Checkpoints March 1976

THE ASSOCIATION OF

M MAGAZINE

•

WINTER 1976

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY

Jabara Award for Airmanship

Service for those

who serve our country.

USAA Full service personal insurance for

today’s armed services officer.

Household Goods Your Personal Liability Personal Articles

Boats

Homes

Automobiles

Your Life (through USAA Life Insurance Company,

wholly owned subsidiary) USAA, USAA Building, San Antonio, Texas 78288 a

Officers establish membership in USAA by taking out a policy while on active duty, while a member of the Reserve or National Guard, or when a Retired Officer.

Cadets, Midshipmen, OCS/OTS, Advanced ROTC also may apply.

ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES MAGAZINE

ABOUT

THE

COVER

The Jabara Award for Airmanship

is presented annually by the Association

of

Graduates

to

The

award

alumni.

1975

distinguished was

pre-

sented to two members of the Class

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY

of 1971 for their

of courage

Vol. 4 No. 8

exceptional display

during the rescue of the

SS

Mayaguez last May. (See article

on

page 4.)

Editor Gares

Garber, Jr., ’59

Administrative Assistant Mrs. Freida Weber

IN THIS ISSUE OFFICERS OF THE

ASSOCIATION

From

the

Superintendents Desk

Gone But Not

David M.

Goodrich, ’59

Women to Enter Cadet Recent Curriculum

Eller, ’61

Vice President Gares

The Graduate

Garber, Jr., ’59

Executive

Secretary

Directors Brock T. Strom, ’59 John S. Brush, ’60 Ronald Deep, ’60 Arthur D. Kerr, ’61 Austin C. Wedemeyer, ’62 Thomas A. Fryer, ’63 Grover E. Musselwhite, ’63

3

Forgotten

President Thomas J.

2

OF GRADUATES

as

Wing

5

Changes

9

AOC

9

an

POW/MIA

10

Letters

12

Grads in the Spotlight

13

Sports

15

Letters

18

James L.

Cole, Jr., ’64 Paul R. Viotti, ’66 Jon M. Davis, ’69 Donald R. Baucom, ’62 James P. Tate, ’63

Comments and

ASSOCIATION

Richard P. Alfred W.

Ellis, ’68 Grieshaber, ’65 Burton C. Andrus, ’69 Kevin W. Krail, ’71 Vincent W. Parisi, ’73 John J. Warner, ’69 Jon R.

USAF

officers

ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES MAGAZINE is published quarterly by the Association of Graduates, USAF Academy, Colorado 80840.

Annual subscription rate is $3.00, which is paid by members of the Association of Graduates as part of annual or life membership dues.

Second-class postage paid at USAF Academy, Colorado.

uates,

encour-

GRADUATES

Academy, Colorado 80840

Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, policy or attitude of the Association of Graduates, its

Staples, Cunningham, ’67 Gerald F. Micheletti, ’75

Association

OF

are

authors.

’62

MASTERS: Send Form 3579 to USAF Academy, Colo. 80840.

suggestions from members correspondence to:

Telephone (Area Code 303) 472-2067

Thomas L.

POST

Address

aged.

of

Grad-

The

or

the editorial staff.

appearance

of

does not constitute

of Graduates of the

advertisements an

in

this

publication

endorsement by the Association

products or services advertised.

from the SUPERINTENDENT’S DESK i

\

,

i

4^,

m

Lieutenant James R.

Members of Air Force commands and operating agencies. the Astronautics and Computer Science Department are supporting the Aeronautical Systems Division with analyses of Work on this project air-to-air gunfire control systems.

General

should result in eventual cost savings to the government and a more accurate fire control system for future procurement.

Officers assigned to the Department of Civil Engineering,

Allen

Superintendent (7. .S'. Air force

and

Academy

Since my last letter to you, a number of important trends developments have taken place.

Cadets have become still more involved in directing the management and administration of the Wing and in providing In recent recommendations concerning cadet regulations.

months, AOCs have been directed to emphasize their roles This has resulted in as counselors, observers and advisors. an environment wherein cadets continue to assume greater command responsibility.

It is satisfying to note that strong cadet leaders continue to emerge in ever-increasing numbers.

In the past months cadets have proven that, within practical

limits, they are capable and willing to accept still greater responsibility. Cadet Wing management continues to be one of the most practical means of developing the cadets’ leadership skills.

A strong sense of responsibility is also generated through the Cadet Airmanship Program, which emphasizes quality training with maximum cadet participation. The soaring section flew

a record of more than 13,000 sorties last year.

More than 66,000 sorties and 14,000 hours have been flown without an accident or incident resulting in a cadet injury.

This achievement is noteworthy in that more than 90% of all flight instruction is accomplished by cadet instructor pilots.

Last year 250 cadets received emergency aircrew training by completing the airmanship basic parachuting course. Several program changes will allow an increase of approximately 25% in cadet participation in the coming year.

The Academy Parachute Team continued to receive national recognition and recently swept the National Collegiate in

has

Boise, Idaho.

changed with

The

Championships basic concept of “Stardust” training

the

replacement of T-33 aircraft by the training in this program now have their flights planned and scheduled to reinforce academic classroom work in Aviation Physiology, Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics.

The Academy continues to support other Air Force and governmental agencies in research projects and studies involving both faculty members and cadets. Four cadets are participating in a noise research project sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. Their study is concerned T-37.

Cadets

who

receive

with the effects of noise in different environments

efficiency.

2

Students

who

are

enrolled

in

CE

on

495

Energy Applications) are preparing reports which treat varying aspects of solar energy and energy conservation concerns.

Topics developed by the cadets involve such innovative concepts as the use of infrared film to analyze heat loss and the employment of deflectors in the dormitory rooms of Vandenberg Hall to improve heating efficiency.

Faculty instructors are providing tangible assistance to

work

(Solar

Engineering Mechanics and Material are sponsoring a continuing education program with the Strategic Air Command (SAC). Faculty members are providing technical refresher a courses to SAC base engineers during the summer on wide range of topics, from reinforced concrete design to Instructors in the English deenvironmental engineering. executive writing courses for have special developed partment presentation to top-level Air Force management at locations Courses are tailored to operational rearound the world. quirements and have been presented to a number of major air commands.

These projects represent only a very small portion of the support which the faculty is providing across the board to

Air

Force

agencies.

I

have

received

a

large number of

letters from commanders complimenting our officers

on

their

projects, studies and staff assistance These indicate that the support we provide is well and constitutes an important contribution to the

contributions to research

projects. received

Air Force mission.

Ray Wild were two of the key players enough the squad to give promise for improved

Dave Lawson and on

the 1975 Air Force football team, and there were

underclassmen

on

fortunes during the 1976

season.

The Falcons wound up with a 2-8-1 record, but it was Air Force scored a 33-3 not a season without its highlights.

rival Army, and a 13-12 triumph over Superdome in New Orleans. The Falcons tied UCLA (A Rose Bowl team) 20-20, and narrowly lost to Notre Dame, 31-30, in one of the most exciting games ever played at Falcon Stadium.

Lawson and Wild were certainly two of our outstanding players. Lawson, a senior from Shawnee-Mission, Kansas, was once again one of the premier placekickers in the nation and wound up with four major college kicking records.

In addition, he finished with 15 school records. Wild, a senior from Tucson, Arizona, set an Academy career tackle record of 337, breaking the mark of 331 set by Jim Morris during

victory

over

Tulane

at

the

arch

the

1971, 1972 and 1973

seasons.

On the 7th of October, President Ford signed a bill which made women eligible to enter the military academies.

The had

initially developed a contingency plan for cadets in September of 1972.

This plan has been updated through the years, and our final plan was published on the day the President signed the bill—7 October.

As a result of detailed study and planning, it is clear that women should undergo the same training program in which men participate with only those few exceptions which are clearly justified by physiological differences.

Academy admitting

women

Academic standards for admittance will remain the same for men, and leadership rating items will be expanded to include women’s activities.

as

(Continued on p. 4)

Capt. Allan C. Park1972, was killed when a Piper er, Class of

JC3-65 aircraft he

was

crashed

piloting

near

Carbonado,

Washing-

9

November,

He

is survived

ton

on

1975.

by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd W. Parker of 1014 5 th Street, Brookings, S.D. 57006.

As a cadet, Capt.

Parker

active

was

semesters

and,

as

a

First

Officer for 22nd Cadet

Classman,

Capt. on

Bowles

interred

was

at

and

jored in Basic Science Squadron. He was on

member of 28th Cadet

the Dean’s List for

one

Academy Cemetery

Mr.

Edward

A.

Greene, II Class of 1968, died on 24 October, 1975 in the VA

Cadet Chorale and Protestant

a

the

14 October.

in

CAPTAIN ALLAN C. PARKER was

Executive

Squadron.

eering clubs and in the He

as

Following graduation. Captain Bowles was assigned as an Industrial Engineer to Hq AFLC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

In 1971, following pilot training at Moody AFB, Georgia, he was assigned to the 522nd TFS at Cannon AFB, N.M. He was assigned as a Pilot Systems Officer at Takhli RTAFB, Thailand in 1972 and subsequently as an F- 111 Flight Commander in the 429th TFS at Nellis AFB, Nevada.

the Ski and Mountain-

Choir.

served

ma-

Hospital,

Los

Angeles,

California after a proHe is longed illness. survived by his wife, Catherine and daughter, Miriam of 800 N.

year.

Following graduation, Capt. Parker was assigned to Williams AFB, Arizona for pilot training.

He was subsequently assigned as a C-141 pilot to the 4th MAS at McChord AFB, Washington.

During his assignment at Williams AFB, Capt. Parker participated in the Air Force

Mariposa, No. 107, Hollywood, Calif.

90029.

worldwide ski meet held at Snow Basin near Hill AFB, Utah.

As

cadet, Mr. majored in physics and was desiga

Greene

Captain Ralph D. Bowles, Class of 1968, was

killed

ber,

1975

on

7

Octo-

when

the

F-111A aircraft he was

piloting crashed approximately 20 miles north of Indian Springs Auxiliary Field, Nev. He is survived by his wife,

Linda,

his

step-

sons,

Stephan

and

Michael, and his stepdaughters, Suzanne and Michelle,

of

C a m p a n a

Vegas, CAPTAIN

RALPH

D.

BOWLES

As

Bowles

gineering Management.

He

was

on

44M

El

Way, Las

NV 89121. a

cadet,

Capt.

majored in En-

the Dean’s List for six

MR. EDWARD A. GREENE, II

nated

as

the

Class

of

1968 Outstanding Cadet in Physics. and

on

three

He was on the Dean’s List every semester Superintendent’s List his last

the Commandant’s and

semesters.

As

a

First Classman

he

served

as

2nd

Group Administrative Officer. He was a member of the Entertainment Committee, the Ski, Physics, and Aero

Cadet

Clubs, and was active in the Protestant Choir and Glee Club.

He

was

named Colorado Cadet of the Year for 1968.

Upon graduation Mr. Greene was awarded the Atomic Energy Commission Fellowship in Nuclear Science and Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He was later assigned as a research physicist at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory at Kirtland AFB, NM. He resigned from the Air Force in July, 1972.

Funeral services for Mr. Greene were held in Los Angeles, California.

He

was

interred in the

Academy Cemetery.

(Continued on next page)

GONE

—

FROM THE SUPERINTENDENTS DESK

(Continued from p. 3) M.

Joseph

Capt.

Furda, Class of 1972. was

killed

De-

7

on

when

a

KC-135 aircraft

on

1975

cernber.

was

co-pilot

near crashed AFB. Alaska.

Eielson

which

he

survived

He his

by

is

wife

Ellen

of

211

Cypress

Drive,

Colonia.

N.

Capt. Furda majored in Aeronautical Engineering as a cadet. He was a members of the Ski Club and served a

his

third

Cadet

class

year.

He

was

a

Wing Color

member

of

the

as

Bearer

22nd

Squadron.

Following graduation Capt. Furda was assigned to Laughlin AFB. Texas for pilot training. He was subseqently assigned to the 4th Airborne Command and Control Squadron

Air to

at

Ellsworth AFB. South Dakota, and later to the 28th

Refueling Squadron also at Ellsworth. He was TDY Recon Squadron at Eielson at the time of his

the 24th

death.

Capt. Furda were held at the ProtChapel on 17 December, 1975. He was inthe Academy Cemetery following the services.

Funeral services for estant

Cadet

terred at

(Continued from p. 2) We look forward to

fied

women.

By the

For

JABARA

end of the third week of December

this

new

we

had

re-

inquiries from young women concerning

ceived about 3600

program and 369 young ladies had become official most of them in the category of Presidential

candidates,

nominations.

Present plans call for admitting about 100-150 women.

They will be assigned to 20 cadet squadrons and billeted separately in one section of Vandenberg Hall. However, they will train, march, eat and compete in intramurals with their assigned squadron.

Training and supervision in the dormitory will be conducted by WAF lieutenants assigned ATOs will serve as suras Air Training Officers (ATOs). arrive in January to underwill and rogate upperclasswomen go an extensive training program that will prepare them to assume their leadership duties.

The introduction of women to the Academy affords the opportunity to produce outstanding men and women officers This is one of the most interesting and for the Air Force. exciting challenges the Academy has ever faced. We plan to meet that challenge head on and to make this the finest In this regard, we coeducational institution in the nation.

look forward to the support of the Association of Graduates in making this goal a reality.

The staff,

Award

Airmanship

faculty and Cadet Wing join me in hoping that

you and your family had a pleasant holiday season and wish you our best for a happy and prosperous New Year.

of

the

Class

co-recipients of the Captains Donald R.

1975

Jabara

Two

1975

the Class of

admitting women with

1980, and have had under way for some months a nationwide campaign to publicize admission opportunities for quali-

J.

07067.

CAPT. JOSEPH M. FURDA

—

members

selected based

Backlund

their

on

of

and

1971

were

Award

for

Ronald

outstanding display

airmanship during

the

hostile Cambodian

forces

rescue on

of

15

the

May

SS

selected

T.

Rand

were

of courage and Mayaguez from

1975.

The citation

accompanying the 1975 Jabara Award reads as follows: “Captains

Donald

R.

Backlund

and

Ronald

T.

Rand. Class of 1971, distinguished themselves by their heroic exploits during the rescue of the crew and recovery of the SS Mayaguez from hostile Cambodian forces near Koh Tang Island on 15 May 1975. Captain Backlund, as the Chief of Standardization Evaluation for the 40 ARRS. was assigned as an HH-53C aircraft

commander, and Captain Rand, as the Commander of Det 12, 601st Photo Sqdn.. was assigned to Captain Backlund's

Captains Back land and Rand receive the 1975 Jahara Award from Lt. Gen. James R. Allen Superintendent, at the Home,

coming Banquet on 4

18 October.

as

Airmanship.

crew as a combat photographer for the Mayaguez rescue mission. During the rescue operation.

Captain Backlund unhesitatingly committed the aircraft and crew to numerous assignments including personnel rescues, offloadings, search and rescue coverages, and escort operations despite extensive battle damage having been sustained by the helicoper.

Captain Rand not only provided effective photographic coverage throughout the many assignments involved with the rescue effort, but also assisted the crew in providing suppressive coverage against the intensely accurate hostile ground For their outstanding display of courage and airfire. manship, Captain Backlund and Captain Rand have been selected as joint recipients of the 1975 Jabara Award for Airmanship.”

ADMISSION OF WOMEN TO THE CADET WING Christian Association

Women’s

Young

Air Patrol

and

(YWCA)

Civil

(CAP).

Essentially the same physical examination currently being commissioning of women in the Air Force will be used for women cadet applicants.

Women’s examinations used for

will

be scheduled by the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board the same as all academy ap-

plicants.

The physical aptitude examination (PAE) for women, changed slightly from the men’s, will test flexibility, agility, coordination, endurance and strength. Women’s test items are:

Flexed

—

selves up to as

hang for time. Women will pull themchinning position on a cross bar and hold it

arm a

long as they can.

The test

measures

muscular endurance

and strength.

Basketball throw from a kneeling position for distance,

—

which

measures

flexibility, coordination and strength.

Standing long jump leg strength.

to

—

and

—Three

measure

shuttle

hundred-yard

agility, coordination to

run

measure

agility

and endurance.

No minimum standards have been set for the PAE. A will be established from among the women being admitted to the Class of 1980.

The same method was used to establish men’s PAE requirements when the Academy mean

opened.

was

Information been

mailed

schools and

WOMEN

UNIFORMS—The

CADET

uniform with form

fitted jacket, skirt and beret is designed to be worn whenever women cadets are away from the Air Force Academy.

on

to

admissions

schools.

high

procedures for

women has The information mailed to included an addition to the

applicants catalog explaining women’s admissions. The addition will become part of subsequent catalogs.

Application and record forms have been revised for us by all women women

1975-76 school

candidates.

On 7 October 1975, President Ford signed into law a bill opening the service academies to women beginning next with the Class of 1980. The Air Force Academy, in anticipation of this action, had formulated in September 1972 a contingency plan for the admission of women to the Cadet Wing. A great deal of effort has gone into planning for the admission of women cadets and affording them a challenging education and training program to prepare them for summer

service to the nation.

150

women cadets are anticipated to enter the Academy for the first time on 28 June 1976.

They will undergo the same selection process as men.

All

candidates

There will be

are

Leadership rating

no

Recruiting programs aimed at women have been developed Recruiting Service and more women will be added to the Academy’s liaison in coordination with the U. S. Air Force

officer (LO) program.

Women must obtain

Air Force

leadership potential

standards.

and

a

nomination in

a

category autho-

rized

Admissions Standards

About

The Academy has received information from college testing agencies to identify young women who meet academic

selected

on

physical

the

basis of academics,

abilities.

in academic selection standards.

change applied

items

extracurricular

activities will include women's activities.

These will include women's sports, school and student government positions and membership in organizations such as Girl Scouts, Girls’ Nation, •

to

by law, just as men, before they can be considered for appointment.

Based upon the needs of the Air Force, spaces in the entering classes will be filled by the best qualified women.

Facilities Modifications To accommodate some

facilities

Women

at

will

women

cadets, changes will be made in

the Air Force be housed

on

Academy. the

end of

Vandenberg Hall dormitory.

private

door will

sixth In

floor

at

the

east

Vandenberg Hall, a

be installed, two restrooms will be modi-

(Continued

on

next

page) 5

that for men—to heighten physical skills, develop useful fitness habits, to teach sports they can practice following grad-

uation and develop the ability to withstand physical To

develop the training programs

for

women.

hardships.

Academy

officials twice visited the Air Force Officer Training School and the Basic Military Training School for enlisted women Their programs were at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. studied in 1972 and again in 1975 to determine women’s physiological capabilities in physical and military training situations.

planners also observed an Air Force Officer Training Corps encampment at Lackland and visited the Merchant Marine Academy to determine the success of their coeducational military and athletic programs.

The

All cadets

are

required to take 160 classroom hours of to participating in intramurals

education in addition

physical throughout the year.

Cadets take two physical education courses each semester.

Two Fourth classwomen will take fencing instead of boxing. women's events will be added to freshman gymnastics while swimming and physical fitness methods classes will be co-

educational without Third class

change.

women

will take the

lifesaving,

same

tennis

the men.

They will, however, be given golf track and field athletics rather than wrestling as a fourth subject. The track and field classes will be aimed at conditioning the women rather than preparing them for competlessons

and

as

tion.

Second class women will take badminton instead of handoffered to the men.

