total is now 10 lessons). Adedicated honor cadre helped BCT cadre teach all 10 lessons. After BCT, cadets will receive 12 lessons during their fourth class year, nine during their third class year, six during their second class year, and six more as rsties. All of this is spelled out in anew four-year Honor Education syllabus and includes several new lessons taught on Saturday mornings and during M-5.

During the upcoming academic year we will return to the full circle mark on the wheel of change. Changes include areturn to a merit-based privilege system, acommissioned of cer of the day, and an emphasis on accountability. The cadet privilege system was changed from aseniority-based system to one that will reward those who excel. Although the rst class cadets will continue to enjoy an unlimited number of privileges, the rest of the Cadet Wing will be rewarded with privileges based on their performance. There are three levels of privileges. All cadets will enjoy a baseline number of privileges, and will earn additional privileges based on the number of merit lists (Commandant’s, Dean’s, Athletic Director’s) they achieve. If acadet is on at least one merit list they will enjoy second-level privileges. If acadet is on the Superintendent’s List (all three merit lists), they will earn privileges from the third and highest level.

Next year’s recognition of the fourth class will be based on performance. The rst class will recommend either early, late, or ontime recognition for the fourth class. This will not only promote teamwork, esprit de corps, and offer an incentive for the fourth class to perform well, but it will allow the rst class some exibility with the fourth-class training system.

Finally, there will be afew changes to our cadet accountability system. There will be more routine formations, including one for Sunday academic call to quarters. We will also go back to the eyes on” dormitory inspection system, and after taps cadets will have to stay in their rooms. Cadets will have to manage their time alittle better as all-night group study sessions, and other “midnight maneuvers” will no longer be an option.

As my tour of duty here at USAFA comes to aclose, Iassure you that the cadets continue to excel and the quality of our graduates has never been higher. Working with our future Air Force leaders has been ahigh point of my career, and Ilook forward to working with each of them again as apart of our Air <

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The project started more than ayear and ahalf ago with the realization of an increased operational tempo at the air eld.

Our plan to handle the increased activity involved expanding and upgrading our facilities,” Treviso said. “However, safety was our primary concern. It took alot of people working together to plan and make this happen.

According to asurvey conducted by the Institutional Research Division, soaring and parachuting were ranked number one in the programs at the Academy. It didn’t matter if the respondents were generals or captains, retired or active duty, or what year they graduated—airmanship programs motivated cadets and made lasting impressions long into their Air Force careers.

This new runway will increase ef ciency while improving overall safety by giving the Academy sailplanes adedicated runway and allowing motor gliders to operate on the center runway.

This improved ef ciency translates to more opportunities for soaring to include the addition of up to 300 Air Force ROTC cadets participating in “Soar-for-All” by summer 1998.

Many more people will receive the bene ts Academy airmanship programs have to offer, increased self-esteem and leadership opportunities—not to mention alight at the end of the tunnel on what ying in the Air Force is all about.

The new runway, which is 4,500 by 40 feet, parallels the two i

Brig. Gen. John D. Hopper Jr., commandant and 34th Training Wing commander, and Gregorio Treviso, Academy Air eld manager, cut the ribbon to inaugerate the opening of anew runway and anew era in ying operations at the Academy Air eld in June. After the ribbon-cutting. Hopper and 2nd Lt. Jeff Hogan, ’96, christened the new runway by being the rst to take off and land asailplane on it.

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Commandant Brig. Gen. John D. Hopper, ’69, and 2nd Lt. Jeff Hogan, ’96, prepare for the rst ight takeoff, of cially opening the new Academy runway. (Photo by Steve Sutherland courtesy The Falcon Flyer.)

Cadets Participate in 'Mini Baja' B y Te r r y B a r r e t t a Directorate of Public Affairs

Academy cadets entered two cars in the 1996 Mini Baja West Competition April 16-21 at Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., and placed third and seventh. This is the Academy’s second year of competition.

Capt. Keith Bearden, ’88, faculty advisor to this year’s team, believes this competition helps promote teamwork and leadership, two very important qualities of an Air Force of cer.

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The completion of the runway is just one phasee of an extensive air eld upgrade program. Projects completed within the past two years include: hangars for the Slingsby T-3A Fire y, resurfacing of the east runway and helicopter pad, and the addition of highspeed taxiways to the east runway.

The air eld still has several major projects yet to be completed.

In June, construction began on anew mid eld soaring hangar.

This hangar will greatly enhance soaring operations by reducing the time required to drag sailplanes to and from the runway from 45 to only 15 minutes. The widening of the air eld taxiways and the resurfacing of the center runway are also in the summer’s construction plans. (The Falcon Flyer)

for sale to the nonprofessional weekend off-road enthusiast. The vehicle must be safe, easily transported, easily maintained and fun to drive.

The car should be able to negotiate rough terrain without

damage. In aproduction volume of 4,000 units per year, the manufacturing cost must be less than $2,500 (material and labor cost, overhead and tooling are factored into this cost).

The team’s design was judged in the areas of engineering design

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The two cars were assembeled by ateam of seniors and juniors.

Cadet 1st Class Jim Bodnar and Cadet 2nd Class Dave Pryor are

time trial, 50-yard drag race, hill climb test and four-hour endurance race. (The Falcon Flyer)

t h e t e a m l e a d e r s f o r e a c h c a r.

The Mini Baja West Competition originated at the University of South Carolina in 1976 as an intercollegiate engineering design competition for undergraduate engineering students. The object of the competition is to simulate real-world engineering design projects and their related challenges.

Each team competes to have its design accepted for manufacture by a ctitous rm. Students must function as ateam to not only design, build, test, promote and race avehicle within the limits of the rules, but also to generate nancial support for their project and manage their educational priorities.

The goal of the competition is to design and build aprototype of afour-wheel, single-seat, off-road recreational vehicle intend-

Transcripts Available Graduates who need transcripts from the Academy may request them by letter from: Hq USAFA/DFRR, 2354 Fairc h i l d D r i v e , S u i t e 6 D 1 0 6 , U . S . A i r F o r c e A c a d e m y, C o l o .

80840-6210. For information call 719-333-3970 (commercial) or DSN 333-3970.

Brig. Gen. Ruben Cubero, ‘61, dean of the Faculty, takes a turn at the wheel on one of the Academy’s mini baja vehicles.

(Photo by Larry Hulst courtesy The Falcon Flyer.)

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Three of the seven crew members on the longest shuttle mission ever which blasted off on June 20th of this year were Air Force Academy graduates. Columbia’s mission commander was Col.

Terence “Tom” Henricks, ’74; the pilot was Kevin R. Kregel, ’78; and the payload commander was Lt. Col. Susan J. Helms, ’80.

The other crew members were mission specialists Richard M.

Linnehan and Charles E. Brady Jr.; along with two payload

specialists, Jean-Jacques Favier, representing the French Space Agency; and Robert Brent Thirsk of the Canadian Space Agency.

The orbitor Columbia touched down on Runway 33 of the Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 8:36 a.m. EDT on July 7, successfully completing a16-plus-day ight. During the mission, the crew conducted extensive research in the primary payload, the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS).

Within an hour of touchdown from the seven-million-mile

ight, the four payload crew male astronauts who had endured medical poking and prodding in orbit were in aclinic undergoing painful muscle biopsies and other follow-up tests. NASA doctors wanted to examine the men before their bodies readapted to gravity, in hopes of bene ting future space travelers.

This payload crew that’s given so much during the ight is ready to go to work here,” commander Henricks announced upon landing. “I’m sure they’re just waiting eagerly to go,” Mission Control replied.

Henricks and Kregel had an easier post-landing task: taking part in aceremony to salute runners carrying the Olympic torch through Kennedy Space Center. The seven U.S., French and Canadian crew members had carried an Olympic torch in orbit-minus the ame—as well as an Olympic banner. The torch was presented to Olympic organizers after the ight.

Columbia almost didn’t land on time. Less than two hours

r The three Academy graduates who ew on Columbia shuttle mission STS-78 earlier this year, from left are payload commander Susan J. Helms, ’80; mission commander Terence “Tom” Henricks, ’74; and pilot Kevin R, Kregel, ’78. Theshuttle landed on July 7bringing to aclose the longest shuttle mission to date, with amission elapsed time of 16 days, 21 minutes and 47 seconds.

before touchdown, acritical cooling line jammed, but the astronauts quickly managed to ush ice from the system. The cooling problem was minor compared with leaks in Columbia’s rocket boosters—“No. 1on our agenda,” said Ronald Dittemore, ashuttle manager.

Hot gas seeped into joints of both solid-fuel rocket boosters during liftoff June 20. Shuttle managers hoped to decide whether to replace the boosters on Atlantis and delay its launch which was scheduled for July 31.

Mrs, Donnelley Moller Earns Honorary AOG Membership Mrs. Dorothy Donnelley Moller became the 20th individual in

the history of the Association of Graduates (AOG) to be awarded an honorary membership in the association. The presentation took place at aluncheon ceremony at the Air Force Academy Ofcer’s Club on May 28. Among the dignitaries in attendance was the rst Academy graduate Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Class of 1963.

An honorary AOG membership is the highest honor the graduate community bestows upon supporters of our institution.

Honorary memberships are awarded only to those individuals who “...have rendered outstanding and conspicuous service to the Air Force and/or the Academy.” Memberships are limited to 20 living persons and are highly selective. Each requires anomination by an AOG board member and aunanimous vote by the sitting board. Honorary memberships are awarded for life.

generous in her assistance to the association in its support of critical Academy needs.

Mrs. Moller joins 12 other current honorary AOG members who include, among others. Senator Barry M. Goldwater, and long-time dean of the faculty and former president and CEO of USAA, Brig. Gen. (Ret) Robert M. McDermott. Previous honorary members include Gen. James “Jimmie” H. Doolittle, for whom the association’s building was named; Gail McComas, the Academy’s rst cadet hostess; and Col. (Ret) Joseph Moller, Mrs. Moller late husband.

Mrs. Moller was recognized for her longstanding, continuous

and dedicated service to the Air Force and the Academy. Among her many contributions to the Air Force, she has sponsored an award for outstanding wing commanders and has participated in the creation and continuing support of several museums in the United States and Europe, thereby helping to preserve the heritage of thousands of airmen who fought and died in combat during WW-II. An ardent supporter of the Academy, she established and an¬

nually supports afund to meet Academy goals and objectives. As afounding patron member of the Academy’s Sabre Society, she is Make your tax-deductible donation now to

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Your Support Helps Develop Leaders W i t h V i s i o n F o r To m o r r o w .

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, ’63, and Brig. Gen. (Ret) Jim Uim, ’61, chairman of the board of the Association of Graduates, congratulate Mrs. Dorothy Donnelley Moller at the presentation of an AOG Honorary Membership to Mrs. Moller on May 28.

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Mr &Mrs Wilbur DBuller

Mr &Mrs Stephen BLove

Mr &Mrs Joseph REwing

Mr &Mrs Francis HMcClemon, Jr Col Jonathan LStevens 71

Exxon Education Foundation

Mr Kenneth EMcKay, Jr 79

IBM International Foundation

Mr &Mrs John PMichalowski

Mr Henry OJohnson, IV 79

Nalco Chemical Company Mr &Mrs Samuel FPayne, Sr Mr &Mrs Dennis MPhillips Maj Michael KReagan '81 Mr &Mrs Kerry PRedmann Jr Mr &Mrs Randy Sanderson

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($l,000-$4,999) Ameritech Foundation

Ms Carol Kellison

Mr &Mrs Marc EAnderson

Mr &Mrs Donald RKleckner

Mr James MBlanton, Sr

Mr &Mrs Kenneth LKnauf

Ms Annette VBrings

Mr Jack Linville

Ms Jean HSpiller Teledyne Charitable Trust Foundation

Mr &Mrs Jeffey PTone Mr &Mrs Patrick Tritico Mr &Mrs James JTuite The UPS Foundation M r M a l c o l m D W i n t e r AT O Mr &Mrs Dennis JWolf

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Graduates Can Help W i t h U S A FA A d m i s s i o n s What would happen if there were not enough quali ed students to ll the 1,200 appointments for an incoming class? Since our peak of 16,000 applicants in the mid-’80s we have dropped below

You can have ahand in which student will follow you and graduate.

Send the name and address to: HQ USAFA/RRPR, 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 215, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.

80840-5025 or call (719) 333-2640 or DSN 333-2640.

10,000 in two recent classes. If this trend continues we will be

close to having the number of quali ed students equal to or lower than the number of appointments we can offer. The Academy would like to have alarger pool of quali ed students from which to choose the best 1,200. As agraduate you can help.

We now have 28,000 graduates. If every graduate gives us the name and address of just one student who they feel has what it takes to graduate, and if only one-half of these students return the application we mail them, our applicant pool would more than double. For graduates on active duty, don’t forget about our sharp airmen who could enter the Academy before their 22nd

birthday.

Military cutbacks, reductions in Academy pilot-training slots, and changing perceptions of the military have had anegative effect on the number of applicants. To maintain the quality of each entering class and subsequent graduating classes, we need alarger

pool from which to draw quality students. Every graduate who follows you carries apiece of you and the school with him or her.

S E N D I N Y O U R B U I L D I N G F U N D D O N AT I O N S N O W.

Building Fund Pledge Cathy and Bob D’Amico, Class of 1996parents and outgoing presidents of the Nassau and Suffolk County Parents Club of New York, present AOG Chairman of the Board Jim Ulm, ’61, the club’s ninth installment on their $10,000 pledge to support Doolittle Hall.

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(Note: The percent of donors is calculated by dividing the number of gifts by the number of living alumni. Totals include gifts received between July 1

1995 and June 30, 1996. Gifts received after this date will be listed in afuture magazine.

AFA Fund Donors July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996 GIFT SYMBOLS (D) Donor —$50 to $99 (S) Sponsor —$100 to $499

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(L) Leader —$1,000 to $2,499 (F) Fellow —$2,500 to $4,999 (B) Benefactor —$5,000 or more (Editor’s note: Individual donor listings include only those contributions of $50 or more.)

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Academy Air eld Squadrons

By Lt. Col. Mike Couillard, ’78

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The USAFA Class of 1978 is making history at the Air Force

In addition to the four air eld commanders, Lt. Col. Bill Hoferer commands the 10th Communications Squadron at the Academy (just across the street)—that makes ve commanders 78 is Great!’’ from the Class of ’78, proving once again that

Academy Air eld again. Effective on the 15th of March this year, amember of ’78 has been in charge of every squadron at the air¬

eld. On that date, at adual change-of-command ceremony, Lt. Col. Gar Frith passed command of the 34th Operations Support

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Squadron (OSS) to his operations of cer, Lt. Col. Mike

Couillard. Lt. Col. Frith then took command of the 98th Flying

Training Squadron (FTS) from Lt. Col. Joe Drew (Class of ’76).

The 98th FTS is responsible for all UV-18 ying and for all parachuting operations. The 34th OSS has adual mission of supporting all air eld activities and for staf ng all issues and procedures governing ying and parachuting programs conducted under the 34th Training Wing.

The OSS had abig role in another recent history-making event: the opening of the third parallel runway at the Academy Air eld on June 24.

The 94th Flying Training Squadron, responsible for all Academy soaring programs and for the USAFA Flying Team, is commanded by another ’78er, Lt. Col. Tim Taylor. Taylor assumed command of the 94th on Nov. 15, 1995.

The 557th Flying Training Squadron, an Air Education and

Training Command (AETC) tenant unit at the Academy, conducts the ight screening program for USAFA, using the Air Force’s newest trainer, the T-3A Fire y. In command of the 557th until July 24, Lt. Col. Vince Wisniewski took command on

April 17, 1995. On the 24th, he relinquished command to Lt. Col. Rojo’’ Herrera (Class of ’79). Also included in the photo is (

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(From previous page) Class of 1972 Lt Cd Stephan DAlderman Cd Harry MCalcutt, Jr

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CdH Martin Jayne

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Cd Thomas BMiller

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Mr AMrs Michael LMurphy

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Mr George CNicld

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David APeterson MD

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Ronald RQuinton MD

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Lt Col Dennis JRensel

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Mr George GBurnette III Mr William RDavis

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LtCd Walter NHeidmous

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Mr Steven DHeinz

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Lt Cd Charies BOltman

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Maj JMichael Reames USAFR

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Maj Michael SSackley USAFR Lt Col Raymond JTyc

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Dr David KEbelkeMD

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Lt Col Clarence DJones Jr

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Lt Col David PKissinger

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Mr Pete Martinez Jr

MrJtmKSpain Maj Michael AStanley Lt (Ret) Edward KVwnbrock

Mr AMrs Neal RBieibaum

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Lt Col Blair LBozek

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Mr Boyd WChristensen

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Cd David LFundarek

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Kenneth CHancock MD

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Lt Cd Charles BLatham

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Maj James MLillis ANG Mr William AMeSpadden

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Class of 1986 Capt James MBonn Capt Roger DThrasher

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Mr John BHolbrook

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Capt Jeffrey LOir

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Lt Kevin GWestbuig

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Maj Karens Wilhelm

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Mr AMrs Stephen TOhotnick S Cd (Ret) AMrs Arthurs Olson S Mr AMrs Frank Postulka

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CHAPTER NEWS

As this goes to press, we are in the midst

AFA Society of Colorado The Air Force Academy Society of Colorado serves graduates along the Front Range by offering programs that bring members of the graduate community together for seminars, discussions on topics relevant to our various businesses, and

social gatherings. We have recently expanded our networking outreach by including members of the Annapolis and West Point Societies in our programs.

Our spring dinner meeting, held in April at the Plum Creek Country Club in Castle Rock, was one of our most successful yet.

Over 50 graduates from USAFA, USMA and USNA gathered to interact with each other and to hear apresentation on Building Your Network and Developing Your Business,” by Michael Smith, a nationally-known professional networking (

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consultant.

The group also heard apresentation by Arnie Allen from the Annapolis Society on the concept of aweekly networking breakfast meeting. Iam happy to report t h a t t h e S e r v i c e A c a d e m i e s We e k l y N e t ¬

working Group is off and running. The group meets every Tuesday morning at 6:45 a.m. at the Marriott at 1-25 and Hampden in Denver.

The next general membership meeting for the AFA Society of Colorado will be in late

September or early October in Castle Rock.

If you would like to join this dynamic group of graduates of all service academies, or would like more information, please contact Russ Carparelli, ’70, membership chair, at (303) 278-3300 (W), (303) 470-1146 (H) or Dave Frostman, ’71, president, (303) 939-6107 (W), (303) 666-7877 (H). (Dave Frostman)

of nal preparations for our summer event, ADay at the Lake” on June 15. Dusty Somerville, ’81, promised lots of sunshine, food and drinks...not to mention “A good time to be had by all!” If this Texas

drought doesn’t end soon our next year’s event may need anew home.

All you Alamo area golfers keep your

Alamo Area Chapter

Dick Ewers was victorious, with ascore of 65. General Eberhart voiced his concern

ther information on the tournament or

want general information on joining the Alamo Chapter, give Les “He does it all Hobgood, ’60, acall at (210) 599-3583. Or,

General McDermott and his wife with us for

the

activities.

Our

attendance

The Fall Golf Classic is currently scheduled for Oct. 30.

Joint Chiefs of Staff, has agreed to speak at

Come on out and join us for some great events. (Harry Icke)

our summer luncheon. The luncheon is

How To Request Academy Staff as Speakers

In order to provide better assistance to AOG Chapters seeking speakers from the Academy, please submit a letter to HQ USAFA/XPAA, USAF Academy, Colo. 80840-5241, at least six months in advance, with the following information: What, when, where? Who on the Academy staff would you like to have speak at your function? Also provide the names of two other speakers you would like to have if your rst or second choice is not available.

To aid speaker preparation, we will with any particular interest of the group in any aspect of the Academy, and arecommended speaker’s attire for the event. Please include who will

be in the audience (i.e., alums, spouses, parents’ clubs, LOs, etc.) and

c a l l X PA a t ( 7 1 9 ) 3 3 3 - 3 8 3 2 , D S N

333-3832, for initial inquiry but must back up your call with aletter requesting the speaker.

for

Iwould like to start off by saying thank you and farewell to Lt. Gen. Ed Eberhart,

years.

’68. General Eberhart has been the Capital

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e-mail at 72430.2156@compuserve.com.

Founder’s Day was alittle less than we’ve had in recent years so the chapter board members are interested in hearing any suggestions for getting folks back in future 18

this tournament until we have afull event.

machine greeting, give me (Harry Icke, ’66, chapter VP) acall at (210) 981-8505 or an

Apoint of contact for the event (i.e., name, address, home and work phone numbers) is needed to make the appropriate arrangements. You can

putting together and hosting asuper event and we were especially honored to have

that work was so important we couldn’t ll a72-person tournament, considering all the grads in the area. He tasked us to build on

if you’d rather not listen to Les’ answering

what the occasion is for the event.

Wheeler, ’64, did his usual excellent job of

General Eberhart handed over control to

take on those less fortunate guys and gals from the “other” schools. If you want fur¬

Service Academy golf tournament coming

our president. In April agroup of dedicated grads and guests gathered at the Sonterra s o c i a l i z i n g f o r F o u n d e r ’ s D a y. J i m

and the chapter has ourished under his leadership. Membership has soared, activities have increased, and guest speakers have been top notch. We have all bene ted from his mentoring and Ihave some very big shoes to ll.

up in the fall. We need everyone’s help to

eyes peeled for word of our annual Tri-

Smith, ’61, re-elected for asecond year as

Country Club for atop-notch evening of

Chapter president for the last three years

General Floyd by passing the seven iron at our Spring Golf Classic. This tournament was agreat success! The team from ’68, Ed Eberhart, Bobby Floyd, Tom O’Bierne and

also need to know the audience, along

The Alamo area graduates are working hard to t their regular schedule of chapter events into everyone’s busy schedule. Our kickoff “business” meeting for the year at the Randolph O’Club saw Maj. Gen. Dick

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Capital Chapter

scheduled for Aug. 29 at the Pentagon Executive Dining Room.

The Army game luncheon is scheduled for Nov. 7. Stay tuned for more details.

If you are interested in joining the chapter or want more information, contact Capt. Jerry Perkins, ’86, (w) (703) 614-3801 or (h) (703) 742-4006. (Bobby Floyd. ’68) G r e a t e r N e w Yo r k

Chapter As in previous “even” years, when the Falcon football team plays West Point away”, the Greater New York Chapter is planning atailgate reception on Saturday, Nov. 9prior to kickoff, adjacent to Michie Stadium. Our sister chapters in Boston and Washington are welcome to participate, as well as other grads in the area.

As aprelude to the game, the chapter is holding our traditional “pep” luncheon on Friday, Nov. 8in New York City, at the historic Seventh Regiment Armory. The superintendent, commandant, dean and other Academy of cials will be our guests.

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Please contact chapter president Mike Galbreath for more information at (203) 351-1111. (Mike Greece, ’64)

Red Baron Chapter Iregret to inform you that the demise of the Red Baron Chapter is true.

Basically this theater (Germany/Europe) has been going at 110 percent since the Gulf War. We just continued on into Operation Provide Comfort in Turkey and then

started Operations Deny Flight and Provide Promise

in

Bosnia.

Yo u

can

read

the

newspapers to nd out the latest chapter in this saga. In addition, U.S. Air Forces in Europe closed down numerous bases and wings and is going to eliminate anumbered Air Force this year with further reorganizations.

The bottom line we: just have not been able to count on anyone to keep achapter going; they are either working horrendous hours or are gone TDY. (Tom Rausch, ’62)

North Texas Chapter The

North

Te x a s

Association

of

Air

F o r c e A c a d e m y G r a d u a t e s ( N TA A FA G )

has had quite an eventful year and now boasts more than 210 members. In April we joined the West Point Society and Naval A c a d e m y A s s o c i a t i o n i n a Tr i - S e r v i c e Academy luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The featured speaker was Representative Dick Armey, the House majority leader, who

was introduced by Maj. Gen. (USAF, Ret)

G o l f To u r n a m e n t w i t h U S M A , U S N A a n d

Edmund A. Rafalko.

contributed

the Merchant Marine Academy alumni was very successful. We came in second behind atough West Point graduate team. Our golfers were Dave Brigman (coach), Jeff Wilson, ’80; Mike Goold, ’63; George Cato, ’70; Steve Pruss, ’76; Rick Cree, ’66; Tom Dettmer, ’77; Jim George, ’67; Dave Stonehouse, ’73; Bill Skaer, ’64; Bill Mino, ’71; Lance Ammon, ’70; Fred Zlckrick, ’72; and Dan Shine, ’74.

Earlier in the year Jerry Ahmann conducted araf e for afootball autographed by the four service academy Heisman Trophy winners Blanchard, Davis,

signi cantly are Dave Brigman, ’71; Jerry

Dawkins and Staubach. Air Force Outland

A h m a n n , ’ 6 3 ; To m S t i t e s , ’ 7 2 ; a n d D a v e

Trophy winner Chad Hennings, ’88, also autographed the ball. The winner, Hal Brost, ’60, was selected at the Spring Golf

Also in April, more than 110 graduates, spouses and friends attended our annual

Founders Day celebration. H. Ownby, ’69, and his committee (Lisa and Mike Batton, ’77, and Annette and George Kuzmiak, ’66) did asuperb job in attending to details.

Awards were presented to the departing chapter president, C. Glen Shaffer, Jr., ’63, and to Jeffrey M. Wilson, ’80, Sportsman of the Year. Jeff did an outstanding job in taking on the lead to make the 1995 Golf Classic atruly exceptional event. Other sportsmen

who

have

Stonehouse, ’73. Following the awards presentations, John Kuenzel, ’60, our new president, introduced his next year’s leadership team and highlighted coming events.

Dave Brigman reported that the Spring

ual Service Academy Golf Classic D a l l a s , Te x a s O c t o b e r 2 0 - 2 1 , 1 9 9 6

Join honorary Chairmen Doc Blanchard-USMA ‘47, Glen Davis-USMA

‘47, Pete Dawkins-USMA ‘59, Joe Bellino-USNA ‘61, Roger StaubachUSNA ‘65, and Chad Hennings-USAFA ‘88 for the Fourth Annual Service Academy Golf Classic. Bill Reemtsma-USAFA ‘63, founded this umque tournament that affords graduates and friends of the

Academies the opportunity to golf with cadets and midshipmen from USAFA USMA USNA and USMMA. KXAS prime time television sportscaster Scott Murray will emcee the Sunday night Awards Banquet

that will feature USAF Chief of Staff, General Ron Fogelman, ‘63, as our guest speaker. Treat yourself to 36 great holes of golf, a“Texas style” banquet that promises to be both entertaining and informative, and enjoy aweekend of socializing with cadets, midshipmen, of cers, coaches, graduates, and friends while supporting the Academies’ Golf Programs. This

Tournament and the proceeds of the raf e will

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Academy Golf Classic to be held Oct. 20-21 this year at The Trophy Club. Jerry is also accepting donations for tee sponsors which go for $500 for this worthy project. The photo of the winning AFA cadet team at the 1995 Golf Classic is on the next page.

F i n a l l y, o u r b a s e b a l l t e a m b a t t l e d 95-degree heat to beat Army and Navy at the

Dallas

Naval

Air

Station

in

Grand

Prairie earlier this year. Some of our dedicated players were Raymi and Lance Ammon, ’70; Tim Stites, ’72; Bob Chambers, ’70; Ole Olson, ’78; and Mike

Gibbons, ’63, our chairman of sports.

Good effort team!

Northern California

Chapter

tournament is funded solely through your participation fees and private donations with no cost to the

Academies Athletic Departments. Why should you support the tournament? This is the only

The Northern California AOG Chapter

opportunity for all of the Academies to compete against each other in an NCAA sanctioned

meets quarterly at various locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. The association’s last event was atrip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We will be water skiing this summer at Lake Berryessa. If you would like to be on the mailing list for the quarterly meetings, please contact Chuck Reed at Reed, Elliott, Creech &Roth, 99 Almaden Boulevard, Eighth Floor, San Jose, Calif.

95113. Telephone: (408) 993-9911. FAX: (408) 993-1335. E-mail Chuckreed® AOL.COM. (Chuck Reed, ’70)

tournament. Golf Coach Gene Miranda compares this tournament to the “Commander-In-Chiefs

Trophy” and says, “It’s the highlight of the team’s season!”. Join us for agreat weekend.

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The Trophy Club featuring 36 holes of golf designed by Ben Hogan and Arthur Hills. © D AT E ©

October 20-21,1996. Optional rounds October 18-19 can be arranged by request. $COST $

$275.00 for aPlayer Package, limited to 32 players per Academy, including golf and cart fees, range balls, food and refreshments, and the Awards Banquet. Corporate, Group and Individual Sponsorship Packages, available in an unlimited number, begin at $500.00 and include tournament partici¬

pation, prominent display of your company’s name, and the satisfaction of knowing that your tax deductible donation through sponsorship will support the athletic programs at the Academies.

Puget Sound Chapter

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Four man teams plus one cadet or coach play one round on Sunday. Monday, four man teams play one round of scramble as the cadets complete their NCAA sanctioned tournament. ♦BONUS RAFFLED

We will raf e aunique football autographed by all Service Academy Heisman Tronhv Winners.

Proceeds will be used to defray tournament costs. Raf e tickets are $10 each or three for $25. The drawing will be held October 20 and you need not be present to win. Send ticket requests to:

□Yes! Send aPlayer Package right away. □Yes! Send aSponsor Package right away.

Name

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Phone

Address Send this form to:

Or Call:

Ralph Hamm 4205 Beltway Dallas, Texas 75244

214-851-5663

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Well, we’ve all survived one of the Northwest’s wettest springs on record and we’re nally putting away our webbed feet for golf shoes and suntan lotion. We started the season’s events with an unheard of < <

free food and drink” activities planning party in late May at Richard Belden’s, ’69, house.

About 30 grads, spouses, and friends got together for an evening of good cheer and what was supposed to be aplanning meeting for this year’s activities. But as we are all aware, cadets as well as ex-cadets love to procrastinate. This resulted in very little planning but an evening of good food (Continued on next page.)

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Twenty-six Graduates Serve on Falcon Foundation Board tion, established in 1958 by Maj. Gen. Robert J. Smith (USAFR,

board of trustees. They include Bob Beckel, ’59; Mike Cams, ’59; Tom Eller, ’61; Larry Fortner, ’59; Bart Holaday, 65; Brad Hosmer, ’59; Randy Jayne, ’66; H.T. Johnson, ’59; Dick Klass, ’62; Mike Loh, ’60; Allan McArtor, ’64; Dick McConn, ’66 and

Ret) provides up to 100 preparatory school scholarships annually

Bob Oaks, ’59.

The Falcon Foundation held their spring meeting at the Air Force Academy on May 2-3 in conjunction with the Ira C. Eaker

Distinguished Lecture on National Defense Policy. The foundato prospective Air Force Academy cadets. In addition, they help fund academic conferences and cadet programs.

Twenty-six graduates serve on the foundation’s 150-member

Also, Terry O’Donnell, ’67; Tom Pilsch, ’65; Mike Quinlan, ’61; Steve Ritchie, ’65; Dave Roe, ’62; Jock Schwank, ’60; Jim Spinier, ’65; Charlie Stebbins, ’61; Jim Ulm, ’61; Sam Westbrook, ’63; Hugh Williamson, ’64; and Ron Yates, ’60.

Marc Anderson, ’61, was elected to the board of trustees at the

spring meeting. Pictured with Maj. Gen. Bill Lyon (USAFR, Ret), chairman of the the Falcon Foundation, are Tom Pilsch and Larry Fortner, the newest members of the board.

Doolittle Hall Available

For Many Special Occasions Doolittle Hall is now available at very reasonable rates for

special functions. To date the AOG has hosted avariety of events: department meetings, retirements, wedding receptions, workshops, cocktail parties, luncheons and formal and informal dinners. Doolittle Hall can accommodate as many as 300 at asit-down dinner and more than 500 for acocktail party.

Available facilities include conference rooms, the library

lounge with bar, and outdoor patio area, weather permitting.

From left are Tom Pilsch, ’65; Maj. Gen. Bill Lyon (USAFR, Ret), chairman of the Falcon Foundation; and Larry Fortner, ’59. Pilsch and Fortner are the newest members of the Falcon Foundation’s board of trustees.

AOG members receive preferential rates. For more speci c in¬

formation on your special-function needs, please call Mrs. Cheryl Brower at the AOG at (719) 472-0300.

(Chapters: From previous page.)

271-6606 or Joe Cavazzini, ’82, at (206)

One Arizona Center

and friendship. We’re going to try this one again later this summer and use our collected planning skills to dream up this year’s events. May the force be with us! If any of you local grads have any ideas, please join us.

The big news locally for the chapter is that Steve and Betsy Flewelling, ’87, had a baby boy in June. Mother and son are doing well and keeping dad busy. Poor Betsy, asecond “big” kid in the house. What

742-7630. (Joe Cavazzini)

Phoenix, AZ 85004

m o r e c o u l d s h e a s k f o r.

The chapter’s membership drive is still active. If you’re interested in joining us please contact Steve Flewelling, ’87, at (206)

Chapter President

Changes Updated Since our listing of chapter presidents in the spring issue, there have been anumber of changes which are listed below. Also, we regret our error in listing Roy Miller as president of the Arizona Chapter, which has been ably led by Jim Sienicki for quite

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Plano, TX 75086

some time. The changes/corrections are:

Mr. Chuck Reed, ’70 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

Mr. James J. Sienicki, ’74

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F i r s t P l a c e G o l f Te a m

The Air Force Academy cadet golfers who won the 1995 Service Academy Golf Classic in Dallas, Texas, pose with Chad Hennings, ’88, who is now adefensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys.

From left are Brian Crawford, Ryan Luecke, Dan Crump, Chad Hennings, Andy Caggiano and Geoff Mann. The tournament is hosted by the AOG’s North Texas Chapter.

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Superintendent Lt. Gen. PaulE. Stein, ’66, with Fletcher “Flash”, ’65, and Bennie Wiley, at the Boston Chamber of Commerce

breakfast on May 17. The superintendent was in Boston to address members of the New England AOG Chapter and Parents Club.

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Air Force knowledge, survival training and teamwork. “The purpose of BCT is to shape the basics physically, learn military bear¬

ing of June 27th to welcome the rst member of the Class of 2000

ing and get them acclimated to amilitary lifestyle,” said Cadet 2nd Class Chris Haws, 1st BCT Group training noncommissioned of cer. “We have to transform them from civilians to military members in avery short time.

to Doolittle Hall and the Academy. Elizabeth Anne Cherney was the rst of the new class to pick up her inprocessing packet at the

AOG building, leading the way for more than 1,240 cadet recruits

That transformation is easier for some than others. Some of the

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basics had prior military experience by being prior enlisted, military preparatory school graduates or returning as ex-cadets from the Class of 1999. The initial shock of arriving at the Academy scares many of the basics. However, according to members of the cadre, shocking the basics upon arrival is required.

New recruits in line for the free MCI-sponsored telephone calls.

First in the Class

Commandant Brig. Gen. John D. Hopper, ’69, welcomed the rst member of the Class of2000 to begin inprocessing, Elizabeth Anne Cherney of Baltimore, Md., early on the morning of June 27th at Doolittle Hall. The photo was taken at the base of one of the stairwells of the AOG building which led to the actual inprocessing site on the second oor atrium.

All the basic cadets, along with more than 2,500 family members and friends, streamed through Doolittle Hall throughout the day for phase one of inprocessing. This was the second year the AOG building was the focal point for the new doolies. The AOG staff was joined by members of the Rampart Chapter of the AOG, the Colorado Parents Club, and staffs from admissions, the athletic department, cadet pay, the chaplain’s ofce and other Academy agencies in welcoming the visitors.

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complish the mission of BCT. After BCT, the new cadets marched off to Jack’s Valley on July 17 with M-16s slung over their shoulders for two weeks of intensive physical and mental training. By that time some of them already discovered that military life wasn’t for them. Although Academy of cials urge basics to ride out their introduction to military life, they cannot prevent some basics from calling it quits before the 38 days of initial training are complete, according to of

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cadets, the Marriott Hotel donated thousands of cookies for the

event and the Academy’s Equestrian Center provided hay bales for the folks to sit on while eating lunch provided by the AOG. International cadets totalled 10 this year and the countries represented were Pakistan, Lithuania (two cadets), Albania, Peru, Tunisia, Ukraine, Jordan, Honduras and Korea.

After the basic cadets were signed in and completed other inprocessing at Doolittle hall, they were bused to the “Bring Me Men” battle ramp area where they began the rest of their inprocessing. There, the reality of where they were sunk in as they were greeted by upperclassmen. (

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Members of the Cadet Wing’s “welcoming committee’’ make sure each incoming cadet received an up-close and personal greeting when he or she arrived. (Photo by Senior Airman Brad Milliman courtesy The Falcon Flyer.)

Some leave for medical reasons, others because they can’t adjust to the new lifestyle. “I wish they had given us more of a chance,” acting Commandant Col. Hedy Pinkerton said of the 18 men and women who dropped out before Jack’s Valley training.

Fourteen threw in the towel after the rst day, including six in-

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Ten Air Force Academy graduates were nominated for the 1996 Jabara Award for Airmanship from various Air Force com¬

mands. The Jabara Award Selection Committee was meeting in late July to decide this year’s winner, who will be honored this

year during Homecoming 1996. The superintendent will present the award to the winner during the Jabara Award Parade on Saturday morning, Sept. 28th. Nominees for the 1996 Jabara Award are:

Lt. Col. Michael R. Mantz, 76, nominated by Air Force Space Command for creating innovative space concepts and theory which have revolutionized space combat. He serves as commander of the 4th Space Operations Squadron which operates the most complex unmanned spacecraft ever own—Milstar. He also authored awhite paper on the theory of space combat power and was invited to be aguest speaker for the national Security Industries Association forum.

L. Col. Robert P. Donnelly, Jr., ’77, nominated by Air Combat Command for superior airmanship skills in leading a ight of two HH-60G helicopters on asearch-and-rescue mission in northwest Iceland after the worst avalanche in the area since 1934.

Flying through weather which at times was totally obscured and encountering gale-force winds, the crews assisted Icelandic rescue teams in the recovery of four live persons who were buried in the avalanche and the rescue of 40 others.

Maj. Louis J. Leli, ’78, nominated by the Air Force Reserve for his superior airmanship and leadership as aKC-10 instructor pilot. As acting squadron commander through the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, he planned his unit’s move from March to Travis AFB, making it the only KC-10 squadron in the Air Force to maintain its full combat-ready status through the BRAC. He formulated plans for the entire move and was in uential in the stand-up of the new 70th Air Refueling Squadron.

Maj. Ronald P. Sincavage, ’81, nominated by Air Force Materiel Command for his signi cant contributions in the area of aircraft modernization and sustainment. As chief, A-10 Avionics Upgrade Program, A-lO/F-111 System Program Of ce, Aircraft Management Directorate, Sacramento Air Logistics Center, his efforts directly ensured the continued viability of the A-10 weapon system into the next century.

Maj. Sean V. Heatherman, ’83, nominated by the 11th Wing, Air Force Element, Defense Contract Management Area Operation, Brussels, Belgium, for sustained superior performance as chief. Flight Operations, and government ight representative for the F/A-18 production effort at Halli Air Base, Finland. He was responsible for ensuring the safe operation and servicing of 57 F/A-18C aircraft being produced under aprogram valued at over

Supression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) mission. He recognized the impact of the new HTS equipment on combat capabilities and fought successfully to integrate the latest Wild Weasels into the combat and contingency plans of the Paci c theater.

Capt. David C. Gould, ’87, nominated by Paci c Air Forces in the individual heroic act category for his superior airmanship and professionalism in executing an emergency medical evacuation of aU.S. Marine suffering aheart attack on the island of le Shima, Japan. He assembled his crew, picked up a ight surgeon and launched the mission in less than 25 minutes and the patient reached medical personnel in less than 50 minutes from initial crew noti cation.

Capt. Peter D. Stavros, ’87, nominated by Air Education and Training Command for his sustained outstanding contributions to airmanship as an F-15C instructor pilot, both operationally and as an instructor pilot and ight commander at the F-15C formal training unit at Tyndall AFB, Fla. His contributions increased the combat readiness and overall airmanship skills of the Combat Air Forces.

Capt. Joseph R. Posner, ’89, nominated by Air Mobility Command for his outstanding support in Operations DENY FLIGHT, D E L I B E R AT E F O R C E , a n d U P H O L D D E M O C R A C Y a n d f o r

his exceptional leadership and judgement on aspecial mission supporting Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. He was awarded seven Aerial Achievement Medals, amassed 2,500 total ying hours, and had 40 operational combat sorties in these operations during scal year 1995 alone.

Jabara Award winners are selected by the Academy and the Association of Graduates on behalf of the Jabara family. The award honors a“USAF Academy graduate whose contributions are of such signi cance as to set him or her apart from their contemporaries.” Nominees’ actions must be directly associated with an aerospace vehicle or component.

The award is named for Col. James Jabara, America’s rst jet ace and second leading ace in the Korean War. The nominees are screened by aJabara Award Selection Committee composed of graduate members of the Association of Graduates. Their nal recommendation is forwarded to the superintendent for his approval.

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Capt. Steven A. Kelly, ’85, nominated by Air Force Special Operations Command for playing akey part in the search-andrescue efforts surrounding Secretary of Commerce Brown’s plane crash in Croatia by organizing and ying the initial search-andrescue operations. He was also akey player in the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia. His outstanding airmanship and leadership were crucial to keeping these operations on track.

Capt. Mark E. Cline, ’87, nominated by Paci c Air Forces in the sustained superior performance category for orchestrating the simultaneous transition of the 13th Fighter Squadron to the new HARM Targeting System{(HTS) equipped F-16CJ and the (Class of 2(M)0: From previous page.) tercollegiate athletes, Pinkerton said. Three of the athletes were males; three were females. There were two volleyball players, two soccer players, afootball player and agolf athlete.

On average, about 1(X) basics drop out during the summer training period each year. Last year, 79 left by the time basic training ended. In 1994 that number was 84. But for those re¬

maining they were all looking forward to the end of BCT and acceptance into the Cadet Wing.

1995 Jabara Award Winner

Capt. Harold E. Waters, Jr., Class of 1985, winner of the 1995 Jabara Award for Airmanship, earned the award for recovering a crippled RC-135 over the North Atlantic on March 10, 1994. With 32 crew members and a$400 million aircraft in his control, he ew the aircraft, which had lost all power to the instrumentation and navigational aids, with iimited fuel, through deteriorating weather and limited visual clues to the closest air base in Canada.

From left in the photo are Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein, ’66, Captain Waters standing just in front of the permanent Jabara Trophy, and AOG Chairman of the Board Jim Ulm, ’61.

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By Laurie A. Wohi el Falcon Flyer Staff Thirty-three years ago, then Cadet 1st Class Ronald R. Fogleman sat in one of the 499 graduation seats, listening to President John F. Kennedy’s commencement speech. On May 29th of this year, Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Air Force Chief of Staff, gave the 1996 commencement speech to 916 graduates under clear, blue skies. (Editor’s note: The full text of General Fogleman’s speech follows this story.)

Fogleman, amember of the 1%3 class, is the rst graduate to return to the Academy as the commencement speaker. The speech featured similar, but updated, comments of Kennedy’s.

Kennedy spoke of the advance of technology, need for military leaders with abroad perspective on how to employ military force to achieve political objectives, the tremendous contribution that America’s armed forces make to promoting freedom around the globe, and the prospects for achallenging career as Air Force ofcers.

