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A B OU T T H E COV E R : T h e t r ad i t i on of “ T a i l E n d Ch a r l i e’s

Si lver ” w as institutional ized by the cl a ss

of

1976.

As

the

sm i l e

on

“ Char l ie’s” f ace would indicate, the

U. S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY

fut ur e l ook s br ight when com m is sion, dipl om a, and sil ver ar e all i n h and.

Vol. 5 No. 2 E d itor

Jim Wheeler , ’64 A d m i n i st r a t i v e A ssi st a n t

IN TH IS ISSUE

M r s . F r e i d a W eb e r

O FFI C ERS O F T H E A SSO C IA T I O N

O F G RA D U A T ES

F r om the Super intendent ’s Desk

2

G one B ut

3

N ot

F or got t en .

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

D avi d M . G oodr ich , ’59

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L et t er s

P r esi d en t

Cl ass of

T hom as J. E ll er , ’61 V i c e P r esi d en t

Jam es F . W heeler , ’64 E x ecut ive Secr et ar y D i r ec t o r s

Br ock T . Str om , ’59 John S. Bru sh , ’60

Ronald D eep, ’60

A rthur D . K er r , ’6 1

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’80.

7

Dedicat ion of Sij an Hall .

8

J u n e W eek

6

1976

Hom ecom i ng 1976

6

“ A Sense of Hi stor y ” ...

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Cl a ss

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N ew s

A ustin C. Wedemeyer, ’62 T homas A . Fryer, ’63

G r over E . M usselw hi te, ’63 Jam es L . C ol e, Jr ., ’64 Paul R . V iot ti , ’66 Jon M . D avis, ’69 D onald R , B au com , ’62 Jam es P. T at e, ’63 R ichar d P. E ll is, ’68 A lf red W . G r iesh aber , ’65 Bur ton C . A ndrus, ’69 K evin W . K r ai l, ’7 1 V incent W . Par isi , ’73 Joh n J . W arner , ’69

Jon R. Staples, ’62 Thomas L . Cunningham, ’67 Ger ald F. M icheletti, ’75

ASSOCI A T I ON OF GR A D U A T E S M A GA ZI N E i s p ub l i shed q uar t er l y by t he A ssoci at i on of Gr ad u at es, U SA F A c ad em y , 80840 .

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C olor ad o

ag e p aid

at

U SA F

Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the

authors. T hey do not necessarily r ef lect the opinions, pol icy or attitude of the A ssociation of Gr aduates, i t s o f f i cer s o r th e ed i tor i al st af f .

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member of the M il itary Service, no postage is neces sary f or f orwar ding (see Postal M anual, Section 158.4). I f no f orwar ding addr ess f or this military m em ber is avai labl e, send F or m 3579 t o A ssociati on of G r aduat es, U SA F A cadem y , C O 80840.

A c ad em y , C ol or a d o .

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f r om t he SUPERINTENDENT’S DESK

L i eu t en a n t

indicate that dif ferences in perf ormance are more a r e su l t o f culture conditioning than lack of ability. T he A T Os a r e now ready to fulf ill the primary obj ective of their training— to f unction ef f ectively as upperclass women and prof es sional role models for entering women cadets. A s the r e s u l t of the A T O experience, the A cademy has been able to develop a common program f or men and women cadets in BCT and all other phases of military training.

I n recent years, the entire concept of Basic Cadet T r ai n

ing (BCT) has been undergoing gradual changes designed t o emphasize those factors which improve each cadet’s pr of es

G en er a l

J a m es R . A l l en

Super intendent U . S. A ir F orce A cademy

sional orientation. T hose aspects of the system which d o not contribute to commissioned experience have been el i m inated. I n past years, the BCT program assumed that c ad et s entered the A cademy already motivated f or A ir Force

careers. We now realize, however, that the opposite i s often true. BCT, this year, will be designed to emphasize

posi t ive m otiv at ion of the basic cadet and w i ll be st r u ct u r ed

to provide an improved leadership experience f or the u p p e r -

c l ass c ad r e as w el l .

Pr of essional or ient at ion w as also a f actor w h ich l ed t h e

Aviation Sciences Division to develop a new course t i t l ed

I n h is C om m encem ent A ddress to the C lass of

1976,

V ice President N elson D . Rockerfeller spok e of A merica’s transition to a new stage in its national and internat ional lif e and of the impact on the nation’s character, economy

and secu rity . H e recognized the need f or a st rong nat ional def ense and the i mpor tant r ole wh ich the C lass of 1976 would play as leaders in A merica’s third century . I n closing,

he charged the graduates to “ . . . serve your country

w e l l—

assu re the f ut ure of f reedom , as y ou m an the r am par ts f r o m earth to the f ront iers of sp ace.”

T he C lass of 1976 left f or in it ial graduate assignm ent s

which display a strong emphasis on combat leadership exper i ence. 644 graduates selected U ndergraduate Pilot T raining, 15 chose H elicopter T r aining and 75 w ent to U ndergr aduate

N avigator T raining.

A total of 134 are being assigned t o

direct com bat suppor t f iel ds.

A s the B icentennial C lass of ’76 depart s, w e ar e pr e

paring to welcome another class with a special historical signif icance to t he A cademy .

O n 28 June, w e ant icipat e

that 157 young women will enter the A cademy as members of the C lass of 1980. T hey have been sel ected f rom a pool of 1202 cand idates, w ho i n t urn are part of an e v e n

larger group of 6400 women who initially indicated an interest in the A cademy. T he academic and leadership qualifications of the women cadets have been exceptionally high. Our preliminary data analyses ref lect an average verbal aptitude score of 587 and an average math aptitude score of 640. A ct ive i nvolvem ent in spor ts and dem on strated leadership in high school activities complete t he p ic

ture of a highly qualif ied group of women who promise t o be high achievers in the classroom and in the military t r a i n

ing pr ogram .

I n an earlier issue of this magazine, I mentioned that 1 5 women of f icers were being trained to act as surrogate m e m bers of the upper class. T he A ir T raining Of f icers (A T Os) recently completed a demanding program which condensed

cadet ex per iences into SVi m ont hs. T he A T O s have ach ieved

a high level of sk ill and an important understanding o f t h e challenges and pressures f aced by cadets. Their perf ormance in dif ferent phases of the training has given us the o p p o r tunity to evaluate various programs to determine if m o d i f i cat ions are required f or w om en .

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T he r esul ts of t his t est ing

Studies in A viation Fundamentals. T his course will be taught l or the f irst time this year and constitutes a new c o r e r e

quirement for cadets who are not pilot qualified. I nstruction

will begin with the Class of 1978 and will involve f o u r

flight missions in the T-43 aircraft concentrating on r adio,

celestial, and radar navigation,

C adets w i ll al so r eceive a total of 3 hours in t he T -37 sim ulator . St udi es i n A vi ati on

Fundamentals is designed to insure that every cadet

is

exposed to the A ir Force f lying mission and is f amiliar w i t h aircrew responsibilities.

I mportant changes have also occurred in the academic program. Calculators have replaced the slide rule as t h e

standard com put at ion tool i n m athem at ics cour ses.

I n 1975,

an extensive survey of all models of hand-held caluclators

was made to determine their utility to the core math p r o gram. The adoption of calculators began with the Class of 1979 and will allow subsequent classes to make a n u m ber of calculations which previously could not have b e e n accomplished outside a computer programming class.

An optional study skills program to improve academic performance has been conducted during recent years by the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership.

Recently, this course has been expanded to involve f aculty

members f rom all departments. The program is completely

voluntary and any cadet may participate.

Cadets are m ad e

aware of this opportunity through referrals by Class C o m mittees, AOCs and other sources. During the Spring

Sem ester , m ore t han 300 cadet s received th is i nstr uction a n d each obtained indiv idual at tent ion f rom one o f the 75 f acu lty m em bers w ho have been t rained as st udent counsel ors. A l

though this assistance requires only a few hours of

ex t r a

t ime, ex per imental st ud ies i nd icate that G PA i ncreases

of

as much as .5 are common during the second semester t h a t a cadet is in the program.

M embers of the f aculty continue to lend their technical

skill and expertise to various Air Force agencies during t h e summer months. The Department of Economics. Geography and M anagement will be renewing USA FA research activ

ities with the Rand Corporation in the coming months.

Sever al inst r uctors h ave been selected t o w ork on A ir F o r c e-

oriented projects in Rand’s Santa Monica and Washington off ices.

T his experience will provide an excellent

oppor

tunity for them to combine their academic training a n d

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1

F orgotten M r . Jim m y D . I lseng.

C lass of 1974. passed

away

on

27

M arch.

1976, af ter a prolonged

i ll n ess.

H e i s su r v iv ed

by his wife, Carol, of

2 3 6 1 D u n c an D r i v e.

F ai r b o r n . O H 4 5 3 2 4 .

M r.

I lseng entered

the A c a d e m y af ter

graduation from high sch o o l

in

Upon graduation from navigation training at James Connally AFB, Captain Williams was assigned to the 325th Bomb Squadron at Fairchild AFB. In 1966 he resigned f rom the A ir F orce and entered t he M ar ine C orps.

east A si a o n t h e U SS C o r al Sea .

D u n c a n.

M aj or M ack Thies,

Ok l ahom a; as a cadet ,

he maj ored in mathe

C lass

ed

cr af t cr ash on 3 M ay , 1976, at H om est ead

c at ch er

on

of

k i l l ed i n

m at ics. M r . I lseng play

t he

A cademy baseball team

M R . JI M M Y D . I L SE N G

He w as

then assigned to the V M A 533 at Cherry Point M CA S, N C and Chu Lai MCA B. SV N . Captain Williams received a M asters degree in I ndustrial M anagement f rom Rensselaer Polytech I nstitute in 1969 and was then reassigned t o t h e staff at H eadquarters. U .S. M arine Corps, Washington, D C .

I n 197 1 he was deployed f rom Cherry Point, NC to South

A FB.

an d w as se lec t ed as M o st V al u ab l e B a se

by

an

1964,

F -4 E

w as air

H e i s su r v i v ed

his mother, M rs.

C ather i ne M . T h i e s,

ball Play er f or the 1973 t eam . H e w as a mem ber of the 39th C adet Squad ron .

3 635

G r en n o c h

L a n e,

H ou ston , T X 77025.

Following graduation. Mr. Ilseng was assigned to Wright-

A s a cadet . M aj or

Patterson A FB as a plans and documentation special ist w i th f r o m t h e A i r F o r c e i n 19 7 5 .

T h i es w as a m em b er o f t h e Sk i an d Sad d le C l u b s a n d a m em b er

M arch , 1976.

of the Forum. M aj or

the B-1 systems program office. He was medically retired M r . I lseng was interred in the A cademy Cemetery on 3 1 O n 23 A pr il. 1976.

Captain David B. Wil

l i am s. U SM C . C l ass o f 19 6 4 , w as d e c l a r e d

K I A af ter h av ing been l i st ed

as M I A

M ay . 1972.

si n c e 3

Captain

W i l l i a m s w as t h e b o m -

badier-navigator on an

A 6 A ai r c r af t w h i c h f a i l ed t o r et u r n t o th e U SS C o r al Sea f r o m a st r i k e m i s s i o n i n t o N o r t h V i et n a m . H e i s

survived by his wif e.

C A PT A I N D A V I D B. W I L L I A M S

M arj or ie, of 227 St r atf ord R oad, H avelock , N C 2 8532.

As a cadet. Captain Williams was a member of the Ski

Club and was the Cadet-in-Charge of the M usical Group. H e w as a m em ber of t he 3rd C adet Squadr on .

M A JO R

M A CK

T H IES

T h i es w as t h e C l ass o f 19 6 4 C h ai r m an o f t h e

Wing H onor Commit tee. He participated in the M asters Program in A stro naut ics and w as a m em ber of t he 6th C adet Squadron .

After graduation from UPT at Moody AFB, Major Thies

served with the 78th T actical Fighter Squadron at Wood-

bridge RAF Station, England; the 390th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Da Nang A B. SVN; and the 84th Fighter Inter ceptor Squadron at Hamilton AFB. It was during his t o u r in F-4s at D a N ang that M aj or T hies became the f if th U SA F

Academy graduate to score a confirmed victory over

N ort h

V iet nam ese M I G . H e received

a

a M asters degree

in Engineering from AFIT in 1972 and was subsequently assigned to the 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron at C l a r k A B and the 3 1st T actical Fighter W ing at H omestead A F B as an F -4E p i lot .

Funeral services f or M aj or T hies were held on 7 M ay in the Cadet Chapel. H e was interred in the A cademy

Cemetery. A Major Mack Thies Memorial Library Book (C ont inued on N ex t Page)

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Gone . .

555th T actical Fighter Squadron at Udorn A B at the t i m e

of the crash. A Captain Douglas Ferguson Memorial Library Book F und has been established and al l donat ions shoul d b e

(C o nt inued f rom Page 3) F u n d h as been est ab l ish ed an d a l l d o n at io n s sh o u ld b e sen t

sent to the USA F Academy L ibrary.

to the U SA F A cademy L i br ar y .

On

O n 3 M ay , 1976, C aptain D ouglas D .

F e r g u s o n, C l ass of

b een

V

-

C A PT A I N D O U G L A S D . F E R G U SO N

L aos. C aptain F er gu son w as t he p ilot o f an

F -4

A s a cadet . C aptai n Ferguson w as a m em ber of the Sk i ,

H e maj ored in Engin

eer ing Science and w as a m em ber Sq uadron.

of

t he

18th

C adet

Following graduation. Captain Ferguson was assigned to Laredo A FB for pilot training. He was assigned to t h e

A tten ti o n

in

F A R E W E L L — O n 3 June. Jer ry G arber ended h is tou r as

Executive Secretary of the A OG af ter over two years o n t h e job. Jerry actually served at the A cademy for f ive y ear s i n three signif icant positions— A ir Of f icer Commanding. C o m m a n d an t 's E x ec u t i v e f o r H o n o r a n d E t h i c s, a n d E x ec u t iv e

Secretary. In each position Jerry made maj or contributions while always working tactfully to advance the best i n t er est s of the A cademy and the A ir Eorce.

Jerry’s genuine interest in and prof essional concerns f o r the A cademy, the Cadet Wing, the Honor Code, and the A OG enabled him to f unction eff ectively in all the d i v e r se roles he f illed during his tenure. T he A cademy, and certainly the A OG . owe Jer ry a great deal. He and Joan and the boys

will be missed by their many f riends at USAFA; but. phi lo

sophically, we must admit that our loss is Ellsworth's gain .

Best of L uck .

ST A TS— With the graduation of the Class of 1976, the t o t a l

num ber of gr aduates f or the 18 classes to date exceeds 10.000. For t he 9.203 graduates com m issioned i n the U S A F

as

M IA

w h ich

w as

missing

re

while

o n a v i su a l r ec o n n a i s sa n c e m i ssi o n i n So u t h V i et n am .

H e i s su r

st r uck by host ile f ire.

C aptai n F erguson is su rvived by h is w if e.

9 84 06 .

T hank s. Jer ry .

ported

a i r c r a f t w h i ch

com a, W A 98403. and by h is p arents, M r . and M rs. John D . F er auson. of 122 K ar l Johan, T acom a. W A

Engineering, and Water Ski Clubs.

c r af t

crashed after b e i n g

L in d a, o f 4 24 N o r th Y ak i m a A v en u e. T a

l i st ed

since 9 June, 1970.

C apt ain R yder w as t he p i lot o f an 0 - 1F ai r

l i st ed as M I A si n c e 3 0 in D ec em b e r .

19 6 9

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1976,

C l ass of 1968, w as de

19 6 7 . w as d e c l a r e d

'A

June,

clared K I A after having

K I A after having been

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Captain John L . Ryder,

v ived by his w if e, C arol, of 290 1 F air C A PT A I N

JO H N

L. RY D ER

child A venue, W ayzata, M N 5539 1, and by his P a r en t s. M r . an d M r s.

John F . Ryder. R R # 1. Box 34, C hishol m . M N 557 19 .

A s a cadet . C aptain Ryder w as a m em ber o f t he Y ear

Book Staf f, the Psychology Club, and Chairman of the

Public Relations Committee.

Captain Ryder majored in

Psychology and was a member of the 6th Cadet Squadron.

Following graduation. Captain Ryder attended pilot t r ai n ing at Vance A F B. H e was assigned to the 2 1st T actical A ir Support Squadron at Cam Rahn Bay A B. SV N at the

t i m e o f t h e c r a.sh .

th e A r en separated or retired; 256 grads are deceased, including 1 19 SEA related deaths; and 13 1 have been separated involun

tarily or in the best interest of the service. Interestingly, o f the first ten classes, the Class of 1959 has the highest r e

t en t i o n r a t e. 6 3

To date 28 graduates have been promoted to the rank of colonel, the highest rank to be held by a graduate. Sev en

graduates have been selected as W hite H o use F ellow s,

In .

addition to Capt. L ance P. Sij an’s Medal of Honor, 15 A c ad emy graduates hold the A ir Force Cross, the second h ighest medal f or bravery which can be awarded a n a i r m a n .

Presently, there are about 250 graduates assigned to

the staff of the A cademy Superintendent. Dean of the F aculty ,

and t he C o m m and an t .

OFFICERS—Each Class that has matriculated at this Rocky Mountain tourist attraction has duly elected Class O f f i c er s.

Unfortunately not all of the classes have recorded f o r p o s

terity—or the Register—the names of these gentlemen.

T he

prior to 1976 here are some gross statistics related t o r e t e n

AOG would like very much to compile a list of these C l ass Of f icers. T here are practical as well as administrative r e a s o n s for having this information, and the A OG of f ice is b r ac ed

classes that have had time to complete flying training A D SC s.

co m in g .

T h is represents a 40 % att r it ion r ate.

MAIL—Most of you are admonished quarterly by your Class N ew s Sec r et a r i es f o r inot writing to tell of your dashing

t ion : A s of 3 1 M ay 1976. 7, 116 w ere sti ll on act ive duty f or an overall retention rate of 77 % . H ow ever , f or t h e 1 1

1,854 of 4,673 are no longer on active duty in th^e U S A F .

For the pre- 1976 graduates, 1.602 of the 2,087 losses

have voluntarily left the service; 98 have been medically 4

for the avalanche of responses that hopefully will b e f o r t h

exploits and fearless accomplishments,

W ell, not t o be out -

done, this of fice would like to also appeal to you to keep

1 date the Register entries (deadline is 3 1 A ug.); and w e w o u l d like to have current photographs as well. Y our cooperation is needed and solicited. But. one thing to remember ; if y ou

M any months ago there was an attempt made to get the membership to suggest names for this M agazine.

Some of the suggestions were colorf ul, most were very original, and all ref lected some unique aspect of Cadet L i f e .

U nf ortunately, none emerged as a consensus and the B o a r d

f ranked envelopes is not appropriate.

date.

in touch. We need your current address; we would like t o receive your biographical sketches in time to accurately u p

NAM E

are getting in touch on strictly AOG business, the u se o f

o f D i r ec t o r s t a b l ed t h e sel ec t i o n o f a n a m e u n t i l so m e l a t e r

If you prefer, the AOG can be reached by phone as well.

T he com mer cial n um bers are (303) 472-2067 and (303) 4 7 2 -

4513.

Perhaps now is that time?

n o m i n at i o n s . . .

T he f loor is open f or

I n the same vein, suggestions for content, contributions

On autovon use the 259 pref ix and the above ex

of m ater i al, const r uct ive cr it icism s, or j ust com m ents o n t h i s

COM M EM O R A T I V E PL A T E S— T h er e are st il l a f ew of

R I N G S ’N T H I N G S— I f you are i n need o f addr esses or

t en si o n s.

the commemorative plates available. T his is a limited e d i t i o n that originally sold f or $75; the A OG purchased the e n t i r e

remaining stock and is selling the plates for $27.50.

CH A PT ER S— T he Ex ecutive C om m it tee is p resent ly staf f ing a revised set of guidelines for establishing and oper at ing

A OG Chapters. We need very much to have inputs from all existing Chapters on their experience to date so t h at t h e

guidelines can address substantive issues. It is certainly p ast t im e f or t he A OG to have a com pr ehensive Ch apter progr am

and suggestions are sought from all of you that have a d m i n

istered a Chapter or who might be interested in establishing

a Chapter. My experience at Wright-Patt indicated that

a

publication are always welcome.

other information related to getting in touch with t h e m a n u f acturer of your Class Ring, D iploma, or some other C ad et souvenir contact the A OG Of f ice and we will supply t h e d et ai ls.

SU BSC R I PT I ON S— T he Execut ive C om m ittee r ecent ly ap

proved the of fer ing of magazine subscriptions to non-A OG

m em ber s.

T he cost of these annual subscr ipt ions w il l b e

F al l issu e .

A t t h e sa m e t i m e t h e E x C o m m d ec i d ed n o t t o

$5.00 each and orders will be accepted to start with

th e

extend this subscription of fer to the Register ; therefore, only A OG m em ber s w ill r eceive the R egist er .

Chapter can be a worthwhile endeavor f or everyone, there is no better way to sustain the comraderie and c o m mon heritage that we all share.

A lso, with the f ootball season almost here. Chapters o r

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N — T h e C l ass o f 19 7 6 ad d ed o n e m o r e distinction to their impressive class credentials shortly b ef o r e

like to schedule a social gathering, please get in t o u c h so t h a t this of f ice can participate in the arrangements and h el p arrange a guest speaker or some other appropriate program.

