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2,000 pri nt s in t he Regular Editi on sold out and have si n ce r esold at substant ial ly escalat ed pr ices.

I n A ugust 1978, t he A O G ar r anged t o pur chase the remaini ng A OG C ommem orat ive pr int s f or resale di rect ly t o G raduates and f r iends o f t he A i r Force A cadem y . E a c h pr int has t he A OG Coat-o f -A r ms pr int ed in t he low er l ef t cor ner t o ident i f y t his unique, att ract ive pr int .

T his special o f f er is an opport unit y t o purchase a l i m i t ed edit ion f ine ar t pri nt w hich has already become a co llect or ’ s it em at a pr ice below t he resale mar ket value. O r der s w i l l b e

filled on an “ as received” basis as long as the supply l a st s.

G yRFALCONS are the most magnificent of all falcons.

T hese handsome ci rcumpolar bir ds o f prey m ay be any co l o r f r o m cl ea r w h i t e w i t h a f ew d a r k m a r k s t o a l m o st

com pletely black . U sually t he l ight est bi r ds occur i n t h e f a r nor t h and t he dar kest f urt her sout h . T hey can be seen i n t h e w i ld , isolated par t s o f t he w or ld , o f t en among dr amat ic scenery , such as 1 have show n i n my painti ng.

T hey ar e t he largest o f t he Falconidae, big and power f ul and very f ast .

T hei r r ange i s N ort h A meri ca, A rct ic E ur ope, A sia, I cel a n d and Greenland . Residing mai nly i n t he ar ct ic, some d o migrate, but not sout h o f t he nor t her n part of t he U n i t ed St at es. T hey ar e capable o f per f or mi ng mar velous st oops and i n a f ull st oop , may w ell be t he f astest o f all t h e f a l co n s.

W e k now t hat a peregr ine can reach over 80 mph , so i t i s possible t hat a Gyr , because o f it s great size and weight — C h a r l es F r a ce might r each 100 mph .

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

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Douglas J. Ford, ’76

T o Serve U ntil 1 M ay 1983 Ruben A . C uber o , ’6 1 Robert B . G i f f en , ’ 65 Raym ond J . L eopold , ’ 67 A lvi n E . Blumber g, Jr ., ’ 68 Robert A . Shum w ay , Jr . , ’ 68 Richar d S. Rauschk ol b , ’ 70 D avid E . Ster li ng, ’ 70 W illiam E . Richar dson, ’ 7 1 Fr ank G . K lot z, ’ 73 M ar k T . W halen , ’ 76 T o Ser v e U n t i l 1 J u n e 19 80

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L ET T E R S T O T H E E D IT O R L i eu t en a n t s A r t i c l e W el l R ec ei v ed . . .

D ear M aj or W heeler Y ou will recall t hat I wr ot e t o you upon t he publication of L ieutenant John Jenson ’s (U SA FA 1975) article N uclear St rat egy .” I am wr it ing t o i i

ad d t h at i t h as t u r n ed o u t t o b e o n e o f

our most successf ul pieces t his year . I t received pr ominent not ice in t he A ir F orce Times, has been pr aised or ally and in writing by several generals, and now r eprint ed in t he Current N ews of 13 June 1979. Cur ren t N ews is pr inted in 5,0(X) copies daily and dist ributed t hr oughout t he Pentagon .

I would appreciate it i f you would bring t hese achievement s t o t he att en ti on of t he alumni in t he hope of at tr act ing some of t hem t o t ry t o duplicate t he f eat s.

Sincer ely , DA V I D R . M ET S, L t Colonel , U SA F

E d ito r

A ir Uni versity Review

H onor Code Changes E ditor : Si n ce t h e t w o m o st r ecen t i ssu es o f

t he A OG M agazine have had art icles about honor , I t hought I would raise a point that has been bot hering m e f or sever al year s (albeit not t o t he point of losing sleep) . Few gr aduat es seem t o be a w a r e t h a t o u r h o n o r c o d e h a s b een

changed . T he changes I ’m speak ing of ar e in t he wor ding and t ook place right ar ound t he t im e my class ( ’67) gr ad

u at ed . T h e h o n o r co d e n o w r ead s ‘ ‘ W e

will not lie, steal , or cheat , nor t olerat e among us anyone who does” . W hen I w as a cad et t h e h o n o r co d e r ead ‘ ‘ W e

will not lie, cheat, or steal, nor t oler ate among us those who <i o” . (wor ds t hat have been changed or t ransposed are underlined) .

T h e l ast i ssu e o f t h e P o l ar i s i n w h i ch

t he old wor ding appear s is t he 1967 issue. T he changes t o the wording of

t h e h o n o r co d e as i t w as l i st ed i n t h e

A cademy cat alog are mor e gr adual .

T he pert inent part s of t he code in t he cat alogs o f t his t ime f r ame are shown b el o w :

1964-65 Catalog . . . cheat , or st eal

. . . t h o se w h o d o .

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members. Thanks, Sir, for giving us t he chance and t he challenge.

1965-66 Cat alog . . . cheat , or steal . . . anyone who does.

1966-67 Cat alog . . . steal , or cheat . . . anyone who does.

T he tr ansposing o f t he wor ds st eal and cheat is pr obably a t ypogr aphical er ror and pr obably not subst ant ive, but I ’m not sure t hat t he change f r om t hose who do ” t o ‘ ‘anyone who ( (

d o es”

can

be

co n si d er ed

a

non

subst ant ive change. I n any event , my pur pose in writ ing this let ter is t wo f old . Fir st , I would li k e t o know i f anyone has any inf ormat ion on why t he changes occurred . I have asked several people who ought t o know but wit hout success. Second , I ’d li ke t o see u s m ai n t ai n a l i t t l e t r ad i t i o n h er e an d

get t he wor ding back t o it s original f or m .

W hat do t he rest o f you t hink?

Roy M iller ir ir ir

A OG Pres Writes Sup t . . .

D ea r G en er a l T a l l m a n

A s we prepar e to ‘ ‘ shake t he stick ” ,

an d h an d o v er t h e co n t r o l s o f t h e

A ssociation of Graduates t o it s newly elect ed of f icer s. I would lik e t o expr ess my appreciation t o you f or your str ong support of t he A ssociat ion . I n t he past several months, I f eel the A ssociation has gr own in many ways, f ar beyond our expect at ions when we f ir st t ook o f f ice. T his pr ogr ess has been in no small m easu r e a r esu l t o f t h e h ar d w o r k o f L t

Col T om Eller , M aj Jim W heeler and the body of gr aduat es st at ioned at t he A cademy . H owever , we could have achieved compar atively lit tle had you not had t he conf idence in us t o grant the A ssociation a r ole at the A cademy w h i ch f ar ex ceed ed t h at ach i ev eab l e as

a result of our current size, st at us or r a n k st r u c t u r e .

I believe your willingness t o t ake t he measure of our maturit y has been t he det ermining f act or which per mitt ed t he A ssociat ion t o f inally ‘ ‘get of f t he gr ound ,” year s bef or e it m ight ot her wise have been possible. A s t he many pr oj ect s and plans we have concep co m e

to

f ruition

at

D A V ID M . G OO D RICH

Colonel , U SA F

P r esi d en t U SA F A A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es

Set I t Straight . . .

Jim T IM E O U T !

I n t he spring issue o f t he A OG magazine, on page 8 under t he heading I ndust rial College of t he A r med Forces,” you have one C .O . Schaum list ed in parallel wit h a 60. K nowing t hat t his is not my age (t hought it might be I Q unt il I noted t he dist inguished com pany and k new t hat wasn’ t cor rect) , I have come t o t he conclusion t h at so m eo n e t h i n k s t h at I w as a m em b er o f t h e C l ass o f 60 . B e ad v i sed t h at t h e ef f o r t s o f t h e D ean an d i n d eed

Sincerely ,

t u al i zed

Sincerely

the

A cademy over the next sever al year s, t hese will be in a very real sense a t ribut e t o your early t rust and suppor t

o f t h e A sso ci at i o n o f G r ad u at es an d i t s

the ent ire academic depart ment were not suf f icient t o reduce my st atus in li f e t o a member of t hat lowly class and I will not t ake light ly t his blat ant at t ack on my virt ue by your publicat ion .

Y ou may misspell or mispr onounce my name, mist ake my rank , even print m y wi f e’s name improperly but please,

please don’t ever get my class wrong.

CO L CRA I G O . SCH A U M , ’ 59

T h e F irst an d t h e B est !

A OG A p ology . . .

D ea r C o l o n el S c h a u m : Y our

l et t e r

of

12

Ju ne

19 7 9

h as

shak en t he very f oundat ions o f t he

A sso ci at i o n

of

G r a d u at es.

N ev er

bef ore have we made such a gross, inex

c u sa b l e er r o r a n d w e w i l l f o r ev er b e

t rying t o over come t his one.

I f you will accept m y pr oposal t o publish your let t er and an accompany ing public apology f rom our Edit or , I hope t hat we can go f ort h as f riends.

A gain , my sincere and humble apologies and I hope t hat we shall never again make such a mist ake, since I f ind t hat all ’ 59er s ar e ext remely sen sitive about anyt hing r elat ed t o t hat o t h er ”

C l a ss .

Sincer ely JA M E S F . W H E E L E R

E x ecu t i v e D i r ect o r

A tten ti o n

in

t h e A r ea J i m W h eel er, ’64 E d i t o r / E x ec u t i v e D i r ec t o r

PCS/ REL OCA T I O N — D ur ing this busy m oving season, al l m em b er s o f t h e A O G ar e r em i n d ed t o i n f o r m t h e A O G

o f f ice of new mailing addresses so t hat all records c a n b e kept cur rent and t here will be no break in the receipt o f A OG mailings. Please t ak e t im e t o let us k now when y o u change your mailing address.

F A L L I SSU E — Su b m i ssi o n o f C l ass N ew s an d ar t i cl es f o r i n cl u si o n i n t h e f al l i ssu e o f C H E CK P OI N TS m u st b e a c

complished pr ior t o 10 O ct ober 1979. I f you wish t o c o n t ribute an art icle or series of art icles, please coordinate wit h the Edit or i n a t imely manner t o insure t hat adquate space will be available.

1979 REGI ST ER U PD A T E — A ll graduat es were mailed a Biographical U pdate For m in late M ay . W hen r et ur ned , t his f orm will be used t o updat e t he individual entr ies i n t h e 1979 Register o f Graduate. T he deadline t o insure inclu sion of new in f ormat ion in t he ’79 Register is past , b u t everyone is encouraged to f orward r elevant changes t o t h e A OG as t hey occur . A n in-house computer update capability is now operat ional and A OG records will b e periodically updated t hroughout the year . Y ou need n o t use a biogr aphical f orm , but t here is a f or m included i n t h e ’78 R egister (inside back cover) t hat may be ut ilized if you w i sh .

CL A SS W A L L — M ore and more Classes are get t ing organized t o r aise t he money necessary t o f inance t he a d d i t i o n o f t h ei r C l a ss C o a t - o f - A r m s o n t h e C l a ss W a l l . H o m e

coming 1979 will be t he occasion f or the dedicat ion o f t h e

C l ass em b l em s f o r t h e C l asses o f 1969 an d 1978 . I t s e e m s ,

t heref ore, t hat t he race is def init ely underway t o see w h i c h Class will be last. I f you ar e concerned t hat your C l a ss might have t his dubious honor , why not tal k t o some C l assm at es an d co n t act t h e A O G f o r so m e assi st an ce i n

get ting t he ball r olling in your Class?

1979 REGI ST ER — T he 19 79 R egister will be sent t o t he pr inter in Septem ber . T he contr act calls f or pr oof ing a n d pr oduction in Oct ober and dir ect mailing t o all A O G members in early N ovember . T his should f acilitate t he u p dating of Chr ist mas car d list s by T hank sgiving. Ext ra copies of t he 19 79 R egister will be available t o member s f o r $6.50; nonmember s may purchase copies f or $8.00 . T hese pr ices include post age.

A SSOCI A T E M EM BERSH I PS — I f you ar e looking f or an unusual , f unct ional gif t f or a parent or in-law this year , why not consider giving t hem an A ssociat e M ember ship i n t he A OG? A ssociates receive all the publications and s e r vices of t he A OG and are look ed upon as valuable m em b er s o f t h e U S A F A / A O G t ea m .

2 5 t h A N N I V E R SA R Y

BOOK

—

I n d iv i d u al s w h o h av e

or dered a copy of t he 25t h A nniversary Pictorial Review and subsequently m oved ar e reminded t o noti f y t he A O G

o f t heir address f or book m ailing pur poses. T hese ad dresses will not automat ically be updated by t he A OG o f f ice since t here are separ ate adm inist rat ive channels being u t i l i zed f o r t h i s b o o k .

2nd G EN ERA T I O N — A m ong t he 1,515 member s o f t he Class o f 1983 are f ive 2nd generation of f springs. I ncluded are sons of E .J . H aert er , ’60; R .T . L anman , ’ 59; J .I .

M iholick , ’ 59; N .O . O lson , ’ 59; and E .L . Rosane, ’ 59.

T his brings t o 10 t he number of U SA FA graduate childr en t o en t er i n t h e C l asses o f 19 82 an d 1983 .

U SA FA A tt rit ion — A t t he complet ion of t he 1978-79 academic year t he cur rent Classes at U SA FA had ex perienced t he f ollowing at t rit ion : C l a ss

M en

W o m en

T o tal

P er cen t

19 8 0

6 18

58

676

4 2 .4

19 8 1

4 13

72

4 85

3 2 .2

19 8 2

29 1

36

32 7

2 2 .2

U SA F A C o o k b o o k — T h e O f f i cer s’ W i v es C l u b o f t h e A i r

Force A cademy is planning t o commemorate the twentyf i f t h anniversary o f t he A ir Force A cademy by publishing W I N G S O F SI L V ER , an A cademy cookbook . T his collec t ion will have f avorit e r ecipes of t hose st ationed a t t h e A i r Force A cademy dur ing t his anniver sary year and t he r ecipes of t hose “ Special Friends,’ ’ who have served a t t h e A cademy in the past . I llust rations of A cademy sight s a n d related hist orical f act s and event s of t he A cademy f r o m i t s incept ion t o present day will be included . W I N GS O F SI L V E R will be available in D ecember/ January f or $8.75, plus $1.25 f or post age and handling. M ak e your check payable t o A FA -OW C-SA C and mail t o : O FFI CERS’ W I V ES CL U B , P .O . Box 78-B , U SA F A cademy , CO 80 84 0 .

M PA — Recent ly t he A cademy Boar d appr oved a pr o posal t o elim inat e t he M ilit ary O r der of M erit (M OM ) a n d replace it wit h a M ilit ary Per f ormance A verage (M PA ) based on a 4.0 syst em similar t o t he A cademic G rade P o i n t A verage (GPA ) . A ccompanying t his numer ical change will be a complete revision o f t he input s t hat det ermine a cadet ’ s milit ary rating. W atch in t he f all issue of C H E C K P OI N TS f or an article on t his subj ect .

A FI T A L U M N I — T he A ir For ce I nst itut e of T echnology will celebr ate it s 60t h anniver sary this year and of f icials a r e tr ying t o contact alum ni o f A F I T -sponsored degr ee pr o gr am s, bot h resident and civilian inst it ut ions. T he c el eb r a t ion is scheduled f or N ovember 16- 17. Bot h mornings w i l l include st ate-of -t he-art brief ings and discussions host ed by t he inst it ut e’ s gr aduat e r esident School of Syst em s a n d L ogist ics and t he School of Engineer ing. A banquet a t t h e D ayt on C onvent i on cent er hon or i ng di st ingu ished gr aduates of A F I T -sponsored pr ograms will highlight t h e two-day af f air . I nt er est ed alumni of A FI T gr aduat e r esi 9

dent and civilian institut ion pr ogr ams should send t h ei r home mailing addr ess t o A FI T / RRD S, W right-Pat ter son A FB , Ohio 45433.

FEL L OW SH I P — Capt ain Rowland H . (Rhip) W or rell , Class of 1968, has been named t he winner of t he 1979 D aedalian Foundat ion Fellowship . T his gr aduate oppor tunity is given (one per year) t o selected graduates o f t h e U nited St ates A ir Force A cademy , t he U nited St at es M ilit ary A cademy , t he U nit ed States N aval A cademy , a n d t he U nit ed St at es Coast Guar d A cademy (in tur n) . T he f ellowship award cover s one year of study , pr oviding $2,500 f or tuit ion and relat ed f ees. Capt W orr ell plans t o begin school in January of 1980; he cur rent ly serves a s a Flight Examinar in F- 111 air cr af t at Cannon A FB .

NA V Y FOOT BA L L — T he Capit ol Chapter is organizing an A OG t rip t o t he N avy game at A nnapolis on 6 Oct ober .

C o n t act

F r ed

M et c a l f

8 / 2 2 7 - 2 9 19

t icket inf or mat ion and t o j oin

or

2 0 2 / 5 9 7 - 2 9 19

A cademy Graduates Selected i n Secondary Z one f or 0-4 196 9

E .C . L an d

B . L . K essl er

W .S. M agill W .A . M aisey D .K . M ang

T .J . Shar key C .M . U pson

D .R . B ack l u n d

D . M . D esser t

J.W . Savage

C .J . W ax

M .H . D o w n i e

J .M . D ezo n i a J .U . H ew i t t

19 7 0

M .B . L ackey J .T . L undquist

J . R . B ea r C . M . B o se

T .J. Brady B .F . Creight on G .E . C r o w d er

R .P . D aly

G . R . H i n d m a r sh

J.D . H opper

R .T . O st er h al er J .C . O v er st r eet

C . C ar av el l o G .L . G i l l es

T .H . W al t er s 19 7 1

M .P . Sm it h R .C . Sm i t h

for

Chapt er .

What Int eg rity Means To Me E ditor ’s note: The f ollo wing ar ticle was wr it ten by 2 n d L t. Steven D . Wheeless, a 19 79 A cademy graduate and l a s t y ear ’s chair man of the Cadet P r of essional E thics Commit tee. Wheeless is no w assigned to Columbus A FB, M iss., where he is undergoing undergraduate p ilot training.

Wheeless ’ ar ticle on integr ity was p r inted in a r ecent iss u e

0/ TI G Brief .

Et hics has always been a di f f icult term t o gr asp ade quat ely . Since 1955, cadet s at t he A cademy have att empt ed t o put int o wor ds what we f eel t o be t he minimum st andar d of pr of essional et hics.

T hr ough t he Cadet H onor Code, which st at es: “ W e will not lie, cheat or steal — nor t olerat e among us anyone w h o does,” t he cadet communit y has est ablished f or it self a n en v i r o n m en t w h er e t h i s m i n i m u m st an d ar d i s u sed as a

basis f or developing t he mor e int ricate and involved q u es tions of mat ur e, pr of essional behavior .

I nherent wit hin t his developm ent al pr ocess is t he basic assumpt ion t hat t he H onor Code and t he met hod o f it s a d ministr at ion ar e not only necessary — but wort hwhile.

I n super vising the administ r at ion of t he honor code a n d the cadet et hics educat ion program , I f ind t hat A m erican society f requently places emphasis on t he quick and e f f ortless way out of moral conf lict of sit uat ions wit h l i t t l e regar d t o t he m eans employed .

T his at t it ude is one which cannot help but reach t he Cadet W ing, as t he W ing is but a subset of t hat same so ci e ty .

A s a result , cadet s ar e of t en t orn bet ween com f ort a n d making t he t ough but cor rect decisions wit h respect t o m aint enance of t he H onor Code and t heir own per sonal sense of int egrit y .

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Because our s is a t r aining environment , it is t o be e x pect ed t hat of f icer candidat es would be f aced wit h d ec i sions o f t his kind — however , t here is a f undament al p r o blem t o be not ed in t his r egar d .

T here is a nat ur al t endency in t he t ight ly-knit cadet c o m m unity t o develop close t ies with ot her cadet s which ex t en d t o every f acet o f A cademy li f e.

A f t er living, wor k ing and recreat ing wit h other in dividual s on a daily basis, f or a per iod of year s, h u m a n nat ur e pr oduces sit uat ions of camar aderie and empathy .

H ere, t he int er nalizat ion of t he H onor Code and t he prin ciples f or which it st ands receives it s st rict est t est .

W hen a cadet can put aside emot ional involvement and per sonal f riendship in order t o give highest prior ity t o p er sonal integrity and a higher ideal , t he f oundat ion f o r developing an excellent A ir For ce offi cer is st rengt hened .

I nt egr ity to me means being able t o wor k with subor dinates and supervisor s over a period of t ime and st ill b e morally st rong enough t o dist inguish right f r om wr ong, i n an absolute sense, wit hout allowing personal f eelings t o i n f l u en c e a d ec i si o n .

W it hout per sonal involvement , t he t ask of doing and saying t he right t hing is easy , but not so easy when o n e ’ s act ions may r esult in st r ained relations and per sonal u n popular it y .

I t is, when f aced wit h t he pr essur e o f a mor al conf lict between ordinary hum an nat ur e and per sonal int egr it y , t hat an individual ’ s t rue cour age can be seen .

From my st andpoint as a cadet about t o become an of f icer , I f eel t he need t o assur e mysel f t hat t here a r e c er t a i n m inimum st andards t o which all of us must be expect ed t o adher e, whet her easy or di f f icult .

T hose who cannot f ind wit hin them selves t his st rengt h should ref lect on t he im pact one’ s int egr it y has upon t h e m anagement of our nation ’ s r esour ces — bot h in t erm s o f d o l l ar s an d h u m an l i v es.

A O G P resen t at io n On 25 A pril 1979 t he A ssociat ion of G raduates act ing through t he Capital Chapter o f t he A OG achieved an A i r Force f irst , t he dedicat ion of a plaque honor ing A merican U nknown H eros at t he M emor ial T r ophy Room of A r l ingt on N ational Cemet ery . T his idea which was conceived and orchestr ated by Capt Char les J , Bohn , Class of 1970 , was carried out by t he Capital Chapter in behal f of t h e A OG and in conj unction wit h t he celebration of t he 2 5 t h A nniver sary of U SA FA . T he A OG is t he f ir st and only A i r Force af f iliated organizat ion t o have placed a plaque a t t h e T o m b o f t h e U n k n o w n So l d ier .

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The of f icial A O G p ar ty consisted of B / Gen P ete Todd, ’59; L t Col J oe D eSan tis, ’59; Cap t M ar k Tor reano, ’68; and Cap t B ohn, ’70.

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Gen Todd made the shor t dedication sp eech on behalf of all graduates of USA FA .

I t was a solem n m oment of r ef lection when the wreath w a s p laced and honors were p resen ted.

Present at ion by t he USA F Academy Assoc iat ion of Graduates a t t h e T o m b o f t h e U n k n o w n S o id ie r

Arlingt on Nat ional Cemet ery, Virginia 25 April 1979 The ident ity of t his f allen American hero is known but t o God . But t he values fo r which he gave his life — f reedom, j ust ice, and human d ignit y — are well k no w n t o a l l A m e ric a ns , a nd es pec ia l ly t o t ho s e w ho h a ve w o rn t h e u n if o r m in d e f e n s e o f t h o s e va l u e s .

So alt ho ugh we ded icat e t his plaque to t he unknown so ldier, in a larger sense t he Associat ion o f Grad uat es of t he Air Force Academy — some 12,000 plus st ro ng — has c hosen t he occasion of t he Academy’s Silver Jubilee to reaff irm our dedicat ion

t o t h o s e v a l u e s f o r w h ic h t h is s o ld ie r a n d t h o u s a n d s

The A OG p laque will r est p er manently am ongst the many

f amous and renowned emblems of other organizations t h a t have p reviously dedicated a p laque at A r lington.

li ke h im have f a l le n . T he m es s ag e be h ind t h is p laq ue is s im p le : “ Yo u d id no t d ie in va in ; w e s ha l l c a rry o n .”

B G en H .W . T o d d C l ass o f 19 59

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t icipat ion in t he site select i on comm it tee and his pride in t he A cademy .

Senat or G oldwat er f ielded quest ions f rom t he f loor ranging t he gam bit of A i r F o r c e c o n c er n s .

COL ORA D O CH A PT ER

W at ch o u r n ew sl et t er f o r f u r t h er i n f o r m atio n .

I f you are (or have recent ly) moved t o Color ado , please cont act D an D evine at 472-3580 (C .S.) of Bill W ood at 553-3771 X 408 (D EN .) f or inf o on t he Chapt er , especially i f you want

W e hope more of you will come and j oin us. W it h y our help we can really change dir ect ion” and bet ter serve

T he Colorado Chapter is in t he midst of some dramat ic changes in direction . A f t er nearly three years o f

CA PITA L C H A PT ER

ea c h o t h er .

r ef er r al ser v i ces” i n f o r m at i o n .

so ci al f u n ct i o n s an d cam ar ad er i e, w e

think it is t ime t o begin a m ore serviceorient ed oper at ion . W it h t his in mind , we are putt ing t ogether a ser ies of f orums t o be of f er ed t o t he Cadet W ing. T hese discussions will be on topics such as “ W hy I st ayed in or got out of t he A ir For ce,” “ T hings I lear ned at U SA FA t hat helped me later ,” “ H onor and Et hics in t he Real A ir Force,” “ H onor and Et hics in the civilian world ,” “ Pract ical experiences in the A ir Force,” and “ T he t rut h about being an A ir Force Pilot .” I f you’ re interested in being a panel member , please contact Bob Shumway at 472-4768. Forum s will begin t his

T he Capit al Chapter has had a very excit ing and busy t ime since t he last report . W e had an excellent t ur n out f or t he present at ion o f t he plaque at t he T omb of t he U nk nown Soldier (see relat ed st ory in t his issue) .

T he second luncheon was a r ousing su ccess w i t h

138 at t en d ees. Sen at o r

f or the

A cademy certainly has some out stand ing mat er ial again t his year .

W it h t he reti rement o f Joe D eSant is, ’ 59, we have had a shi f t in our leader ship . K en A lnwick , ’60, is our new president . T om L ieb , ’66, is t he new vice president , and H al K eck , ’ 62, is a new board mem ber . O ur special t hanks to Joe f or all his wor k not only as president but as a f ounder o f t he Chapter .