As Ireviewed his remarks, Inoticed that many of the themes he sounded 33 years ago are relevant today for the Class of 1996, Fogleman said. When Fogleman graduated, he and his classmates 9

Today we once again nd ourselves in asimilar time of historic change and transition. While our leaders are still de ning America’s role in adramatically different post-Cold War world, it is clear that we stand alone as the world’s superpower, Fogleman said. “With that recognition comes an awesome responsibility. The United States of America is agreat nation. It is abeacon of freedom and opportunity for all the world. But Iand other graduates who have gone before you have learned that » »

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Fogleman suggested that the cadets abide by the values of duty, honor and integrity and continue to prepare themselves for the challenges and opportunities they will face along the way. The cadets should not set their sights on lofty rank.

Seizing the opportunities and challenges will allow you to grow to become the leaders the Nation and our Air Force need and deserve,” Fogleman said.

Reminding the cadets that their life will be changed forever when they receive their diplomas and depart the graduation area, he also said they will become apart of aunique and time honored profession.

Your purpose in life will be to ght and win our nation’s wars when called upon to do so. You must never lose sight of that. It is our reason for being,” Fogleman said. “By taking the oath of ofce...you are expected to lay down your lives for your country, for your fellow Americans, for your families. No other profession demands such acommitment from its practitioners, but our’s (

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W e l c o m e t o t h e ^ To r c e General Ronald R. Fogleman, ’63 Chief of Staff, USAF (Presented at the Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony on May 29. 1996.)

Thank you General Stein for that kind introduction. Madame Secretary, faculty and staff, proud parents, family members and friends, particularly the representatives of the nations of our 10 international cadets, and members of the Air Force Academy Cadet Wing.

We gather today to celebrate asigni cant milestone in not only the lives of these graduating cadets, but our Air Force and the nation. Before launching into the heart of my message, Iam obligated to perform acouple of traditional duties.

Since Iwas once an underclassman who bene ted from the wisdom and

generosity of earlier graduation speakers, it is only tting that 1provide similar dispensation to members of today’s Cadet Wing in need of relief.

Therefore as part of along-standing tradition, Ihereby grant amnesty to all cadets who are marching tours or serving con nements for minor misconduct.

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And as part of what is becoming another long-running tradition. I’d like to extend my congratulations to the Academy and our outstanding football team for returning the Commander in Chief’s Trophy to Colorado Springs for the seventh year in arow.

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Although this was the rst time Fogleman spoke at graduation, it is not his rst visit. He comes back frequently. His visits bring on several thoughts. “When Ivisit the Academy and stand around, looking at cadets, Ithink ‘they don’t march and they wear plastic shoes’ but you know how it is,” Fogleman said.

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My class—the Class of 1963—in some respects was not very representative of the society we served.” Of cial records listed only three African Americans and two Asian Americans in the Class of 1963. There were no Native Americans or Hispanics indicated as graduating in 1963. “However, Iknow that to be inaccurate because Inumbered at least one of each among my friends,” Fogleman said.

The nature of the cadets has changed as much as the

demographics. “The SAT scores are alot higher, the cadets are a lot brighter,” Fogleman said. “I would have adif cult time making the cut today. But the motivation is generally the same. There are some differences but in the heart it is the same.

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As long as the standards are maintained, Fogleman believes diversity is the right thing to do. “I am proud of the Air Force Academy, Gen. Stein, the faculty, staff and the whole Air Force,” Fogleman said.

Not included in the graduating class was Brian Bauman, the 22-year-old cadet battling leukemia. He spent up to 18 hours a day sleeping because of the illness, missing most of his nal semester classes. Bauman received abone marrow transplant in

July and hopes to be among the graduates next May. The crowd, estimated at 22,500 included many parents, siblings and friends. One proud person was Army Lt. Col. Nicholas J. B u r k e , s e n i o r A r m y i n s t r u c t o r. J u n i o r R O T C , A t l a n t a .

Nicholas trained three of the graduating cadets, Daillo Creal, G a l v i n M a r k s a n d To n i R e e d . A l l t h r e e c a m e f r o m t h e s a m e a l l ¬

minority inner<ity Atlanta school, Benjamin Mays High School.

It is very unusual to have three cadets not only accepted into the Academy from the same high school, but to graduate,” Capt.

Ron Watrous, former Academy Liaison of cer, said. “It is like having lightning strike in the same place three times.” (The Falcon Flyer) (

The Class of 1996 marches on for this year’s graduation ceremony. (Photo by Roy Frazier courtesy The Falcon Flyer.)

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Thirty-three years ago, Iand my classmates sat where the graduates sit today. Miss Jane, along with my mother, father, and friends sat in those stands where parents, family, and friends of today’s graduates sit.

My class—the Class of 1963—in some respects was not very representative of the society we served. There were 499 graduates, of which 489 were commissioned in the Air Force. Among that number were three African Americans—who were the rst to graduate from the Academy—and two Asian Americans. According to the of cial record there were no Hispanics or Native American graduates. However, Iknow that to be inaccurate because Inumbered at least one of each among my friends...There were no women.

Since my classmates and Isat on this stadium oor, we have made great strides—as an Academy and as aNation—in making sure that our graduates re ect and mirror the society we serve.

ourselves in asimilar time of historic change and transition. While our

leaders are still de ning America’s role in adramatically different postCold War world, it is clear that we stand alone as the world’s superpower...With that recognition comes an awesome responsibility.

The United States of America is agreat nation. It is abeacon of freedom and opportunity for all the world. But Iand the other graduates who have gone before you have learned that freedom is not free.

On amonument on the terrazzo at the north end of the air gardens are

the names of 157 graduates who have died in combat. The price of freedom is sacri ce and eternal vigilance. And by virtue of the profession you have chosen, the burden of sacri ce and vigilance will fall on your shoulders.

While this was somewhat of an abstract concept during your days as cadets, with this graduation and your commissioning comes anew awareness which is captured in the following thoughts: ●Every right bestowed upon you by your free country begets acorresponding duty. ● We a r e p r o m i s e d p u r s u i t o f h a p p i n e s s . We a r e n o t p r o mised happiness. ●We are promised equality of opportunity. We are not promised riches.

●We are promised freedom to speak and write. We are not promised wisdom.

●We are promised liberty. We are not promised peace. (William I. Nichols)

Your attendance at the Academy has prepared you to enter the military profession by providing you core values. You’ve read them, seen them, and heard them. They include striving for excellence in all that you do; putting service above self; and understanding that integrity, at the personal and institutitional level, is the glue that binds the Force together.

Duty, honor, integrity...they de ne what we are and what we will be.

As you begin your careers, you should not set your sights on lofty rank, but rather abide by these values and continue to prepare yourself for the challenges and opportunities you will face along the way. Seizing the opportunities and answering the challenges will allow you to grow to become the leaders that the nation and our Air Force need and deserve.

Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, ’63, Air Force Chief of Staff, congratulates one of the 916 new graduates. (Photo by Larry Hulst courtesy The Falcon Flyer.)

During the intervening 33 years, the numbers of my class have dwindled. Forty-nine are deceased. Of that number, 36 died on active duty—10 were killed in action, eight were missing in action and declared dead, 15 died in aircraft-related accidents, and three died from other causes. My classmates have been awarded two Air Force Crosses and 33 Silver Stars. Today, 10 remain on active duty, in addition to six in the Air National Guard and 10 in the Air Force Reserve...We are beginning to understand how the last dinosaurs must have felt.

President John F. Kennedy was our graduation speaker. In his address, he spoke of the opportunity for Academy graduates to help make history at aturning point in the life of our country. As Ireviewed his remarks, I noticed that many of the themes he sounded 33 years ago are relevant today for the Class of 1996.

He spoke of the advance of technology which would demand an expanding role for the “Nation’s Air Force” and its of cers. He also spoke of the need for military leaders who possess abroad perspective on how to employ military forces to achieve political objectives; of the tremendous contribution that America’s armed forces make to promoting freedom around the globe; and of our prospects for achallenging career as Air

Our nation depends on the Air Force to develop, eld, and man forces that provide superior air and space capabilities. The global reach and global power of the Air Force provide conventional deterrence; worldwide presence and situation awareness; long range, lethal, sustainable striking forces; and global mobility—all in support of our national security strategy. You will be engaged on every level—science and technology exploration; research and development; test and evaluation; production and elding; recruiting and training; and operating and maintaining the forces.

You will become part of all that—no matter what your speciality—no matter what badge you wear. You will be akey member of the Force that provides the nation war-winning air and space capabilities.

Clearly, the 21st century will be the century of air and space power.

Much as the Roman Age was de ned by the Legions which conquered the then known world; and the European Age of Discovery and Exploration was dominated by great naval eets that secured trade and commerce well into the modern era; the 21st century will be known as the age of air and space power. Air power in the hands of democratic nations will be used to (Continued on next page.)

Force of cers.

President Kennedy spoke, and while the Class of 1963 listened and heard, we did not understand. We could not imagine what lay before us.

We were young and we were about to become warriors of the Cold Wa r — m e m b e r s o f t h e F o r c e !

In the coming years, we would be given the opportunity to ght in the skies, jungles, and prisoner of war camps of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia; to rescue Americans in Grenada; to strike terrorists in Libya; to remove adictator in Panama; to free Kuwait; to stop aggression in Iraq and Bosnia; to circle the globe in space; to provide humanitarian airlift to virtually every nation on the face of the earth; to sit air defense and nuclear alert to deter would-be aggressors and preserve the peace; and eventually, to sit in the highest circles of power in our government and the boardrooms of industry.

An eloquent and accomplished speaker like President John F. Kennedy could not begin to reveal to us what really lay ahead...and so, neither can Ido this for you. But, Iwill tell you today, that we once again nd

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Four hundred ninety-nine silver cups from the Class of 1963 now have ahome in Doolittle Hall. They are displayed in a cabinet in the of ce of the AOG president. This of ce was sponsored by the Class of 1963. During Graduation Week 1996, General Ron Fogleman (Class of 1963 and rst Academy graduate Air Force Chief of Staff) dedicated the display to the memory of “those graduates, from our class and others, who gave their all in service to our country.”

Our collective memory is rather dull as to the origin of the cups.

We were aware of the Doolittle Cups and their signi cance; and like other young and eager upstarts, we wanted to have alasting symbol of our hopes for the future. The class motto and inscription on our class rings is “ad novas WMrtdos”—“toward new worlds.” The class cups were alast-minute acquisition before graduation. We used the cups during June Week and promptly packed them in cardboard boxes.

For 30 years, the cups remained in storage. They were used occasionally for toasts at class reunions; but, in spite of failed attempts, there was no way to display the cups. After the 30th reunion, Class President Jim Diffendorfer talked with the AOG and classmates about securing apermanent home for the cups. With the help of the AOG (in particular Chairman of the AOG Board, Jim Ulm) and unanimous class approval it was decided to place the cups on display in Doolittle hall. Classmate Jim Gaston replaced missing cups and had abeautiful display cabinet built.

Each cup is three inches tall and is engraved with the initials of agraduate. The graduate’s name also appears engraved in the shelf beneath the cup. Deceased graduates’ cups are inverted.

Woodworking artist Douglas Logue of Colorado Springs designed and built the cabinet. It is made of cherry, stained and polished to match the furnishing of Doolittle Hall. Halogen lamps at the top and bottom, along with transparent doors and shelves ease identi cation of each graduate’s cup. The doors are engraved with the crests of the Academy and the class. Asilver plaque (Graduation Speech; From previous page.) help provide humanitarian assistance, deter aggression, and secure peace.

As we move into the 21st century, the men.and women of the Class of 1996 will share in the responsibility for keeping our nation the preeminent power in the world. To do so, you must develop abroad perspective on the totality of air power that includes an appreciation for its unique characteristics of range, speed, exibility, perspective, and lethality; an appreciation for what all members of the Air Force team contribute to its war ghting capability; and an understanding of how best to employ air power in conjunction with ground and naval forces in joint operations.

In the not-too-distant future, when you report to your initial duty station, you will be young, bright, and full of enthusiasm. But, you will no longer be astudent, no longer acadet. In afew moments, your life will

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As you were commissioned you took an oath; an oath that focuses on the Constitution and the nation. They are what we serve—not an individual, not an administration—but the United States of America, its citizens, and its democratic institutions...all symbolized by the Constitution.

Across this great nation in the weeks prior to and following this date, tens of thousands of young men and women are attending commencement ceremonies and receiving degrees. But, the 916 graduates assembled here on the Ramparts, joined by our ROTC graduates and your contemporaries on the eld at West Point and the shores of Annapolis are different in one very important way.

By taking the oath of of ce, you have also agreed to live your lives under an “Unlimited Liability Clause.” That is, if called upon to do so, you are expected to lay down your lives for your country, for your fellow Americans, for your families. No other profession demands such acommitment from its practitioners, but ours does. It’s is something we all live with as an accepted part of our day-to-day activities...whether in peacetime, crisis, or war.

And because we ask people to make the commitment to go in harm’s way—to be prepared to make the ultimate sacri ce—we must have extraordinary leaders throughout our military services. You should aspire to That’s why we sent you here to this Academy. You did not come here to

Ukraine, Jordan, Honduras and Korea. Since 1966, 184 interna¬

tional cadets, from 46 countries, have attended the Academy.

Many have gone on after graduation to assume key military and government responsibilities in their nations.

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The Class of 1963 silver cup display was dedicated during Graduation Week 1996. Taking part in the ceremonies are, from left. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, ’63; cup display project manager Jim Gaston, ’63; Superintendent Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein, ’66; and Chairman of the AOG Board of Directors Brig. Gen. (Ret) Jim Ulm, ’61. The display is in the AOG president’s of ce, aroom which was sponsored by the Class of 1963. resting on ashelf at eye level identi es the Class of 1963 and carries an inscription from the Air Force Song, “We drink to those who gave their all.

Irecognize Jim Gaston for managing the project. Iknow I speak for the entire class in extending ahuge “Thank You.

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cessful Air Force career. The true measure of success is to have led people effectively at whatever level you serve.

Today, you will join along line of Airmen who have placed service before self, made personal sacri ces, and risked their lives in nurturing air power and employing it in defense of our great country. These gallant airmen, both of cers and enlisted, demonstrated that air power could make adecisive difference as part of the joint team.

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I’m writing because the 25th anniversary of your graduation will be celebrated at Homecoming soon. Iwanted to congratulate you for making it through the Zoo,” and much more so for your subsequent service to an often-grateful-but-notgrateful-enough nation. You did good, and have earned your place with prior and subsequent grads (certainly even the distaff a

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retired” as an “E-4 over 4” in 1972, and

am proud of that enlisted service). The AECP accepted me as ameans of rejoining you at pilot school, but they wanted me to study physics, when Iwanted to be aphysician (slight, subtle difference!). After that I nished up at the University of California at Davis, hoping to rejoin you on active duty as a ight surgeon...but things change and other choices are made.

Iput in over 20 years of Federal Civil Serv i c e a f t e r t h a t , a n d d i d o k a y. . . m a d e GS/GM-13 in under

ve years, worked

with some good people, got some good things done, met my current wife, Jackie, you know the drill. Maybe part of my service was to repay Uncle Sam in some unarticulated way. Over the years Ihave been a happy associate member of your AOG and

friend of the Academy, and have contributed afew farthings along the way.

It may be that we view the Academy differently. You have seen it as apart of the path, or stepping stone, to other things.

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graduate). For me it is also something deep inside unful lled, cherished all the more because it was denied.

Many times for many years after Ileft the Academy so suddenly, Iwould wake up from adream in which Ihad either rejoined you toward graduation, or had been pleading with some of cer to allow me to rejoin. Mercifully, the dream is very rare now. Many times Ihave wondered “what if”, but have never allowed myself to be paralyzed by it. Iwouldn’t trade my daughter for any ring or piece of paper, or for the world...but Ido wish I’d timed her

differently! There’s amessage to current cadets: always take control of your life, or circumstances may take control of you! It seem the back seat of acar can be as

dangerous as the front seat (think about it)!

I’ve come back to USAFA over the years

for football games and to participate in various Civil Air Patrol programs there.

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing acouple of you, and of good correspondence, from time to time. I’ve noted with sadness that

some of you have been buried over these years, and am getting old enough to know that soon enough we will all be together again in that time. /rejoined you in the love of ight seven

(Graduation Speech: From previous page.)

We dare not break faith with our Airmen, soldiers, sailors, and Marines, and most of all the American people and ideals we defend. I paraphrase when Isay: ●It is the warrior, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.

years ago, when Ibought aplane and took to the air. Ineed not describe to you the pleasure it gives. Flew it to Oshkosh in ’94 with John STUBBLEFIELD. (Editor—be sure to capitalize his name, as he

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to it for months, exercised so I’d be in reasonable condition, and even swore off ice cream for abit. It was amarvelous ex¬

perience, too, to see many of you. But the pleasure of it was bitter-sweetly punctuated with the pain of knowing Ididn’t quite t in, because Ididn’t quite graduate with you. Idon’t think I’ll be coming back in October for the 25th. It was good enough, and hurt enough, to just do once.

It’s maybe ironic that now, as most of you have departed the Air Force, Ihave rejoined it! No, I’m not ablue suiter, but I run base/ ight operations and civil engineering with the help of about 50 good people as acivilian contractor at the Tonopah Test Range (yes, Virginia, the home of the Stealth Fighter). It’s the best job I’ve had yet. This is an interesting place, and good things are being done here in the high desert.

So, “A Toast to the Host” for you, dear brothers, friends of my youth, graduates!

You might not consider me as your brother, but Ivalue you as mine. All my best wishes to you as you rejoinl C a r l Va n d e r Ve e n

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life, you will come to truly appreciate what it is that your parents, families, and classmates have given to you, and what this institution has done to prepare you to preserve the future of our Air Force and the nation.

That future is in your hands. Grow into the task. Guard and protect it well. Again, congratulations. Godspeed, and welcome to the Force!

●It is the warrior, not the poet, who has given us and preserved freedom of speech. ●It is the warrior, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to afair trial.

●It is the warrior who salutes the ag, who serves under the ag, and whose cof n is draped by the ag who gives this nation courage, faith, and hope for today and the future. (Charles M. Province) With the love, support, and admiration of your families and friends, I

am certain that you will acquit yourself well in this undertaking.

To all the families and friends who steadfastly supported their cadets thrrough good times and bad, please accept my personal thanks for helping them reach this signi cant milestone in their lives and in their careers.

To the graduates of the Air Force Academy Class of 1996—the young men and women who are about to become warriors of the post-Cold War world—I have awish and arequest.

As to my wish—I wish and hope that you nd the same thrill, joy, and satisfaction in serving that Ihave experienced over the past 33 years. Miss Jane joins me in extending to you and your loved ones our heartiest congratulations and our best wishes for success and prosperity.

And as to my request—later in this ceremony as you throw your hats in the sky, and the Thunderbirds y over, Iask that you take one last opportunity to embrace one another as classmates, to savor the moment of your success, and to celebrate the richness of your futures. And remember that

while the defense of the nation is aserious undertaking, you need not be serious all the time. Take the time to enjoy life and all the blessings that come from being an American.

After you depart these Ramparts and you begin your journey through

Like Father, Like Son

2nd Lt. Chad Robbins, ’96, reads his father’s, Lt. Col. Mark Robbins’, retirement certi cate at an early ceremony May 29. Lt. Col. Robbins swore his son into active duty as his last of cial act.

Performing the retirement ceremony for his father wav Lieutenant Robbins’ rst of cial duty as acommissioned Air Force ofcer. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Ken Carter courtesy The Falcon Flyer.)

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Lieutenant Colonel Edd Figueroa (USAF, Ret), Class of 1966, died of cancer on April 8,1996, at his home in Pomona, Calif. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Edd served his country with unassailable integrity, with apassionate commitment to the Air Force, and with adevotion to excellence in ying. For 30 years, he wore the uniform as acadet, an of cer, and apilot. As ayouth in Norwalk, Calif., Edd was captivated by the excitement of aviation and strongly motivated by love of country. Edd understood completely why the Air Force mission was important. He was awarrior and apatriot, in the most honorable sense of those words, and adevout Christian.

Motivated by agoal to learn and teach the best tactics and practices of ghter employment, Edd was acombat pilot, ight leader, instructor pilot, and ight examiner in the F-4 Phantom in the U.S., Thailand, and Germany. Following atour in Taiwan in support of the Nationalist Chinese Air Force and staff duty at Tactical Air Command, Edd ew the F-15 Eagle (which he loved at least as much as his 1966 Mustang and Jaguar XKE) and became chief of maintenance training. Subsequent assignments took him to aNATO assignment in Turkey and air defense responsibilities in Florida and California.

Edd loved airplanes. At air museums and restoration shops, he could identify nearly every aircraft in sight, including obscure WW-II types, friend and foe. Alifetime student of aviation history and an expert modeler, Edd approached his creations with the same care and respect he brought to his professional duties.

The great aviation pioneer and writer, Antoine de Saint Exupery, wrote that “what constitutes the dignity of acraft is that it creates afellowship, that it binds men together and fashions for them acommon language.” Edd spoke and lived that common language of the air. The professionalism and tactics and high standards of airmanship that he taught bene ted all who ew

Richard B. Estes, Class of 1974, died on Good Friday, April 5, 1996, when the car he was driving went out of control on an icecovered road west of Dallas, Texas. His oldest daughter, Kathryn Grace Estes (Katie), at right in the photograph, also died in the accident. Rich’s youngest daughter, Laura, sustained minor injuries in the mishap that occurred as they returned from afamily outing. He is also survived by his wife, Patricia, and his sister

with him, and their units, and the nation.

After retiring in 1992, Edd worked diligently on the B-2 training program as aNorthrop employee, continuing to contribute to national security as acivilian. As he battled Hodgkins Disease, he continued to work whenever able, taking pride in bouncing back from abone marrow transplant in near-record time and applying himself with typical good cheer and diligence to his church.

Edd is survived by his wife, Vivian; his son Edmund, USAFA Class of 1992, now training in F-16s; his daughter Wendy of Denver, Colo.; stepsons Trace and Trent of Florida; and his mother, Kathy, and sister June, both living in Southern California. (Gregg Swanson, ’66)

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From the day he enterd the Academy, nothing deterred Rich from striving for excellence in all he did. In so doing, he motivated all around him to achieve the same high standards. As the Cadet Wing commander. Rich profoundly in uenced those underclassmen and contemporaries placed in his charge as well as the junior and senior of cers for whom he worked. Not only was he aserious leader of the

rst order, but he also loved life and en¬

joyed people immensely.

In pilot training he excelled in all phases of training and was named Outstanding Graduate. His record of superior performance, leadership, and unparalleled professionalism characterized him in successive Air Force assignments and continued throughout his civilian professional pursuits. After leaving active duty, he returned to his home town of Dallas and worked in the nancial management and aviation elds. Although medically unable to continue to y, he loved aviation, and was working for American Airlines immediately prior to his death.

Of greatest importance to Rich, however, was his abiding faith in Jesus Christ and his devotion to family. He challenged those around him to examine their own lives in the light of God’s Good News and was, therefore, afaithful steward of the outstanding talents with which he had been blessed. The love Rich had for

Katie and Laura was inspiring in its depth, quality, and consistency. The girls loved shing and viewing the stars with their dad.

There surely must be great shing in heaven, and Rich and Katie are already beside “...the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, owing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city.’’ (Revelation 22:1, The Bible) Rich will be missed by us here, but we look forward to that glorious day of reunion. (Chris Campbell, ’74) Garth B. Anderson, ’79

Major Garth Bennett Anderson, USAR, Class of 1979, died suddenly and unexpectedly from aheart attack on April 13, 1996.

Garth, age 39, was on active drill status with the Georgia Army National Guard at the time of his death.

ing people feel so comfortable that virtually everyone he met felt as though they were among his closest friends.

For those of us who knew Steve well, his memory will both sting and soothe. It will sting as we remember that he is no longer with us. But it will also soothe as we recollect something about our time with him; something that will invariably bring smiles to our faces. We are all the better for having known him.

Steve is survived by hs wife, Robin (Cannon), of 17 years, and four children: Caroline (13), John (11), Steve, Jr. (4), and Lucy (2). Keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Delane E. Clark, ’79)

Steven L. Candeto, ‘79

Born to Glenn and Myrna Anderson on March 20, 1957 in Denver, Colo., Garth resided with his family in Los Angeles, Calif.; Montgomery, Ala.; and North Little Rock, Ark. as he was growing up. As an Eagle Scout and member of the Civil Air Patrol, Garth grew up with alove for aviation and the outdoors, once crossing the Mojave Desert on bicycle. He was apilot at the age of 16 before he knew how to drive acar.

Garth, an honor graduate from the Academy in aeronautical engineering, was also the Class of ’79’s Outstanding Cadet in Powered Flight. Continuing to excel in aviation skills as atop graduate from pilot training, he was one of the few to be selected to y the F-15 Eagle right out of UPT at the time. Garth ew Eagles operationally with the 71st TFS in the 1st TFW at Langley AFB, Va., from 1981 to 1983, as one of the few mission-ready second lieutenants in the jet.

Following Langley, he was assigned to Vance AFB, Okla. as a T-38 IP at the same base where his father served during WW-II.

At press time we had learned of the deaths of the following graduates and cadet: Bert C. Croft, Class of 1960, who died on June 28,1996 in Overland Park, Kan. of aheart attack.

Louie E. Daniel, Class of 1961, who died April 30,1996 in a d i a b e t i c - r e l a t e d c o m a i n A m a r i l l o , Te x a s .

Reid A. Schaffner, Class of 1961, who, we have been informed, died in 1968.

Jeffrey R. Warburton, Class of 1971, who died on Sept.

16, 1994.

Stephen P. Clark, Class of 1989, who died on May 4,1996, in Great Falls, Mont, from injuries suffered when struck by a car while jogging.

Second Lieutenant Christopher T. Quinn, Class of 1996, who died on June 20, 1996, in Calhan, Colo, of injuries received as aresult of an automobile accident.

Cadet Second Class James K. Pitetti, Class of 1998, who died on June 12, 1996 near Wichita, Kan. from injuries received in an automobile accident.

Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of these graduates and cadet.

Following Vance, Garth left active duty in 1986 to work for Delta Airlines. Living in Marietta, Ga., just outside of Atlanta, Garth was a757-767 copilot.

He continued service to his country in the Georgia Army National Guard at Dobbins AFB, Ga., where he ew U-21 aircraft and was the battalion operations of cer of amedical evacuation battalion. Asenior pilot. Garth continued to enjoy aviation and

particularly the mission of the medical unit, which meshed perfectly with his caring nature for others. Recognized as an excellent leader and caring commander, he will be sorely missed in his service.

His leadership skills were only surpassed by his role as aloving husband and father. He is survived by his wife, Janet; four-yearold daughter April, sisters Glenna and Carla of Little Rock, and his parents, who also reside in Little Rock. (Rick Bennett, ’79) Steven L. Candeto, ’79

Steven Lewis Candeto, Class of 1979, was killed in an automobile accident on Sunday, May 19, 1996, while traveling near Sumter, S.C. As acadet, Steve was amember of 10th Squadron, abehavioral science major, and the First Group commander the fall of his senior year.

Upon graduation, he entered pilot training at Columbus AFB, Miss., nishing the summer of 1980. He remained at Columbus for three additional years as aT-37 instructor pilot. Subsequently, he ew the C-141 out of Norton AFB, Calif, until he resigned his commission in 1987 returning to his hometown near Orlando, Fla. There he settled and became asuccessful stock broker with Merr i l l Ly n c h .

For those who knew Steve, they may remember him as the life of the party. At almost any gathering, he quickly became the center of attraction. His imitation of “Barney Fife” will likely come to mind. And they will no doubt also remember him as a friend. At the memorial service, perhaps one of the most tting comments made was that Steve was blessed with the gift of mak-

OBITUARY

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We have had anumber of inquiries on our policy concerning obituaries for deceased graduates and cadets. Some graduates have noted that while we have listed agraduate’s death in the At Press Time” section of “Gone But Not Forgotten,” the graduate’s obituary never appeared in the magazine.

Our policy is to write to the next-of-kin areasonable amount of time (usually two weeks or so) after the death, and request from that individual (wife, parent, etc.) an obituary written by aclassmate, friend or family member. We also ask for copies of obituaries which might have appeared in local newspapers.

If we do not have acurrent photograph, we ask the next-of-kin to lend one to us (the photo is returned when the magazine is published).

If we do not receive aresponse to our rst letter from the next-of-kin in amonth, we write afollow-up letter asking for the obituary again and informing the individual that this will be our last request for the article. If we do not receive a n

response to our second letter, an obituary is not published.

When obituaries are published, we give the next-of-kin a one-year complimentary associate membership in the association beginning with the magazine in which the obituary ap¬

pears. When the one-year membership expires, we invite the next-of-kin to join as aregular associate member if she/he desires.

Another question often asked when adeceased graduate is a life member of the association is whether the life membership

transfers to the graduate’s spouse. Life membership dues have been computed on the life expectancy of the graduate and are therefore not transferable to the graduate’s spouse, unless of course the life membership was joint, in which case it does transfer to the spouse.

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Women’s Athletics—The Journey totonvision I

By Laura Fawcett

Sports Information Listen closely and the whispers can be heard echoing through Clune Arena and the elds surrounding the Cadet Gym. Questions and speculation surround the Falcon women’s athletic teams and their imminent journey into the big time—NCAA Division I. Will they be able to compete? Will they ever achieve the same impressive success they did in Division II? Haven’t the women’s programs heard all this before?

Twenty years ago, when women rst began competing at the Academy, nobody could have predicted that it would only be two years before the cross country team captured anational title...or that the swimming team would need only three years to nish the season ranked in the top 10 nationally. What about the soccer team, which broke into the collegiate ranks in 1992? That group of women leaves Division II ranked 11th in the country after just four years in existence.

Did anyone give those teams achance?

However, on the eve of the 20th anniversary celebration of women at the Academy, the Falcons are indeed facing an uphill battle to succeed at the Division Ilevel. Air Force will be facing bigger, stronger teams with skill levels initially higher than those of current Falcon athletes. Despite all the obstacles, most Academy coaches would agree that it will certainly take time to build programs that will be highly successful in the Western Athletic Conference. (

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Ithink we’re going to surprise some people,” said women’s basketball head coach Marti Gasser. “My staff and Ihave been doing everything in our power to create the same kind of success in Division Ithat we had in Division II. It’s an exciting and challenging time for all of us.

Gasser has coached the basketball team for 13 of its 20 years, and has only experienced one losing season in her tenure. Last year, her Falcons beat Division ITexas-San Antonio, and lost to future WAC opponent New Mexico by amere three points.

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experience success in the era of Division II. The women’s swimming team is the only one in Air Force history to bring home an NCAA Division Ior II national title—and therefore, the only one to do it twice, winning back-to-back championships in 1995 and 19%. Women’s swimming is also the sport holding claim to the most athletic all-American honors (men’s tennis included).

Swimming isn’t the only sport heading into uncharted waters with an impressive season under its belt. Since 1982, the cross country team has earned 10 top-10 national nishes, including its most recent sixth-place nish in 1995. For the second year in a row, the 1995-96 gymnastics team quali ed acompetitor for the NCAA Division IChampionships. Under second-year head coach Capt. Kim Green, last year’s tennis team quali ed for NCAA Regionals for the third time in the last eight years. And, of course, the soccer team completed its best season ever in 1995, nishing the year 11th in the nation and earning its rst allAmerican honor for senior star Tracy Healy. Meanwhile, women’s fencing has already competed at the Division Ilevel, combining with the men to nish ninth at the 1992 nationals.

Air Force volleyball, which has won four conference titles since 1983, suffered through only its second losing season last year, but is also looking to return to prominence. Penny Lucas-White, the team’s new coach, already has ve years of Division Icoaching experience, and arevamped lineup of newcomers promises to bring anumber of victories to Clune Arena. (

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Dolly Patel, a1996 Academy graduate, has been awarded a $5,000 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship.

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Patel lettered in cross country and indoor and outdoor track at the Academy while graduating with a3.5 grade point average in biochemistry.

She will be attending medical school at Northwestern University this fall.

Patel nished 17th last fall in the NCAA cross country championships and fth in the mite run in the NCAA indoor championships.

She was on the dean’s list every semester at the Academy. Patel was also named an academic All-American three times while at

the Academy.

Patel’s teammate Kristi Lowenthal, who also graduated from the Academy this year, was named as a rst alternate. (The Falcon Flyer)

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Rising Above the Crowd Amember of the Air Force Academy women’s rugby team jumps for the ball during the National Collegiate Rugby Championships at the Academy in early May. The upstart women’s team nished in third place, touting a12-0 record against collegiate competition this season. During the championships. Air Force beat Virginia Tech 56-0, lost the semi nal to Penn State 3-14 and beat Radcliffe (Harvard women) 12-7 for the third-place trophy. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Michelle Lockhart courtesy The Falcon Flyer.)

Football Team Looks to Continue Winning Ways fullback and halfback. Nakia Addison returns as the No. 1

They only have eight returning starters, the fewest in the expanded Western Athletic Conference. They play just ve home games, their fewest in seven years. And yet the Air Force Falcons eagerly await the 1996 season.

“I’m more excited than I’ve ever been about playing football, said Beau Morgan, the Falcon’s all-WAC quarterback. “Just because we have so much to look forward to.’’ Morgan’s return doesn’t give AFA opponents much to look forward to. Ayear

fullback, and as many as ve halfbacks could get starts. At wide receiver, the Falcons lost Richie Marsh and Craig Hancock, who combined for 23 catches worth 376 yards. And they moved Marc Ranger from wideout to halfback, leaving swift senior Marcus Alexander as the projected starter. Alexander is the WAC’s defending 400-meter indoor track champion. Rory Rosenbach (6-4, 245) is the biggest tight end in AFA history and replaces

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cond WAC title, he became only the eighth player in NCAA history (the third from Air Force) to accumulate 1,000 yards rushing (1,285) and passing (1,165). In the Copper bowl, which Air Force lost in a55-41 shootout, Morgan scored on a41-yard bolt and nished with 129 yards on 22 carries.

Now aHeisman Trophy candidate, the senior from Carrollton, Texas, is determined to lead the Falcons to back-to-back WAC titles, something no AFA wishbone quarterback has done. After the AFA spring game in which he threw the winning touchdown pass with 68 seconds remaining, completing a14-play, 82-yard drive, Morgan con dently said, “We can be pretty darn good, once we get started for real.

What starts Aug. 31 at home against San Jose State, the Falcons hope extends at least until Dec. 7, the day of the inaugural WAC championship game in Las Vegas, Nev. “I’ve got good vibes about this team,’’ said AFA coach Fisher DeBerry. “I don’t know how good we’ll be, or how many games we’ll win. But Iknow we’ll be in the thick of every one of them.

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Air Force graduated four of ve starters in the offensive line, including two-time all-WAC right guard Bret Cillessen. But the lone returning starter, left guard Carlton Hendrix, should contend for all-WAC honors and the newcomers “have the potential to become an excellent group,” DeBerry said.

Graduation also claimed halfback Jake Campbell (565 yards, 7.5, six touchdowns) and Danta Johnson (430, 7.4^ Johnson gained 148 yards on just ve carries in the Copper Bowl.

But DeBerry expects the Falcons to be “deep and solid” at

Quarterback Beau Morgan Defensively, the Falcons’ front seven should be stout. Thanks

to position changes and the return of inside linebacker Chris Gizzi, who missed the last 10 games of 1995 with aknee injury. “I can’t wait to get back into it,” said Gizzi, who had 16 tackles a year ago in Air Force’s rst nine quarters of play. “I started dreaming about the ’96 season as soon as my ’95 season ended.

To spread experience, the Falcons moved senior Alex Pupich

(6-5, 245) from defensive tackle to outside linebacker and Steve Fernandez, areturning starter, from inside linebacker to outside.

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his new position. We’d never have moved him or Steve if we didn’t have that con dence in them.

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Air Force’s starting defensive linemen ayear ago, tackles Jamie Maunz and Cameron Curry and nose guard Chris Schweighardt, all return. Lee Guthrie, asenior from Littleton who started for Gizzi after Gizzi’s injury in the Sept. 16 Colorado State game, returns and will play alongside Gizzi this year. Gizzi’s backup, junior Sean Finnan, also will play alot.

All four 1995 starters in the secondary are gone, including free safety LeRon Hudgins, who signed with the NFL’s Denver Broncos. None of their replacements has made avarsity start, but DeBerry is pleased with the group’s athleticism and tenacity.

The starting cornerbacks are projected to be senior Mike Walker and junior Frank Staine-Pyne, with senior Brian Mulloy and junior Steve Pipes projected to start at safety. These jobs, (Continued on next page.)

1996 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Commander in Chief ’s Trophy Presented

The Air Force Academy 1995-96 football team poses at the White House during the presentation of the Commander in Chief’s Trophy for the seventh consecutive year on May 10. In the front row from left are Capt. Carlos Mateos, ’85; Jim Bowman, PeeWee Cordova, head coach Fisher DeBerry, Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., vice chief of staff; Dr. Sheila Widnall, the

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Cadet Grabs Top Spot in WA CDecathalon

By Dave Kellogg Sports Information Air Force’s Marcus Nichols won six of 10 events en route to

winning the Western Athletic Conference decathalon title in May at the University of New Mexico. His score of 7,723 is the highest point total in the league in nine years.

Nichols defeated two-time defending champion Ben Higbee from Brigham Young University. His score is the fourth highest nationally to date, automatically qualifying him for the NCAA Division IChampionship and provisionally qualifying him for the Olympic Trials. His score also shattered his own Air Force record

of 7,399 set in April.

The junior (now senior) from Hugoton, Kan. won the following events during the competition—the 110-meter high hurdles (14.94 seconds); pole vault (17-feet, 1-inch); 1,500-meters (4 minutes, 37.22 seconds).

He also had apersonal best in the discus with athrow of 121-feet, 6-inches, 100-meter dash (10.98), high jump (6-10.25) and the 400-meters (48.98).

The last time an Air Force athlete won the decathalon title was

in 1991 when Jeremy Williams captured the event.

Nicols also won the conference pole vault title with avault of 17-feet, 10.5 inches. The mark set anew Academy outdoor record and was the eighth best mark in the country heading into the NCAA championship.

Eric Mack was the only other individual winner for the Falcons. He won the 5,000-meters with atime of 14:52.81. The victory was his fth WAC title in both indoor and outdoor competition.

Other highlights for the men during the championships included athird-place nish by Marcus Alexander in the 400-meter dash (47.03) and athird-place nish by John Mizell in the 1,500-meters with apersonal best time of 3:52.1. It is also the sixth fastest time in Academy history.

The men nished fth in the team scoring with 98 points. The University of Texas-El Paso won the title with 184 points.

(Fo o tb a l l : Fr o m p r e v i o u s p a g e .)

however, aren’t etched in stone. “We don’t have asingle defensive back who’s played alot of varsity football, except on special teams,” said AFA defensive coordinator Cal McCombs. “Our secondary couldn’t be more wide open.

Concerns in the secondary, though, are minimal when compared to concerns in the kicking game. Air Force has along tradition of great punters, but nobody stepped forward in the spring to replace Steve Carr. And the Falcons’ top returning plackicker, Dallas Thompson, has been alarmingly erratic. Errors in the kicking game could dramatically alter the optimism Air Force has

In the women’s competition, Dolly Patel earned all-conference honors with athird-place nish in the 1,500-meters (4:39.7). High jumper Jennifer Petykowski nished fourth in her event with a jump of 5-feet, 6-inches.

Seniors Patel and A a Malone represented Air Force at the NCAA Division II Championships in Riverside, Calif. Malone competed in the hurdles. (The Falcon Flyer)

First WAC Volleyball Tourney

Slated at Vegas MGM Grand The Western Athletic Conference will present the 1966 WAC Volleyball Championship Tournament Nov. 26-30 at the MGM Grand Garden arena in Las Vegas. The tournament is an opportunity for volleyball fans to be part of conference history as the WAC sponsors its rst postseason volleyball championship.

The MGM Grand Hotel has established aspecial rate of $89 a night for single or double occupancy to WAC fans attending the tournament. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-929-1111 and requesting the “WAC Volleyball Championship Package.”

Tickets for the tournament itself may also be purchased by calling this same number. Single-session tickets are $8 while an alltournament pass is $30.

(Continued on next page.)

Las Vegas Hotel Offers Package for USAF vs. UNLVFootbaU Celebrate Air Force football in fabulous Las Vegas at one of the prime hotels in the area. The Riveria Hotel &Casino is offering Air Force Academy football fans aspecial package price for the weekend of Sept. 7when the Fighting Falcons take on the University of Las Vegas in the Rebel’s Western Athletic Conference (WAC) opener.

The Riveria is offering both two-night and three-night packages which include room, tax, bellman, game tickets and transportation to and from the game. This would be agreat opportunity for Falcon football fans to scope out Las Vegas prior to the inaugural WAC Football Championship game which will be played there in Sam Boyd Stadium on Dec. 7of this year. For more information, call the Riveria at 1-800-634-6753 and ask for the USAFA Football Package.

e l s e w h e r e o n t h e r o s t e r.

But the Morgan-led Falcons have won 12 of their last 14 league games, and they don’t plan on wasting the momentum.

Doolittle Hall to be Open for Home Football Games Doolittle Hall will be open for each home football game.

The building is currently scheduled to be open from two hours before kickoff to two hours after the end of the games o n O c t . 2 6 a n d N o v. 2 .

On Parent’s Weekend and those weekends involving reunions (Aug. 31, Sept. 28, and Oct. 12), we will open ve hours before kickoff and remain open until two hours after the game. These three weekends also involve pre-game tailgates at Doolittle Hall. If you would like more information on participating in the tailgates, please give the AOG a call.

We welcome everyone to come visit us during the football season and enjoy the various amenities of Doolittle Hall.

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Perfect Performance

Jen Baird, playing early in the tennis season against Colorado Christian University, dominated her opponent. Not only did she not lose agame, but she didn’t lose asingle point in the match.

(Photo by Arthur Bilsten courtesy Sports Information.)

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Should a“nonstandard” product be requested, afee will be charged to cover the cost of programming the extraction.

Contact Jock Schwank or Chuck Denham for particulars when you have aneed for this service. We can send you (even via e-mail) the available formats when you’re ready to req u e s t a p a r t i c u l a r r o s t e r.

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Graduate is Second Pilot

(WAC Volleyball: From previous page.)

The tournament will feature 12 of the 16 WAC teams in aseed¬

ed, single-elimination format showcasing some of the

to Reach 2,000 F-15E Hours

nest

By Airman 1st Class Karen M. Giacalone

NCAA Division Iwomen’s volleyball talent in the nation. The

rst-round matches will be played Nov. 26, with the quarter nals Nov. 27, the semi nals Nov. 29, and the championship match Nov. 30. The top four seeds will receive rst-round byes and will begin competition Nov. 27.

The MGM Grand is a15,000-seat facility that will be recongured to hold 7,000 WAC volleyball fans. It is part of the world’s largest hotel complex—the massive MGM Grand in Las

Vegas with 5,005 rooms including 751 suites, 10 restaurants, the 1,700-seat Grand Theater and a33-acre Grand Adventures theme park. The MGM Grand Hotel will also serve as the tournament headquarters for WAC teams, fans and media.

WAC volleyball teams competing in the newly-expanded league include Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, UNLV, New Mexico, Rice, San Diego State, San Jose State, SMU, TCU, UTEP, Tulsa, Utah and Wyoming.