For those caught without a current f otball schedule, b e advised that away games will be on 25 September (UCL A ), 2 October (K ent State at Cleveland), 30 October (A rmy a t

that joined the A OG ; and. in so doing, have established a new standard for following classes to shoot for in y ea r s t o come. Part of this outstanding record can be attributed t o a n imaginative and neatly packaged recruiting campaign orchestrated by an ExComm subcommittee headed by Phil

and

groups of graduates near one of the away games that w o u l d

W est Point). 6 N ovem ber (A r izona State at T em pe), and N ovem ber (V ander bilt at N ashv ille) .

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“ 1776” — W hile the m ore t r adit ional event s m anaged to g a r n e r most of t he headlines, one of the m ore outst andi ng J u n e

Week events this year was the presentation of the Broadway M usical “ 1776” by the A cademy Bluebards. T horoughly

professional in every respect, the production was enjoyed by

the over f low cr ow d in A -H al l ; and it once again demon st rated the w ide and diversif ied t alents of the U SA F A u n d e r gr ads.

CA DET PU BS— G raduates interested in f ollowing the cur rent activities of the Cadet Wing as viewed by cadet w r i t e r s and photographers can purchase the following Cadet W ing M edia publ icat ions;

T A LON

M agazine— A

32-page high quality publication

f eat ur es stor ies and art icles of i nter est to the C adet W ing.

T A LON is published monthly during the academic year .

Subscriptions are $6 for nine issues. T o subscribe, se n d check or money order to; T AL ON M agazine. Box 6066, U SA F A cadem y C O 8084 1.

CO N T R A I L S Cal endar— A handy 1 12 page calendar and

date-book featuring cartoons, photographs and inspirational

quotes depicting the Cadet view of Academy life. To

o r d er

a 1976 CON TRA I L S send a check or money order f or $3.75 to ; C ON T R A I L S C alendar ,

Box

5927. U SA F

A cademy

C O 80 84 0 . T h e 19 7 6 ed it i o n w i l l b e av ai l a b l e at t h e r e d u c e d

r ate of $2.40 af ter 1 Sept meber 1976 .

Cadet W ing M edia will process requests for back issues o f the POL ARIS, the A cademy yearbook . Rates will vary depending on the year .

graduation when they became the class with the largest i n i t i a l en r o l l m en t i n T h e A sso c i at io n o f G r ad u at es of any c l ass t o d at e . ' 7 6 m o r e t h a n d o u b l ed t h e n u m b er f r o m ’7 5

T ate w ith able assist ance f rom Jon Stap les and John W ar n er .

R E M I N D E R F OR C L A SS O F 1976— T he result s of t he elect ion cond ucted to select y ou r C lass D irect or f or t h e A O G Board of D ir ecto rs show that R A N D Y SPET M A N w as t he w inner i n a close r ace. T he A O G w il l be i n t o u c h

with Randy and he will serve you and the A OG during t h e next year until 'l l becomes the “ new guys.” A lso, as y o u

get settled in at those new assignments, do not forget to k eep u s

advised of your location and mailing address. A N D , i f

you wish to continue to receive AOG mail, please insure t h at

your dues are mailed in A SA P.

SERVI CE— A personal note; A s the new Executive Secretary, it seems appropriate, particularly in an election year, t h a t I should make some platform statement to you. the stock holders in our nonprof it corporation. . . . W ithout belaboring

the point, allow me to sum up my perception of my position by saying that the AOG office fundamentally performs a s

a service agency for you. the graduates of this institution.

It is my official function as a member of the Superintendent’s Staf f to represent your views to the Superintendent a n d t o insure that his policies are conveyed to you. T o ef f ectively f ulf ill this primary role, it is essential that there is m eaning ful communications between you, the constituents, and m e .

your appointed representative. Additionally, as the E x ec u t i v e

Secretary of the A OG , I am responsible for the daily b u si ness transactions and management of our Corporation. I n this capacity I work cooperatively with, and am accountable to, the A OG Of ficers and Board of D irectors. I enthusi astically accept the responsibilities of this position a n d l o o k f orward to being a part of the growth in stature and i n f l u ence t hat th is A ssociat ion w il l ex per ience i n the y ears a h e a d .

— JF W

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JUN E W EEK 7 6

M A RKS EV EN TS O F SIG N IFICA N C E Capt . V an Shiel ds, ’72

T he rank s of the A ir F orce A cademy al um ni incr eased t o near ly 10.300 w ith the gr ad uat ion June 2 of t he 9 19 m e m bers of the C lass of 1976. T he 18th class gr aduat ion w a s a f ocal point for several signi f icant events, some o f w h i c h

will form a part of the school's history and tradition.

T he f irst m aj or A cademy st r ucture t o be nam ed since June W eek ' 59 . the “ new dor m ity ." w as ded icated as Sij an

H all in a memorialization ceremony attended by the C ad et Wing on 31 May. Sij an is the f irst and only A cademy gr ad u a te t o h a v e r ec e iv ed

th e

M ed a l o f

H onor.

I n a less ser i o u s v ei n , t h e C lass o f

19 7 6 f o r m al iz ed t h e

t radit ion of " T ail End Char l ie," w it h the instit ut io n o f

" T ail

End Charlie's Silver." Engraved with the familiar phrase " i f

the m i nim um

w eren't good

enough, it w ouldn' t

be t he

m i n i m u m ." C h a r l i e's si l v er b o w l w as f i l l ed w i t h d o l l a r s a s

salute f rom depart ing classm ates.

a

T he l ast m an's nam e i s

mounted on the trophy, which will remain at the A cademy

f o r f u t u r e T a i l E n d C h a r l ies. of

T her e are other signif icant c lass d ist inct ions for t h e C l ass

19 7 6 .

Seventy-six had two Rhodes Scholars and nine Guggen

emy. The bicentennial class played a key role in preparing tor women cadets by conducting training programs for t h e A cademy's women A ir T raining Of f icers (ATOs).

T h ese

A T Os w ill prov ide a role model f or the w omen in t he C l a s s

o f '80 .

T he A cademy also experienced a record number of nom inations f or appointments. T here were 9.423 students w h o sought entry to the A cademy; 1,202 of them w e r e w o m e n ,

Di.scounting the women nominees, the figure for m e n

w as

hei m Fellow s i n a year w hen no other school had more t h a n

still higher than the previous high of 8,017 nominations i n

A cadem y graduates.

Perhaps the most signif icant note, the C lass o f 1976 w a s the l ast to grad uate f rom an al l-m ale A i r F orce A cad

emy this year , 13 hav e chosen com m issions in other ser v i c es.

one G uggenheim. T his year's Rhodes Scholars bring to 1 9 the total number of Rhodes Schcolarships awarded to A i r

Bud K el ly , ’66, Co-Chair man

starting to turn for the 1976 H omecoming. T he grads w h o

are stationed at the Academy have started to put things together for what we hope will be the best Homecoming we've ever had. We're willing to do the legwork to pl an this thing, but we do need your help. You can help by planning to come back to USAFA for Homecoming and by attendi ng the scheduled activit ies.

so

n o w

show up the better t ime w e can h ave.

Seven will enter the Navy, f our will go to the M arine Corps,

and two will enter the Army. Additionally, there are f i v e graduates who come f rom allied countries who will return t o

f inally. 76 members of the Class of 1976 were married i n the Cadet Chapel during June Week .

Believe it or not. the organizational wheels are actually

t o b e h er e o n O c t o b er 15 an d 16 .

Of the total number of men graduating from the Acad

their respective countries to serve in the military there. A nd,

H O M ECO M IN G 19 7 6

It won't be much of a celebration if nobody show up mark your calendars and make the arrangements right

19 7 3 .

T he more people that

The next thing we would ask you to do is sign up for

From t he Superint endent ’s Desk

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military background in formulating solutions to important

A ir Force problems.

Spring sports activities ended with significant recognition

for a number of our athletes. Posting an undefeated season, the track team highlighted their season by winning the 480-yard

.shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays for the second

straight year. Jeff Ford repeated as an A ll-A merican f o r t h e second straight year when he placed f ifth in the marathon a t

the U .S. T r ack and F ield F eder ation w it h a t im e of 2 ;4 0 .2 7 .

all of the H omecoming activities— and attend them. T his i s

Jef f Sogard of the Golf T eam took medalist honors in t h e Rocky M ountain I ntercollegiate Golf A ssociation tourna

and party.

with seven school records including the most career goal s

more than j ust an opportunity for old friends to get t ogether

Each activity on that two-day schedule should

be important to us. We would like to put special emphasis

on attend ing the mem or ial serv ice and the discu ssion o n S a t

ment s.

I n L acrosse, Senior Bill W ool f ord f inished h is c a r e e r

(196). Woolford and three other team members w e r e s e lected to the Rocky M ountain L acrosse A ssociation A ll St ar

urday morning. The memorial .service is early, but it’s good f or us to remember and to show others that we do care.

T eam .

made at the A cademy; and. in case you hadn’t heard, things

In the next issue of this magazine, I plan to report o n t h e Falcon's prospects for this fall. One date which you m a y

The discussion group will focus on changes that have b een have changed .

You take care of those little items; those of us here w i l l

get the place ready; and we'll put it all together f o r t h e b est

damned Homecoming ever. (Editor's Note; The AOG will

mail out registration forms in late August.)

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The fall football season will begin on September 11.

wish to mark on your calendar now is October 16, the o c

casion of H omecoming and the Colorado State g a m e .

I

hope that you will plan to join us for that weekend and, i n the interim, that you and your family have a safe and

p leasant sum m er .

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ND WOM EN O n 28 June 1976 the A ir F orce A cademy becam e the f i rst o f the m aj or Service A cadem ics to ad m it w om en a s

cadets. A total of 157— including one young lady that e n t e r

ed late af ter her ap po int ment caught up w ith her w hi le sh e

was on a f ield trip in Peru— were sworn in along with 14 3 8

m en to com pose t he seco nd largest class t o ev er enter A cademy .

th e

The historic day was recorded by some 47 media repre

sentat ives f rom al l the m aj or T V netw ork s, national

an d

international news services, local newspapers, and n at i o n al magazines. Despite the unprecedented attention, the t r ad i

t ional f ir st day act iv it ies w ere accom plished in t he t r a d i t i o n a l m anner ; and the for m al sw ear ing-in ceremony w as presided ov er by the Super intendent on t he H onor C our t af ter t h e

evening meal. T he Basics were then given a last oppor tunity to visit with f riends and relatives before retreating t o the dormitories to await the start of f ormal training o n T uesday morning. T he Basic Cadet T raining period will end on A ugust 11 with the Acceptance Parade and promo t i o n o f t h e m al e a n d f e m a le m em b er s o f t h e C l ass o f 19 8 0 t o t h e r an k o f C ad et F o u r t h C l ass.

The shoes cam e in the latest f ashion color :

basi c A F B l a c k .

I

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“Prospecti ve f ighter pilots, this way please . . J

“ Which way to the Student Union?”

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SIJA N HA LL D ED ICA T IO N On 3! M ay 1976 the events of Jane Week ’ 1976 were

br ief ly inter r up ted whi le the A ir F orce A cademy paused f or a shor t cer emony that wi ll f orever he a unique and par tic ular ly signif icant m i lestone i n the evolution of this i n s t i t u t i o n .

On M em or ial D ay 1976 the A cademy honored one of i ts

own; the South Dormitory was dedicated and named in t h e

m em ory of L ance P. Sij an. C lass of 1965, recipient of the M edal of H onor . T he f ol lo wing is a transcr ipt of the s t a t e m ents made that day recorded here f or the benef i t of p o s ter ity and those who were not able to par ticipate.

RE M A R K S BY

T H E V I C E -P R ESI D E N T

A SSO C I A T I O N

O F

OF

I now present C adet T h ird C lass Rober t M cA dam s.

CIT AT ION TO ACCOM PA N Y M EDA L OF H ON OR; REA D

BY

C A D ET

the name of T he Congress, the M EDA L OF H ONOR

posthum ously to

TH E

C A PT A I N U N IT E D

an d G en t lem en t :

I am M aj or T hom as J. F lier, V ice- President of t he A s sociat ion of G raduates. W e are gathered here to name a n d

The last time a major building a t t h e

A cademy w as nam ed w as dur ing June W eek . 1959— a f ew hours bef ore there w ere any graduates of this inst it ut ion .

A t t h e c o n c l u sio n o f J u n e W eek , 19 7 6 . t h er e w i l l b e

o v e r

10.000 grad uates who love and support this inst itut ion.

A s D ool ies, all ten-thousand of these graduates mem or ized the w ords of the A merican F ight ing M an's C ode o f C onduct . C aptain L ance P. Sij an. C lass of 1965. w as t h e epitome o f l iv ing the C ode of C onduct . O n this M emor ial D ay . it is m ost f itt ing to pay t r ibute to one o f our graduat es w hose heroism cast s honor on those w ho sh are his her itage.

T he Faculty . Staf f , and C adet W ing of the U nited States A i r Force A cademy , together w ith the A ssociat ion of G r a d uates. are pleased to part icipate in this ceremony honoring

Captain Sij an and dedicating this new dormitory in h i s honor. We are proud to have with us today the f amily o f Captain Sij an: his parents. M r. and M rs. Sylvester Sij an; his brot her , M r . M arc Sij an: his sister and her husband .

M cA D A M S

T he President of the U nited States of A mer ica, author ized by A ct of C ongress. M arch 3. 1863. has aw arded i n

G R A D U A T ES

General A llen. Men of the A ir Force Cadet Wing. L adies

dedicate a building.

dent ot the Academy. T he response will be by Cadet C o l o n el John J. Catton. Jr.. Cadet Wing Commander .

M r.

an d M r s. T h o m as R o z i n a . a l l o f M i l w au k ee; h is a u n t . M r s .

A rlene Sadler of California; and the lady who was Captain

Sij an’s f iancee at the t ime he w as shot dow n, L enora M o n ac o I nk s. A lso present are t he f ol low ing; Br igadier G ener al W il liam T . W oodyard. D ean of the F acult y , and M rs. W o o d y ar d ; Br igadier G eneral Stanley C . Beck . C om m andant o f C adets, and M rs. Beck ; C olonel Joh n C lune. D irector o f

A thletics, and M rs. Clune; Colonel George J. Nelson. C h ie f

LANCE

P . SI JA N

.ST A T E S A I R F O R C E

for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:

the

W hile on a f l ight over N or th V iet nam on 9 N ovem ber 1967, C aptain Sij an ej ected f rom his disabled aircr af t an d successf ully evaded capture f or m ore t han six w eek s. D uring this t ime, he w as seriously inj ured and suf f ered f rom sh o c k and ex t reme w eight loss due to lack of f ood . A f ter being

captured by North V ietnamese soldiers. Captain Sij an w a s taken to a holding point for subsequent transfer to a P r i so n e r

of W ar cam p .

I n h is em aciated and cr ipp led condition, h e

overpowered one of his guards and crawled into the j ungle, only to be recapt ured af ter several hours.

H e w as t hen

transferred to another prison camp where he was kept i n solitary confinement and interrogated at length. D uring interrogat ion, he w as severely

tort ured ; how ever , he d i d not divulge any information to his captors. Captain Sij an lapsed into del ir ium and w as placed in the care o f a n o t h er pr isoner . D ur ing his inter m ittent per iods of consciousness unt il his death, he never com plained of his physical c o n d i

tion and. on several occasions, spoke of f uture escape a t tempts. Captain Sij an's extraordinary heroism and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty at t he cost of h is l i f e ar e in k eepi ng w it h t he highest t r ad itions of the U nited S t a t e s A ir Force and ref lect great credit upon him sel f and t h e A r m ed F o r c es o f t h e U n i t ed St at es.

Signed G er al d R . F o r d

o f St af f , and M rs. N elson ; ;and. C olonel W il liam R . Jar r el l .

SI JA N H A L L D E D I C A T I ON C ER E M O N Y PR A Y E R ;

also have w it h us today m em bers of the Board of D irectors

Gracious and eternal God. the strength of all who put t h e i r trust in Thee, come now and sanctify this moment by t h e power and joy of Y our presence, come now and make H oly this time of memory as we gather in gratitude to remember men who find in the midst of living the need to risk a n d d a r e

D irector of Admissions and Registrar, and M rs. Jarrell. W e

of the Association of Graduates; artist. M axine M cCaf f rey and her husband; Mrs. Gail McComas. Cadet Wing Hostess.

W e h av e a n u m b er o f i n d iv i d u a ls w h o w er e c lo se f r i en d s a n d

associates of C aptai n Sij an during his C adet years i n 2 1 st Squadron. T hese incl ude M r . M ik e Sm ith of D enver and

Captain Joe Kolek of the Academy who were his room mates. as well as Mr . Bill Cole of San A ntonio. Captain M ike Tedesco of Wright-Patterson A FB. Captain Sam G raves of Davis-Monthan A FB, M r. Eric Zurbrugg of Chicago. Captain Jim T homas of the A ir Force A cademy, all members of the Class of '65 and f rom 2 1st Squadron.

A lso present are Colonel and M rs. Worth M . Speed of Dallas. Texas, f riends of the Sij ans.

I n th is ceremony , the readers are C adets T hird C lass

Robert M cAdams of 9th Squadron and William Shaw of 3 9 t h Squadron. T he Chaplain is Chaplain Colonel James E. T ownsend. Director of Cadet Chapel activities. The d e d i catory address is by L t. General James R. A llen, Superinten8

C H A PL A I N

T O W N SE N D

and do and d ie f or causes greater than their i ndiv idual

ex ist e n c e ;

Men able to overcome suffering and fear, driven by duty and honor and commitment to country.

Demanding of themselves what no one else can require; Giving of themselves beyond the highest requirements of any

hum an inst it ut ion; Prov id ing by their absolute devot io n to t he nat ion t hey serve an exam ple of cour age both in lif e and in death t h at becomes a pow er f ul w it ness to us all .

Theirs are names to be spoken .softly in awesome respect;

T heir s are deeds to be rem em ber ed in the hush of solem n assem blies;

1 Theirs ar e examples of total commitment to be passed w i t h reverence f rom generation to generation as the Sacred S t o n e s upon which nations are built and endure.

So we pause to give thanks for the life and work and h er o icdeath of L ance P. Sij an;

We pause to memorialize in concrete and steel the courage ol a m an w ho chose duty above l i fe itsel f .

G r ant us now . in mem ory of the st rength of h is sacr i f ice,

the courage to care about our nation's causes and the d e t e r mination to dare even greater deeds in behalf of the people of

ou r

b el o v ed

l an d .

We

r em em b er

as w el l

al l

of

our

brothers f allen in combat, men of courage whose passing cost no less of self . M ay there be no nameless or f orgotten heroes, f or all who have died in the cause of liberty a r e m en w ith n am es, f aces, desir es and hopes.

T her ef ore, t h e

sacrif ice of the last among them is no smaller than t h e sac r i f ice of the foremost privileged to endure in history.

M ay their memory, like the memory of L ance P. Sij an an d of future heroes who will walk these grounds, remain c l o se t o us as a st andar d by w hich to m easure t he st at ure o f o u r

own being. Thank you, God, for courage which sets a limit to our pride. M ay we see in the face of human sa c r i f ice the f ragile beauty of lif e, A nd dare to live to the limits of our being.

A m en .

" When the going gets tough— the tough get going.”

T here are no words which can adequately describe the courage of this young man or appropriately honor his

O R D E RS; C A D E T SH A W “ A t t en t i o n t o o r d er s:

sac r i f ic e .

D epartment of the A ir Force

Sij an H al l w il l alw ay s stand f or m uch m ore than

H eadquarters U nited States A ir F orce A cademy , C olor ado

Special order number G- 14 dated 14 A pril 1976 T he new dorm itory, bu ilding num ber 2348. is redesig nated Sij an H all, ef fective 31 M ay 1976. in honor of C aptain

L ance P. Sij an, Class of 1965. the f irst United States A i r Force A cademy graduate to receive the medal of honor .

A uthority: A ir Force Chief of Staf f L etter dated 29 M arch 1976. By order of : the Superintendent” G E N E R A L A L L E N ’S R E M A R K S A T T H E D E D I C A T I O N O F T H E L A N C E P . SI J A N D O R M I T O R Y

M r. and M rs. Sij an. distinguished guests, members of

C adet W ing: T he dedication

of

t his dor m itory

the

represents one of

the most signif icant moments in the history of the U n i t ed

St ates A ir F orce A cadem y . F or a number of years, a m orator ium has been m aintained on the nam ing of new buildings. That policy was developed so that, with the pas sage of time, we might have the opportunity to select gr ad

uates of the A ir Force A cademy whose names would provide an inspi rat ion to t he C adet W ing.

T oday, we can ref lect with great pride that the name

w hich has been selected f or the new dor m itory is that

Captain L ance P. Sij an. the first Academy graduate ceive t he M edal of H onor .

to

of

re

I n late 1967 and ear ly 1968.

Captain Sij an displayed incredible courage and determination after being forced to eject f rom his disabled aircraft o v e r N o rth V iet nam . D espite severe inj ury , a weakened phy sical condit ion and tort ure by his captors, he rem ained com m itted to escape and ref used to d iv ulge any i nf or m at ion . C aptain

Sij an's total disregard for his own life and his complete dedicat ion to the cal l of duty em erge as one of the dram at ic ex amples of hero ism i n the w ar i n Southeast A s i a . m o st

H i s f r ien d s

h av e

others. M ore than any th ing, howev er , h e w as k now n as a n ind iv id ual w ho w as absolutely f irm in h is co nv ict ions. T h e impression he made on others is perhaps best typif ied by the q uotat ion opposite h is pict ure in t he 1965 Y ear book :

co m m en t ed

t h at

t h ese

ac t i o n s

fully characteristic of L ance Sij an as a Cadet.

w ere

He i s

re

mem bered as a yo ung m an w ho w as t horoughly l ik ed by

his classmates and who would go out of his way to help

•

a f i n e c ad et

•

or a d ist i nguished graduate.