T hough t her e are no act ivit ies plan ned f or t he summer mont hs, anyone desiring inf ormat ion on the Capit al Chapt er should cont act Fred M et cal f , ’ 63 , 697-29 19 .

Bar r y G ol dw at er w as t he guest speak er . T he Senat or ’ s speech ad dr essed SA L T I I ef f ect s t hough in t roductory remark s concer ned his parF or m A Chapter . . .

I t only t akes some int erest t o get an A O G Chapter organized . T he A O G o f f i ce can assi st an d t h e f i r st

f al l .

step in the process is to contact the

I n addit ion , we ar e beginning a series of r ot at ing meet ings. Our A ugust meet ing was held in D enver and f eat ured dinner and a present ation by t hree cadet s. I n Sept ember we’ ll meet

E x ecu t i v e D i r ect o r f o r a k i t t h at

may help in your init ial ef f ort s.

Bear in mind that a Chapt er can f ill many di f f erent r oles — social

club, professional forum, recruiting

i n C a st l e R o c k f o r o u r b u si n e ss m eet

ing. I n Oct ober we’ ll have a social and elect ion meeting at t he W oodm oor I nn bef or e t he N otr e Dame game. O ur next D enver meeting will be in December .

W e co -h o st ed t h e d i n n er

C l a ss o f ’ 8 3 f r o m t h e l o c a l a r ea . T h e

Senator B ar ry Gold water sp ok e to the Cap i tal Chap ter of the A OG at a recent

vehicle, etc.

W hy not give it a t ry?

l u n ch eo n .

COM M ITTED TO

E X CEL L E N CE J oin T h e •

B eco m e I n v o l v ed

• •

K eep I n f o r m ed Su p p or t A O G/ U SA F A P r o gr am s . . .

12

A SSO C I A T I O N O F GRA D U A T E S

End ' of -Tour Report D a vid M . G o o d r ich

D ear F el l o w G r ad u at es

The last four years seem to have flown by with the speed of light,” a sure sign of increasing age on my p ar t , I suppose. It seems as though we only last month published our obj ectives for the A ssociation of Graduates as y o u r new A OG o f f icer s, and it is already t ime to give you a f i n a l

report as to our accomplishments. The growth in activities and proj ects administered by the A OG has far exceeded our highest hopes of four years ago. However, with d u e considerat ion f or space limit at ions, I will only address t hose speci f ic areas discussed at t he out set of my t e r m a s President . I n most cases, I believe we have f air pr ogress t o

report . In others, not as much as we would have hoped. I n

d . Reest ablishment of personalized A OG contact wit h

the Cadet Wing: Under the auspices of the Colorado

all event s, we could have accomplished very litt le h a d i t n o t

Chapter , a pilot proj ect has alr eady begun t o reinst it ute a

W heeler , the ethusiast ic help o f all t he graduates st a t i o n ed at t he A cademy , and most import ant ly , t he st rong support o f the Super intendent , L t G eneral T allman . I would l i k e t o of f er my personal t hank s t o all concer ned in t hat r egar d .

I f I may be permitt ed t o lapse int o some det ail , I w o u l d li ke t o provide you t he cur rent st at us of t he A OG program obj ect ives out lined in my open lett er t o you in t he F a l l 19 7 5 issue of t he A OG M agazine: a. F inancial I ndependence: W e are not t here yet , but have made subst ant ial pr ogress. T he A O G balance sheet s have shown a dramat ic rever sal in f orm in the past t h r ee

exist ed at t he A cademy in t he lat e 1960s. T his pr ogram w i l l begin in ear nest dur ing t he f all semest er o f t his year , e. D evelopment and publicat ion of A OG positions and views on k ey issues: T his has proven t o be mor e com

b een f o r t h e d ed i cat ed h ar d w o r k o f T o m E l l er an d J i m

years. The vast maj ority of our assets are contained i n t h e L i f e M embership Fund . T his f und has been gr ossly under

capitalized from the beginning but ef fective, careful f u n d s management has put the fund on much safer ground. A d

graduate-cadet discussion program similar to that which

plicated than we envisioned. (Did I hear a chorus of ‘ ‘ I t o l d you so ” in t he backgr ound?) Consensus on any issue i s d i f f icult t o perceive wit hin the body A O G . W e have at tempt ed , however , to provide a f orum f or all views in t he A O G

M agazine. In sum, we need to hear from y ou on issues o f i n t e r est ,

f . E st ab l i sh m en t o f an ef f ect i v e v o i ce f o r t h e A O G i n

memoriaiization and display of A ir Force memorabilia a t t he A cademy : I t hink it is f air t o say t hat , as a r esult o f a

progressive realignment of responsibilities within

the

has permitted us to begin setting aside funds for a f u t u r e

A cademy st af f , t he A O G now has direct input t o t he memor iaiizat ion process and a signi f icant voice in her it age and t radit ion issues at t he A cademy ,

primary fund raising activities for all A cademy proj ects

a result of your posit ive vot e,

dit ionally , we have reached a level of f iscal st abilit y w h i c h

building program (increased of f ice space, recept ion c en t er , hotel , et c.) which I believe is a maj or step f orward . I t i s also likely that in t he near f ut ure t he A OG will assume t hat are pr ivat ely f unded , b . Est ablishment of per manent , separate of f ices and a

larger A OG staff : A fter a careful analysis, the Board o f

D irectors decided against moving of f base t o separat e f aci l i t i es. T h e al t er n at i v e w h ich w as sel ect ed i s t o o b t a i n

land on t he U SA FA sit e f or a per manent A OG f acilit y .

T h e f i n al f o r m t h i s w i l l t ak e i s u n cer t ai n b u t t h e concept is

supported by the A cademy. M oreover, we are hopeful o f

gaining approval of a concept which would make t he n e w U SA FA V isit or s’ Center a modular design , t o which , i n t he not-t oo-dist ant f utur e, a guest/ recept ion center a n d hotel could be added . T he A O G staf f has been expanded t o ref lect incr easing services and an enlarged member ship .

Future growt h o f the st af f will , of cour se, be k eyed t o t h e availabilit y of f unds and of f ice space, and t o the a n ticipat ed growt h of t he ‘ ‘ mission , c. Est ablishment of per manent A OG liaison wit h t he Superintendent , Commandant of Cadet s, D ean of Faculty and D irect or of A t hletics: A OG o f f icer s at t he A cademy have been gr anted ready access to A cademy senior of f icer s, att end senior staf f m eet ings, and serve as v al u ed ad visor s. Good pr ogress in t hi s ar ea, in my view . > 5

g. Changes to update the Bylaws of the A ssociation o f Graduates: I am pleased to report that all currently necessary changes in the Bylaws have been implemented a s

h. I nitiation of an aggressive A OG membership drive:

W e have f ocused

our

program

pr imarily

on

each

graduating cadet class with good results thus far.

H owever , we st ill have a problem wit h r enewal of annual m ember ships, i . Revit alize t he A OG C hapt er Program : W e have

developed an information package which contains guidance for activiating an A OG Chapter in your area. A s I believe most o f you are awar e, a Chapt er was init iat ed t wo year s ago in Colorado . I t has become an ir replaceable source o f good ideas and har d wor k er s. T here are now several act ive A OG Chapt er s t hroughout the U nited States. W e are developing a Chapt er in Eur ope. A gain , t h e success of t he Chapter progr am will t o a large degree d e pend upon y our i nt er est at your base.

I t has been a pr ivilege t o have wor k ed f or you dur ing t h e last f our year s. I believe we have contr ibuted t o t he building of a f oundat ion upon w hich a Gr aduate A ssocia t ion of which we can all be proud will develop . I n closing, I would li k e t o ext end my best wishes f or every success t o t h e incoming of f icer s o f your A ssociati on .

C h eer s .

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J UN E W EEK 19 79 L t . J uan R am ir ez, ’ 79

Remember t he excit ement you , your f amily , f riends, a n d r elat ives experienced during June W eek ? T hat excit ement came alive once again dur ing t he graduat ion of the C l a ss o f 1979. T he Class of ’79 had t he distinct ion of graduat ing dur ing t he A cademy ’s 25t h A nniver sary as well as being t he last all male class t o ever gr aduat e f r om U SA FA . T h i s 2 1st class o f graduates increased the number o f alumni t o 13 ,033 .

A s in t he past , the bulk of t he class went on t o pursue f lying career s. T his year , 574 gr aduat es will be direct ly assigned t o pilot tr aining, 25 t o helicopt er t raining, a n d 4 2 t o navigat or t raining. A lso , 16 graduates will go direct ly t o graduat e school and 6 will go t o medical school . Furt her more, ten gr aduates chose t o be commissioned in anot her branch of milit ary services. T hree received commissions f r om the N avy , f ive f r om the A rmy , and t wo f r om t he M arine Cor ps. L astly , the only allied st udent will go back t o Panama t o serve in his count ry ’s A ir Force. T he o t h er 227 graduates will go t o various support assignment s w i t h i n t h e A i r F o r ce.

T he excit ement we all remember st art ed t o build during f inals. T his is when it really sink s in t hat t he end i s n ea r .

Remember the j unior s anxiously await ing t heir car s?

Rat her t han cramming f or t he next day ’ s test s, t hey sp en t many hour s st udying car br ochur es. T he popular car s t h i s year seemed t o be Camaros and Firebir ds. O f cour se, t h e C l ass o f ’ 80 h ad i t s sh ar e o f ’ V et t es t o o .

T he excit ement and ant icipat ion of June W eek gr ew as cadet s spent increasing am ount s of t ime sunning during t h e week bef ore June W eek began . T he quandrangles, or what ’ s more commonly called U SA FA Beach , abounds wit h a sea of bodies soak ing in every available ray o f su n .

T he atmosphere is r elaxed — but in everyone’s mind a r e visions of rings, parades, f lying hat s, f un summers, a n d a n ew l i f e.

A lt hough t he Second Class Ring D ining O ut and D ance is not an o f f icial part o f Graduat ion and June W eek , i t t raditionally get s t hings of f t o a good st art . T he signif icance of the j unior class get ting their rings r ea c h e s senior s and under classmen alike. Furt her more, t he j unior s’ excit ement in f ect s ever yone wit h an enthusiasm t hat grows each day of June W eek .

T he guest speaker at this year ’s Ring D ining Out was M r .

Edwar d R . Jayne, I I . M r . Jayne is t he A ssociate D ir ect or f or N at ional Securit y and I nt ernat ional A f f air s in t h e O f f ice of M anagement and Budget (O M B) , a f our st ar equivalent civilian j ob . M r . Jayne graduat ed in 1966 f r o m 7t h squadr on . H e graduat ed 32nd in his class as out st and ing graduat e in Polit ical Science and N at ional D ef ense Policy . A f t er graduat ion , M r . Jayne earned his PhD a t M I T and became a dist inguished graduat e f rom pilot t r a i n ing at M oody A FB . H e f lew t he A - I E and F-4D in combat .

During his U SA F career he was also a T -38 instructor a n d a n assi st an t t o P r esi d en t N ix o n ’ s C h i ef A d v i so r o n I n t er n a

t ional A f f air s. M r . Jayne r esigned as a M aj or t o t ak e h i s pr esent j ob wit h t he OM B . H e is cur rent ly responsible f o r budget review of t he St at e and D ef ense D epart ment , C en t ral I ntelligence A gency , and U .S. I nf ormat ion program s.

M r . Jayne also f lies F- 105D ’ s at A ndrews A FB f or t he A i r N at i o n al G u ar d .

T he schedule o f event s f or Sunday , M ay 27 included Cat holic and Pr ot est ant Baccalaureat e Services, t he Superintendent ’ s Recept ion , and t he Bluebar ds’ produc t ion of “ Bye, Bye Bir die.

A rnold H all was as f ull o f excit ement as it was with p eo ple Sunday af t ernoon dur ing t he Superint endent ’ s Recep t ion . T his was a great opport unity f or t he senior s a n d t h ei r guest s t o meet t he f am ilies of t heir classmat es. A lso , i t i s always a t hrill f or parent s t o meet t he Gener als and sen i o r st af f who have been responsible f or t heir sons f or f o u r year s. T he receiving lines wer e headed by t he Superinten dent , L ieutenant Gener al T allm an ; t he Commandant of Cadet s, Brigadier Gener al Richar ds; t he D ean of Facult y , Br igadier General O rt h ,; and t he D irect or of A t hlet ics, C o l o n el C l u n e .

L at er t hat evening, A r nold H all was f ull o f people again . T his t im e everyone came t o see t he Bluebar ds’ p er f or mance of “ Bye, Bye Bir die, Bye, Bye Bir die’ ’ is a sat ir e comedy occur ing during t he induct ion of Conrad Bir die, an Elvis-type r ock st ar , int o the A r my . A s par t o f his f ar ewell appearance, a typical A merican high school girl is chosen t o be the r ecipient of Bir die’ s last ci v i l i an k i ss bef or e ent ering t he service. Bir die and his agent run i n t o numerous problems t rying t o pull of f the f arewell . T h e play f ollows t he chain of event s leading up t o t his f a r ew el l 9 9

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M onday’ s act ivit ies included t he Organizat ional A wards Parade, Ceremony , and T ea. A lso on t he agenda was t he A thlet ic A war ds Banquet and a concert by t he Cadet

Chorale. The day’s activities kicked of f with the Organiza

t ional A war ds Par ade. A war ds wer e pr esent ed t o 3r d 14 I

Group for being the Outstanding Group and 4th Squadron for being the Outstanding Squadron. The Intercollegiate

A t hlet ics A ward went t o 4t h squadron . Sixt eenth squadr on received t he I nt ramural A t hlet ics A war d . T wenty-second

squadron captured the Drill and Ceremonies A ward. The

A cademic A chievement A ward was present ed t o 32nd

squadron, and the M ilitary Proficiency A ward went to 37th squadron. The Outstanding Group A ward is spon sored by the A ssociation of Graduates of the United S t a t es

A ir Force A cademy . M aj or Jim W heeler , Execut ive D irec tor of the A ssociation of G raduates, presented t he a w a r d to Cadet Colonel Roger G . Schuld , Fall Semester Gr oup C o m m an d er .

A lso of particular interest was the A ir Force A cademy’ s

24t h annual A thletic A war ds Banquet . T om Foert sch , a senior f rom Cincinnat i , was honored as t he M ost V aluable A t h l et e. F o er t sch w as a t h r ee-t i m e f o o t b al l l et t er m an ,

3r d Gr oup wins A OG Tr op hy .

st art ing at lineback er f or t hree seasons and set t ing sev er a l school tack ling recor ds. L ast f all , Foert sch was pick ed t o

b e o n t h e A cad em i c A l l -A m er i can f o o t b al l t eam an d

received a scholar ship f r om t he N at ional Foot ball Founda t ion and H all o f Fame. A s a t eam co-captain , he set a Falcon career t ackle record o f 469 and dur ing t he 1977 season set a single season tack le record of 184. Foert sch was also t he winner o f t he M ost V aluable Foot ball Player A ward as well as being t he M ost V aluable A t hlete.

Senior Randy Gr icius also won t wo awar ds. G ricius received t he M ost V aluable Bask et ball Player and t he A t h l et i c E x cel l en ce A w ar d . G r i ci u s i s a t h r ee-t i m e l et t er -

man and was t he t eam capt ain . H e led t he squad in bot h

scoring and rebounding last season. H e finished as t h e

f ourt h leading scorer in A cademy history wit h 1, 100 point s and t he second leading career rebounder with 689.

A n o t h er d o u b l e aw ar d w i n n er w as sen i o r T o m T al b o t .

L t . R h o d es

Second L ieutenant D avid M . Rhodes gr aduat ed as t he

# 1 C ad et i n t h e G r ad u at i o n O r d er o f M er i t i n t h e C l ass o f

1979. H e ear ned t his honor by maintaining an overall

grade point average of 4.0. Lt Rhodes is the first c a d et t o graduate from the A cademy with perfect marks t hroughout his f our year s at t he A ir For ce A cademy . T h e Out standing Cadet in t he G raduat ion Or der of M erit A ward is given in memory of Gener als M illard and H ubert R . H armon . T he award is sponsored by t he D aedalian F o u n d atio n .

L t Rhodes capt ured two ot her awar ds as well . T he awards were t he Out st anding Cadet in Chemist ry and t h e W ing Commander f or t he spring semester . T he Chemist r y A ward is presented in mem ory of Capt Edwar d E . Bar row and is sponsored by t he N at ional Societ y ’ s D aught er s o f t he A merican Colonist s. T he W ing Commander A war d is presented in memory of General of t he A ir For ce H enry H .

A rnold . T his award is sponsor ed by A viat or s’ Post N o .

743, A merican L egion .

L t Rhodes is a nat ive of Glendale, A rizona. H e will b e st art ing pilot tr aining on 7 A ugust at W illiam s A FB . T h e A OG extends best wishes and sincere congratulations t o L t . D a v e R h o d es .

T om was the st art ing goalie on t he H ock ey t eam f or t h e last t hree year s and ear ned f our let ter s. H is out st anding per f ormance during this t ime ear ned him t he M ost V aluable I ce H ockey Player A ward . H e also received a Special A ward f or his cont ribut ions t o t he Falcon at hlet ic p r o gr am .

T he ot her t wo maj or awar d winners wer e Steve H oog and Fr ank Snyder . H oog received t he A t hlet ic L eader ship A war d . H e was one of t he t op pass receivers in school hist ory and was select ed t o t he A cademic A ll-A merica f i r st team . Snyder received t he Scholar A t hlet e A ward because h e d em o n st r at ed ex cel l en ce i n acad em i cs as w el l as at h l et i cs. F r an k w as a f o u r -t i m e l et t er m an i n b o t h w a t e r

polo and swimming. H e is also a school record holder .

D uring his st ay at t he A cademy he maint ained a 3.79 cumulat ive grade point aver age.

W ell , by now some prett y good memor ies should be coming t o you . Remember when you and t he rest of your Classmat es were com manded t o f or m up beside your squadr on dur ing t he graduat ion parade? Remember t he

pride that you felt as you and your Classmates marched t o

t he other side of t he parade f ield? T hese f eelings w e r e st r ong once again in t he heart s of each member of t he C l a ss o f ’ 7 9 .

T he Gr aduat ion Parade on T uesday was preceded by t he Cadet D rum and Bugle Cor ps’ per f or mance. T he D r um and Bugle Cor ps is known nat ion-wide f or it s ext raor dinary shows. O ne of the D & B’ s accomplishment s t his year was decisively winning the compet it ion it had w i t h t h e N aval A cademy’ s Cor ps j ust pr ior t o the A ir Force-N avy 15

it ching t o thr ow their hat s in t he air . Cadet s and gu est s alike were on t he edge of t heir chair s. Finally t he C l a ss o f ’ 79 w as d i sm i ssed . H at s f l ew as ch i l d r en scr am b l ed a r o u n d

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Sup er intendent, L t Gen K .L . Tollman, escor ts USA F Chief of Staf f Gen L ew A llen to the Sp eak ers p latf orm.

Tol l m an an d A l len ar e cl assm a t es, U SM A 194 6.

t he f ield hoping t o cat ch one. T he st adium was f illed w i t h j oy and excitement . T he f our years of cadet li f e were f i n al ly over .

T he T hunderbirds per f or med short ly af t er t he cerem ony ended . A lt hough t hey were rest r ict ed by low clouds, t h e per f or mance was out st anding.

T he only t hing lef t t o do af t er t he ceremony was outpr ocess and/ or get marr ied . T he number o f weddings t h i s year was down f or some unknown reason . T her e have been as many as 80 weddings in previous years. T his year , only 47 weddings wer e scheduled at t he A cademy . T wenty-six of t he brides in t he cadet weddings at t he A cademy w e r e f r om Colorado Springs.

I hope t hat t hese f ew par agraphs have br ought back f ond memories of your June W eek . Faces and names may change f rom year t o year , but the f eelings ar e t he s a m e .

T hese f eelings of happiness and accomplishment can only be experienced by a graduat e of our alm a mat er . T his i s what lays t he f oundat ion f or t he f eeling of pride and b r o t h er h o o d i n G r a d s .

game. N eedless t o say , t he D r um and Bugle Corps got t h e

spect at or s in the mood f or an out st anding parade.

Everyone seemed t o enj oy t he Graduation Par ade, especially t he senior s because t his was t o be the last parade i n t h ei r cad et car eer . A s t h e sen i o r s m ar ch ed t o t h e si d e o f

t he squadr ons you could f eel anticipat ion in bot h t he st ands and on t he par ade f ield . Finally , t he command w a s given t o the senior s t o m ar ch acr oss t he f ield . W it h t h a t command t he spect at or s could not r est r ain t hem selves a n y longer . M oms, dads, sist er s, br ot her s, and f riends st ood , clapped , cried , and yelled as t he soon t o be Second L ieut enant s marched sharply acr oss t he f ield .

A f ter t he pass in review , t he senior s were dismissed a n d allowed t o meet t heir f amilies in t he bleachers. D uring t h i s t ime, t he U SA F A cademy Par achut e T eam , t he W ings of Blue, demonst rat ed t heir par achut ing sk ills.

L at er t hat day came Open H ouse, t he Graduation Buf f et , and t he Gr aduat ion Ball . T he coming of each event p u t the Class of ’79 closer t o graduation .

A f t er 2400 on T uesday t he senior s were f inally swor n i n as co m m i ssi o n ed o f f i cer s i n t h e U n i t ed St at es A i r F o r ce.

Swear ing-I n Ceremonies were held j ust about everywher e.

Cadet s wer e swor n-in in squadron assembly r ooms, f aculty conf erence r ooms, air gar dens, and A rnold H all . But j ust as in t he past , t he main concer n was get t ing sworn-in .

On W ednesday mor ning, every f ir st classman wok e up wit h one thing on his mind ; t he G raduation Cer em ony . A f ew of t hem were disappoint ed t o see it raining, but C o l or ado’ s wor st weather couldn’t st op t his Class f rom going t hrough wit h t he cer em ony .

Gener al L ew A llen , A ir For ce Chief of St af f , spok e t o t he graduat ing Class on W ednesday . H is speech was mot ivat ing t o bot h young and old gr aduat es alik e. General A llen challenged t his 21st graduating Class t o make o u r A i r For ce greater . A s he put it , “ your j ob will be t o m ake i t (U SA F) bett er so t hat it can be said tr uly t he A ir F o r c e o f t oday is second t o only one, t he A ir Force of t om orr ow .

Just as in preceding Classes, “ t he Class of ’79 t oday m a r k s the beginning of a rigor ous career of vit al import ance t o o u r co u n t r y .

Bef ore t he anxious lieutenant s wer e dismissed , they w e r e

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L t. D oy le Second L ieut enant W illiam P . D oyle, Jr . was named t he Out standing Cadet in A cadem ic A chievem ent in t he Class of 1979. L t D oyle gr aduat ed with a 3.97 gr ade point aver age. D eter mination of t he t op academic graduat e o f each class is made by overall grade point average and quality point s assessed by di f f icult y and number of cour ses. T he num ber of qualit y point s accumulat ed by L t D oyle quali f ied him t o be t he t op academic gr aduat e. T h e awar d is sponsored by the A merican L egion in mem ory o f G en er a l M u i r S . F a i r c h i l d .

L t D oyle received t wo ot her awar ds. H e was nam ed t he Out standing Cadet in Engineering and in Soaring. T he Engineer ing A ward is sponsored by t he f am ily and f r iends of M aj or General James L . Pr ice, and is presented in h i s memory . T he Soar ing A ward is sponsored by M aj or Gener al G . Finch (U SA F , Ret) and is present ed in honor o f f o r m er A i r F o r c e C h i e f o f St a f f G en er a l J o h n P . M c C o n

n el l .

L t D oyle is f rom Simi V alley , Cali f ornia. H e is cur rent ly attending St anf or d U niver sity , Palo A lt o , Cali f or nia a s a gr aduate student . T he A OG ext ends congratulat ions and b est w i sh es f o r co n t i n u ed su ccess.

T h e C l ass o f 19 8 3 The A ir Force A cademy’s Silver A nniversary Class —

t h e C l ass o f 1983 — en t er ed o n 25 J u n e 1979 t o st ar t B asi c

Cadet Training and a four year j ourney that will culminate in an A ir Force commission and the diploma o f t his i n st i t u

tion. 1,515 young men and women entered; this included 177 women and is t he t hird largest Class t o ever ent er

U SA F A .

Summer training will follow the establish procedures e x perienced by recent Classes and will be split between t h e

Cadet A rea and t he Cadet encampment area in near by

Jack’s Valley. A cademic classes will commence for the e n tire Cadet W ing on 9 A ugust .

Five U .S. minority groups are represented in the new

Class: 116 Black s, including 13 women; 62 H ispanos, 11 o f t hem women ; 46 A sian-A mericans, seven women ; 12 A merican I ndians, one woman; and 11 men and one w o m an f r o m P u er t o R i co .

The A cademy 's chief counselor is usually around when

n eed ed .

Op timism is of ten the key ingredient that sep arates t h e

str ong f r om the weak .

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Pretty rooms and unique attire are of

f ered to all new Cadets.

Ther e is al way s time to send a f ew p ostcards home to t h e f olks.

The long j ourney starts with the raising of the right h a n d . .

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D avid M ay er, ' 76 I L t D avid P . M ayer , Class of 1976, was k illed

in an A -7D accident north of Cigli A ir Base, Turkey, on 16 M ay 79. He is survived by his par ent s, M r . and M r s. L est er H . M ayer , 5052 N 23rd St ., M ilwauk ee, W I 53209.

W hile a member of t he 24th Squadron , D ave

was instrumental in aiding the Phantoms during

t heir quest f or t he M alanaphy T r ophy . Y amu , as he was known t o his Buds, was a sport s minded person who st r ove t o k eep his body in t op condi

tion; but he did not neglect his spiritual well being.

H e was extr emely act ive in r eligious gr oups at t he A cademy and was a dedicat ed mem ber of t he N avigat or s.

A f t er gr aduat ion D ave at tended pilot t r aining at V ance A FB , O k lahoma. U pon receiving his pilot s wings and A -7 assignment he t hen att ended Fight er L ead-I n at H olloman A FB , N ew M exico and A -7D RT U at D avis-M ont han A FB , A rizona.

