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ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATES MAGAZINE

ABOUT THE COVER The

graduation of

the Class of 1975

Air

Force

9400.

the

brings

Academy

(See story

on

755

members

of

the total number of

graduates

to

nearly

Page 4.)

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY Vol. 4 No. 6

Editor Gares

Garber, Jr., ’59

Administrative Assistant Mrs. Freida Weber

IN THIS ISSUE OFFICERS OF THE

ASSOCIATION

OF GRADUATES

Charles F. Stebbins "61

From The

Superintendent’s Desk

2

Gone But Not Forgotten

3

Graduation

4

President

1975

Richard G. Head '60 Vice President

Honor

Garber, Jr., ’59 Executive Secretary

Code

—

Honor

Concept

—.

5

Gares

Letters

8

Directors

Twenty

Robert L.

Browning, ’59 John S. Brush, ’60 Anthony J. Burshnick, ’60 James L. Cole, Jr., ’64 Jon M. Davis, ’69

Year

9

Survey

Sports

12

Class News

14

Ronald Deep, ’60 Thomas A. Fryer. ‘63 Terence J.

Gruters, ’68 Gregory G. Hildebrandt, ’64 Carl A. Janssen, ’68 Arthur D. Kerr, ’61 William T. Manning, ’70 Grover E. Musselwhite, ’63 Terrence L. Petrzelka, ’70 David H. Roe, ’62 R. Nels Running, ’64 Brock T. Strom, ’59 Mack Thies, ’64 Paul R. Viotti, ’66 Austin C. Wedemeyer, ’62

Comments and

Address

aged.

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encour-

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80840

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Grad-

1

from the SUPERINTENDENT’S DESK

important insight into the rigors of combat, poratmosphere. Operation Non-Com provides the Third Classman with an understanding and an appreciation of the role of noncommissioned officers through a three-week visit to installations around the nation.

Operation Third Lieutenant gives First and Second Class cadets an opportunity to work closely with a host officer at an operaThis important program orients the tional installation. cadet to junior officer responsibilities and develops an insight This summer training in addition into leadership in action. to soaring, parachuting and T-41 instruction, provides us with an important opportunity to expose the cadets to motivational and practical experiences which relate to commishim with

an

trayed in

a

realistic

sioned duties and the mission of the Air Force. summer approaches, Coach Ben Martin and his completed long hours in spring football practice.

At the end of this academic year, our defensive capability looks strong, with Dave Lawson (noseguard linebacker, ’76), Ray Wild (rover back, ’76), T. G. Parker (defense safety and cornerback, ’77), and Randy Spetman (defensive end, "76) honing their talents to a fine edge.

As the

staff have

“Duty

Honor, Country, indeed go

,

to

the very heart of

Full restoration of a healthy social order. remains a profound need for this country. healthy body politic By your dedication and by your example, I trust, you shall make a major contribution to that end.” a

and

stable

Secretary of Defense, the HonorSchlesinger, addressed the Class of 1975 and provided its members with an inspiring sense of motivation as they left the Academy to begin their military careers.

With these words, the

able James R.

initial

The

duty assignments

of

our

graduates reflected

the strong combat leadership orientation which has become an important element in initial graduate assignments.

Four hundred

eighty-one selected UPT, 15 elected helicopter training, 69 chose UNT, and 95 will be assigned to direct combat support fields. Thirty-nine will enter these career areas folThis year an all-time high was lowing graduate study. established, as 94% of those cadets who were air crew qualified entered air crew training.

On tcred

30 the

June

the

Academy.

members Their

of

the

Class

of

1979

en-

credentials

display the same academic excellence, athletic participation and leadership This potential which have characterized previous classes. class reflects a higher percentage of appointment acceptances than those of previous years.

Their Basic Cadet Training will closely parallel that of the Class of 1978 and its emphasis on pride, motivation and training with dignity.

More emphasis will be placed on stamina and muscle tone this year, as six hours of physical conditioning are added to the program. Additionally, each basic cadet will be exposed to parasailing, a valuable experience designed to motivate him for future training programs.

Summer

training programs continue to provide members

of each class with an

opportunity

Force

a

to

realistic exposure to Air Force life and participate in practical aspects of Air and

Third Classmen are operations.

SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistpresently participating ance and Escape) training in the mountains west of the Academy. The skills and the experience offered by this program continue to challenge the individual and provide

management

in

2

Offensively. Mike Worden (’76) and Rob Shaw (’77) show John Covington, Class promise at quarterback. of '76 (225 lbs. and 6'5") and Frank Cox, Class of ’76 (215 lbs., 6'3") promise to be two exceptional tight ends. Chris Milodragovich, ’76, and Ken Wood, '77, supported by a group of young backs, promise the best depth in these positions in recent years.

Spring practice devoted a great deal of time to defensive strategy and the running game; this The fall the passing game will receive greater emphasis. schedule for this year is a difficult one which will severely test the Falcons' mettle; however, our attitude and enthusiasm are good, and with a few more breaks than we had last year, we should have a good season. excellent

As

that

prepare to receive the Class of '79, we are pleased will be increasing the representation of minority

we

we

Wing. This work is accomplished by the Minority Affairs division of the Office of the Registrar.

Six officers assigned to the division constantly travel to high schools across the nation to talk to ethnic minorities and identify individuals qualified for appointment.

As the result of their efforts, 234 minority candidates were offered appointments for the Class of 1979, and 185 have accepted.

These compare favorably to the 180 tendered appointments in the previous year and the 144 who accepted them.

The Minority Affairs Office is a viable and important aspect of our overall recruiting effort and one which enables the Academy to continue to stress equal opportunity in cadets within the

admissions.

We look forward to and will appreciate your assistance identifying qualified minority applicants to the Academy.

Your continued interest in all of our programs is important in

to

this institution and its The

success

in the future.

performance of our graduates in both military and

civilian life is the single greatest

source

of satisfaction shared

by the members of the staff and faculty.

We are grateful for your continued support and hope that you pursue your professional careers, you will always feel you are a part of Academy life. as

Captain Peter was

R.

Class

of

1969,

killed in

an

OV-IO

Platt,

aircraft accident

on

well Andrews, Box 742, Columbus, MS 39701, and by his parents, Mr. Mrs. and Harry C.

Platt.

cadet, Capt.

Platt majored in Engina

eering Mechanics.

CAPTAIN PETER R. PLATT

was

dant’s and

semesters

He

was

the

the

on

He

Cornman-

List

for

two

semesters.

Superintendent's List for

three

active in the Ski Club.

assigned

was

in

the

services

Cadet

for

Chapel.

Capt.

He

Platt

was

E LT. LAURENCE E. FROEHL1CH

southwest

1

Nakhon

of

Phanom, Thailand. He is survived by his wife,

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore

majored in He Engineering Mgt. on was the SuperinFroehlich

tendent's List for three semesters and

Co-

to

lumbus AFB, MS for pilot training and later to Pleiku AB. SVN and Wiesbaden AB, Germany.

Funeral

a u r e n c e

was

active in the Ski

Club.

Platt

Following graduation, Capt.

1

28

April 1975 near Riegenroth, Germany. He is survived by his wife, Audrey, C/O Mr. At-

As

Lt.

held

were

interred

5

May the Academy

in

on

Following where he

graduation.

Lt.

attended

Froehlich

UCLA

received his MBA in Management. He subsequent-

ly

attended

to

Nakhon Phanom. Thailand.

helicopter pilot training

and

was

Lt.

.

later

James

assigned C.

Iaco-

a

fall at

Cemetery.

Lt. Frank E.

Peffer.

Class

of

1973,

was

killed

on

30

May

1975

in

T-33

a

aircraft

received from

cident at Tyndall AFB. He is survived by FL. his

Frankfort K 2 0 4,

Apt.

-*»*.

*

of

wife, Penny,

2175

AFB.

Wright-Patterson

ac-

N

Jr

He

is

4th

Ave., Coraopolis.

15108. and by his

PA

Ave,

survived

his

by

Panama

City, FL 32401

and

Camillo Iacobucci. also

by

his mother, Mrs. Arlene

Peffer.

B.

As

fer

a

in

LT. FRANK E. PEFFER

He

Dean’s

was

List

semesters

and

on

LT. JAMES C.

IACOBUCCI

He

for

two

Med).

was

ac-

First Classman

Following graduation, Lt. Peffer was assigned to Moody AFB for pilot training.

He was stationed at Tyndall AFB,

active in

was

Squadron.

Following

he served

the Aero and as

on

the Super-

intendent’s List for six semesters. He majored in

the

tive in the Protestant Choir and the Ski and Water Ski Clubs.

FL at the time of his death.

bucci

Astro-

nautics and Mathematics.

Wk

cadet, Lt. Pef-

majored

Life

Sciences

Ski

Clubs.

(Prc As

Squadron Commander of

a

9th

graduation, Lt. Iacobucci was assigned to Hershey Medical Center. Hershey, Penn.

(Continued on next page)

medical school at

3

On 2 May 1975, Ma-

Robert

jor

Davis,

C.

Class of 1960, was declared KIA after having

been listed as MIA 23 March 1969.

since He

the

when

sing

which

aircraft

did

navigating

Ala.

36109.

mis-

reported

was

signed as a Weather Officer at Gunter AFB, Ala. Later he was assigned to navigation training at Mather AFB and subsequently to the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

Capt. James is survived by his wife, Jennifer, and his daughter, Melissa, of 336 Bowling Green Dr., Montgomery,

A-26

he

was

not

re-

from an operational mission in SEA. turn

As

cadet,

a

Major

Davis was active in the Photo Club, the Cadet Forum, and the Enter-

MAJOR

DAVIS

ROBERT C.

and

tainment

Class

Committees. As

First

a

Classman, he served as 3rd Group Operations and Training Officer.

Major Davis served at

McGuire

in

operational

status

as

navigator

a

AFB, NJ, McClellan AFB, CA and Nakhon

Phanom, Thailand.

Major

Davis

is

survived

Robert of 2 Rambler Ct.,

by his wife, Irene, Willingboro, NJ 08046.

and

son,

Captain James G. Kays, Class of 1971, was killed on 13 May 1975

the result of

as

a

CH-53

helicopter accident approximately 36 miles southwest of Nakhon

ThaiPhanom, He is survived

land.

by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion B. Kays, of

Lake

4225

Forrest

GA

Atlanta.

30342.

Dr.,

As a cadet. Capt.

Kays majored in EnginCAPTAIN JAMES G. KAYS eering Management.

Following his graduation from pilot training in 1972 he was assigned as a UH-1F helicopter pilot at Ellsworth AFB, SD. At the time of his death, he was assigned the 21st Special Operations Squadron at Nakhon

Phanom.

Funeral services for

Capt. Kays were held in Atlanta.

On

11

Captain James. was

1975.

Samuel L.

been

having MIA

since

1973. He

1967

F-4E

listed

as

18

was

April reported

while

missing in

of

declared KIA after

on

combat

an

mission

SEA. As

a

cadet,

Capt.

James was on the Commandant's

List

and

Superintendent’s List.

He majored in Basic Sciences, lettered in CAPTAIN SAMUEL L. JAMES

wrestling,

and

was

ac-

tive in the Ski Club.

Following graduation, Capt. James earned a degree in meteorology at the University of Texas. He was then as 4

PROMOTED—Air

Force Academy superintendent James R. Allen receives the third star of an Air Force lieutenant general from Secretary of the Air Force John L. McLucas and Mrs. Allen during recent ceremonies in Washington, D.C. Allen, who became Academy superintendent in August 1974, is a native of Louisville, Ky., and was graduated from West Point in 1948.

Before coming to the Academy, he served as special assistant to the Air Force Chief of Staff for B-l bomber matters.

Grads Total Near 9,400 to

April

Class

(U.S. Air Force Photo) SUPERINTENDENT

The ranks of the Air Force Academy alumni increased nearly 9,400 with the graduation June 4 of 755 mem-

hers of the Class of 1975.

This year’s class is the 17th group of new officers to be commissioned since the initial class of 1959.

The new second lieutenants will be reporting to a variety of

assignments inclulding 488 to pilot training, 15 to heliAnother 20 training and 74 to navigator school. graduates are slated to attend pilot training school after they earn their masters degrees under cooperative education programs with civilian universities.

Additionally, one graduate will go to helicopter training and nine others will attend navigator schools after they receive their advanced degrees.

An additional 90 men will go directly to various assigncopter

ments

with in the U.S. Air Force.

A total of 39

grams. medical

men

Twenty-two

will attend of

the

cooperative masters proAcademy grads will attend

school.

Of the total

number of men who graduated from the Academy this June, eight have chosen commissions in other military services. Four went to the Navy and two each to

(Continued on page 24)

HONOR CODE-HONOR CONCEPT: A COMPARISON though,

that both honor systems

Cadets and

Midshipmen

now

at

are

exclusive wards of the

the academies.

ments about these

honor systems must from the outside looking in.

Any comnecessarily be made

The Basic Code and Its Legality A discussion of any honor system should

begin with the

basic precepts of that system.

At the Air Force Academy, the Cadet Honor Code is embodied in the verbally concise commandment: We will not lie, steal, or cheat, nor tolerate At West Point the Code is among us anyone who does.

similarly stated:

very nor

The following article appeared in the May 1975 issue TALON. We are grateful to Maj. Leonard E. Clark, the of OIC of the TALON, and to Lt. Dumas for allowing us to print the article in the AOG Magazine.

After graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968.

Lieutenant Jeffrey M. Dumas, USN, went to post-graduate school in Monterey, California, where he earned his master's degree in elctrical engineering. He then attended flight training, graduating as a naval flight officer and serving in patrol squadrons. He is presently assigned to the USAF Academy as an electrical engineering instructor, and he is a department In 1974 he won a Freedom liaison honor representative.

Foundations Award and the George Washington Honor Medal, and he spent the summer working under Senator Barry Goldwater for the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Lieutenant

Dumas

writes

being intimately acquainted

from the unique position of

with both the U.S. Naval Acad-

emy Honor Concept and the U.S. Air Force Academy Honor

Code.

charged by Congress with the unique task of insuring that each graduate is uniformly competent to assume the highest responsibilities of this nuclear age. To meet these responsibilities properly, each graduate must possess an insuperable sense of personal honor and integrity and demonSuch strate a loyalty to country that is second to none. singular traits of character can hardly be learned from text book or lecture, nor are such qualities commonly innate.

These characteristics—honor, integrity, and loyalty—can only be acquired through an uncommon learning process, and the catalyst so essential to that process is an academy's honor been

unique

lie,

cheat

It is these honor systems that render the academies among institutions of higher learning.

primary purpose of this article is to justification of the academy honor systems.

The

reaffirm An

the

attempt

will be made to contrast and compare the Honor Code of the Cadet Wing and the Honor Concept of the Naval Academy

Brigade, paying special attention to those areas in which the Concept differ greatly. It must be remembered,

Code and

or

steal

The Honor Concept of the Mid-

shipman is just as trenchantly stated yet is uniquely different in that it contains no “toleration clause”: Midshipmen will not lie, cheat or steal nor will they mislead or deceive anyone as to known facts.

A Midshipman will be truthful, trustworthy, honest and forthright at all times and under all circumstanses.

clearly stated as the commandments appear to be on

As

the surface, there has still been much

controvesry surround-

ing their purported vagueness. Recent critics have asserted that these precepts are so unconstitutionally vague as to be legally void. Fortunately a very recent court case has refuted the void for vagueness doctrine as it might have applied to the serivce academies. In the case of interest, six Cadets at West Point had sought to be reinstated after having been dismissed for cheating on a physics exam.

A part of their defense rested on the supposition that the Honor Code was unconstitutionally vague.

U.S. District Court Judge Whitman Knapp dismissed this allegation stating: “The meaning of that word (cheating) and the nature of the conduct described by it are so perfectly plain to anyone and so obviously matters of emphasis at the Academy that I find this allegation to be frivolous.”

Here Judge Knapp has the relajudiciously noted what the critics failed to see tive difference between the vagueness of something like ‘Conduct unbecoming of a Carolina Gentleman” which was voided in court and the concise precepts of the academy honor .

Among the numerous colleges and universities in the United States there exist three institutions whose roles are These three without parallel in our academic community. institutions—our country’s major service academies— have

system.

A Cadet will not

tolerate those who do.

.