It will remind us of a young man who. through his price less example, has set a standard of loyalty, courage, d e t e r

m inat ion. and love of count ry f or t hose w ho w i ll f ol low .

Perhaps wc can best respect his example by remembering

w hat he t aught us.

T he beauty of th is sett ing, here at the f oot hi lls of t h e Rock ies, evok es the spir it of f reedom that is A mer ica. A n d

because of that beauty, it is all too easy to forget

th at

f reedom is m ai ntained by those w ho have defended it i n t h e dark est co r ners of the eart h, against t he most d if f ic ult o d d s.

Lance P. Sij an's total dedication to this country and h i s duty as an off icer will stand f orever as a goal for f u t u r e generations of Cadets at the A ir Force A cademy.

H is m em ory w il l cont inue to rem ind us al l that , f or t h e

A i r F o r c e O f f i c er :

— the ult im ate r eality is to serve our nat ion, both i n peace and in t ime of w ar :

— and the ultimate quality is the willingness to commit

our lives to that pur pose.

T hank you very m uch , and I w ou ld l ik e to int roduce at th is t ime M r . M arc Sij an.

M R . M A R C SI J A N ' S R E M A R K S A T T H E D E D I C A T I O N O F T H E L A N C E P. SIJ A N D O R M I T O R Y

1 look ed upon L ance Sij an as a brother and as a sy m bol of co urage and tot al ded icat ion to a cause. I especial ly remem ber one signif icant evening that we shared as b r o t h er s, and t hat has stayed w ith me f or near ly 15 years. 1 part ic i

pated in a swimming meet in high school one time— my

brot her w as present— and I can remem ber sw im m ing t he back st rok e and t he last lap of t his event I w as j ust a b o u t ready to throw in t he towel w hen 1 look ed up of f to t h e side of t he pool and I saw m y brother , and as our eyes m a d e contact he repeated to me yelling. " Don't quit— don't qu it "

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SIJA N HO N O RED . .

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— and T didn't , and he never did, and 1 hope that the C a d e t s o f t he A ir F orce A cademy never w i l l.

V ince L om bardi of t he G reen Bay Pack ers once said,

“ Winners never quit and quitters never win,’’ and I

p r ay

th at his spi r it is car r ied in t he hear ts of al l A mer icans a n d of t he men that w il l w alk t he Sij an halls f or gener at ions to come. T hank you .

T EX T OF R EM A R K S BY CA D ET W I N G CO M M A N D ER

A l though w ind snuf f s out a candle, I t also st irs up a f ire.

T oday, L ance P. Sij an is not with us, but as a result o f

h is l if e, t he w ind of our f reedom cont inues to blow

a c r o s s

our great land stirring within us the f ire of dedication t o t h o se i d ea ls f o r w h i c h h e l i v ed an d d i ed .

Our j ob as professional soldiers is to protect those i d ea ls of f reedom and purpose. T he memory of L ance P. Sij an will live forever— not because of the lasting stone a n d s t e e l of this building, but through each of us as we perform o u r duty .

W e of t he C adet W ing pl edge ourselves t o t he c a u s e

f o r w h ich h e d i ed .

M rs. Sij an will now unveil the inscription on Sij an H a l l .

FoUowini> the solemn and moving D edication Ceremony.

G eneral A llen and the Sij ans adj our ned to the Parade G r ound to he the of f icial R eview ing Par ty f or the Organi za tional A war ds Parade which was also dedicated to Cap t .

Sij an hy the Cadet W ing.

O n M emor ial D ay evening the Sij an party . G en . A l len , t h e C lass of 1976 and their in vited guests gathered together f or a perf or mance hy t he Cadet C horale and the un veil ing of the por trai t of Cap t . Sij an .

I N T RO D U CT I ON ; C A D E T

V R A ST I L , N A R R A T OR

L adies and gentlemen, this morning, a special ceremony

w as held at w hich t ime the prev iously unnamed new dor m i

tory was off icially dedicated as Sij an Hall in memory o f

C aptain L ance P. Sij an. C lass of ' 65. the f i rst A ir E o r c e A cademy graduate to be aw arded t he M edal of H onor . W e are very honored to have C apt . Sij an's f am ily and f r iends

as our guests tonight, as well as M s. M axine M cCaf f rey, t h e artist who painted the portrait of Capt. Sij an to be u n v ei led in j ust a moment. T he chorale, along with the band, w i l l do a number in memory of Capt. Sij an. a medley of tunes from his favorite musical, T he K ing and I , by Rodgers a n d

H am m er st ei n .

L adies and gentlemen, at this time, please direct your a t

tention to the far side of the stage where the following

a r e

of Sij an H all— an event that I think in many respects sh o w s that the A ir Force Academy has reached maturity, because it is the f irst maj or facility at the A ir Force A cademy t h a t has been named for one of our own graduates. Captain L ance P. Sij an. the C lass o f 1965. who w as o ne o f t he

truly great heroes to emerge from the war in Southeast A sia.

C aptain Sij an. of cou rse, w as aw arded t he M edal

of

Honor posthumously by President Ford in M arch of this

year . W e are very t hr il led to have w it h us M r . and M r s .

Sij an. M arc Sij an and M rs. Jeanine Rozina. L ance Sij an’s brother and sister , and of cour se, m ot her and f at h er .

When we received notice of this very tremendous award

to C aptain Sij an. 1 called t he A ssociat ion of G raduates' E x e cut ive C o m m ittee and said. " H ow best shall w e memo r ial ize

this event?" It was their recommendation, which was c o n curred in by everyone else at the Academy and the Chief o f Staf f of the A ir Force, the south dormitory, the new d o r m i tory . be named Sij an H all .

A nd. at the sam e t i me that w e

made that recommendation, and received the approval f r o m

the Chief of Staf f, we also received his approval and b l e s s ing to ask Maxine M cCaf frey to paint a portrait of Captain Sij an— working f rom photographs, pictures and other m e m orabilia provided by M r. and M rs. Sij an, as well as w ork ing

from memories of some of his friends from Cadet days.

The portrait which emerged f rom M axine's efforts 1 t h i n k

coming forward to unveil the portrait : General A llen, o u r Superintendent; Capt. Sij an’s parents, M r. and M rs. Sy lvest er Sij an; his brother. M r. M arc Sij an; his sister, M rs. T h o m a s Rozina; M s. M cCaf f rey, the artist ; M aj or Eller, the V i c e

w ill conv ince you . as it has m e. that she is indeed o n e o f the f inest painters in the nation, if not in the world, t oday . I t

General James R. A llen. Superintendent of the U nited Slates A ir Eorce A cademy.

portrait which would be an inspiration to generation u p o n generation of cadets to come, because it's going to h ang in Sij an Hall, and I think you'll agree with me that she h a s indeed provided such a portrait. M aj or Eller and Cadet

President of the A ssociat ion of G raduates; and C adet C o l o n el C at ton. t he C adet W ing C om mander . L adies and G ent lem en.

G E N ER A L A L L EN ’S R E M A R K S A T T H E U N V E I L I N G O F T H E PO R T R A I T

Good evening ladies and gentlemen.

T his has been a

very special Memorial Day. I think, for many, many But among those reasons, certainly the most special sig

just seemed appropriate that we unveil this portrait h er e before all of you so you could share in our excitement

about this wonderful work of art. I asked Ms. McCaffrey when we first got into this several months ago to paint a

Catton. would you please unveil this portrait of Captain L ance P. Sij an?

Once again, M axine, thank you so much.

r e a so n s .

nif icance has to be the naming and dedication this m or ning 10

M r . an d M r s.

Sij an, Mark and Jeanine, thank you so much for being w i t h Thanks to Lance P. Sij an. Thank you. u s .

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L etter s

The historic events of M emorial Day 1976 prompted the f ollowing letters related to the dedication of Sijan H a l l .

They are printed here as inf ormative f ootnotes to the r ec o r d of events already recounted.

respect his strength and determination. When the runs got exhausting and I felt I could go no f urther, he was my in spiration. By f ocusing on his example— so close in front o f me— I was able to go on many times when without such a n example, I would have surely quit. I n the f ollowing y ear s, his f riendship became an equally powerf ul f orce in my l if e.

Thus, in many ways, L ance has long given me the cour ageous ex amp le that h is her oic act ions i n V iet nam w i l l now p r ov ide t o countl ess others wh o w il l f ol low h im . I n h i s

D ear C o l o n el G o o d r i ch :

personal warmth, his inner strength, and his r are courage,

I am directing this letter to you in behalf of the en t ir e A ssociation of Graduates. I suggest that you may wish t o publish it in the A OG M agazine as an open letter to al l

mountain of a man. I t is indeed appropriate that the n e w dormitory set against the horizon of the j agged and u n yielding Rockies should be named f or L ance— he and the mountains share many similar invincible qualities.

m em b er s.

A s you know, the dedication and of f icial naming of Sij an H all took place on M emorial D ay during June Week 1976. The A ssociation of Graduates played a lead role i n mak ing this memorable and signif icant milestone in t h e

history of the United States Air Force Academy an unquali f ied success.

L an c e w as an d i s i n

the m inds of

agencies that were involved and made liberal use of m a n y graduates stationed here to insure that the AOG would f u l f i l l

its key role in the memorialization of one of our most

a

A s P r esi d en t o f t h e C l ass o f 19 6 5 an d as a c l o se f r i en d

r ichly w ar r anted and deser v ed.

Bart H oladay

Dear M aj or Eller , I ’m writing to you f or the purpose of conveying our deep grat itude to the A ssociation of G r adu at es f or their ef f o r t s

during June Week and the Sij an H all D edication. I would f eel that since most of the correspondence has been w i t h you during and bef ore our visit that you would be able per sonal ly t o tell t he A OG of our in debt edness t o them .

Every day's events were beautifully arranged and you

her oic gr adu ates.

spar ed no expense t o see t o our com f or t .

USAFA played a prominent role in the activities partici pated in by the Sijan family during June Week. Major T i m

w i ll nev er be f or gott en .

Several graduates f rom the Class of 1965 stationed a t

M cC onnell w as the o f f icial escor t f or the Sij ans duri ng t h e i r

f ive-day visit to the A cademy. Capt. Bruce Grossetta, w i t h the assistance of M aj or Bill Weida, organized and presided over the Sunday evening dinner j ointly hosted by the A O G and the Class of 1965; and Capt. Joe K olek presented a

plaque to Mr. and Mrs. Sijan on behalf of the Class o f 19 6 5

Sev er al other s pl ay ed

important roles and collectively the Class of 1965 w o r k ed

closely with the A OG and A cademy elements to insure t h e success of the Sij an H all dedication and the visit of the Sij an f am ily .

Final ly, I f ind it both f itting and proper that the U SA F A cademy and the A ssociation of Graduates cooperat ively

and jointly orchestrated the dedication of Sijan Hall.

him

an d

prof essional, in behalf of the A ir Force A cademy, the U SA F , and the Sij an f amily .

M aj or T om Eller, V ice President of the A OG, and L t.

Col. Jerry Garber, Executive Secretary, were instrumental i n the overall planning and detailed execution of the d ed i c at i o n ceremony. T hey worked closely with the many A cademy

in honor of their f allen classm ate.

k n ew

of L ance’s, I know that we all f eel his Congressional M ed al of H onor and the tributes to his courage extolled today a r e

I extend to you and the A OG my personal

appreciation for the efforts expended, both personal

al l w h o

Y ou can be

assured that our memories f or all of your thoughtf ulness I ’m fully aware of the great amount of detail and

t hought that w ent into th is ef f or t and I k now w ith ou t t h e

thoroughness and know-how, it would never have run

so

sm oothly .

Everyone showed so much concern and compassion f or

our f am i ly and dur ing the m ost t ender m om ents, w e f elt s o

comf orted knowing we were in such good hands.

Our f amily is very proud to be part of the A ir Force Family and we sincerely thank the A ssociation f or mak ing our st ay so pleasant .

Sincerely, Jane A . Sij an and Family

A s

the A ssociation grows and matures, it is incumbent o n t h e A OG to asume a more prominent role in the af f airs of t h e A ir Force A cademy. I welcome this expanding involvement of the A OG and will work with you to insure that this i n st itut ion cont inues t o fu l f il l the v it al and essenti al r o l e i t

plays in preparing future leaders of our service.

Sincerely , JA M E S R . A L L E N , L t . G ener al , U SA F

Superintendent

D ear M r . and M rs. Sij an, I deeply regret that I am unable to attend the memorial service f or L ance and the dedication of the new dormitory i n his honor . A s you know well, he was my sometime room mate and my long-time friend. I grieve his loss greatly.

I f irst met L ance during our basic cadet training when, because I w as a h alf i nch short er th an he, I m ar ched an d

ran behind him in all of our training.

I quickly grew t o

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A SE N SE O F H I ST O R Y The Evol ution of Fighter Tacti cs By 2L t . Jon M . Bauschlicher , ’76 and

f uel t ank s, and engine o f the enem y plane w ere in l ine b e f o r e opening f ire. I t w as f rom this method of at tack t hat a

2L t . Phil ip A . V oll el unga, ’76 w it h A ssistance f r om M aj or Jam es P. T ate, ’63 I t is f it t ing in this bicentennial year to stand back a n d tak e stock , to br ing the present into h istorical perspective, and in our last sem ester at the A cademy w e decided t o d o j ust t hat w it h one of our f avor ite subj ects, f ighter t ac t ics.

T he results w ere f asci nat ing.

T here are very f ew book s on ai r com bat t act ics and t o trace tbe history o f its evol ut ion we of ten had to go to or ig i nal sources. F o rt unately f or us. the A cademy L ibrary h a s

acquired quite a lot over the years.

For the First W o r l d

W ar per iod there w ere t he volum inous papers accum ulated

by C olonel G o rrel l im med iately af ter t he w ar . T hese i n cluded pilots' af ter-act ion reports and an especially i nterest i ng post -w ar report by the T w cnt>-Seventh A mer ican A ero Squadron. T here were also evalutions of F irst W or ld W a r

f ighter tactics in 1920 A ir Service I nformation Circulars.

T he l ibrary has almost a com plete col lect ion of the c i r c u l a r s .

For the interw ar per iod the library had pursuit t raining m a n u a ls f o r

19 2 6 a n d 19 4 0 .

T h e t w o m a n u al s w er e st r i k ad

ingly similar, indicating that despite the technological vances dur ing t he 20 years o f peace, t here w as v ery

li ttle

heav ily on biograph ies and m emoirs of f ighter aces.

F or

i n n o v at io n i n t ac t ics.

F o r t h e Sec o n d W o r l d W ar . w e r el i ed

t h e K o r ean a n d V iet n a m W a r s, w e f o u n d a w eal t h o f i n f o r

m at ion in per iod icals such as t he F ighter W eapons R evi ew and in A ir W ar C ollege and other of f icial studies. So m e o f the of f icial st udies w ere du ll and u nduly long, but a l l i n a l l

the research was rewarding.

W hi le t here have been many v ar iat ions in f or m at ion t actics and dr am at ic tech nological adv ances i n f ighter a i r cr af t. w e were surpr ised t o f ind t hat the f undamentals o f a i r com bat tact ics have changed very litt le since the “ scar f i n the breeze" days of Eddie R ick enback er . E ven the element s o f the “ new " double attack sy stem (loose deuce) w ere f o r e cast by tw o-m an team s of pi lot s (usual ly good buddies) i n t h e sk i es o v er E r a n c e.

T he pilots of 19 18 had never hear d of “ ener gy m aneuver

ability," a f amiliar term to modern f ighter pilots, but t hey

w ere w ell aw are o f the i m portance of speed and alt it ude. A f avor ite tact ic of both A ll ied and G er m an pilots w as t o s e n d a lone air pl ane " t rolling" at low al t it ude w it h the r e m a i n d e r of the f orm at ion at high alt itude m ask ed by clouds o r t h e

sun and ready to pounce on any enemy pilot who might tak e t he bait .

Raoul L u fber r y . one of the most lethal

of

A merican aces, would upon sighting an enemy aircraft maneuver patiently and with care to gain altitude and p o sition on his opponent before revealing himself .

I n almost any stag bar at almost any f ighter base, p ilots can be seen twisting their hands and arms l ike pretzels t o describe their most recent " victory" over a squadron m a t e o r some Navy jock who strayed into the local training a r e a .

But in combat the most successful f ighter pilots avoid t h e " turning" f ight and. like Luf berry. went to great lengths t o achieve surprise over their enemy. Over ninety percent o f

the aircraf t dest royed i n the Eir st W or ld W ar w ere s h o t dow n f rom r anges o f 100 to 10 f eet . Pilots w ould at tack

from out of the sun or f rom behind clouds and attempt t o maneuver into the six o'clock position where the pilot, 12

kill was most likely. In the Second World War pilots w e r e taught to press their attacks to decisive ranges, and t h e sa m e

was true in the Korean War. When the Vietnam War began,

radar controlled air-to-air missiles seemed to promise F 4 crews the capability of k illing enemy aircraft without p r e s s ing in to close range. But the necessity for positive i d en t i f i cation before f iring negated this advantage, and the inability of air-to-air missiles to arm at close range forced t h e r e f i t ting of F4's with guns. .Surprise remained a key element in air combat as evidenced by the f act that a maj ority o f pilots shot down by other aircraft since the First W o r l d W a r never saw their attacker before he opened fire.

The best defense against a surprise attack is to constantly

scan the skies. To avoid attacks f rom their blind spots F i r s t World War pilots f lying alone were advised to change c o u r s e at least once every 30 seconds.

W ith t he advent of

c l o se d

cockpit fighters in the mid- 1930's, there began an al m o st constant controversv over visibility versus streamlining.

In periods of peace it appears that pilots and aircraf t d e

signers tend to lavor flush canopies to improve streamlining.

In periods of combat they tend to favor bubble canopies for improved visibility.

N ow, f resh f rom our V ietnam

combat experience, we are favoring bubble canopies.

T o f ur ther red uce the chance o f attack f r om a bl ind a r e a

and to provide mutual support after engagement, pilots si n c e the First World War have relied upon formation f lying. T h e

Germans introduced formation f lying in the f all of 19 16 an d only rarely since that time have f ighter tacticians suggest ed " lone wolf " tactics. T he single airplane whether a l o n e w o l f

on the prowl or a straggler from a formation was generally

considered to have little chance against a well-led f o r m at i o n

As the 1919 report of the 27th Aero Squadron put it: “ T h e

straggler is easy meat f or the 'H un’.’’ T he question h as not been whether to f ly in formation but what kind o f formation and how large. Pursuit pilots experimented w i t h almost every combination f rom f ormations of two airplanes to mass squadrons and group gaggles. T he most common formation used by A merican pilots consisted of elements o f three to f ive airplanes f lying in a loose ‘‘V ’’ with e ach ai r plane at a di f f erent alt it ude.

T he aircr af t i n the e l e m e n t

could provide each other with mutual support against at t ac k s

by individual enemy aircraft. To provide support against

att ack by large enem y f or m ations th ree elem ent s w ere c o m

bined into a f light . Each element would f ly at a dif ferent altitude. If one of the higher elements were attacked, t h at

element w o uld d ive to the alt it ude of the nex t low er el em en t

to receive support. I f the lowest element were attacked, the middle element would come to its support while the high

element remained at altitude to ward off other enemy a i r

craft attempting to j oin in the f r ay.

D uring the interwar period A ir Corps experimented with

huge formations of up to 100 planes. Squadrons practiced maneuvers and paraded very much like horse cavalry w i t h

pilots standing inspection in f ront of their planes o n

th e

flight line, then manning their planes, turning out in f ile,

taking of f. j oining up. and passing in review as a u n i t . 'W h i l e on one hand exper imenting with mass formations, on t h e other hand A ir Corps leaders toyed with the idea of a b at t l e

plane, a heavily armed multi-engined plane designed t o r e -

place f ighters as an escort for bombers.

a major threat. Nevertheless, they were alarmingly s u c c e s s f ul in the few attacks they did make on A merican aircraft.

T aking care to get the advantage in speed and altitude b e f o r e attacking. North V ietnamese pilots used ground controlled

Prototypes o f t h e

heavy multi-engined fighter were disappointing in perform

ance tests, and even when raido controlled, large t ightly-knit formations proved unwieldly and inef fective when used by the G erm ans in the Bat t le of B r it ain.

r adar to achieve su r pr ise on their v ict im s.

A f ter f urt her t r i a l T hey de

ployed fighters in elements of two airplanes, a leader a n d

a wing man. Groups of up to 10 elements could patrol together but once engaged each element was on its own w i t h the leader attacking and the wing man f lying support. I n the K orean War the two-element f our plane f light became the standard formation. During the war A merican pilots

add it ion to m issiles, and o f the i nabil ity of tbe F 4 t o

m ounted on later m odel F 4's and included i n new f ighter

pilots.

A fter the K orean War f ighter design moved towards bigf ast er . m o r e complex, and more expensive aircraf t . m

W i t h a i r c r a f t a r m ed w i t h m i ssi les w h ic h c o u ld l a u n c h

e v e n

o r e

m aneuverabil ity .

and more they became technicians for the employment o f a weapons system rather than a f ighter pilot in the o l d s e n s e .

We in the A ir Force are proud that we are forward look ing. not bound by tradition. T hat attitude toward our p r o fession has spurred us to f ly ever faster and higher, e v e n into space. But we should never allow our forward look ing

before the pilot had a visual sighting on the enemy, i t seemed unnecessary for A merican pilots to be highly t r a i n e d in the old-fashioned sk ills of “ dog fighting.”