Volleyball, judo and survival swimming classes will be coed. ball

As cadets first

WOMEN CADET UNIFORMS—Air Force Academy worncadets will wear this uniform for formal occasions.

en

fied and

the

to

access

beauty shop and cadet store through

stairwell will be constructed for women. shop there will be converted to a women's a

In Fairchild Hall, the academic

Part of

a

barber

beauty shop.

building,

two

restrooms

the fourth and one on the second The front desk panels will be converted for women's use. within the eight lectinars (small lecture halls) will be raised. on

the fifth floor, three

on

class,

men

and

have self defense

women

required courses. They may choose two others from diving, racquetball, ice skating, advanced golf, tennis, squash, basketball and, if necessary, remedial swimming.

Women cadets will participate in 11 of the 16 intramural sports played at the Academy. They are cross country, tennis, water polo, handball, volleyball, squash, basketball, swimming, team handball, flickerball and soccer. Women cadets will not participate in contact sports: boxing, wrestling, football, lacrosse and rugby. and

squash

as

To test the effectiveness of the gram, fourth

physical education prothrough second class cadets must pass a Physical

provide access to a women's restroom for working at night will be installed at the west end

A movable gate to

students

of the computer center corridor will be moved and this

will be used

area

locker room for women cadets.

fied and

training

privacy room

wall

doors.

The

in another

area.

be converted for

as

training and

be placed outside the varsity swimming team

steam

and

a

will

sauna

room

room

for the

will be established

The current women’s locker use

a

present

The varsity swimming team

women.

as

The restrooms will be modi-

partitions

will be converted to

room

the second floor.

on

gymnasium the faculty and staff locker room

In the cadet

room

will also

visiting women’s teams locker rooms.

facility will be built in training area on the north end of the Academy.

A women’s restroom and shower

the BCT Total

$ 100 000 ,

estimated

cost

for

all

required modifications

is

.

Physical Education and Athletic Programs Women’s

Air

Force Academy physical education and athletic programs will have the same goal as

6

participation

in

WOMEN

CADET

UNIFORMS—During

cadets will attend classes wearing sleeve shirt with skirt to classes. women

a

warm weather, light blue short-

Fitness Test (PFT).

Cadets first class

the standard aerobics program

are required to pass just as Air Force officers.

changed slightly from the men’s with testing items consisting of flexed-arm hang for time, standing long jump, bent-knee situps, 600-yard run/walk and modified pushups.

The PFT for

is

women

There are no PFT standards yet established for the wornAs with the physical aptitude examination, results from en. the first group will be used to set them.

demic instructors, but they may join the faculty in the future on

normal

Academic and

ing today, and Academy officials anticipate that women cadets will eventually participate in many intercollegiate sports.

with

gram

a

the

differences.

a

common

except where there

men,

cadets

Women

will

are

training prophysiological

be

assigned to 20 cadet They will train, march, intramurals with their respective

squadrons but billeted separately. eat

and

compete

in

To

develop the training program for women cadets, Academy officials visited the Air Force Officer Training School and the Basic Military Training School for enlisted women

colleges in the area which field women’s teams in sports such as swimming, gymnastics, volleyball, basketball, pistol, golf and tennis. Initially, competition at the junior college level will be attempted. Eventually full-scale program will be developed with nation-wide a competition just as in the current men’s program. are

Military Programs

Women cadets will participate in

squadrons.

The women’s intercollegiate sports field is rapidly expand-

There

military assignments.

number of

Intercollegiate Athletics for Women holds annual national championships for women in seven sports—badminton, swimming and diving, basketball, track Candidates for and field, gymnastics, golf and volleyball. these championships will be allowed to compete just as the men compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships.

The Association for

was

at Lackland Air Force

made in 1972 and

a

Base, Texas.

An initial visit

follow-up trip was made in August

1975.

These

were

programs

physiological capabilities

in

studied

to

physical

determine and

women’s

military training

situations.

The planners also visited an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps encampment at Lackland and the Merchant Marine Academy to determine the success of their coeducational military and athletic programs.

On the academic side, Air Force Academy women cadets take

any of the 22 academic majors offered by the They will be awarded bachelor of science degrees when they are graduated and commissioned second lieutencan

school.

ants in the Air Force.

Women Cadets Training Staff

(Continued on next page)

There will be some changes in the military training and physical education staffs to help train women cadets.

Since women in the Class of ’80 will be the first women

cadets, women air training officers (ATOs) will act as surrogate upperclasswomen. ATOs will be Air Force women officers in the grades of first and second lieutenant.

They perform the same functions as upperclasswomen until A similar program women cadets reach upperclass status. was conducted for the men when the Academy first began operation at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver from 1955will

1957.

From January-June 1976 the ATOs will undergo intensive training in military studies, drill and ceremonies, physical conditioning and other areas to become qualified to train

cadets.

ATOs will live in the

dormitory with the women cadets

and will conduct all training which takes place in the dormiThe ATOs will monitor training conducted outside tory.

Both upperclassmen the dormitory by upperclassmen cadets. and ATOs will evaluate the performance of the women and

provide counseling and guidance as required.

The ATOs will be

supervised by a woman officer from

the Commandant of Cadets’ Special Planning Staff. She will provide a focal point for contact and will coordinate with

squadron and group level officer staff to which women are assigned on all matters concerning command and control of In addition, two women are presently aswomen cadets. as military training instructors and there are plans to signed assign a woman as a group executive officer and to the Commandant’s Operations Staff when vacancies occur.

A woman will also be

ing staff.

Two

more

assigned to the Registrar’s counselhave

been

added

to

the

athletic

physical therapists. Three women will be assigned as physical education instructors.

trainer’s office

currently on the Dean of the Faculty No specific requirements exist for more women aca

Two

staff.

as

women

are

WOMEN CADET UNIFORMS—Air Force en

cadets will

wear

a

parka and a wool

Academy worn-

“watch” cap with

their winter class uniform.

7

assistants to

squadron commanders and as training

The

only academic program women cannot participate exchange program between the U. S. Air Force Academy and the French Air Force Academy, the Ecole de The French academy is not coed.

I’Air.

serve

is the

instructors and counselors to basic enlistees.

If an Air Force test program to train non-combat women pilots is successful, women cadets may be eligible for all

at

in

military training, elective navigation

academic year

manship

in Summer

or

Fall

time

the

By

The

courses.

test

program

and air-

is scheduled to

begin

1976.

women

cadets

in

the

Class

of

1980

are

seniors in summer 1979, they could be taking the Academy’s T-41 training is a flight indoctrination T-41 flight training. program

most

Air

Force

pilots

must

take, and does

not

as

Airborne—Three-week

Basic Ft.

Benning,

Ga.

Soaring Instructor—Members of the first and second classes serve

three weeks

as

instructors for cadets third class in the

Academy’s soaring training program.

Basic Freefall Parachute Training—Three-week

members of the first and second classes

ing

advanced

freefall

parachute training

Cadet

Navigation

available and

for

women

are

parasailing, parachuting,

ballooning.

Women cadets will be eligible to take most of the summer training programs offered by the Academy (see attached list).

Women cadets will wear uniforms incorporating concepts of current Air Force women uniforms and cadet uniforms.

The first test for women cadets will be basic cadet training (BCT). A BCT coeducational competitive sports program be conducted for

will

will include tennis,

men

and

women

swimming, gymnastics,

cadets.

Activities

track and basket-

ball.

At the end of

BCT, Field Day athletic competition helps

teachof

Parachute Instructor—Three-week course teaching members of the first and second classes to be instructors in the basic

Women may join the cadet aviation club and the Academy aero club to work for their private pilot’s licenses. Other

soaring

course

techniques

parachute training.

qualify a person as an Air Force pilot.

courses

training for members of the

first, second and third classes with the Army’s airborne school

course.

Instructor

Program—Three-week

course

teach members of the first and second classes to be in-

to

structors in the

Academy’s navigation program.

R-Flight—Refresher, makeup and additional academic and military science courses taught for members of the first, second and third classes.

Parasail Instructor Training—Three-week program training members of the first and second classes to be parasail instructors.

Men

Only Programs

Combat Leader Training—Three weeks of small unit operations training and weapons familiarization for members of "

the first and second classes son,

taught by the Army at Ft. Car-

Colo.

determine the top BCT squadron. Coed events will probably be relay race, distance run, tug of war and a pentathlon.

Women will not compete in the pushball, log relay and wall

Three-week training for first and second classmen to familiar-

climb events.

ize them with

Demolition

"'Underwater

Training/Open

Circuit

Scuba—

equipment and use underwater compass navideep water dives. Taught by the gation, Navy at the Naval Amphibious School, Coronado Beach, Ca. timed swims and

SUMMER TRAINING

Coed

PROGRAMS

Programs

Third Lieutenant—three weeks temporary duty for members of the first and second classes at Air Force bases working with junior officers to become familiar with their duties and

responsibilities.

Cadet

Training (BCT)—Members of the first and serve as instructors training the members of the entering freshman class; two groups each serving three second classes weeks.

Composite Group Staff—Members of the first and second classes serve for three weeks in charge of the Composite Group responsible for command and control of cadets at the Academy during the summer who are not assigned to BCT or SERE.

defense oriented

Boy Scouts of America Philmont Ranch—First and secserve for nearly three weeks as counselors for -

Ranch encampment.

”Man-Power—Unlimited”—Two serve

three weeks

from Denver in

a

as

groups of first classmen counselors for underprivileged youths

vocational-oriented program at the Acad-

(Counselors in this program live in the same quarters emy. with the youths participating in the program.)

Flying Training—Five weeks training for pilot-qualified light aircraft. (This program is presently limited to pilot qualified first class cadets. The Air Force will begin admitting women to pilot training in T-41

first classmen in the T-41

summer

fall

or

successful,

1976

women

their first class

on a test basis.

If the program is cadets may participate in T-41 training in

year.)

French Air Force

Summer Research—Members of the first class participate in advanced research projects with military and civilian agencies

working on

* *

ond classmen the Philmont

Operation Non-Com—Three weeks temporary duty for memhers of the third class at Air Force bases working with enlisted people to become familiar with their duties and responsibilities.

Basic

""'Boys State—First and second classmen serve as counselors speakers in American Legion Boys State encampments throughout the U.S. for three weeks. and

problems

for 5-6 weeks.

Academy Language Training—An intenlanguage course for first classmen selected to participate in the fall semester exchange program with the French Air Force Academy.

sive

French

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE)—Members of

*

the first and second classes serve as instructors in the cadet chain of command positions to train members of the third class in the basic aspects of survival in remote environments.

and presently exclude

Air

**Although these programs are for men only, it is anticipated that similar programs for women cadets will be

Training Command Leadership—Six weeks temporary duty for members of the first class with the enlisted basic training program at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Cadets

8

These programs are run by the Army and Navy, respectively

women.

If the services’ policy toward including women in these training programs changes, women cadets will also be eligible to participate in them.

established.

Recent Curriculum

By Major Rolf A. Trautsch Curriculum Committee considered nearly change proposals. Many of these proposals were based on the findings of the recently completed 20th Anniversary Study of the Academy and several requests made by the Air Staff in Washington.

In

1975

the

Changes at USAFA

In brief, the new curriculum structure gram by two courses. for the Class of 1980 will be as follows:

200 curriculum

DISCIPLINARY MAJOR Core

Requirement

Electives

111 SH

Required for

DIVISIONAL MAJOR

(37 courses)

111 SH (37 courses)

33 SH (11 courses)

27 SH

144 SH

138 SH (46 courses)

( 9 courses)

Major

As a result,

a

number of important changes will be made

to the

Academy curriculum effective in the fall semester of

1976.

The transition from the old to the

new

curriculum is

expected to be gradual and only the entering Class of 1980 will be fully affected by these changes.

Perhaps the most innovative change is the introduction of In essence, this change provides for the division of the academic year into two equal The present spring semester semesters of 42 lessons each. will be slightly shortened and the fall semester slightly lengthThe summer, presently divided into three 3-week ened. periods, will remain unchanged in length.

Total Minimum ment

The

Require-

(48 courses)

program of a cadet will feature divided into eight semesters as follows:

four-year

courses

DISCIPLINARY MAJOR

the concept of equal semesters.

Fall

Class

Fourth

Class

Second First

Class

above

DIVISIONAL MAJOR

Fall

Spring

Spring

Number of Courses

Number of Courses

Third

the

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Class

6

Requirement

48 courses

6

5

5

Additionally, each academic day will consist of six 60minute class periods rather than the previous seven 50-minThe consequence of these two changes will be a ute periods. reduction of the minimum total courses required for graduation, while the number of semester hours (SH) will remain

changes will allow a greater in-depth study of subjects and, at the same time, provide cadets with slightly more time for their military duties, physical require-

approximately the same.

ments,

Based on Air Force requirements, the core will be modestly increased by the addition of three science and engineering courses, an English course, and a law course.

Additionally, four divisional majors have been introduced, each sponsored by the Divisions of Basic Sciences, one Engineering Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities and an interdisciplinary major entitled Aviation Sciences has been A cadet chosing a divisional major or the Aviation added.

Sciences major will experience a further reduction in his pro

core curriculum, particularly of the engineering courses (18.2 percent) and a slightly earlier exposure to these subjects hopefully will motivate a larger number of cadets to select a major in these areas.

In the past, an approximately even split between the Social Science/Humanities majors vis-a-vis the Engineering/Basic Science majors occurred.

However, the Air Force recently indicated a greater need for officers with specialties in the

Total

46

(144SH)

courses

(138SH)

These

academic

and extracurricular

activities.

The increase of the

science and

latter two academic

areas.

THE GRADUATE AS AN AOC By: Major Lucky Ekman, ’63

has contributed

Many of us take that last and sweetest trip out the gates of USAFA vowing not to return unless as Superintendent or I would like to suggest some Commandant of Cadets.

why graduates should consider an earlier return— heavy of heavies, an AOC. I will examine the present low number of graduates in the AOC corps, the costs and benefits of the AOC job, the assets and liabilities of the graduate as an AOC, and the qualifications desired in prospective AOCs. reasons

and

as

that

First, while USAFA belongs to the entire Air Force and just to her alumni, graduates do have a special relationship with this institution. It is not that only graduates can not

make a useful contribution here.

If the careers and successes

of the members of the classes of 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1962 are any measure, the Academy performed its mission very

well

for

seven

years

without

mandant’s staff or on the

members

of

the

any

Faculty.

Commandant’s

leadership, instruction,

motivation

members of the Cadet

Wing.

graduates

on

the

Com-

The present non-graduate staff

provide outstanding

and role

models for the

However, the present manning of the AOC positions finds graduates underrepresented. In recent years, the Academy

average of 10%

of the

yearly accessions only 7% (3) of the 44 squadron and group AOC positions.

By comparison, 28% of the 529 officers on the Faculty are graduates. Why Are graduates considered unqualified to be the disparity?

AOCs? Hardly. If that were the case, then the Academy would be denying the value of its own military training program and ignoring the record graduates have made in the Do graduates lack interest in the Cadet Wing?

Air Force.

Do they consider their military training experience at USAFA irrelevant to the Air Force?

Do they as a group now repudiate their debt to the military training program at I believe the answers to all these questions are USAFA? negative, but the scarcity of graduates serving as AOCs is susceptible to interpretation as providing affirmative answers to

an

the officer corps, but graduates

now

man

instead.

Graduate responses

on the AOG 20 Year Survey support In their approach to the AOC explanations. position, graduates tend to be preoccupied with the AOC’s disciplinary and control roles, and they tend to underemphasize the significance of the motivational, instructional, counseling and evaluative roles. Thus graduates often retain the cadet attitude that the AOC wears only black hats. Addition-

alternative

(Continued on next page) 9

ally, graduates perceive AOCs as being in a “can’t win” position between their cadets and their supervisors, with the AOC's career being held hostage against the misbehavior or misjudgment of immature game-playing cadets. These beliefs, the results of graduates’ selective perceptions over the for years, account for the scarcity of graduate applications AOC duty and the underrepresentation of graduates in the These beliefs are mistaken, as I will show.

AOC corps.

As with any

job, the AOC role has its costs and frustra-

tions, many of which were highlighted in the AOG input to the Superintendent’s 20 Year Review (AOG magazine, Spring, Summer and Fall ’75 issues). The most obvious cost to the AOC is the long work day, averaging 12-14 hours for a 5Vz day work week. The AOC bears a heavy responsibility for the instruction, motivation, control, counseling and evaluaThis responsibility tion of the 110 cadets of his squadron. is at once a cost and a benefit, with the personality and maThe of the AOC determining which is predominant.

turity

AOC often finds himself reacting to the unpredictable actions Most cadets have by virtue of the USAFA of his cadets. process a direct communication link to a mem-

appointment

upon the AOC

level

This imposes high The imfor his actions as a supervisor. is that the AOC is held accountable here distinction portant for his own actions, not the uncounseled actions of his cadets. ber of of

Congress. accountability

a

guidelines are that AOCs should allow cadets maximum leeway in the running of the Cadet Wing and that an AOC who acts promptly with reasonable prudence to miti-

Current

a cadet mistake need not fear mistake.

Most of these costs are the from that repercussions normal costs associated with command of any organization.

gate the consequences of

Perhaps the greatest single benefit and best kept secret about the AOC role is that it is an excellent apprenticeship The cliche about learning by teaching others for command. certainly applies to the AOC who, during the course of an academic year, advises three separate cadet chains of comNote that the cadets mand in the runing of the squadron. run the squadron, and to a much greater degree than was The cadet squadron true during the early and mid 1960s.

leadership laboratory in which cadets (and the The AOC, like a good instructor pilot, intervenes directly only to prevent a disaster, and this is an inHowever, it is harder to control a frequent occurrence. the development of its cadet by subtly guiding squadron leadership than it is to command directly. Former AOCs report that command of a squadron is easy after being has become

a

AOC) learn.

an

AOC. The AOC derives much

job satisfaction from watching develop and mature. He sees all facets of the cadets’ development as no one else at the Academy, for he is the recipient of academic and physical training evaluations and counsels his cadets on problems in all areas of cadet endeavor. Consequently, the AOC receives a highly accurate picture across the generation gap of the young men who will be his subordinates through the rest of his Air Force career.

This knowledge will serve him well, particularly in command positions. The graduate serving as an AOC also gets the satisfaction of repaying his debt to and perhaps even making an incremental improvement in the institution that started his Air Force career.

This particular benefit by itself will for many graduates offset most of the costs and liabilities mentioned above.

Graduates bring to the AOC job some special advantages. his cadets

The graduate’s main strengths as an AOC are his ability empathize with his cadets, his credibility with them, and his sense of the continuity and relevance of the USAFA experience.

Having been a cadet gives the graduate the to

10

and demands of the cadet

ability to appreciate the stresses

environment, as well as a time-warped understanding of “the

mentality.” This asset has a corresponding liability: possibility that a graduate may sympathize with his This sympathy can be quickly detected and manipcadets. ulated to the cadets’ temporary advantage and to the graduate AOC’s grief. The graduate can enjoy a credibility advantage with his cadets because they feel a kinship with him as one When the gradwho automatically shares their high ideals. cadet

the

AOC talks, his cadets from the beginning will ascribe everything he says. The liability here is that

uate

face value to

be easily lost if the cadets

the credibility

can

manipulating

them

his

own

for

the

advancement

Finally, the graduate’s

career.

perceive him as protection of

of

awareness

of

the

historical evolution of the Cadet Wing and his having experienced the relevance of the cadet experience to an Air Force career

will enable him to

secure

from his cadets

high level

a

of acceptance of the military training at USAFA.

The liabal-

ity corresponding to this asset is that the graduate AOC may yield to the temptation to teach his cadets how to play cadet games rather than to prepare them to be mature officers. must carefully consider statements which begin “When I a

cadet. ...” before he utters them; most of

pretty counterproductive things when

we

were

us

did

He was

some

cadets.

Who should apply?