.

systems.

colleges and universities, especially private effective, although limited, on-campus honor The academy honor systems are unique though in

Numerous

schools, codes.

have

that

they apply equally as strongly on and off campus. A or Midshipman who violates the Honor Code while at home on leave could be subsequently dismissed from the Academy. Such “Draconian penalties” appliel in “contexts unrelated to the Academies” once again raise the question of legality.

However, the legality of such procedures has been clearly upheld in the so called General Order (pp. 145) which states: “conduct standards may apply to student beCadet

havior to any

on and off campus when such behavior is relevant lawful mission, process or function of the institution.”

Here is where many critics miss a very important point of the

and Concept.

If the honor systems can be thought of as training aids in the graduation of officers of honor and integrity, then their application should be no less stringent than the test to be faced by the graduate once in In the service, it is highly improper for any ofthe service. ficer to renounce his honor and integrity once away from his Honor Codes

5

actual station of an

duty, be that station a ship of the fleet or

air base!

At all three academies the Code represents only a miniIn all cases, the Honor Code of acceptable conduct.

mum

and Concept are expressed in a single terse statement.

There

has been no attempt to “codify” these honor systems because they are meant to act only as guidelines for matters of conWithout

science.

the

rigorous

and

exacting guidelines

in-

codification, there can exist no loopholes to tempt The ultimate test of honor can only conie when or confuse. the Cadet or Midshipman asks himself “is what I am doing herent in

just and honorable?”

As similar as the Honor Codes and Concepts are in their underlying philosophies, they differ greatly in their adminisAt all academies a Cadet or Midshipstrative mechanics. man is assumed to be honorable until he is proved to be otherwise. Further, in order that a Cadet or Midshipman may be found guilty of violating the Code he must be proved guilty both of committing the act and having the intent to

Academy graduates.

Honor at the Naval

Academy Academy, a suspected honor violation is originally investigated by a single Brigade Honor RepresentaIf he determines the evidence sufficiently to warrant, tive. the case is then referred to a Class Investigating Committee.

At the Naval

All members of this committee are elected Honor Representatives from the same class as the accused Midshipman. If the suspected violator is a fourth classman, a first class

Representative will

Honor

monitor the actions of the comfind sufficient evidence,

committee

this

Should

mittee.

the

case

is then referred to the

via

the

Chairman,

Brigade Honor Committee, case

will

be

similar to the Cadet Honor Board.

manner

a

the

where

deliberated If the

in

com-

adjucating possible vio-

Midshipman innocent he is returned to the If the Mida finding of guilty. shipman is found guilty but is worthy of retention, he may be However all findings by the recommended for Probate.

Academy, a Cadet suspected of having investigated by a team of Wing Honor Representatives, all first classmen so

form.

As a general rule, the Commancomplies with the wishes of the Honor Committee but the final disposition for all cases rests with the Superintendent.

A Midshipman found guilty by the Honor Committee may direct his appeals to the Commandant and the Superin-

However, it is here that the administrative similarities

do so.

end.

Major Tom Hill, the Commandant’s Executive for Honor and Ethics, has researched this accusation and found that at no time was the Officer Board composed of more than two

The actual process followed in

mittee finds the

unanimous vote suffices for

Honor Committee must be submitted to the Commandant in

lations vary markedly.

recommendation

Honor at the Air Force

Academy

dant

At the Air Force

violated the Honor Code is first three

If this team

elected.

Wing

feels that the evidence warrants, the Chairman is notified and, should

Honor Committee

he deem

deliberate

it necessary, the case.

a

Cadet Honor

The Cadet

Board

Board,

is formed to

formed

by eight

first class Honor Representatives, will then hear the evidence, examine

pertinent statements, question the accused and any witness, and deliberate the case. Throughout the investiga-

tion and hearing the accused's constitutional rights are guarded and procedural due process is closely observed. The accused Cadet has the right to remain silent, he may seek third-party counsel, he may hear and cross examine all witnesses, and he has been confronted with the charges.

If the

sonal lesson and that once returned to the

tain his

Wing he will main-

integrity.

A Cadet found

guilty by the Cadet Honor Board may, if he desires, request a hearing by a Board of Officers.

This Board is comprised of five officers selected from the Academy contingent.

They will re-hear the case and deliberate.

A majority vote is sufficient for a finding of guilty.

If a Cadet is found guilty by the Officer Board he is faced with the possibility of receiving a less than honorable discharge, although to date no such discharges have been awarded.

Challenges to the credibility of the Officer Board states, rare exceptions, are composed entirely Military or Air Force Academy graduates.” However,

.

.

the U.S.

.

Congress.

The “Toleration Clause”

It would be

impossible properly to compare the Honor Academy with the Honor Concept at Annapolis without devoting particular attention to the Code's toleration clause, which has caused more heated debates among the Cadets than perhaps any other precept of It appears clear, however, that a large their Honor Code. majority of the Wing subscribes to the toleration clause, Code of the Air Force

one

Cadet

has

called

“the

backbone

of the Honor

Code.”

By definition, the toleration clause requires that any Cadet observing a possible violation of the Honor Code either confront

the

situation

was

that

a

suspected Cadet and assure himself that the a misunderstanding or, if he feels strongly

violation

was

in fact committed, he must insure that

a

Wing Honor Representative is notified of the possible infraction.

If the suspected honor violation is ignored, the Cadet having observed the infraction is guilty of “toleration” and has himself violated the Honor Code.

At Annapolis, a Midshipman observing a possible honor violation has a broad He may confront the susspectrum of available options. pected Midshipman and caution him, he may, of course, report the incident for investigation, or he may even decide to do nothing.

The

reasons

the Cadets feel that the

violations should be made

reporting of honor mandatory, under the stiffest of varied.

Many Cadets echo the

penalities, are many and thoughts of Brigadier General Seith,

a former Commandant once lived under the clause himself. of Cadets, who He contends that any one who tolerates violations of the code

will, under presure, eventually violate the Code themselves.

“Anyone who lives closely with cheaters will find it hard not be become discouraged and disillusioned—more so, if they are

his

“These boards with

work

of

The

6

Recent events indicate that there may be yet anMidshipman and the Cadet

other level of appeal for both the

which

Cadet is deemed

innocent, he is then returned to the Cadet Wing in good standing.

The Cadet Honor Board can only produce a finding of guilty if the A Cadet found guilty by the Board is vote is unanimous.

If, however, the guilty Cadet is usually asked to resign. judged worthy of retention in the Wing, he may be granted Discretion, which is unique to the Air Force Academy (although it does have a parallel at Annapolis). Discretion is used as an instrument to temper the Code.

It is generally applied only in cases where the accused is an underclassman who has not lived with the Code very long.

It may also be applied where the violation is self-reported or there were mitigating pressures. However, the most important criteria for applying Discretion is that the Cadet has learned a per-

suspected

tendent.

respected

hard, while

friends. he

His friends all do it;

they

don’t

studies; they get better grades than he.

probability is that if the honest man cannot bring him-

self to stop the cheater sooner or later he will throw up this and start cheating himself.

Widespread toleration

hands

could then spawn

widespread cheating.”

In spite of the reasoning behind the clause, a few Cadets of each entering class find the clause difficult to accept. CIC Christensen, past Chairman of the Wing Honor Committee, says “the clause often

conflicts with

Cadet's

a

background

training, where 'squealing and informing' are frowned upon.”

CIC Estes, former Wing Commander, states, however, that “squealer and informer are the terms, the argot, of the child and criminal—those with an underdeveloped sense of responsibility.” CIC Lux, Class of 1974. one of four Group Honor Representatives puts this problem rather bluntly. He describes the toleration clause, as seen by some cadets, as “antisicety.” But CIC Lux asks which is really more “anti-society.” an honor system that tolerates violation or one that polices

itself?

Another

ing

difficulty that each Cadet clause

the toleration

him to

a

severe

very

is that

face in accept-

must

it

day subject loyalties. To

some

may test of conscience and

quote CIC Lux: “Some Cadets find it difficult that

they

must turn

in

a

to

concede

Cadet who will be thrown out for

minor breach of Code." Yet CIC Hayden C74). a Group Honor Representative, over rules that conflict of interest. a

difficulty of turning in a long time friend is a test of A true and respected friend a test of loyalties. should never put you in a situation from which the only soI lution is to turn him in—he also would uphold the Code. believe that a truly honorable person would not want to live “The

conscience,

and work with CIC

one

who is not.”

Hayden's mention

of

loyalty brings

the surface

to

salient purposes for including the toleration clause in the Honor Code.

Generally, any well defined and honor well enforced system can ensure that an institution's one

of the

more

graduates are honorable men, but it is only with a toleration clause that

honor

an

system

can

guarantee that each

also

The proper sense of loyalty. graduate clause insures that a Cadet's loyalties are to the has

a

toleration

Wing and This same loyalty will be not to a friend or small clique. transferred to service and country upon graduation, for the Cadet who has lived under this system will instinctively know that there exists a much higher loyalty than personal friendship. A Cadet who has lived under the toleration clause will be very unlikely to risk both men and mission to cover for the shortcomings of a “friend.”

Without the toleration clause. Cadets also feel that there a strong possibility that a double standard might be

exists

applied in reporting violators of the Honor Code. Without the clause, it is conceivable that a popular Cadet, for example an outstanding athlete, could be observed violating the code; yet the observing Cadet might not report the offense because of the presssures that could be brought to bear against him. On the other hand, an unpopular Cadet would Mid. 1/C Thornton. Chairbe turned in without hesitation. man of the Brigade Honor Committee, assures us that such is not the case at Annapolis and cites dramatic examples to support his belief. However, if the Honor Concept of today can

tees

be discusssed with such confidence, that

the

from now? can

same

tome

can

be used

The Cadet feels that

provide such a guarantee.

only

are

there any guaran-

fifteen years the toleration clause ten

or

CIC Lux states that the “tol-

eration clause tends to standardize the Code from The year. each class.

and

same

critical

test

is

given

to

each

year

to

member of

Thus the Honor Code is not left to the whims

vagaries of a changing American morality."

It cannot be denied that the Honor Concept at

without

the

toleration

clause, demands

the

greater maturity on the part of any Midshipman observing a

possible honor violation. The burden of personal responsibility both to the Brigade and to the suspected Midshipman rests solely on the shoulders of the suspecting Midshipman.

At the Air Force Academy, the Cadet is spared this burden because his actions have already been dictated by the Code.

However, in a training environment such as that provided by the honor systems at the two Academies, is it necessarily prudent to assume that the student of honor already possesses those qualities necesary to evaluate that honor?

Further, it should be realized that at the Air Force Academy a board of eight elected first class honor representatives will debate the aspects of a possible honor violation, where at Annapolis such decision will be a product of his personality—and possibly his admiration and his animosities If the Brigade were The toleration clause is demanding. to incorporate it into the Honor Concept, initially it would be very difficult to accept.

Yet. in the long run, it may be found that it is easier to live with the toleration clause than without it.

Duty and Honor

Many Cadets. Honor Representatives

exercise

of

a

others

alike,

Such attempts to dichotomize duty and honor only lead to trouble in the service. “When duty slips, honor slips." and many Cadets have found this saying to hold true even at the Academy. CIC Christensen points out dramatically. "Violations of regulations, as in a persistent attempt to beat the system, often lead to larger and larger and honor. can

finds himself

violating the Honor by the Cadet Honor Board show Most Cadets have a healthy this to be strikingly true." realization that duty and honor are synonymous. CIC Christensen states that, “there will always be rules and regulations which must be complied with in honor—this is especially With this sort of attitude, the conflict true in the service." between duty and honor becomes non-existent. offenses

the Cadet

until

Recent

Code.

cases

heard

Honor and American

Morality S. Vandenberg. Jr., the Commandant of Cadets, states emphatically that the public demands the highest sort of personal honor and integrity of "The American public has demanded and every officer. will continue to demand the highest commitment of personal honor and integrity from its military officer that is responsible for the protection of this country and the lives of the Duty,

Brigadier

sons

General

Hoyt

of the great nation.”

It

can

never

be assumed that the service academies have

graduation of honorable men. Many of the men in the service today most admired for their personal honBut it is none or and integrity are non-academy graduates. the less the inviolable duty of each of the academies to ensure that every graduate embodies the highest ideals of honor, integrity and loyalty. a

on

patent

on

the

The Cadet must realize that the Honor Code is not put at some point in the Academy career like a class ring.

Nor is the Code left behind upon graduation like the Cadet The Cadet must further realize that the

shoulder boards.

honor system is not a part of the definition of an academy.

It is much more, in fact it is the very essence of the Academy. And upon graduation that same Honor Code will serve as the keystone to a long and honorable career in service to

country.

In

Annapolis,

and

feel that the greatest danger to the effectiveness of an honor system exists when Cadets try to differentiate between duty

given

concluding, if there is one bit of advice that could be it would be: Keep the Honor Code strong!

Your

country demands it!

7

LETTERS Dear Sir:

art

In response to the letters by Capt. Marvel and Lt. Stewin the Spring 1975 issue, I feel certain issues need to be

First of all, both letters stem from an interpretation of Captain, now Major, Leroy Stutz's letter in the Winter 1974 magazine. I had a completely different interpretation of Maj. Stutz’s comments, and, in fact, have discussed this interpretation with him. I felt that Maj Stutz was simply saying that all graduates regardless of where we are stationed, must set a good example when it comes to our uniform and personal appearance, and in all tangible, visible areas. His examples seemed to be straightforward and logical. Maj Stutz went on to say that setting this “good example” is particularly important for the graduates assigned to the Academy—in whatever capacity. He made no reference to any one group here-AOC, Faculty Instructor, Athletic Department coach or instructor, staff officer, etc.

Evidently the fact that Maj Stutz was an AOC, and signed his letter as such, has triggered these unjust and unwarranted—at least in my opinion— “shots” at the AOC and what he represents.

Both Capt

Marvel and Lt. Stewart stated that each felt the need for

an

officer—every officer— to maintain a good uniform and personal appearance. From that point, however, each went off on his own tangent to make whatever points they wished to

make. own

I

now

wish to make

about the

a

few written observations of

job of the AOC.

Like all of us, when I

was

everything that an AOC did.

a

cadet I

thought I knew everywhere,

He seemed to be

all the time, and at first I thought his total existence was simply to make our lives miserable. The AOC was involved in personal and room inspections, drill, discipline, etc.

When I became

a

Firstie, and had the opportunity

to

work

The AOC does not—should not—try to be “friends" with the cadets.

He is looking for positive results of the explicit and implicit training, and through his

hopes to gain the cadets’ respect.

AOC existence

day-to-day operations, philosophy of the

The basic

is to train the cadet

to

rise to the officer

level, not for the AOC to come down to the cadet level.

Just because we have graduated and gone our own

military or civilian—our

task

way—

responsibility is not over.

We owe it to ourselves to enhance the graduate image and to

or

protect ourselves from the graduate who represents

us

Academy in a negative manner. From a tangible viewpoint, we do that through our personal appearance, bearing, dress, spoken and written words, etc. But do not overlook the necessity to maintain the desirable qualities of integrity and loyalty (to those above and below us).

In summary, I think this was what Maj Stutz was trying to get across to us.

It only takes one bad deed, one wrong 8

train the cadets

and all of us must

can

we

so

build

a

better Air Force,

The AOC cannot do the job alone.

help.

Thomas W. C. Wilson, Major USAF Chief, Cadet Operations Division

☆

☆

☆

Sir:

Dear

Neither Leroy Stutz’ letter in the winter issue nor the two responses in the spring issue of the AOG Magazine addressed

problem which is that external measures of merit leadership are difficult to find. I hope

the basic

for that quality called

that future letters will

This letter will

address this issue.

subject of personal appearance and its relevance to the Academy mission.

Lt. Stewart makes an appropriate point.

Major Stutz falls into the stereotype trap of equating certain external So also, but on the opposite indicators with “sharpness.” side, does Captain Marvel in his rebuttal. The externally sharp individual is not necessarily a good leader. Again, however, Lt. Stewart’s point is dwell taken—it is difficult or impossible to demonstrate good leadership without both the internal qualities and the willngness to “set the example.”

Put in a nutshell, what we are trying to achieve at US AFA, through the entire program of training and education, is to inculcate internal leadership qualities along with the take

on

the

more

limited

habits of

self-discipline and obedience. The last 1 mentioned quality has fallen into disrepute in some quarters, but, nonetheless, I think two points about obedience are worth discussion.

First, the professional ethic of civilian supremacy rests,

more

closely with the AOC, I saw that he did many other things, too—additional things which were beneficial to the cadet.