The V ietnam experience convinced many f ighter tacti cians that in the technological rush ahead they had t o o

att it ude to become a f o rw ard look ing ar rogance. W e m u s t tak e care not to become unbalanced by t he speed of o u r

technological advance. I n this bicentennial year, it s e e m s f itting, especially for military men. to remember not t o b e bound to the past but to build upon it .

quickly abandoned the fundamentals of air combat tactics.

Because of their num ber . N orth V iet nam ese M igs w ere n o t

PI

I

III

ill

t u rn

designs along with bubble canopies for greater visibility. O u r newest f ighter designs also have greatly improved maneuver ability. I n the meantime, f irst the N avy, and then t h e A i r Force adopted the “ loose deuce” or double attack system which allows two airplanes working together to relieve o n e another in a turning f ight and thus compensate for inadequat e

sive 14.7/ 1 kill ratio against North K orean and Chinese

Pilots cont inued to train in com bat m aneuver ing but

an

with M igs if forced into a close-in fight. Fortunately, w e have been willing to learn f rom the experience. Guns w e r e

ref ined the “ f l uid f our ” f or m at ion and r ack ed up an im pres

ger .

d id

encounter with a M ig last more than a f ew seconds and rarely did an A merican pilot shot down by a M ig see t h e M ig bef ore it opened f ire. F4 pilots complained of p o o r visibility, especially to the rear, of the need f or a gun i n

A merican pilots adopted an idea f irst used by the Germans, Boelk e and I m m elm an, in the F irst W or ld W ar .

Rarely

m

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CLASS NEWS A ndrews to the Five-sided Building and the A ir Force Sc i entif ic A dvisory Board.

L t . C ol . W ay ne Pit tm an

Other transfers included Don BROOKS leaving the fold ing Loring AFB for the LGM slot in the 314th Ai r Division

2000 S. Eads. A pt. 927

A rl ington, V A

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A s promised. I have assumed once again the responsibility for taking a f ew change of address cards, fewer rumors, a n d still fewer letters and phone calls (8— 227-2919) and f r o m them trying to chronicle the ever-advancing saga of t h e C l ass of 1959. A rt EL SER is. by the time you read this, com f ortably back in the nest molding young minds while I ' m here, at the heart of the Bicentennial and the Budget.

I t seems that whenever I arrive someplace, it's t ime f o r most of our classmates to leave there for other, perhaps greener, pastures. Besides A rt’s return to the English D e partment at the A cademy, nine others in the Washington ar ea are being reassigned .

T hr ee of these, how ever , a r e n ' t

really leaving, but j ust crossing the river f rom Eort M c N a i r .

Wayne JEFFERSON , completing his f aculty/ student year

at Osan. D on claim s t he dist inct ion as the last r em a i n i n g cont i nuous bachelor in the cl ass, There are. of course, .

several derivative bachelors—Dusty T RAIL reported to A r t

that Dan FI A RDA G E. f or example, is the toast of Ok lahoma

City. Dusty is still at Tinker filling what we would al l agr ee is one of the most critical jobs in the Air Force—writing Tech Orders. Despite that, he says he's anxious to get back to SAC and operations.

A sharp eye in reading periodicals is ag ood source o f

news on classmates, and I really appreciate it when y o u p a ss

on items you notice concerning any of us. Jim GUNTER, for instance, reports reading in Sport A erobatics (one of y ou r more specialized journals) that Casey K A Y had f inished 1 1 t h

in the 1975 Americas International Aerobatic Championships last A ugust in Sherman. Texas. Further, he will be a n a ss i s t

at the N W C , w i ll be w ith the D ir ectorate of Plans in t h e i r

ant j udge at the Eighth World Aerobatic Championships i n

is moving from the Inter-American Defense College to t h e

p ictu re f rom A viati on W eek of Bob BEC K E L . w h ile V ice

Strategy Development and A nalysis shop. Jim CONNA L LY

Western H emisphere D ivision of Plans and Policy on t h e

Joint Staff.

Hank CANTERBURY will be coming from

the NWC to work for Gen EL LI S in the Operations D i

r ector at e— in the T act ical D iv ision, I th ink .

A number of the luckier are returning to operations, i n some cases thanks to the new A ir Force management tool known as “ Gates.” Whatever the impetus, there are some

pretty choice assignments. H. T. JOHNSON, for example

w i ll get his intr oduct ion to SA C as A D O o f t he Bom b W ing

at Castle. Eddie ROSA N E is going to the A DC A ir Divis ion at M cChord. Rounding out the maj or combat commands, E d M O N T G O M E RY and Bob BL A K E ar e of f t o T A C : Bob to the Fighter Wing at L uke (and, I assume, the F - 15)

and Ed to F-4s at Holloman. C. V. MILLER, just finishing up the DOD Systems Management School at Fort Belvoir, will be in his new job at Eglin in a SPO by the time y o u

read this. Finally, maybe the hardest to take of all i s E d JOSEPHSON, going to an “ unstructured” research associate

assignment at MIT under the sponsorship of Concepts a n d

D oct ri nes.

I don’t t hink that one p r e v i o u s

m ove

w as

r e-

ported: Jack HOWELL made an in-country transfer from 14

K iev in early A ugust.

A rt, before he left, picked out

a

Commander of the 9th Strat Recon Wing, giving a dollar r ide to an editor i n the SR-7 1.

I

h ear t hat since t hen h e

h as b ec o m e t h e B ase C o m m an d er at B eal e.

L ast time I was writing this column, it seemed l ike e v e r y one was in grad school one way or another. That’s slacked of f , but John M A NT EI j ust added a second M aster's, i n Business M anagement, to his credentials. H e got it thr ough the Central M ichigan University program at Wright-Patt.

A nother graduation; Jon BL A CK completed the T -38 I P course at R andolph and is going back t o V ance.

D ick GOET ZE passed through Washington recently f or the brief -up that goes with his new assignment as A ir A t t a c h e in A rgentina. A shorter move: Bob SIT EM A N changed his address from T housand Oaks to Santa M onica, but I suspect he hasn't changed j obs. I f you have. Bob, you might b r eak dow n and drop m e a l ine.

A ll of you know by now that Jerry GA RBER has left the A cademy. H e's back in operations again with the M i s s i l e Wing at Ellsworth. Only the Best Go N orth. M - 1 M I L L ER is f inishing his Gate time while k eeping up with his P h D by pl ay ing wi th the R PV s at H ill .

Our f inal note this quarter is an unpleasant one. A s many of you already k now, Charlie M EI R’s two oldest boy s, C har les and R ober t , w er e drow ned in C ol or ado on the s e c

ond of M ay. I ’m sure the class is united in its sympathy for Charlie, Betsy, and the f amily. A memor ial trust h a s

been est ablished i n their honor to benf it Boy Scout T roop 86 .

C ont ri butions can be m ade i n care of Jer ry L ee, 4537 R an ch

Circle, Colorado Springs, CO 80907.

A s A rt may have noted in a previous newsletter (I don’t remember), my j ob here associates me once again with t h e A cademy. T o answer the f irst question I always get ; W h a t do you do? I quote our of f ice description: “ The f ocal point f or A cademy matters with the Congress and on the A ir St af f .

I ’m always glad to hear from any of you, but would be particularly happy now to hear your thoughts or quest ions on the A cademy and/ or its programs.

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L tC ol Joh n M acar t ney

160 A requa Ridge D r .

C ol or ado Spri ngs, C O 809 19 R es.: (303) 599-7482 O f c. ex t : (U SA F A ) : 2270

Can you bel ieve two decades have passed since that day of infamy— 9 July 1956? M y aunt took this picture of cadets-to-be 20 years ago. While greetings from our f r iendly

L t . C o l . C lar k

W a l k er

acting as a battle-staf f operations of f icer during th e M ay aguez incident. Clark is now Chief of the Space and M i ssi l e branch at the A rnold Engineering D evlopment Center i n

A T O's. t he obstacle course, bayonet t r aining and f or m s 1 0 a

T e n n e ss e e .

L ieutenant C olonel l ist .

Expatriate Frank M A Y BERRY dropped a note f rom H eadquarters USA FE, Ramstein A B, Germany where he is completing a f ive year tour and PCS’ing to I ncirl ik , T urk ey

occupied us then, the maj or event this year has been t h e

I w ent by t he A l um ni A ssociat ion

of fice last week to collect promotion information on o u r c l ass.

T h e c o l d h ar d d at a :

One hundred t w enty -thr ee of us (as f ar as I can t ell) a r e

on active duty in the A ir Force. Eighty-six were f irst t i m e eligible for L ight Colonel this year and 74 (86 percent) w e r e promoted. Fif teen of those 74, 20 percent, were also n o m i n ated f or sen ior serv ice school .

T h ir teen w ere passed

o v er ,

including one for the second time. (By way of comparison, the C lass of 19 59 suf f ered 20 pass-overs last y ear— one o f w hom w as promoted on t h is list .) F our of t he class o f ' 6 0

were not yet eligible (due to late promotion to major o r interrupted service), while 32 had previously made L C , including three who are f ull Colonels.

O ne of t he new t elephone colonels, C lark W A L K E R, is

pictured here receiving his 13th A ir M edal. T his one i s f o r

f or another tw o y ears over seas.

ious runner in his old age.

F r ank h as becom e a s e r

H e recently won the un

sponso red 40-y ear-ol d class in the M etz M ar at hon— 26 m iles. 385 y ards in t w o hours, 57 m inut es and 47 seconds.

A nyone out there ready to challenge him?

A ll those classmates who are especially eager to learn about the acoustic emissions of propagating cracks sh o u l d get in touch with Gordy FL Y GA RE. Gordy recently

ear n ed

h is M S at O k l ah o m a a n d w r o t e h is t h esi s o n

above subj ect .

W ith

th e

the academ ic hassles beh ind h im ,

Gordy enj oys motorcycle r iding when he’s not working o n

his hew job at Tinker AFB in MASIIS (MADARS/ GPS).

For anyone not up on USA F j argon, those initials quite obviously identif y: the of f ice of M aintenance A nalysis a n d

Str uctur al I ntegr ity I n for m at ion Syst em s (M alf u nct ion D ec -

tion A nalysis and Recording Systems/ Ground Processing Branch). Bef ore his A FIT tour at OU , Gordy spent two years in Ethiopia, and he assures me there is enough t r o u b l e brewing in A f rica to forestall any danger that peace might br eak out any ti m e soon .

Jack BRU SH who teaches Econ here (and who always

seem s to end up in t his colum n) w as r ecentl y h onor ed by the D OD Econom ic A nalysis C ouncil w ith th eir 1975 “ M od

eling" award.

Jack developed a compact economic model

that pr edicts y earl y ch anges in t he G N P pr ice def lector . I n other w or ds, a com puter m odel th at can be u sed t o f or ecast in f l at io n

r ates.

Q ui ck ies; D oug R EC K E N T H A L E R h as PC S’d f r om O f -

f utt A F B to the Def ense M apping A gency in W ashington, D C . Jack SC H I R A is at L angl ey af ter com plet ing a t our at C annon . K it ty T A Y L O R h as r ecently j oint ed B il l at K a dena A B, Ok inaw a f ol l ow ing Bi ll’s t our i n T h ailand . S t e v e H O L T h as m oved f rom D yess A F B, T ex as t o Sem bach A B, G er m any .

T h a n k s t o M A Y B E R R Y a n d F L Y G A R E f o r t h ei r l et t er s.

B U R T O N a n d B U R SH N I C K b o t h t r i ed t o c al l b u t m i ssed

me— Pete f rom a bank in D enver and T ony from M axwell

A FB.

Please k eep calling and/ w r it ing.

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M ajor T homas L . Sutton 123 M ississippi D yess A FB, TX 79607

Res. (9 15) 698-8748 D uty : 696-2 147, A u tovon : 4 16-2 147

overwhelming as T erry f or a ST ROM , but mak ing D A Y into M A Y is beyond explanation. M aybe since we haven’t heard f rom John and Shiela M A Y f or so long, the typesetter

got car r ied aw ay .

I received a lovely card and lett er f rom M rs. H elen D A Y , D ick D A Y ’S mother , exp ressing her appreci at ion f or o u r ment ioning D ick i n the Spring issue. She m ade a f ew o b

Hope to hear more f rom each of you in the two to three weeks between your receipt of this letter and the due d at e f or the next issue. May A ugust the thirteenth bring sh o w er s of blessings upon each and every one of you.

in the conduct of our daily lives: “ H is indomitable spirit in the f ace of his losing

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ser v a t io n s ab o u t D i ck ’s l i f e t h at c an ser v e a s a m o d el f o r u s

b at t l e

w as

i n d eed

r em ar k ab le .

He

w as

i n d eed

a

cred it to h is f am ily , h is count ry , and the chu rch he ser v ed .

H e n ev er c eased t o am az e m e an d 1 f eel

di m i nished by h is p assing.”

1 guess we all f eel a similar loss whenever any f riend whose life has been spent in service to others leaves u s . T h e valiance and strength of D ick’s service in the f ace of per

sonal suf f er ing t ends t o rem ind us of our v ain incl inat ions t o w ear our pet ty dif f iculties on our f aces and to u se t h em as excuses f or sel f indu lgence.

I can honestly say though that our classmates are actively engaged in the service of others. I f it were not so, h o w w o u l d H an so n SC O T T

an d D o n G R A N T

ev er h av e b een

the subj ects of a feature story in the June A irman M agazi ne.

Y o u w i l l n o t i ce t h at D o n an d Sc o t t i e. as b ar r el m ast er s.

a r e

considered to be the very “ heartbeat” of M AC. “ Barrelmasters get involved in everything." Scottie says, “ T h e 1 2 - t o 14-hour days that stretch to six and seven a week . . . ” get Don and Scottie exactly the same pay as the eight to f i v e, forty-hour a week types who are also A ir Force M ajors, b u t they don't let that deter them. Of course there are m a n y of us who never get recognized in A irman for our hard w ork ,

but there is sat isf action j ust the same.

I haven't been f eat ured in A ir man, but the v oice of o n e

crying in the wilderness named Hector NEGRONI did phone

to say that he liked my little story published in A erospace Saf ety. I appreciated hearing from H ector. H e too is a very dedicated staff man. A nyone who performs satisfactor ily as a Chief of Operations Plans in a tactical airlift w ing

puts in many long hours to insure that squadron after squad

ron goes on rotation smoothly in addition to keeping up with all of the other normal ops plans stuff . M y hat's off t o y o u

H ec t o r .

T her e is no doubt that m any other s o f the class h ave dedicated a great portion of their lives to A ir Force service, else how could there be so m any bir ds and silver leaves o n

'61 shoulders? We certainly have more than our statistical

sh ar e .

A nd there are those w ho, no less v aliant , h ave chosen other career f iel ds which also r equ ire sacr i f ice and se r v i c e albeit m uch m ore m oney . W e r eceived a pure wh ite gradu at ion announcement f rom Jim H O U R I N w ho has st ruggled

through three years of law school at T ulane U niversity w h i l e maintaining an active flying career with Delta A irlines a n d

t he L ouisiana A ir G uard . Jim says that he and Patty h a v e entertained many dist inguished cl assm at es si nce m ov ing t o N ew O r leans. A mong t hem have been such notable celebr i t ies as brother-in-law D oug C A I RN S. Bobby G RA C E . D ick F A I RL A M B, John W E A V E R, and Jim my POO L E . C huck C RO L L , another air line j ock ey , conti nues home and home gol f m atches w ith Jim bet ween L A and C am ari llo. C ali f or nia.

M ust be nice h uh? I m ight add t hat in add it ion to h is o t h e r accomp l ishment s. Jim has been an E- l OO squadron com

m a n d er si n c e M a r c h o f

19 7 4 .

M y apologies to T erry ST O R M and to the D ick D A Y

f amily for their names being misspelled in the Spring i s s u e .

It’s not hard to understand mistaking someone as physically 16

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M aj . D ick Schoof

13 10 M ead T er r ac e

W oodbr idge, 'V A 22 19 1 R es.: (703) 49 1-5326 D uty : (202) 69-5 1607

I n reviewing my notes for this issue two things immedi ately struck me. First, this is a very exciting time i n t h e lives and careers of the original Red T ags and secondly, a l o t of you will be receiving this copy late because of t h e m a i l l ag in catching up to sum m er m oves. F rom t hose w ho r e sponded to my call f or i nf or m at ion about them selves an d

other classmates there was an air of pleasurable anticipation at the prospects of moving on to a new challenge and t h e satisfaction of k nowing a good job lay in their contrails. O n that note, and in behalf of all the Red T ags, I would l i k e t o

ex tend salutat ions and the hear t iest f el ic it at ions t o t h o se

selected for early promotion to L ieutenant Colonel. K eep

pressing-on; there will be many of us who will be looking for jobs in the future; and it will be comforting to k n o w a triend in high places. Running parallel to the pleasure found in j ob satisfaction has been a bursting pride i n t h e families who have put up with f requent moves, many h o u r s

under the m id night oi l. and ex cursions to t he f ar cor ners

o f t h e ea r t h .

Otis DINNING was the first to respond with an up

date since the last issue. Following a three and a h al f year rated supplement assignment to the f rozen north a t M inot A FB with duty in squadron operations with the M inuteman MI. he is headed for warmer territory at t h e University of Ok lahoma. Wife A nn dutifully lit the w h a l e

oil lamps every night at ten as Otis pondered the impossibility of Public Administration. With the five month Bootstrap now behind and a new M asters sheepsk in t ucked in the r igh t leg of his f l ight suit . O t is should be at H ollom an

A F B

climbing back into the cockpit of a Phantom I I . I n c a s e you are wondering how he managed that one— he f ound Gene ROBBINS with his f inger stuck in the computer a t

Randolph. Gene is coninuing to enjoy the fine points o f staff life in the computer section of Rated Manning at M PC .

Bob SCHALLER also checked in with a relatively new heavy sheepsk in since the l ast issue.

I n bet ween t our s a t t h e

A cademy, Bob trecked the hazardous highways to the U n i versity of Denver to f igure out what k ind of rocks t o t h r o w

into the skies in order to clear the clouds from the p ar ade grounds every June Week. In a few years, when one of y o u f ighter types want the f lying weather improved at H ahn A i r

Base rem em ber w e have a PhD that can r ise t o t he t ask .

Bob attributed a few new gray hairs, however, not to a r d u ous study, but to the j oys of being a f ather with a teenage

daughter . W if e C at heri ne surv ived another m ove back t o A cademy housing and Bob i ncluded a f ew w ords about A n o l d r o m m at e o f m i n e B o b f r iends and neighbors.

SCHA UMBERG and wife. Roberta will be moving from his A OC d ut ies t his sum m er . E. K . SM I T H and N an w i ll also

be packing up as E. K . leaves the English Department at t h e

Prep School.

Tom and Mary KEANEY and Peggy and

D on BA U C O M

w ill cont inue u nder t he sh adow s of the

aluminum walls f or at least another year .

Probably one of the f inest f lying assignments possible— in our peacetime environment— belongs to George L A RSON .

I ran of f ice. I have already asked M ike and Chuck to get together and start a M ideast RED T A G organization so

a terrif ic article on a pilot's view of f lying the B - 1. A s Chief , B-1 Operations Branch, 4200d T est and Evaluat ion Squadron (SAC) at Edwards A FB, George is one of f ive pilots check ing out the airborne deterrent of the f uture. I f you have not seen the magazine get hold of one and ex er c i se the eyeballs. I do believe you will enj oy it . Speaking o f authors, did you catch the item on the A cademy stressing writing sk ills in the last issue? D . K . V A U GH N has a c o author by-line in the article which in addition to describing

some very interesting experiences to pass on to each o t h e r and to the expanding blue line that is building up b eh i n d us. So, keep the notes coming, they do help me a great deal. I know some of you get very busy so I am also calling on Red T ag Brides to drop Joan and I a line w h en

I n the June edit ion of A ir F orce M agazine, G eorge authored

a new cor e E ngl ish progr am— w ould you believe f ou r y ears

o f su ch c o u r ses— ask s f o r so m e c o m m en t s o n t h e co m m u n i

cat ion sk ill s cur ricu la w e m ight have ex per ienced.

H ow

about giving D . K . a little support and send him a n o t e?

Bef or e I give y ou t he over seas r epor t th ere ar e a f ew

quickies that came in by way of change of address cards.

K en FISHER has taken up residence in T acoma. Washing ton with squadron ops duties at the 36T A S. Ron T U BBS

h as check ed into a new apart m ent at O ’F allon, I llinois. D o n H A L L A G E R is def ending m y hom e st ate f rom W u r tsm ith A F B, M ichigan . Reportedly he's i nv olv ed w ith the heavy heavies of the 524th Bom b Squadron. A nother m em ber o f

the Great M ichigan A ir Force is Don N ET ZI NGER who

r ecent ly r eceived h is M SM at K incheloe f or his good w o r k i n t he D epart m ent of L if e and Beh av or ial Sciences.

Jack JA M BA has com pl eted m issi le com bat crew oper a

tional readiness training at V andenberg and was posted t o

F rancis E . W ar ren f or M inutem an oper at ions dut ies.

N ick F R I T Z , a p rogram m anager w ith the B- 1 System Pr o

gram Of fice at Wright-Patterson, is a member of a highly successf ul team w h ich r ecent ly ear ned the A ir F orce Or gani zat i o n al E x c el l en c e A w ar d .

Reports from the f ar corners of the earth begin with

C har l ie H A L E w ho l ist s h is new address as JU SM A G , Phi l

ippines (JPA F), A PO S.F. 96528.

H aving completed a

t wo y ear t our “ on t he Rock ” (G uam ) C har lie's w if e, P at , played overseer f or one more PCS adventure to exotic f or eign

quarters.