A t t h e t i m e o f h i s d eat h D av e w as a m em b er o f t h e

76T FS in t he f amed Flying T iger W ing.

D av e’ s d eat h h as af f ect ed al l w h o k n ew h i m b u t

we are com f ort ed by t he f act t hat he was close t o t h e L o r d an d i s w i t h H i m n o w . C o n t r i b u t i o n s i n

his memory m ay be m ade t o t he N avigat or s, P .O .

Box 20, Color ado Springs, CO 8090 1.

(A rt George, ’ 76)

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F r ed H ess, '66

On 22 M ay 1979, M aj or Freder ick W . H ess, Jr ., Class of 1966, was declared K I A af t er having been

l i st ed as M I A si n ce 29 M ar ch 1969 . H e w as t h e

copilot on an F-4D aircr af t which crashed while on an oper at ional mission in L aos. Fred is sur vived by his wif e, Bahar , and daughter , of 6 14 South I vy St reet , A r lingt on V a 22204; and by his mot her , M r s. H elen B . H ess, 110 14 W ashington St reet , K ansas City M O 64 114.

F r ed ser v ed as an A cad em i c O f f i cer an d A d m i n i st r at i o n O f f i cer w i t h t h e 16 t h C ad et

Squadr on ; he was on t he D ean ’s L ist

f ive

sem est er s, t h e C o m m an d an t ’ s L i st t w o sem est er s

and t he Superintendent ’s L ist one semester . H e part icipat ed in t he M ast er s Pr ogr am in I nter na t ional Relations. H e also was a m ember of t he Sk i , Chess, Br idge, and St am p Clubs and was an H onor Represent at ive.

Following graduat ion f rom t he A ir Force A cademy , Fr ed received an M A in I nter nat ional Relat ions f r om Geor get own U niver sity . H e t hen ear ned his pilot s wings at L aredo A FB and upgr aded in t he F-4E at M acD ill A FB . H e was assigned t o t he 390t h T act ical Fight er Squadr on at D aN ang A B , South V iet nam at the tim e of the c r a sh .

s

D a ve R ick el, ’64

B o b A b b o t t, ’64

Maj or Robert L . A bbott, Jr., Class of 1964,

w as k i l l ed i n an R F -4C ai r cr a f t acci d en t n ear

N ellis A FB , 10 M ay 1979. H e is survived by his wi f e, Judit h , and a son and daught er , o f 22 10

Comburg Castleway, A ustin TX 78745; and by his m ot her ,

M r s.

Jeannet t e

M.

A bbott ,

L i v i n st o n A v en u e, D al l as T X 75209 .

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Bob served as t he Flight T raining O f f icer and A t hlet ic O f f icer o f t he 7t h Cadet Squadr on . H e w as a m em b er o f t h e W at er P o l o C l u b an d t h e

Prot est ant Religious Council and let tered in swim ming f or t wo year s.

U pon receiving his pilot wings at L aughlin A FB , Bob was assigned t o t he 357t h T act ical

Fighter Squadron at Takhli A B, Thailand. He

lat er served as an inst ruct or pilot wit h t he 364 1st Pilot T raining Squadron at L aredo A FB ; a FA C wit h t he 20t h T act ical A ir Support Squadron , Pleik u A B , Sout h V iet nam ; and an A ir L iaison O f f icer , 3d Brigade, Fort H ood T X . H e was assigned t o t he 9 1st T act ical Reconnaissance Squadron at Berst rom A FB , wit h T D Y t o t he 65t h Fighter W eapons Squadron at N ellis A FB at t he

O n 22 M ay 1979, M aj or D avid J. Rick el , Class of 1964 , was declared K I A af t er having been list ed as M I A since 16 M ay 1968. H e was t he pilot o f an F-4D which was report ed m issing while on an ar m ed r eco n n ai ssan ce m i ssi o n i n N o r t h V iet n am .

H e is survived by his wi f e, A nnabella, 432 N ort h Post O ak L ane, H oust on T X 77024; by his f ather , M r . A lbert F . Rickel , 1620 Vi N E 12t h T err ace, Ft L auder dale FL 33304; and by his mot her , M r s.

D or ot hy C . L ackner , 2435 M ary St reet , M arinet te W I 5 4 14 3 .

W hile at t he A ir Force A cademy , D ave was a member o f t he 2 1st Cadet Squadr on and was a m em b er o f t h e Sk i C l u b an d t h e C l ass C o m m it t ee.

H e was on t he Super int endent ’ s L ist seven semest ers and maj ored in Basic Science.

Following gr aduat ion f r om pilot t raining, D ave was assigned t o t he 92nd T actical Fight er Squadr on at Bentwat er s, RA F Stat ion , England .

A t t he t ime he was report ed mi ssing, D ave was assigned t o t he 435t h T act ical Fighter Squadron at U bon A B , T hailand .

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

On 18 A pril 1979, I L t K ennet h B . Br adley , Class of 1976, died of inj uries r eceived in a f all while mount ain climbing near Platt sburgh N Y . H e is survived by his parent s, M r . and M r s. Joseph K .

Bradley , 32 V illage D rive N ort h , Somer s Point N J 0 8244 .

K en was a m ember of t he 7t h Cadet Squadr on and maj ored in Behavior al Science.

Following gr aduat ion f r om the A ir For ce A cademy , K en at t ended pilot t raining at Reese A FB . H e was assigned t o t he 3 10t h A ir Ref ueling Squadron at Plat t sburgh A FB at t he t ime of his d ea t h .

K en B radley, ’76

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Gene M urp hy, ’76

J ohn A lbr ight, ’67

I L t Gene B . M ur phy , U SM C , Class of 1976, was killed in an A -4M aircraf t accident on 3 M ay 1979 near Fallon , N evada. H e is survived by his wi f e, Patr ice, 720 East 24t h Place, Y uma, A rizona, 85364; his mot her , M rs. Ber nar d F .

M urphy , Route 2, Box 75, Friend , N ebrask a, 68359; and his br other s, L eslie of Friend , L eonar d of L incoln , and L awr ence of Beat rice, N ebraska.

W hile at t he A cademy , Gene was a member of t he 4t h Cadet Squadron , and spent his senior year in Eagle Eight . H e was an inst r uctor in t he Cadet Scuba Club and an act ive par achut ist . Gene ma j ored in Civil Engineering.

U pon gr aduation f r om t he A cademy , Gene enter ed t he U nited St ates M arine Corps. H e at

On 17 M ay 1979, M aj or John S. A lbright I I , Class of 1967, was report ed K I A af ter having been

tended M arine Of ficers Basic School at Quantico,

V irginia and began naval f light t raining at Pen sacola, Flor ida. Gene complet ed j et t raining at N A S K ingsville, T exas, which included carrier qualif icat ions aboar d t he USS L ex ington. A f t er earning his “ wings of gold ,” Gene was assigned t o M arine A tt ack T raining Squadr on , V M A T - 102, in Y uma, A rizona f or A -4M upgrade t r aining.

Gene was pr oud of his A cademy background , and even more proud of his role as a M arine A t

l i st ed as M I A si n ce 13 D ecem b er 1968 . H e w as t h e

navigat or of a C- 123K air craf t which collided in mid-air wit h a B-57 while on an operat ional mis sion in L aos. H e is survived by his par ent s. Col .

(U SA F , Ret .) and M rs. John S. A lbright , 442 St .

L u ci a C o u r t , Sat el l i t e B each F L 32937 .

Prior t o graduat ing f r om t he A cademy , John

ser v ed as an A t h l et i c O f f i cer w i t h t h e 4t h C ad et

Squadr on and was a mem ber of t he Pr ot estant Cadet Choir , t he Glee Club , and t he Pr of essional Et hics Commit tee. H e maj ored in I nternational A f f ai r s an d w as o n t h e C o m m an d an t ’ s L i st sev en

semest er s, the D ean ’ s L ist one semest er , and t he Super intendent ’ s L ist one semester . John also par ticipat ed in t r ack while at t he A cademy .

A f t er ear ning his navigat or s wings, John was assigned t o the 44 10t h Com bat Crew T raining Squadr on at Egl in A FB . A t t he t ime o f t he cr ash , he was assigned to t he 606t h Special O per at ions Squadron at N ak hon Phanom A B , T hailand .

tack P il o t .

W e w i l l al l m i ss h i m .

(D ave T ernes, U SM C , ’ 76)

Ensign Ralph S. Penney , Jr ., U SN , Class o f 1978, died on 26 M ay 1979, at t he N aval A m phibious Base, L itt le Creek , N or f olk , V irginia. H e is survived by his parent s. Col . and M rs. Ralph S. Penney , Sr ., PSC Box 3898, A PO M iami 34002.

Ralph was a m ember of t he 7t h Cadet Squadr on and maj or ed in M anagem ent .

Burial was held at Rut ledge, Georgia, 31 M ay 1979, wit h f ull military honor s.

Ralp h Penney, ’78

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19 7 9 PR ESEA SO N O U TL O O K K en H atf ield Rebuilding of a young t eam will be

t h e co nt i n u ed o r d er o f b u si n ess f o r A i r

Force but if spring pract ice was any in dicat ion t hen t his f all it should be very interest ing indeed .

M y staf f and I spent most of t he spring evaluat ing player s and by t he end of pract ice in early M ay had a good idea of what t hey needed f or t his season . I f t he Blue-Silver game on M ay 5 was any cr iteria, t hen t he season could be quite excit ing. I n t hat scrim mage, t he Blue t eam def eat ed t he Silver 23-20 on a 28-yard t ouchdown pass f rom quarterback D ave Z iebart t o split end Jef f Basik wit h only 2 1 second t o play .

I b el i ev e t h e F alco n s o f 1979 w i l l b e

h av e m o st o f t h e sch o o l car eer t o t al o f -

came t hrough very well and displayed good hands and is an adequate b l o ck er . Sen i o r T im Gulliver , who saw

D ef ensively , a t op ret ur nee is senior t ack le Ryan W illiam s, a two-year

ret ur ns, adding depth t o a critical position .

should once again be one o f t he best in t he nat ion and by season ’ s end should

fense and passing records.

st ar t er w h o h ad 120 t ack l es l ast seaso n .

T he k ick ing game should also be a team st rengt h wit h the ret ur n o f punter Scott Schaf er and placekick er Jim St urch . Bot h were nat ionally r ank ed last year and bot h cont inued t o look good in spr ing drills.

A rundown of key areas is as f o llo w s:

Z i eb a r t Q U A RT E R BA C K S makes t his one o f t he t eam ’s st r ongest posit ions and he should supply ex

f orward t o wor k ing wit h t hese young

cellent leadership for the younger players. The backup at this time is sophomore Don Kasperski, who came on strong at the end of spring practice.

Two other sophomores, Ed Antoine and Mark Jurovich, also will be battling for the number two position in the fall after playing with the JVs last

m en .

sea so n .

an exciting t eam . O ur o f f ense has t he most experience ret urning so it must carry t he burden early in t he year . T he d ef en se w i l l m ak e so m e m i st ak es b u t

t hey will be hust ling and aggressive mistakes. I t should be an excit ing t eam t o f o l l o w an d al l o f o u r co ach es l o o k

W e have 24 ret ur ning let ter men f rom t he 1978 squad t hat post ed a 3-8-0 record wit h most of t he rebuilding t o b e d o n e o n b o t h l i n es. W e al so h av e 13

retur ning st arters, including seven of f ense, but dept h will have t o be f ound t his f all . I am , however , encouraged by what I saw in t he spring.

Our staf f set sever al obj ect ives f or spring pract ice and we accom plished approximat ely 90 per cent o f t hese. O f all the posit ion changes we made, everyone t ur ned out t o be good . I was impressed wit h t he aggressiveness of our young players and I f elt the def ense came t oget her as a unit in t he last two scrimm ages. T he of f ense was ahead of the def ense because of t he ret urning ex perience and I look f or t hat t o cont inue in the f all . T he only t hing we didn ’t ac complish was t hrowing t he ball deep . I was encouraged wit h t he play and en t h u si asm o f t h e t eam i n t h e B l u e- Si l v er

game. I t was enj oyable t o wat ch and I k now this youth f ul ent husiasm will car ry over int o t he f all .

Over all , t he r et ur n of Z iebart and t ailback Shelby Ball , last season’ s leading rusher , make t he of f ensive back f ield one of t he t eam ’ s st r ong point s. A t hree-year st art er , Z iebart

some starting duty last seaso n , al so

O F F E N SI V E T A C K L E S — Sen i o r

Pat M eagher on t he st rong side is t he only ret urning st art er but t here are several young player s t rying f or t he st art ing bert h on the quick side, headed by j unior D ick H addad , who let ter ed

as a r eser v e l ast f al l . T h i s i s an ar ea

that will get my at tent ion as soon as pract ice st art s this f all .

O F F E N SI V E G U A R D S —

Ju nio r

Bruce Br own on t he st rong side is t he

only returning starter a n d c o n t i n u ed t o show improvement in t he spring. T he battle for the starting b er t h o n t h e Quick side w i l l b e co n t i n u ed i n t o t h e fuU although top candidates at t h i s point are j unior N ed R u d d an d sophomore Clay V ert r ees, bot h j unior varsity players i n 19 7 8 .

CENTER

S en i o r

Jim

T ubbs

RUNNING BA CKS — This should

moved into a starting berth l a st sea so n

season . D uring t he spr ing, Steve D rewnowski , last season ’ s st art ing f ullback , was shi f ted t o linebacker , putt ing Ball and M ik e Fort son in t he

Fred Cianciolo , a j unior var sity player last season who had a f ine spring and is an out st anding young pr ospect .

be another strong area with Ball and returns to provide st ability t o t he returning after gaining 720 yards last position. Backing him up is sophomor e

sam e b ack f i el d . F o r t so n w as sh i f t ed

f r om t ailback t o f ullback in the spr ing and moved int o the st art ing bert h .

Several other young back s t o also con sider ar e M ike Fenn , L eo G oheen and Jerry Rouse, all o f whom had good spring drills.

W I D E RECE I V E RS — A r elat ively inexperienced ar ea with t he st art er s f rom last season gone f or var ious reasons. H owever , senior K en D ressel , a

d ef en si v e b ack

l ast

seaso n ,

w as

moved back t o split end af t er a year ’ s absence and displayed good hands and speed . Bob Buehler and St eve Bur ns at f lank er im proved thr oughout t he spr ing and should be good r eceiver s t his f all .

T IG H T EN D S —

O n e o f t h e m o st

int erest ing posit ion shif t s of t he spri ng t ook place at t his posit ion wit h j unior Scott Schaf er , t he regular punt er t he last two seasons, being moved here. H e

Coach H atf ield 21

SP R I N G SP O R T R E C O R D S W

L

B a se b a l l

33

13

J V B aseb al l

11

4

M en ’ s G o l f

17

0

J V M en ’ s G o l f

3

0

W o m en ’ s G o l f

12

3

L a c r o sse

12

3

J V L acr o sse

4

3

M en ’ s T en n i s

25

5

J V M en ’ s T en n i s

10

0

M en ’ s O u t d o o r T r ack

2

1

J V M en ’ s O u t d o o r T r ack

5

2

W o m en ’ s O u t d o o r T r ack

ZER OI N G I N — That ’s what A ir F orce def ensive tack le Ry an Williams ( 75) is doing to Colorado State quar ter back K eith L ee in this 19 78 a c t i o n . W i l l i a m s w i l l be one of the F alcons ’ top def ensi ve p lay ers in 19 79 af ter p ick ing up 120 tack les l a s t seas o n .

D E F E N SI V E E N D S

b o t h st a r t er s

are gone and t he two posit ions will be f illed with young but int elligent and ag gressive player s. T he t op two can d i d at es saw so m e act i o n as f r esh m en

last season , Jim D ahlmann and Chr is Reymann, wit h t he lat t er player earn ing a var sity let ter . Both are look ing f orwar d t o good seasons but t he coaching st af f will be looking f or reserve st rengt h t his f all .

D EFEN SI V E T A CK L ES — T he t op

d ef en si v e l i n em an r et u r n s i n

sen i o r

Ryan W illiams, a t wo-year st art er on t he lef t side, while on t he other side is seni or Bi l l Beck er , w h o pl ay ed lineback er last year but was shi f t ed t his spring. A nother good prospect is sophom ore T om Schluckebier , who saw some var sity act ion last season but d i d n ’ t l et t er ,

L I N EBA CK E RS — T his is always one of t he key ar eas in Falcon def en sive plans and it drew a lot of att ent ion in t he spring wit h very litt le experience retur ning. O ne of t he f ir st moves in the spr ing w as shi f t i ng senior St eve D r ew n o w sk i f r o m f u l l b ack t o l i n e b ack er an d it w as an ex cel l en t sh i f t .

D rewnowsk i adj usted very r apidly and is a st art er on t he st r ong side st arting t he season . St art ing at weak lineback er is j unior M ik e Bloom f ield , a JV player last year , while sophomores M ike 22

Fr ance and L ew Pruit t are ot her t op linebacker prospect s.

C O R N E R B A C K S Johnny Jack son , who st art ed at r ight corner back as a f reshman last season , heads

t h i s ar ea an d sh o u l d h av e an o u t st an d

ing season . T wo m or e sophomores.

T od W olt ers and D oug D unbar , ar e batt ling f or the start ing posit ion on t he other side. I f eel t hat alt hough t he cornerback s will be young t hey should be quick and explosive.

SA F E T I E S — St ar t er sen i o r C h ar l es

Shugg ret urns but t hat doesn ’t mean t he st ar ting j ob is locked up . A t f r ee saf et y, Shugg is running number one with back up help coming f r om a

PU N T I N G — T he ret ur n of j unior

Sco t t Sch af er m ak es t h i s o n e o f t h e

3

10 3

28

O V E RA L L T O T A L

13 6

37

eluding a 49 yar der . H is leg cont inued t o look st rong in the spr ing while good backup help should come f r om j unior Eric O ’ Connell , who did som e im pressive kick ing in t he spr ing.

P O SI T I O N

CH A NGES

T h er e

were a number dur ing t he spring, h eaded b y t h e sh i f t s o f St ev e D r ew n o w sk i

l i n eb ack er ,

from

M ike

f u llb ack

F o r t so n

to

f r om

t ai l b ack t o f u l l b ack an d B i l l B eck er from l i n eb a c k e r t o d e f e n si v e

lineback er . Bob Bledsoe and D anny M alm , bot h wide receiver s last season , w er e m o v ed i n t o t h e d ef en si v e seco n

dary and Scott Schaf er , t he regular punt er , went t o t ight end af t er being t ried at quart erback and def ensive back in previous seasons. I n ot her ma j or moves, K en D r essel went f r om cornerback to split end and K ory Cor num will go f rom t he def ensive line t o t he o f f en si v e l i n e t h i s f al l .

f o r m er w i d e r ecei v er — B o b B l ed so e.

A t st rong saf ety , t wo player s are vying f or the t op spot — D anny M alm and Ron H ussey . M alm also is a convert ed wide receiver , lettering last f all as the number two split end .

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V A R SI T Y T O T A L

D EPT H

A N A L Y SI S

N ot

as

m u c h a s l a st sea so n w i t h 2 5 l et t er m en

ret urning, including 13 st ar ter s, seven of

t h em

o n o f f en se. T h e o f f en si v e

back f ield has t he m ost r et urning dept h

w h i l e t h e d ef en si v e l i n e w i l l h av e t h e

m o st n ew f a c e s .

O P P O N E N T A N A L Y SI S — W i t h

st rongest areas on t he t eam . A t woyear regular , Schaf er ranked f i f t h in

t he addit ion of t wo Big T en opponent s t o t he schedule, t his will be a t ougher

recor d aver age of 43.2 yards.

linois ar e t he Big T en opponent s while perennial national power N ot re D ame

t h e n at i o n l ast seaso n w i t h a sch o o l P L A C E K I C K I N G — T h i s ar ea al so

is in good hands with senior Jim Stur ch returning. L ast f all , Sturch tied f or eight h in t he nat ion in f ield goal k ick ing, making 16 o f 26 att empt s, in-

sch ed u l e t h an 1978 . W i sco n si n an d I l

w i l l v i si t F a l c o n S t a d i u m

f o r t h e se

cond st raight season . O verall , t he 1979 schedule will be one of t he t oughest t he F al co n s h av e f aced i n t h e l ast d ecad e.

U N I T ED ST A T E S A I R F O R C E A CA D EM Y

H OM ECOM ING ’ 2 7 -3 0 SE P T E M B E R

12 t h J A B A R A A W A R D M EM ORIA L CEREM ON Y U SA F A v s K SU C L A SS O F ’ 69 R E U N I O N SP E C I A L E V E N T S TIM E

EVENT

Class of 1969 Reuni on — D on’ t miss this gr eat chance f o r

PL A CE

T hursday , 27 September 14 0 0 18 0 0 - ?

A O G A n n u al B o ar d

M eet ing

C l ass o f 1969 R eu n i o n

F riday , 28 September 1100- 1600 Regist r at ion 1130- 1200 H omecoming Parade 1200- 1230 1200- 1700 1245- 1400 1400- 1600

L u n ch G o l f T o u r n am en t A t t en d C l asses U SA F A T o u r

1700- 1900 1930- ?

So ci al H o u r

1700-2000

Regist rat ion

Supt ’ s Con f Rm H oliday I nn N ort h

0 9 0 0 - 1 10 0

0900- 1000 1000- 1030

A rn o ld H all T er r a z z o M i t c h el l H a l l * G o l f C o u r se F ai r ch i ld H all A rn o ld H all

O f f i cer s’ C l u b O f f i cer s’ C l u b

M ansion Party

D en v er * *

A r n o l d H al l D orm s T er r a z z o

A F A v er su s K S U

18 3 0 - 2 0 0 0

Recept ion Banquet/ Jabara

St ad i u m M i t ch el l H al l

A r n o ld H all

Pre-game Brunch

M i t c h el l H a l l

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Fri day Social H our — Join f riends f or cocktails and st ay

f or dinner in t he luxuri ou s surr oundings of t he newly

r em o d el ed O f f i cer s’ C l u b .

Wagner, D’Onofrio, Waller and Stouffer, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, 1000 University Bldg., 110 16th Str eet , M emorial Ceremony — Share a solemn moment to honor t he memory of our lost f r iends and classmat es.

C of f ee/ D iscussion/ Brunch — L ear n t he latest develop ment s at U SA FA and cat ch t he pre-game spir it at a super brunch in Richt er L ounge.

A F A v er su s K SU — See F al co n f o o t b al l u n d er n ew co ach

K en H at f ield and cheer t he team t o cert ain vict ory .

Sunday, 30 September 0900- 1000

Golf Tournament — Now on Friday to allow more people to participate. Compete f or f un and prizes under the Peoria system. Carts and clubs are available.

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• W e’ve st opped inf lat ion and slashed regist r ation f ees ! I Regist r at ion f ee f or A OG member s is only $15 per per son . T his is 16% less than last year ! Registrat ion f ee f o r n o n -A O G m em b er s i s $ 17 . T h e f ee i n cl u d es t h e Sat u r

day morning cof f ee, t he pre-game br unch , the Sat ur day evening recept ion and banquet , a f ootball m um f or your lady , and a H omecoming ’79 souvenir .

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• Fr iday activit ies wit h W ing, M emor ial Cer emony , and F o o t b al l G am e — C o m b i n at i o n 1 i s r eco m m en d ed f o r

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I CLASS NEWS W ayne Pit t man

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M ontgomery, A L 36105

Well, as most of you know, it was a great party. The

first Twenty Year Reunion will be a dif ficult — perhaps

impossible — act to follow. The final tally showed t h a t

about 94 members of the Class and 113 faculty and staf f

members (which included 38 ATOs) attended, plus wives and a number o f children . I ’ m sure t hat every one of t h em

j oin me in thanking Joe DESANTIS, the spirit and force behind the occasion, and the Colorado-based grads who

pulled it together: Curt COOK, Kent MONTAVON, Jerry

GA RBER, and Charlie M EIER at the A cademy, M ike REA RDON in Denver, and Steve HA M ER in Colorado Springs. You guys couldn’t have done better.

For those who couldn’t mak e it , the f ollowing r ecap o f

the events cannot convey the real impact of the weekend.

That impact was a function of the mood and spirit of t h e

event . But f or t he benef it o f t hose who weren’ t t here, h er e’ s h o w i t w en t :

M ost of us arrived by Thursday afternoon and picked u p

registration packets at the motel. This was followed by a

social “ hour’ ’ by the pool which started mid-afternoon and lasted well into the evening. This set the tone f o r t h e whole weekend as greetings were shouted and backs slap

ped at a rapid rate. As someone said, I don’t think a c o n

versation was completed the entire time, as new faces k ept

cropping up. On Friday we all climbed on busses and r o d e

to Denver . (By the way, if you haven’t seen Denver a n d Colorado Springs in the last ten years or so, you’ll n ev er b e able to find your way around. The eastern edges of b o t h are rapidly approaching Nebraska.) When we got to the

Lowry Club, the bar was open by the pool and a buffet

brunch was ready. I don’t think more than two or three went swimming — for most of us it was again a marathon talking session. We did take time out to go see the original

cadet area — and j ust in time. A ll the barracks around t h e north quadrangle and most of those around the south a r e

gone. The door of one barracks had fallen off and we f ound one room t hat was st ill int act in it s cadet f or m

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complete with gun racks. There’s no trace of the chapel,

theater, or dining hall . A rnold H all is literally a pile of rub ble with a few pipes sticking up. The academic buildings are still there and relatively unchanged. Other buildings have been built on the parade ground. A s a final stop o n this tour, we viewed the attractive stone marker placed i n

April to commemorate the original site of the Academy. I f any of you visit on your own, you may have difficulty f i n d

ing it since it’s not located in or at the A rea, but t o t h e north of the academic buildings where — if my memory’s cor rect — we used t o k nock heads in f r iendly st r i f e.

We got back to Colorado Springs in time for a brief

breather bef ore going up to the Cadet A rea for dinner i n M itchell H all . This was another super event — plenty o f

good food, wine, and high spirits (no pun on the altitude intended). Joe DESANTIS and Quincy COLLINS handled the program which included recognition of a number o f people who’ve been important to us. Among other events this night were the official adoption of Mrs. McCOMAS as a member of the Class (retroactively we become the f i r st class with a female member), a ‘ fess up session managed by

Quincy, and a gift to the Class from the ATOs. In the c o n

fessions, long overdue public recognition (acclaim?) w a s af forded to various airplane movers and roof painters.