AOG MasterCard Changed

Air Warfare Center

Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

He knew he would someday be apilot in the Air Force the rst time he saw the Thunderbirds ying F-4s in the late 1960s. What

he didn’t know was that in May 1996 he would make his mark in the skies among the elite in Air Force aviation.

On May 3, Maj. Merrick Krause, ’84, became the second pilot in the world to reach 2,000 ying hours in the F-15E. “I really hadn’t given it much thought until afew weeks ago when some friends mentioned Iwas getting close to that mark,” Krause said.

After several years ying the F-4E, Krause began ying the F-15E in 1989. He said he knew he wanted to y the F-15E in the early 1980s when he rst learned the Air Force was acquiring the Strike Eagle. “1 knew then that was the plane Iwanted to y,” he said. He has enjoyed ying this particular aircraft for the past seven years.

“I’m sure that every pilot feels that their aircraft is the best one

there is. In my case it happens to be true,” he said laughing. “The

MasterCard should be alert for information about aplanned

Strike Eagle is an absolutely terri c aircraft. Ithink it’s the best multi-role deep-strike aircraft we could have.”

Krause began his Air Force career in 1980 when he attended the

In late August, the company processing the card transac¬

USAF Academy. He went on to begin his ying career as astu¬

Association of Graduates members who hold the AOG change in their card and added bene ts to come.

tions was to change. New cards, together with instructions, were being mailed to every cardholder. Cardholders were to

stop using their current card on Aug. 25, 1996.

Because of the change, beginning in September every time you use your AOG MasterCard you’ll earn points toward valuable travel awards and merchandise. This is the rst of several enhancements as aresult of the conversion.

dent pilot at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.

After several duty assignments all over the country and overseas, including extensive Desert Storm combat experience, Krause came to Nellis’ 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron in 1991 as the project of cer for the F-15E. He managed and led the rst air-to-air tactics test.

From there he moved to the USAF Weapons School where he was the rst F-15E pilot ever selected from the 57th Test Group.

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Computer Corner The AOG has transitioned our Graduate, Cadet and

By Ed Montgomery, ’59 Chairman, Graduate Dependent Scholarship Committee The Graduate Dependent Scholarship (GDS) Fund was established in 1987 and since that time has awarded scholarships

to over 50 deserving children of graduates, helping these scholars to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in awide variety of disciplines from colleges and universities all over the country.

Each year the quality of the applicants is impressively high, and this year was no exception. This year also marked the highest number of applicants in our short history, and the GDS Committee faced adif cult task in trying to assess so many outstanding records in academics, athletics, jobs and public service efforts, and extracurricular activities. The eight winners and two alternates named below were consensus selections by the committee, however, and clearly merit their recognition:

Blair M. Dunn ($1,000), who is asenior at St Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, N.Y. and is completing his secondary education at his third high school with a4.0 overall GPA. He was amember of the basketball team, captain of his tennis team, captain of his soccer team, on the European all-conference soccer team as a

junior, and on the New York City all-star soccer team as asenior.

He was rst chair violist with the prep school orchestra; competed for his school in mathematics, physics and science, winning

awards in all three disciplines; was selected as aTop Teen when in the Department of Defense School System; and scored 1,580 (out of 1,600) in the SAT. He worked as ajunior analyst in the Hq EUCOM Comtroller’s of ce, coached youth soccer, was a counselor for the DARE program and has performed volunteer service as atutor in school and in various capacities for his church. (Michael M. Dunn, ’72)

Jennifer M. Johnson ($1,000), who is asenior at Carroll High School, Dayton, Ohio, and is completing her secondary studies w i t h a 3 . 8 8 G PA a n d 1 9 A d v a n c e d P l a c e m e n t a n d H o n o r s

courses. She lettered in both track and swimming, played the ute in both the concert and marching bands, sang in the chamber choir, and had several roles in school drama productions. She

won awards in science, mathematics and Latin competitions, helped organize the school SADD program and LIFE Group, and was avolunteer in downtown Dayton serving meals for the

homeless, working on teams building low-cost housing, and helping to clean and stock athrift store. She was active in Catholic Youth Group activities, in local and national youth conferences, and in her parish Parent-Teacher Organization. (Duane C. Johnson, ’72)

Nathan T. Stooke ($750), who is asophomore at Southern Illinois University, Carbondalle, 111., and is carrying a4.0 GPA in computer science. In high school at O’Fallon Township, 111., he had a4.0 GPA and

nished

rst in his class. He is on his college

swim team, and in that sport was selected to the Missouri Valley Conference all-academic

rst team. Faced with overcoming

dyslexia himself, he is active as atutor for other students with learning disabilities. He was aDistinguished First Year Cadet in AFROTC, was amember of the Honor Flight, and developed an Internet home page for his ROTC detachment. (Willard N. Stooke, Jr., ’71)

Bradley L. Whitman ($750), who is asophomore at Harvard

University, Cambridge, Mass., and is carrying a3.95 GPA in economics. In high school at Suffern, N. Y., he had a3.95 GPA, nished second in his class and scored 1,530 in the SAT. He works as awriter and editor for the Harvard Crimson (daily

newspaper). Salient (biweekly newspaper), and Peninsula (monthly magazine). He is active in student political and investment organizations, and has earned the university’s John Harvard Scholarship and Detur Book Prize. He has served as an intern in the House of Representatives, and as astaffer on the House International Relations Committee. (Edwin L. Whitman, ’60) Nicole S. Finch ($750), who is afreshman at The American

University, Washington, D.C., and is carrying a4.0 GPA in international studies. In high school at Kennesaw, Ga., she had a4.0 GPA and nished third in her class. She speaks Russian, Spanish, German and some Dutch, and intends to study abroad in her (Continued on next page.)

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The information re ected in the directory is obtained from members of the service academies’ alumni associations who wish to have their civilian positions listed in the publication. For those making career changes, you can use the directory to nd graduates from the academies willing to provide support. The SABRD can also be used like the Yellow Pages: when you need ajob done, check for agraduate in your area in that business and give them the opportunity to provide the services you need. Whether you need adoctor, lawyer, realtor, plumber, etc., you will be able to nd an academy graduate worldwide to help you.

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Graduate Dependent Scholarship Criteria Outlined Graduate Dependent Scholarships are being offered for the upcoming

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1997-1998 academic year. Recipients for these annual awards will be selected by the AOG Board of Directors Selection Committee. This AOG

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scholarship program is intended to directly support post-secondary

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education for the children of AOG graduate members.

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A. The applicant must be the child of either agraduate life member of the AOG or agraduate who has maintained annual

membership for at least the ve consecutive years immediately preceding the submission of the application package. AOG

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membership requirements for applicants who are children of

deceased graduates will be evaluated on an individual basis by the selection committee.

B. The applicant must either be the graduate’s natural child or

legally-adopted child, but need not be nancially dependent upon the graduate or his/her surviving spouse.

C. The applicant must agree to enroll as afull-time student, as de ned by the institution, at acollege or university accredited by an appropriate regional or national accrediting body. The applicant’s program of study may be in any eld at either the graduate or undergraduate level.

D. The applicant must have aminimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on

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a4.0 scale for the six most-recent semesters as afull-time student.

The scholarship amount can be as high as $2,000 for the academic year and is paid in one lump sum directly to the student upon his/her demonstrated acceptance into the accredited institution. An individual

may receive atotal of four of these annual scholarships, but they do not have to be applied for, or awarded, in consecutive years.

Scholarship award winners, as well as those applicants not selected to

receive ascholarship in agiven year, are encouraged to reapply for scholarships in subsequent years. These applicants compete with all new applicants for subsequent-year scholarship monies.

The number of scholarships to be awarded each year and the dollar amount of each scholarship is determined annually by the board of directors. The scholarship winners will be determined based on overall

demonstrated merit. The deadline for receiving application packages is March Ifor both initial applications and reapplications.

Send requests for application forms and direct questions on this

scholarship program to Col. (Ret) Jock Schwank, AOG vice president.

Services, Association of Graduates, 3116 Academy Drive, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475 or call (719) 472-0300.

(Scholarships: From previous page.) junior year at the Moscow State University. Active in drama and creative writing in high school, she now performs in and is advertising director for an improvisational comedy troupe working in the Washington area. She is asoloist in the university concert choir and is amember of the United Methodist Student

Fellowship. (Samuel P. Finch III, ’64) Anna Crowell ($750), who is afreshman at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and is carrying a3.8 GPA. In high school at Starkville, Miss., she had a4.0 GPA and nished rst in her class. An accomplished utist and pianist, she traveled internationally with her award-winning high school band. She was also president of her church youth group and Girl Scout troop, and a member of the high school student government and state Youth Congress. Aswimmer and runner in high school, she now rows crew for Radcliffe (Harvard) when not working at the Harvard student dining facilities. (Lorenzo M. Crowell, ’65) Megan Donovan (S5(X)), who is asenior at Doherty High School, Colorado Springs, Colo., and is completing her secondary education with a3.97 GPA. She was second chair clarinet on

the All-City Honor Band, co-captain of the school swim team, and amember of the school student government. She helped stage the school musical, sang in the choir, worked on the yearbook staff, and was the state’s representative ( rst place in category) at

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the National History Day Competition. She did volunteer work with Sertoma International as afund raiser, with child care at her church, and as atutor with grade school pupils—all while holding down ajob as cashier and waitress. (Robert B. Donovan, ’63) Christine Dobbels ($500), who has graduated summa cum laude from The American University in Washington, D.C., with a 3.93 GPA in international studies. She completed the university honors program, was amember of Phi Beta Kappa and studied abroad for asemester in Chile. During this time she worked as a program assistant for the World Resources Institute and as astaff assistant for the Washington College of Law. She speaks Spanish and French, was aprogram director and producer for the school television station, and served as apeer advisor in her college. Her educational goal now is to earn amaster’s degree in international security studies. (Mark A. Dobbels, ’70) Trevor C. Kearns (First Alternate), who is asenior at (Continued on next page.)

Graduate Dependent Scholarships Endowed hy AFA Fund Did you know that funding for the Graduate Dependent Scholarships (GDS) comes from people like you? Like other exceptionally- worthwhile programs sponsored by your AOG, the GDS is funded through the Air Force Academy (AFA) Fund. The $6,000 awarded this year is interest from funds endowed for the GDS, and those scholarship monies only increase as aresult of higher interest rates or additional endowments—in particular through the AFA Fund contributions designated for the GDS endowment or other restricted gifts to the GDS program.

If you’re interested in contributing to the GDS Scholarship

Fund or to any other AOG-sponsored program, please contact Jim Shaw, AOG vice president. Development. There are numerous cadet clubs and activities which also bene t greatly from your generosity.

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reinforcement. It’s an assassin’s job. They

try to shoot others in the back. Don’t use “ ghter pilots” as atag word for admirable

Mr. Tom Kroboth, Editor Checkpoints

of cer qualities.

2) From observing cadets from ’59 to ’80

Dear Mr. Kroboth:

and ahandful of ’93 graduates, Ithink that cadet attitudes are as good now as they have ever been. Further, Ithink that cadets have had stable attitudes over the decades. Why is this so? It’s because the very best young folks, doubtless including Ms. Kiernan, are attracted to the Academy by its reputation for toughness and challenge. The Academy doesn’t and can’t make its graduates much different from the people they already are.

There is atime-worn phenomenon that all Academy graduates must experience.

They revisit the Academy and are alarmed

by aperceived deterioration in standards, training or attitudes. Convinced that only they have noticed this fatal slippage, they offer suggestions and demands urging someone in authority to end the drift, to stop the rot, and put things back like they should be—usually like the observer thought they were when they were acadet. The most recent example is that of Ms. Kelly Kieman, ’85, whose letter appeared in the Winter 1995-96 issue of Checkpoints.

What is she saying that pains me so? She discribes adialogue that occurred in a routine homecoming brie ng about a perceived lack of emphasis on “warrior attributes—speci cally ghter pilot skills and attitudes”. Choosing to use the term ghter pilot” to mean some state of mind which she claims the Academy has amission to develop, she demonstrates avery shallow understanding of the Air Force and the leadership of the Academy.

Don’t presume to give the Academy ajob it can’t do. It can’t turn out people with any old attitude Ms. Kiernan prescribes.

3) The Academy, the leadership, the faculty, all the support folks from the dining hall to the grass cutters, from supply to the guards at the gate, have astake in the Academy and, in my view, do their level best to make the cadet experience appropriate. Give the Academy some credit for common sense.

4) What’s the appropriate cadet experience? Honest people disagree on this question. Ithink it is to offer high-potential young patriots an opportunityy to perfect their skills as followers, as leaders, as team

Ioffer these observations based on 20

players and as individuals. It takes four

years of service, 10 at the Academy in

years to get an undergraduate degree. It on¬

various academic departments, one in Southeast Asia dealing as aforward air controller (FAC) with ghter pilots: 1) There are some great of cers who are ghter pilots and some real losers. The worst of ghter pilots represents the exact opposite of what any right-thinking person would want the Academy to turn out. They boast, they are more concerned with medals than mission. Their egos need constant

but alifetime to train agood senior of cer.

Let the Superintendent and staff de ne what the training program ought to be.

They are the ones with experience to decide, not you, and not me.

The briefer you heard was right, “ ghter pilots are not all the Academy is about”, this has always been so. The Academy takes in motivated, hard-working, bright folks

ly takes afew weeks to train alieutenant,

(Scholarships: From previous page.)

Eisenhower High School, New Berlin, Wis., and is nishing his secondary education with a3.97 GPA. He is an Eagle Scout, studies classical guitar, works on the school newspaper, and is president of the Young Astronauts Club. He also was the 1993 European Laureate in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, served as director and business manager for the school drama group, co-directed avolunteer children’s theater group, and earned a1,580 score in the SAT. (Wade J. Kearns, ’73)

Thomas L. Sutton (Second Alternate), who is completing his rst year of medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va., after graduating cum laude from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with aGPA of 3.80 in exercise physiology. At BYU he was active in community theater, president of his church’s Sunday school, and student dance leader for the BYU Folk Dance Ensemble. He also taught youth soccer in Provo and some courses at BYU, and is now teaching aerobics in Richmond. His medical goal is to do family practice. (Thomas L. Sutton, ’61)

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titudes, and the overall sense that service to country is agood thing. Arm these folks with computers, clipboards, light planes or ghters and they do their duty. Lighten up, Kiernan!

C o r d i a l l y.

John S. Brush, ’60

Association Thanked

for Project Support Dear Lt. Col. Coppock Iwant to personally thank the USAFA Association of Graduates for their generous contributiuon to my Engineering 410 pro¬

ject this semester. My class designed and built acon dence course at Carmel Middle

School to provide youth in the urban Colorado Springs area, many who are considered at-risk, with an outdoor experience that will (1) build positive self-esteem, (2) teach them the importance of teamwork,

cooperation and decision-making skills and (3) foster asense of stewardship toward Colorado’s natural resources. The ultimate

goal is to encourage the youth (primarily ages 13-15) to stay in school.

Your contribution of $1,053.95 has allowed the class to build aquality product that will impact many children for years to come. Asign is located next to the course giving credit to the USAFA Association of Graduates for donating the money that made the project possible. On behalf of the Colorado Springs community and the cadets who worked on the project, Ithank you for your support of Engineering 410.

Sincerely, Paul L. Vergez, Lt Col, USAF Deputy for Operations (DFAS)

Although the total of this year’s awards increased slightly from last year, the annual amount is of course limited by the size of the GDS Fund. Because of the importance of higher education to both the students involved and the public at large, we would encourage members to consider earmarking aportion of their annual support to the AOG for the GDS Fund. The larger the fund, the more support can be awarded to alarger number of deserving students. One important aspect of the scholarships is that they are based on merit and personal accomplishment, and thus present an

opportunity for children of families of any economic background—to include those whose means, though modest, are still too large to compete for scholarships based solely on need.

The fact that the awards are based on performance should also be amatter of great pride to the young men and women who are this year’s selectees. They were judged to be the best of an extremely ne group of students and citizens, any one of whom we

as parents would be glad to welcome into our families. Our congratulations to the winners, and to our fellow graduates who have obviously done such acreditable job of raising them.

By Lt. Col Michael Reynolds, ’77

Dean of the Faculty Construction Manager After two years of construction, the 347,000 square-foot, $40

million Consolidated Education and Training Facility (CETF), sited just to the east of Fairchild Hall, was completed in May and formally dedicated on July 27. The rst Academy cadets began classes there Aug. 8

The building is designed to serve as amajor academic addition to Fairchild Hall and houses new, state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and of ces for the Biology, Chemistry, Astronautics

and Civil Engineering Departments. The Academy’s Bioenvironmental Engineering and Health Safety Of ces also moved to the new building. <

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We are investing in the capital of the future,” Dean of the Faculty Brig. Gen. Ruben Cubero, ’61, said. Just prior to the

dedication ceremonies, construction workers were putting the

nishing touches on the building, which sports panoramic views of the Rampart Range. An Air Force of cer joked with the Academy Board of Visitors recently that this could be astumbling block for daydreaming cadets. Windows in Academy classrooms are

allow the faculty to be exible and inventive in improving and adding to the educational capabilities of the Dean of Faculty’s 19 a

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rare.

academic departments.

CETF is designed to be architecturally compatible with Fair-

child Hall. Atwo-story facility, the building spans approximately half the length of Fairchild Hall and is constructed of concrete and aluminum. An enclosed pedestrian bridge on the second oor connects the two buildings.

CETF will have an underground parking lot similar to the one under Fairchild Hall. Commuters to the cadet area will have in¬

creased parking space (200 more slots then were available before construction) while cadet drivers will regain access to the lower Sijan Hall parking lot.

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biology experiments. There is also the of ce space, instead of cubicles, which were used in the older building. Professors now have private rooms.

Aportion of the CETF has been reserved for anew Cadet Medical Clinic, which will double the size of the current clinic in

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growth and requirements,” explained Col. Robert James, director of Operations, Dean of the Faculty. “Since 1955 the Cadet

Wing population has increased from 2,520 to 4,000 cadets.

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Below-the-Zone Selectees Class of 1986 Eric A. Beene

Jack L. Briggs II

Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Jr. Michael A. Pipan

Richard M. Clark Robert A. Colella

Brian S. Pletcher Frank J. Rossi

Charles P. Corley Lee K. Depalo

R o g e r W. Te a g u e Roger D. Thrasher

James C. Fogle

John J. Ziegler III

R a n d a l l W. G i b b J o h n P. H o r n e r S t u a r t P. J o h n s o n I I

Class of 1987

James M. Kelly

Patrick C. Maiackowski

Mark R. Arlinghaus Balan R. Ayyar Thomas H. Deale

Mary E. Matusiewicz

E d w a r d A . K o s t e l n i k J r.

Robert Miranda

Kelly J. Latimer

John P. Montgomery

James R. Marrs

Hiawatha K. Newton Pedro R. Oms

M i c h a e l B . M c G e e J r.

Robert R. Woodley

Permanent Professor Named

President Bill Clinton appointed Col. Michael L. DeLorenzo,

head of the Astronautics Department, as an Academy permanent professor earlier this year. His appointment was effective Jan, 26.

DeLorenzo graduated from the Academy in 1974 with a

bachelor of science degree in astronautical engineering and engineering science. He earned his master’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State Univeristy in 1978 and adoctorate in electrical engineering from Purdue University in 1983.

He is married to the former Catherine Jo Schuckert of Cass City, Mich. They have two children, Elli and Sarah.

New Academy Mascot AOG president Dick Coppock, ’61, and Lt. Col. Rick Riddle, of cer in charge of Falconry, pose with the as-yet-unnamed new Academy mascot. The white female gyrfalcon, purchased by the AOG, now weighs in at some four pounds and made its initial debut at aJuly Sabre Society weekend.

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GLASSWARE -AOG crest etched on clear glass: Old Fashion Glasses: Item #7241 Item

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12 oz. Brandy Snifter -$5.00 ea./$ 18.00 set of 4 73/4 oz Wine Glass -$5.00 ea./$17.00 set of 4 10 oz. Goblet -$5.00 ea./$17.00 set of 4 12 oz. Pilsner Glass -$5.00 ea./$18.00 set of 4

High Ball: Stemware:

MUGS -AOG crest on one side; AFA crest on the other side Item #7010 -White Ceramic Coffee Mug, 12 oz. -$6.00 ea.

Item #7020 -Insulated Sports Cup, 20 oz. -$5.00 ea.

SABERS and PLAQUES T h e C a d e t S a b e r i s s o l d t o G R A D U AT E A O G M E M B E R S O N LY. T h e

AOG does not sell the mounting plaque-call for info on where to get the mounting plaque.

Item #4000 -Cadet Saber with Scabbard -$185.00 (Price effective lFeb96) Item #6000 -Laser Engraved Walnut Plaque (Cadet Area, 17"xl4") -$145.00 Item #6001 -Etched Falcon on White Marble (14"xl6") -$75.00

COASTERS and NOTECARDS

Item #7095 -Pegasus Coasters -Terra Cotta &Blue -$25.00 per set of 4 Water-absorbent, terra cotta coasters, non-scratch bottoms Item #7090 -Doolittle Hall "Marble” Coasters -$6.00 ea.

Item #7073 -Doolittle Hall Notecards (6"x4.5") -$5.00 pet set of 10 (w/envelopes) AOG ACCESSORIES L I C E N S E P L AT E F R A M E S - " U . S . A I R F O R C E A C A D E M Y " o n t h e b o t t o m o f t h e

frame and either "FALCONS" or "ALUMNUS" on the top. Buy one for $4.00 or two for $7.00 (the same or mixed).

Item #5000 -"FALCONS" Item #5001

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DECALS -Colorful crest on awindow decal (self adhesive to inside of glass).

Item#43XX -Class Decals -$1.00

Available for all years except ‘76, ‘78‘, and ‘92. Specify class year.

Item #7072 -AOG Membership Decal -$1.00 HONOR MEDALLION -A21/2" diameter brass medallion with the Honor Code on one side and Prop &Wings on the other Item #7120 -Honor Medallion -$15.00 Item

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Honor Medallion with Stand -$35.00

BLAZER PATCHES -Pin-back patch embroidered with appropriate crest.

Item #1800 -AOG Blazer Patch -$23.00 Item #1801 A FA B l a z e r P a t c h - $ 2 3 . 0 0

USAFA NECKTIE -Silk tie with USAFA and Prop&Wings design.

I t e m # 1 6 0 0 - B L U E , U S A FA Ti e - $ 2 3 . 0 0

Item #1601 -GARNET (red), USAFA Tie -$23.00 AOG TIE TACK or CHARM -Metal AOG Crest. Approx 7/8" size.

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#7030 AOG Charm -$26.00 I t e m # 7 0 3 1 - A O G T i e Ta c k - $ 2 6 . 0 0

Item #7033 -AOG Lapel Pin -$26.00 (not shown) CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS -Etched in brass and nished in 24K gold.

Item #7160 -1993 -Cadet Chapel -$24.95 Item

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Item #7180 -1995 -Pegasus -$19.95

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Item #1630 -AOG V-Neck Sweatshirt -$46.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG) $49.00 (XXL) 85% cotton/15% polyester; oversized to compensate for shrinkage; Color; natural oatmeal (light beige) with navy striped trim, navy blue embroidered AOG crest Item

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Polar Jacket -$60.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG, XXL)

Gray Fleece-lined, Blue Nylon shell, w/embroidered AOG crest Item# 1530 -Golf Jacket -$42.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG, XXL)

White/Teal Poly/Cotton shell, nylon liner, w/embroidered AOG crest

Item #1541 -Suede Leather Jacket -$100.00 (XXL: $105.00) Navy Blue/Tan ,w/embroidered AOG crest (SML, MED,LRG,XLG,XXL)

Item #1700 -AFA Hat w/Class Year -$16.00 Navy Blue w/embroidered AFA crest and "19xx"(class year) Please specify class year. Adjustable leather strap for size.

Item #1701 -AFA Hat (plain) -$13.00 Same as above without class year Item #1702 -Child’s AFA Hat (plain) -$10.00 CADET

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Item #1580 -V-Neck Sweater "AIR FORCE" Blue and White- $40.00

80% OrIon/20% Wool -SML, MED, LRG, XLG (sorry no XXL) Item #1560 -Crew Neck Sweater "FALCONS" Blue and White -$40.00

80% Orlon/20% Wool -SML, MED, LRG, XLG (sorry no XXL) Item #1570 -Child’s Crew Neck Sweater "FALCONS" Blue and White -$20.00

(NOT SHOWN) 80% Orlon/20% Wool (Child Sizes: SML, MED, LRG)

HARDCOVER BOOKS AND VIDEOS (not pictured) Item #3010 -25th Anniversary Book -$12.50

Item #3120 -Modernism at Mid Century -$50.00

Photo book of the rst 25 years of USAFA Item #3020 -Into the Mouth of the Cat -$9.00 The Story of Lance Sijan Item #3040 -The Iskra Incident -$19.95 Autographed by Grad Author Jimmie Butler, ’63 Item #3050 -Vietnam: Above the Trees -$24.95

History of the architecture at USAFA

Item #3130 -Courage and Air Warfare -$35.00 Autographed by Grad Author -Mark Wells, 75 Item #3140 -The Ravens -$25.00 The men who ew the secret war in Laos

Autographed by Author -Christopher Robbins

Autographed by Grad Author John Flanagan, "62

Item#3150-TheSecretLifeofWaldoFDumbsquat-$10.00

Item #3060 -Red Lightning, Black Thunder -$21.95 Autographed by Grad Author Jimmie Butler. ’63 Item #3080 -Separated by War -$24.95 Autographed by Grad Author Ed Herlik, ’80

Autographed by Grad Author -Don Hall. 76 Item #3910 -

‘96ServiceAcademyBusinessResourceDirectory Softcoverreferencebooklistingparticipatinggraduatesfromall

service academies and their business af liations -$35.00

Item #3090 -Raid on Qadda -$21.95 Autographed by Grad Author Bob Venkus, ‘63

Item #7080 -Video: Wild Blue U-$19.95

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CLASSNOTEBOOKS-Two-tonegraysuedecover,Jr.legalsize,withclasscrestembossed onfrontwithclasscolorstripe;insidenotepadand pen; available for the following classes -$10.00 Item #4366 -Class of’66 Item #4372 -Class of 72 Item #7110 -Class of’91 Item #7111 -Class of ’92

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ADDITIONAL ITEMS (not pictured) Item #7032 -Prop &Wings -$10.00

Silver-colorPropandGold-colorWings,samesizeandshape

as worn on the cadet uniform, w/two clutch type pin-back.

Item #7070 -AOG Keychain -$2.00

Blue keychain with silver AOG logo Item #7071 -Refrigerator Magnet -$0.50

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THE SERVICE ACADEMIES R E S U M E D ATA B A S E As abene t of membership, your AOG offers aresume service. We have joined forces with the alumni associations of the Military Academy, the Naval Academy and the Coast Guard Academy to jointly provide alumni electronic resumes from the four academies to prospective employers.

The resume program disk is adata entry program designed to assist you in formatting, editing, viewing, professionally typesetting and printing your resume in aspeci c format. The program carries you step-by-step through entering resume data to editing resume dates, titles and text. Minimum system requirements are aPC compatible CPU with MS-DOS 3.0 or later, a oppy disk drive and ahard drive with at least 360 KB of space available.

To be apart of the Service Academies Resume Database, send $25 (check or money order) to the AOG. Aresume disk will be sent to you with instructions for completion. Return acopy of your completed resume disk to the AOG for inclusion in the database. □

Iwould like to enter my resume in the database and have enclosed acheck or money order for $25

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3116 Academy Drive USAF Academy, CO 80840-4475 Year of USAFA graduation:

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If you wish to obtain adisk set complete with instruction manual, please complete the order form and return it along with a check for $150.00 to the AOG (cost to recruiting rms is $350.00). Aquarterly subscription rate for the disk package is available upon request. PLEASE NOTE: Recommended system con guration is 486-class CPU running Windows™ 3.0 or higher, 16 MB of hard drive space available, 4MB of RAM and VGA monitor. □

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By Col. Jock C.H. Schwank (USAF, Ret), ’60 AOG Vice President, Services

Service Academy Songfest Scheduled

History Symposium Scheduled The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs will host the 17th Military History Symposium, “Rites of Passage: Educating and Training Junior Of cers in the Twentieth Century,” 20-22 November 1 9 9 6 . F o r f u r t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t ; M a j o r To n y K e r n , H Q USAFA/DFH, 2354 Fairchild Drive, Suite 6F37, USAF Academy, CO 80840-6246 or phone (719) 333-4727/fax (719) 333-2970. E-mail kerntt. scs @usafa. af. mil.

Service Academy alumni, including former Glee Club members, choir members, and others who have discovered the joy of singing, are invited to participate in the rst Service Academy Alumni Songfest on Friday, Sept. 27th, at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. Spouses and signi cant others are also invited to participate, as are “honoraries” and other friends of all ve academies (USMA, USNA, USAFA, USCGA, and USMMA).

This will be an evening of food, fun, fellowship, and song in the tradition of the West Point Cadet Glee Club’s motto, “No Fun without Music,

ALL CLASSES ARE INVITED

and No Music without Fun!” For additional information, contact Alan

TO HOMECOMING 1996 Make your plans now to attend Homecoming 1996, Sept.

27-29, 1996. Another record crowd of alumni is expected to return to the Academy for the celebration to be held in conjunction with the USAFA vs. Rice football game.

Homecoming registration forms were mailed to members of the 30-, 20- and 10-year reunion classes in July. Other alumni are heartily encouraged to join these three major reunion classes in the annual return to campus sponsored by the Academy and the Association of Graduates (AOG).

Those from classes other than ’66, ’76 and ’86 must contact the AOG of ce to request registration forms. Forms will not be printed in Checkpoints. All attendees must register through the AOG. The deadline for registration is Sept. 15, 1996. Those attempting to register after this date might well

Salisbury, USMA, ’58, at 703-620-4598, e-mail AlanBS58@aol.com, or write to SAAS ’96, 2690 Mattox Drive, Oakton, Va. 22124.

Commando Group Reunion Planned The Air Commando Association (ACA) will hold its annual reunion at Fort Walton Beach, Fla. from 10 to 13 Oct. Col. Joe Kittinger (USAF, Ret), world record holder for the highest and longest parachute jumps and rst person to y solo across the Atlantic Ocean in aballoon, will be the guest speaker. The ACA is an organization formed during the Vietnam War by Air Force personnel who served in Air Commando units. For more information on the association and the reunion, contact Eugene Rossel at 909-591-7342 or 909-930-5700. His FAX is 909-930-5710.

nd most, if not all, events sold out. Send requests for registration forms to; Association of Graduates (Homecoming) 3116 Academy Drive U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475 (719) 472-0300 /DSN: 333-2067 ALL-CLASS

EVENTS

Friday, 27 Sept ’96 0705-0745

Breakfast with Cadets

0800-1800

(preregistered grads only) All-Class Registration

0700-1400 G o l f To u r n a m e n t

(preregistered grads & spouses only)

Mitchell Hall

Doolittle Hall Eisenhower Golf Course

0 8 0 0 - 11 3 0

Open House

Cadet Dorms

1200-1245

Lunch with Cadets (preregistered grads only/3(X) max)

Mitchell HaU

11 0 0 - 1 3 0 0

Buffet Lunch

Doolittle Hall

1300-1400

Open House

Cadet Dorms

1400-1600

USAFA Brie ngs

Arnold Hall Theater

1500-1600

Next-of-Kin Coffee

Arnold Hall

1630-1700

Memorial Ceremony

Class Wall

1700-1800

’76 &’86 Class Photos

Cadet Chapel

Saturday, 28 Sept ’96 Fun Run to Jack’s Valley Cadet Gym Doolittle Hall All-Class Registration Parade Ground Cadet Wing Jabara

0800 0 8 1 5 - 11 0 0 0900

Important Phone Numbers Association of Graduates

719-472-0300

7:30-4:30 M-F MST

DSN 333-2067

Answering Machine

719-333-2073

F A X

719-333-4194

E-Mail

206-3668@mcimail.com

Athletic Ticket Of ce

800-666-8723

USAFA Admissions

719-333-3070

Liaison Of cers

719-333-2640

P a r e n t s C l u b C o n t a c t a t U S A FA

719-333-3832

Transcripts

719-333-3979

R E U N I O N C O N TA C T S ’61 (35th) 9-13 Oct 1996 Col (Ret) Mike Quinlan 18 Broadmoor

Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Ph.; 719-533-8000 (O) 719-630-3052 (H)

’86 (10th) 25-29 Sept 1996 Capt Rodney Vernon 8010 Sage Brush

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Cadet Chapel

’76 (20th) 25-29 Sept 1996

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All-Class Tailgate Sunday, 29 Sept ’96

Hotel: Marriott

Col Hans Mueh

’66 (30th) 25-29 Sept 1996

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Catholic &Protestant Services

Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Ph.: 719-488-8916 (H)

1313 Hermosa Way Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Ph:. 719-3122 (O) 719-471-1410 (H)

Hotel: Antlers Doubletree

Colorado Springs, CO 80918-2450 Ph.: 719-472-2960 (O) 719-599-0694 (H)

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Association of Graduates Available Member Bene ts/Services AOG of ces are open Monday through Friday, 0730-1630 Mountain Time. For all of ces, telephone: (719) 472-0300 (DSN: 333-2067/2073).

E-mail: MCI Mail: 206-3668 (206-3668@mcimail.com).

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at home and on the road. This discount can also

be combined with MCI’s Friends and Family discount program for atotal savings of 25%. You’ll receive apersonalized USAFA AOG long distance c a l l i n g c a r d a b s o l u t e l y f r e e . To e n r o l l c a l l 1-800-SKY-USAF (1-800-759-8723).

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by the Academy and the AOG to accommodate graduates at aset fee for all players. The fee will be independent of military status or golf course membership.

Rules Outlined for Grad Golf Course Use Through the efforts of the Association of Graduates (AOG) and the Directorate of Development and Alumni Programs, the following procedures have been arrived at for graduates wishing to play golf at the Academy’s Eisenhower Golf Course.

Active-Duty and Retired Graduates may schedule their own tee times by calling (719) 333-3456, 24 hours in advance. These are the same reservation rules applicable to all active-duty personnel and retirees not stationed at the Academy. Green fees are $16.

Reciprocal privileges are in effect for active-duty graduates who have annual memberships at other Air Force courses. Golf cart

Corporate Members Association of Graduates, USAFA Air Academy Federal Credit Union Air Academy National Bank Air Force Association

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fees are $16.

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Nonretired, Nonactive-Duty Graduate AOG Members: The AOG is allocated eight tee times per month. Nonretired graduate AOG members who are no longer on active duty may play at these special times. Graduates wishing to use these tee times must make reservations through Steve Knight at the AOG. He will contact the golf course to schedule your desired date and time. After conrmation of the tee time, he will notify you of the date and time.

We emphasize that these graduates must go through the AOG of ce for reservations (719-472-0300).

Graduates may schedule only one tee time per month to insure all graduates have an opportunity to use one of the eight tee times. If by the 25th of each month the eight tee times have not been reserved, agraduate who played earlier in the month may

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duty graduates are $40 and golf cart fees are $16.

Reunions and Homecoming: Atournament will be scheduled

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Upcoming 1996 Events Parent’s Weekend ’66

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Corporate memberships are being offered for $2,(X)0 for the life of the corporation. With the exception of voting and holding of ce, corporate members enjoy all privileges of regular members. For more information write to Col. (Ret) Jock Schwank, vice president.

Services, Association of Graduates, 3116 Academy Dr., U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840^75. Phone (719) 472-0300.

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Academy Professor Wins NBA Writing Fellowship

Undersecretary Kaminski, ’64,

By Maj. Thomas W. Krise, ’83 Professor Donald Anderson, longtime director of creative writing at the Air Force Academy, has received a1996 National Endowment for the Arts (NBA) Creative Writers’ Fellowship Grant. Of the 1,069 nalists, only 21 recipients were named this year. The highly-prestigious grant enables creative writers of exceptional talent to set aside time to write, research, travel, and for general artistic advancement. The sole criterion for NBA Creative Writing Fellowships is literary quality.

In addition to teaching creative writing at the Academy, Pro¬

In the spring of 1978, Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Robert J. Smith, USAFR (Ret), established an endowment fund through the Association of Graduates for the purpose of presenting an annual lecture program in honor of General Ira C. Baker, USAF (Ret).

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fessor Anderson has edited War, Literature, and the Arts: An In¬

ternational Journal of the Humanities since 1989. He is also editor of Aftermath: An Anthology of Post-Vietnam War Fiction, published by Henry Holt and Company in 1995. “Aftermath,” literary critic Jeff Stein wrote in the Washington Post, surprised me like afull clip of bullets straight to the heart.

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ternational, Western Humanities Review, and elsewhere. The NBA Fellowship Grant carries acash award of $15,000.

The lecture series commemorates the many important and signi cant contributions to national defense policy and security made by General Baker.

The 1996 Ira C. Baker Lecture was presented by Dr. Paul G. Kaminski, ’64, Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisitions and Technology. Pictured from left are Brig. Gen. (Ret) Jim Ulm, ’61, chairman of the Board of the Association of Graduates; Mrs. Jean Smith Snodgrass, daughter of Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Smith; Dr. Kaminski; and Lt. Gen. Paul Stein, ’66, Superintendent.

Academy Telephone Pre xes Changed

Optimistic Outlook

Cadet 1st Class Brian Bauman relaxes in his hospital room in

Seattle after his long-awaited bone marrow transplant July 5.

The Academy has completed its new telephone system which is now government owned. On July 12, the pre xes to all base telephone commercial and Defense System Network (DSN) numbers changed to 333 vice the old 472. This changeover affected our association’s main phone numbers of 4513 and 2067 to the new pre x. Also changed was our facsimile number 4194 and our answering machine number 2073. Not affected were our rotary numbers of 472-0300, 472-0301 and 472-0302.

Bauman, according to his mother Elaine, is ‘‘doing as expected;” his doctors are optimistic the transplant, from an unnamed Korean male, will be successful. Bauman, diagnosed with chronic

myelogenous lukemia, did not graduate with his original Class of 1996 due to the illness. He is expected to return to the Academy and complete his course work when he recovers. (Courtesy photo)

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L i k e F a t h e r, L i k e . . .

Col. Darryl Scott, ’74, president of the New England Chapter

of the Association of Graduates, presents acheck to Superintendent Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein, ’66, during the Founders Day dinner in Boston, Mass, on May 16.

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Cadet First Class Kim Reed, who is the Fall 1996 Cadet Wing commander, is shown with her father, Charles R. Reed, Class of 1970, who was the Cadet Wing commander during his senior year spring semester.

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heart attack survivors last spring. With his customary impeccable sense of timing, he was at adoctor’s of ce at the time of his “congestive heart failure.” According to reports led by several of my string of sober and highly-reliable California-based eld correspondents, Tom was admitted to ahospital in Hollywood where he had either (a) adouble bypass, (b) a triple bypass, (c) an appendix transplant, or (d) astern talking to by the head nurse. I’m inclined to believe one of the

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Craig SCHAUM claims to have inspected the incisions. He reports that the scar on the leg is bigger than the one on the chest, but that both were in the shape of the Jozwiak Curve. We wish Tom afull and quick r e c o v e r y.

Craig also wrote that Northrop Grumman was moving him to Florida as Joint STARS program manager (and observed that industry makes PCSs alot more tolerable than does the military). Before he left. Bob and Marie JENNINGS and Larry and Carol THOMSON gave him and

JoAnn a tting sendoff from southern California. Congratulations and good luck with the new job on an important and complex defense program.

In another change. The Faithful Scribe has heard arumor that Bob BECKEL has been picked to replace former AFA Supe Lt Gen Skip Scott as head of the New Mexico Military Institute. Sorry if Ihave the position

or the school wrong; that’s the nature of rumors unsubstantiated by correspondence from the principal. Harumphl Anyway, great move and Bob

way down to Denver just to visit and have lunch. (Paul has an interesting slant on his role with the corporate jet. He considers it his airplane, but since his boss buys the fuel, Paul lets him decide where it will y.)

Among other tidbits, he mentioned that his considerably younger wife, Barbara (note the accompanying photo, taken in the cockpit of “Paul’s” airplane), is winning her long-time battle with diabetes, in part due to a workout regime that would drive most of us to our knees. In his time off from jetting around the country, he has also restored a1955 Bonanza.

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Finally, Ithought I’d mention that by the time you read these words, the Class of 2000 will be well into their Freshman Year! Idon’t know

about you, but I nd that thought both wildly exhilarating and profoundly depressing.

Thought for the Quarter; Don’t ever allow yourself to become indispensable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.

and Donna will do asuper job there.

Other moves and meanderings: A1 and Janet WATERS have sold their home in Sacramento and are heading for North Carolina. They bought a

lot near Pinehurst and will spend the next year supervising construction of their home and getting to know their gol ng-celebrity neighbors. Tom CHASE, on the other hand, isn’t moving, just taking atrip to China to

climb the Great Wall. He says he already has apiece of the Berlin Wall and thinks he may be able to cop achunk from what he calls “the real wall.” FinaUy, Pat MUSMAKER took off from Corpus Christi on D-Day with three of his just-graduated seniors. They were bound for Providence, RI, where the youngsters were to compete in the 22nd Atmual Future Problem Solving (FPS) Program International Conference. The team Pat coached had won the Texas FPS State Bowl and quali ed to

compete with 1,800 other students from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. They had agreat trip, but Pat says they didn’t win anything. Except alot of respect and some great experience.

The East Coast wing of the class and the denizens of the ’59er Net will already have received the advisory about the biennial mini-reunion following the Army-USAFA game. For others who may want to join the longest-running continuous victory celebration in service academy history, here are the details. Ed and Judy JOSEPHSON have blocked 24 rooms at the Overlook at the Bear Mountain Inn, New York, for the

nights of 8and 9November. Cost is $84 per night (single or double) plus tax. If you want to attend, you should call the Bear Mountain Inn for reservations directly (1-800-458-8264) and tell them you are with the Class of ’59, Air Force Academy. Supposedly, the reservation cutoff date is 8 September which, Irealize may be after the delivery date of this issue of Checkpoints. If so, try anyway. They may have rooms left in the Overlook or elsewhere nearby. Ed is also working on obtaining from the AFA Athletic Association ablock of seats in the same time zone as the ac¬

tual football game. For more information, call him at (603) 778-1495.

Ihad agreat visit in March with Paul LASEN, who incidentally has laid claim to the title of the oldest grad on

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A.J. (Rosie) Cler, Jr. 11181 West 17th Ave.

Building Two, Suite 208 Lakewood, CO 80215-2759 (303) 238-4973, FAX: 237-0772 Percent members: 78

Tom and Mary Ellen BURKE gave adinner party at their Spring eld, VA “digs” for those in the photo. In the front row, from left are Paul SONES, Evey and George ELSEA, Susanne and Joe HIGGINS, and Tall Tony. In the back row, Sheila SONES, Tom and Mary Ellen BURKE, Karen BURSHNICK, Ralph and Darlene LALIME, Liz and Norm

HALLER. Those attending wrote afew comments (I detected the fragrance of alcohol on their missives): Joe and Susanne HIGGINS just returned from Ft. Myers, FL staying with Brian and Carol KALEY in their Naples condo, and Ican’t even spell the degrees Joe’s three kids

have; George and Evey ELSEA’s future travel includes Arizona for his parents’ 60th anniversary and Scotland to visit Evey’s folks, while George

afternoon cruising the Potomac, and provided us with afew notes about

added that the “Tiger Moth is still ying;’’ Paul and Sheila SONES just

F-16s with Tucson’s ANG); Bob and Liliand BADGER just bought anew home in Fairfax and are about to become grandparents for the eighth

returned from aCaribbean cruise and atrip to Texas; Ralph LALIME spent March in Sanibel, FL, and will take Darlene to Hawaii in November; Norm and Liz HALLER claim 11 grandchildren (nine boys,

two girls); and Tom BURKE’s consulting business—TETS Associates— “is growing, albeit slowly.” (What’s aTET, Tom?).