Charlie reports that it “ . . . seems as i f

I

am

one of the ‘they ’ w ho w e all hear about w ho f al l int o a su p e r

j ob and a terrif ic location. I nitial correspondence w i t h t h e JUSM A G f olks indicates that I ’ll be work ing as a program mer handling the money pot. . . . I ’ll also get a return t o t h e cockpit— in a Beechcraft SU PER K I N G A I R, designated

by U SA F as the C- 12A .” Charlie expects that Pat and their two boys will be setting up home in a f our bedroom house in Q uezone C ity and ex tends an i nv it at ion t o a l l U SA F A T Y PES w ho h ap pen to f ind them selves hom e less in M ani la. Just cal l t he C lark A B JU SM A G oper at or an d ask

f o r ex t en si o n 7 0 4 .

F r om t he other side o f the globe M ik e SC H I E BE R h as repor ted in f rom the M A A G organizat ion in T eher an, I r a n .

M ik e is also a SU PE R K I N G driv er as par t of his dut ies as C h ief / F light O per at ions Br anch . “ L ik e m ost new C om m ander s,” M ik e w r it es, “ . . . I am shor t on per sonnel a n d up to m y elbow s in pr oj ects t hat h av e l aid dor m ant f o r t w o

years.”

any of you t r ansitt ing t he area, check in w ith them an d see how t hings are.

I noted w hen I began th is let ter , that as a cl ass w e h av e

y ou can .

Sav ing t he best new s f or l ast , I w oul d lik e t o p ass

on that Joan and I are expecting our third rug scrambler in January. With my west coast contingent of two beautif ul daughters— one a f ive f oot six inch teenager intent o n b e com ing a f utu re cadet , I declare a f u ll house and w i ll aw ai t

your letters f or word on largest f amily in the class.

M aj . Skip L ee

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O cean Spr i ngs, M S 39564

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8 7 5 - 16 6 7

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377-2379

One question left hanging f rom the Spring issue of t h i s

art icle w as answered last w eek : the PA T C H I N f am ily m o v ed to W r ight -Pat terson . I r an i nto A r nie at t he W ar ner R o b b i n s

O’ Club the f irst week in June. A f ter delivering one o f o u r

aerospace v ehicles to PD M , I w as h anging ar ou nd t he c lu b waiting (three days) f or transport back to K eesler w hen up pops A rnie T D Y f rom W PA F B. W e h ad a good t im e over dinner , a bot le of w ine, a f ew hours of sw appi ng w ar st o r i e s and r em inisci ng about old t im es. I n think ing on good t i m es

I have a sad note f or those who remember Colonel George

“ D utch ” K R U G : C olonel K r ug died in M ay f r om a h eart att ack . ’63 h as lost a good f r iend.

T he A i r F orce cam paign t o r educe costs associ ated w ith PC S m oves seem s to be v ery ef f ect iv e. O nly a h andf ul o f car ds indicat ing recent m ov es w ere av ail able to m e t h i s t i m e

around.

Everyone must be staying put (homesteading?), o r

not let t ing the A O G k now about st at us ch anges.

Cards and L etters: I did get a nice letter f rom Caroline PICK ENS who wrote to let us in on Ed’s doings. I ’ll s a y one thing for Ed. he has spent so much of his career o v e r seas I am beginning to wonder if he is still in the U SA F .

Ru m or has it E d's inf requ ent t r ips to the C ON U S ar e a s a n RA F ex ch ange of f icer ; but th is is not th e case, E d i s cu r r en t

ly Operations Branch Chief of the U SA FE I G T eam.

C ar o l i n e ad d ed t h at B i l l B A L L i s w i t h U SA F E St an E v al at R am st ei n a n d O w en L E N T Z h as m o v ed f r o m 4 A T A F

to H Q U SA FE.

She also conf irmed a rumor about Fr ank

BL A C K h av ing so much f r ee t im e on h i s h ands at Osan A B ,

K orea that he is building a dirt bike in his room.

Barry WET H ERINGTON or, as the announcement put it— C. Barry, has become associated with Plunkett, Cooney, Ru tt , W aters, St anezyk and Peder son, A t t or ney s and C o u n sel lor s at L aw in Southf iel d, M ich igan . Bar r y added a n o t e ex plaini ng he is handling t he f ir m ’s av i at ion w ork a n d e n

H is branch is a j oint af fair with an A F-A rmy c r e w

joying himself immensely. Sharon and Barry’s new address

H e claims three C-12 and a C- I 31, which it is hoped w i l l soon turn into two additional Super K ings. M ike began

Jo h n N O R R I S h as b een n a m ed t h e assi st an t V i c e P r esi d en t

of 10 pilot s. 10 enlisted, tw o civ ili ans and f ive I r anians. his ov erseas exp loi ts i n the att ache system in C had, A f r i c a .

H e then appl ied f or the A r ea Special ist Pr ogr am wh ich sent him to N ot re D ame f or alm ost tw o y ear s and a M ast er s

Degree. A short period of training at L owry TT C and b a c k overseas to the M ideast. M ike’s wife. T erry, and two s o n s are also along enj oy ing t he Persian cult u re.

C huck

A L L

PORT is also in Teheran with the Def ense Representative,

is 1892 1 Sax on, Bir m ingham , M ich . 4 8009 .

A w ar ds and D E C S: not r eal ly an aw ar d bu t a prom ot ion ;

f or D at a Processing of N at ional F ar mers U nion I nsur ances.

N at ional F ar m ers is a t hree com p any insu r ance group o p e r at ing i n 23 states. F r ed M ET C A L F , ex ec t o t he C hief o f Staf f , A eronaut ical Sy stem s D iv ision (A F SC ), w as chosen

as the A ir Force Systems Command Outstanding Executive Support Staf f Of ficer . Fred’s dedicated prof essionalism, h i s abil ity t o w ork w ith per sonnel on al l lev el s and a ser i es o f

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management innovations introduced during the past year

has been changed to k illed in action.

selected, f or the third time, to appear in the 1975 ed i t i o n o f

T he prodigal sons o f ’64 cont inue to t h rash and m il l— K en A N D E RSO N has recent ly graduated f rom SA C ’s C om b a t C r ew C o u r se at C a r sw el l a n d i s n o w a c er t i f i ed steely -

l ed to h is select ion.

K en H A R BA U G H (new L C) h as been

Outstanding Young Men of America. Ken is the assistant Operations Officer of the 91st TRS at Bergstrom. Maybe the th ird t im e is t he char m K en?

D rue D E BE R RY w as r e

cently presented with the A ir Force Commendation M edal

as w as W ill iam H . OL SON . D r ue’s aw ard w as f or m er it or ious

service in the performance of his duties as an instr uctor with the Department of H istory, U S A ir Force A cademy.

B ill ’s aw ard w as f or out st anding per f orm ance as assist ant

professor of A erospace Studies, A FROTC, V irginia M ilitary B i l l i s n o w st at i o n ed at O san as a n A L O . W at ch for F4 types on dirt bikes Bill ! Congratulations to al l !

I n st i t u t e .

Change of A ddress: D enny Y EE has moved f rom Clark to Y akota and is currently pulling duty as a squadron e x e c .

Denny says he is learning to speak Japanese. Doctor (L t C ol) Gary WEST has moved f rom A lbuquerque to San A ntonio.

M I A f rom 3 M ay ’72 to 23 A pr il ’75.

H e was carried a s

eyed B-52 driver at M arch A F B; Jim M C I NT Y RE was recent ly spot ted beneath a l ar ge pile of pr int -outs an d f l i m si es at M FC (the cur l ing sm ok e f rom his cal cu lator gave h i m away): Mark FA NT is with the airlines flying out of C hicago, he stays in touch w ith U SA F A as an T O— a super idea f o r

you white-collar workers by the way. A nest of Bluetags

has been uncovered i n the Pent agon— Bob T H O M A S, Bar ry BA RN ES, and Jim ST EW A RT (going to N avy C om m and and Staf f ) are all i n St udies and A naly sis and D enny S T I L E S is keeping the A ir Staf f straight on Doctrine. Bruce F I ST E R, D an B U SSE. D enny M A D E, A 1 C A M PBE L L L , G ary M A T T H ES, and Robin T O RN O W ar e all on their w ay t o A F

Pi lot School I nstr uctor , Jim m i e SC H U M A N f rom W r ight-

Staf f College; Rich PORT ER is going to A FCS and then t o U H l gunships at H urlburt; John M C K EN N EY is on his way to the U K as a student at the RA F Staf f College (they turned me down, couldn’t pass the language requirement).

Other moves f ind Doug ROT M A N on his way f rom

C H RI ST Y f rom A r m ed F orces St af f Col lege to W aik ik i

Coeur. Mo.; Jerry BUT L ER f rom A FSC to Edwards; J. P.

G aret N E N N I N G E R f rom W areensbu rg (W hitem an), M o.

to Shreveport, La., Pete H A M M ERTON to N ewport N ews (L angley) and T A C/ I NSA , Jim FA I N to Edwards as a T est Patterson (AF IT) to A ndrews and Systems Command, M ike Beach as an I ntel type on the CI NCPA C staf f and John BO R L I N G f rom A r med F or ces Staf f C olege acr oss t he r iver

and an “ Eagle” cockpit at L angley. Finally, word has i t per telecon with J. T . H EA L , Doug H A RDG RA V E will al so cross the br idge f rom N or f olk to L angley and a s t a f f slot at H Q T A C . W ould y ou ever believe that?

I n closing, I would like to announce some results of m y requested poll but, unf ortunately, apathy remains predom inant and I don’t h ave any r esults. Please ref er to the Spring issue. V ol. 5, N o. 1, page 19, of this magazine; remember, 19 7 8 i s n o t f ar o f f .

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M aj . Rod W el ls

Ok lahom a to C edar Rapids, I ow a; G ary SM I T H to C rev e M O R R ISO N f rom L A t o L itt le R ock ; Pete L O PREST I f rom A FSC to an obscure det achm ent of H QC O M i n D al las; D ick SL Y E f rom t he H ead Shed t o Z w eibr uck en A B , G er m any ;

and Gary A N D ERSON f rom the hallowed halls of the Zoo to C - 130s at L itt le Rock .

A 1 M C A RT O R i s now i n h igh

f inance down in M emphis, and Tm happy to tell you that his young daughter is much improved. John JA COBS is now working for a computer firm in I llinois and Willy HON EA f or an engineering group here in C-Springs. T o m BROWN I NG was recently back here f or an eye-watering flyby of F-5s followed by an eye-closing lecture on the A g gressor Squadron at N ellis (j ust j oshing, T om, it was gr eat).

I f you have poured over the A F T imes’ recent L C l ist and h av e not y et receiv ed a r esponse to y ou r query

10 5 F o x H i l l L a n e

ab o u t

the oversight concerning the omission of your name, y o u may take some solace in noting that these stalwarts w e r e o n

C olor ado Spr ings, C O 809 19 Res. ( 303 ) 599-7966 O f c. ( 303 ) 472-3439

t he l ist : Joe BA V A R I A , C ur t BA Y E R . H er b BE V E L H Y M E R, T om EG G E RS, Jay K E L L E Y , T im O 'K E E F E , N els

This installment of the continuing saga of ’64 is being brought to you in f its and starts as 1 interrupt my s u m m e r vacation (yes, there still are a precious few j obs w her e y ou can plan f or and act ual ly t ak e 30 consecut ive days of leav e) .

I think I have beaten t he m ob to Boston, Ply m outh , P h i l a

delphia, Washington, D .C. and Williamsburg but sometimes I wonder— surely the Eastern seaboard will be l isting 2 deeper into the A tlantic this summer with the weight o f f f

RU NN IN G, and Bob WOODS. Congratulations, sirs, and keep smokin’. D on’t forget that a bottle of silver a i r plane paint is cheaper than a new set of mess dress sh o u l d e r boar ds (it w ork ed as a 1st L ooie didn’t it ?).

F am ous F olk s D ept : A r nold H all’s uppercl ass lounge (a new addition to us) has recently been dubbed Richter L ou nge.

W ell, t hat ’s about t he size o f it t o dat e f olk s. By t h e

way. next time you move, send an update to the A OG an d

the t our ists, team ing in a m or ass of neon A m er ican f lags.

i nclude a note f or y our f r iendly C l ass Secr et ary .

Super Summ er .

I L ove Y ou” over an au thentic port rait of Pau l R ev ere.

K i nda br ings a l um p to your th roat , doesn’t it ? So m u ch f o r my palaver— what’s going on that’s really important? W el l, let ’s press on anyw ay .

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Bicentennial H ot Dogs, George Washington piggy banks, Ben Franklin T -shirts, and satin sof a-pillows saying, “ M o t h er

Congratulations to Jim WH EELER who has recently

assumed the j ob of Execut ive Secretary of the A ssociat ion

of Graduates— good luck Jim and by the way, about those

dues . . . congrats also to Bob H A L E Y as a m em ber of t h e B- 1 SPO at W right-Pat wh ich h as j ust ear ned the A ir F o r c e Organizat ional A w ar d .

I genuinely regret to tel l you of the recent death o f M a c k

T H I ES who was killed while acting as an I P on an E-4

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Q tr s. 43 H E U SA F A cadem y C O 80840

A u t o v o n 2 5 9 - 3 15 0 R es. 3 0 3- 4 7 2 - 14 2 2

June W eek w as part icularly h istor ic th is y ear . T he n e w dor m w as dedicated Sij an H all on the m or ning of 3 1 M ay

and is, of course, the f irst building on “ campus” to b e n a m ed af ter a graduate. T he dedication ceremony took place o n t h e terrazzo near the F-4 corner of the quadrangle. T he c a d e t s were in ranks for the occasion in bright sunshine and st i ll,

tr aini ng m ission. H e w as bu r ied here at U SA F A w ith se v e r a l

c l ear a i r .

notif ication that the Status of Dave WI L L I A M S, USM C,

M uch of what was said at the ceremony is included in feature articles of this issue. L ance’s younger brother , M ar c,

of

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our

c l assm at es i n

at t en d an c e.

O t h er

sad

n ew s is t h e

,

was among those who spoke. H is thoughts are also in t h i s issue and I think you’ll f ind them especially meaningf ul.

M embers of L ance's Cadet Squadron (2 1st) f rom ’65 who

cam e f rom out of tow n to at tend the cerem ony w ere Bill C O L E , Sam G RA V ES, M ik e SM I T H , M ik e T E D ESC O and

Ric Z URBRUGG .

Captain Jim TH OM A S, stationed at

U SA F A , also attended as d id Joe K OL E K w ho escorted t h e Sij an f am i ly .

L et me bring you up to date on the activities sponsored by our class which I think were very meaningful to L a n c e ’ s family. T he evening before the dedication of Sij an H all , our class, together with the A ssociation of Graduates, c o hosted a reception and dinner for the Sij an party. B r u c e and Gail GROSETTA should be recognized f or their con t r ibut ion to the success of the ev ening.

T hey w ere r e sp o n

sible f rom planning, to last minute preparation and d i d an outstanding j ob. A fter the diner, Joe K olek presented M r . and M rs. Sij an a plaque expressing the sentiments of o u r

class tow ar ds L ance, a classm ate and M edal of H onor w i n

ner.

A lso during the course of the week , the Sij ans w e r e

able to t alk w ith m any of L ance’s f r iends in the class.

With regard to the L ance P. Sij an ’65 Fund, you have contributed nearly $2,300 to date, with the average c o n tr ibut ion betw een $ 10-$20.

A dditional cont r ibut ions c a n b e

sent to; T rustee, The L ance P. Sij an ’65 Fund, Box 6 0 0 7 , U SA F A cademy , C O 80840.

C oordinat ing chairm an f or

SE T T A .

B ill

W EID A

the class is Bruce G RO

i s t h e C l ass M em o r i al

C o m m i t t ee

chairman. T hey have received many helpf ul comments from you and continue to request your support and sug gestions.

I f you watched Walter Cronk ite on M onday, 28 June, you witnessed “ the f all of the last bastion of male c h au v i n ism.’’ When the Class of 1980 marched through the “ Bring M e M en’’ portal, 158 women were among their number .

(Some very lovely I might add.) For all its historical impor t the scene at the base of the r amp was very similar t o day 1 of years gone by. The upperclassmen and A cademy staf f carried out their prescribed duties methodically and m a t t e r of-f actly it seemed, processing each busload as it ar r i v ed .

I n the press corps, however, (over 100 men and women) t h e occasion w as not as serenely seen .

N ow I don’t w ish

to

create the impression that pandemonium occurred, (after a l l most of them were Watergate veterans) but I k now f or a

f act that m or e th an one p ack age of V ir ginia Sl im s w as cr ushed, th at a f ew toes w ere stubbed on cam er a t r ipods, a n d one or tw o pr ess escor t s w ere batt er ed by cam er as sw ing

ing pendulum-fashion f rom the necks of scurrying camera p er so n s.

So the last bastion fell— without a whimper it would

seem . T he ladies hav e w on, I thought as I drov e h om e.

W ith no m ore w or lds to conqu er , perh aps th ey w ould b e content to bask in their new equal ity . But lo, on t he bum per o f the car ahead I r ead “ T r ust G od, She Pr ovi des.’’ T h e gir ls obviously h ave no p l ans t o r est on t heir l au rel s. O n the brighter side, m en, w om en’s l ib is not all bad . N o w

they’ll be with us f rom the cradle to grave in all

o u r

en d e av o r s.

A n update on the f ighter pilots in the class. Bill H A R WOOD , Spider M C K I N N EY and T om OWEN S are Eagle

drivers. Anyone else? Tom MESCHKO is in on the ground f loor of the F- 16 program at Edwards.

Joe H EN DERSEN

is the ACM flight commander in the Fighter Weapons

School at N ellis. Bruce G ROSETT A and I were lucky enough to hear Joe’s lecture to the N avy Fighter Weapons School at M iramar . I t was a very comprehensive talk, w el l presented, and we were very impressed with Joe’s expertise and experience in the most demanding arena of the f ighter pilot— A CM . Chuck COL EM A N is f inishing up a tour in F-4’s at Clark . T o Chuck and to all of you on remote t o u r s we wish you a successf ul and speedy bicentennial year .

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C apt . J . O . M cF al ls 1 10 C h an d l er R o ad

G ol dsbor o, N C 27530 736-2696, A tvn . 488-6563

N ow , how do I get m y self ou t of th is one?

T he “ ol

L etcher,’’ a.k .a. “ Y ours T ruly,’’ has really done it t h i s t i m e .

I was clever to note that a M aj . Wheeler had taken o v e r a s the A lumni Executive Secretary from Jerry GA RBER early this summer. Bring the all-k nowing, town gossip that I am— I put two and two together and deduced that with o u r own M ike WH EEL ER moving f rom the Poli Sci department to the A lumni Shop— I could procrastinate my heart out when it became Quarterly N ewsletter T ime . . .Wrong agai n, GI ! T his column was due in Colorado this morning, and who is the f irst change-of -address I review prior to sharpen ing my Bic? Y ep, you guessed it— M aj or M ike WH EEL ER going to the Pentagon as a plans of f icer ! T he real M aj or Wheeler is Jim WH EEL ER (Class of 1964). (I sure hope these blit hers get p r inted i n t im e.)

T hat ’s because, f rom al l indicat ions, the C l ass of 19 6 6 appear s to be pl anning a r eu nion and associat ed blow -outs that w ould put Pear l M esta to shame. I ’v e h ad car ds, l ett ers, phone cal ls, and per sonal conf er ences l ik e never bef or e.

H opef ul ly by t he t im e y ou r ead t his— y ou t oo w i ll h av e received a special invite. E d PET E RSE N called t o sol icit my hel p w ith the Sexy Six th guys. H e said t here w ere t o b e

24 separate “ reunion chairmen,’’ so to speak , who were t o contact each classmate f rom each ex-cadet squadron. I f

you w ere a “ M al am ute” (“ P-School er ,” f or t hose u n-idoc-

trinated), Eddy SH I RL EY has contacted you about Thurs

day , October 14th 's act iv it ies at C ol (Ret) Black ’s stom pin’ grounds. I ’ll enum er ate the ot her s I ’v e h ear d f r om t o h elp i nst ill the “ snow ball ” or “ bandw agon” ef f ect , but I w o u l d b e ser iously r em i ss if I d id not r em ind t he C l ass o f t he one big “ no-no” . . . do not f ly or arr ange t o h av e any m il it ary air cr af t f low n i nt o the gener al C olor ado ar ea. A s w e a l l

know, the GA O and other influential f igures do not ac c ep t A FR 60-1 navigational training f lights or other off icial

T D Y ’s on th at par t icular w eek end . do a boom i ng business.

L ook s l ik e T W A sh oul d

D enny F I N K h as v olu nt eered t o hel p on one of t he com m itt ees. H e w r ot e t o say he’s gett ing m arr ied i n earl y

I recog

A ugust down Oklahoma way and will be in place as a

What an achievement— in the present

has moved up in the A TC-world and now hangs his hat a t

Congratulations to the new lieutenant colones.

nized thr ee nam e: G reg C A N A V A N , L ar ry F A R RE L L and

V ictor GEN EZ .

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I : . . ..

m il it ary j ob m ark et especial ly .

I see th at John JU D D w i ll be at tending t he C anadi an A r med F or ces Staf f School th is sum m er . Phyl is, w oul d y o u m ak e sure he t ak es along an ex t r a st opw atch i n case t h e U .S .

— Russian basketball game goes into overtime again this year . (Remember that longest-minute-in-sports-history i n t he l ast encounter ?)

U SA F f acul ty m em ber by the 12th .

D ick T H O M PSO N

R andolph A F B, T X . H e’l l be going t o t he w edding, and D enny said t here w as an open inv it at ion t o al l w ho c o u l d

make it . . . N ow let's see . . . a little pre-reunion practice for 50 or so of u s i n l ate sum mer isn’t a b ad pl an .