At any rate, I returned to the Academy in June 73 as an AOC. Like 1 said, I thought I knew what an AOC did.

Well, I didn’t, but I sure do now. The primary task of the AOC is to provide guidance and counseling to the cadets.

He not only supervises cadets, but he also evaluates cadet performance. The difficutly naturally comes when the cadet is unable or unwilling to accept the fact that the AOC is responsible for the cadets' conduct and discipline as well as their performance.

His is no easy task.

Nevertheless, the AOC has not only endured, but has made a impression upon the Academy itself, the graduates in particular, and the Air Force at large.

and the

one

must

clarified.

my

wrong word to help tear down what we all have build. helped Together we must seek to build a better, more We efficient and more effective U.S. Air Force Academy.

act,

last analysis, upon the willingness to obey lawful authority even when one disagrees, thinks its a bad decision, etc., etc.

Though perhaps not an absolute, we can hardly afford to abandon this as a general rule for our behavior.

If we disagree with an order, the honorable, professional course must remain—attempt to change it, then obey or resign. We all ultimately retain the right, ability, and duty to refuse to obey on grounds of legality and/or conscience. in

the

Second, behavioral scientists tell

us that habits are hard The first part of this observation is testified to in the amount of time and effort that go into a successful training and education program.

The most

make and hard to break.

to

familiar

example

of

such

a

is

program

perhaps here

at

USAFA. If

we

graduate

officers

with

a

habit

of

“sloppiness’

(personal appearance is not the only nor even the most important outward indication), without the internal qualities which make them willing to “set a good example,” we can expect that it will be difficult indeed for them

to play the effective role for which four years of training and approximately $100k of the taxpayers' dollars were invested. How can

one

expect subordinates

to

follow orders if

one

is

un-

willing to follow his own superiors’ directions? Agreement or disagreement and the relative importance of the issues involved are

a

are

not

parts

of

the

behavioral

pattern.

Those

only the rational aspects of the specific situation.

If, however, we graduate young second lieutenants with

habit of accurate attention

to

detail

and

a

concern

for

mission

accomplished (more specific ways of saying selfdiscipline), then we can expect that they will continue to (Continued

on

page 24)

MULTIPLE CHOICE RESPONSES

TWENTY YEAR SURVEY ANALYSIS The

Spring

Issue

of the AOG Magazine contained the

data for all multiple choice questions.

Question 1-13 and 84-99 asked factual information about the respondents.

Included below are portions of the analysis of the response

remaining multiple questions which indicated a clear conevident trends, or significant differences in the class

sensus,

by class breakdown of the response data.

Questions accuracy

of

16

through 25 asked the graduate to rate

information

he

received

from

liaison

the

officers

A concerning various Academy programs and policies. majority of those responding, an average of 59% for the ten questions, indicated that they either did not talk to a liaison officer, had no opinion, or were unable to recall.

This large percentage is possibly due to the inability of many graduates to recall conversations they had five or more

years earlier, and the fact that the liaison officer pro-

gram was only instituted in 1957 with approximately 300 liaison officers throughout the country and increased steadily to

approximately 1100 Academy.

in

1969

when

the

Class

of

1973

entered the

By analyzing only those respondents who expressed an opinion about the accuracy of liaison officer information, it is possible to discern distinct differences across questions The most accurate information given by 16 through 25. liaison officers was for "service commitment,” (question 25) with 51.4% indicating "totally accurate;” for “Honor Code,” (question 23) with 30.8% indicating “totally accurate;” and for “athletic/physical education program,” (question 19) with 25.6% indicating “totally accurate.”

The most inaccurate information given by liaison officers was for "administrative punishment system,” (question 22) with 55.2% indicating "inaccurate;” for "physical isolation of the Academy,” (question 24) with 46.8% indicating “inaccurate;” and for “fourth class system,” (question 21) with 31.5% indicating “inaccurate.”

Questions 26 through 35

asked the

graduate to rate the

accuracy of information he received through Academy broOn the average, across chures, correspondence, and films. the ten or

questions, 27% of the graduates indicated no opinion unable to recall.

Categories showing the highest

were

percentage of the

answers

“no

opinion"

or

“unable

to

re-

“administrative punishment system,” (question 32) 49%, and “physical isolation of the Academy,” (question 34) 40%.

call”

were

Analysis of those

responses

addressing

the

accuracy

of

information of official publications and movies discloses a pattern similar to that found for liaison officers.

The most accurate information provided by official publications was in the area of “service commitment,” with 49.7% indicating “totally accurate;” "Honor Code,” with 34.9% indicating “totally accurate;” “academic program.” with 34.1%

indicating “totally accurate;” and “athletic/physical educaprogram,” with 31.8% indicating “totally accurate.”

The most inaccurate information provided by official publications was in the area of “administrative punishment system," (question 32) with 53% indicating "inaccurate;” "physical isolation of the Academy,” (question 34) with 45% indicating “inaccurate;” and "fourth class system,” (question 31) with 38.4% indicating “inaccurate.”

However, note in the above paragraph questions 32 and 34 were also tabulated as being least remembered. tion

Comparison officers

vs.

.

.

.

of the overall

perceived accuracy of liaison publications reveals no major differences

official

information

between

the

tendency

for official

accurate,

though the differences

two

There is a slight perceived as more little practical sig-

sources.

publications

to

be

are

of

nificance.

Question 36 asked the graduate to assess the amount of positive influence the all-military faculty of the Academy had in motivating him to a career in the Air Force.

A total of 76% selected either “some” or a “great deal,” 16% indicated “none,” while only 7% indicated that the all-military faculty was a negative influence. The influence of the allmilitary faculty was recognized as highly positive by the early classes and has gradually diminished for later classes.

Questions 37, 38, and 39 ask for the graduate's opinion what percentage of the Faculty, Commandant's Staff, and Athletics Staff respectively should be USAFA graduates.

(See also questions 68 and 69 for rated officer percentages.) The most widely held opinion is that there should be no established ratio of graduates assigned to any mission element. This opinion was held most strongly by all classes with respect to the Athletics staff, with over 50% of respondents from the Class of 1969 or later expressing this opinion.

The respondents favored a higher percentage of graduates on the Commandant's staff than for Faculty or Athletics, affected his Air Force career development. The largest single response was “no opinion,” with 48%, which ranged from to

as

less than 1973.

10%

The

for the Class of

data

1959

to

almost

70%

for

varies

Note widely among the classes. that most of the early graduates had no academic major, while most of the recent graduates are still in their initial flying assignments and have not yet had the opportunity to see an effect of an academic major.

Note: Overload majors began with Class of majors-for-all began with the Class of 1966.

1959. while

Question 41 asked the graduate's opinion of several difapproaches to curriculum organization for the AcadAll but 2% of the respondents expressed an emy. opinion.

Another 2% favored a required curriculum with no requirement for academic majors.

The majority of respondents, 73%, favored the current policy of requiring cadets to earn an academic major without overloading. Only 23% favored a required curriculum with the opportunity to obtain a major by overloading. The change of opinion by class very closely follows the actual changes implemented in the Acadferent

emy curriculum over the years. half of each class favored

Prior

to

the Class of 1966,

required curriculum; but coincident with the inception of the majors-for-all curriculum, no less than 70% of any succeeding class has favored the required curriculum.

Apparently the graduates endorse what they personally experienced. over

a

Question 42 asked the graduate to recall which type of sports received the most emphasis when he was a cadet. The

opinions were equally divided between “contact team sports” and “all received equal emphasis."

Since this data division was

is

uniform

simply

which

across

one

asked

of

all classes, it appears that the difference In the related question 43,

perception.

which

type

sports

should

receive

the

most

emphatic 70% of the respondents felt that all should receive about equal emphasis.

This data was also uniform across all classes.

Furthermore, 85% of all classes emphasis,

an

9

felt that the time devoted to all phases of athletics was “about

order is

right.”

groups.

Questions 45 through 60 asked the graduate to evaluate on the basis of his own experiences the various military and airmanship training programs at the Academy on a scale of “negative value,” "no value," “some value," and "great “Not applicable” was a possible choice and ranged value.” up to 97% of the respondents for Underwater Demolition Training. In analyzing these questions the “not applicable" and "blank” responses were removed and the remaining responses numerically averaged: “negative value" =1, up to “great value” —A. Using this approximate measure of perceived value, the training programs can be rank ordered.

However, the size of the respondent group that expressed an opinion on each question must be considered when reviewing the rank order.

Fourth Class

Although all

the

the

respondents

programs

ranked, felt

that

Knowledge is worth

it

Fourth

Class

is at

the

bottom

noting that 83%

Knowledge

was

of of of

personally, whereas only 16% felt that it was of no value or negative value.

Apparently a large majority of the respondents heartily endorse all of the military and airmanship programs listed here.

some

great value

or

to

them

Question 50 concerned the value of cadet officer duties. interesting to compare the responses to this question to the responses to question number 2, which asked if the graduate had ever served in the position of either Squadron, Group, or Wing Commander. First, only 684, or 18% of the respondents had served in one of these positions; but It is

among this group, 469, or 69%, felt that Cadet Officer duties had been of “great value" to them personally.

By contrast, only 32% of the 3079 graduates who had not held major command positions felt that Cadet Officer duties had been of "great value.”

It appears that those who served

closer to the top received

more

from the duties.

Question 61 addressed cadet enforcement of discipline.

Responses varied widely with the classes, with 71% of the Class of 1960 but only 4% of 1973 indicating that most cadets enforced strict adherence to all regulations and policies.

Few respondents from early classes indicated that only agreeable regulations were enforced, while 64% of the respondents from the Class of 1970 shared this opinion.

Finally, 27% of respondents from the Class of 1973 felt that they had no role in enforcing regulations.

In essence, it appears that the (recalled) willingness of cadets to enforce regulations has decreased continuously over the years.

62

addressed

the

class

Question system in the Cadet Wing. Forty-two percent felt that an upperclass vs. fourth class system was sufficient, whereas 36% preferred definite lines of distinction between all four classes. These responses by class. Those preferring a definite four class

varied widely

system continuously decreased from 68% for the Class of 1959 down to 23% of 1971.

The upper class/fourth class was preferred from the Class of 1967 on with a high of 58% for 1971.

Thirteen percent of the class of

1968

were

op-

posed to a class system of any kind.

From

question 63, the highest degree of loyalty within Wing was indicated as follows: friends, 31%; Squadron, 26%; Wing, 22%; and Class, 12%. These results are average over all classes, yet are indicative of the opinion only the

since 1968.

The earlier classes had the Wing being the

loyalties, with lowest.

In the

very different order of highest and friends the

a

early days, when the Wing was small, loyalty was reported to be successively given to groups in decreasing order of size.

In recent years with the larger Wing, the 10

of

essentially reversed, with loyalty given first to small

Question 64, which addressed the second highest degree loyalty, produced no strong conclusions or degree of con-

sensus.

Question 65 indicated that 64% of the respondents felt they had insufficient privileges available as a cadet.

The peak of dissatisfaction with privileges was the Class of 1968 with 76% answering “insufficient,” whereas both earlier and later classes answered differently with 52% of the Classes of 1959 and 1961 and 43% of 1973 choosing the answer, “about right.” that

On question 66, most graduates felt that Academic Order of Merit (AOM) should be weighted more than military Order of Merit (MOM) in determining Graduation

Order of Merit (GOM).

Thirty-nine percent answered that it should be at least 80% AOM, with an additional 33% indicating 60-70% AOM. Only 7% answered that MOM should

count

more

than

AOM.

Overall, 72%

of

the

re-

spondents preferred AOM to count more than MOM. The responses to question 67 indicated that the most positive influences toward choosing a service career were faculty instructors (34%) and AOCs (21%).

Upperclassmen were considered by respondents to be a more positive influence toward

a

service

career

than

were

athletic

or

mil-

itary training instructors.

questions 37-39 relating to percentage faculty, the largest group of respondents (40%) in question 68 preferred “no established ratio” of rated officers at the Academy with 47% of later classes choosing that response.

As was the

of graduates

case on

on

the

In

question 69, while 24% of respondents indicated that permanently assigned officers in both the Commandant's organization and the Department of Athletics would contribute to mission accomplishment at USAFA, 46% felt that it would not be helpful to have permanent positions in either organization. some

70 addressed service commitment incurred by The response data vary by class and indicate that classes favor incurring a service commitment early

Question cadets. earlier

in the cadet

career.

Question 71 addressed unnecessary use of Honor Code to regulations.

Responses varied widely by classes.

Forty-seven percent of early classes down to 6% of recent

enforce

classes indicated that the Honor Code

was not used at all enforce regulations.

Sixteen percent of early classes up to 40% of recent classes answered that the Honor Code was used occasionally to enforce regulations, while 4% of early classes up to 32% of later classes said that it was used

to

frequently.

The

highest percentage of total responses (31%) was used rarely to enforce regulations, and this response percentage was essentially uniform throughout all classes. indicated that the Honor Code

Questions 72 through 83 employ a Likert-type scale (strongly agree, moderately agree, no opinion, moderately disagree, strongly disagree) to assess the intensity, as well as the direction, of the graduate's opinion concerning various This discussion will be aspects of the Academy program. limited to highlighting what appear to be some of the more

significant finds and limitations of the data.

Question

72 asks the

graduate to judge the impact that Academy had upon his decision to seek an aero-nautical rating following graduation. The “not applicable” response was chosen by 18% of the respondents. rated officers at the

presumably those who were not qualified or otherwise chose A secondary examination of the to pursue a rating. “not applicable" responses to this question against the aeronautical ratings held by the respondents tends to substantiate this presumption, as over 83% of those responding “not appiicable" to question 72 were either “military non-rated” or "not applicable" respondents to question 6 which addressed current rated status of the graduates. not

expressed an opinion in question 72, 70% Academy agreed had a positive impact on their decision to become rated, while 21% disagreed, and 9% offered no opinion. The 70% agreement appears to be unambiguous, but the 21% disagreement must be interpreted with caution. The statement of the question is not neutral, so it cannot be determined if a graduate who disagrees with question 72 believes that rated officers had a negative impact on his decision, or if he is merely neutral believing that rated officers did not impact In the latter case, the “no opinion” response his decision. would mean that he is unable to assess or recall the impact For both agreement and disagreement responses, the intensity of opinions was evenly distributed between “strong” and Of those who

with the statement that rated officers at the

AOG Officers Addresses Listed below ficers whose Newsletter

the addresses of the

newly elected ofreported in the May 1975 AOG letter for the Biographical Data Form).

are

names

(cover

were

In addition. Lt. Gerald F. Micheletti

elected

was

1975 Class

Director and may be reached at the USAFA Department of Athletics.

AOG members are urged to take part in the conduct tact

of affairs

of the

Association

by maintaining

con-

with the elected officers.

“moderate.”

Question 73 was designed to measure the impact of loyalties and attitudes toward the Air Force developed at Since the statement of the question is not the Academy.

Of those expressing neutral, the results may be ambiguous. an opinion, 67% agreed that loyalties and attitudes developed at the Academy favorably influenced their decisions to remain in the Air Force, while 27% disagreed, and 6% offered no opinion. The 13% who chose a “not applicable” response divided evenly between graduates who have resigned are their commission and those still on active duty.

Some respondents apparently interpreted “not applicable” to mean that they were not free to make a decision concerning remaining in the Air Force. For those expressing disagreement, it is not clear whether they were unfavorably influenced The intensity distribution tends to or not influenced at all. moderate slightly rather than suggest strong agreement or disagreement.

Col. David

M.

Goodrich

President 7821

E.

Oakwood Place. Tucson.

AZ

85715

Questions 74 through 83 are assumed to be applicable graduates, i.e., a “not applicable” choice is not allowed.

to all

The responses to question 74 show that 70% of the responding graduates felt that information programs at the Academy regarding non-rated Air Force careers were not adequate. If the 15%% expressing no opinion are included in that group, it can also be expressed that only a total of 15% of the respondents perceived that non-rated information programs were adequate to any degree.

Question 75 reveals a strong consensus among responding graduates that a stressful and demanding Basic Cadet Training (BCT) Program helps accomplish the Academy mission —56% agreed strongly, and 32% agreed moderately. The data indicate that while earlier classes tend slightly to agree more strongly, the trend is not significant.

Maj.

Thomas J. Eller

Vice President

Qtrs. 4509F, USAFA, CO Directors

Maj. Donald Qtrs. 4509D

R.