Great news! George Joseph Charles (nmn) FRIES got aclean bill of

health concerning his malignant skin cancer, and is now buying stock in Coppertone 30/45. He and Becky housed still-on-active-duty Dean (nickname: Leroy) BRISTOW and wife, Sandy, in June while Dean was in D.C. for retirement ceremonies of the ACC Surgeon. (Scribe to George: YATES was the last classmate on continuous duty!) George at¬

tends Old Dominion University in their education program to achieve certi cation as a“Real-Life Person,” and was recently named board member of the Jamestown 4H Camp. Can anyone top that!

James Henry (Bojo) BUJALSKI wrote from Orangevale, CA where he and Cleone celebrated their 36th anniversary July 23rd. Son Christopher (29) lives in nearby WilUams and daughter Christina (28) is in the Springs.

After ying RC-121s at Otjs, C-123s in Vietnam, and C-130s at Forbes AFB, Jim left the service and got his MS in aeronautics and astronautics from the U. of Washington, MBA from Cal State, then worked at Aerojet in Sacramento 27 years—engineering to project management to advanced technology to marketing to program management. “We owned and lived in six different homes, one of which we designed and built, pursuing side careers in dairy farming, college-level teaching, and property management—must have caught up with me, because in late 19W Iwas

involuntarily retired!” Jim then went back to school at UC-Davis in hazardous materials management and site assessment remediation, now independently consults while working for United Technologies’ Chemical Systems Division in San Jose as the program manager for phasing out third-stage rocket motor production. “Gary VANSINGEL spent a weekend at our home in January—Gary’s doing international marketing of conveyor systems for acompany in Grand Rapids, ML” Jim also related that “I was waiting in line for one of the rides at Paramount’s Great Amusement Park on June 1st, when ayoung man asked me about my Class of 1960 cap, telling me that his dad was agraduate. Turned out to be Greg BOYINGTON’s son!”

Robert Paul ODENWELLER (Planetarium Lecturer 2, 1) and wife, Jane, wrote. Bob recently received the 1995 TWA Annual Award of Excellence—airlinese for “Pilot of the Year”—and even got his name painted on 767 number 16051. “Noticed that Ken BIEHLE clocked 15,000 hours—I stopped counting at 20,000 hours ( rst liar never stands a chance).” A1011 captain, he retires in two years. Older daughter, Joy (34), was awarded the McKnight Land Grant Professorship of Anthropology at the U. of Minnesota after making amajor “ nd” in Yemen; daughter Liesl (29) sings opera and might perform at the Royal Opera House. Bob wrote that “I’ll be judging an international stamp show in Toronto this June, and on the expert team in Istanbul September/October.” Bob said he occasionally saw Bert CROFT, who was a ight engineer with TWA. On asad note, we learned from Ed LANKENAU (’59), that Bert died after amassive heart attack suffered the last week of June.

each: Bill and Kitty TAYLOR (son Jim, AFA ’85, is now full-time ying time; Dick and Sally SEXTON (Dick’s selling real estate, does freelance paralegal work, and is studying—you read it here rst—sign language!); Dean BRISTOW says he nally got to y an F-16; Leon and Maryn GOODSON (Leon’s working at his ops research business in Reston, Maryn’s busy handling her staff of programmers/analysts at the Association of American Medical Colleges); Jerry and Betty DE LA CRUZ (Betty’s playing softball and tennis, Jerry attends Catholic University parttime); Ralph and Darlene LALIME (The “Flea” was elected chairman of Spring eld District Republicans); Les QUERRY continues his engineering consulting business and plans alot of European travel; and, A1 and Gale JOHNSON had no news to report.

Chris and Pat WARACK hosted aMay gathering at the Academy O-Club, after an AOG meeting, for the following: Andi BIANCUR, retired, ew his Mooney from Utah; Ron and Connie YATES, who don’t allow Ron’s 14 days of consulting each month to interfere with leisure; Tony and Karen BURSHNICK left the next day for Mountain Home AFB to visit son Joe (’91, ies KC-135s); Jim GLAZA, who’ll be conducting more great football tailgates; Jim and Mary WADDLE, about to break ground on achurch-building project in Russia and travel there every month or two, will visit the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic this summer; Tony and Carol BILELLO enjoy ying with their

club and playing tennis; Jock and Hope SCHWANK. (Jock’s still reeling after “two days trying to make sense out of outlandish board member suggestions/directions from our two ’60 members!” Hint: their initials are Tony and Andi.)

Op. Ed. The March column noted the presidential candidacy of Ronald

Wilburn (We’ll Churn for Wilburn”) YATES and John Michael (“Our Coach is Roach”) LOH. Campaign Chairman Lander (Land) Slyde reports from HQ in Ponca City that the LOH/YATES juggernaut has almost three percent support (±4% margin of error) in Guam, Puerto Rico, and Cleveland. Using scores from Astro- nals (sorry, Ron) Mike’ll be Presidential Nominee with Ron Vee-Pee for the Cocktail Party, with a

slogan '“54-40 or Fight!” (Raise alcoholic content of wine to 54%, beer to40%!)

Potpourri. Denis HANEY’s at 5216 Caliente Drive, Arlington, TX

76017, phone 817-468-8259. After years working for Met-Life, Denny’s teaching junior high science, and applied for acerti cate in math...send

class anecdotes to Paul VALLERIE at 12512 SE 65th Street, Bellevue, WA 98006-3913...New Address: Tony BILELLO, 3092 South Gray Street, Denver, CO 80227-3817...Next Issue: the real story behind the 1959 USMA-USAFA football game at Yankee Stadium from Deke JOHNSON, who prefers to remain anonymous. Ciao.

Hanson Scott

1300 Onava Court, NE Albuquerque, NM 87112

Phone: (505) 293-4486 Percent members: 85

Greetings from the Land of Enchantment—only weeks to go before the 35th! From the Beltway, our roving reporter (the Spanish Flyer) has provided an update on recent activities of the Greater Washington, DC crowd: “Joan and Ijust got back from the Rest and Rejuvenation Retreat at Chincoteague Island. This event, under the awless planning of John and Joan KOHOUT, continues to be the social highlight of the Gray Tags in the Greater Washington, DC area. As usual, we were regaled with Charlie STEBBINS’ latest stories of humor, X-rated and otherwise. I

wish Icould remember them, but Iam sure you can well imagine Charlie’s rapid- re delivery and his excellent sense of timing. Pat BUCKLEY was too busy making money to attend, but Meverette was more than aworthy representative. We were also glad that Terri O’REAR excused Nelson from having to attend “family reunions” to be with his classmates. Our newest nd, Ron and Cathy MULLER (a.k.a. MILLER) was forced to cancel his attendance plans in order to “go do something in Bolivia.” Our oldest living grad, Karl KELLERMAN, was also present and was able to Jane and Bob Odenweller at the ceremony honoring Bob as the TWA Pilot of the Year.

Who has more fun than those wacky Beltway Bandit Boys? “Admiral” LALIME (who drives his luxurious motorhome around D.C. as if it’s in afterburner) coerced several classmates and their wives to join him on the

Good Ship Dandy (Scribe: Iswear I’m not making this up!) for aMay

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get around unassisted. Among the culinary highlights, we note the superb breakfast hosted and cooked by the NEGRONIs and ROGERS, the STACKHOUSE’S sandwich extravaganza, the STEBBINS’ delicious warm-up snacks, the KOHOUT’s “Poulet Dinee” or chicken dinner for

the rednecks, Lynne and Steve HO’s delicious Sunday morning repast.

And all the food was washed down with refreshments donated by the W H I TA K E R S a n d t h e O ’ R E A R s . ”

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shing expedition was asuccess as aresult of Nelson

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USAFA versus Navy O’REAR’s novel way of keeping the worms warm and of Karl KELLER-

MAN’s secret bait (he smells the hook to insure the proper scent is there).

One of the highlights of the retreat was the record conclusion of a1,500

piece jigsaw puzzle by ahigh IQ, low I-can team composed of the FOSTERS, Karl KELLERMAN, Nels O’REAR, and the ROGERS, under the able direction of our very own Rhodes Scholar John SULLIVAN. This was agreat practice for the October Class Reunion and

the Greater Washington, DC bunch is ready.” Thanks, Hector, for the letter!

J a y, J i m , B e n

Pete LANE is acollege prof again, teaching history at North Texas State.

Dick COPPOCK forwarded aclipping from The Falcon Flyer recalling—35 years ago—Ken MACAULAY’S domination of the senior men’s division of the Colorado Indoor Speed Skating Chanpionships at the Broadmoor World Arena, with victories in the 400, 880, mile, and twomile contests. Dick also called with some sad updates—Gene DANIEL passed away in April and was buried next to his wife in Baton Rouge. Further, indications are that Reid SCHAFFNER passed on in 1968—Dick is attempting to obtain additional information on Reid. Also, two of our classmates suffered terrible losses in the last several weeks: Mike

RAWLINS’ wife, Linda, passed away and was buried at the Academy; Johnny CAUGHMAN’s wife, Karen, passed away—oUr prayers are with Gene’s family, Mike and John and their families during these tough times.

The Chief, Ginger, Marc Also from Washington, Lowell JONES provided arecap of Lt Gen Marc ANDERSON’S retirement—a dinner at the Bolling AFB Of cers’ Club and retirement ceremony the following day with General Ron FOGLEMAN (’63) presiding. Lowell said the entire event was a“grand affair,” and Marc and Ginger now make their home at 8852 Rolling Acres Trail, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX 78015. Marc’s retirement leaves us with one in uniform full time. Brig Gen Randy CUBERO, with John PAYNE lling the role of aweekend warrior in Mississippi.

By now the class should have received additional info on the reunion.

See you there! Standing by to copy.

J o h n W. “ J a c k ” J a m b a

4Judy Court Satellite Beach, FL 32937 Home: (407) 777-5520

Of ce: (^7) 861-3519

E-mail: jwjamba@aol.com Percent members: 71

Jim Rogers, Marc The Class Scribe was pleased to receive anice note from Dr. Jim WILD (San Antonio), who reported that both sons (Jay and Ben)) are now ofcers in the Marine Corps. First Lieutenant Ben is in advanced jet pilot training in Kingsville, Texas and agraduate of Texas A&M. Second Lieutenant Jay recently completed DCS at Quantico, VA and is a

graduate of the University of Texas. The entire family recently met at Quantico in April for Jay’s commissioning. Jim stated he continues to practice medicine in San Antonio where “We have apretty substantial critical mass of retired ’61ers who have maintained afairly consistent tradition of not getting together as agroup. Ihope we can change that soon.” Jim added that he continues to maintain akeen interest in the Air

Force, the Academy, and the lives of our classmates, and will see us in October. Thanks, Jim—great picture!

Other news: Jim and Mary Jane AHMANN traveled to Africa again in May, with one week in Ghana, two days in Ethiopia, and two days in Egypt. Earl and Lillie SAUNDERS have left the Springs for Alabama.

Hi Redtags! It’s another nice warm day in Florida and the shuttle will launch in two days, weather permitting. Got apostcard from Randy and Lieu SCHAMBERGER. To wit: “Hey, Ilike this cruising thing. We’re on aseven-day Alaska tour this week. Fantastic scenery, great food and it’s the ‘Love Boat.’ In Colorado, Lieu said if you’ve seen one mountain you’ve seen them all. Not so here. Saw our rst live whale at sea yesterday. Awesome. See you next year. The reunion will be our cruise for ’97.” Thanks, Randy. Have agood year and see you next year.

There was acommander’s conference at Patrick last month and guess who came? That’s right. You all guessed correctly. Butch VICCELLIO and George HARRISON. Talked to each of them by phone for afew minutes. Butch said that he will probably retire in 10 months. Ithink that’s his mandatory retirement date. He and his wife are talking about moving to the Seattle area. There are plenty of in-laws there which will make the transition easier. Of course, the lure of agood, high-paying, challenging job has been known to put adifferent slant on many retirement plans. Their daughter is a2Lt at Peterson Field, working in the environmental profession. It looks like Butch will have to oversee some more downsizing in his command before he retires. The budget cuts deep.

Thanks for the news. Butch. Please keep me posted on your moves.

George said that he is enjoying his job at Albuquerque. He keeps in touch with some of the grads in the local area like Hesh ALTMAN. He said that Don SHEPPERD is doing great in Washington with the ANG. I may be passing through Albuquerque in acouple of months on vacation, so I’ll try to look George up. Maybe we can get amini-reunion going. I think George may plan to retire next summer.

Got anice letter from Sam DEHNE’s dad. In answer to my comment about getting used to calling Denis by the name of Sam. Dr. Dehne said that he probably picked up the name Sam from some kidding about trying to evade SAM missiles. Well, Sam, what do you say to that? And while I’m talking about Sam, Iwant to tell you that Igot a yer telling about

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write an “interesting article in Checkpoints. ”How about it. Anyone have some irritating or aggravating issues that they feel could be aired in this column. Write to me.

Acouple of years ago, Gail PECK suggested that we develop apyramid alert system for the class so that we could quickly pass along urgent news by telephone pyramid alert. We djdn’t get much response on that. But I think that with the information explosion on the Internet, we could do a creditable job of developing an Internet pyramid alert system. Ialso think that more of you would drop me news items on the Internet. So Iam on America OnLine and my e-mail address is in the header. Please start using the Web to communicate with me. Ican start gathering the e-mail addresses for now and work with Gail or anyone else to develop aworld wide net for the Redtags. Who knows, we may even have our own home page soon. Any volunteers? Owen HAWKINS, you have some special knowledge in that arena. Any suggestions? So there you have it; Ihave opened the subject of Internet communications and apyramid alert system (again).

Got an e-mail from John FLANAGAN: “Over the last year Ihave been the guest speaker at 1st Squadron’s dining-in (my doolie squadron) and the Class of '99 Recognition dining-in. During my visits, Ihave had the sons of Pete BOBKO, John FER, and Jim MACK, respectively, come up to me and ask ‘Do you know my father?’ Proudly, Isaid ‘yes’ because, like my stepson, they have chosen to follow in their father’s footsteps.

There can be no greater reward to afather or compliment to our class and to the Academy.” Thanks John. See, e-mail works!

Idon’t have any other mail to write about. I’ll probably call afew of you in the next two days to help ll in this column. Icalled some classmates but got no answers and I’m out of time. Should Icall some more and be late with this column or should Icall it quits for now. As Yogi Berra once said, “When you come to afork in the road, take it.” So I’m taking the fork in the road and stopping now. Ihope this short column spurs some of you to take pen, pencil or mouse in hand and communicate with me before the next edition. Remember that when you receive an issue of Checkpoints the mail, Iusually have about two weeks to send in my next column. If you have an item to send to me, send it in the next few days. Looking forward to seeing you at the 35th reunion next year. Cheers. Go Redtags!

Norman I. Lee III 17532 N.E. 38th Court

Redmond, WA 98052 W: (206) 237-5940 H: (206) 882-0968 Internet (via Prodigy): HHMM30A® P R O D I G Y. C O M Percent members: 75

Lots of e-mail this time! More and more classmates are getting wired (electronically) and are sur n’ the net. My address seems to be the rst place to try out the new toy. Truthfully, Iam more than willing to be the test subject. News is news.

Recently we upgraded my 1990 vintage low-speed, 386 computer with a FAX modem. Turns out, while trying to gure out how to send aFAX, the FAX manager was left on. Every time the phone rang, the computer answered and it made noises like aFAX was inbound. After afew calls I

gure: something is not right! Afew friends were miffed that they kept getting this high-pitched squeal in their ears. But, because they were friends, all was forgiven.

Some have asked for alist of e-mail addresses but, unfortunately, the request cannot be complied with via this forum. The AOG has aprinting problem with the e-mail address format and they have consented only to include them with the Scribes’ telephone/FAX numbers, etc. Here is a solemn promise to consolidate what few addresses are in the “Mailbox” and send them out to Golden Types on the “net.”

Ken and Karen HABEDANK plan to remain in Cairo until October and then return to the U.S. and retire. Ken says he has anew HarleyDavidson “Road King” and is making plans to start off retirement by riding across America. Karen may have other plans. Ken does like to hear from everyone and e-mail is his prime source of contact. For Ken’s bene t, trying to slip one by the AOG is worth the effort. If any of you would like to say hello, Montana27@aol.com is his e-mail address. (Ed. note: Gotcha!)

Dick and Lynn FERENCY are now on-line with CompuServe. Dick’s contributions so far are somewhat questionable in value. For example he sent athird party list (nearly 40) of real life classi ed ads. Stuff like: “Man wanted to work in dynamite factory. Must be willing to travel. » >

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Sam running for Reno City Council. Ialso got several issues of Sam’s The Reno Citizen. He sure gives politicians who waste taxpayers’ money alot of deserved grief. Sam also suggested that it’s about time for someone to

Keeping acopy of these tidbits and including them one-by-one in future articles will help us all suffer equally. That is apromise!

Dick TROY dropped me aline the day before we left for atrip “back east”. Dick wrote to say he was having trouble getting acopy of the Ad Novos Mundos tape—from the 30th reunion. Ipromised to look into the problem upon our return to Seattle. There is apossibility that by the next version of this article asolution may be at hand. If you are also looking for acopy of the tape, let me know.

Pete HAMMERTON’s note spoke of his and Roger SIMS’s mutual struggle with diabetes. Pete and Roger have been talking almost every other month. As the only two members (that they know of) of the class ■ with one leg and three kidneys each, they have their own mutual support society. Roger has aspecial swim leg prosthesis and has fun getting wet.

He also drives astick shift car which is really aneat trick! Pete reports he

is still with Hughes Missile System Co (for alittle while more). He recently joined the Tucson Soaring Club and has soloed in the Krosnos trainer.

Pete says it is alittle disconcerting to be in aclimbing turn at 42 kts, when his last airplane took off at 170! Soaring, according to Pete, is agreat feeling and it is too bad that we missed out at school. He also added Andy WARD is fully retired in San Antonio. Andy and Kay spend their time visiting with their daughters in three different areas.

John NEHRING is working with the Olympic Games helping them with aprogram that manages 200,000 items of technology equipment.

This includes everything from cellular phones to palm readers and other sophisticated access control systems at the Olympic venues in and around Atlanta. For anyone needing aplace to crash during the games, John says

he can probably help out. Do we still “crash”? He also reports he is close to the MARTA adding it is likely the only semi-reliable way to get around town then.

Gene (a.k.a. Grover) MUSSELWHITE continues to work with the JROTC program in Rock Hill, SC. He has been at the JROTC job for seven years. Said he has been trying unsuccessfully to make contact with Ted SCHROEDER (ref the Winter 95/96 article). For those who did not keep their Winter copy of Checkpoints, Ted’s address is OPM-SANG Unit 61304, APO AE 09803-1304. His telephome is 011-966-1-491-1883, Ext 203. 011 is the overseas line so don’t try it twice. Ted says the number is also aFAX number. Gene’s note contained abit of nostalgia over the retirement of the last F-4G (Wild Weasel) from active duty. The airplane was from the 561st FS—Gene was the rst operational commander of the 561st back in ’80-’81.

Ralph WETTERHAHN reported on his new article in the TROA Magazine. This story is about atrip he took off the coast of Cambodia diving for wrecks of downed U.S. CH-53 helicopters and Cambodian gunboats. Ralph says they came up with 161 bones belonging to some of the 18 MIAs left there along with all manner of artifacts. The island was basically undisturbed for the 20-years since the AF and Marines hit the beaches during the Mayaguez Incident in ’75. The article is afollow up to John GILMARTIN’s (’62), AVery Short War, which was reviewed in the Winter issue of Checkpoints.

Ron MCCOLLUM, Seattle resident, checked in to report on Bob PARLETE and Mike O’CONNELL. Bob’s wife, Linda, is running for state representative from their district—Bob has lived in Wenatchee, WA for 26 years. Ron and Mike went to aMariners game together. As this article is written, the Mariners game is on and (1) we are getting crunched by Toronto for the second night in arow and (2) Jr. Griffey broke his hand and will again be on the disabled list—that’s baseball. Mike works for the Seattle School District (with aretired U.S. Army general as superintendent). He and Theresa live in downtown Seattle. Tried to reply to Ron’s e-mail but the message came back as undeliverable. Guess Ineed to check the address.

George and Sharon FREDERICK reported from the Austin, Texas Hill Country. Most importantly, their eldest son, Chris, is getting married this summer in Michigan. George is involved in marketing remote weather sensing systems as well as promoting aviation/aerospace meteorology offerings in the USAFA curriculum. He says Randy CUBERO (Dean &’61) and his folks have done agreat job to enhance the program and will soon offer acore course with some practical, meteorological study to help future graduates deal with the environment in which the Air Forece operates—the atmosphere and space. The primary thrust is to stimulate awareness of the operating environment for all AF specialties our

Send your donation now to The Air Force Academy Fund Association of Graduates

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Bob Hovde 817 Dellwood Road

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Change-of-Address Cards: There’s not much moving this time of year.

Mike POVICH moved from one address in Spokane to another, and you already heard that Dick HAWLEY was at Langley AFB (commander. Air

Combat Command), along with Bret DULA (vice commander), and Lee

graduates choose to enter. Combat Weather.

Bob MAZET sent the above photo of himself, Ed REISDORF and Bill WECKER from last May at Ed and Terri’s home. The picture was taken during apost wedding party for Ed and Terri’s oldest son, Ted, and his new bride, the former Miss Ann Pitts. Bob and Ed both live in Paradise Valley and see each other often at the local handball court trying to beat up on one another. Bob says Ed usually gets the better of the matches due to his four-foot arms.

DOWNER (deputy commander for Operations).

Letters: Bob CLARK wrote from McDonnell Douglas Services somewhere overseas (Saudi Arabia?) with his and Kris MlNEAU’s e-mail addresses when he couldn’t nd my e-mail address in the winter issue. 1 have almost enough ’64 addresses to start an e-mail re ector. (If you send an e-mail to the re ector, it is re-transmitted to all of the addresses.)

E-maU: Ed MECHENBIER, from the equally distant post of Ohio, noted the same lack of an address and called on the phone to get it. He then sent an e-mail to prove it would work. Ed is working for SAIC in Dayton. He must be doing well, because SAIC is building anew building to hold all of the employees there. Ed was recently at the Academy for a speaking engagement. He reports that they are doing amajor overhaul that will perk up the appearance to what we remember when it was new.

(As Irecall, they were overhauling it when it was new!) Best of all, he says that they are thinking about adding athird golf course. Maybe they’ll make one with short fairways and level greens this time.

Ed also relates that when he had his last annual physical at Pensacola (as part of aPOW follow-up), the Navy doctor asked how much alcohol he drinks. He replied two or three drinks per week. The doctor said that he wanted Ed to have two per day, and to make sure Jerri does too, because it will keep him healthy and make it fun at the same time!

Bob THOMAS dso used e-mail to report that he retires from active duty at Shaw AFB, SC, effective 1Oct 96. The actual retirement is planned for August 2nd, with Bret DULA coming down from Langley to preside over the ceremony. Bob thinks he is the last of 17th Squadron to leave active duty. (Bob, there aren’t very many from any squadron still on active duty!) He and Pat will stay in Sumter, SC, until he decides what he wants to do.

Larry HOFFMAN—a faithful contributor— wrote to report on his visit to Ft Bragg. The picture tells much of the story. When 1 rst saw that picture 1thought Larry had lost it and actually jumped. Turns out he and son Matt were just trying on the harness and the gear. Shortly after Larry and Cheryl were settled in their empty nesters villa, son Mike moved in to

nish massage therapy school. Mike is planning to work in aColorado ski resort as amassage therapist/personal trainer. Daughter Lori continues to train dogs (attack, protection, obedience) in Tampa. Her business partner is an ex-USAF dog trainer.

Message from the President: Here are acouple of notes from Jim DIFFENDORFER: At long last the cups are on display in Doolittle Hall. 1

called several of you to help me rec^l the origin of the cups.As mention¬

ed in the article found elsewhere in this issue, no one could remember the details. No matter; the bottom line is, the cups have survived, replacements have been procured, and we have abeautiful display cabinet. Again, many thanks to Jim GASTON for his hard work and persistence, ajob well done! 1was pleased Ron FOGLEMAN was able to stop by the AOG and do the honors of formally presenting the cups and cabinet to the AOG for safe-keeping. We will continue to use them

Sally HOFFMAN e-mails that she and John started out in Tucson living in their Airstream while waiting for the new house to be built.

However, some friends asked them if they would like to house-sit while they went back to Minnesota to sell their old house. With the temperatures in Tucson, this became ano-brainer decision, and John and Sally moved in. Now, if the friends just don’t sell their Minnesota home u n t i l O c t o b e r. . . !

More Letters: Dave NEAL called and said that he still wanted to get a ’64 group together to ride mountain bikes on Mt. Tamalpais—the birthplace of the mountain bike. Besides mountain bikes, Dave races vintage motorcycles (see picture). That’s Dave holding the rst place trophy for the vintage race at Sears Point International Raceway. Dave wants to emphasize that the American Federation of Motorcyclists has adivision for

vintage motorcycles, not vintage motorcyclists. He was especially proud of beating the kids who were not as old as his motorcycle. Having survived the race, Dave then crashed his street bike after hitting abump in the road. (He only has sprains, bruises and scratches, but destroyed his new riding suit.)

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whenever we want.

Another subject: the page 19 article of the Spring issue asked for donations of worn but good condition class rings for adisplay in Doolittle Hall. As of early June, we have not had adonation. This is the opportunity for someone to dust off his ring and make such adonation. Possibly, there are loved ones of our deceased classmates who might like to have a classmate’s ring on display as arepresentative of the Class of 1963. If you would like to donate aring, please call the AOG at (719) 472-0300 to discuss such agift. Make it apoint to visit Doolittle Hall on your next visit. Heads up to our Colorado Springs classmates. I’ll need volunteers to do the 35th in ’98; expect some early planning at the Navy game gettogether (Oct 12).

That’s it for this time. Thanks to all who called or sent some form of

First place trophy with vintage motorcycle and vintage rider Dave Neal.

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written communication. Your efforts are truly appreciated by all, especially classmates who want to know what’s up. Take care.

California. My father had not been well for several years. Although it is dif cult to lose one’s father, our family takes heart in the fact that he lived agood long life and died peacefully at home with my mother at his side. 1 guess for most of us this is the period in our lives when we lose our parents and truly recognize our own mortality.

After helping my mother for acouple of weeks, Ijust returned from sunny, bug-free San Louis Obispo and must get this in the mail tomorrow. So, here goes. Apress release from Hawkins Pro-Cuts, Inc., dba Pro-Cuts, announced the hiring of John RADEMACHER as director of Education. John will oversee the development and operation of Pro-Cuts’

College of Continuing Education. Let’s hope that John doesn’t teach them the basic cadet haircut technique, or his tenure may be short. Congratulation, John.

roster of his 17th Squadron classmates. He has found everyone except Mike HOLCOMB. Does anyone know anything about Mike?

Rod also reports that he and Sabra have been busy getting their children married. Their son married aNavy captain’s daughter in

February, and their daughter will marry aNavy captain’s son in September. Rod wants to know where he went wrong—I just wonder where they found all of those Navy captains in Colorado.

Rod also reports that he got atotally brand new diploma plaque

through the company in Oklahoma City that does the plaques for the new graduates. The new plaques run about $80. You can get anew photostat of your diploma from the Registrar and send it to the company. Rod says they look great, except for the incredibly ridiculous date of 1964. It can’t be right.

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Ashort note from Mike RYAN. After some huf ng and puf ng by a few senators, Mike was con rmed as CINCUSAFE. Mike’s comment was, “getting con rmed in the Senate shouldn’t be as hard as Iseem to make it...’’ Integrity sometimes has its price, Mike, when one encounters

those lacking in such. Congratulations, again, Mike. Hope you keep moving forward.

As Isaid this is ashort column. The editor will be pleased, as he is

always admonishing class scribes for being too lengthy. Iam off again in two days for Orlando to prepare Judi’s mother’s house for the rental market. While in Orlando Imust make aside trip to Las Vegas for my

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At the Gregory’s Second Annual ’64 Reunion.

Mini-reunion: Fred and Barbara GREGORY had a’64 reunion at their

home in Annapolis, MD, in early June. There were 30 people in attendance and when Italked with Barbara, she said that we missed areally good time. As my deadline nears, Fred is at the Cape, waiting for it to stop raining so they can launch aspace shuttle. He promised that Barbara would mail me apicture from the party. That means that he (in Florida) can get her (in Maryland) to get it to me (in Alabama) in time for me to get it to the AOG editor (in Colorado) before he deletes the space I’m telling him to save for it. Of course, we are depending on the U.S. Post Ofce, so you may be looking at ablank spot where there would have been a p i c t u r e o f : B a r r y B A R N E S , P a u l B E L M O N T, J . J . D AV I S , B i l l D O U G L A S , J i m G R A H A M , B o b H A L E Y, D o n K I N G S L E Y, B o b L E V I N S , J e f f L E V Y, W i l l M C K E N N E Y, P e t e M O R R I S O N , R i c h PORTER, Tom TILL, John WILES, and, of course, Fred.

That’s all for now. Keep those cards, letters and e-mails coming.

youngest brother’s wedding (he’s 42) to awoman afew years his junior (she’s 26). Iguess he wants someone around to maneuver the wheelchair?

Obviously, if Iam to pass on news, Ineed to have some passed to me.

Soon I’ll be on the Internet for those of you techies. We just got cable TV two days ago. As the installer said, “the city comes to the country.” Hope all is well in your lives.

Address Changes: Dan FETZER to 4404 North Wimbledon, Provo, UT 84604; George DUNKELBERG to 13078 Janda Road, Seneca, SC 29672; Tom PILSCH to 510 Auburn Drive, Auburn, AL 36830; Jim BEAVERS to 1750 Harbor Drive, Slidell, LA 70458; Mike SMITH to 1415 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002.

Ryan Denny

1210 Applewhite Road O’Fallon, IL 62269

Home: (618) 624-4255 Work: (314) 232-4180 E-mail: 74552.336@CompuServe Percent members: 75

Rod Rodman RR#l,Box331

Pownal, VT 05261 (802) 823-7789 Percent members: 68

Greetings from Pownal, Vermont, host to the 1996 touring of the Lollapalooza festival of alternative rock music. The big event is July 9, which will have passed by the time this is in print. We gure this is a “we’ll show you” by the defunct horse racing track owners. If you won’t let us have acasino at the track, then we’ll bring you something much worse—40,000 young people all hyped up on booze and drugs. At least I live ve or so miles away, or maybe Ishould join the fun?

This will be ashort column. Ihad received only one press release by late May and, as Iwas about to call afew of you, my father passed away in

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Barry BARNES writes that he is program director for Flight International of Newport News, VA. He and Tom MAHAN, manager. Advanced Programs, Lockheed Martin in Palmdale, CA, and Sam FINCH, Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Co. in Marietta, GA, all were at a two-day brie ng to industry in Tampa sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command. The keynote address was given by the Honorable Paul KAMINSKI, undersecretary for Acquisition and Technology. Paul did a great job outlining DoD programs and gave his insight on where we can improve. Barry says that it was avery interesting evening.

Rod WELLS reports that it’s never too late to become an airline captain. United Airlines promoted him this spring, and he is now ying out of Los Angeles. It makes for an interersting commute, since Rod has no intention of moving out of Colorado Springs. Rod is putting together a

Greetings Redtags! Alot of you all have contacted me in the last few months—I don’t know if it’s because it is so easy to send me something on e-mail or because some of you feel guilty for not sending in any information for the last'30 years. Either way. I’m happy to have some actual facts to write about you. It’s so close to our 30th Reunion that Iwas getting worried that some of you might remember the stories Ihave been making up about you and track me down at the bar to get even.

I’ll start with people that Ihave actually seen or talked to on the phone.

Iran into Randy JAYNE in the St. Louis airport. In addition to his duties as the ANG advisor to the USSPACECOM commander (a BG billet), Randy has joined an executive search rm (corporate headhunter) in the Washington, DC area. He still lives in St. Louis, but commutes between his job in D.C., his hobby in C. Springs, and his home in St. Louis. Such is the life on the fast track! On alittle slower pace, Iwent to Ron MOREY’S retirement at Scott AFB. Ron and Ann plan on wandering around the country to see all those places he ew over and “getting to

kind of thing) about being listed as a“missing” in the last Checkpoints.

I’m not sure how the Air Force could lose atwo-star. It must have been

some kind of secret stuff—right! Jerry has been actively involved in military to military events with most of the former Warsaw pact countries. It must be hard for an old bomber pilot to y in to one of those countries for lunch instead of WW III. Jerry is now on his way to 21 AF at McGuire AFB to be the Vice—a ying job!

Tony BARNARD sent me aclipping from aFlorida newspaper about John CASPER commanding the space shuttle Endeavor. Tony was amazed

Two government contractors and one old retired guy (Ryan Denny, Ron Morey, Jim Murphy).

know his shing boat alittle better”. Now that sounds like areal retirement! Jim MURPHY was also at the ceremony. He has been retired for a

few years and works for ARINC at Scott AFB. If Jim was in D.C., he would be called a“Beltway Bandit”, but out here in the Midwest they’re

called “Highway Helpers” or “Corn eld Cronies”.

Tim BROWN called to tell me about Ed FIGUEROA’S death. Ed had

been working for Northrup out in California and had been battling a form of cancer for over ayear before it

nally caught up with him. On a

brighter note, Tim’s son is starting at USAFA this summer (Class of ’00).

Just think, before you know it, they’ll have another Class of ’66.

My e-mail machine (or whatever you call those things) has been humming. Gary PALMER has been doing agreat job of keeping track of Redtags in the Washington, DC area and organized apractice reunion on 8 June. Gary and Fritz MCDOUGALL set up adinner at an Italian restaurant in Alexandria and were trying to round up as many ’66ers as

they could. If they recover in time, one of them is supposed to send me a picture (or aspaghetti-stained napkin with names on it) that Ican get in this article before the deadline. Fritz is still consulting in the D.C. area (a

real Beltway Bandit). Gary said that he played in the AOG golf tournament in May with Walt SCHRECKER (car dealer extrodinaire), Dave FALES (Wang Labs), and Jay LEVAN (president of NURAO/OAR).

They didn’t win anything, but had agreat time. (It was on aWednesday!)

Ron DAVIS e-mails that he is working for Booz Alien in D.C. and felt that if Bob CLOAR could use e-mail from Ft. Smith, AR, he should be

able to gure out how to do it from the “nerve center of the world”.

Mike KENNEDY e-mailed (actually Mary, wife of Michael, sent the e-mail) that he has moved from the South (Naples, FL) all the way up to the North (Niceville, FL). Mary says that when they retired from the USAF 10 years ago, she thought the moving days were over. After three moves in 10 years, Mike’s company. Waste Management, sounds like the military. They must like Mike because he is the president and general manager of their companies in the Florida panhandle. Mary is thrilled to be back near abase (Eglin AFB) and enjoys the “sound of freedom” day and night. Mike is stili ying with his Swift Magic Team and will be in big trouble if he forgot to keep his schedule clear for the reunion.

Tom KINCAID also found out that his computer does more than play Solitaire. He e-mailed me an update on an internment ceremony at Ar¬

lington Cemetery for George SPITZ. George was the pilot of an EC-47 that was shot down over Laos in 1973. Last year the remains were recovered and aceremony was held in March. George’s mother, widow

(Linda Hughes), and two of his three daughters were able to attend. In addition to Tom, Ken FUNKHOUSER and Tom SHEPLER also attended the ceremony. Tom KINCAID is working for DynMeridian (Beltway

Bandit) as is Mike CONNORS. Tom SHEPLER is ahand surgeon and lives and has his of ce in Vienna, VA. Ken lives in Fairfax and is amort¬

gage banker with First Bancorp Mortgage in Falls Church, VA. Jerry ALLEN sent me anote and took great umbrage (generals do that

CLASS OF 1966 30-YEAR REUNION

At Homecoming 1996 25-29 SEPTEMBER 1996

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that they let the over-50 crowd still y in space. Iguess the lack of gravity makes it easier. Tony didn’t say what he was doing, but he lives in Potomac, MD and is really high on the AFA Society of Washington, DC. It is agroup of USAFA grads who use networking to help graduates nd good jobs and help industry nd great leaders.lt sounds like agood idea to me—I’d hire agrad almost every time if Ihad achoice. Anyway, back to John’s (the old guy) adventures in space. It was avery successful 10-day mission, during which John got to do alot of “hands on” ying to release and capture experiments. I’m sure he’ll be willing to sign autographs on 8X10 glossy pictures for all your kids and neighbors at the reunion. I’m going to ask. (Payback, John.)

You all should be getting this edition of Checkpoints just before the reunion; so, if you don’t have reservations, etc., get on the stick and make them! Until then...Happy Landings!

Larry Wilson 1 3 K X ) P i n e h u r s t Av e . N E

Albuquerque, NM 87111 Home: (505) 291-8949 Work: (505) 846-2510 DSN: 246-2510 Percent members: 63

Hola, amigos. This newsletter is going to be short. It seems there has been another of the episodic dearths of input. And, to paraphrase one of the great truisms from Comp Sci 1-0-Dumb so long ago, “No input in, no output out.” Or something like that. Luckily Iwithheld abit of Bob MULDROW’s stuff from last quarter. Or you would be stuck with little more than Wilson family ller. But on to the real stuff.

Bob was kind enough to take notes and pass them on to me at his First O c c a s i o n a l M u l d r o w U N M — U S A FA B a s k e t b a l l G a t h e r i n g . R a l p h FEMRITE is training to y with FedEx, and maybe by now is ying with them. His wife, Tommi, is aglobai traveler, actively involved in avariety of religious activities worldwide. Steve and Sherry LANDERS are in Missouri,”...doing about amillion things. He is apart-time rancher/farmer, an income tax preparer, college professor, independent distributor and (I) don’t know what else.” Bob says they have agreat place with alake that you can sh in or simply watch the geese.

D i c k a n d L o i s N E AT E h a v e t w o k i d s a t h o m e a t t h e M a h a r i s h i I n ¬

stitute where he teaches electrical engineering. He and his son also play a little golf. Dick had abad golf year last year, not once in the 60s... Rich MCGILL is now General McGill of the AFRes, serving the OSI. Tom TILDEN ies for United as atest pilot, ferrying broke birds “...out of places where it is impossible to get them xed.” Dean and Nancy BURBANK are happy as clams in Washington state, where Dean is in a business marketing magnets for their health and restorative properties. As testimony, Steve LANDERS apparently had asprained ankle healed by one. Two of the Burbank sons are Woops.

Bruce FREEMAN hung up his AF blues the same day his younger son put on his USNA blue togs. His elder son is doing well at Duke. Bruce commutes to Philadelphia for Unisys while Marci maintains their Virginia home. Paul SCHLICHTER and Bev live in aDallas suburb, where Paul is manager for the western U.S. for the home security division of Brinks.

They have two kids over whom coaches are drooling. And Ai and Neen R O S S a r e e n t r e n c h e d i n Tu l s a w h e r e h e i s a n a n c i a l c o n s u l t a n t .

One note direct from me re Roger CARLETON: he may hang it up this fall, to return to Montana to be a shing guide, or to Colorado in some aeronautical capacity. Ihad lunch with an old friend who has also known Roger for some time. She knew of Roger’s plans to retire. Her description of him was areal tribute to the guy: she described him in terms of his unquestioned and unquestionable integrity. Not abad legacy.

Ireturn to USAFE this month, for ashort of cial IG visit, then my wife will join me for atoo-short vacation to some of our old favorite places. We have seen many of the tourist sights; this time we are planning the trip around eating and drinking our favorite meals at our favorite places with our favorite local friends. And maybe take in afew sights too.

It will be bittersweet, as so much has changed, and it will be brief. But what the hell. It is better than not going at all.

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Daughter Seeks Information About Samuel L. James, ’67 My name is Melissa James; Iam the daughter of Sam James (Captain Samuel L. James), your classmate. Ihave never known anyone besides family who knew my father. Iwould love to hear from any of you sharing with me what you knew of him. Please let me know about you, your careers and families too. If any of you live in the Bay Area and would consider avisit, Iwould be honored. By the time this is published, Iwill have visited the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. for the rst time to see my father’s name. Ipromise to respond to each letter. Thaiiks in advance for writing to me at my mother’s address: Melissa James, c/o Pederson, 5704 Con-

iston Way, San Jose, CA 95118 ly two in April, 1973 when her father (CS-23) was declared MIA in Cambodia. Sam’s status was changed in April 1975 to presumed dead. For those of you who knew Sam, please help Melissa out with any information you might have about her dad.

That’s it folks—there ain’t no more for this edition. Keep—whoops,

make that START those cards and letters coming in. Or you will be stuck with my ramblings again. Meanwhile—best wishes to you all.

selected as the Class Scribe for the Class of 1996—marking the

rst time

that parent and child grads have ever served as Class Scribes simultaneously. Now, Irealize this history-setting occurrence may not ex¬

actly cause the needle on world events Richter Scale to jump off scale, but a rst is a rst and it belongs to ’96 and us!

ANOREXIC MAILBAG DEPT: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you.

Bob STIER! Fellow classmates. Bob STIER and Jim REESE, are among

the only members of the class who have written to me since the 1995 Christmas holiday season. If you want to keep the column going, please choose your communications medium (cards, letters, faxes, or e-mail), jot down afew sentences about what is going on in your corner of the world,

send it to me, and include some photos! This is apublic service announcement. Thank you for your undivided attention. (Scribe Special Note Spouses, once again, Icall on you to serve your country by enlisting all of your beguiling ways to get your husbands to write. If they don’t respond to the standard carrot-stick approach, then Iask that you write instead and tell me things that will make our readership green with envy. Inquiring minds want to know!)

Bob writes that he and wife, Sandy, currently live in Papillion, NE

(close to Offutt AFB). While serving as the 28th Bomb Wing vice commander, Bob and Sandy celebrated their 25 th Anniversary in 1994 by taking alife-altering trip to Calcutta, where they worked for Mother Teresa in the House of the Dying. The time to re ect on where he had been and the direction he was heading caused achange in his life’s focus and he

Tim Davidson

9712 Hidden Valley Road Vienna, VA 22181-6094 (703) 255-5313/Fax: (703) 255-5377 E-mail: timd@erols.com

retired about six months after returning from India.

Percent Members: 65

HELLO ’68! Your scribe is heading off on awhirlwind tour of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary, beginning today (June 17) through July 3, so this column is literally going to press as Iget ready to board our ight. Please note the add of afax number and e-mail capability in my header for those of you who want to get in touch.

TRANSITION DEPT: The spring was aperiod of transition for more of our crew. For Bob DURHAM, Monty LAMONT, and Rhip WORRELL some great military careers ended as they hung up their Air Force blue suit nearly 32 years after raising their right hand on 29 June 1964 and swearing to support and defend the Constitution. Congratulations to all

of you for your many contributions to the Air Force and the defense of the nation.