Bob EST US called f rom Carswell to f inalize his plans,

as did R andy JA Y N E . N ow t her e’s a f un guy t o r etu rn a call to . . . “ W h ite H ouse” . . . “ Y es, ex tension , u mpty 19

ump, please” . . . M aj . Jayne, N ational Security Council.”

Just think what I can tell my grand children. Ray M I L BE RG also cal led t o r el ate how h e h ad f li rted w ith t h e T est Pi lot Sch ool selection com m ittee, but w as “ sm il ingly ”

in place again in the Rhode I sland ROTC world. I t seems to me that you can’t even call yourself a card-carrying 66’er if you’re not, or haven’t been in one of three pl aces: A F I T , U SA F A , or T est Pi lot School .

I see w her e D ick

BOROWSK I is daf f ling the Edwards types. Ron D A SK I V ICH , I understand, was a qualif ied alternate. (Sounds l i k e the story of my life.)

Speak ing of USA FA f olks: Bill BL I TT wrote that he and other “ Red T ags” had taken over the M ath D epartment .

Right now we have Bob G RA V ELL E, Jim H I GH A M , Bill

one, as I had a hematology exam the next morning.

Well,

ou r collect ive w il l power being no str onger th an it w a s 9 or 10 y ears past , that “ one beer ” lasted u nt il w e h ad r eh ash ed all t he ol d 6th Squ adron history , the m il it ary and c i v i l i a n career s of our selves and all our com r ades, pol it ics, V i et N am , m edicine and m edical educat ion, the A F and the A F R ; and until w e h ad been beaten at Pong by every one w ho t o o k

us on; and until the bar closed f or the night . I poured h i m

into bed and w ent hom e to study f or a bit . T hat l asted f o r about seven seconds. T ops. N eedless t o say , m y ex am

grade was not one of the highest .

Bef or e w e got t oo f ar into our cups. C huck m ent ioned

R I L E Y , John M A Y BE E , W alt K I N G and Butch SC H R EC K -

two things that made much sense to me: one concerned ’ 6 7 ’ s tenth year reunion, f or which we should probably begin s o m e planning— Beattie volunteered to be the East Coast Co

at W r ight-Pat t .

t h at l at er .

ER. Bill lef t L arry BA GL EY and Jerry CA L L A HA N back While standing in the Seymour Johnson O’Club last week

(th at social hub of the E ast C oast ), w ho shoul d appr oach

f rom my “ 6 o’clock” but Jim T I L L EY . H e was delivering a n F-4 to Europe the next morning, and is stationed now at E glin. I t was great to see Jimbo, even f or such a short t i m e.

H e, also w as at T est Pilot School , w ith Joh n K U N Z , P h i l B RU C E , and Rusty G I D E ON .

I ’l l close th is issue w ith m y ow n l itt le essay on the “ W ay

P r ess, A s you know, A I R FORCE M agazine has been publishing monthly examples of civilian press s c r e w ups, mis-understandings and gross exaggerations. Well, s o m e

w ar d

or dinator ; the ot her concer ned PO W -M I A s— but m ore abou t T he second big sur pr ise w as a ph one call , cou r tesy o f

his employer’s WA T S line, from the ol’ weatherman himself , Terry K EL L Y . H e apparently had the atmosphere well under control in Colorado where he is now employed doing som e sor t o f hail r esearch , and cal l ed t o ch at a bit .

I t w as

great— I had not heard or seen him since 1970 when I w a s V iet N am bound and he and his wife blew through Colorado Springs. A s I recall, we gave the K achina a bit of b u si n ess that night . A nyhow, he said that he had really seen t h e world during his A F career, having lived in Phoenix, O k l a homa where he got his M .S., Sacramento, Boston, K waj alein in the Paci f ic, and now G r over , C O , of C entenni al f ame.

t im es I wonder w hen one of t heir pr im e sou rces is the H o m e T ow n N ew s Release. D id y ou k now t hat our ow n Sid W I SE

H e plans to settle in the Boulder area.

T hai A F B, T h ail and, f or duty w ith a u nit of the U .S. A i r

in an A FIT program getting a M aster’s degree in operations research. A mazing . . . another member of the 2.00 C l u b getting a graduate degree.

graduated from the A rmed Forces Staff College (in Phil GA RDN ER’S class) only to be assigned to “ U dorn Royal Forces in Europe.” (?) Where are you, Sid? . . .

See you all in Colorado on the 16th of October .

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M r . L ar ry W ilson

Stanford M anor A pt . 206 1 1 10 St an f o r d R d .

G r and F or k s, N D 5820 1

I t i s a sad situ at ion f or m e, but t his is the last N ew sl et t er I w i ll w r ite f rom the Jew el of the Red River V alley , t h e H u b of Pot ato L and, the C ity of N egativ e C h il l F actor . . . y e s ,

H is only r ecent

contact w ith Old G r ads w as D oug B RA Z I L , w ho is now

Changes of address f rom the A OG include Clark S.

Y O U N G , t o M cG uir e A F B, N J; R oger C A R L ET ON , t o T ucson, A Z , as a test p il ot ; Rob D E T U R K to Panam a

City, FL ; Barry CRA N E to K irtland A F B, N M , in laser research; Bruce DON to L as V egas, N V ; Greg F REI X as a test manager at Wright-Patterson A FB, OH ; T ed M C A DA M Z aragosa A B, Spain, as a weapons and tactics instructor ; and Gerry WEN NER to Goodf ellow A F B, TX , as a student in signals intelligence. A dditionally, Ray WA TT S was recognized f or f lying 2000 hours in a B-52, and L oren SH RI V ER completed the A F T est Pilot School at Edwards

tion: M ary T yler M oore, brace yourself ; M inneapolis/ St .

A F B, CA .

T he A O G al so not if ied m e that D ou g F E RG U SO N ’s status was of f icially changed to K I A f rom M I A on 3 M ay ’76 . I h av e in the past ex pou nded on w h at a t r av esty I consider th is act ion t o be and w i ll not do so again o th er than to point out that Chuck Beattie expressed to me ear ly i n our v isit that he agr eed w it h m y position w hole-hear t edly .

T hat was gratifying, and indicates to me that there are oth er s,

w o r k o u r t ai l s o f f t h er e.

A O G is not act ive enough in ef f or ts t o account f or

f olks, by the time you peruse these notes I will have s e e n

“ W elcom e to G r and F ork s” f ading aw ay in m y r ear v ision m i r r o r f o r t h e l ast t i m e sav e f o r o n c e i n ’7 8 w h en I gr adu at e

— and that will be tolerable. A s part of the U N D M edical School curriculum, I and 39 others will spend a year w o r k ing at either the M ayo Clinic or— where I will be— the U of M innesota hosp it al sy stem .

Paul her e I com e!

A t l ast— a r etu rn t o civ iliza

Oh, y es . . . w or d h as it th at w e w i l l

I h ad tw o pleasant and tot ally unexpected

surp rises t h e se

past months. The f irst occurred when my phone rang o n e evening and the voice at the other end said, “ A m I by ch ance speaking to the L arry Wilson who went to the A ir Force A cademy?” With that I f igured I was in for a sales p itch of some k ind, but r esponded i n the aff ir m at iv e.

T he v o i c e then went on to say, “ Well, you’re not going to believe th is, bu t this is C huck BE A T T I E .” H e w as corr ect ; I did not , u n t i l f u r t h er c o n v er sat i o n c o n f i r m ed t h e f ac t .

I t seem s t h at h e w as on a U SA F R t raining f light ,and som e equipm ent m al

f unct ioned near— y ou guessed it— G r and F ork s A F B, w her e the cr ew l anded and w er e tempor ar ily st r anded. N atur ally i t

seemed appropriate to get together f or a beer— but only

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perhaps even a “ silent maj ority,” who f eel as I do t h at t h e comrades and classmates who are still— regardless of “ of f icial” status— missing.

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C apt . M ar k A . T or r eano C SE C

U SA F A cadem y , C O 80840 R es. (303) 472-07 13 O f c . A tv n . 2 59 -2 0 0 8

T o begin, w ish t o cor r ect an item f rom l ast col um n t h at

was intended to be part icularly witty and amusing, b u t so m e how was printed in such a way as to make me look like a rather simple, blithering f ool . What the Captain meant w a s,

“ I recently tried to worm my way into a PhD program i n H igher Education-A dministration sponsored by the U ni

ver si ty of D enver , but w hen ask ed f or art icles I had w r i tt en, I could only di rect t hem t o this colum n. W ell, not only did

they not get the PhD program of f the ground, but they m e n tioned something about trying to get my M A taken away.

So be advised I perform this task at considerable personal risk .” N ow, that’s more like it . A real zinger, right T o m V A I L ? Oh yeah? Same to you, f ella.

Springtime in the Rock ies has been great this year ;

n o

June snow f al ls or f reezes, no 18” bl izzar ds as w e had i n A pril, 1967. A nd several classmates’ wives got in the sw ing

of springtime by having babies. Jim and Sandy CA PEL L O

hav e a new gir l, w hi le Sh ar on and N eal ST A R K EY and B i l l

Letters: I must start with Greg SHUEY’s, which I had placed on the wrong heap on my desk and didn’t get i n l ast time. Greg writes that, contrary to his letter two c o l u m n s back, he did not get assigned to ej ection seat designing a t

Wr ight-Pat, but is now an astronautical engineer at SA M SO in L a. Complaining as usual, he does not understand w hy

he can’t get checked out to f ly the SAMSO systems. G r eg adds that he ran into George WAUER and Eric WENTZEL, both of w hom ar e at SA M SO , E r ic as a civi l ian .

K en an d

K ay M A DSEN write f rom K arachi, Pakistan (I think he and Carl know the same guy at M PC) where he is an A ssoci

ate Professor at the Pakistan Air Force College of A er o

nautical Engineering, teaching EE to cadets and of f icers

from Pakistan, Iran, Tanzania and Libya. Now that’s n o t

and Paula WALSH are the proud parents of a baby boy

your everyday A ir Force assignment ! K en says he is f airly

RYDER has been off icially declared KIA, after being

style is one that he thought only existed in old movies ab ou t

(each couple has their own).

I n a less happy note, J o h n c a r

ried in M I A status since 9 June, 1970. Our only classmate st i l l M I A i s J oh n D U E F Y .

I n other local new s, M im i and I had dinner w ith M ar ie

(Don) GENNA and Irene (Bob/ Mac) MACALUSO in April.

M arie was in town visiting her mother, while Don w a s

m

Dallas adjusting to the civilian world and his new j ob with Brown and Root, I believe.

I rene, until recently an A F

Captain, was on the Commandant’s special planning staff for women cadets while Bob, now in the civil service, w a s a t

Bark sdale w i th the A ir F orce R eserve A -37 u nit there. N o t finding living 1500 miles apart very convenient, I rene resigned

com f or t able, w ith six (6) ser v ants i n h is house.

H is l i f e

the British Empire.

Ken h as

Let’s hear if for empires!

even r un into a few grads, including Bill H OGE, who w e r e in town f or a CENTO exercise, “ Shabay ’76.' W h o sai d

K ar achi w as the end of t he w or ld?

T h e M adsens w er e h er e

at USAFA prior to going to Pakistan, and adopted a br other , Nickey for daughter Melea, prior to their departure. K en encourages anyone coming to Karachi to contact him prior to arrival and he will be glad to help them f ind the l o c al bargains.

I d idn’t k now K en k new th at k in d of w om en .

Rod ST U BBS penned a nice newsy letter f rom DC where

spend a year of active duty as a Captain attending C o m m an d

he is working in Hq AFSC, DCS/ Personnel, enjoying a career broading experience from the engineering field. R o d will work in the assignments and career development a r e a s

although a few of the “ Golden Eleven” may also f ind t h em selves in A labama this year. Leaving USA FA this summer are Chuck and L inda Y OOS, to H q SA M SO; Jim and M ari lyn A U BREY , to the U niversity of Washington in Seattle

at how naive he was concerning personnel actions. Academy grads are all alike, thinking things are done according t o Hoyle by people with unquestioned integrity. Rod says B i l l RADASKY is now in Santa Barbara, CA , running his own

partment, and Carl and D ebbie JA N SSEN , to Dhahran, Saudi A rabia for two years.

Bob DEN N Y , an ROTC instructor in H oboken, N J, when

her commission and will j oin M ac at M axwell where he w i l l and St af f .

M ac m ay be t he f ir st ’6 8er t o attend i n r esidence,

to pursue a PhD in English and return to the English D e

Now, that may strike some of you as not a choice assign

ment, but Carl actually volunteered f or it.

H e will b e t h e

Education and Training Officer with the US Military T r ai n ing Mission there, which should be a very interesting a n d challenging job. Prior to departure, Carl stopped in a n d

told me a f ew interesting, but little k nown f acts about Sau d i A rabia that I know you will enj oy, such as: There is n o t o n e

natural lake, river or stream in the country, and during th e summer sandstorm season winds of 50 kts and temperatures of 125® are not uncommon. So it’s really easy to see w hy

C arl w anted t o leave C olor ado.

C ar l and D ebbie w il l b e

living in (air-conditioned, I hope) government quarters an d

for two years, an eye opening experience that has him am azed

consulting business and f inding out that he can no longer get

mad at the boss and quit. Rod also recently saw bachelor

Rod was invited by Bob to talk to some of his engineering students. Mike and f/Iary STEVENSON are in the process of moving from Hanscom AFB to Holloman and looking f or w ar d to w ar m er w eather .

Bob M A G U I R E h as m ov ed

f rom K irtland to DC to serve as Company Grade Off icer A dvisor to General Evans, Commander A FSC. Rod, Patti,

Rodd and Ryand hope to hear from those passing through

the capital in the next year. Finally, Bob M A CA L U SO al so

sent a note about his tour at A C SC and som e i nf o on o t h er classm ates. Bob ST I E R w ill enter A F I T in r esidence s o o n w h ile Bob t el ls us that Butch BA RC L A Y i s now m ar r ied an d

that the title “ A gricultural Productionist” Butch used i n h i s

have a spare camel hair’s rug for guests if your caravan i s passing nearby. Carl’s new address is PO Box 1246, A P O

New York 09616. Dave “Helen” HUNT dropped by the

other day to visit a bit. D ave is teaching in the Procurement course at L owry, but will soon be leaving the A F f or a j ob with L ockheed in Saudi A rabia also. H ope you and Carl

tan, not burn. Finally, Skip BALZAS, Math Department,

recently won the base singles paddleball tournament .

June Week was beautif ul this year ; M imi and I were a b i t

more involved than usual since we had a cadet’s girlfriend

staying with us. Everyone was wondering what U SA FA w i l l

be like once women enter, and I plan to give you a pl ay -by play on early results in the next column. Those of y ou look ing f or work at USA FA should seriously consider the C o m m

Shop; AOC, MT instructor. Airmanship.

They really do

want grads, and many of the top people in the Comm Shop were here when we were, such as General Beck , Comman dant and Col M cCarthy, V ice Commandant.

B i l l M cK ee

B i l l C r i m m el

bio means “ dirt f armer ."

Cute, Butch! A nd here it is B ob,

you asked for it, the score, as of last fall, was: U SA F A 4 11; C iv il ian W or ld 173; M isc. 23.

Phone calls: D ick COE r ang my bell to correct last c o l

um n’s not e th at he w as at the D ef ense L anguage I nst itute.

H e is actually a student at the N aval Postgraduate S c h o o l a t M onterey, enrolled in the recently introduced N ational S e

curity Af fairs master program designed to train area sp e

cialists and attaches. D ick will spend a year in this c o u r se , then 6 months to a year at the L anguage I nstitute, t h en ab o u t 6 months in DC at intelligence and attache school bef ore b e coming the A ssistant A ir A ttache to I taly. A h, Roma; D ick and Suzie ar e natu r al ly l ook ing f or w ar d t o th is assignm ent , L arry M ITCHEL L is also in the area. b el l i ssi m o !

attending the M onterey I nstitute of Foreign Studies, a c iv i l ian school, under A FI T , preparing f or Chinese attache w o r k .

A nd Jim Reese is in the same course as D ick , preparing f or a M A A G or attache assignment to I ndonesia. Dick s a y s that the attache/ area specialist programs are really i n t er est

N ew s r el eases t el l u s t h at Jo h n G U R L E Y

r ec eiv ed t h e

C om m endat ion M edal f or not cr ack ing u p any aircr af t

at

Grif f iss, while “ Fatty” Joe ROBERT S received the same f o r duty at Bentwaters. Bill “ Fin" FIN L I NSON was cited a s

the O ut st anding Junior O f f icer o f the Q uar ter as a C - 5 A I P at T rav is, and Joh n (F rog) G R A H A M , now at T or r ej on, received his 30th A ir M edal as a result of his part icipat

ing in the M ayaquez incident. Steve PEDERSON drives F-4’s at Spangdahlem, and V irgil M ONT I is a T itan M issile

C r ew C o m m a n d er at D av i s- M o n t h o m A F B .

J ack SA U N D E R S h as r ec ei v ed an M A i n b u si n ess a n d i n d u st r i a l m a n

agement f rom Central M ichigan, and Bill CRI M M EL has graduated f rom T est Pilot School at Edwards and will r em ai n there as an A FSC engineer . Finally, Bill M cK EE has b een promoted to assistant vice president and manager of a b r a n c h o f t h e A r i zo n a B an k i n Ph o en i x .

B i l l st ar t ed w it h t h e b an k

in A pril 1974 and it looks like he will move r ight on up the

l ad d er .

ing and a good rated supp tour for pilots/navs. Anyone w h o

Well, I ’m getting a bit uneasy about the disproportionate length of my columns and besides, I ’m out of Coors, s o ’bye f or now.

at Hq SAC, doing EWO planning in Combat Operations.

John expressed interest in coming to USAFA and is looking

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wants more first-person information can call D ick . J oh n V A N D E CA M P called, as he passed through town. H e is into an A OC j ob. Greg PA QU I N called while he was in the area, having j ust exited the A F f rom his Stan/ Eval j ob at D yess. Greg plans to stay in A biline, where his w i f e i s

working in respiratory therapy. Bob POHLMAN is out o f the A F now and will be tak ing a j ob with a large law f i r m

i n Phoenix .

G ood l uck , G reg and Bob on y our new car eers.

I mpersonal: I nfo here is gleaned f rom address cards an d

new s r eleases. Pat PA T T E RSO N is now in B ilox i ; Bar ry PRI N S and Pau l F L Y N N in A lbuquer que; D av e K N A PP,

Fayetteville; Jim H A ZEN , Ridgefield, Conn.; D uane CLA W SON , 22nd T A SS, Wheeler A FB, H I ; A 1 V A SQUEZ, Sum ter, SC; Bill T U RCH ICK , T ainan, T a i w a n; T ony

M A RSH A L L , Bentw aters, U K ; Joh n K OST I U K , Pit m an,

N J (retired); O. R. H A USE, D awsonville, GA ; Bill BOW M A N , Zweibrucken. A lso, Bob JOH NSTON is now a sect ion com m ander at SOS; T om E A V ES is a sy stems engin

eer f or Electronic D ata Systems in Cincy (my home town—

go Big Red Machine!); John GURLEY has left Air Traffic

Controller duty at Grif fiss to command the 2004 Comm

Sqdn at Sondrestrom AFB, Greenland; Arlen ENTSMINGER is employed by Systems D evelopment Corporation of Japan in T okyo; and L loyd BEL WOOD is an OSI detachment com

m ander at L aughli n .

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C apt . G er al d D . L u al l in 10 7 4 5 B ecl an D r i v e

R ancho C or dov a, C A 95670

P h . 9 16— 6 3 5 - 7 7 19

T h is v ot ing stuf f gets tougher ever y y ear .

We

just had the California primaries and I was torn between H enry Fonda and Gregory Peck .

I vaguely recall bumping into Greg T A Y LOR and his pretty wif e at the Club one Saturday night. I barely r e member what we talked about. G reg is stationed at T ravis A FB, I remember that . Roy REED has become a Greek, b u t we’ve always suspected that . N ope, I either talked t o h i m too early or too late that evening/ night. Ron (Pete) P E T E R SON i s now st at ioned at M ather , w e m et at a bond dr iv e

meeting, and f or a moment I thought it was an A rnold H a l l lecture all over again. Pete was sleeping and I got w hip-l ash .

I received a note announcing the birth of A dam T heodore

H OW L A N D , W alt and M ax ine's second ch i ld .

here at M ather, look ing f or the light .

W alt is st il l

T om PI L L A RI w as selected as SA C ’s out st anding y ou ng

Judge A dvocate of 1975. Congratulations to T om f rom t h e class. T om will be leaving Guam to arrive at the A ir Force A cademy. T om's wif e gave birth to A nthony in M ar . ’76 .

T om , of cour se, w i ll be t each ing law at th e “ Z oo.”

I don't want to say anything about the non-use of my

m ail box , bu t af ter T om Pil lar i’s letter , I i m por ted a sp ider f rom m y old m ailbox at the Z oo, j ust so I w oul d h av e

company when I made my daily check .

t h e h o m et o w n n ew s r el eases ar e h er e !

Ed A LLEN r ec ei v ed t h e A i r F o r ce

But never f ear, C o m m en d at i o n

M edal, and he is now an assistant prof essor of aerospace st u d i es. A i r F o r c e R O T C at V M I .

So u n d s l ik e a f i n al

s e m

ester course. D ave (Stik) T U RN ER has graduated f rom T - 3 7 I P school and w ill be teach ing at W illi am s A F B .

D on

FEN NO received a Commendation M edal af ter moving f rom Scott A FB to N orton A FB. I still remember the pl ush surr oundings, D on .

J ac k H O R A C E K

h as m o v ed f r o m W u r t sm i t h A F B an d

I hope he accl im at izes w ell .