Baucom. '62

USAFA, CO 80840

Maj.

James

P.

Tate.

'63

morale, agree that the Academic Order of Merit itive

influence of class

on

a

was a posagree to a strong agree that Cadet Honor Code values

cadet

performance,

indentity, contributed positively to personal development (with 53% agreeing strongly), and agree that faculty instructors developed positive cadet attitudes toward mission accomplishment and an Air Force career.

Responses to other questions revealed no significant degree of consensus. sense

Cpt. Kevin W. Krail, '71 5915 Del Ray Colorado Springs. CO 80918 1 Lt. Vincent M. Parisi, II, ’73

Qtrs. 4404A

4975 El Camino #0 3

USAFA, CO 80840

Colorado Springs, CO 809 1 8

Other

significant responses to questions in this set show that the responding graduates tend to disagree that the geographical isolation of the Academy was detrimental to cadet

80840

Cpt.Thomas L. Cunningham, "67 Mr. 5890 Del Rey Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Ctp. Richard Qtrs. 4401C

P. Ellis, ’68

Jon

R.

Staples,

’62

3010 Brenner Place Colorado Springs. CO 80907 Mr. Burton C. Andrus, '69 4451

Teeter Totter Circle

USAFA, CO 80840

Colorado Springs, CO 8091 7

Cpt. Alfred W. Grieshaber, ’65

Cpt.

3295 Toro Dr.

3110 Meander Circle

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Colorado Springs, CO 80917

John J. Warner, ’69

11

winning mark of 65.1 per cent, one of the best marks in the

Athletes Post Record Year

nation.

record-breaking year for athletes at the Air Force Academy.

During the past school year, Falcon athletes won 73.9 That per cent of their contests, best mark in school history. broke the old record of 73.5 per cent set during the 1969-70 It

a

was

school

year.

Counting varsity, junior varsity and freshmen teams, the overall mark consisted of 298 victories, only 104 On the varsity level, the record was 216 losses and4 ties. victories, 81 losses and 4 ties for a 71.8 per cent winning 31-team

average

18

the

in

sports.

A total of four

undefeated

posted varsity paced by pistol, which had a 22-0 mark and won a national team title, and swimming, which was 12-0 and completed a Pistol has now won 49 third straight undeafeated season. matches in a row while swimming has won 37 straight dual teams

seasons,

meets.

Other

9-0,

which

was

earned

a

undefeated

finishing

teams

record

a

that

10-0 and

earned

indoor track

were

national

a

its

title.

at

and

golf

Lacrosse

also

ranking,

regional ranking with its 10-2record.

Besides golf, other Falcon teams earning regional titles were water polo, which won the national collegiate district seven playoff, lacrosse and rifle.

Individually, eight Falcon athletes won All-America honors, headed by pistol's Stanley Siefke, who won a national national

individual

title.

Diver

America for the third mini

McAlister

pistol

also

named

All-

Christ

named All-America for the

was

included

Zahrobsky in pistol and

Dave

Athletic

scholarship

Lawson

Bob Kleinhans in

was

sec-

in

football.

pistol.

named to the Academic All-

America football team for the second

postgraduate

from

straight year and won National Collegiate

the

Association.

A world record and

a national collegiate record also fell Academy athletes during the school year. The Falcons’ 240-yard shuttle hurdles relay team of T. G. Parker, Joe Kahiapo, Ahart Powers and Dick McIntosh set a world indoor mark of 27.6 in February while Lawson accounted for the national collegiate record when he kicked 19 field goals last fall.

to

For the record, Air Force in its 19 years of varsity comhas won 2,580 contests, lost 1,373 and tied 40, a

petition 12

W

L

T

Winter Sports

4

3

0

(Cont.)

Football

2

9

0

Soccer

4

5

2

20

6

0

Sports

Cross

Country

Polo

Water

W

L

T

Basketball

13

12

0

Fencing Gymnastics Ice Hockey

10

2

10

Indoor Track

Winter

Sports

W

L

T

Pistol

22

0

0

Rifle

18

1

0

Swimming Wrestling

12

0

0

10

1

1

Spring Sports

W

L

T

Baseball

16

18

0

0

Golf

10

0

0

9

0

Lacrosse

10

2

0

24

5

1

Tennis

18

7

0

9

0

0

Outdoor Track

4

1

0

Baseball Team

Completes Season on Winning Note Air Force baseball it

completed its 1975 season the same game winning streak. wins were against Western State 7-5

two

began—on pair of and 10-1 Sunday, which lifted the team to a 16-18 finish.

Although not a winning season, the 1975 year was one way

a

The final

with

filled

numerous

Heading

list

four games the team in

1975 with three

a

records.

was

Jeff

home

run

Brown had

spectively. led

the

batted in and

runs

last

In addition, Joe Debes

a

was

time.

Other All-Americas

Joe

Rick

Fall

straight year while soccer's Len Salve-

named All-America for the second time.

was

Goetch in ond

won

Listed below are the records for the Falcon varsity teams this past school year:

seven

Brown, who

helping to post those marks. hitting for the third straight

.419 average and

the

set

career

records with 88 and 28, reRBI's and two homers in the

now

has

a

Brown year,

also

ending

.389 average for

seasons.

Another top performance was turned in by senior Jim Corrigan, who broke three records: season at bats 137; career plate appearances 321; and most home runs in one game 3.

Corrigan hit three round trippers in one game twice this season and helped the Falcons swat a total of 53 for the season, five below the school record.

Corrigan also was the only Air Force player to appear in all 34 games this year.

First baseman Steve Murdoch, who finished with average, also posted the top fielding average for with a .982 (278 of 283 chances).

As most

a

team. Air Force smashed

runs

in

a

season,

a

a

.325

regular

a 13-year-old record for totaling 298 in 34 games. The squad

also set records for most hits As

(247).

a

(370) and most runs batted in

team. Air Force ended with

best in 11 years and fifth best in school

Coach Joe Robison, who said it

a

.315 average, the

history.

was

a

of

season

“ups

Falcon Lacrosse Team Completes Record Season

and downs”, ended a five-year job at the Academy with an 82-83 overall record, the most victories by any Falcon base-

season

ball coach.

20-1

Bob

Wagner

set two

records

the

by breaking respectively.

season

and

strikeout records with 37 and 61,

career

Air Force

four and lost three in

won

meeting Colorado

State, Northern Colorado and Western defeated CC 15-7, Northern Colorado 2-1 and Western State twice.

Losses came against CSU, 14-10, and and UNC twice 10-9 and 15-6. The 10-9 loss to the defending district 3 champion UNC was a 10-inning Air

State.

in

pitching department, Matt Martorano earning top a 3.04 ERA. Individually, Bobby Thompson hung up the best performance, throwing a one hitter in a six-inning relief performance against California-Berkeley at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Invitational.

The best win-!oss record was posted by Rick Sarver, with a 3-1 In the

with

mark.

Heading the list was junior Bill Woolford, They ineluded: most goals in a game, nine; most points in a game, 15; most season assists, 47; most points season, 98; and most goals career, 120. who set five individual records and tied another.

Senior goalie Kip Peterson ended a four-year career, adding five saves to a career total of 523, a school record.

Peterson

also

and had

one

18-7

season

record, the most wins ever in

19-4

an

im-

record, while Sharp, from South Lake Tahoe,

Calif., recorded

12-10 record.

a

Benson, who played his first Air Force tennis at number four last season and posted a 14-8 record, pulled one of the biggest upsets of the season in winning a three-set match Skidmore, who

played

a

13-10 record, is classified

a

who

paired

win 14 of 21

season

and had

with teammates

Craig

Naas and

matches, the best percentage

on

Sharp

to

the team.

Sharp is the only three-year letterman on the team and equalled his 15 match wins in 1974 as he closed out his 1975 season by winning his last four matches.

In 1974, Sharp teamed with Benson to post an 11-2 doubles record, the best on the team, while this season he played with three teammates, the best being with Skidmore for a 7-2 record. highlight of the 1975 team was that no singles losing record. Number four man Larry Dowell 13-10 record, number five man Kevin Hammond won

Another

player had had

a

as a team also tied a record for most goals 29,and outscored their opponents 208 to 75, the

scoring for the second straight netting 51 goals, one shy of his own season record of 52, and added 47 assists for a total of 98 points.

Seniors Dave Anewalt, careers

with

Henry Esposito and Gary Janelli Janelli 75, 103 and 211, respectively.

and Anewalt tied for second in total

each, while Janelli a

career

Esposito

just

was

missed the school

record for most

217, while Woolford has

at

points with 39 points.

season

fourth with 29

199

points

points with

in

one

remaining.

season

Golfers Conclude Long Season Starting with last September's second-place finish in the Rocky Mountain Invitational through the 18-team

17-team

Sun Devil Invitational two weeks ago, the Air Force Academy golf team has turned in some excellent performances.

The Gene Miranda—coached team

number two last

by Gugat, “as a real hustler, and always gives 100 per cent on the court.” performer A junior this season, Skidmore again played mostly at the number two spot and won his last eight matches to proudce the best record on the 1975 team. In doubles, Skidwas

midfielder

a

Woolford led the team in

against Oregon earlier this season.

more

as

goal.

on

history.

Skidmore, from Amarillo, Tex., led the trio with

pressive

action for the first time

goal spread in the last four seasons.

ended

an

saw

attempt

The Facons

Tennis isn't always a love game, and at the Air Force Academy the top three singles players know just how much sweat and hard work goes into a winning season.

finish with

Rocky Mountain

the

won

Air Force set six school records and tied two others dur-

season,

Falcon tennis

10-2

ing the season.

Netmen Post Excellent Season

players, sophomore Scott Benson, junior Steve Skidmore, and Ric Sharp, a senior and team captain, have helped produce just that in 1975 as the Falcons completed their season last Friday with a 9-0 victory against Colorado College

record to

seventh time in the

intercollegiate championships.

in one game,

The

season

straight and

last nine years that Air Force has open and

best

to

a

The win raised the Falcons’ final

Force

game.

honors

last

and also marked the third

Colorado

College,

completed its ninth straight winning Sunday by defeating the Denver Lacrosse Club match played at the Academy.

Air Force lacrosse

a

his last match of the

to finish at

12-12 while number six player Kurt Kamrad finished with a fine 16-7 mark. season

ments,

for

winning three, tying

competed in

10 tourn-

and

garnering

first

once

The 1975 spring season also three seconds in the process. the Falcon lingsmen complete a 10-0 dual meet record

saw

to

stretch their of

the

dual meet

two-season

first

places Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Four

tournaments

came

which Air Force

Air Force's closest match

was

winning streak

during

the

first

Golf Association

won an

overall.

11-7

In

to

12.

annual

(RMIGA)

dual

meets,

victory over Western

State, which finished second behind Air Force in the RMIGA series of tournaments.

Falcon team captain Jeff Sogard compiled the lowest com-

petitive stroke average for the season, a 76.5. Sogard, a junior from Duluth, Minn., also placed second to teammate Chip Diehl, who had the lowest stroke average, a 74.9. in the RMIGA series of tournaments.

Deihl, the Falcon's

only senior this season,

lowest round of the season,

hosted

with

by

Northern

a

Colorado.

the team's second

lowest

69 in

a

RMIGA

Diehl

finished

stroke average,

recorded the tournament

the a

season

78.06.

13

Major Arthur G. Elser 8702

Nero

Annandale,

St. VA

22003

I thought that since the class has just passed a significant phase point, the LtCol selection board, it might be appropriate to use this column to bring you up to speed on our record to This satus report is prompted by the sobering effect date. the result of the LtCol promotion board has had.

Until the release of this latest 0-5 list, promotion board results produced euphoric effects among the class as we saw our classmates being rewarded for their diligence with proTwelve 59ers have been motions in the secondary zone.

hunting here in DC where he will become a faculty member at the National War College.

Joe DESANTIS called to let me know that he is going His cover will be that to become the Godfather in Turkey. of a MAC ops type in a support squadron at Incerlik.

Joe is due to leave in September.

Noted: M/G Henry L. WARREN to retire on 1 September. B/G Frank M. DREW to Brazil as the US Air Force Member of the Joint Brazil-US Military Commission. B/G Jerome F. O'MALLEY to Director, Ops Plans, SAC, a two star billet.

John Macartney Arequa Ridge Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Maj. 160

selected for 0-6 to date, 11 below the zone and one in the primary zone (early selection to 0-4 and 0-5 allowed one the

0-6

had been selected

to

classmate

reach

primary zone already). Thirtyprior to the release of the latest 0-5 selection list, 34 in the secondary and four in the primary. Of the class on active duty, 43 had been promoted early to 0-6 and 0-5 and were thus ahead of the rest of us when we came into the primary zone for LtCol. Since there are 129 still on active duty, that means that How86 should have been in the primary zone this time.

eight

ever,

to

0-5

six unfortunate souls have fallen behind and thus Out of

were

Springtime in the Rockies! Snow on June 10th—four inches at USAFA and two feet or more in the high country.

And guess who thought it would be a good time to take permissive TDY from Ent AFB for a 50 mile backpacking trip Boy Scouts—Earl VanINWEGEN.

with the

TAYLOR, who departed USAFA in April for an F-4 checkout at Homestead, still expects to be going to Before he left, Bill asked me to Udorn in July, maybe.

Bill

80 considered, the board selected 60 for a selection rate of 75%, or a passover rate This rate is better than the of 25% if you are a pessimist.

write the Spring Class News column—so here goes.

Congratulations are in order for nine more of our super achiever classmates who made the latest lieutenant colonel

Air Force 62% of first time eligibles, but still not a very comforting statistic. Whereas previous passovers had usually resulted from specific non-performance or low figures, the passover on this list happened to people who were apparently I guess that the TOPLINE number pretty well qualified. game has caught up with us and will plague us from here

list: Howie BRONSON, Jerry DELACRUZ, John GJFFEN, Karl Mac JONES, Thomas LA LI ME, Ed LEONARD, Wil-

not

on

eligible.

an

even

hard, MacFARLANE, Don STEVENS, and Alex ZIMMERMAN. Good show! (I hope I didn't miss anyone—if I did, send

me

The

up here in Fairchild

out.

To those who made it—Congratulations!!! didn’t—I

offer

class and the

the

To those who

sincere condolences of the

rest

of

the

hope that the next board will be kinder.

the entrance of the Class of 59 into the Academy.

nav

Apropos JEFFERSON

of

the

called

had flown the last without

14

of

thoughts the other

Academy

those

day

T-29

and nav

Actually day was

causing

curtailments soon

be

ant ops officer there.

changes.

this must be the second 20 years because that first at least 20 years long.

are

Hall, and Mike McCALL will

returning to crew duties at Travis. He's already been out to scout the place and reports that PA COOKE is an assist-

Another milestone will pass between the time I write this and the time that it gets into print, the 20th anniversary of

yard.

a nasty.) aviation-gate requirements

The

Academy flying programs are undergoing equipment The tango-two-niners are already history; cadet

missions will

henceforth

be

be

dispatched TDY from Mather.

of

an

era!

flown in T-43 Ponca

City,

which

will

it's the end

The class of 1979 will be the last to get orientaAcademy’s T-33’s will be re-

early days, Wayne

tion rides in the T-Bird—the

mentioned that he

placed with T-37's by the end of the summer. Nineteen-sixty vintage pilots, including your truly, will cease flying when the Lockheed Racer does.

Meantime I’m still burning the JP-4, and on a recent trip to Cannon AFB I ran into Dick

trainer to the bone

Imagine, all those missions through all of those years ever once finding Ponca City. Wayne was house

seems the F-111D may be unique these days shortage of OR pilots, and Dick is frozen. He says Jack SCHIRA is also stationed at Cannon-by-the-Sea. Talked to Roy JOLLY last week. He's at Tinker flying He'd seen Gordy Thuds for the Reserve, and loving it.

FLYGARE who had wandered in from the University of Oklahoma where Gordy's in an AFIT program.

Roy took his F-105 west recently and lifted a few with Jerry GIRARD at Nellis (PCSing to Wright-Patt) and George LUCK and Karl Mac JONES, at Edwards.

Roy also mentioned that

MEYER. —there is

he’d

seen

kids

are

It

a

Eileen THURMAN

in

December.

She and the

living in Dayton, Ohio and doing well.