Bob is currently the director. Distribution Services for First Data Corporation. He is also amember of the Lion’s Club and has entered athreeyear formation program for the permanent diaconate in the Catholic Church. Bob and Sandy’s oldest daughter. Holly, graduated from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL), got her master’s, was married last November, and is now akindergarten teacher in Omaha. Joanna, their second oldest, graduated from UNL three years ago and then went to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she earned amaster’s in speech pathology. Joanna will be married in September and is currently living in Charleston, SC. Son Bobby graduated from Papillion-LaVista High School and will attend the University of Nebraska at Kearney in the fall. Bob and Sandy extend the ’68 Welcome Mat to all who are passing through the Omaha area. His e-mail address is: RSTIER1786@aol.com.

Speaking of transitions, for the really old members of the class (bom between January-June 1946), Father Time put abig check mark in the half-century column of life’s personal scorecard. Ihad the pleasure of wishing both Brooke BAILEY and Bob JOHNSTON aHappy 50th during celebrations/“remember when movies were only adollar” sessions in April and May, respectively. For the much younger members of the class, who represent the post-Juhe 1946 “Babyboomers,” best wishes as you

revel in the blessings of family and friends some 50 years after joining the human race. (Scribe Special Note to all spouses and family members: Please be patient with dad during this time of retrospection as he reassesses the meaning of life, his waist, his hairline, etc. Your love and support will be appreciated.) To all who clearly (and visibly) t into this category. Happy Birthday!

AOG D.C. Chapter honors Ed Eberhart and Bobby Floyd at Andrews

AFB Golf Tournament. From left in front row: Ed Eberhart, Bob Johnston, Bobby Floyd, Scribe, P.K. Waldron, Rick Patterson. Back rows: Dick Ewers, Bill Eckert, Denny McLain, Bob Durham, Bruce Ger-

rity, Jim Clark, Tom O’Beirne, Brooke Bailey, Mark Torreano, Nick Nicholson, Bruce McGray, Walt Lips, and Jim Thompson. Not pictured: Bob Pauli.

After serving as the Association of Graduates, Washington, DC

Chapter president for anumber of years, Ed EBERHART passed the

‘68 and ‘96 Scribes pose with family in another rst. From left in front row: sister Bonnie, Alicia, Lisa, and Melissa (’96). Back row: Josh, Tim (’68), and Scott.

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ANOTHER FIRST DEPT: As one of the truly “great” classes ever to

graduate from USAFA (as in ‘“68 We’re Great!”), we have set standards in rsts. Most notably, the Class Wall in front of the Chapel and the Ring Display Case in Doolittle Hall (the AOG building) come immediately to mind as enduring legacies to our alma mater. This column, however, serves to inform you of yet another rst. My daughter, Melissa, was

baton to Bobby FLOYD during agathering at the Andrews AFB Golf Course Club House in May. As you can tell by the photo, abunch of area classmates turned out en masse to af rm and support both classmates in their efforts. Ed is departing the area to assume command of 5th Air Force in Japan.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATION DEPARTMENT: We have been keeping you abreast of Cecille CASTRO’s ongoing plight to emigrate to the United States since she rst applied for her visa in 1986. Amidst all the

father and sponsor to the United States, and children reaching maturity

who will not be able to emigrate, Cecille has remained focused on the gosil of coming to the United States. In arecent phone call from Jim REESE, it nally appears that Cecille and two of her children will be coming to the United States as early as September and as late as December of this year.

As you know, we have established aclass fund for the purpose of her emigration and are again soliciting support from any who would care to contribute. Now that we know her visa is current and will take effect for

the time period speci ed above, it is important to give this matter some prayerful consideration. If you would be able to assist in this effort, one of our classmates indicated that he would donate $5,000 if the rest of the class would match that amount. In response to that offer, we have received about $1,500 so far. Obviously, Cecille’s needs will be much greater than travel fare, so donations of any size would be gratefully appreciated.

If you would care to contribute, please make acheck payable to “USAF Academy AOG” and indicate that it is for the Armando P. Castro Fund. You may then send the check to: USAF Academy AOG, 3116 Academy Drive, USAF Academy, CO 80840-4475. Thanks for your special consideration. ’68 SPOTLIGHT The ’68 Spotlight for our summer 1996 column falls on David PREVOST. After some pilot-rated service and instructor duty at the beginning of his Air Force career, David began to concentrate on intelligence analysis. Assignments included: USAF Israel, Lebanon, Egypt United Nations Military Observer where he acted as liaison with the PLO, Israeli Defense Forces, and the Lebanese Government; HQ USAF Intelligence analyst for the Middle East and Africa; deputy political advisor to commander, USCENTCOM; commander, 9th Tactical Intelligence Squadron at Shaw AFB; commander. Air Threat Training Group at Nellis AFB; and director. Intelligence Systems at Air Combat Command.

Retiring as acolonel in 1993, David is currently the director. Combat Systems Analysis and Imagery Systems Group at Autometric INC.

Lindsey Parris 5926 Colfax Ave.

Alexandria, VA 22311 Home: (703) 998-0488 Percent Members: 62

Top of the summer and, when you read this, fall to you. Writing from sultry Washington after Tropical Depression Baldacchi nally found its way east. Olympics heating up, as is the election. Albert Belle’s suspension reduced from ve to three to two games. Bulls coach Phil Jackson gets contract for $2m, only $lm less than rst-year NBA coach John Calipari will earn with the Nets next year. Computer chip and PC prices continue to plummet. (Thanks, Roy COPPINGER!) Is this agreat country, or what? Here’s the news.

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A’90's Couple: David Prevost and Alexandra Hamlet.

When asked what the Academy meant to him, David replied, “the Academy in uence can be broken down into three parts: academic, ethics, and personal. Academically, having seen other university standards with amaster’s from the University of Utah and my wife, Alexandra’s experience at Harvard, Ibelieve the Academy probably had the best undergraduate degree program anywhere. Ethically, in both the military and business, the standards that the academy tried to instill took root. To this day, Istill take the word of aclassmate as abond. Peresonally, Ihave yet to meet agroup of people who are as competent, capable, focused, and as interesting, that makes continuing contact such apleasure.

On life lessons, David opined, one of the greatest bene ts of the Academy experience has been the impetus to keep asense of humor, no matter what happens. The second is to have greater compassion for other peoples’ problems. Academy grads really display acaring for one another.

Thanks for your insights, David, and best wishes for agreat second c a r e e r.

That’s it for now. Take care, keep ’em ters, and photos coming in.

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Doug SCHOTT writes from the Triple DRanch (that’s for Dottie, Dog, and Doug) in Clinton, TN—that’s in EAST Tennessee to distinguish it from West and Middle Tennessee, avery big deal to Tennesseeans, according to Doug. The big news from Doug is his recent marriage to the lovely Dottie, who you can view in the accompanying photograph. The new manager of the Triple Dhas instituted several reforms, including purging most of Doug’s household goods and very “experienced” wardrobe. Doug retains sovereignty over the garage. He has become the Steven Covey of the emergency management world, providing avariety of emergency preparedness services to the US Department of Energy and its main Oak Ridge contractor, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems. He is also the program manager for DOE’s Transportation Tracking and Communications system, which uses satellites to track shipments of hazardous materials nationwide. He bids greetings to all ’69ers, with aspecial tip of his wheelcap to classmates from squadrons 7, 3, and 32. Open invite to all to visit the Triple D. Chip WOOD and sweetheart Barbara continue to refurbish their 36’ sailboat in Annapolis and travel between homes in Maryland and Florida.

Chip continues his extensive consulting practice with avariety of companies, located primarily up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Iwas lucky enough to have the opportunity to collaborate with him recently on ajob for one of our mutual clients.

Bill TUTTLE and family have moved down the Information Highway to the Paci c Northwest, so he has e-mailed me. Bill and family wanted a change in venue, so packed up and headed for Seattle, where he hopes to work for an aerospace or information technologies rm.

Tim MUELLER, who retired late last year, is enjoying his second career as head of Northrup’s Washington, DC operation. He also hits a mean golf ball, and would love around with any ’69ers passing through the area.

Tom MCGRAIN, picking up on the not-so-veiled barb in the past newsletter (the one that recounted the ’69ers ying for Delta), hunkered down with none other than Stik TURNER, to brainstorm the ’69ers now

ying for Northwest. After hours of exhaustive research and several brewskis (Tom’s words), they offer up the following, having taken great care at much personal risk to alphabetize the list, even under the twin perils of sleep deprivation and alcohol-inducement: Tom BAUMGARDNER, B-727, S/O, Monument, CO; Ralph BENDJEBAR, B-727, Capt, Bloomington, MN; Rick KATNICK, DC-9, F/O, ??; Tom MCGRAIN,

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troubles wrought by Armando’s assassination, earthquakes that killed her fellow workers while she was running an errand in Baguio, the death of her

(’73) who has compiled alist of graduate e-mail addresses and sent them to me. If you would like more information on being included, want a copy, or have any other questions, let me know and I’ll forward Mike’s address.

Received e-mail from Dana ARBAUGH. He mentioned that Chuck

REED and daughter Kim made the local San Jose paper. It was the rst

be next. How about it, Terry BRADY!

time afather-daughter team held the top job at aservice academy. (See

Ralph FREEMAN wrote relating what abang-up job Bob TROY and Tom SOLOMON are doing with the AOG in Houston. The Tri-Service, business-oriented AOG meets every Tuesday morning for breakfast, networking, and presentations, and is dedicated to the professional develop¬

the Spring ’96 issue for more details.) Dana said he was sorry he missed

ment of the members and their businesses. With lawyers, printers,

engineers, sales mavens, warehouse owners, software gurus, oil service folks, and NASA representation, the group is the most dynamic of its kind that Ralph has seen. So, no surprise to any of you reading this about our class, here is another success story of ’69ers who, while succeeding professionally in their chosen elds, are making adifference to those around them. Incidentally, Ralph has rejoined the working fray again, as director of Information Systems for GDS Engineers, which provides engineering services to the petrochemical companies.

Iclose this missive with something alittle different. As you know, with fewer and fewer of us on active duty, the change-of-address cards which most class scribes use to complement “real” news have become scarce.

This summer, in fact, the AOG mailed me none. This is perhaps agood

thing, as with the increasing numbers of classes contributing news columns to Checkpoints, the AOG is holding column length to astringent ve pages, double-spaced.

Recently, brother (Les) DYER stopped through D.C. for some revelry,

so Istrong-armed him into writing ashort guest column. Should any of you wish to write up apage or so of information for this column, without strong-arming, please have at it! I’ll work them in as space permits.

Herewith follow Les’s words, abridged, of course, at great peril to my health upon his next trip through the area.

“Captured by the Bard and forced to write afew words for the ’69ers news! Istrongly recommend should you be in the D.C. metropolitan area that you NOT visit the ‘hurtful Colonel (ret)’ PARRIS and Miss Jean, his lovely companion! Through the Puzzle Palace for alate afternoon retirement ceremony, Ithought to impose on my good classmate the Thursday night prior to said rite and redux old times. Big mistake, as he ‘graciously’ toured me through the expanding list of excellent brewpubs in the area. If you have not yet tried one of the hundreds of small craft brewers across the country, you might wish to do so. No offense to the brewing kingpins, but it is dif cult to believe all the years Iwasted soaking up Coors and Miller Lite. At any rate, it was awobbly return home in the wee hours.

Then, to add insult, my esteemed host departed for an hours’ tennis the next morning while Idid little but groan heavily! Lindsey doesn’t have a knee operation once ayear just to give his match opponents ahandicap—as may have been reported in the Orthopedic News!

“Seriously, or at least less amusingly, ahappy Flag Day (as Iwrite this) and asincere thanks to all of you who have served, and continue to serve.

Old Glory with such honor and distinction. Best from Hot-lanta on behalf of myself and fellow ’69ers Terry MURPHY, Lew ENGLISH, and Steve HOPKINS—just alittle south of Atlanta’s Harts eld International. Hope to see afew familiar faces during the Olympics!”

Indeed, Bugs FORSYTHE for one will be attending an Olympic softball game with Les in July. Bugs, by the way, e-mailed from Atlanta that he is ying the Airbus out of ORD now, still living in Oklahoma City though thinking about arelocation. His daughter will be playing on Oklahoma’s AAU team in the national basketball playoffs in Orlando later this month (June). He sends regards to all.

Calls, cards, letters, and e-mails are at apremium! And the clearing house is alway open for business. It’s never too early to begin building momentum for our 30th (gasp!) reunion, now only three short year away.

Best wishes for the summer. Lindsey.

Tony Marietta 1070 Knollwood Circle Monument, CO 80132

Home: (719) 488-3201 Work: (719) 593-8888/Fax: (719) 481-8768 E-mail: usafa70@aol.com Percent members: 61

Thanks for the practically instantaneous response to my new e-mail address. Some of you have asked that Imake your e-mail address available in this column. Unfortunately, and understandably, this is an editorial no-no. Eventually our entire magazine could look like an e-mail directory, and who would want that7 Anote of thanks to Mike NISHIMUTA

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DC-9, Check Pilot, Phoenix, AZ; John MERRELL, DC-9, Check Pilot, Seattle, WA; Lynn MOORE, B-747, F/O, Pensacola, FL. Also, Ron NELSON, DC-9, F/O, Portland, OR; Steve PITMAN, Airbus 320, F/O, Austin, TX; Don PRASER, DC-9, F/O, 77, Tracey RHODES, B-747, F/O Instructor, Las Vegas, NV; Stik TURNER, DC-9, F/O, Athens, GA; John YOUNG, B-727, S/O, Colorado Springs, CO. United should

the 25th but will be there for the 30th. He also mentioned he has his own

company, but did not say what it was. Send me some information for a free plug as long as what you’re doing is legal.

Another e-mail from Jeff HUMPTON. He says that since 1now have

e-mail, Iam no longer a“techno-povert”. Iam hoping that this is not a misspelling. Jeff said he saw Gary BAXTER, who was as happy and upbeat as he always was. He said 26 years just melted away as they remembered the pet spider monkey that just always happened to be

visiting Gary on aweekend pass. He also mentioned something about Major Myers’ pants almost being run up the

agpole, and how General Olds

gave us alecture in Arnold Hall about that. Jeff can’t remember if the lecture was about how to properly raise someone’s pants up a agpole or if General Olds stressed that even if Major Meyers wore pants that resembled the American ag, he still didn’t want us to raise them up the pole. Jeff works out of D.C. and recently completed work for the Military Sealift Command. Most of the information he gave me is totally classi ed and I am not at liberty to print it in this column. However, if you give me acall Imay be able to work out the terms of its release. Jeff has aspecial request: he wants to locate aformer AFA civilian employee, speci cally a secretary, who was there during ’70’s tenure. He’s hoping someone might have some useful information about the secretaries such as their names, social security numbers, dates of birth, ngerprints, birth certi cates, recent photos, or generally anything the CIA would nd helpful in locating

this one particular civilian employee. All of course in the name of the AFA, motherhood, and apple pie. Contact me for Jeff’s e-mail address and more info on his Gottaknowwheresheis project.

E-mail from Mark LACAILLADE who just bought anew computer and couldn’t think of anyone else to contact. Mark just retired and said that Mark MILLER, who just made 0-6 in the Reserves, was at his retirement ceremony. They sat next to each other at graduation, so Mark MILLER was the

rst to salute him and now the last. Adubious honor at

best, Mark. Mark LACAILLADE’s wife. Sue, got her hands on 7th Squadron’s rstie movie and put excerpts in Mark’s ceremony. Mark said it was hilarious, but didn’t think that the non-zoomies understood the jokes. That’s OK, Mark, none of us understood them either; we just laughed to ease the pain. Mark says that he has been at Space and Missile Systems Center for the past few years and saw Fred MCGREGOR and Blake SMITH alot. Mark was the Atlas Launch Vehicle program manager, then the Space Based Infrared System PM for his last two jobs.

Good luck as acivilian, Mark.

Got agreat letter from Don MILLS. He and wife, Lendella, have been in Oregon City since 1991 where Don works with Horizon Airlines as a ight router. Something about drawing concentric circles on large pieces of paper and assigning planes to them. Lendella and Don also have a private enterprise which allows Lendella to work from the home and continue to raise and home-school their youngest daughter, Donella, who

just nished grade school. Daughter Tiffany is at Liberty University in Virginia obtaining amusic and performing arts degree, and also made the national collegiate honor role. Their oldest daughter, Daava, works for Booneville Power doing, as Don says, “gee whiz computer stuff.” Don and Lendella hope to visit Denver in March of ’97.

Dave STERLING called recently. He’s back at the Pentagon as asupport contractor, and he did seem purposefully vague about the whole thing. Dave mentioned that their home will be very quiet after this year, since all of their children have graduated. Dave said Doug CARLSON is a deputy program manager for high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicles (drones). Doug, send me more info and pictures.

Larry BUSH left me amessage which Ithought said, “T. FOX is the new vice superintendent.” Of course, Idon’t know if that is for road maintenance, public schools or the AFA. Iwould guess he meant the Academy. However, looking in my most recent Grad Register, I nd no T. FOX, only aPeter FOX who was at Randolph. Pete or Larry, please help clear this up. (Ed. note: Col. Peter FOX was selected as the Academy’s new vice superintendent on June 10.) Congratulations, I think! By the time you read this Joe BURKE will have had a’70 gettogether at his home in Colorado Springs. Of course, he scheduled it when Iwas on vacation, but Iwill get details and pictures. Saw Mark EWIG in May and he was due to retire in June. Col. Mark looked like he could still blitz the quarterback. Congratulations and good luck!

Received agreat letter from A1 SWAIM who responded to last column’s photo contest. He identi ed himself in the picture showing the ’70 crew at the football game as the very intelligent-looking individual holding his hand up at the camera like abumbling idiot, or something along those lines. Ilooked at the picture closely and agree that he’s described himself perfectly. He identi ed the silly guy next to him in the hat as Jim COLGATE. Ilooked at the picture again and there are alot of silly guys in hats, so your guess is as good as mine who really is Jim COLGATE. Since A1 has identi ed the most number of grads in the picture, as per contest rules, he receives lunch from Larry BUSH and Carl BANG. He may also stay with either of them when he is out here. Thanks guys!

A1 sent the picture of Craig NORTHRUP’s retirement in May at Scott AFB. A1 said it was agreat ceremony in front of Craig’s favorite aircraft, the C-141. Craig hopes to teach in aschool where his job will also play a key role in the basketbail program. A1 also mentioned that the title of this picture NOT “1970 Hair Club for Men.” Iswear Ididn’t make that up.

Phil MOORE, also in the picture, works with United. A1 and wife, Jane, are headed to Ramstein where A1 will be the new vice at the 86AW. Ac¬

tually, 1couldn’t read the initials A1 wrote, so Idon’t know if they are H W, AW, o r A & W.

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in the area for several activities, including dinner. Scott, you know this was the real drawing card! Info on those at the meeting (no picture with the letter to verify this): Mark ROBBINS works for adefense contractor involved with large software packages. Steve GLASS (Ingrid) works for a defense contractor supporting the F-22 (I don’t know if that is asecret program or plane). Bill GORMAN (Margy) is attending seminary school.

Jim KAUPPILA (Sandra) works for acontractor involved with computers or software or both. Bill ROWELL works for alogistic support contractor and his wife is agovernment logistician. Bill KIRKMAN said Scott SAUNDERS gave agreat presentation at their dinner about the transition from amilitary to acivilian career. Bill said that after the presentation, he decided to stay in the AF for 50 years. Bill is the director of the Aerospace Control and Strike Mission Area Group which will eventually house most of the ghter and bomber acquisition programs at ASC. His wife, Pam, is aUSAFR lawyer and they have athree-year-old daughter, Alec, and another daughter Heather who graduated two years ago and will be getting married soon.

THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT INFO AND PICTURES, KEEP ’EM COMING!

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Note the new mailing addresses, both snail mail and e-mail. We nally took the plunge and bought ahouse nearer Peterson. We’re looking forward to the new football season and the hype about Beau Morgan and the Heisman.

Al, Craig, and Phil—NOT the 1970 Hair Club for Men. Got agreat picture from Ron SCONYERS who is abrigadier general, so we can just call him BG. The picture is from arecent Air Warfare Symposium (alias boondoggle) in Orlando. The picture shows ’70 grads that either attended the symposium or were just visiting Disneyworld. They a r e f r o m l e f t : H a r r y S T R I T T M AT T E R , S c o t t S A U N D E R S , R o n SCONYERS (alias BG), Joe MCCLELLAND, Craig JOHNSON, Skip B E N N E T T, a n d M i k e U P S O N .

Received agreat letter from Col. Bill KIRKMAN in Dayton, OH. He said there was aget-together of ’70 grads to welcome Scott SAUNDERS as chairman and CEO of Presearch Incorporated. Scott must really be traveling; rst Orlando, then Ohio, and the Register says he is in Virginia.

Scott’s corporation works mostly with the Navy in D.C. and he hopes to bring more AF business to the corporation. Bill works with Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) and gladly hooked up with Scott on his visit. Bill decided to make it more than just ashort visit and invited other ’70 grads

Speaking of e-mail, my rst response on the Net was from George SCHULTZ. He says that august personages as Tom MCKIERNAN, Hal S A U E R , F r e d S T R A U S S , P a u l M C K AY, R i c h M I L L E R , L a r r y NOWICKI, and Tom BERRY got together at apre-game breakfast before the Northwestern game last fall. There is apicture somewhere, and with luck we’ll all see it someday.

Next to show up in my electronic “in” basket was Harry DAVIS. He and Cindy will be leaving Ramstein for the little base of Aviano, between the Tyrolean Alps and Venice, where Harry will be 16AF/CV. Due to the move, Iwas off line for aweek or so, and when Ibooted up again, there were messages from Charlie MORGAN and Marty LEBOUITZ. Charlie wanted info on the local VOQ and whether nonAFA planes could make approaches to Pine Valley International Glidercum-light-planeport. (If you thought cruising the Bosnian skies was interesting, Charlie, the pucker factor might well be higher with cadets at the controls of T-3s, gliders, and Paracommanders.) Anyhow, Charlie mixes A-10 Air Guard weekends with 727 days via USAir Shuttle.

Another CV—Charlie is Mr. Vice of Maryland ANG’s 175th Wing.

Marty has arguably the class’ most recently-born child. Papa is still with Chase Manhattan Bank, involved with multicurrency and international payment systems. In fact, Marty tells me he could have gone to

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the duty of health services coordinator for the above-mentioned companies, in addition to some part-time nursing in La Crosse. Adrienne will

When the letter from AOG arrived, alas, it had NO address change cards with it so Iconcluded that no one has moved since the last issue.

Our class output has been light, but two letters and two items from e-mail will ll the column for you just the same. Feel free to write anytime and send more if you wish to have it included in the next edition, subject to the page limits we operate under (no more than ve double-spaced pages total).

First, Ireceived avery brief note from Dan (Nancy) SKOTTE reporting his newest duty as a ight surgeon in the Oregon ANG. He ies with the 173rd TFW (F-16s) out of Kingsley AFB, OR and recently served as Governor Kitzhaber’s ight surgeon as well as his “classmate” for an abbreviated TOP KNIFE Program. During his ight surgeon course at Brooks AFB, he had the pleasure of apresentation from none other than A1 (Debra) PARMET who was noted by Dan as being “a great presenter.”

Next in the mail queue was agreat pre-written letter from T.J. (Roberta) MANCUSO, who lives in the foothills west of Denver and has abusiness law practice there. T.J. had just returned from abusiness trip to Hong Kong, where he had been lucky enough to tour the island and Kowloon P e n i n s u l a w i t h t h e U . S . A m b a s s a d o r t o C h i n a a n d h i s w i f e . T. J . h a d

worked with the ambassador in Washington over the past year, prior to the China appointment, in what the administration calls “reinventing government” which means less government and more privatization. T.J. says he realized he’d spent too much time in our nation’s capital when he pulled a“Norton hat-trick,” running into former Rebeleven classmate Jeff NORTON, and then he ran into him again, and he ran into him again, each time at Dulles. Jeff is on his way from C-Springs to the Pentagon, hut he’s in no hurry, so he commutes for awhile.

Two not-too-grumpy old men at their daughters’ graduation at Red Rocks turned out to be T.J. and Ross (Kathy) WILHITE. It seems the classmates had classmates for daughters (must be genetic) and never knew it. Ross is with United out of Denver.

T.J. had also gotten acall from Dan SKOTTE, who was hitching aride back home to Oregon in an ANG F-16 after nishing ight surgeon school with the Guard. Seems the Scro’s airplane almost broke down at Buckley, which would have stranded him at T.J.’s house for Thanksgiving dinner.

Lee (Joneen) KRAUTH and Timmo SULLIVAN were spotted by T.J. downing beers at aColorado Air Force Academy Society “meeting” (using the term loosely). One of T.J.’s brain-surgeon neighbors actually called Lee his “mentor”, which probably means he’s responsible for all malpractice claims. Timmo, like everybody else in Denver who is not an airline pilot (or abrain surgeon), is alawyer. Other “members of the bar” who T.J. spots on occasion included Park (Mary) HANEY, who does en¬

vironmental mumbo-jumbo stuff, and Dave (Sheila) KERBER, who mostly goes to the Falcon Quarterback Club lunches but occasionally practices labor law.

Other calls T.J. reported included one from John (Judith) NESTICO, who (surprise) is an attorney. John is with an actuarial service subsidiary o f AT & T, a n d c a l l e d t o “ t a l k s h o p ” — s e e m s G a r y ( M a r c h a n d ) BOWMAN had some questions about taxes or some such voodoo with respect to his successful Idaho mortuary business. John lives in New Jersey, and on occasion does New York City with the irrepressible Van (Peggy) SHIELDS. John also reported an airport “sighting”—spotting J . R . S TO N E a t D F W. J . R . l i v e s i n A u s t i n a n d s t i l l

ies for Delta.

T.J. also reports dining with Greg and Robyn STODDARD in Denver.

Greg pilots for Continental and Robyn ight attends. For entertainment, T.J. and Greg put together some old 35mm slides of the days of their youth. Spotted in the pix were lots of guys who never made it to June week, like Bobby Connors, Ricky Raymond, T.J. Lynch, and “Little To k e ” To k a r c h i c k . R o b y n p l a n s t o p u t t o g e t h e r a v i d e o o f s u c h memories in time for the 25th reunion, and she is actively soliciting anybody out there who dragged their camera around Z.I. or third lieutenant (like Greg, T.J., Ricky Raymond and Bill (Nancy) SPINDLE at

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Upper Heyford) and might have afew slides (not prints)) they’d like to contribute. (Robyn guarantees return of slides properly marked.)

Remember, no one will want to see your picture of an F-4, or abomb burst at Fort Carson, but if you have shots where your classmates might be recognizable, give Robyn abuzz. She can be called at (303) 355-2781.

Next to write was my good old roomie, Dave PRAHLER, who with his wife, Mary (after 11 PCS moves), daughter Adrienne and son Chris has nally settled down to make his home in La Crosse, WI. Military retired since 1992, Dave is now keeping very busy in the business world. He specializes in maintaining (now that he has created them) corporate human reesources departments for seven companies throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, all owned by Mary’s family. Mary performs

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Florence, Italy in October, but will be with us at reunion. How’s that for dedication? (Odd, my built-in thesaurus doesn’t list “dedication” as a synonym for “out-of-his-blinkin’-mind.”)

By the time you get this your bags shouild be packed for reunion. Hope to see you there.

be asenior at MIT (that’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Boston, studying electrical engineering with the potential for amaster’s program as well. Her summer is being spent in Phoenix working for Motorola. Chris is afreshman at the U. of Wisconsin at Madison, spend¬

ing the summer at the La Crosse YMCA as swim team coach and still managing to complete an 11-credit summer schedule at the university, planning to continue in the School of Business.

Dave also reports that Jim (Georgiana) GORMLEY practices law in Milwaukee while also occupying the position of village president of White sh Bay, WI. The last electronic correspondence to arrive is from Mark WILLIAMS, another former roommate from way back. Mark, whose wife is Ann, had been on the Army War College faculty at Carlisle Barracks, PA (which by

the way Mark, is just afew hours away from us here in Sinking Spring) for athree-year tour. He is now in the B-IB world holding anewlyestablished “Director of Staff” 0-6 position in the 7th Wing at Dyess AFB, TX. Since mid-August ’95, he is “trying to pull the 13 staff divisions together into something of an organized whole.”

Mark also listed the whereabouts of one Tom CRAWFORD, who, still married to his USAFA sweetheart Kendra, has been stationed at Dyess since June ’95, but on the C-130 side of the base. Tom is deputy Operations Group commander for the 7th Wing. He has been active in the airdrop business, having just returned around May from Big Drop III, where he was the base commander at Myrtle Beach, SC “where over 65 C-130s and 800 people set up abare base to support the huge airlift demo.” With his golf handicap just afew strokes lower, he was still able to maintain his sense of humor after all that. Guess all the visiting HarleyDavidson riders didn’t really affect the 24-ship formation taxi-out after all, Tom?!

The entire class and Ithank you for the letters and e-mail, Dan, T.J., Dave and Mark! As for me personally. I’m still ying the 767/757 for American out of New York and keeping busy with the Reserves in Dover.

My wife/partner/best friend Kim is also keeping busy as a(volunteer) editorial consultant for the Allied Pilots Association, our union counterpart to ALP Aat American. Negotiations are (or have been) getting more interesting lately, so Kim offered her services. We are involved in the Family Awareness organization within APA seeking along-awaited new contract with management, so with everything else going on, there are several irons in the re, as the saying goes.

For those of you anxiously awaiting news of the schedule of our 25th Reunion, Idon’t have the details yet. We are waiting for the nal game commitment after which we will all be noti ed of the plan. Until next issue, hope you all enjoy the summer which is upon us. Strength Through Adversity (FPA).

Thomas D. Bailey, M.D. 1807 Arbor Way Drive Shelby, NC 28150-6166 Home: (704) 482-3110 1-800-776-1054 Percent Members: 42

Well, another North Carolina summer is about to start! Like Colorado, this is abeautiful state although it is quite abit different than being out West. As aMooney pilot, the biggest difference is that we’ve got more clouds to contend with. We just got our plane back from athree and a half month makeover and it’s like having anew toy! If any of you want to talk Mooney’s, drop me aline. Iknow it’s no ghter, and it doesn’t burn kerosene, but it does cruise up there in the ight levels and the new GPS and CD player are great!

Congratulations are in order for Michael C. PATTON and his wife.

They are the proud parents of anew baby girl. Iguess the competition is still active for the distinction of having the last child born to the Class of

’73! With six now I’ve been informed that 1can no longer compete!

Anybody want to have acontest for the most children? How about the wives (consecutively, of course)? Just send your contest ideas to the above address and we’ll print them. Besides the new baby, Mike reports that he has been out of the Air Force since ’79 and is busily engaged as an architect. He lives in New Jersey and Imust apologize for not having the name of the town but I’ve lost the little piece of scrap paper Ihad written a l l t h i s s t u ff d o w n o n .

Irecently got anice letter from Ed HAWKINS. Ed has been director of Intelligence for 7th Air Force and Air Intel Group commander at Osan AB, Korea since Jan ’95. Before this he spent three and ahalf years in Japan, including one year as an exchange student at Japan’s senior service school.

Ed also passed on some info about some other classmates. Col. John WIGINTON is currently commander. Joint Intelligence Center, Paci c in Hawaii. Col. Bruce WRIGHT is director of Operations, US Forces, Japan and has been named a ying wing commander candidate. Col. Frank KLOTZ has been selected as aspace wing commander candidate.

Col. Bruce BENNET is teaching at Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA and Lt. Col. A1MAUER retired last year and has settled in Colorado Springs.

Finally, Igot aquick note from Paul “Rick” MAZUROWSKI. He has retired from Meyer Distributing Company and is now enjoying his retirement by ying for ValuJet. He extends an invitation for any of the “old guys” from 18th Squadron passing through Atlanta to enjoy the rst round on him. Of course Idon’t know where he’s gonna nd any “old guys” in ’73. We’re not “old guys” yet, are we? Not judging by all the babies we keep having! Of course we’ve also got several grandfathers too!

Ijust noticed, while perusing the Spring issue of Checkpoints, that Brig.

Gen. (select) Stephen R. LORENZ has been chosen next Commandant of Cadets. Congratulations Steve! And, remember, you can make it harder, but you can’t make it longer! Do you remember that one from when we

FAA cuts corner with ’74 hanging on!

1209 Bayou Oaks Drive Friendswood, TX 77546 Phone: (713) 244-8089 Fax: (713) 244-8958 E-mail: jbrezovi@ssf4.jsc.nasa.gov

Chris POREDA wrote ashort letter, and sent in aphoto! After 22 years, Chris writes, “I have nally found an opportunity to put my cadet saber to use! The gentleman holding the iced saber is David Hinson, the administrator of the FAA. The cake cutting marks the FAA’s new personnel and procurement systems. The Dept, of Transportation bill allows the FAA to establish anew personnel system and anew procurement system, unfettered by the current government procurement regulations.

As some of you may know, the government is hot on trying to shorten and untangle procurement systems. Continuing, Chris works for the FAA as astaff attorney in the legal of ce in the New England Region, just down the road from his home in Westwood, Maine. The regional administrator is aformer USAFA history professor. Dr. Bart Bartanowicz, who remembers Chris as asterling USAFA grad who may use a ceremonial saber for such acake-cutting ceremony as this: starting anew system! What acoincidence!

Other coincidences help the news get around. For instance, Ted ROTH also wrote anote that Norm MICHAEL recently retired and is now ying 737s for Vanguard Airlines. Norm lives in Colorado Springs. Gary ELLIOTT and Stacie (Ted’s sis) are headed to the Philippines to serve as missionaries. Gary will be the missionary pilot for the New Tribes Missions. Why does avision of the plane in the movies Outbreak and Indiana Jones go through my mind? Prayers and hopes go with you Gary and

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Welcome to the summer issue! I’m sure the class thanks all those who

made the time to send in atidbit of news! This holds all the promises of a busy year. I’ll do the e-mail rst! Ted ROTH retired in February. Ted, Louise, and family spent 11.5 years at USAFA teaching economics, T-41 and T-3. He closed out the career as deputy dept head. On 5Jan, Ted began (read piloting?) with Northwest as the rst of cer on DC-9s, and will stay in Colorado Springs. Along career of preparing younger ones than us to defend our country! I’m sure we understand his pride in their son, Jeremy, who earned an appointment to USAFA! Jeremy completed ayear at the New Mexico Military Institute on aFalcon Foundation scholarship. There’s quite anumer of us in ’74 who completed aprep school and we certainly can appreciate the training, Jeremy. Great news and congrats.

Steven R. HORN is currently in Casper, WY, as the chairman of the Radiology Department at the Wyoming Medical Center. He works outside Casper, too, as he interviews high school hopefuls while completing Air Force Liaison of cer duty for central Wyoming (non-pay Reserve).

Steve also serves at the Wilford Hall Medical Center (Lackland AFB, San Antonio, TX) when he does his Reserve duty—and he has aline number for colonel! Wait, there’s more! Their son BJ earned an appointment to the USAFA Class of 2000! However, I’m sure after seriously weighing two great deals, thinking and counseling, BJ declined it to take an ROTC scholarship at the California Institute of Technology to study physics!

Our best wishes to these future leaders of society! Ted recently spoke with Steve STERNE during ashort visit. Steve (0-6) is an Ops group commander at Incirlik, Turkey. Steve mentioned that there’s quite afew places to y to from there. Another doctor, Paul SHERRY, e-mailed in from USAFA. Yes, Paul is there again. Third time, if you count being a cadet there. Paul says he’s working at the USAFA hospital in cardioiogy.

His last visit was ’86-’91 doing internal medicine. You may have seen Paul at Fitzsimmons (Denver) between ’91 and last October, where he practiced.

(I hear you folks saying “Why are doctors always practicing?”) Anyhow, he keeps the house and gets 100 miles round trip every day. Paul plans to retire in Jan ’98, and he adds “minus 19 months, but who’s counting?

Paul recently spoke with Don CLEMENT, who is busy working in aiarge gastroenterology group in Kansas City. » »

Joe Kelley, John Lorber (’64) and Jim Luntzel.

Jim LUNTZEL wrote in from New Delhi, India. Jim quips he runs into more classmates now than on his recon-135 days! He toured Agra, Jodhpur and Bangalore with Joe KELLY who is the PACAF command surgeon. Joe accompanied General John G. Lorber (’64) on abusiness trip. The Kellys are doing great in Hawaii. Another ’74, Tommy YASUHARA, is Joe’s head ight surgeon for PACAF. All three are working the same cooperative ight medicine ventures with the Indian Air Force. Tom BALDY came through in March. Looks like Tom is still out of AWC, Montgomery. Tom’s doing consulting work in international affairs with the Pentagon. He still drives, er ies, C-130s for the ANG (in Ohio, Jim thinks). Jim and Tom used to be roommates in BCT, and Tom told stories to Jim’s ve children about those great days! Jim’s eldest is off to the states for college this year, too.

Ed FEENEY is at JCS, working South Asia. His calling card has these “of ces” listed: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhufan, Sri Lanka, and Maldives. Jim also saw Denny HEINLE at the Of cers Christian Fellowship retreat at White Sulfur Springs, PA. Denny has agood-sized working farm and in addition to the woodworking and

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fanning, he teaches rappelling and outdoor skills to kids and adults for OCF. Jim closes the note that he’s on an Indian weight-loss plan, if you

know what Imean, and that he’s very happy that the family has otherwise stayed healthy.

The phone call summary: Andy GALIK is in Houston, TX, where he is working on the production side of the oil industry. Andy added that he’s spoken with John GRECO who works for Exxon—recently moving to Baltimore, as he remembers. John ZIMMERMAN pilots for Continental out of Houston. Scott MURPHY and his wife recently had aprl in New

Jersey—they live there somewhere. Gene RICHARDSON is said to be in the Randolph AFB area. Afew others like Steve DANIELS have called in and Ireally apologize for not keeping better notes, for you see, they called in to let us know of Rich ESTES.

Rich was traveling, perhaps back to his home, with his two daughters in the car. There was ice on the road-as it happens in Dallas, TX. The younger daughter, Laura Marie, is well. Eleven-year-old Kathryn Grace did not survive. Rich, too, did not survive. ADallas friend of Rich’s penned these thought: We shall greatly miss his enthusiasm, perseverance and sense of humor. His “Never Give Up Attitude’’ was an inspiration to us all. May your “one thing’’ continue to inspire you.

let us know that he got picked up for 0-6 but that, at the current rate, he doesn’t expect to pin on till after the turn of the century. By areal uke I happened across the Air Force Times issue with this year’s Command Screening Board listings; in addition to Mike there are at least 16 others on their way to where the buck stops. If you missed it: Collin FLYNN—AW ACS Group at Offutt, Wil PERCIVAL—Bomb Group at Whiteman, Mark BEESLEY—Fighter Group at Tyndall, Jim COR¬

RIGAN—Fighter Group at Misawa, Andy DICHTER—Fighter Group at Ramstein, Doug FRASER—Fighter Group at Dhahran, Buck ROGERS—Fighter Group at Shaw, Carl VANPELT—Fighter Group at K e a v i k , J i m H E A L D — Te s t G r o u p a t E g l i n , P h i l M A RT I N — L o g

Group at Offutt, Bob SHAPPELL—Log Group at Moody, Dave DEFOLIART—Support Group at Travis, John SHERER—Support Group at McClellan, and Dave TILLOTSON—Support Group at Osan.

Congratulations and best wishes to all!

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DUDES. One of the last things Ed KASL did as deputy Ops group commander at Kunsan was to zap me an e-mail. He, Jan, and the three kids

will take up station at Camp Smith, HI in July where Ed will start work in J-31 and enjoy getting back to the beaches and golf courses. Ed will leave the mud ats at the same time his boss. Butch BYRD does, but they’ll be going in opposite directions—Butch and Mary are off to EUCOM Headquarters where he’ll be chief of the Joint Contact Division. Responsibility for ’75er presence at Kunsan will be handed to Dan FALVEY who is inbound to be deputy Logistics group commander.

Jeff Hackett

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JUST ANINETIES SORT OF GUYl This afternoon Ipicked up alast few messages off the INTERNET, paid the Credit Union VISA bill on the way home, sang “Happy Birthday’’ to my wife, cleaned up the kitchen after dinner, said heUogoodbye to my teenage daughter as she did a “touch and go” on the house, and am now sitting down to write a letter” to 302 of my closest friends (the 39 percent of my classmates who belong to the AOG). Life is certainly not boring! (Loved the retort Iheard someone give recently when they were admonished for trying to do too much: “Hey, I gure I’m going to be dead along time!”)

ON THE OTHER HAND, I’M SMARTER THAN BEFORE. For the second time in my life I’ve struggled and/or persevered and/or BS’d my way through alitany of academic ass-whippings; this time earning a « <

master’s degree in project management (can’t use that excuse for getting article to the editor after the deadline anymore). So one might think I’ve gained in intellect/worldly maturity.

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CAUSE...EFFECT. As soon as the folks at National War College found out that Kent TRAYLOR had actually managed to orchestrate a ’75er-subset class picture, he was ashoe-in for Distinguished Grad. We especially appreciate the photo and quick updates as they were red off while movers were knocking on the front door. Here’s what lies in store for this crew (left to right in the photo): Colonel Mark BEESLEY, as we mentioned before, to Fighter Ops Group CC at Tyndall; LtCol Mike DEHART to JCS, J-6 at the Pentagon; LtCol Kent TRAYLOR to US Embassy, Canberra, Australia; Colonel Bran MCALLISTER (NWC s t a ff ) t o r e t i r e m e n t w i t h L S A ( 7 ) Va l p r a i s o , F L ; C o l o n e l M a r k MASTERS to JCS, J-8 at the Pentagon; and LtCol Barry ABBOTT to AFPC at Randolph. We’re counting on avisit from Kent, Carol, and Megan on their way West so stay tuned.

IS THERE ADOCTOR ON THE NET? Apparently, yes. Dr. BiU CASKEY sent an e-mail from sunny Florida to let us know that he’s still passing gas (chief of cardiac anesthesia) at JFK Medical Center just south of Palm Beach. Until Ihear otherwise. I’ll assume Bill has the distinction of being the last guy in our class to sire achild—<<2 son, Daniel, born last September (reunion plans dashed). Bill said it’s abit frightening to think that when his rst son graduates from USAFA he’ll start collecting USAFR retirement pay (60) and really scary to think that when Daniel tosses his hat in the air he’ll be ready for Social Security. Bill may be alittle late on the “fathering front” but he’s de nitely out in front on the

Jeff and Tiffany Hackett at SKYDIVE, Arizona. (Somewhere, brother Meyerrose is smiling.)

Yeah—right! As the picture shows Ibought into my daughter’s dual birthday challenge (we’re nine days apart) and did the 13,000-foot tandem skydive thing last month. In aword, “bitchin”—we both loved it!

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sent e-mail from Misawa AB in April but by the time you read this he will be settled in at Cannon AFB, NM where he’ll pick up the reins as 27th Log Group commander. Mike reacquired the skiing bug while in Japan (three years); says they regret that that will be somewhat less convenient but are anxious to see commercials on TV that they can understand. Mike

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U S A F R 0 - 6 l i s t — m a d e i t a t l a t e s t b o a r d . J u s t r e r e a d To m B A R B E R A’ s e-mail and have to wonder what it is about the world of medicine! Tom is

also on the fast-track, short-nights routine (pinned on 0-6 last June and has two small children, one and three). Tom’s the chief of Medical Staff at RAF Lakenheath and married (obviously) to aGerman physician.