Currently, applicants should be majors or captains entering the primary zone for major. No Operational and command graduate degree is required. experience is desired, but it is not essential for AOCs to be The keys to selection are a strong record showing rated. pursuit of diverse responsibilities and an ability and willingFrom the apness to accept the heavy demands of the job. plicant’s viewpoint, the support and concurrence of his wife is an important consideration.

Application procedures are prescribed in AFR 36-20. Applications for assignment in the summer of 1976 shoud be submitted without delay. Anyinformation can give me a call at one wanting additional Autovon 259-4543.

Graduates who

are

already planning to join the Faculty

may wish to considerd the possibility of spending two years on the Faculty and then transferring to the Commandant’s

Staff for the last two years of the normal four year Faculty Such requests for split tours should be made at the earliest possible opportunity and should be addressed to the tour.

Head of the

gaining Faculty Department

and

to

the Com-

mandant of Cadets.

The objective of becoming an AOC is one whose challenges and rewards make it worthy of consideration by any graduate who seeks to make a contribution to the Academy while growing and preparing himself for greater responsibili-

ities in the future.

POW MIA Information By: Capt.

AOG

Mike

Davis, ’69

POW/MIA Subcommittee

There have been

some

recent

developments concerning

American POWs and MI As that 1 would like to received your attention.

on

ensure

has

During this past September a House Select Committee Representative G. V. Montgomery

MIAs was established.

(D-Miss.) is the chairman. ber committee include

Other members of the ten

mem-

Representatives Henry Gonzales (DTex.), Joe Moabley (D-Mass.), Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Richard Ottinger (D-N.Y.), Jim Lloyd

Paul

(D-Calif.),

McCloskey

(R-Calif.),

Benjamin

Gilman

(R-N.Y.), and Tennyson Guyer (R-Ohio).

This committee has been

about

more

charged with investigating

the

MIA, POW, and PFOD (Presumptive Finding of Death— presumed dead, but whose bodies have not been recovered).

The Honorable

During the last week of November the Select Committee At

Sung.

this

meeting

war

He

Sung announced that pilots killed in the Vietnam

National

would be turned over to their families in the near future. also announced that his government was holding no

Americans, dead

other

or

alive, and added that there was missing in action

no

trace of some 850 Americans listed as

or

still held

and

prisoner in Vietnam.

The three pilots were identified as Major Jesse Taylor, Jr.,

Joseph

R.

Jr.

Biden,

Washington, DC 20510

Ambassador

the bodies of three American

thoughts

U. S. Senate

Vietnamese Ambassador Vo Van

North

lend your

Gillespie V. Montgomery Chairman, House Select Committee on MIAs U. S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

as

in Paris with

or

The Honorable

fate of American civilians and servicemen unaccounted for in SEA. The investigation will cover Americans still listed

met

POW/MIA issues

support.

League

of Families

1608 K Street NW

Washington,

DC

20006

In closing I would like to leave you with the following prayer ofered by Father Shannon, Catholic Cadet Chaplain, during our 1975 Homecoming Memorial Ceremony. It is

shot down Jan. 16, 1965, Maj. Crosley James Fitton, downed Feb. 29, 1968, and Capt. Ronald Dwight Perry, killed Dec.

we

21, 1972.

bring

during September, Senator Joseph Biden, Jr., (DDel.) submitted the following resolution urging President Ford to enlist the aid of the Chinese government in determing the status of our POW/MIAs.

“Let us remember the lament of the soldier David as he reflected upon the death of King Saul and his son Jonathan:

Also

SENATE

RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION TRIP TO

251—SUBMISSION

CHINA AND

OF

Possibly by reading this prayer all redefine the purpose and dedication we need to the issue of our missing men to a proper end:

can

How

are

PRESIDENTS

AMERICAN

POW'S AND

the

In their lives, not

A

THE

RELATING TO

“food for thought” for us all.

mighty even

fallen!

in their death

they were

divided;

They were swifter than eagles They were stronger than lions How are the mighty fallen And the weapons of war perished.

MIA’S

(Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.) us remember and cause us not to forget the departed from our ranks. Let us remember them in the youth and in the strength and beauty of their manhood.

They were our companions—faithful to us and

O Lord, let

Mr. BIDEN submitted the S.

Res.

lives of those

following resolution: 251

Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that the

dedicated to the causes which we hold to be dear.

Cause not to forget the sacrifice they endured and the continuing

President should, upon visiting the People’s Republic of China, request that appropriate Chinese officials use their good offices to obtain a full and complete accounting of members of the United States armed forces missing in action and confined as prisoners of war in

us

Southeast Asia.

whose

sacrifice of their loved ones who, deprived of the comfort of their presence, nevertheless, draw courage from the example of their lives.

Let us also pray for the peace of those from amongst us designation is missing in action. Our hope for their

return

Upon completion of President Ford’s recent trip Chinese leaders released information on seven Americans missing since 1952 in the Far East.

However, the Pentagon stated that only one case revealed anything new.

Possibly a search of undisclosed U.S. government records will prove fruitful as

suggested by Representative Montgomery.

for

All these

in SEA.

actions need and deserve

AOG has

our

best

ideas

and

endorsed the efforts of Senator

formally Biden and Representative Montgomery and his committee.

AOG is presently working with CAFPOW (Cadets.for the Aid of Families of POWs) to possibly establish Cadet Wing support of the National League of Families Adoption Program.

Progress has been made but to keep these efforts moving, it is essential that the people of America and the support.

world

understand the strong commitment we have to each missing comrades. Here are some addresses that will be useful for those of you who might wish to learn of

our

undiminished.

Sustain

their

relatives

and

daily pray for the end of this torment and their

safe reunion with loved-ones.

Our hearts go out to them

mighty congregation we would storm the very gates of heaven with our petitions and requests for their lives and safety. and

as

a

us additionally honor those from amongst us who designated killed-in-action and whose remains were No stone covers their final resting place. never recovered.

Let

League of Families continues a very active One of their main projects now is the POW/MIA program.

Adoption Program which is gaining support nationwide. The program encourages individuals, families, and organizations to adopt one of the approximately 1300 men still unacThe National

counted

remains

friends who

were

Their loved ones cannot strew flowers upon a grave and draw

that.

They cannot point out to children place your father is buried and until your old For them only a memory, and few age you will honor him. letters and personal artifacts remain to mark a passage through life. comfort

from

that in this

God our

give us the courage to bear the tragedy inherent in duty. The profession of military life

commitment to

calls us to sacrifice.

No man knows his fate; no man holds his own destiny in his hands.

We are indeed the children of a merciful Father, and we can draw from our faith that the Lord will not allow His faithful to suffer destruction. The body decays; the spirit of man is imperishable. There is our hope.

This is our sacred trust as we remember those who have gone to their eternal'reward.”

11

LETTERS the

Third, help the Academy Foundation because they're trying to help us and the Academy and they are not out of the Don't move the AOG off station at this woods yet either.

in the AOG

time as we

The following letter from a fellow graduate, Col. Dean C. Wood, expresses the composite views of several graduates in

Washington, D.C. area. / have asked that it he published Magazine in order to provide a forum for differing views on issues which I discussed in my initial letter to the graduates, and, hopefully, also to elicit views from other graduates.

David M. Goodrich Col USAF

President, AOG Dear Dave: I

Congratulations on your election as President of the AOG. personally pleased as I voted for you but I must warn

am

In any event, I am you that I also voted for RM Nixon. confident that you will carry out your mandate and discharge faith and at full your duties and responsibilities in good

throttle. we agreed, the purpose of this letter is to give you Without arguing my views on the mandate mentioned above. all of the points in your letter in the AOG magazine, I think the central issue facing the AOG is whether or not we—as I ceran association— really want to “act big to be big.”

As

are

not

important, let's keep the faith. I don’t expect anyone to agree with every Air Force policy all the time but I give “them” credit for plus or minus a full milivery few degrees on azimuth and running between “They” usually tary and minimum afterburner on speed. do good.

Finally, and this is my personal plea as well as last argument, I am one of the oldest living graduates as you have so frequently reminded me in the past. Even at that, the actuarial tables say I could hobble on for another 25-30 Let’s not create a monster that old guys like that couldn’t live with.

Dave, I have passed this letter around as we also agreed and the folks named below agree with the thrust of it. years.

Further

we

feel that at least the substance of it should be

brought before the AOG membership.

Warmest personal regards, Dean C. Wood

Colonel, USAF

tainly support “thinking” big and am guilty of that particular sin frequently, but I cannot and will not support “acting” big. ever “be” big—in the sense that you to be decided at some time in have big—will probably the future but I don’t think that will be decided by the AOG.

Whether the AOG will use

What I'm talking about—and suspect you are—is clout, influence and power in the Air Force and at the Air Force

Academy. matter, there just isn’t any way that the association—is ever going to exercise that kind I have had the opportunity of muscle now or in the future.

As

a

AOG—as

practical an

first hand the leadership of the Air Force for several years here in Washington and have had

to observe at

the

past

the

Academy over a identical had You have exposure/ virtually longer period. experience. I can't imagine any of the Commandants, Superintendents, DCS/Pers, DCS/P&Os or Chiefs of Staff that we have observed putting up with an AOG “acting big” for an instant but I can imagine them writing the AOG off for attempting it. If I become Commandant or Superintendent someday (I’ve already admitted to thinking big) and the AOG offered unsolicited opinion as an association I would be mightily offended. On the other hand and still wearing my same Comm/Sup hat, I would solicit the opinion of the AOG on some issues and expect the AOG to be responsive.

On some issues I would seek out certain men—irrespective of some

contact

with

the

leadership

at

their AOG ties—for their advice.

On still other issues I would listen only to my staff.

On all issues I would do what I think is best.

My door would be open but an open door

policy to me means you are guaranteed

necessarily a decision in your favor.

a

hearing not

Further, I would expect

the AOG—as a group—to support me in their

public while brining privately and quietly

disagreements and objections through my open door if the AOG felt the need. In sum, I would welcome all the help I could get.

Before you accuse me of being “against,” let me outline what I’m “for.”

First, push for membership; I share your concern that only 65% of the graduates belong.

Second, help the Academy by going to General Allen and General Beck and let them tell us where they need us (and where they don’t). If we do a good enough job at that, the Chief might ask us for help someday but let's wait until he asks.

12

to go it alone—nor do we

strong enough

Fourth, and most

want to.

Dear Sir:

The only important reason for USAFA having a predominately military faculty and staff is to provide examples I’m of what the cadets should become after graduation. sure that all of us can remember both good and bad examples The key things I remember about the from our cadet days. that they all had recent operational are examples” “good experience, and they used their experiences and enthusiam for the Air Force to motivate cadets to choose Air Force careers.

Therefore, I

was

concerned

when I learned

an

officer

of our remote sites, who had just completed a six-year in the PE department at USAFA, was scheduled to

at one tour

return

This would mean there for another four-year tour.

13 years of commissioned service would be His only “real Air Force” experience at USAFA.

that ten out of

spent

consists of two years in a base CBPO and one year in speI seriously doubt cial services at an Alaskan remote site. is the career pattern most likely to produce an capable of influencing cadets to become career offiInformal inquiries among friends stationed at USAFA cers. reveal that the above example is not an isolated situation.

Clearly, expensive training and education, especially among members of the faculty, necessitate longer than normal But both tours to provide a prudent return on investment. the cadets in particular, and the Air Force in general would benefit if these tours were kept to a minimum.

Extensions weaken our case for a military faculty because these homethat

this

officer

steaders become

querading as have recently to

scholars,

Air

Force

PE

instructors, coaches, etc., mas-

Officers.

We

need

officers

who

been involved in hard-core Air Force matters

lead the cadets.

Because the

faculty

has less

flexibility

in this

area

than

both the Commandant’s shop or the

Department of Athletics, “homesteading” in the latter two departments greatly hinders the influx of new ideas and reduces the number of Air Force

officers who can benefit from

an

Academy tour.

The tenure

professor program and “Key personnel” programs under both the Commandant and the Director of Athletics designed to insure continuity and corporate memory should be closely

scrutinized from

that

insure

to

absolute minimum. with

these

positions

are

kept

to

short, the cadets will benefit

In

officers who

an

most

operational Air Force experience and who can serve as “good examples” contact

possess

recent

of what the cadets should become.

An

Analysis of Narrative Responses to the AOG Twenty Survey included a statement that graduates “who addressed honor and ethics at the Academy generally Year

endorsed

Major Graham

E.

as

Thank you for your recent letter

expressing your individual and collective concern for the repatriation of all missing POW/MIA personnel. I appreciate your kind remarks very much.

the

establishment

of

the

Select

Committee

on

Missing Persons in Southeast Asia I have already initiated our study of the Missing in Action as well as civilians unaccounted

for

in

Southeast Asia.

I

would

like to

knowing your deep personal interest in this matter that every effort will be made to obtain the fullest possible accounting for the missing and recovery of the dead.

Currently, open dialogue

with

the

is

attempting

Governments

of

to

establish

Indochino.

an

We

have, in the past few months, held hearings evaluating the efforts of the Department of State and the Department of Defense our

well

as

as

private interest groups in accounting for

and POWs.

MIAs

There is

an

enormous

amount

of

work to do, however, and a great deal of information to be compiled before the Select Committee will be able to render

an

unrealistic.’

committees

from the

The present Honor and Professional Ethics sensitive to such criticism, as they seek a

are

perspective of their personal integrity.

They are constantly in search of examples of the relevance and practice of the ideals of the Academy’s Honor and Ethics programs in the real world.

In their quest, they draw heavily on the experiences of graduates and other officers assigned at mature

USAFA.

assure

you,

the Committee

the value of the lessons to be derived

programs.” However, a few respondents, prompted by disparities between the real world and the cadet environment, criticized “the honor and ethics programs at the Academy

Shirley, ’66

Dear Association of Graduates:

With

Open Letter to Graduates The

much

A

broader

and

inexhaustible

source

cnce

which he feels would be useful in the instruction of the

Wing is encouraged to write a brief narrative of the experience and mail it to either CWH, USAF Academy, Colorado 80840, or to the Alumni Secretary at the Academy.

In order to ensure that narratives have only instructional utility, submissions should not include specific labels for Narratives received persons, places, commands and dates. with specifics which might make the incidents traceable will be so modified before they are published.

objective and complete report.

In sharing your experiences, you will be helping to demonstrate the relevance of the ideals of Honor and

resolve this

the

taught preparation

the

challenges which you

Sincerely,

ex-

Cadet

Please be assured that the Select Committee and, indeed, all agencies involved, are doing all in their power to help

painful issue.

of such

amples exists in the thousands of graduates who are not at USAFA. Any graduate who has an honor or ethics experi-

Ethics

at

Professional

Academy, and you will be improving of the members of today’s Cadet Wing for the

as

graduates

Leonard C.

Gillespie V. Montgomery

now

face.

Ekman, Major, USAF

Chairman, Select Committee on

Officer Advisor, Cadet Professional

Missing Persons in Southeast Asia

Ethics Committee

GRADS IN THE SPOTLIGHT Donald R. Backlund,

by Air

’71, Air Force Cross

The President of the United States of America, authorized Section 8742, Title 10, United States Code, awards the Force

Cross to

First Lieutenant Donald R.

Backlund

extraordinary heroism in military operations against an opposing armed force as a Helicopter Aircraft Commander 1975.

On that date, while engaged in the reon 15 May covery of the SS Mayaguez and crew, Lieutenant Backlund, exhibiting superb airmanship, placed a contingent of United States Marines aboard the destroyer escort, USS Holt.

He then successfully landed several United States Marines on Koh Tang Island despite intense ground fire.

After escorting his wingman to the USS Coral Sea, Lieutenant Backlund then returned to Koh Tang Island and successfully recovered for

Capt. Donald R. Backlund

a group of United States Marines and airmen although encountering heavy, constant ground fire. Through his extraordinary heroism, superb airmanship, and aggressiveness in the face of an opposing armed force, Lieutenant Backlund reflected the highest credit upon himself and the United

States Air Force.

(Continued on next page) 13

Capt. Tilford

Capt. Richard C. Brims

Brims, ’71, Air Force Cross The President of the United States of America, authorized

by Section 8742, Title 10, United States Code, awards the

Tilford W. Harp,

Richard C.

Air Force Cross to First Lieutenant Richard C. Brims for

extraordinary heroism in military operations against an opposing armed force as a Helicopter Aircraft Commander on On that date, while engaged in the recovery 15 May 1975. of the SS Mayaguez and crew, Lieutenant Brims successfully landed United States Marines on Koh Tang Island despite Prior to leaving the island. overwhelming ground fire.

Lieutenant Brims held his position against the heavy ground fire and managed to extract five seriously wounded Marines.

He then twice flew his aircraft into intense ground fire, suecessfully removing remaining groups of United States Marines.

Through his extraordinary heroism, superb airnianship, and aggressiveness in the face of an opposing armed force, Lieutenant Brims reflected the highest credit

W.

Harp

’70, Air Force Cross

The President of the United States of America authorized Title 10, United States Code, awards the

by Section 8742,

Capt. Tilford W. Harp for extraordinary airmanship while engaged in a humanitarian mission as Co-Pilot of an Air Force C-5 aircraft at Saigon, Vietnam on 4 April 1975. On that date, the aircraft carrying 330 passengers and crew, experienced a serious inflight Air Force Cross to

heroism

and

emergency which could have resulted in the loss of life for all aboard.

With no aircraft controls except one aileron

engines, he provided exceptionally vital assistance to guiding the cripple aircraft to a crash landing in a rice paddy, thereby saving the lives of 176 of the people aboard. Through his extraordinary heroism and superb airmanship Captain Harp reflected the highest and the

the Aircraft Commander in

credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.

upon himself and the United States Air Force.

ANNOUNCEMENTS...

David H.

Roe, ’62, White House Fellowship Major David H. Roe, 34, is a former Research Assistant to the Department of Defense Committee on Excellence in Education. Born in Denver, Colorado, he was a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Academy in 1962 where he was the Cadet Wing Commander. He attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship and later was awarded the Commandant’s Trophy as the outstanding graduate from the Air Force's Squadron Officer School.

He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois.

Major Roe has served at the Air Force Flight Test Center as a Bioastronomies Project Officer on test aircraft and as officer-incharge of the Pararescue Team for XB-70 and X-15 operations. the

He

faculty and

He

is

a

the next Executive

☆

an

past President of the Association of Graduates.

assigned as a Special Assistant Health, Education, and Welfare.

14

Major James F. Wheeler, Class of 1964, has been selected Secretary of the Association of Graduates.

He is currently assigned to the F-5E, International Fighter, System Program Office at Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

Major Wheeler will assume the duties of Alumni Secretary beginning July, 1976. as

Associate Professor of Life Sciences on of the Air Force Academy.

He is listed in Outwas

standing Young Men of America and is a member of Sigma Xi

Major James F. Wheeler

to

the

Secretary

of

The the

name

☆

☆

of the cadet snack bar has been

Cockpit Lounge to the Richter Lounge

changed from

in honor of Lt.

Karl W. Richter, Class of 1964, who was killed in action on July, 1967 in North Vietnam. Richter was a co-recipient

28

of the

1969 Jabara Award for

Airmanship.

New Head of Athletic Department Named Colonel John J. Clune has been appointed as Director of Athletics at the Air Force Academy, replacing Colonel Frank Merritt. Colonel Merritt, who will retire from active duty, was the Academy’s fifth athletic director.

In a statement announcing the action, Lieutenant General

Superintendent of the Academy, said, done an outstanding job as Director of Athletics and has made many significant contributions to the Air Force Academy during his eight years in this post.

In August of this year, I assigned Colonel John J. Clune James

R.

