Checkpoints March 1978 by USAFA Association of Graduates

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If you hold a military commission o r w ar r ant ,

you can join USA A.

If yo u're o m ilitary officer, no m otte r w hethe r yo u're on active d uty, in the reody or sta nd

your household goods ond personol liobility.

(w hether or not yo u're d raw ing retire m e nt

15 % t o 4 2 % o n h o m e o w n e rs o n d 15 % t o

by Reserves or Notionol Guord, retired

U5A A

Re n t e rs In su ra n c e w i ll c o v e r

As o m e nnber of USAA, you co uld sove

poy), or even o condidote for commission or

35 % on outo insuro nce over rotes charged by m o ny other insuronce co m pa nies.

tiol insuronce protection, sovings and serv ice that go with membership in this elite group. Former USAA members may

re no w ne d cla im s se rv ice . W it h o ve r 1,0 0 0

w orro nt, yo u're e lig ible for m e m be rship in USAA. And yo u're e ligible for the prefere n-

A nd

also reapply for insura nce of o ny time. With USAA, yo u'll hove o w orld of insuro nce ot yo ur co m m o nd . in

Yo u ' ll o lso h o v e t h e b e n e f it o f USA A 's

co nscie nt io us clo im s o dj uste rs o il o v e r the w orld w ho 'll j um p ot the cho nce to he lp yo u. If yo u're inte rested in first-rate

insuronce protectio n, sovings and

LJSA A

cluding coveroge for your cor, boot,

service, you'll be interested in USAA.

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mobile ho me, condo m inium , pe rso n-

Fo r m o re info rm o tio n, fill o ut a nd m o il

ol belongings ond personol liobility. at >«ur command, the postoge-po id co upo n.

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Officers esroblish me mbership in USAA by raking our o policy while on ocrive duty, while o me mber of rhe Re se rve o r No rio no l Gu o rd o r w he n o Re rire d O ff ice r (wirh or wiih our reriremenr pay). OCS/ OTS/ Advanced ROTC also may apply.

CHARMS and TIETACKS

Sterling Silver T h e A OG Coat of A r m s h as b een conv er t ed i n t o

o i ro 1

t a-)!

I rr .

an attr active piece of j ewel ry by JOSTENS f or ex cl u si ve sal e t o A ssoci at i on of

Gr adu at e m em ber s.

The 3/4 inch charm/tietack is made of sterling silver and f eatur es an attr active anti que f i ni sh.

The Charm and/or Tietack will be an appreciated gift for any Graduate or Graduate’s Lady. Order your from the AOG office for $10 postpaid.

Graduate on the Sopes!! Remember how the cr y “ CADET ON THE SL OPES’" used t o send the G.D.A .P. r unning f or the war ming hut ? ? ? Wel l , the Associ ation of Gr aduates woul d li ke to r ecaptur e the spir it of times past by sponsor i ng a Gr aduate Ski-I n f or Gr ads, wives, and f amili es. Pl ans ar e now bei ng f ormul at ed and you have ti me t o make your pr ef er ences known to the pl anner s t o i nsur e a l ar ge tur nout and a f antasti c ti me f or al l .

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Si te : VA I L— unsur passed i n var i ety, f acili ties, snow, easy access, ni ght l if e, shoppi ng. Dates: 19-24 Febr uary 1979. 4-ni ght package f or out -of -t own Gr ads and a 3-night opti on f or t he l ocal cont i ngent . The package wil l i ncl ude hotel accommodati ons, a cocktail par ty/ di nner f or al l par ti cipant s, and lif t ti ckets. A i r and gr ound tr anspor tati on, ski l essons, and chart er f li ght s f r om heavy tr af f ic poi nt s can be added. A nd, w e can ar r ange gr oup air f ar es f r om poi nts without enough peopl e f or a char t er . The ball i s i n your cour t—f ill out and r etur n the f ol l owing sur vey to l et us know your pr ef er ences. W e need your input ASAP to insure that we can reserve the necessary accommodati ons. Based on the i ni ti al r esponse, we wi ll dir ect mai l detail s t o everyone i nter ested i n at tendi ng the 1st A OG COL ORA DO SK I-I N .

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YES, I AM INTERESTED. I WOULD PROBABLY BRING

GU EST S, I N CL U D I N G

M Y P O I N T OF D E P A R T U R E W OU L D B E I A M I N T E R E ST E D I N T H E F O L L OW I N G :

Char ter Fl ight Gr ound Tr anspor t ati on to V ail A OG Cockt ail Par ty O t h er :

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NO. Not now . . . not ever . n am e.

ad d r ess.

(tr y agai n A OG . . . )

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Gr oup A ir Far es

Sk i L esson s

A OG Cockt ail / Di nner Par ty

CH I L D R E N .

ASSOCIATION OF GRA DUATES MAGAZI NE U.S. A IR FORCE ACADEMY Vol. 6 No. 4

I N T HI S I SSUE A R T I CL E S : G r a d u a t es

N am ed

f or

0 -7

Bob Hope Wins “ Appr oval ” Aw ar d.

N ew

C om m a n d a n t

F oot b a l l

C a d et s

Coa ch

I m pr essions;

Par t I I

P r of ession

H on or ab le

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The Cadet L ibr ar y

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H i st or i c a l F ou n d a t i on A w a r d

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D EPA RTM EN TS:

E d it or

J i m W h eeler , ’64

A t t en t i on i n t h e A r ea

A d m i n i st r a t i v e A ssi st a n t s M r s . F r ei d a W eb e r

L et t er s t o t h e E d i t or

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Cl a ss

M r s. K at h y M cCan n M r s. J oan n E n gli sh M s. L i sa F l y n n

N ew s

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Spor ts Shor ts

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Gone, But Not F or gotten.

.3 7

OF F I CE RS OF T H E A SSO C I A T I O N O F G R A D U A T E S P r esi d e n t

David M . Goodr i ch, ’59

V i c e P r esi d en t

A B OU T OU R COV E R —

T h om as J . E ll er , ’61

T h e W I N T E R c ov er sh ow s a sc en e w h i ch i s

Execut ive Secr et ar y

f am i l i ar t o al l w h o h av e t r an si t t ed t h i s i n st i

J am es F . W h eeler , ’64

t uti on ; hopef ul ly i t capt ur es the br i ght side of

D I R E CT O R S

the “ Dark Ages” of January and February.

To Ser ve Unt il 1 M ay 1979 Donal d R . Baucom , ’62 Jon R . Staples, ’62 J am es P . T ate, ’63 Alf r ed W. Gr ieshaber , J r ., ’65 Thom as L . Cunningham , ’67 Richar d P . E ll is, ’68 Bur ton C. Andr us, H I , ’69 John J . War ner , ’69 K evin W. K r ail , ’71 Vincent M . P ar isi , I I , ’73

A l so, w i t h t hi s cover t h e A OG ent er s t h e w or l d

of l ivi ng cover ; our thanks t o the Command

Services Unit of SAFOI for their cooperation

an d assi st an c e .

T o Ser ve Unt il 1 M ay 1981 Gar es Gar ber , Jr ., ’59 Hector A . Negr oni , ’61 F r eder ick L . M etcalf , ’63 F l et cher H . Wil ey , ’65 M ar k A . T or r eano, ’68 Ronal d E . Joy , ’71 M ichael J . M cCar thy , ’71 L esl ie J . H aaf , ’72 F r eder ick S. K nowles, Jr ., ’73 Douglas J . F or d, ’76

Opinions expr essed in this m agazine ar e those of the

authors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, policy or attitude of the Association of Graduates, i t s of f i cer s or t h e ed i t or i al st af f .

The appear ance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endor sem ent by the Associat ion of Gr aduates of the pr oducts or ser vices adver t ised.

T o Ser v e U n t i l 1 J u n e 19 78 L ynn M . Scot t , ’77

A SSOCI A T I ON q u a r t er l y

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GR A D U A T E S M A GA Z I N E

t h e A ss oc i a t i o n o f

C ol or a d o .

Se c o n d -c l a s s

i s p ub l i shed

G r a d u a t e s , U SA F

p o st a g e

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POST MASTE R : I f this m agazine is addr essed to a m em ber of the M il itar y Ser vice, no postage is necessar y for for war ding (see Postal M anual , Section 158 . 4 ) . I f no for war ding addr ess for thi s m il itar y m em b er i s a v a i l ab l e , sen d F or m 3579 t o A ssoc i a t i on

of Gr aduates, USAF Academ y , CO 80840. 3

A t ten t i o n

th e A r en Ji m W h eel er , ’64

Editor / Executive Secr et ar y H ON OR R E V I E W COM M I T T E E — T h e f i n al r epor t of

the Honor Revi ew Committee and the ei ght Subcom mi tt ees was submi tt ed t o the Superi nt endent on 30 December 1977. A n Impl ement ati on Committ ee was

was subsequently tasked to recommend specific ac

ti ons f or immedi ate consider ati on. The f i nal r eport

of this group was submitted to the Supt on 26 Jan uary 1978. Actions that will flow from the efforts to date will be reported to the Graduate Community by General Tallman in the Spring Magazine. CL A SS OF 1981—T his year ’s Doolie Class has had

the lowest BCT/pretraining attrition of any Class in the last seven years. The class lost a total of 54 during BCT; by December the Class had lost 102 of

1978 M E M B E R SH I P— ’78 m em b er sh i p pack ages h av e b een m ai l ed t o al l m em b er s an d n on m em b er s i n an

ef f or t t o give ever yone an oppor tuni ty t o si gn up f or the 1978 member shi p year . I ncl uded with the 1978 member ship appli cati on i s a Byl aws Ball ot whi ch must b e ex ecu t ed an d r et u r n ed t o t h e A OG b ef or e 1 M ar ch

1978. A ll Gr aduat es ar e r emi nded that they must be 1978 member s to be el i gibl e t o vot e f or the Byl aws Amendment s as pr oposed by the Boar d of Di r ect or . 1977 R E GI ST E R S— A ll 1977 m em ber s r eceiv ed t h eir

maj ority of Graduates by 1 December .

All 1977

the ori gi nal 1500.

member s who did not r eceive t hei r Regist er s ar e

R E SE A R CH ON GR A D U A T E S— A new D i r ect or at e

who wi sh to r eceive an additi onal copy of the ’77

under the Registrar Office has been created to ad

mi ni ster the Educati on Resear ch Dat a Base (ERDB ) . Thi s dat a base wil l cont ain i nf or mat ion on al l per sons who have ever ent er ed A FA . I t i s designed t o

give considerable protection against unauthorized dis

cl osur e and will be used pr imari ly by A cademy r e sear cher s conducti ng i nstitutional r esear ch. Can di date and cadet i nf or mation and gr aduates’ of f i cer r ecor d i nf or mati on i s contai ned i n the f il e— about

6,000 characters of data on each of nearly 20,000 candidat es. When f ul ly oper ati onal thi s wi ll be one

of the largest such data bases in existence. The AOG is providing unique graduate data to the ERDB that

requested to contact the AOG office. For members Register , they may be purchased from the AOG off ice f or $5.00, i ncludi ng post age.

may purchase a ’77 Register for $6.00.

Nonmember s

GRADUATE PERSONAL ITI ES—The AOG Magazine st af f w ou l d l i k e t o i ni t i at e a ser i es of ar t i cl es deal i n g

with out st andi ng per sonalit i es f r om t he Gr aduat e

Community. The article contained elsewhere in this Magazine about the first Academy Graduate to be named for general officer rank can be considered the inaugural effort in this new program. Nominations

i s not avail abl e thr ough of f ici al r ecor ds i n an ef f or t

of other distingui shed Gr aduat es, both on act ive duty and no l onger i n the servi ce, ar e soli cit ed. A nyone

i s contempl ated.

t o do so.

to assist the Academy in the important research that A OG SPON SORSH I P—T he Execut ive Commit t ee has

recently approved continued Association sponsorship of two maj or AFA events. The 20th AFA Assembly whi ch will investi gat e the “ Ethics of Cor por at e Con duct ” will be hel d duri ng the per iod 15-18 Mar ch 1978. The Bi annual Militar y Hi stor y Symposium will be hel d i n October 1978 and wil l addr ess the subj ect “ Air power and Warf ar e.”

A ST R ON A UT S CH O SE N — N A SA r ecen t y n am ed it s

new A str onaut cl ass and i ncluded i n thi s el it e gr oup wer e thr ee gentl emen who f ormerl y matri cul at ed at our mount ai n campus. Sel ect ed wer e : Fr ed Gr egor y, ’64; L or en Shr iver , ’67; and Dick Covey, ’68. Con

gratulations to each from the AOG.

wishing to write an article is certainly encouraged

For additi onal det ail s pl ease cont act the

ed i t or .

CL A SS OF F I CERS— The A OG of f ice cont inues it s

attempt to compile a complete list of all Class officer s from among the 19 graduating classes to date. If you ar e a Cl ass of f i cer or ar e awar e of those i n your cl ass who wer e so honor ed, pl ease cont act the A OG of f i ce w i t h t h e d et ai l s.

T R A N SI T T I M E— T h e A OG of f i ce w ou l d l ik e t o f in d

out how l ong it takes f or var i ous publ i cat i ons t o r each the member shi p. Those who may have a mi nut e

please give us a call on Autovon (259-2067) or drop us a quick not e and l et us know when you r eceived M er ci . thi s Magazine and wher e you ar e l ocat ed.

l OOTH N I GH T—T he Color ado Chapt er of t he A OG, the Cl ass of 1978, and the Air For ce A cademy ar e

G R A D U A T E A U T H O R S— So m e G r a d u a t es h a v e n o

of Satur day, 25 Febr uar y. The guest speaker f or the

d et ai l s an d r eser v at i on s.

“ Gone But Not For gotten” art i cl e incl uded i n the A OG Magazine. If the occasion shoul d ari se that a good f r i end of your s has to be li st ed among the de ceased, and if you woul d car e to wri te the memor i al pi ece, pl ease contact the A OG of f i ce so that we mi ght pr ovide you necessar y backgr ound materi al and i n st r uctions on f or mat and l engt h.

’ 6 1 A N D ’ 6 4 C L A SS R I N G S— T h e L . G . B al f ou r C o m

A R T I CL E S— T he pu bl i cat i on st af f of t h e A OG con

pany, Attl ebor o, MA 02703 can use the r i ng di es whi ch wer e f or war ded by the A OG of f i ce. A ny r e pai r j obs can be handl ed di r ect ly by t he f actory. Or der s f or r epl acements or mi natur es shoul d be f or war ded t o Mr . Ter ry Fisher , P.O. Box 4816, Nob Hil l Stati on, Col or ado Spr ings, CO 80930.

ti nual ly att empts t o r ecr uit ar ti cl es wr it ten by Gr ad uat es suit abl e f or r epr oduction i n t he A OG Magazine. If you have author ed an ar ti cl e or ar e awar e of an ar ti cle that would have gener al i nt er est t o the Gr ad uate r eader shi p, pl ease cont act t he A OG of f i ce so t hat we mi ght ar r ange the publi shi ng det ai ls.

2n d G E N E R A T I O N — T h e f i r st t w o c h i l d r en o f G r a d

A D D R E S S E S— G r a d u a t es a r e r em i n d ed t h a t

v et er an s.

post of f i ces will not gener al ly deliver A OG publi ca ti ons t o “ Gener al Deli ver y” or uni t addr esses. Thus, t o avoi d a br eak in r eceivi ng A OG mail and t o save the A OG post age cost s, please pr ovi de vali d addr esses and avoid use of “ Gener al Del ivery” and unit ad

j ointly sponsoring 100th Night 1978 on the evening o c casi o n w i l l b e f or m er ast r on au t C h ar l es M . D u k e

of the A pol lo 16 cr ew. He wil l pr esent an i nter est i ng pr ogr am f or the benef i t of the anti cipated 1,800 Cadets, Gr aduates, and guest s. A ny Gr aduates who wi ll be i n the Col or ado Spr ings ar ea dur ing that peri od ar e encour aged to cont act the A OG of f i ce f or

uates to be of f er ed appoi ntment s to the A i r For ce A cademy ar e K athl een Eli zabeth Weaver , daught er of James R. Weaver , ’59, and A l an Thur man, son of Donald L . Thur man, ’60. Both of the appoi ntments wer e of f er ed i n the cat egor y f or chi l dr en of deceased

t iced t hat i n r ecent issues i t has become our pr ac

t i c e t o h av e f r i en d s of d ec eased G r ad u at es w r i t e t h e

d r esses.

CEMET ERY RI GH TS — T he A ir F or ce A cademy Cemet er y can be used by only cer t ain cat egor ies of indivi duals. A ll Gr aduat es f it int o a cat egor y ent it led t o ut ilizat ion of t he A cademy Semet er y . I f f or est at e pl anni ng purposes you would li ke to r eceive some detail s i n thi s ar ea, please cont act t he A OG of f i ce.

A self addressed return envelope will speed up the pr ocess consider ably.

PREGN A N CY I SSUE—T he f ollowing was r eleased

by the Superintendent to news media to clarify r e ports about changes in policy for cadet pregnancy : “ Contr ary t o news r epor ts, pr egnant cadets wi ll not

M er ci .

Grad s N amed f or 0 -6

The CY 77 pr omoti on l ist f or 0 -6 cont ai ned the

names of several Graduates in Classes 1959 through

1964. The f ol lowi ng li st may not be al l i nclusive — any additi onal names wi ll be added next time. Pr imar y Zone

19 5 9

19 6 0

J am es R . B l ac k w el l

Wi lli am G. Goodyear Wi lli am J. K or nitzer , Jr .

be allowed to continue tr aining or stay at the Air For ce Academy. However, under a new policy an nounced by the Air Force on 14 November, a preg nant cadet will not be automatically f orced to r esign.

J am e s G . B u r t o n

pay and depart the Academy, as is the policy f or any cadet who has a temporary condition that precludes

E d w i n L . R o san e

19 6 1

D en n i s R . See

A l l an C . B l ai sd el l

She may, i nst ead, vol unteer f or excess l eave without

par ti ci pat ion i n tr ai ni ng.

When the cadet i s no

longer pregnant and if she has no legal obli gation to support a child or children, she will be eligible t o

petiti on the A cademy Boar d t o r etur n t o t he A cad emy. She must , however , then meet the condi ti ons f or i ni ti al appoi ntment . The dat e of r et ur n to nor mal

cadet status will be established by the Ai r Force

A cademy Boar d.”

A FA PAR A CH UT E T EAM —A t t he N at ional Collegi at e Par achute L eague Champi onships hel d at Del and, Fl ori da i n December , the A FA conti ngent won 18

of 28 trophies offered and dominated the champion ships by winning more first places than any other team. The competition i ncluded 158 competitors

f r om 3 0 u n i v er si t i es.

lo c a l

R i ch ar d E . C ar r

Robert S. F. Jenni ngs

R o b i n M . K o zel k a

L ori n B. K r ueger , II

J oh n M . L oh

Dal e W . Thompson, Jr . D ean F . V i k an

B e l ow t h e Z on e 19 5 9

19 6 1

T h o m as I . A n d er so n

T h om as A . L aP l an t e

James W . Connall y John M. Davey D on al d E . M ad on n a

Char l es A . May, Jr . Cr ai g 0 . Sch au m 19 6 0

A n d r ew W . B i an cu r

H ow ar d F . Br on son , H I

Ear l S. V ani nwegen

Ri char d C. Mil nes, I I Wi l liam T . Wil li ams, IV 196 2

R ob er t M . A l ex an d er

Pau l E . L an der s. J r . 1963

W i l l i am E . A r d er n

R oger A . Sor en sen

Sam W . Westbr ook , HI 19 6 4

Richar d E. Hawl ey 5

UA TB NA M ED F OR I n m i d-D ecem b er 1977 H ar ol d W ade T odd , Cl ass of 1959, becam e t h e f i r st U SA FA Gr adu at e t o b e

named f or pr omoti on to the t empor ar y gr ade of Bri gadi er Gener al . With sli ghtly l ess than I 81/2 year s total commi ssi oned servi ce, “ Pete” i s the j unior of f i cer on the li st and wil l pin on hi s new r ank some

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On behaK of the Gr aduat e Community, the A OG

ex t en d s con gr at u l at i on s t o “ Gen er al ” T od d an d b est

wi shes f or conti nued success i n the year s ahead.

t i m e i n 19 78 . H i s d at e of r an k as a C ol o n el w as 24 D ecem b er 19 74 .

Pete’s car eer has had an emphasis on dut y i n SA C and at Hq USAF. He al so has ser ved i n the Pacif i c and in Eur ope and cur r entl y i s assi gned as the Chi ef , Readi ness NATO St aff Gr oup, A F/ CVA , Washington D.C. I n addition t o hi s pr imar y j ob, he f r equentl y wor ks speci al pr oj ects f or the Chi ef of St af f , U SA F .

In 1959 the Polar is entr y besi de hi s name stated i n par t : “ . . . In academi cs, al ways passi ng, sel dom outst andi ng (except i n hi s l ove of l anguages, both hi s own and vari ous f or ei gn t ongues) ; i n at h l et i cs, m em ber of t h e t eam an d n ev er

the st ar ; and sur passed by f ew i n hi s abi di ng desir e to par ti cipate i n the Air For ce mi ssion.” No doubt this “ abidi ng desir e” has hel ped Pet e t o the achievement of t hi s uni que honor .

On a r ecent visit t o Color ado Spr ings f or mer Cadet Todd t ook t ime t o visit wit h f or mer A OC Tollman .

Bob Hope Presented White Defense Award T h e T h om as D . W h i t e

N at i o n al

D ef en se A w ar d

f or 1977 was pr esented t o Bob Hope dur i ng ser emoni es at the A cademy on 12 Januar y 1978. Whil e a c c e p t i n g the awar d, Mr . H ope thank ed the A cademy f or t he honor and encour aged

t h e m ed i a i n at t en d an c e

t o “ make sur e H ol l ywood t ak es not e of my f i r st ‘A cademy’ awar d.

1 i

T h e Sup er i nt end en t an d M r s. T al l m an (f ar r igh t ) h ost ed M r . and M rs. Bob H ope during t h ei r visi t t o t h e A cad em y o n 12 January .

Mr . Hope was al so pr e sent ed a Cadet Wi ng Sabr e Pl aque i n honor of the occasi on and i n r ecog niti on of hi s l ong and dedi cat ed ser vi ce i n sup por t of t he mil it ar y com munity.

AFA Announces New Commandant F -l OO, B-4 7, an d B-52 ai r cr af t . Du r i n g t h e V i et n am conf l i ct , Col . Ri ch ar d s ser v ed i n Sou t h east A si a i n

Speci al Oper ati ons as a For war d Ai r Contr ol l er f or t he 101st A ir bor ne I nf antr y Di vi si on.

Hi s r etur n t o the A cademy mar ks Col . Ri char ds’ second t our i n CW. He was, as many gr aduat es wi ll r emember , a Squadr on and Gr oup A ir Of f icer Com mandi ng duri ng the 1968 t o 1972 peri od. Af ter l eav i ng the A cademy i n 1972, Col . Richar ds became the Deputy Commander and l at er the Commander of Basic Mi lit ar y Tr ai ni ng at L ackl and AFB, TX . I n 1975 he was assi gned Chief of the L eader shi p and Moti vati on Division, Dir ector ate of Per sonnel Pl ans, i n the Pent agon. Col . Ri char ds has compl et ed the

Air Force Squadron Officers School and the Army War Col lege.

I nt er esti ngly, the new Commandant i niti al ly ser ved i n the militar y as an A r my enli sted man i n K or ea; he was awar ded two Pur pl e Hear t s f or hi s ser v i ce t h er e.

Col . Ri ch ar d s’ d ecor at i on s i n cl u d e

the Silver Star with one oak-l eaf clust er , the L egi on of Meri t , the Di sti ngui shed Flyi ng Cr oss, the Br onze Star wit h “ V ” devi ce, the Meri tori ous Servi ce Medal , and the A i r Medal wi th 17 oak-l eaf cl ust er s, i n addi ti on t o the Pur pl e Hear t .

Col . Richards will become Commandant of Cadets on 20 M a r c h

On 23 Januar y 1978 the Superi ntendent an nounced the r eassi gnment of B G St anl ey Beck as Commandant , Ai r Command and Staf f Col lege, Max wel l A FB and the appoint ment of Col Thomas C.

R i ch ar d s as t h e n ew C om m an d an t of C ad et s.

C ol .

Richar ds, who was nominat ed f or pr omoti on t o Bri ga

d i er Gen er al i n D ecem ber 1977, w i l l assu m e h i s n ew

r ank and positi on on 20 Mar ch 1978. C ol . R i ch ar d s h as ser v ed as V i ce C om m an d an t of

Cadet s si nce 1 December 1977.

He r epl aced Col .

St ant on R . M u sser w h o w as r eassi gn ed t o becom e t h e

Vi ce Commander of the 1st Tacti cal Fi ghter Wi ng, L angl ey A FB, VA .

D ear G r ad u at e :

The A ssoci ati on has gr own mar kedly f r om its ear ly days. Though sti ll a young or gani za ti on, member ship i n 1977 i ncluded over 60 per cent of al l li vi ng Gr aduat es and A OG asset s

ex ceeded $350,000.

I n the past t he A OG has done well on a shor t pl anni ng schedule, but the t ime i s her e t o think

ser i ou sl y abou t t h e l on g t er m d i r ect i on w e w ant

t h e A sso ci at i o n t o t ak e .

su ggest i on can be t oo bi g or t oo sm al l .

A ll

suggesti ons wil l be consider ed though no pr om i ses ar e impli ed concer ni ng accept ance. Just send a postcar d or letter t o the A OG i n car e of the Long Range Planni ng Subcommittee with

Col . Ri char ds, 47, was bor n in San Di ego, CA . He r eceived hi s Bachel or of Science degr ee f r om Vi r gini a Polytechni c I nstitute i n 1956. A t VPI he hel d the positi on of Col onel i n the Cadet Cor ps and l etter ed f our year s i n both f ootbal l and t r ack . He al so hol ds a Master s degr ee f r om Penn St at e Univer sity. Dur ing

y ou r su ggest i on s.

a pil ot i n both Tacti cal Ai r Command and Str ategi c

A O G D i r ect o r

h i s com m i ssi on ed car eer . Col . Ri ch ar d s h as ser ved as

T h e E x e cu t i v e C om

mi tt ee has establi shed t he L ong Range Pl anni ng Subcommi tt ee, and I have been appoi nted chair man. This subcommittee wi ll establish specif i c goal s and pr oj ects f or the A ssoci ati on t o ac complish duri ng the next f ive year s. A nd her e is wher e we need your hel p. The subcommit tee wants your i deas f or goals and/or pr oj ects. No

If t he A OG is t o gr ow ef f ectively and t o ac compli sh the goals of its member s, it needs the

p ar t i ci p at i on of t h ose m em ber s. M I CH A EL J . M cCa r t h y , ’71

A i r Com m an d ; h e i s a Com m an d Pi l ot an d h as f l ow n

JV e u y F o o t b a l l C o a c h Bill Par cel ls, def ensive coor di nator at Texas Tech

f or t h e l ast t h r ee season s, i s t h e t hi r d h ead f oot b al l

coach i n A ir For ce A cademy f ootbal l hi stor y.

Par cel l s, 36, was named on Dec. 13 by Col . John Clune, A cademy athl eti c di rector , t o succeed Ben Mar tin, who announced his r etir ement Nov. 10 af t er 20 year s as Fal con head coach. Par cell s’ f our -year contr act was ef f ective Januar y 1, 1978. Sal ar y t er ms wer e not di scl osed. “ We ar e del i ght ed that Bil l wi ll be our new coach,” said Colonel Cl une. “ We f eel that our sear ch f or a new coach was thor ough and many excell ent coaches wer e i nt ervi ewed. Ther e wer e some excep tional candi dat es and the deci si on was not easy. How ever , we f el t that Bil l Par cel ls was ri ght f or us and we’r e conf i dent he wil l do an outst andi ng j ob. A 1963 gr aduat e of Wi chit a St at e, Par cel ls hel ped f or ge some of the qui ckest , most aggr essive def enses i n t h e Sou t h w est C on f er en c e w h i l e at T ex as T ech . in

Hi s coaching car eer star ted at Hasti ngs Col l ege

N eb r ask a i n

19 6 4 b u t

h e r et u r n ed

Stat e as def ensive li ne coach i n 1965.

.\ -5;

t o W i ch i t a

He j oi ned

t h e st af f at W est P oi n t i n 19 6 7 an d co ach ed t h e d e f en si v e l i n e an d l i n eb ack er s t h er e u n t i l 19 6 9 w h en h e m ov ed t o F l or i d a St at e as l i n eb ack er co ach .

W h i l e at Fl or i da St at e i n 1971 h e m et St eve Sl oan , t h en t h e Sem i n ol es’ of f en si v e coor di n at or , an d P ar c el l s m ov ed w i t h Sl o an t o V an d er b i l t w h en t h e l at t er b ec am e h ead co ach of t h e C om m o d or es i n 19 7 3 . W h en Sl o an b ec am e t h e T ex as T ech h ead c o ach i n

1975, Par cell s moved to Lubbock with him.

Bor n Aug. 22, 1941 in Engl ewood, N .J., Par cell s and hi s wif e, Judith, ar e the par ents of thr ee daugh ter s: Suzy, 15; Dal l as, 12; and Jill , 9. Fir st var si ty head coach i n Ai r For ce f ootball hi stor y was L awr ence ( Buck ) Shaw, who gui ded the Fal cons duri ng the 1956 and 1957 seasons. Marti n took over i n 1958 and coached t eams that pl ayed i n thr ee bowl games dur ing hi s 20-year t enur e. A half dozen assi stant s wer e named by Par cell s duri ng the Chr i stmas holi days. Named by Par cel ls wer e K en Hatf iel d as off ensive coor dinat or , A 1 Gr oh as def ensive coor di nator , Ray Handl ey as of f ensive backf iel d coach, Cr ai g Randell as def en si ve l i n e coach an d adm i n i st r at iv e assi st an t , W al t H ar r i s as d ef en si v e secon dar y coach an d T om B ac k h u s as of f en si v e l i n e co ach .

Hatf i eld f or mer ly was r eceiver s and r unni ng backs coach at the Univer sity of Fl ori da while Gr oh was def ensive ends coach at the Univer sity of Nort h Car ol ina. Handl ey was head coach at Reed Hi gh School i n Spar ks, Nev., whil e Randal l f ormer l y was def ensive li ne coach at L oui si ana State Univer sity. Har ri s pr evi ously was li nebacker s coach at the Uni ver sity of Calif or ni a-Berkel ey and Backhus was of f ensive line coach at the Univer sity of Wi sconsin. 8

C o a c h B i l l P a r c el l s

AFA 7 8 Foes Under .500 T h e f i r st f i v e t eam s n ew h ead c o ach B i l l P ar c el l s

and hi s A ir For ce A cademy Fal cons wil l f ace dur i ng the 1978 season had l osing r ecor ds i n 1977. The Fal cons open Sept . 9 i n El Paso, Texas agai nst t he Univer sity of Texas-El Paso. Af t er UTEP the cadet s t r avel to Chestnut Hill , Mass, f or a game agai n st H ol y Cr oss.

On Sept . 30 A ir For ce pl ays K ansas St at e i n Man hatt an and on Oct . 7 host s N avy. The Fal cons next f ive games ar e agai nst t eams

t h at h ad w i n ni n g r ecor d s l ast season .

On Oct . 13

Col or ado Stat e will be at the A cademy f ol l owed by N ot r e D am e an d K en t St at e .