Jack BRUSH is spending the summer here preparing an inflation forecast for Hq USAF. Jack's usual cynicism seems to be changing to optimism as his hairline recedes—he assures

me

that inflation will be 6 percent in FY 76 and 3.3 Jack also had a wild rumor—he says

percent in FY 77.

job with the New here during June Week and present an award to the graduate who had slipped I've been unable to verify any furthest in order of merit.

What about of that, but it’s a good story and fills space.

the

long enough

to

come

up

it Walt?

PCS:

from

Reese

to

Pentagon;

Walt

Papillion, Nebraska; and ANTOM, PH from Nice, France Acapulco. PH passes on the word that Dennis WALSH is still holding a swingwing cockpit job at Plattsburgh (and Dale THOMPSON is back thus DL’s feet are not itching). in the states after five years in Europe—he and Cherie will be going to Montgomery for Air War College after spending some leave in Oklahoma and Nebraska.

Dale, by the way, to

the only

one

the Class News

of you who bothered to send a note for Since I’m not Thanks, Dale.

Secretary.

the regular crew chief on this column (and since I'm also guilty of having never written), I feel I should deliver adProcure one each piece of paper, grasp a monishments. and forefinger, etc.—please! This column thumb between pen can't pass on news unless you guys supply it.

Sad

the

Bob

haunts

DINGLE

and

Don

Me-

CARTER.

Although far from the puzzle palace, the environment in Headquarters resembles the confusion and endless

the MAC

coordination that emanates from the East. that

papermill

In the middle of

find Hanson SCOTT and Don GRANT.

we

gentlemen work

MAC Current Operations. strategic airlift. Since MAC is now the second largest command and probably leads in flying hours, we suspect that building passenger and cargo schedules for strategic airlift is a very demanding job. Scottie confesses though that his biggest management headache comes from his Sunday School Superintendent job especially during Vacation Bible School. It seems that everyone wants Both of these

Scottie is

in

airlift director for

an

their children

to

attend but

no

one

new

to

wants

to

work in

the

organization.

GRANT

Don

field, but he is

not

is

rather

new

mental in developing the

to

the

the MAC Staff.

new

current

Don

operations was

instru-

MAC program for handling the

Air Force fleet of support and admin aircraft.

He is

now

working in special assignment airlift missions. me that old Bill STACKHOUSE has finally tagged for a remote tour and is now enjoying the sand and surf on Johnson Island working for the Defense Nuclear Agency.

Clair CARLING says that he is enjoying the schooling at Armed Forces Staff College and the association with so By the time this is in print Clair will be many classmates.

Scottie told

HART

Charlie

FUTCH from Kirtland to McClellan; Phil MEINHARDT from UCLA to SAMSO; FAT MAC from Edwards to Homestead to ?; Doug REKENTHALER from APO NY to

was

from

corner

that he'd heard Walt SWEENEY left his

Mexico ANG

Manpower, rated requirements which is just around

NER in

tidings

for

last.

KIA on 2 May 1975.

Robert

C.

DAVIS

was

declared

He had been MIA since March, 1969.

I expect Jock SCHWANK will be here to write the next are you, Jock?), and this will probably be my only opportunity to address the entire class, so—best

column (where

wishes, good luck and Merry Christmas.

Major Thomas L. Sutton 123 Mississippi Dyess AFB, TX 79607 Terry STORM says of 61ers, “I'm always amazed at the instant rapport that surfaces even after many years of non It is always that way with each one of our classcontact. mates—even the ones who weren't even that close at school.”

You guys and I agree wholeheartedly with that observation. gals are simply the greatest. I really appreciate your

your

letters, phone calls, and visits.

It's great to be

a

61er.

Re-

member—upside down or right side up it's still 1961.

Since I began by quoting Terry STORM, the Ketchikan Kid, I will pass along some information about his latest activities.

Terry and family have departed the moist climate of Jacksonville, Arkansas for the even moister climate of D.C.

His

job puts him in a foreboding environment as he will be working for Col. George BUCH-

Washington,

new

been

well

on

his way to Thailand with all of those others who

are

wondering how long they will stay. JC will probably be one of the last to leave as his job is to be the Chief of Plans for Let us hope that he the Joint Casualty Resolution Center. does not wipe out prior to leaving Virginia though as he, Kay, and the six young’uns have taken up ten speed bicycle touring in the Norfolk area.

While we were busy living our active but mundane lives, there was one among us who was embarked on high adventure. Art KERR was seeing some of the British back country with Gayle ZOMPA et.al. when a most unusual incident occurred.

It was reported that an English gentleman farmer was taking his prize hog to town, but his trailer door was built without an adequate design to cost relationship. As a result the poor pig tumbled out onto a shady byway and lay stunned and confused while his unknown owner pedalled on

It was upon this scene that our intrepid Like the Samaritan of old, Art leaped from

down the road.

roared.

youth his speeding auto sending his chauffeur in hot pursuit of the unobserving Englishman. The pig, 200 pound porker that he was, regained his senses in time to evade our gallant gaucho's best efforts to (pardon the expression) hogtie him.

However, by the time the hapless farmer had been returned to the scene, our hero had succeeded in securing the evasive critter even though the feat had required a sludgy trip through an aromatic, freshly fertilized, field of newly plowed I think it only fitting that Art be presented the “Good mud.

Guy of the Quarter” award for his selfless efforts in furthering dogoodery.

I don't know whether Art stopped through Loring, Maine on his way back from Europe, but I did, and I learned that B-52 squadron commanders like Jack WOLCOTT are sometimes impossible to locate.

Everywhere I called, the party on the other end assured me that Jack had either just been there

or

would be there soon, but

would fess up to his you wonder doesn't it? hand does work though, and I was pleased to

real

whereabouts.

His

writing

.Sort

of

none

makes

I might mention that in the continuing traexcellence, Jack's squadron came through a

hear from him. dition

of

61

15

recent ORI with the best bombing scores seen in SAC in four

years.

Keep at’em Jack.

One of Jack’s future co-workers in the B-52 game at Loring will be Johnny KOHOUT who is checking out in the Buffs now. I think it’s great to see so many of us having the

opportunity to work together in so many varied tasks. Seeing that and the last L/C list encourages me that our motto “pro nobis astra” is no idle dream.

Let’s hear from you guys who are having parties. I can’t imagine a group of 61ers without parties and pictures. Let me see

have some appropriate ones and we will let everyone what life is really like inthe best class of them all.

Maj Dave Holt 6636 Gordon Ave. Falls

Bob

HOPKINS,

over

lunch

Church, VA 22046

with

George LYDDANE,

decided that the RTBs were probably the greatest group of people they had ever met and we should try to tighten up our class organization, both civilian and AF, in some manner.

I suggest we start out with an RTB gathering for the AF-

Navy game to be played in RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., on Oct 4, 1975.

Roughly, I would suggest a bus to and from (At the stadium, a block of seats, and dinner afterward. dinner we’ll elect Bob Hopkins President of the RTB Alumni.) If you think this merits further planning, send me Bring the family and beat your reservation and a deposit. the Bicentennial crowds, in a visit to the Capital.

Careers: Having given you a glimpse of the Headquarters in the last letter, I thought we could take a look at some Which is not to imply I was looking for civilian careers.

replacement and now I’m looking for a job. Interestingly, and I suppose not too surprisingly, most RTB seem to have John E. SMITH is in the headed into aviation related jobs.

Pentagon as a civilian, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Installations and Logistics, Directorate John staffs and briefs recomof Major Weapon Systems. mended ASD(I&L) positions on AF aircraft programs at He came the Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council. to this job about three years ago from Wright-Patterson where he had worked in major program offices for eight a

His career started with an years, as a civilian since 1968.

MS from MIT on the mobility of an AF officer seemed neither the most

appealing or the best use of his education.

John, his wife Shara, and one year old Brian like the Wash-

ington area a lot and John likes the insight into high level decisions that he has in his job.

Walt HERTER is with Cooper Industries, having been promoted (July 1) from Coordinator-Aviation Plans in Houston to Director of Market Planning, Engine Division, Dallas.

Walt directs the integrated planning effort for Cooper’s Aviation Market organization and is responsible for market research, business analysis and synthesis, long-range planning, pricing analysis, contract administration, dealer proadvertising/promotion, budget establishment and grams, control and overall systems integration for Aviation Marketing. I’d say the position and responsibility are at least the equivalent of a promotion to L/C. Walt resigned in 1969, without regress, after a hard honest effort to develop a satisfying career in the AF. He earned a master's in Busi-

Administration from Wharton School (Univ of Penn.) and joined Exxon as a financial analyst.

In 1973 Walt started with Cooper Industries where he, Rita, and their two ness

children, Carolyn, 6, and Larry, 4, have found they are most 16

appreciative

of civilians’

greater control

over

their destiny

and way of life.

Dr. Tom HUTCHISON is a systems analyst and engineer the technical staff of the Tucson Engineering Lab,

on

Hughes Aircraft Corp., where he develops methods of making Hughes missiles work better. All of you who have recently been stationed or TDY at Davis-Monthan are in trouble with Tom, who says thanks to his “buddies” who don’t take time

they pass through. Bob HOPKINS is Navigation, Inc., in LA as sales manager for He is marketing the a new concept long range nav system. equipment (Very Low Frequency 28vDC no alignment time Bob 30 lb package) primarily to corporate jet operators. left the AF to fly with TWA but got caught up in the furloughs. This gave him some second thoughts about the decision but he now feels he has an exceptional opportunity to look him up when

with Global

Bob climb the corporate ladder in business aviation. does feel that the type of people you meet and relationships you have in the service are not to be found anywhere else. to

Some RTBs have found employment unrelated to aviaexample, Dave FIELDS is a systems analyst with Phil HEPEastman Kodak, doing computer programming.

tion. For

BURN is the manager of the Saugus Branch, Essex County Bank and Trust Co., Lynn, Mass., where he handles just

anything in banking. Phil became a civilian in 1970 joined Essex B&T for an on the job education in ecoIn just two years he had moved to a manager’s nomics. position. He couldn’t get away from flying, though, and about

and

is

a

Reserve

C-141

aircraft commander at McGuire.

Phil

Nancy and their three children; Timothy, Christopher, and Amy settled in Hampton, N.H., and are somewhere beIn his tween finishing the house and starting the garage. free time, wherever it comes from I don’t know, Phil is active in Jaycees, a businessmen's association, and a developand

ment commission. an electrical engineer in Scottsdale, Deciding the AF climate was not right for a nonrated guy. Jack is a computer systems logic designer for large scale intergated circuits for Motorola Semi-conductor ProBob STAIB is Midwest Area Manager for ducts Division.

Diebold, Inc., selling capital equipment to the financial industry. He could be considered another below-the-zoner, being nearly 20 years younger than his counterparts in the other geographic areas.

Bob gives a lot of credit for his success to a great marriage which incidentally brought him a son after three lovely daughters.

Never give up, says Bob. His decision to resign was based on seeking “a higher return in the form of a greater impact on my organization. I have been too highly geared to cause change or find satisfaction in what I found to be a highly structured environment.”

For the future, Bob sees plenty of growth opportunities with his present firm but if unchallenged may try a venture of his own.

For the present, he is “enjoying the challenge” of managing a growth oriented marketing force in a drastically

Jack ANDERSON is

Arizona.

“slowed-down” market.

Who-What-Where: John FER and wife, Nancy, at MounJohn, F- 111 aircraft commander, received Silver

tain Home;

Star, Legion of Merit, three Bronze Starts with Valor, and AFCM. Cliff FALLON returned to Offut, Chuck LARSON is at Hurlburt, Tim GILMARTIN, pilot with Continental, transferred to Texas; Ron TUBBS to Hill for training, Dave PEDERSON is back in tankers, Rickenbacker AFB, Ohio.

E. C. NEWMAN is in the Test

Wing at Eglin, Joe

ZALESKI is deputy commander, SATAF at Minot.

Selected

join Lieutenant Colonels BAXTER, DANIEL, HARRISON, ROBINSON (PK), and ViCCELLIO are BLAISDELL, CLANTON, GRIFFIN (CW), LANDERS, O'ROURKE, ROBINSON (P.D.), WHEELER (Edd), and SWONSON. to

F. K. WILSON reports that the Academy-assigned Red Ten were a picnic on Memorial Day at Farish.

Tags had

Kent LAMMERS is returning to USAFA completing his studies at Boulder. Six USAFA-based '62 grads are leaving: Bob CONNOLLY to Ellsworth in tankers; J. D. EATON to Minot in missiles; Don NETin

attendance.

after

ZINGER to Kinchloe in B-52’s; Norm RODERICK to Kirtland; Bob SCAUZILLO to UK in F-llls; Randy SCHAUM-

BERGER to Homestead in F-4s.

Steve

recently received

SAVONNEN

his

M.D.

from

Tuft’s University School of Medicine. Steve hopes to specialize in orthopedic surgery.

He will begin surgical residency at

St. Elizabeth’s

address after

Hospital in Boston. Steve and Marilyn’s July will be 34 Solon Street, Newton, MA

1

02161.

Blind dates aren’t

always bad.

Or,

so

Jerry DRIS-

says

COLL. Jerry met a National Airlines stew last August and married her on 28 December—Patti’s her name.

Following TDY at the Luke AFB Central Instructor School, Jerry has begun an F-4 instructor stint with the 308th TFS. He has his

Maj Frederick L. Metcalf 5018 Honeyleaf Way Dayton, OH 45424

own

I can't believe this is

happening to me.

Here I

am

this

Dayton, Ohio, writing a class news The last thing I yelled to Jerry Garber as I was column. driving out of the South Gate of the Academy was, “And After reading all don’t ever ask me to be Class Secretary!” of the columns that had ever been written by Class Secretaries, I didn’t relish the idea of authoring one under my own byline. in

evening

He Actually, 1 can't blame Jerry—Skip’s the culprit. decided to visit SEA again for a year and asked me to fill in I’m happy to do it. for that time.

Getting prepared for this first

one

has been great fun—received more letters than Three letters on any issue is

Executive Secretary. considered a ground-swell of I did

as

AOG office.

I’ve

To the hard

graduates opinion around

the

already received four!

core

news.

Mike ANDERBERG is

Lorna and children—Janet and Kenric—to

moving Springfield, Vir-

Their new address will be 7204 Reserearly ginia, Mike will be working voir Road, Springfield, VA 22150. with the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Studies, Analysis and Gaming Agency, Strategic Forces Division, Mike says he's leaving a super Current Forces Branch, etc.

June.

in

class.

a

few

John DYER and

HARLEY has finished Air Command and Staff and moved

B-52H training at Castle AFB. Barry MEUSE has departed ACSC but will remain at Maxwell AFB, doing Owen LENTZ was reassigned from the what I'm not sure.

RAF Staff College, Berkshire, U.K., in January to an intelligence job with the 4th ATAF at Ramstein AB. Roger KORENBERG and Jim BUTT have said goodby to Dayton—Roger has relocated to San Antonio and Jim to Korea.

Mike BRADSHAW is still flying with American Airlines but changed his address to 129-0 Rd. #1, Allentown, NJ to

on

also

08501.

Not

sure

As you are well aware, we still have nearly 1000 men as MIA in SEA. That number was recently decreased

listed

by

one

when the status of Tom MITCHELL

be around.

periods of the Stanley In the words of Now that’s efficiency.

Cup play-offs!

Chan, “Jim ‘never panicked or faltered’.” I know one guy who would have died had it happened to him! Congratulations, Jim and Chan. Their new daughter’s name is Pilar Noelle.

They have a son, Matthew. (Incidentally, previous references to hockey game is editorial license and no way related to the facts—although, it would be efficient should it happen to any of you—let me know and I’ll make you famous.)

John where

he

EDWARDS writes from works

for

Parsipanny, New Jersey, Cooper Laboratories, a company in-

volved in the manufacture and sale of medical and dental

products. urer.

John

He wants

Graduates is Dawn Gass.

was

all

recently elected to the office of Treasof you to know that the Register of

inaccurate—he’s

married

to

the former Miss

was

a

was

great guy who was

changed joy to

a

He loved life and made all who knew him feel

Editors Note:

—and between the second and third

He

to killed in action.

Jim Who says ’63 can't respond to any situation?

He was faced with the event KUHN has got it altogether. all daddies hope never happen to them—the new baby won’t wait.

Yes, sir—Jim delivered his new daughter in his home

Directorates

In his three

but he’s

was

up residence in Vacaville, CA 95688. His COA card does not mention his new duty.

wishes to Norma.