“Frank

Merritt

Allen,

has

to the Directorate of

Athletics under Colonel Frank Merritt In as Merritt’s replacement. smooth transition. Colonel Merritt is

with the intent to train Clune order now

to

facilitate

moving

a

up to act

as

my

special

assistant to assist and

I advise me and Colonel Clune on all athletic matters. have every assurance Colonel Clune will be a first-class Director of Athletics for the Academy and will continue the outstanding performance and devotion to excellence demon-

Col. John J. Clune

A native of New Jersey, Colonel Merritt assumed the He has watched the athletic director duties in June, 1967.

Academy grow steadily and was one of the original staff members, serving as assistant athletic director from 1955

until 1959.

strated by Frank Merritt.”

Col. Clune replaced Lieutenant Colonel James H. Keating, Jr., who had been reassigned to Hurlburt Field, Fort

Beach, Fla. 1932, Col. Clune graduated from St. Peters High School where he was named New Jersey All State in basketWalton

Born in

He received an appointment to the Naval Academy ball. and was graduated in 1954. While at Annapolis he received He set, and still holds, basketball All American honors. the single season and career basketball scoring records at the Naval Academy.

Upon graduation from Annapolis, Col. Clune was commissioned in the Air Force. His initial assignments covered several years in administration and missile operations and In 1964, he received a masters degree in maintenance. electrical engineering from the University of Southern CaliHe was assigned to the Air Force Academy as an fornia.

Air

Officer

Commanding

Col. Clune

from

1965-1968.

While

also the head coach

at

for

the

junior

Academy, varsity basketball.

Col. Clune graduated from the Industrial College of the Prior to coming to the Academy, Armed Forces in 1971. he was assigned to Air Force Logistics Command and the Pentagon. was

Col. Clune is married to the former Patricia Brown.

The

couple have four children; Cathleen. 15, John. 13, Michael, 11 and Timothy, age 9.

a 1944 graduate of West Point, and undergraduate was a starting tackle on the Army Football teams of 1942 and 1943, receiving All-America honors both years. Since then, he has posted a distinguished record

Colonel Merritt is

as

an

as

a

U. S. Air Force officer.

A veteran of 130 tactical air missions

during the Korean

Conflict, Colonel Merritt compiled an impressive record fol-

lowing his first tour at the Air Force Academy. He was the first airlift commander at Leopoldville, Congo, in support (Continued

on

next

page) 15

(Continued from preceeding page) SPORTS of the United Nations operation and also has served as mission commander for the airlift of U. N. trops in Kindu and Goma and for transporting Ethiopian trops into Katanga.

—

He also

was

vitally involved

during

in the troop movement

AIR FORCE WATER POLO TEAM COMPLETES

SEASON Air Force’s water

polo team’s goal of a second straight trip to the national championships came up a bit short when the Falcons lost

12-8 decision to Arizona in the final game

a

the Berlin Crisis of 1961-62.

After returning to the United States in 1963, he attended the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., and received his

of the District Seven

degree in international affairs from George Washington University.

A command pilot, Colonel Merritt’s decorations include the Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster. Distinguished leaf Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Air Medal with five oak

two

of arts

master

clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Air Force Commendation Medal with two

championships.

The championships, which

querque, N.M.,

saw

were

held Nov. 21-22 in Albu-

Air Force win three matches and lose

raise the team’s final record to

to

11-7-1, the squad’s

fifth-straight wining year.

Air Force, which set several records this the championships by topping New Mexico

Falcons then lost

11-6 decision to Arizona before defeat-

an

ing New Mexico again, 8-7, in overtime

zona,

season, opened again, 10-8. The

The

10-8.

force the

to

squad then topped Arichampionship match in

oak leaf clusters.

the double-elimination tournament.

AFAAA RAISES DUES The Air Force Academy Athletic Association (AFAAA) recently announced that annual membership dues have been raised to $5 effective July 1, 1976. This is the first increase

team’s top scoring leaders, each contributed 11 goals in the five games played, while another Air Force senior, Roger

Bill

in dues since the AFAAA was organized in 1954, the year the United States Air Force Academy was created.

As in the past, future graduates will receive their first

Lifetime memfree upon graduation. minus at continues fee $80 previous dues paid, if bership initiated within four years after graduation, and $100 minus

year of

membership

if

previous dues paid, graduation.

Graduates

should

initiated four

not

confuse

years

or

after

more

in

membership

the

Air

Force Academy Association of Graduates with membership in

The AFAAA, conceived to

promote varsity Collegiate Athletic Association level, provides priority seating and reduced season ticket prices to all its members, a majority of whom are graduates, at football, basketball and hockey contests, both home and away.

Graduates not members of the AFAAA, are not entitled to priority seating solely because of their membership in the Association of Graduates. Membership in the AFAAA entitles graduates to priority seating with their graduating class— non-members of the AFAAA are seated with public customers whose seats are determined by date of application. Additionally, members receive three editions of the Falcon Sports Newsletter which depicts the achievements of the the AFAAA.

sports

at

the National

Season ticket customers also Falcon athletic program. ceive applications automatically each year.

re-

members of the AFAAA may write to the AFAAA, Attention AHT, USAF Academy, CO 80840, for further information, applications, etc., if interested in joining.

Graduates who

are

not

cross

country recently completed

one

The Falcons, who finished with a 8-4 dual meet record, placed 10th and several Falcon runners turned in some of season

on

the 5.2 mile

Gresham, both seniors and the

Rechsteiner, had nine goals.

Air

Force

team

additional 77 career

saves,

captain Walt Heidmous collected an giving him 182 for the season and the Heidmous also set another record

leadership at 792.

for the most

saves

in

one

game

22, in the overtime victory

Arizona.

over

Monroe, who netted 35 goals and added 32 assists, individual record this

set

with the most

points in one Monroe scored five goals and added eight assists in a game.

23-15 win over New Mexico during the AFA tournament an

held earlier this

season

season.

In team

statistics, the squad set a record for the most assists in one game, 20, against Denver; and the most goals in one quarter, nine, against New Mexico in the District Seven

Championships.

RUGBY SCORES HIGH The

Club coached

Rugby

by Squadron Leader Gordon enjoyable off-season. The highlight of the season for the A Team was a tough 4-3 win over Navy in a night game at Annapolis. Unfortunately we lost to Army early the next morning. The A Team went 2 and 2 at the Aspen Ruggerfest with the first defeat administered by the Pumpkins from L.A. In the ERRFU Tournament, the A Team was eliminated in the second round by the Highlanders who went on to win the Olympia Cup. Alderson had

an

The B Team because of its

outstanding record (the loss coming at the hands of the Colorado College A Team) was not allowed by the Union to defend the Stuart Harris Cup in

the

ERRFU

Tournament.

In

the

first

round

of

the

Olympia Cup, the B Team was eliminated by the Barbarian This fall the

of its

best seasons ever with competition in the Central Collegiate Champinships at University Park, Penn.

their best times of the

Don

A Team.

FALCON CROSS COUNTRY TEAM COMPLETES REGULAR SEASON Air Force

and

Monroe

course.

Heading the team was junior Garry Sheppard, who placed 35th with a time of 26:44. This time compared with a 29:237 Gary ran in a five-mile race during the final dual meet of the season two weeks ago at the Academy.

Falcon team captain Jeff Ford placed 45th with a 27:08 clocking, while other Air Force runers and times were Toby Nichols with a 27:19; Richard Leinbach, 27:48; Kirk Bodary,

Academy fielded

a C Team for the first made up of third and fourth classmen and was tailored to bring victory over Royal Roads.

MAC won the Royal Roads Exchange by canceling the airlift at the last moment.

To the C Team fell the task of

time.

The C Team

was

defending the Stuart Harris Cup. Although they fought hard, inexperience and the Harlequin B Team defeated our

C’s.

In the spring when

rugby

teams

rugby is on-season, all three Academy

look forward to

success.

Record

Won

Lost

Tied

A-Team

4

4

1

B-Team

8

1

0

27:57; Keith Haines, 28:40; and Dan Lentz, 28:45.

In the meet, which had 84 individual entries, Michigan won the team title with 45 points, even though runerup Penn

C-Team

3

3

0

State

Captain: C1C

16

captured the first two places.

Coach:

Sqd Ldr,

Gordon Alderson

Rich Carlson

Dave

Lawson, Ray Wild Pace 1975 Falcon Gridders

pair of seniors, Dave Lawson and Ray Wild, were two

A

of the standouts there

on

the

1975

Air Force football

team

but

enough underclassmen on the squad to give promimproved fortunes during the 1976 season.

were

ise for

Wild, a senior from Tucson. Ariz., had one of the season's top defensive performances against Wyoming when he had 21 tackles, the most by any defender on the team this seaThat

son.

helped give

Wild

the

Academy

record of 337, breaking the mark of 331 during the 1971, 1972 and 1973 seasons.

set

career

tackle

by Jim Morris

the

second

consecutive

kicker, and Football News carried him

as

first

string place

kicker.

Among the most significant records set by Lawson during the season include national collegiate major college career records for most field goals at 51, most career field goal attempts at 95 and most career points by placekicking at 231. In addition. Lawson kicked a 62-yard field goal against Iowa State, a national collegiate major college record at the time but later broken.

1976 Falcon Football The

1976 schedule will

sectional in nature.

once

again

be

Schedule tough and inter-

The schedule is:

Sept. 18—Iowa State at USAFA

year, Dave Lawson, field goal kicker extraordinaire, has been named to All-America teams.

UP1 listed Lawson as second team All-America place For

scoring for the third straight points while Wild led the team in tackles with 124, one more than he had during the 1974 season when he tied for the team lead in that department.

Lawson also led the team in

year with 54

Sept. 25—U.C.L.A. at Los Angeles Oct.

2—Kent State at Cleveland, Ohio

Oct.

9—Navy at USAFA

Oct.

16—Colo. State at USAFA

Oct. 23—-The Citadel Oct.

30—Army

at

at West

USAFA

Point, N.Y.

Nov.

6—Arizona St. at Tempe, Ariz.

Nov.

13—Vanderbilt at Nashville, Tenn.

Nov.

20—Wyoming

at

USAFA

Dave Lawson, All-American Kicker

17

LtCol Arthur G. Elser 8702 Nero St.

Annandale, VA 22003 Here it is time to write another column already. My, how All is time flies when you are having fun at the Pentagon! not bad, however, because the Christmas season approaches, and by the time you read this it will be a new year.

Happy

of you. call from Pete TODD—bless you Pete, Colonel, Sir—and he passed the word that Ann and Tom STACK are New Year to all

I got

the was

a

proud parents of a new daughter, Maria Cristina. Maria born on 9 October. The Stacks are down at Dyess AFB

with Marlene and Pat MUSMAKER, from whom I inherited

this job.

A1 has left Air Comi also heard from A1 WATERS. mand and Staff College, where he has been an instructor, to go to Little Rock AFB to learn how to get the attention of the C-130.

I guess that about the time that you read this

his way to Pope AFB where he will be permanently assigned. Quite a few people are moving back into the cockpit these days to meet the 18 year gate.

A1

will

be

on

Alas, I have failed to meet that milestone thanks to the attention lavished on us all be the the computer

personal

down at MPC.

I asked for an Ops

assignment on my Form

90, which would have seen me safely through the 18 year gate as it turns out, but the personnel folks knew that I would enjoy a tour in the Pentagon more than an Ops tour.

1 shouldn’t ment on

complain though.

with Dick PENN

the 5th floor where I can at least look out of the window.

GABRIEL was keeping his eye on RL, but when Del showed up he bailed out and went to TAC Headquarters.

General TALLMAN had to send General B. J. ELLIS in to ride herd on the two of them.

At the last 59er luncheon here in DC (Ed JOSEPHSON

carryiqng on the tradition started by D. D. ANDERSON)

Mel POLLARD told

aviation

me

about

an

article he had read in

magazine that should interest

most

of you.

an

The

article dealt with the prototype F-100, or more correctly the YF-100A. To be more specific, the article was about the

18

out there have any information about where

754, or what is

left of it, may be, let Mel or me know about it. be reached at AFSC Headquarters, Andrews AFB.

He

can

Mel sugthe nomenclature

gested that even if all we could get was plate we could at least mount that as an historical display.

Maybe some of you guys at the Academy could research the fate of the “real” airplane that replaced the ugly red Matador.

Heartiest colonel

congratulations

list:

to

those

on

the

FY76

full

Karol

BOBKO, Larry FORTNER, Dick GOETZE, Wayne JEFFERSON, and Gene VOSICA! That

brings our class total to 17.

Some

observations

on the weather: The first day of brilliantly clear day with just a hint of frost.

The nip in the air was just enough to turn the gold leaves a bright silvery color. The first day of December was a particularly fine day and a new batch of fledgling eagles was

October

was

a

observed to have hatched in the

nearby aeries.

I could be down in the base-

and Bob DELLIGATTI instead of

General

is

exploits of the F-100 which used to grace the area in front of the academic building at Lowry, old FW 754.

Among 754’s accomplishments is that it was the first production type aircraft to exceed mach 1 in level flight. Mel suggested that 754 should occupy a place of honor at the Academy I agree as part of the heritage of the modern Air Force. with Mel, but I think that I remember hearing that some one with vision at the Academy destroyed the bird with exploIf any of you sives when it was replaced with the F-106.

'60

Maj.

John

Macartney Ridge Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80919 160 Arequa

Would

There are some 60-types who you believe it? call (autovon 259-2864), and thanks to classmates BIANCUR, VALLERIE, CREW and GLAZA there write

can

is

a

or

column this issue.

Andi BIANCUR called and sent

a letter from Scott AFB where he toils in the MAC Command Center.

Andi reports that Bill KORNITZER and Neil DELISANTI left Scott

last summer—Bill to AWC, Neil to maintenance at McChord

(where Jack HARDISON has returned to aircrew duty). Still at Scott with Andi are Ken BIEHLE, Don STEVENS and Dave SWEIGART. Dave, I understand, has something do with the

to

Andi went

on

centralized T-39

new

operation—Boo, Hiss!

61-types can be

to say that numerous assorted

found

misbehaving at parties in the Scott area and also that Steve HOLT who was PCSing from Dyess to Sembach AB, Germany. he’d

seen

My from

1965

summer

Omaha

Paul

roommate,

where he

is

spending

VALLERIE, called

his second SAC head-

quarters tour working in missile requirements. Buck CONGDON and Doug REKENTHALER are likewise at the “peace

is my

profession”

center.

Another of my former roommates, Gary CREW, wrote from TAC headquarters where he finds himself in the comp-

business.

troller

Gary and classmate Howie BRONSON interesting additional duty—they’re USAF Advance Agents for Presidential Flight Support. They go where Air Force One is to go.

Gary also mentioned: he had gotten back on flying (excused) status after being medically grounded while in Taiwan; that Vic THOMAS is also at Langley; and that he'd seen Norm HALLER, a Pentagon GS-17, in Washington.

Since they took my T-33 away in August, I don’t see have

an

a helpful purpose in reminding each of us of our origins and can restimulate dedication to goals too many of us have compromised.

After everything, our ability to meet those goals will measure the Academy’s success.

“Enough lecture! I assume John will fill you in on reunion happenings; suffice it to say we had a helluva great time with those present (as best we can remember).

“While few could be present in Colorado, many of us continue to get together in Washington. The Pentagon '60 contingent meets periodically to drown our mutual misery in shared commiseration—or whatever.

Most of us (the figure hovers around a dirty dozen) made it to a 15th Anniversary bash at my digs that started on the 7th of June and proceeded well into the 8th (when we graduated—remember?).

We even had some out-of-twoners from Langley (Gary CREW) and McGuire (Bob FISCHER) for the occasion. We kissedoff (is that the right word?)

Tony BURSHINCK to AWC and congratulated a number of new (brevet) LC's.

Alas, some (few) of us remain to test the full fury of the primary zone.

“More recently we welcomed Charlie HART and serve

Ken ALNWICK to

as

many folks as 1 used to, but the return of Liaison Officers

it

to

USAFA

one

Ned

keeps

me

what the reservists

on

up was here

WHITMAN

in

November.

are

Ned’s

doing.

been

in

and out of school since

studied

at

leaving the Air Force in 1964. He Princeton for four years, was a political science

professor for four years, then went to law school at Cornell and has been practicing law in Suffern, New York since Ned

1973.

restaurants

This

mentioned

in Fun

that

Dick

KINGMAN

owns

each

Hal

happiest of holidays and a most successful Hope you found in your stocking what we dently desire in ours—PCS orders!”

two

Paul and Van

are

—

WALKER. Jim GLAZA, bless his heart, has provided a guest column Before I (I plied him with scotch then twisted his arm).

give you Jim’s message. I'd like to urge and invite any and all others to contribute future guest writings, or to write or And

news.

now

Jim’s words:

few years since I last attempted to generate a reaction in this column, but my attachment to and concern It was a for the Class of '60 hasn’t (happily) diminished. considerable

a

disappointment to Linda and I. then, when

returned to 'The Ranch' for what should have been

reunion,

to

chosen/been you

consider

find

our

we

15th

that

only three other '60 graduates had attend—especially disappointing when only one of the many stationed at the

stration

is undeniable that

our

ranks continue to

(along with certain parts of our anatomy) spread, I hope the reaction of the Academy based grads is not indicative of general malaise toward either the class or the Academy.

Both need continued

our

locations

dedication

productive identity.

and

With

enthusiasm the

to

maintain

Academy having to agencies, a strong, vocal, supportive role for its graduates becomes more of a necessity than a luxury.

Reunions, while hardly as important as other Association of Graduates programs, a

year. so

ar-

Jim Glaza

face continual criticism from other

some

great letters and phone calls from

Ron FULLERTON writes that he hopes I will print the “plain truth” about his affiliation with the NATO Patrol Hydrofoil. You may recall that I ribbed him about it in He has really enjoyed his tour with Boeing a past issue. though. He says that he has “flown” on the Pegasus several It employs many times and that it is a very impressive ship.

Ron modern aeronautical principles in its hydrofoil design. even sent me some detailed literature on the ship and I found Ron has left the sea though and is it fascinating myself. now settling down in Brussels, Belgium near Larry KARRon received a short notice reassignment in NOWSKI.

October.

“While it

all

many of you since the last letter and have enjoyed hearing I hope that sharing what you say with everyone from you. else adds a little happiness to your lives.

that

Academy was in attendance.

our

I have received

able to

diminish and

ned

Major Thomas L. Sutton 123 Mississippi Dyess AFB, TX 79607

both stationed

While the more plebian among us anxiously await this year’s LtCol board, the fast burners continue to blaze. Congratulations to full Colonels Leon GOODSON and Fred

with

and

a

sparsely attended, but Jim and

was

make up for those absent. downtown at Ent AFB.

me

name

Christmas Bash will be (was by the time you read this) enjoyed by all. On that note we in the Washington area wish all of you the

BROST,

City.

year's reunion

“It's been

Wingdings,

In concert with DEKE of the same

again!

Linda GLAZA, Paul and Delores SULLIVAN, Earl and Pat VAN INWEGEN plus Anne and I partied hard enough to

call

baffled but unbowed ranks.

A1 JOHNSON it at

our

“Shades of ancient

He is the head of the

new

F-16 Contract Admini-

He says that the program Europe. offers many fascinating challenges and he is happy with the We appreciate your letters, Ron, and wish you prospects.

Services

in

luck.

Dick HOWELL writes from Richmond, Va., that he is lirmly established on the faculty of the Virginia Common-

University as a professor of Urban and Regional Planning. Having contributed significantly to an urban redevelopment plan which will make downtown Richmond a popular tourist attraction. Dick is recognized officially as the University’s resident expert in urban redevelopment and historic preservation.