Another similarity: both doctors extended open invitations for classmate visits!

SNAIL MAIL. Yeah, that guy still drives around in the little white truck to dispatch letters written on paper—by hand! This was how we come to know that Mark SCHONING is now the chief of Base Safety at Vandenberg AFB. Arrived there from Camp Smith, HI where (trust me)

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Ernie Woollard 2717 Field Court

Rocklin, CA 95765-4913 Home: (916) 632-2817 FAX: (916) 278-6777

Bill Dunn soaring over Florida.

CHAMPUS, TriCare, and TriCare Prime). He enjoyed ying trips last year to Texas, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Maine and his Mooney won “Best of Show” at the 1995 Mooney Convention. He completed Air War

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Sunday, June 2nd, was aquiet day around the Woollard house—sipping champagne and nibbling on fresh fruit and homemade breads and

College and was promoted to colonel in the Reserves. Along with his

cheese with the neighbors—that’s what we do in northern California for relaxation—NOT! Pam had decided to get afew of our close friends

usual extreme hobbies, he recently completed afreefall skydiving course in DeLand, FL and is now working toward his “A” license.

Perhaps the longest “Catch-up” letter of the year was that of Steve

together in celebration of the 20th—20 years, can you believe it? And

HEINZ (Kay). Imust say that his humor hasn’t lost one step during the

what ever happened to “Five Years or Five Stars, Whichever Comes

First!” In reality, it seems that the time since we rst took the Oath of Ofce that Wednesday morning in Falcon Stadium after listening to the wisdom of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller has just own by. Families, friends, new assignments, and for some new careers—the changes that each of us have experienced during the past two decades—wow, are we getting old or what?

Just as we were nishing up our little celebration, Kim WEBBER

past twenty years. For those of you who received his Christmas letter, you

know what Imean. The family is doing well in Pennsylvania, and Ihope that Pam and Iare on the list to get the “Catch-up” letter again this year.

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Anyway, Kim said that if you’re going to Yosemite to please stop in to see him or give him acall at (209) 379-9000. The thought of all of us getting together again in September to reminisce about these times gone by is

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really exciting; and as 1complete this article for the next edition, we have only three months to go before the big week, 25-29 September.

Summer around Sac State is for the most part quiet, hot and dry. The cadets are off to summer programs and the cadre is busy working with

closure plans, our own personnel drawdown, and in making preparations for the fall semester. Maybe it’s good to be in astable position now—I

just recently found out that 1have diabetes; and believe it or not, Pam suffered amild stroke on June 9th. She was hospitalized for ashort time

and is home now recovering nicely. It’s events like these that make you sit back and evaluate your lifestyle and really decide what truly is important in your lives.

I’ve heard from afew folks the last few months and Ieven have some

news left over from Christmas letters—please accept my apology for the

delay. Ipromise to be more timely in the future, time permitting. Bill DUNN (Patty) sends his regards from the Florida Retina Institute. Bill’s retina practice continues to thrive despite managed care (you mean like

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Dave ROBINSON (Lori) dropped me ashort note too from his home in Virginia. He’s run into afew folks at the “Puzzle Palace”—Syd MCPHERSON (Janet), Dave NAKAYAMA (Joanna), Jeff FORD (Cookie), Willie SHELTON (Linda) and J.J. WALTERS (Terryl).

Dave’s real job of course is ying for Southwest. Flying for Southwest also are Jon TREE, chief pilot in Phoenix; Steve CAMPBELL, Mike CLEMOVITZ, A1 DICKERSON, and Rob BYCH.

Back on the other side of the country. Will STRELL (Vickie) has just completed his upgrade to DC-10 captain with Federal Express and says that his golf game has suffered abit this spring due to the extended ight training. Don’t you believe him. Joe SMITH (Harriet) has retired at Maxwell AFB and is actively pursuing a ying position; meanwhile Stef EISEN (Cathy) is back at Maxwell awaiting his 0-6 pin-on and the fate of the “Colonel’s Board.”

Ireceived abrief update from Bruce NELSON (Cheryl) from Rhode Island with information concerning two of our “lost souls:” Rick

SINCLAIR, 6415 Springhouse Circle, Clifton, VA 22024; and Dick ANGEVINE, 8Coolidge Ave., West Caldwell, NJ 07006. Another of our “lost souls” has also been found: Tom SAWNER, 1305 N. Nelson St., Arlington, VA 22201.

Other address updates now show Jon SUBIK in Kingwood, TX; Joe BIRCHMAN (Carol) in Austin, TX; Ted NEWSTAD (Rae) in LaVerne, CA; and Jeff JUMPER in Southern Pines, NC.

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he lived the bachelor-in-paradise life (trips to the Far East and Australia, vists from the international “lovely ladies”, etc.). Life in Lompoc might not have the natural scenic wonders of the islands, but I’m guessing by now Mark’s found away to survive the sunny central California coast.

Also got aletter from the wife of the future mayor of Montgomery, AL, Chuck HOLLAND. Turns out that once again the locals got to know them as students (Air War College this time) and insisted that they remain neighbors during atour on staff.

dates regarding some of our other classmates. Iremember some of those law classes we had together; Iwas the one who barely got by. Craig, please call back. I’ll have that information for the next issue. And with one nal note, Terry NEWTON (Karen) retired in aformal ceremony at USAFA on 11 July. Congratulations and God speed. Everyone have a safe and healthy summer—hope to see you all at the 20th in September, and please keep those inputs and updates coming.

J o h n J . “ L o u ” M i c h e l s , J r.

5107 Juglan Court Centreville, VA 22020 H: (703) 802-6611/W: (703) 712-5350 Facsimile: (703) 712-5050 E-mail: jjmichel@mwbb.com Percent members: 37

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sunscreen overdose and the kids being at home full time. In other words, summer’s over, time to start thinking of buying that new snow shovel, just in case. Speaking of children...

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MENT: My note concerning the WELDEs last issue sparked asurge of messages into my e-mail box (get it—“sparked?). Ken PAGE is now in command of the 336th Training Group at Fairchild. That’s better known to all of us as the Survival School. Ken’s happy because he gets to y helicopters again. He also notes that his son Jeremy will also be joining the Class of 2000 this summer. Congrats to both you and Billy.

Q U E S T I O N S I ’ M G L A D I D O N ’ T H AV E T O A N S W E R : J i m MILLIGAN (Patti) sent me two, count ’em, two messages this quarter.

Jim is ying for Northwest out of Minneapolis, although he lives in Yuba City, CA. No doubt he talked to Billy WELDE before setting up that arrangement. On his rst ight Jim got an earful from my sister, who is a ight attendant with Northwest, and after having his head lled with lies about me, decided to write. Patti is adeputy district attorney in Yuba City and obviously the wit of the family. Upon noting that other members of the class had children entering the Academy this year, she asked Jim if he “needed any help going to the bathroom”. As if the baldness and aches and pains weren’t bad enough.

Jim also reports that Mike LEVENHAGEN (Rowan) is a rst of cer on the DC-10 with Northwest and lives in Minneapolis. Unlike other right-thinking Americans, Rowan says that she loves the cold weather and can hardly wait ’til it gets back below zero. Jim reports that he has given up trying to sell her on the bene ts of warm weather. Give her afew more years, Jim. Joe MUUS (Nancy) is the U-2 squadron commander at Beale.

Curt YIELDING is ying for Northwest out of Minneapolis. Thanks for the north central Northwest update, Jim. NEWS FROM THE NET: John VISSER is living in lovely Dallas and ying the Super 80 for American. John is also running all of the liaison of cers for northeast Texas and has set up aweb site complete with photos of some of our classmates who are ALOs: Matt GEDDIE, Mike KREBSBACH and John. Matt is ying for Delta out of Cincinnati, but does the airline pilot thing and lives in Dallas athousand miles away.

Mike is doing the CAT Bshuf e at Lackland and ies 767s for American out of DFW. John reports that Jeff MAYER is also ying for American along with Karl SCHRICKER. Karl zooms the Texas skies in an F-16 for the Texas Guard. Jim MASKOWITZ is an American pilot doing widebody, over-the-pond sorties from New Jersey. Jim DART, our former scribe, is teaching math at aschool in San Antonio. Iwonder if he gets hazardous duty pay for that? Vis nally notes that Tim GAMBLE is parting the friendly skies for Continental out of Houston. Check out John and the rest of the Texas gang at www.contrails.com/netexalo. Thanks for all the info.

Ed VORNBROCK (Colleen), who Ihadn’t heard from for 17 years (I know because Ed reminded me of the 27 th Squadron update that made up the bulk of one of my columns in 1979), wired me from London where he is managing an operation for Dun &Bradstreet. His children, Wesley (4)

Steve on our side of the border.

A.J. GIPSON will be moving to the Defense Nuclear Agency in D.C. this summer after along tour at Yokota. He reports that Ken THOMSEN is now known as Ken KIM and at Yokota, Ipresume practicing medicine.

See you soon, A.J. Joe SELF wrote to tell me that he has taken an early retirement at 19 years and has nally renewed his membership in the AOG. Guilt apparently got the better of Joe after he got his last Checkpoints. Welcome back Joe, and I’ll look forward to hearing from you in the next issue.

Joe FERRARA (Molly) has moved to Kelly where he is managing a division at something called the Joint Command and Control Warfare Center. Iimmediately thought Joe was involved with the war on drugs, but since Joe is in charge of the European Theatre Division, 1guess not.

Joe is currently the senior Air Force type, and notes that “it is inside work and there is no lifting”. What more can you ask for? Joe’s oldest is ahigh school freshman this year and Joe is already dreading the female high school experience. As he notes, “I am checking out shotguns”. He reports that Charlie HALE (Kathy) is the deputy base commander at Cannon. Chip LAMB is ying F-16s with the Guard and ying airline routes out of DFW. Mark SHACKLEFORD (Kathy), also at Kelly, loaned Joe his eld grade hat for aretirement ceremony. (Joe asks rhetorically “Do you know that anew hat costs 50 bucks?” No, Joe, and Idon’t plan on buying one soon.) Mark is running aunit called the “mature” aircraft division. Maybe Ishould change my section heading to “Another Sign We’re All Gettin Mature”. T.C. JONES is the C3 for 5th ATAF in Italy.

Many thanks for all the info, Joe. Sounds like you’re doing just ne for an old Weasel.

Tony DRONKERS dropped me aline to note that his oldest has graduated from high school and ruefully notes that those still on active duty will be running into graduates from the Class of ’98 who were bom in our graduating year—“Man this gets ugly fast.

Ina BEDKE wrote from Minot to report that she and Curt attended an R C M P b a l l i n R e g i n a ( t h a t ’s S a s k a t c h e w a n , f o l k s ) t h i s s p r i n g , presumably after the glaciers had retreated north. By the way, call me for the pronunciation guide to Canadian place names. Ina notes that Dave and Siobhan EDGINGTON just had their second child in April, aboy; Steve PETERSEN (Peggy) is headed to AWC this summer and that Mark CLODFELTER (Donna) was squiring around Sheila Widnall at UNC’s commissioning ceremony this spring. Not bad, Mark.

Bill LORD is headed to command aComm group at Tinker this summer from his CENTCOM slot. He reports that Bob CABELL is remaining at CENTCOM working information warfare (in the hom of Africa?).

Bill saw Dewey NOVOTNY (Chardell) in the Atlanta airport as they were taking their oldest son back to Dallas. Thanks Bill and good luck on the command job. Scott HARROD wrote with aquick update on AWC; Tim HOPPER (Mary Anne), Dennis BELLAMY (Lorraine) and Ken HASEBEIN are headed to “Muntgumry” this summer. Scott’s oldest graduates from high school this June and his youngest from kindergarten. As Scott states, “I am sure this warrants a‘U’ in planning”.

ANOTHER LONG LOST BRETHERN: Bob MCGRATH, in his rst appearance, reports that he has just nished the PhD program in business administration from LSU and will be teaching aviation business at Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach this fall. Iassume. Dr. Bob, that your course will involve eld trips to view business uses of aviation, speci cally, watching airplanes tow advertising banners up and down the beachfront and over the crowds at the Daytona 5(X). In apostscript. Bob notes that his wife, Stephanie, insists that Bob let us know that he is married now. Good for you Stephanie and make Bob take you along on those eld trips, too.

CLOSING ARGUMENT: Thanks again for all the news. Keep those e-mails/postcards/letters coming in. Be seeing you. >

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good time as acorporate ex-pat. He reports that Jeff WALLS (Janie) is a commander for asquadron of special ops choppers at Mildenhall. Mike STANLEY (Sandy) is also aspook, commanding the C-130 squadron in special ops at Mildenhall. Larry LAW (Angie) is teaching math in Colorado Springs and now has six children, ve girls and aboy. Does Larry compare notes with Jim DART? Are they both getting hazardous duty pay? Does Larry get hazardous duty pay for the time he spends at home, too? Stay tuned for details.

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Steve SCHWALBE (Ingrid) wrote from his post in Korea (well actually Ingrid wrote, Steve is into his normal Tasmanian-Devil whirl of activity) to let me know that they are expecting their rst child in August. Steve is managing the Intel shop at Seoul along with airlift for presidential visits, and keeping an eye on the bad guys north of the DMZ. They are looking to be back in the States next summer. All our best, Ingrid, and try to keep

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OK! Sports Fans! Your response to the last article in Checkpoints has been just overwhelming! The mailbag almost hit the ceiling as Ilifted it

wife of Bruce. While he is ying for Delta, Anna doesn’t watch daytime soap operas, she stars in one! Anna recently won adaytime Emmy for her performance. There are those that say she must be performing all the time

ment of seeing amailbox full of letters when you got there...and all of

dall. Bruce escaped the CSAF’s Staff Group and is going back to y the F-15. He gets requaled at Tyndall and then settles permanently at Eglin in the 33rd FW. He’s on the track to be asquadron commander after he gets

them from the babes back home...REMEMBER? Quite the disappointment when you got there and the box was empty or there was one piece of skinny mail from your sister or your mom (nothing against sisters or moms, but...). Well, this scribin’ stuff is getting kind of like that...DISAPPOINTING. The length and quality of this article is directly proportional to your inputs. No inputs, no article...and if someone else wants to take over as Scribe...be my guest. Now, got that off my chest and Ifeel much better!

Almost Empty Mailbox: Roger W. BURG (former Frat Five doolie) sent anice note from the base where the deer and the antelope play, F.E. Warren. Thanks, Rog! He’s the 90th Operations Group commander and has to live in an old (1909 vintage) cavalry commander’s quarters. We could feel sorry for him until he added that he’s only got 6,000 square feet, and another of our classmates is maintaining it as the CE Squadron commander. Linden TORCHIA. Sleep well. Great Ones, Roger and Linden are sitting among 50 Peacekeepers and ISO Minuteman Ills (those are missiles for the ghter types). Again, thanks Rog, it wasn’t quite emp-

at home to live with Bruce!

WA S H I N G TO N , D . C . / P E N TA G O N N E W S . We h a d d i n n e r w i t h Bruce REMBER (Sarah) and his family the night before he left for Tyn¬

back up to mach speed, so to speak. Sarah will stay in this area with their two boys and younger sister for awhile and then go to Eglin. As Bruce is on track for great things, so are his boys, as they are both working hard toward Eagle scout.

Pete MELIM (Carol) nally shook his executive of cer job with the terribly-long hours and is back in Studies and Analysis with athree-year extension here. They just bought their rst house—a big, beautiful brick home that has plenty of space for out-of-town guests! Pete did have enough time to lead our sons’ Cub Scout den. See us below in matching

T-shirts at the Father-Son Camping Weekend with his son Andrew and my son Gregory!

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The Modern Mailbox: This should give all the computer geeks something to do. Iam on MSN and my ID is :KAI A ^CAF M S .

Iknow it’s not the Internet or the WWW; however, it was part of Windows ’95, and I’m on it. I’m told MSN can be accessed from all of the other sites and Ichallenge you all to ll up this “electronic mailbox.’’

Yes, even you, K-Bob! Couldn’t write an article without mentioning my mentor in life. Take care and Happy Internetting! KAIS.

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I T TA K E S A M E M O RY ” C O L U M N . A s I c o m p o s e t h i s s u m m e r issue of our class news, the Whitewater reports—yes, plural, one from the

Republicans and one from the Democrats—have just been released. These certainly are interesting times in Washington: looking at these two reports

you’d get the idea that there were two different Whitewater affairs that occurred because the reports are like night and day in the conclusions and

ndings! At least my wife, Ann, and Ihave had some entertaining evening TV to watch on CSPAN! This view into the workings of Washington as aWhite House Fellow

has been fascinating. Congress has challenged all the institutions in this downsizing government environment, and rightfully so, as we all need to clean out the closets” every so often and keep what is necessary. We’ve

been through the Great Government Shutdown of ’95, then the second, longer one in ’96, followed by two Great Snowstorms of ’96 which also shut down operations. Whew!

I’ve validated what I’ve thought for some time: the quality of military

people is superb. It has been avaluable experience being “outside” the

BCT Summer was not as hard as this campout!

Don LUSTIG (Rhonda) is the C-21 squadron commander out at Andrews that ies all the “big boys” around. He has some stories to tell!

Other ’79ers that I’ve seen include Bob KADLEC (Ann) who is working some super secret stuff on nuclear security, Erv LESSEE (Cathy) has been at NWC this year. Bud VAZQUEZ (Molly), who has been keeping the Defense Science Board in line when he’s not rescuing fellow ’79ers with car problems, is going to ICAF this summer, Frank FRANCOIS (Diana) is now ying with United and still with the Andrews ANG. Jim BOHAC (Pam) called from California where he’s working at a

high-tech rm and wanted some help pushing the DoD bureaucracy to let his company put in video e-mail for the troops in Bosnia, for free. Of course, that’s easier said than done...Jim is nally married, as of Sept of 1994 and Pam is the best thing that ever happened to one of my ex-doolie roommates. Ken MATTERN (Pam) is an AF JAG at Hanscom—Jim says go visit him, he has plenty of room.

Tom GRIFFITH (Liz) nally came back to the AF after getting aPhD at the University of North Carolina (go Tar Heels!) and is working in the Chief’s Staff Group where Bruce REMBER just left—you always need a ’79er keeping the Chief straight! Scott SIMMONS (Pattie) is with the Onsite Inspection Agency.

T R A G E D Y I N E U R O P E . Ta l k a b o u t g o i n g i n t o a t o u g h s i t u a ¬

Air Force for ayear viewing the Executive branch from the White House Fellowship, but Iwill be pleased to return to afamiliar culture when I

tion—Randy HELMS (Donna) left here for asquadron command at

begin National War College in mid August. Ican’t complain really

Ramstein. Great news, except he was replacing someone who was relieved;

because nding out about my promotion to colonel via aphone call from the White House was pretty special!

Speaking of quality people who hold aspecial place in our hearts, we

then ve days after Randy took over, one of his crews crashed into the

were all saddened to hear about the death of Steve CANDETO in acar ac¬

cident on May 19th of this year. I’m sure that his wife, Robin, would appreciate anote from you at 1249 Wellington Terrace, Maitland, FL 32751. We were also sorry to hear that Garth ANDERSON died of aheart attack on 13 April 96. His wife, Janet, can be reached at 860 Randall Ct, Marietta, GA 30064. ’79 best wishes go to both families.

MEDIA CELEBRITIES. Many of you may have seen fellow ’79er Scott GRUNWALD (Debbie) and his family on ABC’s World News

Tonight in late May as Scott was one of the Fleming Award winners. His work at the Pentagon on the acquisition of the C-17 saved the government signi cant sums of money—the award was for that, but his reward was a return to ying at Charleston in the C-17! Rumor has it that Scott used some of the cost savings to ensure his return to the cockpit!

Another celebrity—a real, full-time celeb—is Anna HOLBROOK, the

mountain with Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and delegation on board.

The country’s thoughts and prayers went out to all the families that lost loved ones in that accident. In fact, Irepresented the Adminstration,

along with my boss, at one of the CEO’s funerals. Our thoughts and prayers also need to be continually with Randy and Donna as they work through this trying time. Ican think of none better to lead that squadron out of this than these two.

LETTERS. Butch RAYFIELD (Karen) wrote Dallas for the last issue, but it was too late for inclusion. Butch is astaff pediatrician for alocal

HMO south of Baltimore and doing quite well in the practice. He also is a kidney dialysis patient, on the machine three times aweek, but that doesn’t stop him from enjoying his seven-year-old boy and two-year-old daughter. Mike VINSKEY (Patricia) wrote that he’s ying for AA in Boston and the Reserves at Westover in the C-5. He also reported that Steve MATSEN (Debbie) is with DL in Salt Lake and Bob BROWN (Barbara) got hired by FedEx and living in Castle Rock.

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off the oor expecting hundreds of cards and letters; however comma, I dislocated my shoulder from lack of resistance! Tom Kroboth, our ne Checkpoints editor, will have no trouble with the length of this puppy.

Doolie mail: Remember when you were asmack and you went to the mailroom...alone, unarmed, and afraid of all those terrible, nasty upperclassmen? You braved all of that for the hope, the chance, the excite¬

since he’s retired, anyhow, he said for the rst time since 1976 he has free time. “Now, just what to do with all of it...” He made the observation of how many of you are in D.C. “working daily in one of the most poisonous environments on the planet. Idon’t envy them THAT. Ipray for them all.” Finally, the retired Navy F-18 jock said he’s enjoying being apart owner of United out of Chicago; hopes to move to Denver/CSprings.

Hardcopy (real mail). Daryll (Patty) KEELING tore off asheet from one of those skinny note pads at the L.A. Hilton during alayover and penned afew lines. Daryll was out of his house in Evergreen for annual training in Minnesota and ran into Joe FERNANDES, anew hire to the DC-9 with NWA. He saw John MORGADO at the same place as the note pad. John is in the Springs and has been with the Big Dsince 1990. Daryll has eaten enough in ight food to qualify for the right seat of the 747-400

in the Paci c back to Nevada to Henderson.

On The Tube. Did you see our latest star: John HAUSER was on Nova for aspecial on the Unabomber. If you didn’t catch it, he did agreat job relating his experience on camera. They used long cuts of John several times—even nished the special with him taking his camou aged Piper Cub out for aspin.

Reach Out V. Fritz (Micki) WIEGMAN didn’t want to be called a“lost soul,” so he got on CompuServe to say hello. He let me know he was still married to the same gal and will just about have child ttl when you read this. In one page, he gave me the short version of what happened the last decade. I’ll abbreviate: Pope (C-130s), Zweibrucken (C-23s), SOS &CAT schools, got sick (“not sure if it was the curriculum”), put on ve-year no- y to watch, got cut on when still sick, retired when AF said never- y likely, worked up from Horizon to United, lives in Denver. Flew with Ray BIVANS recently.

New names to watch for (and report back to me): Edward T. UNANGST, Richard H. TURNER, Guy D. TURNER, Jonathan G. TOVANI, Arthur J. TOROSIAN, and Peter M. TINEBRA. Change. I’m practicing for my new Canadian exchange job, eh? How am Idoing, eh? Don.

LOST SOULS. In response to Dallas’ question: As of Sept 94, Steve WHEELESS was in Bowie, MD—doing what, Idon’t know. My iost classmate question: Keith BOYKIN? I T ’ S N O T O V E R ’ T I L L K E N N E T H S TA R R S T O P S W R I T I N G O R

THE MEMORY COMES BACK. OK, so let me try again to get a

volunteer to pick up writing this article for me. After asking last year, I got several replies and actually had one of you lined up, but lost your name in cyberspace when Iswitched from CompuServe to AOL. I apologize—I can see now how someone can have something in their hands for several months and not remember anything about it... So, please contact me again; after 10 years, it’s time to give someone else achance to tell lies on classmates!

The next article is written by Bud VAZQUEZ with amid-September due date to AOG. 12668 Catawba Dr., Woodbridge, VA 22192-6414, 703-680-7346 (H).

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Bad Timing. Ihad my mail stopped in Kodiak and forwarded to Canada about aweek after the last issue of Checkpoints was out on the street. This is when alot of you usually think about sending this dog an

info-bone. Iwon’t expand what little I’ve got from you by lling this page with the multitude of lessons I’ve (re)learned about moving with the military; I’ll just make this my rst short article.

The “E” Ticket (e-mall). Dan “CadiUac” SAVILLE sent blurbage from Kunsan (that’s an air base in Korea, for those who have been out a while). Some of the ghter nicknames were colorful, and since Ifeel colorful today, Iincluded them here: Dan was the ops of cer at the 80th FS Juvats” and will slide into Hill after collecting his family in Virginia; Tom “Honez” JONES should be at Cannon (the base, not the camera nor the towel company) for his second (back-to-back) ops of cer job; Jud “Grandpah” KELLEY is the OSS ops of cer; Eric “Grinder” PELL is now doing something at Misawa after taking over the ops of cer job from Tom; Mike “Mikey” MCKENNA and Mike SMOTHERMON are ADOs at the Kun; and Ken “Kenny” MCMILLAN is taking over Dan’s

old job. After ashort discussion of how ’80 is pretty interested in what happens at acertain promotion board this fall, Dan signed off with that ghter “check six!” thing (I just love it when they do that).

Jim HANLEY checked out of Ft. Leavenworth. He’s done his time.

His parole takes him to Norfolk for JPME Phase II through midSept—followed by Elmendorf (ALCOM J3). Can you believe aUSAFA grad would admit his son is afraid to y?

Sandy (WAPLES) ^ick) WALLACE is in East Kalimantan (Borneo).

Rick is still with Mission Aviation Fellowship. They are mom and dad to 15 families and eight planes. Roads are anew concept there, so the planes are important to support the Borneo government (for schools, clinics, community development projects, etc.) as well as their main purpose of helping the church reach those of the interior with some good news.

Anne (MARTIN) (Chuck) FLETCHER got akick out of the last article. She didn’t have time to expand as she was on her way to aparty hosted by Sue HELM’s father in Cocoa Beach before Sue’s third launch.

Keylor ENG works in downtown D.C. with AT&T. Although his tran¬

sition was smooth, he said it’s “quite interesting deciphering the differences between civilian and military ways of doing things.” Ithought it was the same—just prettier colors.

Allen BAKER got philosophical on me about what is the best job combination. He came up with

ying civilian and Guard. Too late for Allen,

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Scott REYNOLDS (Debbie) wrote agreat letter with pienty of rumors—what eise do we write? John O’NIEL got married, still ies for TWA, and dropped off the face of the earth, not necessarily in that order.

Brad SCHMIDT (Annie) stiil pushes big jets around for NW and moved back to C-Springs. Scott commutes three hours to Whiteman to y A-10s two weekends amonth and works for McDonnell Douglas the rest of the time as aF-18 Technical Integrator for Finland—nice perks, Scott!

ADDRESS CHANGES. CharUe DEAUX (Becky) moved from Osan to West eld, MA where he is the AF advisor to the A-10 ANG unit there; Kurt TODOROFF (Kathieen), president of Todoroff Enterprises, moved to anew home in Jackson, Ml; Jon FAGOT (Cindy) from Peachtree City to Lincoln, NE—“huh? that’s what Isaid, too, that doesn’t make sense, but it’s Jon”, Kurt STARR (Ruth) from the C-17 SPO at Wright-Pat to Canberra, Australia to manage one of their major acquisition programs down under; and Richard BERKEBILE (Lydia) moved from somewhere

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Greetings. Let’s get straight to the news. My rst story suffers more than most from the three-month delay between submission and publication of these columns. Ican tell you that Bill ROY is on the U.S. Olympic team, but by the time you read this he may very well have won agold medal—he’s one of the favorites in international skeet shooting. When I talked to Bill several years ago for this column he was so modest that I couldn’t get much out of him. This time, however, Italked with his wife, Vickie, so Igot abetter sense of the magnitude of his accomplishments.

Bill nished rst by an unusually large margin in the year-long tryout competition for the Olympic team. His performance is rendered all the more incredible because shooting remains ahobby for him. The team’s number two man, for example, is an Army guy whose entire job is skeet shooting. Bill, on the other hand, has had afull Air Force career and is currently an instructor pilot at Holloman. Bill and Vickie also have ve children, so how he ever nds the time to be among the best in the world at anything is beyond my comprehension. Ishould tell you that Scott SCHROEDER is also aworld-class skeet shooter who missed the Olympic team this year by only anarrow margin.

At the 10-year reunion. Bill LOVELACE promised to send me an update on all the classmates with whom he still networks. He was true to his

word after all this time. Bill is the operations of cer in the helicopter division of the Weapons School at Nellis after asix-year stint at Hurlburt. Bill reports the following updates on classmates: Mike WALKER is the ops of cer of the weapons school’s B-52 division, Paul RIGNEY works at RED FLAG, Dave LITTLE does MILSTAR stuff in Los Angeles and is hoping to make the 15-year retirement, Scott “Boot it, Scott, Boot it” SCHAFER is an MH-53J PAVE LOW pilot at Hurlburt, Jim SHAFER does Special Operations assignments at Hurlburt, Bob TILLEMA works helicopter assignments at Randolph, Reid SNOW is the helicopter detachment commander at Malmstrom, and Ray WALIZER is at Norfolk (not Langley as previously reported here). Also, Tom COUCH has astaff job at Davis-Monthan, Brian BLY is aReservist in pilot training somewhere after taking adowngrade from rotary wing aircraft, Gienn SCHUMACHER is acontractor working on helicopter simulators at Kirtland, Bobby PEREZ-VERGARA ies helicopters in the Coast Guard, Lou DURKAC is the head F-16 test guy at Nellis, Lantz

of the way, nishing in two hours and 52 minutes. Rogers, who won the Boston Marathon several times, once said that he would never be beaten by anyone who worked afull-time job. Idon’t know exactly how hard Marty works in his staff job at Space Command, but he technically does have afull-time job. What’s more, Marty wasn’t the only classmate in the race, as Denny GRUNSTAD nished in 2:56, just behind Bill Rogers.

Had Denny known that Rogers was within reach, of course, he surely would have dusted him. Both of these classmates ran at nearly a6:30 pace for more than 26 miles—a faster pace, quite frankly, than Icould maintain for even aquarter mile.

Dale ANDREWS also sent aletter with updates of Lovelacian proportions. Dale

ies 737s for United out of San Francisco and C-5s in the

Reserves at Travis. Dale keeps track of the following classmates who also y for United: Gary DOBBINS, Gil LEWIS, and Dave CLARK y out of San Francisco: Steve HENDERSON, Dave STUDEBAKER, Mike GRABOWSKI, and Frank CHEESEMAN y out of Denver; and BiUy UMBACH and Ty MACCHIA are based in Chicago. Rumor has it that Ty needs abuyer for his DeLorean. Dale also sent updates on people not in the employ of United: Rick and Barb (CHAPMAN) MARTIN are at Altus where Rick is the operations of cer of the C-14I unit. Bill GONZALEZ works F-16 assignments at Langley, Cecil STEVENS does weapons testing at Eglin, Sheldon DENNIS works for Mobil Chemicals in Sacramento, James GUEST is an osteopath in Atlanta, Jerry JOHNSON and George REBUJIO started abusiness venture in Los Angeles, T.J. HASTY is alawyer at the Pentagon, Bobby WRIGHT is at MacDill, Xavier STREETER is at the Pentagon, Craig JENKINS ies for Delta out of Atlanta, and Michael COX and Tim HARRIS are at WrightPatterson.

Mark MURRAY nished the Army’s version of Air Command and Staff College last June and sent updates on other classmates who were at Fort Leavenworth. (Mark also sent me apair of articles on Bill Roy from Sheet Shooting Review magazine.) Mark is going to Travis to y KC-lOs, Jeff THOMPSON is going to Spangdahlem to y F-15s, Dennis PROKOPOWICZ is going remote to Osan followed by atour with his family at Aviano, and Chuck COGHLIN is aGuard pilot who came back fulltime to the Army school and may be going to Tyndall. Finally, Monty MONTGOMERY is staying on for the advanced course—not, as they say, for Leavenworth’s long course.

Ralinda (BOZELLI, ’82) GREGOR sent me anewspaper aeticle about Jim CLIFFORD who is agraduate student at the University of Louisville.

Jim was one of several people who went on a94-day hunger strike last spring to protest the con scation of antiquated computers that achurch organization was sending to Cuba to improve health care. Jim and three others consumed nothing but water laced with lemon juice and molasses for more than three months. The hunger strike ended when thenorganization, Pastors for Peace, reached acompromise with the federal government—the computers (obsolete 286 models) were returned to the group but were not sent forward to Cuba. According to the newspaper article, Jim has given this uncommon level of commitment to other causes as well over the years. Iwas unable to contact Jim, but I’m sure we all hope he is able to regain full health. As for Ralinda, she is married to Bob GREGOR who actually started out in our class. He was the starting middle linebacker on the football team during our sophomore year (the shortlived Parcells era) and left the Academy, only to return and graduate with the Class of ’83. Bob now

ies 757s for UPS out of Louisville when he is

not remodeling their 80-year-old home.

Happily, Ireceived aletter from reecent ACSC graduate Terry “Flo FOLEY the day before my deadline for this article, so Ididn’t have to m a k e a l o t o f l a s t - m i n u t e p h o n e c a l l s . Te r r y r e p o r t s t h a t C r a i g FRANKLIN won ACSC’s Leadership Award and that previous ACSC grad Brooks BASH’s research paper has become required reading for a

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subsequent classes. Here is alist of last June’s graduates and their next assignments: Jim BLOOM (to Peterson), Ralph BENDER (Ramstein, C-9s), Terry FOLEY (Randolph, T-38s), Ann Marie MATONAK (Stuttgart), Chris COOK (ACSC instructor), Lee HAMMOND (Seymour-

Johnson, F-15Es), Greg HASTY (Eglin, F-15E testing), Mike WAGNER (HoUoman, F-117s), Chuck SCHNEIDER (Osan then Pope in A-IOs), John ADAMS (Sheppard, T-38s), Larry RUGGIERO (Peterson), Lenny COLEMAN (Moody, F-16s), Bill NAPOLITANO (Brunssun City, HoUand), Dave WATT (Cannon, F-16s), Kurt NEUBAUER (Langley), Craig FRANKLIN (NeUis, F-16 Weapons School ops of cer), Paul FULTON (Pope, A-lOs), Mike COMNICK (Spangdahlem, F-16s), Chuck PALDANIUS (Eielson), Steve RUEHL (Osan, A-lOs), Wayne WANNER (Pentagon, Joint Staff), A.J. BRITSCHGI (Davis-Monthan, 12th AF staff). Bill BRIDGES (Warner Robins, U-2 programs), Mike BLAND (Korea somewhere), Randy PETERSON (Hill, F-16s), Bret HYDE (Kirtland), Alan BABCOCK (Hickam), and Randy COLEMAN (Moun¬

tain Home). Terry also had updates on other classmates as well. Larry CHINO will go to Misawa to y F-16s, Jeff BURROWS worked rated assignments at USAFE and will return to the states to y F-16s, Jeff HARRELL was executive of cer for the vice commander of USAFE and

will also come back to an F-16, Rick BURRUS ies for American out of Miami, John GRIFFIN ies for Delta out of Salt Lake City, and Gary MAUPIN ies for United out of Washington, DC.

Many thanks to all of you out there. Your unsolicited letters and calls over the past few issues have made my job much easier. Ihave stopped my incessant whining about alack of input because you guys are reaUy putting out. To make sure that your future inputs don’t get lost, please note my new address and phone number at the top of the column.

Jim Ratti 8324 Heathrow Downs

Montgomery, AL 36117-5121 Home: (334) 213-5958 rattijm@mindspring.com h t t p : / / w w w. m i n d s p r i n g . c o m / ~ r a t t i j m / u s a f a 8 2 / Percent members: 36

Hello Once Again!

Well, graduation from Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) is just around the corner as Iwrite this. As you’d imagine, most of us are more than ready to be done with the three R’s (reading, writing, and reclamas) and to move on to bigger and better things. Areclama, for those of you that haven’t had the pleasure, is the process of challenging agrade that you received on an assignment here at ACSC. There was abit of that here this year... Anyway, in no particular order, on to the assignment info!

Joe REYNOLDS, currently on the faculty here, will stay alittle longer, and is trying to go to Auburn for aPhD next year. Kurt STONEROCK, also on the ACSC faculty, will be rotating “somewhere” this summer,

but hasn’t paid the esh peddlers enough yet to get them to tell him where. Eleonore (BROWN) WANNER will be heading to the Joint Staff, J-6U. Dave ZIEGLER and ex-Thunderbird Jeff “Roach” ROCHELLE

will be hanging around Air University another year to attend the School of Advanced Airpower Studies (SAAS).

As Imentioned last time, Dan HARGROVE will go to chauffer the political elite around in C-137s at Andrews. Gary PLUMB will head to the F-16 System Program Of ce (SPO) at Wright-Pat to take over as head of F-16 U.S. Flight Test, and Chris KAPELLAS wiU be aT-38 IP at

Sheppard. Jim “Bat” BIGHAM will eventually show up at Shaw, but he’ll pay dues by spending atour at Kunsan rst. Geno ROHL drew a KC-135 to Grand Forks, and Bill HARDING will try to make something

out of nothing at the Space Architect’s of ce in D.C. (but can he do anything with the space between my ears?...). John TURACK will return to the world of acquisition, serving as head of the C-17 production Integrated Product Team at Wright-Pat. Tony KLUCKING will be on the faculty here at ACSC, along with yours truly. George VELASCO drew a

joint assignment to the Inter-American Defense College. He’ll be working for the Organization of American States at Fort McNair in D.C.

Mark CREWS is going to return to the aluminum womb as an EE instructor, and Phil MAHON is headed to Shaw to be aSWA air operations o f c e r . Yo u c a n w r i t e t o T h o m a s “ T K ” M O O R E a t P S C 3 , B o x 3 7 6 ,

APO AP 96266 to ask him what “South Korea, AFELM Air Comp Cmd

JP (ZBE)” means. Kent LUND will be at Wright-Pat, acting as the test rep to the reconnaissance program of ce, and Bob SNEATH will return to C-Springs to work at NORAD HQ. Finally, Preston “Stone” THOMPSON will be ajump ALO with the 82d Airborne at Fort Bragg.

My, what adiverse and interesting bunch of assignments!

On to the e-mail. Man, 1created amonster with the web pages! You guys/gals are amazing. Tons o’ stuff coming in my inbox. Here goes...

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BALTHAZAR is at Scott, Grant HARDEN is at Patrick, Chet NOWAK does F-22 staff work at Langley, Lenny SMALES ies HC-130S at Kirtland, Pat (SIMONITSCH) SMALES took the 15-year retirement, Dan BEAUDOIN ies for Delta out of Boston, Randy DAVENPORT ies for one of the airlines out of Dallas, Abel HAMID ies for Delta out of Atlanta, and last but not least, Mike BLOOMFIELD is aNASA shuttle pilot. Iguess Bill Lovelace really does network.

In aprevious article Isaid that Marty FRANCE was going to run in the 100th Boston Marathon. Run he did. As he chugged up Heartbreak Hill a few miles before the nish, he looked over at the runner he was passing, and it was Bill Rogers! What’s more, Marty stayed ahead of him the rest

Charlie BECKWITH checked in from Scott, where he is grunting through

help him, so if any of you have information, give me or Dunsh abuzz.

ACSC by seminar, and is working in the Architecture Directorate of the Air Force C4 Agency. He’s been there since last summer, and has seen Lt Col Dave FADOK, Erick STAKE, Carla ’’Back” GAMMON, Theresa (pregnant with her rst) BEDNAREK, and Marianne (CAFERIO)

His e-mail address is on the ’82 web page.

YOUNG. Harry LEACH sent me asideways compliment (Jim—outstan¬

ding site. Ican’t believe we’re the Best in Blue AND have ageek like you to keep us together!). But, he didn’t tell me where he is or what he’s up to.

My Abbish-speaking buddy, Gerry SOHAN, dropped aline from Texas A&M (how do you say “Aggie” in Abbish and keep astraight face?) where he’s working on an econ PhD. Now there’s ascary thought—an Aggie economist. Gerry will be teaching econ at USAFA by the time you read this. He says that Peggy SHERMAN is getting married (see below), and that Kurt HEPPARD is getting aPhD at Colorado.

Our resident “rocket scientist” Doug SANDER said “Hello” from his NASA job at the Johnson Space Center, and thanked me for starting the ’82 page. Peggy (SHERMAN) BALL was browsing the web and checked in to con rm the marriage rumor that Gerry SOHAN passed along. She said that David Ball (her new hubby) is “the kindest man (she’s) ever met,

and that says alot!” Peggy is nishing up aPhD at U.T. Austin, and is trying to evade the esh peddlers who want to put her in the nav’s seat of aKC-135. Dave KRUEGER surfaced from the black world of classi ed

satellites after separating in 1991. He now manages the launch program

for the Iridium personal communications satellite system, is married, has a ve-month-old daughter, and lives in Mesa, AZ. He’d like to hear from

fellow centurions. Bryan BRANBY surfed in from Pittsburgh, where he had just returned after spending two weeks in Germany hauling cargo into Bosnia and points south with his C-130 Reserve out t.

Dave SHAPIRO sent amessage from Hurlburt, but you won’t catch him there ’cause he’s off to Hickalulu to work at PACAF HQ this summer. He married an AF OB nurse (Holly) in 1990, and they now have two daughters. Dave and Holly got all new furniture last fall, thanks to hurricane Opal and USAA. Jim HARKINS burned some 2400 baud AOL time to update me on his varied background. He’s been to Europe (A-lOs at Woodbridge, and an exchange tour in the Jaguar with the RAF), then returned to the Zoo to y and teach in the 94th FTS. He lled the master’s and ACSC squares, then wrangled an F-16 tour. After paying dues at Kunsan, he, his wife, Stella, and dog will go to Misawa for three more years of the Viper. Harky sends word that Sam WOODWARD is the” safety puke at Edwards, ying chase in the T-38. Jim says that’s like giving apyromaniac abox of matches. Dan DECAMP is still ying the F-117 at Holloman, but is job shopping.

John CERRA swept in with the wind from the plains of Oklahoma. He and his family (wife, Colleen, and kids Kate, 3, and Ben, 1) are at Tinker.

John is the TESTREP for the OK-City Air Logistics Center, an of ce of one that keeps track of all test activity for Tinker-managed weapon systems. John says that Mike GRAHAM left Wright-Pat and went to a program management job at L.A. Air Force Station. Also, he says that Pete LIVINGSTON is ying the C-17 at Charleston as an operational test pilot. Gary PACKARD sent an e-mall to say that he’s hoping to head to UNC Chapel Hill for aPhD in developmental psych, and that he and his wife should have their third child by the time you read this. Another Abbish buddy, Tom SYLVESTER, bleeped me from his home in Cary, NC. He’s still ying for United Express out of Dulles, and hopes to get hired by the majors soon. He, his wife, Ellen, and daughter Jill (9 years old) are doing ne.

Our (literally) heart-stopping tale this quarter concerns Steve TOLLE. Steve’s working in the admissions of ce at the Zoo, and had arather harrowing experience last December. He was in his car, and had just picked up two recently-graduated 2Lts who needed alift, when he suffered acardiac arrest. The young heroes controlled the car, started CPR, and drove him to the hospital. To make along story short, no heart damage, no blockage, no cause determined. Steve was in great condition (rides abike 50 miles aweek, swims three miles aweek, eats healthy, and hasn’t gained apound since 2June 82), so it came as quite asurprise. Steve’s philosophy is, “Some things are important, some are essential, and some remain eternal. Encourage all your readers to consider the legacy they leave behind. We will only leave one, and we don’t know how much time we have to build it.” Well said, Steve.