AFSC

where Rod HIMELBERGER

residing in Highland, CA 92346. Jim DIFFENDORFER He’s now with the AF has changed jobs at Kirtland AFB. Lab. Neil SORENSON has taken And, finally, Weapons now

of Aerospace Studies at plus years there, he participated in studies on weather modification, air base defense, weapon, delivery, accuracy, avionics reliability, space surveillance, and tactical nuclear weapons.

Says “the educational value It was like of this assignment was almost unbelievable. starting a new job every eight months ...” Good luck in your new assignment, Mike! And, thanks for the letter.

job with the Albuquerque.

to

changes of address, jobs, etc., within the Gary WALLACE have left Armed Forces Staff College—John for AFMPC as a personnel staff officer and Gary for T-38 IP duty at Webb AFB. Bill We have

beautiful

Jerry and Patti’s address is: 2325 Indiana

flight.

Avenue, Homstead AFB, FL 33030. Everyone’s invited stop by to tip a few with the newlyweds.

declared missing in May, 1968, February 1975. We will miss Tom and I’m sure we all join in extending our prayers and best a

little

happier.

Tom

was

and declared KIA on 27

a beautiful evening, so I think I’ll close Writing a class news column is actually fun, fun, fun.

(One down, three to go). Keep those cards and letters coming. For those of you who can’t write, call—Autovon

Well, it’s still

this off.

785-3118

or

commercial

(513) 255-31 18.

LEE's

See ya.

to SEA

was cancelled assignment Skip just before press time. He will continue to serve as 1963 Class Secretary.

Skip's address is: Maj Skip Lee, 3254 Nottingham Road, Ocean Springs, MS 39564

'64

Capt Rod Wells 105 Fox Hill Lane

Colorado

Springs,

CO

80919

When I moved to USAFA in December, I

thought that more-than-friendly welcome— new secretary, I hope I can do as good a job as those before me; but to a large degree it depends on your input, so let me echo my predecessors by asking for your help—please? Anyway let’s see what’s in the mailbag-rumor mill John and Sue LORBER recently reported to USAFA for John has traded in his his duties with the Athletic Dept.

Glen COLEMAN gave me As the now I know why.

.

.

a

.

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BEDARF, “Stevie B” CROKER, Bob DEMPSEY, John GRAVES, Dick HAWLEY, Paul KAMINSKI, Jeff LEVY, Jerry McGEHEE, Mike PAVICH, A1 ROGERS, and Dick SLYE. Congratulations and keep on

job in England for football coaching/recruiting (for who scored the first touchdown in Falcon Sta$64,000 dium?). Elsewhere around here Don ALBERT is departing for F-4s at Eglin, and Mr. Jim WIDGER tells me he plans

LC list includes: Rich

to

stay in C-Springs in the engineering field.

Would you believe Rip THOMAS, currently a T-38 IP at Webb, is entering Med School this summer at Texas Tech

burning’!

as

approximately 25 classmates here, you should be able I'll print anyto hit SOMEBODY up for SOMETHING. thing about anybody—truth is preferred, but hearsay, in-

F-lll

.

a

.

.

But would you believe he plans to come back MD? Roger DUNN has completed his

civilian?

in when he’s

an

Enginering Admin

master’s in

A-10 SPO at Wright-Pat.

there too and that the

at

SMU and is

now

in the

He reports that Ron DULLEN is

That’s about it.

Don’t

forget Homecoming

17-19

Oct;

with

and

nuendo, write

utter

will

speculation

be

accepted—just

me.

Wright-Patt Alumni Chapter must be

of the strongest. Fred WAGNER is now wearing the “pocket rocket” as a missile crew commander in the Titan Wing at D-M; he recently received the Bronze Star for duties one

as

realty salesmanager

a

at

Mexico. Tom promises to remain active

stop by for of

Several

Angel Fire, New an Academy LiaI

visit.

a

our

members

Dick KROBUSEK in Aeronautical

continue to gather “smarts”: received his master’s from AFIT

recently Engineering and is remaining at Wright-Pat

in AFSC; Fred TEDESCO has earned his MS in Nuclear

Engineering and is also remaining at Wright-Pat in ASD; and Maj Carl ROBERTS is finishing his PhD in Astro at Purdue.

Among

those

Forces Staff

Dayton, Ohio 45424 For you who read this column September (or late August) writing this in June. Therefore, when 1 say we had a

Reservist, and he invites all old friends

and

ison Officer

as

intermediate PME at the Armed

attending College are Bill DOUGLASS,

Ed HARVEY,

and A1 ROGERS (I would have included your picture, Scoop; but it wasn’t a profile).

I regret topass on the news of the death of Max MANMax was a pilot in the Israel Defense Force and

NING.

lost his life

during the Yom Kippur War—five days after only child, Deena, was born.

Jack SULLIVAN has completed a tour in HC-130s at Korat and is now in personnel at Randolph—he told me he had something to do with selections for IFC for those of you who are interested.

Ernie MILLER has completed a C-130 assignment at Ramstein and is now driving ’em at Little Rock.

Others returning from foreign shores include Lee DOWNER coming from Korea and enjoying his first stateside tour in five years at AF Command and Staff, Ray RODGERS coming from USAFE to SAMSO as a Civil Engineering Staff his

Harshmanville Rd.

7801

Tom SEHORN has swapped F-4s at Homestead

Utapao. for a job at

to

Capt. Joseph A. Koenig

am

funtastic time last night on the 10th anniversary of our graduation and I hope to see many more of you next month at

reunion/homecoming I

the

am

talking

about June the 9th

last night and October 18th as the date next month.

as

It is really hard to believe that it has been ten years. Last I saw a few guys (and gals) I hadn’t seen in all of

night

those ten years.

Mike

(an ole Niner buddy) and Bobbies

DOUGLAS

moved

in

just

last week and showed

un-

up

expectedly at the door. He and Roger VROOMAN just (that same day) started their AFIT refresher series out here and Roger told him about the get-together. Jack VRETTOS is also just starting AFIT but I do not know if he is in the Ops Research Program with Roger and Mike or not. Most Sam of the other AFIT students, GRAVES, Charley THOMAS, and Jeff ROBBINS had a final today and spent their time studying.

Tommy THOMPSON did take a few He is about finished with his Systems minutes to drop by.

Management degree and is hoping to get Eglin for his next assignment. I received a news release announcing that Tomawarded his second AFCM, this

one

for his service

my

was

as a

flight commander and stan/eval officer (F-111) at Korat. night I heard that (a stretched) Jerry KEYSER is pilot on the stretch C-141 program at Edwards—the

Last a

test

first

stretch

is confirmed, the second one is not.

I also Larry SANBORN has left the Academy. His

Officer, and Chuck NOYES from APO NY to Rescue duties

heard that

in Florida.

change of address card says that he is a PhD candidate at Ga. Tech. Jim and Mary McGORRY were there last night and by now they should have their fourth child. Jim, having just graduated AFIT, was enjoying not worrying about finals.

Other BUF

moves

include Thad

WOLFE from

job in Fairchild, Wayne CORDER from

Vance

to

Denver

a

to

Holloman as vice-commander of a missile maintenance squadron, Tom MANSFIELD from South Carolina to Bad-Kreuz-

nach, Germany, in the Air Liaison Office of the 8th Infantry Division, and John WILES from a blue suit to President of Wiles’

Enterprises in Tucson.

Our

class continues to get its share of the fruit salad with ex-POW Tom McNISH leading the list with two Silver Stars (bringing his total to three), the Legion of Merit, three Bronze Stars with “V”, and the AFCM. Tom is currently attending Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta under AF sponsorship.

Welcome home, Tom, and well done! Tom EGGERS was recently awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for hiswork at the Pentagon; he received the award at the Naval War College where he is a student.

Wayne SPELIUS was awarded the AFCM for duties at Takhli and Korat, and this author received the JSCM for work as aide-de-camp to an Army two-star in Duluth.

If you smell something burning, it’s our eleven classmates who have scorched

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up to silver leaves.

The FY-76

Not everybody here at WPAFB is primarily concerned About an hour before our getwith studies and reports. together Vic GENEZ called to tell me he had just finished a test ride and that he and Beverly would be late.

Harold

and

Pat

RUST

turned out to be

came

about

the

same

time

and

it

really

Jim and Sharon SWALLOW couldn’t make it since Jim was out of town on an interview. Jim and Brenda HUSEMANN were busy getting a

great evening.

ready for their move to Wiesbaden. He is in FTD now and going to their Det over there. John BLACKMAR was on leave but passed the word to me that he heard from Mark JOHNSON who is trying to get the Dirty 30 (6th Sq?) together at the reunion.

That’s more

not

65 get

everyone

that’s

here

but

we

togethers—try it, you’ll like

it!

hope

to

have

See you

at

Homecoming.

Last month I got a pleasant surprise—Ed SOISTMAN across base to say hi.

He is out, working for

called from

with computer software.

Martin-Marietta/Orlando

He

was

up here for his two weeks of reserve duty—working intelligent-ly in FTD. He told me he is taking his annual vacation in October to take the

family with him to the reunion. He passed on the Bill POWERS is out lawyering it in Denver and really enjoying himself.

About that same week Jim MEIGGS gave me a couple of business calls from C-Springs.

He’s working in the corporate development offices of Kaman Sciences—also really enjoying Colorado and his job.

Changes of addresses: John ANGEL to Ellsworth; Bill CATHEY, San Antonio; Brad GREMS, Tyndall; Chuck HAAS, Eglin; Jerry ELDER, SAMSO; M. J. KEEFE, Las Vegas; Dan FETZER, Hanscom; Mike SHORT, Thailand; Leon RAUSCH,Shaw ; Larry RANK, Ramstein; Terry DRABANT to D.C. area working for IBM; PSA pilot Fred COX in San Diego; Eastern pilots Jim SOULEK to Miami and Mark JOHNSON to Chicago; lawyer Ray BRILL in Gainesville, Fla.; Paul (don’t squeeze the Charmin) DICKEY to Belleville, Ontario to help Procter & Gamble start up a new plant there; and Jim ROBISON is inCutrus Heights, Ca. not APO, NY as the VP of Protech Invest, and Realty.

PILSCH

Tom

this

McGuire

is

that

he

Also,

Jack

writes

summer.

headed

for

141s

School; Jim TILLEY should also be there, although his card didn’t mention the exact

assignment.

Ron TALCOTT wrote from his Personnel

Shop at Scott couple of good ideas. He’s right when he suggests that it’s not too early to be planning for the social event of the century—the Class of 1966 ten year reunion.

He primarily had in mind a special get-togther for the old Sixth Squadron bunch, but I’d like to throw it open to suggestions for what the class as a whole would like, if anything special.

My general impression of the reunions I attended was that they seemed a bit “stilted”, even for the “10-year” class.

Since we're fortunate enough to have ours in the Bicentennial with

a

Now's the time to year, I think we should plan on a biggie!

I’ll need a volunteer work out the “whens” and “hows”.

assignees to get with Jerry Garber (or his replacement) and find out the ROE. Then we can Let me know what you think. Anonytake it from there. mous suggestions will be gladly accepted, however, photographs cannot be returned. Cheers! —J.O. from one of the Acadamy

Mr.

at

1110 Stanford Rd.

graduated in June so the AF his consented to let him loose Department from Cheyenne Mt. Tom, Jack, and Spacetrack a few others toasted the passing ten years at the USAFA In the gathering was Joe BRITAN, Steve FINCH, O’Club.

A1 GRIESHABER, Ron KILGORE, Joe KOLEK, Garey MATSUYAMA, Mike PHILLIPS, Bob PRICE, Marc SABIN, John TAIT, Gary TITMAS, Mike WHITE and Bill Center in

the

Tom and others have tossed around the idea of

WEIDA.

giving

gift to theAssociation as part of the reunion celeHe suggests a Class of 1965 Scholarship for use by

a

bration.

the child of

goal

What do you think? a nice fund.

deceased alumnus.

a

A

of $20 per classmate would start

Capt. J. O. McFalls

Ray M1LBERG warned me there'd be times like this.

Yep, the Class of 1966 Alumni Newsletter has hit an all In the past three months, I've received a grand time low. total of one letter, 3 hometown news releases, an 12 changes Now I ask you, “It that any way to run a gossip of address!

All I can say is, thank you Ron TALCOTT for column?” the letter.

(More about that later.)

It's been

as

classmate I

saw

getting in his

I

bleak the past 90 days. one

was

last

even

made

a

TDY

of the Shah F-4's and still the

Sid WISE.

Sid

was

here at

good flying prior to school

at

in

operation

Goldsboro, NC 27530

Iran to deliver

Greetings again, this time from Denver where at the writing I am vacationing for a month. I could not believe it—I returned to Colorado to enjoy the high country summer climate, fishing and playing tennis and such, and promptly watched four inches of snow fall on 10 Whoever controls such things must have missed His June. calender—for such weather was obviously meant to occur a bit earlier, during June Week.

My mailbag really overflowed this quarter: one whole letter, from Paula, Mrs. Joe CANDLE. It was impressive official letterhead stationery from the West Virginia House He is also a second year of Delegates of which Joe is one. law student at Georgetown, and, according to his wife, “in time of this

his spare time” he is a partner in a real estate and renovation

110 Chandler Road

to

only Seymour,

the Naval

Martinsburg.

Most of my info this time concerns lawyers, as I spent an evening with Roger CARLSON and his wife, Pat, in Denver.

Stubby attended the U. of thru '74 and is

lawyers of whom I heard

Tempe, Ariz.;

tour

as

in an

has taken

math.

Jim SIMPSON

SOS instructor. over

And I

gave see

up

where

Led LEDBETTER’S old

job

the C-5

for

a

Terry WORK at

2nd Comm

Sq at Buckley ANG, Denver.

Steve MONAGAN will stay in the test business with the Eglin Test Wing.

And I got new

changes

to

Edwards:

John

KUNZ

to

Test Pilot

some

news

include Abe ESTAU-

ILLO who with his wife and three kids lives in the Philippines; Roy P. MILLER, Tom DELAFIORA and Greg HARRIS who

zoomies

from ’71

Lowry AFB.

still lives in Denver and is in the OSI reserves; Brian DONAVAN who is clerking for a judge in California; and Scott JACKSON who is in Newport Beach, California. Non

plays bad guys in his T-38 as part of Nellis’ Aggressor Squadron. They all do a fine job, but it’s tough to imagine Sid as an evil person.

Some assignment changes of note: Thailand bases must really be closing down. NKP let Larry ALMAND go to Electronic System Division of Systems Command at Hanscomb Field, Mass., and Bill RILEY will now be instructing you know, he

Minnesota law school

with the JAG office at

now

Other attarney-types include Al ENNIS, who left the AF in January and is now an assistant U S attorney in Macon, Ga.; Pat TRIGGS, who also left the AF; Gary HOLMAN who

Staff College, and then on to the “Puzzle Palace.” As most of

two

Forks, ND 58201

Grand

He is going to the Astro

in the classroom.

Larry Wilson Apt. 206

Stanford Manor

FERGUSON's brother

are

in Phoenix; Abner HAYNES, in graduate school in Pat NESBITT, in LA; and Steve McCUL-

LOUGH, stationed in Colorado Springs.

About tours:

Stubby

himself—he has

San Francisco and

really had the hardship SanDiego with the OSI, and now

Denver with the SJA.

He is

the first two of which

were

on

his third

1967

Corvette,

He neither looks

stolen.

nor

from the way he did at the AFA, except that his hair is shorter and he has taken up tennis, He claims to have cruised rather than exclusively hockey. acts very

through

different

law

now

school,

enjoys being

a

prosecuting attorney,

and expects to be a lifer.

In the last issue I attempted to drum up some interest 1 was disamong graduates in the POW/MIA situation.

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appointed that I received no response whatever. I really believe that the Association should concern itself more with the issue than it apparently is.

Again—I invite comments, and/or the Association.

This is short—but, after all, I am on vacation. Happy me summer to all—keep posted on what you and your friends are doing. to

Don’t worry, Bill, that hasn’t he hadn’t learned anything. stopped any of us ’68ers who have returned. Bill included open invite to stop and

an

me

Capt Mark A. Torreano Qtrs 4409G USAFA, CO 80840 Father's Day 1975: Am sitting at my in-laws, savoring joys of fatherhood as my wife and her mother are off shopping while I’m watching (and listening to) my one year old, Marcy, Mimi swears that Father’s Day means Daddy watches the kids.

Why me?