Speaking of preservation, Dick is rehabilitating an old Virginia home and is looking forward to wealth

19

entertaining many of his Washington friends with real oldOf course other friends are fashioned Southern hospitality. welcome too.

I

area

I haven't been able to visit the many I have as I had hoped.

for the duration.

California

southern

to

not-fully-seasoned

room

surprised to discover that the Safety School here at demanding enough to have kept me in the local

was

Norton is

classmates

enjoyed visiting with Steve and Margaret HO and their three His backchildren.

Steve has a lovely home in San Berdo. yard swimming pool looks inviting even in December. His barbequed chicken is super. Steve has a new job in the Wing Ops Plans and Evaluation. He’s happy with it but hopes that he can get back to engineering, his real love, sometime soon.

I received

novel from that most renowned of all novel-

a

He subtly observed that my pubists, Charles STEBBINS. lication is generally trivial, my work is only “semi-terrific,” He and that I obviously “need help rather desperately.”

therefore put his glass down long enough to put together substantive remarks which will help any struggling some writer. However, he did recognize that I receive many cards

quarters and left.

us a

Joan

was

nice

for

skin

boar

enough to leave us

our

Dick SMITH who wore an outrageous Navy game: indigineous to Oklahoma .

Ken STATEN who area,

outside

storage

costume

to

...

into

an

the

.

moved into the

secretly

office with

secret

a

.

Washington

unlisted number

.

.

.

Jim ULM who took off his shirt at the past-Navy game party to reveal, once again, the Pelt—it has greyed a little but shows

thereafter

sign

no .

.

of

Jeanne

balding.

went

home

shortly

.

Kaiser WILHELM who periodically flies in to bring us small bottle of beefeaters in exchange for several weeks of costly hospitality at our home. Willie is ostensibly in Personnel at USAFE—actually that's a cover for his Cream of a

Nancy (Ralph) keeps knitting funny

Wheat export business. little things for us .

.

.

AND Frank WILLIS who flies in to brief the changes his new OER system.”

Pentagon

every time he

and letters from the 61ers which add vigor and interest to He suggests that if I have too an otherwise dull column.

Thank you Charlie for your exquisite contribution. Charlie He wants all to recognize would like to add one footnote. in the universe: The good one of the few absolute truths

much material (as I am limited to 750 well selected words), perhaps I could forward some of our news to the other class

put hair.

columns—perhaps 1962.

Although 1 admit that they could no doubt benefit by this help, I cannot pass up the opportunity to publish for the first time these original works of Charles and Sarah STEB1 have taken the liberty to edit certain portions in BINS. Charles says: the interest of maintaining our PG rating. the several months—perhaps years—we’ve “During past seen or heard from many 61’ers in varying stages of sobriety.

A few Vic

are:

who

BOQUET Navy

football loss to

.

came .

by

.

Gordie CLARKE, rejected by the AF, employed by the owner of the house next to ours, and Peggy.

(The

might add here that Gordie wrote from West Point that they are doing well there and are enjoying the academic editor

.

few

created very

perfect heads;

.

everyone

was

there.

Holloman in the

near

future.

Ole KOMARNITSKY has

We send our best wishes to each of you for a happy and successful New Year, and we look forward to hearing from

you.

.

Maj

Falls Church, VA 22046

.

This column years

.

Louis HABLAS whose sole function at the Pentagon is to arrange plush assignments for Norm CAMPBELL, Howie

BODENHAMER, George BUCHNER, and Paul FOLEY

.

.

.

Sam HARDAGE who keeps sending me pictures of his latest castle and his three piece tweed underwear acquired at Harvard .

Merton HULL who owns the bulk of Colorado, 250 letters, cash, and my book on birth control .

.

Lawrence J. KARNOWSKI flying a Haig about who visits us irregularly, but whose wife Pat writes

every other year Art KERR who found it necessary to show of his AWACS at Andrews AFB late one .

Don

.

owes me

Europe, regularly

us

the outside

Pentagon noon-time jogger with

a

very worn-out USAFA T-shirt Hector Andres NEGRONI who hired out a tour bus to see Washington then inspected our house (SAMI), confined .

20

.

.

been

my

year

as

class

secretary,

an

After several pleasant. in the hinterlands of the Air Force, I really enjoyed most

being at the center of this one activity we have still tying the together. During the year, I’ve had news from nearly half of the class through telephone and postal contacts.

A multitude of times I have been reminded (and I hope some of you have been also) of friends and friendships and the good times and common misery of another time. I highly

recommend to each of you a spell in this position.

No need be located at the Academy or even on active duty.

If you

to

postal service, you've got

what

it takes to write this

column.

Dick SCHOOF will be writing the newsletter for the next so please send your news to him.

Dick is here in the Pentagon and is eager to hear from old friends. I’d tell you

about what he's up to. but instead, you write him and he can tell you all about himself in the next column. more

ask

.

a

has

year,

.

McCARTER

completes

which

class

have

.

night in a driving

.

Dave Holt

6636 Gordon Ave.

Kaopectate

.

departed the DC area for the At least I hope it’s

comfortable climate of Taipei, Taiwan. comfortable now Ole.

experience

rainstorm

He

was

Grannie CRANBERRY who had 'no stomach' for the Pentagon and is now restricted to a diet of Rolaids and

.

rest

happy to see that Lt. Col. Hayden J. LOCKHART is back in the flying business.

Hayden has earned his MBA at USC and has probably completed T-38 requalification training by now.

You can find him flying the F-4 at I

.

.

.

.

the

.

.

.

all

a

Tom ELLER who aranged a rendezous with my wife but only talked to me on the phone Dick GODDARD and his tidy wife Colette, our perennial house guest for the Navy game, for whom we've established a package deal and family rates

.

on

Terry STORM writes that he is happily situated in DC Manpower “weenie.” He too enjoyed seeing so many It seems that classmates after the Navy disaster last fall. as

for the annual Air Force

Army,

environment)

Lord

questions and

CAREERS: The career field I purposely left 'til my last (I knew I would get so many

letter

is that of airline

pilot.

interesting responses) discouraged

Whenever I have been

with the

AF, I've dreamed a little about those guys who got fly just often enough to pocket their $40,000 a year and in the bulk of their time are lawyers, ranchers, or otherwise independently well-off.

Would you believe and

out

now

these guys tried to disillusion me?

Bill KNIPP, with Continental Airlines in Denver, said that not only does he not have 20

days off each month but he wanted to know if anyOf course, Bill is in management now as the second officer supervisor, Denver Flight Operations, and And Pete BRADSTREET menmay really work that much. tioned he only gets 15 to 16 free days each month; Bob else did.

one

McNAUGHTON claims to be working 18 days of the month.

But Larry HARMON passes along the true word, and says

they really need 20 days or so to rest up for the days they work.

‘Its no picnic flying those big jets,” says Larry.

“It’s

a

banquet!”

leg. Then he tells me the broken leg actually came from volleyball game a week after the ejection. I hope his hamsters have a litter in his laundry bag! a

Jim GALLAGHER reports he is a junior second officer Western’s DC-10s and that after seven years of being a civilian, he still misses the military life and people. How on

Jim finds time to miss anything is beyond me as he and his wife are expecting their fifth child, Jim coaches a 7-8 year-old team,

soccer

Coast Slalom

read

can

sings barbershop in SPEBSQSA, Champion in a Mazda/Lotus 7.

about his racetrack

accomplishments

and

is West

He says

we

in

old

our

issues of Road and Track

(June 1974). Jim reports that he trying to keep Beau GABEL from getting himself in trouble.

Beau, by the way, is doing very well in the racing is still

world and has achieved

some measure of success in ice boat Dick KREBS is listing his occupation these days as shoveller of electricity, aboard a Western DC-10.

Also he announces his marital status as changed, effective 6 June 75, races.

job is sort of a stan/eval function, giving flights, and he also acts as management for all of the flight engineers based in Denver. Bill is hoping to rise higher in the management end of Continental as openings occur which he says may take forever, the airline business being what it is these days. Bill, Pat, Lisa (11) and David (8) report they are all doing well. Jim MACK is also with Continental in Denver. He didn’t echo Bill’s comment about openings in the airlines but he did utter a prayer that the captains would discover hang-gliding.

Jim says he and their little girl are the number one cheerleaders for Penny’s success as the local golf champion. Fuzz keeps occupied when not flying by Tim skiing the Rockies or tinkering with his racing car.

GILMARTIN is with Continental in Dallas, and takes a bus-man's holiday every month to spend about a week at Bill KNIPP's

check

Dover AFB with the C-5A Reserve program.

Tim wanted to bring us all up to date about what’s important in his life

by telling about the two beautiful and brilliant women in his life—Nancy and their six year-old daughter. Dan PEMBERand Russ GOODENOUGH are also second officers Continental’s 727s. Dan is doing well in a second career with the California Air National Guard.

He is a C-130 instructor pilot at Van Nuys and figures to stay with that at TON on

least long enough to earn a retirement.

Russ is tinkering with real estate and the Air Lines Pilots Association when he’s not fishing and boating on “Bandit”, the only girl in his life these days.

Jim

WH1TTED,

TWA

flight engineer, is filling his plans to have an MBA in finance by next June. Larry HARMON is working for American, flight officer on 707s and 727s, and claims a typical American family-wife, two kids, dog and two cars.

Watch out, California, because that gang is thinking of moving to the a

free time with school and

West Coast next year to try the sunshine.

employee,

Pete

BRADSTREET,

Another American

figures upgrading co-pilot on the 727. Pete spends about half of his monthly schedule in marketing and financial consulting with a Boston based venture capital group.

Jan.

or

on

in

Feb. to

With Western Airlines

have

couple of folks who have been fortunate enough to become co-pilots already, both of them based in Denver and flying 737s.

Bob McNAUGHwe

a

TON says that his recreation these days comes from flying and the real work he does is on the new home he designed and helped build in Perry Park, near Larkspur, CO. The

McNAUGHTONs are so happy with the place that they plan to stay there forever, even if it means Bob has to commute to another base someday.

K. B. CLARK is the other “fortunate” 1 mentioned, but “fortunate" doesn't really describe the situation.

Co-pilot with the airline, Denver based, flying A-7s with the Colorado ANG, skiing, etc., etc. Makes But it all evens out in the end.

KB green with envy. told me he had to eject from an A-7 recently and broke his me

when he married a lovely gal by the name of Sherry.

Ted NEFF is a co-pilot with National,

presently on 727s hoping to switch to DC-10s within two years. Ted was recently promoted to major in the AF Reserve and is a C-141 aircraft commander and flight commander in the 300 MAS, Charleston AFB, SC. Home base for National is Miami where Ted plans to become an Academy liaison officer soon.

Mrs. NEFF (Gay Graves of CWC) has been managing a decorator showroom for the past three years and loving the work.

Ted tells of a recent out-of-the-way RTB reunion.

On the way to Addis Ababa in his C-141, and

he

into Bob BUMEN out of Offutt in

ran

an

RC-135—in

Athens.

M. D. SMITH is a standardization and check flight engiin 707s and 727s with Pan American.

He began his

neer

career with Pan Am three days after getting out of USAF, starting out in New York and transferring to Miami in 1969.

During PanAm’s financial crisis, Doc coordinated the suecessful employee political activities worldwide to lobby in Washington for corrective legislation. He plans to continue in training and standards until becoming a training captain, then go into operations management.

Denny DEHNE is also with PanAm, a flight engineer, and is flying RF-4s with He says the job is fun and so is the the Nevada ANG. night life in Reno, and being single helps.

for printable quotes, and three “You’ll never make Captain!”, but I know none of them believe that.

Another was, “No The one remark that matter where you go, there you are.”

I

asked

all

these

guys

thoughts kept echoing.

unanimous was, “When any of you are in the area, give call!’

So, as part of your next cross-country preflight, check the USAFA register and, while you're in the area, look up an RTB! was us

a

WHO-WHAT-WHERE: Dick HODGKINSON, at ACSC, has his end-of-school assignment for this summer; Hq USAF/

Dick KLASS

hopes to be in D.C. for senior service Brad BECK is at Blytheville AFB, Jack JAMBA, 400 Strat Missile Sq., F. E. Warren Ark. John LUEBBERMAN, operations officer of AFB, WY. the 904 Air Refueling Sq, Mather AFB, CA. J. D. EATON, Operations officer, 740th Strat Missile Sq, Minot AFB, ND. John FLANAGAN writes that he is being transferred to INAP.

by that

school

time.

as the chief financial officer for a Hertz subsidiary located in the U.K. Special congratulations to Bob BAXTER

London on

his

promotion to colonel.

And two wives wrote in—Judy QUINTON says they and five year old Alice love San Diego where Mike is US attorney. Mike is an AFR major and co-pilot on C-141s in 21

the

Joanne HOFFERT

squadron with Stan PATRIE.

same

reports from Wright-Pt that Dick is in Operations Research, Jack HAUSER is Laser Physics, John HIGH—Civil Engineering. and Harry PADDON—Electrical Engineering. And I must pass on that Dave HOLT (that’s oF Watashi) is on his way to language school at Monterey, CA, enroute to a June assignment as the first USAF exchange officer with the Japan Air Self Defense Force, instructor duty at their Air Command and Staff College in Tokyo.

It’s been great being in touch with the RTBs again. Keep it up with Dick SCHOOF, 1310 Mead Terrace, Woodbridge, VA 22191.

Maj. Skip Lee Nottingham Rd. Ocean Springs, MS 39564

news

in this article is

a

bit old—as late

as

In October Dick PAPROWICZ and

family paid us a nice instantly noticed how well we have kept

Dick is enbodies in good form and went from there. rolled in this years course at ACSC and graciously passed His prion a few names of his fellow students (see below). our

reason for visiting was to get a look at the “Hurricane We always Hunters’’ as a possible cockpit job after ACSC. need experienced navigators but, much to Dick’s chagrin, MAC (Midnight Air Command) has made things a bit ticklish OER-wise for senior type navigators.

With the Integral

mary

Crew system, introduced two years ago, the Crew Commanders write the OER for his "Magellan.”

Most Crew Commanders

are

First Lieutenants and

His new job includes studies intelligence on the USSR’s strategic forces and makes up the Red Integrated Strategic Operations Plan, the best estiThen they game mate of their counterpart to our SIOP(?). the RISOP and SIOP against each other to see how well (or badly) each side does and why. Sounds like fun. Need

Rd., Springfield, Va. 22150.

of

will out rank his rating official.

All reconnaissance mission is exacting and occasonally exciting for the nav and a great deal of satisfaction can be derived from a tour flying the WC-130. Howa

crew

the weather

if you

are contemplating a return to the cockpit to “Gate,” I recommend you consider the consequences of insuring that flight pay versus the potential damage to your

ever,

meet the

career.

CARDS AND LETTERS: A veritable bonanza of mail has been received and reviewed.

Keep up the good work!

George PASQUET set the record straight from the last column—his address is PSC 1 Box 3153, APO SF 96286.

He is a Flight Commander in the 21 TAS (C-130) at Clarke AB, PI and in the process of becoming MAC-imcized.

George reports Mike HORNER is alive and well in the far east

(OSI) and Denny YEE has moved from Kadena

Yakota.

The

rious Service

Medal for his outstanding achievements while assigned as an Instructor, Assistant Professor and Director of Labratory and Supply at the Academy.

Skip LEE (who

dat?)

a

permanent

KC-135 IP at Mather after

a

tour in

Alaska.

Jeanne

and

Larry adopted a three year-old Vietnamese girl just prior to the pull out and, combined with the promotion, have become very optimistic about the future.

We all wish the

McLaughlins the best of luck. Steve SAVONEN or, more accurately Marilyn writes that Steve has won his MD from Tufts University School of Medicine—Congratulations to you both!

Steve hopes to specialize in Orthopedic surgery and will begin a surgical residency at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Boston.

Doctor and Mrs. Savonen will be residing at 34 Solon St., Newton, Mass. 02161.

Erin Lynn McTASNEY arrievd in this world on 28 May and her big brothers Bobby ,

22

was

Medal

awarded the

11th Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air

for

outstanding performance as a WC-130 Aircraft Commander while accomplishing 15 successful aerial penetrations of named hurricanes (a fringe benefit).

Chuck DONAHUE was recently honored by the Air Force Academy as the most outstanding Deputy Liaison Officer Coordinator in the southern area of the nation for 1975.

Brigadier General Stanley C. Beck, Commandant of Cadets presented the award to Chuck at a banquet held at the Academy for the national liaison officer coordinator conference. The banquet speaker was General George S. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

my

SCHOOLS AND DEGREES: the school list is as long as arm.

ACSC: HALL1GAN, MERKLE, HARLEY, BAR-

RETT (great

rooting job in the Dome Frank!), CHAPMAN, PAPROWICZ, ROHATCH, SIMPSON (Bob ANG), SULA, TROY and MEUSE (faculty). Armed Forces Staff College: McTASNEY, CHRISTY and BORLING. Army Command and General Staff College: PFEIFER, N. Naval Command and Staff/Naval War College: FLANAWhile at Plattsburg, Joe GAN, EGGERS and CABUK. Cabuk was not only the Chief of Flight Instructor Course for the FB-111, he also earned a Masters Degree from the State University of New York at P-burg.

Others winning JACOBCIK,

academic honors include Bob DONOVAN with a PhD from Arizona State University—now returned to the Academy;

Bryant CULBERSON completed ACSC and and MPA while Maxwell—now at Shaw; and Jim BUTT received a Masters in Systems Engineering from AFIT (residence)—now an F-4 Flight Commander at Kunsan. at

to

Majors’ list found Larry MeLANGHLIN changing insignia! Larry wrote to let us know he is

call.

STORMS, now at Shaw AFB, SC, was awarded the Merito-

junior Captains and the

requirements is blessed with a highly experienced navigators. In most cases, the

navigator on

in all,

If so,

DECS: Richard F. (Skip) VARA respecial recognition for his outstanding performance as a combat crew pilot while undergoing training at Castle.

He is now crewing a KC-135 at Kadena AB, Okinawa. Bob

53rd WRS, due to mission corps of

recruits Mike?

AWARDS AND

May—however, the fault can only be found in the Since chaos resulting from my non-assignment to SEA. there is a lot of ground to cover I shall not waste any words: here goes!

Dick and I

Staff Studies, Analysis and Gaming Agency Stategic Forces Division Current Forces Branch.

Mike, Lorna and family departed ABQ last June for Washington: 7204 Reservoir

ceived

last

visit.

1976 session of Armed Forces Staff College.

Mike ANDERBERG probably has the most impressive office title ever dreamed up: Organization of the Joint Chiefs of time for the

any

3254

Some of the

(10), John (7) and Jimmy (5) are doing well. Jack, JoAnn and family will be moving down the road to Norfolk in

CHANGE OF ADDRESS:

Allen

WATT—Bolingbrook, Woodbridge; Dean HESS—Scott; Geogre FREDRICK—Army Command and General Staff College to III Corps Staff Weather Officer and Commander Det. 14, 5th WeaSq., Ft. Hood; “D” HENDERSON—Naval Command and Staff College to Griffis AFB, II.; Hank CONANT—choppers

NY;

Charlie

PARKER—ACSC

at

RAF

to

Hq

TAC

DRA;

Jim

HANNAH—Seymour Johnson to Hq TAC DRA; Les DENEND—USAFA/DFE; Stu FENSKE—Travis (?); Don GORDON—Udorn to MacDill; and Merrill EASCOTT— Frying Pan to the Fire (Thul to Minot/F-106).

In closing Linda and I would like to wish everyone the best of everything for the coming New Year!

See you next

time.

Maj.