Well, on with the e-mail bag. Steve PLUNTZE is at the Uof Washington (Seattle) getting aPhD and says hello. Eric BJORN sent a quick note saying he’s got Pentium fever after reading arecent Computer Shopper, and to plug his AFMC IG home page (a really nice piece of work, by the way). There’s alink to it on the ’82 page, so check it out!

Kevin DUNSHEE sends word that Julie “Jules” ROSBURG) KECK is making maps at the DMA, and gets to play with some way-cool hi-tech toys. He also ran into Joe PFLIEGER and “Cowboy” Jeff MULLETT at the Phinal Phantom Pharewell in Vegas. Dunsh is also trying to track down an exchange student with our class from the Philippines. Icouldn’t 4 4

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A1 GOARD sent anote to say that he and his wife are expecting their third child in the fall, and that he’s enjoying the NATO AW ACS job at Geilenkirchen. He says there’s alot of ’82 Zoomies there, and he promised me apicture. My old BCT roomie Steve VOGT checked in to announce the birth of his

fth child, Nicholas Michael. His wife, Gina, called him

home from aroad trip to California (he ies for Northwest) where he was sitting baby alert. Everyone’s ne. Steve also ran into Gordy DEXTER, who

ies the MD-80 for American, the F-16 for the D.C. Guard, and has

abusiness on the side. He gets the “busiest beaver” award. Keith BRUNSON jumped on the highway to ll me in on his whereabouts. By his own account, he’s abearded, pony-tailed social worker in inner-city Tucson, and he has lots of interesting stories to tell. He got married in ’89 and has ason who arrived one month early during acamping trip to the White Mountains in northeast Arizona. One medivac chopper

ight to a

hospital later, everything came out ne. Keith said he and Julie have lots of room to put up any Redtags passing through Tucson.

Brad SILVER is doing aPhD, and will soon join the Logistics Management Agency at Gunter here in Montgomery. Steve TOPPER checked in to tell me he was the mystery man in last quarter’s photo of the Promise Keepers. He’s the chief of hand surgery at USAFA. Kevin KRISINGER sent along the COMPLETE list of folks attending the Army Command & General Staff College. In addition to Kevin, they are Eric “PJ” BEST, “JB” BROWN, “Chan” FLOYD, “Duck” FRITZ, “Senator” Gary HART, “Ish” ISHERWOOD, A1 “No Nickname” LOWRY, and “Yodes” YODER. Kevin’s assignment will be the cockpit of an MC-130P at RAF Mildenhall. No word yet on the others. Rob MAIDEN (airline pilot by day and Sky Warrior pilot other times) announced the birth of Robert Maximilian Maiden, Rob’s rst (I think...). Dave HUTCHES sends word that Steve WERNER works for the NSA. Pat SMELLIE, that

old USAFA hockey machine, is at HQ AMC managing command and control computers. He and Amy (HERMES, ’83) have a19-month-old son, and another on the way. Greg TATE just left an SOS instructor job to join the AF Chaplians Corps. He’ll be saving souls at Sheppard as you read this.

Rich RUIZ and his wife, Liz (DURHAM), sent anote from the Pen¬

tagon, and dropped afew names. Fellow puzzlers are Mark ARREND A L E , F r a n k M A D E K A , To m G A R I N , M i k e S I N I S I , E d MCALLISTER, and Charles CASIS. Rich and Liz have three sons now.

Dave COOLEY dropped aline from his job as Test &Eval staff of cer at HQ ACC. He’s married to Sheyla (ALVARADO, ’83) and they have three boys. Larry BARROWS told me that he just nished ACSC by seminar, and that he ran into abearded Mark FAUSETT, who’s now working for DISA. Steve TOLDY said “Hi” from Pope, where he’s the chief of Stan/Eval for the entire ops group. Craig OLSON is working at the JOINT STARS SPO at Hanscom. Chris BUTLER’s mother-in-law

sent me an e-mail asking me to add his name to the e-mail roster on the web page. She said something about the poor boy never getting any mail.

Art HYATT is in the Big Easy (New Orleans) “doing the Guard thing and

moonlighting with American in Dallas.” He and his wife just had their third child. And nally, my last e-mail this go: Marcie GOMEZ took time out of her workday at IBM to send me the address for her personal home page. You can

nd alink to it on the ’82 page.

One last input was aletter from Amy HILL, wife of Stephen. Idon’t have room for the whole rundown, but he’s now the base commander at Ascencion Island. Amy says the assignment is one of the best-kept secrets

in the Air Force. Amy and Steve have two kids, and enjoy the island life.

I’ll try to get the full story up on the web so you can read it. It’s anice, long letter.

Thanks for all the inputs this time, and sorry if some of the entries got a little clipped. Iwanted to make sure Imentioned everybody’s news. You can nd e-mail addresses for just about all the folks Imentioned here on the ’82 web page. (The URL is printed in my address block above.) Keep those electrons owing, and surf safe. RATMAN.

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Hey, what year is this, anyway? I’m losing track. Of course, we don’t have seasons in Southern California, so the years just sort of speed along, like my “STU-MAN” ’lude used to do on the freeway before it disintegrated on abad stretch of road at abad hour of the night. But, hey. I’m still here to relate afew stories of the lost tribe known as the Class of ’83.

we all know what he really means, don’t we?), is planning to return to

USAFA to teach— you guessed it—Russian history. Comrade Knotts is an assistant air attache in Moscow.

Conspiracy buffs might be interested to hear Ken “accidentally” bumped into me in Dayton awhile back at the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management (DISAM for you acronymophiles). He was asking alot of questions.

Saw Sophie and Colin MOFFAT in Kenya in January after crossing paths in Nairobi brie y with Rick “Steal Your Face” SCHOLZ. Mof s ying around in aTwin Otter, buzzing UN camps and collecting spears, wrist knives, and something called “authority sticks” (don’t ask).

Sophie’s teaching at agroovy colonial-style private school, complete with atransplanted English pub. Over Tusker beers and zebra steaks, we plotted an insurrection before chucking the idea in favor of more Tuskers.

After initiating awildebeest stampede in the Serenghetti and taking refuge on the hippie trail island of Lamu, Noelle and Ireturned to Nairobi to

nd Mof on alarge rock on the edge of the savanna, near a

series of prehistoric paintings of giraffes and extraterrestrial beings—you know the kind. And that’s where we left him, though rumor has it he and

Soph are returning to America and the Delta family this summer.

Stu-man and Mof in Africa, contemplating the origins of mankind.

Iwas out to lunch—yeah, yeah—with arep from Sunset magazine (of all sources), who told me Gary VRABEL now works for the Ministry of Tourism in Arizona. Believe it, man. And the account supervisor for Dave Ruf ey and Ken Knotts on the terrazzo in Moscow.

When someone says “remote,” Ilook for the channel changer, but the word has adifferent meaning altogether for Brian “The Death” HARRIETT. He’s commander of Det 1, 39th Log Group, in Ankara, Turkey, where legend has it Angora goats originated. The Death gets to y C-12s, too, so things aren’t all that bad. Plus, you know, there are the goats.

Bill REGAN was the

rst of our classmates to track me down at my

new pad (see above, in case anyone wants to drop me aline). Bill, in his in nite wisdom, took the VSI and is now working as a nancial analyst at

SenCom Corporation in Boston. You know, SenCom, as in “sensors and communications.” Not SenComm, as in “Senator Goldwater and Com¬

mandant Richards.” (More on that later.) Among other things not really suitable to print in afamily-oriented publication like Checkpoints, Bill told me Tim “Aikbone” AIKEN has been spotted, “Legend of Boggy Creek” style, loping through the woods near Boston.

Drew WACKER was also somehow able to nd me in my bungalow in Sierra Madre. Once again asingle guy (his natural style, he claims) Drew

has been amusing ight attendants on raft trips through Costa Rica. He reports they were amazed when they found out he was one of their own pilots. They’d assumed he was some sort of derelict expatriate river rat.

Ceasers Palace (of all sources) informed me of the whereabouts of Jeff WILKERSON. He’s in Phoenix, where he and his wife recently had a young wilken (ancient Norse word—look it up), Jeff Jr. All Ican say is, if you’re wondering about this bizarre Vrabel-Wilkerson Arizona connection, well, so am I. And bear in mind, conspiracy buffs, it was Barry Gold water who gave our commencement speech. And Tom the Comm ts into it, too, somehow.

Remember the beginning of that cool Sixties show, “Branded,” starring Chuck Connors? Errol LEWIS and Ifelt sort of like Chuck on our

last day in the Air Force (February 29) when we had the epaulets torn off

our shirts and our cadet sabers snapped in half and whirled over the L.A. Air Force Base fence. Errol’s currently taking it easy, wrapping up his master’s degree and working alocal freeway ramp with his “Desert Storm Vet” sign. And as for me, I’m in advertising now, with an agency in L.A. Which is probably where Ishould have been all along.

No news of “Scum” or “Mange” or even Pete “Eddie Haskell” BARTOS. Sorry. Iknow how much you look forward to it. But do send your cards, letters, and parking tickets to Reverend Ray “Of Light” BLUST at 149 W. Park St., Wheeling, WV 26003. He’ll rural route ’em in the right direction.

Geez—how could anyone think such athing?

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Errol and Stu—working the off-ramps of the L.A. freeways.

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Got adot matrix letter from Dave “Treat Me” RUFFLEY, who recent¬

ly wrapped up aPhD in Russian history at Ohio State. At one point during his research, Dave got together with Ken “Tie Me In” KNOTTS, in Red Square, of all places, to smash vodka bottles and attempt to liberate Lenin from his glass tomb. No luck on the Lenin thing, but Comrade Ruf ey, euphemistically calling himself a“security police of cer” (and

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Class of 1984 In cyberspace! We’ve joined the ’90s folks as Iam pleased to announce the USAFA Class of 1984 Home Page on the World Wide Web. The site is: http://www.mrcenter.com/usafa84 and is up and running (crawling) as of this writing. Isay crawling because the site is still under construction. I’d like to thank Jim RATTI (’82) for inspiration for the page. You can connect to the Class of ’82 page through our page and

Howdy, howdy! It’ me again, coming at you from Langley AFB, VA. The rst half of this column is brought to you by none other than Tina (THERRIEN) HARVEY, upon whom Ibestow many thanks. She pens the following words for your continued leisure reading.

“Let’s start out with the group of below-the-zoners graduating from

the similarities between the two are no coincidence!

working for the Arms Control Disarmament Agency (ACDA) in D.C. Denise (SENN) GILLAN and husband, Steve, will be working on the C E N T C O M J - 6 s t a ff a t M a c D i l l . Tr o y D E V I N E , Yu l i n ( G R E E N ) WHITEHEAD, and Steve DEPALMER are staying at Maxwell for an additional year to attend the School of Advanced Airpower Studies.

Twenty- ve students out of the class of 650 are chosen for this program where they will study the future employment of airpower. Other ’85 ACSC graduates are Carl BLOCK, Miguel ROY, and Matt BIRD. Eileen ISOLA begins the Army ISS course at Fort Leavenworth this summer.

After Icompleted ISS in June as aRand Research Fellow, Imoved to the

Here’s abrief description of the page just in case you don’t have acomputer handy. When you access the site, you will be at the Home Page which tells you when the page was last updated and how many people have visited the page. From this page you can access several other pages.

The rst is the Class Updates page. This page will list all of the class news that Ireceive after the most recent Checkpoints deadline. The next page is the Comments page which allows you to communicate easily with me.

Just type in what you’re doing and notes of recent contacts with classmates and it will be automatically e-mailed to me once you hit the SEND FORM button. The third page is the Class Roster which will list all of the e-mail address and web page URLs (Universal Resource Locator) of the Class of ’84. Ihave many of these addresses, but Ireally need your help to make this as complete as possible. Next comes the Checkpoints page which will have past, present and even future Checkpoints articles.

We will get them typed in as soon as we write them, which is several months ahead of when they are received in the mail. Finally there will be an Other Links page which can easily direct you to other Web sites related to the Air Force Academy and the Air Force in general. Sprinkled throughout the pages are links to my business Home Page (http://www.mrcenter.com) which is the Military Relocation Center. I can still be reached via e-mail at remaxl996@aol.com, but abetter way to reach me is at jensen84@mrcenter.com.

Before Iget to the class notes, Iwould like to make aplea for more input from each and everyone of you. It was very dif cult to write this quarter’s article because Ireceived so little information. The notes below are not much more than my personal recollections of those people 1keep in touch with. The whole class is very interested in what and how you’re doing! Even if you haven’t done anything you think is noteworthy, your classmates would love to know where you are living, where you are about to be transferred, how your family is and who else you have been in touch with. We were afun class while at the Academy! Iknow we haven’t changed and Iwant (and NEED) to hear from you.

Class Notes: Idon’t usually put too much in about myself, so here it goes: Mike JENSEN lives in Colorado Springs with wife, Sally, and son, Noah, who turned one in April. He and his mother were recently on an extended trip to visit family. He was crawling when he left and walking when he came back! I’m still in the real estate and custom home building business and hope to be in Colorado Springs for many years to come. The

Class of 2000 just arrived for basic training and boy do they look young and scared! I’ve been out of the Air Force for six years now, but Ihope to make acomeback as aReserve pilot. I’ll keep you posted.

Chris MCCORMACK and Lisa (BRADLEY) MCCORMACK are living in Michigan. Lisa is working as “mom” with their three children

Allison (6), Brian (4) and Liam (now 4months). Chris is nishing up his PhD in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan. In case I didn’t mention it in aprevious issue, Mike BRANNAN is living “down under” in Australia with his wife who gave birth to their triplets, bringing

the Brannan clan to nine children. Doug WREATH is working as aReservist in HQ USAF/CEP and as amanagement consultant. Living in Hawaii with wife, Jennifer (GRAHAM, ’86), who was reassigned to PACAF/DPO. He tells me DJ is graduating from ACSC and going to the D.C. area to work space programs. Doug MCNARY has been selected for

afellowship from the Council on Foreign Affairs. Doug DUTY is out of the Air Force working as aconsultant for Deloitte and Touche out of Philadelphia. And in the big scoop, our very own Dale GRUPE was out in Europe and was chosen to be the head coach for the U.S. Armed Forces Men’s Volleyball Team. When not coaching. Dale serves at the ROTC Detachment, University of Kentucky.

That’s all for now. Keep those cards, letters, and e-mail coming. Jens.

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ACSC and their plans after graduation. Elise VANDERVENNET will be

D.C. area and now work on the J6 Joint Staff in Defense Wide Networks.

Michael (’84) had already arrived and was working in XO on the Air Staff, but came back to L.A. to join me in the joy of driving our two super-charged boys (Taylor, 4, and Matthew, 3) and our wigged-out cat cross country. It is wonderful to all be together again after this year apart.

“How about those recently selected for promotion to major! The list is long, so in all fairness I’ll point you to the June 3, 96 edition of AF Times for the complete list. Here is asnapshot of afew promotees. Charlie CATOE and Georgia (COLLINS) are planning to watch the Olympics in mid July; their new addition to the family should be close to ayear old.

Lisa (DRINEN) MAZUR is currently working at HQ AFMN/INX (Intelligence Plans and Programs). Deborah (CHARRON) POLLARD and hubby are expecting their rst child mid August; they are located in the Denver area. Charlene (JARDIN) HARDING moved to Virginia in May. She has agreat job at DISA working Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstrations (JWID). Char had agreat birthday week this year—she listed her house in Colorado, sold it, and bought ahouse in Virginia during aTDY all in the same week. She’s grateful to be afamily again all living in the same city—Bill (’82) met them in Virginia after completion of ACSC this past summer.

“Bob KAUCIC (wife, Susan, and daughter Katherine) and Cheryl (HICKS) SOAT (along with husband, Rick, and children Cason, Richelle and Darin) are both working on their PhDs at Oxford, compliments of USAFA and AFIT. Bob and Susan are expecting their second child (Samantha or Robert III) to arrive in time for Thanksgiving. When ‘Samirob’ arrives, ’85 grads will represent 40 percent of USAF PhD students at Oxford, and 60 percent of USAFA offspring here. Bob is spending his time here trying to teach computers to lip read, while Cheryl is researching decision-making leadership.

“Sara (HELLWIG) ELLERT-BECK is working as an environmental engineer in the Dayton area. Sara and Dan should have welcomed their rst baby in mid-to-late August. Kevin and Wendy (LINK) ROUTHIER and crowd just moved to Japan. It is really asmall Air Force: Kevin took the job Jackie C. (scribe) had when she was stationed at Misawa three years ago! Th-Th-That's all, folks. See you in future editions! Tina.

Now, my turn. Iwanted to personally congratulate all of you who made the list and thank you for the well wishes. Likewise, for those who aren’t on the list, we have great con dence in you and your abilities, so keep your chin up and aim high. Received aBuckingham Palace postcard from Quintel WILLIAMS. He and Rene celebrated selection to major with atwo-week trip to London and Paris. They are still in Florida. The enclosed photo shows ahusband and wife major (select) team, Brent and Pam (HENRY) HRNCIR. They are still trying to get stationed together, Brent is in South Dakota (as aB-1 IP) and Pam at Randolph doing life support work. (See photo on next page.)

Another married couple who made the list are Jim and Yvette (PEREZ) HIRD who are stationed at Kelly AFB and Randolph AFB, respectively, also in San Antonio. Locally at Langley, the promotee group consists of Mike CRAMER, Brian SELVAAG, Marty GRANUM, Todd WYNN, and Terry SEAMANN. Had no idea the last two were even on the base!

(Terry and Ishared fond memories of one of our deceased classmates, Honduran Francisco AVALALOS.) Pete CASTOR stationed in Norfolk, » ♦

was also on the list.

Iattended Emmie GUILLERMO’S wedding in San Diego. Emmie and

good because in this assignment, Iactually work closely with some other ’86ers.

Here in the Phillips Lab (PL) at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, we’ve got Andy HART and Dean MCLAIN. Andy, wife, Cindy STAPLES

(’87), and daughter Alexandra (18 months) PCSd in from C-Springs last July. They’re having agreat time taking care of Alex and playing soccer.

Cindy is out of the Air Force and now enjoys being afull-time mom. An¬

dy is working on software development at PL. Dean has been working in PL contracts since June ’94. He and his wife, Susan, have a ve-monthold son named Daniel who was born last October. They have been active in archery throughout New Mexico. Susan was the ladies 3-D target state champion for 1995!

“Eric STEWART worked with us until February when he PCSd back east for aPentagon assignment. He married on the 27th of April to a great lady named Amy Protchko. Jeff HENRY, my freshman roomie and now an F-15 IWSO, came down from Elmendorf to be one of my groomsmen along with my best-man brother, Dunn IDLE (’82). On Feb

10th Ihad the pleasure of marrying Michelle KAZMIER, a’93 grad who works on space structures at PL. Yes, she’s alot younger but it’s great

trying to catch her on the ski slopes! Cindy GIESE (’93) was one of

Brent and Pam: San Antonio or Bust!

Dutch live in Dayton, where Emmie is working as anurse. Imight have pictures next time. Additionally, at print time, several of us will have completed another reunion-type visit to the blue zoo in celebration of 20 years of women at the Academy. Will have more on this in the next edi¬

Michelle’s bridesmaids. Saber bearers at the wedding included Eric

STEWART, Kurt VOGEL (’89), Steve ANDERSON (’92), Kristen GOODWIN (’93) and Pam WISE (’93).

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MOVED TO: Jeff GOSE TO Beaver Creek, OH. That’s it? After the summer rotations I’ll have alonger list I’d like to close out this article with atribute to Mark TODD, who died in an 0-2 crash on 6Mar 96, while deployed to El Salvador. His story and photo are also highlighted in the June 3AF Times issue. The promotion board saw t to forward his name to President Clinton for promotion approval, and he received his promotion to “MAJOR, USAF posthumously. Ialso want to thank Ted Elden, arelative of Todd’s surviving wife, the former Susie Bodman, who wrote acompelling account of the funeral service, the thunderous missing-man formation, presentation of the ag, and the 21-gun salute. While Icannot print Ted’s words in its entirety, Iwanted to share an excerpt.

“With grand sobriety, the Air Force coordinated all movement, guided our path, leading our restless and broken spirits to the grave. All Academy ags were ying at half mast. Could our pilot’s tragedy have drawn aresponse from the community of iers and families? Had all who’d come known Mark? Family members assured me—all who’d gathered knew and were befriended or touched by Mark in some way.

For those of us not physically present, we share in the sorrow of this tragedy. If any of you want acopy of Ted’s tribute, please contact me and Iwill send it to you.

Lastly, Iwanted to bring to the forefront of our minds the immortal words of John Gillespie Magee Jr., which so aptly describe the paths of our fallen classmates: “Oh, Ihave slipped the surly bonds of earth...Up, up along delirious burning blue. I’ve stopped the wind-swept heights, with easy grace. Where never lark, or even eagle ew...Put out my hand and touched the face of God.’’ Remember with honor. God bless you. i

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Meet hosted by Hill AFB at Snowbasin, UT earlier in March. With competition from 32 other bases, we were psyched to take home the thirdplace trophy. It was great to see Michelle take second overall for the women too. Other sports news, with lots of support from Michelle, I quali ed for the Boston Marathon at the Tucson Marathon in December.

It was the 100th running of the marathon so myself and 37,000-plus of us had arun of our lives.

Gary L. Burg 7-420B

The Idle wedding party, from left: Steve Anderson (’92), Kristen Ahlberg Kolarik, Cindy Hustedde Giese, Pam Wise, Troy Geise, Kristin Goodwin and Michelle Kazmier Idle (all ’93); Win Idle (’86), Dunn Idle (’82), Jeff Henry (’86), Eric Stewart (’86), and Kurt Vogel (’89).

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I’m looking forward to catching up with several long-lost classmates at our reunion. Ihope we get arecord-breaking turnout!

Bob COLELLA sent me aletter via e-mail via the AOG. By the way, all you e-mail gurus can e-mail me direct and cut out the mail delays. My e-mail address is above. Bob writes, “I am almost complete with my master’s in computer science technology from LSU-Shreveport. Iam glad to be almost done with it as it has really taken alot of time away from family and the things Ilike to do, like all the Monday Night Football I’ve missed for the past two years. Kathy and Allison are doing well here in Louisiana. Our house is on the market as we are leaving soon for anew assignment. Iam off to Whiteman AFB to y the B-2 Spirit. My class date is in October, but Ishow up in August for T-38 check out and hopefully will be done in time to make the reunion. > »

Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-1232

(907) 753-9211/DSN: (317) 552-9037 E-mail: GBurg.wow.com Wo r k : B u r g @ F S P O . TO P C O V E R . A F. M I L Percent members: 36

This is the last issue of Checkpoints until our 10-year reunion so hopefully you will have all the information you need to attend this great event. From all accounts this should be agreat time to get together with our friends and possibly even meet some new ones. Our class is so big I still don’t recognize half the names of our classmates—but I’m getting better as the class scribe putting names with class recognition. First I would like to congratulate all of our classmates who received aone-year below the zone promotion. You are on the fast track and you have one less thing to worry about in the coming year.

To the Mail. Iwas surprised to receive only two letters through the mail this time around but Isuppose everyone is gearing up for September.

Almost everyone I’ve talked to is planning on attending the reunion and if the reservations are any indication it’s going to be awild time at the Embassy Suites. The only direct letter Ireceived was from Win IDLE, he writes “Having always thought that our class should send you more news, Ithought it was about time Isent you aletter! Actually, timing is pretty

CLASS OF 1986 10-YEAR REUNION

At Homecoming 1996 25-29 SEPTEMBER 1996 U S A FA v e r s u s R i c e

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We’re all waiting for his “big break” but when it happens you’ll be sure to see his name on The Comedy Channel, HBO, or movie theater mar¬

in CFIC—instructor school—for the B-52.1 told him that there is no way

quees around the world. (Please feel free to let me or Charles know if a

my wife would come to the reunion and watch me regress 10 years, and he said that he told his wife that he wouldn’t go without her, but after our conversation he seemed pretty pumped up to make the pilgrimage on his own. He and Mark ‘humpin and bumpin’ MEDVEC, (it’s not Doc anymore and if you want to know why you’ll have to ask him if you didn’t catch him on the local news,) just ew with alocal TV reporter to do anews clip on the Mighty and Vulnerable—though not a ghter pilot aircraft—B-52. Also on board was Lloyd RINGOLD who is now in the FTU as an academic instructor. Other ’86ers hanging out in the local area: Don USRY who is out selling stocks and such and doing well. Larry LITTRELL who just got back from B-52 Weapons School. Rick BELL works in the same of ce as Doc Medvec and myself. In addition, Bruce WAY was also in the of ce, but has moved across the street to ightline scheduling. Iran into John RUDD at the altitude chamber in December of last year. He has not changed even one bit. He is still driving his dink wheels—as Iam with 118,000 miles and agreat shine—and is working somewhere in Texas doing IMPORTANT AIR FORCE WORK (his emphasis, not mine). There are some other guys around as well but no real news to report, just alot of excitement about the reunion.”

friend or relative—perhaps your brother-in-law’s cousin twice-removed,

That is the extent of the mail. Other news Ihave heard but can’t conrm is that Karen CLARK is back at Offutt AFB after atour with the

Niagara Falls ANG; Chris STOCKTON is ying T-38s at Laughlin AFB; Steve TREMAIN is ying T-37s at Randolph AFB; Tim WARD is ying T-ls at Randolph and Bob SCHABB is ying F-15s at Eglin AFB. Iheard from Igor BEAUFILS who is working for Owening—Illinois. Beau is doing well after some rough times after getting out of the Air Force. In the Lost Souls/New Address category Tony AMADEO is at Robins AFB, GA; Kyle KINGSFORD is living in Spokane, WA; Mike HADY is at Altus, OK; John MCDONALD is at Shalimar, FL; Brian ADAMS is living in Franklin, WI; Chris AUSTIN is living in Navarre, FL; Greg MOORE is living in Spring eld,MO; Hugh BENNAN is living in Huber

Heights, OH; and James ANDERSON is now in Colorado Springs. Ialso have alist of all CS-24 classmates if you want to get ahold of one of them.

Iam enjoying agreat summer so far in Alaska. I nished my bachelor’s plus through Embry Riddle last semester and will be holding off taking another class until this fall since Iwon’t have time to get my master’s until after our primary board. Carrie and Iare looking forward to the reunion as are most of the other ’86ers up here at Elmendorf. Hopefully next column will have some highlights of our reunion in it. By the way, if you’re not an AOG member now is the time to be one. Ithink the Class of ’86

can do much better than its current 36 percent. Hope to see you all at the t e n - y e a r.

Bob Cavello 314 Fordham

Manhattan, KS 66503 E-mail: Bobtonka@aol.com Percent members: 36

(Editor’s note: We tried to get in touch with Bob at his new Kansas address but could not reach him. If there is avolunteer from the class to write future columns, please contact the editor.)

Mark Peters 1218 Red Oak Court

Vacaville, CA 95687-7601 Home: (707) 452-0900 Work: DSN 837-4818/7250

E-mail: peters@og60.travis.af.mil Percent members: 36

Very little “New and improved” to report on my home front so I’ll just cut straight to the mail. Scott MIRTH’s e-mail arrived just after the deadline for the last issue but here it is.

Just dropping aline to say I’ve PCAd at Vance with Pedro

TRINIDAD from being aT-38 IP to aT-1 instructor. Isaw Robby MARR at Randolph while Iwas at PIT. He’s moving from F-llls at Cannon to being an AT-38 IP there. Where’s your brother Charles?

We were in Grim Reapers together. My DSN is 940-6541/2.

Chas, as my brother (’89) prefers to be called, left the Air Force several

years ago through one of the early-out programs. He is making valiant efforts to break into stand-up comedy and/or movies in SoCal. While he got off to aslow start, he has actually been paid for some of his work.

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“Talk around here is generating lots of excitement for the reunion and everyone is looking forward to it. Ricky RODGERS is now an instructor

is amajor Hollywood producer...) In the meanwhile he’s substitute teaching in Los Angeles.

Pat SINNOTT e-mailed from Nellis. “It has been along time since I’ve been in contact—probably since 1988, but Ireally enjoy reading your work and thought Ishould nally contribute. I’m ying F-4Gs out here at Nellis AFB (Las Vegas). We recently shut down the squadron and I’m looking for afollow-on assignment in the near future. Iam married to a nongrad named Danielle and we have agreat looking new son named Joshua (now six months old). I’ll keep this short and write more once I’m sure that the address and connection are OK.

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Unfortunately my reply got lost in “e-mail ether” so Pat, write again after your PCS is completed. Isaw Steve DION at Andersen AFB, Ouam, on arecent trip. Fortunately, Itold him he’d feel guilty if he didn’t write—and he wrote!

Iguess Istiffed you for info when we ran into each other at Andersen afew months back. So, Iapologize and hereby offer what little Iknow. I’m now at Offutt running the air eld ops ight in the OSS. Ileft Ouam in March after an interesting tour. Offutt’s my fth permanent duty station—do you think I’m in the running for “Class Nomad?” Previous duty locations were Shaw, Holloman, Randolph, and the aforementioned Andersen. I’m remarried (Tisha) (and bold enough to admit so in Checkpoints). My son, Jake, is now ve years old.

I’ve tried to track down my roommate from the zoo, Steve STEIN, but have been unsuccessful. Last Iknew, he was aMr. and working in Boulder. Iran into Dave DANTZSCHER recently at Offutt. He’s now at Andrews, by way of Charleston (C-141). Iforget what he’s ying now, but he noted it’s even older than the C-141. Matt SOBOLEWSKI is in my unit here—he’s aC-135 EWO and is planning on going back to school soon.

Ididn’t see alot of classmates while Iwas at Andersen, but afew passed through either dragging ghters or cargo. Two that I remember were Derick LARSON and Harold HUGHES who

are/were ying ’141s out of McChord. Not much else to report right now, but I’ll keep my eyes and ears open.

Isaw Hiro WAJIMA at Yokota’s commissary and he too promised to write. Unfortunately, his e-mail wouldn’t make it across the pond so he just mailed me ahard copy.

Ihave been here at Yokota ying the C-21 for three years and I sometimes see people when they pass through Yokota. I’ve traveled throughout the Paci c region with missions supporting DVs. These missions, however, come very rarely. Iusually see Misawa, Kadena, Osan, and Andersen. Some of the people I’ve seen recently are Steve and Valerie HALL (E-3 AW ACS at Kadena), Pete CHING (C-141 at Travis) and Brad COOPER (C-141 at McChord). If you ever come through Yokota please give me acall at DSN 225-8222.

Rob FABIAN also sent an e-mail titled “how Iwent from Space Ops to Missile MX in one easy step.”

Mark, Isaw your new e-mail address in the last issue as well as the update from Dave SCHLICTING. As Dave said, he saw me almost three years ago. Iwas getting set up as chief of Ops Training at the brand new 3rd Space Surveillance Squadron in Misawa then. I’ve since PCSd to F.E. Warren AFB, WY, where I’m now the Shops Maintenance ight commander. Abig jump, from training deep space surveillance operators to leading some 35 of the best ICBM maintainers in the world, but the leadership challenge is out of this world (pun intended). Along the way in Japan, my wife, Karina, and Ihad two beautiful children, Steven Felix who’s two and ahalf now, and Amber Milagra, who’s one.

In the “It’s asmall world department,” Karina went to high school with Dan PUENTE, and one of her rst bosses in the AF (she was on active duty, but went Reserves when Steven was born) was Walt GAGAJEWSKI! We were even introduced by Jeff LOUIE (’89)1 Speaking of Walt, he stopped by to visit afew weeks ago enroute to RAF Molesworth from Osan AB, Korea, to do some sort of airborne intelligence thing. Bill SMITH is still at Kelly, but has orders to the Space Warfare Center in Colorado Springs. Mark CLANTON, last time Isaw him, was acommand post of cer at Misawa, but had orders out coming soon. Lastly, Irecently got back in touch with John BYSTROFF, who’s currently at SOS, but will be returning to Colorado Springs soon to continue as asatellite driver. That’s about all the updates Ihave for now. HAGO. Speaking of Mark (Ike) CLANTON, Icoincidently, had just hit him up for some inputs on arecent pass through Hickam. Here’s his latest, with more to follow I’m sure.

wound up over the wrong ocean. In truth, they were on aSAAM mission heading out to Japan. The down side of seeing so many of my classmates is that shift schedules and crew rest leave little time to get together and suck afew suds. But any ’88ers who nd themselves out here on along grounder have astanding invite to look me up. I’m in the book.

Since the last issue generated so much e-mail. I’d like to encourage

everyone to use it whenever you get achance; it’s easier to massage it into the column. The only request Ihave is to please send your e-mail “return

receipt’’ as I’d hate to have you update me on everything you’ve done since graduation and then have it disappear. Another way to be sure we’ve established two-way connectivity is to include your DSN—or just wait for my reply.

Lastly, remember the deadline for the next issue is usually within a week or two, if not less, after every Checkpoints hits your mailbox; write soon!

P a u l W. T i b b e t s , I V 1410 Rockford Drive

Warrensburg, MO 64093 Home: (816) 429-1198 DSN: 975-4190

E-mail: patibb@2sprint.net

and spin pilot. Paul ESPERANTE and Alex OONZALEZ-ROJAS are tweet drivers as well. Mike PEEBLES just showed up in Del Rio from the

E-3. Recent ’89 departures from tweets include Mike BASEL and Darin DEFENDORF, going to B-ls at Dyess. Mike is getting marled in May. John PESCHIO left for the Academy to y the Otter and run the

parachute ight. Juan PENA is going to F-15s. Also at Laughlin are Graig CAMPBELL in the T-38 and Jerry LASCO in the T-1. Tom MATSCHEK just left the T-1 squadron for Randolph and T-1 Pilot Instructor Training.

At SOS Matt ran into Ted MATHEWS, who is ying tankers at McConnell. Sonia FALK is also at McConnell. Scott and Arlene (HUX)

SALMON are heading for Korea, where Scott will be ying F-16s and Arlene gets astaff tour assignment. Arlene was asquadron Distinguished Graduate at SOS. Dave SERAGE, also aDG at SOS, is moving from B-52s at Minot to EA-6Bs at NAS Whidby Island in the new joint EW

squadron. Erik ELIASEN is at Malmstrom, soon to PCS, and just had a son, Dylan. Chris KULAS is still ying ’135s at Mildenhall. Kevin BULLARD, another SOS squadron DG, is going to A-lOs.

Matt just got back from John MlHALY’s wedding in Dallas. He married alovely girl named Dana. John just returned from an ALO tour in the ROK and is now ying F-15Cs at Tyndall. At the wedding Matt saw Brandon NUGENT, who is at Travis in the KC-10. Pat HEFLIN is in the

Air Force Intern Program in D.C., and he and his wife, Steph, are going to F-15ES. Chris SHORT, along with his wife, Brooke, and daughter Emily are going to Ramstein in the A-10. Tony BOOTH is at Hurlburt running Blue Flag exercises. James MCINTYRE is leaving tankers at Malmstrom for the TACC at Scott. Craig LEAVITT is in the F-16 and moving from the ROK to Germany. Amy SVOBODA will be ying A-lOs at Davis-Monthan after PCSing from Lubbock. Mike GAAL, his wife, Denise, and their daughter Rachael are at Dover, where Mike is ying the C-5. Mike says Barry COHRS is at Eglin doing engineering stuff. Tom HIRST is in RC-135S at Offutt and Steve BURSON is ying A-lOs at DM. Matt saw Eric WILSON, who is in C-141 maintenance at Travis.

Percent members: 38

Spiros FAFALIOS is out of the Air Force working in Milwaukee. Vance Hey everyone. I’m in sunny and HOT Montgomery, AL for SOS.

DRENKHAHN is

ying F-15Es. Thanks, Matt!

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From the change-of-address cards, Christy (KAYSER) COOK moved

mer. There are numerous classmates of ours here, so for the next issue I will have alist of everyone Ican get ahold of and what they are up to. I hope the summer was kind to each of you. On to the news.

My rst two letters are from Ted “Oscar” MEYER, who is on athreeyear exchange tour with the Navy at NAS Fallon. Ted and his wife, Mary

to Vance AFB and is an instructor in T-37s, and Mike PLATT is stationed

at Kirtland with his wife, Auline. Mike just nished his master’s degree in Astro from AFIT. Joe OTT and his wife, Jennifer, had ababy girl named Erin in late ’95.

Thanks for the letters and God bless.

just celebrated their two-year wedding anniversary and the birth of their rst child. They have about ayear left with the Navy, where Ted is

teaching Joint/USAF Interoperability at the Navy’s Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School. Along with teaching, Ted ies as a quali ed aircrew member aboard the E-2C Hawkeye as anaval ight ofcer (equivalent of aUSAF navigator). Ted says this assignment really opened his eyes to the way we do business in the Air Force and taught him volumes about joint/multi-service operations.

Ted passed on abunch of info on folks he keeps in touch with from the Academy and his E-3 days at Tinker. Jeffrey WEGNER, who was in Ted’s squadron at the Academy, and his wife, Lisa, also just celebrated

Joseph C. Richardson 11764 McCarty Loup Bellevue, NE 68123 Home: (402) 292-9373 DSN: 2714850 Percent members: 34

Greetings Most Glorious and Mighty Class.

Kemp. Jeff is an instructor pilot ying F-15s with the 1FS at Tyndall

Itrust that all is going well with the most awesome class. Things here in Omaha are better than ever. I’ll begin with alittle bit of personal information. On 1Jun 96, my wife and Iwelcomed Lyndsay Adryanna into our

AFB, FL. He took this position after spending approximately four years at Eglin ying F-15s with the 60 FS. Jeffry “Sully” SULLIVAN is as¬

family. She is abeautiful 8lb., 6oz. bundle of joy. Both mother and daughter are healthy and doing well. Also in the local Omaha area, Mike

their two-year wedding anniversary and the birth of their

rst child Jarett

signed to the 552 ACW at Tinker AFB as aE-3B/C Sentry copilot. He and his wife, Miren, married ve years, are the parents of two children, Franklin and Rachael. Sully was Ted’s roommate for three years at the Academy. Jeanne GOLDER left Tinker last year as an E-3B/C aircraft commander and is at USAFA ying T-3s. Chris CARPER, from CS-27, is married and an IP at Tinker ying the E-3B/C. Also ying E-3s at Tinker are Tom BAKER, Steve BRENNER, Dan STONE, Dave ROJEWSKI, Hilary KEVIN, Ian COOGAN, and David BULLOCK. Ted added that Pete “Smitty” SMITH, from CS-30, is married and an IP at Davis-Monthan AFB ying A/OA-lOs. Tony SOMMER, now out of the Air Force, is living in Minnesota working for General Mills as part o f t h e i r m a r k e t i n g d i v i s i o n f o r Yo p l a i t y o g u r t . L a S h a w n WASHINGTON, also out of the Air Force, is living in Shreveport, LA. Andy FORSTNER and his wife, Linda, are stationed in Iceland at the 932 ACS near NAS Ke avik. Andy is aweapons school grad and aformer E-3B/C aviator. Greg GUILLOT is also aweapons school grad and stationed at Nellis as aweapons school instructor in the CCO Division (command and control). John “JJ” HEAPS and his wife, Molly, are stationed at Elmendorf AFB where JJ is an E-3B/C aircraft commander in the 963 AW A C S . T h a n k s f o r t h e l e t t e r s , O s c a r !

Also dropping me aline was Matt LLOYD, who is stationed at Laughlin ying T-37s. Carl CALDWELL is a ight commander at Laughlin. Chuck MLADENKA just became the squadron ight examiner

KOSCO will be marrying the awesome Jessica on 27 Jul 96 down in Austin, TX. Mike also sends his greeetings to all of the most glorious class. “All hail mighty KOSCO!” Dave JONES and his wife, Sunila, were also married here in Omaha this year and both are doing well and send their greetings. That’s about it for local news.

Tim and Heather SWETT send greetings from Indianapolis, IN. Tim is now working for Ameritech, aRegional Bell Operating Company, where he manages customer service reps. Brad NORRIS is now stationed at the McDonnell Douglas plant (DPRO) in Long Beach, CA for the C-17 pro¬

gram. His wife, Julie, is stationed at L.A. AFB. Mark BURMAN underwent surgery in late 1995 and had three ribs removed. His wife, Lauren, gave birth to ason at the Wilford Hall hospital where Mark was recovering from the surgery. They are living in Virginia.

My last input comes via anewsletter from 34th Squadron “Loose

Hawgs” from Zac and Nancy BELCHER. By the way, Ithink this is a great idea and if anybody wants to attempt this for any of the other

squadrons, please put me on your mailing list so that Ican keep up with everyone. He and his wife, Nancy, PCSd to Los Angeles AFB in November, 1995 from Wright-Patterson. They are enjoying parenthood with their 10-month-old son Jacob. Zac is working in the GPS SPO as the contract manager on the new block IFF—the next generation of 33 GPS satellites set to be launched beginning in 2001. He will be at SOS from Aug-Oct 96, so if anyone else is going to be there at that time, look up

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Well, here it is at long last. My rst Checkpoints input. We’ve actually been fairly busy lately having welcomed our son into the family in March as well as celebrating the beginning of our third year of married life. Work itself has really kept me moving, although never too far from home. As acontroller in Hickam’s Air Mobility Control Center, Iget to see alot of zoomies pass through, including yourself and, most recently, Tim POPOVICH and Vince LOGSDON. T-man and Vince are both C-141 IPs at McGuire who apparently got lost and

Kathleen DAVIDSON (FULTON) and her husband, Craig, are now living just outside Austin, TX, having moved from Vallejo, CA. They both resigned from the military in June of 1995 and tremendously enjoy civilian life. After separating, Kathleen quickly found ajob with LAM Research, asemiconductor manufacturer, as acustomer service supervisor. Chris and Sue BLUE are in Abilene where Chris is an intelligence of cer for one of the B-IB units at Dyess. Pell THOMPSON left

Malmstrom and competed in ahighly-selective program (and was chosen) to bring some of the “missile mindset” to Falcon AFB and the satellite operations area. Pell is currently aMILSTAR satellite controller.

MILSTAR is amonster, $1B, nuke-hardened satellite that handles secure

communications. According to Pell, adrawback to the job is the massive amount of paperwork required. The THOMPSONS built abeautiful home in northern Colorado Springs (north of Woodmen Road). He is continuing to enjoy life there with his wife, Erin, and two little children, Ashton and Taylor. Continued happiness to you and your family Pell and send pictures.

Mark, Jan and Joshua THONNINGS are also in the news. Mark is a

C-130 navigator stationed at Davis-Monthan in Arizona. Mark is trying to get an assignment at aLockheed DPRO in L. A. If anyone has any connections, please give Mark acall. Tom SEILER was working for a

defense contractor in Arlington and changed jobs last August. He made a decision to leave the defense industry and now works for Andersen Con¬

sulting, which is apart of Arthur Andersen, the big consulting rm.

Tom’s company does consuiting work related to computer networks. If anyone is ever in the Dallas area, give Tom acall.

As some of you know, Jonathan ROBINSON is back at the Academy

teaching computer science. After getting his master’s from MIT, Jonathan went to Scott AFB and worked some of that operations research magic of his. Jonathan is trying to decide whether he wants to pursue aPhD, or whether to get out and do his analysis for abetter pay check. As ahobby, Jonathan has taken up skydiving. Word is that on Christmas day he made ajump to the bewilderment of his family waiting pensively down below. Fired up!