A question in two ways. The second being, “where the

good

Poor Richard is servis that handsome devil Dick FAST?' these Barbara Santa in days, pursuing a PhD. ing his country higher and deeper) in Poly Z (as the kaydets call it).

(piled

Dick, of course, is chagrined

at

the

thought of facing two

but has nevertheless folyears on a coed California campus, He and Sherrie (preganant and due with #2 lowed orders. in August) are now risking the heartbreak of psoriasis (from to sun) in Southern California.

Anyway, the

overexposure last time I saw Dick was the day he dropped the class news files on my desk and mumbled something about “you'll love and it, Wop” as he split for parts West. I think the gratitude admiration we all have for Dick's work as class reporter the past two years were amply conveyed in my reply,

“Thanks, Turkey.”

Enough sentimentality. Unaccustomed as I am to public writing (Glen GILLETE, where are you?) I will carry out

However, if Dick’s request, since he is my senior in GOM. at any time you feel 1 am not doing a “sierra hotel” job, just let me know (and send a column along with your letter).

COS area news this quarter includes Larry EVANOFF of the local T-41

In addition to

squadron.

VP

of

the

JOC

USAFA

He and Marsha to NORAD after an AFIT tour at Purdue. arrived here in January with. Mathew, 4,and Mark, 1. Guess they are called the 4 M's? Steve MISH of the “T-Birds” was Looks just like Steve in for the June Week festivities.

Canyon when he was young. Steve flies right wing after a year as announcer. Secretary Schlesinger spoke at graduation and said the sabre presented to him by the Class of 1975 And would come in handy for bureaucratic infighting. we thought they were only good for parades.

In his last column Dick said we were awaiting the usual “late spring” blizzard.

Well, it hit on 10-11 June, along Remember 10 years ago on survival and 1-25 It was a good time, but was washed out at Castle Rock?

That was the year Mitch’s served us grilled not a great time. cheese sandwiches after three days without food in the Ramwith

rain, sleet, hail, winds,

etc.

when another storm hit while

part

we

were

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are

Gay BRINKERHOFF has sent a letter with numerous goodies. She asked to not be identified (read on to find out why), but obviously such is not my policy. No hard feelings, I hope?

Gay opens by castigating “Bubbles” Brinkerhoff for not even writing his mother and tells us that Brink is now a financial planner for Finanacial Service Corp of America, investing Dallas (their home) businessmen's money. Drop a line at 3970 Sherwood Forest Drive, No. 241E, Dallas, Texas, 75220, if any of you are liquid (I’m hoping my drought ends soon). Gay adds that they have a boy, Lee, born last August, who looks just like his daddy. Well, Brink, maybe the next one will be better looking. Gay also passes along the word that Dewey MROSLA is finally married, to D. J. MROSLA and Pearle have a his old flame, Margie. son born last summer that D. J. says is already out on the handball courts. “Fatty” George and Heidi ROBERTS (Gay No said it, not me!) are in Lubbock with their two boys. further news as to their activities, but with two children we

him

have

some

from

a

a

son,

clue in that regard. Bill DRENNAN has returned a wife, Tammy, and they have

tour in Taiwan with

Steven, born last August.

& IH 6 ^ fr Anyone who can provide a relatively good translation, drop line and I'll get your name in print.

Gay says the D. J.

a

MROSLAs and the DRENNANs are in the Philippines now.

Finally,

I

He is now

an

talked with

Bob POHLMAN the other

day.

(JAG) at MacDill after narrowly escaping harm frornt 6.5 earthquake and impending war in Izmar, Turkey (no purple heart, however). While Bob 15 cases, wears his tongue to the bone, defending Article Karen enjoys leisurely days at home with their two young bundles of joy (Chris, 2; Sasha, 3mos.).

Karen, Mimi says Bob has re“hi” and may get a note off to you some day. cently ran into Steve PEDERSON and Hal SMITH, both going thru RTU, possibly under the aegis (look it up, Henry JOHNSON) of Karl WITTENBERG, who is due to leave MacDill soon for an as yet undetermined place.

Wherever it is, Karl, I know the AF will “stick” you in an approriate Area Defense Council

location.

Range.

large. Bill ECKERT appears to be turning into a professional executive officer.

He has returned recently from a Wing Exec job at Goose Bay to be XO for the DCS/Materiel Mgt, AFLC, at Wright Patterson. Bill, married a “senior" Captain, Sue, a flight nurse he met at Econ

pens that he, wife, Carol, and his baby Dyess, where Greg has been Instructor

(a Nav, Stan/Eval, and now is a “wing weenie” as Asst Chief of the Wing Weapons and Tactics Division (C-130 E’s). Greg recounts the time all four (that’s all there is) engines on the big bird crunched about 4 hours east of Hawaii (thank God for water survival?).

Apparently an all zoomie crew of pilot Steven HARRINGTON (’69) and co-pilot Mike FUKEY (’72?) and Greg saved the day, but I was reliably informed tha the C-130 has the aerodynamics of a 120,000 lb shotput w/o engines. Carol is now working as a respiratory therapy technician at the Dyess City hospital.

On to '68 at

Scott, said finds his desire

at

him when you pass thru WP.

being recently

(he has always looked are now the parents of a young lass Sue “Lar” and young), named Lori, who joins her brother, Mark, in the household.

Mike SHARP is now a computer programmer assigned elected

Greg PAQUIN ’74 Vette)

see

to

reutrn

to

Enough.

a

little

known, but revolting

now rakes in $55 month; 3 degree, $85; 2 degree, $100; and get this, 1 degree gets full pay (minus charges), averaging $220-$250 a month. a

on-hand cash than I have each month.

Walked into the Alumni office to turn this in and handed a note from Jay FERRON. He is more than

That’s

USAFA to teach

surprising since he left his macro course in '68 feeling

I will close with

Did you know that a 4 degree cadet

fact.

more

Flash! was

half finished with law school at GW University, Wash. D.C. and his son Brady will be joined by a brother/sister in No-

vember.

Jay

and

Lyn

Mirty and Claudia COLE on Assignment. Sounds exotic.

saw

their way to a South American What are you doing, Marty?

prised to know that he is now a member of the ThunderHe was a test pilot before that. birds.

The “Torch” is at it again.

A tear

drop fought

depths

of earth.

For

moment the

a

its way out and soared

straight

to

the

glittering mystery of the lake was

shattered.

It

Capt. Gerald D. Luallin

Rippled.

10745 Beclan Drive

Calm.

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Ph. 916-635-7719

Bye.

that disappointment is either here, behind Around the next bend in the river. skimpers along, just out of touch. Sometimes out seems

or

Lt.

in front.

It

of

sight as if it were the sun reflecting off a delta river.

Then without warning it flashes at you, straight into your And for a moment you lose sight, sight of humanness. eyes.

Your eyes burn and tears fight their way out and suddenly they are your only defense, your only answer.

Deepest sympathy from the class of ’69 goes out to Gene JUSTIN. Gene's wife, Terri Lynne died of a massive brain

hemorrhage while giving birth to Joseph Patrick Justin, on A memorial fund for children has been estab14 Apr 75. lished at St. Adelaide, 27457 Base, Highland, Ca. 92346.

Gene’s address is 3655 E. 28th St. Highland, Ca. 82346.

Our hearts also go uot to the friends and family of Peter R. PLATT. Pete died in the crash of his OV-10 in Germany, on 28 Apr 75.

is now stationed at Plattsburgh AFB, recently left sunny Arizona and is adjusting well.

His wife Janet gave birth to Aimee Renee on 2 April 75.

Craig and Janet also have a two-year-old son, Aaron.

Craig

GOLAR8

He

N.Y.

Gary BONE has chosen civilian life. He is now working for Charmin Paper Products as aproduction manager.

Gary moved his wife Pam and daughter Lauren from Yuba City, Ca. to Cape Guardeau, Mo. (307 Francis Dr., Jackson, Mo.

Gary is going to Iowa and Arkansas games this fall so anyone wanting to celebrate afterwards contact Gary.

Glen BERRY is now the Hq Sq. Section Commander for 6993rd Security Squadron at Kelly AFB, Tx. Glen’s prior assignment was in the Phillipines. Glen’s wife Linda recently gave birth to Brian Scott. Glen and Linda now have two boys, Jeremy and Brian.

63755).

He is the AssistTom PILLARI is stationed on Guam.

Tom's wife Staff Judge Advocate at Andersen AFB. recently gave birth to a boy, Anthony Edward, their first ant

child.

people

is still

here

house.

Ron is

are

in SAC,

but that

flying KC-135’s.

is

on

the other side of the

If I could get in that

same

perhaps I could find him again.

About the beginning of April I was ushering back to the While at base ops making sure Academy sixty visitors. they had no problems I noticed that one of the Thunderstate

birds

Enid,

looked

Air Show for

familiar.

The

Thunderbirds

had

put

on

an

Open House that weekend. Most of you that kenw Jim SIMMONS at the Academy will not be sur our

B.

Manning

Here

we

go

Another

again!

OK 73701 three

months

shot

have

past and a few people have done some moving. I was hoping

begin this issue by hearlding the birth of my son, but the Lord’s time is not yet and my wife, Jan, and I are still in the holding pattern. EAC is any time now. If the news breaks to

soon

I will try to send in

late entry to the column.

a

Speaking of the column, this quarter I have decided to reward those who were nice enough to write by mentioning This the letters received and the news to be passed along. is to let you know that it pays to drop me a line and that I really do read them.

Now, here comes

da

news.

The first letter this quarter came by way of Bob CULBob recently received a Master's from Ohio BERTSON. State and is stationed at Maxwell AFB where he is

working

with computers writing programs for SOS, ACSC, and AWC. are living in Montgomery andask for anyhitting SOS to give them a call when they get to town.

He and his wife one

Bob mentioned

a

few other classmates he has run into in the

Mark ROMAN is working for the OSI in last four years.

Joe CHASE (Angie) is recently married and is California.

working a missile silo in North Dakota. Bob BILLINGS is at at Eglin while George FARSCHMAN I of are AFB. the am unsure jobs they Wright-Patterson holding. now

is

stationed

The next letter I received

was

from

some

of my favorite

Marty PERING and his wife, Linda, have never failed to drop me a note with their newest news, instead of just filling out a change of address card. The recent word from them is a new son named Christopher and an address in Las Vegas.

Marty is presently an A/C in the F-l 11 stapeople.

tioned at Nellis AFB. I received

constantly involved in intrigue. Cary MARSH has somehow managed to get a release from the Governor of North Dakota to leave the state Normally, one would assume that Cary was locked in a state of confusion.

Cary somehow broke loose from that state long enough to spirit his family off to Purdue U (AFIT).

I’m not trying to say I have not been in a similar state I have.

While in a similar state I was rescued as Cary.

I know Ron

by Ron HINDMARSH and his kind wife.

Some

Robert

1305 Books

a

letter from Mike MCCARTHY. His notes

fairly frequent also. to keep them busy.

are

I guesss doctors don’t do enought work Mike is finishing Georgetown School

of Medicine and will be

an

intern at Malcolm Grow USAF

Washington, D.C. Dave SCHUTT will be joining him there from George Washington Med School and Dave RANGE and Tom QUALEY are coming in also.

Our class senior captain, Terry HOLMES, is presently doctoring at Andrews AFB as a flight surgeon.

Ike SWEESY brings in the news from the great American Southwest where he is flying the F-4 front seat from Holloman AFB, NM. His typing was really bad, so I think I’ll tell TAC that their pilots need more paper pushing practice.

Ike sends word that John WOLF is an intelligence officer at Tom COURY is working the back seat of the foxNKP. four multi-engine bomber from Homestead AFB. Also at Medical Center

near

Holloman

Steve

SELTZER. Bob is

are

DEHAVEN,

Steve and

Rod

are

Rod

WOOD,

in the F-4

working in the Test Squadron.

and

Bob

squadrons while

Rod GWYN

is in

21

research at Kirtland AFB. Rich ZEIMET is also in the F-4 as a backseater with an office at Seymour-Johnson.

I received a very nice letter from Hank THODE whom He is presently at the Univ. of I remembered from school.

Doctors seem to be popular, it Colorado Med School.

Hank wanted all to know that he isn’t

must be the money.

just slow even though he is only a 2Lt. Apparently, due to a change in congressional financing of medical programs, he had to resign his regular commission and reenter as a reserve 2Lt. He says not to worry, though, he will catch up as a captain in 1978. That’s dedication, keep up the good work, Hank.

A1 is presThe last news comes by way of A1 IRWIN. ently working as a club officer at Lackland AFB after returning from Korea, where he was awarded the AF ComAlso at Lackland is mendation Medal for his work there. training for a rated supplement as a policeman. Pete NELSON is in the San Antonio area working out of Kelly AFB in the T-39, however, he is moving to Offut Keith BETSCH who is

Mark BECKER is presently supplywith that aircraft soon. ing everyone at Frances E. Warren AFB with supplies and Bob BANKS is taking life easy in Phoenix, Ariz., where he is passing along MT 320 skills to ROTC students.

Well, the news is in. I am happy to report the LORD has blessed two families from the class of ’71

at Vance.

John

and his wife, Peggy, brought a boy into the world on 25 June. My wife, Jan, and I are using this means

SWANSON of

sending blue announcements to proclaim the birth of our son, also.

Timothy Luke was born in 26 June. That’s the news,

P.T.L.

erlands—Tough, really. Joe GELLINGER may be leaving S-J for Clark, and so also may Pat BURKE for Kunsan.

Pete VOORHEES (Kay) now in F4E’s at Seymour-Johnson is

possible for OV-10's, but maybe not at NKP.

a

is in Avionics Maintenance at

Jim BRYAN

He says

S-J, and also

that Jim REED has added the golf course to his OPR.

And of course, SAC has Pete MCCARTHY co-piloting the B-52 there.

Frank CANTWELL was a member of a recent Out-

standing Crew of the Month for SAC in 52’s

at Carswell.

In New York at

Plattsburgh, Greg ANDERSON keeps up his currency in KC-135’s, while at Griffiss, Bill KEELER (Terri) does the same in the C-118. J. C. HALL (Mary) now has a son over in New Hampshire with Pease's FB-lll’s.

He navigates, (J. C. does!). Bob JOHNSON (Kathy) in Info, Korea, and John WILKER at Kadena in C-130’s just about wraps up that side of the globe.

Up a bit to the north but still stateside we find T. J. MANCUSO at Shemya, John NESTICO recently married but living on King Solomon Island, Alaska, and Ed LaFOUNTAINE in Helicopters.

Back at Shaw, Rick PARMENTIER (Sharon) added a to their unit.

Phil DAMBERG is at McClennan in EC-

son

121 ’s, while at

SON

in

are

Dale

Monthan, RACI the

Norton, Rod McDONALD and Jim JOHN-

the

C-141.

Roland

UPSHAW

at

SCHANK Bee

Wright-Pat,

is

Davis-

at

CANNIST-

IP-ing at Webb in Tweets, and Dave KLEIN doing at Craig.

Dave MORRISON is at Travis navigat-

same

ing the C5 as back East, Bill SPINDLE is a recent PCS to Warren HANSEN IP’s at Laughlin (T-38) and Doug HENDERSON at Columbus in the same job. Then again Ray BARTON is another daredevil in T-37's at Moody.

Hanscom in procurement.

Going civilian for a brief one, Mark FINLAYSON is at lLt Bob Bell

Texas Tech Law

9307A

School, Eric WIN BORN in Iowa, also in law, and John HUMPHRIES is at U of Texas Law School.

605-923-2231

pursuing

Coolidge Ellsworth AFB, SD

the

At

Chris

Greetings from Rushmore Country, ’72!

While I get into this and learn the ropes of journalistic endeavor, please bear with any mistakes you might see in

info, name-spelling and so on. Also, anything I receive in correspondence will be mentioned where possible in this column, unless you desire otherwise.

So here

we

go.

.

.

.

Starting with the hometown news releases, Jim TOMPJack SMITH KINS, (Peggy) flies the C-141 at Norton.

(Patricia) is a deputy crew commander at Malmstrom and recently took part in SAC’s “Olympic Arena” exercise, as did Marv VANDERWEG (Susan) on a crew from Whiteman.

Marc SANDERS is in the F4 at MacDill.

Dan SKOTTEE a cost analysis officer at HQ, SAMSO in L.A. Craig

is

McClellan

Aero

doing

WAGASKY (Joan)

as

a

Engineering

things,

and

George

Nav at MacDill.