A i r For ce will be back on the r oad Nov. 4 agai nst Ar my, then a week l at er wil l host Geor gi a Tech . P ar c el l s’ f i r st seaso n w i l l en d N ov . 18 i n N ash

vi l l e agai n st V an der bi l t . T h e 1 1 t eam s on A i r F o r c e ’s 19 7 8 sch ed u l e c om

pi led at 54-66-1 r ecor d i n ’77.

I M PRE SSI O N S

S o v ie t O f f i c e r Ed u c a t io n Ri char d Head, ’60 E d i t or ’s N ot e—

Lt . Colonel Head i s a gr aduat e of the class of 1960 and i s cur r ent ly assi gned as a Mi litar y Fel low at t he Counci l on For ei gn Relations in N ew Yor k City . Hi s f ir st ar ti cle in t hi s t hr ee - par t ser i es, entit led “ Impr essions of t he Sovi et Uni on,” appear ed in t he

F a l l i ssu e.

T h e f i r st ar t i cl e i n t h i s ser i es

d escr i bed sev er al gen er al i m pr es

si ons derived f r om a vi sit by a del egati on f r om the Nati onal De f ense Univer si ty to the Sovi et Uni on 11-18 May 1977. The pr op o si t i on of t h at ar t i cl e w as t h at t h e Sov i et U n i o n an d t h e U n i t ed

St ates appr oach the pr obl em of

d ef en se w ith d i f f er en t f r am e w o r k s. T h ese d i f f er en ces ex t en d

f r om con t r ast i n g soci al i n st i t u t i on s

and uni que hi stori cal experi ences. T h i s ar t i c l e w i l l ou t l i n e ou r v i si t

to thr ee Sovi et mil it ar y of f i cer schools and compar e thei r educa ti on pr ogr ams with those of the

d em i c d egr ees, t h e “ can di d at e of

sch ool s,”

ences.” L ast ly, the Gener al St af f A cademy, al though i t i s nomi nal ly an “ academy” i s, i n f act , on a

T h u s, if t h e U SSR t ot al of 8 11 ci vi l i an sch ool s i s cor r ect , t h e 125

sci en ces”

an d t h e “ d o ct o r of sci

h i gh er l ev el , si m i l ar t o t h e st at u s

of the Nati onal War Col l ege. A t t en d an c e at

y ear

o n e of

com m i ssi on i n g

t h e 4 -5

“h i g h e r

school s” i s r equir ed f or advance

m en t t o h i gh er r an k . A t t ai nm en t of an advan ced degr ee at on e of t h e 2-4-y ear “ academ i es” i s n or m

al ly suf f i ci ent f or pr omot i on t o bri gadi er gener al , but gr aduati on f r om the Gener al St af f A cademy i s necessar y t o go beyond one st ar . A n i ndi cati on of the pr estige as soci ated with pr of essional educa t i o n i n t h e Sov i et U n i o n i s t h at

t he badge of the of f i cer ’s highest mi lit ar y school i s wor n pr om i nent ly on the ser vi ce tuni c. T h e n u m b er an d si ze of t h e ad

van ced m i l i t ar y sch ool s i s an i n di

cati on of t he pr edomi nance of the mi li tar y i n the society. A ccor ding t o a 1975 st udy, ther e wer e ap pr oxi mately 13 mi ht ar y “ mi ddl e

125

t ot al .

A t t h e gr ad u at e l ev el t h e

pr opor ti on i s even higher . The Soviet s have only about 52 civi li an univer si ties, so the 16 milit ar y “ academi es” r epr esent over 24 per cent of t he gr aduat e-l evel i n st i t u t i on s i n t h e cou nt r y .

D u r i n g t h e w eek of ou r v i si t w e

w er e sch e d u l ed t o t o u r t h r ee m i l i

t ar y i n st i t u t i on s : t h e F r u n ze N av al Col l ege an d t h e Gr ech k o N av al A cad em y i n L en i n gr ad an d t h e

Mali novski y

m or e

E d w ar d s

T est

‘ W i l li am E . Odom , “ T h e ‘M i l i t ar i

cal ly or ganized i nto thr ee l evel s.

Fi r st , “ m i ddl e sch ool s” ar e u n d er

gr aduate i nsti tuti ons; they have only a two-year cur r i culum and ar e com p ar abl e t o W est er n secon

Second,

“ h i gh er sch ool s” ar e al so u n der

gr aduate i nstituti ons, but they have 4 - 5 - year cour ses ( equiv

al ent t o U SA FA ) an d of f er a “ h i gh er edu cat i on ” d egr ee, si m i l ar

t o t h e b ach el or of sci en c e . T h i r d

t he “ academies” ar e milit ar y uni ver siti es, equi val ent to i nt ermedi ser v i c e

the

zati on’ of Sovi et Society,” Pr ob lems of Communi sm , Sept emberOctober , 1976, p. 38.

sch o ol s. Of f i c er e d u c at i o n i s b asi

sen i or

the Gar gar i n Cosmonaut Tr ai ni ng Center at St ar Cit y, but i ts cour se

t o t h r ee t i m es as l on g as ou r s, an d

an d

A cademy

I n ad di t i on , w e vi si t ed

they have many mor e mi litar y

at e

Tank

M oscow .

The Soviets appear t o have a mor e extensi ve mi litar y educati on pr ogr am than does the United Stat es. Their pr of essi onal mih tary educati on cour ses ar e t wi ce

sch o ol s

com bi n ed . T h ey of f er gr adu at e st u di es an d gr an t t h e h i gh est aca-

sch ool s,”

mi li tary “ hi gher school s” r epr e sent mor e than 13 per cent of the

U n i t ed St at es.

dary techni cal school s.

“ h i gh er

and 16 “ academi es,” not i ncludi ng securi ty police (K GB ) school s.'

T-62 mock-up at Tank A cademy .

P i l ot Sch ool or t h e N A SA

naut

pr ogr am

sch o ol .

than

E ach vi si t b egan wi t h an

W est r i t u al .

ast r o

a mi li t ar y E ast -

Sov i et of f i cer s w ou l d

si t on one si de of a l ong t abl e, an d w e w ou l d si t

on t h e ot h er .

d an t w ou l d b r i ef

u s o n h i s cu r

Af ter pr eli minari es, the Comman r i cu l u m

f or

ab ou t

m i nu t es,

answer questi ons, and then l ead

u s on a t ou r of h i s f aci l i t i es. A f or m al l u n ch w i t h sev er al v o d k a t o ast s w ou l d co n cl u d e t h e v i si t .

Despite the timi ng of the vi sit dui ng the academi c year , we wer e not exposed t o their students. We wer e per mi tt ed t o meet onl y f ac ul ty member s. They i gnor ed or

r ef u sed out r i ght t o an sw er qu es t i on s about t h e n u m ber of st u

dents, f aculty, g r a d u a t e s, or

specific composition of the cl asses. The f acul ty member s appear ed

t o b e ol der

an d t o h av e, m or e

experience than U.S. instructors.

M ost of t h em w er e seni or col on el s

or Navy captains and over half had fought in World War II. Dis

playing the basic paradox caused

by the scientific-technological rev ol ut i on, t hey u n i v er sal l y pr o

cl ai m ed of f i cer s h ad t o b e en gi n eer s as w el l as com m an der s, bu t

that “ ther e i s no substitut e f or combat exper i ence, A l l f acu l t y member s had degr ees i n science,

engineering, or military science. Some r ecent gr aduat es wer e per

mitted to j oin the f aculties, but they tended to have science de grees and to instruct only the technical cour ses. Vi r tual l y al l the l ectur es on milit ar y doctri ne

and strategy are done by Generals or “ full professors,” each of whom h as a doct or of sci en ce degr ee or

“ great” experience in combat and teaching. Faculty members have opportunities to develop tactics an d con du ct r esear ch , b ut t h e v ast

maj ority of scientific and tech

nol ogi cal r esear ch i s done i n spe ci al i zed i n st it ut es.

T h e f acu l t i es

wer e 95 per cent mal e and 97 per cent mil it ar y, with some women an d civ i l i an s u sed t o t each f or ei gn lan gu ages.

Tr ai ni ng ai ds, charts, and mock-

ups of military equipment were in evi d en ce at al l t h e sch ool s. M ovi es,

portable television, video playback

equipment , and computer s (l ate 1950s vi nt age) ar e used extensive

ly to automate simulations of b at t l e scen ar i os an d com b at d e

ci si on-making pr obl ems. A heavy

emphasis on military history is 10

t h e t h r e ad t h at t i es al l t h e sch o ol s

together . Poli ti cal i ndocri nati on r anges f r om 12 per cent of the cur r i culum at the Tank A cademy t o 25 per cent at the under gr aduat e n av al sch ool .

T h e c o n t en t of t h i s

“ poli ti cal ” t r ai ning was much br oader than we had pr evi ousl y thought , f or it incl udes— i n addi

t en an t co m m an d er s an d c om m an d

er s, aged 30-35 year s, and some capt ai ns. A l l naval of f i cer s (i n cludi ng naval avi at i on ) hol ding positi ons above the r egiment (wing ) l evel ar e gr aduat es of thi s sch oo l .

Som e

Sov i et

A ir

F or ce

of f i cer s ar e assi gn ed t o t h e f ac

i n i sm — c u l t u r al act i v i t i es su ch as

ul ty, but no ai r f or ce of f i cer s ar e i ncl uded i n the student body. (Thi s poli cy of separ at i sm i n edu

b al l et an d v i si t s t o m u seu m s. A s

cooper ati on

d et , st u d ent s get t o see com m er

year s i n l ength and consi st s of politi cal tr ai ni ng i n Marxi smL eninism, f or ei gn l anguages, naval t actics, f or ce structur e, shi p con str ucti on, and f l eet oper ati ons. A s

t i on t o t r ai n i n g i n M ar x i sm -L en

att endance at pl ays, oper a and

par t of the privil eges and benef it s of being a mil it ar y of f i cer or ca ci al f i lms bef or e they ar e r el eased to the gener al publi c. T h e F r u n ze N av al

Col l ege i n

L eni ngr ad, establi shed i n 1701, c om m i ssi on s

l i eu t en an t s

af t er

f ive-year pr ogr am. A cadet en ter s at age 17-18 and l ives i n openbay bar r acks f or t he f ir st two year s. Duri ng thi s time he goes o n a 2-3-m o n t h su m m er cr u i se as

a “ simple sail or ,” as i t was des cr i b ed t o u s.

On sub sequ en t su m

mer cruises he moves up until he ser v es m u ch as a “ T h i r d L i eu t en

ant ” dur i ng the l ast crui se. Cadet s at the Fr unze ar e per mitted t o mar r y at any t ime, unl ike U .S. cad et s, bu t m ar r i ed cad et s r ecei ve

no speci al pay or time of f t o be

w i t h t h ei r f am i l i es.

T h i s w as t h e

di scu ss n u m ber s of

st u d ent s, an d

only school wher e they woul d even the Commandant said they had ab ou t 8 0 0-10 0 0 t ot al . The

cu r r i cu l u m

c o n si st s

wide r ange of subj ect s, i ncluding naval hist or y (much of it Czari st ) , n av al

t act i cs,

n avi gat i on ,

ocean

science, f ir e contr ol , pol iti cal economy, and pol iti cal ideol ogy. No t r aining i s done on nucl ear su bm ar i n es, an d n o of f i cer s ar e

tr ai ned f or Soviet naval i nf antr y (mari nes) . A ll naval i nf ant r y t r ai ni n g i s d on e b y t h e ar m y , an d

ver y l it tl e menti on i s made of amphibi ous warf ar e at the Fr unze. N av al

av i at i o n

of f i cer s

ar e

t i o n s.

T h e m i ssi o n of t h e sch ool

por t edly not used on the f acul t y, but they do have some Sovi et A ir For ce of f i cer s i n exchange posi i s t o gr aduate l oyal naval off i cer s who ar e capabl e of immedi at el y assumi ng positi ons as navi gat or s, gunner y of f i cer s, and hydr ogr aphe r s .

The Grechko Naval A cademy i s the Sovi et Navy’s seni or servi ce school . The f aculty i ncl uded many m or e ad m i r al s t h an d i d t h e F r u n ze sch o ol . T h e st u d e n t s ar e l i eu -

cat i o n

l ead s

on e

among

w on d er

the

Sovi et

ar m ed ser vi ces i s as good as i t cou l d be. ) T h e cu r r i cu l u m i s 2-3

i n t h e ot h er sch ool s, ex t en si v e b at t l e si m u l at i on s an d w ar gam es

ar e used to hei ght en st udent in ter est , t each specif i c tact ical “ l es sons,” and acquai nt each of the st u d en t s w i t h t h e v ar i ou s r ol es of co m b i n ed n av al ar m s. T h r ee o r

f our l ar ge t abl et op exer cises ar e hel d per year so each student can “ pl ay” the r ol e of the ai r f or ce com m an d er , su bm ar i n e com m an d er , su r f ace f or ces com m an der , et c.

The G r e c h k o A cademy was handsomely appoi nt ed and well equi pped, contr asti ng mar kedl y wi th the aust er ity of the Fr unze N av al

Sch oo l .

T h e f aci l i t i es i n

cl uded a submar i ne tor pedo l ab or ator y with anal og and di git al comput er simul ati on. A second l abor at or y housed a l ow-speed, f our - f eet squar e, hydr oynamic w at er t u nn el , u sed t o i nv est i gat e an d dem on st r at e t h e ef f ect of

wave acti on on mi nes and t o study the f ir i ng, cont r ol , and st abil ity of submar ine tor pedos. T h e C o m m an d an t of t h e A c ad

emy t ol d us that the student s par ti cipat e i n a common cor e pr o gr am and then speci ali ze t o con d u ct r ese ar ch an d w r i t e sci en t i f i c

paper s. The maj or ity of i nst ruc ti on appear ed t o be by l ectur e and l abor ator y ; we di d not see a si ngl e s e m i n a r r oom. A n A nnapol i s gr aduat e i n our gr oup compar ed t h e t ech n i c al cu r r i cu l u m w i t h t h e

l ast year at the U .S. N aval A cad emy pl us the f ir st year of a t echni cal post -gr aduat e school , but the qualit y of the t acti cal t r ai ni ng i s pr obabl y much hi gher . in

The Mal i novskiy Tank A cademy M o sc ow

w e v i si t ed . t r ai n s

w as t h e t h i r d

Sov i et

sch o ol

F ou n ded i n 1932, i t an d

W ar saw

P act

commander s, st af f of f i cer s, and

engineer s f or ar mor ed and me ch ani zed u ni t s as w el l

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as st af f

off i cer s f or the cent r ali zed oper a

t i on s di vi si on of t h e Gen er al St af f .

The student s ent er as capt ai ns and maj or s (with some li eut enant col onel s) , i ndi cating i t i s about

on an i nt er m edi at e l ev el w i t h t h e

A r my’s Command and Gener al Staf f Coll ege at For t L eavenwor th

or A i r Com m an d an d St af f Col l ege

at Maxwel l . The pr ogr am of i n st r ucti on i s three year s l ong f or

n i jair -

com m an d er s an d st af f of f i cer s an d

f our year s f or engi neer s.

Many gr aduates of thi s school have been pr omoted t o the hi gh est posit ions in the A r my and the gover nment . The polit i cal off i cer was qui ck t o tell us that al l stu dent s and f aculty wer e member s of the Communi st Par ty. The Commandant , Mar shal 0 . A . L osi k , w as a “ H er o of t h e Sov i et U n i on ”

f or her oi c action duri ng hi s com mand of a t ank bri gade i n Wor l d War I I . Over 50 per cent of hi s st af f

h ad W o r l d W ar

c om b at

experience. He stressed that all

h i s i n st r u ct or s h ad

ser v ed

w ith

tr oops as ei ther commander s or st af f of f i cer s. The t eaching f ac ulty al l had academi c degr ees and con du ct r esear ch on t act i cs, st r at

egy, and ar mor ed devel opment . I n st r u ct i on

at t h e T an k

A c ad

emy i ncludes political tr ai ning ( 12 per cent ) , cultur al vi sit s, mi lit ar y theor y, oper ati ons r esear ch, engi neer i ng, t acti cs, and f i el d exer ci ses. The f acility has over 300 cl assr ooms, l abor ator i es, and l ec tur e hall s ( agai n no seminar r ooms) . We wer e t ol d that cl asses met i n small gr oups of 13-14 stu dents, and that 60-70 per cent of the time was devot ed t o pr acti cal st u d i es ou t si d e t h e cl assr o om . Som e of t h i s t i m e i s al l ot t ed t o d e

t ai led study of f ul l-scal e, oper ati ng model s of Sovi et ar mor ed equip ment , and they pr oudly demon st r at ed a T -6 2 t an k

an d a B M P

ar mor ed f i ghti ng vehi cl e t o us. Fur ther exempl if yi ng thi s “ handson ” t r ai ni n g, t h e st u dent s ap p ar

entl y ar e t aken on numer ous, f i el d tri ps to vi ew mil it ar y exer cises an d

l ear n

d r i v e t an k s, f i r e

guns, and r epair vehi cl es.

Mor e than at any other school we vi sited, the vener ati on of

W or l d W ar H w as ev i d en t at t h e

Tank A cademy. They pr oudl y l ed us thr ough thr ee l ong hall s of

h i st o r i cal b at t l es an d t an k d ev el

opment . Movi es i n 1943-45 by Russi an combat photogr apher s ar e

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Student hunks at the undergraduate Fr unze N aval School — j ust l i k e A F A

used extensi vely as t eachi ng de

. .

A n an ecdot e m ay b est p or t r ay

v i ces i n b at t l e si m u l at i on s r an gi n g f r om f i r e cont r ol ex er ci ses t o v er y r eal i st i c com m an d , cont r ol , an d

t h e c o n t r ast b et w een Sov i et an d U .S. ed u c at i o n al m et h o d s. T h i s i s a f ac t u al ac c ou n t of an i n ci d e n t t h at

l em s.

change visi t t o the Nat ional War

communi cati ons

j ammi ng

T h e d om i n at i on of

pr ob

the A r my

among the Sovi et ar med f or ces

w as ev i dent t h r ou gh ou t t h e t r i p , an d ar m or ed f or ces ar e t h e k ey

occu r r ed

d u r i n g t h e Sovi et

Col l ege i n Oct ob er 1977. I t seem s t h e Ru ssi an v i si t or s, l ed by a L t . Gen er al , w er e i nv i t ed t o w i t n ess an on goi n g di scu ssi on i n a W ar

t o t h ei r of f en si v e d o ct r i n e . Sev er al Sov i et of f i c er s at t h e T an k

Coll ege semi nar . The student op i ni ons wer e qui te outspoken, and

d o ct r i n e f or u s.

Fi nal ly, the Sovi et gener al tur ned

A cademy

outli ned

t hi s t acti cal

I t i n cl u d ed t h e

f oll owi ng el ements: the l and bat

t l e i s t h e d eci di n g f act or i n w ar f ar e; com bi n ed ar m s w il l w i n t h e

l and battl e; tanks pl ay an impor

t ant — bu t n ot an ex cl u si v e— r ol e ;

ar mor ed tr oops can achieve vi ctor y only with the assi st ance of t acti cal avi ati on ; and, f inall y, t he I sr ael i 19 7 3 “ l esso n s” ar e l i m i t ed t o t h o se

of a “ l ocal w ar ” an d n ot gen er al l y

t h e di scu ssi on w as a l i v el y on e. t o h i s A m er i can escor t an d ask ed ,

“ Who i s going t o give them the

a n sw e r ? ”

Dur i ng

ou r

b r i ef

vi si t

lear ned that Soviet mi litar y educa ti on emphasi zes f uncti onal spe ci ali zat i on, milit ar y hi stor y, t r oop cont r ol , and appr oved solut ions.

T he

Sov i et s

d ev ot e

c o n si d er ab l e

appli cabl e t o Eur ope. (We under

ti me and r esour ces to the study of t r aditi onal mi lit ar y t act ics and

ever , that t he Soviet s have t hor oughly examined the October War ,

year s, U .S. mil itary school s have

st an d f r om

ot h er

sou r ces, h ow

an d i t s l esson s h av e b ecom e p ar t of an on -goi n g d oct r i n al deb at e on t h e r ol e of an t i -t an k w eapon s. ) T o su m m ar i ze o u r b r i ef v i si t t o

these t hr ee Soviet mil it ar y school s, w e f ou n d

t h e f aci l i t i e s an d

f ac

ulti es quit e i mpr essive. They have mor e mi lit ary school s than does the

U .S.,

an d

t h ei r

adv an ced

c ou r ses of i n st r u ct i o n ar e t w o t o

t h r ee t i m es as l on g. I t i s m or e

dif f i cult to compar e the quality

of t h e t w o edu cat i on al sy st em s b ecau se t h ey ar e or gani zed t o

per f or m dif f er ent f unct ions.

m an eu v er s, bu t i n t h e l ast t w o t en d ed

the

sam e

d i r e ct i o n .

w ith

the

Soviet mi li t ar y educat i on appear s to

c o n si st e n t

C om

muni st command politi cal syst em, w i t h i t s em ph asi s on cont r ol an d sci en ce-t ech n ol ogy . T h e r esu l t an t ed u c at i o n d o es n ot f o st e r i n d i v i d

u al i n i t i at i v e an d d eci si on -m ak i n g

abi liti es, but it appear s t o be eminent ly pr act ical and consistent w i t h Sov i et w ar -f i gh t i n g d oct r i n e. ( Par t H I of t h i s ar t i cl e, ent i t l ed “ T h e Di l em m a of Sov i et Y ou t h ,”

wil l be publi shed i n the next i s su e. )

A n H onor a bl e P r of essi on Maj or Wayne E. Gr if f it h, ADCOM Associ at e Edit or “ I nt er cept or

Y eah, I guess it ’s possibl e that

t h e w ar w as ov er w h en som e of

our

pilots were still in high

sch ool .

I t doesn ’t seem t h at l on g

and so on. Ther e wer e a coupl e of

A -l ’s an d a B-57 or t w o. I n al l ,

ther e wer e 340 j obs f or 340 br and new pi lot s. The f ir st guy coul d

f inally they took what was l ef t I t wasn’t entir ely hopel ess f or anybody, though. With a war goi ng on, a l ot of t he upper -r ank i ng guys woul d t ake anything but a pipeli ne j ob to SEA . A l ot of guys want ed f i ght er s but not par ti cul ar ly the back seat F-4 j ob. Fi nally the day came; assignment s

so they woul d be dr y i n t he mor n i ng. I t ook of f my wat ch and hung it i n a br anch above me. I sl ept f it f ul ly. Somet ime i n the ni ght I awoke and saw two gr een eyes gl ari ng at me. I t ook my pi st ol belt and bashed the thi ng’s head i n. Next mor ning I f ound t hat it had been my watch .

ago, but the years fly by too f ast

day seemed like forever and the

h i s ch oi ce, an d so on u n t i l t h e

di stance between bir thdays was eter ni ty. With a l ittl e age (not much, either ) timus f ugit . Wor ds wor th wr ote, and I r ead i n hi gh Ode on t h e I nt i m at i on s

sch ool

of Immor t ality.”

T h er e w as a t i m e wh en each of

u s w as i m m o r t al . T h er e w as a t i m e w h en I c ou l d n ot ev en co m

prehend seem

mortality.

like I

can

doesn’t

d o t h e sam e

amount of wor k anymor e. I can’t

ch u ck a r ock as f ar , st ay u p as

l ate, or r un as f ast as I used t o. I st i l l f eel l i k e a k i d— u n t i l I see

a kid.

Recentl y, I ’ve had to r e

du ce t h e i n t ak e of f ood an d b ooze.

I used to eat and st ay skinny and dr ink and be happy. Now, I eat and get f at and dr ink and become mel anchol y. But i t’s been a good l if e, and

t h e best i s st f ll ou t f r on t .

N on e

thel ess, I , like a thousand other s,

go back to those years when I

began t o matur e i n thi s busi ness. I ’ve f i nal ly “ pr ogr essed” f r om t he l i n e t o t h e st af f . I m i ss t h e l i n e . I n ev er w o r k ed h ar d er or b et t er

t h an w h en I w as cal l ed u p on t o

f ly and f l y and f l y.

Flyi ng was diff er ent then. Ther e was a r eason t o be good at it , a war . I ’ll never f or get the f eel ing I had when pil ot tr aining was winding down and assi gnment s wer e upcoming. The For m 90 asked, “ Ar e you a volunt eer f or Southeast A si a . . . st ate your pr ef er en c es .”

I st oo d t h er e w i t h t h e sh eet i n

my hand and r eali zed the gr avity of i t al l f or t h e f i r st t i m e .

B ack

then they came down with a bl ock of assi gnments, and mer it counted f or somethi ng. They had 12 or 13 f i ghter s, 27 ATC sl ot s, 50 SA C sl ot s, an d a bu n ch of M A C sl ot s. T h er e w er e a bu n ch of GI B ( “ Gu y-

i n-the-back , F4 ) j obs and a bunch

of w i er d st uf f , EC-135’s, W C-135’s, C-7’s, C-123’s, EC-47’s, U V -st uf f , 12

an d I h au l ed ass.

I stopped of f at Cl ar k i n t he Philippines f or j ungle school . We spent a coupl e of ni ghts i n the j ungl e swatti ng f li es and f ear ing ever ythi ng. The second ni ght I decided t o “ sl eep” i n a tr ee. It got dar k ear ly and the monsoon

h av e h i s ch oi c e ar o u n d al l 8 U P T

n ow . I r em em ber w h en t h e sch ool

swor e neat thi ngs t o each other ,

bases. The second guy could have

choi ces r an out . Then peopl e t ook

sec o n d ch oi ce .

T h en t h i r d . A n d

ov er .

w er e m ad e, w e gr adu at ed an d b ol dl y st r u ck ou t on n ew l i v es

af ter shaki ng hands and pr omi s i ng t o keep i n t ouch. Everybody

w as h eavy . I t ook of f som e cl ot h es

W e w en t b ack t o Cl ar k an d I l ear n ed t h at P et e J en sen h ad b ee n .sh ot d ow n f o r t h e sec on d

time. This time they had not pi cked hi m up.

m u t t er ed a good l u ck or t w o. T h e gr adu at i on di n n er - d an ce w as a bi g af f ai r . A s u su al , a bu n ch of gu y s ab an don ed w i ves an d d at es

and pi cked up.

back, thi nki ng of wi nni ng war s, having r euni ons, being cWef s of

I sti ll f elt pr ett y much i mmor t al , but not enti r el y.

an d w en t t o t al k b u si n ess i n t h e

E d N i ch el h ad b een sh ot d ow n

st af f , aces, an d so on .

I n a cou p l e of d ays I st ar t ed out

f or my new j ob 1700 miles away. Of cour se I had to st op and see a gir l f ri end or t wo enr oute. By the time I got ther e, my damned assignment had been changed, so I spent the night , r ever sed cour se, an d d r ov e 19 0 0 m or e m i l es t o a

new assi gnment . No bi ggie. I was unf l appable— we all wer e. M ar v M oor e got k i l l ed i n t r ai ni n g acci dent . T oo b ad .

H en r y Sn el l en ’s assi gnm en t w as ch an ged . H e r ev er sed cou r se an d got k i l l ed i n a car w r eck f or h i s

tr oubl es. b a se .

That l ef t 67 f r om my

Joe McHear n was r epor ted shot

d ow n an d m i ssi n g i n Rout e Pack 6. N ot h i n g w as ev er h ear d f r om hi m agai n . D an

Edm u n son

got

m ar r i ed .

T h en h e h ad an acci d en t an d b e

came par apl egi c.

L at er I hear d

t h at h e k i l l ed h i m sel f .

got

ser i ou s ov er

a w om an ,

j ust i n time t o go t o SEA .

I got a l ett er f r om my br other , gr u n t

l i eu t en an t

I nf antr y i n H Cor ps.

the

4t h

A pl at oon

l ead er , h e’d su f f er ed h i s f i r st casu al t y an d w as f or l or n f or i t .

Cr ossi ng a steep r avi ne, one of his boys stuck his M-16 down f or hi s buddy t o gr asp. The gun di s

ch ar ged i n f u l l au t o w h en t h e k i d

t ri ed t o haul himself up by the bar r el . Twenty r ounds in the ch est . D am n e d acci d en t . I t m ad e n o d i f f er en ce t o Ch ar l i e .

I f inall y got t o Southeast A si a. The f lyi ng was gr eat . Ski p Raymond got kil l ed i n an F-4 i n a Fi ght er Weapons Center acci d en t .

Bi ll Reed got kil l ed i n an F-106

ac ci d en t of f t h e C al i f or n i a co ast i n d i ssi m i l ar A C M .

My br other

Cor p s.

got kil l ed i n I I

I br ou gh h i m h om e an d

went back t o SEA with a par ti cul ar vengeance. I wanted t o kil l ever y Communi st on eart h and gave i t a r eal chal l enge. I vol unt eer ed f or ever y t ough mi ssi on that came our way. Fi nal ly, I got a bunch

of f ri endli es hur t . I ’d t empor ar il y l ost si ght of what the hel l we wer e t r yi ng to do. A year af ter the war my ol d

r oom i e an d I d eci d ed t o go can oe

public’s wars. We, above all other s, wil l see it car r i ed out .

I am r em i n d ed of G en er al P at

ton’s speech t o 7th A r my i n Wor l d

W ar I I :

I n sof ar

as w e cou l d d et er m i n e,

H a n n i b al ’s

h as n ev er

The

b een

Roman

t ak e h i s ar m i es i n ar r ear s

and pl ace hi s back t o t he sea, so t h at h e w i l l di e f r om o u r h an d s o r t h e h an d s of

the

se a .

ever y

m u st

man.

n ow

Ever y

man

d e ci d e t h at

w i l l l i v e t o f i gh t t h e Rom an

an d n ot b e w ast ed at t h e

w ay si d e b et w een h er e an d G en er al

St o n ew al l

“ T h e l u x u r i es of

wer e sol di er s; K ing Saul , K ing

Our s i s the advant age.” When Ger many l aunched thei r

h as n o t t h r i l l ed t o t h e t al es of a

Napol eon, a Pat ton, a MacA r thur , a R ob i n O l d s ?

W h o h as n ot f el t

wander lust and qui ck pul se at t he T h e Od r eadi ng of “ The Ili ad, yssey,” and “ The A enei d? Ther e i s gr eat subst ance t o what we do, you and I . W e pr o tect a f r agi le peace. We f ight t he

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Bastogne ar ea with his ar my i n t act . The r est i s hi st or y. Somewher e al ong the way I l ear ned that I , too, am mor tal , yet .

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cess in December 1944, onl y one U . S. commander stood r eady to

on e bel i eved i t , bu t h e di d . M ost am azi n g w as t h at h e ar r iv ed i n t h e

s e n d th i s fo r m to :

O ^

h an d s.

ton r epli ed t o his bosses that he coul d tur n 3r d A r my 90° and be l ocated i n thr ee days i n a posit ion to cut of f t he enemy’s r ear . No

ad d ress , p lease

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gr eat b u l ge of f en si ve t ow ar d A n t w er p an d m et gr eat i ni t i al su c t ak e t h e o f f en si v e .

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T h e el em en t s of in

To c h an g e or

to CO (D

n u m b er s

sur pr i se and saf e deliver

Who

m i l l i on

{Make Me a Map of t he Valley )

sai d :

I t i s an honor abl e pr of essi on.

an d A r t h u r , t o n am e a f ew .

m u st p er sever e.