Naturally, some of the less savory pranks were blamed o n those of you who weren’t there. The A TO gift was the silver bottle which for twenty years has been in the U S A F A club to provide brandy for any A TO — free unless he t o o k the last drink . A ccompanying the bottle was a plaque w i t h the M acA rthur “ Fields of Friendly Strif e’ ’ quotation a n d the following inscription: “ H aving witnessed the truth a n d

importance of these words so familiar to all of us, w e proudly present our “ Bottle’’ to the class of 1959 i n

memory of the ‘Friendly Strife’ of L owry 11.

On our way into A rnold Hall after dinner, we paused f o r the unveiling of a new plaque by the door listing all t h e y y

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General Russell D ougherty, f ormer CIN C

SA C, General Tallman, and Colonel K ent M ontavon obviously enj oy ed the

The Class of 1959 ini tiated a new tradi tion

by adop ting the Class of 1983 and presenting them with the Class of 1959

Broadmoor banquet. General Dougherty was the honored guest and f eatured

Class F lag f or their use until ‘83 has develop ed their o wn banner.

sp eak er f or the hist or ic evening.

Ranking member of the Class, BGen Pete Todd, p resented the Class Flag to the Superintendent and then j oined with the

Chap lain Bob Browning, ‘59, conducted the M emorial Ser vice in the Cadet Chapel.

Sup t and Commandant to review the

Class of 1983 in their f irst p arade.

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F ormer A OC Tallman and the Sweethear t

of ‘59 paused in f ront of a f amiliar p ortrait during the Friday night activities i n A r n o l d H al l .

The 59ers in attendance — military and civilian — f ormed as a Class to p articipate in the dedication of the 1959 Coat-of -

A r m s o n t h e C l ass W a l l .

D uring June Week the Class of 1979 was moved into p lace among the graduated Classes; the Class of 1980 assumed the p lace of distinction reser ved f or the Class commanding the Cadet Wing. D uring the 20 Year Reunion, the Class of 1959 moved into their customary p osition —

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ATOs, NATOs, and SNA TOs. The nostalgia of the trip t o Lowry and the reminiscences of dinner were continued i n t he ballroom where f ilms o f t he Class wer e run (were w e

ever that young?) and many photos, scrapbooks, and s o o n were available. The two biggest hoards were the stack o f photos M rs M ac had from the L if e photographer that covered graduation and the incredible amount of j unk t h a t

Jack H U N D EM E R dumped out of his brief case. I t ’ s clear t hat Jack never throws anyt hing away — and t hat he

doesn’t move every couple of years like the rest of u s . O n this Friday night we also learned that the bars in C o l o r a d o Spr ings close at 0200 .

Saturday morning began with a memorial service in the Cadet Chapel, of ficiated by Chaplains BENNETT A ND BROW N I N G . A f terwar ds, we moved down t o t he Class

Wall (the section of wall below the Chapel) where the n e w Class of 1983 was formed in squadron mass. Pete TODD represented the Class in two ceremonies. The first w a s t h e dedication of our class seal plaque on the wall . The seco n d was a new tradition (the Class of 1959 never could get together more than a few minutes without starting a n e w tradition). With the presentation of a flag with our c l a ss seal , we adopted the Class of 1983 — a gesture symbolizing continuity and heritage. The flag will be carried by t h a t class until they adopt a seal of their own. The cadets t h en

passed in review on their way to lunch, and they looked pretty good for only five days at the A cademy, even t o t h e critical eyes of old grads. Kent M ONTA VON is obviously doing a good j ob as Deputy Comm.

L unch was in M it chell H all wit h t he cadet s, f ollowed by

an afternoon of f for golf , rest , or whatever . The banquet Saturday night at the Broadmoor culminated the weekend.

Kent presided as presentations were accepted by Gen

M CD ERM OT T and M r s BRI GG S and on behal f o f M r s H A RM ON and Gen ST I L L M A N . A t hought pr ovoking

speech was delivered by Gen Dougherty on mid-life transi tion — a timely topic f or 30 June, retirement date f o r a number of our classmates (see below). A s at A rnold H a l l the night before, the A cademy band had to compete with the urge to visit and swap stories. A s it turned midnight , the Class gained another general as Bob OA KS’ promotion became ef f ect ive. Finally , each part icipant came away

from the banquet with commemorative wine glasses and a piece of the terrazo — actually, sections of the marble strips that have been replaced. A classy touch to a classy

and John EN G L E H A RT all have sons in t he Class of 1983. Brock ST RO M , Jr is st ill wit h t he Class o f 1982.

T he bulk of t he class news discussed had t o do , of

course, with retirements. I n addition to Dean WOOD, Jerry EL SBERND, and Buzz OLSON (already reported), Paul LA SEN retired early with pre-A cademy service — I didn’t get the word at the time and I don’t have an a d d r e ss yet . This summer’s list , as far as I’ve been able to put it together, is: Jack HOWEL L , who’s going with NA SA in DC; Pat M USMA KER, who’ ll be doing financial planning in Corpus Christi; Joe DESA NT IS, with Pratt and Whitney in Ft Lauderdale; Fred WYNN and Jim WELCH , both working for contractors in Washington; Lee DOREY, setting up medical practice in Takoma, Wash; Flak W I L L I A M S, who doesn ’t k now yet what or where;

Bill M CCLA IN , going to sell cars with Dave PH I L IPS i n

Southern Cali f ; D ick M A SO N , in a land title business (I

think) in Springfield, M o; Phil SM OTHERM ON , running a dry cleaners and “ the best restaurant’ ’ in Chandler, Okla; Reb LEE, who’ s staying in North Carolina to manage a stock car race track (that’s what I was told!); a n d Clark LOVERI N, who has multiple interests, including mobile home parks/ sales, in A lbuquerque. Later in the year . Bob FA Y will retire, but as of now hasn’t decided o n his new position. A lso, Tom JOZWIA K , who told me what he would be doing, but I forgot . Tom, maybe you’ll drop me a card and I can get the word out . I heard t h a t Paul D OU SK EY and T om CH A SE were also ret iring, but haven ’t been able t o con f ir m . A r e t here any more?

A few other bits and pieces picked up: the DD A NDER SON’S have a recent baby and, by the time you read t his, so will the John D A V EY ’ s. John , by t he way , was on h i s

way right after the reunion down to the Pentagon where h e’ l l b e i n X O X . H an k C A N T E R B U R Y i s o u r n ew est

Wing Commander, of the 56th TFW at M acDill . Buzz O L SO N was remar ried , wit h t he ceremony per f or med behind t he scene at the reunion . A lso , D on BROOK S, o u r

long-term bachelor, showed up with his relatively new and very pretty wife, Jin Hee. Lou KI NGSLA ND told me that , with Viking behind him, he’s left JPL to turn h i s h o b by into a business. He’s now doing investment counselling.

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I ’ve ment ioned bef or e t hat L eigh H U N T and Charlie M A Y , classm ates at N A T O D ef ense College, were going t o Ramst ein and Fair f ord . N ow I k now what t hey’ re doing.

Leigh’s in Strike Operations at A A FCE and Charlie’s t h e

It ’s not possible to recount every thing that happened,

A D O at Fair f ord . Our ot her general didn’t mak e t he r e union ; Bob BECK EL had t o report t hat week t o his new

rain on Saturday; RL PENN’s T-shirt reading “ The H istoric Class of 1959;’ ’ Dave PH I L IPS in his California Cords and plunging neckline; A nne DESA NTIS’ Saturday

me in Colorado t o say t hat t hey’ve enj oyed t he litt le b i t o f

a f f ai r .

even if I ’d been able t o be everywhere at once, but r a n d o m memories do come back : Jeannie CA RR sunbathing in t he

sw i m f ully clot hed ; Gen D ougherty ’ s reminisence of t he B-36 rudder f alling of f in f ront o f h i m af t er n o o n

during the dedication fly-by (H ow many of you saw that happen? A nd if you did, why weren’t your eyeballs caged?); the 04(X) wakeup call Hank CA NTERBURY left f or Jim GU N T ER Sunday mor ning — which didn’t bother Jim at all since he wasn’t in yet .

To those of you who were there, it was great seeing y o u again; to those who couldn’t make it , we missed you maybe we’ll see you at the Twenty-fifth.

The trip to Colorado served a double purpose for four —

position as Commander of the 7th A ir Div at Ramstein.

Final point : note above that my address has changed. I ’ d still like to get a postcard whenever you change anything o r have something to pass along. I had a number of you st o p

news I ’ve been able to pass along — the more you give m e ,

t he mor e t here’ll be t o enj oy .

Final , f inal point : I t was a great part y — let ’ s do it again so m et i m e !

M OV I N G?

Pl ease for w ar d y our n ew addr ess, duty assi gn m ent , an d ot h er n ew s t o th e A OG Of fi ce ... A OG Recor ds ar e on ly as curr ent as y our l at est su b m i s s i o n ...

att endees. Ron L A N M A N , N .O . O L SON , Ed RO SA N E , 29

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I feel like a cadet (or War College student) at midnight the day before a term paper is due. The deadline for su b mitting this column is today, so it will have to be quick .

Unfortunately, none of you strong silent types have c a l l ed or written this quarter and my j ust completed move f r o m A rlington to Colorado Springs kept me from working t h e autovon. So I ’ll emphasize business rather than gossip.

Class Crest. Jock SCHWA NK is still looking for your 2 0 d o l l ar co n t r i b u t i o n s. F o r d et ai l s see t h i s co l u m n i n the Spr

ing 79 magazine. A s of this writing, about 25 classmates have responded which leaves Tony BURSHNICK still holding the bag for more than $1500. Please, let’s get T ony of f the hook . M ake your checks payable to The Class o f 60, A OG Fund, and mail them to Ltc - Jock SCHWA NK , c/ o A ssociation of Graduates, USA F A cademy, CO,

Gary Sheets and B ill Goody ear

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20-Year Reunion. The 59’ers had their 20-year reunion in June, and by all accounts, it was a smashing success. A s you know, Tom BURKE at A ndrews A FB is chairing our reunion and plans are starting to j ell . H e has 130 r o o m s reserved at the Raintree Inn in Colorado Springs for t h e

weekend of 26 t hru 29 June, 1980. T hose dates were chosen af t er consider ing school vacat ions, PCS m ove schedules, new cadet ar r ival at U SA FA , hot el r oom

availability and so on. M ark your calendars, plan your vacations and PCS moves. Let’s make it a big one! Pikes Peak or bust in 1980! Tom is using the network of regional coordinators Tony set up, so you will be getting further

H o wie Whitf ield and K en A ln wick

Quickies. Dale and Sherry TH OM PSON passed through

h er e i n J u n e en r o u t e t o v i sit t h e D K J O H N SO N ’ S at M t

wor d t hr ough them plus t idbit s f rom t his column . Plan ning is still in the early stages so this would be a good t ime

Home and prior to departing for Upper H eyford (or is i t Lakenheath?). John SCH I RA has PCS’d from Langley to Wright-Patt , where he is Director of Systems Logistics.

in your ar ea to get f eedback on do ’ s and don ’t s.

TA YLOR has shifted f rom Kadena to Clark A B. Roger LENT is Chief of OPs and Tng for the 3800 A B Group a t

to feed your ideas and inputs to Tom BURKE, A V 858-6184. You might want to contact a 59er at your b ase o r

For unknown reasons, the printer decided to crop some

people out of t he pictur es I t ook at Russ M acD ON A L D ’s

Woodbridge, Virginia house in February and placed in t h e Spring magazine. So I ’ll try again. Here are the uglies l ef t

on t he cutt ing r oom f loor :

D oug REK EN T H A L ER has moved t o O maha, and Bill

M axwell , while Bill GOO D Y EA R and A L JO H N SO N are sweat ing t he “ heavy ” academic load at N W C . Jim

CLA RK is heading up an of fice at Wright-Patt that is looking for Trainer X , a T-37 replacement . A nd Pappy BOYI NGTON showed by at the 59er reunion, a retiree

w i t h a f u l l r ed b ear d . H av e w e m o r e r et i r ed cl assm at es?

A ny with f ir m plans?

H omework A ssignment in Four Parts. (1) M ake your

calendar s f or our 20-year reunion weekend , 26-29 June

next year. (2) Give Tom BURKE a call to air your reunion ideas. (3) I f you haven’t already done so, please send y o u r class crest contribution to Jock SCHWA NK . A nd (4) Let me hear from you so I can pass on news about you and classmates you may have seen — especially if you have n o t been mentioned in a recent column or if you have moved or changed j ob. A lso, please send photos.

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Squadron Commander in a very large squadron. I under stand that he is enj oying that assignment very much.

I notice that Terry STORM can’t seem to get away from the Pentagon. H e’s been extended a year to continue h i s additional duty as Chairman of the NA TO A W A CS Inter

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and Security Committee which requires monthly trips t o Brussels. H e doesn ’t k now what his primary duty is.

A s a matt er of f act , I am t rying t o writ e legibly while si t

Terry and Hanson SCOTT are playing in an over 30 baseball league in D .C. Surely they will soon have t o j oin

driving.

Westinghouse. H e also flies with the Reserves at M cChord.

I am composing this short message at mid-PCS move.

ting at the table in the SUTTON Conestoga as we rock a n d bounce along I nterstate 30 through East Texas. Laraine i s First off , I apologize to all of you who read my last epis

t le and said , “ W hy isn ’t old SU T T O N smart enough t o l o o k i n t h e ’ 6 1 P o l ar i s an d r ead t h e l i st o f cl ass o f f i cer s?

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H ad I been smart enough t o do t hat , I would have lear ned

the following: Larry KA RNOWSKI is our Class President ,

D on M CCA RT ER is our V ice President , T om EL L E R is

our Secretary, Jim WIL HELM is our Treasurer and B.G.

t he rest o f us in t he over 40 group . T erry also tells u s t h a t D on PA Y E lives in K ennewick , W ashingt on and wor k s f or T hanks a lot T er ry f or t he inf or mation .

A nd lastly for this issue. Jack BRIGHT is leaving the murky and fuel starved East Coast for the sunny climes o f H aw ai i w h er e h e w i l l b e a m em b er o f t h e C I N C P A C st af f .

H awaii may run out of f uel and corn too, but at least t h er e will always be sun, pineapples and Tenny TA KA HA SH I .

H ope t o see you at H omecoming.

W I L L I S is our H ist orian . W here in hist ory is B .G .

W I L L I S anyway?

It is worth noting that the humility of our class officers is above reproach. They are so humble about their callings

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t hat not one of them stepped f orwar d t o be recognized

when I put forth my impassioned plea for their identities i n t h e l ast t w o i ssu es. I d i d r ecei v e l et t er s f r o m P h i l L A N E

and H ect or N EG RON I t o in f orm me of my oversight .

My wife received a phone call from anonymous Charlie

ST EBBI N S who always seem s t o phone when I ’m not home — well , at least once anyway . H e, t oo , knew who o u r el ect ed l ead er s w er e.

A s anot her f ollow-on t o my last let ter , t he SU T T ON

family is now complete with seven sons and a brand n e w daughter. We’ll never equal the BROPHY’s dozen and I ’ m

H i Redtags! This will be a short column because j ob r e quirements have eaten up a lot of free time. I n M arch I

assumed com mand o f t he 90t h T ransport at ion Squadron

and have been very busy ever since. M PC finally blessed the assignment after the Wing Commander sent a message request . So I ’ll be staying in the j ob until next M ay o r J u n e

not sure how we square wit h M ert H U L L , but we f ind a l o t

of happiness in our association with these eight folks.

Phil L A N E writ es t hat f ew classmates pass t hrough San

A ngelo, Texas so he knows little more about his old f r i e n d s t h an w h at h e r ead s i n C H E C K P O I N T S. H e d i d t al k w i t h a T ex as f r i en d w h o h ad m et J ean H I N K L E i n D en v er w h en

they conducted some business together . That is about a s close as I get to most of our classmates too, Phil , so f eel good about that second hand information.

Phil reports that had Randy CUBERO stopped through San A ngelo on his way t o A labama f rom Panama or when he moved f rom A labama t o Colorado , he could have t old us how badly he had beaten Randy in handball , but unf or tunat ely Randy didn’t st op by .

M or e recent ly , I had t he pleasure o f an evening wit h F r an k an d C l ar e W I L L I S i n t h ei r h o m e at L i t t l e R o ck

A FB . Frank has recently becom e t he 314t h T act ical A ir li f t G roup Commander t here. H e is r esponsible f or two C- 130 squadr ons and t heir t act ical support . Frank is quit e sat isf ied wit h his M A C role in spit e of his SA C upbringing .

Clare is ext rem ely act ive in her commander ’ s wi f e r ole a s well as in t hose many ot her pursuit s indulged in by a m o t h er o f t h r ee act i v e so n s. F r an k al so d em o n st r at es h i s

balanced and well-r ounded int erest s by t eaching an a d u l t Sunday school class at t he base chapel , and by par t icipat ing in scout ing, lit t le league, and ot her base a ct i v i t i es .

I was disappoint ed t hat while at L itt le Rock I did n o t get t o visit with D ave CA RL ST ROM who is t he H eadquar t er s

L t Col J ohn W Jam ba, Class of ’62, is sho wn af ter his r ecen t Change of Com m and cer em o ny wi t h h is wif e, Car oline, as she accep ts a r osef r om the Wing Commander, Col James E .

Co wan. ‘ ‘Jack ” assumed comm and of the 90th Tr ansp or tation Sq at F E War r en A F B .

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when I hope t o ret urn t o an engineer ing management j ob in t he Space Shut tle Pr ogr am . O nly t ime will tell .

I went T OY in M ay t o Sheppard A FB t o att end T ransport ation O f f icer s’ School . T he Gr ad’ s Regist er revealed t hat Jer ry SI N G L ET O N was a Chaplain t here. S o af ter a quick call , we got toget her f or lunch . Jer ry , a s many of you remember , spent 7 year s as a POW . H e has a

very good philosophy about his time as a POW . He quoted

Romans 8:28, “ W e k now t hat God causes all t hings t o wor k toget her f or good t o t hose who love God .” H e f eels t hat he was event ually “ Called ” t o t he service o f God a f t er one year in law school . H e spent f our years at t he D a l l a s T heological Sem inary and t hen went to Sheppar d as a P r o t est ant Chaplain . H is wi f e, Bonnie, is staying busy making r epairs t o t heir house which was damaged by the A pr il 10 t h t or nado t hat riped t hrough W ichita Falls. W hat devast a t ion ! I t ’ s surprising t hat more people weren’t k illed . H i s 13

year old son, Rick, enj oys swimming, skeet shooting, a n d

t he Boy Scout s. H is SVi year old son , John , is supposed t o be the f astest , most voluminous t alk er in t hat part o f T exas. Jer ry and I had lunch t hree t imes and enj oyed s e e ing anot her Redtag and having good conversat ions.

G o t a cal l f r o m K en SM I T H w h o sai d h e t o o k co m m an d

of t he H eadquart ers Squadr on f or H eadquarter s SA C on 1 A pril . I t ’s a big j ob wit h a lot of r esponsibilit ies a n d a l o t

of headaches but Ken likes it . H is wife. Nan, is teaching

element ary school in Ralst on , N ebraska. H is 15 year o l d son , T odd , loves gir ls. H is 13 year old son. M att , i s i n

terested in model building. Ken likes to get in a few g a m es o f handball occasionally . H e also uses some of his t i m e caring f or t he f amily bulldogs and cat s. W hile he was a t t h e Squadr on Comm ander ’s school at O f f utt in M arch , he m e t

D av e W H I T M A N w h o i s n o w t h e F iel d M ai n t en an ce

Squadron Commander at Pease. Bo OHM A N passed

t hr ough O f f utt . H e’ s a r easearch associate at St an f or d o n his way t o D I A in W ashingt on . K en got a card f r om Bill H A U GEN who said he is now at t he Pentagon work ing in L egislative L iaison f or R & D mat ter s. Jim D ’EN T REM ON T who was on t he alt ernat e list f or A ir W ar College will be going t here in A ugust . Rumor has it t hat D on N E T Z I N GER is the Security Police Squadr on Commander at G ri f f is. K en , I hope t o see you when I go t o SA C f or t h e one week “ charm ” school f or Squadron Commanders.

A lso got a call f rom D ave H OL T who’ s at T yndall . H e sai d h e w as sl at ed t o b eco m e t h e co m m an d er o f D et ach

at T est pilot School . T hir d , M r . Sonoyama was an int er pret er f or M i ke H U G H ES when he did his doct oral t hesis in Japan .

Before I move on to some letters and postcards I want t o mention that Caroline and I won a trip to Las Vegas, a l l expenses paid. But my TDY to Sheppard wiped it out s o w e

had t o cancel the t rip . W e are also involved in disco d a n c ing and t ook second place in a contest at the O Club . M y eight year old boy, Stephen, is enj oying his first year o f Little League. M y four year old girl , Lisa is j ust enj oying

life. A nd my wife, Caroline has j ust become a Jafra sk i n car e co n su l t an t an d can set h er o w n h o u r s.

I got a very nice lett er f rom D ick EL L SW O RT H . I quot e, “ Y ou ar e get ting one o f t he f ew lett er s I wr ite t o

anyone. Not because I don’t want to; it j ust seems t h a t a l l the good things I have to say drain out of my left e a r

bef ore t hey get t o my pen f inger . T he enclosed check i s f o r t he wall plaque. $25.00 f or me, $25.00 f or one of our o w n RT B’s m issing or k illed . I would like t o see our crest

reproduced as per A OG charm. I am totally ignorant a s t o

what t his might cost but it could be of f ered f or sale e v e n t o

t h o se m em b er s o f t h e cl ass w h o d o n o t co n t r i b u t e t o t h e

wall plaque. Sor ry I cannot cont r ibut e m ore inf or mat ion t o ad d t o t h e n ew s l et t er . I d o see a f ew o f o u r ai r l i n e c o m -

padres around the system now and then but seldom long enough to do more than say, hello! Keep up the good

wor k , I enj oy t he news lett er .” D ick , t hank s f or the d o n a t ion and t he suggest ion on t he class crest . A nd t hank s f o r

contributing a nice letter to this column. By the way, anyone who gives me a pat on the head for writing this c o l umn can get j ust about anyt hing print ed .

A n d n o w a l et t er f r o m C h et G R I F F I N . “ D i d n ’ t w an t

you to feel neglected out there on the wild plains o f W yom ing so thought a short letter was in order . A las, I f i n i sh ed

N ational W ar College on 12 June and now have t o lear n

what a daily grind is like again. To say the least, i t w as a

ver y rewar ding year and f or a gr eenhorn li ke me in

Washington, indispensable in shedding light on how a huge bureaucracy really works. High school civics text writers probably couldn’t stand the shock if they tried t o put down on paper how things really get done. I was t h e

only Redt ag in t he N W C class o f ’79 but have been several

lately trudging the halls of that building. Bill O’ ROURKE

l i v es i n t h e n ex t b l o ck an d I t h i n k t h i s i s t h e 4t h t i m e w e’ v e

been assigned to the same place. H e has been stolen f r o m

m ent 5, 55A RRS at T yndall sometime in July . H is wi f e, Fran, has her real est at e license now . H is 11 year old boy , A llen , is int o rocket ry and guns. D ave and his son h a v e a bir d dog which t hey t ry t o use f or bird hunt ing when t i m e permit s. D ur ing the Red Flag exercise in February and

t h e T A C F o r ces D i v t o w o r k i n t h e R eso u r ces D i r ect o r at e

j oined by John GU I L M A RT I N f rom Rescue H qs. at Scott . H e also saw Gail PECK , Bunky REEV ES, D an PA Q U ET (who wor k s f or t he weapons range group) and H er b

an d h as su ch a d et er m i n ed l o o k o n h i s f ace. See M i k e a n d

M ar ch , D av e w as t h e r escu e m i ssi o n co m m an d er . H e w as

A LTMA N (who is the operations officer in a fighter

squadron even though H erb is a navigat or — good show .

H erb) ! D ave relayed t hat Bob G I BSON became the Com mander of M arine A ir Support Squadr on 2 at M CA S Fut enma, a year ago . N ow here are some unusual coin cidences t hat D ave experienced . H e was an exchange o f f icer in t he Japanese A ir Force. H e wor ked in an of f ice wit h t hree people who k now thr ee ot her Redt ags. Fir st o f all , L / C K ondo was a classmat e of Bunk y REEVES at A CSC . Secondly , L / C Ot a was a classmat e of N ick FI T Z 32

of Programs (PA X). They are the folks that literally m o v e into the Pentagon during the hot part of the POM cycle.

Saw George HA RRI SON only briefly; he also lives nearby.

See Danny DONOVA N f requently although I haven’t stopped him yet; he’s always walking so fast (for Danny)

Kay BUTCH KO every now and then. She’s having a super

year in real estat e (A ren ’t t hey all ?) and M ike is m u c h m o r e

relaxed since he figured it out that the A L CM PEM (A ir Launched Cruise M issile Program Element M onitor) can’t be all things to all people. A s soon as we can manage t o have a Redtag get-together. I ’ll bring you up-to-date o n a l l the Pentagon clan. Oh yes. I ’ll be Chief , Programs

A nalysis D ivision . P .S. Super j ob on the newsletter , J a c k .

A nd a super j ob on your newslett er , Chet . T hank s f or a l l t he good inf o .

Got a change o f address car d f r om Bob SCA U Z I L L O

who is at M ountain H ome A FB as the Deputy Chief of t h e

Wing Operations Plans Div. His note says, “ It’s great t o

be back in t he U SA ! ! ” A nd Bob G I BSO N is now at H q ,

US Marine Corps, Washington. Dave PEDERSON is now in Springfield, Va. Charlie CHEESEM A N is now at Daytona Beach with GE — Space Division.

That’s it for now. I really appreciated the calls and l et ters. Keep the donations going to the A OG for our class wall plaque.

filiate of A utrey Bros. To make a long story short , they would not replace the original stone in the ring with a s t o n e

supplied by the customer/ owner. They said they would b e unable to guarantee the stone or the ring so they would n o t

do t he wor k . So m uch f or t hat . I t ook my aut hent ic b l u e star sapphire to another j eweler — a firm that has regular ly handled U SA FA class r ings.