Mike and Carol POWERS are headquartered at Andrews AFB where he is ahelicopter pilot. They are doing ne and Mike is looking to go back to school to study something related to international business. James and Barbara BIRDSONG are now in Valdosta, GA. As far as Iknow, they are leading the pack in terms of the number of children (three: Max, Hannah, and Jack). To the best of my knowledge, Birdy is ying after nishing his banked assignment in Washington. Paul and Kathleen WELCH are living in Oklahoma after moving from Langley, where they were married. Unfortunately Idon’t know what they are up to. However, Ido know they went on afantastic honeymoon—a cruise to Greece if Iremember correctly, and that Paul nished his master’s degree while still at Langley. Jamie and Bonnie MCKEON are at McConnell where both are ying tankers.

They have two children, Connor and Amanda.

Thanks amillion for such an awesome update Zac. If it were not for you, Iwould not have had much of acolumn. With that, Ibid you farewell for now. Take carp, God Bless and as always...PALS!

ed heaven, as Ken reports there were 40 other banked folks there. Jim CLEET was at the B-2 Test Squadron, went through RTU with Ken, and

is now ying F-16s at Misawa. Max MAROSKO was at TPS, also ying gliders, and is now at Eglin ying Eagles. Dave MCCUNE and Bartz SYKES were at the F-16 Test Squadron; both were in Ken’s RTU class at Luke. Dave is ying F-16s at Mountain Home while Bartz and Ken are in the same F-16 squadron at Cannon and live just two houses apart. Other ’91ers Ken ran into during the return-to- ying and RTU process include: Chris GOUGH, F-16 to Kunsan; Steve LANTHAM, A-10 to Osan; Jeff LONG, F-15 to Seymour-Johnson; John BINDER, F-15; Brad EVERMAN, F-16; Erik HOUSTON, F-16 to Spangdahlem; Doug DEMAIO, F-16 to Kunsan; Nate SMITH, F-16 to Kunsan; Tim COULON, F-16 to Cannon; Mark HOEHN, F-15 to Eglin, and Mark HOELSCHER, F-16.

Ken is married to the former Renee Lane of Wichita Falls, TX, and they now have three kids: Nicole (11), Jessica (3), and Ken Jr (1). On top of the job and the family, Ken had enough time to earn aM.S. in mechanical engineering. Congrats! Sounds as if life is treating Ken well.

Ken let us know what Jeff LONG (CS-31) was up to and now Jeff lets us know what Ron RAE (CS-12) and Mike BIORN (’93, but originally ’91 before stopout, CS-25) are up to. They are all ying Strike Eagles with the 335th at Seymour-Johnson. This article is actually falling together.

Going on, here is some news from Daryl SASSAMAN (CS-26) who is currently in the desert. After graduation, Daryl worked SERE as arental Lt, then went to UPT at Vance. Daryl was then banked at Falcon AFB working satellite ops on DSP and DMSP satellites. Rich SVOBODA, Marty THEER, and Ken VANEYK were also working there. While at Falcon, Daryl married Briana, his girlfriend from the Academy. Kevin A N D E R S O N , M a t t O ’ B R I E N , M i c h a e l M A RT I N D A L E , a n d M a r t y THEER were all in the wedding. Upon receiving their assignments: SVOBODA, C-130 to Pope; THEER, HC-130 to Patrick; VANEYK, C-141 to McChord; and SASSAMAN, C-130 to Little Rock, they all went to SOS and requal. Upon reaching Little Rock, Daryl and Briana had their rst child, Dylan Scott, 81b 8oz, 21 '/tin. Daryl is now in the 61 AS along with Mark BRUNWORHT, J.D. DAVIS, Dave DOBBS, and Jeff BROWN and Elizabeth BROWN (MUNSON). Only amonth after being in the squadron, Daryl is enjoying the beautiful desert of Saudi Arabia, a place which seems to inspire many aclassmate to write to their scribe!

Thanks for your time, Daryl.

Two C-130 ACs from our class, Cory LINDEN and Mike BROCKEY, are both PCSing from Little Rock AFB to Whiting Field NAS, outside Pensacola, FL, where they will be IPs in the joint Navy-Air Force pilot training, ying the T-34C Mentor, as well as enjoying some deep sea shing of course. Cory is married to Arietta, and Mike is married to Kelly. Mike and Kelly BROCKEY are also the proud parents of little baby Mike. Congrats, and thanks for the info.

Adam and Amy McLean RR #1, Box 31C

Larimore, ND 58251 (701) 343-2596 Percent members: 39

Greeting once again to the Class of ’91, Summer is moving right along nicely, as is many acareer of our fellow classmates. Ireceived arecord number of letters this quarter (eight), and would like to thank the entire class for their support over the last ve years. This will be the last article that Adam and Iwill write as ’91 class scribes. Carson TAVENNER has graciously volunteered to be our new class scribe, and after only asking once! Please continue sending your inputs to our address above until Carson completes his PCS this summer.

His new address will appear in the next magazine. With Carson”s way of adding humor to our lives (we all remember those DODO days) the ’91 article will surely be the most entertaining by far! So here goes my last, and by far easiest, article...

Ken EKMAN was inspired to send aletter after attending his sister Katie’s graduation from the Zoo. Ken reports that sister Katie will attend Sheppard for pilot training, once again following in her brother ’s footsteps. Following UPT, Ken moved to Edwards as abanked guy to work as aglider instructor for the Test Pilot School. Ken was lucky enough to y in 23 different kinds of airplanes excluding gliders and logged about 250 hours as aglider IP. Edwards seems to have been the bank-

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brother Zac.

Mike Johnson, at left, and Francisco Jones at Stonehenge in January.

Here is $0.02 and apicture from Francisco JONES who says that he never sees any familiar names in our article. Francisco just got unbanked and is now ying C-141s out of McChord with the 7AS after spending three years at Hanscom AFB, MA. Also stationed at McChord are Pete KING with wife, Rene, and two kids Zach and Olivia; Kelly UCHIMURA (who is FROM Tacoma, was BANKED in Tacoma, and is now STATIONED in Tacoma), and Ray ROBINSON with his wife. Tiffany, and very new son. Belinda ZEITUNI (LYONS) is working in the Intel shop there. Liane WARCUP (BREWER) is also there with husband, Brian WARCUP (’89). ’92ers up there ying are Scott SILVA and Mike JANSEN. Mike JOHNSON, who has been ying ’135s at Fairchild since UPT, recently married an English doctor named Gillian MacDonald, who is the cousin of our own Leslie BEAVERS. They (Mike and Gillie) have a child on the way and are getting ready to go to Altus for AC upgrade, followed shortly thereafter by an unknown PCS, maybe El Forko

SHERIDAN ew C-5s for awhile, but is now ying tweets at Sheppard.

He is now married to Gloria. Don BRIEN is at Little Rock ying ’130s.

Francisco ran into Don and his wife, Carla, at Little Rock just recently.

Others: Rob BLOCK is married to Megan and will become abudget ofcer so that he can do ajoint spouse assignment to Turkey. Chris CRAIGE married Penny and is ying C-21s at Offutt. Mike LEHNHARDT is working bioenvironmental issues at Minot. Cherie LAVANTURE (KELLNER) is at Peterson working Space Command/ NORAD issues. Cindy FLORIO (HARRIS) and husband, Mike, (’92) had ababy last October. Mike SPENCER recently left Yokota AB, Japan, for the CONUS. At Kunsan, Dan MUIR is ying F-16s. Also at Kunsan are Brian PIKE and Tim MESERVE, who are working as SPs. Just afew more: Bret HEEREMA is on his way to teaching physics at USAFA. He nally nished his master’s degree from Cal-Berkeley. Bret and wife, Becky, have ason Austin who is Ryan FARMER’S Godson.

Matt EAGER is back in the CONUS with wife, Denise, at Bolling AFB, expecting their rst child. Russ BALKA is still working missiles in Mon¬

Don’s C-130 training was delayed for abroken ankle resulting from being

tana. Ida EIDMANN (LEE) graduated from AFIT last December, and is

thrown into the base lake during his “Leaving the bank’’ party. Thanks

now at Hanscom. Ryan saw Jim SIMMONS around AFIT and is sure he

for digging out all of the info on our class Francisco. Given the number of

has long since graduated and moved to his next job with his wife and three

times he used the word “wife” in his letter (seven), Francisco is convinced he is the last unmarried member of our class. Not quite last, but lining up for the spot!

children.

story also applies to John VAUGHN, only he is married to Maggie. Jim

Thank you Ryan and Jerry for all of the info. E-mail is wonderful, wish Iwould have used it more for the purposes of this article, but maybe Car-

son can use it more. Speaking of Carson TAVENNER. He and his wife, Wendy, had their

rst child, Jacob Paul, on 29 January. Ryan FARMER

speculated that he would end up back at the Zoo teaching history, but not yet! The news directly from Carson is that they will be moving to San Antonio this summer. Carson has been functioning as the intelligence of cer

for counterdrug air operations out of Panama. He often saw grads passing through. Casey LEGLER was TDY there with the Airlift Coordination Center, and is about to be married to Bruce, her boyfriend from the Academy years. Mike WILBURN was working in Panama TDY also, but in Airlift Plans. Tony BAADE and Dave KEESEY have been ying out of Panama for years (Carson thinks C-27s), but Dave’s leaving for Japan.

Don YU is due to leave Germany for Travis.

Whew, Ireceived so many letters there is hardly any room to say goodby as class scribe. Thank you all so very much for your wonderful mail.

Beats bills any day! Ilook forward to reading Carson’s articles, and sending him afew names every now and then, and hope you all do also.

Sincerely, Adam and Amy McLean.

James S. Mehta 3430 Amber St.

Rosamond, CA 93560 Home: (805) 256-1423 Work: (805) 277-2208 John and Janet Miner

Speaking of marriage, we received aletter from Charles DENHAM (’67) and his wife, Carolyn. The DENHAMs were not the of cial sponsors of John MINER, Mike LEE, nor Brad ANDERSON, but since they

emptied their refrigerator and informed them of “what’s happening,” they have informed our class of Mike LEE and Amy Cahill’s marriage, and John MINER and Janett Macksood’s marriage. Mike and Amy were wed in Mashpee, MA. Mike is currently ying out of Andrews AFB, MD. John and Janet were wed in Flint, MI on 11 Feb 95. While John was stationed in Montgomery, AL he completed his master’s degree in business administration. As of April, 1996 he was to be assigned to Ramstein AB in Germany ying C-130s. Brad and Christina ANDERSON recently had ababy girl, Langley...more news on this in coming articles. Thank you for the photo and letter Col. and Mrs. DENHAM. The following is information that Ryan FARMER and Jerry SZYBIST put together over e-mail. Ryan nished his MS degree from AFIT in operations research on March 19th. In his class were two USAFA classmates, Todd MAY, who will be staying at Wright-Patterson for his next job, and Chris SMITH, who will move on to the Pentagon. Ryan has moved on to Langley, but before he departed, he married Paulette Westrich. Paulette has atwo-year-old girl named Grace, so Ryan is getting avery special “package deal.” Jerry SZYBIST became afather last Oetober, as he and his wife, Anne, brought Sara Ehzabeth into the world.

Jerry is serving as operations of cer for the 18th SPS over in Japan. Jerry sends us news from over in that part of the world. Mike LAWRENCE is a m a i n t e n a n c e o f c e r i n t h e 4 4 t h F i g h t e r S Q . Ly n n F R E E B O R N

(GAYWELL) and Inga LUNDY are navigators in the 909th ARS. Kevin KEITH is apilot in the 909th ARS. Chris HILL is amaintenance of cer in the 17th Special Ops Sq. He and his wife, Kelly, were expecting achild and should already be parents. Ronnie TATE is in the 18th Medical Group. Sarah CRONBAUGH (KELLER) is section commander in the 44th FS. Mike CALLENDER and Michelle SHAHID (DUBOIS) are

presently working the 18th Wing Cormnand Post. Esme DAETZ (OSHITA) is an intel of cer, and A1KINNISON is driving F-15s with the 67th FS. Tony BAUERNFEIND is ying C-130s in the 1st Special Ops Sq.

DSN: 527-2208 Percent members: 33

Now that we’re all captains. I’m sure reading this feels completely different. Yeah, right! Ihope everyone had an exciting summer and enjoyed themselves. Summer is also the time when most folks PCS. So if you were

like me this summer (I PCSd), you’re in anew job, city, state... Let me be the one to remind you that while sending change-of-address eards to your favorite credit cards and magazines, send one to the AOG and your good old Class Scribe. (Actually, Iam writing this while Iam still enjoying my house in California. But as you know, these columns are written months ahead, so as you read it, Iwill be somewhere within the D.C. beltway.)

Before Isat down to write this, Iscavenged my house for the hundreds of

letters you wrote to me for this column. Unfortunately, Ionly managed to come up with three letters. Iknow there were more, but Ican’t nd them.

If you did write me and it does not show up here today, Iapologize and I will probably nd it while packing to move. Then it will go in the Christmas issue. For me, the Air Force

nally decided to send me to

OSI’s headquarters in Washington, DC. Fortunately, Iwill be doing my job at DIA’s Clarendon Building in Virginia, near the Pentagon. So all of you who did not come visit me in California, you’ll now have to look me up in D.C. My address will be in the next column. Bring on the MAIL! The

rst letter Igot was from several months ago. Keith REEVES sent

me aquick note to let me know where the ’92 grads in his UPT class went.

Keith is now at Barksdale ying B-52s; Dave TUPAJ is ying F-16s at Luke; Mark KRAMIS is ying C-141s at McChord; Dave GARCIA went

to Ramstein to y C-21s; and last but not least, Mike KITCHING is at Grand Forks ying C-135s. Thanks for the note, Keith. And thanks for the call, or else Iwould have forgotten it.

Dan GARBER wrote me from sunny Patrick AFB. He PCSd there in

January from Kirtland AFB with his wife, Yvette. Quite achange of scenery for them. Down at Patrick, Dan is assigned to the Air Force Technical Applications Center. He didn’t tell what he would be doing there, but he sounded excited. From his old CS-28 squadron buddies he had some news: “Rich FLAKE is at Kirtland, but is getting ready to head off to Columbus AFB for UPT. He will be joined by Fred BRAVO from

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Grande. Dana ALLEN was the engineer in charge of xing the weephole cracks in ’141s down at Warner Robins for along time, but in mid ’95 he and his wife, Lynne, moved to Wright-Pat where Dana just nished up his master’s in aero, and is now doing alab job. Dana and Lynne have two kids, Chad and Katherine. Dennis GARRETT has been ying ’135s at both Minot and Grand Forks since UPT. He and his wife. Barb, have a boy, Spencer, with another due shortly. Just abit ot trivia, the GARRETT’S dog, Franny, or Fran-dog, is, technically speaking, named after Francisco JONES. Doug ROGERS just recently got unbanked, and is now ying ’141s with the 20th at Travis. He is married to Peggy. Doug’s

missiles at Malmstrom. These two old dudes will be. I’m sure, the oldest and most senior pukes going through that class. But, good luck to them anyhow! Mike DODSON is still at Columbus (with his wings) going through some more training then off to Luke for ’16s (congrats to him).

On another note, Steve BREEZE is at Kirtland for helo upgrade. Italked to Fred TAYLOR recently also; he’s doing ne up at Onizuka AFB. Finally, Italked to Chuck HENDERSON up at WPAFB and congratulations are in order for him—he got engaged (no date yet)!” Thanks for those wise words, Dan. Next 1got aletter from Jeb and Val BUCK. They are at Ramstein AB where Jeb is an electrical engineer. They have been reunited with Jeb’s brother Hank (’93) who is also stationed at Ramstein but is temporarily on asix-month TDY to Stuttgart in support of Operation Joint Endeavor.

He sent along apicture of the three of them visiting the Alt Dann Castle.

Jeb has seen some others at Ramstein recently. Kari GRASSHOF is ying C-130S at Ramstein. Dean BOERRIGTERE and Chris SCHWARTZ

(’91) crashed with Jeb and Val while catching ahop to England. Jeff STAMP is also at Stuttgart and is rooming with Hank.

the beach party and the next day, Lyle, Don, Steve and Itook in aball game on aperfect Sunday afternoon.

Some other news from the Tarantulas: Dave KUMASHIRO is doing well at Dover and enjoying the Special Ops stuff he is involved with there in the C-5. He recently went to North Carolina to Tanya DUTKOs wedding. Rob and Lisa TOBLER moved to Germany to y the C-9 at Ramstein and are expecting anew addition to the family soon. Finally, the Los Angeles promotion party was asuccess again. The credit goes to Steve LOBOTZKE, Jim SIKRA (’94) and the rest of the grads down there who put it all together. There were grads there from ’95 back beyond ’92, ’91 or even ’90. There were too many people to remember or name even if I could remember them.

That’s it for this time. Continue to send mail to this address. Lyle will forward it to me. I’ll put my new D.C. address on the next column for you. And maybe even an e-mail address for those of you who forgot how to lick astamp. To quote Dennis Miller, “That’s all the news, and I’m o u t t a h e r e . . . ” Tr u e B l u e ’ 9 2 .

Michael D. Sundsted

1443A Galaxy Ave. Scott AFB, II. 62225

(618) 744-9604 DSN:

576-3552

E-mail: sundstem@wing.safb.af.mil Percent members: 85

H a n k , Va l , a n d J e b

Like Isaid, Icould only nd three letters. So making an earlier than usual appearance in the column is my pillar of information, Mike “Hey where’s all my hair?” ROKAW. He typed out afew quick bullet statements: Gary JENKINS is at Vandenberg AFB in charge of the missile maintenance instruction program. Joe “Chunky Monkey” HALL has PCSd to Elmendorf to y C-12s. Andy and Donna (DELANGO) BATES are still at Misawa AB for one more year. They recently took atrip to the States and visited Mike. They are starting to plan for some little Bates and Mike is speculating that there might be one on the way? Blane RASCH recently graduated from advanced instruments class and is still ying C-21s at Maxwell. Art PRIMAS is ying the KC-135 at Grand Forks with Jay SHUELER and Mike LINGOR. Norm BERTKE is the exec of cer for the GPS SPO in Los Angeles. John BOSTWICK is engaged and living in Seattle where he’s working as aliaison of cer to Boeing. Brad SWEZEY is “bald on top, but the rest of his body is covered in hair.

Mike didn’t say what Brad was doing. Tom DRAPE is living in Los Angeles and working in the GPS SPO. Steed LOBOTZKE was the proud organizer of the Los Angeles promotion party and still living on the beach. After talking to him, Iget the feeling he doesn’t work too much.

So why not plan the promotion party? And nally, Mike’s thought on Pat DABROWSKI: “No clue. No calls. What aCHUMP. He is MIA.” I know Ican always count on Mike’s sophisticated style.

The roommate Lyle SHIDLA came to see how the column was coming along. After all I’m on his computer. He says that Todd MCDOWELL got married afew months ago in New York and is now working on alaw degree at UC Boulder. He is going through the AF JAG program to become an AF lawyer. Todd, Lyle has lost your Colorado address and phone number so send it out this way.

My old roomate, Don UNWIN, came from Scott AFB where he’s still guiding the mighty C-9 through the sky, to visit Memorial Day weekend.

We were to have apinning-on ceremony together at my of ce on Friday, but the airlines lost Don’s luggage and only Ihad my uniform. We did take apicture though—Don in civilian clothes and me, the OSI agent, in uniform. Go gure. The main event of the weekend was the promotion party in Los Angeles and it was as good as ever. The cops didn’t even break it up this year. Finally, they stopped playing music and told everyone the beer was gone and to go home. Don and Imet up with Steve WOLF who just PCSd to Camp Pendleton from Hawaii. Steve crosscommissioned into the USMC and will nally be stationed with his wife, Kay, who just PCSd to Camp Pendleton too. We all had agood time at » »

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As Steve DODGE would say, “Hey everybody!” Ihope all is well in your wonderful AF careers. As you can see from the above e-mail address, Ihave stepped into the 20th Century. My squadron’s local computer expert, Aaron FREED, succumbed to all your requests so that I could have e-mail. Nonus Superato is now in cyberspace! Now that my dog stays in the back yard, the mailman brings my mail on aregular basis.

In the last month or so, you guys have been awesome in your responses.

Keep all the great letters coming.

There are only acouple of updates from the AOG, so we’ll get those out of the way quickly. The Fleet Home Town News Center in Norfolk, VA updates us on Dale HOOVER who is over in the Persian Gulf with the USS George Washington Battle Group and has accumulated over 21,000 miles on one 564’ ammo ship. Dale’s ship replenishes other ships in his battle group with food, fuel, and ammo. Make sure you keep track of your frequent sea miles. Ihear after 25K you get afree trip to Catalina Island. Steve HODGE updates his mailing address and is now stationed at Dyess AFB, TX. Don CLOUD is now an exec of cer for the 375 Comm Group here at Scott.

Iwas on amission to Travis AFB at the beginning of the summer and was forced to stay there for aweek because some bolt jumped off the ground and into my engine. Ienjoyed the Napa Valley, San Fran, and met Huey Lewis at an Oakland A’s game! The next day Iwas walking down the hall and ran into my UPT roommate, Jason MILLS. He was on his way to Japan and Korea for aPACAF currency sortie. All is well with him at Fairchild as he has started his quest for his master’s.

Recently received aletter from Travis TUCKER who seemed to be enjoying his new alias. Crocodile Dundee. He sends his greeting from

In case you were wondering, Travis is the one on the right.

Dave spent last spring in the sandbox of Saudi Arabia ying his tanker

everyone who visits Panama to give him acall. Maybe you can go huntin’

in support of Operation Southern Watch. His squad was attached to Mc¬

on the southback of Gutan Lake with Trav. Thanks for the letter and pic¬

Connell as part of the 4408 Refueling Squadron. Dave is currently getting his master’s at Georgia College looking to get his MBA. Matt LACEY

ture.

Lee SPECHLER checks in from Osan and is very busy as he is the only Lt in his squadron. He has been in charge of VIP visits, the aero club, and

enjoys spending up to seven hours in his chem gear during readiness inspections. Lee sees John BRINER every now and then. John ies A-lOs and enjoys his daily jar of kimshee. Lee is plugging away at his master’s and will soon start his pursuit of being the dean at the Academy. Good

luck big man—hee hee! Also heard from another squadron mate, Phil TUCKER, who was recently in the states on aC-21 mission. All is well in

Europe where he is ying all the time and enjoying many of the historical sights.

Larry SPINETTA checks in from Columbus AFB. After completing a number of grueling years at anormal college getting his master’s, Larry and several others dove into the Air Force training environment and recently graduated from UPT in the class of 96-06. Larry received an F-15, Rob DAM took aC-21 to Andrews AFB with aC-21 follow-on.

and Joanne HARTLEY were part of the tanker contingency as well.

Randy TORIS was in Dharan until last January. Randy and his wife, Genevieve, moved to L.A. AFB and is adamant that he will remain in sunny California for along time. He ran into Shelly (STRONG)

WHYTE. On Dave’s way to Ramstein AB, he ran into Mark VISCONI at Base Ops. He is ying C-130s and is enjoying the local German beer.

Frank LEGGIO is at Sheppard AFB. Aaron GITTNER can be found searching the streets for scalpers selling tickets to the Olympics. Apparently, he enterd the lottery with $1,000 worth of tickets and did not get anything. Lee WINGFIELD has been deployed to Turkey for Operation Provide Comfort. Craig and Debbie (LESMAN) BLOOD are also at Robins AFB. Debbie is amaintenance of cer helping set Joint Stars

stuff, and Craig works on the Air Logistics side of the base. Dave sends his greetings to the Barnstormers!

(Say hi to Dan and Bruce for me!) Jason SCHOTT nishes up the list

Travis MASON updates us from Shaw AFB. He will be starting medical school at the University of South Carolina at Columbia. Good

with an F-15E. While studying feverishly to represent the Class of 1993

luck and we’ll see you as adoctor in four years.

well at Harvard, Larry managed to meet the girl of his dreams. Nancy and

Ashort while back, Iheard from Char MELICK—on the phone and by mail. She is doing extremely well. She and her son Jordan give us more info on some ’93ers. Christy and Rod TODD had their second child and nished their master’s at L.A. Congrats on both! Kristin GOODWIN in Arizona ying C-130s and creating some pretty wild stories. Chuck

Larry will be married next summer! Congrats—anyone want to go to a wedding?

Dawn HARRINGTON is doing tremendous things out at McClellan.

She dropped me anote, as well as anewspaper article on her being chosen as the CGOC of the Quarter. She recently moved from her exec job at the 77th CE Squadron to Wing Protocol. Sounds like you will do great things in that area as well. Dawn updates us on Ali WARD who is down at Brooks AFB, TX.

Harvy TENTPEG, er, uh, Imean, Jim ORAHOOD writes us to update our class on some who cross-commissioned to the Army. Darren VAN ZEE is ying OH-58D Kiowa Warriors stationed in Germany. Sean

CHOQUETTE is aplatoon leader with the 10th Mountain Division in New York. Jeff JANEY is ying the AH-1 Cobra at Ft Carson. Congrats to Jeff who recently married his beautiful wife, Catherine. Mike CIZEK went infantry to Korea and is now aPower Ranger stationed in the Northwest—Ft Lewis, WA. Dennis SNELLING and his wife, Julie, are stationed at Ft Bragg, NC. Rod HYNES is ying Apaches at Ft Bragg. Allison, Rod’s wife, apparently has her hands full keeping her husband’s ego in check. Rod is in the 3-229th and has found anew meaning for the AR¬

MY—Aint Ready for Marines Yet. Come on guys, it’s all in good taste— Ikid, Ikid! Well, you had your chance to be in the AF. Okay, okay. I’ll stop. “Tank” SHERMAN is ying Chinooks over in Korea while listening to his favorite radio personality—Rush Limbaugh. Now back to your

BARTENFELD is still at Ft Leav...I mean Ft Riley, KS—Had you worried for asecond! He and his wife have added anew family member in ad¬

dition to their dog, Otto. Will the real Beetle Bailey please come forward!

Char went to an AF quality symposium and bumped into Dean and Sydney GOEHRING. They are stationed at Maxwell AFB. John D’ANNUNZIO and Brian HELLINGER were also there. And

thanks for ajob well done!

Our last letter comes from Don LEWIS out at Beale AFB, CA. He

recently moved from the 20th Airlift Squadron to the command post at Beale. He is currently working on his MBA. He had to pick anew career eld in the AF because they are disbanding the Ops Management career eld. He shares info on Scott SHEEHAN and Manny OCAMPO. Scott has left Edwards AFB for Okinawa for another CE job—bioenvironmen-

tal. Manny has been at Vandenberg working on test phases of amissile project. Doug CUNNINGHAM is PCSing to Warner-Robins AFB. Doug is alogistics of cer and will be working with the U-2 depot maintenance program.

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adjective to describe his new daughter, Taryn Nycole. This little bundle of joy, as you can see from the picture, is very beautiful, adorable, pretty, absolutely, positively, downright cute. Sorry about the misunderstanding Dave—it won’t happen again! Anyway, Dave does agreat—no, superb

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home of Spuds Mackenzie and the almighty potato—Rob and Donna VINES are enjoying their new home at Mountain Home AFB. Char,

host: Jim is stationed at Ft Bragg in the l-17th CAV ying OH-58Ds. He and his wife, Kari, are currently expecting ababy and will celebrate their one-year anniversary in August. Oh before Iforget. Paging Mr Dave RIDDLE, Mr RIDDLE, please call Jim ORAHOOD. That about does it for our Army folks. Thanks for checking in with us!

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Hey everyone! Hope summer is treating you all well (well, actually I hope it did treat you well, as it will be over by the time you read this!). We had ablast at our April wedding, seeing Mark WOOD (Pentagon); Jane

DECKER (Malmstrom); Deb NAWROCKI and Ted GATLIN (WrightPat); Chris LEBLANCE and Kathy CLEVELAND (Patrick); Rick SHEFFE and Scott SHEEHAN (Edwards); Steve, Heather, and Nathan SEARS (Eglin); Lt Col Roc WHITE (’76) and his family (my sponsors); Lt Cmdr Julie Botonis (USAFA BS instructor) and her daughter; and Gerry Stewart (was ’94, now asenior in ROTC—I will commission him in November). I’m limited to three photos per column and I’ve already got¬

ten several others, so I’ll put one of that gang in next time. After the wedding, Trevor and Ihad afabulous 11-day honeymoon in Jamaica and then came back to the reality of work, bills, and thank you notes!

Igot so many letters this quarter that Idon’t know where to start. At press time for the last column, Ihad just received aletter from Betsy MOORE (Altus, going to Offutt) but didn’t have room to include it (if you’ll notice, my column got cut short anyway because Iwrote too

much!). She wrote that she and Brian TOTH, who are unfortunately no longer engaged, had gone to see Wade and Jennifer RAWLINS and Norm SUMMERS (Travis) during their Christmas break. Then in February, they went skiing with Carla HUNSTED and Kirsten PALMER (’95) in Utah. Betsy also saw Lisa (HARRIGAN) FOLLIN at Randolph during aT-38 out-and-back. She also included best wishes for the friends Dave Pope and his very beautiful daughter, Taryn Nycole.

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Lance and Carrie BAXTER wrote from Kirtland and sent this photo of Lance with their son Chance. Lance works in Phillips Lab with Mike DUNN, Steve ANDERSON (’92), Pat MCGUIRK (’92), Mike CRANSTON (new XO), Greg OLIVARES, Eric LUND, Mike MERRICK, and Mike RICE. Greg and his wife had adaughter Alyssa in Janurary. Don HARWOOD is also stationed at Kirtland, but is on an ext e n d e d T D Y t o D o v e r.

At the Wollard-Kerick wedding, from left are Jason’s brother, a bridesmaid. Eve Burke, Christine and Jason, Curt Wichers, Matt Glover and Mike Kardoes.

The next letter Igot was from Jason WOLLARD (Malmstrom), who sent the following picture from his wedding to Christine (KERICK, ’95).

In addition to the folks in the photo, Joe TORRES (Hurlburt), Jason BAKER (’95, Laughlin), and Paul RIBEIRO (’96) attended. Jason was TDY to Kirtland for UH-1 training when he wrote, along with Curt WICHERS (Andrews), Matt GLOVER (MH-60, Hurlburt), Dave HAMBY (HH-60, Kadena), Joe MICHALEK (UH-IN, Andrews), Bill SULLIVAN (UH-IN, Yokota), Mike and Nicole KARDOES (UH-IN, F.E. Warren), and Phil SWENSON (Grand Forks). He has also seen Lance and Carrie BAXTER, Mike CRANSTON, Greg OLIVARES, Karl DEERMAN, “T” DIXON (TDY for Guardian Challenge), and Mark O’REILLY (A/C maintenance, C-130s). Jason also keeps in touch with Bill KOSSICK (McGuire, C-141 maintenance).

Next Iheard from Jonathan WRIGHT (Charleston), where he and his wife, Lisa, were enjoying the great warm weather along with Greg NOVAK, Connor BLACKWOOD, Kory MOKE, Corey AMUNDSON, and Jim FABIO (working Combat Camera—imagine that?!). Despite an upcoming ORI in May, Jonathan’s spirits were high—probably because he had gotten an AFIT slot in Contract Management and would be leaving for Wright-Pat before the ORI! Speaking of Wright-Pat, Igot aletter from newlyweds Gabi (MONTOYA) and Phil (’95) PARKER, who had John GIFFT (SeymourJohnson) and many ’95 grads at the wedding. Gabi is a nancial manager for C-130S—taking J. J.TRAHAN’s (LA) old job. Also in C-130s are Cindy GREEN (prgm mgr) and Troy HENDERSON (test mgr). Gabi says she’ll get to see the whole ’94 gang (and it is agang!) at the promotion party organized by Ernie HERNANDEZ, but she regularly sees Chris DUHON (F-15s), Sean SINGLETON (F-22s), Darrel MEYER ( nance for trng SPO), Rob ALFORD (VCX), Travis BURDINE (B-ls), Andrea (LALK) BURKE, Mark SANDS, and Jeanne WILKINS (all three in NAIC), Joe LOMBARDI, Greg BUCKNER (engr), Joe THILL, Kurt RASMUSSEN (Trng SPO), and Mike SAKS (SOF), to name afew.

Jeff LAROCK (Fairchild) wrote from the Amazon rain forests of South America, where he is TDY as OIC of security at aradar site. He went through intense Spanish training (although he spent more time on the beach than actually in class) in Costa Rica with fellow SP Dan HUECK (Nellis). They had afew brie ngs at Howard AFB, Panama before heading to South America and will get remote credit (short) for the TDY. Jeff does keep in touch with Chris FORD (Grand Forks, will soon be afather) and Dave SIRESS (KC-135, Farichild) and can’t wait to get back to regular seasons, as it’s about 90 degrees there, with 95 percent humidity and an average rainfall of 94 inches!

Rich BEJTLICH (Harvard) just graduated with amaster’s of public policy degree with Jon RICE, Dean and Kim COOK (married 25 May), Geoff HICKMAN, and John CARR. Rich, Jon, and Dean are on their way to Goodfellow for intel training; Geoff is headed to Laughlin for UPT; and John will be staying at Harvard to get his law degree. In his spare time. Rich teaches kung fu classes to children and keeps in touch with lots of classmates. At Kurt and Kristina WENDT’s 26 May wedding he saw Trace THURLBY, Chris PARRY, Chad ERSPAMER, Lamar PETTUS, Wayne FLOYD, Kevin STONE, Jon RICE, Todd STRATTON, and Kathy CLEVELAND, among others. From Eagle 8, Lou HARRISON (intel) is in Japan; Steve ANDERSON (Warner Robins) was TDY to Saudi; Joe HUSCROFT (Shaw) is rooting for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Todd KUSSEROW (LA) is studying martial arts; and Iwrote a b o u t D a n H E U C K a n d G a b i PA R K E R .

Kathy CLEVELAND wrote to say that Steve ROEHRICK (OSIcounterintelligence) was PCSing to Incirlik, Turkey this summer; Brian BRECH (environmental) was PCSing to Cheyenne Mtn in Sept; Jeff THURLBY married Sage in May; Andy (’93) and Heidi (LINDSTROM) PCSd to Sheppard; Mitch KATOSIC married Ramona 1Jun; Chris MACINNIS left the Air Force 1Jun to play football for the Baltimore Ravens; and Rachel CALL begins rotations to various east coast bases as part of her medical training. Kathy also wrote about how beautiful Kurt WENDT’s wedding was and about the Patrick promotion party that inc l u d e d h e r, A u d r e y W I L L I A M S , M i k e D E A N , C h r i s M A C I N N I S , Dwayne MCCULLION. Gregg LEISMAN, Shawn GUNTER (who stopped by to visit me and Trevor when he was TDY to Vandy), Mark SCHMIDT, Steve ROERICK, Dave RICHIE, and Oliver WALTHALL. Fellow bullpup Dave PADILLA wrote from Randolph to tell me how much he’s enjoying the San Antonio area and the running weather (Dave, you’re insane to run in that humidity!) and that he is an alternate for med school right now, so keep your ngers crossed! He has been in touch with Steve WARD (USHUS), Maria DONOVAN (Tinker), Mike and Jenn (MAYERS, ’96) BAUTISTA, Kirk SCHULTZ (tt\ grad from UPT class).

Deb LOVETTE (Hurlburt), and Todd SMITH (returned from TDY to

Saudi). Randolph had abig promotion ceremony, Gen Boles (HQ AETC/CC) pinning each of them. Adelle BELISLE coordinated it, but also involved were Jenn RUSS (marrying Brian MORRISON,

Malmstrom, in Oct); Carla HUNSTED, John and Amy (CARNES) CHILDS, Tony SANSANO, Jim KAFER, Guy MAJKOWSKI, Brenda S M I T H , K e r i S C H R E I B E R , D e o n n a N E A L , Ti m K O PA N I A , J e ff KRUSINSKI, Justin PEDDICORD, Cory LUHRS, Elizabeth (BARTON) MEYERS, and Leland “Bo” BOHANNON. Jim KAFER called me at work to tell me about his marriage to Rachel this fall and also men¬

tioned that James BIERYLA got an F-15 to Utah, Jason FORREST just got married, B.O.B. GOODWIN was TDY to Saudi. Ijust got aletter and photo yesterday from Liz about her wedding to Joel MEYERS, but I’m already out of space, so you’ll see it next time, along with some info Jason FALLIS (Dyess) called in to us recently.

Many of you have asked about Tim HEIDER’s condition and Ireceived the following letter from his former commander. Col. Gene ROSE (’68), from HQ AFROTC at Maxwell. The letter says it all: “Tim was avalued member of my staff, with signi cant responsibilities, and he did an outstanding job. He was acredit to USAFA and the AF. His goal was to get accepted to UPT—and except for the accident, Iknow he would have gotten there. Iwas at the O-club the night before the accident with Tim and his wife, Pam—and he was full of enthusiasm. Tim’s accident was a

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It seems like the Air Force UPT students are working harder than the Navy SUNT students—at least that is the impression Bonnie COX got

from speaking with Travis INGBER, her boyfriend in Pensacola, FL. He Lt. Tim Heider at his retirement with his wife, Pam, brother Mike and niece Angela.

Tim Heider, Ward A, Room 233, Hines VA Hospital, 5th Ave & Roosevelt Rd, Hines IL, 60141.”

Finally and sadly, Travis MOSER (L.A. AFB, CS-09) committed suicide in April, leaving those who knew him and loved him saddened and confused. Ihad just run into him at Christmas as he was picking up his dear friend, Jenna BARASCH (’95) from the airport. Iremember always passing him in the halls at school since our squadrons were next to each other—what agreat friend; we will miss him tremendously. Please look out for each other—we can’t keep losing classmates. You’re in our thoughts and prayers. Take care and God Bless—C.C. and Trevor.

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By the time you all read this, it will have been more than ayear since we’ve been out and the Class of 2000 is just nishing up BCT! Has anyone seen 2000’s A-jackets, by the way? Iwonder if they have 00 on them...

To celebrate the one-year graduation armiversary on May 31 of this year, the ’95 grads at Vance gathered at our Of cer’s Club to toast the anniversary with shots of tequila. In attendance were Jim ALEXANDER, Mark LEWIS, Mike THODE, Mike BROCK, John ALPETER, Steve ENGLAND, Jon TINSLEY, Mike WAITE, Chris KANE, and Ty LITTLE (who bought Bonnie and Ithe shots—thanks, Ty!). If Ileft your name out of here, don’t feel bad—that was not the rst shot Ihad that night!

Iheard from Don KANG at Sheppard AFB in ENJJPT; he claims to be “enjoying Texas’ many charms.” Ididn’t ask for clari cation but he seems to like ying and is sharing ahouse with Chris AUSTIN. Travis KOCK, Jon SHULTZ, and Jeremy DURCHI are all in his class. Don KANG also told me that Brian BRADFORD is STILL at USAFA enjoying life up there—but he nally has to say goodbye in the end of July when he’ll attend SP school and start ared job. (Good luck Brian!)

and Jason COCKRUM, Kyle CARPENTER, Ryan HILL, Brian JACKSON, Craig LUCEY, and Nate TART have been having ablast on the beach, partying and enjoying Florida! Somehow Ijust don’t get the impression the Navy takes this “ ying stuff’ as seriously as the Air Force! (Now watch, Iam going to get acall from aNavy admiral about this—I am only joking, Ipromise!)

Isaw Natalie RUSSELL (SCHWANE) recently on my one trip out of Enid, OK for my T-37 cross country—she is happily married to Robin RUSSELL and will be expecting ajoint assignment in Langley, VA by May of 19%. Other new marriages include Chris and Amanda (STEFFEY) FINNERTY, Jason and Sherry (COBB) TONE, Erik and Jen (SMITH) HERBEK, and Cavan and Tammy CRADDOCK. Our UPT class will be caravaning (is that aword?) down to Tyler, TX to watch Cavan’s wedding.

Some really exciting news—Karen SLOCUM (HANCHETT) just gave birth to ababy boy—Jason Slocum Jr! JJ was born on April 19 to two proud parents—congratulations! Jen and Mike BREVARD also just had ababy that same weekend. Dave THOMPSON and his wife also gave birth in March to ababy girl, Ashley, and Jason and Tracy SANDERSON had ababy in March also! Jason and Tracy are at Wright-Patterson AFB, along with Brian SMITH, and Bill BAIRD (who also just got married to his girlfriend of two years, Angie Levi). Brian wrote me via e-mail and is organizing an on-line address book for our class—we will let you know the progress of it and where it can be found! For now—to contact Brian vis his web page look up in http://www.in net.com/~smithba. If you have aweb page you’d like to connect to his, he’d like to hear from you!

Isaw Josh FALLON recently with his wife, Wendy, and their baby girl Kirsten. Josh is enjoying the civilian life and making twice as much as we are—and happily living in Fort Walton Beacn, FL with his new family.

Somehow Ithink he got the better end of the deal—a free education without any commitment! Good luck to ya. Josh...

That’s about all from sunny Oklahoma. Keep sending the mail and pictures—they’ll get published if you send them, Ipromise! (Just as long as there is agrad in the photo...) My new address is printed above and you can write me or call me anytime with more info to share! Thanks for making this job really easy with the cards and letters! Until next time... Andrea.

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Congrats ’96 on graduation! It was along four years, but we did make

it through. Hopefully everyone is returning safe from leave and starting new jobs in the “Real Air Force.” (I guess this doesn’t apply to all you casual status guys still stuck at the Hill.)

Now we join the ranks of the alumni and are privileged to have our own column in Checkpoints. In order to make this column run smoothly, we have to follow acouple rules. The rules of the editor are as follows: ●The column is limited to ve typed double-spaced pages. ●All photos need to have at least one graduate in them (including baby pictures). ●Deadlines for submission for the column is March 15, June 15, Sept 15 and Dec 15 each year. Please send all information prior to those dates so that Ican include them in the column.

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Freshman year, 100th Night, from left, Justin Sanders, Mike Conley, and Stacy Georgilas. assignments, awards, and just plain, old, good dirt. Don’t forget to keep me in the loop during the holiday season with family or group photos.

Send photos that clearly depict who is in the pictures and don’t forget to identify everyone in the photos. No, this isn’t just aploy to get more mail because I’m really alonely person, Ijust think that it will be more interesting if you alt get involved and help me out. Otherwise, you’ll get stuck looking at all my personal family photos which probably won’t be amusing to most of you.

Until Isettle down at Travis AFB, CA, please send all correspondence to the address above. If you would like to send me some info via e-mail you can send it to timd@erols.com (my dad’s e-mail address). If you would like to send afax the phone number is (703) 255-5377.

Some quick news: Congrats to Serna JASTREBSKI (BURBA) and Matt BURBA. They were married at 6p.m. Wednesday after our graduation. Congrats also goes to Andy DODD and Keri and Peter BLASZEUS and Mariola. Iknow that many more were married during leave, but I was neither aware nor did Iknow your spouse’s name before the June 15 submission. If you send me the pictures from your weddings and the

Freshman year. Army spirit banquet, from left, Melissa fVainwright and Stacy Georgilas.

Remember! Send me pictures from your weddings, vacations, and a

couple good stories, too. Iknow this is going to be hard for some of you “Vandy guys” because you have no idea who Iam, but get the info in, or you’ll be stuck listening to all the Sijan dirt.

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