J a c k so n

and supply bel ong t o t he

Centuri on, and so on. I t coul d go without sayi ng that many of history’s and mythol ogy’s gi ant s wer e sol dier s; A gamemnon, Odyssus, A l exander , Caesar , A ntony,

ar ms. Because of you and your pr edecessor s our lives ar e f ull . Yet , our j ob is not comp l eted. We-

b at t l e .”

one must be r esponsibl e f or the pr of essi on of ar ms.

D avi d , K i n g N ebu ch adn ezzar , t h e

W e m u st d o i t w el l , i n t h e

t r ad i t i o n

m ak es f i v e of u s . W e n eed

h i m an d h i s sor t .

Ev en t h e gr eat h er oes of t h e B i bl e

We have a big j ob i n f r ont of

u s.

have been changed prior to inci u.stcm i n

“ Our number s pl ead at ten t i on. The Roman A r my

A n d h e w as r i gh t , w e n eed

Som e

t h e sea. I n t h i s m easu r e, if w e ar e su ccessf u l , w e

L ater , he quit and went t o f ar ming. “ Scr ew ’em,” he sai d, “ they need me wor se than I need them.” He was one of those guys that mi ght have been a chi ef of

w h at w e d o m u st b e d o n e .

W e

l oo k s f o r u s t o c om e f r om

j ust sor t of di sappear ed i n the vacuum when we pul l ed out .

I ’ve sometime wonder ed why I st ayed i n and why I woul d do i t again. Ther e wer e times i n my car eer when the milit ar y man was a butt and a scapegoat . What we do i s not r el evant t o that . Simpl y,

b ef o r e

compl ished.

l ost a w ar . N o o n e ev er b e at u s i n t h e f i el d . U . S. F or ces h ad k i ck ed asses an d t ak en n am es. I t

st af f .

K en :

d er t ak e a b ol d st r o k e t h at

of yester day. I li st en vainl y, but with thi r st y ear s, f or the wit chi ng mel ody of f ai nt bugles bl owing r eveil le, of f ar dr ums beat ing the long r ol l . . . .”

m at i on bef or e i ni t i at i n g t h e h i s t or i c cr ossi n g . H e sai d :

us, too. That may not be so, but i t sur ely l ooked that way. We f i nal ly decided two thi ngs: ( 1) We had done our duty and woul d do i t agai n, and ( 2 ) We had not

me.

an d car essed by t h e sm i l es

t h at h e d eci m at ed f or a d ecade,

“ Sol di er s of Car t h age an d

sh ad o w s

days of old have vani shed — tone and t i nt . They have gone glimmer i ng thr ough the dr eams of thi ngs t hat wer e. Their memor y is one of wondr ous beauty, wat er ed by tear s and coaxed

When Hanni bal cr ossed the Al ps i n pur suit of the Roman l egi ons

h ad seem ed l i k e w e h ad h ad e n em i es i n f r on t of u s an d b eh i n d

I n f act , i t

The

par t )

T h e t w i l i gh t i s h er e.

HI S countr y . . . .”

h e or d er ed h i s so l d i er s i n t o f o r

w e w er e h u r t or n ot .

(In

d u m b so n -of -a-b i t ch d i e f o r

not much good had come f r om i t . No one even gave a damn whether

w o n d er f u l

ar e l engtheni ng f or

won a war by dyi ng f or his count ry. He won it by maki ng the other poor ,

days. I got wor r i ed and st ar ted bellyaching. He sai d, “ Well , wher e i n par ti cul ar ar e we goi ng?” I said, “ Nowher e.” He sai d, “ Then

M acA r t h u r ’s

speech when accepting the Syl vanus Thayer Awar d :

t h at n o so n -of -a-b i t ch ev er

w er e d ead -d am n ed l o st f or t h r ee

We got t o t al king about the war .

G en er al

( I n par t ) “ Be seat ed. Now I want you to r emember

i ng/ wal ki ng up into Canada i n l at e Sept ember . We wer e out f or 29 days. Dur ing the l ast week of i t we

w e ai n ’t l o st .

I woul d not do it any other way. I am a lif er , and am r eminded of

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TH E CA D ET LIBRA RY By Cap t . Pam ela A . Sex t on

Many people beli eve t hat li br ar i es ar e r at her stuf f y, tr aditi onal or ganizati ons given t o putting up si gns t hat r ead SILENCE. A t t he A cademy nothing could be f ur ther f r om t he tr uth. The Cadet Li br ar y is bui lt upon a f oundati on of ser vi ce to its patr ons and it pr ovi des a r emar kable r ange of opti ons. ,.Her e ar e r ar e books; comput er s; magazines f r om TI ME t o LANCET; cir culating books; and t he most impor tant r esour ces, people. L ook f ur ther and you wi l l see it is a complex or ganization t hat pr esents only par t of itself t o t he publi c. Hi dden f r om vi ew ar e mor e comput er s, mor e books, and mor e staf f . And li ke t he r est of t he A cademy it gr ew f r om ver y smal l beginnings t o its pr esent pr ominence. The Cadet Libr ary began it s ser vi ce to the A cad

emy in a f ew small rooms at Lowry AFB when the

A cademy opened i n 1955. Si nce that time it has gr own to cover 88,000 squar e f eet on f our f l oor s, a sixth of the l ength of Fair chil d Hal l . Thr ough the

years it has expanded not only in size but in services

of f er ed to cadets, f acul ty and the civi li an communi ty. When at L owr y the Li br ar y opened with only 1,000 volumes and depended upon i nter libr ar y l oan f r om ot h er l i br ar i es. I t h as n ow b ecom e t h e l ar gest si n gl e

library in the Colorado Springs area. This growth over a period of 25 years has been controlled by an orderly growth plan to support curricular and staff

needs, and the f unds avai lable t o i mpl ement t he

p r og r am s.

When we occupi ed the new buil di ng i n 1959, we

had more space than r equired to house our collection. Thus, when the Cadet Wi ng i ncr eased af ter 1964 t he Dir ector of A cademy Libr aries di d not est abli sh a r e

quirement to enlarge the building at that time. He pointed out that sometime in the future the library woul d need t o expand to pr ovi de mor e space f or books and f or seati ng patr ons. That f utur e time has ar r ived and an expansi on i s pl anned f or 1981.

The pr esent bui l ding consi sts of f our f l oor s at the nor th end of Fair chi l d Hal l . It can seat 856 peopl e and has a book capacity of 450,000 volumes. How ever , with the Wi ng incr ease we shoul d have enough seati ng ar ea f or 1250 peopl e and enough space t o hol d 550,000 volumes. These f igur es ar e based upon nati onal academi c libr ar y st andar ds that take i nt o account the number of students and f aculty, the cur r i cul um and the number of outsi de publ ic user s. The pr esent pl an i s to buil d a one stor y extensi on t o the li br ary south on t op of the second f l oor of Fair chil d Hall . (Tr y vi suali zi ng it thi s way ; the expansi on will cover the ar ea wher e the ponds once wer e and wher e the bust s of Orvill e and Wi lbur now st and guar d over the A str oturf ) . I n additi on to pr oviding mor e space f or books and peopl e, ther e wil l be some maj or addi ti ons t o the libr ary’s capabiliti es. Ther e will be computer ter mi nal s, an audi o-vi sual center , study car r el s w i t h el ect r i cal ou t l et s an d a n ew sou n d d i s

t ri buti on system. 14

A l l these items wil l compl ement

the pr esent col lecti ons and pr ovi de cadet s wi th a var i ety of study opti ons. They can wor k on home wor k f or Comp Sci , check out a f il m, li sten to musi c or f inally, r ead a book . With a tot al of 475,000 vol umes, mi cr of i che r epor t

l i t er at u r e col l ect i on an d gov er n m en t docu m en t s t o

choose f r om, it woul d seem that per haps the libr ar y coul d st op buyi ng and coast al ong on what i t owns. A li br ar y is much li ke any other or gani zat i on— equi pment , i n t his case books, gr ows ol d or become wor n, other s become out dated with the passage of time; and sti ll other s ar e no l onger r equir ed because of changes i n t he A cademy cur r i cul um. The st ati sti cs ar e r eveal ing. The libr ar y adds 13,000 new books a year to t he shelves and di scar ds over 2,000. Thi s addi ti on and subt r action i s not based on any simpl e f or mul a. I nstead it r equi r es the at tent i on of seven r ef er ence libr ar i ans who ar e al so r esponsibl e f or col lecti on devel opment to sel ect those books f or ei ther pur chase or di scar d. The r ef er ence li br ar i ans ar e al l pr of essi onal s and must have a Master ’s of Libr ary Sci ence plus a back gr ound i n another academi c ar ea. They each ar e assi gned t o sever al academi c depar tment s and mai n t ai n a li aison with those depar tment s. For exampl e, if Politi cal Sci ence deci ded t o add a new cour se, the r ef er ence l ibr ari an r esponsi bl e f or Poll Sci must ev al u at e ou r r esou r ces, an d i f n eed ed , or d er b ook s

t o suppor t the cour se. Thi s may be done thr ough meeti ngs between member s of t he depar t ment and the r ef er ence libr ari ans; hi s or her own per sonal knowl edge of the ar ea; and assi st ance f r om bibl i ogr a phi es and j our nal s speci ali zi ng i n book r evi ews i n that subj ect .

I n contr ast , when ther e ar e maj or changes i n the A cademy cur r i culum, the st ate of the ar t , or simpl e passage of time causes books t o be no l onger needed, the same li br ar i an who sel ect ed books f or pur chase i n t h at ar e a sel ect s b o ok s f or d i sc ar d . I n t h i s m an n er

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The addition to the L i brary will be added on the Terrazzo

l ev el .

the library has managed to control its growth and

maintain a coll ecti on A cademy.

that

actively

ser ves the

The sel ecti on of books i s j ust one of the many j obs of the Publi c Ser vices Divisi on of the l ibr ar y. These peopl e— the r ef er ence l ibr ari ans, the libr ar y techni ci ans, the ci r cul ati on desk st aff , and t he i nt er li br ar y l oan t echni ci an—make up the most vi sibl e par t of the libr ary. Under the di r ecti on of Mr .

D on al d J . B ar r et t , A ssi st an t Di r ect or f or Pu bl i c Ser v i ces, t h ese w om en an d m en ar e t h e di r ect l i n k

between the patr ons and the r est of the l ibr ar y. Be hi nd the scenes ar e the suppor t staff that f ew vi si t or s t o t h e l i br ar y ev er see.

T h ese ar e t h e m em ber s of

Techni ci al Servi ces Di vi si on and wor k f or Capt ai n Pamel a A . Sexton. Thei r j ob i s i s to pr ocess the books f r om the or der to the publi shed on down t o putti ng the cal l number s on the spi ne. I n addi ti on t o Capt ai n Sexton, who has a Mast er ’s of Libr ar y Sci ence, ther e ar e f our other pr of essional libr ari ans pl us twenty libr ar y t echni ci ans and cl er ks. Both of t hese di vi si ons. Public and Techni cal , ar e under the l eader shi p of Lt Col onel Benj aman C. Gli dden, Di r ector . He i s al so r esponsibl e f or the Communi ty Cent er Li br ar y, super vi sed by Miss Helen Chur ch and the Hospit al Li br ar y r un by Mr s. Paul a Br ock

way. Taken together these three libr aries make up the Academy library system to serve cadets, f aculty

st af f , dependents and t he pr of essi onal needs of health car e pr of essi onal s.

The 54 peopl e on t he libr ar y st af f now r eceive cri ti cal suppor t f r om aut omat ed systems. Ther e ar e many tasks such as shelving the books whi ch can only be done by hand, but two other f uncti ons— cir cul ation and cat al ogi ng—have been aut omat ed t o i mpr ove servi ce and l essen expense. T h e f i r st f u n ct i on t o b e au t om at ed w as ci r cul a

tion. If you graduated within the past f ew years you will remember filling out a slip of paper f or each book you checked out . In 1977 the library leased the Plessy/ Checkpoint Circulation System to give us better accountability contr ol and f ast er tur n ar ound

time to get books back on the shelves in peak use periods. This system works on the same principle as the bar coded labels on packages in supermarkets.

Each b ook h as a bar cod ed l abel i n si de t h e f r on t

cover and each patron has a card with a personali zed

l abel .

T o ch eck out a b ook t h e ci r cu l at i on cl er k

simply r uns a li ght pen once over each l abel and the

transaction is recorded on computer tape.

Now,

w h at on ce t ook sev er al m i n ut es t ak es m er e secon ds.

A utomating the cat al ogi ng br anch was a multi

year proj ect that began at Kent State University in 1965. This system is called the Ohio College Libr ary

Center ( OCLC) System and pr ovi des r emot e access

t o t h ei r dat a b ase t o li br ar i es ar ou n d t h e n at i on .

Without this terminal the library f requently waited three weeks to many months for catalog cards from either a contr actor or the Libr ary of Congr ess. How

ever , wi t h t h e i n st al l at i on of t h e OCL C t er m i n al t h e

libr ary gai ned access i n September 1977 t o a data base of f our mil li on catal ogi ng r ecor ds. To or der

library cards now a cataloging librarian need only select the proper entry from the computer file and after comparing the book with the record and chang

i ng i t if needed, pr esses an or der button on the ter m i n al .

A w eek l at er t h e car d s ar r i v e i n t h e m ai l .

Wi th t he addi ti on of t he OCLC system the l ibr ar y will be abl e t o elimi nat e two civil ian cl er k typists who wer e once kept busy typi ng additions and changes

t o car d set s f r om t h ose r ecei ved . I n al l t h i s, t h e c o m

puter has saved the A cademy much time and money and si gnif i cant ly decr eased book pr ocessi ng t ime.

A si de f r om t hese two maj or systems, comput er s ar e helpi ng the libr ary keep t r ack of the 2516 maga zi ne subscri pti ons the li br ary car r ies. Other pr oj ects i nclude a pr ogr am t o pr oduce a li sti ng of al l the of f i cer s st ati oned at the A cademy si nce 1954. So if you need to l ocate either a vol ume of “ Fight er Weap ons Review” or some i nf or mati on on one of your inst r uctor s the A cademy li br ar y can get the f acts

w i t h i n m i n u t es.

Ther e i s one dat a base t o whi ch the li br ar y has access by mail only. The Def ense Document ati on Center pr ovides computer pr i nted bi bliogr aphi es i n r esponse to our mai l ed r equest s on behalf of cadet s and f acul ty. With a simil ar commer ci al system on

line searches could be conducted in many disciplines,

wi th r esul ts pr oduced i n mi nut es i nstead of weeks.

The library is investigating several systems and hopes t o have one i nstal l ed f or the new buil di ng.

I n additi on to the r egul ar ci r culati ng col lecti on

the library’s r are book resources were substantially

i ncr eased i n 1971 wi th a bequest f r om the l at e Col onel Ri char d Gimbel . I n hi s wi ll . Col onel Gimbel l ef t the li br ar y hi s coll ecti on of about 20,000 i t ems i n cl udi ng aer onautical books, pri nts, ar tif acts and mem or abi li a.

doll ar s.

T h e col l ect i on i s v al u ed at sev er al m i l l i on

Si nce we acqui r ed the col lecti on and f ur n

ished a room to house and use it, the library has

added mor e books, t r aded dupli cates and r eceived other small er gif ts of r ar e books. These acti ons i ncr eased not only the monet ar y worth but t he r e se ar ch v al u e of t h e c ol l e ct i o n .

A v i si t t o t h e Gi m b el Room on t h e si x t h f l oor

of the li br ar y wi ll car r y you f r om the ear liest ma ter i als on f lyi ng— Sumeri an l ett er seal s f r om 2700

BC—to the accomplishment of heavier-than-air flight . The oldest book in the library is also on display here. I t d at es f r om 1489 A D an d det ai l s A l ex an der t h e

Great ’s desire to use flight in a battle. Despite the age of the material there is no “ hands off ” policy. Visitors are welcome and scholars, including cadets, use the ccllecti on f or historical research, al though use is carefully monitored to prevent damage to u n i qu e r esou r ces.

A l t h ou gh t h e Gi m bel Col l ect i on i s t h e m ost i m

pressive gift the library has received, we are given,

or purchase with gift‘dfunds, approximately 3,000 books a year . Funds are often given in memory of a f ri end or f ami ly member . Donor s r eceive a li st of books pur chased wi ih t hei r gif t and a memor i al book

pl at e goes i n t o each b ook .

W i t h t h e i n cr ease i n

book prices and the number to be bought, the library

st af f i s gr atef ul to those peopl e who have used thi s

form of memorialization to support the academic ef f or t of the A cademy.

A library is more than books and documents, it is the people who use it and the people who work in i t. The cadet li br ar y exi sts at all l evel s t o serve t h e

cadets and f acul ty of the Academy. When you visit

the Academy, you and your family are welcome to tour the library and see how it has changed.

Ji tters totheSditor . . JFhy a L ocal Chapter ?

A n independent Colorado branch of

t h e A sso c i at i o n o f G r ad u at es h as o f f i

cially existed for 18 months. I t has been an exciting period with notable successes liberally mixed with the growing pains associated with any new

organization. This letter will provide a status report and will attempt to answer the often asked question, “ Why should I j oin a local Chapter?” A ddressing the latter point f irst I suggest that there are many reasons

why Graduates should join a local

ch apter ; a. T o have involvem ent w ith

th e

A cademy in what is happening today , b. T o exercise the opportunity to exchange ideas and to tak e advantage of a sou rce of inf or m ation ,

c. To enjoy camaraderie and social

cont act w ith G r aduates and their f am i li es.

d. T o participate in a discussion f orum f or presenting ideas to Gradu-

ates-at-large and to Academy officials, e. T o provide mutual assistance to

f el l o w

M ost of y ou are aw ar e of the r econ

chapter, and either j oin an existing one

USA FA H onor Review Committee by

and members of the Colorado Chapter

st i t u t i o n

G r ad u at es,

an d

r ev i t al i zat i o n

th e

G ener al T a 11 m a n . T hr ough Ji m W heeler , our Ch apt er m ade k now n t o t he Super intendent our concer ns about cur rent A cadem y pr ogr am s and t he o v er al l c al i b er o f r ec en t G r ad u at es. A

m eet ing w as convened in July and not only did t he Super i ntendent l ist en t o us, but w e di scover ed th at he sh ar ed ou r concer ns and w as p repar ed t o t ak e pos

i t i v e act i o n t o assess t h e t o t al si t u at i o n .

A nd, as the Supert intendent's lett er in the F al l M agazine r epor ted. G r aduat es have been int im ately i nvolv ed in t he studies dir ected by G ener al T allm an . Other p roj ects incl ude i ncorpor at ion of our or ganizat ion as a nonpr of it C olor ado corpor at ion, dev el opm ent and adopt ion of a chapt er l ogo, par t icipa t i o n w i t h t h e C o l o r ad o A i r F o r c e A sso

ciat ion in host ing a r ecept ion i n D en ver f or G ener al T allm an, hosting m em ber ship m eet ings and soci al gath er ings af t er f oot bal l gam es f or G r adu ates and their ladies, and host ing a

f amily picnic at the Farish Recreation A r ea

l a st

su m m e r .

So, as y ou can see, w e h ave been busy and w e ar e pr oud o f our accom

of the A OG a r eali ty .

plishments to date; but we aren’t f in ished and are moving into new areas; We are providing maj or assistance to the

T hese are obviously not all inclusive, but they are fundamental.

complishment of their multiple pro j ects, and we serve as a sounding boar d

f . To assist in making the potential

So w here ar e w e now ?

W hat h as

i n t er n at i o n al

A OG

o f f ice

th e

Night tradition at the Academy. Sen

f or the A OG m anagement . W e ar e curr ent ly engaged i n t he planning and coor dinat ion necessary t o car ry out 100th N ight '78 w ith the C lass of 197 8. A ddit ionally , the C olor ado C hapt er w il l

speaker at a Graduate/Cadet Wing Dining Out followed by a dance at the

en ab l e l o c al G r ad u at es t o m eet o u r n ew f o o t b al l c o ach . A t t h e sam e t i m e w e

the Colorado Chapter done and where are we going? First, we were success ful last year in reestablishing the 100th ator Barry Goldwater was the guest

A cademy Of ficers Club. A lso, our timing was excellent in that we were the f irst organization to sponsor a very

special salute to Mrs. Mac upon her

r et irem ent . O ur gesture m eant a gr eat deal t o her and t o all of us w ho w er e able t o par t icip at e.

A nother maj or accomplishment in volved the Cadet Squadron Participant Program. I n response to a Colorado Chapter request , the Commandant has

agreed to expand this program to in

clude all Graduates— military and ci

v i l i an— w h o ar e m em b er s o f t h e C o l o

rado Chapter .

Our task now is to

assu re that there i s G r adu ate r epre sent at ion f or each C adet Squ adr on .

A dditionally, within the Participant Program f ramework, we have also of f er ed

the

C o m m an d an t

ou r

c o l l ec t iv e

services to assist in carrying out his Cadet Wing training program. I n this way we hope to f oster more direct in ter act ion betw een the C adet W ing and t he G r aduate C omm unity . 16

host a luncheon during the spr ing to

ar e conti nuing t o w ork and to r ef ine our r ole in the Squadr on Part icip ant

or st ar t one in y our ar ea.

T he of f icer s

cer t ainly w il l be m or e than h appy t o assist y ou in any w ay w e can . F or specif ic i nf or m at ion or assi st ance do not

h esi t at e t o

c al l

m e or

w r ite the

C olor ado C hap ter of t he A OG , P.O . Box 78 17, C olor ado Spr ings, C olor ado

80933.

A dditionally,

our

monthly

Boar d m eetings ar e open t o all G r ad

uates; and we welcome your partici pation i f y ou ar e in the ar ea.

A l ast though t : G ent lem en, w e h av e a Super intendent w ho w elcom es G r ad uate op i nions; and he is w ill ing t o l isten to our ideas and concer ns. I t is, of cour se, i ncum bent upon u s t o insu r e t hat our inputs are thoroughly th ou ght out and pr oper ly pr esented . O ne avenue of p resent at ion t hat al l of u s can t ak e advant age of i s th rough our

local chapters to the A OG off ices at

t he A cadem y . T he ball is in y our court . Per haps now is the t im e t o st ar t a local chap ter and t o get inv olv ed w i th f el l o w

G r ad u at es an d o u r sch o o l . W e

w ould al l appr eciate y our i nter est and y our h elp , and I k now y ou w oul d f ind i t w or th y our t im e. Sincer ely , T H O M A S W . C . W I L SON , ’6 1 Pr esident , C ol or ado C hapter

h i v e o?t B ase ? G en t l em en ;

T he

ar t i c l e

“ Sh o u l d

Y ou

L iv e

Base?’’ ap pear ing i n the f al l 1977 A ssociat ion of G r aduates M agazin e i s

valuable when deciding between buying a h ouse and l iv ing on base. H ow ever , I f eel it is biased t ow ar ds b ase

housing.

I n my opinion, the follow

ing shou ld also be consider ed .

Program, and have started to study,

A n annu al gr ow t h in pr op er ty v alu e

r ad o

cur r ent 10- 12 % appr eci at ion ex ist i ng in m any p ar t s of th e count ry .

how w e, as a chapter , can assi st G r ad uates w ho are r elocat ing in th e C ol o a r ea .

T his last

program, the assistance

p rogr am , w ill becom e a locat or r ef er r al serv ice; and it i s being designed t o r ef er t he r et ur ning G r aduat e t o other G r aduates in the ar ea w ho m ay be able to pr ov ide inf or m ati on and cont act s in the areas of em ploy m ent , r eal est at e,

of 8% is considerably less than the

U pk eep and insur ance f or a base h ouse cer t ai nl y ar e less th an f or a pur chased hom e, but those cost ar e not negl igibl e. T h e ar t icle assum es no cost f or upk eep or f or hou sehold i n su r an c e f o r a b ase h o u se .

legal advice, medical facilities, f inance,

H omes are being sold by-owner .

advantage to this type of service: Grad

sum e a sale by -r eal t or .

insur ance, et c. A s a nonpr of it or gani zat ion w e ar e obviou sly l im it ed t o r e f er r als only , but there is one ov er al l

uates w il l be dealing w ith f el low G r ad u at es and w ill k now they w i ll be deal ing w ith som eone th ey can t rust . A ddit ional det ails on th is pr oposal w ill f o l l o w at a l at er t i m e.

M eanw h ile, I hope every one w il l see

the value of being a part of a local

C apt . Russell ’s w ork sheet allow s f or a sal e by -ow ner or by -r ealt or , but the

n ar r at i v e

an d

c o n c l u si o n s

The chart on saving $307 or $357/ m onth

assu m es a

r at e

of r etu r n w ithou t m ent ion of p ay i ng t ax es.

Pr obably th e bi ggest assum pt i on i n

th e

ar t i c l e

i s t h at

th e

b ase

h o u se

comparable

h o u se.

E ach

b ase

an d

$50,000.00 i ts

l o c al

civilian community will determine if a government home at $243/ month is comparable to a civilian r eal estat e v alue of $50,000 . T hat deter m ination, of cou rse, can only

be made by the individual .

T hese f actor s incorpor ated into C apt .

Russell's worksheet may make the de

cision t o buy a hom e or r ent a base h o u se l ess b i ased

i cally r eal istic.

an d

m o r e ec o n o m

Sincer ely ,

Capt. Stephen C. H oyle ’72

$25,000 hom e of f t hat costs $50,000.

base— N OT

one

T he second m isleading i m pl ied as

sumption is that the home buyer must f inance his purchase with a conven tional mortgage loan. This might be

I f neit her of t hese im pl ied assum p t ions hold and the analysis is m ade on t he basis of a low er pr ice and low er i nterest r at e then of cou rse the picture changes dr am at ical ly and the ser vice m an w oul d not even consider r ent ing gover nm ent quar t er s. . . .

A n um ber of t he ex pressed con cerns center on the ex am ple v al ues em p loy ed in the w ork sheet . I f u lly agr ee t hat indivi duals m ay indeed conf r ont p r operty appreciat ion r ates, m arginal t ax r ates, etc ., that are di f f erent f rom t he hypot het ical ex am ple in the art icl e. C lear ly , the i ndiv idual decision m ak er ought to use the assum pt ions and cir cum st ances unique t o his si tuati on.

f or no down payment 8'/ 2% V A loans.

y our s,

This is the intended purpose of pro viding a worksheet .

2 5 0 9 Sh al i m ar D r .

rent-buy problem. o u s er r o r

Colorado Springs, CO 809 15

com e

com

I n the case of the hom e buy er , Ru s sel l calculates t hat “ H e is ahead $50 a m onth . R ight ? W r ong!” “ W r ong”

“ Should Y ou L ive on Base” which ap

monthly “ return”

H i s n et

is about $75 per

m onth because he has bu il t u p equ ity i n his pr oper ty by pay ing dow n the

pri nci ple approximately

t he 4 y ears.

$1200 over

I n the case of the r ent er of gov er n m ent quar ter s t he aver age m onthly r e tur n of $78 ($ 18, 148 48) h as been

gained by investing N OT his quarters allowance of $243 but $307 per month plus, of course, $6100 at the beginning of the 4-year period. T o simplify, $378 - $307 = $71— the net monthly

sh o u l d

Of f-base Buyer -__.$75/ month return O n-base R ent er ____$7 1/ m onth r etur n

T hus, in this example, the buyer is $4/ m ont h bett er of f th an the r ent er . I n contr ast , Ru ssel l concludes that the on-base r enter is $328/ m onth bett er of f than the of f -base buy er . A l so

the

ar t i c l e

t h er e

ar e

tw o

its conclusions and examples very mis leading.

T he m aj or

dif f iculty

hav e w ith

t h e ar t i c l e i s t h at t h e au t h o r

i s co m

par ing “ apples and or anges.” T h er e i s an inherent assum ption m ade t hat

the Captain's base housing will be equivalent to the $50,000.00 purchased hom e.

T h is j ust isn’t the case.

T he

Captain may be paying out more per month but he certainly has more to show f or it in ter m s of t he qu al ity of

his housing.

A dditionally , t he author uses sever al

f r om hom e ow nership” h is point .

w h ich I f ind

T he appr ec iat ion r ate f or

homes nationally is 1% per month ( 12% per year), not 8%. The marginal tax rate of 20% would imply taxable income of less than $11,200.00 per annum .

typ ical C apt ain h as t ax

able income closer to $15,000.00 per annum , giving a marginal tax rate of 25%. The current V A mortgage in

t er est r ate is 8^/2% , not 9 % . T h e av er age r eal estate sales com m i ssion is

closer to 5% than 7% (this is a very regionalized rate and varies f rom agent

assum pt ions i m pl ied in addit ion to the simplif y ing assu mptions wh ich w er e

to agent). I f t hese r ates are subst itut ed, I bel ieve y ou' ll f ind a net r etur n f r om h om e ow ner ship of alm ost $4,000 .00 p osit ive.

T he f irst of these is that properties of equal value are being compared by

tion has to be evaluated individually

course be the correct way to ap

Si ncer ely ,

this analysis was being applied to

S. R I C H A R D

explicitly made. These implied as sumptions are misleading. the

d ec i si o n

p roach

the

m ak er .

pr oblem .

T his

w ou l d

H ow ev er ,

gover nm ent quar ter s at U SA F A f or ex am ple, w hich ar e w or th about $25,000 in the local m ark et then one

would have to compare that with a

d ed u c t i o n s o f

T his is r ar ely t rue w hen one consider s

inaccurate and skewed to perhaps make

t h e d ec i si o n t h e t w o “ r et u r n s”

f or

peared in the F all 1977 issue, I f ind

A t t his point in the art icle Ru ssel l comp ar es t he buy er 's COST against the be com par ed :

r at e

T h i s assessm en t assu m es t h at al l h o m e-

rates in his example of “ net return

T o properly mak e

t ax

percent (as opposed to the 20 percent rate used in the example in the article).

W ith r espect to C apt . Russel l’s ar t icl e

“ r etur n” f or l iv ing on base.

renter’s RETURN .

M r . Seltzer , f or ex am ple, suggest s t h at

Si r :

i s i n d eed t h e c o r r ec t c h o i ce .

concer ned, however , w ith

a typical captain has a marginal in

parative cost versus return f or the

t w o al t er n at iv es.

n u m b er o f asser t i o n s i n t h ese r ev i ew s.

I t contains a seri

t h e c al c u l at i o n

ar t icle, “ F inancial ly Speak ing— Shou ld

Y o u L i v e o n B ase?”

J ean n e H . B r u sh

I r ead w ith int er est the ar ticle by Stev e R ussell on the analy sis of th e

I appreciate the interest expressed by these letters concerning my recent

t he case, but C aptains ar e also el igible

Sincer ely

D ear Jim ,

A uthor Replies . . .

Si r :

T h e b o t t o m l i n e i s t h i s: E ach si t u a

an d o n i t s o w n m er i t s.

SE L T Z E R

R egister ed R eal E st ate Br ok er RE A L T OR

C l ass o f ’6 9

owners deductions are on the margin.

the f act that those without mortgage interest and property tax deductions get a $3,200 standar d deduct ion . A ccor d

ing to 1977 T ax T able B f igures, a f amily of four with an adj usted gross i n c o m e o f $ 16 ,0 0 0 an d n o h o m eo w n er

deductions will pay $1,59 1 in f ederal income taxes if they use the standard deduction. Conversely, if this family had mortgage interest and property tax

deduct ions of 4,7 10 in addit ion t o, say , another $ 1,000 i n m iscel laneou s deduct ions, t he 1977 f eder al incom e

tax liability obtained by itemizing is $1,088. This suggests an “ average” marginal tax rate f or home ownership deductions of only 11 percent. (M y hypothetical 20 percent leaves quite a cushion for the state income tax f actor .) M r . Seltzer also states that my ex

am ple is biased because it assu m es a seven per cent r eal est ate sales com m is

sion whereas the average is closer to f ive percent. T his is not correct. The m ode is seven per cent .