Greg ISERT was the recipient of an Air Medal for SEA action, area

at

now

he’s

last word

Korat, also

Vern

at

Little

Rock.

is

Mike

McNABB,

Still

in an

the

Intell

Indo-China Officer at

TAYLOR at

U-Tapao, and one of our recent newlyweds, Van SHIELDS (CiCi), doing his thing as an Info Officer.

Chuck WINTER'S Shelley wrote a very helpful letter andsaid they've just had a baby son—Chuck is in RF-4’s at Shaw.

Across the world, we have Jim GAUDINO (Margaret) at Karamursel in Info, and Jim STEFANIAK navigating for USAFE at Camp New Amsterdam, Neth 22

of

Colorado

his while

BUKALA

a

Medical

Center

future veterinarian

Ken

STONE

is

Ft.

in

is

Collins,

(Lissa).

Got lots of address

changes, and I’ll keep the cards, so address, just let me know. Bob MARSTON—Little Rock, Gerry VENTEICHER—Minot, Clarence PENNINGTON—Beale, Don PEPPERS—Wright-Patterson, Ed BISHOP—Edwards, Russ BOLT—Somewhere APO SF 96366, Bill BAKER—RAF Bentwaters, Phil SHARP—in T-39’s at Ramstein, Ollie HARDMAN—RAF Alconbury, Jerry MARTIN—HQ USAFE, Ramstein, and according to his mother, Ray STETZLER is at RAF Lakenheath. Pete SUTTON is piloting RF4-s at a German base.

One more award I read of—John FUSS got his DFC on 25 Sep 74 if anyone needs

an

a result of actions in the HC-130 at Korat.

McClellan.

as

GHELBER (Ann) has been awarded an Air Medal after duty at NKP—he's a T-33 IP now at Peterson Field.

Mike POLISHAK (Bette) is another of SAC’s finest in either BUFF or Tanks at K.I. Sawyer.

We have Vaughn CLAUSON at Shaw as an Intelligence Officer, Dave GRACEY (Diane) at

U

Now for the BUFF

He’s

now

at

quick word on Ellsworth 72ers: with me in John WICKHAM and Steve O’NEILL. Over

a

are

in tankers

are Rick JACKSON and Gary BAIRD. Navigating our B-52's are Ed ZEUTY and in the Radar Nav’s position, Jerry HELMEN, who by the way, will be married by the time you read this (Toni). And in UH-l’s are Steve

DEMEL at RAF

and

Bruce

NIEMANN.

Jim

DONLEY

is

also

Alconbury even if I did miss it last paragraph.

If

any of the 59ers or 60ers read this column, you be interested in this bit of info.

Major Doss L. SMITH is alive and well at Ellsworth and hasn’t forgotten

might

you.

Drop him a line c/o 77th Bomb Squadron before he

retires, if you so desire.

Air

Training Officer from And

was

on

a

For the rest of us, he’s

a

former

way back when.

sad note, our classmate Larry FROEHLICH that CH-53 that crashed near NKP on 13

copilot on

May 75 while in support of the Mayaguez effort. His AC Jim KAYS, Class of 71.

May they and all who were

was

lost

in

rest

peace.

I have for the first attempt.

Hope it will keep you all updated on each other. Please do keep me posted on your activities so that it can be as complete as possible. Take care and see you next time.

This is all

continue to

SCHEINOST is at K.I. Sawyer.

Gerald LEWIS is at Mather

while Jim SCULLEY is at McConnell.

Plattsburg has Jim

WELTEROTH, Mark and Kathy McCLENNAN, George Joe WALKER is at RAMPULLA, and Brad YOUNG. Travis, Roger SMITH is at Dyessand Ray SWIDER is at Rickenbacker. from

George DORRIS is at Wurtsmith (recovering skiing accident) along with Gary DUTELLE. Tony

a

SALMONSEN is at Pease, Bob and Janet SCHIMELLER are

Rickenbacker, while Chris JACO

at

Lt. Vincent M. Parisi, II 4975 El Camino Dr., #C-13

somewhere.

Colorado

FELTON

Springs, CO 80918

easy.

With this issue were

sadness to

comes

our

class.

Two of

our

in aircraft accidents and the loss is

killed

heavily felt by all of us. William C. C. “Burr" WYATT was in February in a T-22 in New York, while Frank He too was in PEFFER was killed in late May in Florida.

Let a T-33.

They will both live on in our memories. killed

us

take

moment of silence in their honor.

a

What has the class been

ing with

the

doing?

Meteorological

in

the

LA

area.

Others in the LA area are: Dee BROMBEREK, who is working with a satelite SPO, Cary CLOVICKO just married his

“lady in waiting", Bill DRURY is still trying to get into Med Sch., Ron FARIS is with SAMSO, John MUSE is with the B-l program, John and Anne PACE are in Anaheim, and

BOYD is at Gunter with computers, while Mike HAY got Art married June 21 (he's still trying to sell his vette).

Info Off with Jim RUSSELL who

an

flying the C-9

at

Scott, Steve FEN-

T-33 to McChord, Dave GREER a CH-53 to NKP while Bill HARRIS is naving the FB-111 at Plattsburg. Frank BRIENZO is a Nav on a C-5 at Travis, and a

piloting the CH-53 at Weisdaben.

Stacey MITCHELL are at Grand Forks, and

Dave ELLIS is

Howard

and

Bob and

Drexa OLLIS IAK is at

Steve

are

as

at March. an

while

Bill

and

Geno and Linda CUOMO

EWO.

Kirk LILLY is at Robbins radar nav at K.I. Sawyer.

a

Patty GARLINGTON are at Barksdale as an EWO. George: Stan HAYES, Bernard and Martha BULLOCK, John McMURRAY, Mark BALLARD, and David RICKER. Luke: Ches SULLENBERGER, Dana and Kathy IDEEN, Ed ZWIRKO and Bill and Sandy VINNMacDill: Lloyd and Cindy HAMMOND, EDGE (GIB).

Mike and Sheila ANDERSON, Howard EDWARDS, Jerry OLIN, Mike and Debbie KOERNER and Gary SORTLAND. Greg KRAFFT (GIB) and Jerry DROPPO are both at Udorn.

Rick VANDAN is in the RF-4 at Zwiesbatten, Germany.

In the C-130

we

Patty QUINNEL

at

have: Steve SAVELL and Charlie and

Clark.

Jim SOLIGAN

Rock with Wade and Sherri KEARNS who to

Kadena with their little girl,

SON

also at Kadena and

are

on

Little

at

now

are

their way

Marcy. Al and Kathy GRAYthey have a son Daniel. At

Dyess is Eric VOGEL. Chuck PUHAM is in the EC-130 at McClellan.

Rick

SHAMRELL

and

Reese:

Mike

Monica

PENCE, and

at

WILKEN

while

Vance

POWERS

are

Terry

at

and

and

Fred

Martha

are:

Laughlin:

GRAYBEAL.

KAMMIRE.

Roy

Ronand Karla BRECKENRIDGE

Kevin

and

Joanne

McHUGH

and

and are

Kevin

Webb.

In the T-38 we have: Columbus: Bob STRATTON, Leslie

Stu DUERSON is has

SOLIS

The F-4 has:

is in Maint.

TON

Dianna SMITH,

and

are

Those giving pearls of wisdom in the T-37

Rich ELY is in 1st yr. law sch at San Diego, Mike MeGRATH is in his 2nd yr. law sch. at Vanderbilt.

Bucky

as

One

Al and

Geoff MICHAEL is with the YF-17 program.

DUNN is at Travis

and

is at Kincheloe.

and Herb and Beth HUBER is

Chris DERRY is work-

Satelite SPO

Mike

and

at Kincheloe

are

Congratulations to all! Our first promotion is now behind us, with more pay, prestige and tenure we can start looking Let’s hope that they all come as forward to the next one.

LEEMAN

In the B-52: Carswell has Mike HENEHAN and Charlie

Barbara FRANK

303-599-8710

classmates

Rich

are

at

Whitman, all in missiles.

Wright-Pat

YESTNESS

a

Maint. Off.

the

Skimaster

as

won

Those in the C-141

Brad and

copter pilot.

Marilee WALKER

are

in the

McChord: Bill and Cheri BECK, John and Pat PILCHER (Nav), and Al and Betty SMALLare:

(Nav) who were just transfered from Hawaii. George KEHIAS (Nav) is at Travis with Lester and Edie WILLIAMS and Rich ANSELM. Norton: has Al BRIDING, Joe FORMAN

RESTER and

Paul

MAZUROWSKI.

becca SHEPPARD.

Steve and his a

the

Denny MERIDETH, Jim and Sharon SILVER and John ZWIEBEL. Byron and Marge BEAL and Phil FAYE are Reese: Andy and Kerry RANFT, Mike TRUAX, at Moody.

At Vance: Bill John CORLEY, and Mark HARMAN. NAIGLE, Jeff and Anita BLANCHETTE and Pat and Reat Webb

at

Randy and Sharon FOTISid GUTIERREZ, PETERSON, Quentin Laughlin:

NAKES.

Air

Trophy

Force World Wide Ski Meet at Snow Basin. wife Brenda are at F. E. Warren where he is

Congrat’s Steve. Harry and A-7 at Myrtle Beach.

Bob PAST-

News has it that

and Debra VanHEESWYK and

Vance and Sharia LINEBERGER

while Williams has:

are

Gerry and Winni O’CONNOR,

Sherry HIRSCHI, and Tom LARNED.

I hope I’ve lent some insight This is it for another issue.

I into where your friends are and what they are doing.

realize that there is not a lot of info about non-pilots, but Most of what I have is from cards on you is scarce.

info

please drop a line and let me know what you correspondence this last quarter.

It was great hearing from you.

Until next time, take care. and letters,

are

doing.

so

Thank's for the

Bill DIFFLEY is at

Charleston with Tom SCHMITT while

Ray and Jo WALCraig MacPHERSON. The KC-135 has a large portion of our classmates.

Paul

LACE

are

at

McGuire

as

Lt.

is

MOTLEY is at Altus While Steve and Mari GULASEY and Gordon and Debra BENDICK are at Barksdale.

Sam and Joan TORREY, Clyde and Kathy AWTREY are at Beale, while Jim BROOKS and Paul and Gail GUTTMAN are all at Fairchild.

Kadena: Bruce and Cat GOLSEN, Mike LA-

NEY,

Al

KINBACK

and

Wayne

NEARING.

Barry

Ronald W. Watson

QTRS 6405G USAFA, CO The worst our

place

to

be stationed

as

dear old alma mater after graduation.

a

80840

second balloon is

Aside from tourist

harrassment, former instructors and AOC’s greet you with: “I didn't know you

were

a

turn

back!”

Anyway, our hats 23

Good luck you guys off to the graduating class of 75.

I will be filling in this and welcome to the elusive RAF. block during my stay with the 1876 Communications Squadare

here at USAFA with the

ron

help of the wife (Janice) and

kids (Jene and Wayne). The former inker, Lester KATAHARA, and Janet were last seen streaking for Williams.

Looks like Rich STRAUB. Jack TARLETON, Ken GILFORD and LARRY ALLEN will all be adding M.D. to their surname.

navigators: Robert MOOREFIELD (MeBradley HEGGINBOTHAM (Plattsburg), Robert RENFRO (Minot: KC-135), Keith QUINN (Beale).

Check out the

Connell),

George: Orville (Judy) LIND (F-4), Steve (Delores) To Dover: Andrew GALIK; James (Chirl) SIENICKI (C-5). To McGuire: Ricky (Theresa) STEARMAN; McChord: John SWEDA (C-141); Charles John VEREB. ANDERSON (C-141).

To

REZNICK.

Charleston: TON

(C-141).

BERRYMAN

James

McBRIDE

(C-141), David HAMIL-

Dyess: Richard WRIGHT (C-141); Donald (C-141);

Lance

LANE

(C-130).

Kadena:

William MACELHANEY; James WILLIAMS; John GRIFNorton: Frank ROHL; James COLFIN; John SMITH. OTTA

(C-141);

Duncan McNABB

(C-141); James KELLEY.

Pope: Harold (Pamela) REED (C-130); Robert BROWNING (C-130); Peter BECHTEL; Keith TRUMBELL (C-130); Gary (Karen) HOROWITZ; advanced training at Mather: John (Julie) TOMICH; Roger (Rosemary) COX; Thomas HEFFERNAN; John (Debbie) REINSCHMIDT; Jack BARAH; Floyd GLICK; Thomas (Susann) MARY. MacDill: Terence LEYSATH; Patrick H. PONDOM; David BUNKER; James (Marianne) HAGEN; Robert (PaLittle Rock: Jeffrey (Lisa) NORTHtricia) BURNSIDE. GRAVES (C-130); Paul SPENDLEY (C-130); Michael RESTERY (C-130); Phil WHAL; Richard NELSON; Charles Travis: James LEONARD (C-141); TUCKER (C-130).

Richmond (Karen) CALDWELL (C-141); Edward NORTON; Brian McLEAN; James TIETJEN; Lance BACHRAN; Andrew MILROY; Frank MURRY; Paul LANE (C-141); Robert PAPPAS; Todd BEJSOVEC. Now if they only knew how to wear those silver wings.

Joseph KAREN (Tinker AFB), Martin HARPER (Patrick AFB) and Doug WALKER (Bergstrom AFB) have all completed the USAF orientation course for medical service corps officers at Sheppard AFB, Texas.

And three more caught runner’s cramp in Del Rio: Bruce (Kary) DAVIS; Rich (Val) SANDWICK, and Bill (Marlyn) HALSEY. Late News:

Dewayne (Ann) TAYLOR will be attending J. J. (Jackies) ROMARO

Vet School in Sept, if all goes well.

finally on their way to Mather after an extended visit to Moody AFB. A certain medical student, whose initials are Rob SAYERS, will soon be joined in New Orleans by the daughter of one command chaplain.

Hang in there, Mark JOHNSON!! are

Yours

truly would like to hear from the radicals of the class (namely the future physicians) and the rest of you out there hiding! dislike

I

imparting

bad

of any nature but, some things must be said. A few of you already know of the recent death of our classmate James IACOBUCCI. To the rest of us it comes as Life quite a shock. Many of us, news

especially

Sci

Majors, will never forget his drive and constant desire to

learn. our

On behalf of the class of ’74, I would like to extend deepest sympathies to James’ wife, Linda, family, and

close friends.

Nuff said.

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Keep on pressing.

CLASS OF ’75—(continued from p. 4) the Army and Marine Corps. There are three graduates from One each from El Salvador, Chile and allied countries.

Uruguay. Two men who have completed four years of edu-

cation at the Academy will be graduated but not commissioned for medical reasons.

Of the 8,596 gradutes of the previous 16 classes, 6,648 continue to hold active duty commissions in the Air Force.

According to records, 274 are listed as deceased. Of that number 94 were killed in combat, 30 others are listed as missing in action in Southeast Asia. There were 25 other grads who died in Southeast Asia; however, their deaths did not come in actual combat.

Other losses between graduation and present active duty rolls are attributed to voluntary resignations of commissions;

medical separations and retirements; graduates selecting commissions in other service branches; and ing to their home countries.

foreign grads return-

To date, 17

graduates have been promoted to the rank of a graduate on active There have been six grads selected as White House

colonel, the highest rank attained by

duty.

Fellows.

Among Academy graduates who have earned military decorations, there are 12 who hold the Air Force Cross, the second

medal for

highest

bravery

that

can

be awarded

an

airman.

Presently there are 230 former cadets assigned to the Air Academy.

Force

LETTERS—(continued from p. 8) play their part in the development of the Air Force and the the accomplishment of its mission.

The decision to disobey should come hard and only after some soul-searching.

This precludes neither disagreement nor willingness to attempt change for the sake of improvement. The self-disciplined and obedient professional we seek to produce should also have high ideals and moral standards and the courage to stand and fight, up to a point.

“Up to what point?” then becomes the relevant question.

The only answer is that each individual will have to make that lonely decision based on the total circumstances facing him at the time.

Which habit pattern is it that the institution be comfortable within its graduates?

I feel that it is the one with the predisposition to obey and the willingness to live and fight within the system, working for its eventual

can

improvement.

A final note—I would disagree with Lt. Stwart’s closing paragraph. It does make a difference and it does have something to do with uniform and appearance as outward reflections of inner character and principles.

Maj.

G.

M.

Thompson,

Jr.

Class of 1962

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