M att W A L D RON has r eceived

a C o m m en d at i o n M ed al a n d h as m o v ed f r o m E l m en d o r f t o

W r ight-Pat terson (A F I T ). Jim L E U T H A U SE R al so h as r e ceived an A ir F or ce C om m endat ion M edal (A F C M ) and B ill

F i n l i n so n

has moved from Luke A FB to A FIT . “ H opper John” H OP PER has been selected as Outstanding I nstructor of t h e

going to AFIT); Chip TERRILL settled into the quiet l i f e

a s

a lawyer in Washington, D .C., and also that D on GA BRE-

SK I w as h ead ed t o A F I T .

Skip Penny sent news from that f amiliar country in t h e

Rockies, Colorado Springs, stationed at Ent .

On his w ay

back f r om T h ail and he r an i nt o Jam i eson BU R G E SS an d

B. J. McCu l l o u g h at Clark where they are flying C-130s;

Bob JU LSON NETT is stationed there also, but was T DY at the time. While in California, Skip saw John A L L EN studying at the U niversity of Calif ornia at San Bernadino.

H e also spent time in A rizona with Bill and L inda BA DER at L uke; he is f lying F- 15s. Upon Sk ips arrival at E n t h e

found that Syd LIMOGE was in the same office; Syd has

T o m P i l la r i

now moved to California and SA M SO. A lso, with A DCOM H eadquarters were Ed GON Z A L ES and Gary DA H L EM ;

SA C ’s O utstanding Y oung Judge

and Dean KNIOLA is in computer programming.

Gerry

M cK EE is a M ech I nstructor at USA FA ; Jed H OL M ES was visiting Colorado on his way to Calif ornia f rom A ndrews.

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Jim BARRALL (Lois) is coming back from England, newly assigned t o M cD ill .

Chris JOHNSON (Cindy) wrote from Taipei, Taiwan

Quarter at V ance A FB. Tom BL A CK has graduated f rom SOS and returned to Tyndall A FB. (Wake-up) Jack DA V I S r eceiv ed

an

A FCM

A thletic department .

A FB.

an d

is n ow

at

the

“ W om b”

in

the

Jim FOST ER is an I P at L aughlin

R o n L O V E i s a T - 3 7 I P at C o lu m b u s.

L I A M S is at Beale A FB.

Ji m W I L

Gary L I ND N ER is a Career

D evelopm ent O f f icer at Of f utt A F B.

R oss W I E R I N G A

after a PCS f rom Clark . H e has been working with M A A G-

China, but is moving to Taichung to attend the Embassy School of Chinese L anguage and A rea Studies.

Chris m e n

t ioned som e cl assm ates st at ioned in the Or i ent : Bob J U L -

SONN ET and Jim BU RGESS in 130s at Clark ; M ike D U N N f lying C-130, FCF fl ights with China A ir L ines; and the departure of Brian PREND ERGA ST (A lice) f rom the Or i ent and the serv ice to enter th e business w or l d i n

graduated f rom SOS and returned to L ak enheath, RA F

D en v er .

is an F- 111 weapons systems of f icer at N ellis A FB. F r an k

A F B. aft er r et ur ning f r om C C K and C l ark as a C - 130 I P;

assignment at Grand Forks. A 1 H I NK L EM A N is at N ellis A FB, the news release says he is a f ighter pilot and y o u c a n draw your own conclusions f rom that. H arry V A N DERH ORST is a B-52 A ircraf t Commander at Dyess A F B. T om L Y K I NS moved f rom Ramstein A B to Randolph A FB where he is a computer programmer. Jef f M EECE is a pilot i n the 99th M A S at A ndrews A FB. Jeff POSN ER graduated f rom T est Pilot School and will be assigned to K elly A F B .

at the University of L ouisville School of D entistry . D av e ran into Dr .(s) Buddy M A RSH , Gordey K I N G (who grad uated # 1 f rom Baylor M ed School); George M cCL A I N , Bob ST ATT ON , and K ent L A H M A N who is f light surgeon

St ation , E ngland, w her e h e is C hief of M aintenance o f t h e C om m Squadron . Bob PA I N E r eceived his 2nd A F C M and W OOD

r ec eiv ed h i s 2 n d A F C M

an d h as b een aw a r d ed an

B o b J O N E S r ec ei v ed an A i r M ed al a n d i s n o w an F -4 I P a t H o m est ead A F B .

W ell I h ate t al l asleep .

to end th is l etter her e, but i f I don’t I ’l l

— G o o d L u ck an d L o v e f r o m t h e L u al l i n s

D ave A N TOON was a contract negotiator at K elly

by now Dave is out of the Air Force, preparing to begin

w i t h an F - 4 u n i t i n K o r ea .

Sam P O P P E L L

i s i n m ed i c al

school. U niversity of T ex as, San A ntonio; Sam h ad f inish ed

a M asters degree af ter leaving the General’s aide slot a t Wilf ord H all in England. John QUI NCY (Gail) is a civilian d en t al

st u d en t

at

UT

in

S an

A nton io .

Jo h n

sa i d

t h at

academ ics seem a bit easier because he doesn’t h av e t o t ak e t im e out t o shi ne h is shoes! D av e al so m ent ioned V i n ce

PUGL I SE, working f or A merican H ospital Supply in N ew

Jer sey (and r eal ly loves h is new l if e), Joh n C RE E CH

a

B-52 EWO f aced with a j ob in Chicago or A FI T , and Ric M A N N a C - 130 I P at D y ess.

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Bill M anning Rd. 1, L ak e Carey

T unk annock , PA 18657 R es. 7 17-

8 3 6 -4 4 7 5

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— and r espond y ou did .

Communication can exist in many f orms and most of

them were used in contacting me. You sure did a great j ob .

Robby ROBI NSON (L eslie) dropped a line from Gr is som bef ore leaving on a f light and 30-day stop at T orrej on, Spain; upon returning Robby is going PCS to A FI T at t h e

University of Flordia to study Industrial Engineering, t o

M .S .

H e mentioned A rlon M A TSU N A GA , Sam WOOD (Sandy), D ave H IGGI N S (Jean), f lying K C-135s, and D ave V OGEL GESA NG (D ebbie) who has separ ated.

H e also spoke of Steve SH A RK EY (K athy) and Roger H I L L (Sharon) work ing the SOS section down south. w ar d s

M ik e T H O M A S w rote f r om the beaut if ul N or th W est

Dick O’CON N ER, Jim BECH T EL , Chris JOH NSON , D ave A NTOM , M ike TH OM A S, Robby ROBI N SON , M ike GWI N N UP, Rick BEREI T , Rex JON ES, T im K I N NA N ,

(land of bachelor parties, and M ercer I sland); he is an I n dustrial Engineer for Crown Zellerbach Paper Company, f o r

now, thanks (ahead of time) to you, also.

the A F in June of 1975 f lying F- l Ol s and speaks highly o f

and Skip PENNY. For those of you who are writing right O K E R called m e f rom R obbins A F B w her e he is an A C

in C- 130 Flight T est; if all goes as planned, he will s o o n be going to school f or his M asters in management. H e mentioned a number of other people: T im BENCH , at Wright-Patt; Will SK EPI N S, f lying C-130’s in Guam (soon

w or k and an F - 106 j ock w ith the A N G f or f u n . M ik e l ef t

the pr of essionalism o f the G uar d.

H e and D i ane l iv e i n

V ancouver, Wash., and write all and any to stop by an d visit; he said that the PPR at Portland is just a f ront . H e mentioned Steve GU ENA RD now crop dusting in L ake

Providence, Louisiana; and Steve BARNES (Susan) enj oy

ing themselves at Wright-Patt .

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M ik e G W I N N U P w r ote t o m e on an A ST R A t our at

an d the Pentagon, j oining D usty SWA N SON — A ST RA Scott BA RK ER who is on a 4-year tour . H e spoke of

Bill HESC(/x, separated and working as a journalist.

Rick BEREITA (Barb) sent a lot of news f rom all those

in England,' at RAF Upper Heyford. Rick SINE is the job cont rol of f icer in the 20th T F W ; he w ork s as an A cadem y

liaison off icer and he and his wif e, Edie, are planning t o return to the A cademy in 7 7 and the M T department .

John PETTY was in Oxford doing a study of A F manning f or the people at T inker A FB, his home station.

W inston H A M M E RU D r etur ned t o L ow ry A F B f r om

England, to teach at the I ntel School . Gary GU M BERT a n d

Steve F EA ST E R ar e f ly ing F - l l l s. K urt SCH L A E F F E R i s t h er e al so w i t h t h e 7 7 th .

R i ck i s an a i r c r af t m ai n t en an c e

of f icer in the 20th O M S, he is w ork ing on his M asters i n

I nternational Relations and is aiming f or USA FA in H e also spoke of M ike and Judy FA I R at Ellsworth A FB a s a missel ops of f icer. Steve BL OM QUI ST (V al) separated f rom H ill A FB and is f lying with the Reserves and attending ’7 8 .

Sem in ary .

Rex JON ES (T erry) wrote to say that he was leaving M onterey, Calif ornia f or study at the University of M ad r i d in Spain, as an Olmstead Scholar .

T im K I N N A N (Sue) a pr ol if ic suppor ter of the colu m n, w r ot e f rom across the ocean (eastw ar d) fl y ing F -4s, a n d spoke of his next assignment to Nellis and Fighter W eapons

School, f ollowed by F-4s at Clark . D ave L OV E is headed f or George as an F-4 I P, and Greg SCH WA RT Z is going t o H o m est ead i n t h e sam e sl o t .

Ji m B E L L

ar r i v ed i n t h e

81st T FW as a weapons instructor and will remain with the thinning group at Bentwaters/ Woodbridge. T im saw Ed COL E in M adrid (f lying F-4s at T orrej on), and got a c a l l from D uane SCH UL K E, T DY in C- 130s f rom Pope; also, H ank K A I SE R p assed thr ough i n a K C -135 f r om O f f ut t .

Finally, with this issue I am handing the responsibility to Skip PENN Y at Ent. M y ink scratchings have been sent in f rom many dif ferent places in the last 6 years an d i t seem s t im e f or another t o h av e an enj oy able ch ance r el ate som e t houghts and the t r av els of our class.

to

Sk ip Penny 60 10 D el R ey D r .

C apt . R on Joy Q tr s. 42 13C U SA F A cadem y , C O 80840 R es. (303) 472-6325 A u t ov o n 2 5 9 -3 8 6 9

Greetings f rom the great A merican f rontier . I t seems that the last plane out of V ance has finally arrived a n d the old I P’s are about to f ade away. H onestly, M PC f o u n d out that they couldn’t legally keep us here so they t o l d u s t o pack our bags and get out of E nid .

I t is nice to report that Jan and I have f inally received our assignment. When I opened the envelope, all the p a p e r said was “ mush.” I t seems that’s A laskan f or “ y’all c o m e .”

Seriously, we are on our way to Elmendorf A FB in A n chor age wh er e I w i l l w ork both seats of the T -33.

Our r o u t e

of f light will take us by way of SOS where we will enj oy lovely M ontgomery in July. A lso with this out of the w a y assignment I thought it might be good to pass the torch f o r 24

Ron JOY (Patty) recently arrived at U SA FA

in the C om p Sci D ept and as he w as my m ost r ecent v olu n

teer, I decided to shake the typewriter and relinquish c o n trol.

Y ou got it , Ron . I hope your tour will be as en-

j oy able as m ine.

W i th t he upcom ing PC S I h aven’t h ad m uch t im e t o spend w ith the car ds and lett er s, so w ith gr eat apology I

am going to mention a few of the recent V ance departees and a quick shot on som e lett er s t hat cam e i n and th en

f o r w a r d t h e r est o f t h e st u f f o n t o R o n f o r t h e n ex t i ssu e .

M ark H A ESECK E (Barb) and I have been at the same place

f or the l ast ni ne y ear s but M PC , cau gh t on to our tr ick .

M ark is going to Scott A F B as an Ops R esear ch Sci ent ist

for M A C Plans D iv. H e and his f amily will be getting t h er e in A ugust. Tom W UERSL I N (Debbie) is going to be a

chauf f er f or som e big st ar s as a T -39 pi lot out of O f f u t t

A FB.

H e is moving up there in September .

Rod JON ES

and D anny A L L E N are both glut tons f or pu nish m ent . A f ter f lying with students f or three years they are ready t o f ight

the big time.

T hey have both gotten A ST RA assignments

to the Pent agon .

I r eceived a l etter f r om Y u-L in C H A O i n T aiw an , R OC .

H e is f lying the T -33 for the Chinese A ir Force A cademy a n d sends his best wishes to one and all. H e says he has acqu ir ed

tw o beaut if ul gir ls since gr aduat ion, one near his age and

one a lot younger . God bless you and your family, ROC. Jim N A N CE dropped a quick note to say he is at A ltus A F B inst r uct ing in t he C - 14 1. M ik e M C C A RT H Y is i n internship at M alcom G r ow M edical C ent er , A ndr ew s A F B .

A pparently doctoring does leave some time f or other things as he is to be married early in July to a nurse. T erry H OL M ES recently was wed and is moving to N ew Orleans f or his residency. I have to mention M arty L EBOWIT Z as he once accused me of only mentioning nice people i n this column. M ike saw M arty at a ski resort in U tah a n d discovered M arty is hard at work f or the D I A in parts u n k n ow n .

Some of the nicest things come in small pack ages and

W al ly K OW I T Z (Evonne) sent m e a n ice n ote about t he

birth of their son at Rickenbacker A FB. W ally is f lying the K C-135 there. K en M ORRIS (M arsha) wrote to say h e i s i n t h e I P b u si n ess i n t h e F - 10 4 .

Colorado Springs, CO 80918 For myself , I live on a peaceful lake in northeastern Pennsylvania, working as a manager f or Proctor and G a m b el — the invitation is yours to stop and say hello. L etters o f t e n seem hard to produce, but they make others happy— thank — B ill you f or all those words sent in.

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newswriting.

T h at ’s a n ew o n e .

H e

is f lying German students at L uke A FB. H e says V ic SU M

M E RS is t her e also as a w eapons cont r ol ler . T r ish N E W T ON

sends the notes out f or her and M ike and says they a r e enj oying Patrick A FB. M ike is an OV - 10 I P. T hey also

m ent ioned T om I RW I N (T ish) w ho is i n the C - 14 1 at N or ton A F B, D ave R EN N E K A M P (K ar en) w ho is a N av i nst ructor at M ather , and T om R A C K L E Y (C hr is) w h o is a

T -37 I P at Webb. L indsay FENWI CK is f inishing his M asters at Stanford and will be working soon for M cD onnellDouglas at L ong Beach. H e says he is trying to get i n t o a blue su it but not hav ing any luck .

H e say s B il l C O L E M A N

is there with him and will be going to L os A ngeles f o r h i s

nex t assignm ent af ter gr aduat ion .

M y last lett er w as unusual t o say the least . I t w as d r af t ed w h ile t alk ing on the phone t o m e by D ick D Y SA RT , Ru ss

M ATT ERA (Diana) and Skip PEPE (Becky). That crew is all at Wright-Patterson. Dick is getting out in J u n e to go to U n iv of M innesot a M ed School .

H e w as w i th

Skip and Ron WEIL ERT (Geri) in the RPV Program Off ice.

Russ is leaving the service in September to go to Ohio St at e in Optometry. L arry NOWICK I (Patty) is also getting o u t soon to attend U niv of Wisconsin Pharmacy School. L arry H A M M ON D (Sue) is f lying a C-131 at Wright-Pat . One o f only a f ew true recip pilots lef t flying.

Well, gang, I apologize again f or the speed at which I sent that through, but I will be sure to get Ron to catch u p .

I am praying that God will continue to bless you in w h at -

ever you do and I openly invite any who come out our w ay t o k n o ck o n t h e d o o r an d t o sh o o t t h e b r eez e f o r

a l ittle

Griffiss AFB: Bill KEELER (Terri) is T33 pilot and

recent A FCM recipient f or duty at Rome A ir D evelopment

w h ile.

C enter , N Y .

A

Junior Of f icer of the Y ear as a mathematician, recent

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Offutt AFB; Gregg SMITH was selected the Outstanding

Capt. Bob Bell

M ast er ’s i n m at h at C SU .

B ox 6 5

C ar sw ell A F B : Jef f SI L L I S i s m em ber of a r ecent Out standing B-52 C r ew o f the M onth .

E l lsw ort h A F B, SD 57706 6 0 5-

9 2 3 - 2 2 3 1/ 8 - 7 4 7 - 2 8 7 7

Sheppard A FB; Steve H OY L E (Claudia) was T-37 I P

H ow Goes I t, ’72? We made it through the f irst four, anyway, and the added pay will come in handy. T here a l so

of the M onth, al so r ecent M .S. f r om U C L A .

D y ess A F B : K en R I L E Y i s m em ber of a r ecent Out st anding U n it A w ar d w inner in K C - 135’s.

From the change of address cards, the f ollowing new

duty, f rom Columbus. Pat ROON EY (M elody) is here f rom V ance in T -38's. Bruce A H ERN (Janet) comes f rom Colum

seem t o h ave been a l ot of PC S m oves w ith the summ er , so I ’l l st ar t r igh t in . locat ions are noted . . . A 1 SE L L E RS, T r av is A F B, O B-

GY N intern; Roy H END RICK SON , A lamogordo (H ollo

m an A F B), N M , R F -4 N av ; D av e K E R BE R , D env er , C o .; Steve C L A R K , M ount ain H om e A F B— I D ; C arl F OST E R ,

D allas, TX ; D ave ST U BBS, U niversity City, TX ; D arryl

H A A S, Z ar agoza A B, Spain ; T om B RU M L I K , F ay ett evi l le,

N C; L ew H END ERSON , T ac D rone Sq, D avis-M onthan A FB, A X ; Greg M A RSH A L L , San A ntonia, TX ; V aughn

C L A U SON , civ il ian at C r omw ell , C T ; D av e BOW M A N , W ebb A F B, T X ; G eor ge PO L L A RD , L aughl in A F B, T X ; E d PA I N T E R , D yess A F B, T X ; Russ D E N N I S, Pope A F B, N C ; K evi n B REN N A N , T acom a, W A ; D enny G RE E N E ,

Dyess A FB, TX ; Rich PA RM ENT I ER, M inot A FB, N D .

Stateside news releases were received on the f ollowing

r ecent new assignm ents or event s of int er est :

V ance A FB: Bernie H A RV EY (Carolyn) is a recent Out

st anding I P of the M onth in T -38’s; Bill H A A N (Bonnie) i s

newly assigned direct f rom RF-4’s at RA F A lconbury.

W r ight-Patter son A F B : M ik e R O M I T O and Just in T OW N SL E Y (Phyl lis) ar e m em ber s of the B- 1 SPO th at

was recently awarded the A F Organizational Excellence A ward for its part in the B-1 Systems Development . B o t h are Program M anagement Of ficers.

U SA FA : D an M UL D ER (M ary) now assigned to T -4r s f rom M oody A FB, GA ; V an SH I EL DS (Carol) is recipi ent of A FCM f or I nformation Of f icer duty at M oody, new ly assigned to U SA FA .

M cC l el l an A F B : Jo h n F U SS sav ed t h e A F a n est i m at ed

$ 15000/ year with his A F Suggestion, as well as t ak ing p ar t

i n another r escue ef f or t , th is one of f the coast of C al i f o r n i a .

H e’s an H C - 13 0 A C .

Whiteman A F B: A rt OL SON has upgraded to D M CCC

af ter thr ee y ear s M L O du ty .

Jef f C A M E RON (L isa) h as h i s

Senior M issileman Badge f or f our years duty as M CCC, a l so recent M .S. f rom Central M issouri State U niversity. D a v e M A ST I N (Dona) also has the Badge f or f our years M CCC duty , and a M .B .A . f r om U n iver sity of M issour i .

M ar v

V A ND ERWEG (Susan) is another Senior M issileer . Jerry (Roberta) D REN NA N recently upgraded to M CCC after f inishing his second M aster’s degree, this one through A F I T at U . o f M O — C o l u m b i a .

Castle A FB: M ike D U NN (Patricia) is flying interceptors

w it h the 84th F I S, r ecent ly aw ar ded its second A F Out st and

ing U nit A ward.

G i la Bend A F A ux F id : L eonar d F OX

r eceived the

M eritorious Service M edal f or duty as civil engineer

at

L angley A F B , V A .

Craig A FB: Ron WA L L A CE (M aryellen) is recent Out

standing I P of the M onth .

Seymour-Johnson A FB: Craig BA RRY took part in Bold Eagle ’76 with units of the A ir Force, N avy and A rmy i n N ev ad a an d C al i f o r n i a .

Randolph AFB: Calvin KING (Andrea) has begun I P

bus, too as an I P.

Shaw AFB: Chuck WINTER (Sheryl) recently completed

a T DY at RA F A lconbury, England.

Several overseas news releases showed up this month a s

w el l . . .

K adena A B: George WA GA SK Y (M arian) is assigned

t o F -4 duty her e.

Osan A B, K orea: M arc SA N D ERS f lies F-4’s; and D en nis M U RK EY (Pamela) is a Weapons Saf ety Of ficer f rom

G eor ge A F B, C A .

Sembach A B, W . Germany : Bob WA L LER received his second A FCM f or duty at L . G . H anscom as a M anagement

A nalysis O f f icer .

M ichigan .

H e h as a M .A . i n E conom ics f r om U . o f

Clark A B; D arryl H A A S is an A dmin Of f icer with a

r ecent M .A . f rom A F I T at t he U . of T ex as.

Karamursel AB, Turkey: Jim GAUDINO (Margaret) is

an I nformation Of f icer with an A F newspaper that has b een honored as the best in its category f or the second y ear , th e M ar m ar a M essenger .