W h ile no “ na

i ng

A ssociation

tional averages” are available, accord to

the N at ional

Realtors, the norm in most regions is six and seven percent. But, again, the relevant rate is the one conf ronting t h e i n d i v i d u al d ec isi o n m ak er .

With regard to mortgage interest rates, the V .A . rate of 8.5 percent may indeed be the appropriate rate f or an individual circumstance. H o w e v e r , prospective buyers ought to realize that , even though the seller is required by law to pay the discount points tied to the buyer's V .A . f inancing, these points

are custom ar ily passed on t o the buy er , m ak ing t he ef f ect iv e V .A . r at e substant ial ly gr eater t han the nom inal

r ate. H ypothetically, i f discount points of four percent are f ully passed on to the buyer , the ef f ectiv e V .A . r at e f or

48 months of loan service in my ex17

ample case is 9.5 percent, which may or may not be relevant to any given

appropriate rental r ates f or base quarters, but that is not the purpose

charges) would it be correct to add the equity f actor . By adding an equity

U nf ort unat ely , in coll apsi ng the an

equity payment is not included in the monthly cost of purchased housing, M rs. Brush is double-counting.

sit u at i o n .

o f t h e ar t i c l e .

be paying out more per month, but he certainly has more to show for it in terms of the quality of his housing” is at odds with the purpose of the article. The algorithm in the article

alysis mechanism of a 23-page technical report into a two-page magazine article,

T he com m ent that “ t he capt ain m ay

is int ended to allow the decision m ak er

to make comparisons between base quarters and some prospective buy de cision f rom a str ict f inancial standpoint

(note the title of the article). Often the potential buyer may consider a house that of f er s a h igher housing st andar d than do base quart er s. But let’s f ind out w hat the f inancial di f f er en c e i s b et w een t h e d ec i si o n s. M r s.

m ad e an er r o r i n t h e ar t i cl e w h i ch

is not in t he technical r epor t . M r s. Br ush cor rect ly points out th at cal

culating the average net return f or living on base requires the subtraction

of t he m ont hly i nvestm ent ou t lay and not t he quar ter s allow ance. M rs. Br ush, how ever , m ak es an er ror w hen she adds an equ ity f actor int o

t h e n et r et u r n t o t h e h o m e o w n er . T h is i s i n c o r r ec t b ec au se t h e w o r k sh eet d o es

not include pr i ncipal pay dow n as par t

Brush suggests that the buy case must be the equivalent-value case. H er ap proach is the proper way to determine

of the expenses of home ownership. I n other w or ds, only i f Par t I I of t he work sheet included l oan p ay dow n amounts (i n addit ion t o l oan i nter est

f ac t o r

the

n et

r et u r n

w h en

th e

F or t he i nter ested r eader , the t ech nical r epor t av ailable f r om the D e f ense D ocu m ent at ion C ent er , A lex andria, V ir gini a, dev elops a m or e t horough algor it hm on the r ent -buy

d ec isi o n an d al l o w s t h e d ec i si o n m ak er

to compare several assumption scenar

i os on pr operty appreciat ion r at es, sell

ing expenses, etc. I n addition, the report, which c o m p a r e s terminal wealth positions for each decision, provides a stronger (but substantially more complicated) f ramework for analysis than does the ar t icle.

— S . H . R u ssel l

H istorical Foundation A w ard The Air For ce Hist ori cal Foundation pr esents an annual awar d f or the best cadet paper on an ai r power

subj ect of historical significance. Cadets submit papers to the History Department, which reviews the en t r i es an d n om i n at es a w i n n er .

T h e A i r F or ce H i s

t or i cal Foundation then pr esents the wi nning cadet

with a plaque, recognizing his or her achievement . The fi r st awar d was pr esent ed in 1967 to C2C Wil li am D. Ri emer , Cl ass of ’68, f or his paper entitl ed, “ Gener al LeMay.” Over the year s cadets competing f or the awar d have writt en on a wi de vari et y of

topics. Many have concentrated on the careers of

f amous Air Force personalities, such as Generals Carl A. Spaatz, H. H. Arnold, and Ira Baker . Other papers

have f ocused on maj or event s, such as the Battl e of Br itai n, Li nebacker I and H, and the pr isoner of war

camps in North Vietnam. The Soviet and other air

f or ces h av e r eceiv ed t h ei r sh ar e of at t ent i on as w el l .

The awar d has contr ibuted to good schol ar shi p at the A cademy. Sever al of the winning paper s have been publi shed i n pr of essi onal milit ar y j our nal s. Ot h er w i n n er s of t h e aw ar d i n cl u d e : V i ct or P . Br ad

f or d, ’70; Donal d R. Backlund, ’71; Ronal d J. Mar usi ak, ’71; Ter r ance L . Sl awi nski , ’72; James L . Per r angell o, ’73; James B. Smith, ’74; Ri char d W . Tobi n, III , ’74; and Howar d N . Thompson, ’75.

On 8 Novem ber 1977, t he Super int endent of t he USAF A cademy, Lt Gener al K ennet h L . Tal lman, pr esent ed t he Air For ce Hist or i cal Foundati on Cadet Awar d t o Second Li eut enant Mar k Clodf elt er , Class of 1977. Li eut enant Clodf elt er di st ingui shed himself by winning t he awar d f or t he second year in a r ow wit h his paper on t he Com bined Bomber Of f ensive dur ing Wor ld War I I . Li eut enant Clodf elt er i s cur r ent ly st ati oned at Wi l liams AFB, Ar izona f or pi lot t r ain in g.

CLASS NEW S A

1977 award f or his A WC paper, “ T he Evolution of A irlift

L t C ol W ay ne Pit tm an 2000 S. E ads St ., # 9 27 A r lingt on , V A 22202

D o c t r i n e.”

M ik e C A R N S stopped by the of f ice w hi le back i n t he U S on leav e f ollow ing h is schooli ng w ith the Brits. N e w

A V : 2 25-67 7 0

Job: A DO of the f ighter wing at Bentwaters. T ough!

I don’t suppose there’s anyone out there that doesn’t know by now that the Class— and the A cademy— has its f ir st G ener al .

A ll of ou r congr atul ations to Pete T OD D ,

C ouple of addr ess ch anges: Jim W E ST f r om H aw ai i to

C o n i f er , C o l o , an d J i m

B ROW N

t o C o n v er se. T ex . L ast I

heard, Buzz O L SO N 's r et ir em ent address w as G lendale, C al i f .

h i st o r i c m em b er o f t h e h i st o r i c c l ass!

I sh o u l d h av e c o v er ed i n t h e l ast i ssu e t h e sec o n d r et i r e

ment (f or length of service) in the class— Jerry EL SBERND . H e i s now t he l ead m echanical engineer w ith t he H ar r is

Corporation’s Broadcast Products D ivision in Quincy, 111. Currently involved with trouble-shooting f or them and d e signing antennas (antennae?). Joann raves about the 12 0 year-old V ictorian house they’ve bought and it sounds l ik e they’re happily and comf ortably settled— good to hear .

L t Col John D . M acartney 160 A requa Ridge D rive

Color ado Spr ings, C O 809 19 H om e: (303) 599-7482

O f f ic e: A v : 2 5 9 -2 2 7 0

L et m e t it le this stor y , “ D al e's Photo R uns t he G au nt let .” L ast June when I w as T D Y t o the Pent agon, D ale and

Besi des the l ett er f r om Joann, I r eceived tw o other s. C V M I L L E R w r ote f rom E glin w her e he’s i n A D T C— m or e

Sherry T HOM PSON kindly invited me to dinner at their

w or d that Bil l G O L D , L or in K R U E G E R, and D ick L E E w er e all gainf ul ly em ployed t her e in T A W C ; al so th at L ar ry

camera back in the BOQ at Bolling! D ale saved the day. H e later got his f ilm developed and f orwarded the negative to me in Colorado, but, alas, it arr ived one day too l a t e f o r the Summer issue. Undeterred, I saved the picture and i n

specifically, the j oint A ir Force/ N avy program of fice f o r an A dvanced M edium Range A ir-to-A ir M issile. H e passed t h e T H OM SON had recently lef t to become the D eputy Pro gr am

D irector

f or

A F SA T C O M

H anscom

and

St an

BU RGH A RDT was on his way back to the cockpit in K orea, via Luke. CV reports that he, L arry, Bill, L orin, and w i v e s went to the Georgia Tech game last fall, completely enj oying them selves desp ite the scor e. (“ D espite t he scor e.” H o w o f t en

have we used that phrase recently?)

A l so got a note f rom Phil SM OT H E R M ON — a r eal v oice

f rom the past !

H e pointed out, though, why most of

u s

h ave seen so l ittle o f him ; he’s been ov er seas f or t en o f t h e

last eleven years. N ow he’s running the Command Post at N inth A F at Shaw. I n the 363rd T ac Recon Wing there with him are Jim RH OD ES, A DO, and L arry COTT ON , an RF-4C I P. Phil tells me that Jim was recently married there to an A F nurse, Sylvia.

hom e. R on and C onnie "VA T ES w er e also pr esent , and I h ad every one pose so I cou ld photogr aph the occasion f o r t h e C l ass N ew s.

T h at ’s w h en I d i sc o v er ed I

h ad l ef t m y

cluded it w ith m y colum n f or the F all I ssue (w hich w e n t

press in October). But f ate struck again! T he printer n e e d s pr ints, not negatives, and his printing f acility was t em porar i ly down. Foiled again! For this issue I started early a n d sent the negative over to the A OG of f ice f or printing s o m e six weeks in advance. T hus the photo you see below o f

Sher ry , D ale. C onnie and Ron . A nyw ay , l ate news f rom D ale is the the T H O M PSO N S

and Y A T ES went to the N avy game in Baltimore together last f all and had a great time, except f or the f inal t w o m i n

utes. Also, Sherry is overjoyed to report that she g av e u p

her j ob as 1977 cam e to an end . D ale said he h ad j ust seen D K JO H N SON w ho w as T D Y

to The Building.

D K is the Weapons and T actics Off icer

Pr ess r eleases inf or m m e th at D ick T RA I L has assum ed

for the 366th TFW (F-I l l ’s) at Mt. Home. He and Sally have a condominium at Sun Valley and are skiing as o f t e n as they can, which must be a welcome change of pace f r o m

he didn’t tell me about it; I had to read it in a journal):

earned the Meritorious Service Medal being awarded b el o w

command of the 46th A RS at K I Sawyer and that Brian PA RK ER has received the M SM f or his j ob as A sst Prof of A ir Science at Texas A & M . A belated note (because

Jimmie JA Y received the A erospace H istorical Foundation’s

the A ir Staf f and Washington DC.

That is where D K

by Colonel Pickitt, 366th TFW Commander .

Change-of -A ddress Car d Quick ies. Buck CON GD ON has moved from Omaha to V irginia where he is a new gu y at the Pentagon. T ony L ON G is living in T orr ance, Cali f ornia and is assigned to SA M SO. A 1 JOH N SON is f inally getting settled in his new house on the water in A lexandria. D ick H EA D is enj oying his one-year tour as a Fellow o f the Council on Foreign Relations in N ew Y ork City and expects to be pushing paper s on the A ir Staf f (X OC) n ex t y ear .

Ch ar l ie W A T E R M A N h as PCS’d f r om A ltu s A F B, Ok l a h om a t o T r av is A F B w h er e he i s f ly ing the C -5 . Joe H I G

GI NS is at Williams A FB. Sid N EWCOM B has j ust PCS’d f r o m t h e M A A G i n C h i l e t o H o l l o m an A F B w h er e Si d w i l l

be C hief of the A er onaut ical T est D iv ision (A F SC) . Jerry

M A SON is Ops Of f icer of the 8th M A S (C- 14 1) at M cchor d A F B .

H e r epor ts the l ivi ng in W ashi ngt on st at e i s

great and that Jack H A RD I SON is in the same squadron

w h i l e N el s D E L I SA N T I at M cC h o r d .

i s c o m m an d er

of th e 62n d O M S

Ralph L A L I M E wrote a guest column in the last issue about the gang at A ir War College tr aveling by camper t o A tlanta f or the Georgia T ech game. H ere is the photo graphic evidence: L to R, A 1 BA CH E, D on and Joannie

Ron and Connie Yates, D ale and Sherry Thompson

ST E V E N S, G ary

SH E ET S, R alph , M ar i ly n H O BG O OD ,

George and Evelyn EL SEA , M ike L OH , Jerry and Betty

D E L A C R U Z , an d L es H OB G OOD .

D . K . Joh nso n

D K had also T DY ’d to L angley where he r an into L eon GOODSON , who is Special A ssistant to General D ixon, t h e

T A C C o m m an d er .

A nother recent recipient of the M SM was Pete K I N G . Pete is now at Eglin, but earned his M SM while serving a s chief test pilot at the Contract M aintenance Center at G et af e,

Spain, near Madrid. Tough duty! And now Florida!

class trip to A tlanta f or USA FA / Qeorgia Tech Game. L ef t to right: A I Bache, D on Stevens, Joann Stevens, Gary Sheets, Ralph Lalime, George Elsea, M arilyn H obgood, M ike L oh, E v eIvn Elsea, Jerry D e L a Cruz, L es H obgood and Betty D e L a C r u z .

I was talk ing to Jack BRUSH the other day about avia tion gates, and it occurred to me that some of you o u t t h er e may not k now that the possibility exists f or getting b ack credited with gate time for f lying done while assigned t o the A cademy staf f prior to 1976. I t’s complicated and r e quires a request f or a change of military records. G et i n

I called L es this morning and learned that A WC is treating everyone well and most are through with their bi g paper and in the f inal stage of negotiating their PCS o r d e r s

information (or consult Jack , he’s the expert). Jack al so reports that his wif e, Jean, has given up nursing, go t t en an M BA f rom CU and opened up her own business: a school that gives ref resher training seminars for nurses employed

of his limp. Joan and the k ids are living in Ft . Walton Beach, and H ardy commutes down there in his own light plane, which he keeps parked on the M axwel l r amp about

t ouch w ith D PM A (A tv n 259-2247) at U SA F A f or m or e

i n this area of C olor ado. h i s r et i r em en t .

Jack hopes she’ll suppor t h i m

Bel ieve it or not , H ow ie B RON SON ’s litt le brother j ust w alk ed into m y o f f ice! H e is a doolie and pl ans to m aj or i n

international relations. H e says H owie has f inished t h e N A TO War College in Rome and is now assigned to SH A PE H eadquarters in M ons, Belgium. 20

w it h M PC .

(L es of f er ed t o w r ite a gu est col um n on th at

subj ect for the summer issue.) H e also said that H ardy L EBEL , who missed the A tlanta trip, is r ecovering well f r o m

his 1976 auto accident i nj u r ies and h as j ust abou t got t en r i d

50 y ards f r om h is BOQ r oom .

I t look s like I will be leaving the A cademy temporarily to spend next year as a visiting prof essor at the N ational War College at Ft . M cN air . Since it will be a r ound-tr ip PCS, A nne and Phen will stay here but will be visiting m e in Washington. M y move may be the appropriate occasion t o pass on t he baton t o som eone else as C l ass N ew s S e c r e

tary. A nyone out there itching to be a gossip columni st?

L t C o l T o m Su t t o n

123 M ississippi D yess A F B , T X 79607 A u t o v o n : 4 6 1- 3 0 7 8

H om e: (9 15) 698-8748

I t’s been very cold this winter, but I ’ve heard of

n o

frozen spirits among the Class of ’61. I have enjoyed t h e

holiday season because of all the cards and the letter o r t w o that came our way. M y wif e and I , along with the seven SUTTON sons, extended to all of you a wish for a r ewarding y ear .

I have thoroughly enj oyed writing this quarterly epistle these past f ew years and (self ishly) f elt a little depr essed w hen Jim Wheeler suggested that we consider passing the o p p o r tunity around. I f any of you have a burning desire t o b e t h e Class Secretary, I will of f er up the baton. I f you pr ef er , I ’l l continu e t o do m y bit .

H ad a not e f r om T om W I L SON descr ibing the activi t ies at the annual hom ecom ing last O ct ober . A lthou gh it i s old news now, the time lag in getting the news and publish

ing it prohibits anything much more current . A nyway, T o m reported that everyone attending had a great time and t h a t

B o b B R I C K E Y sa i d t h at t h e C l ass o f ’6 1 h ad t h e b est t i m e

of all. H e also observed that af ter 16 years, we all st i l l l o o k pretty much like we did in ’61 . . . A h, vanity!! T om a l so passed on some headline information about some class c el eb r i t i es.

Randy CU BERO is reported to be fishing f or a j ob back in the States, pref erably at the A cademy. A pparently,

he and P. B . O 'C O N N O R could not k eep the f olk s i n the

Canal Zone and surrounding terr itory f riendly. P. B. already deserted and is the ops of f icer at the CT-39 D e t a c h

h as

m ent at L angley A F B . H e and T om W I L SO N ar en’t t he onl y C T -39 hanchos in the cl ass t hough . I under st and t h a t

C ar r o l l C A R SO N

H ad

r u n s t h e sh o w

a w el com e let ter

f r om

at M cC l el l an A F B .

Ji m

CA SSI D Y , f or m er

marine, earlier this f all. Jim says that A mber, Pa. i s o u t side the mainstream of society but he hopes that if a n y o n e comes that way, they will look him up. Jim was proud t o f orward a news clipping which identif ied him as the h o m e t o w n R eal t o r o f t h e Y ear .

T h e ar t i c l e d escr i b ed J i m

past pr esident and dir ector of the G r eater A m bler Ch am ber of C om m erce, a f or m er dir ector of the A m bler Businessm en ’s I mpr ovem ent C om m ittee, and tr easur er and director of t h e

Greater A mbler JA YCEES. Great credentials, Jim, and worthy of a graduate of the best A cademy Class ever .

y L t . C o l . D o n B o x r e c ei v es M er i t o r i o u s S e r vi c e M ed a l .

of the C iv i l E ngineer ing D iv ision . a b u c k et o f sn ak es.

D on't t hink that

i sn ' t

L ee BU T L E R is A ssist ant D eputy f or O per at ions, 4 16th Bom b W ing, i n cold count ry U SA , G r if f iss A F B, N .Y . H ector N EG RON I has depar ted Pope A F B f or the m uch

m o r e c o m f o r t a b l e c l i m at e o f M ad r i d w h er e h e w i l l b e a big

(Spanish-speaking) cheese in the U .S. Embassy.

Hector , t h e

class pr iv ate invest igator , revealed that he has l ocat ed

the

missing " Pot of the Party” award f irst of fered by L arry

K A R N O W SK l

et .a l . i n

19 7 2 .

f ac t

w h ic h

m ak es i t

collector's item I 'm sure. H ector feels that its present r e s t ing place is not nearly as appropriate as the Smithsonian would be even if they would only display it in the j oh n. M ay be it ought to be at K arnowsk i's f or use in f uture p ar t ies. W hat do you thi nk ?

Having digressed considerably, allow me to continue w i t h the resume-Johnny KOH OUT is now an A ir Force Research A ssociate with the I nstitute of War and Peace Studies, C o lumbia University. L arry H OL L I E has moved to USA FE H eadquarters as a

m anpow er staf f of f icer .

Jim is only one of 217 who has achieved great things

F r ank W I L L I S is back in st udent st atus at the I ndust r i al C ol lege of the A r m ed F orces.

of w h at those w ho w e h av en ’t hear d f r om f or a w hi le a r e

A ddison S. T H OM PSON is a deputy director of the Y C14/ YC- 15 in the A ir Force Flight T est Center, Edwards

during our turn on earth. I thought that it would be a change of pace to take the rest of the space with a potpourr i

doing, with a f ew exceptions. H ow's that f or sentence st r u c

A F B, C a.

Stev e H O h as m ov ed of f ices but not hom es and is now w or k ing w i th SA M SO in L .A . i n the M inut em an and M issile-

cards from Wichita, K ansas where he owns the town, o r i f

tur e, C har l ie?

X I CBM programs. D on BOX closed down Webb, A FB, Tx and moved to

Randolph AFB as commander of the 12th Student Squad ron. For those who have forgotten that #$&;*%^!! grin o f D on’s, I urge you to study the pious f ace of the man b e h i n d the M eritorious Service M edal in the photograph below.

Although we don't see him, Jack TAYLOR is still deputy editor-in-chief and commander of the European Stars a n d Stripes n ew sp aper .

K en JOH NSON hit the ground running back in 1974 and hasn’t slowed down at all . H e is the operations o f f i c er in the 81T FS f lying F-4C Wild Weasels.

Dick FAIRLAMB, also a fighter type pilot, is the ops

of f icer in the 480T FS in Europe.

I don ’t think w e h av e hear d f r om R on W E E D E N in a

while, but it isn’t any wonder . Ron is at M cClellan A F B serving as Chief of the Operations and M aintenance B r an ch

A nd then t here is Sam H A R D A G E w ho sent m e t w o

not yet , he soon w il l .

Psychiatrist Rich M A Y O of H ouston, Tx f lies the T-33

in the T ex as A ir N at ional G uar d, or so I 'm told . st il l r eal ly f ly R ich?

D oes i t

M ike QU I N L A N is a wing weapons off icer at H ill A FB,

Utah and Earl SAUNDERS will soon be returning to the

A cademy Geography D epartment with a hard earned PhD . I k now there are lots more things to share. A ll we

need are a few letters or phone calls. Thank you for y o u r help and your friendship. I am honored to serve you a n d

t o serve w ith y ou .

PHOT OS; A ll Graduates are reminded that the A OG is

pendent on each individual to f orward current photos f or i n cl usi o n in of f icial A OG f i les.

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every time. He says, “I almost hate to collect my pay f o r i t .”

4 8 1- 2 6 9 2 , 3 4 0 0

6 bedrooms, 5 baths, double garage, central air, patio, private

T he cock t ai l h our an d

dinner on the f irst night gave most of us a chance t o r e n e w old f riendships. I was impressed by the stirring songs w h i c h the Cadet Chorale sang because of the f eelings of patriotism,

honor, and camaraderie which they aroused in me. Equally stirring was the Memorial Ceremony the following morn ing, which also tugged at some very deep feeling inside o f a s

The overall ef f ect was to strengthen a sense of esprit

m e.

H e f l ies tw o t o thr ee t im es a w eek and i t i s a t h r i l l

T he hour s are decent and the house sounds l ik e a m ansion :

Well the trip to U SA FA f or the grads’ re

union in October w as w el l w or th it .

H e i s th e nu m ber t w o m an

in the school and is also an academic/ f lying instructor

ter r aces of f of t he bedr oom s, w ine cell ar , et c.

say the rent is steep.

N eedl ess t o

Since Zaragoza is a gunnery r a n g e ,

D ick h as seen som e other R E D T A G S t her e: H ow i e C A R -

ROL L , Sq Cmdr of the 480th T FS at Spangdahlem; P D ROBI NSON , at Ramstein with the H olloman group on Crested Cap; P K ROBI N SON , A D O at Bentwaters; and A 1 H A RWICK , Stan Eval at Soesterberg. D ick, his wif e, N ancy ,

son Ricky (11) and daughter Carla (6) will enj oy the s u n shine and good lif e in Spain. I t alk ed t o T o m H I G H

w h o i s n o w at P ease as a B ase

de corps and to instill a strong sense of tradition i n u s an d the importance it can have in our lives. If you noticed in the last issue of the Grads’ Magazine, there was no picture of our class group. It was cancelled

Civil Engineer . I t's his third tour at Pease: f irst h e f l ew B-47s, then he flew FB- l l l s there, and he r ecently f i n i sh ed

still hadn’t arranged the gaggle after 20 minutes. S o

city shopping in Boston. The family loves New England.

due to a lack of interest . A ctually, the photographer st ar t ed taking pictures of class reunions in reverse order, tak ing the class of ’77 f irst . By the time he got to the class o f ’ 6 7 h e w e

ushered our huge class gathering into an unoccupied c o r n e r of M it chell H all and t ook a v ote.

I t t ook a f ew

m inut es t o

count the votes. T he f inal tally was three votes against

picture and zero votes for a picture.

So Jon STAPLES

Bob H OPK I NS and I headed over to A rnold H all f or the

dancing.

Jon said that his new real estate of f ice is doing very

well in Colorado Springs. You can probably see his ad s i n the Grads’ Magazine. Bob said that he just recently st ar t ed

e flying again for the airlines. He said he would have al ivr es port for me on how the airline troops are doing. He

and works near a group of them in his area of California.

George THOMPSON was at the reunion too. He managed

to get a few days leave from his new post at Minot A F B . He’s back flying B-52s after his tour at USAFA . Don BA UCOM attended the f irst night’s f estivities but couldn’t make it to the second night . H e’s still plugging away o n

the USAFA faculty. John FER was at the Memorial Service and the f ootbal l gam e.

A s t h e O I C o f t h e H o n o r an d

Ethics Committee he stays pretty busy .

It was good to see some other RTBs and get together

f or som e r em iniscing,

years away. o n e .

Our 20-year reunion is less than f ive

Let us all start planning now to make it a good

Start saving some money and make a note on your

five year calendar to put in for leave then. I t alk ed to A 1 JA C K SON at M acD il l .

H e is an F -4 I n

structor Pilot with the 13th T ac Ftr T ng Sq.

H e j ust f i n

his M S in C E at A F I T r esi dent school at W r i gh t -Pat . E v en though he and his wife Betsy are N orth Carolina natives they

love New H ampshire. I n f act his two children consider N ew H ampshire their home. They live a short distance f r o m the beach yet are not f ar f rom the ski slopes and the big

N ow I ’ll f ill you in on the work ings of the Grads’ A sso c i a tion. When you send achange of address to the A ssociation, their admin people record the change on their master f i l es.

They save all such cards for the current quarter and sen d them t o m e f or use in the colum n .

info on the cards to locate you.

I th en t r y t o u se t h e

I call your base and try to contact you for more info for this column. It helps

me a great deal when you include your unit assignment (if

knownh of fice phone (if known), and current j ob or f u t u r e

job (if known). I use the cards to make my own locator f i l e . I also receive a copy of any news releases that the A cadem y

gets on its grads. Any time I talk to a REDTAG, I ask

w ho else he h as seen or hear d f r om .

W hen any of y ou get

a call or message from me, you know why I ’m calling. O n e more thing; I don’t really mind getting a call f rom you f irst . N ow f or some recent changes of address/ j ob. Ralph CON L A N lef t L angley f or an F-4 slot in a sq at Seymour-

Johnson. Daryl OLSON stayed at Langley but switched o v e r to a job in the F-15 wing. Randy SCHA MBERGER is the Special Assistant to the 'Vice Wg Cmdr for IG Complaints at M acDill. Bob A ND ERSON is a Str ategic A rms L imit a tion T reaty negotiator assigned to J-5 at the Pentagon.

W hen I called he w as T D Y t o G enev a u nt il M ar ch . D av e W H IT M A N w as T D Y t o N ell is f r om Pease in the R ed T ag

exercise.

H e is currently pulling alerts and biding h i s t i m e

until a good job opens up. Dave, I know how it feels. B o b

ished a tour at Langley where he was the Executive O f f i c er

ST A I B is the N ational Sales M anager f or M itsubishi A i r craft. The note on his card said: “ Change of f irms, b ack i n t o

really enjoys the flying job and is glad to be pushing a st i ck and throttle again instead of a desk. He and his family a r e living near Tampa and are getting accustomed to Florida.

mission planning brief ing when I tried to call him r ecently ,

f or T A FI G , which is a T A C I nteroperability Group.

A 1 JA C K SON m ent ioned som e of the other RE D T A G S

he had been stationed with at L angley and some he had

seen at L uk e.

I t seem s th at he and C huck L A RSON h ad

been attending F-4 Central I nstructor School (CI S) at L u k e .

W hile at L uk e h e h ad seen A r t F A RR I N G T ON and M ik e

T I ETGE. So I followed up and talked to Chuck L A RSON . Chuck has f inished CI S and is staying at L uke. H e is c u r rently assigned to the 58th T ac Ftr T ng Wg. H e and h i s w i f e and two girls, aged 9 and 10 are living in Glendale, A r iz . H e

just finished a tour as an Air Liaison Officer with t h e 7 t h I nf D iv at Ft . Ord, Calif .

H e says it’s nice to be b ack

in A rt F A R R I N G T ON is the Ops Officer for the 311th Tac Ftr Tng Sq at Luke. M ik e

the m ainst r eam of A ir F orce l if e,

T I ETGE is working on the Simulated A ir Combat Simulator . I ’ll h ave m or e on A rt and M ik e f or the nex t col um n . I got a call f r om Joh n R A U SC H l ast m onth but w as ou t of t he

off ice. I j ust found out that he is in the BOERFI N K B u n k er in Germany . K eep those cards and letters and calls com ing.

I got a letter from Dick PERLOTTO. By the way, Dick,

A 1 JA CK SON is a bit peeved because you managed to PCS

from Langley before he did. Dick is at Zaragoza, assigned 22

general aviation management, back to Texas.” Good luck to you in your new job. George THOMPSON was in a at

M inot .

W ar ren

R O BBI N S i s now

C ast le.

R ich

JOH NSON is a Wg Command Post duty controller at Eielson, A laska. M ik e SCH I EBER is back in Seattle. Ray M cCL I NTOCK is a WA R A ugmentation A ction Of f icer for USA FE in the 7055 Opns Sq at Ramstein, Brad 'VA N SA N T is the C hief of Social A ctions f or t he 9 3r d B om b W g C ast le. D on N ET Z I N G E R is now at G r i f f iss. W ell t he r esults of the L C boar d ar e n ow h ist ory .

took a good look at the list and counted about 70 REDTA GS who made it . 1 don’t know how many of us were on the previous year’s list waiting to pin L / C leaves, so I d o n ’t k n ow how many of us were passed over . A s a rough guess. I ’d say about 30 or m ore w er e not selected, i ncl uding y ou r s tr uly .

A ll I can say is wait until next year . I have a f eel ing t h at next year will be a better year . U ntil next quarter , I b i d you ado. Write or call me any time to give me news o r j ust to say ’H I R ED T A G ! H OM ECOM IN G

1978 i s t h e w eek en d

13- 14- 15

T he f ootball opponent is Colorado State U niversity,

O ct . ’7 8.

RA F with follow-on assignment at EUCOM / J-3, Stuttgart, Germany. Jerry A D INOL FI is at A rmed Forces Staf f Col

M aj or N . I . L ee 10 2 1 R o t a-D r iv e

A nder son A F B, G uam

lege and M ik e BRO W N is over at M axw el l enj oy i ng C om m and and G olf . Joe C O A T S has r epor ted to the 4th M A S

A P O San F r an c i sco 9 6 3 3 4 3 6 6 - 3 10 6 / 3 6 3 -2 9 6 7

at M cChord af ter successf ully negotiating his way through

H ere’s hoping everyone f ound what they wanted in their stocking or under the tree. Christmas f or the L ee’s w a s spent in the mountains around N ikko, Japan. We had a great trip over the holidays, playing tourist and spending money. When traveling to Japan do not miss the H akone N ational Park ar ea or t he “ T hr ee Sist er s I nn” in K y oto .

Oh, those Japanese style baths. A nyway, back to the b u si

n ess at h an d . . .