Class activity has been quite high the past few months although I did not get too many changes of address c a r d s from the A O G .

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T hree M er it orious Service M edals (M SM ) were pinned on since t he last issue. Jon M ED I N A was awar ded t he

Sk ip L ee

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M SM for outstanding duty performance as Chief of the Systems Software Branch and as deputy Chief of the A d vanced Intelligence Systems Support Division at Of futt A FB, Nebraska. Jon is now at McClellan. Dick

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P A P R O W I C Z w as aw ar d ed t h e 1st O ak L eaf C l u st er t o

N ow that we are semi-set t led at home and wor k , y’all

the M SM for superior performance as Chief of Crew Con

f olk s in t he f ield plus a phone call or t wo . M ore on t h a t

most outstanding Strat A irlifters and is now working a t A ltus as a C-141 navigator course developer. The third

come or call . I have already received a few notes from l a t er .

T he second order o f business is the Class W all Pr oj ect .

A s Jim W heeler br ief ed in t he last issue I did est ablish t h e Class of 1963 A OG f und when visit ing the A cademy on

leave. The purpose for the fund is getting our class C o a t o f

A rms on the Class W all soonest . A secondary purpose co u l d b e t h e co n t i n u an ce o f a cl ass f u n d t h at can b e u sed t o

defray expenses encountered during a 20th reunion or some such proj ect . Cost of the Coat of A rms is dependent

on t he st at e of inf lat ion et c. I can conservatively put t he

price at $2700.00 and feel confident we won’t get caught up in any cost overruns. I plan to head up the fund d r i v e and, with a lot of assistance from the A OG of fice, t o get out a letter to everyone in the class explaining the plan o f attack and purpose behind the entire proj ect . Briefly, w e need to raise the cash as soon as possible. T he thing f o r

each of you to do is (1) write a check to the Class o f 19 6 3 A OG Fund and mail it directly to the A ssociation of

Graduat es, U SA F A cademy , Colorado 80840 and (2) r e mind all of our classmat es you see or t alk wit h t o d o t h e

same. I plan to “ appoint” regional and base arm-twisters to help with the j ob of reminding everyone to get their checks in the mail . Target completion date is H omecoming t ime in Sept ember 1979.

How much you ask? Well to be very specific and to the point : that depends! I f every single member of the c l a ss were to pay their fair share — how I dislike that phrase —

the donat ion would amount t o $6.00 per person . I f every m em b er o f t h e cl ass w h o i s al so a m em b er o f t h e A O G

were to cont r ibut e, the amount would be $8.00 . H owever , Jim W heeler said his experience has been t hat part icipat ion

in the proj ect to-date has been about 100 contributions p er class. T hat would mean a check am ount ing to $27.00. I

r eco m m en d a ch eck o f n o t m o r e t h an $25 .00 an d n o t l ess

t han $10.00 would be suf f icient t o att ain our goal . A s I ment ioned bef ore, we will need some money to def ray

postage etc. and help establish a permanent class fund. T o wrap this thing up, remember : send your check to the A OG and t he t arget dat e is H omecoming 1979. Pass t he word ! I cont r ibuted $25.00 t o get t he f und r olling.

A note of interest : while in Colorado I called A ut rey Bros, t o f ind out i f I could have t hem replace a st one in my

class ring and have a little refurbishment accomplished.

Jost ens, the com pany t hat made our ring, is, or was, a n a f -

t rol f or t he 4 M A S at M cChor d . “ Pappy ” went t he way o f

M SM went t o Jim D I FFEN D O RFE R f or outstanding duty

performance as Chief of the A eronautical Section, Pro gram Control Division in the Nuclear Technology Office a t the A ir Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland A FB, New M exico. Congratulations and Well Done to all ! A ir Train ing Command appears to have one of the heaviest (don’t call out the weight control monitors) concentrations o f Yellow Tags these days. I was able to compile some i n teresting and, possibly factual , statistics from a let t er an d a phone call from John ROUSH and Tom FRYER respec tively. ’63 is filling seven operations of ficer or co m m an d er positions in the five Flying Training Wings. The number includes two Student Squadron Commanders, one Flying Training Squadron Commander and four Operations Of ficers. John ROUSH , Ops for the 35 FTS at Reese relayed the following: Don NEFF has moved from Stan/ Eval at Reese to be the Ops for the 54 FTS (T-38); Jim WEA VER is t he Commander of t he T -37 squadron at L aughlin ; B o b

SIM PSON is CO of the F-105 squadron of the D .C. Guard at A ndrews (how did that get in there?); John DYER h a s completed his j ob with the Singapore A ir Force and w i l l r et urn t o t he CON U S t his sum mer ; Bill H EN T GES is at

Clovis and Fred and Dorothy BA UER stopped through Shallowater enroute to A BQ for some skiing before heading back to Saudi A rabia f or six more months. Tom FRYER called in his update j ust last week. Tom is the ST U RO N commander at Colum bus A FB , M s; Bill EBERT

has the T-37 ops j ob at Columbus and Dick KOPKE is t h e

T - 37 Sect i o n C o m m an d er t h er e. G i l M E R K L E h as t h e

T-37 ops j ob at Vance, Bill FLA NA GA N has moved from Stan/ Eval at Laughlin to the STURON commander’s j ob there and, also at Laughlin, Jim DE SA NTO is the IFS Chief . A t A TC Headquarters Skinner SIM PSON changed j obs moving from the IG to Plans. A nother A TC/ IGer, Jerry TH IES, is rumored enroute to the Pentagon. I f t h a t is accurate then Jerry will j oin Dean HESS at the Puzzle Palace. D ean lef t t his mont h af ter f ive years at Scott .

L o o k s l i k e t h e ’ 63 d ef en si v e b ack f i el d w i l l b e r eu n i t ed .

Other bits of intelligence passed on from Tom include: Gary WA L LA CE as a Resource M anager and Bob RA TH BURN , j ob unknown, both at M PC. Bob did brief Tom and his group on the pilot retention problem. Finally, M ick ROT H was seen in San A nt onio wor k ing wit h 33

Gener al M cD er mott at U SA A . H arry A L L EN made a quick business call f r om L it tle Rock t he ot her day and , during t he conver sat ion, let slip t hat L ar ry SPRI N G S i s

with the 16 TA TS there. H arry is the personnel “ body

snatcher ” f or t he 34 T A T Gp at L it t le Rock A ir Pat ch , I f f rust r at ion is your bag t hen Pete H A M M ERT ON ’ s let t er would make you f eel f ine. Pet e is now a civilian living i n T uscon , A rizona. Seems, as t he st ory unf olds, he was gr ounded 11 year s ago because of diabetes. L ast f all t h e m ed i cs d eci d ed a m ed i cal ev al u at i o n b o ar d w as n eed ed t o

squar e away t he paperwor k . T he boar d — a f ew year s l a t e — ended in t em porary ret irement f or Pete. O f course, h e had been inf ormed t hat t he boar d was j ust a square f i l l er

and only a formality. Pete and Judy moved from LaAgley

t o T uscon — 5509 E . 24t h St . Z ip 857 11. A s soon as he get s out of t he hospital , due t o a bone inf ect ion result ing f r o m a r aquet ball accident , Pet e will go t o wor k f or t he H ughes

A ircraft missile manufacturing plant there as a Proj ect

Engineer wor k ing on t he I maging I R M averick missile. A l l I can say is Good L uck and don’t break any mir ror s. P et e had some class news t o pass on : A ndy W A RD is headed

for National War College and is expected to pass through

A rizona on t he way east . A ccor ding t o Pet e, A ndy’ s t h r ee daught er s all resemble their mom , K ay . Small f avor s. H Q

T A C n ew s i n cl u d es J i m B U T T as t h e A - 10 m an o n t h e

st af f , D o u g H A R D G RA V E i n P l an s an d K en H A BED A N K leaving Ops Plans f or O kinawa.

I r eally appreciat ed t he cards, not es, let ter s and t elephone calls. W rit ing t his colum n is much easier t h a t way . One f inal r eminder : send t he checks! Please.

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Tom B r o wning mak es L / C. D igit al Equipment Corporat ion , Farmer s I nsurance Com p any Regi o n al H eadq uar t er s ( 1980) , H igr o m at i c , H oneywell , H ot sey Corpor at ion , L it t on D at a Systems, N CR Corporat ion , Schlage L ock , Spicer Clutch , T her ma T ru , T RW Cor por at ion , U .S. O lym pic T raining Cent er , Feder al Express, Pro f essional Rodeo Cowboys A ssocia tion and H all of Fame, W igand Cor por at ion , W oodf ord M anuf act uring Corporat ion , U .S. Figure Skat ing A ssocia t ion , U .S. O lympic Com mit tee H eadquarter s, and Equit able L i f e (one o f t he 10 largest cor por at ions i n t h e U .S.) announced t hat Colorado Springs would house one of t heir f ive Regional H eadquarters. So , i f it ’ s been a w h i l e

since you’ve been here, come on out and see the changes.

D o you realize what we were doing 19 year s ago? Y est er

day, I j ust had to go out and watch the Class of 1983 g o

t hrough Basic T r aining. T he uni f or m s are a lot dif f erent

from our brown khaki’s and it was a bit unusual watching

D oilies” snap M - l s around . M y , how t imes change!

I n M arch , I spent a week-end with D ave SA M U E L at his home in A pple V alley , CA . D ave lives down t he block f r om Roy Rogers and D ale Evans and is st ill involved i n a zillion proj ect s, including an ad agency on t he side. C h u c k H A N D L EY is now a L t . Colonel and has a big j ob as Regional M aint enance Commander in Comm unicat ions.

T he W innemucca k id , L arr y W I L L I S, has j ust moved t o Joa, Rio de Janier o , as M ar ket ing M anager , L at in A merica, f or t he Bendix Cor porat ion . Sor ry, L ar ry , i t ’ s already legal in Sout h A mer ica. Roger H EA D is now D eputy D irect or , F- 15 Joint T est Force, at Edwar ds a n d ( i

From BEA U T I FU L downt own Color ado Springs I ’ d like t o wish all of you well . Since Rod W E L L S is PCS b a c k t o t he cock pit in C- 130s at W iesbaden , I ’ll be k eeping y o u post ed on 1964 class changes. Rod did a super j ob as t h e Superint endent ’ s Execut ive O f f icer f or the past year a t A FA and will be t r ansit ioning back int o C- 130s in L it t le Rock until N ovember , 1979. T hen , he will be t est ing t h e Rhine and M oselle wines f or t hree year s. Bef ore Rod l e f t t he A cademy , he and Sabr a at t ended t he wedding o f Jer ry BO L T ’ S widow , Bibbi , in Bost on , M ass. Bibbi ’s new last name is ROT A and her address is 585 A lleghany D r ive, Color ado Spr ings, CO 80919. Rod ’s wi f e, Sabra, get s credit f or being the mat chmaker .

W hen we were Cadet s, Color ado Springs had t he r eput a t ion of having an economy t hat was principally military and t our ist relat ed . H owever , Colorado Springs has changed dr am at ically since t hat t ime. Current ly t he population her e is some 300,000 and gr owing rapidly . T h e A pr il 23, 1977, issue of U.S. N ews & Wor ld Rep or t list ed Colorado Spr ings as t he second f ast est growing city i n t h e ent ir e U .S. between 1970 and 1975. A lso , t he blend o f t h e economy has altered f r om military and tourist t o whit e co l lar and mini-elect ronics. Since 1975, t he f ollowing c o m panies/ associat ions have expanded or re-locat ed her e: A mpex Corporat ion , Joy M anuf act uring Company , 34

r esi d es i n P al m d al e. Jef f G O R D O N i s V i ce P r esi d en t o f

M ar ket ing f or D olphin I nt er nat ional , I nc. N ow , Jef f , t h e company nam e leaves a lot t o t he imaginat ion . Ellwood P .

H I N M A N I I I (Par ke t o all of us) is a T -38 Squadr on C o m mander at Sheppard A FB , T X and he lives in W ichit a F al l s. A

f el l o w w h o h as m o v ed ar o u n d so m e i s St ev e

CROK E R . Fr om Commander 7 15t h Bom b Sqdn at Pease A FB , he went t o 509t h Bom b W ing as A D in M arch 1979.

N ow , Steve is PCS as a st udent (A FI T ) at t he D epart m ent o f St at e. H e’ s en r o l l ed i n an E x ecu t i v e Sem i n ar i n N a t i o n a l

and I nternational af f air s. W ould you say , Steve, t hat t h a t is all-encom passing?

I n M ay, 1979, Will STA CKH OUSE (or is it Smokehouse) was the A nnual Recipient of the M ilitary

Order of the Purple Heart for Outstanding Research i n Services to the Handicapped at the Washington Hilton H otel . W ill aut hored a t hesis ent itled D esign and D evelop

ment of a Walking M echanism A dap ted to Sit and Climb Steps which explains in detail how this walking machine has been adapted to sit and climb steps. Will is currently a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at A F A .

R o d wel l

Our congraulat ions, W ill !

Recently, Hank (“ Pear” ) STEVENS received the A rmy

C o m m en d at i o n M ed al f o r h i s w o r k at B R A V E SH I E L D

17. H ank said he dazzled t he A rmy wit h his f oot wor k i n

keeping them in the airlift . H ank’s new j ob is Command Post Officer for HQ 5A F at Yokota. Don HA L L has returned to the friendly U .S. from the Pacific and i s assigned to the 380th A ir Refueling Sqdn, Plattsburg A F B , NY . Don, please check to see if those old barracks a r e st i l l there. Maybe we can have another f ire extinguisher f ight , reminiscent of ZI Field “ Study” days. DO NOT check o u t t he local lovelies — t hat ’ s where I “ won” the ghoul pool !

In a recent move, Jerry BUDINOFF is now at 123 Longfellow Street, Sudbury, M A . Jerry, if you’re still w i t h Digital Equipment Company, come on out to Colorado and visit DEC’ S new plant here. Claude BIL L INGS has moved t o 109 1 Pensive L ane, G reat Falls, VA in an I BM t ransf er . See, Claude, it happens to civilians, t oo . T o m W A L SH has ret urned f rom Bent wat ers, England (Go ,

Phantoms!) to CONUS — he isn’t certain where j ust yet .

Ray LENNON has returned from Germany to 958 Shadow Terrace, Sumter, SC. Larry HA RRIS has moved from sun (Denver) to rain, with a new address of 2407 36th A venue SE, Puyallup, WA . Doug THOM PSON has moved from Chicago to Reading, PA . What’ s happening there, Doug?

The 429 TFS, Nellis A FB, is proud to announce the ad dit ion o f D on G RA H A M to it s f orce of t iger pilot s. B i l l

FLOOD has moved within Ogden, UT to 1896 E 5725 S,

what ever t hat means. Bill is one o f our shiny L t . Colonels.

Dave PI ERCE has a new address of 3170 N W K ingst on

Way, A lbany, OR. Three other Blue Tags promoted to L t .

Colonel have been T om BRO W N I N G , Gary GA N O N G , and Bob W OO D S. T om is an F- 15 Operat ions O f f icer at

Luke A FB. Gary is Chief of the Technology and A pplica tions Branch at the A F Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland A FB, NM . Bob is now Commander of the 15th M ilitary A irli f t Squadron at N ort on A FB .

Sonny WI LL IA M SON has been named a Senior Vice President-Operations for Edgcomb Metals Company. H is responsibilities include Edgcomb service centers located i n

Sonny

W i l l ia m so n

Charlotte & Greensboro, NC; Greenville, SC; Louisville, KY; and M emphis' & Nashville, TN . Sonny resides in T u l sa .

Sincerest of condolences are ext ended t o the f amilies o f Bob A BBOT T and D ave RI CK E L . D ave’ s st at us was

changed from M IA to KIA on M ay 22, 1979. Bob died in a military aircraft accident 50 miles NNE of Nellis A FB. M ay t hey rest in peace.

BEL IEVE IT OR NOT Department — Fred WA GNER resigned his commission from the A F and enlisted one day later . He says he’s a Cruise M issile M anagement A nalyst a t E dw ards A F B .

L ocal N otes: T he new head f oot ball coach is an

outstanding individual . Ken H at field has a tremendous rebuilding j ob to do, but I can’t think of a more capable person to handle the task. I f any of you know any outstan ding student/ athletes in your respective areas, be c e r t a i n t o call the Football (Cadet Candidate Counseling) Of fice a t (303) 472-3836.

Please remem ber t o send t hose tax deduct ible dollar s i n

for the class crest , especially all of you heavyweights i n t h e

5 0 % b r a c k et .

Local A OG Chapters can be an excellent way to keep u p with current changes in the A ir Force A cademy. A s first President of the Colorado Chapter, A OG, I was able t o r e kindle old friendships and again feel pride in the o l d i n stitution — it’s changed a lot in 19 years, but it cert ainly is a heap better than other alternatives. Become active i n your Chapter or start one. Jim WHEELER is always will ing to help with specif ic ideas.

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M acD i l l A F B F I 3360 8 A u t o v o n 968-2727

I ’ve been playing bachelor for almost three months waiting for Jane to sell the house, get the kids out o f school , arrange for the packers and all those other t r i v i al things we j ust expect of our A ir Force brides. She has j ust about completed all the checklists. I’ll go back to V irginia and drive the family down the second week in July. T h en , back t o f lying.

A fter four years away from flying, returning to the cockpit of old double ugly is super . One dosen’t f orget how to fly — what one forgets are all the little (expletive deleted) numbers. But , when in doubt , j ust get the sh i n swit ches f orwar d , outboar d , and/ or up . . .

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Speaking of family and flying, lately I ’ve been asking

m ysel f the classic question of what prior ity should I put on

the important things in life — j ob, wife, flying, family, class news let ter , etc. Pr eviously I had always wanted t o get my priorit ies str aight but always had t oo many other i m port ant t hings t o do . Being a Class B bachelor f or t he past

shabang together while we do our thing. They deserve more than a thanx. H aving j ust finished this quarterly epis tle, there’s no question who is first place on my floating prior ity li st .

few months. I ’ve had time to wrestle with that problem.

Eddy Shir ley

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(Class Bs have pr ecious else t o do on t heir f r ee t ime) . I didn ’t come up with a list but I did come up wit h an a n s w e r t o share with you , “ I t depends on what you had last .’ ’ A n d

2260 C ascad e D r i v e A t w at er , C al i f o r n i a 9530 1 A u t o v o n : 347-25 18/ 2509

H ome: (209) 357-0903

I haven’t written this article since having a brushing a c quaintance with most of the others, so here goes.

Chuck SPECH T dr opped me a note f r om A CSC which r an down t he 65ers leaving M axwell f or the real A ir F o r c e .

Chuck t o C-5s at T r avis, Steve A M D O R to F-4s at K unsan ; Bruce G RO SSET T A t o F-4Gs at Clar k ; Jim T H OM A S t o C-5s at D over ; Craig M CK I N N EY t o F- 105

(Stan/ Eval) at Shaw, Pat M OORE to CWO Ops at the Zoo. JJ HAA S to A DCOM HQ (TA C?) in Colorado Spr ings. M ike TEDESCO to F-4s at M acDill , Paul WILKE

t o C- 130S at L it tle Rock , Ray CH O JN A CK , t o I ntell at Bolling, L arr y ST O N E t o C- 130s at L itt le Rock , M i ke CH ORV A T to B-52s at Fairchild . T he only one that didn ’t

escape was Earl M ONROE whose going to be a Faculty I n

st ruct or at A CSC . Ray , JJ , Chuck , and Paul were

distinguished graduates. What puzzles me is how the m a j ority of you guys, having completed Staf f College a n d having become experts in PPBS, ZBB, the DSA RC pro cess, staff writing, briefing and research, are going t o operational assignments. I ’m sure you all would consider that an improper question (I hope no personnel pukes r ea d this) .

O T H E R N O T E S: W h en I ar r i v ed at M acD i l l o n e o f t h e

first guys I met was JV M CNA BB; JV sets up the check

out pr ogram f or retr eads com ing t o M acD ill . I talked t o

H owell ESTES a couple of weeks ago. H owell’s flying F - 4 s

at G eorge in the Ger man pr ogr am . D ick BA RT O N re

ceived a M eritorious Service M edal from Gen Pauly for h i s work at Shaw in Recces (See Picture).

Hello from sunny California. A fter four cold winters,

we ar e really enj oying t he weat her . N or m RA T H JE is T D Y here at Cast le check ing out as a K C- 135 I P . H e c a m e t o t he 84t h and had lunch wit h H arry I CK E and me. I t w a s

great ! A nyone else who visits Castle, please come by t o s e e u s .

Dale FOWLER will receive the Koren Killigan Jr Trophy from the Chief of Staf f for his performance during a sever e in f light emergency in an F-5E last M arch . I t i s quite an honor and r ichly deser ved .

Tom LEI B called from Washington where he is spending a year as a Staf f A ssistant in International Programs o f OSD/ R&E. Tom is also vice president of the Washington Chapter of the A OG. A nyone relocating to the DC area should call Tom. The Washington Chapter is getting a block of tickets for the Navy game. Interested? Get i n

touch wit h T om at 6330 Josephine Road , W aldor f , M D

2060 1.

Fr om all t he publicit y. I ’m sure you have heard of t h e

Class Wall proj ect . Jim M URPH Y has accepted his

responsibilit y as Class President and will head t he pr oj ect

for ’66. He’ll be contacting each of us individually ab o u t contributions. L et’s support him to the max extent possible so we can get our plaque on the class wall . Jim has g o n e from A CSC to HQ M A C in Plans. (Planning what, Jim) I r an i n t o J o h n M cF A L L S at t h e L u k e O ’ C l u b . H e w as

there on a “ flesh-peddling’ ’ trip. A fter A FSC at Norfolk, John will be going to Luke permanently to fly the F-15; i t ’ s nice to see you coming back to honest employment . By t h e way, John, I ’m still waiting for the F-15 to Soesterberg that you promised me for taking over this column.

We have some famous Red Tags. I n the June issue of A IRMA N magazine is an article on the F-4 Fighter W eapons School at N ellis. Fam iliar f aces were t hose o f

K ev i n M cE L V A I N an d D o n SH U L T I S. T h er e i s a co l o r

picture of Kevin in the front cockpit of the F-4. I t hought IP’s always flew in the back seat , Kevin. Don was pictured in a classroom scene. I thought you gave that up when y o u lef t t he Z oo , D on . D ick T H OM PSON also achieved

cel ebr it y

D ick B ar t o n

st at us by

bei ng i nt ervi ewed

f or

t he

FA L CON E WS. D ick is cur rent ly employed at A T C H ead q u ar t er s.

D uane T W A Y called f rom M yrtle Beach wher e he i s t he

A ssistant Ops Of ficer of the 356th TFS flying the A -10.

Duane, you have had more “ warm weather’ ’ assignments than anyone else I know. I hope “ they’ ’ never catch u p Getting back t o prior it ies, and in consider at ion of a l l

these summer moves, there are some people we owe alot t o as individuals and as a class — our wives. They put up wit h and support us whether military or civilian — our long

hour s, our m oves, our moods — and hold t he whole 36

wit h you !

Terry WORK , H arry, and I got together with our families on June 8th to celebrate the 13th anniversary o f

graduation . I t ’ s har d t o believe t hat it has been t hat long

ago. Terry is requalifying as a Radar Nav enroute to L o r -

ing.

T o m G r i esser

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Happy Summer! The time for PCS moves and vacations is upon us so some of this info may be sketchy, however.

I’ve got some significant news to pass on. First of all , Jim WH ITE recently became the proud father of a new

daughter. Mother and baby are both doing fine. For t h o se

R E D TA G S a t M ax wel l .

RED T A G W A N D ERI NGS: Fred H A T H O RN and

Ryan DENNY have graduated from Army Command and Staf f College at Fort Leavenworth. Fred goes to the P en

tagon in the office of the Army Chief of Staff . Ryan r e

mains at Leavenworth doing “ missionary work’ ’ for the

next two years. Ten Red Tags have graduated from ACSC and gone on to bigger and better things: Ben DUNN goes to Pope and Dave FALES to Little Rock — both in C-130’s; fl ying the KC-135 will be Doc NEWTON at M c Connell and Stretch ST RZEM IECZM Y at Grand Forks;

Ed PET ERSO N is enr oute t o G uam in the B-52 af ter a

TDY at Carswell ; Bill WA CKER has been assigned to JUSM MA T in A nkara, Turkey; Bob RHA ME and Jim SIM PSON are going back to USA FA ; Bob will be an

AOC, and Jim will be in Military Training; Butch ZENT will go to MacDill to fl y the F-4 (F-16?). Tom LEIB go t an

M SM f or his wor k at H anscom . D onnie CU L PEPPE R is a

Navy Lt Commander who is both a pilot and fl ight surgeon at the test facility at China Lake, California. P et e NASH goes from Luke to Davis-Monthan as a fl ight surgeon. When he gets to D-M, he’ll find Chuck KEN

N ED Y as t he Chief o f A - 10 A cademics. Paul ST E I N is t h e

exec to the TA C A ssistant DO. Greg SWA NSON is at the

Pentagon in Foreign Military Sales. John VAN DUYN is also in the “ puzzle palace’’ in Personnel Plans. Nick KEH OE has gone to H eadquarters Strike Command at

RAF High Wycombe (near London). Good luck in your

exchange tour, Nick. Jamie GOUGH has moved from A c tion Of ficer to exec in HQ USA F. Charley SA RFF has g o n e from A FSC to fl y the F-4 at M acDill . Bob M cNA MA RA , who is now at Wright-Patterson, received the M SM for outstanding duty performance at K I SA WYER. Tip GA LER is at Langley fl ying the F-15.

We received two “ disadvantaged’ ’ cadets for 3rd Lt w i t h the 84 FIS. One cadet had Larry BA GLEY for an A OC and t he other had T om BRA N D ON as his “ den mot her .

I got your message, Tom! We’ll do our best to correct a n y deficiencies they may have bef ore we send them back t o U SA F A .