Rod Wells

Tim McConnell

106 Fox Hill Lane

Colorado

Qtrs. 4311E USAF Academy CO 80840

Springs CO 80919

here went by faster than Mitch Healey on its way to Dallas—and pardner, that’s not half-fast (by the way, Mitch is now a lawyer in Las Vegas). Yet with the holiday season here, I recall things like Homecoming and yet another floormat football season (oh well, may be next year).

Speaking of Homecoming, I don’t want you to think that our class was poorly represented—but we held a ’64 party in the phone booth of the Arnold Hall lounge—and had room to dance.

Actually, there were a few out-of-town faces: J. D. BROWN, currently an F-4 IP at Luke; Jim WHEELER, in the F-15 SPO at Wright-Patt (and I think we’ll be seeing much more of him here soon); Paul CARDENAS, flying for the airlines out of Dallas; and Tom SEHORN, still in New Mexico real But enough of news here in the cultural hub; what’s estate. happening in the provinces?

Gosh, the fall

semester

COBEAGA's old Austin

Don GRAHAM informs me that the most active assembl-

Tags in captivity is at Wright-Patt where they number Knowing that wherever there are two or more of us there is an empire a-building, I was not surprised to learn that the Wright-Patt Chapter has elected Tony COVAIS as ’64 Class Rep. and Don as his assistant.

Other happenings there include: Bob HALEY finally hitching up with a WAF; Ed MECHENBIER punching out of the AF for a civil service job and flying the F-l 00 in the Springfield Ohio Guard; Dick HACKFORD at ACSC; Jeff JOHNSON and Bob HOVDE going to AFSC; Jim FRANCE in the age of Blue no

less than 32.

F-15 SPO; Tim WESTOVER in the Maverick SPO (somefigures); Rich BENNETT graduating from AFIT and

how it on

his way to Osan, Korea; and Ron DULLEN in the A-10 For the Top Secret Noforn Whispers Only list of

SPO.

Wright-Patt Blue Tags, write to Don or me.

On the Move

Dept.: Ray LENNON from Cheyenne to Prattville, Alabama; Bob WOODS to Bolling AFB; Dick GRAY from Calif, to Grand Rapids, Mil.; Bill DOUGLASS to Glendale, Az.; John CUNNINGHAM to Rhein-Main; Gordie SMITH from Calif, to Knoxville, Tenn.; Chuck HANDLEY from Maxwell to APO, NY; Gary DICKINSON from Corpus Christi to Thousand Oaks, Calif, with Exxon, Co.; Gil ACHTER to Clark AB as a 13th AF OPS officer; Larry SCHAEFER from Toronto to Montreal (parlez-vous whatchamacallit?); Dick FLECHSIG to Nellis; Joe BAVARIA from AFSC to Seymour Johnson; Les BAER to Luke at the TAC Warfare Center; Pete LOPRESTI to AFSC; Ed HARVEY from AFSC to Osan in OV-lOs; and Fred WALKER (Mr. Motorcycle) from Clark AB to AFSC. Short Bursts: Jack SULLIVAN

was up here recently with Traveling Oracle Show assuring me that with only a few more squares my career would be well on the stairway to the cellar.

John SCHUMACHER recently received his MA in Human Relations from Louisiana Tech.

Surely one of the last of the great Rocks of ’64 has recently crumbled with the marriage of Tony MELLOS to a comely Calif, miss —congratulations!

his

Lost and Found

Dept.: Does anyone out there know the

whereabouts of Dave so

SICKS

or

Pete

CALDARELLI?

If

please let me know.

Well here’s wishing you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR; as for me I'm busy writing up an I’m in opsplan for Operation Tomato for next summer.

of

epithets: what about “sugar smacks?”

charge

do you think of “doilies?”

How

I thought I’d begin my Koenigspiel (a one or two year conversation) by describing some of the highlights of our 10-year reunion. Those of you who couldn’t attend certainly

missed

a

memorable weekend—as did

some

of

us

who did

attend.

Friday night registration convivial than

in

Arnold Hall

first

reception over

was

much

more

ago.

No haircut required this

our

and

was

14 years

time, and instead of billboards

provided with diminutive lapels. Shots were administered liberally, but with modern (bubble-up) guns they were quite painless.

The class of ’65 then adjourned to the First Class Lounge (A. Hall snack bar) which was gaily decorated in bathrobe round

hung

nametags for

our

necks

we

were

our

Conversation was at first reserved with everyone gray.

“How do you do?” ing it (after all it had been 10 years for John SWAN broke the ice by suggesting we most of us). all sit on the floor take off our shoes and check

our

feet for

negative report was rendered, Chuck RYI ERSON began circulating rosters for the Saturday dance.

After

blisters.

knew it

was

a

Chuck the minute I

saw

his dance rep. four-

ragere.

About 175 ’65ers showed up (figure includes wives) and sampling conversations around the room, many seemed to Predictions conbe discussing the arrival of women cadets. cerning their impact upon the Cadet Wing were varied, but most agreed the expression “Comrades in Arms” was certain Another group had heard that to acquire new dimensions.

Flash WILEY graduated from Harvard Law School and is It seems he affiliated with a prominent firm in Boston. created quite a sensation during his first case. He delivered his closing argument to the jury wearing his old letter sweater, and then led the courtroom in his

own

rendition of “What’s

judge” (after the sentence was read). Still another group was unsuccessfully trying to recall the words of the Cadet Prayer (old version). One member horrified the group by sheepishly admitting he had not recited it since graduation. In another corner, not far from the bar, I saw Ron OLIVER who had arrived by bicycle all the way from He spent most of the evening trying to convince Florida! every one that the Saturday sit-down banquet should be He told me he was actually bound for a stand-up buffet.

California and had financed the trip by securing a lucrative He contract with the Dade County Recreation Commission. had acquired sole diving rights for golf balls in the water hazards of all county golf courses.

Obviously hungering for adventure, he planned to arrive in the High Sierras at about the same time of year the Donner Party did. a

matter with the

the

With the exception of the New Dorm and the Field House, physical plant has changed little since graduation. The

magnificent Arnold Hall ballroom is virtually the same. The flags grace the East wall now, but the dances are as delightful as ever. Much like the arrival of a bus load of blind dates, the rock groups that now play the dances interject an element of danger that is tantalizing yet potentially crushing. Their Vibes are so powerful you are quite likely to hemorrhage internally if you are careless enough to get between your dancing partner and the band.

The modern acoustics do have a beneficial side effect however. Today’s graduates are not bothered by the T-37 engine, and some state

can’t

ever

hear it.

Just outside the ballroom

on

the north

veranda, Pegasus remains poised for his maiden flight which is still scheduled for the first

day

the winds aren’t out of 23

And

limits.

over

the north rampart, Cathedral Rock

can

be

“lurking” the athletic fields undiminshed in stature despite the countless doolies who have returned from their high-port patrols with a piece of the rock. Looking to the seen

east, across the “old” terrazo to the Air Garden the passage Beneath the flag, of time is here recorded in sacred script. upon the war memorial are the names of men we will never forget. Just west of the Air Garden we gathered for the

memorial service.

Billy BELLER was absent from roll call this year. One of the cheeriest comrades of our youth; we will cherish his Whenever the flag is lowered or flagons memory always. raised, his friends in ’65, in 10th Squadron, and in fighter around

cockpits

shared with him.

the good times we A silent prayer for all the graduates con-

the

world

will

recall

eluded the ceremony.

The football game a

little

was

thriller.

a

The

’65

ladies

were

disappointed to begin with since the gray mum cor-

But in the excitement of the sages we ordered arrived white.

Leading Notre Dame by 20 game, this was soon forgotten. points with 12 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, we

obviously had them on their knees. This proved to be a tatical advantage but a strategic blunder.

Allowing Notre Dame to stay on their knees longer than the time of flight (round trip) of a prayer was our undoing.

During a lull in the cheering, a prayer to St. Jude (patron of hopeless cases) slipped through and as you know, they won by one point. As Coach Martin observed the following Wednesday, with a coach named Devine and a back named Heavenly—even their PR was focused skyward.

The banquet in Mitchell Hall Saturday evening finished off the weekend for many. The ice carvings by Mr. Flynn Steve CALDWELL were spectacular and the cuisine superb. was at first reluctant to try his prime rib since the well remembered iridescent sheen was lacking. After mumbling the class motto several times he did hazard a morsel and of

found it to his a '62

liking. The head table commandant grad. George THOMPSON, who insisted we listen to him during most of the meal in lieu of eating. He even suggested we walk our dessert (cherry pie) to Arnold Hall in our socks if we weren't through when the So thoughtful, '62. gray light came on.

George did introduce a very special member of our class, Myron DONALD, course

(of course)

was

back with

after too many years in North Vietnam. Genof the Jabara Award to two eloquent members of the class of '71 concluded that banquet. us

eral Allen's

Dessert

presentation

laden, most of us hobbled to Arnold Hall to say

good-bye and to tip a farewell toast to our first service.

Jt was a gay time and

a

10 years of

gray time.

that he’d like to

wrote

contacting him

I’ll be

help.

under

brown wrapper of course); but Bud’s to need a committee.

So the sign-up list is still open. going Note the address above, or try AUTOVON 488-6563. Bud

separate

cover

(plain

reports that he is reliving his past at the USAFA Prep School.

Somehow, I don’t think they

ready for another Class of

are

’62.

Thanks

go out to all those who took the time to

again

write, including Christmas cards (we got 12 this year!) Tom SHEPLER reports that he holds the record for ten straight call

a

commitment!

fellowship in Hand Surgery in West Los In fact, I’m sure I saw him on ABC working on

Angeles.

a

HEITMAN

Bill

Woman.”

“Bionic

the

I

what

Now that’s

years in AFIT. He’s currently on

is

a

med

student

part time, when separated from his “real” job as vehicle control officer for the New Mexico Reserves at KirtAlso into the medical kick is John WALSH, who’s land. his

in

psychologist

a

now

at

the

New

Hampshire Hospital

in

Concord.

We got

ning at

Nellis

formed

Hugh GOMMELL, who’s grinfinishing the T-38 Aggressor Training way to Clark for a remote in the newly

nice note from

a

after

ear-to-ear

his

on

Dale ELLIOTT is another in the Class’ Bill and Marcy attendees.

squadron.

long list of

Pilot School

Test

GOLBITZ wrote that

they

firmly

are

in

place

at

Wright-

Patterson, where he is working on the YC-14/15 program. new majors from the Class have checked respective schools—Jack WORMINGTON, at Air Command and Staff, Sid WISE and Phil GARDNER, at Armed Forces Staff College, and Jim WOODY, picking up Bill LEYDORF is his Masters at University of Virginia. roughing it as an assistant ROTC professor at the University

A bunch of the

in

at

their

of South Carolina.

Ken LORD is also in the “Gamecock”

State at Shaw, still

flying

Our

work

two

cut

out

RF-4’s.

additions

latest

for them:

USAFA

at

really have

CLEMENTS will

Manen

their

attempt

to live up to General Chappie James’ image as the Academy Community Relations Officer; and Sam PESHUT will at-

tempt to turn around the “round ball” fortunes of the zoomies the assistant basketball coach.

If the B-ball prospects are similar to this year’s “rebuilding” gridiron endeavors, as

Sam’s in trouble.

John and Donna VAN

us, and 26 others in

our

least our Drum and In

closing

...

WITHYCOMBE

group,

DUYN

with

sat

through the Navy game. At

Bugle Corps is better than theirs.

I

and

received his

a

brochure

selection

as

the

describing

Keith

investment

vice

president of W. R. Schultz Apartments, a large conglomerate of apartments in the Phoenix

area.

I noticed that

some

of

Tip GALER, “Wheels” FORNAL, and my old habitats from “Sin City” weren’t listed.

That’s too bad, but congrats anyway, Keith.

Capt. J. O. McFalls 110 Chandler Road

Goldsboro, NC 27530 As the

boro

jolly old fat man makes his way into the Goldsyuletide scene, this udgy little fat man will sit down

between

“halves”

Sticks.”

Hopefully this will

sure

were

to

write

a bit for the old “Blood That find all well following what I’m

staid subdued New Year's Eve festivities. Score: 0.

Redtags 2—Boredom

You must remember that all these petty celebrations are a mere lead in to the social event of the decade—the '66 Ten Year Reunion!

My feeble bait in the past issues has lured us our first real live volunteer.

Bub KELLEY

Yep,

24

Well, it’s time even a

to

sum

up.

greater one lies ahead.

It’s been

a

great year, but

HAPPY NEW YEAR, every-

one.

Mr. Larry Wilson Stanford Manor Apt. 206 1110 Stanford Rd. Grand Forks, ND 58201 Season’s Greetings to all—a bit late perhaps, but close enough for government work, and workers. Actually, as I write this (mid-December) I am not exactly filled with the Christmas spirit as it is final exam time and the finals are even less pleasant now than they were a few years ago, and

I feel

no

now

than I did

in their

professional

student has

you

confident about the

more

about those at the AFA.

Being

a

exams

its drawbacks this time of the semester.

AOG: Tom

Info from the

KIRWIN left the Azores

a

back and is now in ATC at Randolph AFB, TX; Wayne PAAJANEN, of Andrews AFB, MD. was the sparkplug who drove his MAC wing to another Outstanding Unit Award; John PLETCHER is working on a PhD in mechanical and aerospace engineering through AFIT; Jim McDERMOTT moved from Sheppard to Randolph AFB, as a manpower management officer; Bob ENGLEBRETSON is back at the Academy as a PE instructor and, I imagine, wrestling coach; and Harry WAKEFIELD was the Outstanding Junior Officer of the Quarter of Yokota, Japan, a short while back. while

pertinent is material I received concerning a nice to Chuck SCOTT from the Boy Scout Council through which he earned his Eagle Scout award in 1959.

The Scouts financed by local contributors restored a recreation area at Camp Mountain Run, PA, and erected a monument in his behalf,, and his father, George Scott of Cleafield, I PA, and Henry ORDAN both sent information about it. appreciate their notifying the AOG and me. And I might add that it seems a very appropriate memorial, one that Charlie himself would undoubtedly have liked.

More

memorial

Ben LA ROSA wrote from Duke

skyrocketing careers. For those of you who think real close to being selected, drop me a line and I’ll

were

publish an “honorable mention” list next time. In all, about 124 were promoted in the secondary zone on this list, 22 were grads.

For those of you who go to the Register to compare yourself with the selectees, Jeff FEINSTEIN has written to correct an error.

He “only” has one AF Cross, four.

not

The who

unlpeasant news concerns two of our classmates passed away this fall. Ralph BOWLES died on 7 Oc-

tober

as

a

result of

GREENE died

on

aircraft accident

an

24 October after

a

near

Nellis and Ed

long illness.

At this

point, I had hoped to be able to insert a suitable quote on the subject of death, but I could not find one that seemed appropriate, and I doubt I ever would. I can only hope that He does indeed have a plan and this is part of it.

Both Ralph and Ed were buried at USAFA and I’m sure the families would appreciate receiving expressions of sympathy from classmates.

USAFA attended

NEWS: Homecoming this year was not wellby 1968 grads due to many factors beyond our

control, but a few out-of-towners did arrive.

MAGUIRE drove

from

Kirtland

in

Bob and Diane

their

camper and almost got arrested by the SPs for trying to park overnight in the picnic area.

Jack and Viki BOWEN came down from

up

University in Durham, working towards an MA in military

Grand Sharis

Forks and Dave HELGEVOLD and companion (hope I have it right) drove in their ’vette from Man-

history. He left the AF in ’73, worked in Boston for a while, and currently finds that academics are “still a pain” but a “good change of pace.”

He mentioned that Neil DUGGAN also got out in ’73 and is presently a stockbroker in Hartford, CT, and George STAGNO is an insurance agent on Long Island, N.Y.

hattan

Beach, Cal., where Dave is

NC, where he is

now

And Mrs.

SOWADA filled

in

the Sowada

Danny family status. The five of them are about to move from Little Rock, AR, to Scott AFB, IL, where Stump will be working at HQ MAC. She added in her note that they support my position concerning POW/MIA. Others, not only from our own graduating class, wrote me expressing similar thoughts.

I hope that they reflect the feelings of many, many more of you, and encourage you them know.

me

on

all to write to the AOG

and let

Well, as the incoming blizzard slowly blots out the North Dakota sun (at 2:00 p.m.) I shall bid “adieu” to one and all.

I hope that Santa came through, and that all good things flow

throughput 1976—which is, incidentally, the 10th anniversary of the year we could legally buy our cars.

Peace to all.

definite

on

vacation for

an

period of time seriously contemplating going New

politics.

arrivals in

the

local

include Tom

area

ininto Me

CLOY, inbound with a master from CSU to teach psychology, and Steve STALEY who will join the English department with a

recent

MA from CU.

Meanwhile his

wife, Connie, has

almost completed her masters in linguistics. Gary ASHFORD is now working in computers with Mike SHARP at NORAD

recently taken a gal by the name of Hope for his Gary just completed a masters at Georgia Tech and is now working with missile warning systems.

“Neal STARKEY’s All-American Sports Center” opened in mid-NovemNeal and Sharon have done ber in the Village Seven area. a real nice job, and it’s a great place to shop, except Neal is always patting guys on the rear saying just look around and enjoy yourself, sport.”

Dick ELLIS has just returned from SOS and I neglected to mention earlier that Don MOTZ attended last April-June and was one of the top eight in his class. My students have recently been up in arms about a bill now in Congress to cut the amount of and has

wife.

“

cadet pay and make it similar to the amount ROTC troops receive. The cadets' slogan is “ROTC work for ROTC pay.”

interesting. And I’ve noticed workmen reI guess Mitch’s from Vandenberg lately. has cut back on beverages.

Actually, preparations are going quite well for the admission of women and I think it will be But as one (ananymous) grad wrote in a fine program.

This should be

moving

'68 Let’s

begin

with the

Capt Mark A. Torreano Qtrs 4409G USAFA, CO 80840

urinals

response to AOG Pres Dave GOODRICH'S letter to the Air Force Times expressing AOG support for the change, I

speak for myself. good

news.

Eleven of

our

class-

have received MPC’s seal of approval and been recognized for their ability to cross large bodies of water without mates

having to roll up their trou. Yes we have our first “boy” majors. Among the elect are Mike BOOTS, Steve BORAH, Dick COVEY, Bob DENNY, Bill ECKERT, Jeff FEINSTEIN (also a “boy” Ace), Bobby FLOYD, Ron KERCHNER, Roger MOSELEY, Tony ROBERTSON, and Milt TANAKA (probably already a Lt Col in the Emperor’s Air Force). I know we all take pride in the honors our “brevet” major classmates have brought to ’68 and wish them all well

EPISTLES: I

this somewhat

religious word because Manny BETTENCOURT, who has resigned from active duty and emmbarked upon a Master’s of Divinity program at the Iliff School of Theology in But Manny is not gone for good.

He probably is Denver. the first guy in the class to make 2nd Lt again, as he is in the USAFR Chaplain Candidate program and may come back on active duty as a chaplain. Hope to have you on His. wife, Gloria, is working in Porter board again soon.

Hospital's computer facility, going to school full time and giving Manny encouragement in his efforts. Their door I received

a

use

letter from

25

is open so give them a call next time you’re in Denver.

Venezula Marty and Claudia COLE say “hola!” from oil-rich is an Olmstead Scholar pursuing a masters in where

Marty

Meaneconomics at Simon Bolivar Universidad in Caracas. while Claudia is studying Esparol at Centro Venezolano-

Americana and takes care of their t\\o offsprings, Marlee and They warn that if you come to Caracas, check in at the Cole's before an expensive hotel.

Marty also mentions

Kyle.

that Ernie HOUGHTON is that Buck McCANTS

Foundation

to

on

an

Olmstead in Brussels and

recently selected by the Olmstead

was

study Int'l Affairs

in

Geneva, Switzerland.