N or m SC H U L Z E sent som e negativ es of the bash in

A tlanta during the A FA -Georgia Tech game. I had them developed and sent on to the A OG with this column. P r i n t ing snapshots is a problem f or the magazine— black and w h i t e glossies are preferr ed. Slides take too long. I will r epor t the pictures N orm sent tell a thousand stories so, if not t h i s t i m e maybe next. I called the 345th Sq at Y okota in N ovember t o t alk t o G eor ge BA R N E S and w ho sh ould I get— D enny

Y EE. D enny reported that George was moving to Clark t o becom e a w ing “ w eenie.”

D ennis w as hol ding down t he

personnel j ob at Y okota. A nother wing “ weenie” is Johnnie H A L L (assum ing m y spy netw ork is accur ate) at the 4 1-

RWRW/ DOX shop in the “ new” building at M cClellan. Other tidbits picked up this month include the H A YCRA FT S, D enny and Sue, at Castle where Denny is Wing Safety. I w oul d l ik e to p ass on congr at ulations to John H EL EN S K I

f or winning his f ourth award of the A F Commendation M e d a l

f or M er i tor ious Serv ice as C ivi l E ngineer ing O f f icer a t B i t bur g. G r eg EA I R H U R ST w as duly m entioned l ast t im e, but his unit went a step f urther between then and now by

earning the A ir Eorce A ssociation Citation of H onor f o r

“ D ec ad e o f E x c el l en c e.”

Change of A ddr ess: Bill FA N N I N G is now stationed in

C -Spr ings w ith

the f ield

of f ice f or

ESD / M I T R EC O R P.

H eadquarters is “ down east” at H anscom Field. L loyd H A R M ON (Dr .) is now the Staf f Surgeon at L akenheath H ospital and another medical type, Jim OL SON is Chief Otology an d N euro-otology at Wilford Hall USA F M edical Center , S a n A ntonio. A f ew are still struggling through school : K en H A RBA U GH is a student at the College of A ir Warf are,

the N at ional W ar C ol lege in June and an M S in I nt er nat ional A f f air s f r om G eorge W ashingt on U niversity i n Septem ber . O ther r etur nees to the cock p it are C har lie G E BH A RD T —

an I P with the USA F T est Pilot School at Edwards, Rog

SO R E N SE N — as an E-4D Squ adron C om m ander at K adena A B, Ok inaw a, Bob L O R E N Z — hau ling t r ash to the N or th Slope w ith the 17t h T A S at E lm endorf , Bob ST O R M S

— an I P with the 33rd T ac Recon T raining Squadron at Shaw , and M ik e H A R L E Y — Ops O f f icer o f the 77t h Bom b

Squadron, Ellsworth A FB, SD . N ot everyone is f lying; J e d D A LE is Chief, L aser Systems Concepts Section (zap!) a t the A E Weapons L ab, K irtland, A FB; Skip VA RA has

m oved to H Q SA C / A D O F , O f f utt A F B; “ D ” H E N D E R SO N

m o v ed t o t h e A i r St a f f / X O O a f t er a t o u r at G r i f f i ss

A F B ; F r ank T A X ’s new address is Rock l and, M E (w hat’s i n

Rock land?); and f inally, H ank “ M ortimer M ilitary” H OEE-

M A N is an A erosp ace Resear ch Of f icer (?) at E dw ar ds.

C i vi lian C hanges: L y n n SI RO V A T K A to W auk esh a, W is

consin; Bob ZA M BOL D I to Emmons, PA as M arketing

M anager f or A ir Products and C hem icals, I nc .; D eacon JA C K SO N to C h ilpuncingo, M ex ico w ith I nter national

A viation M issions; and Wyman H A RRIS requests those visiting or transiting Dover give him a call. “ Wy” h a s a s su m e d the duties of M anuf acturing and Engineering M anager f o r G eneral F oods' D over F aci l ity .

T hat’s it for class news . . . now, a bit of philosophizing.

By the t im e t his art icle is i n the m ail, w e, as a class, w i l l b e

rapidly approaching our 15th anniversary as graduates i n good standing— an incredible thought ! M any, too many, are no longer with us and some have opted for careers i n the world of commerce or other professions than the m il it ar y ; although, I think what I have to say remains appropriate. T hroughout my career to date, one thought remains dominate in that I have not done much except learn many hard l e s sons. I f my analysis of a career, military or otherwise, i s correct we are all on the threshold of f inally applying m a n y of those lessons to some productive good. U n t i l n ex t t i m e t h en— A D N O V O S M U N D O S .

out a weak, “ I t's cold up here” ; A FSC is the new home o f

M aj Rod Wells

Brett D U L A ; Joe D RI SC O L L is now at H anscom A F B , r-d A ; Bob BA R RET T graduated f rom A r m y C om m and and G eneral Staf f C ol lege, and is now i n F -4s at K u nsan ; L e land C O N N E R is now at T r av is; M acD il l now clai m s F -4

490 A l legheny

Colorado Springs, CO 80919 H om e: (30 3) 599-7966

O f f i ce : A V : 2 59 -4 5 10

W ell , anot her C hrist m as Season com e and gone— remem ber how f ast it cam e and w ent as a C adet ?— R ush f rom t h e Rock ies af ter l ast f inal, tw o black st reak s t r ailing o f f i n t o

the sunset— a long night of bodies crammed into a Firstie's car. everyone taking a turn at the wheel, trying to sleep with your knees scrunched up to your eyesockets, stopping only long enough f or a burger and gas (the former causing the latter). Wak ing up M om and Pop at 0 -Christ-thirty (they couldn't sleep anyway), sitting around the kitchen t ab l e ( M o m j ust had to f ix you something) shar ing your latest w ar st o r y , lit t le brother and sister t ry ing har d t o act m ore grow n

now that “ the man” was back— and the parties— oh God— burning the candle f rom all ends, stuff ing and j amming a s

many laughs and reunions into that precious period—the girl

was not exactly what you thought she was (or was she?)— the stories (can you top this) almost f rantically traded up and down the halls after you got back, all of it gone in an i n st an t when you heard your door click shut at the f irst Call t o Quarters. Were you there? Well, where are you now? I wish more of you would tell me— but here are a few bits and pieces— T ony COVA I S,

in a poop-packed epistle (He, by the way, is off for N a v a l

Command and Staf f School with hopef ully a T A C f ighter

assignment to follow) from Wright-Pat. reveals all!

H er b

BEV EL H Y M ER is at A ir War College (while A nne is stay

ing at Forest Ridge to complete school); Rich and Marilyn

BE N N ET T have PC Sed to H aw ai i (har dship tour); M ar sha and Jim bo F RA N C E are of f to int er mediate serv ice school ;

M ike G REECE is busy issuing news reports on the F- 16

f or t he SPO ; Bob C H RI ST O PH E R is busy w ith the f utu re of t he A M ST ; Beck y and D ick H A C K F O RD have r e t ur ned f rom C om m and and St af f (D ick is in t he A - 10 SPO) ; A 1 H E RZ BE RG cont inues to pile it h igher and deeper a t

A FIT ; M argy and D ick K ROBUSEK are preparing to re turn to the rigors of rated duty; Denny M A D D has moved up to L / C; Peggy and Paul BEL M ONT have returned to Wright-Pat f rom Canada (Paul's in the A -10 SPO); Ed M EC H EN BI E R w ork s f or a f ir m near W r ight-Pat (he and

Jerri plan to add a girl to the f amily); PJ and Dave O ' B R I E N

w il l be of f to C om m and and St af f t his sum m er ; M art y

PESUT is still working at the A vionics L ab; Jim RICH M OND is simulating everything but how to make love a t

the simu lator SPO ; C arv er SEA RS has gr aduated f rom A F I T

and is now a Flight Test M anager in the F-5 SPO; Jim( n o t

t o be conf used) SE A RS is t he E xecut ive O f f icer f or B G P a r t i n in A SD / SD ; F r ed T E D ESC O w as w ork ing h ot ’n h eavy on the B- 1 (sorta like buying the last ticket on the T it anic) but h is of f ice w as r ennov ated into a phone booth (act ually h e’s

still employed, work ing on strategic systems); T eggie a n d

T im

W E ST O V E R

ar e ab o u t t o l au n ch

f o r C o m m an d an d

St af f ; T ed and D i ane SA I T O ar e r ecent ar r iv als w ith T ed i n t he M ater ial L ab (v elly good) ; and l ast , as w ell as l east , C l ar e and Pat T U F F EY have lef t , pr obably f or A f r ica.

Thanks T ony f or that wad of wisdom, good to hear f rom y o u . Famous Folks D ept; Y es it's true, and remember f olk s you heard it here f irst . D ick H A WL EY was on the latest 0-6 list ; he w as A ss’t Ex ec f or G ener al Jones, and n o w h e’s

in V aldosta, GA . Congrats D ick (excuse me while I nibble on my heart a while). But can you top this? Our own i n def atigable Fred GREGORY has been picked to be an astronaut with the Space Shuttle Program— now that they’re down to f lying with elderly ladies in a shirt-sleeve en v i r o n ment Fred could f inally pass the physical. Congrats a n y way, Fred (pass the sour grapes, please). On the M ov e: A 1 L A RSON h as r ecently j oined Bel l L abs i n D enver in an adv anced dev el opm ent gr oup f or p r o

cessors and sof tware; Bob D EM PSEY is currently at A ir War College and says he has a f ull time j ob watching C u r t BA Y ER and H erb BEV ELH Y M ER; L eroy ST UT Z is safely ensconced at Command and Staf f ; Doug JEN K I N S thawed out j ust long enough f rom his F-4 j ob in K ef lavik to r asp 24

j ock A 1 FREAT HY ; Denny MONTGOM ERY is now in RF4 C s at Sh aw ; L a i r d SC H A E F E R i s i n f i n a n c e an d sec u r i t i es

up in Toronto; Rip T HOM A S continues work as a med stu

dent in El Paso; John M cK EN N EY is a Bentw ater s, U K ;

Hugh WH AT L EY is in F-4s at H omestead; Willy (the in

scr utable) SA K A H A RA calls F air f ax , V A h om e; T om M A N SF I E L D is an A i r L iaison O f f icer in A u st in ; Ji m

G RA H A M is leaving K elly A F B af ter 3 years and is on h i s way to A FSC; Bob T HOM A S is also at A FSC; Ray H A L L M A R K is alive and w el l w ith D elt a in D al las; D on SM I T H is now at Ramstein as Plans Program s O f f icer ; T om W A L SH is now an F-4 d river at Bentw at er s af ter pick ing u p a n M S M

for duty at George; and f inally, Bob L A W RENCE is an A i r A t t ac h e i n Sau d i A r ab i a .

Oh yes. Bill WH IT E'S Christmas card mentioned that he was a new father— don't worry Bill, it has happened t o t h e b est o f u s.

Well, that's the size of it f or this time— time to go h i t

t he slopes (literally ) . . .

M aj or M ike Ryan 1 17 L ee A v e n u e

Poquoson, VA 23662

H om e: (804) 868-8164 Of f ice; A V : 432-27 19/ 2939

Just got on an airplane from Colorado Springs back t o Langley AFB. Was TDY at the Chidlaw Building f or a

week of f un and games. I t was the f irst time I had b een i n the C-Springs area in eight years. Things have really changed. But I did find the place where the Cadet Club used t o b e . F rom

t h e o u t si d e i t l o o k ed l ik e a c ar

w ash .

W en t t o

hockey game at the A cademy— what a f ield house. T hey could have a hockey match, basketball game and a tr ack meet going on at the same time and without a program y o u w ouldn't k now it .

I ’m im pr essed— aw ed w ith t he pl ant ;

the A cademy lost the hockey game. While in C-Spr ings I saw M ike M U L D OON who’s work ing in Weapons in the H eadquarters. H e al lowed as how he and Deb were happy in the area. I also talked to B r u c e Grossetta (on the telephone). H e has turned in his ac ad em i c patch to become an A OC at the Zoo. A llen ROWE is teach ing French at the A cademy and D ick CA RL BU RG is in the Colorado Springs area trying to make the 427M computer system f it in Cheyenne M ountain. L arry FA RREL L was at TA C H Q attending the Com m ander s C ourse.

H e h as one of th e F -4 squ adr ons at M ac-

H is Ops Of f icer is Gene K OROT K Y . Gene has been at M acD ill f or 3’/ 2 years and expects to be moving s o o n . A lso in the L angley area: Jerry K EY SER f lying as an e x change research test pilot with N A SA ; John T A L L EY in t h e r ated-SLip as an I ntel Of f icer ; K en K RA USE in TA C Safety; D ave N OLT IN G coming to the A rmed Forces Staff College D ill.

in N or f olk .

D av e C O O P E R w as T D Y f r o m N el l i s t o w o r k

on T A F M ission ar ea analy sis.

Spi der M cK I N N E Y st opped

through on his way back to F-15 f lying at L uke.

SH O R T w as d o w n f r o m t h e P u zzl e P al ac e T D Y

M ike

f o r a f ew days. Every now and then they even let Rich (Recce) SI N E R out of the 5-sided prison to come visit the r eal A ir F o r c e at T A C .

Elsewhere, George CA RD EA is instructing in T -38s at

L ubbock .

D ick Z U CK E R is a f li ght com m ander at R an

dolph. H e passes on that there’s plenty of good cheer , e x t r a wheels and board for grads dropping by RA FB. T ony

M R A S i s instruct ing t r ash h auler s in t he C - 130 at L i ttl e R o ck . H ar v SH E L T ON f i nished u p A C SC and is back at Scot t play ing w ith com puters. Joh n L OV E w as t r ansf err ed f r om H Q SA C t o C hief of Pr ocur em ent at C ar sw el l .

From the Civy World: Bill H OBBS is a Computational Physicist f or M ission Research Corp. in Santa Barbar a

analyzing propagation of ion beams for the Defense N u c l ear

A gency. H e’s also planning to buy a Y acht . Jim K A L TEN BA CH is a physician in M oorestown, N J and John M U RPH Y is a trial attorney f or the U S Civil Service C o m mission in Washington D .C. John has j oined the ranks o f the landed gentry with the purchase of a town house i n Springf ield, V a. Jerry EL DER is a graduate student in A FIT at WrightP at

an d

h as b een

sel ec t ed

for

i n c l u sio n

W h o ’s W h o

A mong Students in A merican Colleges and U niversities. D oug H A A S has left Eglin for A ndrews to be on the A FSC I G T eam .

B il l C O L E M A N

w as t r a n sf er r ed f r o m t h e h o t

test place in the US, Gila Bend, across town to the 4 2 5 T A C F T R T RN G SQD N at W il li am s.

That’s all I got for this edition. A bunch of you will be getting orders f or movement this summer. L et me k n o w where you’re going and I ’ll pass it on. I f any of you k n o w where I ’m going, pass that on too— or at least start a good

ru m o r .

L tC ol E ddy Sh ir ley 5

F ir

C ou rt

P ease A F B N H 0 3 8 0 1 O f f i c e : A V 8 5 2 - 17 18 / 17 8 0 / 17 1 1

H om e: (303) 436-2280

When I arrived at Pease to join the 393rd Bomb Squad

r on, I f ound t he w ing in good hands w ith John G ROZ I E R

f lying the F B- 111, Bob H A UGE f lying the K C- 135, and A rnie WEIN M A N f ixing both aircraft . A large portion of our class is either attending Command

and G ol f th is y ear or slat ed to at tend soon . M ik e C ON N O RS w r i tes f r om M axw ell that 2 1 of our guy s are i n the A C S C class this y ear : L ar ry BA G L E Y , T om BRA N D ON , M ik e C ON N O RS. M art y D A A C K , L y n D U D L E Y . G eof f E G G E . T om G U E N T H E R, D on H A L L E N BEC K , Bob H ET R I C K , H arold I C K E , C har ley K OST E R, H om er L IC H T EN W A L T E R , R uss M O R R I SON . Joe N A RSA V A G E , D ick

OL I V ER, Rocky RESTON , M ike SI M M ONS, H arv SM IT H , Joe SUGG, M ont SUT H ERL A N D, and Dy T H OM PSON . I hope you guys aren't sleeping through the reruns o f t h e A ir pow er f lick s.

A ttending next year are: A CSC— John CA SPER, Bill H OH WI ESN ER. Steve M ONA GA N . Gary POTT ER, Bob RH A M E ,

Bi ll

W A CK ER,

D on

W A L K ER,

and

But ch

ZENT ; A rmed Forces Staf f College— Phil BRUCE. Jamie GOU GH , Wayne M Y ERS, A 1 N A D ER, Jim ROBERT S, Charley SA RFF, and Rusty GI D EON ; A rmy CSC— Ryan DEN N Y ; West German A rmed Forces Staff College— Bill

H U D SP E T H .

H appiness is f lying

plane . . . ask Jack K unz.

T idbits: Jer ry A L L E N is at N av y C om m and and St af f .

A fter graduation he is going to A F /X OX in the Pentagon.

T om BRA N D O N

m u st h av e n er v es o f st eel ; a f t er a t o u r

a s

a G ener al' s A ide, he has vo lunteered (?) t o be a D en M o t h e r (A OC ) at U SA F A after grad uat ion f rom A C SC . M ark SI M M O N S goes to T urk ey as a L ogist ics A dv isor . F r itz M c D O U G A L L has t r aded E urope f or T A C H Q (poor j udgm ent F r itz). T ony Z A M BE L L I is an F -4 I P at L uk e. C huck K E N N E D Y lef t t he Pentagon to be an A - 10 I P at D avis- M onthan (congr atu lat ions, C huck ). Pr ice B I N G HA M

i s an

A T -38

I P at H o l lo m an .

Jo h n C O N R A D

an engineer in the G E Space C enter at V al ley F orge, P e n n sy lv ania. John W A L SH is get t ing a Ph D i n C lin ical Psy

chology at Rutgers. Bob D U NSH EE is at Eglin f lying t h e F-4, planning for F- 16 weapons testing, and hoping f o r an F- 16 checkout (Good luck. Bob). Paul V I OTT I is f inishing his PhD thesis while teaching at USA FA . Billy WH IT E i s a lawyer and corporate pilot for the A erostar Corporation i n California. Colin A RNOL D is a f light surgeon at L akenheath. Randy JA Y NE wins again! N ot only is he running OM B but he's f lying T huds for the DC Guard (good show. Randy ). John K U N Z is t he C h ief T est Pilot on the X C -8A A ir C ush ion L andi ng System . M or r ie T A N N E R is back on

active duty as a lawyer at Sheppard A FB. (Welcome back, M orrie!) The Jaycees named eight RED T A GS among their Outstanding Young M en of A merica f or 1977— Joe A L L EN , Ron A N T H O N Y . Jack JA N EC K Y , M ik e K EN N ED Y , Bi ll RY A N , L ar ry T RA U D T , and Bob W A L K E R .

Steve CROSS lef t Barksdale for a job in the Safety C en t er at N orton. Duane T WA Y had articles published in “ TA C A TTA CK ” and “ M A INT EN A NCE” magazine. K ev i n M eEL V A I N is an F-4 I P in the Fighter Weapons School at N ellis. Warren DI X ON is serving a rated supplement t o u r in Security Police at Clark. A lso at Clark are Jerry B E C K E R

and Hugh GOMMEL f lying F-5's in the Aggressor Squad

ron . D oug H OL M ES is in t he A ggressor business at N el lis. Pete N A SH is a f light sur geon at L uk e. Bi l l H OG A N is a pr of essor at St anf or d. T he F - 105 R eserve U nit at H ill A F B has t hr ee RE D T A G S— R eese N E I L SEN , C ar l W O

M A CK , who is the Chief of Safety for the unit, and N ei l CRI ST , who is completing law school at the U niversity o f Utah. I f you guys need a good A F advisor. I 'll be glad t o come out there and f ly in a '66 tour-ship f light. Steve SWA NT Z has escaped T AC H Q f or an operational j ob at D avis-M onthan (good planning, Steve). Bill JONES has

left McChord for warmer weather at Edwards.

I Tom K incaid receives his second award of the A F Commendation

M ed a l .

Larry

L A U GER has moved to Farmer’s Branch, T exas. (Wher e is that , L ar ry ?) D av e V O L I N has lef t t he A ir F orce f o r I BM in C ape E l izabeth , M ai ne. (C ome see us at Pease. D ave.) Bob JA H N K E w ent f rom H ill to C - 130's at L ittl e

R o ck .

Promotions: Congratulations to the new L ieutenant Col

onels in the class— F red A L BE RT SON , Bill D U N N E , Phi l G A R D N E R , D ave OA K ES, and Jack W O R M I N G T O N .

A fter the ’78 L / C board, we hope there will be even m o r e RED

T A G S w i t h si lv er l eav es.

E R R A T A Sheet : A s I pr om ised i n m y last colum n, I

will publicly apologize f or any errors, mistakes, goofs, f o u l ups, et c., that appear .

Bob RH A M E has pointed out t o

me that he is not in Studies and A nalysis in the Pentagon,

but is ser ving his A ir Staf f t our at M PC . H e i s in t h e Surveys br anch and says that he has no i nf luence over assign

ments. H is j ob is to ascertain how we f eel about the A i r Force and its policies. So if you have anything you w a n t t o

“ get of f y our chest ,” j ust w r ite t o Bob at M PC .

T hank s to those of you w ho w rote m e w ith new s of classm at es. K eep those cards and letter s com ing, f olk s. U n T ak e C ar e

t il n ex t t im e .

Eddy

C apt . T om G r iesser 132 St acy D r ive Eairv iew H eight s, I L 62208

Greetings f rom the Erozen Wasteland where temperatures .

again, they did not take it all that well when they w e r e young bones. No matter. I am reminded of the adage I pr ay

M uch new s t his t im e, par tly because of peop le I r an

into and heard from and partly because of the stack

inf o f r om the A OG w hich I lost l ast f al l and only r ecently

recovered while preparing my apartment f or its customary

SA M I i nspect ion .

A t any r ate . . .

I n t h e f al l o f ' l l

I d i d so m e R eser v e t i m e at Sc o t t A F B ,

I L , w here I had occasion to t alk at l ength w ith Jack Z A JA C , M D , M aj or , Resident in F am ily Pr act ice at the S c o t t M ed ical C enter . H e is doing w el l, i n the m il it ary and i n

medicine, as well as personally. A nd he looks healthy enough to be on a recruiting poster, having some time b a c k dropped cigarettes and taken up running. N ow, rain o r

sh ine, it is f ive-m iles-plus per day , and 15 or so w h en h e w ants a “ good” w ork out , pl us v ar ious r aces and m ar athons

and such. the M id

I mpressive.

E ast w h en

Jack was working in logistics i n

t h e m o r e r ecen t

co n f lict k ick ed of f , and f ound him self T he M an, i n char ge of t h e

A r ab - I sr ael i

U SA F resupply act ivit ies i n t he area. T hey pr oceeded w ell , and so w ere a big f actor in h is ear ly pr om ot ion . W hen I saw him he w as put t ing in long hour s as the C hief R esident i n Pediat r ics, w hich m eans he w as over seeing al l t he si ck k ids at Scott , w h ich means l ong and ir r egular hour s. A m iserable j ob . A lso in that area is Jesse N EY M A N , Old Jimpy hi mself , who i s a bank er in St . L ou is now af ter h av ing b i d f o n d ad i eu t o t h e w o n d er f u l w o r l d o f A E W eat h er . W h e n I last saw him i n V iet N am in 1970 he w as f ut il ely at t em p t

ing to convince the entire U S military contingent that “ m o n

so o n ” r ef er s t o t h e w i n d , n o t r a i n .

A s w e w er e at t h e t i m e

standi ng in six inches of m udand hop ing th at the sand bags around the hootches w ould hol d up— f ew w er e inter ested i n t h e sem an t i c s o f t h e si t u at i o n s.

B i l l a n d P at t i H U R L E Y ' S C h r i st m as n o t e i n c l u d ed t h e

com m ents t hat they and T upperw are are t hr iv ing in M ont gom ery , A L , w here Bill is among other th ings “ adult ad v i so r ” of son Billy 's f oot ball team . Bill f inally h as t he oppor t unity to return to his Eastern A irlines pilot’s slot, but opt ed to stay in the business w or ld instead . N ow w hen h e get s t he urge to f ly he clim bs into a M axw el l A EB Reserve C ar ibou and lum bers around the sk ies unt il the spel l passes. H enry JO R D A N , w ho is present ly C h ief R esident in Surgery at the M edical C ollege of G eor gia, sent a n i c e n o t e a f t er h e r et u r n ed f r o m

t h e R eu n i o n .

H e in

cluded a program f rom the 1975 dedication ceremony o f t h e 26

H e also passed along some commentary on some of those he saw at the Reunion, including Pat FI N NEGA N , now an A OC ; G or don M U L C H an engineer in San F r an

cisco; T om CUN N I NGH A M , with the A FA assignments section; T om BOETTCH ER, publishing Oklahoma magazine; Bob BA RN ES, Chief Resident in Thoracic Surgery at Wilf or d H all ; R ay L E O PO L D , R oss L E ON A RD , and

Jef f

SCHOEI EL D , all A EA “ prof essors;” D oug M I L LER in

Repu bl ican p oli tics i n A r izona; Pat N E SBI T T , in bu siness

and politics in L os A ngeles; George GI BSON , teaching Poli Sci and working with Rhodes Scholarship candidates at the A F A ; and H ank A RN O L D , O r thopedic R esident at D uk e U niversity . But t he best note of all concer ns P at

BA DEL L , who, according to JORDA N , “ . . . bought two tickets to everything (at the Reunion) in hopes of f inding a date f or the (weekend)— but he showed up stag. Same old Pat !” I sn’t it refreshing to learn that some things n e v e r F rom

this w inter are bei ng m easured on t he A bsolute scale T hese old bones can scarcely st and the chill any m or e. T h e n

it will be arriving tomorrow. Or even later today.

It apparently was an impressive ceremony

and is a f itti ng t r ibute t o a f allen com r ade.

t h e st ac k

H om e T ow n

t he f ol low ing : Bob D ET U R K

6 3 8 -3 2 16

“ W hen W inter ’s here, can Sp ring be f ar behind?”

a f t er o u r cl assm at e w h o h ad b een ac t i v e i n t h at ar ea’ s Boy

Scout Council.

change??

H o m e ; 6 18 / 6 3 2 -4 7 18

O f f ice : A V

Charles F . SCOTT M emorial D am in Pennsylvania, so named

N ew s R el eases c am e

i s one of N O R A D ’s out

standing of f icers f or 'l l — notice how we are no longer considered “ young” of f icers; George SOV IT SK Y is f lying

an E-4E at H ahn A B, G er m any ; Bob G I L M O RE f i n ished h is sur gery r esidency and is now A ssist ant Pr of essor o f Sur gery at W i lf or d H al l. T X ; M onr oe SA M S and G ene L U PI A ar e at t he A r m ed F orces St af f C ol lege in N or f olk , V A ; and Pete M I L N E and R oger C O F EE Y ar e at A F I T to get M asters degr ees i n oper at ions r esear ch . C ul led f r om t he st ack of addr ess changes; St erl ing P e t e r BET T I N G E R is now in A ust in, T X ; Joe BU RK E , F r ank C H U BA and C hri s BA U E R ar e at L as V egas, N V ; R ic L A M OT H E is p resently a m issile com bat cr ew com m ander at C ol um bus, M S. r ecently got h is M BA , and w il l soon b e a T -38 I P; Paul SC H L I C H T E R com pl et es h is M BA at Berk eley i n June 78 and w il l begin w ork w i th the T ex as C om m er ce Bank i n H oust on on 1 A ugust ; F r ank SH A W and M ik e L A N G ST O N ar e now at H ick am A F B, H aw ai i ;

Burt SL USH ER is at M ountain H ome, I D ; transitioninig t o

the E- 111; L eonar d V E R N A M O N T I h as r epl aced B er t L ance in the O M B in D .C .; L es G A BR I E L is w i th the D e

fense I ntelligence A gency in A r lington, V A ; Benedict L A ROSA is the historian of the San A ntonio A ir L ogistics

C enter i n T ex as; Bob R E SL I N G is w ith the F A A i n F air bank s. A K , as an A ir C ar r ier Oper at ions I nspector ; F l i ck

G UERRI NA

is still dabbling in M id-East-bound heavy

equipm ent but is now doing so f r om W heatr idge, C O ; B r u c e F R EE M A N graduated f r om t he A r m y ’s C om m and and G en er al Staf f C ollege in June 77 and is now J-3— w h at ev er t h at is— w it h t he Joint Ch ief s of St af f ; W alt V I SI N SK Y i s a t SH A PE H q in Belgi um ; G ary F E D E L is a stock br ok er l iv ing

in suburban D enver ; and Bear TH OM A S and f amily have lef t Colorado f or the D etroit area as he progresses upward in t he Eor d h ier archy . A bri ef note f rom Bob M U L D ROW , at E dw ar ds A F B, C A , w her e he is a B 1 t est p ilot— and pr obably not v ery busy these day s— indicates th at t her e is quite a W ild B unch t h er e w ith h im . including L oren SH RI V E R , Paul T A C K A BU RY , T om T I L D EN , Eddie D A N I E L S, and R on B R A D L E Y ; and t h at t h e S H R I V E R S an d T A C K S b o t h h ad r ec en t ad d i t i o n s to their f am ilies. A nd he al so p assed on the in f orm at ion t h at Jo h n O L I V E w as t h e 19 7 7 C o l o r ad o St at e A m at eu r G o l f

C ham pion. an d m e .

T hese l ast par agr aph s concer n T om G RI E SSE R ,

E i r st T o m : I r an i n t o h i m at Sc o t t A F B w h er e h e

was recently reassigned as M A C Ops Staf f of ficer after get ting his M S in Systems M anagement . H e and I exchanged appropriate comments concerning one another’s increasing girths, t hen ch atted about our i llu str i ous car eer s, a n d h o w I happened to be— ten y ears later— again/ st il l a second b al

loon. The conversation ended withT om in his eminently diplomatic way subtly indicating that when I get r eady t o cease writing this column he would like to begin. A nd, af t er

due consider at ion, I h av e conclu ded th at t h at t im e h as c o m e.

I have been writing it since 197 1 now, and did so f or t w o

years bef ore that . I t has been f un keeping my finger o n the pulse of the Golden Boys, and their ever changing f am i li es and sk y rock et ing car eer s.

I hope that I h ave adequ ately

reported the news of the class. Perhaps one day I can d o so again. But until then there will be no more L arry Wilson t o

k ick ar ound any m or e.

T om ’s address is 132 St acy D rive, F airview H eights, I L 62208. T he Pen is passed on t o h im . F rom now on, del uge

him with your newsy notes, overwhelm him with your f am ily commentary, inundate him with your career progress, swamp him with your pictures. Send to me only your f lowery praise, generous contributions, and j ob of fers. P eace.

the Class of '68.

A ll squadrons f inally have a volunteer

to cont act classm ates f or t he 10-year reunion, 13- 15 O c t o b er 1978, at U SA F A . A let ter w il l be out f rom Bob SH U M W A Y , H om ecom ing C hai r m an, to t hose vol unteers w ith i n

formation on what to do. A big part of their letter w i l l be to request everyone in the class to send a current photo of themselves (and f amily) so we can put together a 10-y ear yearbook . A lso needed are any photos you might have t h a t

can be used in t he year book or at the r eun ion to “ tak e u s

back.” Bob M A CA L USO. a recent A CSC graduate, was here recently on a L iaison Of ficer V isit and gave me a veritable treasure trove of such pictures, including a sh o t of John FREEM A N on his “ Release f rom Quarters” streak to the park ing lot . Send your photos now to me or Bob SH U M W A Y , C W I T , U SA FA , C O 80840.