Charlie ROSTER’S death was a personal loss to each o f Sally and the children would like to hear from Charlie’s

U S.

f riends. T heir address is 106 Comet D rive, L ak eway , A ust in , T X 78734.

Thanks for the letters and phone calls. I appreciate a l l inputs to the column. Until next time — 66 GRA DUA TES: There will be a party, Friday night, 2 8 September . Details will follow to those attending H omecoming.

who may have missed the 18 June issue of the A F Times, Paul TA CKA BURY, of the A F Flight Test Center at Ed wards, took retired Brig Gen Charles E Yeager up for a n

F-4 ride. Bet he had some st or ies t o recount over t he i n t er com . John M ESSERL Y is one of t he crewmen f rom D over

A FB that has been awarded the 1978 M ackay Trophy f or a n

emergency airlift of supplies and soldiers into a hostile

area of Zaire, M ay 20-23, 1978. The trophy is awarded a n

nually for the most meritorious flight of the year by an A ir Force person, persons, or organization. John is currently a

training of ficer for the 436 MA W at Dover. A lso, I r e ceived a very nice note f rom A 1 and Sherry WIL L IA M S

which opened with the lines “ Alan is now a real live d o c tor!!’’ He j ust graduated from Iowa State University i n May and earned a DVM degree. They now have f ive children, who along with all the schoolwork, kept A 1 t o o

busy to continue flying Guard A-7’s. I can’t imagine A 1 not aviating but that’ s the way it goes. They’ll be st aying in Iowa for about six months and then move to Woodland Park, CO where he’s going to start his own practice. B est of luck to you A 1 f rom all of us!

T hat

t akes care of

som e o f

t he more unusual

news/ sources that I ’m provided with for this input . I h a v e

quite a few changes of address cards and news releases s o

here we go. Roger H I L L has left his Intelligence j ob at H Q USA FE and has moved to Burke, Virginia for an A ir Staf f

position, I assume. Last word from Ralph PALMER in t h e ’78 Register is about his attending Harvard Law School.

A n A OG membership application now puts him in H ouston, TX but I ’ve got no idea what he’s doing. Bill M U L CA H Y has lef t H anscom A FB f or a research pilot

j ob in the 4953 Test Sq at Wright-Patterson. Mike MAC-

CA RROL is back f rom over seas and is now at lovely Pope

airpatch where he’s a TAC liaison officer to the USAF A irlift Center . You’re going to get some good MA C indoc

t rinat ion t here M i ke! H .J . A RN O L D has been doing alot

of moving around North and South Carolina. He’ s now settled in Durham NC, where I suppose he’ s practicing o r

thopedic surgery. Jacksonville, Ark is now the whereabouts of M ike GILES, who resigned 31 Jan 79.

H e’s working as a dispatch supervisor for GTE. Gary GREEN wrote from his “ duty station’ ’ at Fenix & Scisson in Casper, WY about Brian DONOVA N who won $149,000 on the TV game show TIC TA C DOUGH . Brian became the top money winner ever on the show with that

amount . M ust be nice! H owie GA BL E has depart ed t he

Northwest Territory and is now hanging out in Spencer, M ass. W e k ind of lost t rack of H owie t here f or a while a n d I ’ m sure he’ d lik e t o hear f rom anyone in t he area. Gary

KOLDYKE has left the H Q USA F arena and is living in Shreveport , LA . What have you been up to Gary? Got a H ome T own N ews release which indicat ed t hat M att 37

SZ CZ EPA N EK is now an A FI T st udent at the School of

Engineering at Wright-Patt . Keith SWEA TLA ND and his F-111 outf it at Lakenheath, England recently won the

U SA F Out st anding U nit A war d f or merit orious service

from 14 Oct 76 to 31 Dec 77. L ittle-heard-from Gary R E I D

is serving at W right-Pat t as an A FI T A ssist ant Pr of essor

of Electrical Engineering. M ike LA NGSTON is serving a t Hickam as the aide to CINCPA C, who pinned on M ike’s new 0-4 rank insignia when his number came up. A nother H ome Town News release reported of Lloyd DUNCA N’s participation in Team Spirit 79, a j oint US-Republic o f Korea military exercise held in Korea. Dune is a flight c o m mander at M yrtle Beach A FB, SC. Glenn LUND, an I P with the 1st A irborne Command Control Sq at Of futt h a s j ust received the Boeing A ircraft Corporation pin signify ing 1000 f lying hour s as a crewmember in t he E-4A . G ee

it’s been a long time since I heard anything about A r n i e TA N . A nother news release pegs him as a new maj or and an F-15 Eagle IP at Luke A FB. A rnie, you’re probably a hotter stick now than you were in pilot training so m a n y years back. Fred GROSICK is serving at K .I . Sawyer A FB , M ich, as commander of the 410th Transportation Squadron . H ow ’ s that nort her n tier , Fr ed? A not her

classmate stationed at Wright-Patterson is Paul HA N SON, who is serving as an acquisition Proj ect Officer, b u t I ’ m not sure in which SPO . A lso , t here is D ick SCH M I T T

who is the Commander of the 4950th Organizational M aintenance Squadron, A nd my last news release still finds A 1A RCH I BA L D zooming around the skies of Ran dolph A FB as a T-38 IP/ Flight Commander(?). That San

A nt onio ar ea is really nice f or t hat and a whole lot el se.

Enough rambling . . . I ’ve run out of funny little cards with new addresses and there are no more sheets of p a p er f rom the H ome T own N ews Center at T ink er A FB . I ’m

making a second plea to anyone interested in working o n the Class Wall Crest proj ect . So, if you would like t o volunteer to help form a committee or to participate o r t o j ust talk about it, please let me know. A s I mentioned i n the last installment, working with the MA C Rated Reten tion program brings with it some somber moments. Some say more pay/ improved benefits will stem the tide; o t h er s contend that the problem can be turned around by our wing and squadron commanders. Everyone to his own thoughts. A ll I know is that of the 117 pilots and A ir Ops O f f icer s in M A C f rom t he Class of 1973 . . . 52 have o r w i l l

separate(d) at the earliest opportunity. A 44.4*^7o l o ss r a t e i n one MA JCOM from the commissioning source designed to produce career officers is highly questionable. I t’s i n

t er est ing t o look at t he cur rent sit uat ion and t he M A T S o f

f icer exodus of the 1960’s. We have a young ’79 grad w o r k ing in the of fice, while he awaits UPT entry, and some o f the reports he’s uncovered are amazing. I f we j ust change some of the words, dates, or aircraft designations, many o f the issues/ irritants that surfaced then are still pertinent now . I t seem s we’ve been t his way bef ore! W hat the f u t u r e

holds will be most interesting and applicable to all .

I need t o get t his int o t he mail so it ’s time t o cease a n d

desist . By the time you guys and wives read this, Beth a n d I will have had our first baby. A fter eight years of mar riage, we’re anxiously awaiting the big event and are preparing for the change to our lifestyle he/ she will bring. H ope t o hear from more of you f olks. Take Care!

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Springf ield , VA 22 153

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(703) 455-4960

M ailbox has been hungry these past months, off its f eed , so to speak. Traf fic into the old spider house has been very light . “ How light has it been’ ’ you ask? Its been so light you could read the mail in there! Watch out, Johnny. I f you’re still with me, here is the headline story of t h e

quarter , promot ions t o maj or . (T he list was not released yet when t his went t o press, but is cert ain t hat not ev e r y o n e

in the class got promoted, and I assume many may decide to leave the A ir Force, as a lot of us have already.) Per haps there are some of you out there that are in a position t o provide j ob seeking classmates with employment counsel ling or perhaps even assist them in finding a position w i t h your firm. 1 would encourage those of you who can to drop me a line with the type of help you can give and I w i l l

print it in t he next colum n so cont act s can be made d i r ec t ly . I ’d like t o see us cont inue t he class t radit ion of helping each ot her over t he rough spot s, so write and lend a h an d .

In M ay, several of us in the D.C. area hosted a ’68 get together, attended by about 20 classmates plus wives. W e did a good bit of handshaking and mental wandering through the Cadet A rea. One interesting result was t h e discovery that Ed EBERHA RT lives only about 500 yards from me. He and Karen arrived here in January from G er many and Ed is a Plans O f f icer on t he A ir Staf f . T he

Capital Chapter cohosted a dinner for appointees to t h e Class of 1983 at A ndrews, an interesting and pleasant e x perience. M ost of us felt pretty pleased that it was t hem ,

not us, who were f acing a doolie year at the Z oo . T he A O G

elections turned out great for the ’68 candidates. B o b

SH U M W A Y and A 1 BL U M BERG , bot h o f whom wer e

elected. I know they will (and already are) devoting t h ei r energies to making the A OG and the A cademy better . A n d with three of us on the Board, none of you can complain that the A OG won’t listen to you, so let us hear your ideas, criticisms, and perhaps even a word of encouragement n o w and then, as many of you have already done.

M y Little League team managing experience was great , an d w e f i n i sh ed w i t h a 17-0 r eco r d . I o w e it al l t o my “ A t -

tila the H un-Tom (Obstacle Course) PA NKE’ ’ leadership style, which I perfected at USA FA . We psyched out the

opposing team by dressing a doll in t heir uni f or m and t e a r

ing the head, arms, and legs of f during infield practice.

W ell , no , we really were not lik e that , and I f ound t h e

whole L ittle League environment to be enj oyable and p er sonally rewarding. Try it , your son or daughter will l i k e i t .

L et ters/ Calls: John (J .C .) K U RZ D O RFER sent a not e

(on a 20-year old postcard) while traveling through I d a h o on his way to Oregon. He seems to be leading a pretty laid-back’ ’ life right now. Glen GI L LETTE sent a long computer-printer letter from his console at Digital Equip ment Corp in N .H . Glenn has been a technical writer (wit h D EC and ot her f irm s) since 1974, but indicates he is n o w

interested in pursuing his primary goal in life: to b e a n astronaut . A lthough eyesight eliminated the “ pilot ’ ’ r o u t e , he asks that anyone involved in space shuttle programs that might provide such an opportunity to get in touch wit h him . G lenn also wr it es that wi f e Rit a and he have t w o

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daughters (5 and 3) , and Rita has embar k ed on a career a s a f reelance writ er af ter becom ing an accomplished char

co al ar t i st an d cak e d eco r at o r . B ev an d D o n M O T Z h av e

been blessed with a t hird son, Cameron , in M ay . W ell , a c

tually Bev probably used a somewhat less gay term when

she realized she would not have a sweet litt le girl t o help her in t he kitchen , but I ’ m sure she is pleased .

Carl RI CH A RD SO N was in town recent ly t o visit a f riend . H e lives in M emphis, work ing as an employee

have alr eady f orwarded t heir donat ions f or t he purchase o f

our crest . H owever, many more donations are needed t o ensure the success of this proj ect . Please forward y o u r donation today to Tom BA UM GA RDNER at 5988 DelPaz Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Checks should be made payable to “ Class of 1969 A OG Fund.” I hope all who have not previously donat ed will do so now t o ensur e t h at o u r cr est w i l l b e d ed i cat ed at o u r T en t h R eu n i o n .

M i k e R O SE cal l ed t o b e su r e t h at I r em i n d al l 69er s o f

benefits/ estate planning analyst , and serves as a USA FA liaison of ficer, Carl is also one of the newly established

the M ansion Party scheduled for Friday, September 28, 1979 at 7:30 pm in Denver at 1570 Clarkson Street . M i ke,

high school j ocks to the USA FA recruiting office. Sounds like a good program. Those of you thinking about the Reserves might consider liaison off icer duty. 1also recent ly

have put together what should be a most enj oyable evening featuring the return of the original all-cadet “ 31st S t r eet

A rea A t hlet ic O f f icers, who will coordinate ref errals o f

tal ked to Rich N EL SO N , who is planning t o resign f rom

the A F in A ugust and enter a Lutheran seminary to study

f or the minist ry . W e all wish him t he best as he answers this calling. i 4

Well, Excusseee M e!” Dept: Carl JA NSSEN writes

t hat he is st ill in Dallas. T he Carl Janssen in N ebraska i s

his father, an associate member of the A OG. Carl Sr. i s curator of the Strategic A erospace Museum, j ust outside Offutt’s Bellevue gate. He’d be happy to show any of t h e grads around, so stop in and say hello.

M o ver s/ N ew s R eleases: J i m C A R R i s n o w i n D en v er ,

working as an A ssistant A ttorney General for the state, j oining Jimmy T HOM PSON. M ike CHA PM A N is at F-4 RT U at H omestead , then to Seymour-Johnson in Sep , where Jim CL A RK has recent ly arrived . Paul FL Y N N is a

newly arrived Nav instructor at Mather, and John GONDA has a Hampton, VA address. Orville HA USE is an F- 15 I P at L uke, while M ike L A N G has moved t o H anover Par k , I L . Bob M I RA BE L L O received the M SM

for duty at Shaw, and is now in TA C/ DO at Langley.

St eve PO L K was also recent ly awarded t he M SM f or his

USA FA duty (first M ech instructor to successfully explain what a “ moment ”

is t o a Poly Sci maj or .) Steve,

D ave W A G N E R , George BEN N ET T and Bill W A L L E R Exit ” I f you have any quest ions give M ike a call at (6 12) 224-5884 or D ave at (303) 534-6465.

I received many informative letters from 69ers in the past two months. Tom KECK is at Beale in SR-71s. A TDY in September will keep Tom away f rom our Tenth.

Tom’s biggest piece of news is the birth of a daughter, Kaley. Now here is the rest of the news from Tom: Kit a n d Becky BUSCH I NG have left Beale, the A ir Force and U-2s f or Cont inent al A irlines in El Paso , T exas. M ar k and

Nancy FI SCHER are at Beale with a new daughter. Erica.

M ar k f l i es U -2s. J i m an d G ai l W I L L I A M S ar e al so at

Beale. Jim has been the Chief o f St an/ Eval f or K C- 135Q s

and is planning to move to Of futt this summer . M ike a n d

Joni M U SH O L T arrived at Beale recent ly t o j oin t he U - 2

group. Jef f and Julie GRIM E are enroute to the Pentagon wit h a new son , St ewart . G uy and L inda GA RD N ER are i n

the Philippines where Guy is in a missile test squadron f o r

F-4s. T om and Sandy L U T T E RBI E are good f r iends t o wander ing grads at K adena. T om f lies C- 130 (rescue) a n d will be at K adena f or one m ore year . M ike and K aren K L I N D T ar e i n A t l an t a w h er e M i k e i s b ased w i t h D el t a

A irlines. Denny and Lin M CGUI RK are enj oying C-Springs while Denny is A OC of 4th Squadron. Gary a n d Barb L I N D N ER expect t o leave A CSC f or Reese where

Homecoming j ust wasn’t the same without you and Henrietta. Finally, John SUL L IVA N is now in Spokane,

Gary will be an I nstructor/ Fit Comm in T-37s. Tom KEN

T hat ’ s it f or t his t ime. T ak e some t ime t o pull those

H A GE L I N have a new son , Br ian , and are leaving Eglin f or A CSC . T om K ECK ’ s f ir st report is t hat he is looking

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good Homecoming photos out and send them to me.

T hanks and remember K af k a’ s L aw : “ I n t he f ight bet ween

you and the world, back the world.

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A t the t ime t his column is being writt en our T ent h R e union is about t hr ee mont hs away . By t he t ime you read

this, our Tenth should be fast upon us. Jef f CA M PBEL L has been working very hard on our Reunion activities.

Details of the Reunion plans should be published separate ly in this issue. I know I speak for most of you when I ex press my excitement for the opportunity to renew old f riendships t his Sept ember .

Tom BA UM GA RDNER reports that the Class Crest proj ect is proceeding on schedule. M any of our classmates

D A L L has ret urned f rom K orea t o f ly F-4s at N ellis.

Through the grapevine it is reported that Rich and T er r i

forward to visiting Doug and Robbie MA NG and Tom and

Candy H A K EM A N in O m aha t his sum mer .

T om M I K O L A JCI K wr ites t hat he has recently f inished

the A rmy Command and Staf f College and is now in A F Operations and Plans (X OX) at the Pentagon. Carmen and T om have t wo gir ls, Julie — 9 and Christ ina — 5. A

t h i r d ch i l d i s d u e t o ar r i v e i n D ecem b er . T h ei r n ew a d d r ess

is 7776 T urlock Road , Spr ingf ield , V irginia 22 153. T o m

M . reports that Tom CA SE is heading for Germany and F -4 s.

Paul DEM M ERT reports that he is a Weather Squadron Staff Officer at Yongsan A rmy Installation and will be go ing PCS to H ahn in July as commander of a weather detachment . A ny 69er traveling to or through H ahn will know who to hold responsible for Hahn’ s apparently not orious weather . Paul and L eslie have two daught er s, J en n i f er an d Sh an n o n A l i ce.

One of my BCT roomies, D .K . LYNN f ound time dur ing his training with Branif f to drop me a note. Remember those lovely early morning wake-ups to the voice of N an cy Sinatra singing “ Boots” ? Oh, the good old days! A nyway, 39

D .K . hopes t o j oin us f or t he Reuni on .

T he f ollowing news it em s accompanied some of t he donations t o our Class Crest proj ect . Ron BROW N is a t Scott in t he W W M CCS D ivision of M A C . I ’ll buy a drink at t he Reunion f or the f ir st per son t hat can def ine W W M CCS; Ron Brown and f amily not included in t his o f f er ! M ic and Sandy JA CK SON ar e at t he U niversity o f South Florida in T ampa wher e M ic is t eaching. M aury a n d M ichelle D EA V E R are at Bar k sdale and hope t o make it t o U SA FA in September not only to celebr at e our T ent h , b u t

as well as several rolls of film which should produce s o m e good material for the next A OG newsletter . See you i n Sept ember .

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a l so t o “ b ea t t h e B a r k sd a l e h ea t .

Bob H A RRI S has been pr act icing law in M ont ogmery , A labama t he past t hr ee year s. John D EZ ON I A is at T est Pilot School at Edwar ds along with Sk ip D A L Y and D an V A N D E R H O R ST . R o b G A R V E Y w i l l b e at C - 5 Sch o o l

during our Reunion and will be st at ioned at T r avis. K en RI T T EN M EY E R has com plet ed his I P check out in F- 16s at Beale and is now impart ing his k nowledge and ex perience t o ot her s at H ill A FB . K en r eport s that Bur r CRI T T EN D EN is in I P t r aining at H ill f or the “ amazing elect ric j et .’ ’ K en M A CA L U SO is in K C-B5 tanker s at F ai r ch i l d .

T he change of addr ess cards pr oduced quit e a bit of i n f or mat ion , witness t he f ollowing: T om W I L L ET T has been pract icing law in Rochest er , N ew Y or k since Febr uary of t his year . T er ry BA L V EN is at K adena where he is an A ircr af t M aintenance O f f icer . K en JA RV I is p r a c t icing law in Gr eat Falls, M ont ana. John W A RN E R is wit h t he W .R . Grace Co . in Ger mant own , T ennessee. Bob CH I SH OL M will be a Pease beginning in A ugust of t his year . Bob and Bar bar a have t wo sons, Scott - 4 and M a t t hew - 2. P .K . CA RL T O N is at t he U SA F H ospital at L uk e. Pat RY A N is in Green Bay , W isconsin . L ar ry M CK E L L A R i s in O ceansi de, Cal i f or nia. Chuck V O L L M ER is in L ewisburg, Pennsylvania. John BI G L ER is in Billings, M ont ana. Robert LE M PK E is in L incoln , N eb r a sk a .

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L EU T H A U SER is at H olloman . L arry PREN GE R is fl y ing with Fr ont ier and based in D enver , Color ado .

A rt PO L N I SCH r eport s t hat Jim M CBRI D E is enj oying h i s JA G d u t i es. I n a r ecen t co n v er sat i o n w i t h M r s. J a n e

Ost hof f , Bill ’s mot her , I lear ned that Bill , Shar on a n d L i sa are headed f or a t wo year t our in K or ea. Bill will b e w o r k ing in Embassy/ A tt ache r elat ed dut ies. (Please not e: A s part of my quest f or in f or mat ion f or t his column , I urge all parent s and f r iends of 69er s t o k eep me inf ormed of a n y inf ormat ion you might have concer ning our classmat es.)

One f inal per sonal not e — as o f June 28, N ancy and I h a v e our t hir d child , John Benj amin .

Back t o t he Reunion f or j ust a f ew t hought s bef ore I sign of f : M y act ive duty year s included t hree at law school a n d f our at a virtually aircraf t-f ree base, Richar ds Gebaur .

Because t her e was no A ir For ce duty at St an f or d L aw School and because “ D ick y Guber ’ ’ never has been con sidered one of A Fs glamour spot s, I have not been as f o r t unat e as many of you t o have enj oyed f requent vi sit s w i t h f ellow 69er s. A s a result , I and I am sur e many of y o u , view our T ent h Reunion as a tr uly unique opport unity t o r enew old f riendships t hat have f or t oo long been put o f f ’t il t omorr ow or pr eempt ed by t he seemingly endless a c t ivities of our young career s. M any of us will have co n fl i ct s that will not allow a tr ip in late Sept em ber . Other s m a y f ace pr ohibit ive cost f act or s. For t hose who ar e unable t o att end I pl edge to tak e exhaustive not es of t he whole a f f a i r 40

T hank s t o a number of let t ers, car ds, and phone calls, plus the usual change-o f -address car ds and news releases, t here’ s a lot o f news t o pass on .

W e got a birt h announcement f rom Jef f and D iane A CU RSO . I t ’ s t heir f ir st , named Robert A ndr ew .

Bef ore gett ing t o t he let t er s, I heard f r om a usually r el i ab l e so u r ce t h at L es H A M B L I N i s al i v e an d w el l

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R a m st ei n .

A couple o f mont hs ago I t alk ed t o Ray M CK EL V Y who , as O I C of t he U SA FA debat e t eam , get s ar ound and had collect ed some news t o pass along. T om ST U A RT is an F-4 nav wit h the I daho A N G T om lives in Caldwell , I daho where he t eaches part t ime and runs a mot el in t h e summer . H e is also an A cademy L iaison O f f icer . Jay PEL Z ER is in dat a aut omat ion at SA C H eadquart er s. Ray h ad d i n n er w i t h J o e an d J an B O Y L E S. J o e i s i n M M S at

H ill A FB . Gerry M CK EE is going t o El Paso af ter Con t inent al Flight School . Finally f r om Ray , M ik e T O R-

REA NO is going into business in Colorado Springs.

I was T D Y t o W right-Pat in June where I ran int o Br ian M A H ER and Bill W I T T . Brian is f inishing his mast er ’ s

degree. Bill is about a year f rom finishing his PhD a n d

plans on going t o U SA FA as an inst r uct or .

Back in A pr il I got a call f r om Bill ST EA L EY who was down at N ellis f or Red Flag. Bill is fl ying 0 -2’ s f or t h e Pennsylvania A N G . H e wor ks f or U nited St at es L ines i n N ew Y ork . H e would lik e t o hear f rom anyone in t he N ew

York area. Bill also had some news to pass along. Bill

M CGU I RE and M i k e L Y GA ar e at T A C H eadquart er s; Jo hn CU SI C K gr adu at ed f r om H ar v ar d ; Ran dy H O L D M A N i s at M oody in F-4’ s; St eve RA SM U SSEN is t eaching at W est Point ; and T im K I N N A N and D ave L OV E are F-4 inst ruct or s, T im at N ellis and D ave at George.

I got several letters since the Spring M agazine. Jake

D U ST I N wrote f r om A nder son A FB , Guam . H e j ust f inished his PhD in CE at Br igham Y oung. H e is wit h t h e H C- 130 “ T yphoon Chaser s’ ’ wait ing f or direct ed dut y a s a

U SA F A i n st r u ct o r . T o m D I ST E L H O R ST i s al so t h er e i n

t he M A C command post but is soon t o m ove t o 22nd A F .

Jake r an int o T om JON ES at Clar k . T om i s fl ying V C - 135’ s o u t o f H i ck am . R i ch B U T L E R w as at Y o k o t a

but is on his way t o U SA FA as, accor ding t o Jake, an A O C . J ak e’ s f i n al n o t e w as t h at St ev e P A SSM O R E i s r u n ning

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Idaho/ Oregon/ Washington area — crop dusting, pipeline

pat r ol , and gun-running(?) .

Rick SI NE sent a card from M iami where he is working

f o r N at i o n al A i r l i n es m ai n t en an ce. H e w o u l d w el co m e

hearing from anyone living in the M iami area or passing through. H e and Edie have two kids — Bobby, 4 and

A bby , 2.

Ed CO L E wr ot e f r om I celand where he has been f lying F-4’s. H e, L inda, and t he kids (aged 2 and 4) are moving t o M acD ill in A ugust where he’ ll be an F-4 inst ruct or .

T ucker FL A H ERT Y wrot e t o say t hat he has f inished law school and is studying f or his bar exams. A f ter t h at h e, Joni , and t heir l Yi year old son will be going t o M cChor d .

H e said Bob D RA BA N T f inished law school last year and t hinks Bob is pr act icing law in t he Sacrament o area.

T h e r est o f t h e n ew s i s f r o m h o m et o w n r el eases an d

change-of -address cards.

H ooke W A T T ERS received his M asters degree at A FI T and is going to Cape Canaveral where he will be wor king o n

the guidance system for the Space Shuttle Interim Upper Stage. He, Chris, and daughter Heather will now be living in M erritt I sland , Florida.

D enny SM A L L EY and L ar ry CA RR are at L ak enheat h RA F Station where t heir unit won t he A F Out standing

Unit A ward. Speaking of awards, Jim M ORRISON has ear n ed h i s t h i r d A F C o m m en d at i o n M ed al f o r w o r k at t h e

Pentagon. He is now at Lakenheath in F-l l l ’s.

T im CA REY and A 1 SI M O N C I C part icipated in T eam

Spirit ’79 in Korea. Tim, as an F-4 pilot and A l , as a

weather of f icer . T im K A RN OW SK I part icipat ed in an

operational test launch of a M inuteman II I . He is stationed at F .E . W a r r en .