Now that's a scholarship program. Rick PATTERSON writes from

Albuquerque,

completed work

should have

he

where

this past December on a masters in EE at UNM, to report that he and Sharon now have a son, Christopher, in addition to

31/2

year-old

since he now

at

was

9‘/2

Keesler

hopefully

to

Chris is almost

Jennifer.

lbs. and 22 inches for six

as big long at birth.

school

months in Comm

with the 1963 Comm

Germany mysterious.

as

Rick,

Rick is and then

Sq Scope Creek

Team. Sounds

Greg SHUEY sent a long typewritten (at least he attempted it) letter full of wit and humor. He is at Arizona State finishing a masters in Biomechanical Engineering with a minor in Geophysical Engineering, even though he says the Prior to tackling school doesn't really offer these programs. academics again, Greg was T-38 IP and one day "invented” the capability to spin the unspinable T-38, punching out 3 seconds from impact.

Apparently this occurred as a result of an unnoticed design error and "won't they be happy to know this?”, thought Greg.

Wrong. Greg is now barred Soon he will from flying fighters and so the move to ASU. be at Wright-Patterson designing the new Air Force ejection seat and that's MPC's idea of poetic justice.

Greg adds that “Fatty” Joe ROBERTS is on his way to F-4's in England.

Pat HURLEY has completed his MBA at ASU and Mike CRYER is at ASU working for an engineering degree trying Thanks for the good to figure what courses he's taking. letter, Greg.

Ann

PULVER

dropped

a

note

with

their

new

Pease

where Bob will be hanging his hat after FB-111 training at Plattsburg. Ann says trees are a real pleasant sight after being in west Texas at Dyess. Bob PAVELKO also sent word that he was alive and well at Plattsburg in FB-1 1 l's after 1 apparently misplaced a previous letter. Sorry, Bob. Can I get away with blaming that on Dick FAST? Our friends from the elysian post-graduation days we spent in Hawaii, Denny and Barb FLYNN, sent word from Columbus AFB, where Denny is a civil engineer, that the first Flynn addition, Bryan, arrived in November. Congrats to the proud

address,

father and the weary mother.

Paul and Val GOSNELL are doing fine at Bentwaters, England, where Paul drives F-4s.

Finally, ian

Abe

ABRAMSON

is

doing

well

in

the

civil-

world,

recently being appointed Vice-President—Client Services for NSR Asset Mgt. Corp, NYC. NSR manages numerous employee benefit and endowment funds and Abe will be

assisting clients in formulating objectives and making appropriate investments. This is Abe's third job since 1973. so let's hope he can hold this one.

Seriously though, with the news release came this photo, in which he looks as honest asy ou could

want

an

investment advisor to be.

of luck in your endeavors, Abe. ian world is.

26

Let

us

Best

know how the civil-

Mother Bell

news:

Sam GIBSON gave

me

a

jingle while

he. Chris, and the Wi children (Chris is PG) were visiting from beautiful Clovis, NM where Sam is “into” F-lll upSam has also run into Jody SMITH (a grade training.

ASTRA grad) and Roger WILES (barefoot boy from Weeping Water. NB) at Cannon, both of whom are also trying to master the F-lll. Two classmates, Wayne SCHOBER and Doug WILSON, responded to the comment about my new job as coordinator of conferences at USAEA and gave me a call.

Wayne is at Hq SAMSO in the Deputy for Technology. Survivability Directorate (that probably tells you zip), and Doug is a DoD Staff Scientist at the Defense Nuclear Agency in DC, studying nuclear effects on weapon systems.

Both Wayne and Doug's organizations may hold conferences at USAFA next year, and I'm looking forward to working recent

with

them.

Non-personal

news:

The following has been

gleaned from

official documents (change of address cards, hometown releases and the Air Force

Frank BIRK will

Times).

news

finally

learn how to

fly when he enters Test Pilot School at Edwards February, along with Don ROSS, '66. Paul TACKABURY. '67. and Dave SPENCER. '69.

Rog MOSELEY and Kerry KILLEBREW are already there and shouldd be leaving soon. Gary “Scoop" DUDLEY has reluctantly turned in his SP badge and "piece” at Langley to become a T-38 IP I know Gary will throw himself into his new at Del Rio. duties in a manner I can only describe by analogy to the way Tigger of Winnie the Pooh fame does things. Henry JOHNSON keeps making news, this time with two hometown news releases, both heralding his arrival at Shaw.

Quit filling those things out. Henry!

Rocky GAINES has departed Southern Command (which is' being disbanded) and is now in DC where it appears he will be assigned to Hq USAF in the Western Hemisphere office.

Dick EWERS informed me of his transfer to Mission Viejo, California, via an OPNAV Form 2700/5 (11-65) SN 0107-707-8001. The Marine Corps is such a simple, homey service. Mrs. ALLEN's son. on

2

David, is

now

NAVARRO

at

Korat in HC-130

is

in

Glendale.

has found work

as

a

where he may have VARHALL is

a

and three troops,

Gary

rescue

Arizona.

DeLOACH

Human Relations Officer at Shaw a

chance to teach

PhD candidate in

Henry

some.

AFB,

Greg

Pol

Gary HOFFMAN.

NORDYKE

aircraft and Mike

Johnny

Sci at Notre Dame, Dale ODERMAN and

are Assistant Professors of Aerospace Science at VPI, the Citadel and NC State Univ. respectively.

How about a note from you guys giving your impressions and recommendations to the rest of us?

There were NO

medals awarded this time,

so

its time for ail of you to get

cracking and make that chest colorful.

in

Mimi and I, and all '68ers at USAFA, want to extend best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a better than ever Just keep in mind that although life may be New Year. harsh at

times, you

can

Remember that and

always

you'll

count

be

never

the

it

on

being unfair.

Management Aid Center.

own

living

conclusions from

that.

I also have checked the home town

relesases and

news

gleaned tidbits from that.

Lynn MOORE is flying F-4's at

Kadena

CALLEN

OK.

AFB,

Ron

received

his

second

award of the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Randolph, AFB. Don ZIMMERMAN received the Meritorious

disappointed.

Service

Medal

at

at

AFIT,

received

now

Capt. Gerald D. Luallin 10745 Beclan Drive Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

916-635-7719

Ph.

Frank CHAPMAN is

Draw your

Alexandria, Virginia.

Having been chastized for allegedly abusing I have decided to become less imaginative license, poetic my You will have to be patient, however, and move mundane.

George KOTTI,

N.Y.

AFB, his

second

Ron

MARCOTTE,

commendation

medal.

Lead, South Dakota flash is also his

at

first

commendation medal.

Ed WEISE is now at Osan AB. Korea.

Larry PRENGER graduated from instrument pilot instructor school and grudgingly returned to Hickman AFB, Hawaii.

Hello! Hello!

because it is hard to break the habit. Few of you realize the Can you effort 1 had to go to in receiving this license. before Jacks of Cracker 200 boxes of in excess imagine eating

the

received

He

AFIT.

Griffis

This goes on, forever, but I do not want to miss anybody.

HOWE is at

Gary S.

Mather AFB and

at

the casual bar.

Jerry SCHWARTZEL is

Plattsburg. a

B-52 AC.

Ben HUBER is

I have not

an

seen

him in

IP at Vance AFB, Okla.

‘Fat” PRATT is at Spangdahelm AB,

Germany. Matt WAL-

DRON is at AFIT.

I found it.

Oh

well,

the

to

more

mundane facts of life.

Perhaps

I am wrong, but until somebody corrects me I must assume Mike is that Mike MARTIN is the first Major in the class. to David Grant USAF Medical Center. a doctor assigned Congratulations to Mike and Jean Martin from the class.

Rick GRANDJEAN, noted critic of the class newsletter, Rick is studying has sent me information to pass on to you.

Rick will

Dallas.

at Texas Southwestern Medical School at

During his spare time, besides writing critical reviews, he helps his wife, Kathleen, raise their two children, recently born Scott Joseph and 3 year-old Brian graduate

1978.

in

John BOYER is in missiles at Malmstrom AFB, Montana.

GILLIG is chief of information, 401st Tac Fighter

Mike

Ross WIER1NGA is chief of main-

Wing, Torrejon, Spain. a

Lakenheath

RAF, England. pilot, is at Luke AFB, Arizona.

tenance

at

Bill

DALECKY,

To my critics, keep it coming this is our newsletter and I’ll attempt to mold it to the desires of the class.

To everyone, this is written during the middle of December and is

published as

ours

.

.

will

we hope your holidays were/are as pleasant be/were. Louie .

,

Richard.

Lyndi Balvern, recently commissioned, is a mainenWright-Patterson. Oh. yes, she mentioned He is now a proa guy by the name of Terry BALVERN. the simugram manager working in the planning division of lator SPO at Wright-Patterson.

2Lt.

ance

officer at

Life is

ever

Even the

present with surprises.

staunchest,

the bravest and steadfast of men must waver.

Pat is the Pat MAKER is now married.

It has happened. airfield manager at Andrews AFB. Pat ran into Bob JONES,

the coolest,

Bob has I assume that is the only way to get Bob’s attention.

Bob and returned from Thailand, where he piloted F-4's. his wife, Susan, are at Homestead AFB. Bob is going through

upgrade training

become

to

Chuck EARLY is

an

IP.

Pat

wrote

Reserves.

realize

and

I

1

know

is in the

Gene CAMP, reserves

critics,

of

my

words

to

attack

Lt.

recognizing

at

a

financial

Travis.

my

who

ability

remains as

a

Gene is

one

ananymous. has newsletter writer.

them and to all others that made it.

1

Callen

Michael E. Martin

have learned that Burt McKENZIE is

repelling off the hallowed halls of the Logistic Management Center at Wright-Patterson, with the rest of the “Loggers" he is pursuing a masters degree. Juan MENDEZ is now with

Robert B.

Manning

1305 Books

Enid, OK 73701 Dear Class:

planner

Apparently 1 failed to mention that Dave HARTMAN, Roger HARTMAN. Mike HOWE and Bob MATERNA Whatever. They are at “Log" or “Hog" management school. all made permanent Captain. Congratulations to them and to From the AOG

Ronald C.

the

grads in the 349th MAWg (Assoc.), flying C-141’s.

Another

used

Preager

own

by serving in the reserves. of 15

B.

Mister

volition, serve in the Air Force speak for the class when I say we the efforts our classmates put forth

their

recognize

in Auburn. Ca..

Larry

flying C-141's with the reserves.

of reserves, I feel remiss in not

Speaking people who, of

that

S' m

This issue of

our

class notes is

going to start

fast and

I am presently on Christmas may finish up that way also. leave at my in-laws and that means I am behind on my I pray this makes the presses before it is too late deadline. so

If not. you that you can all keep up on what's happening. know it. because the next issue will open with an

will

apology. Anyway, without further delay, here comes da news.

(Ginger) starts everything off due to a big move all the way across town He is now in going from Kelly AFB to Randolph AFB. Don working at MPC as an operations research officer.

BACKLUND has brought his helicopter from NKP and is presently flying out of Hill AFB, Utah. He is an instructor in the Jolly Green Giant.

Instructorship of all types seems Glenn ANDERSON

his

name.

Glenn made

27

BANKS (Teresa) is also an innature.

He is at Arizona different slightly State University as an IP in ROTC. Germany has some attraction for Keith BETSCH. He is trying to keep the peace at Spangdahlem AB as a securty police officer. Apparently to

run

in

Bob

the class.

structor, hut of

a

for

Boys (soon to include girls)

the

Rocky Mountain School

was

insufficient education for a commitment for some of class.

Ralph BLAKELOCK is joining more and more

our

of

our

class

at

AFIT

education.

sponsored

Ralph

is

at

Wright-Patterson to get his masters in systems management.

Dave BRIGMAN is getting a lot of education of a practical He is working nature in how to make a government move. a traffic management officer at Cannon AFB. N.M. John BROCK (Ann) has decided he wanted a change of climate and the Air Force accommodated him.

He has moved

as

from Los

Angeles to Boston where he is a systems program

management officer

at

L.G.

Hanscom

Field.

job title is Deputy for Security Assistance.

He

says his

Sounds

impres-

sive, John.

The Air Force is

a

firm believer in the old

adage, “what

That explains why we have up must come down.”

In keeping with our missile holes to offset the airplanes.

goes

practice of filling the Air Force’s needs with the best, (Victoria) is serving as a missile combat crew member at Warren AFB. Bill DEWALT has Wyo. class

is getting to be quite a crowd in that

Center.

Representing the class alsmost

on the other side of the SHINER (Linda). John is presently piloting an OV-10 around the local area of Osan AB, Korea.

Trying to stay out of the snow by burrowing underground is Jim SWEEDER (Cynthia).

Jim also decided he might as well

decided he likes the plane more than the base and has stuck the RF-4, even though they transferred it to Korea.

Bill is now with the 15th TAC REC SQ. at Kadena AB. Going the other way from an overseas assignment is Ed EDMONDSON (Joan) who has moved from Guam to Hoiwith

AFB, N.M. Ed is working as a logistics and plans officer for TAC. John EVANS (Janise) is continuing to win loman

awards for the class as he recently picked up a Meritorious Service Medal for his work at HQ. AFCS. Now John and his family are at Ent AFB where he is a communicationsDave GLASGOW has deelectronics engineering officer. cided to major in going to school as he is now working on his PhD in engineering science.

Dave is at Arizona State Univ. and lives in near by Mesa, Ariz.

A recent

is John

world

babysit a missile while he was down there and he is doing that admirably around Grand Forks AFB, N.D. Danny ULMER (Margo) has decided he needed a bit more handball practice and has gone back to the Academy to get it.

He shouldn't have any trouble ts he is being assigned to the athletic dept, as an instructor.

“Z” is the end of the alphabet and also this issue

as

we

up with

come

Dale ZELLER

(Shirley). Certainly not the least, however. Dale is presently working on his masters degree in logistics management with AFIT at Wright-Patterson AFB.

CABRERA

Joe

for the class of ’71.

area

recently returned from NKP is John RANCK. John was a pilot in helicopters for the 40th ARRS and will now be rotating his horizontal blades out of Fairchild AFB, WA working hard for himself and the class in a different climate altogether is Mike REICH. He is at Kelly AFB as a systerns analysis officer with the A.F. Electronic Warefare Also

Well, gang, that brings and the time

to

us

to

the end of another quarter

be

continuing to travel rapidly. By the next issue I may be announcing my own PCS along with a number of others from here at Vance.

We will just wait and see what the Lord has decided is the proper place for our next fellowship.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve so I will seems

finish with the prayer that God will continue to bless you all through the new Year and that your next assignment will always be better than the last.

1 Ft. Bob Bell Box 65

Ellsworth AFB. SD 57706 Autovon: 747-2877

change of address for Ron HILL came through

and it says he is at the Air Force hospital at Shaw AFB. S.C. The job title said he is a Physicians Extender and that wasn't

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 1976 to from the Land of the Black Hills and Rushmore.

in my dash one, so I will have to wait for Ron to explain Bob KLIMEK is picking up awards and that one to us all.

holidays bring you joy and a bright year ahead.

and shining at both.

He recently received the AFCM for his work at Beale AFB in the combat intelligence

order of their

education

branch and has recently moved to Wright-Patterson where he is attending AFIT. It seems as though pilots are the minority in this issue but I have finally found one. Mike

LAUDERDALE has departed Vance and UPT for an assign-

ment with the 7th MAS

flying the C-141 out of Travis AFB, Getting right back to the other working men, Andy MATARESE has recently left the Academy and is now the chief of programs at Hancock Field near Syracuse, N.Y. Close by to Andy at Hanscom AFB in Mass, is Gary MORING (Linda).

Gary is working as an electronics engineer with the systems command. Trying to be a pilots best friend, CA.

Paul NIPKO (Anita) has decided to stop forecasting 6 mos. of snow at Shemya AFB, Alaska and try his hand at picking which cloud has a tornado.

He and his family are now at Offutt AFB where he is assigned with the A.F. Global Weather Central.

Norm PONDER

(Carol) is also trying to with the airplane drivers around the

on good terms Blytheville AFB pattern. officer for the Ark. sky.

stay

Norm

is

an

air

traffic

control

Operating the radar from the other end is Mike QUIRK

(Roxiann). Mike has returned from NKP, Thailand to pilot the Fox Four around Holloman AFB, N.M. It seems there 28

I'll

start

SON out at

off

right receipt.

all

you

Hope the

'

12

.

away with

the three letters I got in First was the one from Willie KASClark AB. With him are Paul GONYEA and

Christine.

Barry SMITH and Cheryl, Denny GREEN and Kelly, Doug KRONEMEYER. Marshall MOORMAN, and Gary GRANT. By the time you read this, Paul, Barry and Denny will probably be stateside. That takes care of the

C-130

force

at

Clark.

Backseating

the

F-4

out

there

is

Bob FEELEY

(Judy). Willie ran into Pete DEFILIPPO from Kunsan. who joins Bobby JOHNSON in that sunny (?) part

of the world.

So much from the “Trash Hauler Extraordin-

aire.”

Next was student

at

a

note

from

Baylor College

Doug FOSTER who is presently a of Dentistry for the next three

He says Stan COKER was stationed at Udorn years.

AFB at last report.

Well on that note, closes for

Doug

a

longer honeymoon after this semester.

The

third

columnists.

one

He is

came

from

Bill

BECK,

.

RT-

hoping

.

one

.

of the

ex-

basking out at Kirtland AFB, NM along

with Kevin PROBST, Bill McMULLEN, Roger HARWELL. Hank HAPP, and Gary GUNTHER. Kevin flies the

NC-135

with

Test

NKC/ Wright-Pat with Bill is an engineer in the

Group, but will

be

at

laser research in that Test Wing.

AF Weapons Lab. Roger is with the Advanced Lased Tech-

nology Division, and Hank is with the Theoretical Branch.

Gary is the aide to BG Lacy, Field Commander, Defense Nuclear Agency while Bill writes of his own assignment as aide to the Commander, AF Test and Evaluation Center,

Parisi, II Capitan Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80918

MG Rushworth.

303-599-18710

WALLER

Bob

field in

Germany.

protocol officer a

at

leaves Hanscom for the comptoller’s My old roommate, Bob COOK was the but is about to become

Edwards AFB.

UPT stud at Vance.

Best of luck to you,

ROSEBUSH

is back in school

Thanks to you

Eglin.

fill in the

in

exam

in Colorado after

guys that

do write—it

a

stint at

really helps

missing pieces.

PUL1S—Lowry AFB, CO, Skip VAN AFB, VA, Pat MOON—Ft. Meade, MD— ORNE—Langley John FUSS—McClellan AFB. CA, Dave McLAUGHLIN— Frank

SD,

In the past

Pope AFB. NC. Bill BAKER—RAF Bentwaters, UK, Van CO, Chuck SIMPSON—Kunsan AB, Korea. Karl ZICKRICK—England AFB. LA, Tim ALBIN —Egiin AFB. FL. Tom BARTOL—Andersen AFB, Guam, SHIELDS—USAFA

Lew" HENDERSON—Mather AFB, CA, Lew

BRIGGS—

Randolph AFB. TX, Greg JONES—Wright-Pat. AFB, OH, WOESSNER—Fairchild AFB. WA, Roger NASH—

Myrtle Beach AFB, SC. John THURMAN—Keflavik NAS, Iceland, Paul KNOWLTON—Wright-Pat. AFB, OH (AFIT), Jeff SILLS—Carswell AFB, TX, Bob BRICHTA—St. Louis

TAYLOR—San Antonio, TX,

Pete

University, MO, HARRY—Lowry AFB CO, Mike SCHIMMER—Bitburg AB, Germany, Bill COLWELL—Kunsan AB, Korea, Jim DIXON—Richmond, VA (Med school), Jim HUMMEL— Minot AFB, ND. Cliff LOPERT—Camp New Amsterdam, Neth.