The fund raising drive for our class gift at Homecoming will begin with a mail solicitation in March. The gift d ec i d ed

C apt . M ark A . T orr eano Qt rs. 4409G U SA F A , C O 80840 H om e: (303 ) 472-07 13

upon by the Fund Committee is a display of class crests o n the wall overlooking the Terrazzo, j ust east of the C h apel .

Each crest will be about 3' x 3', and hung sequentially. O u r

O f f ic e ; A V : 2 5 9 - 2 0 0 8

H appy N ew Y ear to every one and thank s f or all t he

Christmas cards (see below). Our holidays were relaxed with mild, snowless weather. Figures— I gave my k id a s l e d which he still has not been able to try out. A nd f or a l l you still in blue, how did you like that gift f rom y our O E R reviewer on a scale f rom 1 to 3? Isn't it great timing o n the A F’s part, to give those presents j ust bef ore Christmas? Well, next year its all ( 1) or nothing (2). Notice t hat '67 y ear gr oups M aj or selection boar d has now been m oved to J u n e 1978? L et ’s h ave a contest to see w ho can com e closest t o

predicting when our board will be. I ’ll say it will b e M ar c h 1980, in the nex t decade.

M y prescience dazzles (and amazes) me. Ben M artin did call it quits, and coach Bill Parcells, f rom T exas T ech, is already out recruiting f or the Falcons. I 'm not su r e i f we are going to win more next year, but I 'm sure the sty le

of play will be different. And other changes at USAFA

crest will be the f irst to go up, with each class responsible to donate their crest f or display. It is anticipated t h a t e a c h class will traditionally give their crest at their R ing D ance or graduation. T he display is designed to give the cadet wing a

visual representation of the tradition that has gone b ef o r e them, the “ long blue contrail.” We are really excited ab o u t this project and hope it will have your support. Along w i t h

the request for money, you will receive a '68 decal f or y our car. We give a little, you give a lot, right? A m ore som ber area of inter est involves t he

w ay

w e

react to deaths of classmates. Already 22 of us have p assed

aw ay , i nclud ing Steve R E I D . D ale ST E PH EN S and Ji m

PUEPPKE in October and November. Normal procedure is to have the AOG compile a “descriptive” obituary o f w h at the deceased did as a cadet and officer and publish i t i n t h e “Gone But Not Eorgotten” column of the magazine. Begin ning with this issue, we will have personal obituaries w r i t t e n by a classm ate w ho k new the deceased w ell .

W e w ill n e e d

to have the cooperation of all of you for this to work , a n d

are probably going to be f orthcoming as a result of t h e w o r k

hope that you will volunteer to make an input when y o u

w as f or m ed by G ener al T allm an and discussed in his c o l u m n

feelings of our classmate's family and friends. Something

of the Honor Review Committee’s findings. The committee

can.

It is an important way for us to be sensitive t o

the

in the last magazine. Watch future Supt's columns for information. The Second Annual 100th Night Dining Out (drunken brawls are out) is being planned for 25 February in Mitchell Hall. This event is now cosponsored by t h e graduating class and the Colorado Chapter of the AOG.

else we can begin to do is to send f lowers f rom the c l a ss

the disappointment of coaches Dick ELLIS and Jerry W Y N -

Mr. and Mrs. PUEPPKE. Ava, Missouri would enjoy re

o r e

Prep School played the Freshman touch, but lost it 1 4 - 1 3 t o

G A A RD .

’68 We’re Great—First, congratulations to Dick COVEY on his selection as a space shuttle pilot. He is only o n e o f three grads selected and brings great credit upon himself a n d

when we have enough notice. We will use excess money from the fund raising effort for this. I want to say t h a n k s to Steve McPHAI L and Neal STARKEY for their help with Dale and Jim's write-ups this issue. I encourage y o u r support of D ale's mem or ial f und and have been told

th at

ceiving letters f rom Jim's f riends. I ’m sure D ale and St ev e’s f a m i l i es w o u l d a l so .

Local N ews— Doug WI LSON has arrived from Wash ington to teach cadet EE. a monumental task . D ick FA ST

■

Sharon, Corie, Gary and D ick Ewers

T o m , Jef f r ey an d M ar i o n V ai l 27

has returned to the Poli Sci Dept from U C Santa Barbar a, soon to complete his PhD dissertation. Steve ST A L EY h a s left the English Dept , to study f or his PhD at Boulder . G ary

H O F F M A N and Bi ll H OG E w ere bot h her e l ook ing f or j obs

in the Comm Shop and dropped by to chat . I t looks pretty f irm that Gary will be coming this summer to take Charlie COOL I DGE’s job as chief of parachuting. Bill is at M t . H om e as an F - 111 I P and one o f h is st udent s i s Pat

O’G RA DY . Bill hopes T A C will release him f or an A OC job this summer. Bob SH U M WA Y was recently elected to the Board of D irectors of the Colorado Chapter and N eal STA RK EY has opened a second sporting goods store in the Spr ings.

L etters— C hr ist m as car ds y i elded the f ol low ing new s. T he C OL E S hav e l ef t C ar acas and M ar ty is in D C as the C h ief of t he Speak er 's Bureau at the I nter A m er ican D ef en se

College. D ick EWERS has spent I V2 years in M arine F-4’s and w i ll be an instructor at Pensacol a i n F ebr uary . D o n H A R R I N G T O N is ear ning a M ideast A r ea Speciali st designa t ion at M onterey and hoping to go to the M A A G in I r an .

Toby SUL LI VA N is at M onterey with D on, going to I ran t his sum m er . D ebby JA N SSE N w r ote that they are now sett led i n D allas w her e C ar l is w or k ing f or R oss Per ot , a s i s

Jack FROST .

Chuck K A VCSA K is a First Of ficer (right

seat) f or A ir C alif ornia, f iy ing f rom N ew port Beach . H e r ecently saw R ay L EO N A RD , w ho f ly s f or PSA , along w ith Jim C A M P and G ary L E I K A M . John N I C H O L SO N is now an A P PRO at Pr att and W hitney in H art f or d, C onn , af ter f inishing a m aster 's at Berk eley . C had SW E D BE RG w r ites that Jim H I X is out and f lying the L - 10 11 f or T W A i n S a u d i A r abia. T om V A I L r epor ts a son born i n October , and he and M ar ion look lik e they ’l l k eep him . I also r eceived cards f rom the BEC K ET T S, BET T EN C O U RT S, G EN N A S.

GORSUCHS, and WOODS. Rusty M cBRl D E responded to

m y call f or w ives to w r ite and claim s a class r ecor d f o r m o st

children: 5— 2 boys and 3girls. Rusty says they keep h e r occupied while Pat sells industrial packaging in the C hicago ar ea .

P at w en t t o t h e C o t t o n B o w l— r ab i d N o t r e D am e f a n

that he is— and I 'm sure he w as happy w ith the outcom e. T hey have heard f r om M ik e and A nne BE D N A RZ , who ar e

now in Belgium at SHA PE.

Bill ECK ERT is back at H q

A F L C f rom his T D Y i n Egypt where he w ork ed on ou r sale of 6 C - 130H 's to Egypt ian A ir F or ce. A nd h er e i s the pict ur e t hat w ent w ith the w or ds i n t he last col um n a b o u t

Pat RUSSEL L .

Pat is a M aintenance Supervisor with the

36t h Q M S at Bit burg, G er m any .

Cal ls— Pat H U RL E Y (B- 1 SPO at W PA F B) and Steve M cPH A I L (F - 106 at M cChor d) both cal led about Ji m PU E PPK E ’s death . T hey h ad gone t o A v a f or the f u ner al and sent f lowers on behalf of the class, f or w hich w e s a y

thank you.

I know it meant a lot to Jim’s f amily to h a v e

so m e o f h i s f r i en d s at t h e ser v i ce .

P au l C O U SI N S c al l ed

local chapter ,

r epor ts the ar r iv al of

f rom T inker to volunteer to help with our H omecoming ef forts and to say they were in the middle of organizing a Pat PA T T E RSON

his third child, H eather Gail, born on Thanksgiving. says she w asn’t m uch sm al ler th an t heir turk ey .

P at

A nd w h i l e

I was sitting here writing this Slava H A RL A M OR r ang m e

up t o say he is now l iv ing in the D C area w her e he i s M i l i t ary E dit or f or A viati on W eek ly , m arr ied to Joan, and h a s a boy 5 and a gir l 1. N ew

A d d r esses/ N ew s R el ea ses— M ik e B U T L E R

is out

and study ing busi ness at Stanf or d. R ick C OL T is a N A T O Staf f O f f icer at N eubruk k e, G er m any . Jim C U PEL L O is in Riv er side, C A , not C olem an, M I . M ik e E V A N S l ives in T ampa (M acD il l?). D oug EV E RET T is at H om estead A F B . B i l l G A U N T T h as f i n i sh ed h i s M S i n F ac i l it i es M gt and is an env ir onm ental engineer at L angl ey . Bi ll G E O R G E is at M acD il l in F -4E ’s. G ene G RE E R is a sy stems analy st f or G E i n L or ton, V A . F r ed G ROSS has arr ived at M c G u i r e an d B o b H A G E R i s a st u d en t at A C SC .

D i ck H A L L

h as f inished F -4 t r aini ng at M acD ill and is PC S t o E gli n . Jock o H A Y D E N , an “ alm ost ” A OC , has gone t o T r av is. H al H I G L E Y w as nam ed O utst and ing Junior O f f icer of

the Quarter at Barksdale.

Randy JOH NSON is at Wr ight-

Pat R ussel l , ’68 , P hi l D e B r u i n , ’ 73 , M i k e B u t ler , ’76, at Bitburg. P at t er so n

an d

W a r r en

L A M ON T

f l ew

h is F - 11 1

ou t

L ak enheath in M idlink ' l l , a r ecent C E N T O ex er cise. L ar ry M A A H S is a saf ety of f icer at E dw ar ds F light T est C ent er . H ank M OO R M A N is an L - 10 11 f light engineer f or Sau di A r abian A ir l ines in Jedda w here h e say s he is w ai ting f o r the r ain to stop so he can use the pool . W ay ne PE T E R SEN is at I ndian Spr ings A F A F (?) in N ev ada. R alph RO SS w o r k s f or T r ansnat ional C om puter i n N Y C and Bil l R U SSE L L is a T -38 I P at Sheppard . W ay ne SH A T T U C K i s an R & D O f f icer Resource M gr at H q A FSC and Roger SI N D L E w as O ut standi ng C om pany G r ade O f f icer of t he Quar ter at Rob ins A F B. Bob ST l E R gr aduat ed w ith honor s w ith an M S in L ogist ics M gt and i s a m aintenance of f icer at M ar ch A F B . Joh n W E L SH is i n F -4 RT U at M acD ill , t r aining

f or an exchange of f icer j ob at RA F Wattisham. G I N S l i v es i n

D an v i l l e. C A .

Jim WI G

M er it o r i o u s Ser v i c e M ed al s

wer e ear ned by V ince C O L L A Z O , T ad D RA PE R and Bill M A RK H A M . G ary V A SEK r eceived a Joint Ser v ice C om m en d at io n

M ed al .

I ’v e been w atching t he Super Bow l as I w r ote t hi s. T h e Br oncos got brok en by t he C ow boy s, but the w hole season

has been a great one. A nd I hope L arry COL E can come to H omecoming next year and show us his ring! Sit down now and write that letter, send those photos, or mak e t h at call to me that you’ve been putting off .

C P T G er al d D . L u al l i n P SC B o x 9 7 9

Plattsburgh A F B, N Y 12903

I take it a few people are reading the class newsletter .

I r eceived qui te a f ew letter s this qu ar t er w h ich adds c o n

siderably to my ability to be the class gossip. I ’m st i l l temporarily, permanently assigned to Plattsburgh A FB, b u t the temporary, permanent assignment has been extended due to tempor ary pr oblem s w ith the F B- l l l .

I t never f ails that a m ist ak e w il l br ing m e at l east o n e letter f rom an “ ir at e” cl assm ate. H ar ry L A W S assur es m e he is not at Plat tsbur gh and th at I m ust h av e m ist ak en W a r r en L A W S f or h im . H ar ry is chief of pedi atr i cs at E ll s

worth A FB. H e will be going to Wiesbaden in A ugust o f ’78. H e organized a U SA FA A lumni Rugby A ssociation

and M i lt BEN N ET T and G eor ge JOY A L pl ay ed on th e team w it h h im . R eceiv ed a cal ling car d f or Bob H A R R I S. H e is an attor ney at l aw w ith C apel l , H ow ar d, K nabe an d

Cobbs, P.A . in M ontgomery, A labama. T erry BRA DY sent

m e another letter f r om A rl ington . H e and K ar en seem t o be enj oy ing the W ashington ar ea social l i f e. I alw ay s s u s pected that T err y had som eth ing loose bet w een h is ear s,

but when he wrote about running in a marathon in W ash ington, I received conf irmation of my suspicions.

fn „

T/ w - .

;. JW.

Gary H OE wrote me a letter f rom the Plattsburgh BOQ,

sen t i t t o C al i f o r n i a an d I r ec ei v ed i t b ack at t h e Pl att sbur gh

BOQ . H e is w ork ing on the F (B)-1 11 v isual sim ul ator s a t H ill A F B . H e and Penny hav e t w o ch ildr en , H eat her 4 an d

H olly 2. “ Foot” I NGERSOL L sent me a great letter and I am going to publish it almost verbatim, well maybe c l o s e t o

v er bat im , anyw ay , close to V er m ont . Stev e and M ar cie H A N N A H are on t heir w ay t o L os A ngeles af t er a tour i n

A FI T . Steve is work ing in SA M SO. T om SH U M WA Y is a m ai n t en an c e o f f i cer at G r i sso m i n K C - 13 5 ’s.

Jo h n L O V E -

JOY i s w ork i ng at A ccount ing and F i nance i n D enver . D a v e

and Debbie SPENCER are at Eglin. ther e.

D ave is a test pilot

D ennis JO N ES is f ly i ng U C - 140’s ou t of A ndrew s

A F B w ith th e 89 th M A W .

H e an d C ar m en h av e set t l ed i n

Oxon H ill, M aryland. Don FEN NO was seen roaming the f lightline at N orton A FB. Jack OV ERST REET is f lying F-15 aerial demonstration around the country. Never c o u l d get that boy to stop demonstrating things.

Si d

A t L itt le Rock w ith “ F oot ” is M ik e K L I N D T , an in

D u bo is

structor in RT U and M ike POWEL L in Wing Training.

Jim my L O V E h as m ov ed h is m oves t o t he cl assr oom as a So c i al A c t i o n s O f f i c er a n d el sew h er e I ’m su r e.

L O V E a l so

f alls too close to L UA L L I N in the alphabetical order o f things. A nyway, Sandy K UDL A C recently separated f rom t h e A i r F o r ce w h i l e at L i t t l e R o ck .

Foot and wif e, L ouise are leaving f or the M iddle East

i n A pr il . F oot w il l be a U .N . peace obser ver in either Egypt or I sr ael . H e bet ter h ur ry up if he ex pects t o observ e a n y .

That about wraps up the letters and it was especially n i c e to hear f rom everyone I t is somewhat lonely here at P l at t s burgh; my typist elected to stay in Calif ornia f or t he w i nter ,

et cetera. She was offered more money and a better j ob . I cam e back f r om C hr istm as leave t o f i nd L ee SN A PP

staying in the BOQ. He somehow managed to go through

pilot training and is beginning a new career as a K C- 135 copilot af ter almost eight years as a researcher in R an d D .

He won’t search his secret for youth to me; perhaps s o m e o n e else can get it out of him .

F r om ch ange of address car ds I f ound out th at Pau l

FARRELL is a cardiology fellow at the University of A l a

bama M edical Center at Birmingham.

L ew ENGL I SH is a

Boeing 727 copi lot f or N at ion al A ir lines and Bruce

DERSEN was hired by Braniff .

A N

I knew that Gary COMBS had been medically retired

from the service, but I only recently f ound out the r e a s o n . H e h as been r et ir ed since 1974 because of a cancer ous b r ai n

tumor. He had an operation in 1977 and how many before that I do not know. Perhaps he and his wife, Linda, w o u l d appr eciate a l etter or t w o f r om h is cl assm ates. H i s ad d r ess i t :

19301 Manning Tr. N., Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047. I hope everyone recuperated well from the “happy holi

(Br igid ) is a buf f w eenie at M inot .”

W hy not ?

B .J. sai d

Gary and Stephanie CORBETT are out and living in N ew Jersey, but he didn't say what they were doing. Chris CA L V ERT , st ill single, had gotten out and was bumming

around E ur ope som ew here.

C r aig and K ar en N O RT H RO P

are at Fairchild. John and Sally RU SS were out and going m ed

sch o o l

so m ew h er e

O h io .

B ill

O L D E N BU R G

(K athy) is a personnel type in the A zores. Jack N ORM A N (Joey) called while here on a squadron

sponsor v isit out of D -M w her e he’s i n A - l O’s.

H e has a

two-year-old son and nine-week-old daughter (that was i n December). H e said Craig JOH NSON was there also in A - l O’s. Roger RI GGS had j ust left f or N avy-Jax on a t w o year exchange. Jack said M ike SH I RA was f lying guard A - 7 ’ s i n D es M oi nes.

Jack also said he’d r un into L or en A I N S

WORT H in Germany, L oren is in C-130’s. Bill H A RREL L is on T A C I G and visited D -M to “ get smart” on the A - 10 . Jack had gotten an X -mas card f rom Pete and Debi FOX ; they had j ust arr ived at Wiliams. Thanx f or the X -mas t o o .

J ac k .

T he last holiday contact I had was with M oses H ER RERA (Judy) who was here visiting in-laws. H e’s at W P A F B f inishing up his residency and is headed to Carswell i n July .

He said he knew Til HA RP was in M l ’s at Travis, Tom G RA FF was an air traf fic controller at Ft. Collins, M i k e

LAMBERT was at Wilford Hall in ObGyn, Tom GRACZYK was at WP in one of the SPO’s and Jerry WEYAND w a s

days.” L et’s all get back to work and remember one th ing; L ouie needs to hear f rom you.

Capt. Sk ip Penny 60 10 D el R ay

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

H o m e : 3 0 3 / 6 32 -3 6 5 8 O f f ice : A V 6 9 2 -3 3 5 5

Well, it’s “Super Sunday” and Broncomania is at its peak , the hockey team is floundering and the girls’ basketball t e a m is playing impressively. It’s a good time of year, ev en i f only a handful of you got in touch over the holidays. (That was the mandatory statement pleading f or calls and l et ter s.)

<' ■

So m u ch f o r t h at .

BJORKLUND, I did not intentionally ignore your letter; I unintentionally lost it. For the readers, B .J . w r o t e B .J .

in A ugust and recounted the terrible time we had in F r en ch class with that Canadian instructor ; I can’t remember h i s name either . A nyway, he and Cathy are in D allas where h e

Pau l

Schaf f enberger

is a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch et al. He reports t h a t Phil MOORE (Martha) is at Dyess in 135’s. Dana DEMAND

t h er e as a st u d en t .

M o al so w an t ed t o k n o w

w h er e B o b

W E B B w as; any body k now ? H om etow n N ews R eleases; G eor ge JOH N SO N com pleted

T -37

sc h o o l

an d

h ead ed

C o l u m b u s.

Bob

B A SK E T T

played in “ Red Flag;” he's in 52’s at Ellsworth. Don M I L LS played in “ Giant Voice;” he’s in 135’s at Ellsworth.

C h u ck

W H IT ECH U RCH

r ecei v ed t h e M S M

as W SO in Engl and ; he's now at the zoo.

f or h is w ork

M PC , now her e.

Bill H A M played in “ Giant V oice;” he’s in 52’s at GFN D. Sid D U BOIS played in “ G iant V oice;” he was in 135’s at M i not, but now i n E ngland som ewher e.

D av e

BOY L ES graduated f rom A FIT to H ill. Willie SCH EPEN S graduated f rom A FIT and will stay with A FLC at WPF r an G OE L Z , to G r issom .

Jim BREC H W A L D , F - l l l ’s at L ak enheat h ; G eo f f BE W E R S

to A ST RA at Pentagon; Rick T USETH , F-15 at L angley. Don’t be af raid to write notes on those change of address

cards. I ’ll incl ude them . A lso, the local A OG of f ice h as t h e ex act addresses if any one w ant s them .

G eor ge RA Y L

graduated f rom SOS to Ellsworth. Denny H A L L , A FCM f rom Sheppard, now a history instructor here. Paul SCH A FFEN BERGER played in “ Giant V oice;” he’s 52 EWO at K .l . Sawyer. M ike TORREA N O, A FCM f rom

A F B.

N ew Jersey as a management consultant ; M arc M A Y ER in A lexandria, V A , now work ing f or the L ibrary of Congress;

D oug N A V E RSO N , t o

E l m en d o r f as a d o c . H o o k e W A T T E R S en t er ed A F I T . T i m H E U B L E I N ar r iv ed at C a r sw el l i n 5 2 ’s. P au l B A U E R a

sect ion com m ander at A ir U niversity . C ook ie V I L L A R REA L

played in “ Bold Eagle;” he’s in 135’s at Barksdale.

B ill

W I T T , selected f or “ W ho’s W ho A m ong St udents i n A m er ican College and U niversities.” Ron JON ES is a Delta pi lot

o u t o f A t l an t a .

T hat wraps up another edition even though it is a short H ope to hear f rom many of you f or spring edition.

o n e .

Stop by and see our “ r enov ated” 82-y ear -ol d h ouse.

C apt . R on Joy Qtr s 42 13C U SA F A cademy C O 80840 (303) 472-6325 A u tov on : 2 59 -3 869

Greetings from Colorado—home of the Denver Broncos

and the A ir Force Falcons! H opef ully our team will d o a s well as the Broncos did this past year with their new c o ach . Just in case you didn’t hear, Ben M artin is r etiring, an d

our new coach is Bi ll Par cell s.

M ay be t he F alcon s can r e

turn to the days of yesteryear and start winning again, think they can and will.

I’m going to take Jim Wheeler up on his suggestion t o “spread the wealth” and pass the baton onto someone el se. I’m looking for a volunteer to write our class column. I think everyone, including myself, could use a different p oi nt

of view af ter a year or so. Patty and I have enj oyed w r it ing the column and look forward to reading someone else’s i n p u t s. A OG

I f you are interested, please contact either me or t h e

o f f ice.

L ett ers and C ar ds: I r eceived a n ice l ett er f r om D an

and Joan BOH L I N this past N ovember and they have a

little girl two years old. Dan said he was getting r eady t o leave Loring AFB and wanted to alert all grads to “ avoid t h i s place at all costs.” He had been there four years and eight

months and was f inally lucky enough to be able to leave. Dan also received the Olmstead Scholarship and is presently

in Monterey, California for six months of French language training before going to Grenoble to study International A f f airs f or two years. H e says it is a dream come true an d I hear t ily agree!

D an also had the f ol low ing n ew s t o p ass

along; Ryan PA RADIS had been to USAFA interviewing with the Econ department and they wanted him, but SAC

J o n es

said no; Bob “ Bingo” FL EU RY (D iane) is getting ready t o finish his A FIT assignment at N ortheastern and will probably

be going to a systems job at Hanscom AFB next. He and

Change of A ddress Cards: Jim CA REY to F-4’s some where, interim address in V ermont; Paul BROWN in L an sing; Pic SIN E to Barksdale; Ray A L M EI DA to San A ntone; D oc W A SK OW to A nandale, V A ; R ich BU T L E R to M cC hor d, 14 1’s; C arl SC H O EN t o teach at th e U niv er sity o f

Wyoming at Laramie; Erik STOLLE to Albuquerque; Jim

SHA RK EY to Papillion, NE; Jim RI DD ICK to Schaum

burg, I LL; Jim McCANDLESS to Wheatridge, CO; Chris

C A T A L D I to S.F ., C A ; Jim O ’N EA L to V acav ille; Bi ll W E BE R t o D enver ; Br ian K E SSL E R to A rl i ngton, V A ; Steve M I N N E M A N to S.F ., C A ; T ony D ESA N T I S t o

D iane have a little girl; Rob H A SEK D OS’ed in July ’ 7 6

and is going to grad school in Maryland and flying w i t h t h e

A N G in C-7’s; Rich RUSH EN BERG is at L oring also; and Geno K RA A Y and Sam CLOV I S f ly into L oring once in a while from Grif f iss A FB to pull alert— they each have one child. T hank s again f or the news, D an. H e closed by wanting to invite anyone who likes to drink a l ittle v i n o an d do some skiing to drop in while they are l iving the good l if e

in Grenoble. "The holidays sent a few Christmas cards o u r

way and some “ pictures of the kids.” Jon and G ale ST EVENS included a picture of their two little ones i n t h ei r card and Jon r elated th at the st udies at t he U niv er sit y o f

dolph (behavioral scientist); Jim F REED M A N to A lexandria,

T exas are coming along j ust f ine. Paul and Charlotte H A M I LTON also sent a snapshot along of their son. Paul is pr es ently in the January class at SOS. Bob and Jeannie C U T L I P have f inally settled near Ok lahoma City where they ar e h appy enj oying the civilian lif e and their new baby. Bob and C indy

heart Cups; Rich SPI NN ER to San A ntonio; Gerry CA R

are expecting their second child in February.

Woodbury, CT ; Don GA BRESK I to K ettering, OH ; Randy H OL D M A N to M oody , F -4’s; Bill ST RI C K L A N D to R an

V A ; Jim H O F F M A N t o Rheinm ain, 14 1’s; Jim H I N D E RH O F E R , W i llow G rov e, fl y ing f or Br anif f ; Br ad H A N SE N in F remont , C A w here he’s a terr itory m anager f or Sw eet

PEN T E R to M acD i ll ; A r lon M A T SU N A G A , m ark et ing engi neer i n L aur el, M A ; Steve RA SM U SSEN , teachi ng E ngl ish at W est Point ; M ik e PO M PH E RY , F -4 i nstr uctor at H il l ; St an PA RK S to W i lliams, ev ent ually to R am stein ; Ji m M O R RI SON t o U SA F I G , Pent agon ; M ik e ROSE N BL A T T , T -39’s

at L angley; Jim COL GA T E to M cClellan; John BA I L EY

to M cC onnell ; Joh n SOL T I S at K eesler ; Bil l ST EA L EY 30

al so i n cl u d ed a n o t e i n t h ei r c ar d t o t el l u s th ey D olan an d Pat M c K E L V Y an n o u n c ed t h e ar r i v al o f t h ei r t h i r d ch i l d

BROW N

(a girl) this past October during the homecoming activities. N o wonder they weren’t there! A lso, received a car d f r o m Frank M ORGA n and he mentioned he would be PCS to M acD ill A F B the f ir st of the y ear . G ary an d Sh ar oly n T I BBET T S included th e new s in their car d t h at G ary h as

completed his f ellowship program at the A rmed Forces I n -

stitute of Pathology and obtained his M aster of Forensic Science degree from George Washington U niversity. H e

n o w h o l d s t h e t i t l e o f F o r en si c Sc i en ce C o n su l t an t f o r t h e

South Central Region and is back in the OSI as a Special A gent . T hey are presently stationed in San A ntonio, T e x a s I n their let ter , also, th ey m en t i o n ed M i k e an d B o n n i e D Z I E D Z I C w h o ar e i n P an am a w i t h t h ei r

w ith t heir tw o ch ildr en . thr ee chil dr en .

M ik e does w ork in I ntell igence dow n t h e r e

and is being considered f or a USA FA position.

c ar d w e r ec ei v ed

w as f r o m

E d d i e an d

T he last

Ju l i e R O B I N SO N thanks to all of you f o r

and their new baby Eric. M any taking time during the busy holidays to drop us a note.

Phone Cal ls: Just the oth er day I got a cal l f r om K ei th BA R R ET T and w e h ad an inter est ing t alk . K eith i s ou t a n d

has a good chance of going to work f or U nited A irlines. H e says the airlines are hiring and by the number of our c l a ss

m ates I ’ve repor ted goi ng to the airl ines, I bel iev e i t . K ei t h al so passed on t he f ol low i ng: M ik e “ M oose” M er r itt , o u r would be f ellow graduate, who got k icked out before gr adua

tion f or being married, went back to school, graduated, a n d went into the A ir Force. M oose will graduate f rom Willie this month. Johnny Ekeberg, another would be graduate, who was k icked out bef ore graduation f or grades, is a f l o o r manager at H arrah’s in Reno. H e got married this past N ovember in Colorado Springs to a gal named Shelly. John “ Eddie” H END ERSON is out and got married to a l ady nam ed Bet ty th is past June.

H e r eceiv ed h is M S

degree f rom A uburn University and is work ing f or Boeing t

Of f utt A F B which recently was awarded the A ir Force A ssoci at ion “ C it at ion of H onor ” f or a “ decade of excel lence;” Benny K O L L M A R (G ay ) w as nam ed Out st anding I nst r uc tor Pilot of the M onth at Randolph A F B ; K en G I N G R I C H (Em i ly) is a B-52 air cr af t com m ander at W ur tsm ith A F B

where he was a member of the Outstanding Crew of the M onth recently; Walt N Y ZIO, a navigator at Spangdahlem A B, participated in Oksboel ’77 (a j oint U .S.-Danish m i lit ar y exer cise held over the N orth Seas); and Bill E V A N S (Sandy)

is a member of the Outstanding Crew of the Quarter M at h er A F B w h er e h e i s a B - 5 2 ai r c r af t co m m an d er .

Jim L A K E (Bar bar a) has grad uated w ith h onor s f rom SOS and is being assi gned t o O f f utt A F B as assist ant deput y chief of st af f f or oper at ions; D on B RE SET T (Pat r icia) h a s

graduated from T-37 I P school at Randolph A FB and is being assigned t o W il liam s A F B ; and R oland V A N D E N -

BERG (Christine) recently became combat qualif ied in t h e F-4E at M acD ill A FB and is being assigned to Elmendorf A FB. L arry H A M M ON D is assigned to the A eronautical Systems Division, 4950th T est W ing, at Wright-Patterson A F B w h er e h e ser v ed as t est d i r ec t o r f o r t h e C - 13 0 f l ight

test of the new replacable tread tire. John L ESH ER (Jac queline A nn) and George SUTT L ER (Pamela) have com pleted training at Delta A irlines’ training school an d ar e being assigned to the airlines’ M iami and Boston pilot b a se s

r espect ively as second of f icers. F or m edals and aw ar ds r eceiv ed t his “ go around” w e have new s of D olan M C K ELV Y (Pat), a computer systems analyst at Peterson A F B,

i i

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S '

ivi l l i

A riann Stevens, 3, and brother M ar k, 10

Chr istopher H amilton, age 3.

m on ths.

Computer Center in Wichita, K ansas. T ann PI N N EY is a t Scott A FB doing some type of runway inspection work . H e

goes T D Y a l ot to accompli sh h is j ob . V ince L A N D RY called and u nf ort unat ely I didn’t copy m uch dow n . H e d i d pass on that T ony N A R D EC CH I A is at G r and F ork s A F B .

Tony also got a masters degree in L ogistics M anagement at A F I T .