T here are a number of moves again and some new j obs: But ch ED SEL L has been named M anager , Financial Plan

ning and A nalysis with Sun Gas Company. Tom and K at hleen

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his master ’ s degr ee in management f rom T roy (A la.) S t a t e U niver sity and is now at Ramst ein . Jack N O RM A N is now in El Paso f lying with Cont inental A irlines. T om M EN A RD is also f lying wit h Cont inent al but is now at Seatt le. Jim SM I T H has r et urned t o the cock pit f rom r a t ed

supplement and is now at Rhein Main. Brian SPITZER i s

at H o l l o m an i n F - 15’ s. C h r i s C A T A L D I h as m o v ed f r o m

San Fr ancisco to St . L ouis. Jim my BECH T EL is a patent att orney in A lexandr ia, V irginia. M art y M A RT I N has moved to M anchester , M issour i , George H A M I L L t o H ampton , V irginia, Cli f f K I N G t o D allas, K evin D U FFY to M axwell A FB , Steve BA RN ES to A lbuquerque, Ray BA RL EBEN to Rochest er , N ew Y or k , and D on M I L L S t o E l l sw o r t h A F B .

T hanks f or all t he good new s. K eep it coming.

I hope everyone is having a good sum mer .

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I begin t his installment wit h a discussion o f t he Class W all Pr oj ect . I t has come t o my att ent ion t hat our c l a ss has an exist ing f und which contains about $2300. T he c u r rent cost of the Class Cr est is $2500. A s you k now , t h e

goal of the A ssociation of Graduates is to have all C l a ss

Crest s mount ed by H om ecom ing of 1980. I f eel t hat we have t wo opt ions. O ne, we can ut ilize t he exist ing f u n d t o f inance t he Class Crest proj ect . T wo , we can m ount a f u n d raising campaign t o def er all or par t of t he cost and m a i n -

tain the existing fund for other proj ects such as our 10-year reunion. I solicit your opinions on the subj ect . I ncidental ly, Bob LOWE called the other day from Randolph and v o l u n t eer ed t o co n t act C l assm at es i n t h e San A n t o n i o a r e a

if we st art a f und r aising cam paign .

I had a great letter f rom Clark HA RDESTY , who is fly ing for Frontier out of Denver and has a house in the h i l l s near Breckenridge. H e invites guests. Clark passed o n t h e following news updates: Tom STEIPP is out and working f or H ewlet t Pack ard in Boise, I daho . T om and wi f e D eb

are expecting their second child soon. Bill VA NTWOUT i s flying for Delta based in A tlanta. Chet LA DD is also f ly ing for Delta, based in New Orleans, and he recently go t mar r ied t o M ary , who was f ormerly a f light nurse at M cGuire. Bill V EN EM O N is in San A nt onio , evident ly a t K elly in an engineer ing desk j ob , but f lying T -39s o c c a

sionally. Chip HA M BY is in M iami fl ying DC-8s for Br ani f f . Bill M I N O is f lying f or A m er ican based in D a l l a s .

L indsay FENWICK is working as an aero engineer for M cD onnell D ouglas in L A , and at last report he and Sh ar o n w er e expect i ng t hei r seco n d chi l d . Bi l l BL U M BE RG is in D enver and was recent ly f ur loughed by Front ier . T hanks f or all t he inf o , Clar k .

I ran into A 1 M CC L EL L A N in San D iego at a con f erence in M ay . A 1 f inished up at A FI T in D ecember a n d

was working for A SD pending a summer assignment to U SA FA as an inst ruct or in t he mat h depart ment . I also h ad d i n n er w i t h B i l l an d Su n d ae B R A D F O R D i n t h ei r n ew

home in San D iego , wher e Bill is f lying f or PSA . W ayne and A nn T U RK sent news o f t he birt h o f a baby boy , t h e i r f irst . Congr at ulations.

From t he news releases and change of address cards.

Chuck BROCK W A Y is f lying f or D elt a based in H oust on ; Robert and D iane BRO D E L are at M acD ill ; Gary BA RN G RO V E R is f lying f or T W A out of O ’ H are; Joe and V i ct o r i a C A B R E R A ar e at O f f u t t w h er e J o e i s ch i ef o f t h e

m issile operat ions sect ion at H q SA C ; Y u-L in C H A O is a n inst ruct or at U SA FA ; T om CO U RY is now in M ont er ey , Cali f or nia; K evin K RA I L has moved t o M t Prospect , I l linois; A 1 D RA M E R is living in Far mington H ills,

M ichigan; A ndy MA TA RESE received the M SM for his performance as commander of the 21st A ir Defense Squadron at H ancock Field , N Y , and is now f lying C- 14 1s at N ort on ; Char ley M O RGA N is in San A nt onio ; as is Robert M O Y ER ; Ed and L inda N O L T E are at L uk e; John RE H O is in Pasadena, Cali f or nia; M ar k RO M A N is in Oxon H ill , M aryland ; John and L inda SH I N E R are in D allas wher e John is f lying f or A merican ; D anny and J a n a SM I T H are at Seymour-Johnson where he is f lying K C- 135s; and M ar k W I T M A N is living in Evergreen , Col o rad o .

T hat ’ s t he news f or t his quart er ; I look f orward t o y o u r t hought s about f inancing our Class Crest . T ill next t i m e .

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Not lfy t he AOG . . .

Upd at e yo ur rec o rd s . . .

Jo in a Chapt er at yo ur new base . . .

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A s Summer “ 1979” rapidly approaches it s end , we are at a new base wit h a new place. I t r aded a B-52 f or o n e o f t hose PA CA F T -39’ s and a t hree year st int at Y ok ot a. S o f r om now on , you really need t o write since t he aut ovon lines ar e harder t o get t o over here. A message t o a l l o f u s : t he proj ect ed dat e of Class W all completion is supposed t o be by H omecoming 1980, and not t oo much has been heard about our ent ry . W hat is needed very soon is a t e a m ef f ort (hopef ully spearheaded by some o f our guys at U SA FA on f aculty or relat ed assignment) t o r aise t he c a sh f or this pr oj ect and t o put f ort h what ever ot her ef f ort w i l l be requir ed t o have ’72 up on t hat wall by t hen . I f so m e o f you haven’t hear d yet what t his is all about , it ’s t h i s. E ach graduat ing Class will be represent ed on the East W all o n t he t err azzo side of t he Chapel wit h it s crest f rom t h e C l a ss ring design , j ust as soon as t hat Class has been able t o f inance t he complet ion of it . I n addit ion , once it i s i n place, this news colum n will have t he Class crest in place of the numerals at t he heading, as can be not ed on some o f t he earlier classes columns alr eady . L et ’s not be t he l a st t o f inish gather ing t he money needed as cost s cont inue t o r i se.

A lr eady it i s estimated t o be about $2500 and going u p .

P l ease co n t act t h e A O G o f f i ce d i r ect f o r i n f o r m at i o n o r

one of our Class over in Fairchild H all t o get and k eep t he ball rolling. I will try t o assist in any way I can f r o m af ar . . .

A nd now f or t he address change: Bill BECK has lef t K irt land f or an A - 10 at M yrt le Beach , SC ; K ir k BEN T SON f r om Running Spr ing, CA t o T acoma, W A ; Br uce H O SEA f r om A PO 96366 t o T emple, T X ; Pet e SU T T O N f r om A PO 09860 t o A lexandria, V A ; Jim D ON L EY f r om L ubbock , T X t o L it ch f ield Par k , A Z ; D oug A D A M SON f r om Br owns M ills, N J t o M esa, A Z ; Ed RA N SFO RD now at Ft . L ee A FS, V A ; Jack SM I T H f r om the U . of I daho t o Platt sburgh , N Y ; K evin M O RGA N f rom A PO 09130 t o Spart a, W I (civilian) ; St eve T I L L M A N in San Francisco wit h Brani f f -Second of f icer ; M ik e BRA N N I CK f r o m R o b b i n s t o B - 52s at G r an d F o r k s.

H omet own N ews Releases: D oug BRO W ER (Cheryl) f lew in Red Flag in his F-4 f rom Elmendor f . D oug K RON EM EY ER was recipient of honor s as result of t he A irli f t t o Z aire in ’78; while wit h t he D over C-5A s, h i s u n i t won t he M acK ay T r ophy f or it s ef f ort s. Jim FI N N EGA N is now at W right -Pat ter son as a systems pr oj ect of f icer f o r the F- 15. D rew RI OL O recent ly went T D Y to K adena and wound up at Saudi A r abia in some inter est ing development s involving secur ity needs of that area. H e navigat es E 3A ’ s at T ink er when not away on tr ips . . . V i c SO RL I E (L inda) is one of t he RA F L akenheat h F- l l l F dr ivers recent ly awar ded t he Out st anding U nit A war d . J e f f CON K L I N has a new plane up at K .I . Sawyer , recent ly leaving Pet er son in F- 106s. A nd f inally , John FU SS (Robert a) has lef t M cClellan f or Elmendor f in t he H C- 130 where he is a f light examiner . A s you can see, t he o f f i ci al

inputs were fewer than usual this time, but in place o f t h e

larger number of them , we have nine (9) let ter s t o m en t i o n since I made not e last newslet t er t o put t he ones f rom t h a t 42

column t oget her with the lat est . So in a m att er o f m i n u t es you will be brought up t o dat e as much as I have been o n t he happenings of our gr oup .

Jef f H I L L (Cat hy) wrot e way back in Januar y telling o f t he escapades of an itinerant physiologist assigned t o t h e A cademy , but “ T D Y ” t o t he U .C .-D avis campus. H e r ecent ly mar ried j ust bef ore going af t er a PhD f or u s e o n the U SA FA f aculty about t wo year s f rom now . H e also says Jim ST EFA N I A K (L inda) has lef t F-4s f or pilot t raining and a new O V - 10 . Benny SL A D E is an inter n at D avid Grant M edical Cent er at T ravis having f inished M ed

sch o o l

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C ase R eser v e. P at

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an d

Bill

D I ET RI CH bot h teach at U SA FA , while Par k H A N EY was last seen at t he N W School of L aw in Port land , O R .

Rick M O RGEN ST ERN also wrote back in January t o say how r ough it really is in t he wor ld of civilian av i at i o n .

H e and Jim JO H N SON are bot h Brani f f copilot s on t he 727, and Rick says t hings ar e moving right along with h i s f irm , as well as in t he G uar d unit where he now f lies A - 7 s at Sel f r idge.

G reg JO N ES (Pat) sent a let t er f illing in on r ecent changes in his area. H as his M ast er s degree now and i s wor king in t he D .C . area — t he D at a Service Cent er . T h e area gr ads who are inter ested in t he A OG Chapt er up t h er e can cont act him at home (703-590-2207) or at wor k (202-695-94 16) t o get involved in t he already-est ablished Chapter .

Got a shor t not e f rom V ivian ST I T ES saying t hat T om i s a D elt a 727 second of f icer out of M iami , and also has a daught er j ust over a year old .

T he latest lett er f r om Ed BI SH OP (Pam) has inf or m a

tion of interest to anyone who might like to be a bioen-

vironment al engineer . H e is f inishing his PhD at U .C .

Ber keley , and can be r eached at (4 15-642- 168 1) . D ave L U N D BERG has also enter ed that f ield and is at M yrt le Beach , SC . Bot h of t hem would be willing t o discuss w i t h

anyone the requirements beyond the basic B.S. in engineer

ing. Ed also saw L arry PA T T ERSO N at U .C . who has now got a M ast er ’s and is in civil engineer ing in W ashingt on .

Pet e M cCa r t h y (Susan) cont inues his str ing of in f or mat ive lett er s wit h t he m ost r ecent coming f r om V ance where he is now a T -38 I P . W hile down at Randolph , h e r a n into Steve A L DERM A N in T -38 Stan/ Eval , Rob ST O N E

who is the Wing Safety Of ficer , Tom CA RRIGA N going

t hrough ahead o f Pet e, and Skip V A N O RN E who was D G in his PI T class. Chr ist mas cards he got were f rom Gar y CON N ER (Shirley) in B-52s at Seymour-Johnson, John FU SS who is now at Elmendor f , Rick K O SK E L L A (Gr et el) in Germany , D ave K ERBER at K irt land in A FSC practicing contr act law , St eve M A CH A CEK (Shelley) a W SO i n st r u ct o r i n F -4s at N el l i s an d al so a M ast er ’ s degree, Smokey ST OV ER (A nn) as a lacrosse coach at U SA FA ,

Rick SA BO in C-141s at Norton, Barry SM ITH (Cher) in H istory at USA FA , Joost VA NBA STELA A R (Sharon) in

O V - l Os at Shaw , Pet e V O GEL (D ebs) in chopper s at A n drews, and Bill W A L K ER (Pat) in T -37s at M ather . Pete also mentions ’71 grad Gordy KA GE now in I P in B-52s a t S- J . i i

A nother f ir st -t imer in t he let t er depart ment is M arv

Wedge” VA NDERWEG (Susan) writing to tell of his

depart ure f rom t he r ank s o f U SA F t o t he world of in surance, and the ar rival o f one M att hew John , t heir f i r st .

Jack D I L EO (Connie) is at W illiams, and D ave M A ST I N

(Donna) are in the LA area, Jef f CA M ERON (Lisa) are a t Vandenberg. A nyone may drop in on your Northwestern Mutual Life agent in Grand Haven, M I , j ust call ahead.

Pat MOON is at present on assignment to Beirut , Lebanon with the State Department, and the irony of it i s t hat his f ir st “ combat t our ’ ’ t ak es place af t er leaving t h e military. Pat will start a Beirut Chapter for the A OG pend

ing a date for the annual dinner. He reports that A 1 KA M PF (Betty Jo) are now in the D.C. area, and that B i l l L EECH is now f lying wit h Eastern and t he Reserves at

McGuire. Joe FROST (Char) is out now and making M em phis their home. Mike GREBB is back at SSO/ DIA after f inishing up SO S in residence.

T he wi f e of Scot t L EE (Cat herine) writ es to say t hat

Scott has finished training some of the M inot missile c r e w s for Olympic A rena and has returned to his Stan/ Eval j ob .

They have three children and one on the way. Rick P A R M E N T I E R i s al so t h er e at M i n o t i n t h e M i n u t em an

business and recently reached the national competition after participating in the base talent show. A lso, S t ev e BEREN DT is newly mar r ied .

A s I keep trying to point out each time I put this together, things really go better when the letter traf fic i s up. Without it , there is so very little that can be sa i d o t h e r than listing who went where. So, I want to thank each o f you guys, and wif es or girlf riends, mothers or whatever f o r any and all inputs you can make, have made, or are a b o u t to make. One final plug for the Class Wall — did you know that only $3 - $4 each f rom all 754 of us would m o r e than cover the expenses involved in that proj ect? Until t h e next time, signing off from somewhere west of downtown Tokyo, this is your Class News Secretary. Please write.

FPA .

Engineering; he had a new baby named Sean. Ken VA RGA S is still working for Eldorado Nuclear Ltd., a n d expecting a second child; good luck Ken. Keith H ITZEMA N (I remember you, Keith) owns his own business counseling service that has been going f o r over a year now; he says H i ! to old second squadron. G en e CUOMO wrote (nothing surprises me anymore. Gene) and

reported on about half the class. Seems class 79A at S O S

was very popular for old ’73. Jimmy A L LGOOD is mar ried (A nnette Yancey) and has been selected for a future UPT assignment at Vance. Dennis BOYCE is an aircraft

commander of K C- 135 at Castle; his wi f e D ebi , had a s o n , Ross, in Sept of ’78. A lso at Castle is Rich LEEM A N ( 135 IP) whose wife, Karen, had their second daughter last f all , and John H A RR also an A C o f 135s. Rich CO M ER lef t Sembach f or SO S enr out e t o K irt land as an H -53 I P . D en

ny DA NIEL SON is still at Semback flying H-53s. Greg

CU M M I N S is an EW O at Eielson in the 24SRS. Gene is a t Ellswort h f rom which Jim M O U D RY j ust lef t f or PU P at Cast le. H erb H U BER is at K I Sawyer along wit h St eve

HA NSEN,

R.B. WA L LA CE (all

Buf fs) and Jef f

K N I G H T in t ank s. St eve L O REN Z is in t ank s at Ellswort h w h er e V ic N E N O R T A S i s a M i n u t em an lau n ch cr ew co m

mander . Boyd LEA SE is an F.E. in the “ Hurricane H unter ’ s’ ’ at K eesler ; he is mar r ied and now has a

daughter, Sara. John HEGNER and Larry RA DOV are both at Keesler. Spencer WA Y is an EWO in 130s at H urlburt . A lso in SOS 79A were John BL A CK , K evin

GA RRITY , M ike H UB, H arvey M A H OOD , Jim SOL IGA N , Tom STRA ITON , and Bill THORN . A big thank you Gene; you helped me fill this issue out. L u t h er H OUGH graduated UPT at Reese — congratulations.

A llan H OW EY received t he A ir M edal f or m issions in Z aire. T homas M A Y BERRY and Chr is Y OU N G bot h

F r ed S. K n o w l es, J r .

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r ecei v ed C o m m en d at i o n M ed al s.

T hat ’ s it f or this issue; let me hear f r om you all s o o n .

17 0 2 A 9 t h S t r eet

L A FB , V A 23665 432-2 126 D ut y 827-5124 H ome I have t o start t his out wit h a sad note. A s noted i n t h e last issue we lost St uart SA N D BE RG in an F-4 accident a t N el l i s .

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19 15 E . Br oadway , #84

M esa , A Z 85204 A V 4 74 -6 6 1 1

N ow f or some business. A s I ment ioned in t he last col

umn, we need to get busy on the Class Wall, the cost i s going up fast . Frank SA NCHEZ , our class treasurer , wrote and said we have over $4,000 in our Class f und . I f t h e

class officers agree and we do not hear a big negative reply from all of you we will go ahead with it . So tell me w h a t you think , especially you class of ficers (Charlie ST A L L W O RT H - President , Bernie CA L L A W A Y - V ice President , and t he secret ary-whoever you are; you t oo

Frank). A lso the A OG elections were j ust finalized a n d w e

B added Frank KLOTZ to the Board of Directors, so you a l l

let him work for you — tell him what you want from t h e A OG.

I ran across L ar ry W I L L I A M S in Base Ops at Seym ourJohnson awhile back . H e was married (t o Susan) in June of ’78. H e was on his way t o W il f ord H all af ter get t ing h i s M .D . at U N C in Chapel H ill . T om H A M I L T O N wrot e t o

say he is now a civilian working as a Quality A ssurance Engineer for Texas Instruments in the M arine Products D i v i si o n . H e saw Jack G L A V A N w h o i s n o w a st u d en t at

There is a lot of activity in our Class lately. M any a r e changing aircraft, bases, and entire careers. The number o f letters has increased a great deal and many 74 Grads a r e returning to the spawning grounds as instructors, both f ly

ing and academic.

L ett ers: D ave RE I L Y wr ites t o say he is now mar r ied t o Carol . Bot h will eventually be going to Sembach , Germany

for his assignment in an OV-10. Rocky CA POZZI (Joanne) will also be flying an OV-10 but in Osan. D a v e

GA RRA M O N E will be in an 0 -2 at Shaw , SC . D oug

FROST wrote to say that there was a big bash for the w ed ding of Duncan M CNA BB. Next time Doug, tell me the name of the wife. The picture was too big to reduce f o r t h e magazine space, but the following classmates were sober enough to have been in it ; Jim STRUBLE, Pete GA VA RES, Jeff OVERTON , M ike FI NDLEY , J. Paul LA NE, Joe BUCKWA LTER, Bill SI M S, Brian M OR RI SON, and Fred FEDEWA . Thanks Doug. I also re43

ceived a letter from Wayne H IGGINS. He is now in Kunsan Korea, F-4s. H e was recently married to Sally. N o r m

SHI P (K at hy) is now in F-4s in A laska. M ar ion T I M BE RL A K E will be going t o L angley VA f or the F- 15s.

D ave BA RK ER is an I P , T -38. T om H A L L is inbound t o O f f ut K S f or an RC- 135, SOS enroute. W ar ren PRI D D Y

is going to Bentwaters England, A -10. John ZI M M ER MA N (Dana) is upgrading to C- 141 IP. Randy NIERSTHEIM ER (Nan) is an F-106 pilot at M cChord

A ndy

W A . P .K . SPEN D L Y (Ginger) is a nav on C- 130’ s at L itt le

D i ch t er

Rock A R. Lloyd SA ULS (Dayla), FCF pilot, T-38 and 37, Reese, TX . Jack MA DI SON, RF-4, Bergstrom. Frank M CI NTI RE (Pat) F-111, England. Lance LA NE and Jeff N O RT H G RA V ES have decided t o wr ite and release what has previously been rat her close hold inf ormat ion . I t seem s

they are part-time navigators on an A rmy general ’s C - 9 i n Europe. When not j et setting with the stars they are n a v s for C-130s at Rhein M ain. Cof fee, tea, or Lowenbrau.

Chris CA M PBEL L had a rather surprising experience.

Seems he landed his F-15 at Kwang Ju, Korea, and was greeted by our classmate Sung-Whan KIM , an ROKA F M aj or, (fast burner). He flies the F-5E. A dditionally, Steve GRESS is in F-15s at Langley, VA . Phil I NSCOE (Kathy), Comptroller Of ficer , Eglin FL . M ark HA LSOR (Vicki), C-130 A / C, Pope NC. Rich ESTES, KC-135, C a r sw el l .

A nd Finally. The A cademy has undergone many substantial changes since we left . Some good, some n o t — depending on your opinion. In any case, it is still y o u n g and still striving to develop traditions for all classes t o identify with. The class crest plaques on the chapel w a l l i s o n e su ch “ n ew ” t r ad it i o n t h at i s w el l f o u n d ed . I h av e m e n

tioned this proj ect before and there has been no response. I urge you to consider its value and to hopefully participate.

I f you want to be part of its purchase, let me know. I hope you become a part of the A cademy’s traditions, because only grads have earned the right to do so.

Thank you and enj oy your summer.

St ev e ST I C H h as b eco m e t h e f i r st A i r F o r ce m em b er t o

win the Helicopter Heroism A ward. The A vco Lycoming Company and the A viation and Space Writers’ A ssocia tion recognized Steve f or a rescue mission which involved f lying t hrough dense f og and f oul weat her t o ret rieve a

stranded park ranger who was perched precariously above a sloping clif f . The mission netted an engraved medal , a $500 honorarium, and a sense of accomplishment for S t ev e .

Elsewhere in the news . . . Dale BUGBEE was part of Carswell’s Outstanding Crew of the Year. Dale flys B - 5 2 s

o u t o f T ex as. D an F A L V E Y w as aw ar d ed t h e A i r F o r ce

Commendat ion M edal f or his wor k at T ravis, and I added a cl u st er t o m i n e f o r w o r k d o n e at P ease.

H arry M A TH IS will be married by the time this article i s published. A ugust 11 is the big day. Best wishes to y o u

t wo , H ar ry .

Bruce DODDS is in London, but I don’t know exactly

where nor do I have t he ghost o f an idea what he’ s doing

there. Craig MA TT is also in England, at Bentwaters, a n d Jim FOREM A N j ust arrived at Laj es.

RED FLA G participants for the quarter include Gary SH U GA RT and Jimmy SCRU G GS. Ric DA H L ST RO M

and A ndy DICHTER fl ew “ DA WN PA TROL ” , a NA TO

ex er c i se .

J

Rick L ayman

4 108 N o r t h F i r st St r eet

F.E. Warren A FB, Wyoming 82001

(H ome) 307-778-2845 (D ut y) 481-3332

Gr eet ings once again f rom t he east er n slope of t he Rockies. I t ’ s been a long dry summer . . . only t wo l et t e r s

and a card. Even the hometown news service can’t help o u t

Due to the absence of a better suggestion, it appears t h a t the best way to handle the 75 plaque for the Class W a l l i s

t o ask one per son at each base to take t he init iative a n d

volunteer his services for the duration of the proj ect .

Bentley RA YBURN has offered his services to the guys a t Torrej on, and I figure I can probably handle Warren. T h a t

noble combination will leave about 97% of the Class

available for anyone else who can help out . Please drop m e a line or call me if you can help at all . The price is going up al l t h e t i m e.

m u ch t h i s t i m e ar o u n d . I d o h av e a f ew b it s o f n ew s t o

relay despit e t he spar se input .

First of all , welcome back to CHECKPOI NTS. I guess one j ust can’t shake one’s beginnings.

D ave CL OU G H wrot e t o tell me t hat I had made a slight

er r o r i n t h e l ast i ssu e. H e w as n o t t h e f i r st M .D . f r o m 7 5 .

H e was t he f ir st t o let me k now about it though . D ave a n d

his new wife, Nancy, are packing their things to head o f f t o

T r av i s so m et i m e t h i s su m m er . O t h er d o ct o r s f r o m B est

A live include: Russ SNYDER, A 1 LIMA NNI , Greg

W H I T E , Bill CA SK EY , Bill W EI D ERM A N , Scot t SW A N SON , T om A BSH I RE , Bill Y O U N G , D ennis

CA RTER, and Steve TI BBETS. Congratulations to all of

you .

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. . . and that’ s the way it is; Summer, 1979. Let us h ea r from you, or at least put the name of your new base o n your change-of-address card. It’s really not too neat t o

municat ions/ elect ronics. W it h M F C ’ s help Steve may en d

report that Rocky FAROUCHI j ust went PCS to APO San

up as an instructor back at USAFA . I guess the skiing i sn ’ t that good in Korea. Don is an air weapons controller o r scope dope” as he put it. Flying F-4s out of Kunsan a r e

D o n H al l

j ocks are: Mark HUGHES (Kadina), Len SUMMERS

F r anci sco , 96328 .

Qt rs 4402D U SA FA , Colorado 80840

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Pete HOOK . Bob CH A SE, Charlie DEA NO, Brad SHA RP, and Terry NEW . Yokota C-130 pilots: Frito CUEVA S, Steve STOUT , Randy CHA NG. Pete KLUCK and Don GRESHA M are working F-4s at Clark. M ore F-4 (Osan), and Kevin CH I LTON (Yokota).

A W A RD S A ND D ECS: H ere are a f ew more guys who

managed to get a few more medals for their mess dress

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u n i f o r m s.

Dave ROBINSON’S favorite phrase use to be “ it ’s ob

vious to t he most casual observer ” . W ell , he was recently B asi c C ad et

W al d o

rewarded for his philosophy with the Outstanding Observer (T-38) of the Quarter at Vance.