As the grad date fades more into the past we gain more recoitnition as a class and as individuals for various achieve-

following listed classmates have received theirs from Griffiss AFB, now to F.E. Warren AFB. Wyo. Jerry MARTIN— JSCM from Nakhon Phanom RTAFB. now assigned to Mike PETERSON—AFCM from Ramstein AB. Germany.

Tinker AFB. OK, now assigned to Kunsan AB, Korea. Jim GAUDINO—AFCM from Beale AFB. CA, now assigned to Karamursel, Turkey. Joost VAN BASTELLAR—Outstanding Instructor Pilot of the Month at Reese AFB, TX. Last but not least, for being the only host of a stork visit this time around—Larry and Nancy SOLHEIM—one each baby girl.

As I close for this quarter I just wanted to mention to The

ments.

Ed SEARLES—AFCM

recently. assigned

those of you who were not aware of the fact that we lost fourth and fifth classmates. Allan PARKER was killed a

ado,

accident

private airplane Washington. Joe in

1975

FURDA

aircraft accident

an

on

at

5 November

near

killed

7

was

Eielson

on

Carbon-

December

AFB, Alaska.

He

copilot on an Ellsworth crew flying a KC-135 while I know deployed there TDY. There were no survivors. you join me in expressing our condolences to their families.

It's times like this when we really wish there were something we could have done, but realize that isn’t possible.

May was

a

eternal

rest

come

to

Allan and Joe.

wearing thin so I'll go until next keep the spirit as we make it in the Real Air Force. FPA. *Note mailing address change.

Well, '72. the type is

time.

Hang

in there and

few of

a

our

class-

Jim LEMONS got

now.

mar-

Spearman, TX (where?) to Thel.

The Register recently came out.

It was interesting to flip through and see where everybody was now. Our class has quite a wide geographical spread as well as any job imaginable. In doing a little tabulating, approximately 306 (36%) of our classmates are married. I'm glad to see I’m still in the majority. the

As

be

they will

Academy prepares to admit females we learn going to UPT starting in June! For once the

drivers will

T-37

tandem The

over

Who said

It's a little short so get into your Info Office for a or

in

send

a

of address

change please something to work with.

A1

those in T-38s.

following is the information I have on our class for

release

news

have it

seating was better?

this issue.

DUNLAP

flies the B-52.

and

card.

When you send in your put your job on it so we have

wife, Judy,

Allan and

are

Beale

at

Patti HOWEY

are

where he

at Norton

in

the C-141.

Helicopters:

Ken

and Victoria STANLEY

are

at

Hoi-

loman with the UH-1N, and Mike and Linda TURNER at Elmendorf with the HH-3.

are

is at Tinker w/Radio Ops but has Eglin w/Operation New Arrivals. Jim and Marie THOMPSON are at Chicago College for Osteopathic Rick and Patti KARVOSKY are at Pope w/Civ. Medicine.

Eng. Bob and Mickie VOIGHT are at Norton where he is with the OSI. Alan ZEIGLER is at McConnell working

Paul

PITCOVICH

been TDY

to

contracts

on

for the B-52 maintenance.

with PACAF

is

now

a

MLO at FE Warren.

Air Traffic Controller.

an

Rich

ROBBINS

as

is

Bob HARTMAN Bob MARSH is Gerald MANLEY is at Loring as Munitions Off.

a

in

Alconbury

at

Intel.

Frank

and

Nancy KLOTZ are still at Oxford. He is continuing his Rhodes Scholarship there.

Ray PEDDEN is at Grand Forks as

a

Rich HINDS is

MLO.

the 89th.

a

Trans. Off. at Andrews with

recently received the AF Outstanding Unit Award.

Gennaro and Lorraine AVVENTO are at

our

in

seen

Springs attending weddings. Steve LORENZ married Leslie with representation from everyI've mentioned those I haven’t already reported on where. elsewhere in this article.

Sam BLANCHARD just married

Jim

John

three months I’ve

mates, many here in the

ried Dec. 27th in

Jim JAEGER—Maxwell AFB, Ala., Ed ORDZIE—Ellsworth

AFB.

wanted?

Linda here and is off to SOS

changes and new assignments.

Now for the address

Greetings all! I hope that the recently past Holidays brought happiness to all. Did Santa bring everything you

Bobby! George

Iowa and go to the JAG office at Wurtsmith in summery (?) northern Michigan. Ken take his bar

will

ASH

lLt. Vince M.

2765 El

he

where

received

service at

T-38:

AF

the

Plattsburgh.

Commendation

Bauksir, Turkey Medal

for

his

Congrats, Rocky.

Andy and Aletha PERONA is an IP, previously at

Moody.

He

also received

Marsha HUDSON

Mary

Jo

MA

from

VAN

are

at

ELLS

Indiana

and

his

MA

at

Indiana.

Sheppard in the T-38.

are

at

was

Webb. the

Marc

John

and

Marc and

received

his

outstanding graduate

at

receiving 4 awards. Tom SMITH will be an IP at Laughlin. He also got an MBA at UCLA and received the outstanding grad award at UPT. UPT,

Steve SHELDON is at Cannon, has a Masters from UCLA, and is now a pilot in the F-l 11 as a WSO.

29

F-4: Nick and Karen PALLAS are at Kadena, just transferred from Thailand. Darrell and Kimberly BASH are also at Kadena while Bill JABOUR is at Bentwaters, and Roger HEALY is at Bitburg. At Zweibrucken is Jim FLYNN as a WSO. A1 and Brenda PHILLIPS are at Torrejon while Neil John EISENHART is at Shaw

STILWELL is at Bentwaters.

He

in the RF-4.

stopped by recently to look over the old

Don and Diane O'HOLLAREN

domain. the RF-4.

They just

had

a

are

at

Kadena in

baby boy—Paul.

Larry WILLIAMS is now in Med School at Univ of NC (Chapel Hill).

KC-135: Dennis and Cathy CLARK are at Grand Forks while John (who just married Lynne) STEFONIK are at Ellsworth.

Gary CHEESEMAN is at Carswell, while Jay

(Getha)

Jim and

Betty MOUDRY are at Andersen (Guam) with

He received his MS at Purdue also.

SAC.

That's it for this quarter. letters, keep ’em coming.

Thanks for all the cards and

William

(Rebecca)

AFB: Alan (Barbara) ANDERSON—to Scott; Laughlin; Rich (Kit) CLINE to Luke; Bruce DAVIS to Sheppard; Gary (Linda) GADDY to BlythFROST—C-141 to Kadena; James (Joye) GREEville;

Laughlin

BROWN—to

Ron

Doug

SON to Homestead; Mike (Elise) GUM—McChord; William HALSEY to Barksdale; William (Beverly) HAYES to Beale; Eric HOLCK. Grand Forks; Don HOLLERBACH to Chareston; Lawrence LOWERY to Langley; William KIM MEL, Griffiss; Ed McILHENNY to Homestead; Rich (Barbara) MORRIS to Little Rock; Scott RAYE to Minot! David (Julia) REINHOLZ—C-131 to Pope; Alan STOCKSTEAD to Little Rock; Rob WAYNE to Travis; Linn WILD to Luke.

Moody AFB: Steve (Mary) ANDERSON—F-4 to George; BAARSCH to Barksdale; Tom BENDER—C-141 to

BEARD is at Fairchild.

C-130: Steve and Linda BUDKE are at Little Rock as Glenn also has his MS from is Glenn and Karen STRAIN. Bruce BENNETT just participated in a humanitarian CSU. effort of saving a child's life while stationed at Kadena.

Columbus,

WILLIAMS—to

YUCUIS—to Luke.

Tom

McGuire; Rob BETZOLD

to Little

Rock; Kevin CASEY—

Shepphard; Rich (Gale) CLEVELAND—T-37 to Shepphard; Dwight (Shirley) CORBET—KC-135 to Dyess;

T-38

to

Dave

COTTON—C-141

to

Charleston;

Rod

CRIST—KC-

135 Kincheloe; Lewis CROOKS to Scott; James DONALDSON—T-37, Shepphard; Peter (Kathleen) GARCIA to Shep-

pherd; Barton (Donna) HENWOOD—KC-135 to Wortsmith; HOFFMANN—T-38 to Columbus; Dennis Ed (Sunny) (Linda) HUGHES—KC-1 35, Loring; Steve KORALY—B-52 March; Richard PILLING—C-141 to Norton; Russell (Helen) ROTH—T-37 to Shepphard; Myron SCHOLTEN— to

Lt. Ronald Watson

F-4 to George; Steve STERNE to

4512 Cedar Springs, #205

EARP—C-141

(214) 528-3319

to

Greeting!

After all the turkey and dressing, parties, wine, women.

Trogens, and tetracycline, here's hoping the holidays didn’t do too many of you in.

Speaking of celebrations, all you prep school grads think how long it has been since you last the

gates of Lackland AFB! the

Academy (and maybe they will)!!

never

see

...

Some said you would If they could only see you now

If the format seems the same. Don’t blame your eyes; the have been changed to accommodate the previously

names

used space,

though.

Now, sit back and see how rapidly you

get through this:

can

Craig AFB: Michael BACA—KC-135 to Carswell AFB; Alan BARKER—F4 to

Luke; James BLACKMAN—C-141 McChord; George BESSERMAN—KC-135 to Barksdale; James BURGER—KC-135 to Loring; Terry CLEMENS— A-7D to Davis-Monthan; Robert CRENSHAW—(?) to Seymour Johnson; Greg DURIO—F-4 to Luke; Ray JEFFS— T-37 to Craig; Erik KOHLER—F-4 to Luke; Lynn (Kathy) LEWIS—B-52 to Robins; Steve LENZI—C-130 to Pope; Howard (Julia) LEWIS—A-7D, Davis Monthan; John PASSWATER—WC-130 to Keesler; Doug RAMBECK—T-37 to Craig; Thomas RUHSAM—C-130 to McChord; Colin SCHEIDT—C-141 to Travis; Mike SCHMID—B-52, Kinchelde; Ed (Jerri) SCHOECK—T-38 to Craig; Greg (Barbara) STRAIGHT—T-37 to Craig. to

Columbus AFB: Gary ALLARD—(?) to Columbus; Bruce BARRY—(?), Seymour Johnson; James BEAM—(?) to Columbus; Robert BISHOP—C-141 to Norton; Brad BUTLER —(?) to Columbus; James (Jacqueline) COLLINS—(?) Pope; Dan

CONROY—Homestead; John HONSINGER—Columbus; Joseph HOYLE—USAFA; Jeff JACOBS—Luke; Tim KLINE—to Luke; Mike (Terri) LUBY—To Columbus; William NUGENT—Dyess; John PALANICA—Dyess; Rich POWERS—to Davis Monthan; Melvin (Robin) REEVES— C-131 to Little Rock; Mark SEPROW—To McGuire; Rob

30

AFB:

Dallas, Texas 75219

Season’s

saw

Reese

Moody.

BALDWIN—T-37 to Reese; Ron Norton; Marion TIMBERLAKE—T-37

Clark to

Reese.

Vance AFB: Gary (Gail) BALDWIN—T-38 to Vance; Frank BALLINGER—F-4 to MacDill; Terry (Susie) BERDINE—F-4 to George; David (Mary) BONSI—KC-135 to Minot; Robert (Ann) BOOTH—T-43 to Mather; Francis

EYDENBERG—T-33/F106 to Castle; James FARI—T-37 to Vance; Chris (Kathy) KELLY—C-130 to Little Rock; Ken (Cynthia) KUMES—F-4 to MacDill; Brian LOFTUS—KC135 to Robins; Lynn( Patricia) LONG—F-111 to Mountain Home; Jack LONG—B-52 to Grand Forks; John (Patricia) McKINLEY—T-39 to Clark; David REILY—T-38 to Vance; RISNER—T-37/T-38 to Vance; Tris SEVDY—F-4

Norm

MacDill; James SKATON—F-4 to George; Tom (Patricia) to Vance; Robert (Marta) STAFFORD—C130 to Dyess; Lawrence (Ellen) STANTON—C-141 to MeGuire; Fred STONE—F-l 11 to Nellis; Mike WELLS—KC135 to Griffiss; John VERLING—C-130 to Dyess; Tom WATSON—C-141 to Charleston, Henry YAAP—T-38 to to

SMITH—T-37

Vance.

Webb AFB: Brian BADGER—F-4 to Homestead; Merrill (Catherine) BEYER—F-4 to MacDill; Don (Patricia) COOK —F-4 to Homestead; Harry DURGIN—KC-135 to Pease; Tim (Luann) GREEN—T-37 to Webb; Rob (Susan) HOOD —B-52 to Dyess; Lawrence (Betty) HUBER—T-38 to Webb; Rob (Elizabeth) LUTZ—C-130 to Pope; Jim (Cathy) MATLOCK—WC-130 to Keesler; Larry McLaughlin—C-9 to Scott; Norm MICHAEL—C-141 to McGuire; Dave (Marion) MOODY—F-4 to Homestead; Steve (Susan) RITZ—B-52 to K.I. Sawyer; Mike (Michaelle) SACRIDER—F-4 to MacDill; Sam SHUTT—B-52 to Carswell; Byian WORTH—R-135 to

Offutt.

Williams

AFB:

Frank

FALSONE—F-4

to MacDill; Williams; Mark HYATT— T-37 to Williams; Jack (Linda) LEONARD—B-52, Fairchild; Charles (Ruth) LUCAS—T-37, Williams; James (Deborah) MEEKER—F-l 11 to Nellis; Rob (Laurie) OMAST A—KC-135 to Rickenbacker; William PAILES—HC-130 to McCelland; Dave (Melanie) RUSK—F-4 to MacDill;

David GARRAMONE—T-38 to

Harold

STURDEVANT—KC-135

LIAMS—C-l41

to

Travis;

A1

to

Travis; Robert WILYOUNG—C-141

(Kathy)

to

Norton.

Larry (Carol)

MILLER has found himself back in Colo-

rado with his 7 month old

daughter. Neal ROBINSON is Larry STRANG maintains Com Sec in Okinawa. Speaking of turkies, my good friend Jim LUNTZEL is alive and kicking in (of all places) Karamursel, Turkey.

enjoying

his

remote

in

Osan.

Rumor has it that Sharon DIETER's husband

his M.S.

degree (from Michigan State

less)

no

(Ken) uses

as

a

paper-

weight there at Whiteman. A great many individuals are visiting Minot. The latest visitor is a SAC Navigator named Bob RENFRO. What is it about the place that attracts so many people?

Roy LOWER sends greetings from Kinchelow (look it up, yourself!) and Jim PARSON’s all night bar and grill awaits you in Ramstein.

Alas!

My finals shout from a far! Please excuse the helter-skelter nature of this letter, but “one does the best one can in this imperfect world.”

Until later! Love, peace, and

happiness.

Lt. Willie J.

Ron.

—

Cosby, III

If you can read this, then you know something is wrong.

You will notice that the '75 Class news section does

What?

.

.

I'll put the blame where it belongs take up much space. no names, but you know who you are.

Anyway, the

more

information I get, the

more

our

classmates have decided to bid themselves

and

only

one

“dream

girl.” Doug WILLIAMS

will

marry Debbie Bullard on the 21st of December in the cadet chapel. We’ll have to stop calling him “dog” Doug. Chip

DIEHL will visit the

chapel for the same purpose on the lucky lady being Mary Lou Yochum. Let’s hope he won't be too busy to keep up his golf game.

The next day, same location, Kerry PUTT will take his vows with Celeste Lepine.

Happy New Year!

Chip DIEHL is in UPT at Columbus along with Bill DALSON, Bill BAXTER, and Jim HARTNEY. Kerry PUTT will drop in from Williams AFB, which also houses 27th.

The

Dale

WATERS

pilots are Perry Craig.

and

Mark

LAMY

McCONNELL. Reese

at

Not to leave the future

and

Jim

navigators out:

Other

future

FELLOWS

Jim

at

CARLSON, By

Dave FLEMING, and

Mark NELSON

the way, the job of the so don't give them

navigator is to tell the pilot where to

go,

a

are

at

Mather.

hard time.

Dave EHRHART is at MacDill AFB in Florida and Dave

SPRENKLE is at March AFB in California.

Both can enjoy

Mr. Bruce but they sure are a long ways apart.

DODDS is well and living in southern California.

Some of you might remember “Deputy Dog,” the nickthe

sun,

name

given to one of our more prominent classmates. Well,

I

into Leon SMITH-HARRISON out in San Francisco.

ran

He’s

USAFA. CO 80840

.

More of that

having a good time in medical school. He told me he's Sounds only had his uniform on once since graduation. good to me.

BOQ

not

to

I

can

For the next newsletter, I expect to receive at least

one

You guys letter from every base where there’s a '75 grad. get together and send me all the gossip from your part of town,

and

I'll

tell the world

about it.

Keep it together!

write.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FOR PROFESSIONALS

.

A SEPARATE AIRFORCE

.

September 1947 A SEPARATE AIR ACADEMY

.

.

April 1954 .

A SEPARATE AIR ACADEMY NATIONAL BANK

.

June 1966 .

EACH TO SERVE

.

A SPECIFIC NEED.

Your home bank offers world wide personal services designed for your

requirements.

Thank

you

tor your continuing support.

Member: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation: Association of Military Banks

AIR ACADEMY NATIONAL BANK P.O. Box 8

IN

THE

COMMUNITY

CENTER.

U.S. Air Force Academy. Colorado 80840

31

complete military banking center tailored for the military and civil service a

Select Checking Accounts

^MAIL

COUP ON TO:

1

MAJ. GEN. LOUIS E. COIRA, U.S.A.F. ALAMO NATIONAL BANK

(RET.)

POST OFFICE BOX 900

1

,,

■

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78293

■

.J

PLEASE SEfJD YOUR MILITARY BANKING CENTER BROCHURE, WHICH INCI-UDES SIGNATURE CARD AND CREDIT APPLICATION.

1

NAME

1

RANK

1 .

1

No Service Charge Assessed

•

Free Personalized Checks

Convenient Bank-By-Mail Worldwide Overdraft Protection

Special Consideration on Loans Personal and Auto

Inter-Bank Master Charge Card Automatic Savings Plan

Free Nationwide Telephone Service

Alamo National Bank

5

"

-

No Minimum Balance Required

•

•

| GENTLEMEf4 : ■

|

•

S.S.N

ADDRESS

CITY

^STATE

■

i

ZIP CODE

Member FDIC

STEAMBOAT IS A PLACE ON EARTH BUT IT’S AN EARTH BOUND PLACE THAT HAS SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS -

....

It’s a place of real people, real fun, real nature, real freedom, real future.

The place at Steamboat is Thunderhead. Your place.

Condominiums right on the mountain. So “right on” that you open your door and you’re skiing.

Right down to the lifts.

And

right on affordability.

Steamboat’s champagne powder is becoming

a legend that is legend attracting thousands of skiers. The affordability —

formula is thus built. Your condominium, with it’s prime location and many other amenities + thousands of skiers who’ve got to quit at sunset all those days Uncle won’t let you go skiing + our rental management service = rental income.

-

Which equals a lot of other folks helping to pay for both your fun and your future.

THUNDERHEAD CONDOMINIUMS AT 35215 MT WERNER ROAD P.O. BOX 5320 • STEAMBOAT VILLAGE, CO 80499 TELEPHONE (303) 879-0303

(Did you notice how we resisted the temptations of "laughter-silvered skis,” “wheeling and soaring and swinging," “high in the sunlit silence,” "doing a hundred things you’ve not dreamed of. ?”) .

.