V i si t s:

r eal

v i si t s

t h is

t i m e.

m en t i o n ed

V er n

FRA NCI S in the last column, well he is already stationed back here work ing on the f aculty and Bob BL A CK is back at USA FA work ing with the 557th as a T -41 course director . N ews Releases: T om M A H R (L ou A nn) is serving as an inf or m at ion of f icer w ith a u nit of SA C at O f f ut t A F B a f t e r

graduating f rom D U in A ugust with a M asters degree i n M ass Communications and a 4.0 G PA ; Bill BL U M BERG has arrived at L owry A FB with the A TC unit there; T om RA C K L E Y (C hr ist ina) is an F -4D air cr af t com m ander at

K adena A B; A llen M cCL EL L A N (Glenda) is a student in residence at A FI T working on an M S in aeronautical engi

neering; and Francis ZAVADA (Elaine), also at WrightPatterson A FB, is with the A F L ogistics Command as a member of the I G team. Bob BOREN (A nne) is an orbital

analyst with the 4000th Aerospace Applications group a t

who was selected one of N ORA D 's Outstanding Off icers f o r

1977 ; John W A H L Q U I ST (Joyce), an i nst ructor in the d e part m ent of Pol i Sci at U SA F A , received t he A F C om m enda t ion m edal f or his w ork at G r if f iss A F B; M ik e W E L L I N G T O N (L inda) r eceived t he A F C om m endat ion m edal at T orr e-

j on A B f or his services as an emergency actions of f icer a t R obins A F B; and Jim C R A I G (Susan) also r eceived the A F

C o m m en d at i o n m ed a l f o r h i s w o r k as an au d i t o r at t h e A F

A udit A gency at T inker A F B. H e is now a pilot with T A C

at T ink er . John BROC K (A nn) h as r eceiv ed the M er itor iou s Ser v ice medal at U SA F A (w her e he is an inst r uct or in t h e

department of Econ) f or his perf ormance while assigned t o the D eputy for Security A ssistance Programs, H dqtrs E l e c tronic Systems D ivision, at H anscom A FB. Congratulations to al l of y ou.

Change of A ddress Car ds: Danny A L L EN to H olloman

A F B; Reggie BA N K S has lef t t he A ir F or ce and is w ith t h e

D upont Corp. in Wilmington, D elaware; K eith BETSCH to the 6th M ilitary A irlif t Sqd at M cGuire A FB as a C - 1 4 1 pilot ; Rod BOA T RIGH T to D ayton, Ohio; Gary BUTSON

to Savoy , I lli nois; T om C H R I ST E N SEN to R eese A F B

a s

a T-38 I P; Richard COT E to a new address in Tucson, A r i zona; Bob D ROWL EY is attending several courses while 31

T D Y enr out e t o H ollom an A F B and the 49th T F W ; T om

FOX separated from the A ir Force in A ugust, 1977 and i s an engineer at Ford M otor Company while he, his wif e K athy, and son Jeremy reside in Canton, M ichigan; D avid JA N K OWSK I to Ft . L ewis, Washington as an A ir L iaison of f icer ; Gary K A L EN also separated from the A ir Force this past September and is employed as a terminal super visor f or the M obil Oil C om p any i n Br ook ly n , N .Y .! A l l a n

K RA M ER is now a C-9 pilot at SH A PE, Belgium; Richard M I L L E R i s P C S t o M ax w el l A F B t o b ec o m e an SO S i n

st ructor (his f irst cl ass w i ll be January— l ook out 7 r ers!); Bil l M I N O t o a new addr ess in A lt us, Ok lahom a; Pau l

N I PK O to the University of U tah in Salt L ake City as a student working on his M .S. in M eterology; James O’DA Y has r etir ed f rom the A ir F or ce and i s in M ont gom er y , A l a

bama; Jerry O’SU L L I VA N to M acD ill A FB; John RA N CK

t o W inton, C alif or n ia; M ark SU C H E R t o A ndr ew s A F B ; D uane T EH E E t o M i lbr ook , A labam a; Jam es SW E E D E R t o E ast G r and F ork s, M innesot a; D ennis T I ESZ E N to H ol

loman A FB; Sammy TOD D to L af ayette, L ouisiana; Jon TORBLA A to Rhein M ain A B as a C-9 pilot; and Bruce W I M BE R L E Y to H awt hor ne, C ali f ornia.

Over the holidays, Christmas was extra special f or J o h n and A nn BROCK as they welcomed a new baby to their housheld— a little girl named Erin. T hat makes two f or them— a boy and a girl . Patty and I will see you all in ’81— right here at U SA FA f or our big get together. Until then— keep the spirit .

D onny

K . 1. Sawyer as an aircr af t maintenance of ficer .

A long

a sim i lar v ein, one m or e A ST R A of f icer i s A ndy G E SSN E R

(Joy) going to the Pentagon A F/ X OC. P au l

A U G E N ST E I N

n ow

h as h i s C o m b at

M edal as a B52G A / C at L or i ng.

R ead i n ess

Jim PO L V E (M ary ) r e

cently received a 2000-hour certif icate f rom M cD onnellDouglas as an FE in C-9A ’s at Scott. John BU SH (Emilie) took part in Display D etermination, a N A T O exercise a s a F A C st ati oned at Sem bach . T he Outst anding I nstru ct or Pilot of t he M onth f or R andolph is w h at Steve A L D E R M A N

(Joan) has been proclaimed. M ark OI N ESS (K athy) deployed to Germany f or Coronet Trump exercises f rom SeymourJohnson in the F4. Warren SCH EI D (M argaret) supported the Refor ger ’77 operation in the transport business w i th h i s C - 14 1 at M cG uir e.

G iant V oi ce ’77 w as par ticipat ed in by

many of our class just to name a f ew— Greg A RN OL D in 135’s at Barksdale, Reg PA RK S as a B-52 EWO f rom G r if f iss, Bob BE RG in 135’s at F air ch il d and Bob D E H M E R (Jane) as a G r if f iss B-52 A / C .

With some of the separate items out of the way, there are still quite a f ew change of addresses to note.

M ark M A Y E R (Rebecca) f r om C astl e t o G r i ssom as K C 135 A / C ; D on SEX T ON (K ar en) f r om Sey m our -Joh nson

to Clark A B, P. 1. as Wpns Of f .; Ralph A L L EN (Janice)

f r om H om estead to C l ark A B, P. 1. as F 4 pilot . Bob RA I N ES f r om F . E . W ar r en t o Scott as E P in U H - l ’s; J i m D I X ON (L inda) f r om R ichm ond, V A t o A ndr ew s as aer o

space physiologist ; Paul N I EL SEN (D orothy) from K irt-

l and t o A ndr ew s as aide to com m ander A F SC ; B ob R I C E— M t . H om e A F B , F i t Sur geon ; D an SC A C E— M acD ill as F 4 I P af ter L ak enheath ; Jim L I V I N G ST ON — Scott A F B .

Capt Bob Bell B ox 6 5

El lsw orth A F B, SD 57706

H orace ORR— Zweibrucken as RF4C pilot ; Ron RI FEN -

6 0 5— 3 4 3 - 6 8 9 7 / A V : 7 4 7 - 2 87 7

Greetings, to all in the New Year from your class news secretary. It was a very good 1977 for us, especially w i t h my return to flying from TASP and my recent marriage t o Theresa. Hope things continue to improve on everyone’s h or izon s w ith

in L ogistics M anagement at A FI T , now at Shaw.

JON E S (C hr istina) in System s M an agem ent at A F I T , now a t

19 7 8 .

With the pack age of this quarter’s inputs, came quite

a f ew new addr esses, as w el l as new s r el eases on indivi dual

awards, decs, participation in exercises and so on.

A l so

r eceiv ed tw o lett er s and f our car ds since the l ast n ew sl et t er . So once again— her e goes . . .

Jim T OM PK I NS (Peggy) was recently awarded the A ir M edal f or duty while at Richmond Royal A FB, A ustral ia.

H e’s now at N or t on . A t l east t en A F C om m endati on M edal s

were received by our class recently. Starting close t o h o m e , here at Ellsworth, L arry JA COBS (V ick i) and N eal COY LE have theirs resulting f rom meritorious service at their l a st base, K incheloe. L arry is a standboard EWO and N eal heads a B-52H crew. I n addition, N eal’s crew took part i n

BE R G E R— F air chil d as U H - I N pilot ; D an PF L U E G E R—

Elmendorf in M anagement/ Budget f rom A ltus; D ave M A ST -

I N — E .W .I . Student at R ock w el l I nt ’l (A F I T ); Bi ll C OT T I N G H A M — M ax w el l in SOS; M ik e N E L SON — T r av is in

C-14 1 f rom Reese by way of A ltus and Bob L A FREN I ERE

— sam e as f o r N el so n .

A 1 PA RM ET— L ackland as OT S Fit Surgeon f rom Tr avis; Jerry D REN NA N— A ST RA to Pentagon in X OCCC f rom

W h item an ;

Jef f

C A M E RON — W r ight -Patt erson

A FIT

program; D ave STOV ER— USA FA as L acrosse coach and PE instructor ; D ave CH A M PA— M ather as Flying Saf ety Of f icer from M oody; T om CRA WFORD — L ajes Field, A zores as Chief Station Operations; John JA RECK I— George A FB as F4E pilot f rom V ance; Bill H EM PH I L L—Ellsworth as r ad ar n av i n B 5 2 H f r o m SO S i n r esi d en c e .

A 1 JON ES— L it chf ield Pk , A Z ; M ar c SA N D E RS— A l m a-

gordo, N M ; Chr is RU BA CH A— A bilene, T X ; D oug H I LL

— Balboa I sland, C A ; E r ic W I N BO RN — ^T ucson , A Z ; St ev e

PU E L S (Pam el a) w as aw ar ded h is A F C M at L ow ry f or r e

CL A RK — Y okota, Japan; Gerry BEN FI EL D — A ndrews A FB; Truman H A L L— Seguin, TX ; Scott T EEL— A ustin, T X ; Jim BRY A N— D enver , CO; L es H A A F— Summerville,

t ioned at RA F L ak enheath in F - l l l F ’s. D ar ry l also r ecent ly

traded in the blue: Jim BA RR, now in Cheyenne, WY with

C E N T O f or ces. D ale CA RT E R (T er r i) w as accl aim ed f or rher itor ious serv ice w hi le at R obins A F B . H e’s now a M ech

A vionics Group; Jim H ERRM A N N in Washington D C as

Reg Flag exercises conducted with TAC out of Nellis. C ar l

cent duty at Webb, while D arryl M A RSH A L L (K athleen) was presented his f or activity at M t . H ome A FB— now s t a

took part in Midlink ’77 exercises in conjunction with i n st r u c t o r

b ack

U SA F A .

A n o t h er

A FC M

w en t

Bob REI L M A N (Brenda) f or his service while at L aughlin; computer systems programming at M cChord is his newest assignment. While a pilot with A RRS at K ef lavik N aval Station, Steve BLA CK (Cynthia) was awarded the A FCM . Sheppard is his latest base. Bob DONOH U E (M arita) was presented his while at Wright-Patterson for duty at M c Connell. A FIT is his present duty. D uty at Grand Forks w as the r eason f or the A F C M f or N ick BO L E Y (K ath ry n) w ho is now an I P in T w eet s at V ance. A nd Jim W OE S-

SN ER recently lef t Fairchild f or K orea as a staf f weather of ficer, wearing his A FCM f or similar duty at Fairchild. Some A FIT grads we k now recently got their M aster’s degrees. Ed SEA RL ES (Diane) in Business A dmin f rom Wyoming— he’s at F . E. Warren. A nthony JON ES (K aren) 32

SC ; T om W E B B— W est C hest er , PA .

A d d f o u r m o r e c i v i l i an s t o t h e r an k s o f 7 2 er s w h o h av e

M ou nt ain Bell ; L ee G A R D N E R i n M ar i on , l A w ith C oll ins R esear ch F ellow w ith L ogist ics M anagem ent I nst itute; T o m M I L L E R now in G r eeley , C O .

The f inal segment of this column will consist of the

letter t r af f ic r eceiv ed i n t he p ast f ew m onth s.

F i r st t o c o m e

in was a letter f rom D orie PORTE R (Jerry’s wif e) writing to f ill in som e det ails of cl assm at es th ey h ad seen .

Jer ry

is a B52 A / C at M ather, is also half of a set of proud p ar

en t s f o r

t h e f i r st t i m e .

L ew

H E N D E R SO N

h as m ar r i ed

(Sherry) and is still at D avis-M onthan. Jack PEA K (Jo) is at M cChord from Japan in the Civil Engineers. Scott W EA V E R (L ear) w as at M cC hor d i n C - 14 1’s and R oger

EM ERICK got his M aster’s at Stanf ord but is now back at D y ess in C - 130’s.

Jenn if er (Por t er ’s) O B doctor

w as

n o n e o t h er t h an A 1 SE L L E R S o n a T D Y f r o m T r av i s. A l so seen at T r av i s w er e K ei t h M E R E D I T H an d C l ar k K N U T SON both in Pedi at r ics. R ick W I N N (Sandi) al so t her e i n

M ed i c i n e.

Jerry ran into Bill BOL D I N G at M ather while

Sk i W A G A SK Y (Joanie) ar e st ill i n Ok inaw a i n F -4’s.

Bee CA N NI ST RA CI got to the pen and paper to report

t h at h e i s n o w

at C h ar l est o n i n

C - 14 1’s o u t o f

W eb b i n

T w eet s. W hi le enr ou te, he r an int o Bob PE T K E W I C Z (civ i li an) going t o U T , W y at t D I ET R I C H (civ ili an) and a m u si ci an in A ust in, and J. R . ST ON E f ly ing T -39’s at Ber gst r om . Both Jer r y B U RG and Stev e JA C K SO N w er e at W ebb w ith

Bee and got F-4’s to Germany .

D oug BROWER also has

an F 4 at M acD il l . M ar ty A M E L U N G i s at C har l eston i n 14 1’s. M or t F O R K E R i s at the Pent agon , and both Jef f

C O N K L I N an d C h u ck W I N T E R ar e at U SA F A

Joe C O N N E L L i s now at F t . Stew art , G A

as I P s.

w it h th e

I d i d r ec ei v e a b u n c h o f l et t er s an d c ar d s f r o m f o l k s a l l

over the place.

I thank everyone f or them and will t r y

t o sort out the inf or m at ion to p ass on .

John E I SE N H A RT

decided I needed help with the column, and I do, so h e

w r o t e m e a l et t er t o t el l m e so .

H e i s h ead ed b ack t o t h e

w om b her e to w or k in t he A ir m anship D iv i sion. H e is l eav ing Shaw and R F -4, John, I hate t o t el l y ou bu t B r o n c o t ick ets ar e ev en h ar der to get now . D an O ’H A L L A R EN i s also at Sh aw w ith his w if e, D i ane, and son , Paul . H e sa y s he w ould lik e t o hear f r om M ik e F A R R (M ik e w as at SOS w it h m e), M ik e SC H I E F E R , and/ or E r nie M A RA V I L L A . D an is now a I W SO in R F -4’s. M ik e H U B and C all ie say

they are doing fine and enj oying lif e in RA F L akenheath in F - l l l F .

H e says Joe and K r isty PEL U SO and G ene

Rangers and still single. H owever , Greg JONES has de cided to tie the knot with Pat and is now happily(?) a t SOS. Chris BU K A L A (L yssa) is now a full-f ledged V et a t M acD ill, so now all you Floridians can bring your pets i n

C indy and they ar e expect ing a baby . T om and Pam K E N N E D Y ar e st ill at C har lest on, D on G ROSS is at R amstein, G er m any in F -4’s, and John and W anda RO G A C K I

A FE accompanied by his wif e to complete the tour over there. N ow at T ravis, he is the Comptroller f or the 3 0 7 t h A RG. M y thanks to each of the correspondents this time.

and L aur ie ar e at Pope w her e h e is a C - 130 A / C i n the 40th T A S. H e w ou ld lik e t o hear f r om any one f r om ol d 6th Squadr on . H e says that V ic and R ose POW E RS and T om and Susan SA U N D E RS are also at Pope. E r n ie

t o tr y him out . F i nal ly , Bob W A L L E R m ar r ied Susan w hi le at H anscom l ast y ear , and then w ent t o R am stei n w i th U S -

W ithout those l et ter s, this ef f or t w ould be som ew hat o u t dated since some of the inputs f rom the of f ice are a st ep behind y ou all as y ou m ove ar ound. I n case other inf o i s

also non-current, please let me hear f rom you so that I can correct any mistakes I might have made in the tr anslation. Until I hear from you all or the next time— F .P.A .

M A L BERG are there also.

M ike says Chris got married t o

ar e i n Sac r am en t o w h er e Jo h n i s i n B - 5 2 ’s.

K en B R O W N

BUT L ER is in C- 130's at Rhein-M ain, Germany. Rick WEST , Joel CA RL SON , and Roger Y OU EL are in the 4 1st . Joel and Roger ar e both m ar r ied now , but I don’t h a v e any nam es for their w iv es— H ow about a not e t o let t he

w o r l d k n o w ? R o n an d Su san H O SK I N S h ad a c h i l d o u t at M c C l el l an . G en e C O R R E L L i s i n “ t w eet s” at C o l u m b u s.

D ave CL EL A N D and Susie are back from Clark . They are at A ndrews now where D ave f lys the CT -39’s. H e s a y s

M ik e

F r ed K n o w l es 19 3 0 M in eo l a St .

C olor ado Spr ings, C olor ado 809 15

8 / 87 5-2 6 86

A gain I have to start out with bad news. Two more of

A n d Jim

W IN BU RN

w as k i l l ed

in an aircraft accident on 3 D ecember 1977. Our thoughts and prayers are with Rick’s and Jim’s f amilies. L ast tim e I w r ote f r om SOS.

W el l , I am now f i ni shed

with that f ine institution. I am sure that all of you w i l l notice the vast improvement in my liter ary talents, t h an k s to the SOS wr iting program. While I was there Barry BA RR gave me so much crapola about his not being men tioned in the last issue that I am making sure he gets n o t ed

now.

M al c o m

G r ow

M ed i c al

T hat is all I have f or th s quarter. I really appreciate the cards and letters this time. I t makes my work much easier . I will be on the move f or the next issue, so k eep an eye on my address and get your info in early so i t

get s t o m e .

I ’m not going to b o r e

J am es C O L O T T A

my wife, Pat, gave me a ration because my son’s name got

ever y one every issue w i th t ales about h im .

I w on ’t m en t i o n him again until he does something worthwhile, like t alk , w alk , or cut a t ooth .

N ow, on to the fun stuf f : change of address cards!

R od

and Amy THIEL are at Langley. I think he is flying T - 3 9 ’ s .

Rick H A Y ES says he will graduate f rom A FI T in D ecem ber and begin work in the B-1 systems proj ect off ice. T i m BEA L L Y writes that he, D on M EI STER, and Russ GI L BERT are all attending A FI T Facilities M gt Graduate P r o

gram. Ken RITCHHART and wife Dee are both working on M asters degrees at the University of Oklahoma.

T odd

LaVIGNE is now assigned to the maintenance complex f o r

the 8th T ac Fighter Wing in K unsan, K orea. Wayne H OL U M is on an unaccompanied tour in K eflavik , I celand, but t o o k his wif e, Carol, and two daughters, Stephanie and Jennif er, with him anyhow. Ed CRU I CE is now an A .C. in C-M l ’s a t T ravis and now has a 3-month-old son, Brian. Jim BOEH M is on his way to L angley to f ly F- 15’s with the 1st T F W .

John and Dianne LAUTEN are headed for England with their new daughter Farrah Rae. John will be flying F - l l l ’ s with the 20 TFW (USAFE). Ken SODA is finishing up a PhD in E.E. at the University of Illinois. He says “ h i ” H i K en !

i n t er n

Spangdahl em .

A l so

Germany to f ly around in F-15’s, a real hardship tour .

t o al l .

is a F- 15 M aintenance Of f icer at Bitburg; Bill RITT ER i s a F-4 WSO at Ramstein; Randy SA GE is a F-4 pilot at

How’s that Barry? He is on his way to Bitburg,

spelled wrong; it’s Robert M icheal.

R I G H T M Y E R is at H ahn as a F -4 W SO ; Ph il D E BRU I N

our cl assm ates h ave dep ar ted us. R ick C A RD E N A S w as k ill ed in an air cr af t cr ash on 3 October 1977; h e w as m e n t ioned in t he l ast issue, bu t I did not get t he i nf or m at ion i n t im e f or th e co lum n .

M A Y ER

Center. Rocky A V V ENT O writes f rom a munitions support site in Western Germany. H e now has three children, A ndrea (2'/ 2), Scot (I 'A ), K risten (3 months). H e says D o n

1 L t D an F el i x 7 2 0 0 E . E v an s A v e . # 6 0 1

D enver , C olor ado 80224 H om e: (303) 7 59-9645

T he awards f or the Class of ’74 just keep coming in.

A F B,C A .

h as r ec ei v ed

the A ir

M ed al

at N o r t o n

R oy L O W E R has r eceived the A F C M at C astl e

A FB, CA . Congratulations gentlemen. I t seems that our A ir Force never tires of moving us around. H ere are the latest changes: Robert A N DERSON ,

Judge A dvocat e, K eesler , M S; M ik e BA C A (A nn), Pit K C -

135, Carswell, T X ; M erril BEY ER, Pit F-4E, Seymour Johnson, NC; D avid BOSSERM A N , I Pit K C- 135, Barksdale, L A ; Steven BO Y C E (Pat t ie), A F I T , C E , M ass I nst of T ech ,

M A ; Greg BROOK S (Lorie), Pit F-4E, Seymour Johnson, N C; D avid BUN K ER, WSO F-4D, H ill UT ; Boyd CH RI S T ENSEN , Pit E3-A , T inker, OK ; Richard D EN N I S, A FI T ,

Ariz. State Univ., AZ; Greg DURIO, Pit A-l OA, Myrtle Beach, SC; Fred FED EWA , A cf t. M aint, Chanute, I L ; Greg FI N D LA Y (M oncia), Pit F-4, M oody, GA ; William FRUL A N D , Space Systems A nalyst, Clear M issile Early Warning Station, A K ; M ike F UEY O, Pit C- 141, M cGuire,

NJ; Gary GADDY, Pit KC-135, Blytheville, AR; Andy

GA L I K , I N av C-5A , Dover, D E; T im GREEN (Luann), I P, Sheppard, TX ; Jef f G REI N ER, A sst , Judge A dvocate, Grissom, I N ; Steve GRESS, I P T -4 1, U SA FA , CO; Thomas H A LSET H (V alerie) Pit U H -1, Whiteman, M O; Jim H A ZEN , N av F-4, Elmendorf, A K ; Barton H EN WOOD (Donna), Pit K C-135, Wurtsmith, M I ; V erle JOH NST ON (A da), 33

K C- 135 Pit, Grif fiss, N Y ; William JON ES, Pit F-4E, Sey mour Johnson, NC; L arry K A M PA (Constance), Pit C-130E, L it t le Rock , A R ; Jim K EA G L E , I nst ru ct or , Pol Sci , U S-

A FA , CO; Joseph K EL L Y (Joy), Surgeon, Travis, CA ; Rober t K E M E R L I N G (Janet), Pit U H - 1, G r and F ork s, N D ;

K en K L I M ES (Cindy), Pit F-4D , N ellis, N V ; Walter K I N A RD, Pit K C-135, Castle, CA ; Craig K ITCH EN (H eather), Pit C - 130, L ittle R ock , A R ; M ar t in K L E N A , M issil e L aunch O f f icer , W hitem an , M O ; C har les L A M BE RT (Shery l), Pi t

C-130, L ittle Rock, A R; James L U NTZEL , Sig. I ntel ,

E lm endor f , A K ; Br i an M cL EA N , W SO F -4E , Bentw at er s

RA F, England; M ichael M cGI N N I S (Sharon), WSO F-4, M oody, GA ; Ross M I LES, Pilot, Shaw, SC; D ave M OODY (M arion), Pit F-4E, Osan A B, K orea; William N ELSON (L ouise), Comp. Syst. A nalyst, Gunter, A L ; Randy N I ERST H EI M ER (N an), Pit F- 106, Tyndall, FL ; Ran POWERS, Syst. Op. F- 111, L akenheath RA F, England; Gary SA M B U C H I , Pit F -4E , H ahn A B, G er m any ; D an SC H E L L I N G E R , Pit K C - 135, E llsw or th, SD ; Pau l SPEN D L E Y

(Ginger), N av C-130E/ H , L ittle Rock, A R; H oward ST RONG, WSO F4E, Clark A B, Philippines; John SUL L I V A N (N ancy), L egal Off icer, Charleston, SC; M ichael W O L F E RT (D iane), Pit K C - 135, T r av is, C A .

A n o t h er m em b er o f t h e C l ass o f 19 7 4 h as f al l en .

ILt

M ichael J. BROZ OV I C H w as k i lled in an auto accident

on 2 3 O ct . 7 7 .

I will be leaving the Denver area in summer . I f there is any of you that should like to write this column f o r a while please let me know. Good L uck !

75 N ew s:

E llsw or t h m issi le cr ew s.

A si de f r om the $4700 v eh icle, t h e

typewrier was the only casualty. tr o ubl e.

Seatbelts are worth

th e

On the brighter side, A ndy FA L L ON has r ecently be

c o m e an i n st r u c t o r

m i ssi l e l au n c h

o f f i cer .

B r u ce SM I T H

and I have become wing instructors as assistant chief s o f our respective sections in DOT . B i l l M U SI C K h as r eturned from the training at V andenberg to become a r e a l m issile of f icer at l ast .

W h ile at V andy l and , Bil l call ed

C all s: I t alk ed t o Br ian D I E F F E N BA C H , F . E . W ar r en’s

R em em b er

D al e

Y o u r f l o w er — I

m ean

See wh at har d w ork can get y ou??

I almost f orgot to mention that his wif e’s name is L i n d a . Silver Wings: T om FI NN and Rick M cA L I ST ER now have N avigator wings. Tom goes to a C-130, Dyess A FB,

and Rick heads f or a K C -135 at W urt sm ith A F B . R ichard K I M , Ch ar les N A SH , and L am ar L EW I S graduated from pilot training. The first two out of L aughl in A F B and L am ar f r om C olum bus. R ichar d and L am ar w ill

both fly C-M l ’s. M cGuire and Charleston are their respec tive bases of assignment . N A SH will go to D avis M onthan f o r F - 4 ’s.

M issile M en: Recently certif ied as a missile crew member

w as Phil BE N JA M I N . H e w as a dist ingu ished gr adu ate f r o m

missile school at V andenberg and is now stationed at M i n o t H e m arr ied L aur a at t he chapel i n M ay .

M oves: I t appears that the way to get an overseas assignrri ent is to get an F-4. The f ollowing all have F-4’s t o t h e Bentw aters, England : M ich ael (A nn) G I L L

and Randy M A SON . H ahn, Germany : Chris (K aren) GL A ESER and Spencer ROBERTS. K adena, Ok inawa: M ichael (K ay) GU DM UN DSON , M ark JEFFERSON , and

K . P. (K ar en) SM I T H . K unsan, K or ea: Butch BY RD and John W I SSM A N . Rod G U N T H E R is at R am st ein, G erm any .

K erry PUTT and his wif e Celeste go to Spangdahelm, G er many. Torrej on, Spain: A . E. (D inda) DA H L ST ROM and A ndy (M ary) D I C H T E R . Other s on the m ove ar e: Jim D I L L f r om W r i ght-Pat ter son t o H anscom A F B, Rober t (Bar bar a) H I C K C OX f r om A nder son, G uam t o H anscom A F B, and T om (L or i) PR O V O ST f r o m K i n c h el o e t o O f f u t t A F B .

N ot es: Jam es F OST E R m ar r ied D onna in A ugust .

Jim

FOREM A N and his wif e Belle have an open invitation f o r 34

W e w er e enr oute to E l lsw or th ’s C har lie One an d

resident expert on something called “ Remote L F Overwr ite.” D ief , Steve PRUSS, and T om WY M A N were instrumental in Warren’s good showing on their l ast ORI . T he grapevine reports that M ike FRI CA N O is a new

Germany where he received the A ir Force Commendation M edal. The medal was presented f or meritorious service a s chief of Communications systems f light f acilities r adio m ai n

bases l ist ed .

N ovem ber .

had to negotiate the mysterious Phillip Triangle, nemesis o f

N or t h L it t le Rock , A rk 72 116 H om e phone: 50 1— 835-0678

M EY E R ROSE ? H e is now st at ioned at K apaun A ir St at ion ,

A FB.

Of f ice: A V : 747-2049/ 2039

H ello again from the Showplace of SA C. Getting this column out was a bit painful since my typewriter was ser i ously inj ured in an accident near Phillip, South D akota i n

T EC .

A u t o v o n : 7 3 1- 6 8 2 2

t enance at A l tus A F B .

2L t C r aig M anson 307 St . A nne, # 4 R api d C ity , SD 5770 1 H om e: (605) 343-2682

I L t W i ll ie J. C osby , I I I

5 9 0 2 G l en h av en P l ac e

days somewhere, you might want to check that out. the

report seeing wild Willie SH EL TON skulking about SA M -

Welcome to 1978. I hope everyone remembered to change calendars. I f it seems like you have been losing In

anyone who visits Eglin AFB, Duke Field: “Come see u s

and have some oysters on the half-shell !” I married a house in N orth L ittle Rock and h ave plenty of room f or the weary or potential drunk s. I f you are through L ittle Rock , give me a buzz. L ike the potato f armer once said, “ Plant you now and . . . D ig you later .”

m i ssi l e i n st r u c t o r at M al m st r o m B E R G m ar r i ed F r i c k ’ s si st er .

an d

t h at

c r ew b ear

D av e

The Watchdog’s M ailbag: I got a lot of nice Christmas

car ds f r om 76ers. M ar c and W anda F R I T H w r ote f r om D av is-M onth an w her e he i s lear ni ng the “ W ar th og.” (A - 10). M ar c sai d t h at M ar k F E L L O W S an d M ar k

O L SO N

w er e

with him at f ighter lead-in at H olloman. They both w e n t on to F-4s at George. Charlie DEA N O and Roger T U RCOT T E

w er e al so t h er e ,

Seem s R oger h ad a h ar d t im e

crossing active runways when the red lights were fl ashing,” M arc reports. “ T aking on an F-4 on takeof f and the SP s afterward was def initely showing the spirit of ’76!” A n d M arc had these comments about the A - 10: “ (1) I t’s big. (2) I t’s f aster than the speed of smell . (3) (expletive del et ed), it carries a lot of bombs! . . . The f an engines take a l i t t l e getting used to, especially in close f ormation, but i t ’s f u n .” For all interested parties (like FRI TH , f or instance), Denny SH U PE has f inally been contacted! “ One of the m o st exclusive nonrated experts on the use of tactical aircr af t,” (by his own modest admission), D enny was recently chosen by the USA F Flying T raining Selection Board to attend U PT . H e’ll leav e h is cur r ent assignm ent at N ell i s in O c t o ber or N ov em ber . M eanw hile, he’s of f er i ng accom m oda C al l t ions and tour s of L as V egas “ f or a r eason abl e f ee.

Denny at A V 682-2676. A nother semi-lost soul, Bernie GOL D BA CH , says he and T im SH A FFER spent some time at R andolph working f or A T C C om m ander L t G en R ober t s. T hey pr odu ced a r ather v olum inous docum ent call ed “ R etent ion of N ewly

I L earned Flying Skills in the Post-U PT D elay I nterval , heard from an inf ormant at A TC headquarter s that this

docum ent bore a str ong r esem bl ance t o a cer t ain or gani c

substance that the pioneers used to start f ires.