F . D um b-

squat (dressed in fatigue pants,

Jay KENNON was j ust named Outstanding Junior Of

white t-shirt , baseball cap , and t en

f icer of the Quarter in his unit at Yokota A B, Japan, Lothar DEI L (B-52) is a member of the Outstanding Crew

nis shoes) strolled through M itchell H all . T he f ir st mor ning o f “ Beast

y y

of the Quarter at Fairchild. Tim SHAFFER (WC-130) was

h ad n ’ t b een so b ad . W al d o an d h i s

decorated wit h t he Joint Service Com mendat ion M edal f o r

classmates slept through a motiva

his ef forts during the Jonestown recovery operation. M i k e

t ional herit age movie and two lec t u r es

on

f r at er n i zat i o n .

It

BERRI A N and M i ke K EL L Y assist ed t heir unit in obt ain

w as

ing the Blanchard Trophy during SAC’s missile combat competition. Mike KELLY’s crew took the Best Crew in

luncht ime now , but t he doolie was st i l l f u l l f r o m t h e C o n t i n en t al b r eak f ast an d co k e b r eak .

SA C h o n o r s.

FA ST -BREA K I N G N EW S FRO M E NG L A N D : L oui

Gazing at the table numbers,

siana, that is. Wade and Sue M CROBERTS wrote and I

W aldo f elt something was watching him and it wasn’t Billy M it chell ’ s

guess Wade has a tough deployment at Hawaii. Art

GEORGE, Jim PH I L L I PS, M arty HOL LA ND, and Steve STA RKS are sticking around England while John VOSBURG, Dan JORDA N , and Dale M I L LER are going to OV- l Os in Osan. (Oh, that place again). M iles M CCOR M A CK is moving to a Willy tweet . Clif f TA YLOR will

picture. His worst fears were con

f i r m ed as a f em al e f i r st i e d escen d ed

upon Waldo from the staf f tower .

H ey , you dumb smack !

W aldo snapped int o a brace. y y

t i

i i

soon be a T -38 I P at Reese. Speaking of inst ruct or s. Buddy

Sir, it’s Dumbsquat,” corrected

and Kathy LOTT are still at laughland. Buddy has become

t h e d o o l i e. i i

one of D el Rio ’ s newest academy inst ruct or s. For t hose o f

W ell , m ister , you sure gaze alot .

A re you looking to buy the place?

y y

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N o sir , I don’t think I could af f ord the payments.

y y

Oh, a wise wad, eh? Okay, why don’t you report around to my room in A lpha underarms!” exclaimed the girl .

Bits of the morning’s briefing came back to Waldo and h e i i

began to sweat .

Sir , may I ask a question? a

i i i i

W h at i s it ?

the A -10s at M yrtle Beach. Jim L OWE got an A FIT slot t o Georgia Tech. He’ll probably end up instructing CE a t t h e Zoo. I think Stu Young is flying C-141s out of Norton Since I mentioned CE, Steve H EINZ (Langley) got a grad school assignment . I suspect we’ll see him back here a t .

U SA FA event ually .

J U N E BRI D ES:

y y

y y

D o es t h i s m ean w e h av e a d at e?

you who asked about Bill and Patti NASH, they’re with

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Speaking of dates, everyone keeps reminding me that o n July 2nd our class hit seven years in the blue suit. O u r cap

Jim

W alt ers (Car swell)

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m arr ied

Frances in the Cadet Chapel . M ike CUNNINGHA M mar

ried Phoebe and t ook of f f or a honeymoon in t he W est I ndies. M ust be nice. Rich L ieutenant , you know . Con

tain board met in July. For those of us in the 557th F T S,

gratulations go to Sluggo CHA SE, who got married to

H EL P ST A M P OU T FI X ED -W I NG : H ave you ever

ran into Roy MA TTSON (904th A ir Refueling Squadron).

USAFA , our assignments were worked in July. More im portantly, we brought our football season tickets.

piloted a HH-IH? Lee LEBER is flying his rescue helicopter in Kansas and reminded me to give rotary pilot s equal time. Rob SPENCE (F-4) and Rich Gosen (almost a doctor) visited Lee and received a humbling experience i n the H H-IH . I was invited to take a whirl at auto-rotation,

who else but a girl nam ed N ancy .

H ere’ s t he lat est f rom t he M at her BX : Craig M A N SO N

M i k e F R I C A N O w r o t e t o f il l m e i n o n t h e SA C m i ssi l e

combat competition (Olympic A rena) at Vandenberg. Out of eighteen missile operations crews that competed, t h e Spirit of ’76 was represented on five of them. I mentioned M i k e K E L L Y an d M i k e B E R R I A N ear li er . M i k e F R I C A N O

a t O sa n .

competed for M almstrom (Best M inuteman Wing). M ike, by the way, was recently selected for UNT . Jerry M CFA RLA NE represented Whiteman. Drew BOYD came

Steve BOYD, have been keeping me up to date on the FarEast . Steve is busy near the DM Z working with com-

the scene of another chance meeting. I ran into Paul

but I passed. It sounded dirty to me . . . Walt HEID-

M OUS, another fearless chopper pilot , flies Jolly Greens

Speaking of Osan, my agents, Don CLEMENTS and

t o t h e co n t est f o r F .E . W ar r en .

T he U SA FA O ’ club , t hat hot bed of excitement , was

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A UCLA I R (missile evaluator) and his wi fe A bby. Paul said he came in to see i f Gary M ONTGOMERY (T-33), Rock WH ITE (EB-57), or Karl STEINER were eating din

n er . P au l sai d : “ O h . ” N ev er a d u l l m o m en t at t h e O ’ c l u b .

Fred DEA RM OND called me at home and said he’s enj oy ing the single life at Little Rock. Dale and Debby OSTROWSKI have j oined us at the T-41 squadron.

CL OSI NG PA RA GRA PH REQUI RED BY ENGL I SH 101: Well , it’s been a long time since we were basics.

Checkpoints, goon runs, perfumed mail , shower forma

t ions, and all t hat st u f f . Som et imes it look s li k e w e w o n ’ t

ever have that much fun again. But the IG always shows up. Okay, keep the wings level and let ’s get together somewhere, sometime.

I t ’ s a d at e.

km I n the p icture f r om the lef t to r ight ar e: Shel ton, K elly,

M cFarlane, Gen Ellis, Berrian, Fricano, Boyd and R ea m es .

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John “ L ou” M ichels, Jr .

3508 M ont rovia Blvd ., #117 O maha, N E 68123

corner of t he house, and Jim SK Y is in RC- 135’ s as a n

H ome (402) 292-2026

was f inishing up PIT at Randolph. A 1is now back at C o l

EW O .

A V 2 7 1- 3 2 9 8

Ran int o A 1 V OG EL down in San A ntonio , where he

u m b u s in ’ 38 ’ s.

On W atch — I regr et t o in f orm the class t hat we have

l o st an o t h er m em b er f r o m o u r r an k s. R i ck K U M P F w as

k illed in a T -33 crash on 30 June near T aos, N ew M exico .

O ur sympat hies go out t o his wi f e, Suzanne, and his parent s. A mem orial f und has been est ablished t hrough t h e A OG , and any cont r ibut ions should be sent t here.

GI Bill — I ’ve been getting some inquiries as to the f a t e

o f t he G I Bill f or our class, and t he class cont act f o r t h i s

item, Tom SLA TTERY, gave me a call j ust before I took of f f or A laska. T om says t hat he has only had about 5 0 responses t o the request f or int erested part ies in t h e W i n t er

issue of this magazine. He also reports that someone o r some agency in DOD is informing Congressional inquirers t h at

w e h av e n o

n eed

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of

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Bill

privileges. Two separate bills are due to come up in c o m

m it tee next year calling f or Bill benef it s f or service academy grads, one sponsored by Represent at ive T raxler

of M ichigan. I highly suggest writing to your respective congressman urging that these bills be given a hearing.

T om is st ill at Bar k sdale, f or t hose of you int erest ed in get t ing a hold of him .

Empi ricism — I t really is a small A F . I keep r unning i n t o guys no m atter where in t he world of recon I end up . I n M ay, I saw John M O L over at M ildenhall , f lying C- 130’ s.

John is based at Dyess for real , but was taking in so m e o f

L B . M A L T Z (Claudia) was in here at O f f utt f or t he base

open house. He’s a bomb-nav aboard the B-52’s operating

o u t o f E l l sw o r t h .

In A laska, specifically Eielson, I bumped into M onty M ONTGOM ERY and Claude WA TERS, both passing through on their way to and from Kadena, respectively.

O ur crew caught a ride back t o O f f ut t on a tank er wit h

Tim GA M BLE in the right seat . Thanks for the lift Tim, we’d still be up there if it hadn’t been for you guys.

Let’s M ake A Deal, Cont’d — A irplane assignments are starting to taper of f finally, and my quarterly laundry l i st

is down t o manageable pr oport ions.

EC- 135-M ar k RU T A N (D onna) , ( G ri f f iss)

KC- 135-George EA RNH A RT (K .I . Sawyer), M ike ZA BORNIA K (Grand Forks), Ron SM A L L (Rachael) (M cConnell), Tim GA M BLE (Wurtsmith).

C- 130-M ike BRA N H A M (H ickam) , Br ian D U CH EN E

(Dyess), Byron M I LL S (Pope), Jim A NTI SDEL (Yakota).

F-4- Bob D O N Z E (E l m end o r Q, Ji m M CCA RT H Y (K adena) RF-4-G reg RO BI N SO N (Z weibrucken) , Scott JA RRO W (Shaw) .

0-2-Roy SI KES, Jim BROOKS (Davis-M onthan).

T -38-M at t GED D I E , Bobby W I L K ES, John K EA RN EY (Reese) .

T -37-M i ke RU G G I E RO (M ather) .

T -33-Ron ST EV EN S (M almst rom) .

the garden spot s of Europe as a r est cure. A lso saw F - 1 1 1 W SO Bobby G U I L L O RY , w ho oper at es out o f L akenheat h . H e should be marr ied now and saf ely back i n t he U K . A lso tal ked t o M ar k L I N D SL EY , he’ s been r ecommended f or an A ir M edal af t er he and his pilot sa f e

number o f di f f erent sources, some reliable, som e not .

(This, of course, reflects the highest standards of j our nalism .)

On the same t rip , I t alked to John BL OOM , f lying ’ 130’ s

wit h t he 602 T ac Comm Squadron . T om H A RT M A N N is

ly landed their ’ 111 with an engine fire. Nice going M a r k . at F r an k f u r t .

I also got t o spend some t ime wit h Joe and M onica FER RA RA , who ar e at Spangdahlem . Joe is upgr ading int o t h e F-4G “ W easel ” t here. H ere at O f f ut t , Paul D ET T M E R is wor king wit h t he Securit y Service, Jim ROBE RGE , Rod G RESS, T im O L I V ER are all wor k ing t he comput er 46

H and-M e-Downs — I got the following through a

M ike EL L I S is a communications officer at Bergstrom

back in the leadership saddle as exec of the SP squadron a t M at her .

Randy

JEN N I N G S is in

com m unicat ions

maintenance at Pope, and Gus L I BY is a reliability engineer at H anscom. Rich M OORE is at Eglin in A ero Design, Doug PA L M ER is an A ero Engineer out in the M oj ave at Edwards. T er ry PO SL U SZ N Y is at D M in

missile maintenance, K en T H OM SEN is lear ning t he

scapel trade at Tulane M ed School , and Jeff TOM L IN i s a maintenance of f icer at M yrt le Beach .

I got a letter from Greg SM ITH , who is at Grand Forks in missiles. Greg lists the following folks at what w a s t h e largest new lake in North A merica this spring: Brian N I CH E L SON , M ik e SE L V A , Ray M I CH A E L (L inda) , M ar k SCH U BERT , Ben A L L EN , and A 1 EV A N S. A ll

these gents are with the 321st Strat M issile Wing.

A t the Weapons Lab at Kirtland we’ve got Dale OLINGER, Greg BRA DBURN, and Doug REA SON . Dale is sch ed u led f o r an A F I T sl o t i n t h e n ear f u t u r e. B r en t W I L SO N i s al so at K i r t l an d i n C E .

Hill has a few guys tinkering with the A LCM — Ed CONNA L LY and Ralph STRONG. Out at Travis, Chuck DEL ICH

h as t r ad ed i ce t i m e f o r b each t i m e an d a

maintenance of f icer slot . V ague reports place Doug A T K I N S back in t he D C area t raining in sur f ace ships, D oug, by the way, is in t he N avy .

Some good news — Bill PA LA NICA , who was seriously inj ured in a light plane crash a while back, may be a b l e t o get back into some kind of flying duty. Good luck, W il liam .

Finally, in what has to be one of the classic j obs o f type casting ever done, it appears that an episode of “ M ork a n d M indy” will be filmed at the old alma mater. I will sa y n o more about the subj ect of spacemen at the A cademy.

Knot Tying — Four marriages to report this time around , all of t hese t ook place in June — T .C . JON ES, Pat BU RK E , Joe GU H I N , and D ennis BE L L A M Y . Con gratulat ions t o all .

A l t er n at e So u r ces — T w o sem i-an n u al n ew sl et t er s ar e circulating through the ranks, the “ A li Baba Gazette” o f

Steve SI M O N , and Char lie BU T L E R’ s “ D og H ouse

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(13th Sq). Both are moderately factual , with j ust enough racy scandalizing to keep the reader’s attention. “ The D og House” , in particular, makes no ef fort to conceal its s o r did overtones, as Charlie has it printed on gold-colored papered to assure changes of “ yellow” j ournalism. A c tually, both provided a lot of information for the c o l u m n t h i s t i m e. So su e t h em , n o t m e.

K udos — Pat s on t he back t o t he f ollowing gent s: D oug REA SO N , who is due t o go t o France t o present a paper o n his research in physics. Dallas “ K urt ” ST EPH EN S,

Crew of the Quarter” at M cConnell . Bob SIM M ONS,

nominated f or “ D at a Processing O f f icer of t he Y ear ”

at

N O RA D .

Of f W atch — I hoped t o have some pict ures o f t he

numerous promotion parties that were reported to have taken place, but no go. The big ones I heard about w e r e a t D M and F .E . W ar ren . A ll ent r ies will be appreciated , p a r t icularly t hose suit able f or blackmailing purposes.

You guys can do me a big favor by writing your new j obs on t hose change of address car ds you send in . A t least p u t down what base you are on , i f it ’ s not sel f evident . T h a n k s .

T hat ’ s it f r om here. Enj oy t he war m weather .

T h e d e a d l i n e f o r s u b m is s io n o f m a t e ri a l s f o r i n c l u s io n i n t h e f a l l i s s u e o f C H EC K PO i N T S i s 10 O c t o b e r 19 79 .

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A nd so my literary career begins, in a tiny, bare BOQ room at hot and humid Tyndall A FB, FL . (I wonder if t h i s is how Ernest Hemingway started?) The “ Q” is j ust tem porary until I can close on a loan and move into a n i ce, spacious house. Of course I ’ll go broke with the payments until we get our silver bars, but at least it will b e co m f o r t ab l e. N o d o u b t t h i s f i r st ar t i cl e w i l l b e a l it t l e rust y , but

with a little help from y’all (I ’ve already picked u p o n so m e at t he level of t he local lingo !) , we can surely put t oget her

an article worthy of our class. A nd I would certainly recommend that all you ’78 grads fill my mailbox with more mail than you graced M ark with or else you’ll b e hearing an awful lot about me and what I ’m doing. (That in itself aught to be enough motivation to let me know what is going on .)

W hile at H omest ead f or wat er survival in June, I r an i n

to Lyle KOENIG and Derek WHEELER who j ust finished UHT . They were quite happy with the rotor wing business.

M ark BROW N was also there. H e got a T-33 to Peterson a n d

is here with me at Tyndall for the 6-week T-Bird qual cour se. M ar k and his wi f e j ust recent ly became t he pr oud

parents of a beautiful baby boy, Joshua. Summer is t r a d i tionally a time of widespread matrimony. I haven’t h ea r d of any impending marriages, but if any of you are about t o tie the nuptial knot , be sure and fess up! By the way. Jay EL LIS, I’m still not engaged and in 10 months you will o w e me $10. Remember — 2 years f rom graduat ion .?)

Well , a year has passed and much has happened. The

Class o f ’78 f inally has some pilot s and navigat ors w i t h

many guys still in training. TDY’s and graduate schools have ended . I t seems as i f we are becom ing spread

worldwide. But , with the exception of some UPT and U N T assignments which I spent hours on the phone to f ind (not

t hat I mind — it ’ s f un t o visit) , I have relat ively l i t t l e i n f o r mation on the whereabout s o f many o f our r ank s.

Hopef ully, from now on someone in each class could l et me know your assignments. (That goes for UPT , UNT , UHT , missiles, communications, etc.) M ike KEELS and Jim WH I DDEN are both at Eglin in communications and ballistics respect ively . T hey are living t oget her in

Ft.

Walton Beach and were good enough to put up with me f o r t w o w eek en d s w h en I f i r st ar r i v ed i n F l o r i d a .

A irplane assignments were the most accessible this t i m e and M PC, as only M PC can do, has provided us with an amazing array of plans and bases trying to optimize choices. Hopefully, they have provided us with more sm i l es t h an t ear s. H er e t h en ar e t h e f i r st r o u n d o f a i r c r a f t

assignment s f or t he Class o f ’ 78:

T-33: (M ight as well begin with that marvel of advanced A ir Force technology!) Don A VERY (Tyndall), M ark BRO W N (Peterson) T -37: M ar k GA L L A G H E R , Scott H I N ES, Jerry L U D K E , M ike CA T L I N , Bob W A T T S, T om H A L L ET T ,

Lyman LEE, (Williams); Bill BLA ZER, Bob M A SON ,

Pat Y EA RI CK , Fr ank Y E RK ES, Rich T E RRY , D ave

UNGER (Reese); Greg KA I SER, Tim TA YLOR, Jim M A NLEY , Greg M I L LER, Keith M ORLOCK , (Colum47

bus) ; T om BA I L EY , Bob H E RRI S, Bob PA PKA , Curt COO K , Bob H I CK EY , M ike Z EN K , Rick ST A H L , St eve R I G G I N S, ( V an ce) ; R o d H A M I L T O N , B r i an JO H N SO N , Ji m K I ST L E R , Br u ce O L M ST E A D , (L aughlin) .

T -38: St eve G O L D FE I N , M ar k A PFE L , G len G RU N ER, D oug BEN JA M I N , C .D . SM I T H , Br ian SCOT T , Gary BA T I N I CH , Rick D U N H A M , (W illiams) ; Russ D EL U CA , T aco G I L BERT , Ron PA RK H O U SE , L eonard RO BI CH A U X , Fred SA GER, K evin SM I T H , (Reese) ; D ave L I L L Y , Scot t SN I V EL Y , Br uce CU RRY , Bill SH A W , (Columbus) ; T om BL E I K A M P , Bill PH I PPS, K onr ad G RU CA , T ed O T E RO , M it ch BROW N , M ar k REN EL T , M i ke CL U L EY , M ar k PA D GET T , (V ance) ; K en CH A RPI L L O Z , A 1 EK RA M , Jim RU BEO R, Bar ry SA RN A CK I , (L aughlin) .

RF-4: Burt CO N RO Y (Z wiebruzken) ; M ar k REED ER (Bergst rom) ; Randy REA D E (Bergst rom) ; Jef f T RON SO R (K adena) ; M ar k K U N G L E : Rod FI T Z PA T RI CK (A l kenber ry) ; T om BU L L A RD (A l k enber ry) ; Ray H A T CH EL L (Shaw) .

F-4: V ince BON A SSO , Sam T H E RRI EN , G reg ROGGE , Bob ST EEL , M ark K I N G , Dean M A T CH EK , Sal SPEA Z I A L L Y , John SV I BA , Steve H EPFE R, Shelly ROGE RS, Craig GOU RL EY , Owen D W I RE , Scott A N D E RSO N (all H omestead) ; Gary FRI T H , Roy BL OO M FI EL D , Bill BRESEL Y , M ar k BRU GEM EY ER , Jim H A L SEL L , John H A M M , Blake EL L I N GT O N , St eve U SH ER , M ich FU ERST (all M acD ill) ; M i ke M A N GOL D , Steve O U E L ET T (also H omest ead) ; D ave BROW N (M acD ill) ; Jim T RI N KA (L uke) .

F- 111: John PA RK E R, John PET ERSON , M i ke N O R RI S, Brad CA RL SO N , T om BEL L , Jack CL A Y , D on BL A CK W EL D E R (all L akenheat h) .

F- 15: Pat M A RK ESA N O (L angley) ; Buzz K EA M A N , Scott T U RN ER, Steve FESSL ER (Eglin) , M it ch FRY T (Eglin) , Jim H U D SO N (L angley) ; M ike FEN N ESSY (L angley) .

A - 10: Frank D EGEO RGE , Bruce ST O D DA RD , Car l T H O M A S (all Bentwater s) ; Ron E I FE RT , K .C . SCH O W , Curt BROW N , T im EN G L I SH , (all M yrt le Beach) .

O V - 10: Glen FRI CK and N evin SM I T H (bot h Sembach) .

0 -2: Bob SM I T H (Eilson) ; D oug Pat on (W heeler) Jer ry SI N K .

RC- 135: D ave DEN T O N (O f f ut) .

EC- 135: John PA T T ERSO N (O f f ut) ; A r p H O RVA T H (Elsworth) .

K C- 135: D on SEW EL L (K adina) ; M ik e CO RD OV A , T erry BA RRET T , Greg L A N E (K .I . Sawyer) ; D oug H A G ED O RN (Beale) ; D an SI M M O N S (Fairchild) ; Glen SPEA RS (M arch) ; L eon PECK , Brad C REED (Gr issom) ; D o u g R A A B E R G ( T r a v i s) ; D i c k J O H N SO N (M acConnel); Jim SI M O N S (M inot) ; D ave PFEI FER (Grand For k s) ; Dave SH A GENA , T ony Z OM PET T I (W urt smit h) ; Guy FO L L A N SBEE (Blyt heville) ; Bar ry M I L L ER (K .L . SA W Y E R) ; G reg PET ERSON , Steve W A L K E R , T ed Y O R K , T o m A V E R Y .

B-52: D an A RO N SO N (Guam) ; Gary M A RT I N (Bar ksdale) ; Ed RI CE (L oring) ; Bob REH W A L D T (Dyess) ; Bob M A CA DA M S: M ar k L A GU N A , A ndy W I N T ER (Car swell) ; Gary K OPA CK A (Grand For k s) , Bill H OFE RER (Blyt heville) .

A C- 130: Joe K L U M P , D ale PA N GM A N (H urlburt) .

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C- 130: M ik e COU I L L A RD (Rhein M ein) ; M ile M I T CH EL L , Joe REH EI SE R , K en H U N T (Y ak ot a) ; Frank GA H REN , J .R .

I N G L I S ( C l ar k ) ; R o m an BOGA T SCH OW (W ood Br ide) ; John SCH A FE R (Pope) ; Scot t SN I V EL Y (M CCH O RD ) ; Chuck V A L L E .

D ue t o my relat ive lack o f writ ing expert ise, and an equal lack o f material , t his will j ust about do it f o r t h i s issue. One last not e f or D ust in H OFFM A N and Randy BREU N L I N G . . . W hat ’ s happening? I hope all is going well f or ever yone and her e’ s wishing you all the best f o r t h e r e st o f t h e su m m er .

2 0 SEL EC T E D A L L A M ER I C A N S W h en i t co m es t o A l l -A m er i can s, t h e 1978-79 sch o o l

year will be well remembered .

D uring t he past nine mont hs, a t ot al of 20 A ir For ce A cademy at hletes received A ll-A merican ment ion , the s e cond highest year ly t otal in school hist ory . T hat r aised t o 164 t h e n u m b er o f F al co n at h l et es w h o h av e w o n A l l A m er i can h o n o r s.

W omen’ s swimming account ed f or t he most select ions wit h 10 while f oot ball and pist ol each had three. T wo m o r e were in outdoor t rack and one apiece came f rom men’ s golf and lacrosse.

I n c l u d ed

in

t h e 2 0 A l l - A m er i c a n s w er e f i v e n a t i o n a l

champions.

W omen’ s swimming had f our champions while par t icipat ing in t he A ssociat ion of I ntercollegiate A t hlet ics f o r W omen D ivision I I nat ional cham pionships in Reno , N ev .

F r esh m e n K i m H i l l en w o n t w o i n d i v i d u a l n a t i o n a l c h a m

pionships in winning t he 500 f reestyle (5:03. 18) and s e t a national record in t he 1,650 f reest yle wit h 17:22.95.

H illen also teamed wit h G inny Caine, Gayle Johnson and Sandy M aloney in winning t he 800 f r eestyle r elay (7:59.05) . Ot her A ll-A mer icans in swim ming include J a n et Pet erson in diving, Jane Byerly in t he 200 f reestyle relay , Bonnie Schaef er , K at hy W illiams and Jackie T ut man in t he 200 medley relay and Shawn W hit son in diving.

Sophomore Bret H yde became t he ot her nat ional cham pion when he won the 3,000-met er st eeplechase at t he T r ack and Field A ssociation nat ional cham pionships a t W ichit a K an ., wit h a clocking o f 8:46.02, a school r ec o r d .

I n f ootball , St eve H oog was named t o t he f irst-t eam A cademic A ll-A merica t eam f or the second year while T om Foert sch and T im Fyda were named t o t he second t ea m f o r t h e f i r st t i m e .

Cont inuing a st reak of having an A ll-A mer ica nam ed every year since 1962, t he pist ol team had t hree select ions — M ichael Behling and Richar d Ryan on t he air pist ol squad , a new classif icat ion t his year , and Pat Saunders o n t he pistol t eam .

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pionships in W ichita, f inishing t hird in t he women’ s 3 ,000 met er s wit h a 10:08.2 clock ing.

I n gol f , Rick Sargent ear ned A ll-A merica honorable ment ion and Bart Jackson , one of t he nat ion’ s t op lacrosse goalies f or t he second str aight year , was also an honor able ment ion af ter leading t he nat ion in saves.

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