With only three letters since my l ast plea f or news, t h e rest shouldn’t take long:

Bill BECK writes of SOS class 76-A, including nine o t h er

c l a ssm a t e s .

Bill was a D G as well as an Outstanding Contributor .

Bruce H OSEA was also an Outstanding Contributor award

r ecipient .

Bill BECK— T -39/ A ide A FT EC/ CC K irtland A FB, N M T om CA SDORF— M anagement Engineer , H oward A B,

C an al Z o n e.

Jef f H I L L— Brief ing Of f icer , H Q22A F , T ravis A FB, CA .

Bruce HOSEA—CH-3/Air Ops Staff Officer-Life Sup

port, Shaw A FB, SC. , Bob GRA D LE— H H 53, 55th A RRS, Eglin A FB, FL .

Chuck G REER— U H - 1, I ndian Springs, N V .

H ank M A SON— H H -53, H icham A FB, H I .

K eith PRA N K E— SPO Of ficer , SA M SO, L os A ngeles

A F S, C A .

Glynn SI SSON— A ero Engineer , A SD , Wright-Patterson

A F B , OH .

V ic SO R L I E— F - 111 Pil ot , M ount ain H om e A F B , I D .

T hank s f or t he i nf o. Bi ll .

H arvey L ECA TO writes to say he’s now in A F Systems Command at L . G . H anscom f rom L indsey A FS, W . Ger many . H e j ust got a M aster ’s degree at U . of U tah.

A 1 PA RM ET will start his internship at Tr avis soon af ter his wedding to or with D eb. H e says John WH I TE (L ibby) is at K ef lavik , I celand f lying interceptors. H o w ar d BA L ENTI N E (Debbie) is in H eidelberg, Germany with Weather Service. Rich A RTI M has probably f inished his m ed study at C U by now , t oo.

Bob COOK is at Grand Fork s A FB, N D .

A s the last item f or this column, I would ask any of you who know or even have heard the whereabouts of o u r 25

“ L ost Souls” as publ ished in the last Biographical D at a F o r m

at Shaw as a nav i n the RF -4C .

A ssociation of Graduates or myself . L et’s try to keep t ab s on each other through our military and civilian careers i f at all possible. Till the next time, hope you all enjoy t h i s

Fred BECK M A NN j ust lef t Osan f or H ahn, Germany as an

to drop a note or make a call with the info to either t h e

an d W i l l i e T H O M PSO N

M ick ey T R A M ON T A N A

ar e b o t h i n t h e T - 3 7 at

M at h er .

I n t el . O f f i c er .

Bicentennial Summer wherever you may be. FPA .

That wraps it up f or this t ime. I hope this f inds you all doing well and in good spirits. U ntil next t ime

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I L t . V i nce M . Par i si , I I 2765 E l C ap it an D r .

Colorado Springs, CO 809 18 3 0 3- 5 9 9 - 18 7 1 A u tov o n : 2 5 9 -3 6 5 3

H ello again to all of you out there f rom me in here. W e are all over the 3-year point (boy are we getting old!) a n d the Captains board has met— results should be out later this year . I t amazes me how much everybody moves around, but that is what keeps this column going.

T his quarter we f ind Jim V ITEL LI and wif e K athy at Wright-Pat with the A FL C Brief ing Team. A lso Rudnaldo H ODGES is a weapons controller at L uke, while Ed A V I L A and wife Carol are at Edwards. H e just f inished test pilot school as an engineer . Chris and N ina Y OU N G just came to the A cademy as a T -41 I P— he’s already taken over t h e golf course. D ennis GEESM A N is at M cChord as a F- 106 pilot while A lan and L auri H OOV ER are at Castle where he is a T -33 pilot. A lso in a T -33 is Joe K A H OE stationed at Sawyer with his wif e D ebor ah. John and K r istina P E L U SO is a W SO i n the F - 111 at M ount ain H om e A F B .

T h e B - 5 2 i s t h e ai r cr af t o f t w o m o r e o f o u r c l assm at es.

R o b er t B L A N D I N i s at B eal e an d al so h as h i s M B A . J i m

and Betty M OUD RY are at A nderson, Guam and Jim also

h o l d s a M ast er s.

Roger SM I TH and L arry GREA TH OU SE are at Dyess in the K C-135, as is Bryan CL A RK and wife Connie.

D av e and G er alyn ST ON EH OU SE ar e at Plat tsbur g in the

K C - 13 5 .

L arry RA D OV is in the C-130 at K eesler while Johnnie

an d A n n et t e W A U C H O P ar e at M i l d en h al l i n t h e C - 1 3 0 al ong w i t h J ack M C C A L M O N T .

D av e G R E E R i s at H u r l b u r t an d J o e M I T C H E L L i s

at George.

Both are f lying helicopters.

M ike and L inda

T U R N E R ar e at K eesl er w h er e h e f l i es t h e H H - 3 .

D en n i s

D A N N I EL SON is now at Sembach, Germany as a hel icopter pilot. H e was j ust awarded the A ir M edal for work in SE A .

C ongr atulat ions, D enny .

L ee G I L M E R i s a M L O at W h i t em an A F B . D av e an d

Cynthia SCH RU PP are at M cChord as a F -106 pilot, while P au l P I T C O V I C H

i s at T i n k er as a c o m m -o f f i cer .

H e w as

j u st n am ed O utst anding JO f or his unit . Ri ch ROBBI N S is at K insbach , G er m any w her e h e is an I nt el . Of f icer .

Stev e M C D A V I D is at C l ark as a H ospit al R esour ces M an

agement Of f icer .

K en and K aren H EN RY are at Wright-

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L t . R o n al d W . W at so n

4512 Cedar Springs, 205

D al las, T X 752 19 (2 14) 528-33 19

Q ue Paso?

Things here are as well as can be expected f or this t i m e

of the year. It gets rather hectic fighting for the av a i l ab l e

poolside space. N ow that most of you are brand new L i eu tenants of the First degree, anything is bearable. R i ght ! I t i s

good not to be the last man in the pit.

I received replies f rom a f ew individuals out there l ik e Bill (Becky) Y UCUI S who is going PCS to L ak enheath,

England as an F-4 pilot—a spot of tea and a crumpet, pl ease!

J.J. tJack ie) ROM A N O threw a sleeper this way. H e recent

ly finished training at Holloman and is on his way h o m e t o George AFB. Rick (Ellen) ROSSER, who is the proud father of a baby girl, drives a T-43 for Mather. Glen (Sandy)

CH INN also has a daughter and has the same j ob at M ather .

Mike MALIZOLA is in L .A. with SAMSO. Jake (Susy) BORAH is going through RTU training at George while awaiting his first . (Baby— what else!)

C r aig A N D E RSO N is st ill i n l aw school som ewh er e in

Indiana. Would you believe Rabbi RABINOWITZ picked

up a M asters f rom M ichigan State on his way to Bergstrom.

H e w i ll pi lot an F -4 t her e.

D av e H E G L A N D i s an astr o-

nautical engineer with A FSC at H olloman. D ean D ORSEY

is a member of the staff of Craig’s base paper and w a s

awarded top honors in A TC’s newspaper compet ition— H ot

Stuf f !

Such is the l if e of an inf orm at ion of f icer .

M ark BEL L is still doing his thing as a M issile L aunch Of f icer at M almstrom, M ontana. John (Julie) T OM I CH i s a B-52 EWO out at little ole D yess A FB, T exas. Fred GI B SON is playing war games at V andenberg (now where have I hear d that nam e bef or e) as a SA C M issi le C om bat C r ew

C o m m an d er .

Gerald (Richelle) FLY N N was cited recently f or extra

or dinary perf or m ance at E ll sw or th wh er e h e is a m em ber o f the 44th Strategic M issile Wing Combat Crew. Frank (Pat)

M URPH Y f led K eesler A SA P to begin a new life as Chief of M aintenance of A ltus’ Comm Shop.

Y ou know, some people get all the breaks. T ak e for instance M ikael BEN O. H e was f orced to serve at A viano, I taly— as a M anpower M anagement Of f icer ! I wonder if h i s nam e i nf luenced anyone?

Br uce M C L A N E h as r eceiv ed

the AF Commendation Medal out there at Offutt for a j ob

P at w h er e K en i s an E E i n t h e B - 1 S P O . W i l l i am M A C D O N A L D i s i n C i n c i n n at i as a C o n t r act L i a i so n O f f i c er w i t h t h e B - 1.

W i t h t h e F -4 s: M ar k B A L L A R D at H o l l o m a n an d K en

well done in T hailand. I mpressive!

T he f ollowing individuals have completed f ighter bomber training: Robert (Pat) BU RN SI D E to M oody; T erence L EY -

SE D E R at A lconbu ry .

SH A RA to Torrej on; Pat PON D ROM to the N etherlands; James H A ZEN to Osan; and Pat (M ichelle) CREA N to H ill.

M ar k

and Patty PRI L L

ar e at

H o m est ead w h i l e B r i an B E A R D i s at B en t w at er s as a W SO .

John (N ancy) M A N N is at Osan in the ‘E ’ m odel w hi le

J i m A L L G O O D i s a W SO at C l a r k .

B ob M A R PL E is now

at M oody and Paul F RE U N D is at Z w ei bru ck en as a W SO

in the RF-4C.

K im and L iane K OEH N are at Seymour-

Johnson w hi le D uncan K E I R N ES is at H oll om an .

Pete

(Susan) GI M BORY S is at Osan, Chesley and Barbara SU L -

L E N BE R G E R ar e at L ak enheat h, as ar e D on and Bonnie

RI GH T M Y ER as a WSO. Blaine and Cindy H A M M ON D are at H ahn, Germany while D ale and N an WRI SL EY are 26

SA T H to R am stein ; John C O RSA RO t o K adena; L ance BE -

N av G r ads— L ow ell (Jeannine) BOY D r eceiv ed a M aster ’s

from Univ. of Pittsburgh on his way to Homestead; George

WELL S to Ellsworth; and A nthony (Cheryl) BROZEN A to

L u k e.

James SM I TH is really racking them up. H e has earned

a Masters from Indiana and has finished pilot training a t Laughlin. Jim received the ATC Commander’s Trophy for flying proficiency, academic achievement, and leadership qualities (sounds like something I once heard at “ Falcon

H ilton” in Colorado). U nf ortunately, he will not be sharing his t al ents w i th t he r est of y ou (us?) since the pow er s t h at

be gave him the choice of Laughlin or else!

sp u t t er o n m y m an .

Press and

R ober t (Susan) H OOD , w ho is on h is m er ry w ay t o

Dyess, and Steve KORALY, assigned to March, both grad

uated recently from SA C's Combat Crew T raining course a t Carswell, while SA C’s other training course at Castle gr ad uated the f ollowing individuals: Robert (L aurie) OM A STA

t o R ick enback er ; Jam es BEA M to M ar ch ; W il liam K I M M E L t o G rif f iss; and D av id BOSSE R M A N to Bar k sdale.

Rick (D iane) A LCORN earned his M asters f rom M ich igan bef ore beginning U PT . H e now has his silver wings and is tooling his way in a C-130 to Pope.

A nything less than good news is always hard to impart .

1 have been inf ormed of two most unfortunate happenings.

T he G E H RI ’s w ere inv olved i n an aut om obile accident l e a v

ing their son seriously inj ured. A s this letter leaves m y home, I have not heard any f urther word on D avid’s c o n dition— I am hoping and praying that things are f ine by now. T heir address is 96 Byrd D r ., #H , Steicacoom, W ash .

98388. The other shock was to learn that Jimmy I L SEN G, who was medically excused f rom service, was deceased (27 M arch, ’76). T o f amily and f riends we extend our sincere and deepest sympathy . “ The day you were born, everyone was happy— ^y ou

E ddy M A L L O .

Class .77-02: Dave COMMONS, Mike GARRETT, Thomas HELMS, Bob (Deb) MARR, Eric NEWTON, Richard OLEKSAK, Steve PITOTTI , Joe SHERIDAN, Jim SIMONITSCH, Bob STEWA RT, Dino CRENSHAW, George FRA N K L I N , L ance G RA CE, M arc H A L L A D A , Julius

HARGROVE, Eugene HOLLEY, Richard MC I NTOSH, Charles MORSE, Richard SARVER, K . C. SCHWA RZ, John STORER, Dale WATERS, Mark VOLCHEFF, Ed W I L C OX , Br uce H O PK I N .

Ed K A SL started with 77-0 1, broke an arm and is now in 77-03. Thanks Judy.

The Chopper Jocks finally let someone in on their exciting training. All of them have their assignments: D enny

BROOK S— H H 3 Clark A B; Jack K U M M ERFEL D— H H 3

Osan AB; Jim DAVIS—UH I N Plattsburgh AFB; Randy DA V I S—CH 53 Bergstrom A FB; Ron D OEPPNER— U H I N

Homestead AFB; D. Rick DOUGLAS—HH53 Kadena AB; Steve STICH—HH3 Elmendorf AFB; Hugh GRAY—UH I N Plattsburgh AFB; Phil KENDALL—UH I F Langley AFB;

Eric L EWA L L EN— H H 3 Elmendorf A FB; Walt PEK A RSK Y— H H 53 M cClellan A FB; Rod REA Y— U H I F L uk e

George COOK and Jim SCHUMAN were medically dis

M ak e your life such, that in your last hour A ll others are weeping, and you are the only

qualif ied. George went to L aw Enf orcement at A ndrews A FB and Jim went to missiles at Dyess. T om FI N N will graduate in July.

On e w ithou t a t ear t o sh ed !

Bill ROHDE had this to say about West Texas: “It may

T hen you shall calmly f ace death, whenever it comes.”

be hot, but it’s dusty.” A nd he should know . H e’s o u t at Webb in Class 76- 11 along with: Ray (Sybil) JOH NSON , M ark BEESLEY , Jef f (Teresa) CH A PPEL L , M ike BUCK L EY , D uke D UH A CEK , D ave WA L L A CE, M ark SK AT T U M , M ark (Cindy) F RY , Chuck BUCK , M ike M A GEE, Bob K NA U FF, Pete (K atie) ST RUN K , and M ark (Sharon)

D agens N yheter

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Jon (Diane) TURNER, Jed VANDEN DRIES, George (Anna) WALROND, J. T. WOLTER, Mark FANTASIA,

A FB.

c r i ed al o n e.

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HOL L A N D , I I I , K en H OSSL ER, Waynard N EL SON , M r .

Bobs (T ina) ROBERTS, K en SM ITH , Scott M . SM IT H ,

2L t . Willie J. Cosby, I I I P SC B o x 5 5 8 5 5

M ather A F B, CA 95655

M OD RICH .

N ow that ’76 is in the RA F, we are no longer rook ies.

In other parts of Texas, ’75 is keeping the spirit al i v e.

According to Lee CROSS, Laughlin is the only isolated/

That will be progress; and, speak ing of progress, I w a n t t o thank all the people who have sent in base reports an d al l

D el Rio takes place at “ The Plantation,” inhabited by f iv e “ crazzee” dudes: “ Old Crow” H U FFM A N , “ Z” ZERA M BO,

Another year and we won’t have to say “Sir” to everybody. sor ts of t i dbits of in f or m at ion .

Y ou w ives out th er e

can

f eel f ree to write f or your husbands if you have more f r e e time than they do.

Y ou f el low s dow n at W il lie can th ank Judy T RA X L E R

f or informing me of your status. A t Willie: Cl ass 76-10:

M ark

D ON N E L L Y ,

Steve D U RE SK Y ,

rem ote assignm ent in C O N U S.

M ost of t he act ion dow n i n

T i m W R I G H T ON , John ST EW A RD , and “ D aizzie” D A L E Y .

While working their way through 38’s they’ve managed t o add a little class and lif e to a layed back town.

A lso at L aughlin are D ave WH ITE and James OST EEN a n d t h ei r w i v es.

A ll the brains who went on to Grad school f inally get

to t aste som e o f t he bit ter sw eet of the RA F .

Out of U C L A

Charlie SA RGENT , Scott SK I N N ER, Ger ald WA L L A CE, D ennis BITTON , T imothy (Jan) M U RPH Y , Sanford T ERRY .

they will see how Second Louies really act. D on H EN N EY ,

L I NDSEY , M ario M EL L U M , Joe O’BRI EN , M ark ROG ERS, Jay WA L L A CE, I I , L arry BOTT OM LEY . D anny CH A PM A N , Scott H A M M OND , Steve L ERU M , Bradf ord M C A L L I ST ER, Bentley RA Y BU RN , M ike ROSEBUSH ,

Bill DA V I S— U PT at V ance. L arry BRY A N T— computer ops at Buckley; D an BU RK ETT — Ops Research at Ran

Class

76- 11:

Jan

C OO PE R,

K ev in

L A N Z IT ,

Br ad

Bill P. ST EW A RT , JR ., B l air T H I ST E D , Steve W E D EL L .

Class 77-01: Charlie (Sherry) BERGM A N , Pete (Eve)

BL A T C H L E Y , A rv id (R ick , D inda) D A H L ST R O M , Br ent

H A L L , Barry (Brenda) K ETCH I E, John (Susie) L OUCK S, M ark (A rlene) M C CON N EL L , L arry M C GI RR, I I , D enny (Shannon) M EL L EN , K erry (Celeste) PUTT , D avid (Rhonda) SH I EL D S, John (Judy) T RA X L ER, Robert (Barb) T U RN ER, Robert WA LD EN , Bill WEL L ER, Charl ie (K aren) WOODS, John (Judy) WOODWA RD, Bob A L L EN , Charlie (K athy) BEA M , Rich (M ary) CH A N ICK , L arry COL L ET T , I , John C Z A BA RN EK , Bi ll V . D A V I S, M ik e G U D -

M UN DSON , Jeff H A CK ETT , D ave H A U GEN , Chuck

A 1 PI OT T E R , Jay SC H E L L , and Jim H E A L D al l cam e to M ather f or U N T .

M ik e RE ESE— U PT at W ill ie; D on SN E L G RO V E , Jer ry L E V ESQU E— U PT at R eese; and dolph . “ W il d

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For those of you who didn’t notice the address change.

I ’m now out here at M ather learning to be a N av. I st ar t ed

in cl ass 77-06. T he onl y other gr ad in m y cl ass is L e e C ROSS w ho cam e f rom L aughl in . R ight now ther e ar e bunch es o f peopl e com ing and going. So th at no one f eels lef t out. I ’m compiling a listing that will be part of m y nex t new s.

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T he A ssociation of G raduates is pleased to welcome t h e C l ass o f 19 7 6 t o t h e U .S. A i r F o r ce.

K eep in touch with your classmates by joining and supporting t he A . O . G .

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American Legion l apel Pin The Association of Graduates is providing f ree advertising space to the A mer ican L egion, D epartment of Colorado so that they may publicize their proj ect which is designed to benef it

and beautify the United States Air Force Academy.

T H E A M E RI C A N L E G I O N G I ET T O A M E R I C A

T he A merican Legion. D epartment of Colorado, has set a target date of the bi-centennial year to present i t s “ G i f t to A merica.” T his gif t will be an 80-f oot Caril lon T o w e r to be located in the U nited States A i r Eorce A cademy C e m e tery. T he tower will rise over the Colorado plains f r o m t h e base of the Rampart Range; it wil l be constructed of c o r l o n

st eel w h ich w i l l t ur n a m ar oo n co l o r as i t w eat her s. I t w i l l be d ed icat ed t o ho no r al l t h e m en and w o m en of t he A r m e d F o r ces o f t h e U n i ted St ates.

Several years ago. L eynden-Chile-W ickersham A merican L egion Post N o. 1, D enver Colorado, presented a set o f c a r i l

lons to the United States Air Force Academy. They are presently installed in Arnold Hall. Now. with the cemetery a reality and upon completition of the tower, electrical gr o un d lines wil l relay these beaut if ul chimes to the tower o n t h e T h e C ar i l l o n T o w er w as deA cademy Cemetery grounds.

T he price of the pin i s three doll ars.

signed by the noted architect Pierre Bozy of Kahn and J a c o b A rchitects of New York with the assistance of a $2500 gif t of t he A merican L egion. D epartment of Colorado. W hen completed t he Carillon T ower wil l resemble a giant t un i n g

fork with three speakers located near the top.

A lthough fund raising within the American Legion mem

bership continues, the State Of f ices hope to accelerate d o n a

tions in order to reduce as much as possible, the inflationary

costs now

being encountered.

T heref ore, T he A meri can

Legion. Department of Colorado has designed and is p r esent l y promoting the sale of Carillon Tower Pins (lapel, charm o r necklace) . The attractive four color, enameled pin c a r r i e s the American Legion emblem and would make a most appro priate gift, not only to Legionnaires but to anyone w h o t a k e s pride in the f act that t he U nited States A ir Force A cademy is l ocated in t he beau t i f ul St ate o f C o l o r ad o .

Y our order should b e se n t t o : TH E A M ERICA N

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D E N V E R , C OL O RA D O 802 11 L A P E L P IN

DESIG N ED FO R Y O U !

A ir Force A cademy graduates on active duty r ate “ pref erred c u st o m er st at u s” . . . at A ir A cademy N ational Bank . For the first three y ear s of com m issioned serv ice, graduates enj oy absolutely f ree checking accounts and th er eaf ter , of cour se, f r ee check ing if a minimum balance of $300 is maintained. T h e “ H o m e B an k ” o f t h e A ir Force A cademy gives f ast personalized banking services . . . by mail, by phone, by wire, in person and f amily-type personalized service desi gned f or gr aduates ar ound th e w or ld .

Signature loans up to $4,000 with 42 months to repay are available to graduates on active duty .

I nqu ir es i nv ited— (303) 472-1094

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