A nyway,

Ber nie is now an u nder cov er agent on the A r izon a St at e

U niversity campus and in his spare time, he f lies T -38s i n Phase I I I at Willy. (Oops, I guess that blows it, Bernie.

Sor r y !) .

D on H A L L (Pat) wrote to say he’s back “ home” f lying

T -4 1S w it h the 557F T S. K ur t K L I N G E N BE R G E R , w ho i s

now at Upper H eyf ord, U K in I l l s dropped a l ine.

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said Stew PA TT ERSON is on his way there also and that Pete OH L ER is f lying choppers at M ountain H ome. Pity guys like Pete can’t get real j obs. Bob and L eA nn GA RD NER (see Fall issue) wrote after returning f rom their C al i f or nia honey m oon .

N am edr op Jour nali sm M ar ch es On ; Our f ar E ast cor

respondent, Jay K ENN ON (C- 130, Y okota), reports that Jim BOM A ’s wif e K aren gave birth to twins in A ugust . Jim’s an ensign stationed in San D iego. I j ust want t o k n o w what your interest in this is, Jay . H ow come Jim didn’t

w r ite?

Jay al so said that K y l e ST .G E O R G E i s “ aliv e a n d

well, but broke” at Castle checking out in the B-52. C i v i l Engineers Stan RA D ER and Steve HE I N Z recently dropped in on Rob CROM BI E, who is an aero engineer at Wright-Pt. Rob reports that Wayne PERRON occupies the of fice across the hall from his at the A ir Force Flight Dynamics L ab. A nybody TD Y to W-P can look them up. Bob WA GNER wants it known that he quarterbacked the comm squadron team to the F. E. Warren base champion ship with a 15-0 record. Congratulate him at A V 481-2777.

Pat O’BR I E N got t ir ed of not seeing h is n am e i n t hi s colum n, so there it is. Unf ortunately, I lost your letter, Pat , so I

can’t tell everybody where you are. Write again. H ugh SM I TH wrote to ask me how things are at F . E. Warren—

I don’t know Hugh, but how are things at Travis? (Actually, “ H ug” is at N orton with Fred PH I L POT and Jay STEI N -

M E T Z .)

Squadr on N ewslett er of the Quarter ; Once again, the D irty D ozen missive, published by M arc SOUTI ERE, takes honors. (D on’t any of the other squadrons keep in touch? H ey, D ennis RA E “ F-4, M acDill” , whatever happened to the Baron N ewsletter?). M arc reports that Steve GUN

D E R SON

h as becom e

l ost

soul

sor ts

appreciate any info on Gundy’s whereabouts.

and

he’d

M ore Wings: D ave CL A RY (T-37, Willy) says “ The

C am el ” lef t out som e of the m em ber s of 77-08 l ast i ssu e.

H e of f ered these: Bill CA ROL A N (C- 141, N orton), Scott CA VA LI ER (T-38, Sheppard), M ike CL EM OV I T Z (F-4,

Luke), and Jeff BROWN (T-38, Willy). By the way, Dave’s

130, L itt le R ock ), F r ank C OX (C -9, Scot t), Ji m C R OW E (T -37, V ance), J. J. C ROW L E Y (C - 14 1, C har l eston), St ev e F R A N K L I N (C - 130, L it t le R ock ), A r t G EO R G E (A -7,

D avis-M onthan), Doug K U PERSM IT H (T -38, V ance), A 1 L OM BA RD I (B-52, Barksdale), Wade M cROBERT S (A -7, D avis-M onthan), D ave M A TT H EWS (T -38, V ance), Greg M I L L ER (F-4, M acD ill), Pat O’BRI EN (f ound you!— K C135, Plattsburgh), F . D . SA WY ER (B-52, Ellsworth— give me a call when you get in f rom Castle), L arry SM IT H (F -4, M acD ill), Pete T RU M P (B-52, M arch), and Gary T URN I P-

SE E D (T -37, V ance).

T h e m em b er s o f V an c e C l ass 7 8 - 0 2 w er e : J o h n B R U N S

(C-9, Scott), Bobby DEBLANC (WC-130, Keesler), Byron

D OD GEN (RF-4, Bergstrom), Carlos GA RZA (T -38, Shep pard), Garry FL EM I N GS (B-52, L oring), Ray FORT N ER (F-4, M acD ill), Ralph GA RD N ER (F-4, L uke), H al GET ZEL M A N (T-33, L angley), Bill K EA RN S (F-4, M acDill), Rusty L A T ENSER (F-4 M acD ill), M ark M U EH L (T -41, U -k now-where), Randy M U NCY (F- 15, L uke), M ike N A V E (C-14 1, M cGuire), M uf f N I SSI N G (C- 14 1, N orton), Chuck OLT M A N (F-4, M acD ill), D ale OST ROWSK I (C-130, Pope), M el PRI VETT (K C- 135, L oring), Brian RUSSEL L (T -37, V ance), Scott SA T RE (C-14 1, M cGuire), M ike GOUL D (T 38, Williams), M ark STODA (T -38, Williams), M ike M A DEL EN (A -10, D avis-M onthan), and Paul SUT L I FF (F-4, M acD i ll).

Families: Gene M U RPH Y (USM C, pilot training, N A S K ingsville, T exas) married Patrice (f inally !). Steve E D D Y , a research chemist at Wright-Pat, is married to V icki. M i k e and D ebbie BEL CH ER (B-52, Carswell) are expecting a ’7 8 tax deduction in A pril. Randy and Carol ELSON hit the j ackpot with twins. Brian and L inda SUTT ER have an infant girl who looks j ust like them. I ’m told. N ew A ddr esses: W r ite m e f or add it ional det ail s on these:

D ave NA K A Y A M A , Y okota! Stan K A SPRZY K , Y orkville, N Y ; Bruce L A M BERT , Sumter, SC; Ray V I ZZON E, V aca

ville, CA ; Monty LEE, Naranj a, FL ; Dave THOMIN, Mary

Esther, FL ; M ike WA LSH , Bethpage, N Y ; D ave T ERN ES (USM C), N A S K ingsville, TX ; D an JORD A N , H olloman; Brad GERD ES, D avis-M onthan; M ike CU N N I N GH A M ,

new wif e is named L ynd. (correctly spelled) T om T RA I N OR (K C- 135, L oring) sent this list of Reese Class 77-07: Rich TEL I SK A (F-4, M acD ill), T om A U -

T y ndall .

L arry BOY LES (K C-135, Carswell), K en BRA DL EY (K C 135, K I Sawyer), John BUD ELI ER (C-141, Charleston), John BURNS (F-4, Homestead), M ike BY ERS (C-130, Y o

column— the people who write and call with news and rumors. I ’ll be TD Y at Carswell in February and M arch,

SON (RF-4, Bergstrom), John ERRI GO (C-9, Scott), K eith

“ Palace” is really like.

BERRY (C-141, Travis), Marty BISCHOFF (F-4, Luke),

kota), Randy ELSON (C-130, Little Rock), Larry ENGLE-

FARMER (C-130, Pope), Ed GALLAGHER (C-130, Little

Lowry; R. R. CASELLA, MacDill; and Larry ERIKSEN,

Wrap-up; I’ve had a lot of positive feedback on the column and I’d like to thank all those who really make t h e

and I’ll try to make contact with as many Grads in T ex as as possible. I ’ll also try to get to MPC and report w h at t h e

Rock), Jef f H A RRI SON (C-130, H urlburt), John H A ZEN

(C-130, Little Rock), Kevin HEISE (T-37, Reese), Jack JACKSON (T-38, Reese), Dan KAISER (KC-135, Dyess), Roger KONTAK (C-130, Little Rock), Bruce KUELZ (B-52, Minot), Matt MARTORANO (C-141, Charleston), Chuck McHen r y (T-37, Reese), Dave NABER (T-37, Reese), Larry NEW (F-15, Luke), Terry NEW (F-4, MacDill), Mike NICHOLS (T-38, Reese), Carl NORDGREN (RF-4, Zweibrucken), Tony NUNEZ (T-38, Reese), Tony OWENS (F-4, Homestead), A1 PATRIQUIN (F-4, Homestead), Rich PA U L Y (F-4, Luke), Pat PETERSEN (C-14 1, Charleston-

reminded me to be careful about flying from Charleston!), Alan D. RAY (T-37, Reese), Steve ROBINSON (C-141, McChord), Mike SACKLEY (F-4, Luke), Jeff STEIG (T38, Reese), J. K . SUBIK (KC-135, Plattsburgh), Brian SUTTER (T-37, Reese), and Lauren TROTTIER (B-52, Bark sdal e). F or t hose w ho t r ied t o f ind R ich T E L I SK A ’s n a m e

L t L y nn M Scott

4319 N . Chestnut, A pt. 13 Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Of f ice 303/ 472-2233 H o m e ; 3 0 3 / 5 9 9 - 8 9 17

I t’s the Class of ’77 quarterly N ews with your host L y nn

Sc o t t .

Good day. M ayors of cities across the nation have been

pr epar ing em er gency pl ans of action f or t he f inal w av e o f

A FA ’77 Grads invading their cities. D el Rio, Texas; F t . Rucker, A labama; L ubbock, T exas; T empe, A rizona; and Enid, Oklahoma. M ayors have requested f ederal aid in

anticipation of the blue wave. Washington has responded by saying that the “Riders” are j ust passing thru and c o n s e

quently denied the request. I n light of this decision, r esi d en t s of the above m ent ioned cities ar e ask ed t o be on the l o o k

the Register, it’s not there. Captain Teliska a former F - 4 WSO, has been named an honorary member of ’76. He was

out for individuals in their early twenties, wearing g r e e n

the section extended him this honor in appreciation f o r t h e motivation and professional example he provided them. W e l

will dim street lights when they operate their home st e r e o

Vance Class 78-01 included: Dave ANDERSON (F-4, MacDill), Jim BAUER (C-141, Travis), Randy CHANG (C-

should be aware of the following signatures.

student leader of 77-07’s section one and the 21 76ers i n com e, R ich !

overalls with brown bars on their shoulders, blue hats, b l ack

boots, and possibly moustaches. They will more than l ik ely st at e t heir occupat ion as Student Pi lot or U PT stu dent

an d

equipm ent .

Stores honoring M aster Charge and/ or V I SA and banks 35

I n Enid, Oklahoma: D ave BOY A RSK I , Bruce BI L L I G, T erence POSL USZNY , D ave M A SON , Richard SH UTT ,

Anthony VILLALOBOS, Arthur WACHDORF, Edward

(Easy) RY D ER, V ictor N UTT , James EWI N G, and D ave

H O B B S.

I n Tempe, A rizona: Joe A L FA N O, Pat BU RK E, Russ FI N N EY , Stan H I LL , D ave L A WT ON , Bryon M I L L S, K arl SCH RI CK ER, Ray SH EEN , D allas STEPH EN S, M ike ST REV ELL , and Bob V EA L E have established residence r ecent ly . L u bbock T ex as m erchants should be al er t ed t o the nam es: St an BU C H A N A N , A lan E V A N S, M ark G RA Y ,

T om M UL H ERN , George EA RNH A RT , H orst ROEH LER, an d St u W I L L I A M S .

The D el Rio Post Of f ice should have photographs of B i l l BRA N DT , D ave BROWN , H erbie FORET , George M A RSH , Jim (aka Poon) M I L L I GA N , Jim (ak a M ouse) N EU -

MEISTER, Larry PRUSS, Dan VAN ALSTINE, and Jim

W E L SH A N S .

T he “ Rider s” h ave also hit other cit ies but i n l esser d e

gree. They include: Dean ALLRED, Vandenberg AFB; Jeff BROWN, Buckley ANGB, Denver, CO; Jon BURGESS, D avis-M onthan; D ave EBEL K E, University of M iami School

of M edicine; D ave GRA GA N , W ashington D C (working f or the M arine Corps); Sterling JOH N SON , Whitman A FB (wants D wight H A RT M A N to write); Joe K ERCH EV A L ,

M alstr om A F B , M ont ana; D ave M I C K E L SON , K eesl er A F B ; Jef f R I C H A R D SON , T ink er A F B , Ok l ah om a; M ark SC H U

BERT , M ike SEL VA , Ben A L L EN , Greg SM ITH , Ray M I C H A EL at G r and F ork s, N D ; Bob SI M M ON S at Pet er son A F B ; and Br ent W I L SON at K ir t l and A F B , N M . C u rt

BEDK E and Guillermo A RGUEDA S are at Stanf ord hitting the books and bagging r ays (or possibly r ain). I n other news, a H ouse Bill has been introduced by a M r . L agomarsino to the V eteran A f f airs Subcommittee o f t h e H ouse A rmed Services Committee. T he purpose of the B i l l i s t o r est o r e t o t h e C l ass o f ' l l o f al l ser v i ces ac ad em i es t h ei r G .I . b en ef i t s. J ef f B R O W N h as i n f o r m ed m e t h at t h i s

Bill represents a six-month eff ort and it needs additional support or it may die in committee. L etters f rom all t h e Pride Riders, our parents and f riends to our Congressmen urging support of this Bill are def initely needed. L et ’s f ac e it, it’s a matter of the $$Bucks. Which would you r ather have, the old G .I . Bill package or the new package? Well, that’s the way it’s been this last quarter . This i s L ynn Scott f or the Class of ’77 . . . Good day.

SP O R T K SH O R T S BA SK ETBA L Lr—A ft er a convincing vi ct or y against

Denver University in the Mile High City on 24 Jan. the Fal cons st ood 10-5. Coach Egan’s t eam r emai ns

among the top defensive clubs in the country, hold ing opponents to only 62.5 points per game and a shooting percentage of .404. The women’s team was undef eated thr ough thei r f ir st f our games.

SW I M M I N G— T h e m en ’s t eam st an ds at 3-0 as t h e

season moves into l ate Januar y. A FA has extended i ts home dual meet wi nning str eak t o 67 str ai ght . T h i s ex t en ds b ack t o t h e 1967 season . T h e w om en sw i m m er s ar e of f t o a sl ow er st ar t an d st ood 2-3 as

they prepared f or a meet with CC on 28 January.

W RESTL I N G—The Fal con gr appler s have had ear l y

season problems and are 4-5-0 in dual meets so f ar this year . The lower weights are an apparent team strength but lack of overall depth seems to indicate thi s shoul d be viewed as a buil di ng year f or the t eam .

The lady wrestlers are not competing in an organized p r o g r am .

RI FF L E/ POSTQL — I n mat ches t hr ough t he t hir d week in Januar y t he Ri f le and Pist ol t eams ar e bot h u n def eat ed . B ot h t eam s w er e schedu led t o com pet e

at A r my on 28 Januar y in a meet t hat always has special incent ives f or Ser vice A cademy at hlet es. GY MN A STI CS—I n meet s t hr ough 22 Januar y , t he w om en ’s t eam st ood 1-1-0 an d t h e m en ’s r ecor d i s

2-1-0. A f ew outst andi ng perf or mer s on each t eam seem t o i nsur e wi nni ng r ecor ds f or 1978.

T R A CK — T he m en ’s t eam i s of f t o a f ast st ar t f or t h e w i nt er season an d ar e u n def eat ed at 4-0 as t h e season ent er s t h e secon d h alf of t h e i n d oor sch edu l e.

The women’s t eam opens it s season on 28 Jan.

H OCK E Y — T h e w eek en d of 27-28 J an . w i ll si gn al a b r eak i n t h e sch ed u l e f or t h e F al con i cer s af t er c o n

vi ncing vi ctori es over Royal Milit ar y Col l ege on 20 and 21 Januar y on the A FA i ce. The young, i nex

perienced team is playing better with each game and

cur r entl y stands 7-12; the r ecent sweep of the RMC gives the Fal cons a thr ee-game winni ng str eak .

F EN CI N G—B ot h f encing t eams were scheduled t o star t acti on on 28 Januar y. Both f eat ur e sever al r e tur ni ng l etter wi nner s f r om l ast year when the men wer e undef eat ed and t he l adi es l ost onl y one of t en m at ch es.

G R I C I U S H O N O R E D A T P I L L SB U R Y

T OU R N A

M EN T— Randy Gr i cius, 6-7 j unior for war d-cent er f r om A i r F or ce, w as h on or ed at t he r ecent P i ll sbu r y

H oli day Cl assic in Bl oomingt on, M inn ., by bei ng

n a m e d t o t h e a l l -t ou r n am en t t e a m .

One of f ive pl ayer s sel ected f or t he honor , Gri ci us paced the Fal cons to a thir d-pl ace f i ni sh by coming up with six poi nts and ei ght r ebounds i n t he 66-50 openi ng night l oss on Dec. 30 t o Minnesot a, then l ead i ng t he Fal cons i n both scor i ng and r eboundi ng i n the 87-60 vi ctor y over Tul ane on New Y ear ’s Eve. A gainst the Gr een Wave, Gr i cius made ei ght of 13 sh ot s f r om t h e f i el d an d c o n n ect ed o n al l si x f r e e

thr ows f or 22 poi nts besi des pul l ing down 12 r e bounds, hi s best al l-r ound perf or mance of the season. Tour nament champi on Minnesot a and r unner up Fl or i da St at e each pl aced two pl ayer s on the al l t our nament t eam al ong with Gr i cius whil e cent er Mychal Thompson of Mi nnesota was named the t our nament ’s most val uabl e pl ayer . S C H U L Z E N A M E D S E C O N D T E A M A L L -A M E R

I CA N — A ir F or ce sen i or g oal i e G r eg Sch ul ze w as se

l ect ed t o t h e 19 7 7 sec on d t eam A l l -A m er i c a so c c er

squad by t he Nat ional Soccer Coaches’ A ssoci ati on. Sch u l ze, a n at i v e of San F r an ci sco, i s t h e f ou r t h

Fal con i n school hist or y t o wi n thi s honor . The other s ar e Gene K r aay, 1969; Ray Bar l eben, 1969; and L en Sal vem i n i , 1972-74 .

A gr aduate of St . I gnati us Hi gh School wher e he was named al l-l eague t wo year s, Schul ze set a school r ecor d by all owi ng onl y one goal i n si x Rocky Moun t ai n I nter coll egi ate Soccer L eague (RMI SL ) games thi s year . He al so hol ds t he A ir For ce A cademy car eer sh u t ou t r ec or d w i t h 15 .

Schul ze was al so sel ect ed f or t he f our th str ai ght year to the al l -RMI SL f ir st t eam . Sal vemi ni was the l ast pl ayer t o r eceive thi s honor i n 1974.

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A A A T

Gone B u t N ot F or gotten D al e St ephens, t he son of a f i g h t e r p i l o t, c a m e t o

H i s f r i en d s, f el l ow

pilots, and the Class of

1968 m ou r n t h e

t r agic l oss of Cap t ain James E. Pueppk e. He died i n an ai r c r af t

a c ci d e n t

U S A F A

N ov em b er 26, 1977.

r on

t o the path of hi s

at t empt t o avoi d hit t i ng t he vehi cl e r e sul t ed i n l oss of cont r ol of his own air cr af t with

subsequent f atal results. While at the Academy Jim served in 2nd Squad ron and graduated from the 20th Squadron. He was known and well lik ed f or hi s easy smile, his agil e

and ingenious mind, and his selfless concern f or the

welf ar e of ot her s.

H e devel oped a t ast e f or t r avel

t h at r em ai n ed w i t h h i m u n t i l h i s d eat h .

He graduated from UPT at Larado, in July of 1969 and subsequently served three tours in SEA

one i n A C119 gunshi ps and t wo i n A -37’s.

Fr om

V i et n am h e w en t t o 0 -2’s i n H aw ai i an d t h en t o A -7’s

in t he 358 Tacti cal Fi ght er Squadr on at Davi s Mon-

thanwherehewasaninstructor pilot at thetimeo f

h i s d e at h .

[

Jim’s death i s a deep, per sonal l oss f or many of us. H e was a dedi cat ed pr of essional , a pat r i ot of the

highest order , and a dear f riend whose absence l e av e s a v o i d t h at w i l l n ev e r b e f i l l e d . Y et w e c an t ak e c o m f o r t i n t h e f a c t t h at w e w e r e a l l m a d e b e t t e r

■ throughknowinghim ,thathebroughtoutaquality of goodness t hat i s t o be r i chl y cher ished and t hat his death was qui ck , painl ess and was i n the t r ue spir it of Jim Pueppk e, a sacr if i ce so t hat other s mi ght not be har med. He i s sur vived by his par ent s, Mr . and Mr s. Wil l ar d L . Pueppk e of Rout e 3, A va, MO 65608 and his br ot her , L ar r y, of Rawlins, Wyoming. ( Paul J. Hur l ey , ’68 and St eve A . McPhail , ’68 )

ou r

f i r st

su m

mer , movi ng t o 24th

a v ehi cl e b ack ed i n

ai r cr af t . H i s v al i an t

Ft.

l aught er and dr eams i n hi s eyes. H e was a st r ong sil ent l ead er in Hust ler Squad

Af t er exper i encing engine f ailur e and at t empting t o f or ce l and on a r oad j ust shor t of the air por t CA PT A I N J A M E S E . PU EPPK E

f r om

W or t h , T ex as w i t h

CA PTA I N DA LE F.STEPHENS

P h an t om s an d t h en d ow n t h e h al l to 23r d . H e b ou n ced on t o an d of f of t h e C om m an d an t ’s an d

Super i nt endent ’s list so

of t en

t h at

m o st

of us t hought he r eally di dn’t car e. W e onl y knew that he was always doi ng som et hing t o cr ack us up, and t o hide the f ier cel y compet it ive side of a young man with mor e depth t han we coul d under st and at th e tim e.

B u t w e d o r e m e m b e r t h at D al e w a s m o st

pr oud of being 23r d Squadr on’s Pr of essional Ethics Commit t ee Rep. whil e at the A cademy . A t pil ot t r aining Dal e set t led down t o the ser ious busi ness o f f ollowing i n hi s f at her ’s f oot st eps— and soon was a cr acker j ack f ight er pil ot wit h a chest f ul l of decor at ions, i ncluding t he Pur pl e Hear t— I k now he woul d have made sever al good j okes out of how he won i t ! Dale Foy St ephens excel led as a son, a Cadet , an of f i cer , a pil ot— but best of al l as a husband and f ather . He set exampl es t hat will hel p his f amily and hi s many f r i ends cont inue without him . ( Neal St ar k ey, ’68 ) Dal e i s sur vived by his wi fe, K at hr yn ; t wo sons; and his par ent s, L t . Col . (Ret . ) and Mr s. Si dney A . St ephens, of 1576 Pennwood Cir cl e South , Cl ear wat er , FL 33156. Memor i al ser vi ces f or Capt ain St ephens wer e hel d at the Cadet Chapel on 16 No v em b er 1977.

A m em or i al f u n d h as b een est abl i sh ed

in Captain Stephens’ memory; contributions may be se n t t o t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r a d u at e s .

37 -

D ec em b er

1977, Capt ai n James K . Wi nbur n, Cl ass of 1973, w as k il l ed

F -4E

cr ash

n ear Gosh u t e, U t ah .

bu r n ,

J ack

308

1972. Capt ai n Paul

L . W in-

w as t h e E W O o n a B -5 2 ai r cr af t w h i ch

W al nu t ,

L ees Summi t , MO

was downed by hos

A s a m em b er of the 3 0 t h C a d e t

ov er N or t h V i et n am .

64 063 .

CA P T A I N JA M ES K . W IN BU RN

O ct ob er

b een l i st ed as M I A si n c e 2 0 D ec em b er

He i s sur vi ved by hi s p a r e n t s, Mr . and M r s.

1977, Capt ai n Cr ai g A . Paul , Cl ass of 1969, was decl ar ed K IA af t er havi ng

Squadr on,

Capt ain

W i n b u r n w as a m em b er of t h e Sk i

Cl ub and maj or ed i n A er onauti cs.

He was on the

Dean ’s L i st f or f i v e sem est er s, t h e Com m an d an t ’s

Li st f or one semest er , and the Super intendent ’s l i st f or on e sem est er .

Fol l owi ng gr aduati on f r om navigati on tr ai ni ng. Captain Wi nbur n served as a WSO wi th the 426th Tacti cal Fi ghter Tr aining Squadr on at Luke A FB, the 58th Tacti cal Fi ghter Squadr on at Egl in A FB, and the 80th Tacti cal Fi ghter Squadr on at K unsan A B, South K or ea. A t the t ime of hi s death, he was assi gned to the 4th Tact i cal Fi ghter Wi ng at Sey m ou r J oh n son A F B .

t i l e f i r e w h i l e o n an

oper ati onal mi ssi on

C A P T A I N CR A I G A . P A U L

Capt ai n Paul i s sur vi ved by hi s wif e, Su zan n e, 7842 L ak e

Shor e Drive, Rosevil l e, CA 95678; and by hi s par

en t s, M r . an d M r s. K en n et h R . Pau l , 86 M ead ow l ar k L an e, Col um bu s, OH 4 32 14 .

Pri or to hi s commi ssi oni ng. Capt ai n Paul was a member of the 23r d Cadet Squadr on and par ti cipated i n baseball . He was a member of the Ski , A er o, Avi ati on, Gun, and Saddl e Clubs and maj or ed i n En gi n eer i n g M an agem en t .

Fol l owi ng gr aduati on f r om navi gati on tr ai ni ng. Captain Paul was assi gned t o the 744th Bomb Squad r on at B eal e A F B as an E W O .

H e w as T D Y t o t h e

443r d St r ategic Wi ng at A nder sen A FB, Guam at t h e t i m e of t h e c r ash .

On 30 Sept ember 1977, Capt . Geor ge B. L ockhar t , Cl ass of 1969, was decl ar ed K IA a f t e r havi ng

Funer al ser vi ces wer e hel d f or Capt ai n Paul at t he Cadet Chapel on 7 November 1977. On 9 J a n u a r y 1978, Maj or Fr ank D. Ral st on, I I I , Cl ass

b een l i st ed as M I A si n c e 2 1 D ec em b er

1972. Captai n Lock har t was the copil ot of

B -5 2

ai r cr af t

h o st i l e f i r e w h i l e on

an oper at ional mi s

H e w as t h e

c r af t

t h at

w as

o n an ar m ed r ec on n ai ssan c e m i ssi o n i n N or t h V i et n am . M a

A r t h u r Bl v d ., # 125,

Al exandr i a, LA 71301; and by hi s par ents. Col . (Ret .)

j or Rai son i s sur vi ved by hi s mother ,

an d M r s. Geor ge M . L ock h ar t , 3703 Cam er on H i l l s Road , A l ex an dr i a, V A 22303.

the Scuba Cl ub, and the Math Club and maj or ed i n L atin Ameri can Af f air s. Capt ain L ockhar t l etter ed two year s in t enni s and was the t eam capt ain i n 1969; he won the State Coll egi ate Tenni s Tour na ment i n 1968. Cpt L ockhar t was on the Dean’s Li st

19 6 6 .

por t ed mi ssing whil e

by hi s wif e, K ath r yn, 1 4 0 0 K i n g

i 6th Cadet Squadron; he participated in the Ski Club,

af t e r

pil ot of an F-4C air

si on i n N or t h V i et n am . H e i s su r v i v ed

A s a cadet . Capt ain L ockhar t was a member of the

w as

K IA

havi ng been l i sted as MIA si nce 14 May

whi ch was str uck by

CA P T A I N G E OR GE B . L O CK H A R T

1963,

cl ar ed

M A J OR

FRA NK D . RA L ST ON , I I I

M r s. H el en F . R al s

t on, 350 S. Cl i nton, A pt . 10-A , Denver , CO

8023 1.

A s a Cadet , Maj or Ral st on ser ved as a Fl i ght Commander in the 9th Cadet Squadr on. He was n am ed t o t h e C om m an d an t ’s L i st

t h r e e sem e st er s

on e sem est er , t h e Com m an d ant ’s L i st t h r ee sem

and was a member of the Ski , Mount ai neeri ng, Sad

at t h e t i m e of t h e cr ash .

Gr oup. Maj or Ral st on al so l et t er ed i n f ootball . Af t er r eceiving hi s pi l ot ’s wi ngs at Webb A FB, Maj or Ral st on was subsequent l y assi gned t o the 8th Tacti cal Fi ghter Wi ng at Geor ge A FB and the 433r d Tactical Fi ghter Squadr on at Ubon A B, Thail and.

ester s, and the Super intendent ’s Li st one semester . Upon gr aduati on f r om pil ot tr aini ng at Columbus A FB, Captain L ockhar t was assi gned to the 340th Bomb Squadr on at Bl ythevill e AFB. He was TDY to the 72nd Str at egi c Wing at A nder sen AFB, Guam

dl e, an d Rodeo Cl u b s an d t h e Pr of essi on al St u di es

On 9 J a n u a r y 1978, Capt . Dougl as K . Mar ti n, Cl ass of 1969, was decl ar ed K IA af t er havi ng

Capt ai n Mi chael J. Br ozovi ch, Cl ass of 1974, w as k i l l ed i n

a pedestri an / t r ai n

ac ci d en t n ear B ach -

b een l i st ed as M I A

ar ach, Germany, on

si nce 18 A pri l 1973. H e was the pil ot of

2 3 O ct ob er 19 7 7 . H e

i s sur vived by hi s

an F -4E a i r c r a f t

w if e, D eb or ah , 38679

that was r epor t ed mi ssi ng whil e on a

H asti ngs Str eet #4, Fr emont , CA 94536; by hi s f ather , Mr . Joseph J. Br ozovi ch,

c om b at m i ssi on ov er

Cambodi a.

M ar t i n

CA P T A I N D OU G L A S K . M A R T I N

Capt ain

su r v i v e d

14 5

W or t h

N or t h ,

W est

C ou r t

P al m

Beach, FL 33405; and by hi s par ents, Maj .Gen. (Ret . ) and Mr s. Sher man F. Mar tin, 626 Cr estway Dri ve, San A nt oni o, T X 78239.

A s a cadet , Captai n Mar ti n ser ved as El ement L eader i n the 13th Cadet Squadr on. He l et ter ed i n swimmi ng f or f our year s; qualif yi ng f or NCAA Swimmi ng Champi onships i n the spri ng of 1969. Captain Mar ti n was on the Dean’s L ist f our semest er s,

the Commandant’s List one semester , and the Super intendent’s List one semester ; he maj ored in Engin-

neer i ng Sci ence. Af ter gr aduati on, Captai n Mar ti n ser ved as a Reentry Systems Pr oj ect Off i cer f or the Mi nuteman

III with the 6555th Aerospace Test Group at Patrick

AFB. Later he attended UPT and received his pilot’s wings at Moody AFB.

J r ., Rou t e 5 J ol i et ,

by hi s wif e, K ar en,

Captain Martin was then

assigned to the 550th Tactical Fighter Training

Squadr on at Luke A FB and the 421st Tacti cal

Fighter Squadron at Udorn AB, Thailand.

CA P T A I N M I C H A E L J . B R O Z O V I CH

I L 60436; and by his mother , Mr s. Shi r l ey

J . Gr een , 4 709 D eadw ood D r i v e, F r e m on t , CA 94536.

Capt ai n Br ozovi ch was a member of the 28th Cadet Squadr on and maj or ed i n I nt er nati onal Af f air s. Af t er gr aduati on f r om UPT at Cr ai g A FB, Capt ai n Br ozovi ch was assigned t o Hol l oman A FB and Home stead A FB as an F-4 pil ot . He was assi gned t o the 526th Tacti cal Fi ght er Squadr on at Ramstei n A B, Ger many at the time of hi s death. Funer al ser vi ces wer e hel d f or Capt ai n Br ozovi ch

on 8 November 1977 in the Cadet Chapel .

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